The Regressed Sword Demon Changes the Future

The powerful suction pulled in the surrounding objects, and the objects pulled in were instantly pulverized by the power of the two types of sword forces crossing in the whirlwind.

The power of the Heaven and Earth Spiral Wave was truly terrifying.

A transcendent signature technique that was not unworthy of the name of a secret art!

But…

"It's an interesting technique, but it would have been better if you had used it before taking the Berserk Pill…"

Saying so, Jang Baekseo jumped into the center of the Heaven and Earth Spiral Wave without hesitation.

And he immediately protected his body with the Geumgang sword manual and at the same time used the Jowon sword manual.

Jang Baekseo had been hit hard by using the sword manuals of Jowon and Ganghon at the same time to forcibly neutralize Gang Junpyo's protective sword force before.

But unlike Ganghon and Jowon, Geumgang and Jowon had a rather good compatibility, and he could use them at the same time with ease.

Two types of sword forces.

The Jowon sword manual forcibly unraveled the link connecting the sword force and the sword force.

Then, the Heaven and Earth Spiral Wave, which had been rampaging wildly, crushing the surroundings until just a moment ago, was torn to shreds with an absurd ease and scattered in all directions.

Surprisingly, only the center where Jang Baekseo was, was a complete safe zone in that attack range.

Jang Baekseo, who had easily broken through even the final secret art that Gang Junpyo had prepared, looked at Gang Junpyo to finish him off.

And for a moment.

Shudder!

He felt a shiver run down his spine.

'It's dangerous!!'

While Jang Baekseo was breaking through the Heaven and Earth Spiral Wave, Gang Junpyo had thrown away his sword and had taken out two items from his bosom and was doing something.

And those two items were familiar to Jang Baekseo.

'The Blood Flower Sutra and the Hundred River Token!'

Gang Junpyo was holding those two and was chanting something like an unknown spell.

Then, from the Blood Flower Sutra and the Hundred River Token held in his both hands, an unknown, creepy energy emanated, and that energy was soon absorbed by Gang Junpyo.

"Tsk!"

Jang Baekseo immediately threw his body to finish off such a Gang Junpyo.

The time it took to break through the Heaven and Earth Spiral Wave, discover Gang Junpyo's strange behavior, grasp the situation, and throw his body at him was truly an instant.

But.

The 'something' that Gang Junpyo was doing had already been completed in that instant.

With a creepy smile, Gang Junpyo drove the Hundred River Token held in one hand into his own chest.

"To face a supernatural power and chaotic spirits… you have to face them with a supernatural power and chaotic spirits!!"

With an unknown word, an unknown, creepy energy exploded from Gang Junpyo's entire body.

"Tsk!"

Jang Baekseo, who had no choice but to dodge, held his breath and glared into the dust cloud that had risen from the explosion of qi.

Soon, at the end of the dust cloud, what revealed itself was 'something' that was beyond Jang Baekseo's imagination.

A protective qi, a protective sword force. A bizarre energy completely different from those was rising from his body.

But what was more surprising was the strange change in his body.

First, his physique had grown.

His height, which had been similar to Jang Baekseo's, had grown by the length of Jang Baekseo's head, and his volume had also increased as much as his height had grown.

That was not all.

"Scales…"

About half of his body was covered in creepy red scales.

And the most shocking thing was his head.

Jang Baekseo was at a loss for words, looking at the appearance of Gang Junpyo, who had a form that was somewhere between a human and a beast.

In his life before his regression, Jang Baekseo had seen all sorts of things in all sorts of places, not only in the Central Plains but also outside the Central Plains, to the frontiers. Among them, there were plenty of things that could be called the 'supernatural power and chaotic spirits' that Gang Junpyo had babbled about.

But even for such a Jang Baekseo, it was the first time he had seen such a thing.

In the first place, what should he call that?

Even for Jang Baekseo, who had seen all sorts of strange things like the Raging Blood Art and the Berserk Pill while facing the Hundred River Association, it was the first time he had seen such a thing.

"Kraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"

Moreover, as if his reason had also disappeared as he had turned into that appearance, Gang Junpyo let out a roar like that of a real beast.

"Kraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah? Ha, it seems not only his head has become a beast, but his mind has also become a beast."

Whether he had turned into a beast or not, what Jang Baekseo had to do did not change.

Thump!

Jang Baekseo, who had kicked off the ground, rushed at Gang Junpyo, no, the beast that had been Gang Junpyo.

'First, let's lightly check how he's changed.'

Jang Baekseo, who had broken into the beast's blind spot, swung his sword, aiming for the beast's right arm.

Swish!

'What? Why isn't he blocking or dodging? And he's not using a protective sword force!?'

Although he was flustered by the completely unexpected situation, Jang Baekseo continued his attack as he was.

Jang Baekseo's sword, which had mangled one of the beast's arms, was aimed at the beast's neck.

But at that moment!

Crack!

"What!?"

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

Although Jang Baekseo had barely received the beast's attack, which had been carried out without a sound, its power was enormous. It was enough to send Jang Baekseo, whose weight was not much different from that of an adult, flying a good ten feet.

Swish!

'That guy, for sure…!'

But the part that astonished Jang Baekseo was different.

It was that.

"The arm has regenerated?"

That's right. The right arm, which had been mangled by the first attack, had instantly recovered and had attacked him.

Now, only a small trace of the wound remained on the beast's right arm.

"Ha!? What on earth is that…?"

But such a Jang Baekseo's thoughts could not continue for long.

This time, it was the beast that had rushed in.

"Tsk!?"

Hwoong!!

Jang Baekseo leisurely dodged the attack of the beast, which was swinging its hands like a real beast.

'It's fast and strong. But this guy has no technique at all.'

It was literally true. The beast was faster and stronger than Gang Junpyo, who had taken the Berserk Pill before he had changed.

But crucially, he had no technique at all.

Fast and strong, but that was all!

If that was all, it could never reach Jang Baekseo.

Swish!

Swish!

Swish!

Although Jang Baekseo had swung his sword in an instant, aiming for the vital points of the beast's entire body, the result was not very good.

"The regeneration is ridiculously fast."

Jang Baekseo, who had clicked his tongue at the ultra-high-speed regeneration that was unbelievable for a normal living being, dodged all the attacks of the beast that were swung in succession.

"And he doesn't feel pain either?"

Although it was because of his regeneration ability that he did not care about the attacked area, the beast had no reflex to pain, which a living being should naturally have.

A monster that did not feel pain and regenerated immediately even if it was injured!

Even Jang Baekseo, who had gone through all sorts of hardships, could not help but be flustered by the existence he was facing for the first time in his life.

But.

"Tsk, no matter what he is, he's a living being, so he'll die if I cut his neck."

Jang Baekseo had no time to delay.

Although Jang Baekseo had left the place, trusting Hwa Mokyeon, a lot of time had passed since he had fought a bloody battle with Gang Junpyo.

Apart from trusting Hwa Mokyeon, it was not good to be away from the place for so long.

It was time to harden his resolve.

"Here I go."

Jang Baekseo moved at the fastest speed he could muster and distracted the beast's eyes. The beast was a monster with terrifying strength and speed, and the ability to not feel pain and to regenerate.

But what he had lost was not small.

By losing his reason and spirit, he had become unable to use his sword force, and he had also become unable to use his empty space.

Then, aiming for his back was an easy task.

Sreung!!

Jang Baekseo, with a swift movement that would leave even the wind behind, got behind the beast.

And his sword was swung with the speed of a flash of light.

The twelve sword manuals of the Twelve Paths, Three Forms. Among them, the fastest, the sword manual of the Twin Wings, cut the beast's neck from behind.

Swish!

'I did it!'

But unlike such a Jang Baekseo's thoughts.

Crack!!

"What!?"

When he had cut about half of the beast's neck, his sword was blocked by a frighteningly hard neck bone.

It was an impossible thing.

To think that a sword qi that could easily break a rock was blocked by the cervical vertebra of a mere living being…

But before he could have such thoughts, Jang Baekseo had to pull himself back first.

Hwoong!

Crack!

"Keuk!?"

The beast's attack, which had been carried out without hesitation even at the moment its neck was being cut, and which had caught him off guard, had hit Jang Baekseo directly.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

Jang Baekseo, who had been hit by the surprise attack, was thrown back like a pebble thrown with all one's might from a river.

Jang Baekseo, who had crushed several trees and rocks and had been thrown, was soon thrown into a huge tree.

"Keu, keuk!"

Although Jang Baekseo had deployed his protective qi at maximum output at the moment of the blow and had at the same time used Geumgang to reduce the shock as much as possible, his condition was by no means good.

With that one blow just now, several of his ribs had been broken.

'It's a good thing the broken ribs didn't get stuck in my internal organs.'

Even in extreme pain, Jang Baekseo calmly checked his own condition.

Although it was fortunate that his arms and legs were not broken, the fact that the situation was the worst did not change.

Above all, the problem was that ridiculously hard bone.

'What on earth is that? Can a living being's bone be that hard?'

Worrying about it would not make the situation better. Now, he had to defeat that beast somehow. Jang Baekseo, who was about to stand up, suppressing the pain, looked at an object that had fallen out of his clothes and was shaking.

"This is…?"

It was the amulet that Geum Hyeonah had given to Jang Baekseo, who was leaving for the escort mission.

Jang Baekseo had been wearing that amulet, which was a small lucky pouch made of red silk with a hard steel string attached, around his neck throughout this escort mission.

"…She wished for my safety… I'm sorry."

While saying that, Jang Baekseo suddenly recalled the conversation he had had with Geum Hyeonah before leaving for the escort mission.

-Thank you, Junior Sister. I'll be back soon.

-And if something dangerous happens to you, Senior Brother…

-If it does…?

-Check inside the amulet.

-?

Jang Baekseo, who had recalled the memory, checked inside the amulet and could not help but laugh.

"Ha… hahaha!! This sly little thing…!"

***

The beast did not chase after Jang Baekseo, whom he had thrown, and stood in place, waiting for his neck to regenerate.

Although the regeneration of the skin and muscles was ultra-high-speed, the bones were an exception.

Although Jang Baekseo's Twin Wings sword manual had not completely cut the beast's cervical vertebra, it had succeeded in making a wound.

Soon, the beast, whose cervical vertebra had also finished regenerating, was about to jump in the direction where he had thrown Jang Baekseo!

"Hey, beast!!"

Crack!

"Grrrrr!?"

Jang Baekseo revealed himself, kicking the broken wood fragments and pulverized rock fragments at the beast.

But his momentum was completely different from before.

For the first time, some kind of emotion appeared in the eyes of the beast, which had not shown any emotional trend other than violence until now.

"Wow, this is something. I didn't know things would turn out like this~"

At the completely changed momentum of the revealed Jang Baekseo, the beast took a fighting stance and was wary of him.

On the contrary, Jang Baekseo was approaching the beast without hesitation, scratching the tip of his nose as if it were amusing.

"It seems I have a lucky fairy attached to me. And a very cool one at that."

As his carefree muttering, which seemed to be for the beast to hear or for himself, continued, the beast felt an unknown tension and a certain emotion, called fear, growing in his heart at Jang Baekseo's endlessly soaring qi wave.

"But that fairy told me to finish it off splendidly, you see?"

And with that one word, a qi wave exploded from Jang Baekseo's body.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!"

"Let's end this boring fight now. I might get attached to you if this goes on, you know?"

As a signal, the beast rushed at Jang Baekseo with a terrifying momentum. But Jang Baekseo stood there as if he were nailed to the spot and did not even try to dodge the attack.

And at that moment.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

The beast, which had flown in with a thunderous roar, was thrown back at a speed several times faster.

And something that had thrown the beast back revealed itself.

It was a dark sword, no, a sword made of dark sword force.

A sword made of sword force, a sword-controlling sword force, had thrown the beast back from the air.

"The Heavenly Pursuit True Demon Sword Force. With the next blow.

The beast, which had been thrown back at high speed and had been thrown so deep that a large pit had been created in the ground, jumped up with a terrifying momentum.

"Kraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

But such a roar could not even create a small emotional stir in Jang Baekseo, let alone a crisis.

"…I'll finish you."

A second Heavenly Pursuit True Demon Sword Force revealed itself in the air.

(End of Chapter)