The God of Death and the God of War - Chapter 72
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Evil Hegemon Martial God
Chapter 72
Silence descended.
This happened right after Jeok-un finished speaking.
Perhaps it was a natural reaction.
Conquering All Under Heaven.
These four words contained the joys, sorrows, and seven emotions of countless people.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it was the ideal paradise everyone desired.
‘Of course, revenge against the Demonic Cult comes first, but…’
At the same time, Jeok-un had never once given up his dream of unifying Sapa and becoming the greatest under heaven.
Therefore.
‘Come, come to me.’
Jeok-un was confident that his dream would change Ochu’s attitude.
Among all the Seven Divine Weapons, Ochu was the one that maintained the strongest loyalty to its predecessor.
It wouldn’t be excessive to describe it as an unbroken chain of unwavering loyalty.
‘There are already divine weapons that have fallen into other people’s hands.’
Just as Jeok-un was thinking of another one of the Seven Divine Weapons.
Swoooosh!
Whooosh!
Suddenly, along with intense resonance from Ochu, brilliant light poured forth that was incomparably stronger than the dim light rays of early dawn.
Seeing this, Jeok-un instinctively knew.
‘It’s done.’
That Ochu had responded to his dream.
He could tell it had come into his embrace.
-The master’s will shall be endlessly inherited.
Ochu’s voice contained complex emotions.
It was the moment of acknowledging its master’s death after waiting for so long.
At the fact that it had to accept parting with its master, Ochu felt bitterness.
But at the same time, it also felt anticipation.
Acknowledging the master’s death and parting was certainly sad.
But as long as the master’s will remained and was inherited.
Ochu would have to move forward.
This was anticipation for the future that was to come.
The radiance Ochu poured out contained these emotions.
And Jeok-un could fully feel it.
As if they were connected as one.
Indeed, that was the case.
Accepting a divine weapon was like having souls connected as one.
Therefore, Jeok-un added a word with a small smile.
“Don’t worry. The sights you’ll see by my side will be quite pleasing.”
At Jeok-un’s comfort, Ochu’s resonance grew stronger.
Finally.
-I greet my lord.
Ochu acknowledged Jeok-un as its new master.
The radiance that had been shining in the void poured entirely onto Jeok-un and enveloped his entire body.
Swoooosh!
Whooosh!
The jet-black silk scarf that had been floating in the void slowly descended to Jeok-un.
The silk scarf, Ochu’s true form, acknowledged its new master and embraced Jeok-un with careful movements as if apologizing for its previous rudeness.
‘This feels quite different.’
Jeok-un evaluated it as different from when he obtained Il-cheon and Wol-ha.
That was natural, since Ochu was a divine weapon that made contact with the body.
The black silk scarf split into two parts and wrapped around Jeok-un’s legs, gradually taking on a new form.
‘Legend says that before the Hegemon King tamed it, Zhui was a black dragon that ruled the river.’
The black dragon that met its master changed from dragon form to horse form and traversed countless battlefields with the Hegemon King.
If Lu Bu had Red Hare, Xiang Yu had Ochu.
The divine horse, Ochu.
However, now that its form had changed, its name should change as well.
Flying Wing Swift, Ochu.
Like wings racing through the sky, Ochu was deeply connected to speed.
The proof was its form – what wrapped around Jeok-un’s feet was in the shape of shin guards.
Shin guards of deep black color that seemed to absorb everything.
Being silk scarf-like, fluttering material, its appearance was subtle.
The highlight was the dragon-horse pattern that wasn’t visible at first glance but revealed itself upon closer inspection.
The dragon-horse pattern embroidered in thread was Ochu’s form.
This was proof that the shin guards contained Ochu’s power.
Therefore, they could easily block something like White Lotus Steel Leg.
And when a martial artist like Jeok-un deployed protective energy, they could even block sword energy.
But as mentioned before,
They firmly wrapped around the front, back, left, and right of the feet, their purpose already established.
* * *
As Ochu took the form of shin guards.
Jeok-un’s Paecheon Singi also didn’t remain still.
Like oil poured on fire, it began burning intensely.
Swoooosh!
Rumble!
This was because Ochu’s abilities and Paecheon Singi harmonized and created mutual enhancement.
It overflowed like oil poured on fire, and this wasn’t mere imagination.
‘Ochu’s energy is flowing in.’
If Il-cheon and Wol-ha were yang energy and yin energy respectively, Ochu’s essence was a dragon-horse as embroidered.
It was a companion and helper that assisted in traveling long distances, helping one go easily and quickly.
This seemed similar to Tamrang’s power at first glance, but was strictly different.
If Tamrang’s power was temporary amplification.
Ochu’s power was a concept that continued persistently.
Therefore, Jeok-un, who had perfectly coordinated the flow of both energies.
“…Whew.”
Lightly exhaled and opened his eyes.
He immediately got up from his spot, clenched his fists, and bounced around moving his body.
Light as a feather.
It wasn’t an exaggeration – he felt like he could reach the ceiling above with just a light jump.
Bounce bounce!
Jeok-un lightly applied force and kicked off the ground, easily jumping over a person’s height.
“Now my body finally feels a bit light.”
Jeok-un smiled with satisfaction.
Before his regression, he was always in this state.
Based on before obtaining Ochu, it felt like he could move several times faster and stronger using only one-tenth of his power.
It was truly optimal.
They say the sense of deprivation from losing something you once had is the most difficult?
After his regression, Jeok-un had always lived with this sense of deprivation.
Moving his body that felt heavy as a thousand pounds, he keenly felt that the level of physical sensation differed depending on whether he had Ochu or not.
He was now liberated from that feeling.
But the only regrettable thing was.
“As expected, breaking through to Hyeon-gyeong is still too much.”
He had hoped that obtaining Ochu’s power would allow him to surpass the peak of Hwagyeong and reach Hyeon-gyeong.
But unfortunately, he hadn’t reached it, leaving just one wall remaining.
Compared to before his regression, it was an absurdly fast growth, but for Jeok-un, it was still disappointing.
“Well, this much should be enough though.”
He knew the direction to advance clearly anyway.
He just needed to walk steadily along that path.
So there was no need to be impatient.
Just as Jeok-un was comforting himself.
Kugugugu-!
A bone-chilling sound erupted.
The sound of space itself twisting and breaking apart.
What this indicated was just one thing.
“The rift will disappear soon.”
It was the price for Jeok-un obtaining Ochu’s power.
Ochu’s power was like the pillar that maintained the rift.
To use a building analogy, it was as if the central supporting pillar had disappeared in an instant.
It was natural for the rift to collapse.
“Hmm…”
Jeok-un raised his head to look up.
The first thing that caught his eye was the tremendous height he had fallen from earlier.
However.
“Shall I get going?”
Now that he had obtained Ochu’s power, that distance was nothing to Jeok-un.
Truly an easy height.
“Come, show me your power, Ochu.”
Wooong!
Ochu resonated. It had accepted its master’s will.
With this, tremendous power started from his legs and ran wild.
Paaat!
The moment Jeok-un kicked off the ground, his form became a streak of light shooting upward.
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“Uurk…!”
Someone drunk on alcohol vomited.
Fine wine and delicacies mixed together formlessly, spilling out with an unpleasant smell.
But no trace remained.
The reason was that the middle-aged man stood not on solid ground, but on the swaying waters of Payang Lake.
“Oh my, my stomach is turning…”
Another high official nearby laughed heartily and said.
“Jang Dae-in, how can you be useful with such weak alcohol tolerance?”
“My, what an incapable person! How can your drinking capacity be so poor!”
The wealthy merchants, noble families, and high officials laughed with flushed faces, teasing the man called Jang Dae-in.
“Weak, my foot!”
Perhaps having emptied his stomach helped, as the middle-aged man who had regained his senses angrily headed back toward the drinking table.
No, he tried to head back.
Swaaaah…!
“…Huh?”
If not for the whirlpool that formed in the previously calm lake water, he surely would have returned to the drinking table.
But faced with the sight of something happening in empty air, the middle-aged man couldn’t move.
The moment he thought there was something in the air, the whirlpool in the water began shooting upward from bottom to top like a waterspout.
“Wh-what is that?”
Am I drunk and seeing things?
The middle-aged man rubbed his eyes several times, but nothing changed.
“Hey, everyone…!”
Just as the middle-aged man was about to call the others.
The whirlpool and waterspout reached their peak, completely turning the lake upside down.
Crash bang!
As if caught in a storm, the boat rocked and various furnishings like tables and chairs on the deck and in the cabin began swaying violently.
“Ahhh! Wh-what’s happening?!”
“Th-there! Over there…!!”
“The boat, why is the boat like this!”
Someone quickly identified the cause, but most couldn’t even guess and just raised their voices in panic.
“Look over there!”
The moment someone pointed at the empty air, precisely at the tip of the waterspout.
Swaaaah!
Kwagagaga!
A streak of light flashed while a tremendous explosion and shockwave struck the boat.
“Ahhhhh!”
The force was so tremendous that overturning the lake wasn’t enough, and it directly hit the boat.
Crrrrrack…!
With a spine-chilling sound, the boat’s keel broke.
The boat was essentially half-destroyed.
“W-water! Water is coming in!”
“R-run!”
“It’s sinking…!”
Though they were wealthy merchants, noble families, and high officials who lived luxuriously.
Right now they were nothing but helpless incompetents.
“S-save us…!”
They threw away their pride as aristocratic nobles and begged for their lives.
While this chaos unfolded, a young man in his early twenties appeared in the air.
It was Jeok-un.
“Tsk, it’s not easy to control my strength after jumping for the first time in a while.”
The whirlpool, waterspout, and the boat’s destruction were all aftereffects of Jeok-un breaking through the rift and bursting out.
“S-save us!”
“Here, over here too!”
The nobles clinging to the half-sunken pleasure boat and its debris screamed for help.
Jeok-un glanced at them but showed no interest whatsoever.
That luxurious pleasure boat that had just sunk was surely built by exploiting the common people.
“Well, I’ll get used to it with practice.”
Jeok-un completely ignored the high officials and muttered to himself.
Soon, as he completely relaxed his body, Jeok-un’s form began falling toward the lake again.
Just when it seemed he would fall into the water.
Paaaat-!!
Water-skimming technique, a lightness skill comparable to the supernatural realm, unfolded.
If Hwang-no had seen this scene, he would have been quite surprised.
As he had said before, Jeok-un’s understanding of lightness skills was low compared to his martial arts.
But this wasn’t Jeok-un’s fault. As could be seen now, Ochu’s abilities were overwhelmingly superior to ordinary lightness skills.
In other words, since his body was excellent, there was no need to use his mind to learn martial arts?
In any case, with the combined abilities of Yuryeongbo and Ochu creating a massive water spout, Jeok-un thought.
‘Well then, shall we head back!’
He began running across the water surface like a skipping stone.
His destination was Tongseong County—it was time to finish this mission.
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