I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 40

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40.

“Squeeeeeeeal-!”

The Pig Demon that crashed straight into the ground died with its eyes rolled back.

“Huff, what, what is that!”

The Men who were startled by the sudden Water Power jumped up and looked around. Among them, the one who seemed to be the Leader quickly dragged over the crying Seol and pressed a Short Blade to Seol’s neck.

“Who are you! Don’t hide like a coward and come out!”

Then a cold voice came from above the Tree.

“You won’t be able to die easily.”

At those words, the gazes of the three Men, Seol, and even No Moon-woong turned toward the Tree where the voice came from.

Seol’s eyes widened as she recognized Seon-o crouching there, looking down at this place.

‘The pretty lady from the Inn!’

“What are you! Who are you! Do you want to see this kid die?”

As the Mysterious Man tried to press the Sword deeper with trembling hands, a sharp Water Shard like glass immediately flew over and severed the Mysterious Man’s wrist.

“Ugh… Aaaaaaaah!”

As the Mysterious Man screamed and collapsed from the tremendous pain, Seol quickly escaped through the gap. Another Mysterious Man tried to catch Seol by extending flames, but a Protective Shield made of water was installed around Seol, blocking his pathetic attack.

Seol ran to No Moon-woong, and No Moon-woong, who had been freed from the Rope in an instant by Seon-o, embraced Seol and urgently hid behind a Tree.

“Retreat, retreat!”

Those Guys who instinctively realized the difference in capability between Seon-o and themselves tried to quickly gather the piglets and flee. However, immediately the Protective Shield that had been surrounding Seol formed a thick Water Fence around Those Guys, blocking them.

“Where do you think you’re going.”

Seon-o muttered coldly as she jumped down from the Tree and approached Those Guys.

“Damn it!”

One of Those Guys launched his most desperate attack toward Seon-o, and vines sprouted from beneath Seon-o’s feet, grabbing her legs. Seon-o stood still, caught by those vines, and glared menacingly at the Men.

Even with her legs caught, there was no sign of panic or fear on her face, only heavy anger.

“…There really are humans in this World who would be better off gone.”

As Seon-o finished speaking and clenched her fingers, the Water Fence surrounding Those Guys turned sharp and pierced into both thighs of Those Guys.

“Aaaaaaaaaaah!”

Piercing screams echoed as Those Guys collapsed and rolled on the Floor.

Having blocked Those Guys’ escape once, Seon-o turned around and looked at the father and daughter hiding behind the Tree.

“Are you alright?”

At that polite question, No Moon-woong was startled and trembled as he held Seol tighter. Then Seol looked up at him and whispered.

“Father. It’s the lady from the Inn. She came to save us…!”

Then No Moon-woong looked at Seon-o again in a daze. Now that he looked, she did seem familiar. But why was that person…?

“It’s fine now. Don’t worry and go back. Oh, and…”

Seon-o, as if remembering something, looked around and found the Pig Demon’s corpse, then approached it. Next to the hideous Demon lying dead with its tongue sticking out, a Yin Stone was protruding.

It was the moment when Seon-o bent down to pick up that Yin Stone.

The Ground where the Yin Stone was placed suddenly sank down, then shot up menacingly in an instant, threatening Seon-o.

“!”

Startled, Seon-o quickly leaned back to dodge, and the entire Ground began to vibrate.

‘A Superhuman?!’

Panicking, she hurriedly turned around to see the Men crawling away while clutching their thighs. They didn’t have this level of Yin Power, nor was there a Superhuman among Those Guys who could manipulate the Ground.

Then this was…?

At that moment, the Ground where one of the Men was crawling began to ripple like waves.

“Aaaaah! P-please save me!”

The Mysterious Man who sensed danger cried out pitifully, but it was useless. The Ground that had been kneading him became muddy like a swamp and swallowed him whole in one go.

At that terrible sight, Seon-o’s heart turned cold as she looked behind the Tree where No Moon-woong and Seol were hiding. Seeing the Ground in front of the father and daughter, who were frozen and unable to even flee, rippling, Seon-o quickly reached out toward that place.

Then a round Water Barrier Field formed around the two family members, protecting them. The rippling Ground didn’t attack the father and daughter, but instead changed direction and approached Seon-o at a terrifying speed.

‘Damn!’

Seon-o quickly rolled her body to dodge the Ground that shot toward her like a mole. This was definitely a Superhuman’s attack.

But there was definitely no Superhuman who handled Earth Power among the Human Trafficking Gang.

‘Who on earth could it be…?’

Could it be that the Yin Cult had followed him?

However, before he could make any complex speculations, the ground in front of Seon-o shot up menacingly. The mountain soil mixed with dirt and gravel clumped together, forming the fierce shape of an eagle.

As the large Earth Eagle rushed toward Seon-o, he stopped running and drew up groundwater again. A large, wide Water Pillar created a solid defensive wall in front of Seon-o, and the Earth Eagle that charged like a moth to flame crashed into it and shattered completely.

Quickly leaping up onto a nearby tree to avoid the debris, Seon-o rapidly surveyed his surroundings. Soon, Seon-o’s eyes flashed as he spotted a human silhouette revealed on a tree a short distance from the one he had climbed.

‘There!’

Having finally found his opponent, Seon-o drew up groundwater again. This time it was the groundwater beneath the tree where his opponent stood.

Thud thud thud thud thud.

The violently shaking tree was finally split apart by the groundwater that shot up from below.

However, since his agile opponent had jumped fiercely to another location at just the right moment, Seon-o’s attack was ineffective. Instead, Seon-o was able to catch sight of the navy-blue hair fluttering in that moment and a face covered by a mask.

His opponent was a woman. The eyes visible above the mask were sharp.

“Stop right there!”

As Seon-o shouted and tried to chase after her, his opponent glanced back at him. The back of Seon-o’s neck stiffened as their eyes met.

‘Wait. Navy-blue hair and fox-like eyes?’

A lightning-like realization struck Seon-o’s mind at the description he had definitely read before. Meanwhile, his opponent leaped away with surprising speed, whoosh whoosh, growing distant.

Seon-o could no longer chase his opponent and looked down below.

“Hah…”

Three men lay dead on the ground, their eyes still open, everything returned to its place as if nothing had happened. It was the work of the woman from just moments ago.

And that woman was probably…

‘Heukmwolbi…?’

One of the Seven Super Gods and a superhuman who wielded Earth Power.

A woman with navy-blue black hair and fox-like upturned eyes.

Her specialty that differentiated her from other Earth Power superhumans was changing even the texture of the ground to create Earth Swamps.

Seon-o’s face became even more bewildered as he instinctively realized that it was Wolbi who had attacked him.

However, since there was something more important to attend to first, Seon-o climbed down from the tree to find the father and daughter. Behind the largest tree, No Moon-woong was crouched down trembling, holding Seol protectively with his whole body.

After confirming the father and daughter’s safety, Seon-o turned his head again to examine the area near the Pig Demon. He was worried that the Yin Stone might have been blown away in all this chaos, but surprisingly, the Yin Stone was still lying in the same spot as before.

‘…She’s an incredible master.’

Seon-o swallowed his bewilderment and approached to pick up the Yin Stone again. This time, no ground moved at all. Having secured the Yin Stone, Seon-o approached No Moon-woong again.

“It’s really over now. Are you alright?”

Only then did No Moon-woong lift his trembling head to look at Seon-o.

“Th-that earthquake just now was…”

“Ah, that was because I’m a bit clumsy. I made a mistake while using Yin Power.”

When Seon-o covered it up with a lie, suspicion flickered in No Moon-woong’s eyes.

But telling him that another superhuman had intervened would only make him more terrified. Moreover, that superhuman was…

Swallowing his true thoughts, Seon-o crouched down in front of him at eye level and held out the Yin Stone. No Moon-woong’s eyes widened greatly at the sight of the Yin Stone.

“If you take this and sell it, it should fetch quite a good price.”

No matter how low-grade a demon’s Yin Stone might be, Yin Stones were expensive. If he sold this Yin Stone and got a lump sum, he might be able to find work other than peddling.

“Wh-why are you giving this to me…”

“Ah. I wouldn’t have followed if it weren’t for Seol. It’s Seol’s. Here, Seol.”

Seon-o turned and held out the Yin Stone to Seol with a smile. Seol, who had been hiding in her father’s arms until then, hesitantly and slowly extended her hand as if embarrassed.

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