The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 591
Siyan widened her eyes as she gazed at the giant woman holding her. This entity possessed a purity of water far beyond that of any spirit. Though she had never seen her before, it was impossible not to recognize her.
“The Spirit King of Water!”
The Spirit King of Water nodded gently, a bittersweet smile on her face. Siyan wasn’t sure why, but the smile seemed tinged with sorrow and compassion.
“Please help us!”
Siyan clasped the Spirit King’s fingers and knelt, pleading.
“Save everyone, please!”
She didn’t want to kill the enemy or survive herself. She wanted to save her kin, whom she had ignored, and her family, who had believed in and waited for her.
The Spirit King gazed deeply into Siyan’s eyes and nodded. As she extended her hand, the sky, previously filled only with ashes, flickered blue and released transparent raindrops.
The rain was so pure that faces could be reflected in it, and as it fell, the dying elves regained their vitality. The severe burns on the bodies of the elders and the head elder, who had opened a path with their lives, slowly began to heal.
This was no ordinary water. It was the source of life. Just as Ifrit’s crimson flames were said to burn everything, the Spirit King’s rainwater could revive the dead.
Ssssssh!
The rainwater not only revived the elves but also extinguished the unquenchable flames and erased the intense heat.
Even Stain’s complexion, which had blackened due to the heat, seemed to improve slightly.
“Ha…”
Siyan collapsed into the Spirit King’s hand, letting out a breath of relief.
‘Thank goodness. Truly, thank goodness…’
Those on the brink of death due to the World Tree were being revived by the Spirit King’s rain. More than the joy of summoning the Spirit King, she was glad to be able to save her kin.
Clutching her trembling chest, Siyan looked down.
Her kin were all staring up at her with wide eyes. Instinctively, they recognized the presence of the Spirit King.
The elves who had watched and waited for her, as well as those who had ignored her, were all trembling with astonishment.
The faces of the head elder and the elders showed a mix of shock and joy. Having been prepared to give their lives to save her, they were understandably surprised yet delighted to see her summon the Spirit King.
‘This is the expression I dreamed of.’
Having lived her whole life thinking she was ignored, she had often dreamt of seeing her kin react like this.
She had once thought of mocking everyone after achieving resonance, but after hearing the head elder’s words, such thoughts had completely vanished.
She was content just to be able to save everyone.
Using the strength in her trembling legs, she stood up. Even the Flame Demon and Raon had stopped fighting and were staring at her with open mouths.
Siyan gave a soft smile at Raon’s wide-eyed expression.
‘It’s thanks to you, Raon.’
She had found the courage not to give up because of Raon. If she hadn’t met him, she would still be trembling under the covers.
‘Thank you so mu—’
Just as she was about to thank him, she felt a sharp pain in her chest, similar to when she had summoned the Spirit King.
However, this time, it was an overwhelming heat.
“Aaaah!”
Unable to withstand the rising heat, Siyan screamed, and from her chest burst forth flames more intense than the Flame Demon’s, aimed directly at Raon.
Raon felt the flames enveloping his body and narrowed his eyes.
‘It doesn’t hurt.’
Though the flames were purer than the Flame Demon’s, they caused no pain. It felt warm rather than hot, like a campfire warming his body.
But the red flames conveyed more than just warmth. They pushed powerful fire energy into his body, which had been drained of most of its aura.
Rumble!
New vitality surged through his dried-up mana circuits, and a massive flame ignited in his empty dantian.
Raon looked up at Siyan, standing on the Spirit King’s hand. He had suspected she might possess a jewel from an ancestor that could revive the World Tree, and it seemed he was right.
‘Though I didn’t expect that jewel to be the Spirit King…’
Raon clenched his fist as he watched the increasingly intense flames.
‘Is this the new Spirit King of Fire entering my body?’
It seemed the previous Spirit King of Fire, Ifrit, had transitioned into Eden’s helm, and the powerful being entering his body now was the new Spirit King of Fire.
“Krrrr!”
The Flame Demon, seemingly caught off guard by this turn of events, trembled with madness in his eyes.
“Die in flames!”
The Flame Demon gathered flames into a sharp blade, aiming to incinerate Raon in one stroke.
Raon squinted at the approaching blade of fire.
‘I need to dodge… wait?’
As he prepared to evade the attack, knowing his current state couldn’t withstand it, the flames summoned by the new Spirit King rose like a wall, blocking the attack.
Boom!
The blade of flames clashed with the wall of flames, sending red fire sweeping across the surroundings.
Though the ground, which had barely regained life, seemed about to catch fire, the heat was quickly subdued thanks to the rain from the Spirit King.
“Damn it…”
The Flame Demon gritted his teeth as he watched the two Spirit Kings block his flames.
“Hahaha!”
Erian, having returned late, laughed madly as he looked at Raon.
“I told you! I told you he was the Spirit King’s contractor! I was right!”
He slapped the shoulders of the stunned elves, shouting his vindication.
“Is it true? The Spirit King of Fire with that human?”
“No way…”
“Look at those red flames. They’re stronger than the Flame Demon’s! It must be the Spirit King!”
“Even if Siyan summoned the Spirit King, a human contracting one…”
Unlike Erian, the elves were confused, their eyes trembling.
Raon didn’t have time to care about their reactions. He was too busy assessing his own condition.
‘The Spirit King lacks sentience.’
Unlike the Spirit King of Water protecting Siyan, the Spirit King of Fire within him moved instinctively, unable to think clearly. It seemed to have just been born.
‘Is this the influence of Zieghart’s ancestor?’
It seemed the Spirit King had attached itself to Raon, drawn by the power of the Fire Ring and Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation left by his ancestor.
‘This is an opportunity.’
Though his own energy was almost depleted, he felt he could fight the Flame Demon with the Spirit King’s power.
‘Let’s do this.’
Raon bit his lip and raised his sacred and magic swords. He operated the Fire Ring to utilize the Spirit King’s fire as if it were Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation.
Rumble!
As the Fire Ring resonated and naturally drew in the Spirit King’s energy, a chilling sensation surged from his left shoulder.
‘Dare you!’
It was Wrath. He raised his thick fist and roared.
‘This brat’s body belongs to me! How dare you, a newborn flame, try to usurp it!’
‘Wait, just a second!’
‘Shut up! I’ll crush this interloper!’
Wrath, unable to tolerate the newcomer, unleashed a massive amount of rage and cold.
Rumble!
The Spirit King, sensing the threat from Wrath’s energy, released even more intense heat.
‘Ugh…’
As Wrath’s cold energy clashed with the Spirit King’s fire inside him, it felt like his dantian was being sliced open with a knife.
Zzzz!
Externally, he was fighting the Flame Demon’s flames, while internally, Wrath and the Spirit King’s energies clashed, making it feel like he was being torn apart both mentally and physically.
‘It hurts so much I want to die…’
Raon bit his lip until it bled and raised his head.
‘But I can use this power.’
Thanks to Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation, he had always been familiar with flames, and Wrath’s energy was so familiar it felt almost comforting.
He felt he could use both energies as if they were his own.
He spun the Fire Ring again, raising his soul’s resonance to its limit and stabilizing the conflicting energies in his dantian and mana circuits.
He imbued Wrath’s cold into the frost magic sword in his left hand and the Spirit King’s flames into the sacred sword in his right.
Rumble!
The sacred and magic swords glowed twice as brightly as when he had first opened the Sword Realm. It felt like the dark night had turned to day.
With the sacred and magic swords aimed at the Flame Demon, Raon smiled. Though his body felt like it was being torn apart by the battle between the Demon King and the Spirit King, he maintained a smile.
“It’s time to end this.”
“Shut up!”
The Flame Demon gritted his teeth and unleashed a fierce blaze.
“Insects that gain strength from others!”
“That’s you too.”
Raon slashed through the Flame Demon’s flames with Wrath’s cold in his magic sword.
Boom!
The supposedly unquenchable flames melted away as if they had never existed upon contact with Wrath’s cold.
“W-what is this…”
The Flame Demon’s eyes, which had been following the flames, shook violently.
“You can’t be surprised by just this.”
Raon closed the distance between them and thrust the sacred sword through the ghost’s defense.
Piiick!
The golden and red flames mixed and pierced through the flame shield, striking the ghost’s shoulder.
Zzzzz!
Unlike before, the transformed ghost’s shoulder bled both flames and blood simultaneously.
“Ugh! You wretch!”
The Flame Demon gripped his bleeding shoulder and staggered back. Though his eyes trembled, his killing intent grew even fiercer.
Thump!
Raon stepped onto the charred ground and pursued the Flame Demon.
“Damn it!”
The Flame Demon flailed his arms wildly, unleashing fiery spears. Though chaotic in appearance, each fiery spear held the power to kill.
Raon infused the sacred sword with the essence of the Glowing Flame Sword, and with the magic sword, he executed the Frost Wind Sword technique. The two sword auras intertwined, resembling moonlight as they connected.
Zzzzz!
The flaming spears, unleashed with full power, fell like cherry blossoms, extinguishing without even igniting a single leaf. The ghost’s flames were completely drained of strength.
“Hah…”
The Flame Demon’s teeth chattered as he watched his flames die out.
Raon couldn’t afford to mock the ghost. He moved forward with Supreme Harmony Steps.
‘There’s no time.’
The extraordinary energy he currently possessed was not sustainable.
His mental strength was also at its limit, making it no surprise if he collapsed at any moment. He had to end this quickly.
Zzzzz!
The magic sword struck like a surprise attack, clashing with the ghost’s flames. As expected of Eden’s spirit, it continued to drain the World Tree’s energy and unleashed all its remaining power.
Slash!
Raon retracted the magic sword to regain balance and then struck upward with the sacred sword. The rising flames from the ground slashed through the ghost’s abdomen.
“Kraaaaa!”
Even as blood spurted from his stomach, the Flame Demon raised his hand overhead. A massive fireball erupted from his grasp, expanding rapidly until it resembled a small sun.
Zzzzz!
Raon bit his lip as he stared at the growing fireball. The heat was so intense that approaching the Flame Demon was nearly impossible.
“I will kill you all!”
The Flame Demon unleashed the enormous fireball, seemingly intending to erase not just Raon but the World Tree itself. The ground disintegrated upon contact, and the clear sky began to distort.
Raon gripped his swords tightly as he faced the fireball, now as large as the World Tree.
‘I have to withstand this…’
He still had the strength given to him by his allies. It was still filling him, even as they fought.
Rumble!
The warm flames of the Spirit King pushed him forward.
‘Enough of this! Stop interfering with my meal!’
Wrath’s icy energy, more intense than the Spirit King’s flames, surged through him.
Raon concentrated both energies into the sacred and magic swords. Though he wasn’t directly receiving their power, the swords in his hands felt like they would shatter, and his bones felt like they would break.
He steadied his shaking wrists and forced his mana circuits to stabilize as he swung the sacred and magic swords down.
Even as he entrusted himself to the power, Raon didn’t let go of his technique. He infused the essence of the Glowing Flame Sword and the Frost Wind Sword into the descending blades, splitting the center of the Flame Demon’s fireball.
Rumble!
Flames devoured flames, and frost tore through the heat.
The combined power of Wrath and the current Spirit King of Fire quelled even the Flame Demon’s flames, which were approaching transcendence.
Zzzzz!
Through the subsiding fireball, the Flame Demon’s eyes seemed about to pop out. He had poured too much energy into the fireball and couldn’t move properly.
‘This is the end.’
Raon, dragging his exhausted body, thrust the magic sword at the Flame Demon’s neck.
‘Oh…?’
But something unexpected happened.
His upper dantian, pushed to its limit, closed, causing the Sword Realm to dissipate. The long blade of the magic sword retracted, revealing the short and thin blade of the Soul Requiem Sword.
‘Damn it!’
Raon stretched his arm as far as it would go and infused aura into the short blade, but there wasn’t enough time. The short dagger blade merely grazed the Flame Demon’s neck.
“Finally… I win!”
The Flame Demon, sensing victory, roared and extended his right hand. Red flames rose within his enormous grip, obscuring Raon’s view.
Kuwaaaaaa!
Before his skin could even burn, his breath stilled. His mental strength was at its limit, and his mind couldn’t function properly. As he stared at the approaching vortex of flames, he heard a sharp whistling sound from behind.
Peeeeee!
A blue arrow flew from the sky, slicing through the Flame Demon’s approaching arm.
“Arrrgh!”
The Flame Demon, taken aback by the sudden attack, let out an uncharacteristic scream and staggered back.
“Now!”
Raon immediately recognized the voice. It was Siyan, who had regained her confidence and become a true high elf.
Raon bit his tongue to stay conscious and stepped forward with his left foot.
He gathered the energies of the clashing Spirit King and Wrath inside him and channeled them into his right hand.
Rumble!
The rampaging energy condensed into one. He swung the trembling Heavenly Sword at the retreating Flame Demon.
Zzzzz!
Though the ghost erected a wall of flames in defense, the Heavenly Sword, imbued with both fire and frost, sliced through his body without resistance.
“Th-this can’t be…”
The Flame Demon’s disbelieving eyes rolled back as he collapsed. His body, split in two, began to disintegrate into ashes, unable to withstand the overwhelming power of Raon’s final attack.