“It’s called an Absolute Territory. I can spread my genuine-qi in a spherical shape around me and sense anything within it as if the qi were my own skin.”

“Uh… heightening your senses by extending genuine-qi is something anyone can do. My surprise wasn’t from your senses; it was your reaction speed. No matter how fast you can react-”

“Forty-eight thousand seven hundred.”

“… What?”

Seeing Arthur’s perplexed expression, Sungmuk pointed his Divine Red Sparrow Sword downward and replied.

“In both mind and body, I’ve engrained the 48,700 possible ways a sword can strike me; thus, I can block not just one but thirty simultaneous attacks. If an attack is quicker than a set threshold within my Absolute Territory, I can react before my mind can process it. Moreover, if I already know that an attack is incoming, I can even prepare beforehand. And if I push myself to the brink….”

Immediately, the surroundings changed. Outwardly, nothing seemed different, but with his developed senses, Arthur could tell that the [Spacing] of Sungmuk’s Absolute Territory had more than doubled in size. If Arthur hadn’t known about the Absolute Territory, he wouldn’t have recognized this subtle change, and after sensing it, he laughed.

“Hahaha.”

Sungmuk laughed as w...