Chapter 254: 254
Chapter 254 – Growth (4)
Yeon-woo nodded and slowly stood up . Then, he got into position again, eyes narrowed .
He didn’t know what just happened with the attack . It was definitely a branch . But it also wasn’t . It felt like it had turned into something completely different for a moment .
[Draconic Eyes]
Yeon-woo opened his eyes wide, thinking that another mysterious attack was about to come flying at him .
Flaws twisted in the air like spiderwebs . After he had received more of the Dragon’s Blessing, he was able to see more flaws .
Hwak!
The branch moved through the flaws . It was slow, like before . It was just a normal tree branch .
Yeon-woo didn’t take his eyes off of the branch and kicked off from the ground . He wanted to avoid it and then face it head-on .
Reading the change of the branch was his goal .
Just when he was about to strike Galliard, the branch stiffened and attempted to go for his side .
It was the same change as before . No, actually, just considering the change, it was different . It had been as hard as a club before, and now, it was as quick as lightning .
Yeon-woo twisted his body mid-air, barely avoiding the attack . Or he thought he avoided it . This time, the end of the branch shined and pierced his side .
Pung!
It was such a sudden shift . Even though he had been chasing it after his Draconic Eyes, he couldn’t tell what had happened .
Before Yeon-woo could bring his Magic Bayonet down, he was blown away by the impact to his stomach .
Yeon-woo floated in the air and rolled to the ground . Kuk, kuk! Phlegm was stuck in his throat . He almost threw up .
“How is it?”
“I’ll… . . do it again . ”
Yeon-woo forced himself up . He had taken a hit again, but he saw something he hadn’t seen before . Wouldn’t he be able to avoid it this time? He wanted to see the magic of the branch .
Galliard smiled faintly . Yeon-woo’s eyes were burning up . His dejected state of mind had disappeared .
“It won’t be different this time . ”
“It will be . ”
“If you insist on doing it until you understand… . . I have no reason to stop you . ”
Galliard flicked the branch at Yeon-woo and provoked him . Yeon-woo moved with a different strategy this time . The result was the same .
Pak!
‘… . . How?’
Yeon-woo continued to attack using different methods . He threatened Galliard with the Eight Writings of Divinations of the Eight Extreme Swords . However, Yeon-woo landed on the ground with a ‘pak’ or a ‘puk’ sound every time .
His entire body was covered with grime .
‘Just what happened?’
Yeon-woo looked blankly at Galliard .
He didn’t get a single counterattack in while attacking him . It wasn’t a technical problem . Yeon-woo was definitely above Galliard in terms of skill . He was frustrated by the strange magic that continued to make him fall .
He was able to see something, but that was it . He couldn’t read more than that .
Galliard didn’t use any magic power or skills . The Draconic Eyes confirmed that Galliard didn’t break his word .
In the end—
“Haa . ”
Yeon-woo sighed . It was a sign of surrender . If Shanon or Hanryeong was around, he would ask for advice, but they were silent like always .
“Just how is this possible?”
Galliard smiled, not a single fleck of dirt on him .
“Consciousness . ”
“Consciousness?”
Yeon-woo was baffled . He knew about Consciousness as well . He had even gained a Numbering skill called Extrasensory Perception through it on the Five Mountains of Penances . [TN: consciousness changed to Consciousness for accuracy to show that it’s not the normal “consciousness” that we think of in English . ]
However, he didn’t see Galliard use his Consciousness .
“You said you focused on pushing your body to the limit, right?”
“Yes, sir . ”
“That might be a good way to train . Considering the traits of a Dragon Body, the limits will be very high . It’s definitely not easy to train yourself up to that point . ”
Yeon-woo nodded his head . The wall that he crashed into this time was high, but the training he had done until now wasn’t easy either .
Pushing your body to the extreme made one as worn out as a used rag .
“But the problem comes after that . ”
“After that… . . ?”
“It’s about how you use that power . ”
Yeon-woo shook his head in disagreement .
“I’m not trying to brag, but I don’t think I lack anything in terms of ability . ”
His ability continued to improve as he grew . Yeon-woo already mastered the Eight Writings of Divination and was also training his magic to the extreme as well .
“I think you’re mistaken about something . What I’m talking about is different from ability . ”
“Mm . How should I explain this?”
Galliard stroked his chin and organized his thoughts .
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“Imagination . You lack imagination . ”
What kind of nonsense was this?
Galliard laughed like he realized what he said didn’t make sense and tried again .
“I’ll show you slowly . ”
It looked like he was just playing with the branch . Then, the space around Galliard began to shift .
Yeon-woo’s eyes widened . The change was so sudden that if Galliard didn’t show him slowly, he would have missed it .
‘He’s… . . demonstrating his Consciousness with his body . ’
The reason why Yeon-woo hadn’t been able to see the Consciousness was because Galliard wasn’t letting it out, but rather circulating it inside himself .
Yeon-woo had only thought of releasing his Consciousness . The Consciousness was something to enlarge just his mind .
He only considered it a tool to make his sword sharper and firmer and to read the surroundings of an opponent that was far away . Something similar to Extrasensory Perception and Aura .
He had never thought of circulating it within his body . If he didn’t pull it out, he didn’t need to use it . The world of his mind would always stay inside of him even without effort .
However, Galliard had flipped his way of thinking around . Galliard enlarged his mind and synchronized his mind with his physical body . He had pushed his Consciousness into the deepest parts of his body .
With this, the two bodies were completely under his control, and he could cause changes as he imagined them .
Shik, shishishik!
Galliard slowly moved forward, swinging the branch . When he sped up, the branch was twisting the space around it .
As he did, Galliard’s body slightly changed .
Yeon-woo saw the changes in Galliard’s muscles, the manipulation of Consciousness, and the movement of strength .
Each squirmed as they connected to each other .
And within that, there were many different things .
Galliard was something different every moment . He became a strong storm or fast like lightning . He became a firm rock or bent softly like a palm tree .
Yeon-woo realized his mistake then . He had only focused on how the branch changed when he should’ve read the change in Galliard . The branch only changed as an extension of Galliard .
Consciousness, and its change . Countless Consciousnesses combined to become Galliard .
Yeon-woo felt like he knew what the imagination that Galliard had talked about was . Becoming storm and lightning . That was probably what he meant . The space around him changed, influenced by the Consciousness .
Tak!
Galliard brought the branch down and sighed .
“Whew! My entire body aches after using it for the first time in a while . ”
Crack, crack… . .
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Galliard stretched out his muscles and turned to Yeon-woo .
“Did you see something?”
“I’ve never heard of moving your body with Consciousness . ”
“Since most people release it or put it inside their weapons . Right?”
“Yes, sir . ”
“They think of Consciousness as a tool or weapon . But it’s not . ”
Galliard put emphasis on his words .
“Consciousness is a lubricant . ”
Yeon-woo’s eyes slightly became bigger .
“Consciousness is a supplement to make your existence stronger . A supplement of spreading your senses beyond yourself . A supplement to make your sword sturdier and sharper . A supplement to use the power of your physical body properly . ”
“Ah . ”
Yeon-woo thought of what Gaillard said in the beginning .
How he was going to use his power .
Yeon-woo was already powerful after training his body to the extreme . He also had skills to back up his physical prowess .
However, he had never thought of how he was going to use it .
Even if it was the same strength, it was vastly different depending on how it was used . Consciousness allowed him to control how it was used and made the process smoother .
“Using your body properly means that you’re properly controlling your power . However, most people get this confused . They think that they can use their strength properly . But they’re wrong . ”
Galliard shook his head .
“You must be able to use your Consciousness freely . You have to be able to use your body like a sword . Can you do that?”
Yeon-woo closed his mouth and thought . How had he fought until now?
It was power . He only wanted more power . That was also why he forced himself to train .
Power .
This was the ultimate destructive force to Yeon-woo . The Eight Extreme Swords, Wave of Fire, and Dragon Killers . They were all to raise his destructive power .
But that wasn’t it .
Galliard was telling him not to focus solely on power . Power was just power . He shouldn’t be moved by it but move it himself instead . He had to control it . Consciousness was the most important thing for that .
Yeon-woo felt the world that he had been living in crumbling . It was like there was a hole in it .
It was just a small one, but there was a hole in the wall . It was so small that it wasn’t even noticeable, but he could barely see what was behind it .
‘The wall I was feeling wasn’t a limit but the world that I trapped myself in . Why didn’t I think that I misunderstood what I had gained until now?’
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He felt his frustration slowly fading away . However, he felt like it wasn’t going to be easy, and he didn’t know where to start .
Consciousness . He needed to research how to use Consciousness and how this was supposed to be applied to his body .
He was grateful . Now that he knew the path, he only had to find it . Even though the hole in the wall was small, it could become a crack that would bring the whole thing down .
Yeon-woo bowed to Galliard .
“There was something Jeong-woo said about you . ”
Galliard’s eyes were filled with curiosity . He wanted to know what the person he missed said about him .
“He said that you were his first teacher . ”
Galliard rubbed his face with an awkward face . His nose was a bit red . He had repeatedly told Jeong-woo not to say things like that, but it seemed like he had still been saying cringy things like that .
“Now I know why he said that . ”
“Don’t say useless things . ”
Galliard shook his hand in embarrassment .
“From now on, using your Consciousness actively is the most important part . I suppose it’ll just sound like nonsense if I tell you to use it, hm?”
“Yes, sir . ”
“You have to think of controlling your body, not your Consciousness . As I said, Consciousness is only a lubricant, so if you’re on the right path, it’ll come with it . ”
“Controlling my body… . . ”
Yeon-woo repeated the same words over and over again .
“Also, there’s probably no better way to control your body than Boshinkyung . ”
Yeon-woo’s eyes shined . Boshinkyung . It was an acronym for Bobup, Shinbup, and Kyunggong . Bubup was the method of rolling your feet, Shinbup was moving your body, and Kyunggong was making your body lighter .
“Moving your body . This is the foundation of all martial arts . That’s why this is the very basic method of controlling your body . Something important to using Boshinkyung is… . . ”
“Shunpo . ”
Galliard nodded his head .
Yeon-woo’s eyes flashed .
He felt like he had snuck a look at the secret of Shunpo, the skill that could unlock Allforone’s third skill .
The path was finally opened .
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