Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 139

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Chapter 139: Great Turmoil (2)

 

After stopping the conflict with Seo Seol-ryeong and the Hundred Flowers Sect.

 

Cheon Woo-jin headed to the dock with Song Yu-hee.

 

Four sea-crossing ships were anchored at the dock.

 

In such a chaotic situation as now, it seemed they couldn’t depart and were just moored there.

 

“I’ll seize one of those and head directly to Nakryeong Island.”

 

“Understood!”

 

Around the dock, various cultivators were also fighting.

 

Among them were disciples of the Taeul Yeokri Sect.

 

“Y-Young Sect Leader?”

 

“Where on earth have you been all this time…?”

 

Seeing Song Yu-hee approaching from afar, they were all startled.

 

All this time, the Taeul Yeokri Sect must have desperately needed Song Yu-hee’s power.

 

But summoning Song Yu-hee was impossible.

 

The Taeul Yeokri Sect had ordered Song Yu-hee to go to Pyeonghwang Island, but Song Yu-hee had been led by Cheon Woo-jin to Jukrim Island instead.

 

While Song Yu-hee was serving as Cheon Woo-jin’s protector on Jukrim Island, the Taeul Yeokri Sect must have been stamping their feet in frustration.

 

“Young Sect Leader, please come this way… Aaagh!”

 

Crack!

 

One of the disciples calling for Song Yu-hee was struck down by a wood piece that flew from somewhere.

 

It was a wood piece enhanced enough to crush a person.

 

Seeing this, Cheon Woo-jin felt an ominous premonition.

 

‘Don’t tell me…’

 

Swoosh!

 

The bloodied wood piece flew through the sky on its own.

 

Where the wood piece flew, there was a wooden puppet that looked like a sturdy man.

 

Click. The wood piece attached to the wooden puppet’s right arm.

 

The identity of the wood piece that had crushed the Taeul Yeokri Sect disciple was a right fist fired from the wooden puppet.

 

‘Blood Puppet Ancestor Gu Do-ryun’s puppet…!’

 

Blood Puppet Ancestor Gu Do-ryun, whom Cheon Woo-jin had once toyed with using the alias ‘Hyeok’.

 

The puppets created by him, one of the Thirteen Venerables of the Thirteen Alliances Under the Moon, were indiscriminately attacking other cultivators.

 

Bang, bang, bang!

 

Hundreds of puppets threw punches toward the disciples of the Taeul Yeokri Sect.

 

The Taeul Yeokri Sect side fought back with various magic arts, but the puppets’ attacks were too fierce.

 

The fists of the puppets enhanced by spell formations struck the disciples of the Taeul Yeokri Sect, and they met their deaths with their entire bodies crushed.

 

“There are all kinds of things in this world.”

 

Song Yu-hee muttered as if finding it interesting.

 

At that moment, one disciple whose entire body was crushed squeezed out his last strength to request help from Song Yu-hee’s direction.

 

“S-Sect Master, Fellow Daoist Shin Hyeok, please save me…”

 

Now that he looked, it was a face he had seen once at the Imperial Palace.

 

However, Cheon Woo-jin didn’t even have time to rush over to help.

 

Crack!

 

One of the wooden puppets that had begun advancing stepped on and crushed that disciple’s head.

 

And… it turned its head to look in the direction where Cheon Woo-jin was.

 

“Shin Hyeok?”

 

A voice came from the puppet.

 

It was a rough voice coming from aged vocal cords.

 

Of course, the puppet wasn’t speaking directly.

 

It was just the voice of the puppet master controlling it remotely being transmitted.

 

“Did you just say Shin Hyeok?”

 

Things are getting complicated.

 

As Cheon Woo-jin clicked his tongue, clanking sounds came from beyond the wooden puppets.

 

And a puppet whose entire body was made of metal revealed itself.

 

Clearly different from the low-grade puppets made of wood… it was Gu Do-ryun’s mid-grade puppet.

 

“Your facial features are slightly different, but…”

 

Eyes made of glass observed Cheon Woo-jin.

 

“Your gaze is exactly the same. You bastard, you’re that True Fire practitioner who made a fool of me!”

 

The mid-grade puppet spread both arms and showed an excited appearance.

 

Since he was connected to Gu Do-ryun who was far away, it was no different from Gu Do-ryun’s own reaction.

 

“Information came in that a True Fire practitioner named Shin Hyeok had joined the Taeul Yeokri Sect, so I sent puppets to check and they caught you perfectly! Shin! Hyeok! So that was your real name! Kuhaha, I finally found the bastard I couldn’t locate even after scouring the entire Continent for months…!”

 

Hearing Gu Do-ryun’s jubilant voice, Song Yu-hui asked Cheon Woo-jin a question.

 

“So-u, do you know each other?”

 

“Hmm…”

 

This was quite troublesome.

 

Running into Gu Do-ryun here wasn’t part of Cheon Woo-jin’s plan.

 

Since he was blocking right in front of the dock, there was no way to avoid him either.

 

“I won’t let you escape this time! I’ll capture you and turn you into a living puppet!”

 

Just as he shouted that and tried to charge forward.

 

Green Sword Qi struck the mid-grade puppet.

 

“By whose permission?”

 

Thud!

 

Watching the puppet fall backward with a loud crash, Song Yu-hui spoke in a cold voice.

 

“It seems he was So-u’s enemy. Shall I kill him?”

 

“The real person isn’t here right now, so even if you wanted to kill him, you couldn’t…”

 

While Cheon Woo-jin was responding.

 

With a clattering sound, the mid-grade puppet got back up.

 

Though the torso area was slightly dented, it appeared to be functioning perfectly fine.

 

“That young-looking fellow is quite capable. Around early Nascent Soul stage?”

 

“…”

 

A mere puppet had withstood a Nascent Soul’s Sword Qi.

 

At that fact, Song Yu-hui’s expression also changed.

 

“He’s not someone to take lightly.”

 

“It seems so. Then…”

 

“Don’t waste your strength.”

 

He stopped Song Yu-hui before she could use major techniques like a pseudo-Domain.

 

There would be bigger battles ahead, so there was no need to consume Spiritual Power here.

 

“I’ll take on that metal puppet.”

 

“Sou?”

 

“Sect Master Song, please handle the rest of them.”

 

The wooden low-grade puppets were numerous enough that they couldn’t be ignored either.

 

They also had the function of launching fists, and were improved models with enhanced combat capabilities compared to what Cheon Woo-jin had fought before.

 

Song Yu-hee would have quite a struggle if she tried to fight while conserving her spiritual power.

 

“Understood. Let’s sweep them away and board the ferry.”

 

After finishing their communication, Cheon Woo-jin and Song Yu-hee moved in different directions.

 

“You managed to find me quite well, Blood Puppet Ancestor.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin spoke to the metal puppet as he soared into the sky.

 

The Zhurong World-Destroying Sword was already in his hand.

 

“Sorry, but I’m in a hurry, so I’ll have to excuse myself.”

 

“Insolent bastard!”

 

Thud!

 

The metal puppet leaped up, chasing after Cheon Woo-jin.

 

The wooden puppets tried to follow as well, but Song Yu-hee stopped them by unleashing green sword qi.

 

“I’ll be your opponent.”

 

Crash crash bang!

 

Hearing the sound of wooden puppets being smashed, Cheon Woo-jin soared even higher.

 

Now only the metal puppet was following Cheon Woo-jin.

 

“Hyeok! No, Shin Hyeok! Stop right there!”

 

Gu Do-ryun’s voice, controlling remotely, could be heard from below.

 

However, Cheon Woo-jin didn’t respond and continued to flee.

 

‘My speed has definitely increased.’

 

Currently, Cheon Woo-jin was flying at a faster speed than usual.

 

This was partly because he had reached the middle stage of Core Formation Realm, but also thanks to his Single-Pattern Golden Core with one formed core pattern.

 

Core patterns serve to amplify spiritual power, allowing him to produce higher output than a typical middle-stage Core Formation cultivator.

 

Because he was flying while amplifying his spiritual power with the Single-Pattern Golden Core, he could escape without being caught even by Gu Do-ryun’s mid-grade puppet.

 

“You bastard…!”

 

Unable to catch up no matter how much it increased its speed, the metal puppet raised both fists.

 

Thud! Thud!

 

Massive iron fists were launched toward Cheon Woo-jin.

 

He barely managed to dodge one of the two fists.

 

But the other one burrowed into Cheon Woo-jin’s lower abdomen.

 

Crash!

 

With a thunderous sound, the fist was deflected.

 

It was because Cheon Woo-jin had already deployed the Taeul Protection Talisman.

 

“This bastard! The Taeul Yeokri Sect’s defensive talisman…!”

 

Gu Do-ryun, who recognized the Taeul Protection Talisman, shouted.

 

But Cheon Woo-jin couldn’t feel at ease either.

 

Just blocking one fist had caused cracks to appear in the Taeul Protection Talisman.

 

If both fists had hit simultaneously, he wouldn’t have been able to block them.

 

‘I can’t drag this out.’

 

Could he destroy that metal puppet in one strike?

 

Impossible. It was durable enough to withstand Song Yu-hee’s Sword Qi, so even if Cheon Woo-jin unleashed True Fire, the firepower would be insufficient.

 

Still, there had to be a way.

 

Cheon Woo-jin ran around avoiding the metal puppet while devising a strategy.

 

“How long do you plan to keep running!”

 

Thud! Thoom!

 

The metal puppet’s fists were launched with a time delay.

 

Cheon Woo-jin again dodged one and defended against the other.

 

Though he blocked it with the Taeul Protection Talisman’s barrier, he couldn’t absorb all the impact and his body shook.

 

“Ugh…!”

 

Acting as if he couldn’t overcome the shock, he crashed down to the ground.

 

Cheon Woo-jin, who fell into a building while collapsing the roof, quickly changed his position.

 

Then the metal puppet chased after Cheon Woo-jin and burst into the building.

 

“Where are you!”

 

Crash! Crunch!

 

The metal puppet searched for Cheon Woo-jin, demolishing building walls and pillars.

 

Though it was superior to low-grade puppets made of wood, puppets inherently had limitations in their detection abilities.

 

It couldn’t easily find Cheon Woo-jin, who was concealing his presence.

 

‘Then…’

 

Cheon Woo-jin took out his Heavenly Armor Flying Spirit from his storage bag after a long time.

 

He planned to use the Flying Spirit, a dharma artifact that moved autonomously, to lure the metal puppet.

 

“Hmm…?”

 

Clatter.

 

One of the Heavenly Armor Flying Spirits he had secretly sent out made a sound as it touched an object in the building.

 

“There you are!”

 

Crash!

 

The metal puppet burst through the wall and leaped in that direction.

 

But there was only a centipede shell lying there.

 

“What’s this?”

 

At that moment.

 

Cheon Woo-jin briefly drew up his Lightning Energy.

 

[Lightning Flash]

 

Crack!

 

He approached the metal puppet’s rear at ultra-high speed.

 

And he briefly swung the Zhu Rong World-Destroying Sword toward the defenseless back of the metal puppet as it peered at the centipede shell.

 

The Zhu Rong World-Destroying Sword was an extraordinary dharma artifact that burned through space.

 

No matter how hard this metal puppet’s armor was, it could definitely leave a scratch.

 

As a result.

 

A crack large enough to insert a fingertip appeared on the metal puppet’s surface.

 

“Kek kek, putting on quite a show.”

 

Clank.

 

The metal puppet turned its body and shrugged its shoulders.

 

It seemed like Gu Do-ryun, who was remotely controlling it, was shrugging his shoulders and laughing.

 

“You racked your brain just to inflict that level of wound? Such a trivial…”

 

“Trivial?”

 

Indeed, the wound on the metal puppet’s body was very small.

 

At most, it was just big enough to stick a fingertip into.

 

“Thank you for accepting it so readily.”

 

“What?”

 

If this had been Gu Do-ryun’s actual body, he would have been able to notice.

 

But since he was remotely controlling the puppet, his understanding of the situation was delayed.

 

“Try lowering your head.”

 

“…?”

 

The metal puppet tried to lower its head.

 

But it wasn’t designed to bend its neck, so it couldn’t do so easily.

 

In the meantime, Cheon Woo-jin stepped back.

 

“You don’t even know what went inside there.”

 

“What…”

 

A small gap that could barely fit a fingertip.

 

A talisman was wedged in there.

 

Of course, it wasn’t an ordinary talisman like the Taeul Protection Talisman.

 

It was a talisman treasure that stored the power of a magical treasure… and specifically, a talisman treasure of the Red Child True Fire Spear that could summon powerful True Fire.

 

He had used it effectively in various places so far, but now it didn’t have many uses left.

 

So let’s burn up all the remaining power in one moment and make a decisive gamble.

 

“This is the final fireworks show, Gu Do-ryun.”

 

Whoosh!

 

The spell formation that Cheon Woo-jin had prepared in advance activated. Red flames bloomed on the talisman treasure.

 

Immediately after, transcendent heat began to generate inside the puppet’s iron armor.

 

By completely burning the talisman treasure itself, all the remaining power would be liberated and exploded all at once.

 

What would happen if destructive flames burst out in such a cramped space?

 

“St-stop…!”

 

Gu Do-ryun’s sharp scream tore through the air.

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