Heavenly Inquisition Sword

Episode 308: A Point, Infinity

Yeon Jeokha and Shim Tong, the Old Dao of the Nine Heavens, were perplexed and at a loss for what to do.

Namgung Yeon, the Incomparable Among Ten, shouted and rushed forward.

“The center of the Earth Gate is the stone giant! We must destroy the stone giant!”

The sword technique of the Great Sword of Heaven, ‘Mid-Heaven Strike,’ extended toward the giant’s legs.

Three dragons circled one of the giant’s legs.

Sparks flew, and stone dust scattered everywhere.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

“Graaargh!”

The stone giant staggered but quickly straightened up.

Namgung Yeon unleashed another ‘Heaven Strike,’ and three more dragons circled the giant’s leg.

With six dragons surrounding his leg, the giant tilted to one side.

Boom!

The giant’s ten-meter body crushed several scorpions.

Finally, Yeon Jeokha threw his dagger.

The dagger flew with a sharp whistle and embedded itself in the giant’s face.

Crack!

A ninety-centimeter crack formed around the dagger.

“Graaargh!”

The giant slammed the ground in fury, crushing more scorpions.

Namgung Yeon and Shim Tong moved nimbly, dodging the giant’s blows and launching attacks with their swords and knives.

Boom! Boom!

Stone dust continued to fly from the giant’s massive head.

Yeon Jeokha moved his finger, and the dagger pulled itself out of the giant’s body.

The giant, now aware of Yeon Jeokha, turned its head toward him.

Yeon Jeokha pointed his finger at the giant’s eyes, and the dagger swiftly flew toward them.

Swish!

But the giant wasn’t so easily defeated.

As if catching a fly, the giant clapped its massive hands together, trapping the dagger.

Boom!

The sound of thunder echoed as the dagger vanished.

Yeon Jeokha frowned, thinking the dagger had been crushed.

The giant slowly opened its hands, but the dagger floated intact in the air.

“Yes!”

Yeon Jeokha’s face lit up.

He moved his finger, and the dagger flew again toward the giant’s eyes.

Thud!

“Graaargh!”

The giant roared in pain and focused entirely on Yeon Jeokha.

The giant attacked with enormous fists and feet, while Yeon Jeokha moved nimbly to evade them.

But dodging wasn’t easy with so many scorpions on the ground.

After fifteen minutes, Yeon Jeokha began to tire.

The same was happening to Namgung Yeon and Shim Tong.

They couldn’t cut the scorpions’ tails due to the poison, so they could only push them away with their weapons.

In the midst of the battle, Namgung Yeon and Shim Tong exchanged glances.

Fighting both the scorpions and the stone giant required incredible strength.

They both secretly admired each other’s skill.

Namgung Yeon, maintaining a serene expression, thought:

“How is it possible that Shim Tong, who was a mid-level master years ago, has reached such a level? What happened to him?”

Shim Tong, for his part, was impressed by Namgung Yeon’s skill.

“Wow! How is it possible for someone so young to be so skilled?”

Despite his advanced age, Shim Tong was determined not to be outdone by Namgung Yeon.

Namgung Yeon continued to persistently attack the giant’s leg with his Great Sword of Heaven.

Finally, the six dragons managed to destroy one of the giant’s legs.

Crack!

The giant fell to its knees in the sand.

But Namgung Yeon could no longer continue attacking; he had exhausted his energy.

The scorpions, seeing Namgung Yeon retreat, swarmed toward Yeon Jeokha and Shim Tong.

Shim Tong smiled in satisfaction.

He had conserved energy by attacking the giant with cunning rather than brute force.

Now, Shim Tong unleashed all his energy against the giant.

Crack!

When his energy struck the giant’s intact leg, pieces of stone flew.

The giant, who had only been attacking Yeon Jeokha until then, turned its head toward Shim Tong and opened its mouth.

Whoosh!

A red flame shot out of the giant’s mouth.

Surprised by the fire attack, Shim Tong leaped to the side.

Boom!

The flame scorched the black sand.

But Shim Tong couldn’t relax; he had landed in the midst of the scorpions.

Swish! Swish!

The scorpions raised their tails and surrounded him.

“Ahhh! Help!”

Shim Tong struggled desperately against the tails attacking him from all directions.

But that was just the beginning.

Hundreds of scorpions swarmed over him like a wave.

Seeing Shim Tong in danger, Yeon Jeokha retreated and hurled his dagger toward him.

The dagger stopped above Shim Tong, and he jumped onto it.

Shim Tong spun in the air and landed on the dagger.

Yeon Jeokha moved his finger, and the dagger flew toward a sand dune.

He had rescued Shim Tong from the swarm of scorpions.

Shim Tong, with a bitter smile, landed next to Namgung Yeon.

In truth, he had been unable to escape the field of scorpions because he lacked the energy to move.

Boom!

The giant’s fist slammed into the sand.

Yeon Jeokha, controlling the dagger, easily dodged.

With one leg destroyed, the giant no longer posed a great threat.

It could only swivel its torso and throw punches.

Yeon Jeokha retrieved the dagger.

“What a pity. If this dagger were just a bit longer, it would be perfect.”

For a ten-meter giant, a dagger was less than a toothpick.

Suddenly, the dagger trembled intensely.

Yeon Jeokha looked at the dagger in surprise.

To make a dagger tremble like that, it would require an immense amount of energy.

But he hadn’t used any energy.

“Are you angry because I said it’s a pity?”

The dagger didn’t respond.

Yeon Jeokha scratched his head with an embarrassed expression.

“Talking to a dagger… I’m losing my mind.”

Bzzz!

The dagger trembled again, this time emitting a sound.

Startled, Yeon Jeokha dropped the dagger with a shout.

“What the heck is that?!”

The dagger fell into the red sand and lay still.

“What a scare. I don’t usually get scared so easily. What’s wrong with me lately?”

With an uneasy expression, Yeon Jeokha picked up the dagger.

At that moment, the giant opened its mouth toward Yeon Jeokha.

Whoosh!

A flame shot toward him.

Yeon Jeokha quickly rolled to avoid the flame.

He jumped to his feet, frustration written on his face.

If only the dagger were longer…

Suddenly, a strange energy flowed from the dagger into his dantian.

“What?!”

Surprised, Yeon Jeokha felt the strange energy merge with his own energy.

The Nine Heavens Energy and the dagger’s energy intertwined in his dantian, forming a yin-yang symbol.

Soon, the dagger’s energy was completely absorbed.

“The energy of the Old Dao of the Nine Heavens has absorbed it?”

Yeon Jeokha felt relieved.

Imagine having an unknown energy circulating through your body.

Yeon Jeokha firmly grasped the dagger and activated the energy of the Old Dao of the Nine Heavens.

They had wasted too much time.

It was time to finish off the stone giant.

When the Nine Heavens Energy reached the point of his thumb, he recalled the principle of “a point, infinity.”

“If the Hidden Celestial Sword isn’t visible, why not apply that principle to the dagger? If I make it bigger, I could defeat the giant.”

“Yes, a point, infinity. I don’t need the complete Hidden Celestial Sword. I just need to make this dagger a little bigger. Turn a point into infinity.”

It’s easier to focus on what you can see.

He remembered a part of the Hidden Celestial Sword’s mantra.

“The primordial energy has existed since before heaven and earth separated. Although it is only a point, it can encompass heaven and earth.”

The Nine Heavens Energy flowed into the dagger.

The dagger trembled violently, emitting a seven-colored light.

If he hadn’t had the earlier experience, Yeon Jeokha would have dropped the dagger again.

But this time, he observed the dagger calmly.

Or at least he tried to.

The dagger shook like a fish just pulled out of the water.

The trembling was so intense that Yeon Jeokha had to let it go.

The dagger flew into the air.

Yeon Jeokha stared intently at the sky.

The moment he applied the principle of “a point, infinity” to the dagger, it began to act on its own.

Although still connected to his energy, the dagger moved independently of his will.

“What is this?”

The seven-colored light intensified until the dagger disappeared from sight.

Then, a sound that shook heaven and earth echoed from within the light.

“Graaargh!”