Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 155
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Chapter 155: Heartless Laughing Demon (6)
‘The Heartless Laughing Demon has completely lost consciousness.’
Cheon Woo-jin confirmed that the Heartless Laughing Demon had lost consciousness.
Now there was no need to worry about the Heartless Laughing Demon’s reactions.
It would be difficult to explain what was about to happen in a way the Heartless Laughing Demon could understand.
Whether the Heartless Laughing Demon was trustworthy or not, it was more convenient for now that he remained asleep.
‘Though I wasn’t expecting things to turn out this way.’
Phantom Wing Commander Jang Si-woo was a cultivator specialized in techniques that bewildered or weakened opponents rather than direct attack magic.
In gaming terms, he was the type of boss that continuously used status ailment skills.
The Heartless Laughing Demon had fallen victim to those tactics and become incapacitated.
If he hadn’t fallen for the psychological warfare and engaged in direct combat, the Heartless Laughing Demon would likely have won.
Currently, Jang Si-woo had lost his power after failing the ritual to advance to the Nascent Soul Realm.
[Jang Si-woo ]
* Race: Demon Clan
* Age: 781 years
* Realm: Early Nascent Soul Realm
* Constitution: Earth-Water Spirit Root
* Faction: Black Gate
* Affiliation: Thirteen Alliances Under the Moon
* Heavenly Mandate: Cruelty
Originally, Jang Si-woo should have been at the late Nascent Soul Realm, but the Status Window showed him as early Nascent Soul Realm.
When temporarily lowering one’s realm using techniques like the Scatter Retreat Secret Submersion Technique, it wouldn’t display this way.
This meant that Jang Si-woo had truly lost his power.
‘In some cultivation novels, there are developments where the protagonist gets caught up in certain events and loses their power. When that happens, they have to painstakingly gather cultivation resources again to recover their strength. This guy is in that kind of situation.’
The current Jang Si-woo was at the early Nascent Soul Realm level.
He was in a state where he couldn’t properly utilize the power he originally possessed.
In that case…
‘How far can I go with my power at the late Core Formation Realm?’
Massive spiritual power surged up from Cheon Woo-jin’s golden core.
The amplified power from the Three-Gate Golden Core spread throughout his entire body, with part becoming steel energy and part becoming lightning energy.
He strengthened his entire body’s spiritual meridians with steel energy, then deployed lightning energy that had been amplified once more in the Thunder Wheel System.
[Black Lightning True Sea Scene]
Kwaaaaaaaah!
Cheon Woo-jin unleashed his unique ultimate technique from the very beginning.
Black lightning energy imbued with the laws of death and annihilation.
He manifested it through the mental image he had created while observing the rough True Desolate Sea.
What was completed this way was a wave of black lightning.
Cheon Woo-jin’s ultimate technique that devoured everything and crushed it cruelly was deployed.
“No way…?!”
Jang Si-woo was shocked.
This was not magic arts that a mere Core Formation Realm cultivator could deploy.
Of course, if it had been the usual Jang Si-woo, he could have responded to this level with ease.
But currently, Jang Si-woo was in a state where he had regressed to early Nascent Soul Realm level.
Moreover, fatigue had accumulated in both his mind and body.
Therefore, Jang Si-woo also became urgent.
He called forth the skulls scattered on the floor and began defending.
[Phantom Night Yin Bone Castle]
Kukukoong!
Castle walls deployed surrounding Jang Si-woo.
Normally, this was solid defensive magic that even the Heartless Laughing Demon’s white sword qi could not easily penetrate.
But it was useless.
The wave of black lightning that burst forth from Cheon Woo-jin penetrated Jang Si-woo’s castle walls without hesitation.
Jang Si-woo’s eyes widened as he watched the castle walls being ground away like soft plaster.
The skulls that had been serving as the foundation stones of the castle walls were also crushed one by one.
“…!”
Kwakwakwakwa!
The bizarre black wave that swept away everything devoured even Jang Si-woo’s voice.
But when the wave subsided, Jang Si-woo’s figure was nowhere to be seen.
He had realized that Cheon Woo-jin’s power was formidable and fled in desperation.
[Lightning Flash]
Crack!
Cheon Woo-jin pursued Jang Si-woo while wrapping Lightning Energy around his body.
Jang Si-woo was currently fleeing toward the front section of the Great Harrier Fleet.
“You bastards! Stop him!”
In that direction, several members of the Night Warriors still remained.
Jang Si-woo used them as meat shields.
But they were insufficient to stop Cheon Woo-jin’s relentless charge.
“Grgh…!”
However, Jang Si-woo wasn’t just running away.
He was embedding several skulls he had grabbed before fleeing into his body one by one.
[Phantom Night Yin Bone Might]
Jang Si-woo, who had only been fleeing, suddenly turned around and charged at Cheon Woo-jin.
It was a completely different movement from just moments before.
But he wasn’t using the Soft Body Technique.
The skulls embedded in his body were granting Jang Si-woo power similar to strong energy.
Crash!
Crushing the corridor floor with his large feet, Jang Si-woo charged forward.
He spread his fur-covered hands wide and thrust them forward.
Finger techniques… no, claw techniques.
Scritch scritch scritch!
Jet-black claws scraped against the Lightning Energy shield.
Jang Si-woo glared with bulging eyes, trying to tear apart Cheon Woo-jin’s defensive technique, but this was a shield deployed from the Thunder Ring System that Thunder Spirit True Person had personally created.
It wouldn’t be torn apart so easily.
[Thunder Pomegranate]
Cheon Woo-jin threw the mass of Lightning Energy he held in his other hand over the shield.
The Lightning Energy burst like a pomegranate, brightly illuminating the dark corridor.
“Grgh…!”
This wouldn’t be enough to deal a fatal blow to Jang Si-woo.
However, the Lightning Energy that erupted at close range was no different from a flash grenade.
Light, sound, and energy waves shook Jang Si-woo’s senses.
A clear opening was visible.
But Cheon Woo-jin didn’t try to settle the match here.
Jang Si-woo wasn’t an easy opponent who could be defeated so simply.
If he rushed in carelessly, he would face a counterattack. Knowing this, Cheon Woo-jin deployed his hidden move.
“…!”
When Cheon Woo-jin threw what he had hidden in his chest, Jang Si-woo reflexively dodged.
But it didn’t matter. He hadn’t thrown it to hit Jang Si-woo anyway.
What Cheon Woo-jin had thrown toward the ground was none other than a banner.
Nine Dragons Mountain Binding Banner.
A Supreme-Grade Magical Artifact created based on the legend of a nine-headed dragon wrapping around and binding a mountain with its body.
The moment the banner was planted in the ground and fluttered, nine dragon heads surged forth and rushed at Jang Si-woo.
“Could this be from the Dragon Clan…!”
Kwakwakwak!
The dragon heads that could bind up to nine people focused solely on restraining Jang Si-woo alone.
Even though his strength was enhanced by the skulls embedded throughout his body, moving became extremely difficult in this state.
But this wasn’t the end.
Black shadows were already extending from beneath Cheon Woo-jin’s feet.
[Black Shadow Thorn Execution Diagram]
Countless black awls erupted from the ground and struck Jang Si-woo.
The awls pierced through Jang Si-woo’s lower body from multiple directions.
Not stopping there, they extended thin thorns that ravaged his vital organs and blood vessels inside his body.
“Grrraaagh…!”
Of course, such an attack couldn’t kill Jang Si-woo, a Won Yeong-gyeong cultivator.
However, Cheon Woo-jin was steadily driving Jang Si-woo toward the moment of defeat.
Just as Jang Si-woo usually used various methods to weaken his opponents before subduing them.
“You damn bastard…!”
The moment Jang Si-woo shouted at the top of his lungs.
The skulls embedded in his body were fired like projectiles.
It was a technique similar to the sword orbs that martial artists unleash with Sword Energy Compression, compressing tremendous power into one point and firing it.
But Cheon Woo-jin had already seen through even Jang Si-woo’s desperate struggle.
Because it was a pattern he had seen countless times in the game.
[Thunder Flash]
[Thunder Flash]
[Thunder Flash]
Crack! Crack! Crack!
He moved freely in all directions, changing direction at right angles multiple times.
Not only did he dodge all the skull projectiles, but he also penetrated behind Jang Si-woo.
“You bastard…!”
Crash!
Jang Si-woo twisted his body and released tremendous Spiritual Power.
That alone pushed Cheon Woo-jin backward. Even though he was in a weakened state, Jang Si-woo’s power itself was still superior to Cheon Woo-jin’s.
But it didn’t matter.
Cheon Woo-jin had penetrated behind Jang Si-woo to create the most decisive opening.
“How dare a mere bastard like you… Guhk!”
A red blade emerged from Jang Si-woo’s body.
No, to be precise, a blood sword had pierced through Jang Si-woo’s body from his blind spot.
Just before dodging the skull projectiles with Thunder Flash and penetrating behind Jang Si-woo, Cheon Woo-jin had dropped the Blood Life Bead’s spirit blood on the floor in advance.
The blood spirit created from there had stabbed Jang Si-woo’s blind spot.
“This, this kind of… Grak!”
Another blood sword pierced through Jang Si-woo’s torso.
There was one more besides the blood spirit that had initially ambushed Jang Si-woo.
The spirit blood that Cheon Woo-jin possessed was enough for two people.
Therefore, he could create and control two blood spirits.
“You, could it be that you’re not from the White Face Sect but from the Blood Soul Sect… Grrk!”
Crack, crack, crack!
Two blood spirits swung their blood swords from two directions, ravaging Jang Si-woo.
It was a coordinated attack by blood spirits made from Won Yeong-gyeong’s spirit blood, possessing Core Formation Realm level power.
Jang Si-woo tried to counterattack by extending his sharp claws.
But scratching blood spirits composed of liquid with claws was meaningless.
Normally, he would have somehow thought of another countermeasure.
But currently, Jang Si-woo had fallen for Cheon Woo-jin’s psychological warfare and weakening tactics, losing his composure.
Having just failed in his challenge against a Won Shadow Sect member, he couldn’t respond properly to anything and was being ravaged all over his body.
“I didn’t want to bring this out against a mere Core Formation Realm cultivator…!”
Still, Jang Si-woo wasn’t without a final resort.
Raising his bloodied right arm, Jang Si-woo thrust his hand into the void.
His secret weapon stored in subspace through Sleeve Universe.
A magical treasure obtained from the northern outer seas… to draw out the World-Destroying Wind Tribulation Wheel that could summon storms and blow away everything.
“Now you’re finished…!”
However.
Jang Si-woo knew nothing.
The fact that Cheon Woo-jin had continuously pressed Jang Si-woo until now was intentional to create this situation.
The fact that he had been waiting only for the moment when cornered Jang Si-woo would draw a magical treasure from his Sleeve Universe.
The fact that he had already finished preparations in advance for this.
Jang Si-woo knew none of this.
[White Night Ice Crystal Blade]
While the blood spirits attacked Jang Si-woo, the magic arts Cheon Woo-jin had been preparing activated.
It was a single ice sword.
This was Cheon Woo-jin’s unique magic arts newly created while holed up in the Cave Dwelling for five days.
He had improved the White Night he created when fighting Baek Sin-yeong of the Ten Thousand Night Ice Palace, referencing the Heartless Laughing Demon’s Hundred Flowers Hundred Blades technique that created blades closer to Sword Energy than Sword Qi.
He compressed yin energy into an ice blade so thin it was barely visible to the eye, achieving absolute cutting power.
He extended the thin ice blade that could cut through everything at ultra-high speed, severing the opponent’s body before they could even notice.
“Huh…?”
Slice, thud.
Jang Si-woo’s right hand, which had been holding the Wheel of World-Ending Wind Tribulation, a wheel-shaped magical treasure, fell to the ground.
Cheon Woo-jin swinging his ice blade once more was faster than the caught-off-guard Jang Si-woo picking up the Wheel of World-Ending Wind Tribulation again.
Swish.
This time, the ice blade pierced into Jang Si-woo’s side and emerged through the opposite hip.
Splitting the Golden Core in Jang Si-woo’s lower abdomen into two pieces.
‘Blood Spirit, secure the Wheel of World-Ending Wind Tribulation!’
At Cheon Woo-jin’s command, one of the blood spirits secured the Wheel of World-Ending Wind Tribulation that had been rolling on the floor.
This magical treasure was the spoil of war that Cheon Woo-jin had wanted most.
It was an essential item for the battles he would have to fight in Ghost Head City.
That’s why he had continued pressing the attack until Jang Si-woo took out the Wheel of World-Ending Wind Tribulation from his Spatial Storage.
“Urgh…!”
Right after Jang Si-woo, whose Golden Core had been destroyed, let out a short groan.
Something pitch-black emerged from his body.
It was Jang Si-woo’s Nascent Soul, which had abandoned its physical form and escaped.
However, Jang Si-woo’s Nascent Soul was not in human form.
Hundreds of pitch-black bats flew up and scattered in all directions.
[I acknowledge it! Today is my defeat!]
Jang Si-woo’s voice echoed in Cheon Woo-jin’s mind.
[But it’s impossible for you to annihilate me! I will escape outside the Great Harrier Fleet like this!]
Jang Si-woo’s Nascent Soul was a special type, just like the Soul-Shattering Blood Demon.
Unless he could annihilate all the hundreds of bats scattering in different directions at once, he couldn’t kill Jang Si-woo.
He could create a storm with the Wheel of World-Ending Wind Tribulation to sweep them all away, but that would be dangerous since Cheon Woo-jin would also get caught in the storm.
[I will definitely repay this humiliation! As soon as I recover my strength, I’ll come straight for you, so wait for me! I’ll drop you into the most painful hell in the world…!]
Jang Si-woo declared his revenge in a terrifying voice.
However, Cheon Woo-jin didn’t even twitch an eyebrow.
Because he had anticipated that Jang Si-woo would try to escape like this at the last moment.
“The one who will fall into hell is you, Phantom Wing Commander.”
Cheon Woo-jin’s eyes glowed golden as he watched the bats scattering in all directions.
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