Chapter 466
Translator: Ace
Chapter: 466
Chapter Title: Disappear
"Ah... No... This can't be..."
Ha Seol-ran suddenly clutched her face and collapsed to the ground.
The people around her jumped in shock at her abrupt action.
"This is..."
At that moment.
Wi Ji-gun's eyes snapped open as he muttered to himself.
He had circulated his energy as much as possible to recover, reaching about sixty percent of his total inner power.
He still needed to continue meditating.
But the overwhelming aura he suddenly sensed forced his eyes open.
"Impossible..."
So Hwi-woong wore a startled expression as he opened his eyes as well.
"What's wrong?"
Dam Mu-hun asked with an anxious look.
"It's an immense power."
So Hwi-woong grimaced as he rose to his feet.
His gaze turned toward Dokgo Ya-pae, who had just absorbed all the energy.
Goosebumps rose all over his body.
Indeed.
Could such a being with that kind of aura truly exist in this world?
Wi Ji-gun stared in the same direction with a grave expression.
"Can you handle it?"
So Hwi-woong asked Wi Ji-gun.
He already knew.
That Wi Ji-gun was a master in an even higher realm than himself.
Wi Ji-gun slowly shook his head.
Even at full strength.
He had no confidence he could withstand that power.
How could such strength exist in this world?
"So demons truly are demons, after all..."
Those who overheard Wi Ji-gun and So Hwi-woong's conversation gritted their teeth.
A massive wave of despair crashed over them.
But they couldn't just collapse.
"I never imagined the Blood Cult had power like that..."
At Dam Mu-hun's words.
So Hwi-woong let out a wry chuckle.
"They probably didn't know either. If they did, they wouldn't have fallen so easily back then."
Around that time.
Han Seol-bing opened her eyes.
She too had sensed this tremendous aura.
Dokgo Ya-pae wasn't hiding it—he was letting it surge freely.
Now, one by one, others began sensing it as well.
Tension settled heavily on their faces.
When that monster returned here.
How on earth were they supposed to face it?
As those thoughts raced through their minds.
So Hwi-woong's eyebrow twitched.
"Hm?"
The monster was moving.
It had moved, but...
The direction was...
"Huh? It's getting farther away..."
Ha Seol-ran muttered as she sensed it too.
Yeon Ha-min, who had been comforting her, froze at the words.
Not coming here, but heading away?
"What is that thing thinking...?"
Wi Ji-gun frowned.
This was the Mountain-Crossing Demonic Forest.
Apart from nearby villages and herb gatherers, it was devoid of people.
In other words, any battle here wouldn't harm civilians.
But the monster was leaving this place.
So Hwi-woong instantly recalled the terrain of the entire Central Plains in his mind.
Tracing the straight path it was taking.
"It's aiming for Luoyang?"
He couldn't help but twist his face in horror.
That monster heading to Luoyang.
They needed to chase and stop it immediately.
But its speed was monstrous.
With a considerable distance already between them, catching up before it reached Luoyang was impossible.
No, even if they somehow caught it.
What could they do?
At best, slow its steps a little.
Naturally, So Hwi-woong's gaze turned backward.
Ha Mu-baek was still there, seated in meditation.
'Mu-baek. If it's you...'.
It was ridiculous for the Righteous Heaven Alliance Leader like himself to think this way.
But honestly.
He wished that guy would open his eyes soon.
And take down that monster.
If even Ha Mu-baek said it was impossible, then there really would be no way.
Only the world's end in ruin would remain.
Wi Ji-gun also looked toward his disciple.
A disciple stronger than his master.
If it was Ha Mu-baek, surely he had some way.
Others might not know, but Wi Ji-gun did.
In the ancestral cave.
Ha Mu-baek had met the sect founder.
And become even stronger.
Just the divine might he displayed upon arriving here.
Was enough to rival the jiangshi racing toward Luoyang now.
At least, that's how it felt to Wi Ji-gun.
"Brother..."
Ha Seol-ran, who had risen to her feet, gazed desperately at Ha Mu-baek.
At that moment.
A tremendous surge of energy from Ha Mu-baek's dantian.
In a flash.
It appeared and vanished so quickly no one else noticed.
But Ha Seol-ran felt it.
"Brother!"
Her voice changed.
It was filled with hope, joy, and delight.
Ha Mu-baek's eyelids trembled faintly.
Then he opened his eyes.
Calm, serene eyes.
He slowly rose to his feet.
Ha Mu-baek met the eyes of those staring at him.
Information about the surroundings flooded into his senses.
His gaze turned toward Luoyang.
One energy racing there at tremendous speed.
Its identity was easy to guess.
Another heaven-extinguishing jiangshi, like the one he sensed on the way here.
It had to be that one.
But how had it gained such vast power in this short time?
Ha Mu-baek shifted his gaze.
Things that should have been there were missing from his senses.
Gone.
The six heaven-extinguishing jiangshi he had silenced with ice essence energy.
Ha Mu-baek's gaze returned to Luoyang.
He could roughly guess what happened.
"The Blood Cult bastards really are the epitome of evil that needs to be erased from the world."
Ha Mu-baek muttered calmly.
Words that should have been filled with rage.
Yet delivered in utter tranquility.
"Brother, are you okay?"
Ha Seol-ran stepped forward and asked.
Ha Mu-baek smiled faintly.
"I'm fine. First, I need to deal with that thing."
With that answer, Ha Mu-baek gave a small nod to Wi Ji-gun.
Then kicked off the ground.
In an instant, he shot up to a dizzying height of ten zhang.
The moment people craned their necks to look up.
Flash!
His figure vanished.
Whoosh.
Leaving only the faint sound of wind.
Ha Mu-baek rocketed away at incredible speed.
He was using Fleetfoot Across a Thousand Li.
But it wasn't running.
It was like folding space itself.
Surpassing any human lightness skill.
Crimson energy roiled.
Even red aura rising from blood-red skin.
A massive blood clot hurtled forward at mad speed.
Dokgo Ya-pae didn't care about his surroundings.
He just charged straight ahead.
Toward the land of Luoyang, unhindered.
Blasting straight through anything in his path.
Trees.
Rocks.
Shattered and scattered.
Rivers.
Cliffs too.
Nothing stopped his advance.
Dokgo Ya-pae, dashing toward one single point.
Hesitated for the first time.
Then turned his head back.
Something was approaching him at tremendous speed.
The distance closing rapidly.
Faster than him.
"No way?"
The unbelievable fact halted Dokgo Ya-pae's legs.
A human faster than him, who had reached the Blood God realm?
Impossible.
But his senses clearly told him so.
Fast.
Incredibly fast.
But that was it.
The aura from that presence was just an ordinary human.
Nothing more, nothing less.
That sparked doubt and curiosity.
No ordinary human could move at that speed.
So.
He waited.
Thinking he'd personally smash it to pieces and then continue.
How long did he wait?
As it drew closer.
Thud.
A human dropped from the air.
Not running on the ground.
He had run through the sky.
No, should it be called flying?
A human had done what even he, a Blood God, could not.
"A monster. This one is."
Ha Mu-baek muttered calmly upon facing Dokgo Ya-pae.
His Infinite Bright Wheel Eye confirmed it clearly.
Clearly a heaven-extinguishing jiangshi.
Yet countless jiangshi dwelled within it.
The ones it had absorbed.
"Cannibalizing your own kind, huh..."
Contempt filled Ha Mu-baek's eyes.
Jiangshi eating jiangshi.
But originally, they were all human.
A jiangshi devouring another jiangshi's inner core.
In other words.
Humans devouring humans' dantians.
No, Dokgo Ya-pae had actually devoured humans' dantians too.
But since he only absorbed jiangshi energy from them.
Ha Mu-baek hadn't noticed.
"Kukuku. Cannibalism? They sacrificed for this body that became a Blood God—it's an honor for them. Human or jiangshi."
Dokgo Ya-pae let out a grotesque laugh.
"Who are you?"
Ha Mu-baek didn't answer Dokgo Ya-pae's question.
Because of what he had just said.
"Humans? Did you eat people too?"
His voice thick with rage.
"Insolent fool! Do you think the Blood God would stoop to such filth? I took their dantians only to claim the Blood God energy they held. I ask again—who are you! I shall personally grant you the glory of becoming part of this Blood God. Kukuku."
Ha Mu-baek's fury deepened.
He had drawn his conclusion from those words.
This thing had devoured humans' dantians.
However.
One question lingered.
Blood God energy, it said.
But ordinary martial artists wouldn't have such energy.
'I'll look into it later.'
With So Hwi-woong and Dam Mu-hun there, it wouldn't be hard.
Before that.
'Deal with this one first.'
Ha Mu-baek drew his sword.
Black and white energy coiled around the blade, then turned transparent.
"Ha Mu-baek. The human who will make you vanish."
At the calm reply.
Dokgo Ya-pae unleashed his full power.
"Kuhahaha! I bestow upon you the glory of being the Blood God's first sacrifice. I am Dokgo Ya-pae, the Blood God you shall become part of. Remember that glorious name well!"
The surging blood-red energy, vital force, formed a massive spear.
Dokgo Ya-pae kicked off the ground, hurling the blood spear at Ha Mu-baek.
Blood Dragon Specter Soul Blood Demon Spear.
Dokgo Ya-pae's signature spear art from life.
One of the Blood Cult's ten strongest techniques.
Ha Mu-baek had faced it before against Blood Cult experts in the Great Martial Tournament.
Clang! Clang!
Ha Mu-baek's sword blocked the storm of spear thrusts.
One stab produced spear tips from all directions simultaneously.
Ha Mu-baek's single sword strike deflected them all.
As a storm of blood raged from all sides, blood spears appeared in eight directions.
Ha Mu-baek's sword.
Blocked all sides, then pulverized the eight directions.
Dozens of exchanges in a single breath.
Boom!
A massive shockwave erupted.
Both retreated.
"You're not bad, you."
Dokgo Ya-pae tried to hide his surprise as he spoke to Ha Mu-baek.
"For a jiangshi bastard."
Ha Mu-baek gripped his sword again.
Dokgo Ya-pae frowned.
His expression shifted so naturally.
No one would imagine he was a jiangshi.
No.
He himself believed he wasn't one.
Not a jiangshi, but a Blood God.
A being who transcended death to become divine.
That was Dokgo Ya-pae.
"I'll rip that arrogant mouth off right now."
At Ha Mu-baek's words.
He flew into rage.
His energy surged like a storm.
The blood vital force extended outward.
Creating 108 blood spears in the air.
"Disappear."
As Dokgo Ya-pae swept his hands.
The 108 spears shot toward Ha Mu-baek, filling space with variations of Blood Dragon Specter Soul Blood Demon Spear forms.
One Hundred Eight Ghost Weeping Spears.
The aura from the blood spears.
Had turned the surroundings into a perfect blood-red world.
Ha Mu-baek raised his sword.
A simple, impassive motion.
As if even swinging lazily was too much trouble.
The moment a sneer curled on Dokgo Ya-pae's lips at the feeble sword.
Slash.
Ha Mu-baek swung down.