chapter 58
58 – Young Fugitive vs. Thousand Demons
1.
The women who carried the fallen Nam Gungsa and Peng Yahwa approached Sam Jon.
There, Kang Cheon-a was sitting on a throne made of magic, blocking Sam Jon’s attack.
“…Did you suffer that much? However, it is sufficient.”
After roughly confirming to what extent the central field was destroyed, Kang Cheon-a stood up from the throne and reached out his hand.
“The central field is already in the palm of my hand.”
《Dark Buddha Body》
A black hand descended from the sky.
It wasn’t the size of an ordinary hand. It started coming down, powerful enough to cover the entire central field, pressing everything beneath its overwhelming magical force.
“You, who use magic, dare to imitate Lord Buddha’s technique…!”
“Even imitation requires some level of skill.”
Sam Jon decided to gather their strength together. Judging by its size, if that thing fell, they wouldn’t even be able to pick up the bones, let alone escape with aerial skills.
《Tripartite Heavenly Divine Geumjang》
River, sea, land, forest, sky, clouds—gigantic gueom formations emerged, taking the shape of a sword.
“Do you really think you can stop it with that?”
《White Night Festival》
As the clouds dispersed, a white night dawned upon the hand filling the sky.
The original, unprecedented technique of stealing the power of wickedness and giving strength to unexpected individuals was activated from a distant mountain.
*Kuuung!!*
And then, a massive explosion occurred from those black clouds, and Ryu Chun-hui, in a frenzied state, swung the hwarang at the Thousand Demon.
“《Moonlight Wrath》!!!”
Vast energy emanated from the moon, causing the clouds to illuminate.
“Has the White Night Festival severed our chains?”
*Kaaah!!*
As Ryu Chun-hui’s hwarang struck the neck of the Thousand Demon, a sharp sound rang out as if even iron had been hit.
“No matter how much you rampage, it’s useless. So, make your choice.”
Pour out your hatred towards me or die.
“Painfully embrace death.”
“It’s a sound that only you make. Slaughter.”
“Ugh…!”
Everyone resisted the Black Master, but the hand of the dark Buddha was mercilessly descending. Samjon’s blow was so powerful that it shattered all the remaining structures in the middle with just the shock wave.
The Baekya festival is a force that takes away 30% of the dark Buddha’s power.
“Jegiral..!!”
“Cheon Hui-yang!!”
“Hold on!”
The technique used to stop the black dragon.
“Blood Red Festival”
“Cheonha Sudden Destruction Dragon Formation”
With the single-minded determination to protect everyone, Ryu Cheon-hui attacked the dark Buddha, leaving the Heavenly Master behind.
“Effort is in vain.”
But with only half of his power, he could never surpass the domain of the gods.
2.
“I didn’t expect you to show up.”
“What are you here for, Oghwang’s child?”
“I… I came to do my job.”
“What?”
The Heavenly Master laughed and then sat down again after re-making the Occhau, sneering at Eunho.
“Did you come to satisfy my lust with that beautiful face of yours? It seems like that’s all you can do.”
Eunho didn’t smile. Instead, he looked at the Heavenly Master with pity.
“It seems like your gaze is not to my liking. I hope you’re not here to discuss a deal with the embodiment of the spirit.”
“If you think so, don’t make me laugh. There are plenty of ways to make you sacrifice the spirit now that you’ve appeared in front of me.”
“I know.”
“In that case, what exactly are you here for? From now on, you will be my tool, giving me your strength for the rest of your life, and living a life worse than death for my sake.”
The Heavenly Master looked around and spoke.
“It seems that the blind man who cannot see the situation. The Annihilation Carriage is being eroded by Magic. She took all the damage from the majority of the attacks, so she could protect the rest.”
“The prince and Namgung Se’s daughter, the eldest daughter of the Paengga family, and the disciple of Jijon were protected by the Annihilation Carriage, but they suffered injuries that could harm their lives. They say they are rolling on the ground over there.”
“The Three Sovereigns need not be mentioned. The Annihilation Carriage couldn’t protect them. They were hit directly to the point where the stronghold was destroyed, so they will never be able to practice martial arts again.”
Tianma had an eerie look in her eyes.
“No matter how men are blinded by emotions and cannot discern reason, I cannot understand your actions. Are you waiting for the chance to betray us? That’s funny. If you wanted to fight against me, you should have fought with them. After using them as shields to block my attacks, you could have tried to attack me at least once.”
Tianma looked at Eunho, who was not saying anything, with disinterest and bound him with magic.
“Ugh.”
“Other sects have all fallen. The Annihilation Carriage has caused damage with a single blow on all of us.”
It was a very small, faint sound, as if it could barely be heard on paper, but that was all.
Finally, Eunho spoke.
“You didn’t rape me.”
“Pfuhahahahaha! What do you have to back up your claim?”
“From the first time we met, I thought it was strange.”
“What do you mean?”
“Why are you obsessed with Cheonhee? And why do you want to go to the Celestial Realm?”
“……….”
“In the novel or setting book, it wasn’t written like that. Maybe it wasn’t completed yet..”
“What are you talking about?”
Eunho opened his eyes and said.
“Tianma Kang Cheon-a. You know the name Jang Wi-an, don’t you?”
Tianma’s expression, which had been acting as if it were playing with a mouse, completely changed at those words.
“How did you know his name?”
“Cheonhee is strong, and it’s true that your vision may be enough to reach the level of a god within 10 years. But do you have a reason to care?”
“……..”
“You seem to show concern only for Cheonhee. Maybe it’s because you see yourself in him in the past?”
“Stop it.”
“You are like Heukryongje, but also different. If Heukryongje climbed up for the conquest and revenge of the Celestial Realm, you are going to find one person.”
“The Chronicles of Heavenly Demon.”
While sitting on the throne, Tianma grinned and manipulated the ground beneath Eunho’s feet to disappear, creating a cliff or a gorge-like appearance under Eunho’s feet.
Eunho, who barely held onto the ground, continued to speak while breathing heavily.
“The task you’re about to undertake…! It’s an action that shatters the boundary between life and death…! At the same time… it’s a task of killing all the gods like Yeomra, the Dragon King, Okhwang, and Yeorae.”
“How much do you know? Who else knows this information?”
“Even if you manage to kill them all, there won’t be any space for solace and survival in heaven or on earth!”
“…Even so, it’s something I can handle myself.”
*Swoosh!*
Kang Chun-ah stepped on the hand Eunho was barely holding onto.
Before saying anything more, the thought of killing crossed his mind. However, he couldn’t bring himself to crush his fingers.
It had been several decades, yet even now, he remained held captive by him.
To kill those who remembered him, or even those who knew of him, with his own hands. Cheon-ma felt detestable.
“You speak just like them. Saying it’s impossible, the boundary between life and death. Kang Chun-ah doesn’t recognize that the gods have the authority over such matters.”
“What rights do they have to unjustly take away the right to deal with the soul of someone who died?”
“What rights do they think they have to take him away from me?”
Eunho thought he really managed to dig deep. Originally, there was only a small amount of writing in Cheon-ma’s setting book.
After the Mureum League drove out the Emperor of the Martial Arts and entered politics, there was a lover named Jang Wi-an, who was driven away under false charges, and the original purpose of the Ma-gyo’s existence, which was to kill the faction.
But now, Cheon-ma was obsessed with something.
It’s different from the novel.
Despite being a fictional world, he could sense that it wasn’t a fabricated story but a reality.
“They won’t let him rest freely. I am Cheon-ma. Instead of looking up at the sky, I will make the heavens grovel beneath my feet. If they don’t obey, I’ll forcefully suppress them with violence, not even death can take him away.”
“……..”
“No matter what, you are needed to eliminate the other gods. So, don’t say anything more. If you tarnish our memories with your filthy tongue, my patience will reach its limit.”
However, Eunho added a few words.
“I also lost my sister.”
“Nonsense. Your damn bloodline belonged to the Moyongsega, so you went over to the faction.”
“My sister was a faithful believer in the gods. But she died in an accident.”
“……..”
“She believed in the gods so deeply. Why did the gods take her away? I kept asking that question. At least, as far as I know, there were no gods.”
Eunho looked into the faded violet eyes of Cheon-ma with his cherry blossom-colored irises and spoke.
“I’m just like you. I will go to heaven too.”
“What?”
“I’ll go to heaven and ask. The gods’ way of thinking. The gods’ thoughts. Their intentions.”
Eun-ho said with a chuckle.
“In this fight, even if you lose, I will take you to heaven and let you satisfy your curiosity.
! “
For some reason at that word, there was a creepy feeling in her spine.
The Heavenly Devil unintentionally took a defensive posture.
In a fraction of a second faster than blinking, at the moment she wanted to blame herself for what she had done, a tremendous impact came down on her arm.
-whoosh!!
“…Cough…damn it…how…?!”
She knew she would come. Yes. The reason she came to the middle realm in the first place was not for the fools like Ryu Cheon-hee, but just to see her.
But…it was to be expected.
-thud…
A drop of blood fell countless times.
Only one.
That power was beyond expectations.
“…Eun-ho. Are you okay?”
“Yes, grandmother.”
“Step aside. I will either kill that thorn or perish.”
Jang Myeong-soon’s appearance became so huge that it was beyond human realm.
A power that had become strong enough to confront the Heavenly Devil.
It was the power of the Heavenly Devil that had absorbed Eun-ho’s spirit.
“You must have noticed the surveillance. Every time you extracted your spirit, I received a report, when the hell did you…!”
“I gave the decision to grandmother before the surveillance was put on. I sent it with a letter when leaving with Cheon-hee.”
Already noticed the surveillance?
She looked at the Jang Myeong-soon in front of her.
She was shining like the stars embroidered in the night sky.
Self-reliance and the Heavenly Devil.
The fight between the two begins.