Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 183

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Chapter 183: Upper Levels (4)

The sky trembled.

A vast spell formation generated tremendous energy from above.

Shockwaves burst forth, tearing through space and creating explosive sounds.

But that was merely a momentary precursor.

The energy generated from above was just a trigger to invoke the principles of Heaven-Earth Yin-Yang.

Heaven is Yang.

Earth is Yin.

By intentionally colliding and collapsing the Yin-Yang that should naturally harmonize and maintain balance, tremendous power is created.

What is created this way is primordial power that leans toward neither Yin nor Yang.

It is the pinnacle of lightning energy that envisions and manifests Wuji, said to have existed at the beginning of the universe.

Gooooooo!

Lightning fell with a thunderous roar.

It illuminated the dark sky of the 7th Layer Wilderness and brought down overwhelming destruction.

Its name was Extreme Lightning Thunderous Descent.

It was the first magic art of the Extreme Lightning True Realm Formation, falling from the sky while greatly shaking the world.

“Wh-what is this!”

“Aaaaaahhh…!”

The Wonnyeonggyeong Daoists who had been acting arrogantly on the Great Wall screamed.

Originally, they possessed fortress-like defensive power.

They were Daoists who could leisurely stand with their hands behind their backs, unharmed even when siege weapon-level attacks came flying consecutively.

Such Daoists were ravaged by lightning energy.

The defensive magical treasures and spells they wore were helplessly decomposed the moment they were swept by the lightning energy.

That was inevitable.

The lightning energy created by the Extreme Lightning True Realm Formation surprisingly possessed the power to break spell formations.

“Is this the art of destruction?!”

“It’s penetrating structural weaknesses and collapsing spell formations…!”

The genius of the ages, Thunder Spirit True Person, had embedded the principles of spell formation destruction into the lightning attribute cultivation method he created.

This lightning energy that extends while collapsing the balance of Heaven-Earth Yin-Yang instinctively penetrates to collapse even spiritual structures when it encounters them.

It penetrates structural weaknesses and burns the core parts of spell formations with lightning energy, making them unable to function anymore.

This was precisely Extreme Lightning.

“Kyaaahhh…!”

“This is impossible…!”

Bang! Bang! Boom!

The bodies of the Wonnyeonggyeong Daoists burst apart.

And from within them, grayish-white primordial spirits surged forth.

They tried to flee desperately while avoiding the lightning energy falling from the sky.

[We must go to North Palace Annihilation and inform her of this fact!]

[North Palace Annihilation should be able to provide us with temporary bodies…!]

If they had fled in different directions, it would have been somewhat better.

But they all fled in one direction to request help from North Palace Annihilation.

That was an extremely foolish thing to do.

Even before, when escaping from Guyang Gyeol, the Core Formation Realm cultivator of the Thirteen Moon Lotus on the 2nd Layer, Jang Ryang and Won Pil-so had suggested to Cheon Woo-jin that they scatter in different directions.

They made the rational judgment that if they scattered that way, one person might get caught but the rest could escape.

The Wonnyeonggyeong Daoists gathered here were fools who couldn’t even make such rational judgments.

‘That’s probably why they were being manipulated by North Palace Annihilation.’

Cheon Woo-jin raised his hand on the Ghost Tree.

Since he knew the direction they would flee, he was already advancing the Ghost Tree at maximum speed.

He deployed spiritual power drawn from his Nine Gates Golden Core and this time created a lightning energy trigger in his palm.

Crack!

The Lightning Ring burst from Cheon Woo-jin’s fingers.

The Lightning Ring was an exceptional dharma artifact that amplified lightning energy, but now it could no longer even fully contain Cheon Woo-jin’s power, let alone amplify it.

Realizing that overwhelming power had entered his hands, Cheon Woo-jin deployed the second magic art of the Extreme Lightning True Realm Formation.

[Extreme Lightning Karma Flame Net]

He swung one hand widely.

Lightning energy deployed along the trajectory he swung as if cutting through the air with a sword.

But it wasn’t lightning energy flying in a straight line.

Like performing a wide-area attack with fire attribute magic, it was lightning energy that spread over a broad range.

Kwakwakwakwakwakwak!

Lightning energy spread out like the sonic attack Yowon Gyeon had deployed last time.

It was like a net made of lightning energy.

The fleeing primordial spirits were caught in the lightning energy like fish caught in a net.

But it wasn’t a power that simply sealed movement like a net.

The overwhelming heat possessed by the lightning energy began burning their primordial spirits like the karma flames of hell.

[This is…!]

[No…!]

Crack! Boom! Bang!

The primordial spirits were extinguished one by one.

The great Elder Ancestors who made people tremble and submit in the Middle Layer were being extinguished by the hands of a youngster who hadn’t even reached Won Yeong-gyeong for a full month.

[This cannot be!]

Won Yeong, who had endured until the very end within the violent lightning energy, cried out in despair.

[I, who was steadily walking toward Hwa-sin Gyeong, to meet such a futile end in a place like this….]

He couldn’t even properly leave his last words.

Before he could finish speaking, he burst into flames and vanished without leaving any trace behind.

Silence fell over the wasteland sky as the lightning energy subsided.

But it lasted only for a moment.

A thunderous roar erupted from the ground, no less intense than when Cheon Woo-jin had dropped lightning from the sky earlier.

“How interesting…!”

Kwakwakwakwakwakwak!

A massive arthropod emerged, splitting the wasteland and toppling the Great Wall.

It was a centipede demon with an appearance similar to the Dark Dew Great King Centipede that Cheon Woo-jin had encountered in the Dark Soul Secret Realm before.

However, its body was more than five times larger than the Dark Dew Great King Centipede.

The centipede demon, with a body larger than the Great Wall, raised its yellow head and roared.

“Truly an impressive fellow! State your name!”

[Hwang Ryeong Daewang Ogong ]

* Race: Insect Clan

* Age: 1,911 years

* Realm: Won Yeong-gyeong Late Stage

* Constitution: Earth Spirit Root

* Alignment: Neutral Path

* Affiliation: Ghost Head City

* Destiny: Fierce and Mighty

It was a centipede that had lived for a full nineteen hundred years.

This was possible because it belonged to a species with a longer lifespan than humans.

The massive spiritual power accumulated over nearly two thousand years was spreading around as suffocating miasma energy.

“Cheon Woo-jin.”

“Good, Cheon Woo-jin!”

Hwang Ryeong Daewang Ogong shouted with the dignity of a warrior.

“I owe a debt to North Palace Annihilation! But my blocking you here and now is not for North Palace Annihilation’s sake, but because of my own competitive spirit! So come at me with all your might!”

Seureuruk! Tatattak!

All kinds of insect demons began crawling out from the cracks in the ground.

They were subordinates commanded by Hwang Ryeong Daewang Ogong, and even the smallest among them was at the Jeodan Gorge level.

“Baekwha-pa advance! Support Cheon Woo-jin!”

“Yes, Elder!”

At So Hyo-bu’s command, the Sword Cultivators of Baekwha-pa leaped over the Great Wall.

Others also rushed in to help Cheon Woo-jin and began eliminating the insects.

“Cheon Woo-jin! You handle that centipede!”

Among them, Yowon Gyeon raised his voice toward Cheon Woo-jin.

“Show me the power you’ve mastered!”

Cheon Woo-jin didn’t respond.

He was caught up in Hwang Ryeong Daewang Ogong’s fierce attack, and even if he raised his voice to answer, it didn’t seem like it would be heard.

Kukukukuku!

Hwang Ryeong Daewang Ogong was launching yellow spikes made from wasteland soil compressed to the extreme.

Hundreds of spikes poured down, tearing through space, and Cheon Woo-jin moved his Ghost Wood Boat up, down, left, and right to dodge the attacks.

“No matter how hard you dodge, it’s useless!”

Before he knew it, Hwang Ryeong Daewang Ogong had used its massive body to surround Cheon Woo-jin’s Ghost Wood Boat.

It opened its giant jaws, dripping with venom, trying to swallow the Ghost Wood Boat whole.

But Cheon Woo-jin had already completed his third magic art.

[Extreme Lightning Piercing Spear]

It was neither divine punishment falling from the sky.

Nor a net that devoured everything.

A single spear forged from lightning energy.

A lethal technique to concentrate the power of extreme lightning pursued by the Extreme Lightning True Boundary Art at a single point.

Cheon Woo-jin extended his palm toward Hwang Ryeong Daewang Ogong, who was opening its jaws toward him.

The lightning spear shot forth, shattering Hwang Ryeong Daewang Ogong’s jaw and brutally boring into its body.

“Kraaaaaaah…!”

A desperate scream echoed across the barren wasteland.

No matter how much of a Won Yeong-gyeong demon it was, it had no means to counter the lightning spear ravaging its internal organs.

Watching it writhe in agony, Cheon Woo-jin coldly prepared his next move.

Cheon Woo-jin’s ability to devastate even a Won Yeong-gyeong demon that had lived for nearly two thousand years wasn’t simply because he had mastered the Extreme Lightning True Boundary Art.

Currently, Cheon Woo-jin possessed power that far exceeded the average level of early Won Yeong-gyeong.

This was because he had achieved significant growth from the early Won Yeong-gyeong stage by condensing his nascent soul using the Bright Moon Clear Truth Art, Guye True Person’s Won Yeong-gyeong cultivation method.

Moreover, he had established a system that could amplify his magic arts’ power by 1.9 times by completing the Nine Gates Golden Core during the Jeodan Gorge stage.

From the beginning, Cheon Woo-jin had always strived to possess more powerful strength than fellow cultivators of the same level, even during his Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment periods.

He utilized the knowledge from the Spirit Path Cultivation Chronicle, and made maximum use of people around him, including Seo Seol-ryeong, to maximize his own growth.

Originally, to grow as a cultivator, one must invest not only in combat but also in auxiliary skills such as alchemy, artifact refining, and formation deployment.

However, Cheon Woo-jin disregarded such areas and focused his investments solely on raising his combat power.

For his goal of surviving until the end, he believed he needed the strength to overwhelm the enemies he would encounter in the Cultivation World.

That policy bore fruit when he reached the Nascent Soul stage.

Currently, Cheon Woo-jin was only at the early Nascent Soul stage, but in terms of pure combat power, he possessed strength that surpassed the late Nascent Soul stage and could even contend with Nascent Soul masters.

This meant he was qualified to challenge even the monsters of Ghost Head City’s upper levels.

* * *

‘Excellent, Cheon Woo-jin!’

Yowon Gyeon sliced a charging scorpion demon in half and exclaimed in admiration.

The sight of Cheon Woo-jin severely injuring Hwang Ryeong Daewang Ogong exceeded Yowon Gyeon’s expectations.

‘I did well to pass the Extreme Thunder Formation Technique to you!’

The Extreme Thunder Formation Technique was a cultivation method that Yowon Gyeon had obtained in Ghost Head City’s upper levels.

He had won it after fierce battles with other Nascent Soul Elder Ancestors, but it wasn’t compatible with Yowon Gyeon and he couldn’t master it.

Still, he had treasured it thinking there would be a way to utilize it someday, and eventually passed it on to Cheon Woo-jin.

He had expected that Cheon Woo-jin, having reached the Nascent Soul stage, would be able to properly master the Extreme Thunder Formation Technique.

And Cheon Woo-jin had lived up to those expectations.

‘At this level… breaking through the 8th layer should be possible!’

The 8th layer.

It was where the Main Hall of Sacred Horn Unity Gate, Ghost Head City’s strongest sect, was located.

Yowon Gyeon had once knocked on Sacred Horn Unity Gate’s doors in the past.

He believed that Sacred Horn Unity Gate held the means to change Shadow Scale Sunken Sect’s future.

However, Sacred Horn Unity Gate did not deal with Yowon Gyeon.

Rather, they showed a completely dismissive attitude.

Though Yowon Gyeon felt humiliated, there was nothing he could do.

Sacred Horn Unity Gate was that powerful a force.

But Cheon Woo-jin would be different.

He was confident that Cheon Woo-jin could stand proudly against Sacred Horn Unity Gate.

‘Show me, Cheon Woo-jin!’

Imagining the scene where Cheon Woo-jin would bring Sacred Horn Unity Gate to its knees and furthermore present a future to Shadow Scale Sunken Sect.

Yowon Gyeon shouted in his heart.

‘You can become a heretical genius who shakes the upper levels of Ghost Head City!’

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