The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 548

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Chapter 548.
Hyuk Ryeon Eung unleashed a barrage of spear techniques as fierce as a howling gale.
Bu Eunseol countered by repeatedly deploying the Fist Demon Seven Forms, striking at his body relentlessly.
Yet his frame remained unmoved, as if forged from indestructible adamantine.
“Die!”
Moreover, woven into Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s spear techniques was a masterful fusion of the martial arts of Yeom Hwang and Hyeol Hwang.
Because of this, he was neutralizing not only the power of Bu Eunseol’s Fist Demon Seven Forms, but also negating her advantage in internal energy.
‘I cannot use the Divine Technique.’
When I had deployed the Glacial Heavenly Stream Formation and the Infernal Great Purification earlier, I had deliberately refrained from combining my Crystal Divine Technique with my Thunder Divine Technique.
This was to gauge the level of Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s martial prowess—a man whose position among the Three Realms’ special divine ranks was said to be quite elevated.
“How arrogant of you to show such composure.”
Hyuk Ryeon Eung, as if seeing through my intentions, wore a cold smile.
“Do you truly believe you will escape this place alive?”
He suddenly shifted his technique and began charging forward recklessly.
I responded without hesitation, striking repeatedly with the Fist Demon Seven Forms.
Yet his body was as unyielding as if he had activated the Adamantine Indestructible Divine Art, inflicting no damage whatsoever.
“Tell me why your resolve has changed, and then we can fight.”
To my question, Hyuk Ryeon Eung spoke coldly.
“There is nothing to tell. You simply need to die.”
His voice and gaze were so resolute that no words seemed capable of swaying him.
‘Suppression is… impossible.’
Hyuk Ryeon Eung was a master of the exceptional Breath-Stealing Technique, and for decades had roamed the Murim as a master of practical combat under the alias Golden Jade Blood Eyes.
Furthermore, he now wielded two martial arts of the Eight Emperors and Three Stars simultaneously.
And his body was wrapped in an external technique as formidable as Shaolin’s Adamantine Indestructible Divine Art.
To attempt suppression half-heartedly
rather than with full force would risk inviting a devastating counterattack.
‘There is no choice.’
Shing!
Drawing the Muk Hon Sword, I immediately unleashed the Escape Meteor Chasing Moon Form.
For an instant, time seemed to freeze.
The Muk Hon Sword, having found an opening, scraped across Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s body from below to above.
Screech!
Yet Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s body remained unscathed, and instead the blade of the Muk Hon Sword glowed crimson with heat.
Could it be that Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s flesh was harder than the black divine Muk Hon Sword itself?
‘No—he has applied Yeom Hwang’s martial art.’
Remarkably, Hyuk Ryeon Eung had integrated the Yeom Hwang Energy—which evaporates all things—into his external technique, wrapping it around his body.
In other words, upon a physique as indestructible as adamantine,
he was first dissipating the majority of incoming external force with the Yeom Hwang Energy, thereby withstanding even the Escape Meteor Chasing Moon Form.
This was an attempt that transcended conventional martial principles, revealing just how extraordinary the martial arts of the Infinite Realm truly were.
‘This is absurd.’
No matter how much he claims he hasn’t infused true energy into his body, how can human flesh be this durable?
The external martial arts that Hyuk Ryeon Eung wears around his body as well.
Like the martial techniques of the Eight Emperors and Three Stars, it transcended the boundaries of martial mastery.
Screech! Screech!
Bu Eunseol unleashed the Musang Cheon Ryu technique in succession, but she could not penetrate Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s external martial arts combined with the Flame Emperor’s energy.
Crash!
This time she deployed the Woman’s Needle Formation, but it too was instantly annihilated by the Flame Emperor’s energy.
“Nothing you do will work!”
Boom! Boom!
Hyuk Ryeon Eung nullified all of Bu Eunseol’s attacks.
Protecting only his eyes, he unleashed the Tyrant Emperor’s Golden Wall Fist at her repeatedly.
As he charged forward like a raging bull, raining down attacks, Bu Eunseol had no choice but to retreat continuously.
The problem was that this cave was not particularly spacious.
Boom!
Eventually, a fist struck Bu Eunseol’s shoulder, driving her back once more.
It was as if, trapped in a narrow, confined space with no escape, an indestructible monster was bearing down on her.
“Even if you could fly through the sky, you cannot escape from my grasp.”
Hyuk Ryeon Eung wore a confident smile.
With a body like the Indestructible Diamond, he blocked the cave entrance while wearing the martial techniques of the Flame Emperor and Blood Emperor.
In the end, Bu Eunseol had no choice but to face death, trapped with no way forward or back.
Screech. Screech.
With each step he took, the ground melted and thick footprints formed.
Hyuk Ryeon Eung, walking with skin gleaming like metal, was like an unknown entity bringing calamity.
Clang!
Even when struck with the Muk Hon Sword, only a dull metallic sound rang out.
From his left hand poured the Flame Emperor’s absolute technique, matching the Eleven Great Perfection True Energy.
From his right hand erupted the Blood Emperor’s absolute technique, evaporating blood itself.
An indestructible body combined with the supreme techniques of the Eight Emperors and Three Stars that could melt or shatter anything.
In this narrow, confined cave space, Hyuk Ryeon Eung had become truly invincible.
“Are you prepared to die now?”
“A fine strategy indeed.”
I learned something for once.
Martial mastery is not absolute after all.
Hyuk Ryeon Eung, who had been confident of complete victory, was using two martial techniques of the Eight Emperors and Three Stars.
By combining them with external martial arts, he was displaying unique power.
The Infinite Realm, despite possessing tremendous strength and influence, continues to make endless attempts to transcend even the realm of martial mastery itself.
Bu Eunseol muttered with a bitter expression.
“In the end, it was I who remained bound by the principles of martial arts.”
“Hmph, you got cocky believing you had mastered every martial technique.”
Hyuk Ryeon Eung burst into a ferocious laugh.
“But Ben Gye has long been researching the secret to breaking through the boundaries of martial power.”
“Let me ask one final time.”
Bu Eunseol asked earnestly.
“Why have you suddenly changed your mind and decided to kill me?”
Because now I truly must kill Hyuk Ryeon Eung.
I seek one last answer to my doubts.
“Hehehehe.”
Hyuk Ryeon Eung smiled with hollow amusement, as though he had seen through my innermost thoughts.
“You still believe you can defeat me.”
“Honestly, I do.”
Bu Eunseol spoke calmly.
“I have no confidence in subduing you, but I am certain I can kill you. So answer me now.”
“Ahahahaha!”
Hyuk Ryeon Eung laughed heartily and spoke.
“Fine. If you can kill me, I’ll tell you why I’m killing you.”
“Then that will do.”
Crack, crackle, crackle.
Bu Eunseol unleashed the Glacial Heavenly Stream technique once more.
“Nothing different.”
Hyuk Ryeon Eung scoffed and blocked the Glacial Heavenly Stream with Flame Emperor’s Qi.
“…?”
Yet something felt wrong.
It was not merely a torrent of freezing cold that poured forth,
but rather as if an ice hand with tangible form were sealing the meridians—did that sensation not strike him?
At last, I had merged the Crystal Divine Technique with the Glacial Heavenly Stream and unleashed it.
Screeeech.
In an instant, all the Flame Emperor’s Qi gathered in Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s hands vanished.
“This wretch!”
Hyuk Ryeon Eung, greatly alarmed, unleashed the Hyeol Hwang’s Blood Emperor Qi once more.
Crackle! Whoooosh!
But Bu Eunseol this time wielded the Scorching Absolute Heavenly Qi merged with Thunder Divine Technique.
And so the Blood Emperor Qi melted away like snow in an instant.
More than that, beyond those flames,
a thunder divine force capable of destroying all existence pierced through the blood vessels—was this not happening?
“How is this possible.”
Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s eyes widened.
Clearly the extreme yin and extreme yang martial arts were no different from before. How could they annihilate the Flame Emperor Qi and Blood Emperor Qi?
“Impossible!”
Hyuk Ryeon Eung shook his head in disbelief and spoke with force.
Then he unleashed the Overlord Golden Wall Fist with all his might.
Even though Bu Eunseol’s inexplicable power rendered Yeom Hwang and Hyeol Hwang’s martial arts ineffective, the horizontal refinement techniques inscribed upon his body remained unshaken.
The horizontal training martial arts carved into his very being would not crumble.
“Unleash that strange power once more!”
He threw himself at Bu Eunseol again, presenting a body as indestructible as the Diamond Realm.
Whoosh!
Yet in Bu Eunseol’s left fist, a crimson tempest was already swirling.
She had drawn upon the Thousand Hands Heavenly Strike—the most devastating force among the Seven Fist Techniques.
Crackle.
Blue light erupted from his fist, forming the shape of a knuckle guard embedded with razor-sharp needles.
The Thousand Hands Heavenly Strike now contained the Crystalline Divine Qi, layered with the Glacial Heavenly Current Seal.
Boom!
As the fist erupted, a deafening explosion sent Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s body sliding backward three zhang.
Struck by the Thousand Hands Heavenly Strike infused with Crystalline Divine Qi and Glacial Heavenly Current Seal, his entire frame was drenched.
Like one emerging from an ice cavern, his body dripped with moisture, and pale frost rose from every part of him.
“Don’t mock me!”
Yet Hyuk Ryeon Eung paid no heed and unleashed another fist strike.
Crackle, crackle, crackle!
But this time, a violet flame coalesced in Bu Eunseol’s right hand.
She had drawn upon the Demon Child Lock Technique, infused with the Scorching Absolute Perfection Qi accompanied by Lightning Divine Qi.
Crash! Boom!
Hyuk Ryeon Eung was driven back another three zhang.
“Ugh.”
Stagger.
He let out a groan unlike any before, struggling to rise to his feet.
‘Have I been mistaken all along?’
Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s eyes had lost their focus.
He had believed that by infusing his body with martial arts transcending the boundaries of martial mastery, he could easily defeat Bu Eunseol.
Luring him to Dolsan Cave under the pretense of a test was itself part of the calculation.
If the Divine Test failed, his plan was to confine Bu Eunseol here and beat him to death.
But the result was the opposite.
Bu Eunseol’s martial arts likewise transcended the natural order, layered with inexplicable power.
And that power was effortlessly shattering every martial art he had mastered.
“You will die soon. Answer my question.”
At Bu Eunseol’s words, Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s eyes blazed with venom as he roared.
“Hmph! A mere disciple of Nangya Sect, declaring victory from such a slight advantage?”
Hyuk Ryeon Eung was himself a master of practical martial arts, having endured countless fierce battles.
A broken martial foundation did not mean defeat; even in crisis, he was prepared to seize the enemy’s weakness and deliver a decisive counterattack.
“Hah!”
Hyuk Ryeon Eung unleashed the Tyrant Emperor Golden Wall Fist once more.
The fist technique, which had contained mysterious profundity, had now transformed into practical martial arts cloaked in the instinct for slaughter.
Bu Eunseol unhesitatingly unleashed the Kwon Ma Chil Sik in rapid succession, meeting Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s fist techniques head-on.
Boom!
After some forty seconds had elapsed, Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s body shot backward in a straight line, catapulting out of the cave.
Thud, thud.
As Bu Eunseol emerged from the cave, Hyuk Ryeon Eung was struggling to push himself upright.
The power of extreme yin and extreme yang, infused with the Otherworldly Qi, channeled through the Kwon Ma Chil Sik,
had shattered Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s Horizontal Refinement Technique—that which was supposed to remain unbroken against any force.
Cough!
His body, battered by dozens of strikes from a power capable of splitting mountains, was ravaged, and his eyes had lost all focus.
Yet the instinct of a martial artist had not abandoned him.
“Come again.”
Though Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s eyes were unfocused and blood pooled in his mouth, he still fixed his gaze upon Bu Eunseol, maintaining an offensive stance.
“…So the warrior’s spirit has not forgotten itself, then.”
Bu Eunseol’s expression grew solemn.
Enemy though he may be,
Hyuk Ryeon Eung was a master of practical martial arts who had survived countless fierce battles throughout his lifetime.
Even on the brink of his final breath, he positioned himself to counterattack.
It was only fitting to grant him a death worthy of such resolve.
Whoosh.
Bu Eunseol began to gather all her power at once, drawing upon her full strength.
Her body trembled violently as different forces within her collided against one another.
Whoosh.
Then the Prajna Great Ability manifested.
The chaotic forces that had clashed within her aligned into one, and five-colored radiance began to bloom.
Harmony.
Bu Eunseol was about to unleash her final secret technique—the Heavenly Transcendent Absolute Art, which she had yet to use in actual combat—
upon Hyuk Ryeon Eung.
Though they now walked different paths as enemies, he had once saved her. He was the Grand Patriarch of the Demonic Path, after all.
Thwack.
Yet something extraordinary occurred.
Hyuk Ryeon Eung, who had been standing with his head bowed and unfocused eyes,
suddenly burst forward with lightning-swift movement toward Bu Eunseol.
Crack.
A moment of carelessness produced an unforeseen result.
Before she knew it, Hyuk Ryeon Eung had risen and seized Bu Eunseol’s throat in his thick grip.
“At last I have you! Hahahaha!”
Hyuk Ryeon Eung burst into delighted, triumphant laughter.
Among the masters of Murim, there were those who could unleash a decisive strike even on the brink of death,
or those who had mastered the Return Heaven Great Technique, which allowed temporary bodily recovery.
And Hyuk Ryeon Eung was among those who had mastered the Return Heaven Great Technique,
In that instant, I had mastered the Black Jade Secret Art—a technique that detonated all latent power and vital force at once.
Crack, crack, crack.
Hyuk Ryeon Eung, twisting Bu Eunseol’s neck with all his might, wore an expression of exultation.
“No matter how strong you are, the gap in experience is insurmountable.”
With the Black Jade Secret Art igniting both latent power and life force, Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s face was grotesquely marred—every black vein bulging prominently beneath his skin.
“What a pity. Had you entered Ben Gye, our great work would have been accomplished far sooner.”
Boom!
Even so, Bu Eunseol unleashed a devastating fist strike.
But with her neck suppressed, her martial force could not manifest properly.
More critically, Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s body, now supercharged with unleashed latent power, had grown far more resilient than before.
“Let me tell you why you must die.”
Crack, crack.
Hyuk Ryeon Eung, gripping Bu Eunseol’s cervical spine with both hands, twisted his lips into a smile.
And he uttered words of shocking revelation.
“You are the child of Baek Ri Mu Ha.”
“…!”
“That is why you must die.”
A venomous aura blazed from Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s eyes. In one motion, he snapped Bu Eunseol’s neck.
Crack.
But the neck did not break.
Instead, Bu Eunseol gazed down at Hyuk Ryeon Eung with brilliant, piercing eyes.
“So I am the child of Baek Ri Mu Ha… is it.”
I had known that even if Hyuk Ryeon Eung defeated me, he would never reveal his true reason.
And I had also suspected that he possessed a final trump card.
Moreover, he had once shamelessly lied, claiming that Hwan Wang Ok Cheong was his disciple.
So even if he offered an explanation… there was a chance it might not be the truth.
But if I were to approach death itself?
Then perhaps he would reveal the truth… or so I had reasoned.
That was why I had deliberately driven Hyuk Ryeon Eung to the brink of death, creating a situation where he would deploy his final technique.
And I had deliberately channeled my martial force to provoke his counterattack.
And Hyuk Ryeon Eung had taken the bait without hesitation.
“Answer me, Hyuk Ryeon Eung.”
My eyes burned like smoldering coals, and my voice froze like glacial ice.
“What grounds do you have for claiming I am the child of Baek Ri Mu Ha?”
“This… terrifying creature.”
Realizing that all of this had been a trap, Hyuk Ryeon Eung ground his teeth.
Upon reflection, what made Bu Eunseol truly terrifying was not
her exceptional martial prowess, but rather her intellect—the mind that anticipated and dominated every circumstance.
“Do you wish to hear the answer?”
Snap.
A faint luminescence emanated from Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s body as he held Bu Eunseol firmly around the waist.
“But you will die with me.”
His physique, having drawn forth all latent power through the Black Jade Essence Scripture, had transcended the Diamond Indestructible Body to achieve the legendary Celestial Adamantine Form—a state of absolute hardness.
Though all vitality would be exhausted in mere moments, leading to death.
It was sufficient time to unleash the Mighty Dragon Shattering Soul technique.
“Do not mistake this for an ordinary Mighty Dragon Shattering Soul.”
Hyuk Ryeon Eung, his entire body gleaming with obsidian luster, released a sinister laugh.
“It is more than enough to drag you into Hell.”
Crackle, crackle! Roooar!
Realizing that Hyuk Ryeon Eung was attempting to detonate his own body in mutual destruction, Bu Eunseol.
Rapidly unleashed the Glacial Heaven Stream Scripture and the Scorching Underworld Great Righteous Qi in succession.
Yet his body did not shatter; instead, the torrential forces of extreme yin and extreme yang that poured forth were absorbed into his form.
“Hehehehe. Strike harder. The more powerful the force I absorb, the greater the might of the Chaos Demon Exploding Dragon becomes.”
Thump, thump, thud.
Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s body began to swell grotesquely like a balloon, his eyes bulging as if they would burst from their sockets.
If one possessing a body as hard as diamond were to detonate through the Chaos Demon Exploding Dragon technique—
The shards of that hardened flesh would scatter like fragments, embedding themselves into Bu Eunseol’s body.
There was no escape from this calamity.
“You will vanish without a trace, just as your father did, Bu Eunseol!”
The moment Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s roar erupted,
Whoosh.
Flames ignited within Bu Eunseol’s eyes, and transparent light began to bloom across her entire being.
―You will vanish without a trace, just as your father did!
Upon hearing Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s cry, Bu Eunseol’s reason shattered.
In that same instant, she detonated both the power of the Righteous Demon Buddha and the power of the Second Divine Technique simultaneously.
Roooar!
A light that bleached the entire world white momentarily blinded Bu Eunseol’s vision.
When her eyes opened again, she could see a shadow huddled within a black void.
It was Bu Eunseol herself.
[Why did you call for me?]
The other Bu Eunseol, still huddled, gazed at the standing Bu Eunseol with a cold sneer.
[You buried me in darkness and forgot about me all this time.]
Bu Eunseol did not answer.
She simply wanted to obliterate everything.
All of it, completely.
That was all she thought.
[That’s really such an easy thing to do.]
The huddled Bu Eunseol, as if perceiving her thoughts, released a mysterious smile.
Simultaneously, a wondrous radiance began to emanate from Bu Eunseol’s body.
It was a brilliant luminescence of overwhelming power that could not even be compared to the force of “harmony” unleashed by detonating all power within the body.
Whiiing!
As the radiance surging from my body grew increasingly intense,
Craaash!
Suddenly, the skin across my entire body split open, and blood scattered like mist.
Thud.
As I collapsed helplessly, the crouching figure laughed.
[You’re still not ready to find me?]
Another version of me, drenched in blood, approached and grinned wickedly, baring white teeth.
[Not even knowing who you are. Not understanding what power you possess… a fitting end for such a foolish creature.]
Shut up.
I forced myself to rise again.
And slowly reached out my hand.
To erase that chattering version of myself first.
Kyaaaah!
As I unleashed the power of harmony once more, the crouching figure vanished.
And my consciousness returned to reality, where I saw Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s form swollen like a balloon.
Boom!
In that instant, with a deafening explosion, Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s body began to scatter into thousands upon thousands of fragments.
It happened in less time than a single blink.
‘This is going to be a disaster.’
I thought to myself.
When a body as hard as diamond scattered, the surrounding area would be utterly devastated.
There would likely be a crater dozens of meters across, and the area for hundreds of meters around would be flattened.
Such was the technique that someone of Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s caliber would boast of.
―But….
Without realizing it, I closed my eyes and murmured softly.
―I just want to erase it all.
Zing.
In that moment, an infinitely dark radiance emanated from my body.
It was the ‘harmony’ I had been drawing upon all this time, but something else was mixed within it.
Kyaaah!
That darkness wrapped around Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s scattering body along with the explosion,
And then spread in all directions, turning the entire world into darkness.
“….”
I opened my eyes again.
There was no trace of anything.
Not a single trace of Hyuk Ryeon Eung, who had been engaged in fierce combat here.
Even the massive Stone Mountain that had been before my eyes was gone.
As if it had never existed here in the first place.
Every trace that had ever existed in this place had been completely erased.

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