Chapter 153
Chapter 153: Shedding (2)
"Gr, grrrrrrrrr."
White Person.
It didn't mean the racial Caucasian.
While Dong Bong-soo had transformed into a perfectly jet-black set, Yeon Yeong-ha, who had completely absorbed the energy of darkness, had strangely turned pure white.
Did it mean she had fully devoured the world's impure energy?
Rather than anything else, a jade-white luster emanated from her perfect naked body, not wearing a single thread.
Her pupils, which had been black as the depths of the underworld, had also turned pure white as if afflicted with albinism, flashing white light.
And what about her hair and the forest covering her secret place?
Would the Eternal White Ice said to support the Northern Sea Ice Palace look like that?
Would White Ice Hair be an appropriate expression?
It was so extremely white that it appeared transparent. Transparent enough that the scenery behind her could be faintly seen through her body.
It was so mystical that it made her not look human.
One more peculiar point.
Originally, she had been beautiful but had seemed a bit young.
But now she is completely mature and beautiful. Perhaps the expression that the incarnation of beauty had reached maturity would be more appropriate.
"For a monster, you're terribly pristine."
Just perfect for eliminating.
"Grrrrrrrr-. Raaaaawr—!"
Yeon Yeong-ha responded to Dong Bong-soo's mockery with a roar.
Not even a trace of reason remained in her any longer.
Whiiiiiiiiing-
A wind colder than the northern bitter winds swept across the Murim Alliance, which had turned into a devastated wasteland.
The spring sunlight pouring down from the sky was useless. A bone-chilling gale had enveloped the entire Murim Alliance.
"Now I finally understand why she's called the Extreme Yin Star of Heavenly Calamity."
It was exactly as Dong Bong-soo said.
True Heavenly Calamity Energy was Extreme Yin Heavenly Calamity Energy.
It wasn't black. It was similar to her White Ice Hair.
A silver transparent cold energy flowed from her body.
Crackle crackle crackle crackle-!
In an instant, the atmosphere froze.
Wuuuuuuuuung-
Dong Bong-soo's infinite Super True Energy Field and Yeon Yeong-ha's True Extreme Yin Heavenly Calamity Energy met right in the middle of the sky above Deungseon Pavilion.
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Boom.
The sound of compressed energy waves bursting.
The Super True Energy Field froze and stopped its relentless advance.
Crackle crackle crack.
The energies in the frozen atmosphere naturally escaped Dong Bong-soo's control.
Now this domain was Yeon Yeong-ha's territory. The problem was that its range kept expanding.
The atmosphere was being transparently eroded.
"Haa-."
Yeon Yeong-ha's breath exhaled long into the transparent atmosphere.
"...!"
At first it seemed like just simple breath, but it wasn't.
Whoosh.
She lightly blew wind toward Dong Bong-soo.
Gooooo, crackle crack.
Ice breath? No, no.
Absolute Ice Ray!
Particles froze. The atmosphere stopped.
A terrible ice beam that perfectly froze the movement of all surrounding air molecules flew at tremendous speed.
Even within the domain where the Super True Energy Field exerted influence, the temperature had already dropped far below zero, and the agility of the Super True Energy Wave had disappeared. Naturally, it was difficult to completely block the ice beam with the Super True Energy Field.
Sshhh-click.
Dong Bong-soo—he brushed off the thin layer of ice from his sword. The jet-black Ink-Iron Longsword revealed its true form, clearly different from the previous blood-red [Wanderer's Sword].
Huuuuum—
The sword rotated at ultra-high speed and once again created an Ultra Rotation Sword Wheel.
He held the sword in a bow-shooting stance—the hand holding the sword pulled back, the other hand stretched straight forward—then thrust it straight forward. The wheel-shaped Sword Ring spun like a top and shot toward the ice beam.
Kiiiiiiing.
Could the sound of a drill boring through ice be this vicious?
The ice beam shattered, spraying white steam in all directions. But that ice beam kept flying endlessly. Therefore, its depth was no different from an infinite ice pit.
Dong Bong-soo eventually pulled back his sword and threw his body to the side.
Skreeeeeech.
'Was I a bit slow?'
He withdrew his body as quickly as he could, but failed to perfectly dodge the ice beam. The ice beam had grazed a part of his forearm. In an instant, cold poison invaded and made his entire body shiver.
Shkk, thwp.
Without a moment's hesitation, Dong Bong-soo rolled up the sleeve of that arm and cut away the part where the cold poison had seeped in. Flesh was cut away in a chunk, but only a little blood came out. It had frozen slightly in that short time.
That didn't mean there was no pain, yet Dong Bong-soo remained calm. He immediately straightened his clothes again and rushed straight toward Yeon Yeong-ha. The blood flowing from his arm scattered in the air and rapidly froze.
Swoooooosh.
Yeon Yeong-ha stood facing Dong Bong-soo with her mind-shattering naked body exposed. She calmly watched him rapidly closing the distance while tearing through the atmosphere, then at some moment flicked one finger.
Actually, it wasn't much of a movement. She had just moved one finger.
But at that moment, Dong Bong-soo sharply twisted his body and changed the direction he was flying.
The reason was.
Crackle crack.
He had detected in advance that an ice spike was going to shoot up through the ground beneath where he was flying.
If he had been even a bit slower, his lower body would have become rags.
Swoooooosh.
He continued rushing toward Yeon Yeong-ha, only changing the direction of his charge.
Crash!
Dong Bong-soo approached within a few meters of Yeon Yeong-ha and thrust the Ultra Rotation Sword Wheel toward her.
Craaack.
Yeon Yeong-ha's second finger moved. The frozen ground rose in a shield shape and blocked Dong Bong-soo's Ultra Rotation Sword Wheel midway.
She didn't stop and immediately raised her third finger.
Then one ice spear additionally shot up like lightning from below where Dong Bong-soo's feet were.
Huuuuuum—
Normally his feet should have been pierced by that sharp spear, but Dong Bong-soo instead rode that spear and flew upward like the wind. He had concentrated the Super True Energy Field on his feet to momentarily lighten his body.
Tara-tara-tak.
Climbing to the tip of the ice spear, he flipped his body in midair, held his sword straight downward, and struck down toward Yeon Yeong-ha on the ground below.
Yeon Yeong-ha's white eyes flashed white for an instant.
Whiiiiip.
Her ice-like hair stretched and whipped upward like thin needles.
Kwaaaaaaa-boom!
The Ultra Rotation Sword Wheel and Yeon Yeong-ha's hair filled with True Extreme Yin Heavenly Calamity Energy collided.
Grrrrrrrrr...
The center of Deungseon Pavilion instantly collapsed with a thud.
As if a giant meteorite had fallen, the hill sank deeply.
Immediately, both their figures completely disappeared from people's sight.
"Is it over...?"
"No, not yet! The ground, the ground is still shaking...!"
People could clearly feel that the fight wasn't over yet.
Boom, grrrrr, grrrr.
Because the ground was shaking.
Because their vision was trembling.
Because the atmosphere was still settling coldly...
The two were still fiercely clashing inside the pit.
People fell silent and stuck to corners, to the edges.
Already many had died and many things had been destroyed because of their fight.
Fleeing outside was unimaginable. They had no confidence to cross the writhing sea of Jiangshi.
The best option no longer existed.
Everyone hoped for the next-best option.
Though the next-best option was merely hoping for the lesser evil's victory.
They could only hide behind corners of walls or building debris and wait for the fight to end.
Grrrrrrr.
Kwa-boom!
Whump.
The trembling continued for a long while.
At some point, long after the sun had completely crossed over the western mountain.
Ba-ba-ba-boom—
Suddenly the earth heaved and a black figure was rapidly flung out. Following it, a pure white figure shot up out of the pit.
Dong Bong-soo, and Yeon Yeong-ha.
What had happened underground?
Could they finally say signs of reversal were showing?
Yeon Yeong-ha's pure white body had become like rags.
Her hair was wildly disheveled, numerous cuts were carved into her arms and legs, and her smooth lower abdomen was split wide open like a demon's mouth, vomiting out pure white blood in gushes.
In contrast, Dong Bong-soo's entire body was relatively intact. Except for a few thin scratches and several frostbitten areas, no wounds were visible.
Yeon Yeong-ha looked down at her lower abdomen where blood was bubbling out.
"..."
It was split wide open like the edge of a heavenly cliff, ceaselessly vomiting white blood. Even in her irrational state, as if feeling pain, her face slightly grimaced.
But that was only for a brief moment.
She soon raised her head again to look at Dong Bong-soo.
Her white eyes flashed even more purely white. Even in her irrational state, she seemed to have realized her opponent's strength. Perhaps even a tiny bit of reason had returned.
"Reason that returns from being beaten up. Then I suppose you'll only regain normalcy when you die."
Had she heard Dong Bong-soo's indifferent muttering?
"Aaaaaaagh-!"
Yeon Yeong-ha screamed and raised her hand toward the void.
Then tremendous cold energy flowed into her hand. An enormous presence could be felt from her fingertips, as if all the Yin energy in heaven and earth was gathering there.
"Heh. Either way, it's fun. In my entire life, aside from killing people, this is truly the first time I've felt this much interest. If I just didn't die, I'd want to continue forever."
Dong Bong-soo's lips slightly twisted and curled upward. It was his very small smile found after his thorough indifference broke.
In truth, Dong Bong-soo only looked fine on the outside; the underground collision had completely turned his insides into a mess.
But it was enjoyable. That was enough.
Why?
Because he had found one emotion.
That was sufficient.
Dong Bong-soo raised his sword again.
"Ghk."
Every single cell in his body cried out that they should rest now, that they could rest, but Dong Bong-soo ignored them. Only Yeon Yeong-ha was visible in his eyes right now.
Victory or defeat? Not important.
He couldn't stop until the fight with her ended.
Rest? That's still premature.
It seemed Yeon Yeong-ha felt the same way.
She was laughing whitely.
Was that why?
The Yin energy gathered at her fingertips became even more intense.
Soon the Yin energy broke through that end and shot upward into the sky, piercing the zenith.