The Lightning's Betrayal
A deafening rumble echoed across the entire mountain!
“W-what is that!?”
“Insane…”
Countless puppets began to emerge from every corner of the mountain, crawling out like a swarm of insects.
Everyone’s faces turned pale at the sight of the countless puppet swarm crawling out like a tide of bugs.
“Even if you look at it, they’re all at the Nascent Soul realm. Let the Deva cultivators break through.”
At those words, the Deva cultivators from the Golden Divine Heavenly Thunder Sect and the Bongrae Palace stepped forward.
After the Deva cultivators formed their seals, the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy began to vibrate like a wave, moving according to the will of the Deva cultivators.
Hoooooooo—
The spiritual energy wave shot toward the bug-like puppet swarm, and the puppets at the Nascent Soul level were crushed without even resisting.
“The mountain itself is forming some kind of formation. We’ll have to destroy the mountain itself.”
Three Deva-level protectors from the Bongrae Palace stepped forward and began to unleash their spells.
The three protectors, each standing at the three directions, formed the Three Talismans Formation and began to amplify their spiritual energy inside it.
The mountain was far larger than a normal mountain, and the spiritual energy it emanated was not ordinary. However, as the Deva protectors’ spiritual energy continued to amplify, it began to surpass even the mountain’s own spiritual energy.
“Depart!”
After the Deva protectors formed their seals, the spiritual energy transformed into a giant dragon-shaped beam of light and flew toward the mountain range.
Kugugugugu!
The mountain range and the formation emerging through it shook violently upon contact with the dragon-shaped spiritual energy, flickering as if it would collapse at any moment.
But then—
Crack!
A dark figure appeared, grabbed the dragon-shaped beam of light with both arms, and crushed it to pieces.
Paaaaang!
The beam of light vanished, and Jeon Myeong-hoon looked at the dark figure.
“Again, it’s you.”
It had a similar appearance to the bug-like puppet swarm that had emerged from the mountain, but its materials were far superior and its manufacturing process far more complex, with complex circuits subtly glowing all over its body.
The puppet that secretly resembled Seo Eun-hyun widened his mouth.
Kuaaaang!
A beam of light erupted from the general’s mouth and shot toward the extermination team.
“Hm!”
Heon-cheon stepped forward and reached out his hand to block the general’s light ray.
The light ray hit Heon-cheon’s hand and split in all directions. Heon-cheon frowned.
“It hurts quite a bit. A Nascent Soul-level puppet, you say?”
But before he could react to anything—
The general stomped his foot heavily once.
Kuuuung!
A massive vibration spread in all directions. The mountain range shook, and once again countless puppet swarms crawled out.
Watching this scene, Heon-ryang let out a bitter laugh.
“How many Nascent Soul puppets has he made… What a monster. Of course, even so, he’s no more foolish than the words of the monks who once led the charge.”
At Heon-ryang’s signal, the Deva monks from the Bongrae Palace stepped forward and began forming their seals again.
At that moment—
Boom!
Flash!
A light cannon was fired again from the general’s mouth, interfering with the Deva cultivators who were about to unleash spells on the Nascent Soul puppets.
However, Heon-ryang sneered and said.
“Spread out and target the Nascent Soul puppets. After all, that weird light ray can only fire one at a time…”
And right after that.
Both shoulders, chest, abdomen, knees, and palms of the general’s body opened, and new heads began to grow from the general’s own body.
Clang, clang, clang!
The newly grown heads of the general each opened their mouths and simultaneously fired beams of light in all directions.
“Damn it! Dodge!”
Heon-ryang’s face twisted with anger. He stepped forward toward the Deva cultivators and began to draw in power.
Three Four Pillars cultivators and Jeon Myeong-hoon stepped forward to block the general’s light rays.
“Push through with all our might! Everyone advance!”
“Understood!”
Following Jeon Myeong-hoon’s command, the three Four Pillars cultivators charged toward the general while enduring the light rays.
And in an instant, the Yin-Yang Five Elements spheres rose above the general’s body.
Heon-ryang and Heon-cheon simultaneously reached out and began gathering spiritual energy in their hands.
But the next moment.
Boom—
Eight large blue wings emerged from behind the general’s back.
“Wh-what!?”
And an enormous storm of light, far beyond the previous light rays, shot toward Heon-ryang and Heon-cheon.
The Yin-Yang Five Elements restraint that had been squeezing the general’s body was instantly shattered and torn apart. Heon-ryang and Heon-cheon retreated while cursing.
Jeon Myeong-hoon was also pushed back by the aftershock of the general’s Heaven Shattering Thunder Chain,
While in the midst of this, Wonrip covered his body with negative energy and successfully approached the general’s back for a moment.
When Wonrip raised his short law treasure and tried to stab the general from behind—
Clang!
The general’s back opened, and inside it a Taiji pattern appeared.
“Wha…!”
Kwaajijik!
A massive pillar of thunder erupted from behind the general’s back.
At the same time, the general’s form changed once more.
The head that had been attached to the top of his head split into two, and black and white qi gathered in each split head.
Jeon Myeong-hoon frowned while watching him.
“The Taiji Thunder God…”
Other Four Pillars cultivators watching him also let out bitter laughs.
“A puppet that operates its techniques so diversely. In fact, it’s at the mid-stage Nascent Soul level. Moreover…”
Tsuzuzuz—
At the same time, not only the general, but black curse patterns began to flow from the bodies of the Yang Mountain-type generals scattered throughout the area as well.
Heon-ryang said while looking at the curse patterns.
“These are each curse dolls filled with curse patterns. If you fight them, as long as you allow even a speck of damage, they’ll turn into curse dolls that respond to us, and when you attack them, the effect will be that we pour attacks onto each other.”
“He really made a disgusting masterpiece.”
Wonrip let out a sigh.
“If we drag out the time and exhaust our power like this, the real problem is that Seo Eun-hyun doesn’t waste any strength at all. He’s stockpiling it. If we exhaust our strength here, we’ll end up giving him the time to fight, which is no different from handing over all our information to him.”
At Wonrip’s words, Heon-ryang asked him.
“So what do we do?”
“The general is at the mid-stage Nascent Soul level, but like a puppet it has its own rules. I’ll study its rules and block it. In the meantime, quickly enter the mountain range and bring down Seo Eun-hyun!”
“…Understood.”
Jeon Myeong-hoon nodded with a stern expression.
After leaving behind several Deva and Nascent Soul cultivators who had said they would stay with him, they quickly headed beyond the mountain range.
Kwoom!
The general rushed toward them with his mouth open.
However, Wonrip spat out a chain-shaped law treasure from his mouth, and the black chains wrapped around the general.
“You’re my opponent.”
Boom!
The general rushed toward Wonrip, and the two Four Pillars beings began to clash at high speed.
* * *
Boom—
Jeon Myeong-hoon, who had crossed the mountain range, frowned.
Inside the mountain range.
The area was filled with thick black fog.
“Poison. Everyone hold their breath, including skin respiration.”
At Heon-cheon’s words, all the cultivators spread their protective spells and began to hold their breath.
It was at that moment when they entered the area of poison.
“Ugh…”
Instantly, the elders below Nascent Soul level staggered and began to show poisoning symptoms.
“What the…!”
Jeon Myeong-hoon and the Deva elders were shocked as they looked at the elders.
And the next moment, Jeon Myeong-hoon felt his head spinning as well.
‘Damn it, I see. The poison is embedded in the heaven and earth spiritual energy itself! Simply by holding your breath, the elders below Nascent Soul level are structurally forced to absorb the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy, so you get poisoned even without breathing air…’
He guessed who the poison’s creator was.
‘Hong Beom…!’
Thinking of the snake spirit that had comforted him during his most desperate moment, and who had been friendly, Jeon Myeong-hoon’s eyes filled with blood.
Flash, flash!
Lightning flickered across Jeon Myeong-hoon’s entire body, and he transformed into a lightning spirit form.
[Growl… I have to stay like this for now. Everyone, those who have been poisoned, gather in one place and remain silent!]
“Are you sure? If we’re ambushed in the fog…”
Jeon Myeong-hoon shook his head.
[Since the poison was made by the poison’s creator, even though it’s terrifying, given the creator’s personality, they won’t touch those who are using qi to soothe themselves after being poisoned.]
Seo Eun-hyun might be unbelievable, but Hong Beom, who always showed a consistent appearance, could be trusted.
Jeon Myeong-hoon trusted Hong Beom’s personality and gathered the ones who were poisoned and unable to move, bringing them to a place with weak poison to expel it.
“Drink the poison removal pill. And…”
Jeon Myeong-hoon looked around.
Thanks to Hong Beom’s poison, the entire power below Nascent Soul level had instantly become combat-ineffective.
‘Damn it…’
[…Only five Deva level cultivators remain here to take care of the poisoned elders. And the healthy ones will continue to advance.]
Jeon Myeong-hoon gritted his teeth and advanced forward.
Heon-ryang, beside him, read the vein of the formation and pointed the way.
“The spiritual energy of the formation is converging over there. Let’s go there.”
[Understood.]
It was when the Deva cultivators led by Heon-ryang and Heon-cheon were about to fly forward.
“Wait, this is…! Stop!”
Heon-ryang shouted with a twisted face.
But the next moment, the formation’s spiritual energy twisted, and Heon-ryang felt he had fallen into a remote place.
It was the same for Jeon Myeong-hoon and Heon-cheon.
Heon-ryang frowned.
“The shape of the formation is extremely complex. Father said that the formation skills of that Geum-wi who was captured were quite impressive, but is it really?”
He tried to move his consciousness to explore the surroundings, but the formation’s spiritual energy suppressed his consciousness, preventing him from properly opening his consciousness area.
At that moment when Heon-ryang looked around.
In the distance, two human figures could be seen between the poison.
“Jeon Du, Cheon Ah!”
His eyes lit up as he tried to run toward them, but he stopped and raised his guard.
“You guys…?”
However, the figures that appeared beyond the poison were not Heon-ryang’s companions, but an old man with white hair holding a chain in his mouth, dressed in black clothes.
And a beauty with an ominous beauty covered in bloodshot eyes.
“Nice to meet you. I’m sorry to do this suddenly, but according to my master’s order, I’ll have to tie you up for a while.”
Heon-ryang laughed bitterly at the words of the black-clothed old man holding the chain, Hong Beom.
“Only a Nascent Soul-level brat like you? How amusing.”
He reached out his finger toward Hong Beom while laughing.
“Burst and die.”
Paaaaang!
But the one that burst was not Hong Beom, but the blood-covered beauty beside him.
Won-yu.
‘A curse doll? The shock of being hit by an old monster like this is all taken by the curse doll.’
Squeak, squish squish!
He laughed at Won-yu who was twitching and regenerating his body.
“What an amusing prank. Except for cases like Jeon Du, you Nascent Soul-level guys are nothing but bugs that can be stepped on and killed with your feet. Just die…”
Clang!
The next moment, Hong Beom flicked his finger.
Kugugugu!
At the same time, Heon-ryang suddenly felt his entire body become incomprehensibly heavy.
“I’ve learned a bit about formations from Lord Geum-wi over the past few years, but… the formation is really good. It can suppress strong enemies with little power, so it seems to have a lot in common with poison.”
“What the…”
Clang!
When Hong Beom flicked his finger again, the formation’s spiritual energy squeezed Heon-ryang, suppressing him to the point where it was hard to even breathe.
‘This crazy… The power of the formation is one thing, but that guy… He’s handling this huge and complex formation like an arm or leg…!’
When Hong Beom moved his right hand, the surrounding spiritual energy changed and the formation’s power amplified even more.
When he moved his left hand, the poison laid on the ground changed its nature and began to mix with a completely different kind of poison.
[This guy…! This bug…!!]
Heon-ryang reached out to Hong Beom, but the next moment he felt as if his senses had completely flipped upside down.
‘Damn it, the formation is even confusing my senses!’
Thud!
Heon-ryang knelt on one knee.
[Wh-what… Why isn’t my power coming in… Does poison work on me?]
He looked at his own darkening skin with a troubled expression.
Hong Beom stroked his beard and laughed.
“As petty as me to create poison that would work on a Four Pillars Great Person. It’s just… the poison laid down in this area is not only my poison.”
[What…! This is!]
Chiiii—
Heon-ryang gritted his teeth while looking at the tiny curse patterns rising on his arm.
He had not noticed due to the poison and formation’s spiritual energy.
But beneath the black poison, curse patterns had been laid.
While Hong Beom was turning Heon-ryang’s mind with the formation and poison, the curse patterns laid on the floor had been absorbed by him.
“You bastard…!”
Kwaaarrung!
When Heon-ryang hit the floor with his fist, the formation’s spiritual energy changed and squeezed Heon-ryang even more violently in response.
Heon-ryang felt as if he was being eaten alive by a snake and knelt with both knees in front of Hong Beom.
‘I can’t… Even if it’s the enemy’s jaws and I’ve learned poison techniques, it’s hard to deal with, but with a Nascent Soul spirit like this…’
He wanted to resist, but his spiritual energy gradually began to drain away.
* * *
“…Brother was caught.”
Heon-cheon frowned while looking inside the black poison.
The fact that his brother had been caught in his blood vessels prickled.
‘It’s not the time to hesitate. I have to quickly join Jeon Myeong-hoon. They’ll be defeated one by one.’
He sensed Jeon Myeong-hoon’s location by sensing the spiritual energy he had secretly attached to him during their sparring at the entrance of Jinma-gye.
Although he couldn’t properly open his consciousness due to the formation’s influence, thanks to the unique technique he had learned, he was able to gradually estimate Jeon Myeong-hoon’s location.
After some time, Jeon Myeong-hoon and Heon-cheon met at the same place.
“We finally found you. Brother was caught. He’s not dead, but he’s currently in a critical state.”
“…The Deva elders couldn’t be found at all. I didn’t think the formation could be destroyed casually. If we break it from the inside, the structure actually suppresses our power.”
Jeon Myeong-hoon looked at the formation filled with poison and frowned.
Hearing that, Heon-cheon narrowed his eyes and asked.
“Is there any way?”
“…There is.”
“What is it?”
“Bring down Seo Eun-hyun.”
At that, Heon-cheon said with irritation.
“That’s an answer even a three-year-old could give. Don’t joke around…”
“It’s not a joke.”
Jeon Myeong-hoon said while looking at Heon-cheon.
“Wait a moment, protect the protector. He’s come close. If I concentrate just a little, I should be able to find his location.”
“Wh-what? How?”
“My learned technique and the technique he learned… are like brothers.”
The Myeonsinyeopcheon that appears when all techniques of the Golden Divine Heavenly Thunder Sect are learned.
The Jeolraecheon obtained by learning the basic techniques of the Golden Divine Heavenly Thunder Sect and revealing the characteristics of all techniques when perfected.
Jeon Myeong-hoon felt that the two techniques seemed similar somewhere.
‘The creator of the main text, Geumsin, seems to have made the two techniques similar. The two techniques feel connected to each other.’
He closed his eyes and began to listen to the ‘voice of thunder’.
Previously, it had been a sticky and ominous voice giving the incantation of the Jeolraecheon.
But since the day Seo Eun-hyun escaped with the Heavenly Thunder Banner.
Jeon Myeong-hoon began to hear a ‘different’ voice of thunder than before.
It was clearly the same as before, the thunder speaking.
But the voice of thunder he was hearing recently was much smaller, softer, and weaker than the thunder he had heard before, but it felt comforting.
Mumbling…
He chased the voice of thunder.
‘Come find Seo Eun-hyun…’
Jeon Myeong-hoon asked the voice in his heart.
Zzzzt, zzzzt, zzzzt…
Although his consciousness was blocked, the thunder filled him with knowledge.
A scene of where electric current was flowing appeared clearly in Jeon Myeong-hoon’s mind.
Heon-cheon standing beside him dripping biological current.
Far away Hong Beom fighting Heon-ryang and Won-yu standing beside him.
The scattered Deva elders.
And…
‘Seo Eun-hyun!’
The image of Seo Eun-hyun, who emitted a transparent voice of thunder that was clearly foreign, entered Jeon Myeong-hoon’s mind.
Jeon Myeong-hoon stared at the Seo Eun-hyun that appeared in his mind.
‘He was there.’
At that moment.
Swoosh—
Seo Eun-hyun, who had been quietly standing far away, met Jeon Myeong-hoon’s gaze.
Startled!
Jeon Myeong-hoon was shocked and opened his eyes.
“…I found you.”
“Found me? Which way should I go?”
“Go north. He’s waiting for us.”
Heon-cheon and Jeon Myeong-hoon used the pigeon-step technique and flew straight there.
Jeon Myeong-hoon chewed his lips while crossing the poison.
When Seo Eun-hyun sensed him through the voice of thunder.
The moment their eyes met flashed through his mind.
‘He’s always been like this.’
Always, for some reason, Seo Eun-hyun felt like he knew everything.
He had the feeling of seeing another world by seeing what wasn’t visible, hearing what wasn’t audible, and recognizing what didn’t exist.
‘What are you looking at while living, Seo Eun-hyun? Why did you betray the main text.’
Jeon Myeong-hoon bit his lips so hard that blood came out and flew toward Seo Eun-hyun.
* * *
Paaang!
The place where Jeon Myeong-hoon and Heon-cheon arrived was a clearing where no poison had reached.
“Seo Eun-hyun!”
Kwaajijik!
Jeon Myeong-hoon had a calm expression and shouted while looking at Seo Eun-hyun waiting for him with the Colorless Glass Sword in his hand.
“I’m here!”
Seo Eun-hyun smiled calmly.
“You came too early.”
Nothing more was said.
Flash!
Jeon Myeong-hoon and Seo Eun-hyun became light almost simultaneously.
Heon-cheon also drew in his spiritual energy and shouted at Jeon Myeong-hoon.
“Hold him for a moment! I’ll feed him the Mountain-Cleaving Emperor Art!”
Jeon Myeong-hoon and Seo Eun-hyun clashed their weapons in the blink of an eye.
Jeon Myeong-hoon swung the Thunderbolt Band he had accumulated over time.
Each one of the lightning was a thunderbolt that was swung from Jeon Myeong-hoon’s hand.
He became the lightning itself and pushed Seo Eun-hyun like a storm.
Seo Eun-hyun did not become lightning.
He didn’t use the pigeon-step technique either.
He just moved his body diligently.
But even that was enough for him to move equally with Jeon Myeong-hoon, who had become lightning, and swing the glass sword to completely repel all of Jeon Myeong-hoon’s thunderbolts.
‘Still… I can’t win.’
Jeon Myeong-hoon knew instinctively.
Even now, he couldn’t beat Seo Eun-hyun.
He had rushed in with full power at the beginning, but Seo Eun-hyun still felt like he was holding back in front of him.
‘He probably couldn’t even deal with him even if he fought together with Wonrip and Heon-ryang.’
Even now, it looked like there were many hidden techniques.
Even now, that relaxed look in his eyes!
Jeon Myeong-hoon bit his teeth fiercely while looking at those eyes.
[Use your spells!]
Kurrung!
Jeon Myeong-hoon’s body swelled.
Six arms grew from his body, and six colored flags appeared inside the arms.
Jeon Myeong-hoon’s head split in two, and each half changed into male and female faces, and the Taiji rotated behind his back.
Kwaaarrung!
Sixty-four hexagrams rotated near the waist of the giant thunder god and formed the Thunder Palace.
Jeon Myeong-hoon’s six arms moved madly.
The two split heads spewed black and white lightning respectively.
Gradually, the power of the Six Yin Thunder God began to rise.
[Take out more power! Seo Eun-hyun!!!]
Gradually, a situation began where even if Seo Eun-hyun moved, he couldn’t keep up with Jeon Myeong-hoon’s movements.
And at some point.
Jeon Myeong-hoon saw blurry mist-like things spewing out around Seo Eun-hyun.
‘He’s really using his power!’
Boom!
Kwaaang!
After the slash fired by Seo Eun-hyun, Jeon Myeong-hoon tightened his tension even more.
The power of the defensive slash rose.
‘That blurry mist is maximizing the opponent’s physical abilities.’
Feeling his instinct warn him, he retreated slightly and rushed toward Seo Eun-hyun as a streak of red meteor.
Flash!
In an instant, Jeon Myeong-hoon became a single red thunderbolt.
At that moment he became incomprehensibly fast, and Seo Eun-hyun startled and hurriedly defended.
Kwaaang!
A loud noise rang out.
But Jeon Myeong-hoon smiled bitterly.
“…That was the strongest attack I could do.”
Chiiii—
By now, the lightning coming from Jeon Myeong-hoon’s body had all been discharged, and his body was returning from the form of a lightning spirit to a human form.
Seo Eun-hyun said calmly while looking at such Jeon Myeong-hoon.
“You’ll have to be more diligent. It’s still far.”
“…Yeah, I have to. Haha, you probably won’t be able to against him. But, speaking of which…”
Jeon Myeong-hoon looked up at Seo Eun-hyun and laughed.
“Still, you took your eyes off me for a moment, right?”
“…!?”
The Taiji of Yin-Yang Five Elements rose above Seo Eun-hyun’s body.
“Because my technique is a lot faster than the opponent’s technique, I could win in sparring outside….”
Jeon Myeong-hoon retreated backward.
Heon-cheon, wrapping black and white spiritual energy in both hands, rushed toward Seo Eun-hyun.
“The attack power when it hit was probably much more overwhelming with his Mountain-Cleaving Emperor Art.”
Heon-cheon shouted.
“Mountain-Cleave!”
Jeon Myeong-hoon had a nasty smile, and a moment of tension appeared in Seo Eun-hyun’s eyes.
“Emperor Art!”
It seemed he had infused all his law power into the attack, so Heon-cheon unleashed it with a completely pale face.
Chweeeeeng!
The next moment, light exploded.
* * *
Shiiiiii—
“Hoo… Hah…”
Jeon Myeong-hoon and Heon-cheon were panting at their places.
Jeon Myeong-hoon had used up all his stamina in the fight against Seo Eun-hyun, and Heon-cheon had poured out all his strength in the last attack.
Heon-cheon said with expectant voice.
“We… we got him…”
“Shut up!”
Jeon Myeong-hoon cut off Heon-cheon’s words with a nervous voice.
“You really finished it, right?”
“What do you mean by looking down on the Mountain-Cleaving Emperor Art! The Mountain-Cleaving Emperor Art is a technique that separates the essence of qi, divides qi units into seven pieces of Yin-Yang Five Elements, and decomposes the opponent. It’s said that once you reach the rank of destiny with the Mountain-Cleaving Emperor Art and become True Immortal, even destiny can be divided into seven pieces! To ignore the Mountain-Cleaving Emperor Art is…”
“Yeah, I know. Your technique is great.”
Jeon Myeong-hoon let Heon-cheon’s noisy talk flow through while not losing his tension until the end and opened his palm.
Kugugugu!
The spiritual energy of the spiritual stones inside the Jeomuldo flowed into Jeon Myeong-hoon’s body and restored his law power.
“Hey, don’t you have any spiritual stones to share?”
“It’s the Bongrae Palace’s son. Use yours. And…”
Jeon Myeong-hoon clicked his tongue while looking at Heon-cheon.
“Your Mountain-Cleaving Emperor Art isn’t working?”
“…What?”
Thud, thud…
Through the dust cloud, Seo Eun-hyun, naked, walked out.
“That was…”
His flesh was scorched and torn in places.
It seemed he had taken a significant blow from the last attack.
“I almost died. The Mountain-Cleaving Emperor Art is amazing… It was much more dangerous than Lord Heon-wi’s attack.”
“…!”
Heon-cheon’s pupils shrank tightly.
“How… how did you take that…”
“I’m sorry for you, but I reinforced my body three times.”
Chweeng—
Subtle circuits glowed all over Seo Eun-hyun’s body.
And subtle spiritual energy glowed and healed his body, and although it wasn’t clearly felt, a power that felt like a sword covered his entire body.
“To reinforce the body and still not be able to handle it, he had to pass the power to the curse dolls. Honestly, he’s great. But in the end, that’s it. Especially Jeon Myeong-hoon, you reached the Deva level, so you should have been able to try it. But you’re still too immature.”
“….”
“Go back. I made an oath with Hong Su-ryeong. Since I promised not to kill you, I will keep it. And what I’m about to do is never…”
At that moment, Jeon Myeong-hoon stood up from his place.
“Explain? How is that not betrayal.”
He glared at Seo Eun-hyun with bloodshot eyes.
“Do you even know how many people have been wounded and shocked by your actions!?”
“….”
“You didn’t even explain, and the power of those who have been training in the main text for all this time is being thrown away, and your actions that claim to be sealing demonic objects, how many people have received how deep wounds and shocks… What do you think you know!”
“…It’s something that can’t be explained. I’m sorry.”
“All of you feel a deep betrayal in your betrayal as the talented person of the main text! You are… you are…!”
Flash, flash!
Red lightning rose around Jeon Myeong-hoon.
Seo Eun-hyun raised his tension a little and pointed the Colorless Glass Sword at him.
“I don’t know what you’re going to pull out, but don’t pull it out. I’ll cut you.”
“Haha, always that eye that knows what I’m going to do. It really doesn’t sit well with me…”
“….”
“Are you even reading my mind, huh?”
Seo Eun-hyun narrowed his eyes.
In his eyes, the inner thoughts of the confident Jeon Myeong-hoon were revealed.
I don’t know what it is, but it’s dangerous.
“Don’t move your hands. I’ll cut right away.”
Seo Eun-hyun glared at Jeon Myeong-hoon’s palm.
“Can you cut it?”
“Can’t you?”
“….”
“….”
The next moment.
Flash!
Jeon Myeong-hoon’s hand, which had become lightning, aimed at the palm, and Seo Eun-hyun swung his sword as light for an instant.
Danggeong!
Jeon Myeong-hoon’s arm was cut off.
But Jeon Myeong-hoon smiled.
“I was waiting for you to come!”
Kugugugu!
Spiritual energy converged around Jeon Myeong-hoon.
A look of ‘oops’ appeared on Seo Eun-hyun’s face.
At the same time, Jeon Myeong-hoon’s micro universe and heaven and earth nature began to communicate.
“I practiced it over and over again, aiming only for the punishment of the betrayer!”
Kurrung, kurrung—
“I came here by turning that anger into madness to punish you!”
Golden and blue lights rumbled from the sky.
Jeon Myeong-hoon began his Deva promotion.
Kwaaarrung!
Seo Eun-hyun hurriedly tried to retreat backward to avoid the falling thunderbolt toward Jeon Myeong-hoon.
But in an instant, he saw Jeon Myeong-hoon regenerating his arm and reaching out to the palm.
“Growl…!”
Seo Eun-hyun cut off Jeon Myeong-hoon’s arm again and glared at him from beside him.
But he couldn’t block Jeon Myeong-hoon’s spell because he was cutting his arm.
After Jeon Myeong-hoon formed a seal with one hand, the thunderbolt bent and fell toward Seo Eun-hyun.
“You said this was a method often used by our ancestor? It seems to be coming down as a specialized technique that can only use the Celestial Thunder Body.”
Kwaajijik!
Jeon Myeong-hoon’s thunderbolt was being blocked by Seo Eun-hyun instead.
The more Seo Eun-hyun resisted, the more fiercely the sky threw the thunderbolt, as if asking if he was trying to overcome it with a shortcut.
Kwaajijik!
The range of the thunderbolt gradually widened, and soon it completely swallowed both Jeon Myeong-hoon and Seo Eun-hyun.
But Jeon Myeong-hoon, despite clearly being hit by the thunderbolt, made the thunderbolt even more violent according to his seal.
Squish squish!
Seo Eun-hyun saw Jeon Myeong-hoon regenerating his arm again and reaching out to the palm.
‘Damn it, the thunderbolt is getting even stronger!’
If this continued, his body would be torn apart by the thunderbolt!
It would end if he retreated from Jeon Myeong-hoon.
But Seo Eun-hyun couldn’t retreat from Jeon Myeong-hoon.
A bad feeling was ringing the alarm.
If I retreat here, I’ll hit the ground and regret it!
[You bastard…!]
Seo Eun-hyun finally began to use his spells against the thunderbolt.
Black curse patterns appeared and weakened the thunderbolt, and the law treasure of thunder attribute was shot toward the thunderbolt and counteracted it.
Seo Eun-hyun fearlessly revealed the Invisible Sword and slashed the thunderbolt while approaching Jeon Myeong-hoon.
But the thunderbolt became even stronger.
‘Damn it!’
The sky was enraged and pouring out infinite thunderbolts.
[The technique that fools the sky and makes it even angrier. No matter what, Seo Eun-hyun. You can’t beat the sky!]
[You bastard…!]
Inside the giant pillar of thunder, the two men glared at each other.
Seo Eun-hyun gritted his teeth.
Even though he was using all his power, the thunderbolt was becoming too strong to handle.
If this continued, he would become ashes.
Seo Eun-hyun’s judgment was quick.
Boom!
Chiiiiing!
After Seo Eun-hyun formed the seal, the Ohaeng Hyeoljubeon he had planted on Jeon Myeong-hoon earlier activated.
“…!”
Jeon Myeong-hoon clutched his head in pain.
Seo Eun-hyun finally retreated from inside the thunder pillar.
But at that moment.
When Seo Eun-hyun retreated, Jeon Myeong-hoon, even in pain, shook and reached out to the palm.
“You bastard!”
Seo Eun-hyun frowned and formed the seal even more fiercely.
The Ohaeng Hyeoljubeon was exerting maximum power!
A red light covered Jeon Myeong-hoon’s head inside the thunderbolt.
‘It’s a battle of time now. The moment the thunderbolt stops, I’ll suppress him and take the palm!’
But Seo Eun-hyun looked at Jeon Myeong-hoon with anxious eyes.
If Jeon Myeong-hoon endured the pain of the Ohaeng Hyeoljubeon and reached out to the palm before the thunderbolt stopped, Jeon Myeong-hoon would win.
“Give up now, Jeon Myeong-hoon! Please believe me. I’m never going to do anything bad to the Golden Divine Heavenly Thunder Sect!”
The red light covering Jeon Myeong-hoon’s head became even stronger.
He screamed while bleeding from the seven holes inside the thunderbolt.
“What I’m trying to do is save the comrades of the Golden Divine Heavenly Thunder Sect! Please stop now, Jeon Myeong-hoon!”
“…!”
Seo Eun-hyun vibrated the Ohaeng Hyeoljubeon even stronger.
But at some point.
Jeon Myeong-hoon smiled like a demon and gradually began to reach out to the palm.
“Jeon Myeong-hoon!”
“…Seo… Eun… Hyeon…!”
Jeon Myeong-hoon shouted, saying inside the thunderbolt.
Because of the thunder, it was hard to hear clearly, but Seo Eun-hyun could tell what Jeon Myeong-hoon was trying to say.
“Your… master… believed you…!!!”
And, Jeon Myeong-hoon’s hand entered the palm!
Flash!
At the same time, the thunderbolt stopped.
Seo Eun-hyun entered the blink of an eye and rushed toward Jeon Myeong-hoon.
And in the blink of an eye he could see what Jeon Myeong-hoon had taken out from the palm.
It was a white leather belt with a drawing of a Heavenly Thunder.
The next moment.
Seo Eun-hyun sensed the incomprehensibly fast thunderbolt slapping his body.
“…!?”
Kwaaarrung!
Seo Eun-hyun was sent flying backward.
And, Jeon Myeong-hoon stood up from his place.
“The Heavenly Thunder Leather Belt given to the top elders of the Golden Divine Heavenly Thunder Sect is a leather belt made by extracting the power of the Heavenly Thunder Banner.”
With bright eyes, Jeon Myeong-hoon said to Seo Eun-hyun.
“You didn’t take out the Heavenly Thunder Banner. Were you afraid I would steal it?”
Flash, flash!
Seo Eun-hyun’s pupils shrank tightly.
The white leather belt in Jeon Myeong-hoon’s hand dispersed.
And instead, the Heavenly Thunder Banner entered his palm.
“I did my best to lead my strongest power. Even if I used the Heavenly Thunder Leather Belt to summon the Heavenly Thunder Banner, if you’re stronger than me in using the Heavenly Thunder Banner, there’s no answer. But…”
Jeon Myeong-hoon laughed with his mouth torn as he swung the Heavenly Thunder Banner.
“Fortunately, your power wasn’t that far.”
The next moment, the Heavenly Thunder Banner lent the greatest power it could lend to Jeon Myeong-hoon in its current state.