Chapter 204
Chapter 204
"You... are you really not afraid of death?"
The Blood Demon's heart was filled with an indescribable strangeness and bewilderment.
Also, with emptiness.
The disciple of the God of War, Jin So-ah.
At the thought that he could kill him, he was briefly engulfed in joy.
Because the Blood Demon was projecting his lifelong nemesis, Moyong Cheon, onto So-ah.
But...
How could So-ah's momentum still be the same?
So-ah's injuries were so severe that his life was on the line.
His sternum was shattered, and the damage to his internal organs must have been serious.
Moreover, since the spell of the [Blood God Demonic Heavenly Gang] released a terrible demonic aura that snatched away the soul, both So-ah and Wi-ji Chan should have lost their reason or consciousness in fear by now.
But,
"If I was afraid of death, I wouldn't have climbed Go-hap-san in the first place... I'm not a cowardly person like you."
...So-ah did not lose his reason.
He did not tremble in fear.
"You brat..."
In an instant, the Blood Demon was enraged.
He wanted to inflict pain.
He had been eagerly waiting for the words 'spare me' and 'have mercy' to come out of So-ah's mouth.
But the Blood Demon realized.
'This person will not bend even if his neck is cut off.'
So-ah.
...that the disciple of the God of War would never break his will.
The moment he realized that although he could take his body, he could never subdue his spirit.
*Kka-deuk—*
...the Blood Demon had no choice but to be frustrated.
"Jin So-ah. I will tear off your arms, legs, and neck, and I will throw your body to the beasts of Go-hap-san, and I will make your soul disappear from anywhere in the universe!!!"
The Blood Demon's eyes flashed with a blood-red light.
At the same time,
—*Chwa-reu-reu-reuk!*
...several more tentacles shot out from the Blood Demon's body like lightning and rushed towards So-ah's body.
*Cheok, cheok-cheok!*
At some point, So-ah's arms and two legs.
...up to his neck.
...his limbs and head were tightly bound by the tentacles.
'Keuk...'
As the tentacles tightened, So-ah's bones, muscles, and skin tissue burst.
Moreover, since the tentacle on his neck was blocking his breathing and cutting off the blood flow to his brain, So-ah's death seemed certain if this continued.
Just then.
*Kwa-a-a-a-a-a-ang!*
The Blood Demon's eyes widened like a lantern, and,
*Deol-deol-deol—*
...he trembled his body as if he had been electrocuted...
"Brother Chan..."
What on earth happened?
The spell of the [Blood God Demonic Heavenly Gang] was a very powerful and high-level technique among the mental spells that broke the will.
But how!
How could Wi-ji Chan break through the mental spell and move his body to strike the tentacle with the Heavenly Demon Divine Sword!
"Keu... keu-heu-heu-heuk!"
*Pu-sha-a-a-a-a-ak—!*
At the same time, bright red blood poured out from the Blood Demon's mouth like a fountain.
'Why of all things... of all things, now!!!'
It was because the body that had not yet achieved the blood god transformation had begun to run wild again.
"Why-y-y-y-y-y-y-y!!!"
The Blood Demon's monstrous scream burst out with the momentum to cover the heavens and the earth.
'...!'
'...!'
That monstrous scream made the hearts of So-ah and Wi-ji Chan pound with fear.
***
'What is it... what happened?'
Wi-ji Chan's eyes were filled with a deep question.
The Blood Demon, who had been unfolding his tentacles and trying to cut off So-ah's limbs until just now.
...was suddenly screaming and vomiting blood foam.
'That is definitely the phenomenon of qi deviation!'
That's right.
No matter how he looked at it, Wi-ji Chan seemed to be judging that the Blood Demon was currently in a state of qi deviation.
Because there was no other room for interpretation.
And that interpretation was not wrong.
"Kwa-a-a-a-a-a-ak!!!"
The Blood Demon's monstrous scream turned into a shriek.
In that moment.
*Chwa-reuk, chwa-reu-reuk!*
The Blood Demon's tentacles that had been wrapped around So-ah's body slowly loosened.
So-ah's body, which had been floating in the air, sank powerlessly to the ground.
At the same time.
[Don't think that today is the end. The day you meet me again. You will not escape death!]
...the Blood Demon's voice was transmitted to Wi-ji Chan's ears with the technique of the Six Harmonies Telepathy.
The fact that the Blood Demon had escaped the scene as if he was running away due to qi deviation was a narrow escape for So-ah and Wi-ji Chan.
But,
"So-ah!!!"
...at some point, So-ah had lost consciousness and had fallen to the cold floor.
Wi-ji Chan rushed over and hugged So-ah.
"So-ah..."
***
"Go!!"
"We can win!"
"We will win-n-n-n-n-n!"
A roar that covered the entire Gansu cult branch echoed from the ranks of the subjugation force.
The momentum contained in the roar was truly magnificent.
'Woo-chi-ya! You... you did it!!'
Even in the midst of wading through the carnage of hell, Baek In-hwa's heart was soaked with emotion.
Jeon Woo-chi.
Baek In-hwa had believed in his disciple, Jeon Woo-chi.
Because he was so intelligent and had an excellent spiritual sense, and was the owner of a clear soul, he had not doubted that he would one day become a Taoist and a practitioner who would surpass himself.
But he did not know that that day would come so soon.
A thousand clones (分身)...
To be sure, it was a spell that even Baek In-hwa himself could not unfold.
...it was a spell that one could only try to imitate when one's magical power had reached the heavens.
His disciple, Jeon Woo-chi, had performed such a feat.
It was only natural for his heart to become moist as a master.
"A Taoist, crosses the sea!!"
*Kwa-a-a-a-a-a-ang—!*
"Jumps over mountains!!!"
*Pa-a-a-a-a-a-ang—!*
"And freely handles the harmony of heaven and earth!"
*Ku-reu-reu-reu-reung—!*
On the other hand, Jeon Woo-chi was pouring out his magical power like crazy, which was not just welling up, but was about to overflow.
At this moment.
...there was no need for talismans or the incantation of a spell.
Just by repeating the Taoist name in his mind and imagining the spell in his head, he was making thunder strike from the sky, pouring down hail like iron lumps on the ranks of the demonic beasts, and was manifesting a divine ki that froze the bodies of the zombies.
'Crazy!'
'Is that really the same Jeon Woo-chi who was always being beaten by Brother Jin? My heart is pounding!'
'Wow... the hidden card was here, here!'
The people of the subjugation force could not close their mouths as they watched Jeon Woo-chi's great performance.
It was not just Jeon Woo-chi's own performance that was amazing.
The 1,000 clones (分身) that he had summoned showed movements like light and were wiping out the White Lotus Cult by sticking talismans on the foreheads of the zombies and pouring a blue light (靑光) on the bodies of the demonic beasts.
At some point, a light of victory was shining on the subjugation force, which had been in the shadow of defeat.
"Die!!"
*Kwa-a-a-a-a-a-ang!*
"Let's end this boring fight now, and sleep with our feet stretched out from tomorrow!"
*Seo-geok—!*
"The victory of the allied forces is right in front of us! Everyone, cheer up-p-p-p-p-p!"
*Chae-chae-chae-chae-chae-chaeng!*
Pitch-black darkness...
...as the friction of the swords and swords that were emitting flames continued, the hearts of the subjugation force were also endlessly uplifted.
Hope was like that.
Until just half a shichen ago, they had wondered if they could survive here.
Could they win?
No!
They couldn't win.
They couldn't survive.
Although they had been self-deprecating, the moment Jeon Woo-chi's clone technique became a detonator, the subjugation force had hope, and.
"We!!!"
"Will win!!!"
"You bastards!!!"
...the power of hope swelled up like an irresistible tidal wave and covered the scene with joy and heat.
In that moment.
'That's him!'
Jeon Woo-chi's eyes.
...to be precise, a wave of ki that was invisible to the naked eye was detected in his mind's eye.
'He's definitely using a hiding spell.'
Jeon Woo-chi realized that it was part of a spell like a hiding or stealth art.
'That brat is the head. That brat is controlling and supervising all the demonic beasts and zombies in general.'
Jeon Woo-chi was confident.
...that the brat who was currently hiding his body with a hiding art and was controlling the spell was the leader of the enemy who was leading the entire battle.
"The Left Heavenly Demonic Path, Go Eung!"
Jeon Woo-chi let out a thunderous roar and flew towards the place where the ki wave was rising like a haze.
At that, surprisingly, wasn't the carpet naturally wrapping around Jeon Woo-chi's body!
'That is?!'
Baek In-hwa, who was watching him from a distance, widened his eyes.
The moment the carpet stuck to Jeon Woo-chi's body, the carpet turned into a piece of clothing like a cloak made by a master, and as soon as he put it on, Jeon Woo-chi's body was leaping, scattering afterimages like lightning, making the lightness skill seem insignificant.
'Hoho! Now Woo-chi can unfold his spells just by thinking!!'
How pleased he was, that even in the midst of cutting the legs of the Great Line Human-Faced Spider, Baek In-hwa smiled.
*Pa-a-a-a-a-a-a-ang—!*
Jeon Woo-chi's body, which had been shot, exploding the air, stopped in front of the formless ki wave.
And with that,
*Deob-seok—!*
...Jeon Woo-chi's hand, which was holding a talisman, burst into a blue light and was directed at the empty air.
At that, with his collar caught in that hand, the figure of an old man with white hair was clearly revealed in the room.
'...!'
That old man, due to having poured out his magical power to the limit, had his skin dried up like a piece of wood and had a hollow look in his eyes, the head of the Gansu cult branch.
...it was the Left Heavenly Demonic Path, Go Eung.
"Got you, you brat!"
It was a moment when the corners of Jeon Woo-chi's lips ascended.
***
What is enlightenment?
Is enlightenment the will of heaven that comes without a sound?
Or is it the inevitable result of a human's hard training to reach the heavens?
Whatever the case, one thing was for sure.
'What on earth have I done?'
Today.
...on the battlefield of hell.
...Jeon Woo-chi had gained an unexpected enlightenment.
'Well, anyway...'
Anyway.
'It's a great deal, isn't it!'
Because Jeon Woo-chi had been performing great feats with So-ah for the past few years.
...at some point, his thought process had become very similar to So-ah's.
Whether it was a coincidence or an inevitability.
Whether it was the will of heaven or the will of man.
Was that important?
What was really important was that I had obtained the power of a 'great practitioner'.
Jeon Woo-chi decided to enjoy the change.
Because he had learned through So-ah that sometimes, it is the wisdom of life to just accept the phenomenon as it is, rather than to think and contemplate for a long time.
'I'm lucky.'
Originally, if you attribute it to luck, everything becomes easier.
***
"It's over!"
"Finally... finally!"
"We won!!!"
The battle that had continued all night had entered a lull.
As it was, the fact that Jeon Woo-chi had captured the Left Heavenly Demonic Path, Go Eung, who had been on the verge of exhaustion, had acted as a decisive blow that had turned the tide of the battle.
Baek In-hwa and Jeon Woo-chi unfolded a joint spell and put a restriction on the Left Heavenly Demonic Path, Go Eung, so that he could not commit suicide, and as the magical power of the controller died down, the demonic beasts also seemed to have lost their strength, and half of them died and half were sealed by the magical power of the monks of the Heavenly Demon Sacred Hall, and they stopped their slaughter.
Also, most of the zombies had their heads burst by the power of Jeon Woo-chi's clones and the subjugation force and had met their deaths, and the members of the Gansu cult branch, who had been fighting against the subjugation force with their swords until the end, were either dead or seriously injured and were rolling on the floor.
"We won!"
"Alliance Leader!"
"Sect Leader Baek!"
"Master Gong-seung!"
"Amitabha...!"
A bright smile bloomed on the faces of the leadership.
Although the allied forces had also suffered many casualties, they had won a much easier victory than expected, so a smile naturally came out.
Just then.
"In the end, we won thanks to So-ah. If So-ah and Young Leader Wi-ji had not taken the Blood Demon with them. We would probably have been crushed by his prayer."
Abbess Hongryeon opened her mouth in a low voice.
At that, all the leaders nodded their heads at once.
But.
"But! I don't know what happened to So-ah."
"That's right."
"Since Young Leader Wi-ji followed him with his Sword-Riding Flying Art, won't it be okay?"
Soon, the faces of the people were filled with worry.
The Blood Demon they had seen was not human.
...to the extent that they could not guarantee victory even if all the leaders attacked him together.
'No matter how much Young Hero Jin is a qilin child who brings good luck, and a lucky person. This time, it might be different. The Blood Demon... if it's that person!'
Among them, some could not shake off such thoughts.
...the ominous thought that perhaps So-ah and Wi-ji Chan had perished together with the Blood Demon, or that they were already dead.
In that moment.
*Bi-cheok-bi-cheok—*
...with the red dawn's eye that was slowly rising.
...a person, covered in blood, walking with a stagger, came into the sight of the subjugation force.
"Y-Young Leader!"
The people of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, who saw that person, rushed out to greet him.
He was the young leader of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, who was holding So-ah and was bleeding black blood.
...it was Wi-ji Chan.
"So-ah!!!"
Seeing So-ah, who was unconscious in his arms, the people rushed out.
(End of Chapter)