Chapter 417
Chapter 417
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 109
>Chapter Title: Multiplication Clash (4)
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Three Eyes was not an immortal being, but it had achieved longevity by hopping between countless bodies.
Unlike other Immeasurable Fiends, this entity was known to be utterly alien and profoundly ominous. It hadn't been born with innate strength.
At the moment of its birth, it had been infinitely weak.
Yet by transferring through numerous bodies and absorbing the strength, memories, and experiences of its hosts, it grew stronger at an astonishing pace day by day.
Over vast stretches of time, Three Eyes rose to a level comparable to a high-tier demon among the Immeasurable Fiends, developing a profound pride in its own power.
Having absorbed human memories and emotions, Three Eyes harbored intense desires.
It wanted everything. It craved domination.
But no matter how strong it became, it couldn't accomplish everything alone.
What caught Three Eyes' attention were humans, who had served as its hosts.
Humans could accept all energies of the universe and possessed the greatest potential talent, but their short lifespans imposed clear limits.
Despite their intelligence and dignity, no beings were easier to dominate.
By exploiting these short-lived creatures, it believed it could rule the world as it wished.
However, Three Eyes' grand ambition was forced into dormancy for a long time due to a single shock.
-This can't be...
No matter its ambitions, Three Eyes knew there was a line it must never cross.
That was the divine beasts approaching godhood and the Six Demons, called the six kings of the Immeasurable Fiends.
They were transcendent existences, realms unattainable no matter how much power it absorbed.
Yet it had witnessed it.
A human trading blows bare-handed with the mightiest of the Six Demons in terms of raw power, a being said to be in an unreachable realm.
Mountains shattered and rivers flooded from their battle, reshaping the terrain.
It was a battle of gods.
-!!!!!
The sight was utterly electrifying.
It was the strongest human it had ever seen, a monster beyond imagination.
After witnessing this, Three Eyes lost its fighting spirit—and its ambition—for the first time in its existence.
How much time passed?
Three Eyes later learned the truth.
That terrifying, monstrous human had been born from the convergence of heaven and earth's energies, a product of heavenly fortune and coincidence.
Such aberrations couldn't linger in the world for long.
As expected, the monstrous human soon vanished, and Three Eyes rekindled its suppressed ambition.
Time flowed on, and Three Eyes grew even stronger. It gathered many humans under its banner, making them worship it, just as planned.
At this rate, its ambition seemed within reach.
But soon, it hit another wall.
Not a human this time.
It was one of the Six Demons.
Most of the Six Demons were so overwhelmingly powerful they ignored humans, but one harbored unusually strong emotions toward them.
Originally not an Immeasurable Fiend, this being was born from the convergence of the five nature spirits known as the Five Sages.
One of those Five Sages had transformed into a dragon but failed to achieve enlightenment and fell into depravity.
Thus, it claimed a seat among the Six Demons, and the Immeasurable Fiends called this fallen dragon the蛟 Demon King.
Freed from a long seal by the virtuous, the蛟 Demon King mobilized countless Immeasurable Fiends to destroy the world.
With the only sages capable of stopping it having left the mortal realm, it seemed the world would end in the蛟 Demon King's hands.
But fate was strangely ironic.
What stood against the蛟 Demon King was none other than a human.
Not one born from heaven and earth's energies, fortune, or coincidence—this one had forged strength by gathering potential through countless trials.
-Kraaaaaargh!
Watching the蛟 Demon King perish by human hands plunged Three Eyes into deep contemplation.
Though rare, humans' potential was endlessly vast.
Seeing short-lived beings produce monsters nearing transcendence forced a shift in its thinking.
'Domination?'
Human potential itself felt dangerous.
Could it smoothly dominate them?
Perhaps it should exclude humans altogether?
But in doing so, it risked birthing foes that could repeat the defeats against those two demons.
Thus, Three Eyes decided to bide its time, growing stronger while observing humans more closely.
In time, it realized something.
'I see.'
Those two who faced the Six Demons were extraordinarily rare cases.
Such humans didn't arise easily.
If it culled even those with budding potential, it could dominate the rest of humanity—and easily exterminate them if needed.
The most obvious candidates were the blood descendants of those with potential.
* * *
Mok Kyung-un's form split into three with wind-like speed.
The moment Three Eyes saw it, it instinctively knew.
That was undoubtedly the secret art of Invincible City.
'How does it know that?'
Invincible City had vanished after the Great Cataclysm.
It thought all related lineages eradicated, yet how had this one mastered that technique?
But that wasn't the end.
-Krunch! Krunch!
As the three Mok Kyung-uns regulated their breathing, ambient energies gathered and circulated. Their muscles swelled tauter, their bodies reddened, and steam rose.
-Shooooooo!
Seeing this, Three Eyes recalled the monstrous clan guarding the Tang family and the forbidden grounds.
[I am the Keeper of Existence. As you see, I eat and sleep here, guarding this place. But you... you're no human. How did you enter?]
Even as descendants, it assumed they'd weakened, but they still wielded monstrous power.
Though not at full strength, one had forced it to retreat.
But the past wasn't important now.
How was this one mastering the forbidden arts of the few beings it had monitored over eons?
-Grind!
What an irritating bastard.
Getting emotional here would ruin everything.
Once it seized his body, it could exploit his connection to Ryu So-moon. Naturally, it would learn how he'd acquired their techniques.
-Swish!
Three Eyes shot backward, extending its right hand. The dropped sword floated up and flew into its grasp.
As it mimed swinging a sword formula upward,
-Rrrumble!
Swords, blades, and weapons from the fallen in the plaza trembled violently and rose.
The swords shot upward like arrows.
No sword aura, but demonic power infused them, making their momentum tremendous.
-Popopopopopop!
The soaring swords surged toward Mok Kyung-un's tripled form.
Countless blades flew like waves. One of his clones swept a sword formula,
-Popopopopopop!
The swords halted midair, as if blocked.
Then they began dropping to the ground.
Three Eyes clicked its tongue.
'Severing control of my demon-powered swords with mere intent. This one's adaptability is no joke.'
Still, it expected him to block it easily.
It was just to create some distance.
This technique required space, so pinning him there was enough.
-Swish!
-Clap! Clap!
With that level of spell resistance, seals were usually unnecessary or ineffective, but this spell demanded proper ones.
The moment it formed the seals,
-Flinch!
Mok Kyung-un's eyes sharpened.
No wonder—Three Eyes' demonic power surged to unprecedented heights.
As if heedless of consequences, pouring out all its power.
Was it going for the kill?
-Rrrumble!
But as it formed the seals, Three Eyes' arms trembled violently, veins bulging.
As Mok Kyung-un predicted, it was ignoring the body's overload to draw every ounce of demonic power.
In that instant, a voice echoed in Three Eyes' mind.
-Will you discard it?
-Didn't we agree?
-A pity. Bodies this good are rare.
-It's decent.
-Indeed. But catering to your stubbornness ends soon. Once you get what you want, focus on the grand plan.
-I'll keep my promise.
-Good.
The original target was First Young Master Na Yul-ryang's body.
Though not of heavenly vein blood, his talent surpassed even the current sect leader.
Claiming it would advance the grand plan—and reconnect with her.
As fellow disciples, not rivals, the bond would be intimate.
That's why it wanted this body, but not anymore.
'Better this way.'
It didn't know how he'd become her familiar or bonded, but those two had allied for revenge, overcoming trials together.
No need to build false camaraderie in Na Yul-ryang's body.
With this body alone, it could naturally win So-moon's heart without tampering with memories.
Three Eyes' lips curled to its ears in a chilling, mad grin.
Her worried gaze from below, recovering her spirit power—it would soon turn to him.
This body's role was set.
Show its desperation to highlight him.
-Pfsh! Pfsh!
Drawing all inner demonic power ruptured meridians throughout Na Yul-ryang's body.
Three Eyes didn't care.
A pity, but no attachment to a disposable vessel.
-Bam!
Then the three Mok Kyung-uns lunged at once.
Three Eyes spread its palms and clapped.
-Clap!
All dispersed demonic power converged, compressing the space around Mok Kyung-un.
-Roooooooar!
'What is this?'
The compressing demonic power was so intense his movements slowed drastically, like drowning.
It even felt like time itself decelerated.
'Taegong Space Sealing Art!'
This forbidden ancient spell was cast by high-level sorcerers staking their lives.
The harsh conditions and life-risk made it unusable even for elite sorcerers—but not for Three Eyes.
Dead bodies were just vessels to swap.
'Arrogant Sea Slayer King fell to this too. Half-complete as it is, a human like you can't escape.'
One more condition would perfect the spell.
But its goal wasn't truly trapping Mok Kyung-un.
It was buying time to transfer.
-Fwosh!
Three Eyes waved its hand, and hazy mist rose, obscuring all vision.
As sight vanished, Cheong-ryeong, recovering spirit power and focused on the duel, shot to her feet in alarm.
-Master!
In the shrouded mist,
Three Eyes leisurely slipped through toward Mok Kyung-un.
No matter the clones or techniques, with its life-staked Taegong Space Sealing Art active, escape from this space was impossible.
Mok Kyung-un's two clones had already vanished, leaving only one body.
Three Eyes approached.
Trapped and immobile, body-snatching was simple.
-Sneer!
Three Eyes grinned eerily.
"I'll take that body."
Its left hand reached for Mok Kyung-un's head, right for the eye embedded in its forehead.
-Swish!
The left hand touched Mok Kyung-un's head.
Then—
-Crack!
"Guh!"
Mok Kyung-un's hand, thought impossible to move under the spell, lightning-fast gripped Three Eyes' throat.
Three Eyes frantically tried to pry it off.
But the hand on its throat wouldn't budge, no matter what.
How was he moving amid the active spell?
In its bewilderment—
"Petty wretch, still coveting what's not yours."
'!?'
The moment it heard the voice, the pupil in Three Eyes' forehead trembled wildly.
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