Survival Guide for the Reincarnated

I shook my head.

This was enough.

I drew the sword at my waist and stepped forward.

Jin Janghyeok stared at me as if he couldn’t believe what he was seeing—even as I began to swing my sword, his expression didn’t change.

His legs braced, sliding him sideways across the ground.

In that instant, his inner force exploded outward, and just as he tried to push off with his foot—

Thunk—

My sword pierced straight through his heart.

“...Wha—?”

He collapsed with a heavy thud, his face frozen in bewilderment.

Honestly, I couldn’t blame him.

There’s a momentary opening in the second step of the Adaptive Step technique.