The Martial Genius who Remembers Everything - Chapter 350

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◈ The Martial Genius who Remembers Everything ◈

Chapter 350: Revenge (6)

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This was the worst possible situation.

We had encountered remnants of the Demonic Cult in Mukrim.

Then, while charging back through the area, we ran into the Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Bear.

My body had already been pushed beyond its limits. I had barely rested, and I'd kept cutting back on sleep.

That wasn't all.

After facing the Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Bear, severe strain had accumulated in my dantian, eight extraordinary meridians, acupoints, and elsewhere.

Ordinarily, without the profound effects of the Taeul True Scripture, it wouldn't have been strange if I had already become a corpse.

Meeting Je Geumhak in the middle of all this was a welcome stroke of luck.

His resolve to die together with us was like a beam of light falling from the heavens.

This was a chance to turn things around at the very end.

Through Je Geumhak, I could refill my empty dantian.

There was no telling how much my dantian might expand.

If everything went right, I could deal with the remaining Demonic Cult martial artists as well.

The problem was...

“Young Master Jin!!!”

“Senior Brother!!!!”

The unit members, who had no idea what I was thinking, were rushing in like mad to help me.

I tried to throw myself into the storm before it was too late.

But...

Whirrr.

As I shot toward Je Geumhak's storm, the Flying Dragon Claws fired by the Geum-Eun-Dong brothers and Moyong Jaehwa caught me and dragged me back.

What the hell?

“What are you doing?!!!”

“What are you doing, Senior Brother?!”

Eunho sounded so desperate, as if I had truly decided to die.

I was left speechless...

Ah. I could see why it looked that way.

Tch, that wasn't it...

“Are you out of your mind?! Why would you go in there alone unless you wanted to die?!”

“Eunho...”

“Why should you have to sacrifice yourself?! For whom?!!!”

Eunho seemed to have misunderstood something badly.

Still, I couldn't easily tell the truth when I saw the tears in the others' eyes as well.

This wasn't a sacrifice. It was a miraculous chance to survive.

I wasn't facing a crisis. I was standing before a fated encounter at the edge of a cliff.

I didn't know how effective it would be, but Je Geumhak's innate qi was on par with most spiritual medicines.

Recently, no spiritual medicine had brought me any dramatic change. I couldn't kick away the meal Je Geumhak had laid out for me, regardless of the danger.

The Taeul Sect disciples didn't know my circumstances, so they were desperate to stop me.

Was this how a father felt after being caught by his child while walking the streets at night to steal?

‘Still, that isn't the same. I'm only dealing with demonic beings.’

To hell with moral and ethical concerns. First, I had to reassure them.

“Listen carefully. I won't sacrifice myself.”

“...”

I heard someone mutter, “Then what have you been doing all this time?” I ignored it.

“I have no intention of dying in place of the Academy students. That won't change in the future, either.”

My greatest regret from the past was failing to protect them in the final moment.

In this life, I would never repeat that regret.

“I'll stay until the end and stand before you. Until then, I can't die.”

“...Isn't that even worse?”

“Hm?”

“...Nothing.”

Geumpyo turned away with an oddly dissatisfied expression.

What was wrong with that guy?

Either way, I smiled at them again.

“So don't worry. If I thought I would die, I wouldn't have rushed in to begin with.”

“...”

The blue and red winds Je Geumhak was spewing out were certainly threatening.

Yet I didn't feel they could take my life.

I shook my head again at the others, who looked strangely upset.

“This is the best option right now.”

“Then... we'll help too.”

Honestly, the best way they could help me was to stay out of my sight.

I firmly shook my head.

“Are you saying it's fine if I can't fight at full strength because I'm worried about you?”

“...”

“The best thing you can do now is get as far away from me as possible.”

That way, they wouldn't see the Absorbing Star Grand Art.

“That is the best way to help me. Do you understand?”

“...”

“Why aren't you answering?”

“...We understand.”

They should understand now.

As they reluctantly nodded, I added one more thing.

“Instead, I'll tell you what you need to do for me.”

Their ears perked up.

When those who had gone after Jin Sowoon returned without him, Seong Moran and Namgung Seonhwa were horrified.

“Why did you come back without him?”

“...”

Geumpyo answered with heavy silence. As Seong Moran and Namgung Seonhwa tried to rush away, Eunho stopped them.

“Senior Sister. Going now won't help Senior Brother.”

“What are you talking about? Of course we have to help!”

“No.”

There was even a faint anger on Eunho's face.

“Senior Brother will be better off without us there.”

No matter how hard he had tried, he couldn't even lend a hand. His nails dug into his palms with frustration.

“If we go, we won't be any help.”

“What do you-”

KRAAASH!

The moment Jin Sowoon threw himself into the storm, a massive explosion burst in every direction.

Red and blue winds tangled together, while Jin Sowoon's golden Jade Clarity qi overflowed between them.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Flames erupted as well, their fire energy far stronger than what the red winds had shown before.

It was hard to believe one person could unleash such overwhelming fire energy.

It looked like a moth diving into a massive blaze.

Dozens, then hundreds of illusion swords struggled to hold back the attacks, but the immense storm of exploding qi didn't seem like anything of this world.

Unable to bear it any longer, Hong Saryeon tried to rush forward.

“Senior Sister!”

Eunho caught her shoulder.

“Let go! Senior Brother can't handle that alone.”

“Are you planning to interfere with Senior Brother?”

“I only...”

“Are you going to make Senior Brother's sacrifice meaningless?”

“...”

Hong Saryeon grew even more confused at Eunho's unfamiliar behavior.

He had spent his entire life calling her Senior Sister and following after her.

Even after growing taller than her, Eunho would tuck his tail and run after one sharp word. His sudden attempt to stop her was even more startling.

“Senior Brother is risking his life to fight a life-and-death battle for us. No, he must believe that he could die.”

“Th-Then we should help...”

Hong Saryeon's voice lowered in the face of Eunho's forcefulness.

Eunho shook his head even more firmly.

“If I were the only one here, I would've done that. No, I would've tried somehow to make sure Senior Brother survived...”

Eunho's gaze turned to Hong Saryeon.

Then it moved to Dongryong, who was anxiously fidgeting beside her.

He thought from Senior Brother's perspective.

His opponent was prepared to die together with them.

On top of that, every kind of energy Je Geumhak unleashed was incredibly dangerous.

Against an enemy like this, numbers didn't matter.

“But going to help Senior Brother now won't actually help him.”

A situation where one person's sacrifice was needed to save many.

Who could they force to make that sacrifice?

Senior Brother had chosen to become that sacrifice himself.

To save even one more person.

To save Dongryong, Hong Saryeon, and Eunho.

Eunho understood.

If he had been in the same situation, he could have offered his own life for Hong Saryeon and Dongryong.

Unfortunately, Eunho wasn't even strong enough to become a sacrifice for that terrifying opponent.

KRAAASH!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Jin Sowoon wasn't the only one fighting.

The collateral damage around Ilgak and Cheol Sunjik's battles was growing worse as well.

The enemies were few, but their attacks were devastating.

Their side had many people, but few who could truly fight.

There was no battlefield where the people present could join in.

And besides...

“Senior Brother gave us an order.”

He had ordered them to evacuate the others whenever there was an opening.

Senior Brother was proving that he would fulfill his responsibility, even as the temporary commander of the Life-and-Death Unit.

Eunho knew better than anyone how foolish it was to act on emotion in a situation like this.

At the very least, he had to properly carry out Senior Brother's final request.

So that his sacrifice wouldn't be in vain.

“What we need to do now is leave this place quickly, so Senior Brother can escape at any time as well.”

A commander couldn't abandon his subordinates and flee alone.

If it was Jin Sowoon, whose sense of responsibility was impossible to describe, he would feel that responsibility even more strongly than anyone else.

The best help they could offer was to move out of the way so Senior Brother could escape whenever necessary.

Their duty was to leave him an opening to run before things were pushed to the extreme.

“Let's move quickly.”

Blood seeped from Eunho's lips because he had bitten them so hard. No one could argue with words spoken with such weight.

Who could refute him when he was this serious?

With a heavy heart, Eunho looked toward where Sowoon had charged.

‘Senior Brother, please be careful.’

Then he began to move with steps that felt even heavier.

Yin-Yang Twin Demon.

He had mastered Yin-Yang Energy, an internal art that defied the natural order, and possessed an extraordinary mind that constantly toyed with people. The Martial Alliance had called him a two-headed monster.

The current Je Geumhak couldn't compare to the Yin-Yang Twin Demon from my past life.

When I faced him at the Black Alliance, he had been threatening enough that I had needed to prepare to die together with him.

Yet Je Geumhak, whose mind had apparently been damaged by the Void-Destroying Fist he took back then, was now weaker than both the Yin-Yang Twin Demon from my past life and the Je Geumhak I had faced at the Black Alliance.

‘Of course, that's only relatively speaking.’

Having cast aside the limits of preserving his life, Je Geumhak had become another kind of threat.

He controlled Yin-Yang Energy at the level of the Yin-Yang Twin Demon from my past life and fought with hand-to-hand techniques on Nam Hwaseong's level.

At the Black Alliance, he had stood still and toyed with his opponents while relying on [Ice Wall]. Now he attacked like mad, as if empty-handed combat was his main specialty.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

Whatever he had done to his body, every punch and kick hurt as though my bones would break.

Thankfully, that was all.

He hadn't grasped the true martial principles, so I was narrowly avoiding fatal wounds.

The real problem was the red and blue winds he released.

Whoosh!

Those winds made up for his lack of insight in hand-to-hand combat.

Whenever I rushed into one of his openings to unleash the Myriad Blossoms Invincible Fist, the red wind would surge in.

Boom!

When I dispersed the explosion and swung my sword down, the blue wind had already transformed into [Ice Wall].

Just once.

If I could find just one opening.