I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 46

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46.

At those words, the hope that had barely risen crashed back down to the floor. In an instant, unexpected bewilderment filled the empty space.

Cheong-eum was now trying to save her by offering that precious treasure pendant.

She had intuitively realized that Seon-o was not the culprit, and that she had ruined Seon-o’s plan.

He was trying to pay the price with Cheong-eum’s own life.

But….

“You can’t go alone.”

When Seon-o whispered firmly, Cheong-eum raised his head to look at Seon-o.

His face was rigid as if he had heard a completely unexpected answer.

But Seon-o’s words were sincere. He had no intention whatsoever of fleeing alone, leaving Cheong-eum behind. The fact that forces who knew how to suppress Yin Power had extended their reach even to the Initial God Realm was a serious matter. If the Initial God Realm collapsed, the Phoenix Realm would collapse as well.

And….

‘I found it. A way to escape.’

Seon-o had finally found a clever solution.

As Cheong-eum was about to open his mouth to say something, Seon-o suddenly grabbed his hand and pressed it against her heart. Startled by the sudden action, Cheong-eum stiffened and looked at Seon-o, who met his eyes directly and quietly murmured.

“Light a fire in my heart.”

At that bizarre request, Cheong-eum’s fine brow furrowed.

He remained rigid for a moment, then moved his lips slightly.

“…Are you asking me to kill you?”

There was bewilderment mixed in his calm voice. Then Seon-o raised her eyebrows as if it was absurd.

“Die? Who’s going to die? I absolutely can’t die before becoming a phoenix.”

The cold water was now rising past their waists to their shoulders.

“Oh my. Look at those two? They must have already truly conspired together? How unpleasant, a man who has been touched by another woman’s hands. I’m considering just killing him.”

Cheon Ga-jin, who was floating high up on the water and lying on her side, mocked them as she watched, but Seon-o only looked at Cheong-eum without wavering.

‘Cheong-eum’s Yin Power is only temporarily blocked, it still exists within Cheong-eum. So that….’

Seon-o whispered low in a voice that Cheon Ga-jin wouldn’t be able to hear.

“When we’re completely submerged in water, that’s when.”

Cheong-eum stiffened and stared at Seon-o, unable to either affirm or deny.

He couldn’t understand at all what the woman before him was saying. Since they were close enough to hear each other’s breathing and were in contact, lighting a fire over Seon-o’s heart wouldn’t be difficult. However, if he did that, Seon-o would surely burn to death. It wasn’t just any fire, but the Blue Fire called God’s Fire.

But in Seon-o’s eyes, which reflected his face, there was firm conviction. At the light of that conviction, the inside of Cheong-eum’s chest ached as if sinking.

And soon it happened.

The water that had risen terrifyingly fast finally swallowed both of them.

The moment they were submerged, Seon-o, who had held her breath tightly, squeezed Cheong-eum’s hand as if signaling.

Cheong-eum, who had likewise stopped breathing, followed her command as if bewitched by something. When Cheong-eum bit his lip and concentrated, a blue flame bloomed over Seon-o’s heart, which was beating violently in her chest.

“…!”

For a moment, Seon-o’s mouth opened at the burning heat she felt in her chest. It was incomparably more painful than when she had stabbed her heart with the kitchen knife.

Feeling the unfamiliar pain as if her entire chest was being burned, Seon-o bit her lip to avoid losing consciousness. Even though she was submerged in cold water, the burning pain was not relieved at all.

It was the moment when Cheong-eum, who had been watching Seon-o bite her lip tightly and endure the pain, finally couldn’t bear it and tried to remove his hand.

The entire cold lake that had swallowed the two of them could be felt rippling greatly. At that distinct vibration, Cheong-eum’s head moved alertly.

Soon, Cheong-eum’s eyes widened as he discovered that waves emanating from Seon-o were spreading throughout the entire lake.

Cheon Ga-jin, who had been looking down from above the water and gauging when to pull Cheong-eum out, also felt it and abruptly sat up.

A tsunami that would only be seen in the sea was rising above the lake.

“Wait….”

It was the moment when Cheon Ga-jin urgently tried to reach out her hand.

The lake that surged up explosively and terrifyingly caught not only the water that Cheon Ga-jin was standing on, but also Cheon Ga-jin herself who was standing on top of it, and slammed her into the cliff on the opposite side all at once.

“Argh!”

Cheon Ga-jin, who was slammed without time to prepare, grabbed her head that felt like it would shatter and quickly drew up her Water Element. The Water Element generated in mid-air rather than from the lake wrapped around the falling Cheon Ga-jin and placed her on top of the cliff.

“Damn it!”

Enraged, Cheon Ga-jin immediately created a massive Water Sword and plunged it into the lake. It was the spot where Seon-o and Cheong-eum were.

However, a fierce whirlpool formed at that very spot, and Cheon Ga-jin’s Water Sword was caught in the whirlpool, completely disintegrated, and sucked in.

“?!”

The whirlpool that instantly absorbed the water sword gradually expanded its space, and soon a massive hole formed in the center of the lake. When that hole widened enough to be visible to the eye, the figures of Cheong-eum and Seon-o standing at its bottom were revealed.

Shock like astonishment filled Ga-jin’s eyes as she saw him.

The eyes of Ga-jin on the cliff and Seon-o standing at the lake bottom met each other.

Seon-o, who had been panting softly from the lingering pain, looked at Ga-jin and raised the corners of his mouth.

“I almost really died there, Ga-jin.”

At his mocking voice, Ga-jin’s eyes became bloodshot. Blood from her broken head, caused by being slammed into the cliff, was staining Ga-jin’s face.

That worthless thing dares to mock me!

“Fine, this time I’ll definitely kill you!”

Ga-jin, who had lost even her gentle smile in her rage, fiercely extended her palm. A large water whirlpool formed from her palm and stretched toward Seon-o.

Seon-o, who had been expecting that counterattack, quickly sent Cheong-eum behind him and then also spread his palm.

Then Ga-jin’s whirlpool that had been rushing fiercely narrowed into a thin stream and began to be sucked into Seon-o’s hand.

“Huh?”

Flustered, Ga-jin tried to pull the whirlpool back to her side, but the whirlpool already caught by Seon-o didn’t move at all. That wasn’t all.

All the water in the lake was being swept into the thin whirlpool connected between their hands, and the water surface began to lower at a frightening speed.

Only then realizing that Seon-o was absorbing this massive amount of water, Ga-jin’s breath caught in her throat.

How on earth?

‘W-wait…’

Instinctively sensing her certain defeat, Ga-jin tried to cut the connection and flee, but Seon-o wouldn’t let her go.

Shock filled Ga-jin’s face as she realized her own attack had become a trap that bound her instead.

Meanwhile, all the water was finally sucked into Seon-o, revealing the bottom of the deep lake. Even in that moment, Ga-jin remained caught in the trap she had set, held captive by Seon-o.

Not only that, but even her body was being pulled toward Seon-o, so Ga-jin had to kneel and grab the edge of the cliff to stop herself.

“L-let go of this! How dare you!”

Cheong-eum also froze at what happened in an instant, looking bewildered at Seon-o’s back blocking his path.

Ga-jin, who had been struggling to break free from that whirlpool, suddenly gasped and stopped breathing.

Her Yin Power was being sucked into Seon-o.

Realizing from Ga-jin’s words that he could also absorb a superhuman’s Yin Power, Seon-o immediately began experimenting with it. In this terrifying way.

When all the water around was sucked into Seon-o’s hand and there was no more moisture to absorb, the whirlpool began to take the moisture from Ga-jin’s body.

As Ga-jin’s mouth dried completely and her white skin cracked like parched earth, darkness filled her vision.

“You, you…!”

The enraged Ga-jin tried to open her mouth to say something, but Seon-o struck first.

“Oh, don’t worry. I’ll give it back.”

At the same time, all the water element that had been sucked into Seon-o exploded at once.

As the thin water element returned to Ga-jin and exploded, the cliff where Ga-jin stood shattered and fell down.

“Gasp!”

Unable to avoid the fierce torrent rushing at her, Ga-jin’s body fell along with the cliff debris.

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