Chapter 12: Who Is the True Mara? (1)
Chapter 12: Who Is the True Mara? (1)
After getting the Asura Demon Spear back, Chi-chi's presence filled the mountain with fear.
She bore the Heavenly Killing Star and had brought the Heavenly Demon Divine Art to full mastery. Now, as she harmonized with the divine weapon known as the Asura Demon Spear and radiated her spirit, even the mountain trembled, though it was part of nature itself.
I could tell that the prickling sensation across my skin wasn't just my imagination.
Had she gained enlightenment even while I was taming her? Chi-chi had grown stronger than she was when I first fought and subdued her, and the sheer weight of her presence was enough to make even me break out in a cold sweat.
And I'd been thrusting into that woman's pussy and asshole, happily rocking my hips like a dog because it felt good.
No matter how much of a Lust Demon I was, it was astonishing that I'd acted so boldly with Chi-chi.
After working out her stiff muscles with a light warm-up—muscles that had grown rigid from being steeped in Energy-Dispersing Poison all this time and from having sex with me—and finishing her preparations, Chi-chi asked,
"I'm ready. Lust Demon, are you ready?"
"I'm always ready to pounce on you."
"...I suppose it was my fault for asking. What did I expect from the Lust Demon?"
She gave me a cold look, then quickly composed herself and gripped the Asura Demon Spear firmly in both hands.
"Descendant of the First Heavenly Demon. Chi-chi."
"Lust Demon. Geum Tae-yang."
The killing intent made my skin ache. Even though I was a Peak Realm expert, the reason my life signals were reacting so violently was that Chi-chi's Heavenly Killing Star was fully unleashed.
Chi-chi's eyes, which looked especially red today, gave the impression of a red moon.
Could the eyes of a fox spirit who bewitched travelers passing beneath the night sky and ate their livers look like that? The Heavenly Killing Star Chi-chi bore gave her an overwhelming advantage over everyone. The scent of death wafted from her, something every living creature's instincts were bound to sense.
If I fought her, I would die.
I must not fight that star.
Those feelings came crashing over me. My muscles tensed, my organs stiffened, and my movements were restricted.
That meant I would have to fight at an overwhelming disadvantage. Even a formidable expert would be unable to bring out their full strength against her.
Unless her natural opponent, the Purple Micro Star, suddenly dropped out of the sky, that was. And as far as I knew, the Purple Micro Star had never appeared in this smut-novel world.
So, without the protagonist's plot armor, even the Namgung bastard who had originally owned this body would have been unable to defeat Chi-chi, the final boss of the original story.
And now, against Chi-chi, I was about to engage in a life-or-death duel with all my strength, at a much earlier point than I ever should have.
"The wager for this duel is that the loser grants the winner's wish. If I win, Lust Demon, you will become my Semen Husband."
"That... sounds like a good deal for me whether I win or lose, doesn't it?"
For a moment, I wondered if Chi-chi was joking. But she replied with a razor-sharp smile.
"I merely thought it wouldn't be so bad to see the man I once acknowledged, if only for a moment, as Mara lying beneath me and serving me. Your sexual prowess is enough to make even me admire you."
"I see."
"And the moment you become my Semen Husband, if you ever cheat on me, I'll rip your cock off. That means your King Cock will belong to me alone."
"...Then I'll have to win!"
My enthusiasm surged, and my will honed itself into intent.
At a glance, Chi-chi's words were nothing short of vicious. But put another way, it also meant she wouldn't care how many women I added to my harem if I won.
Harem expansion approved by the Cocksleeve Heavenly Demon herself. The reward for winning was so sweet that there was no way I could refuse her offer.
Even in the worst-case scenario, I wouldn't die. I'd become Chi-chi's sex toy and live beneath the shelter of her skirt. It was the second-worst outcome, not the worst—and if I won, the best possible outcome awaited me.
The reward of winning a woman like her was more valuable than anything else. How could I possibly refuse?
If there was a man who could turn down a wager like this, he'd have to be a eunuch—or one of those mad black magicians who lived only at Shaolin, and knew the taste of men's assholes instead of the taste of pussy.
Saaah.
The air grew taut. In the middle of the mountain, deep in the night with not a soul around, the tension became so thick it was hard to breathe. It quietly warned me that the duel was about to begin, and that if I stood there dazed, I would die.
"Then I'll take the first move. I was the one who lost last time, after all."
Having said that, Chi-chi stepped forward.
"Mm."
The moment she took a step, my body grew heavy. She came on strong from the very start, pressing down on the surrounding area with the Heavenly Demon Dominating Step.
She unleashed the Bow-Body Springing Shadow with such force that the ground cratered beneath her feet, then shot toward me in a flash and landed right in front of me.
Stopping just beyond the reach of my arm, she fixed me with her beastlike red eyes, gleaming fiercely, and stabbed at me several times. My body had achieved the Diamond Indestructible Body, so even Sword Energy Projection couldn't hurt me badly. But Chi-chi's concise, refined thrusts with the Asura Demon Spear gave me the instinctive feeling that if one hit me, I would be incapacitated on the spot.
They were nothing but simple thrusts. Chi-chi had repeated the basic stance of spear technique countless times, training until her thrusts came as close to perfection as they could. They were truly flawless.
If I tried to block those, my body would soon be riddled with holes and I'd die.
So I let them flow past me. I traced a circle with my hand and created the Great Ultimate.
I took Chi-chi's thrust as yin and my hand as yang, then swept the attack aside, wrapping it around the circle. I had neutralized her attack, so I was about to go on the offensive—but rather than let me close the distance, Chi-chi instead widened the gap between us.
She must have judged that close combat posed greater danger than my lightning techniques.
But had she already forgotten?
Once the distance had closed, escaping my reach was no longer an easy feat.
Crackle!
When I generated an attractive force with Lightning Qi, Chi-chi staggered backward as if tripped mid-retreat. Seizing the moment, I closed the gap once more and threw a fist wreathed in tempestuous thunder.
BOOM!
Yet suddenly, Chi-chi stabbed her Asura Demon Spear into the ground, blocking my strike.
You think a spear plunged into dirt will stop this? I scoffed inwardly—but the rebound was monstrous. To my shock, the force hurled me backward instead, a numbing sting spreading through my fist. I nearly lost myself to the pain.
Then, using the spear like a lever, Chi-chi gripped its midpoint with both hands and kicked the shaft with her foot.
RUMBLE—!
An eruption followed—a tidal wave of earth and stone. Earth Overflow.
"What the hell?!"
A landslide typically means soil and boulders cascading down a mountain. But when the earth surges upward like a tsunami poised to engulf the world, the term "overflow" becomes terrifyingly apt.
Before the avalanche could swallow me, I channeled thunder into a straight punch and struck.
KABOOOM—!!
The thunderclap tore through the landslide.
While lightning focuses into a single point, thunder explodes radially. Though subtle, that difference matters. Had I only mastered lightning, I'd have survived—but been left wheezing under a mountain of debris.
Yet the battle wasn't over.
Behind the shattered remnants of the landslide, Chi-chi charged, her spear whirling like a windmill. But this wasn't for show. With each swing, the scattered earth was snatched up and gathered at the tip of her spear.
"Here—eat dirt!"
"What kind of sandbox game is this?!"
Despite my playful words, the boulder that formed was big enough to turn a grown man into "what used to be a person." It was mostly soft soil, but packed with Chi-chi's energy, it was solid rock all the same—like the rolling boulder released by a trap triggered by mistake in a dungeon.
She'd compressed the debris with Heaven and Earth Grand Shift, imbued it with power, and swung. Not a spear technique—a gargantuan blunt force.
Meeting it head-on, I unleashed a repulsive field at full power and punched.
CRACK!
The boulder shattered instantly, my Lightning Qi proving its might even against her dense energy.
Yet Chi-chi had anticipated this.
From behind the crumbling debris, she thrust—maintaining distance—her spear lancing through the opening.
But I'd already seen it coming. I sidestepped, evading the projected trajectory of her strike.
Now. Close the gap. Counter—
I froze.
Shit.
Too late, I realized my mistake.
By dodging, I'd unknowingly stepped away from the path her spear would've taken. Instead, the blade curved mid-air, chasing me with unerring precision, its edge gleaming with undiminished lethality.
Abandoning the counter, I brought my hands together. Too late to evade—I'd grab the shaft and stop it.
But even that might be too slow. So I improvised.
Channeling Lightning Qi into my palms, I converted it into attractive force. The sudden pull yanked me forward—just in time to clutch the spear's shaft before its blade could impale me.
"I'm the one doing the impaling here, not the other way around!"
"What kind of mindless brute are you?!"
I heaved Chi-chi—spear and all—into the air, flipping her upside down before slamming her headfirst into the ground. Or at least, that was the plan.
The instant I thought it, the world inverted.
A skull-splitting impact cratered into my Baihui point, driving me into the earth like a nail. Dizzying pain shattered my focus. Gritting my teeth, I yanked myself free and staggered upright.
Clutching the fraying threads of my sanity, I wheezed,
"What... the hell was that?"
"One of the techniques exclusive to those who master both the Heavenless Divine Might Spear and Heaven and Earth Grand Shift," Chi-chi replied, smirking. "An art that flips the very orientation of whoever touches my spear. Its name: Heaven and Earth Inversion."
"Ghk. Brutal. For anyone without a Diamond Indestructible Body, that'd be a fight-ending move."
"Hardly. This technique drains so much energy that even I can't use it often. Inverting the world's axis to spike someone headfirst is ludicrous."
A Transcendent expert. No—someone who could proudly claim the title of Number One Under Heaven. And I, who prided myself on my awareness, had been upended like a helpless child.
Had this been anyone else—a mere Peak Expert—their skull would've popped like an overripe tomato, their corpse left cooling in the dirt.
The thought sent shivers down my spine—yet also ignited an intoxicating exhilaration. To conquer a woman this formidable?
Nothing could be more thrilling.