I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 75

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75.

At those words, terror spread across Intoxication’s face.

“This… this crazy thing! My, my, my heart, give it back!”

Intoxication, paralyzed with fear, flew up from that spot.

However, Seon-o’s actions were even faster.

Seon-o, who had somehow grabbed Wolbi’s sword, quickly slammed the heart down on the floor, then drove the sword straight through it.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaak!”

Intoxication, struck by the shock of his own heart being pierced, screamed and crashed down.

Blood flowed steadily from the pierced heart, soaking the jar platform. The heart’s movement, which had been frantically thrashing like a freshly caught fish, stopped instantly.

“Noooooo!”

From the shock, blood vessels burst in That Bastard’s eyes, and simultaneously his human disguise was stripped away, revealing his demon form.

“You wretch! You, you vulgar thing! I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you!”

That Bastard, transformed into his hideous true form, roared as if he would kill Seon-o.

At that fierce killing intent, Seon-o’s hair stood on end. Destroying the heart had only removed That Bastard’s immortality, not killed him completely, so the battle was not yet over.

When That Bastard stretched out his hand with hideous claws, the heavy jar platforms that hadn’t broken floated up into mid-air and charged straight at Seon-o.

Seon-o rolled down to avoid the jars rushing at him and landed. Jars were flying around from all directions, and if he wasn’t careful, his head could be smashed.

Crash! Crash!

One of the jars was charging fiercely as if to smash the head of the frozen Wolbi.

Just as that jar approached right in front of Wolbi’s nose, Seon-o, who had rushed over at some point, flew up again while holding her frozen body under his arm.

Crash!

The sound of the jar colliding with another jar instead of Wolbi’s head could be heard.

Wolbi’s eyes, caught by Seon-o, wavered in confusion.

Seon-o climbed back up to the highest jar platform, set Wolbi down there, then turned around and firmly blocked her front. The jars that had been flying toward where Wolbi and Seon-o were located were shattered to pieces by the water element Seon-o created using alcohol.

Wolbi’s heart, which hadn’t completely frozen yet, throbbed at the sight of his solid back that seemed to be protecting her.

In the distance, Intoxication was rushing toward this place.

“Divine wine and everything else, I’ll kill it all! I don’t need alcohol anymore!”

Bloody tears burst from the eyes of Intoxication, who had gone mad. That Bastard had completely lost his reason.

‘That Bastard who lost his heart is worse than a low-level demon!’

Recalling information from the original work, Seon-o waited for That Bastard to get closer.

And finally, the moment Intoxication’s body climbed onto a massive jar platform, Seon-o powerfully raised his hand. In an instant, all the alcohol in the jars surged upward and wrapped around Intoxication’s approaching body.

“Gasp! My, my alcohol! Kyaaaak! No!”

Surprised Intoxication struggled to break free, but there was no way to escape water that couldn’t be cut or severed. Intoxication frantically opened his mouth, trying to drink all that alcohol.

But at that moment, the stream of water being sucked into That Bastard’s mouth instead flowed backward and gushed out. The stream of water connected from That Bastard’s mouth extended long somewhere else. To Seon-o’s grasp.

When Intoxication looked at him in shock, Seon-o smiled kindly.

“Yeah, I won’t give you even a single sip.”

It was a skill he had learned when facing Ga-jin last time. Absorbing even the moisture contained in the opponent’s body.

“Urk…! Wait… Gaak…!”

Intoxication’s body, being deprived of not only alcohol but moisture in real time, began to rapidly dry up.

Now, without borrowing Cheong-eum’s Yin Power, draining the moisture from a living being was a difficult task for Seon-o too, so nausea rose to Seon-o’s throat, but Seon-o never backed down.

That Bastard’s body, floating in mid-air connected only by the stream of water to Seon-o, soon dried up like a mummy. That Bastard opened his mouth wide and reached out his hand as if begging for his life, but that hand couldn’t reach anyone.

When That Bastard’s body, drained of even the last drop of water, cracked like a dried tree branch, the stream of water connecting Seon-o and That Bastard was severed.

The completely shriveled body, having lost what supported it, fell with a splash into the jar.

“…”

Seon-o held his breath and waited for That Bastard’s body to float up.

After a moment of silence.

With a pop, the dried pickle-like body floated up on the alcohol. It was an ugly and terrible end.

“…”

Still not reassured, Seon-o flicked his finger, and a thin stream of water rose from the wine jar, lifting something up with it.

It was the ‘Rift Sound Stone’.

Finally convinced of That Bastard’s death, Seon-o let out the breath he had been holding.

“Hah…”

Soon the Rift Sound Stone flew into his grasp like a magnet, and Seon-o caught and gripped it.

“…”

It was a bright red Yin Stone, just like the one he had obtained from the Salamander Demon last time. After looking down at the Yin Stone for a moment, Seon-o turned to look at Wolbi.

Wolbi was still frozen stiff as if she had become a wooden doll. However, anger and irritation were swirling within her eyes.

‘Intoxication also had the Plum Blossom Pavilion drug. Perhaps with even more potent ingredients.’

His heart pounded at this unexpected fact.

‘Did Wang Ho-bang connect them?’

It was a reasonable speculation. Wang Ho-bang was the only common link between the two.

But somehow, he had a feeling that the path through which Intoxication obtained the drug was a different route.

‘The Plum Blossom Pavilion drug had the function of suppressing Yin Power and brainwashing, but this…’

To instantly freeze a Superhuman like this, especially one with Yin Power reaching the Initial God Realm.

He needed to observe how long Wolbi’s paralysis would last.

But before that…

“Wait a moment.”

When Seon-o gave a brief command, absurdity surged in the eyes of Wolbi, who was forced to obey that command.

However, Seon-o no longer looked back at her and jumped down below. The task was not yet finished. Seon-o had something he needed to find in here.

The soil ground, thoroughly soaked with alcohol, made squelching sounds with every step. Paying no mind, Seon-o moved forward and stopped in front of the largest and most strangely shaped wine jar in the storage.

‘It should be here.’

Crouching down in front of it, Seon-o began digging up the ground in front of the wine jar. After concentrating on digging for about ten minutes, what had been buried inside was revealed.

His heart began beating rapidly at the sight of the box made of gold.

When he took out the box and opened it, the object that was Seon-o’s purpose for coming to this place revealed itself inside.

“Hah…”

What was contained in the box was a gourd bottle the size of a palm. Seon-o reached out with trembling hands to touch the bottle made from a gourd. It seemed very sturdy and would be difficult to break with ordinary force. Well, they wouldn’t have stored this precious thing just anywhere.

‘It won’t break easily.’

Seon-o securely fastened the gourd bottle to his waist. He moved around in various ways to check if it might fall, but the gourd bottle, tied like it was part of his body, didn’t seem likely to fall unless forcibly torn off.

Only then did Seon-o feel relieved as he stood up and turned around again. His intention was to go to Wolbi, but before he could even take a single step, Seon-o’s body stiffened.

“Huk…”

It was because sharp pain struck over his heart. At the pain similar to when a kitchen knife had been stabbed into his heart, Seon-o’s knees buckled.

“Ah…!”

It was tremendous pain.

As his heart was squeezed painfully to an unbearable degree, Seon-o realized that the ‘Rift Sound Stone’ in his stomach was causing a rampage again.

Of all times…!

“Heo-euk…”

At the pain that seemed to split his heart, Seon-o’s body finally collapsed with a thud. At that moment, someone lightly landed in front of Seon-o.

Seon-o looked up at them with difficulty, gasping as if he were dying.

It was Wolbi. She seemed to have finally broken free from the paralysis.

In contrast, Seon-o had unfortunately become incapacitated right now, so Wolbi would steal the Yin Stone from him.

“Ah… urk…”

However, instead of stealing the Yin Stone from the helpless Seon-o, Wolbi only watched as Seon-o groaned while clutching his heart. With persistent eyes, as if wanting to figure something out.

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