Infinite Origin Force

Yuseong quickly regained his composure after being flustered.

While he had committed deceptions, lies, sabotage, robbery, and murder like eating meals in other worlds, on Earth he had always acted heroically except for his obsession with money, so it wasn’t strange for Kang Changseok to think of him as a ‘good person.’

“I’m not going to kill everyone, so don’t worry too much.”

“…Though I dislike murder, it can’t be helped if it’s to prevent greater damage.”

Eyes cast downward and a faintly trembling voice.

No matter how you looked at it, he was someone suffering from pangs of conscience.

Seeing Kang Changseok let out a barely audible sigh of relief from the corner of his eye, Yuseong gave a faint smile.

Though he had no intention of actually becoming a good person, there was no harm in appearing to be one.

“Originally this operation was planned for just me and Bruce, so there won’t be much for you to do. If someone looks like they might run, subdue them appropriately, and provide covering fire if things look dangerous.”

Yuseong silently took out the Elemental Bow from his subspace.

And as soon as Kang Changseok’s form dissolved and vanished into the shadows, he sighed and lowered the bow.

He felt exhausted, perhaps from doing unexpected ad-libs.

Boom!

Reflexively turning toward the massive explosion sound, Yuseong let out a light whistle.

The collapsed Salvation Religion building and Bruce and Kang Changseok standing in front of it.

Though he had known in advance, seeing them actually charge in head-on drew an exclamation of admiration.

The Salvation Religion members numbered over a thousand.

Their leader Kim Do-hyeon had the ability to mass produce superhumans equal to or stronger than Contractors, so in the worst case they might have to fight over a thousand ability users.

‘Could I handle that?’

It wouldn’t be impossible.

His overall stats had increased and above all he had Tyrant’s arms.

Using hit-and-run tactics he could probably defeat not just a thousand but two or three thousand.

But fighting head-on would be a different story.

Though incomparably weaker than users, they were still superhumans who transcended human limits.

While he could overwhelm them with monstrous strength at first, he would inevitably be at a disadvantage in a prolonged battle.

However, Bruce and Kang Changseok… or more precisely, Bruce was different.

While he couldn’t tell about Kang Changseok who was only defending and evading, Bruce wasn’t just fighting equally with dozens or hundreds of superhumans but overwhelming them.

Even more amazing was that Bruce wasn’t fighting at full power.

He had said he would only use moderate power to avoid scaring Kim Do-hyeon into fleeing, but seeing it firsthand, it was effortless.

“…Huh?”

The man who appeared to be the leader made a dumb sound.

Though ten martial artists had completely surrounded the space to prevent escape and were attacking from all directions, their target had vanished without a trace.

People nearby couldn’t see it, but Yuseong watching from far away could clearly see Bruce’s movements.

Though he didn’t know how, Bruce had slipped his body through a space barely wider than a finger joint, and as if mocking everyone, made a big circle to reach behind the man.

Tap.

Bruce placed his palm against the man’s back.

The motion felt more like placing it down than striking.

However, the result was tremendous.

Drip.

The man spewed blood from his eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and seven apertures before collapsing forward without leaving a word.

Though the martial artists belatedly realized the enemy’s position and tried to attack, Bruce passed by them first, and like the first man who died, they all collapsed spewing blood from their seven apertures.

‘Is that Infiltration Path?’

Though he had the skill too, it was impossible for him to use it dozens of times consecutively with enough power to make them spew blood from their seven apertures like that.

“Now! Fire!”

While Bruce was occupied fighting the martial artists, countless attacks rained down toward his position.

Rain of flames poured from above, arrows and bullets flew from all directions, and the ground shook as if an earthquake had struck.

Bruce’s response to this was simple enough to make one yawn.

Ting!

The rain of fire scattered like sparks from a casually flicked finger, bullets and arrows lost power as if blocked by something invisible and fell to the ground.

The ground’s shaking hadn’t disturbed Bruce’s balance at all from the start, so it wasn’t even worth mentioning.

Bruce leapt among the shocked people, making light movements like raising his palm or jabbing various parts of bodies instead of mysterious martial arts techniques.

And each time without fail, someone would collapse spewing blood.

“…I’m speechless.”

This isn’t even half the power and speed he showed in Shadow World.

Since he said he only used one-tenth of his internal energy then, that means he’s fighting with just 5% of his full power now, maybe even less…

‘But isn’t this still too much?’

Taking down a thousand superhumans with less than one-tenth power – he couldn’t even imagine how strong Bruce would be using full power and seriously using skills.

Looking at the Salvation Religion members who had fallen nearly halfway, Yuseong shook his head.

Not just Bruce, but the members who kept charging despite seeing such divine might were amazing too.

It was as if they had been brainwashed.

Yuseong turned his gaze away from watching the battle between the fearless flock of sheep and the leisurely tiger.

He had no hobby of watching fights with obvious outcomes.

It didn’t seem like there would be any escapees, and even if there were, they couldn’t escape here unless they broke through Kang Changseok’s barrier.

Yuseong decided to use his time more efficiently.

Flash!

Colorless transparent energy gathered at his fingertips.

While observing the energy pulsing as if alive, Yuseong called up the skill’s information.

<Infinite Origin Force(無極一元功)>

-Rank: S

-A supreme technique created by user Bruce by consolidating numerous mental techniques after feeling the limitations of existing mental techniques. Has the characteristic of being able to refine all types of energy into Infinite Origin Force, and revert Infinite Origin Force back into energy before refinement.

-50% increase in power when using skills with Infinite Origin Force.

-50% decrease in internal energy consumption when using skills with Infinite Origin Force.

-50% increase in internal energy power.

-200% increase in internal energy recovery speed.

-Can embrace all types of energy.

Yuseong’s eyes curved into crescents.

No matter how many times he saw it, he could only admire it.

‘50% skill power increase. The 50% internal energy power increase means being able to exert 1.5 times normal power even without using skills. So using a skill with Infinite Origin Force means being able to exert 2.25 times power?’

Though his status window showed 699 points of internal energy, he could actually exert internal energy with power equivalent to 1,572 points.

The increased combat sustainability from 50% reduced internal energy consumption and 200% increased recovery speed was also noteworthy.

“So that’s how he freely used all those powerful techniques…”

Clicking his tongue briefly while shaping various forms with the Infinite Origin Force, Yuseong eventually focused his mind with half-closed eyes.

After a moment, the colorless transparent energy changed into silver energy reminiscent of moonlight.

He had converted internal energy with Infinite Origin Force’s characteristics into internal energy with Full Moon Cultivation Method’s characteristics.

After reverting the silver energy back to colorless transparent energy, Yuseong took a long breath.

Everything up to here was as expected.

The problem came next.

Woong!

The Infinite Origin Force began vibrating irregularly.

The cause was the golden energy gathered next to the Infinite Origin Force.

If it were internal energy, the Infinite Origin Force could embrace it without issue, but the identity of the golden energy was magic power refined through the Bermund cultivation method.

Two energies that seemed to mix yet didn’t mix.

However, Yuseong didn’t give up.

‘It clearly says able to embrace all types of energy, not just all types of internal energy. If my eyes aren’t wrong and the information isn’t wrong, it should definitely be able to embrace magic power too.’

Though sweat flowing down his forehead ran along his eyebrows into his eyes, Yuseong didn’t even flinch.

If this attempt succeeded, he could instantly become twice… no, more than three times stronger.

The sounds of Bruce and Salvation Religion fighting were no longer audible.

All of Yuseong’s focus was on the faint energy gathered at his fingertips.

And after quite some time, that effort finally bore fruit.

Flash!

“It worked!”

Yuseong shouted in excitement, forgetting he was supposed to be hiding.

He couldn’t help it.

This wasn’t something that could be understood and passed over simply as Infinite Origin Force embracing magic power.

‘The fact that Infinite Origin Force can embrace magic power means conversely that it can convert Infinite Origin Force into magic power. Though I won’t get the internal energy consumption reduction or power increase effects, if I can convert internal energy points into magic power…’

He could now use 1,398 points of magic power instead of 699 points.

That wasn’t all.

Conversely, he could convert magic power into internal energy to temporarily have more than double the internal energy.

If internal energy runs low he could convert magic power, or if magic power runs low he could convert internal energy, making it possible to ensure neither energy runs out.

Saying he could instantly become more than twice as strong was absolutely not an exaggeration.

Though this was already an amazing achievement, there was still one more step to climb.

“Now for spirit power.”

* * *

Perhaps because he had experienced it once before.

Combining Infinite Origin Force and spirit power wasn’t very difficult.

While guiding the internal energy that had instantly tripled from adding magic power and spirit power, Yuseong furrowed his brows.

‘…Controlling the internal energy is harder than I thought.’

For the first time since becoming a user, he felt difficulty in controlling energy.

In fact, it was a miracle that it only ended with difficulty.

The sudden increase of internal energy was dangerous enough to require careful adjustment even when consuming a single elixir.

Internal energy that increased suddenly without slowly building up over time put that much more strain on the dantian and meridians.

The power of the supreme technique Infinite Origin Force.

Wisdom that had surpassed a thousand points and kept rising.

Eye of Truth that could control energy.

If even one of these three was missing, Yuseong’s body would not have withstood the sudden increase in internal energy and exploded like a bomb.

If he had known this fact, Yuseong wouldn’t have even attempted to combine the three energies.

However, it was already done, and somehow Yuseong had succeeded in combining the three energies into one.

“Whew.”

After reverting the Infinite Origin Force back into three energies – internal energy, magic power, and spirit power – and storing them deep in his body, Yuseong took a long breath and stood up.

“I should meet other users when I get the chance.”

A bright smile was on Yuseong’s face.

Though the chances of getting another skill like Infinite Origin Force were low, he didn’t mind even if it was several levels below that.

The important thing was being able to learn skills without spending karma points.

While other users spent karma points on skills, artifacts, and stats, he could save karma points by only buying artifacts and stats.

‘But the users probably won’t stay quiet if they find out about this.’

After pondering briefly, Yuseong shook his head to clear the thought.

There was no need to worry in advance about things that hadn’t happened yet.

Future matters would be handled by his future self; it was enough for his present self to focus on the present.

“It’s been quite a while since they went in, when are they coming out?”

No matter how much time passed, there was no sign of the two emerging.

‘Did they get caught in a trap? Should I go help? No, if it’s a trap those two couldn’t escape from, nothing would change if I went. Should I try calling then?’

To state the result, there was no need to call.

Before he could even take out his smartphone, the Salvation Religion building exploded and the two figures shot into the sky.

“…What’s that now?”

Seeing the strange lifeform with black and white wings fighting equally with Bruce, Yuseong let out a sigh.