“Each of Heavenly Sword Mountain’s secret techniques is connected…… If ‘Geukroe (極雷)’ teaches you how to project your own strength, then ‘Invert Heaven (反天)’ teaches you how to redirect the direction of force. And once you reach ‘Pokroe,’ you learn how to turn that force back against your opponent.”
Only then did a quiet, dry chuckle escape me.
I understood a little now.
I had wondered how he could possibly produce such strength with that body, but if most of that force was actually coming from me, then it was not so unreasonable.
There was merely one question left unresolved.
“Fundamentally, isn’t that no different from ‘Invert Heaven’? Whether you redirect the direction of force or turn that force back against someone…… Either way, the end result seems fairly similar.”
“That is not so. Temporarily reversing flowing water and carving an entirely new channel for it are different matters…… Once a new path has been opened, does the current not become even fiercer?”
So that was why it had been so difficult to retrieve my sword after…