I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 45

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45.

 

 

 

 

To her, Superhumans were nothing more or less than a ladder for her own desires. Even being a High Priest was nothing special.

 

“What should I do, I like you even more? I’ll have to use our pretty High Priest as my special bedroom slave.”

 

Cheong-eum’s gaze grew even colder at Ga-jin’s insult.

 

Suddenly, the entire cliff where Ga-jin was sitting was engulfed in Blue Flames. Ga-jin nimbly flew up, created ground with Water Power, and dodged onto it.

 

“Yes, this is it. Catching struggling prey is much more fun!”

 

As if those words were true, fierce madness flashed in Ga-jin’s eyes. Cheong-eum’s Blue Fire stretched out fiercely, aiming for Ga-jin. But at that moment, Seon-o grabbed Cheong-eum’s arm tightly.

 

Thanks to that, the misdirected flames burned the cliff where Ga-jin had been just moments ago, obliterating it in an instant. It was truly the skill befitting a Super-Deity.

 

Seon-o shouted urgently.

 

“You can’t kill her! She knows how to brainwash Superhumans!”

 

This setting had never been mentioned in the original work. Naturally.

 

In the original, Cheong-eum hadn’t come to Myo-myo Lake chasing On Gang, and there was no occasion for Ga-jin to talk about making Cheong-eum her slave.

 

Perhaps Ga-jin had allied with the Yin Cult, or perhaps she was the Yin Cult’s power itself.

 

“We need to capture her alive and interrogate her!”

 

Hearing Seon-o’s words, Cheong-eum also knew her words made sense. He pressed his lips tightly together, gauging how to capture Ga-jin without killing her and escape this place.

 

Next to the net they were trapped in, Ga-jin stood with her hands behind her back on the white rising water and smiled sweetly.

 

“Oh my, what amazing deduction. But what can you do? You won’t get that wonderful opportunity. I’m going to kill you today.”

 

Seon-o gritted her teeth and glared at Ga-jin. It was amazing how a bright smile that seemed like flower petals dancing around could feel so chilling.

 

“Although you’re in this state, you’re a Superhuman who was a candidate for the Phoenix Competition, so if I kill you…”

 

Ga-jin slipped her hand into her bosom and pulled something out to show them. It was an ungerminated seed.

 

“My seed will sprout.”

 

…What?

 

As Seon-o and Cheong-eum’s faces hardened simultaneously, Ga-jin’s face became even more delighted.

 

“Oh my? Even the High Priest didn’t know that expression?”

“…”

“Superhumans who have reached enlightenment, you see, can absorb Yin Power as Superhumans too. If the target is a Water Power Superhuman, they can suck out all the Water Element and turn them into tree bark.”

 

After finishing her gentle explanation, Ga-jin blinked her large eyes.

 

“Then shall we check? Whether our candidate Kang Seon-o possesses that much Yin Power.”

 

As her voice filled with anticipation like before an interesting experiment finished, the water surface below the net began to rise frighteningly. Multiplying moisture without limit was Ga-jin’s specialty.

 

Before long, it was certain that the net trapping both Cheong-eum and Seon-o would be completely submerged in that rising water.

 

‘Damn it.’

 

Seon-o ground her teeth.

 

On Gang had realized that the Rift Sound Stone in his hand absorbed Ga-jin’s Water Power, and used it to absorb the swollen water and even Ga-jin’s Water Power to escape this place.

 

But now that Sound Stone was in Seon-o’s belly. Even if she vomited, it certainly wouldn’t come out. It was clearly written in the original that it was something humans shouldn’t eat.

 

Cheong-eum also tried experimentally setting fire to Ga-jin’s Water Net, but couldn’t burn all the continuously multiplying moisture. Finally, it was the moment when Cheong-eum gave up on capturing Ga-jin alive and was about to burn her to death.

 

“…!”

 

His throat suddenly constricted and his white fingertips grew cold.

 

Sensing this, Cheong-eum’s eyes hardened.

 

Seon-o, who hadn’t noticed the change yet, glared at the rising water and whispered secretly.

 

“Listen to me carefully. If you use Dragon Transformation, we can escape.”

 

Seon-o’s voice held conviction, having experienced Gong-un’s Dragon Transformation just before coming here. If Cheong-eum used Dragon Transformation, this net wouldn’t be able to withstand it and would burst. They had to take that opportunity to escape and then capture Ga-jin alive. Since there was a Super-Deity on their side, it was worth trying.

 

“When I count to three, use Dragon Transformation. There’s water below anyway, so don’t worry about me and capture Cheon Ga-jin alive.”

 

However, no answer came from Cheong-eum.

 

Sensing something strange, Seon-o turned her gaze from Ga-jin to look at Cheong-eum, and saw his face, pale and stricken with his mouth tightly shut.

 

“High Priest…?”

 

Seon-o frowned and tilted her head to look at him closely.

 

“Let’s try to escape using Dragon Transformation. Do you understand what I’m saying? We have nothing to lose.”

“…”

 

Cheong-eum remained silent as before. Seon-o’s bewildered gaze moved toward his neck as she noticed something strange about his pallid complexion.

 

On Cheong-eum’s neck, the blue blood vessels she had seen before were showing through.

 

“…!”

 

The blood vessels were even darker and clearer than when he first saw them.

 

In an instant, the blood vessels that had appeared on Ji-woon’s neck flashed through Seon-o’s mind.

 

‘I wasn’t seeing things wrong.’

 

At the flash of intuition, Seon-o’s heart sank with a thud.

 

‘So that means….’

 

Yoon-han had said that Ji-woon collapsed because he failed while trying to become a Superhuman. The reason those who draw up Yin Power to become Superhumans fall into comas is because the Yin Power flows backward.

 

Then those blue blood vessels….

 

“…!”

 

They were evidence of Yin Power imbalance.

 

Seon-o’s throat tightened at this terrifying realization.

 

So Cheong-eum….

 

“You can’t perform Dragon Transformation… can you?”

 

At those words, Cheong-eum’s eyes sank dangerously. His face turned pale as his fatal secret was finally discovered.

 

Seon-o’s words were correct.

 

Cheong-eum could not perform Dragon Transformation. He was a Super-Deity who had never once succeeded in Dragon Transformation.

 

This fact was a secret known to no one but Cheong-eum himself. He had wandered for a long time searching for the cause but couldn’t find even a clue. Meanwhile, the Phoenix Competition had finally opened and Cheong-eum found himself cornered.

 

That’s why he couldn’t help but suspect Seon-o, who had discovered a method to suppress Superhuman Yin Power at such a time. Whether Seon-o was the culprit of this incident or not, to Cheong-eum, Seon-o was his only and desperate lifeline.

 

If the fact that he couldn’t perform Dragon Transformation became known to the world, Cheong-eum would surely have his qualifications as High Priest questioned and eventually stripped away, and the Seol Family, which had held the position of High Priest for generations, would also face destruction.

 

But the worst fact beyond that was….

 

‘If even one Super-Deity fails to successfully perform Dragon Transformation….’

 

Seon-o’s breath caught as he fumblingly recalled the original work’s setting.

 

‘The Phoenix will not be born…!’

 

That was the real reason why no Phoenix was born in the previous generation’s Phoenix Competition!

 

Because at that time, one of the Seven Super Gods refused Dragon Transformation, claiming it was birth as a demon!

 

Seon-o’s vision spun dizzily.

 

‘Damn, crazy! I wondered why such a setting existed…!’

 

Of course, Cheong-eum’s case would be different from that. But if Cheong-eum couldn’t perform Dragon Transformation like this, the result would be the same. The Phoenix would not be born.

 

At that moment, the risen lake water quickly rose to both their knees, lapping around them.

 

‘Phoenix or whatever, if we die now, it’s all over!’

 

If Cheong-eum couldn’t perform Dragon Transformation, there was no way to escape Ga-jin’s net.

 

‘No, no. There has to be a way. There must be a hint that brother left…!’

 

Seon-o’s mind raced tensely.

 

He had to think of a method. The answer might be in the original work. So, among the things that appeared in the original work….

 

“Huk….”

 

At that moment, as the blue blood vessels darkened and Cheong-eum coughed up bright red blood, Seon-o’s eyes widened.

 

Whatever was blocking Cheong-eum’s Dragon Transformation had finally started flowing backward. At such a time as this.

 

“High Priest!”

 

It was the moment Seon-o caught the collapsing Cheong-eum in his arms. Cheong-eum, who had seemed to lose strength, instead secretly grasped Seon-o’s shoulder and whispered in her ear.

 

“When the water is completely filled… take the treasure pendant from my chest and escape.”

 

His labored voice nevertheless continued with calm explanation.

 

“It’s a treasure pendant that aids Spatial Transfer.”

 

At those words, Seon-o’s eyes flashed open. Spatial Transfer meant instant teleportation. That treasure pendant, so precious it was considered legendary, was now with Cheong-eum.

 

“Together…!”

“No, only one person.”

“….”

“Only one person can receive the treasure pendant’s help.”

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