Chapter 253 : Seolyoung, Unleashes
Chapter 253: Seolyoung, Unleashes
That day was a day they shared love exceptionally intensely.
They indulged in each other's bodies roughly as if they were conducting a duel.
There is a commonality between dueling and love.
The series of processes is ultimately a conversation. A conversation shared with the body. The greater the understanding of the opponent, the more the effect is maximized.
Love will grow deeper, and one will win in a duel.
After sharing love, the two lay side by side and shared a real conversation.
At the end of various stories, Baek Seolyoung asked something she had usually been curious about.
“By the way, can you use Sword Kinesis?”
“I can.”
“With a dagger?”
“With a dagger.”
“How do you use it?”
“Literally, you imbue the blade with Qi and let it fly.”
“...Is that it?”
“...Yes.”
“You just don't want to teach me, right? Like a greedy old man who keeps secrets tightly hidden and only leaves them as a final will. Right?”
“Hahaha.”
“Don't just laugh and teach me the method!”
“First, you have to know the difference between the Flying Sword Technique. Merely throwing a sword is just Flying Sword Technique, no matter how fast or powerful it is. The moment the sword leaves the hand, it is disconnected from me. However, Sword Kinesis remains connected to oneself even after the sword leaves the hand.”
“Is it like an invisible string?”
“Rather than that, it is closer to another invisible 'me' grabbing the sword and flying together with it.”
“Another invisible 'me'?”
“That is why I can control the blade according to my will.”
It felt like it was within reach yet out of reach.
And the final word he added that day.
“Hahaha, at first, try practicing by thinking of pouring in all your inner Qi and sending the sword flying really fast. So fast that it can never be blocked. The start is from there.”
And she heard about the specific method.
How to operate the inner Qi and how to govern the mind.
The high realm of changing the direction of the flying sword and controlling its speed was not something she could understand even after hearing it.
Nevertheless, she didn't care much. She thought that no matter if she entered the Transcendent Peak Realm, Sword Kinesis was someone else's story.
Sword Kinesis.
The ultimate realm for those who use sword techniques. Of course, there is the supreme realm called Mind Sword, but ordinary warriors regard Sword Kinesis as the end. She thought it was a matter for the far, far distant future before she could use Sword Kinesis.
But the most basic thing.
Shooting it out really fast. She understood that part.
That surfaced clearly in her mind.
Baek Seolyoung, who was about to give up on everything, snapped her eyes open.
There might be various ways to break this illusion, but she had no choice but to choose the most difficult method. Because that was the only method she knew.
Her sword slid out of her waist on its own. Was it easier because it was underwater? It was her first time drawing the sword from the scabbard without touching it.
The sword aimed at the Water Demon.
The Water Demon was startled when the sword aimed at him underwater. But he didn't worry because of that. He thought it was a final struggle. He thought of it as a mere level of Empty Air Object Manipulation, using Qi to move objects.
The sword trembled.
Next moment.
Flash!
The sword flew, cleaving the water.
Water Demon's eyes widened. In a flash, the sword was right in front of his nose. A sword could not fly this fast underwater.
Except for Sword Kinesis.
Splash!
Likewise, a water shield blocked his front.
But it was of no use before Sword Kinesis.
The sword that pierced through the water shield penetrated Water Demon's heart.
Thud.
The Water Demon died instantly.
Blood from his heart flowed into the water.
Next moment, the surrounding water all vanished like a lie.
“Huff!”
Dan Woobin, who had collapsed on the ground, exhaled roughly. Mook Young also exhaled roughly while lying on the floor. He was someone who had consumed too much spirit Qi to save her.
The Guard Hall warriors who had been dragged into the water were also gasping and huffing for breath. Fortunately, no one drowned in the water.
The only person standing there was Baek Seolyoung.
The Water Demon lay there as a corpse.
Her sword was embedded in the far back wall.
Dan Woobin and Mook Young stood up and approached her.
Mook Young asked with a startled face.
“C-Could it be you used Sword Kinesis?”
Baek Seolyoung's face had turned pale. She used up all her inner Qi in that one move just now. It was her first time using up all her inner Qi at once like this.
Baek Seolyoung was staring blankly at her sword embedded in the wall.
The person most surprised was her, the party involved.
It was somewhat clumsy and not perfect, but that one move was clearly Sword Kinesis.
It was truly a move used unconsciously. That day suddenly came to mind, and it was a move she displayed without knowing it before she lost consciousness from suffocating. She felt like she wouldn't be able to do it again if asked to.
“I think so.”
After saying that, Baek Seolyoung collapsed to the floor.
Dan Ah ran over and held her. After quickly checking her condition, she nodded with a relieved expression. Baek Seolyoung had merely collapsed from exhaustion.
Mook Young and Dan Woobin bowed their heads toward the sleeping Baek Seolyoung.
“Thank you for saving us.”
All the Guard Hall warriors standing around bowed their heads toward her.
“Thank you for saving us.”
She was always beautiful, but they thought her appearance while sleeping after pouring out everything just now was the most beautiful.
They kept their heads bowed like that for a long time. It was a moment when their loyalty toward her became even more firm.
* * *
This is the solution Lee Jaseung came up with.
Let's solve it with the remaining strength.
It was a thought that occurred while thinking that the person left behind is in more pain and sorrow.
Until now, he only thought about what was lost.
He only thought about reclaiming his sealed Dantian. He only thought about reclaiming his lost strength.
But he had strength remaining in him, though it was very weak. It was miserably weak compared to before, but that strength was clearly his.
Remaining strength, and marginalized strength.
Could I not overcome this crisis with that strength?
From now on, Lee Jaseung focused all his mental Qi on the remaining strength, not the sealed strength.
Lee Jaseung clenched both fists tightly. Iron chains were bound to his wrists, but he felt strength in his fists.
Even if a very small amount of inner Qi is loaded into this strength, it smashes rocks.
Lee Jaseung tried to load his mind, which would play the role of inner Qi, into that strength.
He had never focused his mental Qi on just raw strength like this. Because inner Qi flowed naturally as his mind directed.
Because when he fought when his inner Qi ran low, he just fought violently, mobilizing all his physical senses.
But now, Lee Jaseung was concentrating on something he had never concentrated on once since learning martial arts.
He felt his muscles, and he felt the strength flowing between his muscles.
If only he could load just a handful of his mind into that strength.
Lee Jaseung poured all his spirit and mind into it.
Clatter.
Just then, the door opened and someone stepped inside.
It was an old man with a physique no less than Lee Jaseung's. He came in carrying a large leather bag, and as soon as he entered, he spread it out on the desk first. He was the Black Elder the old man had mentioned earlier.
Inside the bag were really many items, including all sorts of gruesome torture tools, medicine bottles of unknown purpose, and even a needle case. While organizing them one by one on the desk, the Black Elder hummed to himself.
He was a master of torture and confession techniques. He possessed dozens of techniques to make people confess. Not a single person had ever failed to pour out what they knew after being caught by him.
The Black Elder took out a long needle and examined it here and there without looking back.
“Since Elder Loneliness said it is urgent, I have no choice but to use the strongest method.”
From the title Elder Loneliness, he could tell that the previous old man was the Loneliness Demon of the Asura Demon Sect. Lee Jaseung also knew basic information about him.
The Black Elder turned around holding the needle.
“If you are hit by the Soul Needle, you will answer every word I ask. Of course, you will die after fifteen minutes. Fifteen minutes might seem like a very short time, but you will find it is a very long time when actually asking and answering. It is time enough to find out even who your first love was in your childhood.”
Lee Jaseung still didn't show any reaction, with his eyes closed and head bowed.
The Black Elder approached Lee Jaseung.
The moment he was about to place the first needle in Lee Jaseung's head, Lee Jaseung raised his head and snapped his eyes open.
“Whoa! You startled me!”
The Black Elder was taken aback.
But he soon spoke slyly while looking at Lee Jaseung.
“Your eyes are good. It would have been nice if I could have enjoyed it slowly over time.”
The Black Elder was truly impressed. Since he tortured so many people, he could now tell just by looking at their eyes. These eyes were eyes that would never submit to an opponent.
The pleasure of making such a person submit is beyond description. Unfortunately, now was a situation where he had to resolve it at once with the Soul Needle.
Lee Jaseung spoke with a thin smile.
“I have no hobby of enjoying things with an old man, so I'll decline that proposal.”
Clang!
Simultaneously, the iron chains fastened to both his wrists exploded outward.
For a moment, the Black Elder was startled.
The moment he hurriedly turned around and tried to pick up the iron skewer lying on the desk.
Thud!
He was struck mercilessly on the back of his head and collapsed unconscious.
Lee Jaseung had not reclaimed his inner Qi. He succeeded in imbuing his mind into his remaining strength, not the inner Qi of his Dantian.
Truly, even Lee Jaseung didn't know this would be possible.
It wasn't anything incredibly grand.
It was just enough to produce explosive strength for a very brief moment by concentrating his mind.
In addition to that, one more thing. He could release his suppressed pressure points. When he put Qi containing his mind into the suppressed pressure points, the pressure points were released.
It wasn't just because of that strength.
In this series of processes, Lee Jaseung's martial arts had grown by one level.
What had stayed at the second stage of the Transcendent Peak Realm reached the first stage. Truly, Lee Jaseung reached the ultimate level of the Transcendent Peak Realm.
He finally reached the last realm that a human could reach.
The realm where one could use Mind Sword, not just Sword Kinesis.
This realm was so vast that even within the same first stage, the difference in skill was worlds apart.
He thought he wouldn't reach it even if he trained for a lifetime, but he crossed that wall in the process of finding this handful of strength that could break the iron chains.
He had not reclaimed his inner Qi yet, but Lee Jaseung's eyes were alive.
Lee Jaseung picked up the torture dagger lying on the desk.
Then he looked down silently at the Black Elder fallen on the floor.
Fifteen minutes later, Asura’s One Fist stepped into the place.
“Did you get the full confession?”
Lee Jaseung hanging on the wall was truly covered in blood.
“Where is this bastard from?”
The moment Asura’s One Fist turned toward the Black Elder.
Tap tap tap.
Asura’s One Fist’s pressure points were suppressed.
The person wearing the Black Elder's clothes was none other than Lee Jaseung. Naturally, the man hanging on the wall was the Black Elder.
Asura’s One Fist had no choice but to be deceived. Lee Jaseung and the Black Elder had similar builds, and he never imagined such a situation would occur. Moreover, he personally suppressed Lee Jaseung's pressure points. No one could release them except himself.
“You?”
Asura’s One Fist was so surprised and flustered that he didn't know what to say.
Lee Jaseung's hand movements in suppressing the pressure points were too perfect.
“You had inner Qi!”
Lee Jaseung brought the dagger to his neck.
“Who is being held here?”
“Do you think I will open my mouth just because you threaten my life?”
Lee Jaseung, who stared at him for a moment, replied.
“No.”
Lee Jaseung put down the dagger and picked up the needle that was lying next to it.
“So I asked that bastard. How to use this. That bastard opened his mouth easily since I threatened his life.”
Asura’s One Fist was horrified.
“You bastard! Do you not know who I am? If you touch me, you die! Are you not afraid of our sect?”
“Will your Cult Leader take revenge for you?”
“Of course! He will kill you as well as all your family members! And very brutally. You aren't wishing for that, are you?”
“No, I don't think so. Your Cult Leader doesn't care about the lives of subordinates anyway, right? Rather, you should worry about yourself first for failing the mission.”
For a moment, Asura’s One Fist was at a loss for words and couldn't say anything. He couldn't deny Lee Jaseung's words.
Asura’s One Fist spoke with fearful eyes.
“Just what do you want to know from me?”
“I'm going to stick it in first and think about it.”
Lee Jaseung stuck the Soul Needle into his head.
“They say fifteen minutes is a very long time.”