Chapter 485
Chapter 485
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 125
>Chapter Title: Six Demons (3)
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“The Six Demons aren’t just three—they’re four. This goes beyond the contract.”
One of the Six Directional Divines and the Pavilion Master of Song Jong Pavilion, An Gong-yeon, voiced his dissatisfaction while gazing at the back of the woman with nine golden tails swaying gracefully.
At his words, the Great Sorcerer Myeong-ryul, another of the Six Directional Divines standing beside him, was equally bewildered.
‘The King of a Hundred Faces? What in the world is going on?’
King of a Hundred Faces, Golden Nine-Tailed Fox.
Among the Six Demons, this being was known as the oldest and, in terms of power, the strongest—yet in some ways, even more catastrophic than the Great Might King. It embodied ominousness and malice itself, leading all things to ruin.
-Drip!
Great Sorcerer Myeong-ryul broke out in cold sweat.
In his rage, Cheong-ryeong had torn off his jaw and severed both arms, bringing him death.
Yet, by a stroke of fortune, the Soul Transfer technique he had activated allowed his soul to shift into a body he had prepared in advance, saving his life.
[It’s done! Hahaha!]
The Soul Transfer technique was nearly incomplete, carrying immense risk.
It only activated upon the caster’s death—who would recklessly choose death for such a spell?
But the technique had succeeded.
At first, he planned to vanish completely.
If everyone believed him dead, there was no need to reveal himself.
That’s when the problem arose.
He thought he had fully undone Mok Gan’s seal, but it had affected even his soul.
Because of that, despite performing the Soul Transfer, he still couldn’t see.
‘Was it because of that bastard?’
Once the reason for his blindness became clear, despair mingled with his intense fury.
He had believed that if the Soul Transfer succeeded someday, he could regain his sight and fully escape that fiend—but all of it had been for naught.
‘Unless I kill that bastard, I’ll never break free from this curse.’
That was why he had come to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, the starting point and final battleground of the great cataclysm.
Yet the cataclysm exceeded every category he had anticipated.
The Six Demons, each capable of destroying a nation alone, had gathered here—four of them.
This wasn’t just about one nation anymore; he had stepped into the epicenter of a calamity that could wipe out the Central Plains continent.
“Beyond the contract, four of the Six Demons have gathered. Is there any escape? Pavilion Master An.”
“Hmph! You’re about to pay a heavy price for that one spell.”
With those words, the Ward Divine An Gong-yeon drew talismans into his left hand and began forming hand seals with his right.
“At least that one seems the most manageable.”
An Gong-yeon’s gaze turned to the smallest in stature among the Six Demons, the golden-maned Sata King.
* * *
-Kraaaaaaargh!!!
Enraged by the power of the King of a Hundred Faces, Golden Nine-Tailed Fox, who had instantly annihilated the roar’s gale he unleashed, the Great Might King, Horse Demon King, bellowed in fury.
The Golden Nine-Tailed Fox sneered at the earth-shaking roar.
“Still the same. So noisy.”
With that, her nine tails swayed as she slowly floated toward Mok Kyung-un’s side.
Gazing at Mok Kyung-un, the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox was inwardly astonished.
She had been in the imperial palace but sensed the Six Demons awakening through the qi of heaven and earth rippling with demonic waves.
Thus, she had anticipated the continent soon being drenched in blood.
‘I came to see what grand mischief three of the Six Demons gathered in one place would cause, and here you are.’
She had given Mok Kyung-un an accessory infused with her demonic power.
Thanks to it, she could track his location anytime, anywhere.
Yet she couldn’t hide her surprise.
When they met in the imperial palace in Kaepyeong, Mok Kyung-un’s power had merely piqued her interest.
Impressively strong, but still just human at best.
Yet in mere months, he had completely transformed.
“What happened to you in the meantime?”
The Golden Nine-Tailed Fox grinned widely as she sidled up to Mok Kyung-un and asked.
He didn’t look at her, keeping his eyes fixed ahead as he replied.
“Why are you here?”
When she first appeared, Mok Kyung-un had harbored a faint hope.
But seeing her block the Horse Demon King’s roar confirmed she had no connection to Mok Gan.
At Mok Kyung-un’s question, the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox licked her upper lip with her tongue and answered.
“Do you know what’s the most fun thing in the world? Watching fires and fights. And nothing’s more thrilling than a world turned into a hellscape of blood.”
“Pathetic reason. If that’s it, then leave.”
“.......You’ve changed a bit.”
Not just in power—something felt different.
Even then, she had been intrigued by his refusal to submit under overwhelming force, and the ferocity lurking within.
But now, that incompleteness and savagery were gone.
Instead, he exuded composure and perfection.
‘Interesting.’
She knew humans’ potential to absorb all energies was boundless beyond measure.
Yet innate vessels had limits, capping growth.
Thus, she believed no human could ever reach the domain of boundless beings like them.
But,
“The prophecy wasn’t wrong after all. Or were my eyes accurate?”
“Leave. I can’t afford to leisurely chat with you......”
-Smack!
Before Mok Kyung-un could finish, she clung to his arm, rubbing her cheek against it as she spoke.
“Hng. That’s too harsh. Heavenly Demon. I stepped in because I worried you might be in danger.”
“Danger?”
“Yeah. No matter how strong you’ve gotten, that one’s a bit beyond specs.”
The Golden Nine-Tailed Fox’s gaze shifted to the Great Might King, Horse Demon King, standing like a demon from hell, glaring at them with crimson eyes.
She didn’t acknowledge all Six Demons equally.
From ancient times, only three had reached the level to rival the primordial sages.
One had vanished by transcending the natural order, leaving only the Horse Demon King as the sole monster who could match her.
-Swish!
The Golden Nine-Tailed Fox brushed her fingertip against Mok Kyung-un’s cheek and whispered.
“This body will somehow hold off that thing for the man who’ll become my husband. In return, if you survive this, let’s relive that hot night from before.”
“I told you I’m not interested.”
“I’m very interested. In your body... and that power that’s skyrocketed.”
Her golden eyes flickered with competitive zeal.
Mok Kyung-un realized she wasn’t just toying with him.
She wanted to test his power.
-Kraaaaaaargh!
At that moment, the Great Might King, Horse Demon King, roared and stepped forward.
-Kwaaaaaang! Roooar!
The earth split, and flames surged.
Seeing this, the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox curled her lips slyly.
“You seem really pissed. But what can you do? I don’t like it when someone eyes what’s mine. Great Might King.”
-Gooooh!
No sooner had she spoken than her body rose into the air, emanating a dazzling golden radiance.
The golden light grew, taking the form of a beast.
It was a golden fox with nine tails.
As the true form of the King of a Hundred Faces, Golden Nine-Tailed Fox, revealed itself, an eerie, chilling demonic power spread in all directions, leaving the ward sorcerers unable to conceal their shock.
“The Golden Nine-Tailed Fox? What the hell?”
“Senior Brother, calm down. She was just talking to Young Master Mok. Whatever it is, she seems like an ally here.”
At Yeo Su-rin’s words, her senior brother recoiled in horror.
“Don’t talk nonsense. She’s a great yokai who’s destroyed countless nations since ancient times. How could she possibly fight for humans......”
-Boom! Boom! Boom!
Before he could finish, the enormous Golden Nine-Tailed Fox charged forward, colliding head-on with the Great Might King, who dwarfed even the surrounding mountain peaks.
-Kwaaaaaaaaang!
The impact unleashed massive gusts of wind in all directions.
And it didn’t end there.
Her nine tails lashed out, binding the Horse Demon King’s arms and legs, pushing him back.
However,
-Kraaaaaaargh!
The Horse Demon King was the mightiest of the Six Demons in raw power.
Even bound, he scoffed, his muscles bulging across his body as he forcibly tore at the nine tails.
-Rip rip rip!
But as if anticipating this,
-Crack!
The Golden Nine-Tailed Fox stood tall, seized the Horse Demon King’s jaw and upper mouth, wrenched it open with force,
and
-Shwaaaaaaaa!
unleashed a massive golden beam infused with demonic power into its maw.
As the beam pierced inside, it took damage,
-Kuhk kuhk kuhk!
-Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwang!
The earth quaked as massive debris and dust erupted upward, shoving the Horse Demon King backward.
At the sight, the ward sorcerers’ eyes widened in disbelief.
Was this King of a Hundred Faces, Golden Nine-Tailed Fox, truly on their side?
Yeo Su-rin’s senior brother swallowed dryly.
These Six Demons were walking calamities—mere clashes shattered and warped the earth.
If one of them was their ally, the situation wasn’t so dire.
“Th-then let’s do our part. Your role is crucial.”
“Of course. That’s why I brought this, even risking excommunication.”
Yeo Su-rin held up the golden wheel she gripped.
It was the supreme artifact of Pavilion Master Ward Divine Red Plum Immortal, the Thousand Rings Myriad Changes Golden Wheel.
Now called a great artifact, the ward sorcerers of Haeseon Pavilion knew it had been deemed a divine tool or treasure in the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
“Begin.”
“Yes!”
Yeo Su-rin glanced at the remaining two Six Demons, Sata King and White Peng Demon King, then focused on the latter.
It was the monster responsible for massacring Grandmaster Gakwon of Great Stern Temple—an old friend of her master—and all the temple’s dharma monks.
-Click!
She inserted the large brush she held into the center of the supreme artifact Thousand Rings Myriad Changes Golden Wheel and spun it.
-Shrrrriiing!
It started spinning by her power but soon rotated rapidly on its own.
As she chanted the incantation, the fiercely spinning golden wheel suddenly began to enlarge.
Spotting this, the White Peng Demon King spread its two wings wide and flapped.
-Shwaaaaaaaa!!!
A blizzard of frost whipped up, unleashing a gale.
And not just that,
-Crack! Crack!
“Guhk!”
“Argh!”
Weaker ward sorcerers fell under the White Peng Demon King’s demonic power, their veins bulging grotesquely before their heads exploded one after another.
-Kwach! Kwach!
“It’s deploying Yi Mun Law with demonic power. Deploy Heavenly Horse Borrowing Power Law!”
-Cha cha cha cha!
At her senior brother’s shout, the ward sorcerers formed hand seals.
Radiance flowed from their bodies, making them shimmer.
Something clashed against the light, sputtering blue flames.
They blocked the demonic frenzy, but the White Peng Demon King’s bone-chilling gale was too much for their power alone,
-Kwaaaaaang!
When something appeared, unleashing massive fist winds that halted the icy gale.
“Huh? You’re...?”
“We don’t know what you’re up to, but you’re ward sorcerers, right? Our clan will protect you.”
They were Yu Mu-jin and the Yu Clan warriors.
Their skins darkened, muscles swollen to the max, steam billowing from their bodies.
The ward sorcerers marveled at their innate superhuman strength, untrained in martial arts.
“Now’s our chance! Su-rin!”
-Click! Click! Click!
At her senior brother’s cry, Yeo Su-rin clasped her hands, forming the Inner Lion Seal.
She hurled the massively spinning golden wheel toward the White Peng Demon King.
-Paaang!
Sensing the immense immortal qi within the incoming golden wheel, the White Peng Demon King flapped its wings to soar upward.
-Flap! Flap!
But in that instant, the golden wheel split into 108 rings.
Like valiant warriors forming an array, the 108 rings sought to entrap the White Peng Demon King.
However, it instantly exhaled extreme cold, freezing the rings solid.
-Craaaack!
At that moment, the ward sorcerers simultaneously formed seals.
Soldier! Fight! Split! Array!
It was the Nine-Character Activation Law seals.
Nearly eight hundred of them deployed the Four Peaks Linked Lock Art.
-Paaang!
Thousands of pillars rained down from above the White Peng Demon King’s head.
-Thud! Thud! Thud! Koo koo koo thud!
As the pillars struck, it dispatched small wings to shatter them all with brute force.
Then Yeo Su-rin’s senior brother gripped the ornate artifacts on his arms and chanted a spell.
-Gooooh!
Piercing the dark clouds, a massive Heavenly King Gate topped with a fierce demon’s face plummeted from the sky, crushing the flapping White Peng Demon King.
-Kwaaaaaaaaang!
-Cha cha cha cha chang!
Simultaneously, the frozen 108 rings blazed with intense light, reviving.
The reanimated 108 rings reformed their array, completely encircling the White Peng Demon King.
Pinned under the Heavenly King Gate, it lifted its head, opening wide to spew frigid demonic power.
-Shwaaaaaaaa!
But that icy demonic power was sucked into the center of the spinning rings,
-Shwaaaaaaaa!
only to burst from another ring and stab into the White Peng Demon King’s back.
-Kraaaaaaargh!
Enraged by its own attack rebounding, it unleashed vast demonic power, shaking and repelling the encircling rings.
‘Not enough power.’
Yeo Su-rin chanted relentlessly, blood streaming from her eyes and nose.
Then, having flown up unnoticed, Yu Mu-jin and the Yu Clan locked arms in pairs, spinning like tops as they dive-bombed the White Peng Demon King’s head.
-Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwang!
Thanks to them, its head slammed downward, crashing into the ground.
Meanwhile, as they fought valiantly,
the remaining Six Demon, Sata King, faced off against two Ward Divines commanding spirit beasts and ten thousand elites of the Sa-ryeon Alliance.
-Rumble boom boom!
As one woman floating in the sky raised her sword upward, thunderbolts crashed from the thundercloud-laden heavens, lightning enveloping her body.
-Pachichichichik!
She was Jin Ye-rin, descendant of the World’s Greatest Sword.
[Chapter 125: Six Demons (3)] End