The Martial Master - 70 Su Min's Enlightenmen

“Two..! Hahaha, I have two to choose between! Being the ‘Realm’ Overseer for the Heavenly Section of this world really does have its perks!”

*RUMBLE*

A shiver rocked the sky as his gaze brightened, then in a flash of everlasting white, he disappeared from the courtyard!

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*Thud* *THUD*

“A split soul, huh…”

The rumble of the rough voice shook the air around it, and as a collection of thunderous steps pounded, a golden-haired man stepped out of the darkened shadow.

His whole being appeared to have changed from earlier. His fists seemed to hold the world, and his eyes the sky!

His entire body was wriggling amidst disconcerting pulses. A red aura razed throughout his entire presence, yet, with those two gold and black eyes, he carried an explosive demeanour of danger.

It was an aura of absoluteness.

One that was about to be unsheathed!

“You..!”

The heavenly man’s eyes bulged when those two serious eyes locked onto him. In that exact moment, he watched his whole body shiver and then spasm with steaming perspiration.

*WANGGGG*

His sword paused mid-air and his heart thumped booms in his ears! A crisis of intolerable dread tingled along his arms and legs, and as he froze up, Su Min’s eyes brightened!

The Heavenly Array also seemed to sense this, but as Su Min’s aura shrouded the area, it, in a shocking fashion, shuddered and retreated!

“Although I am severely exhausted, I feel this strange control…”

Su Min’s hands crackled as he, with a thunderous boom, disappeared from the man’s view!

“Are you the reincarnation of that Ancient monster?!”

The man’s breath was ragged as he disregarded the chasm that was starting to seeth and jumped backwards! His sword, whilst doing so, turned crystalline as all the heaven’s energy that the array summoned got forcefully sucked into it!

*THUD*

His eyes surveyed every inch of space around him. The sword was rattling in his hand, but he knew that he would without a doubt die if he backed down!

*SHIING*

Nonetheless, with a disturbing ringing boom, everything around him got encompassed in a golden hue!

“A hundred meters…”

*CRACK*

A sound that was akin to thunder in the man’s ears thrashed the air as a horrifying quantity of ancient energy sprung out of oblivion! It instantly formed a gigantic glistening fist, then with a shimmer of dense power, it hurdled itself right towards the dumbfounded man!

*BANGGGGGG*

A thunderous clap of solidified air encompassed the sky, yet it itself was broken by an even more frightful force, causing even more dreadful shockwaves to rise and break, again and again!

“How can you control so much energy?!”

The man stiffened with despair as he watched that fist become the only thing in his view. It was like divine might, those sounds, offering no form of retaliation, only horror!

The chasm in the sky trembled ever so slightly when the unmovable fist swept past it, but it was clear that it was nothing worthy of mentioning. In fact, the two floating eyes that had the flame encompassing it performed a strange move that allowed it to merge with the world…

“Gahh!!! I can’t die, I have lived for too long.!!”

The man’s eyes turned bloodshot as he gripped the sword and slashed down. A vigorous throbbing thumped the atmosphere, where a sudden blinding white slash developed.

Its sharpness parted the black clouds and issued a blood-curdling shriek as it collided with the fist!

*SLICEEEE*

*…PSSSSTTT*

A blast of ancient energy got swept outwards as thousands of strands disintegrated! The materialised white slash warped and trembled as sparks spat out from the fist like it was a knife trying to cut metal!

But, this knife persisted and persevered!

“I don’t have time for this…”

An annoyed grumble sounded out, and in the view of the widening eyes of the man, a troubling roar echoed from space itself.

“One Hundred and Fifty meters…”

*SHIIIINGGG*

His ears ruptured as an exceptional chime permeated the whole world, then as if the fist was getting driven, an abrupt acceleration hastened out of it!

“GAH!”

*SCREEEEECH*

Blood spurted out of the man’s mouth as he watched on with terror. The sword slash, distorting with even more fierce shaking, began to crack!

A desolate aura echoed, then in a mighty explosion, the whole world was lit in a blazing white!

*FIZZZZZZ*

*…WHOOOSH*

Then, within this blinding white, a straining golden shape whistled like a piercing arrow and collided with the man!

*SLAPPPP*

*THUD*

“Agh… I am seriously pushing it by trying to control the second energy and this roughly made fist at the same time…”

A troubled voice sounded out as the white light dwindled, revealing two tired eyes.

He waved his hand and dispersed whatever energy he was still controlling, then with a fierce gaze, he locked onto the two smashed eyes that were encased in a black flame.

“Everything is so confusing…”

His mind ached as he was reminded of what happened not too long ago…

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A couple of minutes ago, Su Min, staring at a single grain of gold in the sky, gasped!

“W-wow…”

A beautiful sight pierced his view as a fogged image of a massive orb of golden blasted him. It was akin to a Sun in his eyes with the constant writhing streams of gold spewing out of it!

“This is second realm energy..?”

Su Min went into a daze as the strange behaviour of the small sun reflected itself in his pupils. But, not even a second later, he felt an incomprehensible pain strike his soul and his chest!

Then, in the corner of his eye, he saw a slew of golden blood splutter out of his chest!

“A–.!!”

He couldn’t even utter out a single cry as his body twitched then dropped on the ground. His senses switched off out of pure shock and his mind rattled! Then, with a looming presence, the threat of death grasped his feet!

“G–..!!!”

Su Min’s mind boomed with terror as he attempted to regain his control, but the pain made thinking extruciating!

“Agh… You are way too rash..!”

However, with a clear sigh, a black figure seemed to form behind Su Min’s mind and grab at something.

*SSSSSSS*

A cooling feeling erupted as Su Min felt the absurd pain fade. His thoughts began to recollect, and as he finally sensed that looming death vanish, he gasped…

“W~what…”

With his vision clearing up Su Min started to feel his body once again. He gripped his fists, then blinking a couple of times, found that he was no longer in the same world!

It was a world encompassed in black, inked with it! And, in his view, a single black figure stood with a smile. Yet, this smile was heavy…

“You..?”

Su Min rubbed his eyes as he confirmed it. That figure was the one who had allowed him to live once more!

But, the atmosphere was silent, where Su Min found no laugh erupting out of the black figure.

“Ah… Su Min, just… Take a look at your chest.”

The figure sighed as it rubbed its eyes and waved a hand to form a single seat.

“My… Chest?”

Su Min questioned it, but as that memory of his chest spurting golden blood emerged, he gulped.

“Surely..?”

With a slow turn, he locked on to his chest…

“…”

Su Min froze.

“Ahh… Su Min, you do realise that trying to perceive the second realm without fully understanding the first is suicidal?”

The figure tapped the ground as it rubbed its face, sighing.

“You nearly guaranteed your death by attempting that stunt! Pain has a reason to exist, and although you can defy it, sometimes that is the wrong thing to do!”

Su Min nodded a little. Quivering.

“Black..”

What he saw was a scar, one etched on his first symbol… The symbol of agolden person meditating.

It was black, a tar-like black. It encased the symbols arms and half its torso. It was akin to a burn, one of life.

Though, in that exact moment Su Min nodded, an immediate gush of boiling power impacted his soul! He felt his whole body spasm, then gazing back at the figure, confusion and dread overtook his mind.

“You see, you have forced your cultivation to the peak of the first level!”

“AGH..!!”

Su Min felt a overwhelming feeling of understanding clammer in his soul! He grabbed his head, and dropping on the ground, started to groan. He rocked backwards and forwards, but that overwhelming sensation only magnified!

“Still, you only have half of the power you should have! You have crippled yourself!!”

“GAHH!!!”

Su Min’s eyes trembled with shock as the area around him mutated into a golden world full of incomprehensible sights of grandeur. Steaming streams of pure gold impacted the heavens, and then massive figures of ancient times pulverised mountains under their feet!

Enlightenment to an overwhelming degree batted him, submerging him!

“Luckily, you can recover because you are the Martial! Very lucky…”

The black figure gazed at the hair-raising scene without batting an eye.

“But, as you are now unable to transcend the first plain with your damaged bloodline, I guess you now have a reason to cultivate Martial Energy. Heh…”

It’s smile widened with a tinge of demonic charm…

“Well, I’ll lend you some of my dwindling power so that you can finish… your enlightenment? Pfft.”