Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 8

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Chapter 8: Overthrowing Superiors (2)

 

 

‘Did he tail me?’

 

Ghost Shadow furrowed one eyebrow.

 

He had never told Cheon Woo-jin the location of the cave.

He could only think that Cheon Woo-jin had followed him.

 

“Why did you follow me?”

“I have something to tell you.”

“You could have just waited for me.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin’s attitude was calm as usual.

But somehow, he felt an ominous sensation.

 

Ghost Shadow maintained his wariness and asked again.

 

“What exactly is this about?”

“Master.”

 

Under the falling snow, Cheon Woo-jin opened his mouth.

 

“Earlier, you said the Black Mist Dragon seemed to have disappeared, right?”

“That’s right.”

 

He had circled Goeyu Mountain once, but couldn’t sense any trace of the Black Mist Dragon.

Unless it had entered a deep cave to hibernate, it seemed to have moved somewhere else.

 

“I killed the Black Mist Dragon.”

“What did you say?”

 

What kind of nonsense is this?

He killed the Black Mist Dragon?

Ghost Shadow looked at Cheon Woo-jin with bewilderment.

 

It didn’t seem like he was joking.

But it couldn’t be serious either.

 

What ability could this guy possibly have to kill a dragon of the Origin Spirit realm?

 

“….”

 

Is he talking nonsense because he’s gone mad?

That thought crossed his mind, but strangely, his chest felt cold.

 

It wasn’t because of the frigid winter air.

A martial artist’s instinct was sending Ghost Shadow a warning.

 

‘I need to subdue him, right now!’

 

Inside Ghost Shadow’s robes were a hidden dagger and talismans.

But subduing him barehanded would be faster than drawing those.

 

He threw away the wine bottle he was holding.

At the same time, he drew up his internal energy from his dantian.

Massive qi flowed through all the meridians in his body, activating his muscles and tendons.

 

Right now, Ghost Shadow was about to unleash his secret martial art, the Ghost Shadow Death-Seizing Palm.

There was a risk of killing Cheon Woo-jin in one strike, but he instinctively felt this wasn’t the time to worry about that.

 

“…!”

 

Just as he stepped forward and was about to unleash his first move toward Cheon Woo-jin.

 

Cheon Woo-jin’s eyes, which had been bothering him all along, glowed ominously.

 

“Ah.”

 

Right after feeling all the flow of qi being cut off.

Ghost Shadow died instantly, blood spurting from his entire body.

 

* * *

 

Thud.

Ghost Shadow collapsed.

 

His entire body was torn to shreds.

In fact, a martial artist of Ghost Shadow’s level could continue fighting even with injuries of that degree.

The reason he couldn’t even move was because his life activities themselves had stopped, separate from the physical damage.

 

Ghost Shadow was already a corpse.

 

“I was always curious what expression he’d make if he knew I killed the Black Mist Dragon.”

 

Watching that sight, Cheon Woo-jin muttered.

 

“I’m not sure what kind of expression it was.”

 

Of course, Cheon Woo-jin hadn’t brought up that topic out of simple curiosity.

The reason he deliberately mentioned it to provoke Ghost Shadow was because he wanted to test the reaction speed of a supreme master.

 

‘As expected, the Instant Death Heaven Eye activates faster. I don’t need to worry when facing most martial artists.’

 

The Instant Death Heaven Eye is a transcendent power that brings immediate death, just as its name suggests.

But Cheon Woo-jin, who uses it, is still in the realm of humans.

 

If his opponent were a being that transcended the human realm, dangerous situations could arise.

 

‘Transcendent beings can divide time and attack at speeds beyond perception. Then I would be defeated before I could activate the Instant Death Heaven Eye.’

 

For the Instant Death Heaven Eye to activate, Cheon Woo-jin must designate a target.

Designating a target itself happens in an instant, but high-level beings can move faster than that instant.

They could sense killing intent in advance and blow off Cheon Woo-jin’s head.

 

So he must continue to raise his realm and increase the speed of his mental activities.

If he doesn’t, he’ll meet a dog’s death at the hands of the transcendent beings he’ll encounter in the future.

 

“….”

 

A haze-like energy began flowing out of Ghost Shadow’s body.

The spiritual energy he had accumulated in his Upper Dantian all this time was flowing out.

 

Blue, yellow, white, and black were mixed together.

This was because Ghost Shadow had mixed spiritual roots of Wood, Earth, Metal, and Water.

 

‘Since I have Water spiritual roots, I just need to absorb the black Water spiritual energy.’

 

Cheon Woo-jin extended his hand.

Just by doing so, the spiritual energy was drawn in.

 

The characteristic of the Profound Darkness True Body, which devours everything like pitch-black darkness, was manifesting.

 

From the spiritual energy that entered his body, he sent only the black Water spiritual energy to his Upper Dantian.

Then he circulated it through the Conception and Governing Vessels in a Small Heavenly Circuit to adapt it to his spiritual meridians.

 

‘As expected, it’s not easy.’

 

This was spiritual energy that Ghost Shadow had desperately accumulated over a long time.

While it couldn’t be called pure, the quantity was considerable.

It was difficult to control with just a light Small Heavenly Circuit.

 

Cheon Woo-jin sat down in that spot and crossed his legs.

Snow continued to fall and it was chilly, but he didn’t mind.

Winter, filled with cold energy like this, was the perfect season for operating Water spiritual energy.

 

In that state, he operated the spiritual energy according to the incantations of the Five Elements Path Cultivation Technique.

 

* * *

 

Just how much time had passed?

 

When he opened his eyes, a snow scene spread before him.

Snow that had fallen for several days had covered the world in white.

 

Cheon Woo-jin exhaled white breath as he stood up.

Then he drew spiritual energy from his Upper Dantian and raised his hand.

 

Whoosh!

The thickly piled snow scattered all at once.

He hadn’t even used any magic arts, yet just releasing spiritual power could cause this level of phenomenon.

 

“….”

 

Ghost Shadow’s corpse, which had been trapped in the snow, became visible.

Because it had been frozen cold, it maintained its intact form even though quite some time had passed.

 

“Thank you for everything, Master.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin looked down at Ghost Shadow and clasped his hands together.

 

“Thanks to you, I was able to enter the late stage of the Spirit Refining Realm.”

 

Right now, Cheon Woo-jin was operating spiritual energy through the meridians of his entire body.

Not only the Conception and Governing Vessels, but also the Yang Heel Vessel, Yin Heel Vessel, Yang Linking Vessel, Yin Linking Vessel, Penetrating Vessel, and Belt Vessel were filled with spiritual energy.

Moreover, spiritual energy was flowing smoothly through the minute collateral vessels that existed between the meridians.

 

He had entered the late stage of the Spirit Refining Realm, where all eight extraordinary meridians and collateral vessels were made into spiritual meridians, operating spiritual energy throughout his entire body.

 

“Without Master, I couldn’t have grown this quickly.”

 

This was an abnormal growth rate.

Even Ghost Shadow had remained in the middle stage of the Spirit Refining Realm for over ten years.

Even in the game, growing this fast was impossible.

 

The reason Cheon Woo-jin could enter the late stage of the Spirit Refining Realm in just a few days was because he could completely absorb Ghost Shadow’s spiritual energy.

From the beginning, Cheon Woo-jin had planned to use the Profound Darkness True Body to absorb Ghost Shadow’s spiritual energy.

 

Just as Ghost Shadow had tried to make Cheon Woo-jin into an elixir to challenge the late stage of the Spirit Refining Realm, Cheon Woo-jin had also planned to plunder Ghost Shadow’s spiritual energy to enter the late stage of the Spirit Refining Realm.

 

“You might resent me, but you know you have no right to resent me, Master. You were only thinking of devouring me.”

 

If Ghost Shadow had truly cherished and loved his disciple, Cheon Woo-jin’s thoughts would have been different.

But Ghost Shadow only thought of raising Cheon Woo-jin to devour him.

 

That’s why Cheon Woo-jin could sacrifice Ghost Shadow without hesitation.

 

“The world of cultivation is originally like this, so don’t harbor regrets and go to a good place.”

 

After praying for his soul’s rest like that.

Cheon Woo-jin no longer looked at Ghost Shadow and headed toward the cave.

 

Inside the cave were piled various secret manuals and elixirs that Ghost Shadow had never shown to Cheon Woo-jin.

 

‘Ghost Shadow’s final gift.’

 

Cheon Woo-jin planned to cultivate in this cave for a while.

Although he had entered the late stage of the Spirit Refining Realm and possessed considerable spiritual power, he needed cultivation to properly utilize that power.

 

‘First….’

 

He picked up the book that contained information about Talisman Arts.

 

After reading through the parts he was curious about, he took out some yellow paper that was nearby.

It was Pagoda Tree Yellow Paper dyed with pagoda tree flowers.

 

If you break down the character for pagoda tree , it becomes wood and ghost .

That’s why Pagoda Tree Yellow Paper has been used to make talismans since ancient times.

 

He mixed cinnabar with oil to make it like paint.

Then he used a brush to draw characters and patterns on the Pagoda Tree Yellow Paper.

It required extreme concentration because he had to chant incantations and infuse spiritual energy into each and every stroke.

 

‘It’s complete.’

 

Since it was his first time, it took half a day to make a single talisman.

Still, he felt proud since it was his first completed talisman.

 

‘So now I have one Fish Sword Talisman.’

 

Cheon Woo-jin’s first talisman was a Fish Sword Talisman.

 

It was the same talisman that Ghost Shadow had shown off before, bragging that it was ‘no different from Qi Sword Control.’

Since he had observed it carefully back then, he already understood what principle it worked on.

 

‘But….’

 

Suddenly, Cheon Woo-jin sensed a presence.

He took the Fish Sword Talisman and went outside the cave, where he could hear chomping sounds.

 

Had it come down looking for food?

A wolf that had appeared at some point was tearing apart and eating Ghost Shadow’s corpse.

 

But it wasn’t an ordinary wolf.

Its fur was blue overall and its body was large.

 

‘An Azure Wind Wolf.’

 

It was a wolf that had become a demon beast by absorbing the wind energy that blew through the valley.

As Cheon Woo-jin stared intently at it, the wolf that had been tearing at the corpse raised its head.

 

“Grrrrr….”

 

The wolf set its sights on Cheon Woo-jin.

A living, warm human would be more appetizing than a frozen corpse.

 

“Kaaaah…!”

 

It roared and charged at him.

The fangs visible inside its large mouth were terrifying.

Just one bite would shatter bones and muscles.

 

“….”

 

Cheon Woo-jin infused spiritual energy and threw the talisman.

The talisman burst into flames and instantly transformed into a sword.

 

It was the moment Cheon Woo-jin’s first Magic Arts unfolded.

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