I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 68

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However, just as the demon’s sharp claws that flew up like lightning were about to reach Seon-o, pitch-black darkness gathered around them and swallowed the creature’s entire body.

As the darkness that had rushed in for a moment dispersed, the demon with its life cut short fell helplessly into the Blood Pit.

“!”

When Seon-o finally grasped the situation and turned her head, she saw the scattered darkness rapidly gathering again and growing menacingly.

‘Hwan’s Dark Power…!’

In the blink of an eye, the massively gathered darkness rushed toward the Blood Pit.

Seon-o stood frozen in a daze, watching as the darkness completely covered the Blood Pit. The surface of the darkness, like a giant lid, repeatedly rose in sharp points here and there before sinking back down. It seemed the demons jumping up from within the Blood Pit couldn’t break through that darkness and were falling back down.

‘Wow…’

Seon-o’s mouth hung open stupidly at Hwan’s tremendous ability to even block the Blood Pit. When she turned around, she saw Hwan with his hand stretched out in mid-air as if blocking the Blood Pit. Even so, he didn’t stop eliminating the demons that had already emerged and were rampaging.

His eyes, unconcerned by this sudden situation, were sharper than she had ever seen.

“I can’t block it for long. The Blood Pit can only be eliminated by the Imperial Family.”

At those calm words, Seon-o nodded.

“I’ll get the drug from Wang Ho-bang.”

Having finished speaking, Seon-o leaped down from the railing. Hwan dealt with the demons rushing at her one by one while watching Seon-o’s movements until the end.

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“Ah, heaven has finally abandoned this Wang Ho-bang!”

Wang Ho-bang, who had escaped from the arena, moved along following Moon Poong’s escort while shedding tears drop by drop.

Of all times… of all times…! For such a disaster to occur at such a perfect moment!

“No. There must be a way. Yes, that Baek Family Guy wasn’t in the arena, so if I can just meet him again…”

It was the moment when Wang Ho-bang couldn’t give up his lingering attachment and was making another plan. A demon that appeared from somewhere rushed at Moon Poong, who was walking in the lead. As Moon Poong, hit by the demon without time to defend, rolled around entangled with the creature, Wang Ho-bang stepped back in horror.

It was because the size of the demon that had rushed at Moon Poong was enormous. As Moon Poong, with his head crushed by the creature, couldn’t easily escape from its grasp and twitched, Wang Ho-bang immediately abandoned Moon Poong, turned around, and ran.

However, Wang Ho-bang’s escape route was soon blocked. A sharp water pillar shot up right in front of the fleeing man’s nose.

“Aaaahhhhh!”

Wang Ho-bang, who had almost cut his nose on that pillar, miraculously stopped and screamed.

“What, what is it! Water Power?!”

As the fiercely shooting water pillar scattered, a human figure hidden behind the water stream was revealed. Wang Ho-bang frowned and blinked his eyes to identify the superhuman who had attacked him.

‘A woman?’

The superhuman standing majestically wearing flowing silk clothes and adorned with splendid jewelry was definitely a woman.

Soon, Wang Ho-bang’s eyes grew as large as if they would pop out as he recognized that superhuman’s face.

“M-Mother?”

Seon-o, who had barely caught up to Wang Ho-bang, glanced at Moon Poong being crushed by the demon behind him and flinched as she clenched her fist.

‘Ah, the ground is frozen so the groundwater doesn’t come up well.’

Seon-o still couldn’t create water element from mid-air, and when times like this came, the limitations of Yin Power were fatal. The ground of the North Sea was too frozen, and the amount of buried groundwater was also not abundant, making her feel as if her hands and feet were tied.

Seon-o, who had been briefly contemplating whether to use this limited power to save Moon Poong or to beat up Wang Ho-bang, soon looked at Wang Ho-bang as if she had decided.

“How is Mother here…”

However, instead of leaving the scene as he suggested, Seon-o smoothly stepped back and looked broadly at the scenery before her.

Wang Ho-bang, who was slightly wary due to her sudden appearance, Moon Poong dying while crushed by the demon behind him, and even the several water puddles left behind by the groundwater remaining around them.

As Seon-o focused her eyes, those water puddles became thousands of water droplets and smoothly rose into mid-air.

“Mother…?”

As hundreds of water droplets rose around Wang Ho-bang, who was looking at Seon-o suspiciously with furrowed brows, his pupils narrowed as he sensed that ominous energy.

At the same time, the water droplets that had become sharp like throwing stars rushed all at once toward the demon crushing Moon Poong and Wang Ho-bang.

“Kyaaaaaahhhhh!”

The demon, whose entire body was pierced by thousands of Seon-o’s water droplets, screamed a tearing scream and convulsed. Seon-o, who had been raising the corners of her mouth at the precisely landed attack, soon hardened her face.

Wang Ho-bang, who had noticed the attack, had set up a solid iron defense barrier around himself in the blink of an eye and blocked them all.

“Huff…!”

Wang Ho-bang, seeing the holes pierced throughout his solid defense barrier, covered his mouth in shock.

However, soon his defense barrier was blown to the side by Seon-o’s second attack, and a long leg flew toward Wang Ho-bang’s face.

Smack!

“Keurk!”

As Wang Ho-bang was struck squarely in the face by her solid foot and flew sideways to collapse, only then did a refreshing smile return to Seon-o’s lips.

‘I’m glad I learned Taekwondo.’

The Taekwondo she had learned in elementary school combined with this world’s Light Body Technique had created a skill with considerable attack power even without Yin Power. The physical force displayed had better impact than expected, making her quite satisfied.

Seon-o walked steadily toward Wang Ho-bang, who couldn’t regain his senses, trying to steal his pouch. However, at that moment, sharp ice shot toward Seon-o’s hand.

“!”

Seon-o nimbly threw her body backward to retreat, and when she looked to the side, she saw Moon Poong, who had somehow escaped from the demon, staring at Seon-o blankly.

“Oh no.”

Seon-o let out a short lament and clenched her fists tightly.

Moon Poong had escaped from the demon but still hadn’t broken free from the brainwashing, and seemed ready to face Seon-o who was trying to harm his master.

When he swiftly swung his hand, the remaining water puddle in mid-air instantly surged up and rushed toward Seon-o. Seeing the water freeze in the process, Seon-o quickly dodged and frowned.

‘So Ice Power is indeed an evolved ability of Water Power.’

Seon-o, mulling over this realization, once again drew up the underground water she had observed beforehand, and a water stream exploded upward from the less frozen part of the ground. That water stream rushed straight toward Moon Poong and swirled around him like a whirlwind.

After temporarily trapping Moon Poong with that, Seon-o tried to rush toward Wang Ho-bang again.

However, Wang Ho-bang, who had been collapsed just moments ago, had vanished without a trace.

“?!”

As the flustered Seon-o hurriedly looked around, she heard rustling sounds from above her head. Seon-o quickly looked up at the sound, and her eyes became momentarily dazed.

It was Sa-baek sitting on top of the unconscious Wang Ho-bang, who was draped over a tree branch.

Not in yesterday’s noble young master appearance, but wearing his original black bamboo hat and black martial clothes, Seon-o let out an exasperated sigh.

As Seon-o finally noticed him, Sa-baek, who had been waiting for her, smiled brightly. He proudly waved something back and forth as if showing off. Seon-o’s eyes widened greatly as she recognized what it was.

“!”

It was the Plum Blossom Pavilion drug.

Seon-o immediately tried to kick off and leap up to snatch it from Sa-baek, but at that moment, a huge ice chunk flew over and violently pushed Seon-o away.

“Ugh!”

Caught off guard, Seon-o quickly rolled to the opposite side to minimize the impact. The ice chunk that had struck her shattered into pieces and floated up.

Moon Poong, who had already escaped from Seon-o’s water element, divided the ice chunks into thousands of pieces like Seon-o had done and tried to attack her.

Gritting her teeth, Seon-o squeezed out all her Yin Power the moment those ice chunks rushed toward her, drawing up all the water remaining on the floor. Seon-o’s water element, which had rushed forward fiercely, caught all those ice chunks at once and scattered them in all directions.

Sa-baek’s eyes sparkled with interest as he watched this.

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