Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 165
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Chapter 165: Nine-Pattern Golden Core (5)
In the past, Cheon Woo-jin frequently used a magic art called ‘Black Lightning Descent Strike’.
It was a magic art that utilized not only his own spiritual power but also the heaven-earth yin-yang energy to bring down a single streak of lightning energy that fell like natural lightning.
Originally, lightning energy is primordial energy generated when yin and yang collide, so by using his own spiritual power as a catalyst to react the energies of heaven and earth, it was possible to invoke such a phenomenon.
He could unleash stronger lightning energy than using only Cheon Woo-jin’s own spiritual power, so he used it as his main technique for a while.
That Black Lightning Descent Strike had evolved into a new realm.
Into a large-scale magic art that brought down not one streak but nine streaks of lightning energy.
Its name was Black Lightning Nine Heavens Descent.
It was a destructive ultimate technique that proved Cheon Woo-jin’s new growth.
“Kraaaah…!”
“P-please spare me…!”
Kukukukukukung!
Nine writhing streaks of lightning energy fell from the sky, ravaging the Azure Wind Valley Elders who had been surrounding the area.
The Elders were all experts of at least mid-stage Core Formation Realm.
As soon as they were attacked, they tried their best to defend with all their might.
But what fell from the sky was not ordinary lightning energy, but black lightning.
The black lightning energy that embodied the principles of death and annihilation tore through even the Elders’ defensive magic arts.
And destroyed their bodies with merciless force.
“Th-this is impossible…!”
“How can a Core Formation Realm cultivator have this much power…!”
They too knew that Cheon Woo-jin used powerful black lightning energy.
But this destructive power far exceeded their expectations.
This was because Cheon Woo-jin had reached the great perfection of Core Formation Realm and completed his nine-pattern golden core.
The nine patterns were amplifying the output of spiritual energy manifested from the golden core by about 1.9 times.
Simply put, even using the same magic arts, Cheon Woo-jin could produce nearly twice the power of an ordinary Core Formation Realm great perfection cultivator.
Moreover, Cheon Woo-jin was generating lightning energy by drawing in even the heaven-earth yin-yang energies with Black Lightning Nine Heavens Descent.
Its destructive power vastly transcended the limits of Core Formation Realm great perfection.
Even though the Azure Wind Valley Elders were experts who had experienced countless battles in Ghost Head City’s middle section, blocking this was impossible.
“Kraaaah!”
“Ahhh…!”
Ppepung!
One Elder at mid-stage Core Formation Realm exploded.
It was the result of failing while desperately trying to draw up his spiritual power to the maximum to somehow push away the lightning energy.
Following that, one Elder at late-stage Core Formation Realm died, bleeding from his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.
After that, the Elders began falling one by one.
When the Black Lightning Nine Heavens Descent finally completely subsided.
The only ones standing on two legs on the ridge were Cheon Woo-jin and Azure Wind Valley Master Yu Jin-bong.
“Huk, huk, hueok…”
Smoke rose from the embroidery carved throughout Yu Jin-bong’s robes.
That embroidery was all defensive spell formations inscribed using massive amounts of the sect’s resources.
It possessed defensive power that could withstand even an attack from a Nascent Soul stage cultivator at least once, so he could survive even after taking the Black Lightning Nine Heavens Descent head-on.
“Ch-Cheon Woo-jin, you bastard…”
Yu Jin-bong asked with a trembling voice.
“A magic art with this kind of destructive power… it’s impossible with an ordinary Core Formation Realm cultivator’s body. What exactly did you do?”
“…”
“How did you obtain such power! Answer me!”
Growing the golden core by creating patterns was not a widely known method.
Yu Jin-bong could hardly guess what kind of technique Cheon Woo-jin had used to obtain this level of power.
“D-don’t tell me you’ve reached Nascent Soul stage…”
Fear momentarily dwelled in Yu Jin-bong’s eyes.
It was an absurd story, but if Cheon Woo-jin had already reached Nascent Soul stage, Yu Jin-bong had no choice but to prostrate himself.
“You’re mistaken, Azure Wind Valley Master.”
“What…”
“No matter what, it’s not Nascent Soul stage. How many months has it been since I reached Core Formation Realm.”
Cheon Woo-jin shot back with a cold voice.
“I’m still at Core Formation Realm great perfection.”
“…!”
“And.”
Looking at Yu Jin-bong who was staring with wide eyes.
He spoke provocatively.
“Now I will crush Azure Wind Valley and obtain resources to advance to the next stage.”
“How dare a bastard like you…!”
Yu Jin-bong raised his Azure Orchid Sword in anger.
As he swung the blue-glowing blade through the air, countless sword winds poured forth.
[Azure Wind World Cutting]
The number of sword winds was at least several thousand.
Originally, it was a technique for simultaneously annihilating multiple enemies.
Yu Jin-bong deployed this large-scale technique to subdue just one person, Cheon Woo-jin.
This was a magic art with enough power to turn Cheon Woo-jin into minced meat.
Of course, if it hit Cheon Woo-jin.
[Lightning Radiance Life Protection Formation]
A square pyramid-shaped barrier deployed around Cheon Woo-jin.
It was Cheon Woo-jin’s unique defensive magic art that added anti-elasticity to the solidity of a Taiyi Protection Talisman.
It was in a much more solid state than when it blocked Baekwha-pa’s concentrated attack last time.
Swaeak!
The fiercely flying sword winds struck the lightning energy barrier in succession.
The sharp sword winds seemed to cut and penetrate the barrier, but that was an optical illusion.
The lightning energy barrier was solid yet flexible.
Rather than a rigid shield, it received Yu Jin-bong’s sword winds like an elastic tent, then bounced them right back.
The sword winds that bounced away like that escaped Yu Jin-bong’s control and dissipated while colliding with each other.
The sword winds that had numbered in the thousands ultimately couldn’t touch a single hair on Cheon Woo-jin’s head.
They only consumed Yu Jin-bong’s spiritual power before scattering in the wind.
“…!”
But Yu Jin-bong hadn’t just been watching that scene in a daze.
He had already leaped high and was flying toward Cheon Woo-jin.
Yu Jin-bong’s acceleration using the power of wind was far superior to ordinary cultivators.
Yu Jin-bong, who had accelerated momentarily for a rapid approach, glared and swung his Azure Orchid Sword.
Kuung!
Cheon Woo-jin created a shield with Lightning Ring Boundary and blocked the Azure Orchid Sword.
Lightning Radiance Life Protection Formation was an omnidirectional barrier that defended all directions, so its spiritual power consumption was severe.
Here, the Lightning Ring Boundary shield that only blocked one direction was sufficient.
“I acknowledge it! You are strong!”
Kukukung!
A thunderous sound occurred as the lightning energy shield and Azure Orchid Sword collided.
Within that thunderous sound, Yu Jin-bong shouted.
“The magic arts you deploy definitely have power that transcends the limits of Core Formation Realm great perfection! You truly possess talent worthy of our Elder Ancestor’s desire!”
Yu Jin-bong’s eyes blazed as he engaged in a contest of strength with his Azure Orchid Sword.
“But using powerful magic arts means correspondingly severe spiritual power consumption! As long as you’re still remaining in Core Formation Realm, the spiritual power you possess in your body has limits…!”
The sword qi emanating from the Azure Orchid Sword became more intense.
It was proof that Yu Jin-bong was burning with fighting spirit.
“So I can’t recklessly use powerful magic arts! My spiritual power would be instantly depleted, leaving my golden core completely empty!”
That was an accurate observation.
Even when Cheon Woo-jin had used Black Lightning Nine Heavens Descent earlier, the spiritual power consumption had been severe.
And that was a magic art that drew upon nature’s yin and yang energy.
“The fact that you just deactivated your omnidirectional barrier is proof of that!”
Making this sharp observation, Yu Jin-bong twisted his body.
His movements wielding the Azure Orchid Sword became more skillful.
Techniques unfolding that were no less than those of a martial artist who had cultivated swordsmanship their entire life, targeting Cheon Woo-jin’s vital points.
Swish!
The sword tip moved as if alive, sliding in toward the edge of his shield.
Yu Jin-bong had already moved to Cheon Woo-jin’s flank.
It was a swift yet flexible technique possible only for a cultivator who used the power of wind.
Cheon Woo-jin responded to this with linear movement.
He deployed lightning energy beneath his feet and instantly retreated.
The sword tip that had been piercing in sharply cut through empty air.
Damn it. Yu Jin-bong’s face contorted as if saying just that.
Toward that face, Cheon Woo-jin thrust out his right hand.
Lightning energy deployed at ultra-high speed struck Yu Jin-bong’s face.
“Hmph…!”
Yu Jin-bong was no pushover either.
He avoided the lightning energy by twisting his body as if he would fall.
Ordinary people would have completely lost their posture and staggered, but since the power of wind was supporting Yu Jin-bong, that didn’t happen.
Instead, he used the power of wind to launch his body upward, swinging his sword in a trajectory that transcended common sense.
[Lightning Flash]
Crack!
Cheon Woo-jin, wreathed in lightning energy, moved away from that attack with linear movement.
Yu Jin-bong pursued Cheon Woo-jin without delay. His intention to settle things in close combat was evident.
Cheon Woo-jin wreathed in lightning energy and Yu Jin-bong wreathed in wind.
The two showed contrasting movements as they engaged in an aerial chase.
“I won’t let you escape!”
Swish!
Yu Jin-bong unleashed multiple sword winds simultaneously.
And like a bird of prey targeting its quarry, he charged forward riding the wind.
A movement to block Cheon Woo-jin’s escape routes with sword winds spreading in different directions, then pierce the hesitating Cheon Woo-jin with Yu Jin-bong’s own sword.
But even while continuing to flee, Cheon Woo-jin was preparing his next magic art.
[White Night Soaring Heaven]
Not black lightning energy, but white cold energy.
Cheon Woo-jin unleashed a pure yin storm that dyed the world white.
Cheon Woo-jin’s unique magic art that froze and stopped everything was deployed with the massive output of his Nine-Pattern Golden Core.
“Gasp…!”
Even the sword winds decorating the sky froze solid.
Yu Jin-bong, who had been charging toward Cheon Woo-jin, ended up throwing his body right into the center of White Night Soaring Heaven.
As Yu Jin-bong had pointed out earlier, using powerful techniques repeatedly would quickly deplete spiritual power.
Therefore, selective focus was necessary.
After deciding to settle the battle here, he had to give his all only in that moment.
Extreme cold energy deployed using all nine patterns of his Nine-Pattern Golden Core.
With that power, he should be able to freeze Yu Jin-bong’s entire body.
“Aaaaah…!”
Yu Jin-bong screamed in the extreme cold.
He had to quickly escape using the power of wind, but this wasn’t ordinary cold energy.
Just like pure yang true fire that burned everything, this was the power of pure yin that froze everything.
To freeze meant to stop.
The extreme cold that stopped even the flow of spiritual energy made even the wind freeze solid.
In the end, Yu Jin-bong had no choice but to fall from the air with his entire body frozen.
“…!”
Thud!
Yu Jin-bong’s body, which had crashed into the hillside, shattered into pieces.
Since he had been struck while frozen, it looked like ice breaking apart.
His right arm was also completely shattered, and the Azure Orchid Sword he had been holding rolled away and disappeared somewhere.
Cheon Woo-jin, a Core Formation stage cultivator who had obtained a Nine-Pattern Golden Core.
It was the moment when Azure Wind Valley Master Yu Jin-bong tasted crushing defeat against that overwhelming power.
“Urgh…!”
But Yu Jin-bong hadn’t given up yet.
Though most of his spiritual veins were frozen, his golden core was still alive.
The energy released from that golden core suddenly spread in all directions.
“Cheon Woo-jin!”
Right then, an urgent voice came from the sky.
It was Wi Ju-seon, who had been watching from below on her flying vessel.
“That bastard is trying to connect to the Byeokpung Spiritual Formation!”
The moment a triumphant smile appeared on the lips of the frozen white Yu Jin-bong.
The entire mountain region began to vibrate.
A massive pattern rose from the ground, and tremendous energy began to swirl around that pattern as its center.
The Byeokpung Spiritual Formation that absorbed the wind evil existing in this area and used it as an energy source for the entire sect.
It was in the process of running that power out of control.
“An extreme storm will grind you all to powder! Kahahaha…!”
Whoooosh!
A storm incomparable to anything that had struck before occurred.
Even if Yu Jin-bong’s life were cut short now, this storm wouldn’t stop.
After shattering not only Cheon Woo-jin but also Wi Ju-seon’s flying vessel in the air… it would finally subside only after causing destruction to the extent that the mountain region’s terrain would change.
“It’s useless, Yu Jin-bong.”
However, Cheon Woo-jin had already come prepared with the means to stop this situation.
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