The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 72
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Chapter 72: Beyond Elite Black Demon Dragon (3)
The movement of identification number BEM-C04 Black Demon Dragon is monitored in real-time by ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
A surveillance officer analyzing the Black Demon Dragon footage sent from the reconnaissance aircraft.
The more he watches, the worse he feels.
Just how far up is this bastard going to come?
What’s the reason for coming up?
There’s speculation that it was pushed out in a territorial fight, but doesn’t that mean there’s something even stronger than this Black Demon Dragon?
It was at that moment when he was just staring endlessly at the monitor.
“Huh?”
The Black Demon Dragon suddenly stopped moving.
“Oh! It stopped.”
Right, don’t move any further.
That place is your territory from now on.
To observe its movements in detail, the surveillance officer zoomed in on the screen.
But then!
“…What?”
Did he see wrong?
He rubbed his eyes and looked again.
He even rubbed the monitor with his finger.
Still, nothing changed.
“A person?”
A single human blocking the Black Demon Dragon’s path.
The surveillance officer hurriedly reported to his superiors.
Unit commanders and staff officers gathered at the Great Wall Wave Defense Headquarters.
Among them was Master Oh Jin-hyeong, who had led the Jirisan Defense Corps to join forces in Beijing.
“That’s right. It’s a person.”
“Why is he there…?”
“Did he go there to commit suicide?”
“Hmm…”
Oh Jin-hyeong felt a strange sense of déjà vu.
He felt like he’d seen a similar scene somewhere before…
At Cheonwangbong during the Jirisan monster subjugation operation.
Chairman Kim Song-yeol asked the surveillance officer.
“Can you get a detailed look at his face?”
“It’s possible.”
“Do it.”
“Deploying reconnaissance drone.”
A large shell dropped from the ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
As the shell approached the ground, it automatically disassembled and dozens of drones burst out from inside.
Whirrrr! Whirr!
“We should be able to confirm the face soon.”
Gulp.
Oh Jin-hyeong was extremely tense.
‘Surely not again…’
Soon after.
“Face captured.”
The face of a young man appeared on the screen.
“Huh?”
“…Who is that?”
“Does anyone recognize him?”
“I’ve never seen him before.”
“Me neither.”
Oh Jin-hyeong felt relieved.
Right.
There’s no way it could be Chairman Kim Tae-ju.
Not only is the face completely different, but the build is also different.
He’s busy making Taehong Recovery Potions.
Even now he’s running around trying to secure materials.
Suddenly!
Rumble rumble rumble BOOM!
A thick dust storm rose with an explosive roar.
Crack crack crack!
The drones were caught in the storm and shattered to pieces.
The footage ended there.
* * *
There are two ways to accept new poison.
One is to separately collect the poison and inject it into blood vessels or consume it.
The other is to stupidly experience it directly.
The latter is very dangerous.
Especially that thing.
Various monsters exist in Gangho Murim too.
From human-faced spiders to thousand-year-old lesser dragons.
But there’s no monster like that one.
A demon that absolutely cannot and should not exist in the human world.
Well!
They’re creatures that can withstand nuclear bombs.
To directly experience an attack from such a Beyond Elite monster?
Is there any point in preparing a funeral?
In the end, I have to go with the former.
By some method, collect the poison and apply it to the body indirectly.
But that’s also a problem.
Elite monsters basically have something called a qi barrier.
A kind of protective shield that can be pierced with mana blades.
But that Beyond bastard’s qi barrier is so tremendous it gives me chills.
Thud thud thud thud.
The Black Demon Dragon continues advancing forward without stopping, raising dusty dirt clouds.
Whooom! Whooom! Whooom…
Every time it moves, a distinct qi barrier ripples around its body, visible to the naked eye.
Crackle! Crackle crackle!
It’s like a giant eraser passing by.
Everything that touches the qi barrier turns to powder and disappears.
Dry grass blown by the wind, large rocks rolling on the ground, even the dirt on the floor it steps on crumbles into dust and rises up.
The Beyond Elite monster’s qi protective barrier had not only defensive capabilities but also offensive functions.
No wonder major cities become ruins and disappear.
Now, what do I do?
First, it seems I need to break through that ridiculous qi barrier.
“Ilbaek?”
“…”
“I-baek, no, Sam-baek?”
“…”
It’s quiet.
When he opened the backpack, he found it trembling in cat form.
“You’re scared.”
“….”
“What’s important is an unbreakable spirit. Don’t you know that?”
“….”
He understands.
There’s a world of difference between a Beyond and just an Elite.
That’s probably why there are no other demon beasts around.
Even Sambaek-i wouldn’t have approached if he hadn’t brought it along.
This guy is way too weak.
It breaks his heart.
He wants to raise it to be strong, but how should he do it?
Tae-ju closed the backpack and placed it in a safe spot far from the Black Demon Dragon.
“Stay here quietly, and absolutely don’t come out.”
He returned to his position and stood before the advancing Black Demon Dragon.
He prepared to pull out his talismans at any moment.
“Kuooooo….”
A deadly fear that pierced his lungs.
From its perspective, he must be like a mayfly flying into a blazing torch.
However, it seemed to be conscious of him too.
The Black Demon Dragon stopped moving.
If he were just a mayfly, it would have simply pushed past him.
Suddenly!
Whiiiiing!
Drones descending from the sky above.
‘Well now, their technology is quite good.’
It’s similar to that time at Jirisan Cheonwangbong.
Tae-ju double-checked his Reverse Dragon Technique and Bone Shrinking Art.
The drones wouldn’t last long anyway.
Would the demon beast just leave them alone?
Kukukukukung!
Just like right now.
Papapapapat!
Tremendous mana energy swirled around.
This caused the drones to break apart and created a massive dust storm where you couldn’t see an inch ahead.
Swish!
Tae-ju pulled out a protective talisman and stuck it to his left chest.
He stuck a speed talisman on his right side.
‘Let’s go.’
Spot!
Shwaaaack!
Tae-ju flew like a single streak of light.
Crack!
His body collided with the Beyond demon beast’s energy barrier.
Snap!
Whoosh!
As the protective talisman burned, a divine protective barrier bloomed around Tae-ju’s body.
30 seconds remaining.
The demon-warding talisman he pulled from Infinite Space flew fluttering toward the beast.
It’s a talisman made with divine energy.
Whether demon or demon beast, there’s no way it wouldn’t be effective.
Pashoot!
As it touched the beast’s body, the Beyond Elite demon beast flinched and retreated.
‘Let’s not hold back.’
He has 10 demon-warding talismans that weaken demonic power.
He pulled them all out and threw them on.
“Kuooooooooo!”
The Black Demon Dragon’s intense roar.
It’s really incredible.
Even with 10 talismans attached, even though it’s clearly much weaker, it’s still this powerful.
Spot!
Tae-ju broke through the energy barrier and climbed onto its back.
Swish!
The Divine Secret Blade was already in his hand.
There’s plenty of time.
Let’s test it.
The power of the treasure.
Whiing!
Energy gathering around the Divine Secret Blade.
Tae-ju stabbed the beast’s back forcefully.
Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!
He could feel the resistance fully in his hand.
What an incredible beast.
The blade won’t go in?
Actually, the Divine Secret Blade’s divine power isn’t in the sharpness of the blade.
It connects the consciousness of the blade and user to produce the effect of a spirit-conquering sword.
Still, being a treasure, it goes in a little.
Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!
He keeps stabbing until it goes in completely.
“Kuoooo!”
15 seconds remaining.
The Black Demon Dragon stretched its head back with a contemptuous expression.
At the same time, its tongue shot out from its mouth like lightning.
Tshriririt!
The black appendage wrapped in energy struck Tae-ju’s waist like a whip.
Thwack!
‘…Huh?’
Strange.
It didn’t hurt at all.
He wasn’t even pushed back by the force.
He was hit by a tongue as thick as an adult man’s thigh.
Even that vicious corrosive poison had no effect at all.
“Kuooo…?”
The beast seems confused too.
What a fantastic effect.
It’s just a shame he can only use one protective talisman per day.
From the second one onward in a day, there’s no effect.
To see the effect again, at least 24 hours must pass.
Thunk thunk thunk thunk!
He continued to stab the creature’s back.
Remaining time: about 8 seconds.
Finally, the long tongue wrapped around Tae-ju’s torso.
Whirrrr!
It seemed to be trying to pull him in to chew him with its teeth.
The sticky, viscous corrosive poison coating the tongue.
‘Perfect.’
Swish!
He pulled out the ceramic container he had prepared in advance.
Scrape!
He scraped it against the creature’s tongue, filling the container with corrosive poison, then stored the ceramic container in the Infinite Space.
Collection complete.
Time to go back.
Tae-ju sliced through the tongue that was wrapped tightly around his body.
Unlike the iron-plated skin, the tongue was surprisingly easy to cut.
Then he took out a restraint talisman and attached it to the creature’s back.
He attached a speed talisman to his own body.
‘The remaining time is…’
Less than 2 seconds left.
Whoooosh!
Screeeeech!
Tae-ju quickly escaped.
In the blink of an eye, he had gotten out of the creature’s attack range.
But right at that moment.
Thunk!
Whizz!
A strange bursting sound from behind.
Like the sound of a projectile tearing through the air.
‘What the…?’
Whirr!
“Huk!”
A black tongue wrapped around Tae-ju’s ankle.
The impact sent him tumbling to the ground, rolling around.
Crash!
‘…A tongue? Didn’t I cut it off just now?’
Thunk!
Whizzz!
Another tongue came flying.
This time it shot toward his face like a spear.
‘It could regenerate?’
It chose regeneration over durability.
And it was attacking by cutting off pieces of its tongue whenever needed and shooting them out.
Tae-ju poured all his strength into infusing the Divine Spirit Dagger with energy.
He held up the enlarged dagger.
Zzzzzing!
He blocked the Black Demon Dragon’s tongue.
Riiiiip!
The tongue split lengthwise along the energy blade, and at the same time, sticky bodily fluid drenched Tae-ju.
Sizzzzle!
“Urgh!”
Hiss!
As soon as the protective talisman’s effect wore off, the corrosive poison’s power struck.
His clothes melted.
His flesh burned.
Squirm!
The Toxic Spirit reacted instantly.
But this wasn’t the time to be pleased.
Hiss! Hissss!
The corrosive poison penetrated through his skin.
Dizzy!
“Mmm…”
His mind became hazy.
Strength drained from his body.
Actually, this was a normal reaction.
When a new poison entered, this was the inevitable adaptation process needed to accept it.
Whizz!
Another piece of the creature’s tongue flew toward Tae-ju.
He needed to run farther away, needed to go while the creature was immobilized by the restraint talisman, but his ankle was tightly wrapped by the creature’s tongue fragment.
Hissss!
His ankle hurt as if it would break.
“Damn it!”
Tae-ju raised the Divine Spirit Dagger.
Of all times, the Toxic Spirit had to react now.
‘…This much.’
This level of crisis wasn’t even a crisis.
Tae-ju trusted in Honweonmusangdokryeongong.
Ignoring the squirming Toxic Spirit, he forcibly drew up his poison energy.
Zzzzzing!
Poison energy, spiritual energy, and mana filled his entire body.
Riiiiip!
The creature’s tongue fragment was cut off once again by the dagger.
“You’re dead.”
How dare it attack the Jeoldaedokma and master of hidden weapons with such pathetic moves?
Tae-ju quickly cut off the Black Demon Dragon’s tongue wrapped around his ankle.
Slice!
Instantly!
Thunk, thunk!
Whizz! Whizzz!
Two tongue fragments flew at him simultaneously.
Swish!
Hidden weapons appeared in Tae-ju’s hands.
‘Fight like this?’
No.
‘Let’s run.’
Quick decision.
His body wasn’t completely recovered yet.
Let’s escape while he still could.
He had achieved his objective, and the restraint talisman’s effect was still active.
That’s when it happened.
“Grrrrrowl!”
A house-sized creature blocked Tae-ju’s path.
“Roar!”
And the central second head bit down on Tae-ju in one gulp.
“…Huh?”
It was the Three-Headed White Tiger.
“Hey hey, what are you doing right now…?”
There was no time to stop it.
The Three-Headed White Tiger bounded away with Tae-ju in its mouth, leaping frantically into the distance.
Thud! Thud!
At the same time, two tongue fragments shot by the Black Demon Dragon pierced through the Three-Headed White Tiger’s body.
“Groan, growl!”
A cry filled with pain.
But the central white tiger didn’t even scream.
Making noise might cause it to drop Tae-ju from its mouth.
Two holes were punched through its massive body.
Red blood flowed endlessly from those holes without pause.
Still, it didn’t stop.
Only the thought of running unconditionally to save Tae-ju.
After running for a long while, when the Black Demon Dragon appeared as a distant speck, it finally stopped abruptly, swayed unsteadily, then quietly opened its mouth and gently placed Tae-ju on the ground.
After completing everything and confirming they were now safe, the Three-Headed White Tiger collapsed sideways with a thud.
And.
Shrink shrink shrink shrink shrink…
The massive body rapidly shrank and transformed into a cat.
“Are you crazy?”
“…Meow.”
He could have handled it alone.
He never thought this guy would step forward.
“Meow…”
The creature’s breathing gradually grew fainter.
“Hah.”
Emotions welled up inside him.
A corner of his heart felt torn.
Even knowing it might die, it had saved him.
“This bastard…”
This wasn’t the time for this.
Both himself and this guy.
The dying Three-Headed White Tiger.
Tae-ju’s body, drenched in poison and still sizzling as it melted.
Also, perhaps due to forcibly drawing up toxic energy earlier, his poison core was fluctuating.
This was a crucial moment.
The moment his poison core was trying to advance to 9-star.
He needed to control the toxic energy in a quiet place.
“Just hold on a little longer.”
He forcibly opened the mouth of the cat-transformed Three-Headed White Tiger and took out a Seondo fruit, crushing it in his hand.
Slurp slurp slurp.
The Seondo fruit juice flowed down through the Three-Headed White Tiger’s esophagus.
‘Will this work?’
At least it should serve as first aid.
Then he spread and applied plenty of healing ointment, and forcibly fed it several recovery pills.
‘Earth Escape Technique.’
Whoosh!
Tae-ju entered underground together with Baekho.
Using the Earth Escape Technique that Danggumak had learned while wandering the Gangho Murim, he went deep, deep down.
Just like a mole.
The Black Demon Dragon was still intact.
If it discovered them while moving around, they’d be in big trouble.
The most important part of the Earth Escape Technique was creating breathing holes.
The Divine Spirit Blade rotated like a drill according to Tae-ju’s will, digging through the soil and rising up to create a hole.
He packed it well so it wouldn’t collapse.
After going underground and lying down to create a space, he tightly embraced the cat Three-Headed White Tiger, whether it was Ilbaek-i, Ibaek-i, or Sambaek-i.
The space quickly warmed up with their shared body heat.
“Let’s get revenge later.”
“Oong…”
First, he would control his poison core.
Advancing to 9-star.
The Honweonmusangdokryeongong automatically circulated underground.
Tae-ju’s regular breathing.
“Huu, huu, huu…”
“Meow, meow, meow…”
The cat Three-Headed White Tiger’s breathing naturally synchronized with Tae-ju’s.
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