Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 93
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Chapter 93: Iron Calamity Group (3)
“Kgh, uuugh…!”
Jeong Cheol let out a pained groan.
His right arm and leg were completely blown away, and he had lost most of his internal organs.
Despite this, Jeong Cheol was able to keep his eyes wide open because he was in the late Core Formation Realm.
The Golden Core located in the center of his lower abdomen had luckily avoided damage from the Black Thunder Spirit Sealing.
If Jeong Cheol’s body had been twisted just slightly to the right, even his Golden Core would have been sliced away.
His heart, located on the left side of his body, was also intact.
It was said that the heart governs blood vessels. This meant the heart was the driving force of blood circulation.
This was the same for spiritual meridians. If he drew out the yang energy of his heart to the maximum, he could operate spiritual energy even with this half-destroyed body.
“Uuugh!”
The moment Jeong Cheol let out a battle cry, lightning energy erupted from his entire body.
He was blocking blood vessels with body cultivation techniques to stop the bleeding, and operating spiritual energy with only his left half to generate lightning energy.
Noticing this fact, Cheon Woo-jin immediately deployed a protective barrier with his Thunder Ring.
Kwakwakwakwa!
A massive amount of lightning energy struck Cheon Woo-jin.
Though he had lost his left limbs making the same kind of charge as before impossible, his pure destructive power was far greater than before.
It seemed he was trying to settle the match by squeezing out his spiritual power to the maximum without leaving any reserves.
“Graaah!”
Intense killing intent could be felt from Jeong Cheol.
It didn’t matter if he raised a shield of lightning energy.
He would devour everything with massive lightning energy.
It was clear he was unleashing lightning energy with such determination.
However, Cheon Woo-jin had no intention of meekly receiving that attack.
He had already created the mental image of a new magic art in his Spiritual Domain.
[Thunder Flash]
Kwakwakwang!
The explosively bursting lightning energy split the ground and vaporized everything.
However, Cheon Woo-jin had already escaped from that position.
Seeing Cheon Woo-jin escape outside the attack range with his newly created Thunder Flash, Jeong Cheol was shocked.
“That’s…!”
Thunder Flash was a new technique Cheon Woo-jin had created by referencing Jeong Cheol’s methods.
He had understood and reproduced the spell formation that moved at ultra-high speed in all directions while wrapped in lightning energy.
Unlike the Thunder Step of the Thunder Spirit Great Evolution Art, it could only move in straight lines, but it was faster and could change direction at sharp angles.
“This bastard…!”
Papapat!
He moved in all directions at sharp angles.
It was almost identical to the movement Jeong Cheol had shown earlier.
The difference was that he utilized the lightning energy amplification function of the Thunder Ring to achieve ultra-high speed with relatively little spiritual power.
Now it was Jeong Cheol’s turn to be unable to keep up.
With his severely injured body, he desperately fired lightning energy while trying to follow Cheon Woo-jin’s movements.
But Cheon Woo-jin moved at ultra-high speed as if mocking Jeong Cheol, dodging all his attacks.
And finally, he found a blind spot.
The left half that had been blown away earlier, its rear lower area.
Cheon Woo-jin, who had slipped behind Jeong Cheol like sliding on snow, simultaneously poured all the lightning energy he had deployed around his body toward the front.
[Thunder Flash Pierce]
Kwakwakwang!
A spear of lightning energy devoured Jeong Cheol’s lower body.
The Golden Core that had survived the Black Thunder Spirit Sealing earlier was completely shattered this time.
“Haah…”
Jeong Cheol, now with only part of his upper body remaining, muttered as if dumbfounded.
“A monster has appeared on the 6th Floor.”
It was the highest praise.
Jeong Cheol had personally stepped forward to confirm what kind of person the rising star Cheon Woo-jin was, but he was defeated in the lightning energy battle against Cheon Woo-jin and ultimately lost his life.
Jeong Cheol’s ambition to lead the Iron Calamity Group, expand his influence, and rise as a major figure in the Cultivation World also ended here.
With resigned eyes, Jeong Cheol closed both his eyes.
“I have lost, Cheon Woo-jin.”
Thud.
Jeong Cheol’s remains fell to the ground.
Looking at the corpse that had grown cold due to the extreme cold, Cheon Woo-jin let out a rough breath.
‘I really can’t do this without body cultivation techniques.’
His entire body was screaming due to moving at ultra-high speed in all directions at sharp angles.
It was good to test the newly created magic art, but it seemed he would have to seal it until he mastered body cultivation techniques.
“Is it all over?”
Just then, a voice was heard from behind.
Na Chwi-ryang, covered in blood, was approaching while dragging Dokgo-hwan who had a hole pierced through his stomach.
“Hey kid, don’t you need the Soft Body Technique? If you can move at such high speed in all directions like that, why are you looking for the Soft Body Technique?”
“Are you saying that while looking at me on the verge of death?”
“If they were ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, their entire bodies would have been torn to pieces the moment they moved like that. Seeing that you’re fine now, your body seems sturdy enough.”
Having such a conversation, the two headed toward the temporary building inside.
It was the place where Jeong-cheol and Dokgo-hwan had emerged from earlier.
“We can roughly split everything in half.”
“Let’s do that.”
Inside the temporary building, treasures that the Iron Fire Bandits had apparently plundered were piled up.
After deciding to split everything in half, Na Chwi-ryang asked Dokgo-hwan, who was still breathing.
“Hey, where did you store the Heavenly Silkworm Shadow Cloak?”
“Do you think, I would, tell you that…”
“Ah, right, I’ll find it myself.”
Na Chwi-ryang raised his fist toward Dokgo-hwan’s head.
But then Dokgo-hwan made a mocking sound.
“Na Chwi-ryang… can you handle the consequences…?”
“Consequences?”
“We were planning to leave Ghost Head City soon with the Heavenly Silkworm Shadow Cloak…”
Na Chwi-ryang hesitated at Dokgo-hwan’s statement.
“Leave Ghost Head City? Why?”
“The sect that was supposed to receive the Heavenly Silkworm Shadow Cloak… it was obvious they would storm into Ghost Head City looking for us…”
There were those who failed to obtain the Heavenly Silkworm Shadow Cloak because of the Iron Fire Bandits.
He was saying that they would appear to reclaim the Heavenly Silkworm Shadow Cloak.
“Who are they?”
“Flame Emperor Gate.”
“What?”
Na Chwi-ryang’s eyes widened.
“Did you just say Flame Emperor Gate?”
“That’s right… the Flame Emperor Gate, a branch faction of the Taeul Yeokri Sect…”
The Taeul Yeokri Sect, one of the three great sects of Wei Jin Kingdom.
The Flame Emperor Gate, one of its branch factions, was a group that boasted tremendous power with their main hall near the capital of Wei Jin Kingdom.
“The Taeul Yeokri Sect cannot directly interfere with Ghost Head City due to old agreements… but the Flame Emperor Gate can storm into Ghost Head City anytime…”
“…!”
“Our Iron Fire Bandits are rootless scattered cultivators, so we can just leave Ghost Head City and go somewhere no one knows… but Na Chwi-ryang, what about you…?”
Looking at Na Chwi-ryang, Dokgo-hwan made a chuckling sound.
“You’ll be caught by the Flame Emperor Gate and become grilled lizard, I must see that sight…”
Dokgo-hwan could not continue his words.
Because Na Chwi-ryang had burst his head with his fist.
“Damn it, the Flame Emperor Gate of all things.”
Throwing away Dokgo-hwan’s corpse, Na Chwi-ryang spat out curses.
“If it comes to this, do I have no choice but to hand over the Heavenly Silkworm Shadow Cloak to the Flame Emperor Gate? I don’t want to deal with those bastards.”
Na Chwi-ryang grabbed his head with both hands and worried.
“This is driving me crazy. Those guys won’t pay a fair price, and they might even try to take it without paying a single coin…”
Watching this, Cheon Woo-jin spoke up.
“Na Chwi-ryang, think about complicated things later.”
“What?”
“Take care of what needs to be taken first.”
Cheon Woo-jin was already sweeping the Iron Fire Bandits’ treasures into his storage bag.
Since there was too much to take everything, he had to pick out only the valuable items.
“Geez, this guy…”
“Here it is.”
In front of Na Chwi-ryang, who was looking at him incredulously, Cheon Woo-jin picked up a box.
“It’s the Heavenly Silkworm Shadow Cloak.”
“…!”
Inside the box was a white garment that resembled a cloak.
When Cheon Woo-jin wrapped it around his body as a test and channeled spiritual power into it, his entire body immediately became transparent.
“I really can’t see you at all. I can’t even sense your presence.”
“It seems certain.”
After releasing the concealment, Cheon Woo-jin handed the Heavenly Silkworm Shadow Cloak to Na Chwi-ryang.
“Take it. With this, the commission is completed.”
“Hah… this is really something.”
What should I do with this?
With such an expression, Na Chwi-ryang received the Heavenly Silkworm Shadow Cloak.
* * *
‘Well then, shall I slowly soak my body in the hot spring.’
After collecting a fair amount of Iron Fire Sect’s treasures, Cheon Woo-jin headed behind the temporary building.
There was a spirit spring where hot spring water gushed out continuously.
There were about four springs where water bubbled up, and Cheon Woo-jin settled at the largest one among them.
He took off his Crimson Radiance Robes and placed them beside him, then immersed his body in the hot spring water.
Immediately, an intense sensation permeated through his entire body’s muscles and bones.
‘As expected, water containing abundant spiritual energy is different.’
In ordinary cases, what components are contained in hot spring water would be important, but for cultivators, how much spiritual energy it contains is what matters.
As he absorbed the hot spiritual energy originating from the earth throughout his body, his entire body’s spiritual meridians became activated.
He could also feel the bad energy that had accumulated like waste throughout his body being purified.
‘There are things that cannot be resolved through Qi Circulation Cultivation alone…’
Feeling his body becoming drowsy, he looked up at the sky.
Snowflakes continued falling from the pitch-black night sky.
Since it wasn’t a real night sky, stars weren’t twinkling, but thanks to the endlessly falling snow, it had sufficient charm.
“The wine?”
Just then, Na Chwi-ryang’s voice was heard.
Na Chwi-ryang, who had stripped off all his clothes, was entering a nearby spring.
“Here.”
Cheon Woo-jin took out the Spirit Orb he had prepared in advance.
He first filled a cup and handed it over, and Na Chwi-ryang brought his nose close to smell it.
“The scent is incredible.”
Cheon Woo-jin also filled his wine cup and set the wine bottle down beside him.
Then he drank the wine simultaneously with Na Chwi-ryang.
Immediately, he felt a hot energy inside his body.
The refined spiritual energy contained in the wine was spreading throughout.
The spiritual energy of the hot spring water from the outside.
The spiritual energy of the Spirit Orb from the inside.
Feeling the sensation of his body being healed from both directions, Cheon Woo-jin let out a long breath.
“Whew…”
Suddenly, he felt as if he could see the Milky Way in the night sky.
But beyond this sky, there was only the bottom of the 7th layer.
What Cheon Woo-jin saw was the trace left by Yugwigyo, the lesser dragon of Won Shadow Sect.
Though it was a monster that required preparing for death if encountered, looking up at it from such a safe place, it was nothing more than a spectacle that made the scenery more magnificent.
‘Come to think of it.’
He remembered when he was working as an office worker in modern Korea before coming to this world.
There, he had no opportunity to have such time. Even on holidays, he lacked the energy to go far away, so he just lounged around at home.
Since he always lived that way, his mind and body must have inevitably become exhausted.
‘Indeed, if I want to live healthily for a long time, this side is better.’
While he was soaking up to his shoulders in the hot spring water and having such thoughts.
Na Chwi-ryang, who had been drinking alone while muttering to himself, called out to Cheon Woo-jin.
“Hey.”
“What is it?”
“The Heavenly Silkworm Shadow Cloth, how should we dispose of it?”
To Na Chwi-ryang’s question, Cheon Woo-jin replied calmly.
“That’s something you should figure out yourself.”
“Do you think that will work? The Flame Emperor Sect will try to eliminate both you and me at the same time, won’t they?”
That would be the case.
This time, Cheon Woo-jin had entered Moon Red Pavilion together with Na Chwi-ryang to obtain information about Iron Fire Sect.
The guys who escaped earlier would also spread rumors, and the fact that Cheon Woo-jin had annihilated Iron Fire Sect together with Na Chwi-ryang would soon become known to the world.
Then the Flame Emperor Sect would try to eliminate both Cheon Woo-jin and Na Chwi-ryang.
“Hey, Na Chwi-ryang.”
Cheon Woo-jin asked while washing his face with the hot spring water.
“Is there a need to worry?”
“What?”
“I didn’t know that Na Chwi-ryang of Shadow Scale Sunken Sect was such a cowardly man.”
The provoked Na Chwi-ryang stood up in the hot spring water.
“What did you just say?”
“Sit down, Na Chwi-ryang.”
Cheon Woo-jin said while turning his gaze away from Na Chwi-ryang’s lower body.
“Is there a need to be so anxious just because the Flame Emperor Sect is coming?”
“What?”
“If those guys bother us, can’t we just repel them?”
“…!”
At Cheon Woo-jin’s words, Na Chwi-ryang’s eyes widened greatly.
“You bastard, are you saying you’ll fight the Flame Emperor Sect right now?”
Na Chwi-ryang asked in a rough voice.
“Jin Si-hyeok, the sect master of the Flame Emperor Sect, is a bastard who has mastered the Flame Prison Blazing Sun Technique, the pinnacle of fire attribute cultivation methods. He’s the type who personally takes to the front lines every time, so he might even come charging into Ghost Head City himself. You’re saying you’ll fight that bastard too?”
“What’s wrong with that?”
“What, what did you say?”
In front of Na Chwi-ryang, whose eyes widened in surprise, Cheon Woo-jin raised his hand.
He drew the wine bottle toward him with spiritual power, then filled his wine cup.
“This bastard…”
Watching Cheon Woo-jin drink wine with a nonchalant attitude, Na Chwi-ryang clicked his tongue.
“Right, you’re the one who killed Baek Sin-yeong of the Ten Thousand Night Ice Palace and survived against the former palace master. Before that, you faced the Ten Thousand Poison Six Evil Sect…”
Muttering like that, Na Chwi-ryang looked up at the sky and let out a sigh.
“So you’re not afraid of the Flame Emperor Sect either. You really are a fearless bastard.”
“…”
“Well, you are the one who downed the Duanjang Five Monster Wine without hesitation in one go.”
Splash.
Na Chwi-ryang submerged his body in the hot spring water again.
“Fine, Cheon Woo-jin.”
Na Chwi-ryang snatched the wine bottle from Cheon Woo-jin and filled his own cup.
“When my junior comes at me like this, I can’t show a pathetic side.”
Na Chwi-ryang was in a state where his pride was stimulated, just like when he had watched Cheon Woo-jin drink the Duanjang Five Monster Wine.
Raising the wine cup filled with spirit orbs, Na Chwi-ryang spoke in a spirited voice.
“When the Flame Emperor Sect comes charging in, let’s smash them to pieces.”
“That’s the way.”
After toasting with Na Chwi-ryang, Cheon Woo-jin drank the spirit orbs in his wine cup.
And while soaking his body in the hot spring water, Cheon Woo-jin thought.
That everything had gone according to his plan.
‘With this, I can drag Na Chwi-ryang into the fight against the Flame Emperor Sect.’
That’s right.
From the moment Na Chwi-ryang had visited Seo Seol-ryeong’s shop and brought up the story of the Heavenly Silkworm Shadow Cloak, Cheon Woo-jin had been thinking only of the fight against the Flame Emperor Sect.
The next stage after Qi Accumulation Stage – Core Formation Realm.
It was a fight that had to be fought in order to ascend to that level.
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