Rebirth of the Thunder God

Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

A legendary divine art that needs no long explanation.

An invincible martial art that would surely be in the top three if one were to pick the strongest martial art of all time.

The Heavenly Demon Divine Art was not only a heart art, but also a comprehensive martial art that encompassed various martial arts such as fist arts, sword arts, and footwork.

For example, the footwork of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was called the Heavenly Demon's Reigning Steps.

The sword art was called the Heavenly Demon Divine Sword, and the fist art was called the Heavenly Demon Fist.

The most important heart art was called the Heavenly Demon Heart Incantation.

Since some of the names were not given by the Heavenly Demon but were conveniently attached from the outside, it was common to refer to it collectively as 'Heavenly Demon Divine Art.'

A Daoist of the Kunlun Sect had succeeded in cultivating such a legendary divine art.

‘It's the real Heavenly Demon Divine Art. Not a failure like Cheongheo Jin-in, but a proper entry.’

The reason he had made Cheongheo Jin-in learn it was perhaps to gain information through the process of his trial and error.

As a Daoist of the Kunlun Sect, learning the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, which was of a different nature, would have many difficulties, so it seemed he had even experimented like this.

Meticulous and vicious.

How could he test this on his own junior brother and even put a restriction on him to seal his memories?

‘Is this really a Daoist of the Kunlun Sect? By any chance, is this fellow a spy for the Association?’

Before Namgung Hui's thoughts could continue, Cheongsu thrust forward with his blackened hand.

Swaeaek!

Namgung Hui, carrying Jang Hwang, quickly retreated.

Still, the fortunate thing was that as much as the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was profound, its mastery was not deep.

"Brother. Hide well behind me. It seems it will be difficult to face this opponent while carrying you."

"Alright. I've already prepared a way to hide myself."

Jang Hwang smiled, shaking a talisman.

A reliable appearance, as if telling him not to worry.

Namgung Hui, since he trusted him, turned his gaze again and stared at Cheongsu.

"As expected of a person from the Namgung family, your martial prowess is outstanding. At that age, at that level, you have every right to be arrogant."

"It's not arrogance, but confidence. But how can a Daoist covet martial arts like this, even experimenting on his own junior brother?"

"Hahaha! If you also knew the name of this martial art, you would understand."

"I know it's the Heavenly Demon Divine Art."

"!? As expected, Cheongheo told you. I'll have to kill you and deal with my junior brother for sure. Thank you. For telling me this. I wasn't going to kill my junior brother, but because of you, I'll have to kill him. Tsk, tsk."

Cheongsu, who was shifting the blame to Namgung Hui.

He was trying to eliminate Namgung Hui and silence his junior brother, Cheongheo, by killing him.

Although Namgung Hui had said it like that, the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was a martial art worthy of such a price.

Because anyone in the Central Plains would go crazy if it were a divine art.

Moreover, if it were the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, the best among the divine arts, there was no need for two words.

‘But a Daoist of the Kunlun Sect has no need to learn it by killing even his junior brother. Even the martial arts of the Kunlun Sect have many supreme divine arts.’

Right now, the Supreme Purity Formless Divine Art that Namgung Hui had brought was also a great, supreme martial art.

And even excluding that, there were many divine arts suitable for actual combat.

Various Daoist arts and advanced martial arts.

Even just the Dragon Slaying Divine Art, which was said to split a dragon, was not inferior to the ultimate arts of the Shaolin Temple.

The footwork, the Cloud Dragon Great Eight Stances, was already famous in the Central Plains.

Besides that, it was full of martial arts with infinite possibilities that Namgung Hui did not know.

And more than anything, what Namgung Hui thought was foolish was that the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, which was not of the same nature but completely opposite, could even be hindered by the group of Kunlun Sect's martial arts that had been accumulated so far.

For example, it could be said that it was like a person who had learned a fire art learning an ice art.

If the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was the ultimate hegemony.

The martial arts of the Kunlun Sect were the ultimate flow.

Nevertheless, there is no end to human greed.

It seemed that was the same for the Daoist of the Kunlun Sect, who had accumulated immortal training.

"There's no good in dragging time, so I'll finish it. It's a pity to leave this world at such a young age. But you brought this upon yourself. Don't resent me."

Cheongsu once again drew his black hand and rushed at Namgung Hui.

While performing the Cloud Dragon Great Eight Stances, the most famous footwork for its splendor.

-Swish, swish, swish!

Cheongsu, who flew, flipping his body several times in the air.

He thoroughly thrust his hand from Namgung Hui's blind spot.

A sharp hand technique.

-Kang, kang, kang!

But Namgung Hui had already surpassed the realm of relying on sight.

On top of that, hadn't he transcended his senses and even obtained a sixth sense, a supersense?

He could feel it even with his eyes closed.

Cheongsu's blatant hostility.

And his impatience was also coming out in his hands.

He was probably planning to deal with Namgung Hui quickly and also silence his junior brother.

‘If so, shall I face him with leisure?’

When would he get to face a degraded Heavenly Demon Divine Art?

The Heavenly Demon of his past life was a strong person that even Namgung Hui did not dare to face.

And he had never seen anyone who had learned the Heavenly Demon Divine Art other than the Heavenly Demon.

Now, the Daoist in front of him was the second user of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art that Namgung Hui had seen.

As a martial artist, his heart began to pound.

Pang, pang!!

As expected of a Daoist who had lived for a considerable number of years, he sent a palm technique at Namgung Hui with the technique of striking a mountain and hitting a cow.

As much as he had lived for a long time, his internal energy was also profound.

Since the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was not a demonic art, it could be fully implemented even with the internal energy of the Kunlun Sect.

A black palm technique that also resembled the Great Hand Seal.

If the mercy of the Tathagata was felt from the Great Hand Seal, not a single bit of mercy was felt from the palm technique of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

Only the evil cry of Asura, who would destroy everything, was felt.

‘Then shall I counterattack?’

Namgung Hui also performed the Esoteric Sect's Great Hand Seal and entered a contest of internal energy.

Such a contest of internal energy was an act that was thoroughly avoided even among masters.

Because if one were to make a mistake, it was easy to end up with mutual destruction.

And even if one won, it could lead to a great internal injury.

"A young fellow dares to challenge me to a contest of internal energy! How arrogant!"

"You have the leisure to open your mouth? As expected, the Heavenly Demon Divine Art is different."

Namgung Hui's internal energy was 6 Jiazi.

No matter how deep the Cheongsu in front of him was, he would not be able to exceed 5 Jiazi.

Usually, 1 Jiazi was 60 years of internal energy.

Even if one were to accumulate Ki with an outstanding internal energy heart art, the reality was that one could not exceed 3 Jiazi.

Well, due to the clear energy of the Kunlun Mountains, one might be able to exceed 4 Jiazi, but it was practically impossible to reach 6 Jiazi like Namgung Hui.

Unless one were to eat several top-grade spirit medicines like Namgung Hui or absorb internal energy with the Star-Sucking Great Art.

-Papapapat!

Still, Cheongsu was not pushed back.

Because the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was that outstanding.

Perhaps because Cheongsu had also eaten the spirit core of a spirit beast, his internal energy did not seem to be greatly lacking.

A person who was truly hard to see as a Daoist.

And so, how long did they push and pull with their internal energy?

When sweat flowed from Cheongsu's forehead, Namgung Hui sent a finger technique with his other hand.

"Heop!"

Cheongsu, who was greatly flustered, even swallowing a gasp.

Since the Two Principles Heart Art was a martial art that was hard to see in a lifetime, his astonishment was a natural result.

In the first place, Namgung Hui had also intended this.

"Keuleok!"

In the end, Cheongsu, who had suffered an internal injury, spat out black, dead blood.

But as if he had performed a Daoist art, he soon found his stability, and his complexion also changed to a peaceful one.

"Fellow! You've learned a lot of strange talents. If so, I'll show you my hidden card too."

Cheongsu, who quickly formed a hand seal.

Simultaneously with the end of his splendid hand movements, his appearance changed in an instant.

Transformation art.

And it wasn't just changing his appearance, as the energy felt from him was quite different.

"Ordinary people think of transformation art as just a Daoist art that changes one's appearance. But true transformation should be able to obtain the power of that subject."

A horn that sprouted from his forehead and a muscular physique that was greatly swollen.

On top of that, his blood-colored skin was reminiscent of the Asura he had only heard of in words.

"Don't tell me you're imitating Asura?"

"Yes. The Heavenly Demon Divine Art has its roots in the Demonic Cult. The Demonic Cult is a religion that serves Asura. If I transform into the god of that place, I can implement the Heavenly Demon Divine Art better than the Heavenly Demon. Watch!"

Simultaneously with the bursting shout, a light flashed.

The moment Namgung Hui recognized the light.

-Peok!!!

The fist that had already reached his eyes was being driven into Namgung Hui's abdomen.

Namgung Hui, who was hit in the abdomen in a defenseless state, flew backwards.

Still, it was a good thing that he had quickly performed his protective Ki. If he had really not been able to react at all, even his internal organs would have been damaged.

‘He's really become a different person. For now, I'll have to see him as an incarnation of Asura.’

The leisure disappeared from Namgung Hui.

It seemed he would have to face him with all his might now.

Namgung Hui also drew his Thunder God Sword and performed the opening of the electric poles.

Purple Thunder Ki flowed elegantly over his whole body and further awakened his supersense.

In his sharpened senses, time flowed slowly.

If Cheongsu had transformed into an incarnation of Asura using a transformation art.

All Namgung Hui had to do was become the Thunder God.

Flash!

Again, a black light flashed, and a fist flew.

But.

‘I can see it!’

Unlike before, the fist Ki was detected in Namgung Hui's cognitive domain.

Still, since it had a destructive power that could not be ignored, even though he had clearly avoided it, a scar was formed on his skin.

Truly a terrifying power.

"Somehow, your ability to avoid is considerable, more so than the Cloud Dragon Great Eight Stances. I'll watch how long you can avoid like that."

Namgung Hui judged that there was no answer in just avoiding like this.

It wasn't just Cheongsu who was being chased by time, but Namgung Hui as well.

The opening of the electric poles also consumed a great deal of internal energy.

And since he was also performing the Two Principles Heart Art, the amount of consumption was easily twice as much.

If so, all he had to do was settle the match in one go.

Since Cheongsu would also want that, he gladly responded to the match.

Chwararak!

A huge amount of Thunder Ki spreading over his whole body.

Namgung Hui immediately threw his daggers, sent a palm technique with his left hand, and swung the Thunder God Sword with his right hand.

Esoteric Sect's Great Hand Seal. Tathagata's Palm. Radiance.

Thirteen Flashes of Thunder. 10th Stance. Mad Heaven.

Radiance poured out from the Tathagata's palm.

And a thunderbolt fell from the mad sky.

Gooo!!

Kwagwagwang!!

A black light flickered in all directions, and a purple sunset emanated its presence here and there.

This was so much so that it was hard to see it as a clash between humans, as it was erasing the terrain itself.

Now, it was to the point that it couldn't even be called a back mountain.

That sight was a scene that reproduced the Asura field where Indra and Asura had fought.

Swaaaa...

The clash of light... no, should I call it a clash of gods?

Now, between the quieted battlefield, a faint figure was visible.

Jang Hwang, who was watching this, quickly found Namgung Hui's figure and let out a sigh of relief.

Although he didn't know how much he was hurt, he was standing firmly on the ground with both feet.

On the contrary, Cheongsu had gone somewhere, and even when the thick dust settled, his figure could not be found.

Don't tell me he had evaporated without even leaving a corpse due to Namgung Hui's powerful stance?

That could very well be.

Because the stances that Namgung Hui had performed were at a level where one's body would not be intact even if hit by just one.

Moreover, the purple thunderbolt that had fallen from the sky had enough power to burn a corpse and more.

But for some reason, Jang Hwang's sensitive senses still had an uneasy feeling.

And as expected.

As soon as Jang Hwang had that thought.

-Puhak!!

Suddenly, something appeared from behind Namgung Hui and pierced Namgung Hui's heart.

(End of Chapter)