The Witch Hunter System
chapter-629

629 Essence of Martial Arts

Thinking about reincarnation, Vaan wondered how many others in Pangea were like him or Empyrean Scarletsea – souls from another world.

He recalled Astoria once told him she heard about at least three self-

proclaimed Reincarnators in the Holy Knight Kingdom of the past. It was hard to say whether any more had appeared in the last three hundred years since then.

Furthermore, the Great Ratholos Empire had also shown signs of foreign interference from higher-level beings, whether they were Reincarnators or not.

Nevertheless, it was safe to say at least five known Reincarnators or remnant souls of high-level beings came to Pangea from another world. Furthermore, this only came from three countries – the Black Rose Kingdom, the Holy Knight Empire, and the Great Ratholos Empire.

There were likely more in the other countries as well, and even then, these would only be the known Reincarnators or high-level remnant souls. It was hard to imagine how many more had remained hidden and unknown from the world.

Vaan used to think reincarnation cases like his, where he could retain memories of his past, were extremely rare. After all, it only took one Reincarnator to alter the course of destiny, steering the world's development from its original intended path.

As such, it was even far rarer for there to be two or more cases of people reincarnating to the same world, let alone during the same era. There were countless trillions of stars and even more worlds in the universe.

Logically speaking, the probability of having more than one Reincarnator in the same world and era was close to zero. However, not only did Pangea have more than one Reincarnator in roughly the same era, but in fact, there were possibly several dozen of them.

If such reincarnation were so common, it would have been widespread knowledge long ago.

Thus, the fact that it wasn't proved that such a frequent recurrence of reincarnation in Pangea was definitely unnatural.

However, what was causing so many souls to reincarnate to Pangea?

Vaan thought of many possibilities, but only two stood out. Furthermore, one of them made him feel concerned for the future of all life.

The first and most plausible reason was that Pangea possessed a mysterious force or power capable of attracting lost souls from the universe towards it.

The second reasonable explanation was that a cataclysmic event resulted in the death of countless lives and worlds. When these deaths reach a higher enough count, even something that was originally improbable could become a hundred percent probable.

Honestly, the second possibility was the most plausible due to Empyrean Scarletsea's story. But it was also precisely because of this that made the thought terrifying.

The destruction of the universe was preordained but also a gradual process. It was all part of the natural cycle of life and death.

Narvim had said so before.

However, this natural cycle of life and death had been disturbed by an unfathomable force that sought to accelerate the destruction of the universe.

But why did this unfathomable force desire the destruction of the universe?

What would it gain from this?

What was its purpose?

Although Vaan had planned to improve his martial knowledge, his mind was preoccupied with the looming dangers hidden in the sea of stars. He had so many questions but no one to give him the answers.

Compared to the vastness of the boundless expanse, he was still pitifully small and insignificant.

'Empyrean Scarletsea said True Divinities were peak-level existences in her era, but they were all helpless against the foreign invaders… However, according to Narvim, Chaos had existed far longer than the current universe.'

'In that case, if there's any place that could possibly have Beyond True Divinity-level existences, it would have to be Chaos. It seems I will need to have a talk with the dragon lords,' Vaan decided.

He figured the knowledgeable dragon lords might have an idea as to what was going on in their current universe. He had his own guess but needed to consult the dragon lords.

Moreover, if he was not wrong about his suspicion, Gehenna might not be the greatest threat they were facing.

Nevertheless, it was inconvenient to return to the Red Dragon Tribe and seek out the dragon lords in his present situation. He would have to find a private living space or training room before making the quick trip back.

'Whatever. I'll figure that out tonight. For now, I need to focus on this wealth of martial knowledge,' Vaan considered.

Shortly after putting matters of the universe's destruction aside, Vaan focused wholeheartedly on reading each piece of martial knowledge. He went through each piece of martial manual, scripture, scroll, and book in a matter of minutes.

'Here it is, here it is! Dammit! He really is planning to skim through all of them!' Berucha cried in his mind as he secretly observed Vaan from the opposite side on the seventh floor.

Nevertheless, Vaan didn't concern himself with the eyes of the onlookers nor their thoughts.

He simply kept going.

Ding!

<You have learned the Mid-rank Martial Art, Rippling Sword Art>

<You have learned the Mid-rank Martial Art, Broken Moonlight Steps>

<You have learned the Mid-rank Martial Art, Severing Wind Palm>

<You have learned the Mid-rank Body-Refining Method, Fire-Forged Body Method>

<You have learned the Mid-rank Breathing Exercise, Breath of Tyrant Waves>

<You have learned the Mid-rank Breathing Exercise, Great Turtle Breathing Technique>

<You have learned the Mid-rank Martial Art, Bear-Wrestling Fist>

<You have learned the Mid-rank Martial Art, Flying Comet Spear Art>

…

…

Ding!

<You have compiled all your sword arts into Essence of Sword Arts (Mid-rank)>

<You have compiled all your spear arts into Essence of Spear Arts (Mid-rank)>

<You have compiled all your fist arts into Essence of Fist Arts (Mid-

rank)>

…

There were countless mid-rank martial arts in the Martial Arts Repository. However, many of them had repeated concepts despite possessing different names.

As such, Vaan mastered the related type of martial arts before he even came close to reading every piece of martial knowledge of the said type.

That said, it wouldn't have been possible for him to master each type of martial arts so quickly if he didn't already have a solid foundation in them. All of his previously learned and related self-created mid-rank martial arts had all been integrated into these three essences of martial arts.

Moreover, it had taken him six hours of reading to achieve. It was hard to say how long it would take him to master everything else.

Nevertheless, it became pretty clear that some martial students' patience had expired after watching his mischievous behavior for six hours.

"Oi you," a stern male voice called out to Vaan.