Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 106

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Chapter 106: Spirit Bird (2)

Orthodox Sects with long histories often have Spirit Beasts that serve as guardian deities.

There are various reasons why Spirit Beasts come to reside in sects, but most commonly they are raised in the sect from a young age.

Like hunting dogs, they are tamed from childhood to dedicate their loyalty to the sect.

The Flame Sparrow Po-yeong also grew up in the Flame Emperor Sect from when it was a chick.

In the past, it was loyal to the Former Sect Master, and now it is loyal to Jin Si-hyeok.

It helps Jin Si-hyeok grow magnificently and spread his reputation.

Po-yeong’s mind was filled with nothing but such thoughts.

‘The one I need to be most wary of right now is Cheon Woo-jin.’

Po-yeong was lost in thought while flying above the Dense Forest region of the 5th Layer.

‘Jin Si-hyeok both highly evaluates Cheon Woo-jin while simultaneously underestimating him. This is when it’s most dangerous.’

I must observe Cheon Woo-jin with Projection Spirit Eyes to gather information.

I need to find out why he’s so strong and establish countermeasures based on that.

If I do that, Jin Si-hyeok won’t face any danger.

‘Those traces… were they burned with Samadhi True Fire?’

In the Dense Forest, there were traces of Guyang Hu’s battle where he unleashed flames, but separate from that, there were traces of the forest being burned with Samadhi True Fire.

Po-yeong descended there and examined the surroundings. Even without using Projection Spirit Eyes, Po-yeong had excellent ability to interpret information with its eyes.

‘Footprints continue in that direction.’

Following the recently left footprints, it was able to discover a secret entrance hidden beneath a tree.

After entering inside and advancing for quite a while, it could enter the Tower that ascends to the 6th Floor.

‘Originally, one would have to wander the Dense Forest for several days, but they found the way in less than a day. Lucky.’

To ascend to the 6th Floor, one must board an elevating Dharma Artifact called a Flying Circular Platform inside the Tower.

Since flying up wasn’t allowed, Po-yeong had no choice but to ride the Flying Circular Platform.

There were Cultivators who had arrived first, so it had to wait its turn.

Po-yeong tried to stand in line like a human, but then the Cultivators who had arrived first looked at Po-yeong.

“What? Why did a bird come in here?”

“I’ve never seen such a red bird before. It has gorgeous feathers like it’s burning.”

Cultivators who had never seen a Flame Sparrow approached Po-yeong.

“Should we catch this and sell it?”

“Yeah, it looks like it would fetch a lot of money.”

The Cultivators reached their hands toward Po-yeong.

And just before their fingertips touched the red feathers.

“Kyaaaak…!”

“Th-this fire…!”

Their entire bodies were engulfed in flames.

They tried various methods to extinguish the fire, such as drawing up Water Spirit Energy, but it was all useless.

“Th-this thing uses True Fire…!”

The Flame Sparrow is not an ordinary bird.

It’s a Spirit Bird that can generate True Fire on its own.

Po-yeong could already create True Fire from when it was a chick.

The reason it immediately recognized the traces of Samadhi True Fire earlier was because Po-yeong is a creature that handles True Fire.

“Kyuu…”

The foolish Cultivators who dared try to capture the Flame Sparrow instantly burned to ash.

Po-yeong looked at their remains with indifferent eyes.

Only the Sect Master of the Flame Emperor Sect can touch Po-yeong’s body.

It had been educated from a young age to burn to death anyone who tried to touch it carelessly.

Po-yeong scattered the ashes with its wing beats and boarded the Flying Circular Platform.

Sitting on the disc that ascended at a moderate speed and waiting, it was able to arrive at the 6th Floor soon.

Upon exiting the Tower and setting foot on the 6th Floor, it could feel various scents coming from three directions.

The scent of the windy Mountain Region, the scent of the snow-covered Snow Mountain Region, and the damp scent of the Wetland Region.

‘They said Cheon Woo-jin has been associating with a demon Cultivator from the Wetland Region recently. Should I search the Wetland Region first?’

Po-yeong flapped its wings and headed toward the Wetland Region.

Eventually, it was able to discover a sect located in the middle of the Wetland Region.

‘That’s the Shadow Scale Sunken Sect.’

It concealed its presence with Magic Arts to avoid unnecessary conflict.

While hidden like this, Po-yeong scouted the Shadow Scale Sunken Sect’s Main Hall.

However, a woman who appeared to be a snake demon raised her head with an expression of unease.

Fearing it might be discovered, Po-yeong hastily flew in another direction.

‘Is that Yo Eun-hui, the Sect Master of the Shadow Scale Sunken Sect? She seems like an opponent I shouldn’t underestimate.’

Po-yeong wandered around the outskirts for a while.

During that time, it spotted a lizard demon walking through the wetlands.

‘A demon Cultivator who has learned very powerful Soft Body Techniques. Is that lizard Na Chwi-ryang who stole the Heavenly Silkworm Shadow Robe?’

The lizard demon walking through the wetlands stopped in its tracks.

And he waited with his arms crossed as if waiting for someone.

As Po-yeong circled nearby keeping watch, one human man approached the lizard demon.

‘Could that bastard be Cheon Woo-jin?’

To get a closer look, Po-yeong lowered his altitude.

But he immediately received a great shock.

‘That, that bastard is…!’

Po-yeong’s Projection Spirit Eye sees through an opponent’s constitution.

But the moment he looked into that man, he felt a sensation as if being sucked into a pitch-black winter sea.

Within that man’s inner self existed an endless black sea.

Po-yeong instantly realized what that identity was.

‘That’s the Manifest True Life Body…!’

Po-yeong recalled the rumors he had heard last year.

The Black Mist Dragon who was the master of Goeyu Mountain had suddenly disappeared, and it seemed he had likely been killed by someone.

He had heard that the Taeul Yeokri Sect was searching for that culprit.

That Black Mist Dragon was precisely the Manifest True Life Body.

‘Humans cannot be born with the Manifest True Life Body! That bastard killed the Black Mist Dragon through some method and obtained the Manifest True Life Body!’

That human man over there… Cheon Woo-jin is the very culprit who killed the Black Mist Dragon.

Cheon Woo-jin’s amazing combat power must be the result of obtaining the Black Mist Dragon’s Manifest True Life Body.

‘Then I must not let Jin Si-hyeok fight!’

The spirit beast’s intuition cried out.

Jin Si-hyeok had never fought against an existence with such special talent.

If Cheon Woo-jin came out with some irregular battle tactics utilizing the Manifest True Life Body, it would be difficult for Jin Si-hyeok to respond.

The principle of water overcoming fire was also an unfavorable factor for Jin Si-hyeok.

The scene of the endless sea of the Manifest True Life Body swallowing Jin Si-hyeok kept appearing in his mind.

‘But would Jin Si-hyeok listen to my words?’

Jin Si-hyeok has an arrogant personality.

He would sneer and say ‘He’s just Foundation Establishment anyway.’

His thoughts might change if he directly experienced Cheon Woo-jin, but by then it would be too late.

‘What should I do.’

His loyalty as a guardian spirit beast.

That threw Po-yeong into anguish.

But right at that moment.

“Na Chwi-ryang, how long has that bird been there?”

“Hmm? A bird?”

From the ground, Cheon Woo-jin and Na Chwi-ryang looked up at Po-yeong.

The moment he understood his concealment had been seen through, Po-yeong dove sharply.

‘Here I’ll burn Cheon Woo-jin to death…!’

Jin Si-hyeok had told Po-yeong not to touch Cheon Woo-jin, but this was for the best.

He had to kill Cheon Woo-jin before Jin Si-hyeok directly confronted him.

To do so, Po-yeong drew out all his power.

Explosive Samadhi True Fire poured down toward the ground.

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[Po-yeong ]

* Race: Bird Clan

* Age: 324 years

* Realm: Core Formation Realm Great Perfection

* Constitution: Fire Spirit Root, Flame Sparrow Body

* Faction: Orthodox Sect

* Affiliation: Flame Emperor Sect

* Destiny: Sincerity

When he discovered the status window in the sky, Cheon Woo-jin was quite surprised.

He hadn’t expected Po-yeong, the Flame Emperor Sect’s guardian spirit beast, to come here alone.

He had thought he would come up together with Jin Si-hyeok, but for some reason Po-yeong seemed to have come up first by himself.

As soon as he saw Po-yeong, Cheon Woo-jin gathered all his spiritual power in his Lightning Ring.

He knew that bird the size of an eagle could unleash flame attacks more powerful than Guyang Hu.

“Protect your body with strong qi, Na Chwi-ryang!”

“What the…”

There was no time to confirm whether Na Chwi-ryang followed the instruction.

The crimson flames erupted from the sky instantly swallowed both men.

“Kraaagh…!”

“Urgh…!”

Cheon Woo-jin tried to get as far away from the flames as possible while utilizing Lightning Energy.

But because the flames’ force was so strong, it felt like his body would burn up if he didn’t deploy a shield of Lightning Energy with his Lightning Ring.

‘This isn’t ordinary flame but True Fire!’

True Fire created by manifesting the principles of heaven and earth’s nature is more powerful than ordinary flames.

Even Water Spirit Energy has difficulty dealing with it.

General Fire Attribute Magic is weak against Water attributes due to the principle of mutual restraint where water extinguishes fire.

However, True Fire seems to operate on the principle of reverse dominance where intense fire evaporates water, making it unaffected even by Water attributes.

It was more effective to use the Thunder Wheel technique to generate Repulsive Force in the Lightning Energy shield and push away the True Fire.

“…!”

Even though he had distanced himself as far as possible from the center of the True Fire, he could feel tremendous heat.

If he didn’t stay alert, he would lose at least one limb.

Cheon Woo-jin endured as much as possible while pouring spiritual power into his Lightning Energy shield.

“Grrrr….”

When the storm of True Fire finally subsided.

Na Chwi-ryang’s groaning could be heard nearby.

Na Chwi-ryang seemed to have deployed strong qi throughout his body to protect himself.

Still, his entire body was burned black like charcoal.

True Fire was capable of burning even solid strong qi.

“Dam, damn it….”

Still, Na Chwi-ryang hadn’t died yet.

Since he was in the Core Formation Realm anyway, he would be fine as long as his Golden Core was safe.

His Golden Core wouldn’t have burned, so there seemed to be no need to worry about his life.

“….”

Cheon Woo-jin bit his lips and turned his gaze back to Paoying.

Paoying was spreading its wings, glaring at Cheon Woo-jin while looking for an opportunity to launch the next attack.

It seemed to pay no attention to Na Chwi-ryang.

‘Is it targeting me?’

If so, there was a way.

Cheon Woo-jin drew up Lightning Energy and moved quickly.

[Thunder Flash]

Kwarreung!

Paoying was startled by the instantaneous acceleration.

Feeling the presence of Paoying flapping its wings in pursuit, Cheon Woo-jin gripped the Entry Token in his chest tightly.

Then he threw himself toward the space-time Rift that had formed over the swamp.

Woong.

A blood-red Swamp Area spread out before his eyes.

The Secret Realm that the Dark Forest Shadow Needle Sect had given Cheon Woo-jin entry rights to… he had entered the Blood Marsh Secret Realm.

But Cheon Woo-jin wasn’t the only one who entered the Blood Marsh Secret Realm.

Paoying, flying at full speed, had also barely passed through the Rift and entered the Secret Realm.

“You have no luck, Cheon Woo-jin.”

Paoying flapped its wings and spoke to Cheon Woo-jin.

“You thought you could survive by fleeing into the Secret Realm. But since I followed you in, you cannot escape.”

“….”

“You are a threat to the Flame Emperor Sect. Before you face Jin Si-hyeok, I will personally burn you to death.”

Saying that, Paoying tried to generate True Fire once again.

However, Cheon Woo-jin remained calm.

Since he had entered the Blood Marsh Secret Realm, he could fight using all his methods without worrying about anyone’s gaze.

He could even use Instant Death Heaven Eye.

Cheon Woo-jin had deliberately lured Paoying to this place.

It was an opportunity to definitely obtain the spirit bird Flame Sparrow that could become an extreme yang Core Formation Spirit Material.

“Paoying.”

However.

Before engaging in battle with Paoying, Cheon Woo-jin first attempted conversation.

“I have something I want to say.”

“Are you begging for your life? It’s useless. I exist solely for the Flame Emperor Sect….”

“About that Flame Emperor Sect.”

In front of Paoying displaying loyalty to the Flame Emperor Sect, Cheon Woo-jin recalled memories from the game and asked.

“Do you know that you’re being used by the Flame Emperor Sect?”

“Being used…?”

He could tell that Paoying hesitated in the Air.

Looking straight at such Paoying, Cheon Woo-jin spoke in a clear voice.

“The Flame Emperor Sect is your enemy. You are showing loyalty to your enemy.”

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