Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 64

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Chapter 64: Elder Ancestor (2)

 

 

‘Something is strange.’

 

Sama Moon felt an ominous premonition.

 

At that moment, Sama Moon had already fallen into his own Spiritual Domain.

As the speed of the Material World and Mental World became different, time was secured to assess the situation.

 

‘Is this bastard trying to do something?’

 

He stared intently at the nameless Foundation Establishment Cultivator before his eyes.

There was no sign of him drawing up Spiritual Power.

There was no indication of moving his muscles and bones either, he was just sitting still in that spot.

 

And yet… it felt strangely ominous.

 

‘Does he possess power from a system I don’t know about…?’

 

He wasn’t trying to use Magic Arts with Spiritual Power, nor was he trying to deploy Body Techniques like Martial Arts.

But there was a possibility he was trying to use power from a different system than what Sama Moon knew.

 

‘Interesting. Let me take a look.’

 

Sama Moon was relaxed.

This wasn’t because his opponent was at the Foundation Establishment stage.

It would have been the same even if his opponent was at the Core Formation Realm.

 

‘Whatever struggle you put up, it’s impossible to harm me, a Nascent Soul cultivator.’

 

The Nascent Soul stage means the realm of creating a Nascent Soul.

Though one already forms a Golden Core at the Core Formation Realm, the Nascent Soul stage goes one step further to condense a Nascent Soul.

 

The Nascent Soul is another self created in the same location as the Golden Core.

It takes the form of a baby, but unlike the Golden Core, it’s not a material existence.

Since it’s an existence born from inner energy, it becomes the foundation for walking the true path of immortals by transcending the Material Domain.

 

Core Formation cultivators die if their Golden Core is destroyed.

But Nascent Soul cultivators don’t die even if their Golden Core is destroyed.

This is because they can transcend the laws of the Material World with the power of the Nascent Soul to regenerate their Golden Core.

 

Ultimately, to kill a Nascent Soul cultivator, one must eliminate the Nascent Soul, but since the Nascent Soul isn’t a material existence, it cannot be destroyed by material attacks.

Even using Spiritual Power, one cannot scratch the Nascent Soul unless it’s above a certain level.

 

In the end, killing a Nascent Soul cultivator is only possible for those at the Nascent Soul stage or above.

 

‘Still, go ahead and struggle. Who knows? I might be able to keep you alive longer.’

 

If he truly possessed unknown power, it would be worth studying once.

He would have to postpone feeding him to the Soul Devouring Spirit Refining Sword for a while.

 

Of course, if there was nothing special, he would immediately make him food for the Soul Devouring Spirit Refining Sword.

 

‘Come on, hurry up and do it. What are you hesitating for?’

 

As he was speaking to himself like that.

Sama Moon felt a strange sense of unease.

 

He didn’t know since when, but he couldn’t feel his physical sensations.

Even… his Golden Core.

 

‘How is this…’

 

There was no response from his Golden Core.

It was impossible to operate Spiritual Power.

 

‘Don’t tell me this is your doing?’

 

It was astonishing.

To neutralize a Nascent Soul Daoist’s Golden Core, just how did he do it?

 

Sama Moon felt amazement.

This was worth studying. It might help when reaching the Spirit Transformation stage.

 

‘Earlier you said the Taeul Yeokri Sect fed you the Golden Core after killing the Black Mist Dragon, but that might have been a lie. This guy might have directly stolen the Golden Core from the Black Mist Dragon.’

 

Despite his Golden Core being neutralized, Sama Moon was still relaxed.

This was because he thought he could recover his Golden Core with the power of his Nascent Soul.

 

He could even abandon this body and escape with just his Nascent Soul.

As long as the Nascent Soul was intact, he could be reborn in a new body – that was the Nascent Soul stage.

 

So there was no need to worry about anything…

 

‘Wait a moment.’

 

Then one thought occurred to him.

 

‘If this bastard really did directly extract and eat the Golden Core from the Black Mist Dragon… how did he do it?’

 

The Black Mist Dragon wasn’t at the Core Formation Realm but the Nascent Soul stage.

So extracting and eating the Golden Core from the Black Mist Dragon meant he had neutralized even the Black Mist Dragon’s Nascent Soul.

 

Just how?

How could a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator who hadn’t escaped material limitations neutralize a Nascent Soul?

 

Right after feeling that doubt, Sama Moon belatedly realized.

 

‘My Nascent Soul too… has already been neutralized?’

 

It wasn’t just the Golden Core that showed no response.

There was no reaction from the Nascent Soul either.

It was impossible to recover the Golden Core using the Nascent Soul’s power, and it was also impossible to escape with just the Nascent Soul.

 

The reason Sama Moon only understood this fact now was because he had been leisurely lost in thought after accelerating his mental activity speed in the Spiritual Domain.

He had failed to properly pay attention to himself as urgent death approached.

 

This was partly due to his innately arrogant personality.

His reaction was delayed because he had never imagined such a thing could happen to him.

 

‘Am I facing not only physical death but spiritual death as well?’

 

The moment he recognized that fact.

Sama Moon was overwhelmed by extreme terror.

 

‘N-no way! How could this happen…!’

 

Sama Moon’s soul had already died.

He was still in a state where he could think and feel emotions, but this was happening from the remnants of a soul that had already died.

 

‘No! This can’t be! I can’t die like this!’

 

Originally, all mental activity should have stopped instantly.

However, since Sama Moon had accelerated his mental speed with the power of mid-stage Won Shadow Sect, he still had quite a bit of time left.

 

This meant there was still plenty of time left to be trapped in terror.

 

‘I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die! Aaaahhh…!!’

 

His usual arrogant appearance was nowhere to be found.

There were only the remnants of a soul trapped in extreme terror, wailing in the empty Void Universe.

 

Eventually, even those remnants completely disappeared, and nothing remained.

 

* * *

 

Thud.

Sama Moon collapsed.

The Soul Devouring Spirit Refining Sword he had been holding also fell to the ground.

 

Though he wasn’t even twitching, Cheon Woo-jin waited for a moment after seeing this.

After confirming there was no change no matter how long he waited, he let out a sigh of relief.

 

‘It seems both the Golden Core and Nascent Soul have completely died.’

 

For Won Shadow Sect cultivators, you must kill even the Nascent Soul.

Even if you drop them in lava like Gi Sin-ryeo and melt their Golden Core, they can revive if their Nascent Soul remains intact.

That’s why it was necessary to confirm whether the Nascent Soul had properly died.

 

‘With my current abilities, I have no way to damage a Nascent Soul… but if I use Instant Death Heaven Eye, I can neutralize even the Nascent Soul.’

 

The reason Cheon Woo-jin could maintain his composure even while being dragged by Sama Moon was because he had planned to defeat Sama Moon with Instant Death Heaven Eye like this.

 

That’s why he didn’t use Instant Death Heaven Eye when fighting Gi Sin-ryeo either.

He had to save Instant Death Heaven Eye because there was a possibility Sama Moon would appear.

 

Thanks to preserving Instant Death Heaven Eye like that, he was able to instantly kill this mid-stage Won Shadow Sect monster.

 

However… there was one thing that slightly bothered him.

 

‘It seemed like Sama Moon showed some reaction even after I used Instant Death Heaven Eye.’

 

He hadn’t confirmed it properly.

But he had that feeling.

 

Between the moment Cheon Woo-jin decided to use Instant Death Heaven Eye on Sama Moon and the moment Sama Moon actually reached complete death.

In that very brief time that existed between those moments, Sama Moon would have maintained consciousness.

 

Though there seemed to be insufficient time to launch any counterattack… if it were a being at a higher realm than Sama Moon, it would be possible to kill Cheon Woo-jin during that brief time.

 

‘It seems there’s no problem up to mid-stage Won Shadow Sect, but it would be dangerous from late-stage Won Shadow Sect onward.’

 

Late-stage Won Shadow Sect is the stage where one truly begins to overcome the limitations of time.

They can finely slice time and think within it, and they can also move within it.

This is a different concept from simply thinking fast and moving fast.

 

So attempting Instant Death Heaven Eye on late-stage Won Shadow Sect or higher at this point would be dangerous.

There’s a high possibility of being counterattacked before killing them with Instant Death Heaven Eye.

He would need to grow more and raise his realm to be able to safely instant kill them.

 

‘Anyway, it’s best to avoid encountering those at high realms as much as possible.’

 

Facing such monsters should wait until after becoming stronger.

 

‘So…’

 

Cheon Woo-jin turned his gaze toward the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword lying on the ground.

 

‘I can’t let such powerful equipment slip away.’

 

This was precisely the reason Cheon Woo-jin didn’t immediately use Instant Death Heaven Eye on Sama Moon and waited as long as possible.

He had to kill him after Sama Moon brought out the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword.

 

Won Shadow Sect cultivators don’t use Storage Bags and store items in Sleeve Universe instead.

However, since Sleeve Universe is Magic Arts rather than a Dharma Artifact, you can’t retrieve the items inside once the cultivator dies.

It’s not that there’s absolutely no method, but it’s not as simple as searching through a Storage Bag. At least for the current Cheon Woo-jin, there was no way to obtain items inside Sleeve Universe.

 

That’s why Cheon Woo-jin couldn’t instantly kill Sama Moon right away.

He had to wait until Sama Moon triumphantly brought out the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword.

 

As a result, he was able to obtain the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword like this.

 

‘Equipment that Sama Moon created by sacrificing even his sect’s guardian dragon as an offering to reach the Incarnation Realm…’

 

Cheon Woo-jin grasped the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword.

But he immediately felt dizzy and dropped the sword.

 

“Ugh…!”

 

The Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword was not a Dharma Artifact but a Magical Treasure.

Originally, Magical Treasures could only be used by those at the Core Formation Realm or higher.

It was too dangerous an item for Cheon Woo-jin, who was still at the Qi Accumulation Stage, to handle.

 

‘No, still…’

 

Cheon Woo-jin took a deep breath and grasped the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword again.

Then he could feel an intense energy penetrating through the acupoints in his palm.

The dizziness he felt just now was because that energy traveled up through his meridians and stimulated even his Upper Dantian.

 

‘Let me try to control this.’

 

Cheon Woo-jin already had experience controlling the volcano’s Fire Shadow Energy with his Water Spirit Energy.

Using that experience, he controlled the energy of the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword and slowly expelled it with his exhale.

 

As a result, he was able to hold the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword without feeling dizzy.

 

‘To think I can use a Magical Treasure with a Qi Accumulation Stage body.’

 

This was impossible even in the game.

It was systemically blocked, making the equipment itself impossible to use.

 

Until now, Cheon Woo-jin had grown by utilizing game knowledge.

But before he knew it, he had shown growth that transcended even the game’s limitations.

Being able to wield this Magical Treasure was proof of that.

 

‘Sama Moon tried to steal the power of my Manifest True Life Body with this Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword.’

 

The Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword has the property of absorbing the power of special constitutions.

If fed a Manifest True Life Body, it would acquire some characteristics of the Manifest True Life Body.

 

Originally, the Demonic Path had many methods of growing by stealing others’ power like this.

Sama Moon had obtained such methods and utilized them in creating Magical Treasures.

 

‘Sama Moon probably felt the limitations of his Five Elements Spirit Root. While he could use all five elements and unleash various powers without being constrained by attributes, that alone had its limits.’

 

A power specialized in something.

He would have wanted to obtain that to overcome the weaknesses of the Five Elements Spirit Root.

The Five Elements Spirit Root was an all-purpose talent, but from another perspective, it also meant there was no particularly outstanding aspect.

 

‘But from my standpoint, the Five Elements Spirit Root is the key to overcoming my weaknesses.’

 

The all-purpose talent, Five Elements Spirit Root.

If he could acquire even a little of that power, Cheon Woo-jin could overcome the limitations of his single Spirit Root specialized only in one attribute.

 

Earlier, he temporarily overcame that limitation by utilizing the volcano’s Fire Shadow Energy, but he couldn’t do that every time.

To use various powers without being constrained by environment, he needed separate auxiliary means.

 

Cheon Woo-jin brought the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword to Sama Moon’s lower abdomen.

Then he could sense the presence of the Golden Core within his Dantian.

Sama Moon’s Golden Core was already in a dead state, but it was merely deactivated and had no damage whatsoever.

If an ordinary person without Spirit Roots ate this Golden Core, they would be able to acquire the Five Elements Spirit Root.

And Cheon Woo-jin… could steal that power using the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword.

 

Swoosh!

The Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword pierced into Sama Moon’s Dantian and penetrated the Golden Core.

Immediately after, he felt something intense being sucked out.

 

Writhe, writhe.

The blade of the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword writhed as if it were alive.

It was said to be a Magical Treasure made by sacrificing Poison Dragon Gal-roe. Perhaps this blade itself was the dragon’s body.

However, it reminded him more of a snake than a dragon. It felt like a snake trying to swallow its prey whole.

 

Five small orbs emerged on the surface of the writhing blade.

Initially transparent, each orb gradually filled with color.

Blue, red, yellow, white, black… the colors of the Five Elements: Wood Fire Earth Metal Water.

 

When he tried to understand what this meant, he sensed a presence from the hermitage.

 

Rustle, rustle.

It was a scorpion the size of a house.

Its body color was a pale yellow like sand, and its tail was thick compared to its body size.

 

‘They say scorpions that live in dry lands have large tails and strong toxicity.’

 

This was the cave dwelling of Sama Moon, who had been the sect master of the Ten Thousand Poison Six Evil Sect.

He would have been raising a few poisonous insects.

Had it survived by absorbing the island’s spiritual energy even after Sama Moon left this cave dwelling, growing to that size?

 

‘When Sama Moon was here, it hid in fear, but sensing that Sama Moon’s presence had disappeared, it came out to hunt?’

 

Hiss!

The house-sized scorpion charged toward Cheon Woo-jin.

It rushed forward at a terrifying speed, alternately moving its eight legs.

 

Since it was raised by Sama Moon, getting stung by its poison needle would not end well.

Its exoskeleton looked thick, so ordinary attacks wouldn’t work.

Meanwhile, Cheon Woo-jin hadn’t fully recovered the strength consumed from fighting Gi Sin-ryeo.

 

There was only one way to deal with this.

Cheon Woo-jin gripped the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword with both hands.

Enduring the energy that penetrated through his palm acupoints and tore through his meridians, he drew forth power that his current level should not permit.

 

In that moment, he felt a headache as if his blood vessels were bursting.

But that was only for an instant.

The miracle needed to transcend his limits would surely lie beyond that moment.

 

The Poison Scorpion charged forward, raising the poison needle of its greatly developed tail.

Glaring at that vicious form, Cheon Woo-jin finally unleashed the power of the magical treasure.

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