Chapter 315 – The End is Certain

“Kkeuaeng!”

Hong Yeon-hwa suddenly slipped and pinched her butt.

“Yeon-hwa?!”

Be careful.

I quickly lifted Hong Yeon-hwa, who had fallen, and pulled her thin hand to hug her.

“Uh…?”

Something cool flowed into me through Hong Yeon-hwa’s hand.

Although Hong Yeon-hwa’s inner strength was pure, it only meant that she was a “pure magician.”

But the energy I feel now is much clearer than most Daoist inner strengths.

It’s so clear that it might not even be a fairy’s inner strength.

Perhaps the blood that was full of vitality was purified by this energy.

I don’t know what she did, but it seems like Hong Yeon-hwa did something again.

For a moment, I was amazed inwardly.

The energy that flowed into my body through Hong Yeon-hwa’s hand began to circulate throughout my body, healing my broken body.

It expelled the accumulated blood everywhere, healed the broken blood vessels, and soothed the injured organs.

Although it seems impossible to completely reconnect the broken bones, most of the minor injuries and internal injuries were healed in an instant.

From a state of near-death, my body was restored to a level where I could live.

Can such a miracle happen just by touching inner strength…?

I looked at Hong Yeon-hwa, who was hugging me in a daze.

“Jjoo-“

For some reason, Hong Yeon-hwa was pouting her lips.

“What are you doing?”

“Hmm? Wasn’t this the atmosphere just now?”

I didn’t know what kind of atmosphere it was, but I wanted to kiss her anyway.

Smooch.

After giving Hong Yeon-hwa a light kiss, I let go of her shoulder.

“More importantly, what is this? My blood was purified, and my body is better now?”

“It’s nothing. I just temporarily extracted magic from your inner strength.”

“Inner strength can’t change its nature so easily…”

It’s also impossible to put such healing power into inner strength alone.

If anyone could improve their inner strength just by clearing their mind, then the Daoist and the Unbeatable would have fought like zombies, recovering in real-time.

The only thing that inner strength can do is to stop bleeding and boost natural regeneration.

It’s just an emergency treatment that allows you to move by blocking the wound from getting worse, not healing the wound.

Although the Unbeatable are stronger and recover faster than ordinary people, they still need proper medical treatment and medicine to fully recover.

It’s not like the bulky martial artists are running their own pharmacies.

My bewildered expression caused Hong Yeon-hwa to giggle as she lightly grabbed my cheek.

“I just made it possible for you to do what I can do. Well… let’s talk about it later. Isn’t there something more important right now?”

“Ah, right. That’s true.”

Nodding my head, I lightly inspected my body.

Although my body had definitely improved, my inner strength was still at rock bottom. Even worse, my sword was broken, so I couldn’t say that I was in perfect condition.

…But for some reason, a calm sense of confidence enveloped my entire being.

“Is it enough to kill just one dying No-Gwe?”

“I have no intention of lifting a finger. I’ll take care of it from here on out. …Like this.”

Hong Yeon-hwa grinned as she swung her fist towards a nearby pile of dirt.

Kwaaang!

With a single blow, the pile of dirt shattered into pieces.

It was the remains of a mountain, so the height was about the size of a building.

And she did it with just a simple swing of her bare hand, without even inflating her qi.

I couldn’t understand what was happening since earlier, but when I thought about it carefully, even splitting a dragon the size of a mountain was an impossible feat.

For now, I decided to let it go. After all, as Hong Yeon-hwa said, there was something more important.

“Oh, there it is.”

A voice that sounded like it was happily grinning. But there was a deep sense of killing intent hidden within it.

Of course. Hong Yeon-hwa was really going to be stripped of everything this time.

No matter how much the Blood Demon had prepared for Hong Yeon-hwa’s revenge, her anger and humiliation wouldn’t just disappear.

The only thing left in the pile of dirt that had flown away was a dark red sword. Even though it was weak, I could feel the Blood Demon’s presence from it.

As I expected, she managed to barely survive. I didn’t expect her to be hiding in such a form so close to us, though.

As soon as we revealed our location, blood gathered around the sword and took on a familiar shape.

A giant with three heads and six arms.

It had shrunk in size and lost its momentum, but… that was definitely the Blood Demon.

Using the blood gathered on the ground as a medium.

It was a last-ditch effort, but it was too intense.

But nothing was going to change.

The Blood Demon was going to die here today.

Papak.

The first one to rush in was Hong Yeon-hwa.

With each step she took, she purified the blood, and in an instant, she approached the Blood Demon.

The Blood Demon reached out with both fists, but Hong Yeon-hwa simply extended a thin fist.

Neither a threatening demon nor a violent mage could stop her.

It was just an ordinary fist that naturally extended.

As I squeezed between the giant fists, Hong Yeon-hwa’s small body seemed like it would crumble.

Kwaaang! Cheol-pyeok’s fist exploded in reverse as it touched Hong Yeon-hwa’s white hand.

The blood scattered around, but by the time it hit the ground, it had become clear, pure water.

Thanks to this, Cheol-pyeok’s regeneration speed, which had been recycling the fallen blood, had significantly decreased.

Even now, Hong Yeon-hwa was purifying the blood around her. At this rate, she would slowly crumble like an insect with its limbs torn off.

Knowing this well, Cheol-pyeok stepped back and made a complicated hand gesture with her remaining four arms.

A spear made from the surrounding healthy blood. The Blood Demon’s magic flew at a fast speed.

But it was aimed at me.

“How dare you!”

Hong Yeon-hwa tried to block it in anger, but I shouted first.

“It’s okay! Don’t worry about me!”

It wasn’t a reckless statement.

It wasn’t a misunderstanding due to an unknown sense of excitement.

I really was okay. My body, which had been half-dead, had recovered enough. I could handle that much.

With a firm attitude, Hong Yeon-hwa momentarily flinched, then rushed towards Cheol-pyeok.

That’s right. That’s all I needed.

“Phew.”

I took a deep breath.

Due to the natural energy gathered in the area, the Myeongryeong Divine Art was not functioning properly.

Although my body had recovered thanks to Hong Yeon-hwa, not all of my injuries had healed. My whole body still hurt as if it had been smashed.

And my sword was broken too. It was too short to use as a sword, in fact.

But.

The determination that had touched the sky had not yet faded.

The identity of the excitement that had been going on since earlier.

All my determination and spirit whispered together.

Cut her.

If I saved my people, it was time to face my enemies next.

So cut her.

Clench.

My body naturally took a stance in response to that voice.

My left leg was in front of me, and my right leg was stretched out to the side, with my body tensed to strike at any moment.

I gripped the sword in my hand and looked straight at the flying weapon.

Even though my sword was broken, my spirit was not.

My sword was still sharp enough.

Ssweaaak!

I swung my sword fiercely at the flying red weapons. If even one of them hit me, I would be sent back to the afterlife. I aimed at the Blood Demon’s flesh, which would surely be sent back to the afterlife.

A perfect sword. No, it went beyond that.

That was what the ideal line was all about.

Seogeuk.

My sword didn’t directly collide with anything.

The sword’s energy didn’t extend to knock away all the weapons.

Just my determination.

My determination clashed with the shape of the sword that I always held in my mind, and all of the Blood Demon’s magic was cut down.

When I think about it, it’s an incredible feat. I even have the awareness that I did something impossible.

However, surprisingly, I wasn’t excited.

“I was able to do what I could do.”

Hong Yeon-hwa’s words were still echoing in my head.

“So this is what it was.”

My determination reached the sky once again.

My sword cut the world in half.

So cutting down such a small and weak weapon was a very natural thing to do.

I raised my head and looked at Hong Yeon-hwa, who was tearing off the third arm of the Samduyukbi.

I had a dream.

When I was young, I wanted to be the protagonist of a martial arts novel.

I wanted to be a swordsman who could split mountains and seas.

But I failed.

My talent was too mediocre, and I couldn’t break out of the ordinary. I just swung my sword day after day out of habit.

Then one day, I met Hong Yeon-hwa.

I dreamed again.

I wanted to become a swordsman who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Hong Yeon-hwa someday.

I turned my gaze for a moment and looked at the giant sword mark engraved on the ground.

A sword mark so huge that it could be mistaken for a valley, and the corpse of a dragon that had fallen into two rivers.

As I looked at that sight, I asked myself a question inwardly.

Have I achieved my dream?

I took a step towards Samduyukbi, towards Hong Yeon-hwa.

“Now, let’s go check it out.”