Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 25

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Chapter 25: Talisman Treasure (3)

 

 

Hot.

Cheon Woo-jin was caught in such an illusion.

But there was nothing around here that could generate heat.

 

‘This is the energy wave flowing from the talisman treasure stored on the 3rd floor.’

 

A talisman treasure imbued with intense fire energy.

He felt hot because he had detected that wavelength.

 

The talisman treasure would be stored in something like a highly secure storage container.

The fact that such intense energy was transmitted even while inside such a container meant it was a talisman treasure with that much powerful force.

 

‘As expected, it’s a talisman treasure that stores the power of the Red Sea True Fire Spear.’

 

The Taeul Yeokri Sect had entrusted the Red Sea True Fire Spear talisman treasure to Dong Ryu Trading Company, and Dong Ryu Trading Company was trying to advance into Ghost Head City by presenting it as a gift to Yellow Pillar Spirit Gate.

 

But if the talisman treasure disappeared from here today, all plans would come to nothing.

 

“….”

 

Cheon Woo-jin tried to determine where the wavelength was originating from.

Among the various rooms on the 3rd floor, which room exactly was the talisman treasure stored in?

 

‘Over there.’

 

The second room from the right end.

Having confirmed the location, Cheon Woo-jin began walking slowly.

 

The concealment talisman was still in effect.

Since it was a high-grade concealment talisman that Guyang Gyeol had possessed, ordinary Qi Condensation cultivators couldn’t detect Cheon Woo-jin.

 

However, Foundation Establishment was different.

 

“…!”

 

Bang!

The fourth room from the right end.

A white spear flew in, piercing through that room’s door.

It was a precise attack aimed exactly at Cheon Woo-jin’s heart.

 

Boom!

The white spear was blocked with a thunderous sound.

The man who had suddenly launched the attack from behind the door opened his eyes wide.

 

“A defensive magical tool!”

 

The white spear was blocked by a silver shield.

It was the Silver Spirit Steel Guardian Shield that Cheon Woo-jin had been holding in his hand all along, now deployed.

 

The opponent was at the early Foundation Establishment stage.

With a single metal-attribute spiritual root, the spear he had just thrown was also made by instantly refining metal spirit energy.

 

“You bastard…!”

 

Swish swish swish!

Over ten white hidden daggers appeared around the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Blades sharp enough to cut skin and sever tendons with just a light graze.

They were all fired at Cheon Woo-jin simultaneously.

 

But Cheon Woo-jin didn’t dodge.

He only poured more spiritual power into the Silver Spirit Steel Guardian Shield he was holding.

Then the hemispherical protective barrier created by the Silver Spirit Steel Guardian Shield became even thicker.

 

Pop pop pop!

The dozen or so daggers flying at ultra-high speed struck the protective barrier.

However, not a single dagger penetrated the barrier.

 

It was a defensive magical tool that Guyang Gyeol, a Core Formation cultivator, kept in his storage bag in preparation for facing powerful enemies.

There was no way it could be pierced by mere early Foundation Establishment magic arts.

 

“What kind of bastard are you…!”

 

When his voice echoed, there were reactions from the surroundings as well.

The other cultivators who had been waiting on the 3rd floor came rushing out.

Fortunately, there were no Foundation Establishment cultivators. They were all Qi Condensation stage.

 

Cheon Woo-jin kept the Silver Spirit Steel Guardian Shield deployed while putting his hand into his storage bag.

And he drew out the Five Thunder Heaven Piercing Sword.

 

“That magical tool is…!”

 

The Foundation Establishment cultivator who noticed it wasn’t an ordinary magical tool opened his eyes wide.

But it was already too late.

 

[Black Lightning]

 

Pitch-black lightning swirled around Cheon Woo-jin as the center.

All the Qi Condensation cultivators rushing from all directions were caught up in the torrent of black lightning energy.

At the sight of his juniors being annihilated in an instant, the Foundation Establishment cultivator trembled and stepped backward.

 

“L-look here, please wait a moment….”

 

Even his manner of speaking had changed.

What expression would he make if he knew that the opponent before his eyes was still just a junior at the Qi Condensation stage?

 

But Cheon Woo-jin prioritized cutting off his breath over confirming that.

 

“Kugh…!”

 

Black Lightning pierced through the Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s chest.

He collapsed on the spot with a face filled with despair.

 

After confirming that all the cultivators who had attacked him were dead, Cheon Woo-jin moved again.

He went to the fourth room from the right end and threw open the door.

 

“….”

 

There was no one inside the room.

Only a red box sat on the table in the center.

 

The energy wave that Cheon Woo-jin had felt as soon as he came up to the 3rd Floor was emanating from that box.

Cheon Woo-jin entered the room to check the contents of the box.

 

* * *

 

‘What a bold fellow.’

 

Ki Woo-seon, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, clicked her tongue inwardly.

 

‘To infiltrate alone and massacre our people in an instant… Must be around late Foundation Establishment stage?’

 

Ki Woo-seon was a different person from the Foundation Establishment Cultivator Geum Yeong-geun who had fallen earlier.

The master of Transformation Technique that Song Pyo had told Cheon Woo-jin about… that was Ki Woo-seon.

Even now, Ki Woo-seon was watching Cheon Woo-jin while hiding her appearance.

 

‘It’s been boring with nothing happening, but finally something exciting occurs. This is what Ghost Head City should be like.’

 

Despite her colleagues being massacred, Ki Woo-seon was actually enjoying herself.

She showed no sign of being wary of Cheon Woo-jin’s abilities.

 

Originally, Ki Woo-seon always had this attitude.

No matter what threat approached, she would hum and enjoy herself.

 

This was related to the Myriad Transformation Demon Art that Ki Woo-seon had mastered.

The Myriad Transformation Demon Art was a technique specialized in changing one’s appearance, and Ki Woo-seon could transform into perfect forms of both living and non-living things.

 

So Ki Woo-seon had no particular worries even when faced with disadvantageous situations.

She could just change her appearance and hide.

Hiding like that and then ambushing when the opponent let their guard down was Ki Woo-seon’s basic combat strategy.

 

Of course, it wouldn’t work against cultivators at higher realms like Core Formation stage.

But Ki Woo-seon didn’t involve herself in major affairs that would warrant Core Formation cultivators’ intervention in the first place.

 

She knew that with her talent, she couldn’t reach Core Formation stage anyway.

If that was the case, she wanted to enjoy her life as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to the fullest.

That’s why she only took on jobs that required one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators like this time.

Against Foundation Establishment opponents, Ki Woo-seon’s Myriad Transformation Demon Art could give her an absolute advantage.

 

True Concealment Art that possessed power far superior to mere Concealment Talismans.

With that power, she could leisurely deal with this opponent too.

 

‘Come just a little closer.’

 

Ki Woo-seon waited with an excited heart for the intruder to approach.

When he came close, she planned to ambush him with attack Magic Arts and leave him in a near-death state.

 

‘I’m also curious about where you came from, so I’ll personally torture you.’

 

While she was imagining what kind of torture to inflict and licking her lips inwardly,

a short voice was heard.

 

“Instant Kill.”

 

What could this sound be?

It seemed like he suddenly spoke to himself, but she couldn’t understand what it meant at all.

 

Right after that.

Ki Woo-seon realized that she could no longer transform into anything.

 

The only form Ki Woo-seon could take now was just one.

Only a corpse with her entire body torn to shreds.

 

* * *

 

Clatter.

The box fell to the floor.

 

And the table that had been supporting the box slowly revealed its true form.

It revealed the form of a woman who had become a gruesome corpse.

 

[Ki Woo-seon ]

* Race: Human Race

* Age: 154 years old

* Realm: Foundation Establishment Late Stage

* Constitution: Earth Spiritual Root

* Faction: Orthodox Sect

* Affiliation: Dong Ryu Trading Company

* Destiny: Pride

 

She was the very Foundation Establishment Cultivator that Song Pyo had warned about.

She had been luring Cheon Woo-jin while taking the form of a table using Transformation Technique.

Thinking that she could easily subdue him by ambushing when Cheon Woo-jin approached unknowingly.

 

Actually, from Ki Woo-seon’s perspective, it was the best choice.

It would be foolish to engage in direct confrontation with an opponent who had the combat power to massacre other colleagues in an instant.

 

The problem was that Cheon Woo-jin had the Status Window ability.

From the moment I first entered the room, I could see the status window on the table.

That’s why I used Instant Death Heaven Eye to kill him instantly.

Since he might have been hiding other special abilities besides transformation magic arts, I prioritized dealing with him swiftly.

 

‘Then…’

 

Cheon Woo-jin tried to pick up the red box that had fallen to the floor.

But when he tried to open the lid, electricity sparked with a crackling sound.

 

He wasn’t seriously injured, but his fingers felt numb.

It seemed to be a box that couldn’t be opened to retrieve its contents unless done with the proper method.

 

‘Can’t be helped.’

 

He drew up a small amount of spiritual power and generated black lightning in his palm.

When he injected it, the locking mechanism was destroyed and the lid opened by itself.

 

“…!”

 

Whoosh!

He felt heat as if standing before Flame Mountain.

What was inside the box was merely a single talisman, but it contained intense fire energy that seemed capable of burning everything.

 

Without a doubt.

This was the talisman treasure that stored the power of the magical treasure Red Sea True Fire Spear.

 

“Stop!”

 

At that moment, a voice came from behind.

Having noticed the intrusion, cultivators from the 1st and 2nd floors had rushed over to block his escape route.

 

“How dare you cause such chaos in our Changhua Pavilion? You’re a bastard who deserves to be torn apart and killed!”

 

Even the courtesans came and revealed their killing intent toward Cheon Woo-jin.

They weren’t just trying to intimidate him. They were truly showing their will to kill him cruelly.

In fact, they were evil cultivators who had received teachings from the Pleasure Union Sect, one of the demonic sects, making them wicked individuals who exceeded Ghost Head City’s average.

 

“Resistance is meaningless! Give up!”

“…”

 

Outside the window, he could also sense the presence of cultivators who had been on external guard duty.

If Cheon Woo-jin tried to escape through the window, they would immediately rush in to stop him.

 

The number of cultivators currently surrounding Cheon Woo-jin was about thirty.

Though they were all at the Qi Refinement stage, facing thirty people alone was still not easy.

 

However, he didn’t feel despair.

Because he possessed a weapon that could get him out of this situation.

And it was a weapon more effective than Instant Death Heaven Eye in a situation like this.

 

“Ah…!”

 

One of the cultivators blocking Cheon Woo-jin’s escape route pointed his finger.

 

“Y-you, do you know what that is before laying your hands on it…!”

 

The talisman that was inside the red box.

Seeing Cheon Woo-jin take it in his hand, the cultivators began shouting.

 

“S-stop! That’s something dangerous that even we don’t know the details about…!”

“You’re the ones who don’t know what this is.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin shot back with a cold voice.

 

“I know.”

 

The talisman treasure burst into flames in Cheon Woo-jin’s grasp.

 

The True Fire of the Red Sea True Fire Spear means Samadhi True Fire.

It’s not ordinary fire that can be extinguished by sprinkling water, but supernatural flames created by manifesting the principles of heaven and earth.

 

‘True Fire is different from ordinary fire.’

 

‘When it meets wind it flourishes, when it meets water it becomes fierce, the more you try to splash it the more it ignites, and the more you try to extinguish it the more vigorous it becomes.’

 

‘By refining essence, qi, and spirit to achieve Samadhi, nurture the essence of the Li trigram to burn and incinerate evil spirits.’

 

The principles of Samadhi True Fire that the Red Sea True Fire Spear manifests.

That was being revived within a mere single talisman.

 

To bring that essence into this world, Cheon Woo-jin hurled the talisman treasure burning in his grasp with great force.

 

Immediately after, the world was dyed red.

Red flames with tremendous heat energy were released, instantly devouring the cultivators who had been surrounding him.

And without diminishing its momentum in the slightest, it devoured even the building, turning the entire pleasure house called Changhua Pavilion into nothing but ashes.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————