Chapter 155
Chapter 155: Final Battle (2)
Among them, one executive from the Inner Court knew of a secret passage and escaped through there. Even that took too long, so Paeng Ho-ryu forcibly smashed through a section of the passage's inner wall where he judged it close to the outside—and that happened to be a cliff directly connected to where the Soldier Eccentric and the Ten Pavilions elites were engaged in battle.
"Hm? There are Jiangshi here as expected, but somewhat fewer. Plus, there are reinforcements too, whoever they are."
Perhaps because they'd fought through such hellish chaos to get here, the hundreds of Jiangshi seemed few in Paeng Ho-ryu's eyes.
The hard-fought struggle of the Soldier Eccentric, Pyeong Wi-rang, and the other Ten Pavilions elites had reduced their numbers considerably, which also played a part.
"Pleased to meet you."
"Who are you? Don't know who you are, but I'm damn glad to see you."
Though meeting for the first time, Paeng Ho-ryu and Pyeong Wi-rang looked at each other and laughed. One looked up, the other looked down, but their hearts aligned in an instant.
"Shall we have a go at it together then?"
"That's music to my ears."
Paeng Ho-ryu immediately leaped down from the cliff. Simultaneously, Pyeong Wi-rang also charged toward the Jiangshi.
Both had similar personalities, so they hit it off at first sight.
'Words are useless here and now. Only bodies and weapons matter.'
In an instant, the Jiangshi that had surrounded the Soldier Eccentric and others suddenly found themselves surrounded instead.
But they had no such thing as emotions. Naturally, they had no concept of crisis itself. Only the instinct to attack humans remained alive.
"Grrrrr."
Especially one member of the Eight Desolations Heavenly Slaughter Formation, their assault leader of sorts, twisted his rotting face and charged straight at Pyeong Wi-rang and Paeng Ho-ryu.
That's when it started.
Rain suddenly began falling from the cloudless sky.
The survivors all thought the same thing.
That even heaven was crying in sorrow.
But it didn't take long to realize that wasn't it.
The rain turned to snow, the snow turned to hail, and then the hail grew as large as fists and pounded their heads.
"Fuck. This damn sky! If you're gonna go mad, do it properly. This'll kill us."
This statement from someone unknown spoke for everyone's hearts, and the battle intensified even further.
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[Demon-Expelling Annihilation Wheel Sword]
A sword holding secrets about the Nine Heavens Demonic Scripture.
Attribute: None
Required Class: Public Enemy of the Martial World (Tester) Exclusive
Required Level: 40
Minimum Attack Power: 100
Maximum Attack Power: 200
Critical Hit Increase Effect: ?
Minimum Martial Arts Attack Power: 150
Maximum Martial Arts Attack Power: 300
Martial Arts Critical Hit Increase Effect: ?
Additional Ability: Each time a Nine Heavens Demon Quest is completed, one Nine Heavens Demon Chronicle activates and the next Nine Heavens Demon Quest opens.
First Nine Heavens Demon Quest: Class change to Public Enemy of the Martial World. (Complete)
Second Nine Heavens Demon Quest: Learn all Illusion Evil's martial arts skills to Lv.3. (Incomplete)
Activated Nine Heavens Demon Chronicle: Illusion Evil
Remaining Nine Heavens Demon Chronicles: Medicine Immortal Poison Madman, Ghost Spirit Evil Grandfather, Yin-Yang Jade-Faced Ghost, Heaven-Breaking Thunderbolt Ancestor, Shadowless Divine Thief, Heaven-Seizing Hegemon Enchantress, Carefree Star-Absorbing Monster, Perfect Demon
[Nine Heavens Demon Chronicle: Illusion Evil Chapter]
Martial Calendar: 448 ~ ?
Affiliated Sect: None
Birthplace: Taizhou County, Jiangsu Province
"I met her and made love in the illusion I created. I never wanted to wake from this dream. It was just unfortunate that others happened to fall into it as well and couldn't escape...... But I still don't want to wake. If anyone tries to wake me, I'll make them wander the Eight Hells for all eternity."
One of the Ten Absolutes Under Heaven from 600 years ago. The only Evil Path master among the Ten Absolutes Under Heaven.
His birth date, name, and family background are unclear.
From Taizhou County in Jiangsu Province, he was fairly well-off in childhood, but his family fell into ruin before he reached adulthood, it's only said.
Illusion Evil first appeared in records at the Universal Wudang Sword Discussion Conference. At that time, he was refused entry on grounds of being Evil Path trash. He was permitted to participate through the advocacy of Manifest Heaven Sword Do Jin-ja. Do Jin-ja was one of the Nine Absolutes Under Heaven at the time, a figure who commanded absolute support from the Martial World. Do Jin-ja said, 'If we cannot discuss the sword simply because someone is Evil Path, how can we rightfully use the word Universal going forward?' and brought back Illusion Evil who had been descending Mount Wudang past Sword Release Pool.
Illusion Evil consecutively defeated renowned rising stars of the current Martial World including Mount Hua and Kongtong at the sword discussion conference. Especially in his fight with Mount Hua's Plum Blossom Sword Hand No Hwe-myeong, Illusion Evil fully displayed his strength. At only twenty years of age, Illusion Evil deployed Sword Thread, subdued No Hwe-myeong in just three moves, left the Orthodox Path, and became sworn brothers with him.
As Illusion Evil's momentum grew daily, he emerged as a new variable at the Universal Wudang Sword Discussion Conference. Eventually, Illusion Evil crossed swords with One Blade Shakes Heaven Gwan Pung, one of the Nine Absolutes Under Heaven, and they dueled for a thousand seconds. Though he was defeated, this incident changed the Nine Absolutes Under Heaven to the Ten Absolutes Under Heaven including Illusion Evil.
After the Universal Wudang Sword Discussion Conference ended, Illusion Evil wandered the world engaging in duels. He didn't lose even once in that process, earning another epithet of One Sword Invincible.
While wandering various regions, Illusion Evil met a woman in the Dali Kingdom of Yunnan and fell in love. That woman was Lady Song, the legitimate wife of Dali Kingdom's King Dan Mo, already a married woman.
At the time, though Dan Mo hadn't participated in the Universal Wudang Sword Discussion Conference, he was one of the Ten Absolutes Under Heaven. As the King of Dali Kingdom, Illusion Evil could never have his woman.
From then on, Illusion Evil secluded himself in Strange Illusion Valley, immersing himself in Illusion Arts instead of martial arts. But from that time, strange things began to happen.
Clouds covered Yunnan Province where Strange Illusion Valley was located throughout all four seasons, and people began dreaming every night. In those dreams, people made love with Lady Song. Lady Song quickly went from queen to the woman of ten thousand people in Dali Kingdom. Considering this shameful, Lady Song couldn't endure it and committed suicide.
Enraged by this, Dan Mo finally led troops and stormed Strange Illusion Valley.
Countless people died in this process.
Afterward, Illusion Evil left Strange Illusion Valley and wandered the world.
Wherever he went, people dreamed. Sometimes they made love with Lady Song, sometimes they saw Lady Song wailing and lamenting.
Because of this, Illusion Evil became a Public Enemy of the Martial World and was chased his entire life, but no one could catch him.
Nothing is known about when he died.
Some say he still hasn't died.
[Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 1st Formula Break Lv.1 Proficiency: 0%]
Though Illusion Evil was known as a master of Illusion Arts, his Sword Arts alone were also worthy of being counted among the Ten Absolutes Under Heaven.
The epithet Illusion Evil actually originated from this sword technique of his. In contrast to his sword technique that shattered Illusion Arts and Evil Arts, by reaching the pinnacle of Illusion Arts and Evil Arts, his original name and epithet were forgotten and he became Illusion Evil.
Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 1st Formula Break is a heavy sword that utilizes Rigid Energy and is the core of the Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique.
Rigidity is the strongest energy in the universe and can shatter all illusions and evil under heaven.
Tester-exclusive skill.
※ This skill has Target Area Splash Damage and affects the player and their allies as well.
In Murim Online, there are fundamentally techniques that attack a point and techniques that attack an area.
In other words, it's divided into two types: techniques that can only target a single target and techniques with wide range that can attack multiple enemies simultaneously.
Also, area-of-effect techniques are further divided into two types:
One is self-centered area techniques, the other is target-centered area techniques.
The former is literally when you use a [Skill] and the technique radiates centered on yourself, while the latter is when the technique's impact radiates centered on the target you used the [Skill] on.
Until just moments ago, Dong Bong-soo had no direct area-of-effect techniques. He'd only forcibly squeezed out an area technique by stacking [Mutual Destruction] on the Ultra Rotation Sword Wheel.
However, [Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 1st Formula Break], a skill gained from the second class change, was an area technique and moreover a target-centered area technique.
More importantly.
This technique was a tester-exclusive skill, so like Spirit Eyes, there was no detailed effect description for the skill.
However, Dong Bong-soo didn't hesitate to use it in this final moment with just the description 'Target Area Splash Damage.'
Because there were no other options.
If he couldn't escape this Absolute Extreme Yin Domain right now, his body wouldn't be able to endure any longer.
[Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 1st Formula Break] was loaded onto the Ultra Rotation Sword Wheel through the tip of [Demon-Expelling Annihilation Wheel Sword] and released. Force energy beyond imagination shot toward the ceiling.
Kwa-booooom!
A roar erupted and the space Yeon Yeong-ha created collapsed.
The ice supercooled below negative 100 degrees shattered. This ice had hardness that could easily mock Cold Iron, but it broke apart helplessly.
Though Dong Bong-soo hadn't yet fully grasped the effects of [Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 1st Formula Break], he got the general idea.
This is the 'Sword of Destruction.'
Literally a sword technique that can shatter everything.
Of course, for himself who had learned the Super True Energy Field, the utility of this [Skill] was......
Boundless.
The only problem was that allies within the splash range would also be affected.