Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 10

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Chapter 10: Magic Arts (2)

While Won Hang of the Won Family Estate was anticipating victory and falling into extreme excitement.

Cheon Woo-jin’s reason was analyzing the current situation coldly without a single waver.

‘As expected, close combat is disadvantageous.’

Cultivators are stronger than martial artists.

That was an undeniable truth.

However, there exists exactly one situation where a martial artist can gain an advantage over a cultivator.

When they ambush a Qi Condensation cultivator and establish close combat.

‘If it were Foundation Establishment or higher, any martial artist could be toyed with using just one finger, but Qi Condensation isn’t at that level yet.’

Indeed, the Water Shield Technique that Cheon Woo-jin was currently deploying couldn’t properly block Won Hang’s Sword Qi.

While it might be partly because Cheon Woo-jin wasn’t yet familiar with Defensive Magic, Won Hang’s Sword Qi was exceptionally sharp and powerful.

“Haaah…!”

Won Hang roared.

Simultaneously, the momentum of his Sword Qi became even more fierce.

Perhaps he was gaining new enlightenment at this very moment.

That meant death was approaching Cheon Woo-jin.

Soon the Water Barrier would shatter, and Won Hang’s Sword Qi would slice off Cheon Woo-jin’s head.

To maintain life even with one’s head severed would require a higher realm.

Cheon Woo-jin, still only at Qi Condensation, would lose his life the moment his head was severed.

‘As expected, engaging in a direct power struggle with a Martial Arts master is difficult with my current abilities.’

Cheon Woo-jin honestly acknowledged his lack of ability.

Engaging in a direct confrontation with a supreme master like Ghost Shadow was still a difficult task.

However.

Cheon Woo-jin neither felt discouraged nor despaired.

Because he knew he didn’t need to fight head-on.

He had already completed preparations for that in advance.

‘Black Shadow.’

An anomaly occurred in Cheon Woo-jin’s shadow.

A pitch-black blade emerged from within the shadow.

But this was by no means a sudden occurrence.

Cheon Woo-jin had been secretly hiding his spiritual energy within his shadow from earlier.

The name of this magic art was Black Shadow Technique.

A magic art that assimilates black spiritual energy with one’s shadow to generate black blades from within the shadow.

It was the most lethal technique among the magic arts Cheon Woo-jin had mastered in Ghost Shadow’s Stone Cave.

Since black blades could only be created from within one’s own shadow, the range was very short.

However, because black blades surge forth from the shadow without any warning signs, it was extremely effective when catching opponents off guard in close combat.

“…!”

Thunk!

The black blade that surged from the blind spot penetrated Won Hang’s lower abdomen.

The moment the blade formed from compressed pitch-black spiritual energy pierced through his lower belly, time seemed to stop.

If Won Hang had been protecting his body with Protective Qi, he wouldn’t have been caught so helplessly.

But right now, Won Hang was pouring all his strength into his Sword Qi to break through Cheon Woo-jin’s Defensive Magic.

A state where he disregarded defense and focused solely on attack.

Therefore, the black blade could penetrate Won Hang’s lower abdomen without difficulty.

“My, my dantian…”

The Sword Qi that had been surging with terrifying momentum weakly dissipated.

Because his dantian was destroyed, he could no longer operate Internal Energy.

Watching Won Hang’s face turn pale, Cheon Woo-jin operated his spiritual energy.

The black blade that surged from the shadow traced complex trajectories.

“Ah…”

Swish swish swish!

The merciless black blade butchered Won Hang’s body.

The sword Won Hang had been holding was already knocked away.

With a body that had lost Internal Energy and fighting spirit, he couldn’t block a cultivator’s magic arts.

“…”

Won Hang couldn’t even let out a final scream.

He collapsed on the spot, blood spurting from vital points throughout his body including his neck.

Just moments ago, he had been captivated by the excitement of being able to defeat a cultivator.

It was an utterly futile end.

‘It was a vain expectation, Won Hang.’

Certainly, martial artists can gain an advantage over Qi Condensation cultivators in close combat.

But they can only gain an advantage at best.

If the cultivator side had prepared a move to catch the martial artist off guard, they could easily turn the battle around.

‘In fights between martial artists, blades don’t surge up from underfoot.’

Last winter, the magic art Cheon Woo-jin practiced the most was precisely this Black Shadow Technique.

He judged it to be a magic art that could strike at an opponent’s weakness and counterattack when allowing a surprise attack.

Ghost Shadow lacked the aptitude to master the Black Shadow Technique, but Cheon Woo-jin had the Water Spirit Root Manifestation True Bright Body, so he had no problem mastering the Black Shadow Technique.

All this time, Cheon Woo-jin had undergone bone-grinding training, pushing the Water Spirit Energy refined through the Five Elements Path Cultivation Technique into his shadow thousands of times.

As a result, it became possible for him to use the Black Shadow Technique skillfully enough to strike at the weakness of a supreme master.

‘Of course, if I had used the Instant Death Heaven Eye, I could have dealt with him more easily.’

If he had used the Instant Death Heaven Eye during the earlier power struggle, he could have ended the match right there.

However, he shouldn’t use the Instant Death Heaven Eye against a mere martial artist like Won Hang.

The Instant Death Heaven Eye could only be used once every 24 hours.

If he used it recklessly at any time, he wouldn’t be able to use the Instant Death Heaven Eye when he was truly in crisis.

So he had to defeat opponents without the Instant Death Heaven Eye as much as possible.

‘This is one of the reasons I need to hone my skills.’

Thinking from that perspective.

Cheon Woo-jin was still very lacking.

The fact that he had to flee first to throw the Fish Sword Talisman at Won Hang’s subordinates.

The fact that he struck at Won Hang’s weakness with the Black Shadow Technique during their power struggle.

In the end, it was because Cheon Woo-jin’s power was still insufficient.

If he had the power to overwhelm them head-on, he wouldn’t have needed to do that.

‘Once I enter the Qi Accumulation stage, such things won’t happen.’

Having to engage in such close battles with martial artists was only a story up to the Qi Refining stage.

Upon reaching the Qi Accumulation stage, the battle itself wouldn’t be established.

Cultivators achieve dramatic growth each time they advance to the next stage.

‘So I need to quickly enter the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage. Only then can I challenge the Qi Accumulation stage.’

Now Cheon Woo-jin had to leave this place and venture into the Outside World.

But he had no intention of wandering aimlessly.

‘If this were a game…’

Cheon Woo-jin recalled his memories of the Immortal Path Chronicles.

In the game, going to the Won Family Estate first was the standard approach.

Behind the Won Family Estate was a Capital Sect.

By entering the Won Family Estate and achieving merits, that Capital Sect would make contact first.

By taking the entrance exam and joining the sect, one could walk the true path of cultivation.

‘But I don’t need to go through such a process.’

Cheon Woo-jin looked around once more.

Blood flowing from the corpses of Won Hang and his subordinates was soaking the ground.

‘There’s a smell of blood.’

If there was no contact from Won Hang, the Won Family Estate would send martial artists again soon.

If those martial artists discovered these corpses, there was a high possibility they would try to find the culprit and seek revenge.

To prevent that from happening, he had to completely eliminate the corpses.

“…”

However, Cheon Woo-jin didn’t touch the corpses.

Leaving the blood-reeking corpses as they were, he sat down on a suitable rock nearby.

Then he closed his eyes and began Qi Circulation Cultivation according to the formula of the Five Elements Path Cultivation Technique.

Sometimes wild beasts approached, drawn by the smell of blood, but when Cheon Woo-jin released his spiritual power, they fled in terror.

After about half a day had passed.

He felt something unusual crossing the sky.

It passed over Cheon Woo-jin’s head toward Goeyu Mountain, but immediately returned.

“Hehe, how interesting.”

Kwarrrung!

With a thunderous sound, a Blue Robed Man fell from the sky.

The moment his feet touched the ground, the air itself changed.

An overwhelming presence incomparable to mere martial artists pressed down on all directions.

“I came to investigate after hearing rumors that the Black Mist Dragon’s presence had disappeared, but I never expected to see such an interesting sight.”

The man took out a Crane Feather Fan from his bosom.

And he covered his face so the smell of blood wouldn’t directly reach his nose.

“Are you the one who massacred these martial artists of the Won Family Estate?”

With his face covered like that, the man asked in an arrogant manner.

“You look like some rootless mountain hermit, but did you commit this act knowing that the Won Family Estate receives protection from our Taeul Yeokri Gate?”

Taeul Yeokri Gate.

The sect of cultivators behind the Won Family Estate.

A cultivator from that Taeul Yeokri Gate had fallen into the trap Cheon Woo-jin had set.

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