Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 190

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Chapter 190: Immortal Treasure (1)

A thousand years ago from now.

The Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace, which had helped establish the Wei Jin Kingdom, immediately began preparations to ascend to the Upper Realm.

The Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace was preparing for a ‘Sect Ascension’ where the entire sect would ascend to the Upper Realm.

Originally, ascension is only possible for those at the Avatar Mirror realm or higher, but with Sect Ascension, even lowly Qi Refining disciples could be taken along.

Because of this, all members of the Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace were excited.

Once they ascended to the Upper Realm, cultivation would become much easier.

Even the lowly disciples who had been struggling at the Qi Refining realm could instantly rise to higher realms.

Knowing this, everyone waited for the day of Sect Ascension.

However…

The Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace did not ascend with all its members.

Despite being able to take everyone along, they ascended to the Upper Realm while leaving some personnel behind in the Lower Realm.

North Palace Annihilation was a descendant of those who were left behind.

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“Don’t run your mouth carelessly, Seo Seol-ryeong!”

North Palace Annihilation raised her voice.

She was extremely enraged by Seo Seol-ryeong’s statement.

“Incompetent failures abandoned by the sect?! Don’t babble nonsense when you know nothing!!”

“Oh my, was I mistaken about something?”

Seo Seol-ryeong asked in a calm voice.

“Then why couldn’t you people ascend? Didn’t the Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace perform Sect Ascension? They would have taken even the Qi Refining disciples along, so why didn’t they take you?”

“That is…!”

She was momentarily speechless.

Not missing that gap, Seo Seol-ryeong continued to chatter away.

“You people… to be precise, your parents or grandparents probably weren’t lower in level than lowly Qi Refining cultivators. Then there must have been some serious disqualifying reason.”

“Di… disqualifying reason…”

“Did they commit some great wrong and earn the displeasure of the Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace’s upper levels? If not that, then…”

Seo Seol-ryeong coldly spat out to the wavering North Palace Annihilation.

“Since they wouldn’t be able to rise to higher realms even if taken to the Upper Realm, there was no need to bother taking them… were you abandoned based on such a judgment?”

“…!”

Boom!

A shockwave that erupted from North Palace Annihilation swept the surroundings.

Violent energy swirled like a storm, making it impossible to see properly ahead.

“You insolent thing! Do you know what you think you are…!”

North Palace Annihilation shouted within that storm.

“We were abandoned?! Don’t talk nonsense! Aren’t you the one who was abandoned by the Guye True People?!”

“You’re getting too excited, Daoist North Palace.”

Seo Seol-ryeong’s voice could be heard beyond the roar of the shockwave.

“I hit the mark, didn’t I? As expected, my thinking was correct.”

“This impudent…!”

“Actually, if you think about it carefully, it’s a natural story.”

Rumble!

An even more intense shockwave erupted from North Palace Annihilation, but Seo Seol-ryeong paid no attention and continued talking.

“Even a mere early Qi Refining lowly disciple, if taken to the Upper Realm, has the possibility of someday becoming an existence that surpasses the Nascent Soul or Avatar Mirror realms. That probability is very low, but at least it’s not zero.”

“What…!”

“But Nascent Soul cultivators who can no longer grow due to flawed cultivation would be the same even if taken to the Upper Realm. The probability of them growing into higher beings is zero.”

Seo Seol-ryeong’s cold voice continued to be heard.

“That’s why you people were abandoned by the Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace. Because you were beings with even less value than lowly Qi Refining disciples.”

“I told you to shut up…!”

Boom boom boom boom!

A violent storm raged.

Due to releasing spiritual power too recklessly, she felt momentarily dizzy.

Still, if she poured out this level of attack, Seo Seol-ryeong would also be neutralized.

However, she was worried that Seo Seol-ryeong might be seriously injured.

She probably wouldn’t die from this much, but if she was severely wounded, it would interfere with the escape.

“Damn it, unnecessarily…”

North Palace Annihilation belatedly regretted and tried to check on Seo Seol-ryeong’s condition.

But even when her vision was secured, Seo Seol-ryeong was nowhere to be seen.

Only a wooden puppet that had already been destroyed was rolling around on the floor.

“Seo Seol-ryeong, you cunning…!”

Seo Seol-ryeong had already fled.

She had secretly slipped away while North Palace Annihilation was losing her reason and pouring out attacks.

Leaving behind only a puppet that could draw attention.

“Well then, North Palace Annihilation, I’ll go join the others. You went through all that trouble to corner me, but it became a waste of effort…”

Crack!

After crushing the head of the puppet that kept chattering, North Palace Annihilation ground her teeth.

“Seo Seol-ryeong, you truly have no fear! You keep acting up thinking I can’t kill you, but you’ll regret it!”

Indeed, North Palace Annihilation was in a situation where she couldn’t harm Seo Seol-ryeong’s body.

However, there were ways to make her feel pain without injuring her body.

“I’ll make you feel pain so intense that death would be preferable, Seo Seol-ryeong!”

Shouting this, North Palace Annihilation closed both eyes.

Immediately after, waves of spiritual energy spread out from North Palace Annihilation.

It was the Ghost Bone Echo Search, which spread waves to explore the surroundings.

Since the structure of the ruin was completely memorized in North Palace Annihilation’s mind, analyzing the wave echoes could precisely determine who was where.

“Hmm? Cheon Woo-jin and So Hyo-bu are still alive?”

She had guided them to be caught up in Tan Lan Gu Ma’s self-destruction.

She hadn’t expected both of them to survive.

“I thought at least one of them could be eliminated… You’re useless to the very end, Tan Lan Gu Ma.”

Still, So Hyo-bu seemed to be seriously injured, as she remained motionless in her position.

The problem was Cheon Woo-jin.

He was traversing the interior of the ruin at high speed, and if left alone, he would likely reunite with Seo Seol-ryeong.

If Seo Seol-ryeong reunited with Cheon Woo-jin, things would become troublesome.

“That can’t happen…”

North Palace Annihilation remotely controlled the devices inside the ruin with her eyes closed.

So that various traps would activate to block Cheon Woo-jin’s path.

After binding Cheon Woo-jin’s feet like this, she could pursue and capture Seo Seol-ryeong.

Once she secured Seo Seol-ryeong, it didn’t matter what happened to Cheon Woo-jin.

He would be useful if captured, but there was no need to take risks for that.

“I’ll make you pay the price for insulting us, Seo Seol-ryeong!”

Whoosh!

North Palace Annihilation began pursuing Seo Seol-ryeong.

She had already determined which path would allow her to overtake Seo Seol-ryeong.

Swish swish swoosh!

Traversing the maze-like complex passages, North Palace Annihilation instantly reached the space Seo Seol-ryeong would pass through.

Since it was certain Seo Seol-ryeong would pass through here, she planned to set up a capture formation in advance.

“This time I won’t let her escape!”

She had already grasped what kind of power Seo Seol-ryeong possessed during their earlier fight.

By constructing a spell formation based on that information, she could definitely capture Seo Seol-ryeong.

“Seo Seol-ryeong, I will definitely steal your body…”

As she was muttering this.

North Palace Annihilation felt a chill run down her spine.

“…?!”

Swoosh!

Something that suddenly flew in grazed past the top of North Palace Annihilation’s head.

If she hadn’t ducked in advance, her head would have exploded in one strike.

“To dodge that, quite impressive, North Palace Annihilation.”

“You bastard…!”

North Palace Annihilation hurriedly turned around.

One of Cheon Woo-jin’s companions stood there with a gentle smile.

According to the information obtained beforehand, he should be a Core Formation Realm cultivator named Seong Jun.

“How did you launch a surprise attack…!”

When she had closed her eyes earlier to survey the entire ruin, that man’s signal wasn’t felt anywhere.

That meant he was already dead.

But why was he perfectly alive?

He had even approached secretly and launched a surprise attack…

“You bastard, what is your identity!”

“Oh my, didn’t you hear from Tan Lan Gu Ma?”

Muttering this.

The man pulled out a mask from his sleeve.

It was a mask with a smiling face drawn on a pure white background.

The moment she saw that mask, North Palace Annihilation realized this was the one Tan Lan Gu Ma had mentioned earlier.

“Mu, Mujung Soma…!”

Swoosh!

The masked man approached in an instant.

Originally, North Palace Annihilation wasn’t a cultivator specialized in combat.

When she had to fight others, she prepared formations and such in advance.

But now she had only prepared formations to deal with Seo Seol-ryeong.

“…!”

Moreover, close combat was North Palace Annihilation’s weakest area.

The moment Mujung Soma approached instantly and thrust sword qi at close range, the outcome was already as good as decided.

“Ahhh…!”

Piercing through even the defensive spell formations and defensive magical treasures that North Palace Annihilation usually wore around her entire body.

The pure white sword qi sliced North Palace Annihilation’s flesh into pieces.

“If I sever all the meridians like this, you won’t be able to use magic arts either. Isn’t that right?”

“Grraaah…!”

“Still, just to be safe… like this.”

Thunk!

Mujung Soma drew out a hidden dagger and plunged it into North Palace Annihilation’s crown.

With her Upper Dantian pierced through, North Palace Annihilation rolled her eyes back and writhed on the ground.

What was terrifying was that despite butchering her entire body like this, he hadn’t touched her Golden Core.

In this situation, North Palace Annihilation couldn’t make an easy choice.

Should she abandon this tattered flesh and flee as a Nascent Soul?

Or should she endure for now since her Golden Core remained intact?

She couldn’t respond swiftly while agonizing over this decision.

When North Palace Annihilation was hesitating, unable to know what the optimal choice would be.

Mujung Soma’s calm voice reached her.

“Fellow Daoist Seo, is this sufficient?”

“…!”

Seo Seol-ryeong had arrived at some point.

Seo Seol-ryeong was raising her hand toward North Palace Annihilation and emitting cold energy.

It wasn’t ordinary cold energy, but cold energy meant to completely suppress and capture North Palace Annihilation.

If caught by that, even fleeing as a Nascent Soul would become impossible.

The moment she understood this, North Palace Annihilation gritted her teeth and made her Nascent Soul escape from her flesh.

“It’s useless.”

Whoooosh!

Tremendous cold energy surrounded North Palace Annihilation’s Nascent Soul like a barrier.

She could feel the will to absolutely not let her escape.

Though she was surrounded on all sides, there wasn’t absolutely no place to flee.

“Ah, damn it…!”

Mujung Soma urgently launched white sword qi, but it was already too late.

North Palace Annihilation’s Nascent Soul was sucked into a hole that suddenly appeared in the ground.

It was the same hole as the trap that had initially dropped Cheon Woo-jin’s group.

Mocking Mujung Soma and Seo Seol-ryeong who rushed forward in panic, North Palace Annihilation moved to another location.

To the depths of the ruins… the place she had prevented Tan Lan Gu Ma and anyone else from approaching all this time.

‘Now I have no choice…!’

There, an Immortal Treasure still in an incomplete state was stored.

It was an object that had been created since the time of North Palace Annihilation’s ancestors, and despite taking a thousand years, it still wasn’t completed.

But if she activated that Immortal Treasure… it would be possible to sweep away all of those bastards.

‘Since it’s come to this, I have no choice but to use the Immortal Treasure’s power…!’

North Palace Annihilation moved through the dark workshop in her Nascent Soul state.

After confirming the appearance of the Immortal Treasure connected to complex mechanical devices, when she tried to activate it.

Suddenly a voice was heard.

“You’d better stop, North Palace Annihilation.”

“…!”

If she had been in physical form, she would have felt as if her heart had stopped.

The bastard who should have been elsewhere was staring at North Palace Annihilation from within the darkness.

“That must be the Immortal Treasure you’ve been creating for a thousand years to ascend to the Upper Realm and take revenge on the Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace. If you operate it now while it’s incomplete, those thousand years will become meaningless.”

Cheon Woo-jin.

That man glared at North Palace Annihilation with eyes that saw through everything.

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