Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 76

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Chapter 76: Battle for Supremacy (4)

 

 

[Silver Flower Snow Shadow]

 

The moment massive spiritual energy unfolded from Seo Seol-ryeong, complex patterns emerged from the surrounding ground surface.

It was a pattern that seemed to embody a single silver flower.

 

However, Cheon Woo-jin immediately recognized what that pattern meant.

It was the geometric crystal structure visible when snow falling from the sky is magnified to the extreme.

 

Originally, snow is created when moisture in clouds freezes.

The crystal structure unfolded on the ground surface was implementing that principle.

 

Crack crack crack crack!

Except for the spot where Seo Seol-ryeong and Cheon Woo-jin stood together, the entire surrounding area froze.

That principle was applied to everything that had its feet on the crystal structure.

Just like moisture in clouds freezing.

 

The cultivators from the Three Major Forces who had been approaching the two stopped moving all at once.

Even Na Chwi-ryang, who had been charging with terrifying momentum, was the same.

 

What struck them, frozen and unable to even twitch, was Cheon Woo-jin’s Thunder Method that activated almost simultaneously with Seo Seol-ryeong’s Silver Flower Snow Shadow.

 

[Thunder Spoke Wheel]

 

This time, lightning energy unfolded like wheel spokes centered on Cheon Woo-jin.

Intense lightning energy spread in all directions, striking the frozen enemies.

 

Being frozen meant that the spiritual power protecting the human body was also frozen and unable to fulfill its role.

Cheon Woo-jin’s lightning energy pierced through their defenseless bodies, inflicting fatal injuries.

 

Clearly, just moments ago they had been completely surrounded and in a life-or-death crisis.

The consecutive deployment of wide-range magic arts combinations instantly reversed the battle situation.

 

“Graaah!”

 

Among them, there was a being that shook off the ice and roared.

The lizard-human with the Stone Ruler King Body, the demon Na Chwi-ryang.

Though his abdomen had a hole pierced through it, he leaped as if he didn’t care at all.

 

His body, which had jumped high, was swollen as if about to burst.

Even if Cheon Woo-jin had undergone Bone Transformation Rebirth, if he got hit by that monster, all the bones in his body would be crushed.

In the case of the frail Seo Seol-ryeong, she wouldn’t be able to maintain human form.

 

[Thunder Pomegranate]

 

The sphere of lightning energy that Cheon Woo-jin threw exploded.

The bursting lightning energy struck Na Chwi-ryang, but Na Chwi-ryang didn’t defend at all.

 

“Such fireworks are just momentarily blinding!”

 

That would be right.

Since it was thrown to be blinding.

 

[Ice Prison Eight Pillars]

 

Crack crack crack crack crack crack crack!

Seo Seol-ryeong’s magic arts, targeting the moment when he briefly closed his eyes due to the blinding light, struck Na Chwi-ryang.

Massive stake-like ice pierced Na Chwi-ryang’s torso from eight directions.

 

Na Chwi-ryang opened his eyes wide as if he hadn’t expected this, fell from the sky, and was sucked into the rift that formed in the ground.

 

“…”

“…”

 

Good coordination.

They didn’t bother to voice such words.

 

After completing communication through just presence and breathing sounds, Cheon Woo-jin and Seo Seol-ryeong headed in different directions.

 

[Black Lightning Descent Strike]

[Ice Crystal Disturbance]

 

Lightning energy and cold energy exploded.

The cultivators who had been running toward them from afar got caught in those attacks and tumbled down below the rooftops.

 

It was right then that a strong wind blew from the west.

 

“I’ll take the Ghost Spirit Summoning Banner.”

 

Whoosh!

A man who flew in literally like the wind reached out toward Seo Seol-ryeong.

Seo Seol-ryeong tried to create an ice barrier to block his approach, but he circled around at invisible speed and penetrated to Seo Seol-ryeong’s flank.

And just before snatching the Ghost Spirit Summoning Banner held in Seo Seol-ryeong’s left hand.

 

Suddenly the Ghost Spirit Summoning Banner disappeared.

 

“Hm?”

 

The man who had grasped at nothing opened his eyes wide.

Cheon Woo-jin extended lightning energy toward his head, but the man again dodged at invisible speed and created distance.

Then he looked at Seo Seol-ryeong’s sleeve and clicked his tongue.

 

“Sleeve Universe, is it? To display skills at the Nascent Soul level.”

 

Sleeve Universe is a magic art that creates subspace to store objects.

It’s a magic art that Nascent Soul cultivators use instead of Storage Bags, and Sama Moon also stored his belongings in Sleeve Universe.

 

Sama Moon just put his hand into empty air and pulled out objects, but originally it’s a magic art that creates space within sleeves.

That’s why it was given the name Sleeve Universe, meaning ‘world within the sleeve’.

 

Seo Seol-ryeong had been pulling out large quantities of spirit stones from her sleeve since long ago.

So Cheon Woo-jin could tell that she had already mastered the Sleeve Universe technique.

 

“So there’s no choice but to capture her alive.”

 

If she was holding the Ghost Spirit Summoning Banner in her hand or had it in her storage bag, he could just kill Seo Seol-ryeong and take it.

But items stored in the Sleeve Universe were difficult to extract.

Since only Seo Seol-ryeong could open that entrance, he couldn’t kill her.

 

A high-level cultivator could retrieve items stored in someone else’s Sleeve Universe, but… it was impossible with the power of the Core Formation Realm cultivators currently here.

 

[Dan Mok-hwi]

* Race: Human

* Age: 344 years

* Realm: Core Formation Realm (Late Stage)

* Constitution: Wood Spirit Root

* Faction: Orthodox Sect

* Affiliation: Azure Wind Valley

* Destiny: Arrogance

 

The one now targeting Seo Seol-ryeong was a Core Formation Realm cultivator from Azure Wind Valley.

Being in the late stage of Core Formation Realm, he must hold quite a high position even within Azure Wind Valley.

 

“There’s no choice.”

 

The Core Formation Realm cultivator named Dan Mok-hwi drew the sword at his waist.

At that moment, it felt as if a clear wind had blown.

 

“I’ll have to cut off her limbs and take her to Azure Wind Valley. The Sleeve Universe won’t disappear even without sleeves, right?”

 

Whoosh!

With a strong wind, Dan Mok-hwi’s figure disappeared in an instant.

 

Swish!

Dan Mok-hwi’s blade, piercing from the side like before, aimed for Seo Seol-ryeong.

But a silver defensive barrier that suddenly intervened twisted the direction of the blade.

Withdrawing the blade that had only cut through empty air, Dan Mok-hwi expressed admiration.

 

“Ho.”

 

Dan Mok-hwi smiled as he looked at Cheon Woo-jin, who had protected Seo Seol-ryeong with the Silver Spirit Steel Guardian Shield.

 

“So you’re going to protect your woman yourself?”

“It’s not like that.”

“That’s not it.”

 

Somehow, the two of them ended up saying the same thing in unison.

Being this synchronized was actually a bit annoying.

 

“I’ll handle him.”

“Please do that.”

 

After brief communication, Cheon Woo-jin left Seo Seol-ryeong alone and charged at Dan Mok-hwi.

 

Right now, many enemies besides Dan Mok-hwi were swarming in.

To sweep away multiple enemies at once, it was more efficient to leave it to Seo Seol-ryeong, who possessed the spiritual power of a Core Formation Realm member.

And Cheon Woo-jin could handle Dan Mok-hwi, who was rampaging alone.

 

[Thunder Movement]

 

Rumble!

Wrapping his entire body in lightning energy, he closed the distance in an instant.

 

“You’re attempting close combat against me, a Sword Cultivator?”

 

Dan Mok-hwi chuckled and swung his sword.

It was a sword strike that could sever a neck in one blow.

Just before the razor-sharp blade touched his neck, new lightning energy sparked from beneath Cheon Woo-jin’s feet.

 

[Thunder Step]

 

He twisted his body with instantaneous acceleration.

Even as he felt his spine screaming, he forcibly twisted his body and penetrated to Dan Mok-hwi’s left side.

 

Dan Mok-hwi sneered and extended his left fist toward Cheon Woo-jin.

Though he was a Sword Cultivator who used swords, with Dan Mok-hwi’s level of skill, even his bare hands were weapons.

Sensing that weapon approaching, Cheon Woo-jin deployed the spell formation he had hidden in his grasp.

 

[Black Thunder Spirit Sealing]

 

Crackle!

The black sphere deployed at close range swallowed Dan Mok-hwi’s left fist.

Not stopping there, it devoured most of his forearm up to near the elbow.

 

“…!”

 

Dan Mok-hwi’s face hardened stiffly.

No longer able to act leisurely, he hastily pulled his body back.

He had realized that this pitch-black sphere was a magic art that could annihilate even himself, a Core Formation Realm cultivator.

 

Like Cheon Woo-jin, he forcibly twisted his body as he retreated, then kicked off the ground and launched his body.

It was still an invisibly fast speed.

But Cheon Woo-jin had already spread a web of spiritual energy in all directions.

Detecting through the spiritual domain of his Manifest True Life Body was faster than reacting with his eyes.

 

‘Is it this way?’

 

Like a spider detecting prey through vibrations in its web.

Cheon Woo-jin could sense Dan Mok-hwi’s movement trajectory.

Then he just needed to drop an attack on that path.

 

[Black Lightning Descent Strike]

 

The sky responded to Cheon Woo-jin’s call and dropped black lightning.

Dan Mok-hwi was moving at ultra-high speed, but if lightning fell on his path, he couldn’t avoid it.

 

The black lightning that fell from above was sucked into Dan Mok-hwi’s upper dantian, penetrating longitudinally and inflicting fatal damage to his body.

 

“Ah…!”

 

Dan Mok-hwi, whose golden core in his abdomen was swept by lightning energy, became a corpse and rolled down.

Having defeated Dan Mok-hwi, Cheon Woo-jin moved back to Seo Seol-ryeong’s side.

 

“Impressive.”

 

Sweeping away enemies approaching from all directions with powerful magic arts, Seo Seol-ryeong coolly offered her assessment.

 

“You’re beyond what I had thought.”

“You must have thought about me a lot normally.”

“Yes, I had to gauge when you might die.”

 

Shooting back coldly like that.

Seo Seol-ryeong turned her head in another direction.

 

“I really thought you would die this time.”

“Even your judgment can be wrong sometimes.”

“I’ll remember that.”

 

Seo Seol-ryeong added in a chilly voice.

 

“From now on, I won’t worry no matter what happens to you. You’ll manage to survive and return on your own.”

 

The reason Cheon Woo-jin and Seo Seol-ryeong were having this conversation was because they needed to catch their breath, even briefly.

Though they had overcome one wave, other cultivators were already swarming in.

Their numbers were greater than all the enemies they had defeated together so far.

 

However, they had no intention of continuing a war of attrition while surrounded like this.

 

“There they are!”

“Don’t kill the woman, capture her alive!”

 

Seeing the cultivators rushing toward them, Cheon Woo-jin and Seo Seol-ryeong raised their spiritual power again.

But just then.

 

“…!”

 

Rumble!

Suddenly the ground collapsed.

The cultivators who had been rushing in got caught up in the ground collapse and fell underground.

 

Amid screams echoing from everywhere, a ‘ship’ rose from the cracked ground.

The one piloting that ship was a woman with brown skin.

 

“Seo Seol-ryeong…!”

 

It was Wi Ju-seon of the Corpse Ghost Hell Gate.

She had activated her flying vessel stored in the underground space and burst through the ground.

 

And it wasn’t just Wi Ju-seon’s flying vessel that came up from underground.

Countless corpses were crawling up.

 

These were reinforcements that Wi Ju-seon had hastily brought up from underground after seeing Cheon Woo-jin and Seo Seol-ryeong fighting desperately.

 

“Why is Fellow Daoist Wi…”

 

Seo Seol-ryeong showed a surprised expression.

But there was no time for explanations. Cheon Woo-jin pushed Seo Seol-ryeong’s shoulder.

 

“Get on.”

“It’s not even your ship.”

 

Whoosh!

They leaped toward the flying vessel that came flying across the air.

Cheon Woo-jin and Seo Seol-ryeong landed precisely on the flying vessel, and Wi Ju-seon, who was holding the controls at the front, raised her voice.

 

“Hold on tight!”

 

Vrooom!

The flying vessel accelerated with a roaring sound.

With the sensation of his body being pushed backward, Cheon Woo-jin unconsciously grabbed the vessel’s railing.

 

Cultivators from various factions on the ground unleashed magic art attacks, but they missed because the flying vessel’s acceleration was too fast.

 

However, they wouldn’t just let them break through the encirclement like this.

 

“Don’t let them escape…!”

 

There were cultivators flying up on swords from all directions.

The Sword Cultivators of Azure Wind Valley were trying to pursue the flying vessel with sword flight.

The Sword Cultivators who accelerated riding the wind unleashed a barrage of sword winds.

 

“Ugh!”

 

Screech!

Wi Ju-seon hastily twisted the controls.

Then the hull tilted greatly as it lowered altitude as if crashing.

It looked like they might collide with the roofs of nearby buildings.

 

Still, thanks to that daring acrobatic flight, she was able to avoid a direct hit from the Sword Wind.

Wi Ju-seon shouted while brushing away the hair that had been cut off by the Sword Wind that barely grazed past her.

 

“I can’t do that many times! Please handle the defense!”

“I’ll do it.”

 

At Wi Ju-seon’s request, Cheon Woo-jin stood up.

His hair whipped around due to the tremendous wind.

His vision was obscured by his hair, making it difficult to properly aim at the enemy.

But it didn’t matter. After all, there was no need to aim at the enemy right now.

 

Swish.

He drew a sword from his Storage Bag.

Then he partially unwrapped the white cloth that had been covering the blade, revealing the power of the magical treasure that had been replenishing its spiritual energy.

 

[Fire Spirit Orb Release]

[Crimson Thunder]

 

Kwaang!

The Flame Shadow Energy released from the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword generated explosive Lightning Energy.

As Crimson Thunder, specialized in sweeping wide areas, unfolded, all the Azure Wind Valley cultivators who had been pursuing them with Sword Flight turned into charcoal in mid-air.

 

“You, that is…”

 

Seo Seol-ryeong, who had noticed that Cheon Woo-jin used a magical treasure, tried to speak to him.

But Cheon Woo-jin covered his face with his hands and lowered his head.

 

“Ugh…”

“Were you attacked?”

 

Despite saying she wouldn’t worry no matter what happened, Seo Seol-ryeong urgently checked on Cheon Woo-jin.

 

“My hair got blown around and poked my eye.”

“…”

 

Seo Seol-ryeong made an expression as if she regretted showing concern and turned her head back toward the front.

 

For Seo Seol-ryeong, who usually lived wearing an eye covering, it would be completely irrelevant.

Cheon Woo-jin rubbed his eyes and sat back down.

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