Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 138
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Chapter 138: Great Chaos (1)
Why were various cultivators gathering at the Hwangryeol Archipelago?
There were forces involved in the succession struggle and those who wanted to join those forces, but there were also cultivators who had entered the Hwangryeol Archipelago despite having no connection to it.
They were watching the movements of the various forces while waiting for the right time to come.
The day when conflicts over the throne would intensify, leading to a great battle where they would kill and be killed.
“Over there! There’s a Gwangmyeong Sect member over there!”
“He’s badly injured! We can kill him with a coordinated attack!”
“W-wait! We have no grudge against each other, so how could you… Aaaaah!”
In a back alley of Pyeonghwang Island, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Gwangmyeong Sect was brutally murdered.
The ones who killed him were three unaffiliated mercenaries.
All three had no acquaintance with the murdered cultivator, but seeing that he was injured, they rushed at him without hesitation.
“As expected, the financial situation of prestigious Orthodox Sects is different from ours!”
“Look at this! There are Cloud Spirit Stones in his storage pouch!”
“Strip off the Daoist robe he’s wearing too! We can make good money if we repair and sell it!”
When great battles break out, great opportunities can be obtained.
They were looters trying to seize opportunities in this chaotic battle.
Cultivators belonging to major forces often carried valuable items, so just raiding their storage pouches could yield significant profits.
Therefore, they were making great gains by searching through corpses that had fallen after fierce battles or attacking the wounded.
“Hey, how about we go to the dock on Gongryeong Island?”
“The dock? That place is too dangerous.”
“Come now, how can we make profits without taking risks? Skilled cultivators will be stationed there, so there will definitely be great rewards.”
If they could get their hands on a Core Formation Realm cultivator’s storage pouch, it would be tremendous profit.
Eventually, blinded by greed, they headed toward the dock.
“Fellow Daoists, where are you going in such a hurry!”
“Your pouches look quite full, how about sharing some with us!”
However, they encountered a group that had been wandering around with the same purpose as themselves.
They couldn’t let their hard-earned spoils be stolen. They were exchanging glances and preparing to fight back when.
“Hmm…?”
Two men and women could be seen approaching this way.
The woman was very beautiful and elegant. At first glance, she looked like the daughter of some prestigious family.
They seemed to be heading to the dock to escape from Pyeonghwang Island and return to Gongryeong Island.
“….”
The two groups exchanged glances.
Let’s attack those two first and rob them, then talk.
After reaching an agreement through eye contact, they blocked the path together.
“Hey, you two there, where are you going in such a hurry….”
“Sorry, but this road requires a toll….”
No one could finish their words.
Because everyone’s heads and bodies were separated in an instant.
No one understood what had happened.
They only instinctively realized that they had touched a superior being they should never have approached.
While regretting that fact.
They all met their deaths together, leaving behind the spoils they had painstakingly collected.
* * *
“It was okay to kill them, right?”
Song Yu-hee, who had dealt with the scattered cultivators blocking their path, asked for confirmation afterward.
Cheon Woo-jin answered while advancing at a fast pace.
“Of course.”
Those bastards were hyenas trying to profit from this chaos.
Right now, Pyeonghwang Island was overflowing with such scum, and their harm was even reaching ordinary people.
Although various forces were engaged in fierce battles due to the imperial succession struggle, the chaos was being further aggravated by such bastards.
“Sect Leader, by now the Taeul Yeokri Sect must be engaged in fierce battle against the Gwangmyeong Sect and Jongli Family.”
Cheon Woo-jin explained the current situation once again.
“With the Black Spirit Blade Emperor and his subordinates gone, the Gwangmyeong Sect and Jongli Family have no chance of winning. They’ll eventually be pushed back by the Taeul Yeokri Sect.”
“Hmm, that’s how it will be.”
“Hmm, I suppose that’s how it’ll be.”
“But they won’t just take it lying down. They’ll surely try to use their last resort to enthrone the Third Prince.”
“But they won’t just take this lying down. They’ll surely resort to their last desperate measure to put the Third Prince on the throne.”
Saying that, Cheon Woo-jin raised his head.
It was in the direction where Nakryeong Island lay far in the distance.
“We’ll storm into the imperial palace on Nakryeong Island and secure the current Emperor.”
They would hold a sword to the Emperor’s throat and demand he abdicate the throne to the Third Prince Gong Uihwi.
“Cultivators cannot harm members of the imperial family, but the Jongli Family has not only cultivators but also martial artists. If we mobilize them, there will be no problem.”
If they committed such an act, the aftermath would be considerable.
Even if they obtained the emperor’s throne, they would inevitably be embroiled in legitimacy controversies.
However, it was much better than having the throne stolen by the Second Prince Gong Uiun.
“Father won’t just stand by and let that happen.”
“That’s why the final battle will take place in the imperial palace.”
Cultivators engaging in bloody combat in the imperial palace.
If the founding Emperor of Wei Jin Kingdom, who had tried his utmost to prevent the Cultivation World from interfering in state affairs, knew about this, he would wail from the afterlife.
“This is why we must head to Nakryeong Island right now.”
“Hmm, we need to rush into the imperial palace first and stop those bastards.”
Song Yuhui nodded with a smile.
“I’ll do whatever Sou tells me to. That seems like the better choice.”
“….”
Song Yuhui was already in a state of great dependence on Cheon Woo-jin.
It was complete trust that went beyond simple friendship.
After seeing him sacrifice himself to save her when facing Gwanghwang, Song Yuhui had completely fallen for Cheon Woo-jin.
It was all calculated behavior on Cheon Woo-jin’s part… but there was no way Song Yuhui could know that.
“First, let’s hijack a ferry and head straight to Nakryeong Island… Wait.”
Cheon Woo-jin grabbed Song Yuhui and pulled her toward him.
As they hid behind a building, Song Yuhui glared at Cheon Woo-jin, her arm still in his grasp.
“You kept saying men and women should maintain proper distance, but in the end, you’re touching my body.”
“Stop talking nonsense.”
Saying that, Cheon Woo-jin raised his finger.
“The Heartless Demon is here.”
“What?”
Atop a tall pavilion.
A man wearing a white mask stood with his arms crossed.
[Seong Mu-ryeong]
* Race: Human Race
* Age: 511 years
* Realm: Nascent Soul Stage (Late)
* Constitution: Earth-Metal Spiritual Root
* Faction: Demonic Path
* Affiliation: Blood World Demon Sect
* Heavenly Mandate: Faith and Righteousness
It was the Heartless Demon Seong Mu-ryeong, leader of the Blood World Demon Sect’s White Mask Division.
The Demonic Cultivators he had sent to infiltrate Gong Ui-un’s Yellow Residence had been discovered by Cheon Woo-jin and completely annihilated.
Since Gong Ui-hwi, who had been his ally, was dead, he should no longer be able to interfere in the succession struggle…
“Seeing how leisurely he’s staying there, it doesn’t seem like he plans to head to Gongryeong Island or Nakyeong Island. He’s probably thinking of hunting here on Pyeonghwang Island.”
“Then…”
“It’s best to avoid him as much as possible.”
Right now, getting to the Imperial City was the priority.
He couldn’t waste time fighting the Heartless Demon.
Moreover, the Heartless Demon was at the late Nascent Soul stage.
He was too burdensome to face right now.
“I’ll take a slight detour.”
Cheon Woo-jin headed down a different path to avoid the Heartless Demon.
But the other path wasn’t smooth either.
“This path is chaotic too.”
“…”
Those who were clearly demonic cultivators were killing indiscriminately, whether they were cultivators or ordinary people.
Seeing them collecting blood, they seemed to be from the Blood Soul Division.
“The Soul-Crushing Blood Demon, leader of the Blood Soul Division, doesn’t seem to be here. It looks like only small fry.”
“Then…”
The Heartless Demonic Path wouldn’t come running all the way here to help the Blood Soul Pavilion.
Cheon Woo-jin raised the Zhu Rong Annihilation Sword and deployed his energy throughout his body.
“I’ll break through.”
“Understood…!”
Song Yu-hee took the lead, deploying green Sword Qi.
The demonic cultivators of the Blood Soul Pavilion were swept away in an instant by her overwhelming power.
Cheon Woo-jin followed behind, dealing with the ones Song Yu-hee had missed.
However, new cultivators appeared in their path.
It was a group of female cultivators wearing pure white Daoist robes.
“How lamentable. So much blood here as well…”
“What’s with that violent female cultivator over there? Her methods are too cruel – is she the leader of the Demonic Path?”
They focused their attention on Song Yu-hee.
Seeing Song Yu-hee brutally killing enemies, they seemed to have mistaken her for the leader of the demonic cultivators.
‘Those appear to be from the White Flower Sect.’
The White Flower Sect was an Orthodox Sect that had entered the Brilliant Flame Islands with a separate purpose.
They had come after hearing rumors that an enemy who had disgraced their sect was planning to participate in this great upheaval, so they had nothing to do with the imperial succession struggle.
There was absolutely no reason to fight with the White Flower Sect, but… they charged toward Song Yu-hee.
“Stop the slaughter!”
“Don’t you have even the slightest mercy!”
Song Yu-hee wasn’t the type to just leave alone those who threatened her.
She launched green Sword Qi toward the White Flower Sect disciples, and they were immediately sent flying.
“How dare you…!”
“She really is a demonic cultivator!”
The White Flower Sect began unleashing attacks all at once, and Song Yu-hee counterattacked.
At this rate, they would not only waste time but also spill unnecessary blood.
‘I need to make the White Flower Sect back down first.’
Cheon Woo-jin decided to unleash True Fire toward the White Flower Sect.
Of course, he planned to control the power and only threaten them.
Taking advantage of the gap when the White Flower Sect retreated in surprise at the True Fire, he just needed to drag Song Yu-hee away from this place.
With that thought, when Cheon Woo-jin leaped onto the roof of a nearby building.
Someone from the White Flower Sect side also flew up and landed on the same roof.
“It’s useless even if you try to launch a surprise attack from the side.”
An ice-cold voice.
Cheon Woo-jin unconsciously turned his head to look at her.
“Huh?”
“Eh?”
And they both widened their eyes and let out dumbfounded voices.
The one who had come up to the roof to stop Cheon Woo-jin was a woman with a pale face like a snow maiden.
Seo Seol-ryeong was right before his eyes.
“….”
“….”
It was the first time since they had parted in Central Mirror Town on the 6th Floor of Ghost Head City.
Come to think of it, Seo Seol-ryeong had also decided to act separately in this area for her own purpose.
It seemed she had joined the White Flower Sect for that purpose.
He had thought they might meet by chance… but who would have thought they’d encounter each other in a place like this.
“….”
“….”
The two people exchanged only glances while keeping their mouths shut.
And without anyone taking the lead, they deployed their Magic Arts.
Cheon Woo-jin unleashed True Fire.
Seo Seol-ryeong released cold energy.
Toward the space between Song Yu-hee and the White Flower Sect, both sides.
Seeing both sides hastily retreat backward, Cheon Woo-jin and Seo Seol-ryeong quickly jumped down from the roof.
“Sect Leader Song, there’s no need to deal with these people. Head straight to the dock.”
“Everyone, it seems the Blood World Demon Sect is harming Ordinary People over there. There appear to be children too, so let’s hurry and rescue them.”
Thus, each took their respective groups and moved in opposite directions.
Despite not exchanging a single word.
In an instant, they understood each other’s circumstances and made the best choice for one another.
Even in this moment when they were walking different paths, trust still lived between the two of them.
‘Let’s meet again in Ghost Head City, Seo Seol-ryeong.’
As he was heading toward the dock, hoping that Seo Seol-ryeong would accomplish her goal and return safely to Ghost Head City.
Song Yu-hee asked in a cold voice from beside him.
“So-woo, was there someone you knew?”
“No, there wasn’t.”
Cheon Woo-jin deflected like that and turned his head.
But he could feel Song Yu-hee’s gaze staring intently at him, making his spine run cold.
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