The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 191

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Chapter 191: The Battle of Wuhan (3)

Gwi-gok wasn’t just sitting idle either.

As an immortal who could freely control wind and rain, and had mastered sorcery and mystical formations.

The thick fog of the ruined city Wuhan.

Anyone could tell this was artificially created.

But it wasn’t a problem at all.

He could just make it disappear with greater power.

Gwi-gok’s sorcery formation drawn in the air.

The fog slowly dissipating.

Wuhan became clear.

Countless Beyonders gathered throughout the city revealed themselves.

Now they couldn’t even hide.

Tae-ju, Swordsman, and Jecheon Daeseong slaughtered the magical beasts of Wuhan.

No matter how intelligent the Beyond magical beasts were, no matter how tremendous their physical strength, no matter how they were protected by extreme aura barriers that could turn concrete buildings to powder, they couldn’t properly resist these three.

Swordsman and Jecheon Daeseong were in ultra-focused mode.

Raiding magical beasts, checking smartphones, reacting to donations…

But ironically, the only person faithfully devoted to the basic goal of subjugating Wuhan’s Beyonders was Tae-ju alone.

‘My goodness, they’re really something.’

Like being more interested in the feast than the ritual itself, Swordsman and Jecheon Daeseong’s main purpose was focused on securing as many viewers as possible.

The original purpose of subjugating Beyond magical beasts had vanished.

However, it didn’t matter at all.

Whether for broadcasting or for subjugation, the Beyond magical beasts were being eliminated either way.

‘At this rate, we’ll finish today.’

The clones were also moving busily.

Collecting Beyond crystals was also a major objective.

Already three mountains of crystals had piled up.

Overwhelmed by the crushing power, the Beyond magical beasts hesitated and retreated.

‘Oh? Trying to run away?’

The Wuhan Beyonders had to be completely annihilated here.

It would be troublesome if even a single one escaped.

He needed to modify his strategy.

Swordsman and Jecheon Daeseong would handle the large groups.

He would focus mainly on cleaning up the surroundings.

Tae-ju mounted Manribibeom.

While surveying the entire battlefield, he concentrated on attacking only the Beyond magical beasts that had separated from the main groups.

Demon Valley Immortal nodded his head.

Currently, the only one in this Wuhan who had his mind properly focused was Tae-ju.

“Tsk tsk, immortals and monkeys alike, Dok-seon is truly pitiful. How could he trust such beings…”

They weren’t worth filming with a camera.

They were filming themselves anyway.

If this was how it would be, focusing on Kim Tae-ju’s achievements would be a much better choice.

Although it couldn’t compare to the viewer numbers of Swordsman and Jecheon Daeseong, Gwi-gok’s channel also had quite a lot of people.

Because he was showing both of their activities on one screen.

Gwi-gok changed his broadcasting target.

From now on, his main filming subject would be Tae-ju.

└ Wow! Kim Tae-ju was that strong?

└ Dazzling, so dazzling. He’s not inferior to Dongbin and Jecheon Daeseong at all.

└ Hey! Did you guys see the breaking news?

└ What breaking news?

└ They say Samhan’s Emperor was alive?

└ So what.

└ Well, whether he’s alive or not…

The competition between Swordsman and Jecheon Daeseong accelerated more and more.

All kinds of sorcery were deployed to spy on each other’s smartphone screens.

It was to check viewer numbers and reactions.

As a result, Jecheon Daeseong smiled slightly, while Swordsman’s expression hardened.

The numbers showed quite a difference.

‘This won’t do.’

The monkey’s popularity was beyond even his ability to follow.

He needed to create a foundation for a comeback.

More provocatively, more intensely!

Swordsman withdrew his formless sword and deployed Body-Sword Unity.

Swooooosh!

Body-Sword Unity.

Swordsman became one with his sword.

Like a rocket breaking through the atmosphere, he pierced through and passed the body of a giant magical beast.

Spaaaaaaa!

All the Beyond flying magical beasts in the path of the aura spear burst like fireworks.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

They completely disintegrated in mid-air, leaving only Beyond crystals falling to the ground.

Was he even human?

Even Superman from classic movies wouldn’t be this much.

Ding ding ding ding ding…

Donation notification sounds rang endlessly at Swordsman’s performance.

His viewers also increased slightly.

‘Got it.’

Meanwhile.

Jecheon Daeseong’s ears also clearly heard the sound of donations exploding on Swordsman’s channel.

Even while hunting magical beasts, he deployed clairvoyance and wind-hearing, never neglecting to watch and listen.

No matter how far away Swordsman’s iPhone was, he could check in detail how many viewers were on his channel and what comments were being posted.

Swordsman was probably doing the same.

While they were monitoring each other’s phones like this.

“Damn it!”

Anxious.

Threatening.

Swordsman was definitely a swordsman.

He understood which parts made viewers enthusiastic.

Swordsman’s viewers were increasing.

Donations also exploded.

In contrast, his own channel was currently stagnating in growth.

Because he hadn’t shown anything particular.

The clone Golden Monkey Legion had already been used as content before, so it wasn’t new, and Geunduun and the staff were starting to become boring too.

‘What should I do?’

Jecheon Daeseong became increasingly anxious.

The pouring donations were also gradually decreasing.

‘…I was overconfident.’

It was an undeniable fact.

The result of relying on his meager reputation and neglecting content development.

He needed to come up with a method.

‘What I can do best.’

In the end, he had no choice but to rely on his clones.

Brrrrrrr.

Jecheon Daeseong shook his body again to summon additional clones.

Pop! Pop pop pop pop!

The hairs that fell from his body began transforming into clones.

But this wasn’t division.

It was the opposite—fusion.

The clone bodies merged with each other.

100,000 became 50,000, then 25,000, then 25,000 became 12,500, 6,250, 3,125… As the number of clones decreased, their bodies grew increasingly massive.

‘The maintenance time is short, so the giant clone will disappear quickly, but…’

This was the best way to draw reactions from the viewers.

Fusion, fusion, and more fusion.

Finally, one giant golden monkey.

“Kuooooooo!”

Descended upon the ruined city of Wuhan.

Thud, thud, thud!

The merciless giant golden monkey’s charge.

It leaped onto Beyond magical beasts to trample them, brought both hands together to smash down, and even lifted them up to tear them apart in midair.

Ding ding ding ding ding…

Jecheon Daeseong’s smartphone was ringing so much with donation messages that his ears hurt.

“Eek?”

“Ookikik!”

“Kikiki!”

The clone filming team cheered with joy.

Other clones kept doing somersaults in the air.

The giant golden monkey performed the Zero Two dance.

Truly an appropriate donation reaction, wasn’t it?

“…Wow.”

Honestly, Tae-ju was speechless.

How should he describe this?

Would the phrase “Beyond gets screwed over in the ratings war” be fitting?

While preparing for this Beyond raid, Tae-ju had also had expectations.

To further develop Toxic Spirit and improve his proficiency with Manceon Hwau.

So that if such threats appeared on Earth again, he could handle them sufficiently on his own.

He felt sorry for always owing favors to the Immortals.

Anyway, his initial plan was to just pick up the remaining Beyond after Jecheon Daeseong and the Swordsman dealt with them, and he thought that would be enough…

‘What is this?’

He hadn’t even managed to catch a few, and the Beyond in Wuhan were almost completely annihilated.

‘What am I supposed to catch?’

The two of them were doing everything—playing both the drum and the janggu.

There weren’t even any magical beasts leaking out to the sides.

They devoured everything so cleanly it was annoying, not spilling a single crumb.

The Swordsman used divine sword unity to skewer flying Beyond in a row like kebabs, and when one tried to escape, he immediately sent an invisible sword flying to pierce its head.

Jecheon Daeseong led the giant golden monkey and bulldozed through Wuhan.

This wasn’t a metaphorical expression—he literally pushed through like a bulldozer.

The ones trying to escape?

Did he only have large clones?

There were also tremendously many small clones.

None could escape.

Even those separated from the group were caught and torn apart by clones rushing in like a pack of dogs.

‘I’m going to end up just watching without catching a single one.’

There was no time to spare.

He was getting anxious.

He was going to end up just twiddling his thumbs.

‘These gentlemen don’t know the meaning of moderation.’

He had to hurry.

So Tae-ju also leaped into the heart of the ruined city of Wuhan where the fog had cleared.

* * *

The YouTube live broadcast struck the entire world.

Anyone with a smartphone desperately tried to access YouTube and connect to the live broadcast channels.

Could the servers possibly endure it?

Eventually, all other live broadcasts were suspended and only three channels were kept open.

People’s reactions were varied.

What really were those people’s identities?

Impossible-to-conquer Beyond magical beasts dealt with so easily?

And it was even a casual broadcast.

When donations poured in, they gave reactions, and they even answered major comment questions.

Ahhh!

Really, there were no words to describe it.

Was Jecheon Daeseong a real person after all?

Also, the name Dongbin was suspicious.

One of the Immortals mentioned in old tales was precisely Swordsman Yeo Dongbin.

Then was that person an Immortal?

With Jecheon Daeseong appearing, why couldn’t an Immortal appear too?

Then the legendary figures we know might definitely exist as well.

In the midst of this, there was one person who was overlooked.

That was Tae-ju.

Let’s say Jecheon Daeseong and the Swordsman were real.

But they were almost at the level of gods even in mythology.

But what about Kim Tae-ju?

Wasn’t he human?

How could a human stand shoulder to shoulder with divine beings?

They even seemed to know each other well.

Well, there was no way to know the exact truth unless the parties involved revealed it themselves.

Let’s just enjoy it.

China was being purified.

A threat to humanity was about to disappear.

However, there was someone who couldn’t enjoy it.

Patagellaon, wearing the shell of European Empire’s Emperor Julian.

He was anxiously staring only at his smartphone screen in the depths of the Imperial Palace.

‘…Should I go?’

If he made up his mind, he could reach Wuhan in one second.

Since he had set up a teleport magic circle in his nest.

‘What would I do if I went?’

It would be different if he could defeat those guys.

Of course, if it were just Chairman Kim Tae-ju alone, he could handle him.

But that old man suspected to be an Immortal and Jecheon Daeseong—no matter how much he thought about it, he had no confidence.

‘It’s still difficult. Woefully insufficient.’

He needed to devour the same soul a couple more times.

Souls identical to his weren’t just one.

They also exist in multiple universes.

When a soul connection is established, one can cross to another world and devour the same soul.

The identical souls it had devoured numbered three.

The last one was Earth’s soul.

That’s why it knew well about the beings called Immortals and Jecheon Daeseong.

Those who were depicted almost as gods in legends and myths.

Frustratingly, it still couldn’t match them.

Take that monkey, Jecheon Daeseong, for example.

With just clones made from plucking his fur, he was massacring the guardians it had cultivated for ages.

And what about that Immortal?

Could it withstand his sword with its body?

Absolutely impossible.

Just imagining it sent chills down its spine.

Currently, there was only one method it could choose.

It had to quietly lay low while pretending to be Emperor Julian of the European Empire.

They had no way of knowing who it was.

No, they wouldn’t even know of its existence.

They would think the guardians they called Beyond magical beasts were everything.

If it waited and an opportunity for soul devouring came…

‘God?’

What law said it couldn’t become one?

* * *

Time passed quickly.

Through the fierce competition between the Swordsman and Jecheon Daeseong, all those Beyond magical beasts were crushed after spitting out only their crystals.

The Beyond stragglers who had scattered in instinctive fear were also relentlessly pursued and caught by the Swordsman and Jecheon Daeseong.

“I won, you monkey!”

“Not a chance, look at the final viewer count. The number of digits is different.”

“I’m talking about donations, you brat! Do you think it’s easy to get viewers to open their wallets?”

“Hehe, then let’s check how much the donation amount is. I’m confident.”

“You, you bastard…”

Gwi-gok burst out angrily.

“J-just end the broadcast and then fight. Ugh, I’m too embarrassed to travel with you in front of people.”

Then, looking at Tae-ju.

“Let’s leave these stupid fools and go do our work.”

“Haha, yes, let’s do that.”

First, they collected the Beyond crystals that had fallen to the ground.

The Infinite Space had grown tremendously large and had plenty of empty space, so they could store everything.

“My goodness, no matter how many times I see it, it’s a wondrous technique. How do all those fake dragon orbs fit inside?”

Then Gwi-gok began continuously drawing magical formations in the air, searching for something.

Tss-tss, tss-tss-tss-tss!

“Let’s see. Shall we track the scent?”

“There might not be a boss. Seeing how it didn’t appear despite all this chaos…”

“No way! Beyond demons aren’t the type to gather in one place. There’s definitely a bastard controlling them.”

Tae-ju agreed.

“If there is a ruler, it’s either still hiding in this city, or perhaps…”

“It fled. But even if it fled, we should be able to find the traces it left behind.”

Tss-tss-tss-tss-tss-tss-tss!

Gwi-gok’s formation drawn in the air descended to the ground.

Then a clear path of light was drawn on the ground.

The two followed that path.

After walking for quite a while.

“It’s this way.”

“There’s nothing here… Ah! It’s hidden. Up ahead, right?”

“You’re quite perceptive indeed.”

Gwi-gok raised his hand and drew a pattern.

Instantly!

Swoooosh!

A massive circular dome building appeared before their eyes.

“Found it.”

It was the one intact building remaining in the ruined city of Wuhan.

“It looks like a soccer stadium.”

“…Soccer? Tsk, that brings back bad memories.”

Though he wasn’t sure what memories those were.

Tae-ju and Gwi-gok entered the circular arena.

A grass-covered field.

A deep pit dug in the center.

Gwi-gok examined the inside of the pit and exclaimed in admiration.

“Ho, what a cunning thing this is.”

“What?”

“There’s a teleportation magic circle laid out.”

“Ah!”

“It used this to escape.”

Teleport, something like that?

In any case, no presence could be felt at all.

It had definitely fled.

“Please wait a moment.”

“Are you going to destroy the teleportation magic circle?”

“Why would I need to do that? It’s a trace left by that bastard, so we should leave it. I’ll also restore the hidden soccer stadium to its original state.”

“Then…?”

“If we leave it alone, it will definitely come back. In preparation for that time, I’m going to draw several formations around this area. I’ll show it exactly what an Immortal’s techniques are like.”

The intention was to set up a kind of trap.

So when that bastard unknowingly arrived here through the teleport magic circle?

It would get caught like a little rat.

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