Martial Arts Returnee's Game Broadcast-Chapter 392: Demon King Swordsman VS Korea’s Top 10

Even though they were called the Korea’s Top 10, the fact that they lost one of their own due to a moment’s carelessness made me lose my expectations.

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There’s no point in getting my hopes up.

It’s better to just crush them quickly.

I thought this as I pushed forward, when the enemy’s momentum suddenly shifted.

The intensity of the pressure changed.

The opponents, who had been attacking with sheer strength to overwhelm us, suddenly became desperate.

I could feel the tension as their weapons aimed for my neck, and with that, they executed a brilliant special attack that trapped one enemy after another.

‘Kang Tae-baek. So Won-jung. Truly names worth remembering.’

Kang Tae-baek, who died and still received the second blow.

So Won-jung, who broke through the Zahail Ki Gong with a life-risking charge.

And the attacks that followed in quick succession.

Bang!!

Ha Eung Eung, who had been pushed more than three meters (about 10 feet) into the air, expelled the shock with a forceful push of her legs.

Landing on the cloud she had summoned in midair, Ha Eung Eung steadied herself.

Below her, the last remaining survivor of Korea’s Top 10, the final challenger, Jo Il-seong, approached.

Tah. Paat.

The energy emanating from the spear he held with the tip raised, waving gently, was anything but ordinary.

[Are you using the power of a comrade?]

“I borrowed... that expression is somewhat misleading. My ability is the product of pure effort. It’s just that I’ve surpassed human limitations with boundless effort.”

The implications of that were clear.

[You’ve mastered another Awakened’s technique.]

"Correct."

It was the first time.

An Awakened who didn’t just wield the abilities given to him as weapons but instead, dug into the principles and mastered them through effort.

[Are you a martial artist?]

"Unfortunately, that was an opportunity not granted to me."

To understand the principles through effort and learn the techniques, how many trials and errors must one endure in a modern world where the inner martial arts methods of martial artists are unknown?

It was a victory of human perseverance.

A battle with possibility.

The Korea’s Top 10 were all powerful, and Kang Tae-baek and So Won-jung were even stronger, but this man had undeniably reached a higher level than both of them.

‘He’s almost there.’

The realm of the transcendent.

Beyond that was the threshold of the Hwa Gyeong (Flower Realm).

Jo Il-seong had reached the threshold of a transcendent, surpassing superhuman limits, but he hadn’t crossed it yet.

He lacked the decisive breakthrough to solidify his unique law and will to carve his name into the world.

[Let me test you. Your skill.]

“You’ll regret testing me.”

He had retired nine out of ten strong men, but in the end, allowed a strike and lost the efficacy of the Zaha Shin Gong, leading to the confrontation.

At the end of a brief exchange in which they acknowledged each other's strength, the resolve of both sides was reignited.

The final match against the Ten Guilds began.

A grand name for an ability with no limits, but in reality, its beginning was quite humble.

“Current rank: F-class. Potential max rank: E-class. Sadly, I’m stuck playing the role of a magic stone miner.”

The person from the association who initially assessed his talent as an Awakened spoke sympathetically.

"At least as a magic stone miner, you earn more than a laborer, right? That's luck in itself."

At least he didn’t have to worry about starving to death.

The ambition of a child who wished to become the greatest Awakened.

That was the moment when his childish dreams were shut down.

"Is Il-seong still training?"

"That fool. No matter how hard he tries, he’ll only stay E-class, so why bother?"

"He’s in the same lowly position as us, so what’s the point of all that effort?"

"Don’t act so cocky."

"Annoying bastard."

His dreams were crushed.

Yet, he couldn’t leave the training ground.

Mining magic stones, earning money.

All of it poured into his training.

Training without knowing what it was for, without seeing any improvement in his stats.

It was futile.

It was a struggle against accepting reality.

Day after day.

From sunrise to sunset.

As long as there was money, he didn’t stop training.

Maybe it was because of that.

When the monsters in the magic stone mining dungeon went berserk, he survived alone by killing hundreds of them before the rescue team arrived.

“Excellent!”

“Me, an E-class?”

“Rank doesn’t matter. It was nothing more than luck. True strength is built with your own power, your own effort.”

The greatest Awakened of the second generation said to him.

“Your effort wasn’t in vain.”

"It wasn’t wasted."

“If you don’t stop trying, you’ll surely get stronger. No matter how slow or difficult, eventually, light will come at the end of the path.”

“Rank level? Class level? Don’t be swayed by such nonsense. Aren’t you still a bearer of an unknown, unexplored talent?”

That was the decisive blow.

The moment that defined Jo Il-seong’s direction.

The limits set by others? He would overcome them.

He would conquer them with his effort.

With that will, he surpassed the class rank.

And realized.

His ability, Unlimited.

The boundless power.

‘My limit is only born when I decide that it is impossible to go beyond it.’

Over 11 years since the battle with the U-class Raid Monster, the war against the Ammu, and the formation of the Ten Guilds.

He couldn’t say he kept all the passion from those days, but it wasn’t just 11 years of rust.

Each of the Korea’s Top 10 had unique abilities, each one completely distinct. The magic emanating from them exploded simultaneously as Jo Il-seong’s body was wrapped in layers upon layers of their combined aura.

<Awakened Ability - Unlimited>

<Anomaly Technique - Full Color>

If he couldn’t handle the magic at once, then he would call upon ten, using all of them at once.

“!!”

The power of this was comparable to the Zahail Ki Gong Ha Eung Eung had used earlier in terms of strength.

Ha Eung Eung realized something.

This man had instinctively sensed something from the impenetrable defense of Zaha Shin Gong.

An unknown monster.

An unknown pattern.

The cultivated intuition, sharpened through battles with countless unknowns, guided him.

A beast-like, primal intuition.

It was the instinct that had kept him from using this ability until now.

And now, in the final battle, the brilliance of the ten-colored light was fully unleashed.

‘This... this is what I wanted.’

She was cornered.

She was in danger.

She had fallen into the opponent's trap.

It was clear that this was an unusual situation, but still, a pure smile finally appeared on Ha Eung Eung’s lips, something she hadn’t shown once throughout the battle.

‘The peak of Korea’s Awakened. The leader of the Ten Guilds, Korea’s Top 10. If his skill truly lives up to his reputation, he must be able to surprise me to this extent!’

The martial arts developed from the extreme of nothingness, derived from the Manryu Gwi Jong, overlapped with the techniques of the Top 10, creating a defensive block.

As the Reverse Heart and Seven Seas No Support martial techniques were simultaneously unleashed, the ultimate technique of balance called Gyung Yeon Chi Jeong amplified and canceled out the force, neutralizing Jo Il-seong’s abilities.

Using clouds, she traversed the ground and air in a new evolutionary direction, creativity added to her ten types of techniques, catching up to Jo Il-seong’s strikes.

Korea’s Top 10 was not everything.

She had absorbed and internalized every technique she had faced on her path to the top, every martial artist who had challenged her.

She had consolidated all of Korea’s Awakened powers, resulting in an overwhelming display of technique!

‘Martial arts, inner power, techniques. There aren’t many who can take on everything.’

Her current self couldn’t yet reach the level of the Hwa Gyeong (Flower Realm), but this stagnation was the result of her insistence on growing at maximum efficiency.

The minimum standard for a third-rate martial artist was level 50.

The minimum standard for a second-rate martial artist was level 100.

The minimum standard for a first-rate martial artist was level 150.

The minimum standard for peak martial artists was level 200.

The minimum standard for Hwa Gyeong was level 250.

Her cumulative level, having surpassed 750, had already surpassed the required levels. She had already surpassed the minimal standard for Hwa Gyeong.

From the third-rate to the second-rate, the first-rate to the peak, reaching 600 total levels, and finally, the accumulated 352 levels of martial force from her peak.

In total, 952 levels.

Even at the peak level, she could confidently confront Hwa Gyeong.

‘In the martial world, those who reached the Hwa Gyeong ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ level only needed to be at 1020 levels.’

It wasn’t far off.

Her prime level, to reclaim the martial power of her Hwa Gyeong days, was within reach.

Facing her, despite having lost the Zaha Shin Gong, this strength was extraordinary.

‘That’s why it consumes so much energy.’

From the start, the power was not originally her own. She had mimicked, analyzed, and internalized the principles of others' abilities.

There were limits she couldn’t overcome regarding duration and magic efficiency.

To overcome this, she endured So Won-jung’s strike to strip away the Zaha Shin Gong and, only after losing all her comrades, did she finally reveal her true nature.

‘A monstrous woman.’

‘You’re no slouch either.’

It was a harsh strength that even those who hastened their growth as martial artists would perish under.

If she followed the path of realization, she could become a Hwa Gyeong-level martial artist immediately.

He admitted it.

Though he wasn’t a martial artist, he was more than worthy of the title.

He was stronger than any Awakened he had seen in modern times.

However, the product of his painful efforts had another flaw.

The obsession to not accept his limits created another weakness.

‘You didn’t understand. The reason true masters acquire countless techniques and weave them all together into one.’

The reason martial artists instinctively seek to increase their level.

Simply collecting and connecting techniques to fill their immediate shortcomings will never surpass the transcendent, the very beginning of Hwa Gyeong’s level.

‘Feel honored. This power was reserved for when I’d face the great monster of the Half-Demon Song.’

The great monster of Ban Yo Gok (Half-Demon Song).

She finally unleashed the power she had reserved for the greatest monster of that world.

The Ma Gyo’s poison technique.

The North Sea Ice Palace’s ice technique.

The Blood Sect’s grand law.

Dang Hwa Yeon’s mountain technique and Pa Hae’s marvelous tricks.

The Golden Palace’s eighteen martial arts.

The martial arts of Nam Gung Byeok and Peng Cheol San.

The miscellaneous techniques of Hao Mun.

At the end of tracing the origin of her power, the first cornerstone existed, the Hae Nam Pa's practical martial arts style.

Gyeong Pa Ho Ya (Whale Wave Calling the Night)

Man Cheon Yeol Ram (Full Sky, Sky Overflows)

A giant wall of sword energy, like a wave, closed off the sky.

Her internal power spread out like paint in the sky.

The decisive technique of the Hae Nam Pa style.

The two decisive techniques merged, uniting all martial arts.

<Hae Nam Pa Ultimate Martial Arts>

<Man Cheon Gyeong Pa (Whale Wave in the Full Sky)>

With a giant wave that covered the sky, she brought the world to an end.

“This... is impossible.”

Jo Il-seong felt a sense of futility.

He couldn’t reach it.

He couldn’t surpass it.

With the history of Korean Awakened, just over 20 years old, he could never compare to the hundreds of years of martial arts history passed down through generations, all summed up in one strike.

The moment he saw it, he realized.

This was a different kind of effort’s result.

It was even more than the effort he had built.

It was unmatched, with a combination of untouchable talent.

Effort, talent, and history combined.

The ultimate embodiment of martial power, pushing forward, covering the world,

If he were to name it, it would be Cheon Ma (Heavenly Demon).

[Jo Il-seong has been killed.]

With a single strike, Jo Il-seong vanished without a trace.

A strike that pushed through half of Labyrinth City alone.

The third generation’s strongest Awakened defeated the second generation’s strongest Awakened by pure skill.

She proved it.

The title of Korea’s strongest Awakened now belonged to her.

‘This is a big deal.’

The one who opened up a new horizon in the Korean Awakened realm thought to herself.

[Internal power fully expended.]

[Status effect: Paralysis obtained.]

[Status effect: Sensory Deprivation obtained.]

[Status effect: Reduced Resistance obtained.]

[Unable to act for 5 minutes.]

[Logout unavailable for 50 minutes.]

‘I got too excited and didn’t think ahead.’

She had taken internal injuries.