Chapter 35

Chun Yeowun walked into the empty room with the panel that said ‘Vacant’ . He flipped it around to ‘Occupied’ on his way in . The room was lit by the small candles on the wall . Overall, the room was too small to practice footstep formations .

Chun Yeowun then rapped on the wall and realized that it was pretty thick .

‘It’s enough . ’

This was enough space for Chun Yeowun . At least this would allow him to transfer the information without any disruption .

‘Nano, activate the Augmented Reality . ’

[Activating Augmented Reality . ]

Nano’s voice rang inside his head and his eyes shook as lines appeared in his sight .

‘Nano, simulate the formation scanned on the second floor of the library in 3D . ’

[I will activate it beginning from the very first mark . ]

A human figure appeared and began showing the sword movements that had been left on the stone .

‘It’s faster and more complicated!’

Yeowun thought of using his last Butterfly Blade Dance formation, but he couldn’t even defend against one of those movements . This second formation looked like it was much more powerful than the one on the first floor .

‘This… is terrifying . How many people out there can counter this?’

[Now activating the marks of the sword formation from a different entity . ]

Now, the human figure started emulating a different sword formation . It was awkward at first glance, but as it began to repeat itself, it also began to perfect itself . When it reached the last fifty-sixth formation, Chun Yeowun couldn’t help but shiver .

‘…This is crazy . This is mad!’

There was no way to complete such a sword formation unless one was mad about the sword .

‘Oh…!’

He then thought of an idea of having the two entities fight against each other but by using all fifty-six formations starting from the very first one each time .

‘Nano, use all formations in chronological order to do a simulation battle . ’

Two human avatars appeared again and began fighting against each other . The first battle ended up with the second entity not even defending against the first movement of the original . As it progressed further and reached the thirty-sixth formation, it was now blocking a total of fifteen out of the twenty-four movements .

‘This is crazy . ’

Chun Yeowun was beyond astonished . He focused on watching the formation countering the already-powerful sword formation that was left prior to it . And soon, it was the last formation .

Many lines were drawn, and like before, just by the difference of one movement, the original sword formation was countered completely .

‘Oh-oh…’

[Simulation complete . ]

Yeowun couldn’t forget what he had seen . Nano said that the simulation was completed, but Yeowun couldn’t stop concentrating on the battle . In his head, the two warriors were still fighting against each other . In that imaginary space, Yeowun was now one with the second entity and he was using his Butterfly Blade Dance to fight the original sword formation .

[User’s brain neurons have been activated . The energy within the blood points are replicating and circulating throughout the body . ]

However, Yeowun was too deep into his thoughts to notice . Nano then stopped alarming the master and began recording the change in the body as data since it knew that this change was not harmful toward the master .

After a long while, Chun Yeowun woke up from his hundreds of fights against the perfect swordsman . His focus came back and he became confused .

‘W…what was this?’

He remembered seeing the simulation, but when he woke up, it felt like everything had been an illusion .

‘It feels weird… oh!’

Chun Yeowun then felt the difference in his body . He felt that his internal energy had increased . It wasn’t just a small amount either . It was hard to believe, but his internal energy had now increased to about forty years worth of energy .

‘Oh! I came to a realization then!’

What Chun Yeowun thought to be an illusion was the breakthrough of martial arts . And this didn’t only increase his internal energy .

‘Maybe I can do it!’

He got up and tried using the first formation of the Butterfly Blade Dance . The sound of his hand slashing through the air sounded different . His movement now left a faint trace wherever he moved his hand .

“Wow!” Yeowun gasped . There was a faint silver glow on his right hand .

‘Am I… shaping qi?’

The feeling in his hand was the shaping of the qi . He wasn’t used to it yet so it couldn’t take the shape of a blade, but it definitely was qi .

‘It’s not perfect yet . ’

Although it wasn’t perfect, when he achieved sixty years worth of internal energy, he would acquire blade qi like Yuchan .

“Whoaaa!” Chun Yeowun shouted in joy .

‘If I absorb the next Black Dragon Ball, it will get me up to sixty years worth of energy!’

Chun Yeowun then asked, ‘Nano, how long have I been doing this?’

[You were in a trance for two hours, Master . ]

‘Two hours? That long?’

He thought it was only for a brief moment, but it took him two hours . If that was the case, he had to return to the dorm .

‘I guess I have to do the rest tomorrow . ’

He then thought to send sword formation into his brain for now . It didn’t seem like he’d have the time to transfer it into his body .

‘Nano, send all the formations into my brain . ’

[Understood . Transferring . ]

Yeowun felt a sting in his head, but that was it . He focused to check and he saw the sword movements coming up naturally in his mind .

‘How long does it take to reshape my body to use these?’

[It will take about ten hours to complete the transfer . ]

‘What?!’

That was too long . He knew this martial arts skill was beyond that of any other, but it required a lot more time .

‘I guess I will have to start early tomorrow then . ’

At least it was fortunate that he had a break . Yeowun then happily returned to his dorm . When he returned, there were still a lot of cadets missing .

‘They are running late . ’

There was still some time left, but most of the cadets returned much earlier . Chun Yeowun soon saw the reason why . Cadets who started returning had papers of the copied books that they wrote down after leaving the library .

‘Oh, so that’s why they weren’t here . ’

It seemed that they had been training privately to study the books they copied .

“Master, you’re here already . ”

Hu Bong bowed as he walked in later . He too had a book in his hand .

“Did you get something good?” Yeowun asked .

Hu Bong smiled, “No, it’s not much . My sword skill is too weak, so I copied a footstep skill to help . ”

Hu Bong’s clan used swords . Hu Bong thought using the only sword would not work as they progressed so he copied a book on something else to help him further . Yeowun nodded .

‘I guess everyone is going to get better now . ’

This three-day vacation wasn’t just time to rest . It was time to help the cadets advance .

Early the next morning, Chun Yeowun went to the private training room .

‘They are up fast . ’

The dorm was open starting at 5:00 AM, but when Yeowun woke up, two cadets were already off their beds . When he got to the building, many cadets had already gathered there .

‘Only the ones who put in the effort will survive . ’

Chun Yeowun then went up to the second floor and took his spot in the empty room . The room could only be locked from the inside, so Yeowun locked it and ordered Nano .

‘Nano, go through the body shaping with the sword formation . Oh, and don’t forget anesthesia . ’

[Yes, Master . Proceeding with the anesthesia…]

Soon, Yeowun was blacked out . After ten hours, Yeowun woke up after hearing Nano say that the procedure was complete . He panted roughly and vomited onto the floor . The long hours of body transformation made him sick . This was much worse than before .

[Stabilizing adverse reaction to the transformation . ]

It was only after Nano worked on it that his pain stopped .

‘Ugh, I can’t get used to this . ’

Yeowun then got up and clenched his fist . This was much more different than when he learned the Butterfly Blade Dance . He then took off his top .

“Whoa . ”

It was astonishing . His upper torso was tightly packed with muscles that it looked like he had trained for years .

‘It’s not like my body . ’

He felt like he could punch a hole through the sturdy wall .

“Should I give it a try?”

He didn’t think it would make a hole anyway and he wanted to try to see how strong he had gotten . He then took a deep breath and threw his fist at the floor . It exploded .

“Argh!”

Dust and rock particles exploded out and Yeowun heard screaming from below .

“Uh…”

Yeowun waved his hands to brush the dust away from his sight and he saw the hole in the floor . He then looked down below and saw a private training room below . There was rock debris and a cadet on the ground with blood seeping out from his head .

“Ugh…”

Chun Yeowun groaned .