Chapter 154 Five Mountains of Penances (4) (1/2)

To me, Aura was a form of energy that was difficult in so many ways.

The magic would disperse or explode, and you needed a strong consciousness to maintain it.

Consciousness. You had to use a mental thing that you couldn’t even see, and this was too hard, almost impossible, for me to understand.

But seeing Leonhard and Valdebich use it well, it wasn’t impossible…I just shook my head.

Actually, Yeon-woo didn’t know too well about Aura. The basics of the concept was in the diary, but like he said, it was just the concept.

The only area that his brother hadn’t been able to approach was Aura.

The trait his brother picked up easily was Ten Thousand Clearance. Because he could fundamentally become closer to what things were made up of, even though he was from Earth, he could deal with mana well.

So he was able to quickly learn the way to deal with mana, and become the person who controlled magic best in Arthia.

And later, he even learned the most difficult types of magic.

The skill called ‘Sky Wings’ that gave him the nickname Heaven Wing was something borne from those types of magic.

He approached magic in the purest way and used it freely.

But on the other hand, Aura was hard to approach because of this trait.

Aura also used magic, but it consisted more of energy.

And his brother especially had difficulty with the intangible concept of consciousness. He didn’t understand it at all.

So Yeon-woo had started learning Mugong, but he didn’t think about touching Aura.

His Mugong was already lacking, and he had too many weapons to focus on other than Aura.

Unlike his other skills, which were growing in proficiency, he didn’t know how much time he would have to invest in Aura.

No, more than anything, he thought it would be difficult for his Magic Circuit, which used pure magic, to create Aura.

But now he had to throw those thoughts away.

He already forced his body to get used to Magic Circuit using Cores. He had to somehow use Aura now.

Like what Shanon and Hanryeong said, he would have to be at least of a master level to challenge the Yin Sword.

The good thing was that he was able to train on the 20th floor.

And he had two outstanding teachers.

Shanon was a master, even though he couldn’t become a ranker.

Hanryeong as well. The martialist who fought with nine swords was almost strong enough to make the Sword God step back. He was between an expert and an arhat. There was a lot to learn.

However, if there was a difference between the two, it was that unlike Shanon, who walked the path of leading others in martial arts, Hanryeong fought in battles since he was young and was almost like an apostle of martial arts.

And if he combined this with the Eight Extreme Fists that he knew before.

‘I might be able to learn Aura.’

His brother couldn’t use Aura easily because of Ten Thousand Clearance, but Yeon-woo, who was used to Mugong, was different.

Yeon-woo gripped his Carshina’s dagger.

The only thing left to do now was training.

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[Aura is something that you can learn after getting sixth sense.]

‘After sixth sense?’

[Sixth sense is something that brings out all your consciousness. Auror is using that and changing it to something physical.]

With what Shanon said, Yeon-woo felt like he understood something a bit more.

Since Yeon-woo had already learned sixth sense, he felt like he could grasp the concept a bit better.

With Extrasensory Perception, he could see everything.

[But it’s changing something that was intangible to something you can feel, so you need a balance with magic power. The magic power needs to be strong.]

Hanryeong added on.

Yeon-woo didn’t worry about condensing magic power. His magic power was incomparable to others. The Draconic species weren’t powerful for nothing.

Now there was only one thing that was left.

‘Then what’s consciousness?’

The problem was that their answer was different.

[The will to become stronger.]

[The resolve to win.]

Shanon said that martial arts was a fight with oneself. A process of making yourself sharper like a blade.

But Hanryeong said it was different.

Even if you said it nicely, a sword was eventually a weapon to hurt your opponent. When you were using your sword, you should think about somehow defeating your opponent.

Hanryeong simplified what sword techniques were about.

In other words, he could see the difference between the two

Both of them weren’t wrong, so Yeon-woo had to think about what they two were saying. Then what was the consciousness that fit Yeon-woo best?

He quickly came to an answer.

‘The strength of breaking everything in your path.’

Yeon-woo thought it would be nice to make a destructive Aura.

To him, consciousness wasn’t something to improve himself or defeat someone.

It was just a survival tool he needed to use, because if he didn’t use it, he would be killed.

Once he got the direction he needed to go to, Yeon-woo started practicing right away. It wasn’t difficult to practice because he had Extrasensory Perception.

‘The Eight Extreme Fists is something that makes 8 kinds of powers into 8 forms. It has to be fast.’

Yeon-woo used the training area where he was staying well. Once he woke up, the first thing he did was swing his sword.

Faster than one’s eyes could follow. But he didn’t focus on just swinging his sword.

From what Yeon-woo saw, the 8 Writings of Divination of Eight Extreme Fists that he had to learn wasn’t something he could get just from practicing.

Like constructing the structure of a building required tiny steps, he needed to learn the order in specific steps.

It was something that needed a precise calculation.

So this time, he tried to use his quick thinking abilities as well.

As time passed, the form became clearer. Any imperfections disappeared as well.

[Think like you’re focusing your mind on the tip of your blade.]

[You must release your consciousness. If you just use your consciousness well, you can use all kinds of attacks using Aura and your magic power.]

Also, because he couldn’t just focus on his form, he focused on moving his sword according to Hanryeong and Shanon’s advice as well.

Faster.

And even faster.

From sometime, he couldn’t even tell the difference between what was happening in his consciousness and the real world.