Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 68
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Chapter 68
As Mu Myeong’s words ended, the demonic energy bursting from the weapons became even more intense. The black demonic energy, mingling with the light of the purple Demon Eye Stones, covered the entire stone chamber, creating a spectacular sight.
Bewilderment flashed across the faces of the two people trapped in the net. The old weapons they had considered useless were now regaining their primordial majesty under Mu Myeong’s hands.
“…You… what is your identity.”
Mu Myeong chuckled softly.
“Are you curious about that when you’re about to die?”
He had no intention of telling them even if they asked.
“It seemed like there were about two more rooms ahead, and I thought you’d be able to break through that much. But to think you’d be this pathetic.”
Anger surged at Mu Myeong’s dry words.
Even if they were to die from being consumed by demonic energy right now, it seemed they’d feel better tearing apart that bastard’s face.
The two exchanged glances and immediately kicked off from their positions.
It was the internal energy unleashed by warriors of Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, prepared for Donggwi-eojin.
It even included Innate True Energy. Naturally, the ground caved in and explosive force burst forth, but.
Their bodies didn’t even reach Mu Myeong.
No, they couldn’t reach him in the first place.
Mu Myeong shook the weapons.
Then the demonic energy around Mu Myeong became waves and stretched toward the two people.
They thrust swords, threw punches, and did all sorts of things, but it was meaningless.
They were mistaken – this Secret Realm was a Demonic Path Secret Realm, and its grade was not Heaven-Earth Grade but Martial God Grade.
It would be a grave miscalculation to think the demonic energy bursting from a Martial God Grade Demonic Path Secret Realm would be ordinary energy.
The altar wasn’t there for nothing, and the weapons weren’t there for nothing.
Only those who knew their value could pass through, and only those who could implement and utilize that value were given a chance to survive.
The two people’s bodies were instantly swallowed by the demonic energy and began writhing on the floor.
They vomited blood, and all the blood vessels in their bodies twisted.
Bones became distorted, all blood vessels in their eyes burst, and blood erupted explosively from their seven orifices.
Looking down at the two people silently, Mu Myeong said.
“Farewell.”
Mu Myeong silently moved his steps.
When Mu Myeong entered the next room like that, Baek Woon-tak and Gu Pyeong’s corpses completely disappeared without leaving even a handful of ash, and the demonic energy that had been consuming the surroundings also vanished instantly.
Just like when they had entered.
Dozens of altars full of weapons, and one empty altar.
Only that remained.
It was clear.
The one furthest ahead right now was Mu Myeong.
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It was the final gateway. The third gateway he had passed through before coming here was nothing special.
It was just a straight corridor, and hidden daggers and arrows popped out here and there, but seriously, the second gateway had been more threatening.
Now it was the final gateway.
As the massive stone gate before his eyes slowly opened, Mu Myeong stepped forward.
Black demonic energy swirled through the purple gaps of the long line of Demon Eye Stones. And in the center of the room, a single formation was drawn.
Mu Myeong, who had been quietly staring at the formation that writhed as if alive, pulled up a certain memory from his mind.
‘…It’s the Black Demon Soul Capturing Formation.’
Living as the Blood Heaven Heavy Sword of the Origin Blood Sect, Mu Myeong had seen truly countless martial arts and formation techniques.
The Black Demon Soul Capturing Formation was a formation technique from the primordial era, created by the demons of the Thousand Year Demon Cult for training.
Natural energies from the surroundings were absorbed centered on where it was deployed, and those were converted into demonic energy.
And that thing, which captured and confined that demonic energy while raising the energy density to the maximum the formation could handle, was used for training as mentioned before, and was also used to block others’ approach.
There was no way warriors without immunity could endure that level of demonic energy.
Above all, this Secret Realm had been thoroughly ‘modified’ to attack a single target.
What on earth could be inside.
Mu Myeong looked around.
The range of the Black Demon Soul Capturing Formation in the center was a 10-jang radius.
Excluding this, there was nothing threatening in the surroundings.
He approached the Black Demon Soul Capturing Formation.
As if the black demonic energy sensed Mu Myeong approaching, the surface of the formation began to fluctuate.
Tsk.
Mu Myeong lightly clicked his tongue and scratched his head.
It would be a lie to think he wouldn’t be injured at all.
But he had no intention of accepting demonic energy into his body.
He briefly waved the weapon in his hand to the side, but the demonic energies caught in the Black Demon Soul Capturing Formation didn’t even budge.
Mu Myeong put the nearly broken weapon into the storage bag in his chest and took a deep breath.
What exactly.
What is demonic energy?
It’s energy created by the extreme condensation of human desire and obsession.
It has the contradictory characteristic of becoming more violent the more one tries to control it, and also has the nature of consuming and destroying human reason and instinct.
It’s extremely evil energy, but even so, one cannot deny that its destructive power is stronger than ordinary energies.
That alone makes it very attractive.
And what has almost the same characteristics as demonic energy is the Blood Energy used by the blood people of the Origin Blood Sect.
Through countless experiences, Mu Myeong had awakened to an absolutely immutable value.
What exactly are good and evil?
The distinction between good and evil is merely an illusion.
Demonic energy is also just an illusion without substance; the mind that fears or rejects it actually creates the substance.
If you try to forcibly resist, you become bound by chains of cause and effect, but if you accept it according to natural order, you become free instead.
This world is full of contradictions.
What is enlightenment?
It’s breaking free from attachment.
What is attachment?
It’s suffering.
One must not be bound.
From the moment you become bound, you create your own prison.
Mu Myeong.
He acted according to what he had awakened to, and according to the values he believed in.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he thrust his body into the interior of the Black Demon Soul Capturing Formation.
The demonic energy instantly swallowed Mu Myeong, but it didn’t melt or attack his body.
It simply entered inside.
The moment he entered the center of the formation like that, Mu Myeong’s entire body seemed to freeze.
Soon after, demonic energy sealed hundreds of years ago burrowed into his body. Pain as if his skin was tearing, agony as if his bones were crumbling covered his entire body.
The Black Demon Soul Capturing Formation tried to tear the intruder’s body to shreds, but Mu Myeong smiled.
He didn’t resist and simply accepted it.
Then the nature of the demonic energy that had tried to destroy suddenly changed.
Mu Myeong’s mind was already complete.
No matter how much pain his body was in, he didn’t waver.
Because he had no fear of demonic energy, the fundamental pure energy of demonic energy began to settle in Mu Myeong’s blood vessels.
Demonic energy is not something to resist.
It’s simply something to accept.
That’s the answer.
Mu Myeong, who had been wrapped in pitch-black demonic energy at the center of the formation, lowered his gaze downward.
There lay a single secret manual.
Picking it up, he read aloud the title carved in large characters.
“Demon Blood Heaven Gang Art .”
I swear it was the first time I’d ever heard that name in my life.
I immediately opened the secret manual.
When I read the first page, Mu Myeong’s brow furrowed, and when I read the second page and then the third page.
Mu Myeong was bewildered.
“…Huh…”
I swear, it had been a really long time since I’d been this bewildered in my life.
This wasn’t just a simple secret manual.
It was a type of Body Strengthening Art that would allow one to be reborn as a true demon.
I read the incantation formula.
Demon Blood Connects Heaven Heart Transforms Gang .
When demon blood connects with heaven, the heart becomes strong.
Hundred Evils Cannot Invade Blood Vessels Strong .
All kinds of evil cannot invade and the blood vessels become strong.
Demonic Energy Enters Body Transforms Heaven Earth .
Demonic energy enters the body and becomes one with heaven and earth.
Ten Thousand Laws Cannot Invade Eternally Unharmed .
Ten thousand laws cannot invade, eternally without injury.
I swept my face with my hand.
I wanted to emphasize just once more.
Mu Myeong was so bewildered that his Disguise Arts were about to come undone.
This.
I think I understand.
Why they thoroughly hid this Secret Realm.
Why they killed all the beings who had entered this Secret Realm to silence them.
Among the martial arts of the Thousand Year Demon Cult from the primordial era, what was the most valuable?
The Heavenly Demon’s martial arts.
The Origin Blood Sect had several martial arts related to the Thousand Year Demon Cult, but among them, there wasn’t a single one of the Heavenly Demon’s martial arts.
Even until the moment Mu Myeong died, the Heavenly Demon’s martial arts were never discovered.
No.
No, that’s not right.
They were discovered but never revealed.
Demon Blood Heaven Gang Art .
This was the Heavenly Demon’s martial art.
It was an absolute secret manual that strengthened the blood vessels with demonic energy, making them able to withstand any demonic energy, and the blood vessels themselves became vessels that controlled demonic energy, unaffected by all external demonic energy and instead dominating all demonic energy.
One could even convert the energy of the void into demonic energy just by breathing.
Without this, the existence called Heavenly Demon could not be created.
This was the core of all cores.
I closed the book as it was.
Who hid this Secret Realm.
I’m getting a sense of it.
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Ju So-ah suddenly felt something strange.
It could only be explained by pure instinct.
No matter how much this Secret Realm was a Demonic Path Secret Realm, Ju So-ah roughly remembered the faces of those who had tried to enter this Secret Realm.
Among them were masters of Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, masters of Five Energy Harmonizing Origin, and masters of Harmony Realm.
There were really many.
Even if demonic energy fog burst out from the first gateway, someone at the level of Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown should be able to break through that much.
They might suffer some internal injuries, but it definitely wouldn’t be enough to kill them.
The second gateway was problematic, but if one ignored the altar and broke through directly, they could avoid the net trap made of demonic energy falling from the ceiling and enter the next gateway.
And the third gateway was even easier.
On the floor were small fogs made of demonic energy, and arrows, hidden daggers, and all sorts of weapons burst out from the sides and front, but even this could be passed through without much damage if one was at the level of Five Energy Harmonizing Origin.
Even if those who entered the Secret Realm had spent time at their entry positions to observe the situation.
This was too strange right now.
Why.
Why wasn’t there a single person visible around?
And why was the back hem of Jeong Mu-heun’s long robe, who was walking ahead, soaked with blood like that?
Thinking about it, it was also strange that he killed Drunken Swordsman Gong Myeong-woo and Ghost-faced Killer Sa Cheon-woo as soon as he saw them.
Could it be… that in that short time, he had gone around the entire maze of the first gateway killing people?
I didn’t know when Jeong Mu-heun had entered, but with Han Da-gyeong’s time, he could kill dozens of people.
No, he wouldn’t even need Han Da-gyeong. Half of that would be enough.
Since he was a master who had reached Divine Transformation Realm.
Why?
Why would he go that far?
Why did Jeong Mu-heun come to this Secret Realm?
As if he was someone who knew information about the Secret Realm.
“Miss?”
“Ah… yes?”
Jeong Mu-heun, who had been walking ahead, smiled broadly.
“This is the final gateway. I think you should prepare yourself mentally.”
“Yes… Uncle.”
Jeong Mu-heun was her father’s friend and the only guardian of Salgeom-mun.
As soon as they entered through the open stone gate, Ju So-ah could see it.
Jeong Mu-heun’s face, distorted with killing intent, which she had never seen before.
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