The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 509

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Chapter 509.
Bu Eunseol couldn’t immediately comprehend Cheol Sa Bu’s words at that moment.
Forget the Nangya Pavilion’s combat methods and martial arts, and she could win?
The Nangya Pavilion’s tactics involved grasping the subtleties of an opponent’s martial techniques during battle, then using that understanding to dismantle their skills or deliver a decisive strike.
The stronger the opponent, the stronger one became, and through such battles, one gained enlightenment impossible to achieve through ordinary training.
It was an ideal combat approach for any martial artist.
Yet she was being told to completely forget those tactics and martial principles?
―If I cannot grasp the meaning immediately, I have no choice but to fight in ways different from my usual approach.
With this resolve, as Bu Eunseol prepared for battle against Peng Ryun, she began overturning her usual methods of speech and action.
She was attempting all the techniques and behaviors she had never employed before.
Of course, these were also groundwork to assess her opponent’s strength and martial prowess.
Whoosh!
Peng Ryun, seeming irritated, immediately swung the Black Blood Demonic Blade.
The surroundings darkened as a colossal blade aura, as if splitting heaven and earth, poured down upon Bu Eunseol’s head.
Flash!
With no time to evade, as the blade aura pierced through, Bu Eunseol unconsciously deployed the Formless Heaven Stream Technique.
Whoosh.
Yet the sword energy created by the Fading Moon Reflection Star Technique and the Thick Fog Distant Cloud Technique could not withstand Peng Ryun’s blade aura and dissipated instantly.
Bu Eunseol unleashed successive sword strikes, but they never even reached Peng Ryun’s body.
‘So this is what despair feels like.’
Every martial artist possessed their own unique secret technique, through which they sought victory.
But what if that decisive technique proved utterly ineffective? What if one’s deployed martial arts became completely useless?
One’s mental clarity and confidence would shatter, and an irreversible despair would consume them.
‘I do not succumb to despair.’
But Bu Eunseol was different.
She had learned martial arts not for honor or victory, but for revenge, and had never felt pride in her skills.
Moreover, constantly pressed for time, she had never been able to cultivate or study her martial arts separately.
Because of this, Bu Eunseol had always craved real combat, and desired battles against those stronger than herself.
Only through blood-soaked battles against those above her level could her martial arts advance by leaps and bounds.
Having always approached combat with this mindset.
Whether her techniques failed to connect or she was constantly driven into desperate straits, she would not despair.
Crash!
Bu Eunseol spun the Icy Soul Sword like a windmill, deploying her sword technique.
Yet the Dark Blood Do Hwang’s Qi continued to annihilate every martial art Bu Eunseol deployed, piercing toward her body.
‘I will not use Bon Gak’s martial arts.’
Flash!
Bu Eunseol consecutively deployed the Heavenly Thunder Unmatched Technique and the Nine Dragon Lightning Descent Technique, which she had learned from Cheon Woon Gwang.
Her sword technique had greatly improved in the meantime, allowing the Nine Dragon Lightning Descent Technique to change direction four times in mid-air.
Moreover, having completely mastered the Heavenly Thunder Unmatched Technique, she blended the subtlety of slow sword into this supremely swift killing technique, freely controlling its speed.
Had Peng Ryun learned ordinary martial arts, he would have perished from this strike, or fled with his tail between his legs.
“You’ve dabbled in quite the miscellaneous techniques.”
Yet Peng Ryun moved with unhurried grace, wielding the Black Blood Demonic Blade to deflect the variations of the Thousand Thunder Unparalleled Strike and the Nine Dragon Island Thunder Strike.
A sharp metallic screech.
Moreover, the terror of the Dark Blood Taoist Emperor’s Qi lay not merely in annihilating the power of martial techniques.
Whenever the blade’s keen edge grazed Bu Eunseol’s skin, a vicious aura burrowed inward, draining her inner energy and vital force.
Inner energy and vital force were not matters of the flesh, but of the spirit’s cultivation.
In this way, even the will to fight—the realm of the spirit itself—was being diminished.
‘No wonder Cheol Sa Bu was so concerned.’
A martial technique that rendered all other arts ineffective, that drained not only the cultivated power within the body but even the tranquility of the spirit itself.
The Dark Blood Taoist Emperor’s Qi.
It possessed a power that transcended the very boundaries of martial technique, bestowing upon its victims perfect despair and terror.
“For one so quick with words, your martial prowess is rather pitiful.”
With each touch of the Dark Blood Taoist Emperor’s Qi, Bu Eunseol’s movements grew sluggish, her eyes dimming.
Witnessing this, Peng Ryun allowed a satisfied smile to cross his lips.
No matter how formidable a master might be, endless exposure to the Dark Blood Taoist Emperor’s Qi would render them as helpless as a sickly fowl.
Clang! Clang clang clang clang!
Yet something extraordinary occurred.
Bu Eunseol, who had been swinging her blade with lifeless movements, suddenly recovered her power and will in an instant, unleashing a fresh barrage of devastating attacks.
‘This one…?’
A resonant whoosh.
Sensing the anomaly, Peng Ryun unleashed the Dark Blood Taoist Emperor’s Qi once more—broader and more forceful than before.
Bu Eunseol’s vital force and fighting spirit visibly diminished.
And yet—
A tremor. A crackling spark.
From Bu Eunseol’s body, transparent light and violet-hued radiance shimmered faintly into existence.
Her power and will were recovering once again.
It was as though watching a vampire that rose again no matter how many times it fell.
Bu Eunseol herself sensed this strangeness.
‘What is this…?’
It turned out that each time the Dark Blood Taoist Emperor’s Qi made contact, her body surged with alternating waves of cool and tingling energy.
It was her Crystal Divine Qi and Thunder Divine Qi activating with fierce urgency.
They were neutralizing the Dark Blood Taoist Emperor’s Qi.
The Four Divine Qi.
When two of these mystical forces, each brimming with the power of nature itself, merged together—
That dreadful aura, which no one had ever withstood before, was rendered utterly useless in a single breath.
“Now we shall have a true contest.”
Bu Eunseol, her form alternating between transparent and violet radiance, smiled.
The Dark Blood Taoist Emperor’s Qi, which regardless of martial rank could rapidly drain an opponent’s will and vital force.
With this fearsome Heavenly Forbidden Absolute Technique rendered ineffective, true martial prowess would now determine the victor.
“Remarkable.”
Peng Ryun paused his assault momentarily, tilting his head with curiosity.
“So there exists a martial technique capable of withstanding Dark Blood Demon Emperor’s Qi.”
In truth, this divine technique was not martial arts but the very force of nature itself.
Yet Peng Ryun, unaware that Bu Eunseol had obtained such power, wore a confident smile.
“Surely you don’t delude yourself into thinking you can achieve victory merely by blocking Dark Blood Demon Emperor’s Qi.”
“….”
“Hehehehe. Not at all. Until now, I could triumph effortlessly with Dark Blood Demon Emperor’s Qi alone, so I’ve merely been wielding the Black Blood Demon Blade casually.”
With evident delight, he raised the Black Blood Demon Blade high.
“But now, allow me to fully demonstrate the profound mysteries of Dark Blood Demon Law!”
Shiiiiik!
A bizarre sound of air splitting pierced Bu Eunseol’s ears, reverberating through the Great Hall.
In that same instant, Peng Ryun’s form vanished.
Hundreds of razor-sharp lines materialized in the void, cascading toward Bu Eunseol’s vision.
Pap pap pap pap pap!
They descended with such overwhelming speed that evasion seemed impossible.
Zing!
Bu Eunseol unleashed her full power, deploying the Yeouui True Formation to conjure a shield of true qi before her eyes.
Clang!
Yet the hundreds of lines, each infused with Dark Blood Demon Emperor’s Qi, shattered the Yeouui True Formation’s shield in an instant.
But Bu Eunseol seized that opening, unfolding the Extreme Speed Shadowless Movement to evade the hundreds of lines.
Whoooosh!
In her wake, the floor of the Great Hall bore hundreds of dizzying lines carved by the blade qi.
It was truly the fastest blade technique I had ever witnessed.
“Ho, you evaded the Raging Wind Swift Blade technique.”
It was the first form of Dark Blood Demon Law—the Raging Wind Swift Blade.
“Try evading once more.”
With those words, Peng Ryun vanished again, and hundreds of blade qi began carving lines through the air.
‘Though it appears chaotic, there are only three target points….’
Bu Eunseol instantly grasped the subtleties of Peng Ryun’s Raging Wind Swift Blade technique and crafted a countering form to match.
Zing! Zing!
As the sharp techniques of these two masters intertwined in the void, dazzling radiance erupted in all directions.
Crack!
Yet ultimately, a single strand of keen light grazed across Bu Eunseol’s shoulder.
Drip drip.
As blood flowed from her shoulder, Peng Ryun smiled faintly.
“Impressive.”
“Have you only mastered one form of the blade law?”
“Hehehehe, save such remarks for after you’ve countered the Raging Wind Swift Blade technique.”
Whoooosh!
Once more Peng Ryun’s form vanished, and hundreds of razor-sharp lines engulfed Bu Eunseol’s body.
‘The subtlety of supreme speed….’
Bu Eunseol attempted once more to discern the mysteries of the Gale Wind Swift Blade technique and shatter its opening move.
‘What am I doing right now?’
Then she suddenly came to her senses.
Searching for the essence of martial arts within an enemy’s opening move and identifying its flaws—that was the very quintessence of Nangya Pavilion’s martial philosophy, its characteristic tactic.
If she heeded Cheol Sa Bu’s counsel, it was something she absolutely must not do.
Whoosh!
The keen edge of the blade had already engulfed her body, and once again carved a wound across her left forearm.
“Hehehehe.”
Peng Ryun burst into sinister laughter.
He was confident that if he unleashed the Dark Acupoint Path technique with full force in succession, he could fell Bu Eunseol in a single breath.
Yet deliberately, he was unfolding each blade strike one by one, inflicting wounds.
Only in this way could despair reach its zenith.
After today, even if she somehow survived his hands, even if she advanced her martial arts many times over…
She would never dare challenge him again.
Yet something was strange.
Bu Eunseol, watching the blood drip, bore an expression not of anguish but of exhilaration and clarity.
‘So that’s what it was.’
Only after taking another blade from Peng Ryun did she finally grasp, dimly, what Wang Gyeol had been trying to convey.
“From the start, it was a path technique that could not have its opening moves or patterns stolen.”
What Peng Ryun wielded was not a true blade, but the Black Blood Demonic Path—true energy solidified like a wish-granting seal.
Thus even if one discerned the mysteries of the martial arts, the techniques would not follow a fixed trajectory.
Using true energy, the trajectory could be altered mid-strike in countless ways.
“Your comprehension is swift.”
Peng Ryun uttered a word of admiration.
Never before had anyone grasped the function of the Black Blood Demonic Path so quickly.
“But does knowing that change anything?”
Peng Ryun wore a contemptuous smile.
“The Dark Acupoint Path consists of thirty-two techniques in total. If you have the appetite, try unraveling them one by one as you have been.”
Had she been an ordinary martial artist, despair would have painted her features.
The Gale Wind Swift Blade technique was indeed a saber strike that had reached the pinnacle of the Murim.
Yet thirty-one techniques comparable to it still remained?
Moreover, martial arts in general possessed greater power in their later techniques…
For Bu Eunseol, it was a hopeless situation.
“Unfold the Blood Dew Seven Techniques.”
Peng Ryun said casually.
“Only the Blood Dew Seven Techniques can stand against the Dark Acupoint Path.”
He disparaged the Blood Dew Seven Techniques as merely an ordinary path technique, yet his true thoughts differed.
The five techniques of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques transmitted and memorized from the Infinite Realm possessed power surpassing the Dark Acupoint Path—they were a supreme and transcendent secret art.
Peng Ryun was a master who had cultivated the path throughout his lifetime, and through the Infinite Realm had grasped the secrets of the five techniques of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques.
What if Bu Eunseol were to unleash the remaining two techniques?
Through those variations in form, I could obtain the complete Dao formula of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques. My body burns with anticipation.
“Not yet.”
A brilliant flash!
From the Frostsoul Blade gripped in Bu Eunseol’s hand, a radiant cold star erupted.
A swift and piercing sword qi tore into Peng Ryun’s throat in an instant.
It was one technique of the Meteor Chasing Moon Form.
“Hmph, the swift blade of Nangya Pavilion.”
Peng Ryun blocked Bu Eunseol’s sword technique with a disappointed expression.
A brilliant flash!
Yet that sword technique transformed mid-air and pierced toward his chest once more.
It was a variation applying the Nine Dragons Island Thunder Form.
“A fine sword technique.”
With an exclamation, Peng Ryun wielded the Blackblood Demonic Blade to block Bu Eunseol’s sword technique in one breath.
“But such sword techniques are insufficient….”
The confident smile on Peng Ryun’s face turned strange.
Bu Eunseol was transforming her sword technique again, creating countless sword flowers?
“Crude swordplay.”
Peng Ryun muttered softly and immediately drew upon his inner force.
“I shall shatter it at once.”
A sharp sound.
Lowering his body completely, he positioned the Blackblood Demonic Blade at his left hip—a stance as if preparing to draw it.
A rushing sound!
In that moment, an invisible yet colossal vortex poured down upon Bu Eunseol’s body.
As Bu Eunseol moved like lightning toward the left to evade it,
A thunderous boom!
Peng Ryun, anticipating her evasive movement, immediately closed in and wielded the Blackblood Demonic Blade.
It was the second technique of the Dark Sealing Path—Black Wind Purgatory.
A tearing sound!
Just as a vortex that flayed flesh at close range was about to engulf Bu Eunseol’s body,
A tearing sound!
From Bu Eunseol’s left fist, a crimson energy burst forth in the fierce form of a dragon.
She too had anticipated Peng Ryun’s technique and unleashed the Heavenly Water Shattering Palm beforehand.
A resonant sound!
As the sharp vortex and the Heavenly Water Shattering Palm collided, a tempestuous current surged into the void.
A cutting sound!
Peng Ryun had already pierced through the Heavenly Water Shattering Palm and slashed at Bu Eunseol’s body.
A sharp cry!
With merely a single stroke, dozens of blade energies wrapped around Bu Eunseol’s body.
This was an abrupt technique even Bu Eunseol could not anticipate.
Splash, splash!
At that moment, Bu Eunseol’s Icy Soul Blade moved as if alive.
Creating a circular sword barrier, it deflected the cascading saber strikes one by one.
The Heavenly Sword Society’s energy saber technique—the Diamond Rhombus Form—unfolded in response to the killing intent.
Clang, clang, clang!
As the Black Blood Demonic Saber forged from true energy clashed with Bu Eunseol’s Icy Soul Blade, strange sparks began to scatter outward.
Whoosh!
At that moment, a sharp saber wind grazed Bu Eunseol’s cheek.
Swish.
As Bu Eunseol retreated, Peng Ryun did not pursue.
“Shall I finally go all out?”
Whoosh!
Peng Ak unfolded his saber technique once more, pressing Bu Eunseol harder.
With each exchange, wounds accumulated on Bu Eunseol’s body.
Several times I nearly suffered fatal injuries, but barely evaded them by deploying the Extreme Speed Shadowless technique.
As the initial exchanges continued, I realized two crucial facts.
‘He’s not going all out.’
He was deliberately holding back, likely to allow me to deploy the Blood Dew Seven Techniques.
‘And… since he uses a saber technique that cannot be countered, I can only oppose it with swordsmanship of equal caliber.’
The Do Hwang’s saber technique, deployed through the Black Blood Demonic Saber that materialized true energy,
had reached a level where it was impossible to grasp the martial principle and counterattack, or to deploy an immediate countertechnique.
Wang Gyeol had warned me not to use Nangya Pavilion’s tactical martial arts against the Taoist Emperor’s Successor.
The martial artists of Nangya Pavilion develop their own martial arts by comprehending the subtleties of their opponent’s techniques through combat, and advancing their own through that understanding.
But since Do Hwang’s saber technique made that itself impossible, he had cautioned me never to employ Nangya Pavilion’s tactics.
Finally grasping Peng Ryun’s intention and the characteristics of the Dark Acupoint saber technique, I conceived a brilliant idea.
‘Then Peng Ryun, what if I use you to advance the martial arts I’ve mastered so far?’
Until now, I had no time to cultivate my martial arts slowly.
Therefore, I had always advanced my martial arts through combat with the strong.
And that had been possible because
I always immediately grasped my opponent’s martial subtleties, found their weaknesses, and seized victory.
‘After all, the Dark Acupoint Do Hwang technique is now useless. Moreover, he desperately hopes I’ll deploy the Blood Dew Seven Techniques.’
Due to the foreign energy within my body, the Dark Acupoint Do Hwang technique had become a force no longer threatening.
And Peng Ryun was not about to easily cut me down until I unleashed the Blood Dew Seven Techniques.
I would exploit that point—not to counter my opponent’s martial arts and grasp their subtleties, but rather…
to face my opponent for the first time and advance my own martial arts.
‘Then let my body burn with fervor!’
As I twisted the Icy Soul Blade in my grip, hundreds of sword rings floated around me.
The first technique of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques—the Life-Seizing Returning Ghosts technique was deployed.
“Excellent!”
As Bu Eunseol deployed the Blood Dew Seven Techniques, Peng Ryun cried out in delight and swung the Black Blood Demonic Saber.
Screeeech!
With a wail that pierced like a ghost’s lament, six massive blades unfurled like flower petals, erasing the sword rings in their path.
The third technique of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques—the Six Blade Severance.
Slash!
The Six Blade Severance consumed all the sword rings and tore through my body like a ravenous beast.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
I anticipated the collapse of the Breath of Life technique and continuously shifted my position in mid-air.
Shriek!
The leading edge of the Six Blade Severance then began to follow my movements as if alive.
Crash!
Yet it could not follow my ninety-ninth transformation, and the blades finally dissipated.
Clang!
Peng Ryun shifted his technique again, slashing at my shoulders and back.
Blood sprayed across my body once more, though the wounds were not fatal.
“You scurry about like a rat.”
Despite Peng Ryun’s provocation, I defended with composure and counterattacked with measured precision.
‘Slowly… take your time.’
Peng Ryun had spent a lifetime refining his blade techniques and had perfectly mastered the secrets of Do Hwang.
His swordsmanship was far beyond what I could match, and its power was devastating.
Yet he was deliberately prolonging this battle to completely extract the Blood Dew Seven Techniques from me.
And I was exploiting that very fact.
While primarily employing the Formless Heavenly Stream technique, I occasionally wove in the second and third forms of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques, along with the Four-Fold Bow technique and the Half-Life Half-Death technique.
To keep his hope alive. To drag out this battle for as long as possible.
Flash! Clang! Screeeech!
I unleashed the Crescent Moon Reflection technique through to the Returning Spirit Extinction technique against Peng Ryun once more.
Yet the Formless Heavenly Stream technique proved completely ineffective against him, and sharp counterattacks came hurtling back.
Had this been the past, I would have been shocked and flustered that not only my swordsmanship but even the Blood Dew Seven Techniques were ineffective.
But this battle was a time to examine and refine my martial arts. Instead, my mind grew calm and at ease.
‘Unfortunately, the Heavenly Lament technique cannot be unleashed here.’
The Heavenly Lament technique was an absolute counterattack that severed the enemy’s lifeline by targeting a perfect moment.
It could not be executed without capturing the precise opening.
‘What should I try next?’
Just as I twisted the Icy Soul Blade in my grip and took a deep breath,
―If you’ve gathered scraps like a beggar, shouldn’t you skillfully blend them together to consume them?
Ak Moo Ryung’s words suddenly flashed through my mind.
I had learned martial arts that had reached the pinnacle in each respective field.
Because of this, I could never develop or blend them together except through ‘harmony.’
‘No, wait. There is one.’
There was one martial art that I could rapidly transform and develop in a short time.
The Formless Heavenly Stream technique—the one I had created myself.
Whoooosh!
At that moment, hundreds of Taoist weapons began raining down upon Bu Eunseol’s head.
Peng Ryun, having discovered Bu Eunseol’s opening, had unleashed the initial technique of the Demonic Wheel Phantom Land.
As the Taoist weapons fell like rain, Bu Eunseol experienced a sudden epiphany.
‘That’s it—I need to blend them together skillfully.’
Peng Ryun, who possessed the Dark Blood Sealing Emperor’s Qi, was immune to true energy martial arts.
Even if I unleashed extreme yin and extreme yang techniques, or poured out thunder divine qi or water divine qi, he could easily dissipate them.
But what if I wove that power into my sword technique? Just as with all martial arts, the Infinite Heaven Current Style contained the balanced essence of yin, yang, and the five elements.
Rumble!
In that instant, a sudden thunderous roar erupted from the Icy Soul Sword.
Crackle.
Simultaneously, violet lightning flickered brilliantly, and a massive sword aura poured down in the form of a thunderbolt.
I had combined thunder divine qi with the Crescent Moon Twilight Star Technique, which possessed wind and thunder attributes.
Flash! Flash!
In an instant, I annihilated all the Taoist weapons and unleashed consecutive sword strikes upon Peng Ryun.
I had merely wrapped it with thunder divine qi.
With each swing of my blade, violet thunder qi spread outward in all directions.
And wasn’t the deployment speed three times faster than the original Crescent Moon Twilight Star Technique?
Boom!
As the Crescent Moon Twilight Star grazed the floor of the Great Hall, a deafening explosion erupted,
Rumble, rumble, rumble.
The floor of the Great Hall began to shake as if an earthquake had struck.
‘He’s pouring all his inner energy to increase the power.’
Peng Ryun’s lips curled upward.
‘Then his sword technique must be slower.’
When the power of Bu Eunseol’s sword strikes suddenly increased, he mistakenly believed she was using all her inner energy at full force.
“Then shall I try this?”
In an instant, Peng Ryun closed the distance, and his Black Blood Demonic Blade condensed sharply.
Simultaneously, he unleashed the Howling Wind Swift Blade Technique at a speed barely visible to the eye.
Crackle.
As Bu Eunseol deployed her sword technique accompanied by thunder divine qi once more, she instantly blocked the incoming Howling Wind Swift Blades.
‘Tch.’
Even as I blocked the sword strikes, I couldn’t help but gasp inwardly.
Because my sword technique was unfolding so rapidly against my will, it felt as though my arms might tear off.
Crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle.
Moreover, with each deployment of my sword technique, the thunder divine qi flowing through my body surged wildly and uncontrollably.
‘I don’t even know what I’m doing.’
As the uncontrollable thunder divine qi surged forth, I began swinging my blade recklessly, drawing upon that power.
Whoooooosh!
And so the recklessly unleashed rapid sword strikes transformed into what resembled a colossal cloud, instantly engulfing Peng Ryun’s entire body.

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