Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 145
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Chapter 145: Victor (2)
“Gong Ui-ryun, head to the bedchamber.”
While confronting Song Mu-yeol, Cheon Woo-jin spoke to Gong Ui-ryun.
There was no longer any need to use honorifics.
“The Emperor doesn’t have much time left. Give your final farewell, and declare your ambition to rule Wei Jin Kingdom well.”
“…!”
After saying that.
Cheon Woo-jin added so that Gong Ui-ryun wouldn’t hesitate.
“There’s nothing more the Taeul Yeokri Sect can do for you now. We’ve used each other as much as we could, so from now on you can realize your ambitions on your own.”
“Ah, understood…!”
The Taeul Yeokri Sect had tried to use Gong Ui-ryun to realize their ambitions.
But now it was the reverse.
It had become a situation where Gong Ui-ryun was using and betraying the Taeul Yeokri Sect to realize his own ambitions.
Cheon Woo-jin had intended to create this dynamic from the beginning.
Because if Gong Ui-ryun cooperated with the Taeul Yeokri Sect until the end, he couldn’t achieve the desired outcome.
‘Still, I didn’t expect him to throw the imperial seal into the ground like that. This is a development that wasn’t even in the game.’
Was it because he had learned martial arts?
Indeed, Gong Ui-ryun was a man with a bold side.
Wei Jin Kingdom was originally founded by a warrior. Perhaps such a man was suited to sit on the emperor’s throne.
Watching Gong Ui-ryun’s retreating figure, Cheon Woo-jin had such thoughts.
‘In the game too, only when Gong Ui-ryun becomes emperor does Wei Jin Kingdom finally gain hope.’
Of course, that’s only if he escapes being a puppet of the Taeul Yeokri Sect.
If he fails to break away from the Taeul Yeokri Sect, Gong Ui-ryun becomes an unremarkable emperor even after inheriting the throne.
But if he succeeds in escaping the influence of the Taeul Yeokri Sect, he eradicates corrupt forces and promotes various reforms, leading Wei Jin Kingdom to an era of peace and prosperity.
This doesn’t happen if Gong Ui-hwi or Gong Ui-se becomes emperor.
Gong Ui-hwi, filled with inferiority complex, tries to purge those who had despised him but gets counterattacked and loses all power, while Gong Ui-se, who boasted about becoming the first martial emperor, is defeated in battles against the Capital Sects and becomes a puppet emperor.
Knowing such futures, he had tried to push Gong Ui-ryun as the next emperor.
“You bastard, what exactly is your identity!”
At that moment, Song Mu-yeol raised his voice again.
Intense energy was surging from his body, but due to the authority of the Guardian Imperial Dragon Divine Army, it seemed difficult for him to draw out as much power as he wanted.
Cheon Woo-jin glanced at his Status Window.
[Song Mu-yeol ]
* Race: Human Race
* Age: 718 years
* Realm: Nascent Soul Realm Mid-stage
* Constitution: Wood Spirit Root
* Faction: Orthodox Sect
* Affiliation: Taeul Yeokri Gate
* Heavenly Mandate: Self-Interest
Nascent Soul Realm Mid-stage.
The same as Yu Mu-gi and Jong Ri-cheol whom he had faced just moments ago.
But he shouldn’t think of them as equals.
If Song Mu-yeol survives this incident, he will advance to the late stage of Nascent Soul Realm within a year.
He was a master who possessed power approaching the late stage of Nascent Soul Realm, only held back by the limitations of time.
Of course, right now he was in a state where he couldn’t properly draw out that power.
As long as the authority of the Guardian Imperial Dragon Divine Army was in effect, Song Mu-yeol could only exert about as much power as a Core Formation Realm master, no matter how hard he tried.
“Looking at your actions so far, you’re not a lackey of the First Prince or Third Prince! And you don’t seem to be a demon hand of the Blood World Demon Sect either! Why exactly are you doing this!”
“….”
“Don’t tell me you have some grudge against our Taeul Yeokri Gate?!”
Hearing that question.
Cheon Woo-jin chuckled.
“A grudge.”
Rather, it would be the Taeul Yeokri Gate that had a grudge against Cheon Woo-jin.
From the moment he first came to this world, Cheon Woo-jin had shown behavior that humiliated the Taeul Yeokri Gate.
Killing the Black Mist Dragon at Goeyu Mountain.
Killing Ghost Shadow and the warriors of the Won Family Clan.
Killing Jin Cheong, an Inner Sect Disciple of the Taeul Yeokri Gate.
Killing Jin Si-hyeok of the Flame Emperor Gate, who was Song Mu-yeol’s son.
All of it was done by Cheon Woo-jin.
It was even Cheon Woo-jin who had taken the Heavenly Silkworm Shadow Cloak that was meant to be used for assassinating other princes, disrupting the Taeul Yeokri Sect’s plans.
“You know nothing.”
“What….”
The Taeul Yeokri Sect had accepted Cheon Woo-jin as an ally without knowing anything.
They had even thought of using Cheon Woo-jin to kill Cheon Woo-jin later.
From Cheon Woo-jin’s perspective, it was quite a ridiculous sight.
“You bastard, just what….”
Song Mu-yeol tried to say more, but Cheon Woo-jin no longer responded.
It seemed like time was running short.
[True Fire Small Bell]
Whoosh!
A small True Fire that burned only one person burst forth.
Unlike True Fire Roaring Heaven or True Fire Blade Dragon, True Fire Small Bell didn’t deplete yang energy even when used multiple times.
Crimson flames struck Song Mu-yeol just like when he had burned Zhong Li-chul earlier.
“Hmm…!”
But as expected, Song Mu-yeol was a step above Zhong Li-chul.
He created distance in one step and escaped from the effective range of True Fire Small Bell.
‘Ground Shrinking Technique.’
He hadn’t increased his movement speed but manipulated space itself.
He had compressed the distance that should require multiple steps into a single step’s distance.
It was a Magic Art possible because he was in the middle stage of Nascent Soul Realm, having overcome spatial limitations.
‘Though weakened to Core Formation Realm level, he hasn’t lost all the unique abilities of the Nascent Soul Realm.’
Song Mu-yeol could be seen bringing his hands together with an angry expression.
Then dozens of green swords appeared around Song Mu-yeol.
They were similar to the Sword Qi that Song Yu-hui had deployed.
“Ugh…!”
But Song Mu-yeol immediately groaned.
Half of the dozens of Sword Qi he had created scattered on their own.
Like Yu Mu-gi and Jong Ri-cheol, Song Mu-yeol was also experiencing difficulties in operating his spiritual power.
Cheon Woo-jin did not miss this moment.
[True Fire Roaring Heaven]
Kwa-kwa-kwang!
He poured out all his remaining yang energy to release True Fire.
True Fire Roaring Heaven has a wide effective range, so escaping with the earth-shrinking technique like before would be useless.
Song Mu-yeol hastily used his green sword qi for defense.
He layered his remaining sword qi to create a shield-like barrier and added additional defensive magic arts on top of it.
“Ugh…!”
Ku-ku-kung…!
A fierce storm of True Fire swept through the surroundings.
The flames were so intense that even the hall that had withstood the Golden Dragon’s shockwave was burned down.
However, Song Mu-yeol managed to endure this attack as well.
Though in a weakened state, Song Mu-yeol was the sect master of the great sect called Taeul Yeokri Sect.
While not comparable to the Avatar Mirror Elder Ancestor, he had extensive combat experience.
He succeeded in withstanding True Fire Roaring Heaven by combining defensive magic arts in a complex manner.
Though parts of his limbs were singed, there was no threat to his life whatsoever.
“I don’t understand…”
Song Mu-yeol asked while breathing heavily.
“Why aren’t you being weakened? You’re maintaining the full power of the Core Formation Realm…”
“…”
“Could it be you’re at the Nascent Soul stage? No, that can’t be…”
The reason Cheon Woo-jin could maintain his mid-Core Formation Realm power was due to the effect of the Eight Desolations Falling Chain Diagram.
However, in the Lower Realm, only Cheon Woo-jin knew about the effect of the Eight Desolations Falling Chain Diagram.
It was impossible for Song Mu-yeol to reach the correct answer.
“I have no idea. What exactly is your true identity?”
“Didn’t you say it yourself earlier?”
“What?”
“I believe you called me a rootless mercenary.”
“…”
Song Mu-yeol’s face turned red and blue with rage.
“Playing around until the very end! A bastard who wouldn’t be satisfied even if killed ten thousand times…!”
Shouting, Song Mu-yeol thrust his left hand forward.
Then geometric patterns began to emerge from within Song Mu-yeol’s grasp.
“No matter how skilled you are, after unleashing that much True Fire, your yang energy must be depleted! You can no longer unleash True Fire with the same power as before!”
Crack, crackle!
Blue lightning flashed within the complex patterns.
Originally, Thunder Method was the art of Break Evil Reveal Truth.
Even the Taeul Yeokri Sect, the most prestigious Orthodox Sect, had thunder-attribute cultivation techniques.
Its name was the Nine Heavens Responding Origin Thunder Sound True Scripture.
It was a Thunder Method said to recreate the authority of the Nine Heavens Responding Origin Thunder Sound Universal Transformation Celestial Venerable, one of the transcendent beings of the Upper Realm.
“Your sword seems quite sharp, but someone like you who can’t properly use True Fire is no match for me!”
Rumble, crash!
A sea of lightning was created within the geometric patterns.
Chilling blue light surged, and thunder roared, vibrating through space.
And… from that sea, a single azure dragon rose up.
[Thunder Sound Distant Dragon]
It was the ultimate technique of the Nine Heavens Responding Origin Thunder Sound True Scripture.
A powerful Magic Art that could kill Cheon Woo-jin dozens of times over if Song Mu-yeol could unleash his original power.
Though it wasn’t at its original power since he was weakened to Core Formation Realm level, it was still sufficient to finish off Cheon Woo-jin.
And…
“This is different from power that only has strong firepower like your True Fire!”
Song Mu-yeol, who had succeeded in completing Thunder Sound Distant Dragon under the unfavorable condition of suppressed Spiritual Power, spoke in a triumphant voice.
“This is what lightning speed means…!”
Crash!
Thunder Sound Distant Dragon cut through the air and charged toward Cheon Woo-jin.
Its speed was faster than any Attack Magic Cheon Woo-jin had ever seen.
Though the Azure Thunder that Cheon Woo-jin used was also faster than other Magic Arts, Thunder Sound Distant Dragon was on a different level.
Even accelerating with Lightning Flash, he cannot avoid it.
In the first place, even if he could dodge quickly, it would be meaningless.
Thunder Dragon is not simply a magic art that flies in a straight line.
Like a blue dragon flying freely through the sky, it will automatically turn its head to pursue Cheon Woo-jin.
Ultra-high-speed lightning energy that automatically tracks its target.
Escaping from this is impossible for Cheon Woo-jin at this point.
‘Therefore.’
Watching the Thunder Dragon approach within the domain of his Manifest True Life Body.
Cheon Woo-jin unleashed the magic arts he had already been preparing.
‘I’ll face it head-on.’
Crackle.
A sea of lightning energy formed in front of Cheon Woo-jin as well.
But it wasn’t a blue sea like the one Song Mu-yeol had created.
What Cheon Woo-jin created was a pitch-black sea.
A vast black lightning sea like the northern sea that devours everything.
A sea containing the properties of black water signifying death and annihilation appeared in a compressed spherical form.
It was similar to the Black Thunder Spirit Sealing that Cheon Woo-jin had been using.
But it wasn’t identical.
‘This is no longer Black Thunder Spirit Sealing.’
The most vicious unique magic art that he first developed during his Qi Refining days and had consistently provided Cheon Woo-jin with opportunities for reversal.
It had been sublimated to a higher dimension within Cheon Woo-jin’s inner self.
With power befitting the mid-stage Core Formation Realm where he had formed a single golden core.
With power befitting the final opponent of the Dark Spirit Emperor Guan Huang.
With power befitting one who had relentlessly broken through consecutive bloody battles.
With power befitting one who would conclude this great chaos.
[Black Thunder True Sea Scene]
He recalls when he first saw the True Yellow Sea.
At that time, Cheon Woo-jin was overwhelmed by the sight of massive waves rising like mountain ranges.
That spectacular scene of waves bursting forth violently as if roaring toward the sky is still vivid in his memory.
That ocean scene reflected in Cheon Woo-jin’s inner black sea, creating a new mental image.
It was waves of pitch-black Lightning Energy.
Kwaaaaaaaah!
A new ultimate technique created by Cheon Woo-jin, who had grown through the battle at Hwangryeol Archipelago.
Just as a blue dragon had leaped up from Song Mu-yeol’s blue sea.
From Cheon Woo-jin’s black sea, black waves burst forth.
No matter how fast the blue dragon flew toward him.
If waves were already surging up, it had no choice but to thrust its head into them.
And Black Lightning was a power that devoured and erased everything.
The head of the blue dragon that flew in a straight line was torn apart with a bizarre sound.
“…!”
From beyond the waves, Song Mu-yeol’s shocked presence could be felt.
He had thought Cheon Woo-jin was a Fire Element Daoist who used True Fire as his main weapon. He had even judged that his yang energy was depleted.
Therefore, he was completely caught off guard by the current situation and failed to respond appropriately.
Kwaaaaaaaaah!
The waves of Black Lightning that burst from Cheon Woo-jin’s sea completely devoured and annihilated Song Mu-yeol’s blue dragon.
And without stopping there, they surged forward fiercely like real waves, completely swallowing Song Mu-yeol’s entire body.
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