Doctor’s Rebirth

Chapter 129

“You… That sword is made of ice crystal. You took what was sent to White Dragon from the Northern Sea Ice Palace long ago.”

The lightning surrounding his hands diminished, revealing reddened and swollen skin underneath. Steam even rose from his hands.

The cold of the Ice Clarity Sword had damaged his hands.

Of course, the Ice Clarity Sword alone couldn’t cause such damage.

It was possible because Jin Cheon-hee had wrapped earth energy around the sword to penetrate the lightning energy.

“My master’s love for his own disciple is truly profound, isn’t it?”

Jin Cheon-hee replied leisurely, holding his sword in the middle stance.

However, he was simultaneously activating the Five-Elemental Divine Technique at full power, drawing in the natural energy from his surroundings.

Outwardly, Jin Cheon-hee appeared to be an arrogant novice full of openings.

Jin Cheon-hee’s fabricated voice, expression, and actions were mere appearances.

If he were to charge in, fooled by this facade of Jin Cheon-hee, he would suffer greatly.

“Kukuk, to readily give away the world-renowned Ice Clarity Sword, no less. It seems the rumors of his doting nature weren’t exaggerated.”

The Black Lightning Blood Demon just laughed and didn’t rush to attack Jin Cheon-hee.

However, this too was within Jin Cheon-hee’s calculations.

‘One of the other benefits of the Five-Elemental Divine Technique is that I can recover my internal energy even during battle. Because I can quickly absorb the natural energy from the surroundings. Unlike with the Dry Wood Blood Demon, in a prolonged battle against the Black Lightning Blood Demon, I have the advantage. Each of the Black Lightning Blood Demon’s attacks consumes a lot of energy.’

A demonic art that uses lightning energy to envelop the body for defense, increases speed by enhancing reflexes, and sometimes fires the lightning power itself.

It sounds invincible. In reality, he was strong.

But for how long could he keep it up?

He was already pouring an enormous amount of internal energy into the battle, far exceeding the rate at which ordinary martial artists consume their internal energy.

‘It’s like a 16-cylinder sports car – fast and cool, but terrible fuel efficiency.’

Jin Cheon-hee was using the Profound Origin Divine Technique to understand the opponent’s internal energy from a modern perspective.

Whether using the principle of thermal expansion or the principle of lightning rods.

This allowed Jin Cheon-hee to exploit the opponent’s weaknesses in ways unbound by martial arts common sense.

‘To face an enemy stronger than yourself, you need to think differently.’

Jin Cheon-hee continued his train of thought.

‘The lightning energy of the Lightning Spirit Divine Technique is weak against earth energy, so it’ll be troublesome. Now, what will you do, Black Lightning Blood Demon? Will you bring out the trump card described in the novel? I’m preparing for that too.’

Subtly.

Jin Cheon-hee slowly dragged his foot, leaving marks on the ground.

The opponent was the Black Lightning Blood Demon.

While a mid-level boss might seem ridiculous, in fact, if it were an ordinary martial artist of the jianghu, their internal organs would have already been sizzling from that lightning.

To defeat such an opponent, he too had to give it his all.

‘What I learned from my master wasn’t just martial arts.’

While inwardly plotting a sinister scheme, Jin Cheon-hee said,

“Anyway, we’re not in a position to have a conversation, are we? You’re trying to kill me, after all.”

“Hmph… How dare you run your mouth like that in front of this lord. Such insolence.”

“Well. It’s a bit late to talk about respecting elders now. If you withdraw on your own, I won’t pursue you.”

“Kukukuku. You’ve got quite the silver tongue. And you’re strong to boot… White Dragon has raised a dragon. That won’t do, it won’t do at all. How can we leave someone who interferes with our sect’s great cause?”

‘As expected. He’s going to use that? This is where it really begins. I need to stay sharp.’

Jiangshi.

There are blood jiangshi said to suck human blood, and white jiangshi said to move like humans.

There are even diamond jiangshi whose entire body is as hard as diamond.

‘Which jiangshi is it!’

His heart raced.

Jin Cheon-hee stared at his opponent more seriously. While doing so, he slowly retreated.

And he didn’t stop leaving marks on the ground.

“Even if it means wasting my ten years of cultivation, I must kill you here.”

‘Here it comes. The jiangshi! Wait… ten years of cultivation?’

Whoosh.

The Black Lightning Blood Demon’s muscles swelled.

The lightning flowing from his body began to intensify.

“Tch. As expected…”

Jin Cheon-hee clicked his tongue.

‘The Blood Explosion Technique, one of the Blood Immortal Sect’s secret arts. That’s… right, the Blood Explosion Technique is indeed a secret art. It’s not a jiangshi, but… no, this is stronger than a jiangshi…’

Blood Explosion Technique.

Despite its simple name, its power is extraordinary.

It explodes the innate life energy latent in blood and converts it into power.

The side effects are severe; after using the Blood Explosion Technique, one falls unconscious after half a quarter-hour (7-8 minutes). However, during that time, one can use at least twice the normal power.

With internal energy of one and a half Grandmasters, it’s equivalent to using the power of at least three Grandmasters.

‘The internal energy he used fighting the Heavenly Thunder Hawk before I arrived, the energy used in our recent exchange of attacks, adding these two together, the internal energy left in the Black Lightning Blood Demon is now roughly between half a Grandmaster and one Gapja. In other words, even amplified, it won’t reach Two Gapjas.’

The calculation was complete.

‘In contrast, I still have more than half a Grandmaster’s worth of energy almost intact. So from now on… the first strike wins!’

Taiji Immortal-Destruction Sword, Swift Flash Severing Immortals^[1]!

The energy flowing from his danjeon through his waist, shoulders, and arms was transmitted to his hand and sword like lightning.

The sword created a line in the air at a speed so fast it seemed to cut through light itself. However, in response to this, the Black Lightning Blood Demon also moved, reaching out his hand.

‘Lightning Flash Fist. It’s incredibly fast indeed!’

The Black Lightning Blood Demon’s signature move, Lightning Flash Fist!

It’s a martial art that also focuses on speed, using lightning energy.

As a martial art that pairs with the Lightning Spirit Divine Technique, its power was extraordinary.

In fact, the black lightning energy surrounding his hand looked ominous.

In response, Jin Cheon-hee also strongly infused earth energy into his Ice Clarity Sword.

The sword emitted a strange light, mixed with white and yellow, as it spewed out sword energy.

And finally, the two collided.

Bang!

“Ugh!”

The skin on his hand was torn.

The muscle strain on his wrist and entire arm was considerable.

‘As expected, it’s not easy! Even though the lightning energy couldn’t penetrate me, to think the repulsive force alone could do this much.’

However, gritting his teeth, Jin Cheon-hee pressed forward.

The Black Lightning Blood Demon’s face was also contorted with pain. One of his arm bones had pierced through his flesh and was protruding.

Seeing this, Jin Cheon-hee advanced.

‘The earth energy penetrated the lightning energy! As expected, the compatibility is good! Keep going like this!’

Taiji Immortal-Destruction Sword, Taiji Splitting Rays^[2].

Jin Cheon-hee’s sword advanced, splitting into multiple paths like an illusion.

A sword that thrusts towards four directions in an instant!

It was made of sword energy, so it wasn’t an illusion; they were all real.

However, among the four blades, only one was a unity of sword and sword energy.

But one shouldn’t think that the power is weak just because it’s only sword energy.

It possessed enough power to cut even steel swords.

The Black Lightning Blood Demon knew this too. So he used an even more brute force method.

“This won’t do. I must kill you here without fail!”

‘Is the jiangshi finally appearing!’

Jin Cheon-hee’s eyes widened.

“Lightning Lord, bestow your power upon me!”

He suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs.

Then his entire body was enveloped in black lightning, making him look completely inhuman.

‘Fuck! That’s what the Ten Heavenly Lords, the highest officials of the Blood Immortal Sect, used! Borrowing that power means he’s willing to self-destruct to kill me?’

The Blood Immortals worshipped by the Blood Immortal Sect are not one, and they are all described as evil beings.

And according to the novel’s description, they sometimes bestow a ‘little’ of their evil power to their followers.

The drawback was that humans who accepted this power would surely die, so it was described as the Blood Immortal Sect’s secret technique for self-destruction.

“Die, young dragon! Become fertilizer for our sect’s great cause!”

The Black Lightning Blood Demon’s two hands writhed like dragons. And he leaped, hurling his body forward.

A black lightning dragon appeared in mid-air.

‘It seems there’s… no jiangshi. And that is…’

The speed seemed impossible to dodge, so Jin Cheon-hee gritted his teeth.

‘Can’t dodge that! I’ll have to endure it!’

“Lightning Seal Formation, deploy!”

Stepping into a battle stance, he used what he had been preparing.

The marks he had been dragging on the ground were actually the Qimen Array Technique, a secret art of the Zhuge Clan!

The formation that could change the surrounding environment in myriad ways activated, but the Black Lightning Blood Demon’s final attack was faster.

Jin Cheon-hee poured all the internal energy from his danjeon into the tip of his sword, infusing it with earth energy.

Crackle!

Boom!

The two energies collided and came to a stop at a single point.

A stalemate.

There was no explosion or repulsive force. But whichever side gave way now would suffer enough power to tear their limbs apart.

In the midst of the collision of energies, Jin Cheon-hee gritted his teeth.

Hiss!

Something astonishing happened there.

The ice crystal, said to never melt, began to melt ever so slightly.

Steam rising from the Ice Clarity Sword was just the beginning.

Eventually, a great explosion occurred.

Bang!

“Urgh.”

Jin Cheon-hee was flung back, spitting blood.

He staggered back a few steps, vomiting a mouthful of blood.

In contrast, the Black Lightning Blood Demon landed on the ground and was preparing his next attack.

However. At that moment.

Zzzzt!

Mist gathered from the surroundings and began to envelop the Black Lightning Blood Demon.

“What is this!?”

The Black Lightning Blood Demon was flustered.

The lightning energy surrounding his body began to dissipate little by little.

“Lightning Seal Formation. A formation that suppresses lightning energy.”

“What? You… even the Zhuge Clan’s formations…”

“Why not? You know how incredibly devoted my master is to her disciples…”

Jin Cheon-hee wiped the blood from his mouth and raised his sword.

“Your internal energy within the Lightning Seal Formation is now less than half a Grandmaster’s worth, according to my calculations. And it’s still decreasing even as we maintain this state. Release the Blood Explosion Technique and surrender. You might still have a chance to live if you do it now.”

Before those words were finished, the Black Lightning Blood Demon began to laugh maniacally.

“Ku… Kuhahahahaha!”

Jin Cheon-hee closed his mouth at that crazed outburst.

“I thought you were young, but you’re already a fully grown dragon! Hahahaha! Yes. This lord made a mistake this time, but don’t think you can stop our sect with this… Ugh…”

The Black Lightning Blood Demon staggered, spitting blood.

The lightning that had been flowing from his body was now gone.

“Our sect will… surely… you…”

With those words.

He collapsed right there.

A great evil who had killed countless people throughout his life and would have continued to do so, fell here.

Jin Cheon-hee watched the scene with a bitter expression.

As someone who enjoyed reading martial arts novels, he had seen many instances of people willing to sacrifice their lives to kill an enemy, even to the point of self-destruction.

Even young Sama Hyeon had almost made such a decision.

So he understood.

‘To choose suicide just to kill me…’

But as a doctor, he couldn’t help feeling bitter about it.

‘I understand it’s a difference in values, but.’

He didn’t pity him.

He knew how this person had been capturing innocent civilians for human sacrifices.

“May you accumulate good deeds in your next life.”

Jin Cheon-hee said this and turned away. He also confirmed that the one bitten by Hwanggu had died, caught up in the power used by the Black Lightning Blood Demon.

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