350화 마교 (1)
Kugugugugug!
Under the dark sky of the Ghost Realm, a massive vessel moved forward.
The ship named Seopmyeong Ship, which even the Ming River of the Underworld could not cross.
Among the only forty-nine such ships in Black Ghost Valley, this was a replica.
At the bow of the replica ship, the navy elder Chojo Gwi, a Void Shattering Integration realm expert, turned his head with sharp eyes.
[Has the eaves been removed, Baek Rin?]
"...Yes. I have made peace with everything."
[Tsk, I clearly told you several times. You said you would receive the [experiment].]
To defeat the monster, I must become a monster myself. The Demon Cult Leader was probably a fanatic who had been infested by a true human. I will use the same method to defeat him.
[Foolish fellow... Fine. Do as you wish. More importantly, Yoo Hye!]
[Yes, Captain.]
Chojo Gwi looked at Yoo Hye, the maiden ghost in flowing robes who possessed Void Shattering Integration stage strength.
[Where are the remaining two navy elders who came as support from the palace?]
[One is down below, and the other has taken over one of the ship’s crew members.]
Chojo Gwi followed Yoo Hye’s gaze.
Beneath the starlight, the shadow of the Seopmyeong Ship moved alongside the ship itself.
[One has merged with the shadow and is moving, and what about the other? He is possessing a crew member? Why on earth does he do that while living like this. Just come out together and have a drink with us... Tsk.]
Chojo Gwi clicked his tongue and turned his attention from the two navy elders.
[I never imagined the palace would send two navy elders as support.]
It was at that moment when Chojo Gwi clicked his tongue.
Uung―
The eyes of Yoo Hye, standing beside him, turned a deep red.
Sreureuk―
The shadow of Yoo Hye reflected in the starlight changed into that of a nine-tailed fox ghost.
[In truth, the palace sent the navy elders at the right time to secure the identity of the White Flame Realm Demon Cult Leader. We planned to abduct the Demon Cult Leader within ten to twenty years.]
Hearing those words, Chojo Gwi clicked his tongue and spoke to Baek Rin.
[Look at that, Baek Rin. If only we had waited ten or twenty years, it would have been enough.]
"...It does not matter. What the gentleman mentioned was abducting the Demon Cult Leader, not eradicating the cult. My goal is to rescue our comrades by eradicating the Demon Cult."
The being that had taken over Yoo Hye’s body laughed mockingly.
[Correct. The palace had no interest in anyone but the Demon Cult Leader. But since “supporters” had appeared, we used our discretion to prepare an extermination force.]
Chojo Gwi gulped down his liquor and asked.
[What exactly is it about this Demon Cult Leader that we need to secure?]
[Did you not hear it just now? It is believed to have been infested by a true human at the Fissure Opening stage.]
Hearing that, Chojo Gwi frowned.
[The mission team we dispatched to the Boundary River region is only collecting the infested corpses. The true human we want to infest this fellow with has proven friendly after multiple sacrifices. But we have no sense of what kind of being infested this Demon Cult Leader. Isn’t it foolish to capture the Demon Cult Leader and provoke the true human’s emotions?]
[We know true humans cannot intervene in the Central Capital Realm. The reason they hold back is because there is a reason, isn’t it? Even if true humans rage, there is nothing they can do. We need to secure as many infested beings as possible and find a way to connect with the Ming River before the end of the world.]
[Hmph, it is only an empty dream.... Well, fine. Let us not argue over this. More importantly....]
Chojo Gwi glared at the being that had taken over Yoo Hye’s body and spoke.
[Once you have said everything, get out of my vice-commander’s body immediately. If you touch my woman one more time, I will rip your jaws apart.]
[Hahaha, how bold.]
Uung―
A while later, Yoo Hye’s eyes and shadow returned, and she scratched her head with a puzzled expression.
[What happened?]
[Nothing of note. More importantly... Is that the White Flame Realm?]
Chojo Gwi looked far ahead at the dazzling white light from the bow.
Uuuuuung―
A translucent spherical barrier spread across the entire White Flame Realm.
[A formation? No, it is one of someone’s skill. It must belong to the Demon Cult Leader.]
He looked around with interest.
In Chojo Gwi’s eyes, beyond that, past the sphere that covered the White Flame Realm, a pitch-black mountain entered the view.
[The Bongrae-do folks... They brought Seopmyeong Ship, so did those fellows bring the Five Elements Mountain? Hahaha, they must have suffered. And the Myeonggui Palace....]
Beyond the Five Elements Mountain, a massive bizarre creature squatted.
[The monster that modified the corpse from the Void Space... Its name was Bi. We collaborated with other realms to create it. Since it can rival Seopmyeong Ship and the Five Elements Mountain, it must be what we brought.]
Chojo Gwi’s eyes sparkled.
[Although infested by a true human, a mere Void Shattering Integration stage Demon Cult Leader is not worth worrying about. What we truly need to worry about is the war between the two powers after eradicating the Demon Cult. Yoo Hye! Activate the Seopmyeong Ship cannons. Prepare the ghost spirits to be used as cannonballs, and lower the anchor to connect with the dragon veins.]
Kugugugugug!
From Chojo Gwi’s entire body, a monstrous aura worthy of a Void Shattering ghost king spread and covered the White Flame Realm.
Eventually, the Void Shattering ghost kings from the Myeonggui Palace and Bongrae-do sides also released their auras, guarding against Chojo Gwi and the Seopmyeong Ship side.
Just as the three powers were about to clash.
Flash!
In an instant, a colorful light flashed from the center of the White Flame Realm.
And.
Kwaaaaaang!
The decisive weapon they had prepared from the Myeonggui Palace.
From Bi’s entire body, heavenly lightning flashed, and Bi sat down in its place.
Krooooo!
Bi howled in pain and madness, sitting down, and voices of panic echoed from the Myeonggui Palace side.
Kugugugugug―
Kiyaaaaaaa!
Simultaneously, the sphere covering the White Flame Realm.
Above it, a ghost king with nineteen heads rose.
From beneath the ghost king, billions of curse spells and the garden of bizarre flowers began to bloom.
Chojo Gwi clicked his tongue.
[Hah, so a monster infested by a true human rotted like this. That means at least it reached the Void Shattering stage. But it is useless. No matter how strong, there are only five navy-level ghost kings. Void Shattering ghost kings are seventy. Moreover, with the addition of Seopmyeong Ship and the Five Elements Mountain, which were temporarily neutralized, there are fifteen Void Shattering ghost kings.]
Kugugugugug!
The anchor hanging below Seopmyeong Ship connected to the earth’s dragon vein and sucked in nearby ghost qi.
Uuuuuung―
The hull of Seopmyeong Ship rotated sideways, and the cannons attached to its sides aimed at the Demon Cult Leader.
[Cannon fire!]
Flash!
The cannons of Seopmyeong Ship fired.
Simultaneously, from the Five Elements Mountain of Bongrae-do, an aura infused with Five Elements energy flew.
From the Myeonggui Palace, Void Shattering ghost kings poured out attacks, and in an instant, a tremendous flash of light shone on the spot where the Demon Cult Leader Seo Eun-hyun was, and his figure was concealed.
Beside Chojo Gwi.
A ghost king with its body covered by shadow and a ghost king clinging to one of the Seopmyeong Ship crew members approached him, watching the flash of light.
[Hmm, nothing special.]
[I knew you would not come either. Overkill.]
The navy elder skilled in possession laughed as he was possessing the crew member’s body.
[You died without even giving me a chance to show off my Black Soul Possession Demon Subjugation Art... It was a good opportunity to boast about the strongest demon art with the soul’s weight. Now, let us collect the Demon Cult Leader’s corpse and decide how to handle the aftermath of the White Flame Realm... ]
Kwaak!
And in the next instant.
By something that flew from within the flash of light, the navy elder possessing the crew member staggered, then sat down in place.
Confusion appeared in Chojo Gwi and the shadow elder’s eyes.
In the shadow of the crew member, a shadow with a dog’s head was pierced by something shaped like a sword.
[Wha, what... Soul weight....]
The next instant.
Peeeeeong!
The crew member’s body exploded and burst.
And the navy elder who had been laughing with them moments ago vanished without a trace.
[....]
[....]
The area above Seopmyeong Ship fell silent.
And on the opposite side, the Myeonggui Palace side became noisy.
Kugugugugug!
The body of Bi, which had been twitching, swelled, and from within it, heavenly tribulation boiled, and eventually Bi exploded.
Kwaaaaaang!
Chojo Gwi, the shadow elder, and Baek Rin looked into the center of the flash of light with trembling eyes.
Inside, a ghost king with nineteen heads slowly walked out.
No wounds marred the ghost king’s body.
The Bongrae-do side, unable to assess the situation, seemed to attack the Demon Cult Leader again with the Five Elements Mountain.
But Chojo Gwi quickly spun his head and made his judgment.
[Raise the anchor! Retreat!]
Clang!
The anchor quickly pulled inside Seopmyeong Ship.
Chojo Gwi quickly turned the ship to flee.
However, the Demon Cult Leader was faster by one step.
[Great Desert Dead Sea Formation.]
Kugugugugug!
The spherical barrier below the Demon Cult Leader shone and began to exert enormous suction power.
That suction power swallowed the Five Elements Mountain’s attack whole and.
Pulled the fleeing Seopmyeong Ship with enormous force.
Chojo Gwi clenched his teeth.
[Damn it, do I have to fight!?]
* * *
I surrounded myself with thirty-eight eyes, emitting ghost flames, and with my many eyes, I surveyed the surroundings with multi-faceted vision.
It seemed the Myeonggui Palace was connected to something in the Black Lotus Peak, and the bizarre creature named Bi was exactly the same as what I had seen in the Black Lotus Peak.
Only the size and aura were larger, as if they had fed it more nutritious things.
The characteristics similar to the corpses from the Void Space remained the same.
And the corpses from the Void Space had the property of exploding upon receiving a strike of level three, which was heavenly tribulation.
The Myeonggui Palace side was completely a cauldron of chaos and fear.
Moreover, the ghost kings who had mastered the skill with the soul’s weight attached to their main bodies exploded and died instantly upon receiving the All-Heaven Sword infused with the soul’s weight.
The fact that the power was reduced in one blow caused the Black Ghost Valley side to flee, and the Bongrae-do side was only spewing attacks mixed with Five Elements nature with the mountain-shaped law treasure they brought, as if confident in themselves.
But it was useless.
[Great Desert Dead Sea Formation.]
Kugugugugugug!
It exerted suction power toward the fleeing Seopmyeong Ship, swallowed the Bongrae-do attack whole.
Uuuuuung!
Inside the formation I had prepared in advance, the consumed energy from the Great Desert Dead Sea Formation flowed in.
The dragon veins of the entire White Flame Realm were more stimulated.
[One tenth has been filled.]
But it was still not enough.
For the ceremony, more power was needed.
[Come. If you have stepped foot into our land without permission, do not expect to leave safely. Do not run away. Come at me.]
Due to my speech, the disciples of Mugeuk Sect decreased compared to before.
About half of the ghost beings had escaped the White Flame Realm.
But those who remained and decided to stay with me were burning their fighting spirit from below.
Although the power was halved, the morale had increased tenfold.
[Make me even more fun!]
I shouted loudly toward the Void Shattering ghost kings of the three great powers staring at me.
Kugugugugugug!
From far away, the mountain that had absorbed Five Elements energy began to rise into the sky.
The mountain split into five mountain peaks in the sky, and the mountain peaks flipped downward.
Three Void Shattering ghost kings held one mountain peak above the mountain.
Kugugugug!
Simultaneously, the ghost kings who had absorbed Five Elements qi throughout their bodies rushed at me.
Flash, flash, flash!
From the Black Ghost Valley side, they shot cannons at me, and a Void Shattering ghost king made of pitch-black shadow threw a shadow sickle at me.
Wiiiiing―
I took out a Colorless Glass Sword from one of my mouths.
Three thousand colorless glass swords began to dance below my feet.
[Yue Xiu Formation. Open.]
Piiiiing―
The three thousand swords disappeared at once using Yue Xiu Gongmurok.
Holding the All-Heaven Sword, I swung my sword at the Five Elements ghost king rushing from the left upper side.
With the halo of Triple Taiji behind my head, I focused my mind.
‘The shadow ghost king’s thrown sickle, the Five Elements mountain, the Five Elements ghost king, the Seopmyeong Ship cannons.’
There is a point where all these attacks can be cut off in one strike.
‘I see it.’
Celestials obtain information in one way, and earthlings in another.
Celestials use short-term prophecy, and earthlings use ‘inference’ close to prophecy through the flow of heaven and earth qi.
Then, how do mind cultivators obtain information?
Their ‘eyes’ that read emotions, how much help would they be in battle?
The eyes of mind cultivators, to put it coldly, are not much help in front of these super powerful beings.
What if you predict the path of the attack?
Because the difference in power is overwhelming, you cannot block it, and Void Shattering level cultivators have power and cannot dodge it.
Celestials read that with short-term prophecy, and earthlings read it with qi inference.
That is why mind cultivators and unarmed fighters need something else to fight them.
Uuuung―
The upper field becomes hot as if an explosion is about to occur.
‘I draw it.’
It is not future prophecy either.
It is not rational inference either.
It is simply drawing the ‘scene’ you want.
And, using all the power there is, to reach that ‘scene,’ you unfold your martial arts.
Yes, realizing the reality you want.
That is the power that mind cultivators must develop to confront heaven and earth beings with tremendous power and consciousness.
Buung―
Danak Sword Art.
One second.
Yueak!
A simple horizontal slash.
However, within the movement of that one strike, all attacks were swallowed and cut away.
Kugugug!
The Five Elements mountain fell, then bounced back in an instant.
The ghost king from Bongrae-do had his upper body greatly slashed and retreated backward.
The cannons and sickle of Seopmyeong Ship were cut away as is and scattered.
‘One strike blocked.’
But from now on.
Tsu tsu tsu―
The Great Desert Dead Sea Formation I had spread consumed the power of the other forces that had just been repelled.
However, the ghost king from Bongrae-do regenerated its body, and Seopmyeong Ship also drew in qi again.
Moreover, the ghost kings from the Myeonggui Palace were moving as if they were about to participate.
The eight-second Yugok of Danak Sword Art is the form that deflects attacks, and the nine-second Sansuhwa is the form that scatters sword patterns in all directions.
Connecting the two forms scatters attacks in all directions and becomes a connection technique that completely deflects the opponent’s attacks.
Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!
The sword qi of the All-Heaven Sword danced wildly toward heaven and earth and scattered the attacks of the ghost kings rushing at me.
The thirteen-second Yosan Yoak is the form that scatters sword qi in all directions to the opponent, and the fifteen-second Cheopcheop Sansung is the form that splits the sword qi and scatters it like a hedgehog.
Chwaak!
As if the All-Heaven Sword had stretched continuously, it mowed down the ghost kings from the Myeonggui Palace rushing at me.
Combine the forms.
Change them.
Apply them.
My sword was soon a storm.
It was soon a wave, and at the same time, a mountain.
A high cloud, and also a flower.
This was the formless sword.
At the same time, it was the All-Heaven sword that combined all changes and colors.
Countless changes of the All-Heaven sword seemed to gather in my arms for an instant, then exploded at once.
This is exactly the Danak.
The words of someone saying to cut through any mountain in front of you.
Kwa kwa kwa kwa guang!
A thousand, ten thousand, millions of sword strikes that unfolded in an instant exploded at once.
Simultaneously, one mountain peak of the Five Elements Mountain was cut away as is.
Kugugugugug!
In an instant, the ghost kings of Bongrae-do who had one mountain peak turned to powder looked at me with dumbfounded expressions.
[Why?]
Uung, uuuuuung!
[You were not handling the sword array properly and stood there so stupidly. Is this the end? Make me even more fun!]
And, the transparent Yue Xiu Formation activated and began to scatter storms in all directions.
* * *
“This madman! What kind of monster is that?!”
“Who the hell said that crazy guy was only Void Shattering Integration stage?!”
Chojo Gwi, lacking the energy to even use spiritual language, screamed with his voice.
Kugugugugug!
The hull was being cut away by something transparent.
They had tried to flee, but the spherical barrier was sucking them in with insane suction power.
But they could not fight back.
The [something] that was blowing around the area of that monster, invisible and imperceptible, was mowing them down like a storm.
Chojo Gwi clenched his teeth and shouted at the shadow ghost king.
“I will send a signal! Let us expand the domain!”
“That will not work! We must expand the domain simultaneously to trap all the Void Shattering stage beings gathered here!”
Chojo Gwi cried out and shouted at the Void Shattering ghost kings of the Myeonggui Palace and Bongrae-do.
The one at the very front who had been fighting the Demon Cult Leader, the Void Shattering ghost king of Bongrae-do with Five Elements power.
He was currently making all possible efforts to escape far from the Demon Cult Leader more than anyone else.
“Everyone! We must combine our powers!”
Chojo Gwi shouted.
But the Void Shattering ghost kings of the Myeonggui Palace and Bongrae-do only screamed and ignored his words.
“Damn it, if we combine our powers, we can catch him! You cowards!”
“Then you expand it first! Then we will expand it too!”
“Eeeik...!”
Chojo Gwi’s face turned red with rage, but he clenched his teeth and made a pact with the shadow ghost king.
[Open!]
Kugugugugug!
Centered around Chojo Gwi, his domain expanded.
The domain quickly expanded across the entire White Flame Realm and trapped the Demon Cult Leader.
The shadow ghost king’s domain also overlapped with Chojo Gwi’s and began to press the Demon Cult Leader.
Kugugugugug!
And the Demon Cult Leader’s movements slowed.
Only then did the ghost kings of Bongrae-do and the Myeonggui Palace brighten.
“Haha, we could not resist by expanding the domain, so you are not true Void Shattering ghost kings!”
“A mere trash that only gained power from being infested by a true human...! I will show you the power of true Void Shattering!”
Within their domains, the domain of the Myeonggui Palace ghost king and the domain of the Bongrae-do ghost king overlapped again.
The four Void Shattering ghost kings prepared their maximum techniques while their domains overlapped.
Chojo Gwi created a ghost palace with a ghost head and compressed his aura into an arrow shape.
The shadow ghost king created a giant sickle made of shadows.
The ghost king of the Myeonggui Palace created a grotesque shadow with 108 heads, and the ghost king of Bongrae-do created a ghost ship with Five Elements power in one hand.
Chrrrruk, chuk!
Clang, clang!
The fifty-five Void Shattering ghost kings they had brought also suppressed the Demon Cult Leader with their own power and poured out curses.
“Die, you evil Demon Cult Leader!”
And the Demon Cult Leader, Seo Eun-hyun, smiled.
[Baek Lan.]
Paaaaaah!
From around him, where he had been pouring out countless sword strikes, white flowers began to bloom.
The next instant, the world was dyed brightly.