Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 183

The Taiji Wisdom Sword, being a fragment of the Realm of the Mind Martial, consumed a lot of internal energy.

Using it immediately was impossible, as all his internal energy had been poured into the previous strike.

In a hurry, he deflected the attack by crossing the Black Pine Cloud Sword and the Ice Clarity Sword.

Kagagak!

With just one twist of the attack, his wrist bent in a strange direction.

Intense pain surged, but he was fortunate to have avoided vital points.

Jin Cheonhee immediately used the Profound Origin Heaven and Earth Divine Technique to quickly block the pain and twisted his wrist back to its original position.

Crack-

His swollen wrist let out a groan.

‘One more deflection of an attack and it’ll be a fracture.’

It seems the bone had already cracked from the dislocation.

‘I can’t block twice.’

It was clear what would happen if such an impact hit his internal organs.

This thought process took only 0.2 seconds.

His accelerated thoughts guided his next course of action.

As Jin Cheonhee approached, the demon held his breath and shot out his fist.

It was because he calculated that Jin Cheonhee would use Water Overcomes Fire again.

However, Jin Cheonhee’s figure disappeared and reappeared behind the demon.

Then he struck the demon’s ear with the flat of his sword.

Kang!

Despite hitting flesh, it sounded like metal colliding. But it didn’t matter. The target wasn’t the outer skin.

It was the cochlea and nerves inside his ear.

The moment the inside resonated, the demon roared and threw another punch.

He dodged the attack by a blade’s width using the Cloud-Stepping Gait.

The wind pressure from the fist struck his face, but that was manageable.

The next strike was to the chin!

This time, he struck with the remaining internal energy scraped together.

The frightening aspect of Wudang’s sword was its principle of the soft overcoming the hard.

He hadn’t realized how helpful Fist Emperor’s teachings would be in dealing with this demon.

The Minor Clarity Sword, imbued with the mystery of Taiji, struck the demon’s jaw cartilage.

The vibration circled around to hit the head, and the moment the demon opened his mouth, the cold blade dug into his lips.

“Lightning.”

“Damn it…”

The Vajra Blood Demon sensed he was in trouble.

Blue lightning poured down from the sky.

Simultaneously, Jin Cheonhee’s Five Elements True Qi, carrying thunder energy, poured electrical charge into the demon’s interior.

Kwagwagwagwang!

Jin Cheonhee’s Five Elements Thunder, pushed in while minimally defending his own body, roasted the Vajra Blood Demon’s internal organs.

Combined with Heavenly Thunder Hawk’s all-out blue lightning, a massive electrical charge poured down.

No matter how much external strength one has trained, it’s impossible to protect the internal organs.

The Vajra Blood Demon felt extreme pain and lost consciousness.

Thud-

As the demon collapsed, Jin Cheonhee pulled the Black Pine Cloud Sword from his mouth.

Landing on the ground like a cat, he checked the fallen Vajra Blood Demon’s pulse.

“……”

He was alive. Unconscious, but alive.

Jin Cheonhee sheathed his sword and used his last bit of internal energy to strike the demon’s lower abdomen with the mystery of Taiji Fist.

Kwagwang!

He had destroyed the danjeon.

After cutting the meridians in his limbs as well, he sat down.

“Huff, huff…”

Even if he had fought at full strength, it would have been a formidable enemy, but he had encountered him after dozens of battles.

It would have been strange if he wasn’t exhausted.

Moreover, having been partially hit by Heavenly Thunder Hawk’s lightning, he had significant burns.

The emptiness from his depleted danjeon brought a sense of frustration and nausea.

At that moment, a blood clot rushed up his throat.

It was a sign of fainting.

After finishing his self-diagnosis, Jin Cheonhee immediately took out a Five Elements Divine Pill from his pouch and swallowed it.

It was a medicine that stabilized the qi of the five elements and boosted internal energy. While it had no effect on external injuries, it was good for quickly replenishing the danjeon.

Woof!

When he opened his eyes, Hwanggu was looking at its master with worried eyes.

“I’m okay.”

He didn’t have the energy to pat it.

Jin Cheonhee barely recovered his body and took out the feng shui compass.

Even at this moment, the Profound Origin Heaven and Earth Divine Technique suggested the next direction to move.

Deductive reasoning also required creativity.

He fixed the direction of the celestial stem and restored the formation.

Although he had never learned Wudang’s formations, he arranged them based on the Zhuge Clan’s, inferring and filling in the gaps.

Lastly, the water vein.

This time, there were no jiangshi.

Jin Cheonhee ordered Hwanggu.

“The water source should be around here.”

Woof!

Hwanggu didn’t hesitate to guide its master.

After a few more steps, there was a large nail driven into the water source.

It smelled of sorcery.

He drew the Ice Clarity Sword and imbued it with thunder qi.

The purely condensed thunder qi heated the blade blue, again and again.

When he judged it had been condensed to its limit, he unleashed a sword flash.

Kang!

The pure lightning flash acted as an exorcism, instantly scattering the demonic energy, and the spell power wrapping the large nail was lost in an instant.

Strangely, the moment the nail head was cut off, the entire nail turned to powder and began to scatter with a puff.

As the water source was liberated, the water vein began to flow. However, the speed was slow.

That was fine.

Because the blood water stones of the second formation that Jin Cheonhee had set up were substituting for the water vein.

He just needed to restore the formation axis of the first formation nearby.

Sure enough, mist began to rise again from within the fire demon.

The cloud mist that always enveloped Mount Wudang.

If one hadn’t learned Wudang’s internal energy cultivation method, their senses would be blocked in this mist. Conversely, those who had learned Wudang’s internal energy method would recover their internal energy faster in the mist.

Naturally, they would tire less when using martial arts, which would be a great advantage in a melee.

“Now it feels like we might survive.”

Being on the main peak of Mount Wudang, the earth veins were incomparably strong.

Jin Cheonhee immediately examined his left wrist that had been twisted once.

It was indeed cracked inside. Now it had swollen to the size of a fist.

In a hurry, he used acupuncture to reduce the swelling and fixed it with a splint.

‘The fingers are damaged too.’

He had to wrap it somewhat loosely to prepare for battle.

Using the Profound Origin Heaven and Earth Divine Technique to block the sensation like before was an option, but that would also slow down his reflexes.

It could be dangerous to use in a melee.

So he decided to endure with painkillers instead.

He drew the Black Pine Cloud Sword and wrapped it together with his left hand.

“Kukuku… It’s an insane treatment, but…”

If a patient did this, he would have stopped them even if he had to hit them on the back of the head.

But there was no choice.

‘The left hand can only use about 50% of its normal function. At this level, I can push it further.’

He wrapped it with his right hand and cut the bandage with his teeth.

‘There are burns and lacerations on the skin, but no bleeding. The muscles… can maintain about 80% function, so that’s also okay.’

Even in the situation where Heavenly Thunder Hawk was pouring down lightning, he had properly protected his bones and organs.

He took out another Five Elements Divine Pill and poured it into his mouth.

After briefly circulating his qi to restore his internal energy, he swallowed a White Dragon Divine Pill.

In less than a quarter of a moment, he forcibly raised his creaking body.

“Let’s go.”

Woof.

“Don’t worry.”

He stroked Hwanggu’s fluffy forehead once with his other hand, and then Jin Cheonhee attempted to use his lightness skill.

It was fast, but the speed had indeed dropped compared to before.

However, he had to deliberately conserve his internal energy, so it couldn’t be helped.

“We’re going to the main hall. If there are any injured within range, let me know immediately.”

Woof!

Hwanggu nodded immediately. Above, Heavenly Thunder Hawk glided along, protecting Jin Cheonhee.

***

Woof. – Master, corpses. There are many corpses.

Only corpses were visible as they ran. Not seeing any living people made him anxious.

The smell of burning flesh nearly drove him mad again, but he pushed back the memories of his past life and rushed forward.

Although the terrible memories of the past whipped at him, there was something more important right before his eyes.

People who might have died if he hadn’t been there. People whose lives he could extend if he treated them.

Saving people.

Jin Cheonhee’s belief, carried over from his past life, moved him even through the pain.

Grr. – There are injured. Many.

At Hwanggu’s words, he gathered his wits once more.

Sure enough, as they climbed a bit higher, many injured people came into view.

Those divided into the Blood Immortal Sect and Wudang Sect were in a ceasefire state, facing each other from opposite directions. And in the center, two figures were fighting with overwhelming force.

Kwagwagwang-

The afterimage was faster than the sound.

Sword and fist collided, trying to end each other’s lifeline.

Even the fist strikes that seemed to be casually thrown contained such profound mysteries that it was dizzying.

The figure answering those fists silently with a sword was no ordinary person either.

Holding a sword as tall as a person, face covered with a mask, wearing a splendid red robe.

The sword was extremely large, a size that seemed to belong in a manga.

The way such a sword moved as if fluttering like a sheet of paper was so mystical it was hard to believe even while seeing it.

That wasn’t all.

On the surface of what should be called a great sword beyond a greatsword, there was an energy so dazzling it made one’s eyes squint involuntarily.

Sword energy!

‘Crazy. Someone who can use sword energy has appeared? There aren’t even thirty in the martial world…’

Among those thirty, those who are especially strong are called the ten great masters of the world. And among them, only about three or four could freely use such sword energy.

Only those who have reached the Transformation Realm can use sword energy, but there’s a huge gap between being able to use it and using it freely.

‘Damn. The worry has become reality. At least a top executive of the Blood Immortal Sect! It’s fortunate that grandfather recently gained a small enlightenment, otherwise…’

Cold sweat ran down Jin Cheonhee’s forehead. As he watched in shock, Fist Emperor’s two hands were tracing the Taiji symbol.

What resided in those two hands was also sword energy, but its intensity was less than the sword energy on the great sword.

Nevertheless, Fist Emperor was not pushed back.

This was because the Taiji traced by those two hands scattered and contained the sword energy of the great sword.

Kwarung!

The sound of air exploding rang out.

The sound of sword energy dispersing in the air beat against the bodies of the surrounding people.

Finally, the two stepped back for a moment and faced each other.

Behind them, Wudang’s Taoists and the Blood Immortal Sect’s masked people stood facing each other.

“Old man. You’re quite alive, aren’t you?”

A voice that wasn’t human flowed from the masked figure’s vocal cords.

Neither male nor female. Neither child nor old. Therefore, it was an extremely bizarre timbre.

“Kuhaha! I must have accumulated some good karma in my past life. To meet such a worthy opponent in my twilight years.”

Fist Emperor smiled. One could tell he was truly enjoying himself. But within that joy, anger and sadness coexisted.

Jin Cheonhee could understand that feeling. Wudang Sect was this person’s hometown, and all the Taoists here were like family to him.

Among the dead, there were surely some he was personally close to.

“The rumors about you being an old man crazy for fighting were true, huh? I didn’t expect you to talk about worthy opponents in this situation?”

“No matter how crazy for fighting I am, how could I compare to the demonic cult?”

Of course, in Wudang, they thought of these people as the demonic cult.

Although there was a lot of red, the base was black, and the demonic energy emanating was so thick with killing intent that it was hard to distinguish.

One must be wary of imitations.

The masked figure didn’t bother to deny it.

“Old innards might be defective as an offering… Kik… but judging by the energy emanating, it seems you’ve indeed lived as a Taoist who didn’t indulge in colors. The Blood Immortals will be pleased.”