Question:
Hello friends! This is just a question, not related to this story, but I still have to ask it here. Does anyone read Surviving the Game as a Barbarian? I need to understand this so that the title can get the attention it deserves. Thanks in advance for your answer and enjoy reading!!!!
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When I first gained inspiration for this technique, it was right after sparring with Baekcheon Sword Master and having a brief conversation with my father.
Father had told me to understand the meaning of rotation, not compression, in Nine Flames Firewheel.
What does "輪" (rotation) signify?
Going furtherâwhat is the meaning embedded within Nine Flames Firewheel itself?
A technique purely based on igniting flames.
I had lived one lifetime thinking that was all there was to it.
But now, in this second life, that understanding had changed.
With just one piece of advice from my father, a new world began to unfold in my mind.
Perhaps Nine Flames Firewheel wasnât simply about creating flames.
What if its focus lay in rapidly rotating those flames?
Instead of creating a ring of fire and letting it release heat from within,
what if the rapid rotation itself was the key, with the fire as a mere byproduct?
As my perspective shifted, so too did my approach to learning and expressing martial arts.
Rotation.
That was why it was called "輪" (rotation).
Starting from that thought, I took one step at a time.
I strove to use flames that rotated faster rather than just creating large bursts.
No matter which Gu Clan technique I used, I tried to incorporate rotation into it.
Years passed living that way.
While training to use Flame Jade more intensely, a thought suddenly struck me.
The Flame Jade, compressed in my hand and spinning with fire.
I stared at it for a while before hurling it into the air.
Boom!
As I watched the Flame Jade explode in midair, a peculiar realization dawned on me.
The difference between the Flame Jade my father had thrown and the one I created.
It wasnât simply a matter of power.
There was undoubtedly something different in my fatherâs martial artâa disparity in rotation rates.
âHm.â
Compression taught by Shin Noya.
And rotation within the Flame Jade.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
As I quietly observed these elements, an idea formed in my mindâa fundamental question.
Though Flame Jade was designed with explosion in mind, wouldnât it become more powerful with increased rotation?
Its simple spherical shape made it easy to throw.
From this, I developed a hypothesis:
What if I increased the rotation and then threw it?
A spherical shape makes that straightforward, but what if I also...
âMade the shape sharper and increased the rotation even more?â
Wouldnât that create immense destructive power?
That was the thought.
A crazy idea, to be sure.
Flame Jade was already a completed technique, considered high-difficulty even among martial arts.
Its usage conditions required mastery of Hwagyeong,
as it demanded compressing heat and continuously rotating it,
all while maintaining it through delicate energy control.
Its simplest formâa sphereâwas chosen precisely to make this easier to handle.
Even maintaining that form was a challenge,
but altering its shape and adding more rotation?
It was clear Flame Jade couldnât withstand that. Attempting it would inevitably cause the heat within to backfire and explode.
How do I know this in such detail?
Because I tried it.
BOOM!!!
âY-young master!â
âAaahhh!â