I Possessed a Cultivator Destined to Die at the Hands of the Protagonist - Chapter 63

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63.
I decided to focus first on destroying the Spirit Souls.
‘Two Spirit Souls remain!’
The tide of battle shifted as Yang Ja-han and the reinforcements arrived.
Especially with Yang Ja-han and the monks of Wuji Xuanmen pinning down Sa Do-myeong, the advantage was significant.
Gui-hon blocked our path as we rushed toward the Spirit Souls.
The creature, having absorbed the vengeful spirits around it, had taken on the form of a colossal beast.
Grrrrrowwwl.
As Gui-hon tore its maw wide open, an enormous surge of demonic energy radiated outward in all directions.
The massive eyes sprouting from Gui-hon’s head moved with deliberate slowness.
“Evade!”
Jin Seok-jun wove a seal to conjure an earthen wall, but it proved insufficient to fully block the onslaught.
The wall shattered, crumbling into dust that scattered everywhere.
Eun Hui-gyeom emerged from the cloud of debris.
He was dangerously close to Gui-hon.
“Hui-gyeom!”
“Merely evading won’t solve this!”
Eun Hui-gyeom reversed his grip on his sword and unleashed the opening stance of the Heavenly River Sword Technique.
A heavy sword force descended from above, pressing down upon Gui-hon’s body, yet it remained insufficient.
Gui-hon’s arm warped and sharpened, tearing into Eun Hui-gyeom’s limb.
The moment his sword-wielding arm flew into the void, Eun Hui-gyeom swiftly raised his left hand.
The blade that had been in his right arm instantly flew through the air and was caught in his left hand.
In that same motion, he unleashed the Seven Star Meteor Sword Technique once more, pressing Gui-hon further back.
Yet he lacked the strength to fully overcome Gui-hon’s power.
Thwack.
Eun Hui-gyeom’s body was sent flying through the air.
Ptui.
Eun Hui-gyeom spat out the blood pooling in his mouth and quickly healed his severed arm.
“You’re good at everything else, but try to keep your arms intact!”
“…It’ll just grow back anyway.”
“Well, that’s true, but…”
We lower-tier monks were still called monks, yet many of us hadn’t completely shed the habits of our mortal days.
Particularly, there was an aversion to having our limbs severed.
‘I wonder what our master put him through…’
In a way, Eun Hui-gyeom seemed to be the one who had adapted most swiftly to the fighting style befitting a true monk.
Because Eun Hui-gyeom had taken the lead, the other monks found courage as well.
“Still, that Gui-hon hasn’t been named yet. We can definitely handle it.”
Kang Jin-heon assisted the monks with the winds of the Wuji Wind Thunder Immortal Technique.
I descended to the ground and gripped my sword tightly.
‘I need to end this quickly.’
It felt as though all my cards were being laid bare.
Yet there was no other way to win this battle.
After cutting down the malevolent spirits, I concentrated my spiritual energy into my blade.
As long as Gui-hon stood guard, destroying the Spirit Purification Vessel was virtually impossible.
“I’ll get close to Gui-hon. If I can do that, I might be able to bring it down.”
“I’ll cover you.”
As I dashed forward in a straight line with True Step, Jin Seok-jun unleashed the Heavenly Calamity Explosion technique.
The malevolent spirits that couldn’t be stopped in time were felled by Kang Jin-heon’s Wuji Thunder Lightning Immortal Technique.
I ducked low to evade the spirit’s attack, then closed in on Gui-hon.
Just as I was about to strike from its flank—
“Move!”
Hong Gang launched himself upward with a powerful push from the ground, unleashing a barrage of energy-infused strikes at Gui-hon’s torso.
Gui-hon’s body was driven back, but the thick hide covering it remained intact.
Hong Gang shook his flame-wrapped hands in frustration.
“Damn thing’s tougher than nails.”
“Don’t butt in so carelessly!”
“What? A mere monastery disciple?”
“This isn’t the time for allies to fight!”
Jin Seok-jun raised his voice and drew upon the earth’s energy.
The ground trembled as stone pillars erupted beneath Gui-hon’s feet.
Gui-hon’s arm swept through the air and crashed down upon the earth.
Boom.
The impact shattered the stone pillars that had been restraining Gui-hon’s movements.
“Damn it!”
Seeing this, Ha Gyeong-un quickly formed a seal.
“There’s a limit to how long I can hold it! If you have a plan, move fast!”
Ha Gyeong-un’s fingertips trembled as the seal was maintained.
It was clear that considerable spiritual energy was being poured into sustaining it.
Eun Hui-gyeom rushed in from Gui-hon’s left side.
With his right arm—regrown after being severed—he gripped the Hyeonsu Nakwol Blade firmly.
Eun Hui-gyeom’s left hand glided smoothly across the blade’s surface.
Water energy surged powerfully into the sword, transforming it into a brilliant azure light.
[Flowing Water Boundless Sword Technique]
With each swing, waves erupted in all directions, driving Gui-hon back.
Eun Hui-gyeom seized the opening as Gui-hon’s movements were constrained and closed in.
Gui-hon’s arm swept past my shoulder.
Though it merely grazed me, my skin burned red as if scorched by flame.
‘Focus.’
Every malevolent spirit possessed a core nucleus that served as its center.
I drove my blade with all my strength toward the shadowy rippling spirit’s lower left chest.
Crack.
The creature wasn’t foolish either—it shielded its core and pushed back my blade.
I gathered spiritual energy at the sword’s tip while forming a hand seal with my other hand.
[Extinguishing Spirit Flame]
Blue flames flickered at the blade’s edge before cyan fire erupted from within Gui-hon’s body.
The force of Gui-hon’s resistance was so tremendous that my body was driven backward.
It was as I twisted the blade and drove it deeper.
Eun Hui-gyeom, who had moved to my side without warning, seized my wrist with both hands and lent his strength.
The blade, which had been pushed back, pierced into Gui-hon’s core once more.
Boom.
With all my might, I thrust forward, and the core shattered completely, its form crumbling to dust.
At the same moment, the sword I held snapped in two and fell away.
But I had no time to concern myself with that.
“Now, this is it!”
As if waiting for Gui-hon to vanish, Hong Gang rushed forward first and unleashed all his techniques upon the Spirit Binding Formation.
The formation’s barrier shattered, and the formation itself crumbled and scattered.
“Excellent! Now only one remains—!”
Crash.
Something fell beside me at tremendous speed.
The impact was so violent that the earth caved in deeply, and my body was lifted.
Eun Hui-gyeom quickly deployed a defensive barrier using the Suspended Heaven Hundred Technique.
“Yang Ja-han?!”
“Damn it.”
The one who had bounced away and fallen was none other than Yang Ja-han.
Blood streamed from his forehead, and one arm and leg lay severed on the ground.
Yang Ja-han quickly healed his limbs using spiritual energy.
When I looked up, I felt an enormous surge of demonic energy from above.
“Wasn’t it supposed to weaken when we destroyed the Spirit Binding Formation?!”
“The number of evil spirits was certainly reduced as promised. However…”
Jin Seok-jun glanced at the formation inscribed on the ground where flames burned.
“It appears he redirected all the power of the Vein Destruction Grand Formation to himself! As the number of evil spirits decreased, Sa Do-myeong grew stronger!”
“If he does that, he shouldn’t be able to endure it either?!”
“How dare you lesser cultivators insult a superior cultivator and Paecheonmun. Since it has come to this, I shall accompany you all to the afterlife!”
Sa Do-myeong’s demonic energy intensified, and the power of the Vein Destruction Grand Formation flowed entirely into him.
Several cultivators around him lay dead, having finally lost their lives.
“We need a cultivator who can bind that creature’s movements.”
Yang Ja-han, recovered with Eun Hui-gyeom’s aid, glanced toward us.
Hwa Mu-gyeol and his companions were engaged with the sorcerers of Hyeonganmun and had no capacity to intervene here.
‘Among us, who is skilled in sealing techniques…’
Jin Seok-jun was.
“I’ll do it….”
“How should we proceed?”
I cut off Jin Seok-jun’s words and stepped forward in front of Yang Ja-han.
“Detective Yu. Wouldn’t it be better if I handled this?”
“I can perform sealing techniques too. But only you can discern the flow of the Severing Vein Grand Formation.”
I used the Severing Vein Grand Formation as an excuse, but truthfully, I felt uneasy about Jin Seok-jun approaching Yang Ja-han.
“You?”
“Oh, you didn’t know? Chingwoo Immortal Sect originally specialized in sealing arts.”
“Sister, if that’s the case, I should….”
“You need to treat the other cultivators. I’m still fine.”
Measuring purely by the quantity of spiritual power, I matched a 1-star Breath Accumulation cultivator.
As I formed the hand seal, the Jade Silver Heavenly Dragon spread out widely.
“As long as we can restrain that creature, nothing else matters.”
“Then provide support.”
Yang Ja-han nodded in understanding.
I began forming hand seals and preparing to chant the incantation.
As Sa Do-myeong, now fully risen, stretched his hand downward, a torrent of black light poured toward me.
Pap pap pap pap pat.
As Yang Ja-han swung his blade, the light refracted and then crashed down forcefully onto the ground.
Steadying my breathing, I chanted the incantation of the Seven Star Sealing.

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