I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 86

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86.

Staggering steps headed toward Wi Gong-un, who lay motionless on the ground. When Seon-o stood before him and looked down with murderous eyes, Wi Gong-un’s gaze, which had been blankly staring at the sky, shifted to Seon-o.

There was some kind of shock lingering in his eyes. He seemed unable to move due to that shock.

However, such things were none of Seon-o’s concern. Seon-o suddenly grabbed Wi Gong-un by the collar, pulled him up, and threw a punch with all her strength. Even though Wi Gong-un had anticipated all of Seon-o’s actions, he did not resist.

Thwack—!

When the heavy sound rang out, Cheong-eum, who had been holding his throbbing head and trying to grasp the situation, opened his eyes wide in surprise.

“…!”

Of course, Cheong-eum also knew Wi Gong-un. Since he had even performed Dragon Transformation before their eyes and escaped together with them, that person was the real Wi Gong-un, not a hallucination.

‘But why is Wi Gong-un here…?’

No matter how much he tried to speculate, he couldn’t figure that out. Had the Wi Family formed an alliance with the Yin Cult? That couldn’t be. Wi Gong-un was a Superhuman.

What was certain was the fact that Wi Gong-un had also been watching Seon-o.

As the massive Red Dragon flashed through Cheong-eum’s vision, his heart tingled.

“Crazy bastard.”

Seon-o forcefully pulled at the collar of Wi Gong-un, who showed no reaction even after being hit, and looked directly into his eyes. Seon-o’s angry face filled Wi Gong-un’s faintly wavering eyes completely.

The moment their eyes met, Wi Gong-un’s breath stopped.

Ah, a pain he had never experienced before was squeezing his heart as if to burst it.

It stung, ached, and was painfully tearing. His heart must have been damaged when he achieved his Third Awakening. Or perhaps it was from the moment his Reverse Scale was pulled out.

Otherwise, there was no way he could feel such pain.

Had Seon-o pulled out his Reverse Scale?

And had she kissed him?

Had he felt the fishy scent of blood the moment their lips met?

Had the blood that seeped from those moist lips flowed down his throat?

Those distant moments surged up to his throat and rippled.

To the broken him, Seon-o spoke.

“If you want to die so badly, just die right now.”

When those cruel words pierced straight into Wi Gong-un’s heart, his lips parted stupidly.

From the moment he could speak, he had heard countless cursing words telling him to die or threatening to annihilate his family clan. Among them, there had never been words that truly wounded Wi Gong-un. However, at this moment, Wi Gong-un’s heart was deeply wounded.

Only those words could kill him.

As he realized this, the pain slowly transformed into ecstasy.

His blocked airways opened, his suppressed heart leaped up, and new sensations filled his entire body.

It was an ecstasy he had never experienced before. White, dazzling, and so brilliant it was painful.

In that moment, Wi Gong-un realized.

That his life depended on the woman before his eyes.

“Try interfering in my business one more time. Then I’ll kill you no matter what.”

The burning hot warning seeped into his powerless heart.

Even while being threatened, Wi Gong-un couldn’t take his eyes off Seon-o and looked at her as if entranced. Soon Seon-o released his collar as if throwing it away and turned around.

As Seon-o’s steps headed toward Cheong-eum, Wi Gong-un’s heart tingled and ached again.

Feeling each step that took her away from him spread as pain, Wi Gong-un stared intently at Seon-o’s retreating figure. In Seon-o’s grasp was the glowing Moonlight Grass. And….

“….”

What was clutched in her other hand was Wi Gong-un’s Reverse Scale.

A meaningless scale that, once pulled out, could never be embedded in his nape again.

A sense of liberation that was somehow even frightening seeped into all of Wi Gong-un’s blood vessels.

“….”

Seon-o, who didn’t even glance at him, was about to approach Cheong-eum when the ground vibrated again.

Rumble. Rumble.

It was a strange vibrating sound.

“!”

The flustered Seon-o stopped in place, but Cheong-eum and Wi Gong-un sprang up and tried to run toward Seon-o. However, at that moment, something massive fell from the sky causing an earthquake, so the two men couldn’t move any further.

Kuuuuuung!

Seon-o, who had barely managed to steady himself, saw something fall right in front of him as if it had been aimed.

What fell with a heavy thunderous sound was a massive gate.

The three people stared blankly up at the enormous and mysterious stone gate that could never be created by human strength. Mystical five-colored clouds floated around the towering gate.

Seon-o’s eyes widened as he saw the various divine beasts carved on the pillars on either side.

‘The Gate of Flower Cloud Island!’

Wi Gong-un and Cheong-eum also quickly realized what this gate was. However, there was still quite a lot of time left before Flower Cloud Island was supposed to open.

Why already? Cheong-eum, who was confused, recalled what Seon-o had said before entering the labyrinth.

“It’s a place where time flows in a twisted manner. A day outside becomes about a month inside there…”

So according to that… all that time had passed while they were inside there.

Cheong-eum’s face hardened at this unexpected turn of events. Even he hadn’t anticipated that the Gate of Flower Cloud Island would fall so directly in front of the candidates like this. This was something not written in any records.

However, Seon-o’s expression was calm.

Of course, Seon-o knew that the immortals’ gate would appear in this manner. By now, the same gate would have been created in front of the other candidates who had left to search for the disappeared Flower Cloud Island.

He just hadn’t expected that all the remaining time would be consumed inside the labyrinth.

‘Hah… Really doesn’t give me a moment to breathe.’

But it was rather fortunate. Seon-o wanted to quickly end this tiresome competition.

“…”

Instead, it was only the two men, Wi Gong-un and Cheong-eum, who were tense.

They too knew what method was needed to enter Flower Cloud Island. Seon-o had not used the first method of practicing the Yin Energy Control Method for a hundred days.

Then what remained was only to offer Yin Power that would satisfy that gate.

As if proving this, the dragon carved on the pillar began to move as if awakening. The massive Stone Dragon protruded all the way to Seon-o’s front and opened its maw wide. All three realized that a sacrifice had to be offered there.

Did the current Seon-o have such a sacrifice?

“…”

Cheong-eum looked at Seon-o nervously.

What about the Moonlight Grass?

The desire to help Seon-o pass through that gate surged, even if it meant offering the Moonlight Grass.

However, at that moment, Seon-o turned to look at Cheong-eum and placed something on the ground. What had been uprooted but hadn’t lost its light was the Moonlight Grass.

“Don’t forget to take it with you.”

Cheong-eum looked at Seon-o without even being able to nod. At this moment, Wi Gong-un was surely feeling the same bewilderment.

If not the Moonlight Grass…

Unlike the tense two, Seon-o slowly examined his waist and vigorously tore off what was tightly bound there. What hadn’t broken despite experiencing the events in the labyrinth was the gourd bottle he had found in Intoxication’s Wine Cellar.

Holding the small, sturdy gourd bottle in his hand, Seon-o walked toward the dragon and looked into That Bastard’s eyes. The Stone Dragon’s pupils without irises were eerie.

“…”

Though he was pretending to be calm, Seon-o was also breaking out in cold sweat down his back. This was a method that had been explained in just one line in the original work.

The thousand-year-old Immortal Wine that Intoxication, who was obsessed with rare alcohol, had stolen after killing a Superhuman.

That by offering that precious wine that the Immortals had loved dearly, one could enter Flower Cloud Island.

‘If this method doesn’t work…’

Then he would have to use the final method.

Hoping such a situation wouldn’t arise, Seon-o placed the gourd bottle inside the dragon’s maw. Then a subtle light settled in the Stone Dragon’s eyes, and That Bastard swallowed it in an instant.

Tense, Seon-o waited for the dragon’s judgment without even blinking.

After a few seconds passed…

“!”

As the tightly closed stone gate began to slowly open, Seon-o’s breath burst out all at once.

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