Chapter 491
Chapter 491
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 126
>Chapter Title: The Peerless Sword (4)
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-Kwaaaaaaargh!
A tremendous roar erupted from Sata King's throat.
"Aaack!"
"Urk!"
The roar infused with Sata King's demonic power instantly tore through Jin Ye-rin's and Sama Chak's eardrums, shocking their brains as well.
As a result, their bodies went completely numb.
Already disoriented from blood loss, Jin Ye-rin couldn't regain her senses.
Seizing this moment, Sata King endured the agony of his intangible sword piercing through his palate and jaw, forcing his mouth shut.
'No.'
Her body wouldn't obey her.
Was she going to die here without doing anything?
She had finally met the only elder bound to her by blood, and leaving like this felt too hollow.
In that instant, countless memories flashed through her mind like a lantern show.
-If I just keep watching, I'll hear the resentment of the spirits.
A voice echoed in her head.
Its owner was her ancestor, Jin Un-hwi.
'!?'
-Relax your body and mind, and accept it.
"Ancestor..."
-Farewell. I bid you goodbye in advance. Live not for revenge or the revival of our clan, but solely for your own happiness.
Tears welled up in her eyes at Jin Un-hwi's warm farewell.
But it didn't last long.
-Pak!
The secret manual of the Heavenly Escape burst out from her bosom on its own.
The manual, which had been channeling Heavenly Escape in her stead across time and space, ignited.
-Fwoosh!
Soon, Jin Ye-rin's hazy eyes gleamed with golden and blood-red light as someone's consciousness entered her own.
-The seventh star of the Seven Stars Mysterious Gate, Yaoguang—shine your light.
-Gooooooo!
A blue light in the shape of the Big Dipper shimmered on the back of Jin Ye-rin's hand, temporarily uniting her essence, energy, and spirit.
-Wooooong!
A resonant hum flowed out, and the bloodstained earth of the fallen warriors began to ripple with blue light.
The blue light soon took human form.
At that sight, the warriors of the Sa-ryeon Alliance stood stunned, their eyes reddening.
Their hearts swelled with emotion at the sight of their fallen comrades.
-Ssssh...
Swords left masterless rose into the air, infused with the lingering wills of the warriors who had remained there.
The earth sparkled with the blue lights and the silvery gleam of the swords, resembling a brilliant galaxy.
As Jin Ye-rin extended her hand toward Sata King,
-Pfufufufufufufufuk!
Countless swords wrapped in blue light flew straight into Sata King's mouth.
-Kwarrghhh!
Sata King recoiled with a scream-like roar at the sudden intrusion of the swords.
'What?'
Moon Rock Sword Sama Chak's eyes widened in shock.
What was happening? Thousands of will-bodies made of blue light gripped swords and charged at Sata King.
It looked like a meteor shower of blue light streaking through the sky.
-Papapapapapapapak!
Could this be?
Sama Chak's gaze turned to Jin Ye-rin.
Golden and blood-red light mingled in her once-hazy eyes, and Jin Un-hwi's figure overlapped with hers.
"You!"
To Sama Chak, who recognized her instantly, Jin Ye-rin—no, Jin Un-hwi—spoke.
-Yeong-i sends her regards to Father-in-law.
"......"
His eyes quickly clouded with emotion at those words.
Smiling at him, Jin Un-hwi kicked off the air and soared upward.
-Pat!
The sword-wielding will-bodies rained down on Sata King like a meteor shower, and the panicked beast tried to flee.
In response, Jin Un-hwi raised her sword toward the sky,
-Rumble rumble boom boom!
Lightning crashed down from the heavens, coiling around the blade.
As powerful thunder energy wrapped around the sword,
'Thunderclap Heavenly Escape: Divine Thunder Life-Death Sword Art—Pursuit and Return Sword!'
-Pachichichichichik!
From the tip of the lightning-wreathed sword, a sword force enveloped in thunder energy swirled into a massive storm of lightning that surged forward.
Its power was incomparable to what Jin Ye-rin could have unleashed herself.
It was suffocating just to witness.
-Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwa boom!
The lightning storm from the sky trapped the fleeing Sata King, and the meteor shower of pursuing swords pierced into him.
-Pfufufufufufufufufufuk!
-Kwaaaaaaargh!
Sata King's agonized roar echoed in all directions.
In the third eye of Mok Gan, fused with the Six Demons' Great Power King Uma King, the red glow wavered at the dying roar of Sata King.
Having watched the world for so long, he remembered this scene.
It was from the Human-Demon War incited by the Demon Horse King.
For something like that to happen again.
-Kwaaaaaak!
And that wasn't all.
That troublesome Yu Clan was the same.
Even the Six Demons' White Peng Demon King was rapidly crumbling under simultaneous attacks from within and without.
Heirs of the Peerless Star, the Yu Clan... What in the world were these beings that they had revived to ruin his grand scheme?
How many ages had he toiled to control all these variables?
It was all falling apart.
'...No more.'
If two of the Six Demons—Sata King and White Peng Demon King—were to perish, the tide of battle would become unpredictable.
Thus, Mok Gan, fused with Uma King, turned his gaze to the golden Heavenly King.
Even after using the divine artifact's power, not only had the tide not turned, it was being pushed back, yet the foe showed no wariness.
'As expected.'
To him, the Six Demons—natural calamities in motion—and the countless Yi-mae-mang-ryang hordes were mere pawns.
That's why he wouldn't blink an eye whether they lived or died.
-Grind!
Mok Gan's gaze shifted between the incarnation slaughtering the rampaging Yi-mae-mang-ryang with overwhelming might and the golden Heavenly King.
Other beings were beneath the golden Heavenly King's notice.
It might even be a good thing that his sole interest was killing him.
'He aims to reap the fisherman's profit.'
To him, Mok Gan himself was just another disposable piece.
And now that he was showing signs of breaking free from control, he would be marked for disposal after the clash with the incarnation ended.
There was no reason to follow his will.
'I've escaped the ring's influence.'
But he would pretend otherwise and bide his time.
The golden Heavenly King was underestimating him solely because the incarnation had become human.
But Mok Gan had felt firsthand how swiftly he had grown stronger.
That thing was a monster beyond imagination.
He would surely continue growing even mid-battle with the golden Heavenly King.
'But the golden Heavenly King is a god-like being who scoffs even at the Six Demons. Their fight won't end easily—it could end in mutual destruction.'
If he struck at that moment, there was a chance to eliminate them both...
-Puk!
"Guh!"
Something pierced through the chest of Mok Gan, fused with Great Power King.
'Th-this is...'
It was the tail of the White-Faced King, Golden-Furred Nine-Tailed Fox, every hair sharpened into blades.
Great Power King's eyes trembled.
Before fusing, he had thought her crippled beyond recovery from his assault, his mind wholly on the war and breaking free from the ring's domination.
'I let my guard down.'
-Krrrrgh!
-Squeeze!
Mok Gan, fused with Great Power King, hastily grabbed the tail protruding from his chest.
Then her voice whispered in his ear.
-I should have made sure to finish you off before looking elsewhere.
"You bitch!"
-Kurrrr!
Jet-black lava flowed from Great Power King's hands.
Calmly waiting to reap the benefits was no longer an option.
In this situation, staying put could mean death, so Mok Gan, enduring the pain of his pierced chest, turned to attack the Golden-Furred Nine-Tailed Fox.
But,
-Shrriiing!
Her tails instantly bound both his arms and legs, preventing it.
Then the Golden-Furred Nine-Tailed Fox climbed onto Great Power King's back and up to his shoulder.
He tried to shake her off with brute force,
-Squeeze!
But she seized his head and opened her mouth toward the third eye on his forehead, firing a golden beam.
-Shwaaaaa!
-Splurt!
Sensing mortal danger, Mok Gan unleashed tremendous power in an instant, ripping free the two tails around his arms and hurling her away.
-Kwaaaaaang!
The massive Golden-Furred Nine-Tailed Fox crashed down, shaking the ground and cracking it.
Yet even then, the golden demonic beam from her mouth sliced through Great Power King's left eye and left horn before hitting the earth.
-Shwaaaaa!
-Kwarrghhh!
Unable to endure the pain of losing his horn—the core of his demonic power—Mok Gan roared.
"You damned fox bitch, you must be insane to crave death!"
Pain turned to rage, and Mok Gan charged at the still-prone Golden-Furred Nine-Tailed Fox, aiming to crush her head with his lava-coated foot.
-Kuuung! Kuuung! Kuuung!
It was in that moment, as the scorching, massive foot descended toward her head.
-Shwaaak!
A single black line sliced through the air.
With it, Great Power King's lava-coated foot fell limp, revealing the severed leg's stump.
-Kuuuung!
'What?'
The Golden-Furred Nine-Tailed Fox's eyes widened as she blocked the falling foot from smacking her face.
What just happened? As she wondered, Great Power King roared in agony from his severed right leg, following his horn and eye.
-Kwarrghhh!
Amid the ear-shattering roar, she spotted a figure.
Her eyes lit with ecstasy at the one hurtling toward them at incredible speed.
It was none other than,
'Heavenly Demon!'
Mok Kyung-un.
A strange feeling gripped her.
Since her birth in ancient times, had she ever received aid from another?
It was a first.
'Not bad.'
As she savored the sensation, curiosity struck her.
He had been dealing with the rampaging Yi-mae-mang-ryang—when had he arrived here?
Then she saw it: across the vast plain opposite the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, countless Yi-mae-mang-ryang corpses torn apart.
Piled into corpse mountains—that phrase fit perfectly.
'!!!!!!!'
Some still lived, but noticeably reduced to barely two-tenths.
Enough for the Three Great Powers' warriors to handle.
'In that short time... alone?'
The Golden-Furred Nine-Tailed Fox was genuinely astounded.
Not only had he nearly annihilated the Yi-mae-mang-ryang single-handedly, but he'd flown here and severed Great Power King's leg?
"Ha!"
She had misjudged him.
Though far stronger than before, she had thought him still inferior to the Six Demons.
She was wrong.
The aura radiating from Mok Kyung-un now overwhelmed even the Six Demons.
[End of Chapter 126: The Peerless Sword (4)]