Martial Arts Returnee's Game Broadcast-Chapter 319: Evolution Tree

The human lifespan is finite.

Even if one achieves a complete transformation, it is difficult for any human born to surpass 150 years of age.

‘That’s why people yearn for promises that stretch across long periods and break them easily.’

"A century-old friend, a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity, unshakable strength lasting ten thousand years."

A lifelong friend who will be with you for a hundred years.

An extraordinary opportunity that only comes once in a thousand years.

Unwavering strength that remains for ten thousand years.

The cost to reverse a vow made over long years is equally severe.

Breaking the bond with a lifelong friend.

Throwing away a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity.

Even abandoning the unwavering strength that would last for ten thousand years.

Desire, at times, leads people to forsake their reason, time, and understanding.

Humans sometimes make such errors.

Lying on clouds and gazing up at the sky, such memories would often rise to the surface.

"Disciple... do not hurry just because you are anxious... When the clouds move, a clear sky will arrive, and your worries will naturally fade away..."

Cloud Dragon, Ajisahab.

Her sharp insight pierced through Ha Eung Eung’s thoughts.

‘She noticed. Or perhaps it was so obvious that not noticing would have been strange.’

Ha Eung Eung, with a slightly awkward face, raised a finger and wrote something in the clouds.

[It’s not something to worry about.]

Such things happen often.

When the body feels the terror of death, a significant artery breaking, signs of paralysis emerge.

Bad memories, pasts you’d rather forget, accidents that stir up emotional wounds.

‘It’s already behind me.’

That’s why this period brought even more regret.

At the time she faced this, in the martial world, she was ensnared by the Blood Sect.

At the most critical juncture, she failed to control herself and fell victim to the engraving of Blood King's technique!

‘This time, it’s different.’

Now, with the Cloud Dragon, Ajisahab, who wishes for her peace and success, not the Blood Sect who sought her downfall,

Ha Eung Eung felt not fear but an unparalleled sense of stability.

‘This is what it feels like to be protected.’

The subtle feelings she once had when weaker men tried to help her were on a completely different level of stability!

"Here come the attendants..."

As Ajisahab collected some of the clouds to open a path, green radioactive clouds parted like the Red Sea, clearing a way.

The wyvern fluttering towards them seemed to be completely exhausted.

It was because it couldn’t handle the high altitude.

"Ugh... ugh... How do you even breathe up here?"

Eum Gil-dong, who had clearly put in a great deal of effort and determination, could be seen through the equipment he wore.

He had captured an Elder Wyvern and trained it as his disciple to endure the high altitude and found an ancient armor called Power Suit, commonly known as the "Primitive Armored," in the ruins of the fallen Great Iron Kingdom of Daecheon to withstand high gravity.

He had a radioactive protective coating on his body and a helmet with life-support functions.

How much did all that cost?

This guy really became a Golden Goblin.

A Power Suit Wyvern Rider from a destroyed world.

Why’s the wyvern so weak?

Isn’t it natural for a wyvern to become weak after flying to 25,000m with a 0.1-ton armored human on its back?

LMAO

Fighter jet-level specs, I agree.

After his efforts, Eum Gil-dong finally reached Ha Eung Eung’s side.

[Have you finally seen the fun of flying?]

"What kind of nonsense are you talking about? I’m scared I’m going to die if I fall."

[Are you here to sunbathe?]

"No!"

[This time, I think I understand.]

Ha Eung Eung’s confident gaze made her write her message swiftly.

[You must have envied the life floating like a cloud?]

"Ah, I might envy it... But why do you keep trying to tempt me with your hobbies? I’m going to die! Ordinary people can’t just go around doing this."

[You’re an unusual person. Without a good reason, you climbed up here.]

"Listen to me!"

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Eum Gil-dong said with an increasingly exhausted face.

"That Speed Master guy is waiting for the Half-Demon’s Song hidden route to be solved. The original discoverer, the Silent Swordsman, is taking too long, and it seems to be getting under his skin. He wants the route to be finished soon."

[He’s waiting for my guide?]

"Ah, he probably won’t do anything with it. Looking at your guide... even if I read it and understand it with my head, it doesn’t really help me."

If it were the early version of Silent Swordsman’s guide, it would have been different, but the latest version of Silent Swordsman’s guide is a training program used by high-level Awakened ones.

[Is that so?]

The words felt ominous.

The elongated characters made Eum Gil-dong shiver.

"What’s wrong? Stop scaring me..."

Eum Gil-dong didn’t know, but Ha Eung Eung knew the secret.

The danger of Half-Demon’s Song’s highest difficulty.

‘Speed Master. Could someone with the skills to be called a top-tier streamer even challenge this?’

Perhaps.

Maybe he could challenge it.

That’s what made it even more dangerous.

‘If he were just an average high-level player, he wouldn’t reach the highest difficulty, and even if he did, he would drop out early and face a difficulty reduction.’

Speed Master is strong.

She had heard his reputation countless times, and thus, her expectations were also high.

He might reach the peak of the virtual world, and might absorb the concepts of martial arts, internal energy, and hidden route strategies.

‘But even that won’t be enough.’

He’s ahead of others.

He has the best physical skills in the Korean streamer world.

But with that level of skill, it won’t be enough.

The game allows internal energy only for those with extreme enlightenment from the very beginning of their training.

Fate is only granted to those born with absolute talent and who have awakened it.

‘The highest difficulty of Half-Demon’s Song is hidden for returnees and geniuses.’

Even Ha Eung Eung, who had once reached the realm of enlightenment, almost faced a catastrophe in the <Pillar of Ascension> raid due to a lack of internal energy.

Even if the internal energy is sufficient, if you don’t have the martial arts to use it, that’s a serious crisis.

‘I can’t be sure that Speed Master is that much of a genius.’

That’s why she couldn’t give away the guide yet.

[It would be better not to wait.]

"Why?"

[Because I’m not in a hurry.]

Internal energy is better acquired in one big burst than by stacking small amounts.

She had personally learned this lesson through Dragon Taming.

[Internal Energy: 42]

42 years of internal energy.

The goal of 180 years of internal energy was now visibly close.

[It may take a few more years until the end.]

If Speed Master understood the idea of returning when things are urgent, he wouldn’t have too much hope waiting.

Eum Gil-dong and the viewers didn’t understand this thoughtful idea, and only saw the Silent Swordsman as another malicious swordsman.

‘Wow. Truly ruthless.’

Eum Gil-dong gasped and answered.

"Ugh... ugh... So, when will you do Half-Demon’s Song again? Your viewers are really angry!"

[That’s cute.]

"No, they’re not really growing horns... Ugh, you’re really just messing with me again."

But even though he had made such a big effort to reach 25,000 meters, he couldn’t just go back down now.

"When will you do Half-Demon’s Song?"

[After I embody the enlightenment.]

"Enlightenment?"

Has this person suddenly become a Buddhist?

Why is he talking about enlightenment now?

"What’s that?"

[If I embody enlightenment, I’ll become stronger.]

"No, is there really a power-up event for enlightenment? You’re joking, right?"

Ha Eung Eung made a face as if saying it wasn’t a joke.

Eum Gil-dong and the viewers were stunned.

"Wow... He’s training to get stronger, so I have nothing to say, but it’s seriously terrifying."

The legendary battle where half of Daecheon’s capital disappeared from the map in an instant.

Ha Eung Eung and the majestic battle with Armored Taijong are still talked about on V-tube as epic battles, the greatest battles, and the arrival of the Demon King.

To think she might show an even stronger side than that—it was hard not to be shocked.

The hero is dead, but why is the Demon King getting stronger on his own?

Power balance destroyed for real.

Who’s going to stop this guy now?

The white elephant giant America Elephant Beast will save us someday.

The white elephant’s back is broken!

First, rescuing the white elephant is the problem.

Why is the elephant riding on a horse? LMAO.

Doesn’t that mean only someone as malicious as the Demon King can beat this Malicious Swordsman?

Oh.

That’s... convincing!

However, contrary to their thoughts, Ha Eung Eung’s internal energy in Gladiator Growth is at 82 years.

It’s nearly double the internal energy total of her 42 years in reality.

Enlightenment is a form of efficiency improvement to close that gap.

‘But do I really need to follow the existing martial arts path for that improvement?’

Looking at Eum Gil-dong, who had cobbled together all sorts of techniques, she reflected on her own path of mastering every martial art.

Until now, she had been organizing all those martial arts she had collected for the day when she would reach the realm of enlightenment, carefully putting them in the wardrobe...

‘If Eum Gil-dong relied on auxiliary means like an oxygen tank on his back, it might be much more convenient.’

The playstyle of a streamer, different from martial artists, inspired her.

An enlightenment that came in a completely different direction from what she had achieved in the martial world!

Ha Eung Eung instinctively realized.

The moment she embodies this enlightenment, the path to reclaiming her previous achievements will become further away.

But she might find a new path that will lead to a kind of strength she never knew before.

With time, she will naturally reach the pure evolution tree.

With special conditions and enlightenment, the special evolution tree will open.

The evolution path has split into two.