Martial Arts Returnee’s Game Broadcast

3.
All martial artists will eventually face the wall of limits in their skills.
No matter how diligently they strive,
there is a gap they cannot overcome.
The first of these walls is called the wall of internal energy by martial artists.

How can you claim to be a martial artist when you cannot surpass the limits of physical ability?
However, even internal energy is not all-powerful.
Even if one gains superhuman destructive power or speed,
there are still limits that are difficult to surpass.
The second wall, which cannot be overcome, is called the wall of steel by martial artists.

How can you call yourself a true martial artist if you cannot cut through the armor of soldiers who protect their bodies?
These discourses came from a time when the mutual non-interference rule between the government and martial artists was broken.
In times when soldiers wearing armor openly attacked martial artists without the martial artist’s badge—an official certificate from the emperor—destroying entire clans.
Martial artists, in response, sought methods to cut through armor, turning to techniques that focused not on the body but on the outside.

Wrap the energy around the outside. Strengthen the cutting power of the sword rather than the body, and there will be nothing it cannot cut through.
Thus, Kenki (sword energy) was born in the martial world.
Martial artists who wielded sword energy could cut through anything and reform the principle of non-interference with the imperial government.

Crash!

And now,
the product of breaking through the wall of steel,
the mysticism of Ogichunggeom (御劍充劍)—the filling of the sword with energy—
was used in an attack where energy was packed inside and outside the sword.
However, it failed to break through the Youkai General’s defense and bounced off.

Ah!
It didn’t break through?
MK2, today’s the day! Die, Silent Swordmaster!!
They’re trying to kill the original to use MK2! Haha.
But seriously, this is tough.
If the damage doesn’t land, we can’t win.
Viewers, unable to hide their shock, watched as the battle seemed increasingly unfavorable.
But only two people—Ha Eun-eung, who swung the sword, and the Youkai General who received the attack—
understood the hidden exchange in that brief moment of deadlock.

‘It definitely chipped away.’
‘If it pierced even once, I’d be in serious trouble!’

The energy packed into the sword could change the attributes of the sword depending on how it was used.
Ha Eun-eung’s mysticism was the Breaking Mysticism.

PA - Break

The nature of energy that forces consumption and depletion
collided with the target area’s Youkai power, forcibly breaking through it.
The defensive steel wall and energy shield
were shattered layer by layer with brutal force.

‘Oops. I fell for a human’s trick. It’s already too late to change my stance!’
‘This kind of opportunity won’t come again.’

Originally, this battle should have been fought with overwhelming physical strength—using the blessings of the Youkai bloodline and the immense physical ability from repeated cycles.
The Youkai General should have researched his inheritance techniques and found the weaknesses to nullify them.
However, neither Ha Eun-eung nor the viewers realized that this battle was, like the Executioner’s fight with the Hill of Corpses, a forced defeat event.
It was impossible to overcome for a first-time player.
Only after gaining many experiences and building up specifications could a player truly confront the past and challenge their revenge in a subsequent round.

‘I can’t lose.’

Ha Eun-eung, who recognized the half-youkai valley as not merely a game but another reality where natural energy exists,
refused to compromise, drop her sword, or give up, despite the inevitable revenge that might one day come.

‘If I lose this fight, everyone who believes in me will die.’

The illegitimate prince, bloodied, still clung tenaciously to the Youkai Queen.
The Boogeyman, fiercely extending his arms, joined the battle.
Wendigo, single-handedly blocking the entrance, prevented the Youkai’s entry.
Maganom, seeing through the two Youkai’s techniques, offered timely advice.
All these comrades, who had crossed countless life-and-death situations over the past three days,
would now fall, coughing up blood, their bodies turning cold in tragic deaths.
Such a tragic outcome, a harsh reality where only one survives, had already been experienced.

‘It doesn’t matter how many shields I break through.’
‘No matter how thick the walls of energy are, I’ll break through them.’

Faster.
Deeper.
Swing the sword.

Once.
Twice.
Four times.
Ten times.

As the speed of the sword increased, the Youkai General finally realized his mistake.

‘It wasn’t the sword. It was the human’s energy!’

The ability forged through complete devotion to their craft.
Ha Eun-eung’s technique, aided by energy, ripped apart the Youkai General’s formidable physical defense.
This energy went beyond the physical prowess of the Youkai General; it was a force that could deny the very principles of Youkai power.

‘No. A human like this should not be allowed to live!’

If the Youkai General had been overwhelmed by sheer force,
he might have truly submitted to the extraordinary power beyond even the strongest Youkai.
But this was different.
He couldn’t accept it.

The destruction of the power that had been built through the ages, the breaking of the foundation of the Youkai power, was something no Youkai could withstand.

Crash!

Ha Eun-eung’s sword shattered the massive armor covering the Youkai General’s body.
As control over his body slipped away, Story Mode was activated.

4.
[Story Mode]

Starting from Phase 1 with the basic Youkai form,
moving into Phase 2 with the higher effect of the Beast Inheritance, Monsterification,
and now, having broken through the Rock Transformation defensive stance in Phase 3,
the battle that should have ended long ago still raged on,
and the Youkai General’s momentum was different from before.

[I've heard of it. Human bloodlines are weak and cannot compare to the strength of Youkai, but some special bloodlines possess power comparable to Youkai.]
[Humans who negate Youkai energy and wield the power of Breaking and Dismantling through years of accumulation.]
[To think the heir of that lineage is right in front of me.]

Having inherited the legacy of the Executioner,
passed down from the Sanchongdok and melting the Great Forest of the Old Tree,
Ha Eun-eung’s own inheritance—Executioner’s Legacy—had been built through countless battles.
Her brutal pursuit of revenge against half-youkai and Youkai,
now at the stage where she could challenge the Youkai General Vigtro.

[As the strongest Youkai, seeing an heir to the Executioner, the natural nemesis of all Youkai, I won’t hold back.]
[You claim to be the strongest in the In-gyo? You’ve awakened the blood that’s been dormant for so long.]
[Witness the power of Vigtro the Avalanche!]@@novelbin@@

Like a hibernating bear waking to store energy for the coming battle,
the Youkai General Vigtro unleashed the massive amounts of Youkai energy he had been saving for ages,
his power now blazing in a magnificent display.

Before his final phase even began,
the chatroom exploded.

Didn’t they just mention Anti-Magic?
Wait, but no skills were learned?
How is Anti-Magic already appearing???
Isn't that supposed to be an ultimate skill from the skill tree, something you get at the very end??
Didn’t even visit the Seer’s temple?? No skills? How is this possible???
The viewers realized what had just occurred,
and Ha Eun-eung’s tactic of Breaking and Dismantling had surpassed all expectations,
redefining what it meant to be a half-youkai in this world.

[Player Mode]

The strongest Youkai of the Youkai Realm and the strongest human from the In-gyo.
The two forces collide.