I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 85

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85.

 

 

 

 

His face showed resignation about his own escape. It seemed he had realized that even if he got out, the sorcery that had infiltrated his body couldn’t be removed. Seon-o’s eyes became hollow at his behavior.

 

After creating this situation… you’re going to act good at the end?

 

Since he could feel that the words telling him to go out alone were sincere, Seon-o gritted his teeth.

 

“If I get out, I’m really going to kill you.”

 

When Seon-o muttered as if he was dying of frustration, Gong-un let out a laugh that sounded like a cough.

 

How could he when he was already dying?

 

His own situation of dying after stepping forward to eliminate Seon-o seemed ridiculous. And in such an absurd way at that.

 

However, Gong-un was a quick-witted person. No matter how much he racked his brain, there was no way to escape this crisis. While he was making premature resignation, Seon-o’s eyes instead became firm.

 

He couldn’t die here.

 

Absolutely not.

 

At that moment, someone’s voice brushed past his ear.

 

“Everything is already within you.”

 

It was Dang Pa-baek’s voice.

 

His advice, having already saved Seon-o once before, pierced into Seon-o’s heart.

 

‘Everything is within me…’

 

Following that voice, what came to mind was the prophecy.

 

[…With his blood, he will be able to protect the withering dragons.]

 

Seon-o looked at Gong-un with blank eyes.

 

As something flashed through his mind that was flickering white, Seon-o’s heart sank with a thud.

 

“Dragon Transformation…”

 

Seon-o, who had remembered something, grabbed Gong-un’s collar again.

 

“Transform into a dragon.”

“Kuk… What…?”

“I said transform into a dragon.”

 

Gong-un, who had now lost all color from his face, looked at Seon-o with bewildered eyes. Dragon Transformation would be impossible in this state. Moreover, if he transformed into a dragon, this space would be completely filled and both Seon-o and he would be crushed to death.

 

“Ha… What…”

“Transform into a dragon while remaining human. You can do it.”

 

At those words, Gong-un’s eyes hardened.

 

How did he know that…

 

As she said, Prime Gods could perform Dragon Transformation while remaining human. When they did so, scales would sprout all over their human body and their Yin Power would be drawn up to its limit.

 

Of course, Prime Gods rarely attempted Dragon Transformation in that state. It consumed too much Yin Power and could become dangerous if done wrong.

 

Therefore, it was a method that even Gong-un had forgotten about. But how on earth did he know that…

 

“Do it quickly, before I kill you!”

 

When Seon-o shouted desperately, Gong-un’s pupils wavered in confusion.

 

Finally, when he squeezed out all his strength to attempt Dragon Transformation, his body began to glow with red light and red scales started sprouting all over his body.

 

Seon-o’s gaze fixed on Gong-un’s nape. He could see a scale growing upside down on the left side of his long neck.

 

It was a Reverse Scale.

 

Seon-o nervously swallowed dry saliva.

 

“…”

 

This was an adventure.

 

A dangerous gamble.

 

There was no evidence that his guess would be correct. All of this could be his delusion. Even he thought it was an absurd speculation.

 

However, there was nowhere else left to stake his fate.

 

Having made his decision, Seon-o reached out and grasped Gong-un’s Reverse Scale in his hand.

 

“!”

 

Gong-un’s eyes opened wide as his weakness was seized.

 

What is he doing right now…!

 

Even while dying, Gong-un tried to struggle, but at that moment Seon-o applied force with all his might and his Reverse Scale was pulled out into Seon-o’s grasp.

 

“Kueok!”

 

A deadly scream different from before burst from Gong-un’s mouth as he began writhing with his entire body. His body, with the Reverse Scale torn out, was causing his Yin Power to flow backward at a terrifying speed.

 

A Super-Deity who loses their Reverse Scale dies within their own Yin Power. In the most agonizing way. As evidence, the poison that had accumulated in Gong-un’s body was fiercely devouring him.

 

“Kheuk, kek…!”

 

Seon-o, who had climbed on top of the convulsing Gong-un, bit down hard on his own lips while struggling to subdue him.

 

As the bitter taste of blood filled his mouth along with the pain, Seon-o grabbed both of Gong-un’s cheeks and pressed their lips together.

 

At that sudden act, Gong-un, who had been holding onto his last thread of sanity, stopped breathing. The blood seeping from Seon-o’s lips flowed into his mouth.

 

As the bitter blood flowed down Gong-un’s throat, a spark of life flashed in his eyes that had been losing their light.

 

At that moment, he could feel the Yin Power that had been flowing backward within him come to a complete stop.

 

“…!”

 

The stopped Yin Power began returning to its proper place at an unbelievable speed. The blood vessels that had been raging wildly settled down in an instant as if struck by acupuncture needles, filling with incredibly pure Yin Power.

 

As that sacred energy was transmitted to Seon-o as well, he separated their pressed lips and urgently looked down at Gong-un.

 

He was looking at Seon-o with eyes as if he had been stabbed in the back, his breathing stopped.

 

Seon-o quickly examined Gong-un’s body. The scales that now bore a deeper red hue than before. And in Gong-un’s eyes, now clear of turbidity, Seon-o realized that his gamble had succeeded.

 

With the Reverse Scale torn out, Gong-un’s Yin Power had flowed backward to its limit. And he had calmed it with his own blood.

 

“Ha…”

 

The prophecy was right. No, Ji-woon was right.

 

Indeed, I was the person in the prophecy.

 

Though a chilling realization gripped his entire body, there was no time.

 

Seon-o grabbed his collar again and commanded.

 

“Transform into a dragon.”

 

The moment he heard that low command, Gong-un’s throat tightened again. However, what constricted his throat was an unfamiliar pain.

 

He could not refuse that command. Gong-un, unable to take his eyes off Seon-o, simultaneously obeyed her order.

 

Soon a red flash burst before Seon-o’s eyes.

 

The dragon’s scales, much larger and harder than before, tore through the Yin Cult’s trap in one go.

 

As he felt cool air filling his body that had been gradually running out of oxygen, Seon-o knew that his prediction had been exactly right.

 

What Gong-un had just achieved was the Third Awakening that only the first generation of Prime Gods had accomplished.

 

The Red Dragon had just evolved by achieving the Third Awakening through her blood!

 

‘Ha…’

 

The euphoria that filled his entire body was brief, as cold water poured around them and Seon-o realized they had been trapped beneath the lake.

 

However, Gong-un immediately carried Seon-o on his back and flew toward the surface at lightning speed and terrifying velocity. Finally, as he burst through the surface, Cheong-eum, who had been about to enter the lake to rescue Seon-o, froze in place.

 

“!”

 

The image of a massive Red Dragon filled the startled Cheong-eum’s eyes.

 

‘Wi Gong-un…?’

 

But how, when he had just disappeared moments ago?

 

To Cheong-eum, who didn’t know that time within the trap had also been distorted, the time Seon-o and Gong-un had disappeared was only a few dozen seconds.

 

However, as the cave ceiling was about to collapse due to the massive Red Dragon, there was no time to think about that. As the cave shook, Gong-un set Seon-o down and immediately returned to his original form, rolling to the floor. He too was intensely feeling that something about his Dragon Transformation had changed.

 

Not only that, but even the Yin Power filling his body.

 

As Gong-un lay sprawled out, unable to quite process what had happened to him and remaining dazed, Seon-o grabbed his collar and pulled him up.

 

“Run!”

 

While dragging the disoriented Gong-un along, Seon-o also commanded Cheong-eum.

 

Gong-un’s legs moved unconsciously following that command. Cheong-eum also quickly came to his senses and began running alongside her. Ku-goong, ku-goong, the cave was shaking as if it would collapse. It wasn’t difficult to predict what would happen next.

 

Soon Gong-un, realizing the severity, instead grabbed Seon-o’s hand and began running, and the three people ran desperately toward the entrance.

 

Seeing that the entrance was closed again, Seon-o launched Water Element without time to calculate, smashing the door. Glancing back, she could see the cave collapsing from the far end. At this rate, the cave’s collapse would be faster.

 

At Seon-o’s gesture as he gritted his teeth, a massive wave surged up behind them.

 

Swoooooosh-!

 

The wave that poured like a tsunami fiercely pushed the three people forward.

 

Carried by that current, the three people slid roughly and escaped the labyrinth just as the massive building completely collapsed.

 

Kuuuuuung!

 

With a thunderous roar, dust scattered mercilessly.

 

“Keok…”

 

The three people who barely escaped the labyrinth collapsed in a heap, soaking wet.

 

If they had been even a little later, they would have been crushed to death under the collapsing labyrinth.

 

Seon-o, sprawled out spread-eagle, gasped for breath as if he were dying while looking up at the sky.

 

“Haa… haa…”

 

Soon the dust settled and a clear sky was revealed. Thanks to the labyrinth disappearing and the Yin Energy being removed, the fog they had seen before entering was completely cleared away.

 

Seeing the dazzling sunlight made him realize that he had just returned from the brink of death.

 

He felt a surge of emotion, but still no tears came. Instead, a rage hotter than the sun came gushing up through every pore of his body. He felt like he might faint at the slightest touch, but Seon-o forced himself to get up anyway.

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