Murim Login - Chapter 709

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Chapter 709
Screeeech!
Jin Tae-kyung’s body, which had been hurtling forward at a steep velocity, trembled slightly.
My limbs, always light as down feathers, hung limp and ached with pain, while my feet pressing against the ground felt incomparably heavier than before.
Truly, the aftermath of that one devastating strike was severe.
Without the Beast King Miao Wang’s aid, I would have been utterly incapable of standing properly by now.
Even if I had endured through sheer force of will, I would surely have lost my life before the destructive power unleashed by the Nantian Demon Empress.
But… I survived.
To save Jin Tae-kyung, who had the least reserves left, the Beast King Miao Wang and Su-ho-ryung threw themselves into the jaws of death, and the White Heaven Squad, inheriting their resolve, continued to sacrifice their lives even now.
Against the thick darkness. Against the Evil Demon they could never hope to match.
Crunch!
A single blow.
The Evil Demon’s blood-soaked hand shattered bone and flesh, piercing through a chest.
One nameless life extinguished in that instant, and another stepped forward to fill the void.
‘Why on earth.’
Jin Tae-kyung did not know them, and they did not know Jin Tae-kyung.
Yet they all willingly threw their lives away.
Filling the gaps left by comrades who fell endlessly, rushing toward a death they could not prevent with their own strength.
And the sight of the White Heaven Squad overlapped with the image of one person who had forced a smile in that dim cave.
‘Go on ahead. Tae-kyung.’
I had survived because I fled, and because I survived, I had regretted it countless times. If I could return to that moment, I would have said this.
“I won’t go. Never.”
At the voice flowing between clenched teeth, Wang Ho, commander of the White Heaven Squad, turned his head.
Drenched in blood of unknown origin, he caught sight of the rapidly approaching figure and his eyes widened.
Jin Tae-kyung should not remain here.
This was precious time earned through the sacrifice of my liege, the Beast King Miao Wang, and a hundred members of the White Heaven Squad, including myself.
Survival by any means should have been the only mission entrusted to him.
Yet he came seeking danger of his own volition.
“What in the—!”
Just as Wang Ho, spitting out an exclamation, moved to block Jin Tae-kyung who had rushed to his very face, a nail-pierced hand gripped his shoulder.
Simultaneously, a low voice pierced his ear.
“Let’s survive together.”
“…!”
“Damn it. Let’s survive together!”
In that moment, Wang Ho’s body went rigid.
He couldn’t understand. Not a plea to die together, but Jin Tae-kyung’s cry to survive—the fire burning in those eyes, yet glistening with tears—left him speechless.
He could not stop this young man from rushing toward death, leaving him behind.
And he understood.
‘Was it for this reason? Was it for this very sight that you made such a choice, my liege, you who should lead a hundred thousand tribesmen?’
‘Was it to protect this youth, rather than ensure your own safety?’
If he returned to die together, that would be nothing more than the courage of a common soldier.
But Jin Tae-kyung returned to fight alongside them. To save as many lives as possible, so that everyone could survive.
Tssss!
The sword energy that seemed ready to extinguish moments ago surged back to life. Wang Ho, his blade enveloped in azure radiance, surged forward.
And now he roared toward his remaining subordinates, barely half their original number.
“Kill that Evil Demon!”
It was a small yet profound difference in resolve.
To hold the line. Or to kill.
Until now, the Nantian Demon Empress had been a being they could not kill with their combined strength. No—everyone had accepted death under that very illusion.
But now it was different.
From this moment forward, this was a battle to kill the Nantian Demon Empress. A battle for their own survival.
At the center of it all stood a single young man who had awakened them to this truth.
“Nantian Demon Empress!”
With a roar brimming with fury, faint flames erupted from Jin Tae-kyung’s feet.
Boom!
The ground cratered and splintered like a spider’s web from the small explosion.
Propelled even faster by the recoil, his form hurtled toward the Evil Demon steeped in blood and darkness.
Screech! Whoooosh!
A hand blade wreathed in turbid darkness cleaved someone’s body in two.
Beyond the spray of blood scattering in all directions, the Nantian Demon Empress smiled with delight as she saw Jin Tae-kyung charging through the air toward her.
‘Foolish child. Your recklessness has become my final opportunity.’
Until moments ago, she had been seething with rage.
The Primordial Qi purchased with her very life was being consumed by the second, and the hundred warriors of the White Heaven Squad, blocking her path without regard for death, continued to gnaw away at her remaining strength even as they fell.
But now she could smile. Her most important prey had foolishly walked straight into the jaws of death.
“Now, all you insignificant insects… disappear.”
Booooom!
Turbid palm force swept across the warriors blocking her path. Bodies erupted with blood, scattering in all directions.
And beyond the space suddenly emptied, a sound-breaking cry erupted.
Screeeee! Boom!
The Nantian Demon Empress flicked away an iron spear that descended like lightning with her bare hand, then brought her hand blade down.
Shuuuaaack!
Space tore open and blade-like wind howled forth. Yet Jin Tae-kyung’s form was nowhere to be found.
‘Above!’
With the realization, the Nantian Demon Empress’s form blurred. A transparent spear blade, descending from the void an instant too late, sliced through her afterimage.
Screech!
No—the spear blade had cut through far more than just an afterimage.
The Nantian Demon Empress’s expression stiffened slightly as she felt blood droplets rolling down her forehead.
‘Fast.’
In a sense, it was only natural.
A martial master who had reached the pinnacle could hardly be called anything less than superhuman.
Yet the reason they could be called superhuman was not merely their enlightenment regarding martial arts, but also their formidable inner energy reserves.
Energy cultivated through years of rigorous training that could push their physical abilities to even greater heights.
‘But how…’
How could Jin Tae-kyung, who had clearly expended most of his inner energy, still unleash such blinding speed and devastating power?
Whoooosh!
The spear trembled. Dozens of spear shadows multiplied and cascaded toward the Nantian Demon Empress’s entire body.
Speed and power that far exceeded all anticipated ranges. Yet the Nantian Demon Empress did not retreat.
“How dare you presume to challenge me…!”
Her voice boiled with fury as her singular hand tore through space and lashed out.
A single palm, drenched in the blood of countless warriors, swept forward to engulf the incoming spear shadows.
Crash!
No matter how many lies exist, the truth that eventually emerges remains singular.
The dozens of spear shadows were swept away by the palm force and vanished. The Nantian Demon Empress’s hand, shrouded in turbulent darkness, seized the transparent spear blade.
Screech!
Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Iron. Metal harder and sharper than anything under heaven tore through her inner energy and split her flesh. Searing pain assaulted her simultaneously.
Yet the Nantian Demon Empress smiled instead.
‘I have him.’
In that instant.
Whoooosh!
The Nantian Demon Empress’s energy, flowing along the spear blade, ravaged Jin Tae-kyung’s interior.
Boom!
“…!”
My body convulsed. The internal injuries that had been temporarily suppressed with Beast King Miao Wang’s aid were violently churned once more.
Yet Jin Tae-kyung swallowed the blood surging up his throat and poured more strength into his grip on the spear shaft.
Crack!
The White Flame spear blade, seized in the Nantian Demon Empress’s hand, advanced further as it rotated.
Her hand shredded in an instant, and as overwhelming pain assailed her, the Nantian Demon Empress’s eyes widened.
“You…!”
But before her words could finish, a sharp sound of air splitting rang out.
Whoosh!
A sword flew through the air, cutting the wind. The sword’s master, wrapped in azure sword energy, was none other than Wang Ho.
Screech!
She twisted her body desperately, but it was already too late.
Her protective inner energy, now far weaker than before, could not withstand the sword energy. The Nantian Demon Empress felt the pain from her severed flank and swept her leg upward.
Whip-crack, Boom!
Her foot, whipped like a lash, burrowed into Wang Ho’s abdomen. His body, launched like a projectile, was hurled back more than a dozen paces.
Crash!
Dust clouds erupted with the impact. Yet it was not Wang Ho alone who rushed toward the Nantian Demon Empress.
Tap-tap-tap!
Figures converged from all directions, surrounding the Nantian Demon Empress and closing in from every angle.
Fewer than twenty warriors of the White Heaven Squad remained, and they charged forward, squeezing out their last reserves of strength.
To end this battle. To drive their spears and blades into that Evil Demon’s body, even if it cost them their only life.
Shwish, shwish, shwish!
The moment the fierce piercing sound of tearing air mixed with the wind.
Boom!
A force like a tempest erupted outward, sweeping away everything that came flying from all directions.
And from between the lips of someone standing at the center of it all, blood that could no longer be held back spilled forth.
Cough.
Through her dimming vision, the Nantian Demon Empress stared at the young man kneeling before her, his eyes trembling.
Eyes so dim they seemed ready to extinguish at any moment.
Yet the two hands gripping the spear shaft firmly and thrust forward showed no wavering, and at their end was a transparent spear blade driven deep into the Nantian Demon Empress’s chest.
“Ugh… hack!”
The Nantian Demon Empress gasped, spewing dark crimson blood.
She should have blocked it. She thought she could block it. But she hadn’t.
‘How. How could he possibly move?’
Just before unleashing her power toward the warriors, the Nantian Demon Empress had sent her energy flowing toward Jin Tae-kyung once more.
To ensure he would never rise again, this time to certainly stop his breath.
But Jin Tae-kyung did not fall, and he did not die.
Even though his heart meridians were clearly torn to shreds, he drove the spear he had never released into the Nantian Demon Empress’s chest.
“Jin Tae… kyung.”
The moment a voice like breaking thread escaped the Nantian Demon Empress’s lips.
Slip. Thud.
Jin Tae-kyung’s blood-soaked hands slid from the spear shaft. His head tilted back helplessly, his eyes growing dim.
And at that same moment, the Nantian Demon Empress felt it, and could hear it.
Death approaching Jin Tae-kyung, slowly but unmistakably.
And his voice, impossibly bright for someone standing at death’s threshold.
“Finally got you. You… damned bitch.”
“…!”
In that instant, the Nantian Demon Empress felt every hair on her body stand on end.
It was fear and terror toward a human possessed of such unwavering resolve that nothing could shake it.
‘…Afraid? I’m afraid? Of him?’
It was impossible. To fear someone who was not the Heavenly Master. And for that target to be a bleeding corpse on the brink of death.
‘I must kill him. With these hands, I must cut off his breath.’
The Nantian Demon Empress, her mind seeming to scatter, slowly raised her hand.
Perhaps she too could not escape death. But if she did not sever Jin Tae-kyung’s breath, it seemed she would not be able to close her eyes in peace even in death.
‘Die.’
You monster.
Along with that final word she could not quite speak, the Nantian Demon Empress brought down her hand blade, infused with her last strength.
Shwik!
And just as the turbid darkness energy was about to bore into Jin Tae-kyung’s crown.
Screeeeeech! Crack!
A beam of light streaked from somewhere, consuming the Nantian Demon Empress’s sole remaining arm.
At the same moment, someone’s frigid voice pierced through her frozen ears.
“How dare you lay your filthy hands upon her, you wretched whore.”

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