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'My wrist is tingling.'
Raon twisted his lips as he wielded the Heavenly Drive sword that had struck the red wolf.
"The recoil is no joke."
Although the red wolf wasn't skilled in combat, its pure energy rivaled that of Raon as a high-level Transcendent.
"And it recovers quickly, too."
Despite having received a hit from Revolving Sky on its front leg, the beast shook off the blow smoothly and got back on its feet. It seemed as if it hadn't suffered any damage at all.
"Grrrrr!"
The red wolf bared its incongruously white teeth, exuding even deeper murderous intent and bloody energy.
"You need a sharper leash, don't you?"
Raon drew out the Heavenly Drive and Blade of Requiem swords, plunging them into the blazing red sea. Sword Domain. Divine-Demonic Harmony. Half of the sea erupted in golden flames, while the other half froze solid white. Under the sun and moon that rose brightly to erase the darkness, Raon raised his divine and demonic swords.
"These two swords will be your leash."
He gestured with his chin towards the red wolf, inviting it to attack. With a roar, the red wolf attacked diagonally with its claws enveloped in crimson energy. The speed and power of its claws had more than doubled from before.
"Meaningless."
Raon smiled coldly as he drew a golden line connecting the sea and sky with the flames of the divine sword. Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation - Crimson Slash. The simple yet powerful and swift sword strike collided with the red wolf's claws. With a thunderous boom, the red wolf was sent flying backwards, its claws bent as if they were about to break.
"Kwahhhhh..."
The beast exhaled white steam, seemingly in great pain.
"You're not scared anymore, are you?"
Raon pursed his lips as he looked at the red wolf that was staring intently at him. With a splash, the red wolf plunged into the sea instead of attacking. Even though its body, which looked like a mountain, submerged, the sea didn't ripple at all. It seemed as if the beast itself had transformed into water.
"Its presence has completely vanished."
Even with Snow Flower Perception at full power, the overwhelming bloody energy and the smell of blood throughout the sea made it impossible to locate the red wolf.
'Where...'
As he held his breath and tried to focus on external presences, he felt an icy breath behind him. The moment he turned around, the red wolf's claws descended towards his head.
'How can its movements be so natural?'
Seeing it disappear and reappear without sound or trace, the Nine Apostles' claim that this wolf was a sea spirit seemed to be true.
"Suppressing your presence is impressive, but…"
Raon slashed upwards with his divine and demonic swords, scraping the crimson sea. With a roar, red and blue waves rose as the divine and demonic swords extended symmetrically. Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation: Flame and Ice Unification. The sword technique of Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation that simultaneously attacked and defended blocked the red wolf's path.
The red wolf was pushed back by the waves of flames and frost from the Flame and Ice Unification, sinking into the sea against its will. The crimson sea seemed to stir more darkly, as if it had suffered deep wounds.
With a splash, the red wolf emerged from the sea and leaped into the air. With its enormous body blocking the sun and moon of the divine-demonic harmony, it opened its jaws that dripped with blood.
A bloody energy surged from the red wolf's completely black throat and fell like a crimson lightning bolt. It was a massive shockwave that seemed capable of erasing not only Raon, but this entire sea.
'It's even using a breath attack?'
The beast seemed determined to erase Raon's very existence by exhaling bloody energy like a dragon's breath.
"I'll take it."
Raon pushed his divine and demonic swords forward to face the storm of bloody energy that the red wolf had unleashed. He instantly exploded the vast aura condensed into the red and blue sword energy. Flame Dragon Strike - Twin. Two dragons of flames and frost erased the bloody energy breath in an instant, then fiercely struck the red wolf's body. With a thunderous boom!
The red wolf was sent flying violently, its flesh torn, and it fell into the sea, unable to regain its senses. With a hiss, Raon lowered his smoking divine and demonic swords and watched the red wolf submerged in the sea.
"Its injuries are healing."
Not only its previously injured front leg, but even the wounds on its chest and neck, where flesh had been torn away by the Flame Dragon Strike, were naturally healing.
«This goes beyond regenerative abilities.»
While the Apostles possessed troll-like regeneration, this wolf's healing seemed to erase the wounds perfectly and quickly, as if it were rewinding time.
"That mutt…"
Wrath frowned as he looked at the red wolf, which had returned unscathed and was once again exuding murderous intent.
"Even though it has become a monster, it seems to have retained the characteristics of a spirit."
He clicked his tongue and said that it seemed to have the ability to restore its spiritual body like a spirit, rather than strictly regenerating.
"As long as the bloody energy of this sea doesn't disappear, it will keep reviving no matter how many times you kill it."
Wrath wrinkled his nose and said that it didn't seem like it would be easy to deal with.
'Indeed...'
Raon shook his head as he looked at the red wolf emanating even deeper murderous intent.
"I didn't intend to kill it."
"You didn't intend to kill it?"
Wrath asked calmly, seemingly already aware of his intention.
"That's right. This spirit was being used by the White Blood Religion."
The Ninth Apostles had said that this wolf was originally a spirit that protected the sea.
Although he didn't know how they had captured it, they had been using it at their will, so Raon wanted to eliminate the bloody energy and return it to its original form.
"A choice that suits you."
Wrath smiled slightly, expecting that.
"Do as you please."
"Well, I still want to save it, but it doesn't seem like it's easy."
Raon clicked his tongue briefly as he raised his divine and demonic swords.
'At least it's fortunate that this beast isn't skilled in combat.'
Being a sea spirit, the wolf wasn't accustomed to fighting or manipulating bloody energy. It would take some time, but Raon was confident that he could subdue it.
"Now then…"
Just as Raon lowered his stance, wary of the red wolf's impending attack, the latter slowly lowered its gaze as it stood. The beast spread a bloody and icy energy as it looked at its own reflection on the water's surface.
'What's it doing?'
The red wolf seemed to have forgotten that Raon was there, staring intently at the water's surface.
"I have a bad feeling about this. I should attack first…"
Just as Raon bit his lip slightly and tried to approach the red wolf, a strange phenomenon occurred. The red wolf's reflection in the water began to move differently than the actual wolf that was above.
"Eh?"
As Raon's eyes widened in surprise, another red wolf appeared from the sea.
"What is this…"
The moment Raon exhaled and raised his swords, two wolves became four, and as he lunged towards the sea reflecting the beasts, four had become eight that rose up. Raon frowned as he looked at the eight red wolves that had emerged on the surface of the violently churning water.
'They've shrunk in size, but...'
Their bloody energy hasn't diminished much. Although the wolves that were once large enough to block the moon had shrunk to the size of a house, the energy they emanated wasn't much different from before. The eight wolves exuded Transcendent-level energy.
'Is this even possible?'
"It's using the sea spirit's abilities to create doppelgangers."
Wrath lowered his eyebrows as he looked at the sea boiling like lava.
'Doppelgangers?'
Raon frowned as he looked at the snarling wolves.
"They all seem real."
"There's only one real body. Dealing with the doppelgangers is pointless."
Wrath shook his head and said that, although they all looked the same, there was a separate main body.
'Where...'
Raon pushed Snow Flower Perception to its limits and opened the Evil Eye of Wrath. But even with these two traits unleashed, he couldn't perceive any difference between the wolves.
I'll have to fight to find out.
As he gripped his divine and demonic swords tighter and licked his lips, he narrowed his eyes.
'Three are missing!'
There were only five wolves before him, and three of them had disappeared.
'Don't tell me...'
He turned to see the small ripple forming behind him. Three red wolves simultaneously leaped from different directions, baring their fangs as they charged towards him.
Raon raised a Wall of Fire with his divine sword and drew the Golden Flame Dance with his demonic sword to deflect the bloody energy unleashed by two of the wolves. But the wolf in the center evaded the Wall of Fire and the Golden Flame Dance, charging with its body against him.
"It's too late to block with my swords."
The third wolf's movement was too fast, so Raon raised a wall of aura by unleashing the energy of Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation. With a thunderous boom! Despite raising a thick wall of aura, the wolf's bloody energy was so strong that Raon's entire body shuddered. Although he hadn't suffered any internal injuries, the impact caused his arms and legs to tremble, making his wrists difficult to move.
«A direct impact would be dangerous.»
He had thought he could withstand it since it was a body blow rather than a claw attack, but it was extremely dangerous. He would have to dodge it completely or block it with his swords.
'However...'
There was no time to ponder. Not only the three wolves that had attacked first, but the remaining five wolves were now charging towards him while spewing dense bloody energy.
Raon unleashed the Thirty-Six Crimson Flash Techniques towards the two wolves charging from the front to push them back, then knocked down the two wolves charging from the left with the Frost Snap Sword.
But there was still one wolf left.
"I'll dodge it with footwork…"
He used the fluid Third Step of Supreme Harmony to avoid the last blow of the wolf's bloody claw.
"Kyaoo!"
Just as he tried to catch his breath, the three wolves he had pushed back initially attacked again with bared fangs.
"No choice."
Raon drew the wooden sword sheathed on his right hip and used sword control to block the fangs of the three wolves attacking. With a screech! Sparks flew through the air as the cold energy blooming from the wooden sword collided with the wolves' bloody energy.
Raon didn't have time to even catch his breath before wielding his divine and demonic swords again to deflect the wolves' claws.
"Grrr."
The red wolves glared at him with crazed eyes as they healed their sword wounds with bloody energy. Their malice suggested that they wouldn't give up even in death.
"You have a lot of tricks for dogs that can't even sit. But in the end, you'll end up bowing."
Raon twisted his lips as he continuously attacked the increasingly fierce charges of the wolves.
***
Raon inhaled briefly after repelling the eight red wolves charging from all directions with the Azure Sky Sword techniques and Heavenly Thunder Arts.
«I don't even have time to breathe now.»
How much time has passed?
Facing eight Transcendent-level monsters, every second felt like a minute, and every minute, ten. There was no time to count the time.
With a screech! The red wolves recovered their flesh torn apart by the Azure Sky Sword and Heavenly Thunder Arts with bloody energy, then stood before him again, exhaling bloody energy. Raon gritted his teeth as he erased the wolves' bloody breath with the Heavy Sky Cannon.
«It's getting harder to deal with them each time.»
Despite their state of madness, the wolves were analyzing his movements and swordsmanship, displaying increasingly fast and precise movements. They weren't mindless spirits, but monsters that were learning.
'I'm catching their movements too, but...'
It's not easy with so many. The eight red wolves moved in unison, like interlocking gears, as befitting a main body and its doubles. Even reading their movements, it was extremely difficult to control them. Raon bit his bleeding lips as he was pushed back by the wolves' combined assault.
'Have I suffered any internal injuries now?'
A nauseating pain arose from within him from continuously clashing in an unfavorable state. It wasn't serious yet, but he had clearly suffered some internal damage.
'How annoying.'
He felt a tightness in his chest at the beast's violent rampage despite his efforts to save it.
'Should I just erase them all?'
He was sure he could kill those wolves without a trace if he unleashed techniques starting with the Blue-Red Invincible Sword.
'Leave.'
Raon shook his head calmly, putting aside his rising emotions.
'Let's think of this as training too.'
Although it was a battle with beasts, if he could produce results in this fight, he could grow a little more. Raon opened his soul realm, signifying his determination to accept everything, as he blocked four wolves attacking from left and right.
As he relaxed his mind and blocked the wolves, a scene he didn't recognize flashed through his mind.
'The leader of the White Blood Religion?'
It showed a woman who seemed to be the leader of the White Blood Religion holding the leash of a small, young wolf while chanting a creepy spell.
"This isn't my memory."
Raon swallowed dryly as he looked at the wolf baring its fangs with crazed eyes.
"It's this creature's memory."
Perhaps because he had opened his soul, the wolf's memories were involuntarily appearing.
"So it was really captured against its will by the leader of the White Blood Religion."
As the Ninth Apostles had said, this wolf seemed to have been forcibly captured by the leader of the White Blood Religion and forced to consume bloody energy and blood against its will.
As he blocked a wolf attacking from the front, another scene appeared before him.
This time, he saw the Ninth Apostles gathering other sea spirits before the wolf and threatening them. It seemed that the White Blood Religion wasn't just using this wolf, but other spirits as well.
After that, he saw scenes of the wolf being forcibly consumed blood and bloody energy for the sake of other spirits and sea creatures.
'You've suffered.'
Raon bit his lip as he looked into the eyes of the wolf spitting streams of bloody energy and howling.
'Truly.'
This spirit had endured far more pain than he had imagined, and even now, it was suffering terrible wounds.
"Those filthy blood demons!"
Wrath clenched his fists, seemingly having seen the same things.
"This king will beat them all to death the next time we meet!"
He revealed his murderous intent towards the White Blood Religion, genuinely angered by the spirit's past.
"Let's save this wolf first."
Raon exhaled deeply as he watched the red wolves endlessly exploding with bloody energy.
"It's not time to think of this as my training."
He had to save this creature first. He wanted to give this wolf the peace of freedom, not death, as quickly as possible.
"But the method…"
Just as he bit his lip and shook his head:
[The level of the <Snow Flower Perception> trait has increased.]
[The level of the <Evil Eye of Wrath> trait has increased.]
[The <Snow Flower Perception> and <Evil Eye of Wrath> traits are evolving in conjunction.]
[A new trait <Clear Blue Eye> has been created.]
A sense of coldness spread through his tired eyes, and among the eight wolves, he began to see one with a blue core in his perception and vision. But that wasn't all. He could also see the transparent bloody energy that was oppressing the soul of the main body. It was clearly the bloody energy that the leader of the White Blood Religion had initially implanted.
The red wolf let out a fierce roar, seemingly realizing that its main body had been exposed through Raon's gaze. It exploded with murderous intent and charged towards him along with its doubles.
Raon Zieghart Style. 6th Form Divine-Demonic Harmony Linked Technique: Blue-Red Invincible Sword.
He unleashed the Blue-Red Invincible Sword with his fading divine and demonic swords, repelling the eight wolves charging at once. The wolves didn't lose consciousness even after being struck by the Blue-Red Invincible Sword, immediately regenerating their broken bodies and charging at him again.
The real wolf visible through the Clear Blue Eye wasn't behind, but was baring its fangs from the front. It matched the personality he had seen in the memories.
Raon lowered the Heavenly Sword and Wooden Ring and raised the Blade of Requiem.
"Please, lend me your strength."
He raised the Blade of Requiem and called for help from the spirits wailing within the bloody energy. With a hum, the spirits in the Blade of Requiem seemed to grant his request, emitting a clear sword cry and provoking a green wind.
Raon recalled all his achievements so far and the past of the blue wolf persisting in his mind as he unleashed the Soul Weapon formed by the Blade of Requiem towards the red and bloody energy devouring the wolf's soul.
The Soul Weapon pierced through space-time and pierced the pure and bloody energy that was oppressing the red wolf's mind.
'This, this is...'
But due to the insufficient level of his Soul Weapon, he couldn't push back the bloody energy crushing the red wolf's soul and remained stuck in place. The seven remaining wolves besides the main body didn't miss this opportunity and charged at him with bared fangs.
Although he raised the Heavenly Drive and Wooden Ring Sword to defend himself, his attention was focused on the divine sword, allowing the wolves to push back his swords and begin tearing his flesh with bloody energy.
"Kagh..."
Even as his flesh was torn and he coughed up blood, Raon didn't retreat from that spot, focusing solely on maintaining the Soul Weapon.
"I can't back down at all."
He couldn't lose to the White Blood Religion's bloody energy, which had turned an innocent spirit into this evil demon and saw people as mere food.
'Besides...'
If he couldn't even save this wolf, he would never be able to If he couldn't even save this wolf, he would never be able to revive Martha's mother. He opened all the realms he had built so far to erase the past and change the future.
"I will save you. From that hell."
Even in that moment that put his life in danger, Raon focused solely on maintaining the flow of the Soul Weapon. Just as he took another step forward, believing in the path of the sword he had built, a golden radiance rose above the Soul Weapon imbued with his soul.
[The level of the <Soul Weapon (Spirit)> trait has increased.]
As the Soul Weapon realm rose, the blade of the Soul Weapon formed by the Blade of Requiem sharpened intensely and began to mercilessly tear through the bloody energy of the White Blood Religion leader that surrounded the red wolf's soul.
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