The Life of a Wise Cult Leader - Chapter 220

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100th Floor All Master Chapter 220

49th Floor. Martial Realm. Secret Manual (5)

“Ah…”

“Ah, aah.”

Despair lingered on the faces of the martial artists.

A master of the Manifestation Realm.

There was an absolute gap they could never bridge. Even Kang Jun-hyeok had easily defeated several First Realm masters while at the Second Realm.

Even if they all joined forces, they couldn’t win.

They despaired. The Blood Shadow Demon Lord looked at Kang Jun-hyeok as if this was natural, paying them no mind.

He had no interest whatsoever in the Heavenly Thunder Shrine Leader or the Martial Arts Alliance Leader. Having already gathered all sorts of information, he knew everything about them.

But Kang Jun-hyeok was different.

A martial arts refiner.

A strange existence that had suddenly appeared recently.

“Interesting. More useful than the martial realm’s trash.”

The Blood Shadow Demon Lord stepped forward. In an instant, the distance closed. It was a natural approach as if he had used spatial folding techniques.

The Blood Shadow Demon Lord thrust out his finger. Kang Jun-hyeok drew his sword.

Claaang!

The cloth-wrapped finger collided with the sword. Kang Jun-hyeok’s body was pushed back smoothly. He steadied his breathing while watching the Blood Shadow Demon Lord approach step by step.

He gathered his internal energy. His body shot forward explosively. The sharp sword tip aimed for the Blood Shadow Demon Lord’s neck.

Kuuuung!

But it couldn’t reach.

The Blood Shadow Demon Lord’s finger caught the blade. With just that light motion, the force contained in the sword was completely blocked. Kang Jun-hyeok put more strength into his sword.

Manbinggi’s first technique.

Blazing Wind Heaven Slash.

The blocked force exploded again and thrust forward. Surprise flickered in the Blood Shadow Demon Lord’s eyes.

“The flow of power is quite strange.”

But even that was blocked.

Blazing Wind Heaven Slash was about gathering force and releasing it twice.

The power contained within was extremely strong.

But if there was enough force to suppress all that power, it could be subdued without any difficulty. The Blood Shadow Demon Lord broke the sword and placed his hand on Kang Jun-hyeok’s shoulder.

“Become Beonjwa’s nourishment.”

The Blood Shadow Demon Lord could absorb the internal energy and blood contained within by making contact with another’s body.

It was an absolute martial arts power, and those of lower rank couldn’t resist it. The Blood Shadow Demon Lord didn’t doubt that all of Kang Jun-hyeok’s energy would be sucked away.

But nothing happened.

“What?”

The Blood Shadow Demon Lord’s face wavered for the first time.

Kang Jun-hyeok’s body was perfectly blocking his interference, as if it were a world unto itself like a carriage.

That body, perfectly controlled by Manbinggi’s divine arts, couldn’t be interfered with even by a higher-ranked opponent. Kang Jun-hyeok struck away the hand gripping his shoulder and swung his hand.

Swish swish swish!

Blood rose and shot forward like thorns. The Blood Shadow Demon Lord muttered as if finding it interesting.

“You manipulate blood? How dare you, in front of Beonjwa?”

He was the Blood Shadow Demon Lord after all.

He possessed martial arts that dominated and controlled blood. The Blood Shadow Demon Lord clenched his fist. He intended to instantly suppress the blood Kang Jun-hyeok had raised and convert it to his own power.

But it didn’t work. The blood shot forward sharply and struck the Blood Shadow Demon Lord’s entire body. His eyes widened.

“What?”

His dominance didn’t work.

Kang Jun-hyeok’s control over blood was achieved through the divine power of the True Ancestor. While the Blood Shadow Demon Lord’s martial arts were certainly powerful, Kang Jun-hyeok was several levels superior in blood control.

But Kang Jun-hyeok clicked his tongue.

‘It’s not working.’

The Blood Shadow Demon Lord’s body, struck by the thorn-like blood, didn’t have a single wound. He had defended against everything with the internal energy surrounding his body.

The opponent was a Third Realm master.

He couldn’t win.

Not in his current state.

Kang Jun-hyeok quickly turned his body. He ran toward the entrance of Cheonmu Gorge and pulled out the nearly omnipotent key.

Click.

The formation was released and the door opened.

The Martial Arts Alliance Leader forgot the situation and shouted.

“How!”

They hadn’t simply waited at the entrance for a week just to keep each other in check. They couldn’t release the formation by any method. But how, so easily? The Blood Shadow Demon Lord also clicked his tongue.

“He ran away. You chase after him.”

“…Are you alright?”

“Are you telling Beonjwa to set foot in such a filthy cave?”

“That place is Cheonmu Gorge.”

A subordinate spoke carefully.

Though they had spread rumors to set a trap, Cheonmu Gorge itself was real. There was no telling what martial arts one might obtain by entering. The Blood Shadow Demon Lord spoke indifferently.

“If others besides Beonjwa can obtain it, then it has no value for Beonjwa to obtain. I won’t say it twice. Chase and kill him. Beonjwa will educate these ones until then.”

The Blood Shadow Demon Lord looked at the Alliance Leader with a bloody smile.

“To those who dared think they ruled the martial realm, I’ll make them realize the truth of blood.”

“Yes, sir.”

“…Eeeek!”

The Alliance Leader screamed and grabbed his sword. Intense forces began to clash.

The Blood Shadow Demon Lord’s subordinates chased after Kang Jun-hyeok.

They were all masters above the peak level. Among them were many transcendent masters, and there were even two Transformation Realm masters. Even for Kang Jun-hyeok, while he might win in a direct confrontation, there would be considerable losses.

Therefore, Kang Jun-hyeok ignored them and ran deep into the cave. Naturally, the subordinates weren’t just standing by watching either.

Swish swish swish swish!

All sorts of hidden weapons poured toward Kang Jun-hyeok. Attacks filled with sword aura that would cause considerable damage if they hit.

Kang Jun-hyeok lightly twisted his body. He bent his arms, shook his shoulders, and moved his legs. Without even looking back, he evaded all the attacks.

“What the hell!”

One of the Transformation Realm masters spat out in disbelief.

Masters above a certain level could spread their energy sense to react to blind spot attacks.

Knowing this, they had mixed in stealthy attacks that couldn’t be detected by energy sense.

But Kang Jun-hyeok succeeded in perfectly evading them as if he could see them.

Realm of Absolute Suppression of Heaven and Earth. That domain detected all forces applied to the surroundings. It was near-absolute detection ability. From the perspective of those who didn’t know this, it couldn’t help but be bewildering.

‘Does he have eyes on his back or something!’

Thud.

Kang Jun-hyeok, who had been advancing forward, arrived at the first checkpoint.

[First Gate]

[Pass through the iron men.]

“Sorry, but I don’t have time for that.”

[Gap Movement.]

Kang Jun-hyeok moved beyond the iron men that were perfectly designed to train the user’s martial arts. It was the Blood Shadow Demon Lord’s subordinates who got caught by the iron men.

“This, this is insane!”

“Open a path somehow!”

Various other checkpoints appeared after that, but he bypassed them all using skills. The creator of Cheonmu Gorge would have beaten his chest if he saw this. Manbinggi muttered.

[The level of the checkpoints isn’t bad. The skill of whoever made them is decent enough to be useful.]

Kang Jun-hyeok soon arrived at the end of Cheonmu Gorge.

There was a single afterimage there. Kang Jun-hyeok muttered with a surprised face.

“A thought-form?”

Leaving one’s thoughts in the world to exert influence.

It was something only masters of the Fourth Realm or higher could do.

This meant that the one who created Cheonmu Gorge was a master of the Life and Death Realm. The mental projection opened its mouth.

[One who has reached this place. Congratulations. I am one who has mastered all martial arts of this world. Before ascending and leaving this world, I leave behind this opportunity.]

“What should I do?”

[Display your martial arts. I shall bestow upon you martial arts befitting your level.]

Kang Jun-hyeok grasped his sword. He steadied his breathing and gathered his internal energy.

The mental projection hesitated upon seeing this.

[Wait…]

First technique. Scorching Wind Heaven Slash.

Swish-swish-swish-crack!

Power explodes once, then twice. The bursting power is gathered into one.

Second technique. Cold Generation Wind Forest.

Crack-crack-crack-crack!

And the storm shakes the world.

Then, the power that burst forth is slowly scattered away.

Third technique. Void Heaven Force Dispersion.

He demonstrated all the techniques he had learned and could handle. The mental projection closed its mouth. After a considerable time passed, a voice flowed out with a groan.

[…I cannot bestow martial arts befitting you.]

[Just give me something decent. I wasn’t expecting much anyway.]

Manbinggi spoke indifferently.

The mental projection’s body, silent for a moment, scattered. It gathered into one form, taking the shape of a book, then appeared before Kang Jun-hyeok.

[Primordial Unity Heart Method ]

Kang Jun-hyeok opened the book.

The moment he read it, he could tell.

This was advanced martial arts.

It was at the level just below Taiji Heart Method or Purple Mist Divine Art.

With his talent, he couldn’t learn it. It was at a level where he could barely enter the basics only through steady training under a master.

But now, beside him was a master more excellent than anyone.

[Primordial Unity is the cosmic Way that gathers the energy of all things in heaven and earth into one vessel and reshapes it anew, the fundamental principle that returns all separated things to one. Just as clouds become rain, and rain becomes rivers that return to the sea, all things follow the law of returning to unity.]

[You have acquired Passive Skill: Primordial Unity Heart Method .]

[Passive Skill: Primordial Unity Heart Method has been integrated into Passive Skill: Heart Method.]

All the mysteries and concepts of the Primordial Unity Heart Method are contained within Manbinggi’s Heart Method. That knowledge penetrates into Kang Jun-hyeok’s mind.

“Ahh.”

Kang Jun-hyeok lets out a groan. The universe unfolds within his mind. Then it compresses into one and settles within him. A mysterious light dwells in his eyes.

[Divine Art proficiency has increased from E to D.]

[Heart Method proficiency has increased from E to D.]

Kang Jun-hyeok exhaled roughly.

At that moment, the subordinates of the Blood Shadow Demon Lord arrived.

“Damn bastard…!”

“I’ll really kill you!”

They looked like beggars. The trials of Cheonmu Gorge didn’t kill challengers, but they were sufficient to leave them in a miserable state. The eyes of those who had suffered all kinds of hardships were filled with killing intent.

‘There was considerable loss of internal energy reaching this place!’

But that bastard must be the same.

Killing intent to definitely kill him rushed toward Kang Jun-hyeok.

However, Kang Jun-hyeok paid no attention whatsoever. The enlightenment filling his mind was dominating his entire body. And what he could do as well. Manbinggi spoke quietly.

[Display the techniques you have obtained.]

“Kill him!”

Swish-swish-crack!

All kinds of blades rush in. Hundreds of hidden weapons fly while sword aura strikes roughly.

Kang Jun-hyeok gazed at them quietly. He neither dodged, blocked, nor counterattacked. He simply steadied his breathing and lifted his foot.

Manbinggi’s fourth technique.

Sovereign’s Three Steps .

His foot pressed down on the earth.

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