Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 87
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Chapter 87: Central Mirror Town (2)
“How did you find out that I possess the Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art?”
Na Chwi-ryang pressed Cheon Woo-jin.
He appeared furious that Cheon Woo-jin knew about the Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art, which had been his greatest secret.
“The Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art itself is a martial art forgotten by the world. How could you possibly know about it…?”
“The Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art is the exclusive martial art of the Six Extremes Heaven Breaking Gate that disappeared long ago.”
Cheon Woo-jin spoke in a cold voice.
“The Six Extremes Bronze Art that remains in the current world is just a simplified version of it.”
“Damn, you know it properly.”
Long ago, there was a martial artist who cultivated martial arts to the extreme.
He achieved Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown and Five Qi Returning to Origin, opened his Upper Dantian and obtained the Five Elements Spiritual Root, and developed martial arts reflecting his enlightenment in martial arts, gaining fame in the Cultivation World.
The Six Extremes Heaven Breaking Gate that he founded was destroyed hundreds of years ago, and the exclusive martial art Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art was also known to have been lost.
However, it had actually been secretly passed down, and at this point, Na Chwi-ryang was the only inheritor.
“Let me tell you, I don’t particularly want to learn the entire Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art. I’m not a cultivator who specializes in close combat either.”
“Then why are you trying to learn the Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art? If it’s just to improve reaction speed, the Six Extremes Bronze Art should be sufficient.”
“I want to learn how to use Gang Qi.”
Gang Qi.
Generally, it’s a technique used by martial artists of the Transformation Realm or higher.
It maximizes strength and power by compressing a massive amount of energy to its limit.
When Sword Qi is compressed, it becomes Sword Energy, and when Protective Qi is compressed, it becomes Protective Gang Qi.
The Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art was a body strengthening martial art that applied the principle of this Gang Qi.
“I’m not trying to fight with fists using Gang Qi. I just want to enhance the strength of my body.”
“…!”
Hearing Cheon Woo-jin’s words, Na Chwi-ryang’s eyes widened.
“Are you trying to use it when performing great techniques that your body can’t handle? To endure by reinforcing your entire body with Gang Qi?”
As expected of Na Chwi-ryang.
He immediately realized what Cheon Woo-jin wanted the body strengthening martial art for.
Until now, Cheon Woo-jin had often deployed techniques of a higher level than his own realm.
Each time, a large amount of spiritual power was consumed, but separately from that, there was always a great burden on his body.
Although that burden was decreasing as his physical foundation gradually grew after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, it still wasn’t sufficient.
What would happen if he could master Gang Qi here and artificially raise the strength of his body?
He would be able to use powerful techniques freely without worrying about his body breaking down.
Of course, doing so would consume spiritual power from both Gang Qi and magic arts, causing spiritual energy to be depleted instantly.
However, the current Cheon Woo-jin didn’t need to worry about this aspect.
When deploying Gang Qi, he could utilize the demonic energy from his Dantian.
‘The Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art is a body strengthening martial art created by someone from the martial world… It’s perfect for use when creating Gang Qi with the energy from the Dantian.’
Deploy Gang Qi with the demonic energy from his Dantian to enhance his body’s strength, and draw up spiritual energy from his spiritual meridians to deploy magic arts.
By doing this, he would be able to deploy powerful magic arts that surpass his limits.
“This guy… I already thought you were displaying too much power for someone in the Foundation Establishment stage.”
Na Chwi-ryang spoke as if dumbfounded.
“You’re not satisfied with your current level? Just how much stronger are you trying to become?”
“That’s a foolish question, Na Chwi-ryang.”
Cheon Woo-jin shot back coldly.
“Is there any cultivator who wants to be satisfied with their current level and stagnate?”
“Haha, that’s not wrong.”
At those words, Na Chwi-ryang nodded.
Na Chwi-ryang was also a cultivator who would use any means necessary to become stronger.
“But I’m still not convinced. I’m also curious about where you heard about the Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art.”
Saying that, Na Chwi-ryang glanced at Seo Seol-ryeong.
He was suspecting that Seo Seol-ryeong, who had connections everywhere, might have provided this information.
“…”
Despite Na Chwi-ryang’s sharp gaze, Seo Seol-ryeong maintained a calm attitude without any change in expression.
In fact, Seo Seol-ryeong really knew nothing about it, so interrogating her would be meaningless.
This was entirely information that Cheon Woo-jin had figured out using his game knowledge.
‘In the game, what Na Chwi-ryang used as his secret weapon was precisely the Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art.’
The Na Chwi-ryang in the game was just an ordinary NPC without any special events, but when he used the Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art, he displayed considerable combat power that remained memorable.
When you defeated Na Chwi-ryang, you could obtain the Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art with a low probability, and among the body strengthening martial arts available at that point, it boasted the strongest performance.
“Honestly, I don’t want to give up the Six Extremes Heaven Steel Divine Art. I also obtained this martial art with great difficulty.”
Saying that, Na Chwi-ryang crossed his arms.
“I’d like to resolve this with something else if possible. How about it? I can give up to two hundred thousand spirit stones.”
“Such piecemeal increases don’t tempt me at all.”
From one hundred thousand to one hundred fifty thousand, from one hundred fifty thousand to two hundred thousand.
Although it had doubled, considering Cheon Woo-jin’s current worth, it was still insufficient.
“Anyway, what I want is the Six Extremes Heavenly Steel Divine Art.”
“Hey, don’t be stubborn. Let’s go with something else.”
“For now, I’ve stated what I want.”
Cheon Woo-jin ignored Na Chwi-ryang and turned his gaze to Seo Seol-ryeong.
“I can coordinate the detailed conditions with Seo Seol-ryeong here.”
“What did you say?”
“Seo Seol-ryeong, I’m counting on you.”
When Cheon Woo-jin said that, Seo Seol-ryeong let out a sigh.
“You decide things arbitrarily and then dump them on me arbitrarily.”
“Are you dissatisfied?”
“No. If you’ve decided that way, then there’s nothing I can do about it.”
Although Seo Seol-ryeong had initially shown a negative attitude, she didn’t oppose the decision Cheon Woo-jin had made.
Whatever else might be said, Seo Seol-ryeong was the one who respected Cheon Woo-jin’s will the most.
“Then, Na Mercenary, let’s have a discussion together and coordinate the conditions.”
“Hey, what is this…?”
He had stated his desired conditions.
The subsequent negotiations could be left to Seo Seol-ryeong.
Thinking that way, Cheon Woo-jin stood up from his seat.
While Seo Seol-ryeong would grill Na Chwi-ryang with her skillful rhetoric, he planned to clean up the table that Na Chwi-ryang had smashed earlier.
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“Damn it all.”
Na Chwi-ryang came out of the shop cursing.
“No matter how I think about it, this is a losing deal for me, isn’t it? How did it come to this?”
“If you’ve already stamped your seal on the contract, just accept it. You’re being petty.”
When Cheon Woo-jin, who had followed him out, shot back like that, Na Chwi-ryang scowled deeply.
“Damn, I fell for that woman’s word games.”
In the end, Na Chwi-ryang had agreed to provide the Six Extremes Heavenly Steel Divine Art.
The conditions were that he would lend the cultivation manual of the Six Extremes Heavenly Steel Divine Art for a certain period, and Na Chwi-ryang would personally teach the basic parts.
Since he had stubbornly refused to hand over the cultivation manual entirely, they had settled on these conditions, but from Cheon Woo-jin’s perspective, these were quite good conditions.
After all, Cheon Woo-jin wasn’t specialized in close combat like Na Chwi-ryang, and he had no intention of holding onto the Six Extremes Heavenly Steel Divine Art cultivation manual for long-term cultivation, so borrowing it briefly to read would be sufficient.
‘I’ve never properly cultivated a body strengthening technique yet. If a skilled person like Na Chwi-ryang teaches me from the basics, it would be a great help.’
Actually, from Na Chwi-ryang’s perspective, these weren’t such bad conditions either.
Although he had to pass on a cultivation technique he treasured to someone else, it wasn’t like he would suffer any material losses.
Seo Seol-ryeong had emphasized this point while conducting the negotiations, and ultimately was able to achieve results that would satisfy Cheon Woo-jin.
“Since it’s come to this, you’d better do your job properly.”
Na Chwi-ryang glared at Cheon Woo-jin and made a threat.
“If you can’t fulfill your role and just hold me back, I won’t let it slide.”
“When that happens, you shouldn’t blame me but rather blame your own judgment for seeking me out.”
“Tch, that’s not wrong.”
Na Chwi-ryang frowned at Cheon Woo-jin’s point.
“So where are we going now?”
“First, we need to find out where the Iron Flower Group is currently located.”
Na Chwi-ryang answered while striding through the streets of Central Mirror Town.
“We’re going to the Moon Rainbow Tower.”
“Moon Rainbow Tower…”
“It’s a place where only those who have some standing on the 6th Floor come and go. We should be able to find out about the current situation of those Iron Flower Group bastards there.”
Cheon Woo-jin also knew about the Moon Rainbow Tower.
It was the place he owed the most to when playing as a mercenary on the 6th Floor.
“Let me tell you, don’t think it’s a refined place like the Heavenly Dragon Tower on the 4th Layer. It’s a place where several corpses come out every day.”
“How frightening.”
“Hmph, putting on airs.”
Having such a conversation, Cheon Woo-jin followed behind Na Chwi-ryang toward the entertainment district of Central Mirror Town.
The Moon Rainbow Tower was located in the most secluded corner of the entertainment district, and its exterior appearance was quite shabby.
However, the two gatekeepers guarding the entrance were quite impressive.
One was a man who had artificially modified his body.
Only his right arm was abnormally developed, and his right fist in particular was about three times the size of his left fist.
The other was a woman whose hair spread out in all directions like a male lion’s mane.
Her eyes looked quite fierce, and occasionally sparks of electricity flew from her eyes, suggesting she had cultivated a lightning attribute technique.
“Going in.”
Even such characters obediently stepped aside when Na Chwi-ryang approached.
However, when Cheon Woo-jin tried to follow Na Chwi-ryang inside, their attitude changed.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
“This isn’t a place just anyone can enter. Get lost.”
“…”
Na Chwi-ryang is a famous expert on the 6th Floor.
On the other hand, Cheon Woo-jin is a newcomer who just arrived on the 6th Floor.
Even though various factions were showing interest in him, he wasn’t recognizable enough to be immediately identified in back alleys of entertainment districts like this.
Cheon Woo-jin glanced toward Na Chwi-ryang who had entered first.
But Na Chwi-ryang was heading inside without even looking back.
There was no way he didn’t know how the situation was unfolding.
Perhaps he meant for Cheon Woo-jin to handle it himself.
Maybe he was trying to test Cheon Woo-jin.
Perhaps he wanted to see how Cheon Woo-jin would respond to this discriminatory treatment.
“Didn’t you hear me? I said get lost.”
“If you really want to come in, show some sincerity.”
When Cheon Woo-jin remained still without even twitching an eyebrow, a man with a massive right arm among them scowled deeply.
“Where do you get off acting so arrogant…”
The man thrust his huge right fist toward Cheon Woo-jin.
It was a punch that would make an ordinary person’s entire body explode in one hit, and would deal serious damage even to average cultivators.
[Thunder Step]
Crack!
Cheon Woo-jin generated Lightning Energy beneath his feet and dodged the punch.
The man who had struck nothing but empty air staggered.
The Fortune Teller Woman watching from the side widened her eyes at Cheon Woo-jin’s movement.
If he disliked discriminatory treatment, all he had to do was show his skills so they would never dare treat him that way again.
Instead of explaining with words, Cheon Woo-jin drew up his Spiritual Power.
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