The World’s Greatest is Dead - Chapter 359

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The Heavenly Supreme Has Died – Episode 359
-유천길—!!!!
A thunderous roar echoed through the rain-soaked forest. The sound was so piercing it felt like my eardrums might tear.
‘What is that?’
I turned my gaze toward the sound. In the distance, within a space where the rain seemed unusually dense, something stirred.
-Why are you… why are you–!!
A figure of enormous build was shrieking repeatedly.
[Ah, this is troublesome.]
Yoo Cheon-gil drooled upon witnessing this. As if he’d stumbled upon something he wished he hadn’t seen.
[I had a feeling this seemed familiar—what a wretched day this is.]
“Do you know that person?”
[I do. Very well, in fact.]
Yoo Cheon-gil’s brow furrowed. It was a rare display of genuine irritation.
[What a damnable situation.]
“….”
What on earth was happening? As I stared in bewilderment, I noticed something.
-Stop shrieking so crudely.
“Huh?”
That voice was familiar. Standing before the massive figure was someone. My eyes widened at the sight.
“Wait, what?”
A young man with azure eyes. Perhaps around twenty years old? Maybe older. His bearing seemed far more mature than his appearance suggested.
“…That person.”
[Damn it all.]
Yoo Cheon-gil cursed.
Yes. The young man was undoubtedly youthful, yet I recognized him. I’d seen him several times in the spirit realm—how could I not know him?
This was Yoo Cheon-gil in his youth.
The man in his twenties I’d witnessed before was nothing like this. His frame was far more muscular, and he radiated an overwhelming presence that commanded absolute authority.
“…So you’re the Old Man.”
[….]
Yoo Cheon-gil didn’t answer. His silence was as good as confirmation. Only then could I discern who stood before me.
‘Then that person must be.’
It was obvious. The master of this spiritual realm and the man I sought to save.
‘Shin Chang.’
The current League Leader. This appeared to be Shin Chang in his youth.
I immediately examined my hands. Both hands and feet were translucent. It meant I was merely an observer in this place.
Understanding this, I approached them.
[Must you really watch this?]
Yoo Cheon-gil asked with evident distaste.
Regardless of his question, I had only one choice.
“Yes. I believe what I need to handle lies with them.”
My purpose for coming here was singular.
To erase the corrupted essence. My goal was to purify Shin Chang’s spiritual energy through that act.
Shin Chang’s corrupted essence was undoubtedly located in that place.
‘This is the lingering attachment of memory.’
The corrupted essence within Shin Chang stirred up lingering attachments and stray thoughts. That’s why his mind became trapped here, and his physical body was being destroyed as well.
‘The source of that resentment must be that.’
The origin of memory.
I had to face that direction.
I approached Shin Chang and the young Yoo Cheon-gil without making a sound.
At that moment.
“Hmm?”
I noticed someone behind Yoo Cheon-gil.
What was this? Someone was clinging to Yoo Cheon-gil’s shoulder and hiding behind his back.
[….]
Yoo Cheon-gil’s brow furrowed upon seeing it.
Upon closer inspection, it was a woman. She gazed at Shin Chang with a deeply sorrowful expression, while Shin Chang contorted his face hideously upon seeing her and Yoo Cheon-gil.
-Why… why are you doing this…!!
His words burst forth like a wail, echoing through the entire forest. His voice was suffocating to hear.
The resentment was immense. It permeated every syllable.
-Why exactly…
-Quiet.
Yoo Cheon-gil cut off Shin Chang’s words.
-This man clings to such trivial attachments. Can’t you see the situation?
Yoo Cheon-gil spoke while lifting the corners of his mouth in a bloodless smile.
-She simply chose me.
“…Right.”
[Ugh.]
His tone was repulsive and his expression was sickening. It was a situation that made me wonder how anyone could be so shameless.
The young Yoo Cheon-gil spoke with utter brazenness, and the woman at the center of it all shrank back, covering her face.
It seemed even she found it distasteful.
‘Setting that aside.’
What was this situation?
‘I feel like I’ve heard of this before.’
Sometime ago. I felt like I’d heard of this from Yoo Cheon-gil.
This.
‘Could it be?’
Could this be that incident Yoo Cheon-gil mentioned—when he stole away Shin Chang’s fiancée?
-From the start, she was a woman unsuited to your station. Wouldn’t you agree, So Hyup Chang?
It seemed to be Shin Chang’s former alias.
-…How dare you…! I never asked for your opinion. Shut your mouth.
Shin Chang approaches Yoo Cheon-gil with fury burning in his eyes.
-Step aside. I have questions for her.
Crunch. As Shin Chang advances, the woman grabs Yoo Cheon-gil’s shoulder firmly. Only then does Yoo Cheon-gil take a step forward.
-Don’t you understand words? She doesn’t fear you.
“Seriously.”
His tone sends chills down my spine. What is he doing?
[…]
Yoo Cheon-gil gradually loses his words. He’d managed some response earlier, but now even that seems impossible.
“Stealing another man’s woman… and calling yourself a man.”
[…Cough.]
My words strike a nerve, and Yoo Cheon-gil responds belatedly.
[…There was a reason for all of this.]
“What reason? Was the woman just too beautiful?”
[…That’s… well, it is partly that.]
The woman before us was truly beautiful. It had been a long time since I’d seen someone as stunning as Muyong Youngsoon or Yoo Yeon.
I wondered if that beauty alone was reason enough to try to steal her away.
[That’s not the reason.]
Yoo Cheon-gil denies it.
“Then what is the reason?”
[….]
He only closes his mouth when asked to speak.
“Can’t you say it?”
[I simply have no desire to.]
“…Hmm.”
Well, that’s possible. I’m not particularly curious about his inner circumstances anyway.
What matters is how to handle this situation.
Then.
-…Is it really true? Did you truly betray me?
Shin Chang asks with a trembling voice.
Only then does the woman release the words she’d been holding back, speaking to him.
-I’m sorry….
She turns her head away as if unable to face him.
Despair finally blooms across Shin Chang’s face at the sight.
-How… how could you–!
Unbearable rage engulfs his body.
And that rage turns not toward the woman, but toward Yoo Cheon-gil.
-It was you. It had to be you.
The giant with murderous eyes in his gaze draws forth a spear as massive as his own frame.
Whoooosh.
The sound of air being rent asunder is thick, announcing the weapon’s tremendous weight.
-Ha.
Seeing this, Yoo Cheon-gil also reached out his hand to the side. Then.
Whoooooosh-!!!
A massive blade came flying into his hand from beyond the forest, accompanied by a violent gust of wind.
‘What is this.’
It wasn’t Manwol. It looked like just a heavy double-edged sword.
Not an attitude. Just as I found it strange.
-That’s how it always is. They act without knowing their place.
Yoo Cheon-gil grips the sword and his eyes gleam.
-Do you really think someone like you can bare your fangs at me?
-…You bastard…!!
-I’ve wanted to crush that dull head of yours for a while now. How convenient.
Boom-!!
He drives the great sword into the ground. The blade sinks deep into the earth, sending out a shockwave.
-Come. I’ll show you the gap between us.
“Ooh….”
Did you hear? He’s going to show us the gap between you two.
“Did you hear that? Now that’s some genuinely impressive talk.”
[Please, just shut up.]
Watching him look so embarrassed was quite a sight. I couldn’t help but chuckle at it.
“Ah, this is nice.”
The old man showing such a reaction. This might actually be worth doing. Thinking that, I spoke.
“Is this when you gouge out his eyes?”
That incident where Shin Chang’s eyes were gouged out—did it happen at this moment?
Kuuuung–!!!
Before I could hear an answer, the young Yoo Cheon-gil and Shin Chang clashed. Seeing it, I was taken aback.
‘…Ha.’
I couldn’t see it.
My eyes couldn’t follow their fight. It meant the situation itself wasn’t registering in my mind.
They kept saying it was different, but it really was fundamentally different.
The fights of those who would one day become Celestial Demons seemed to have been like this from the very beginning.
[…Stop watching and do what you need to do.]
Yoo Cheon-gil’s reaction showed he didn’t even want to look. It seemed like he’d really get angry if I pushed further.
‘Hmm.’
I narrow my eyes. There must be some circumstances at play here. It didn’t seem like the problem was simply about stealing a woman or something like that.
There really seemed to be some hidden story.
Since he was avoiding answering it, there was nothing I could do about it.
‘It’s not really important right now anyway.’
Their circumstances weren’t that important. What mattered now was.
‘Ultimately, getting out of here.’
Escaping this place and reviving Shin Chang’s body—that had to be my priority.
To achieve that, I advanced toward the source of the ‘Evil Instrument,’ the very center of this world right before me.
[What are you doing?]
Yoo Cheon-gil spoke in bewilderment at my actions.
“We have our own work to do, don’t we?”
I paid no mind and addressed it directly.
I spoke, but she pretended not to hear, merely watching the two of them fight.
Seeing that, I clicked my tongue briefly.
“Why is this happening? You’re both busy, so stop this. I can hear everything anyway.”
I tried to meet her gaze, but it was the same. She still gave no response.
Ah, this is getting annoying.
Frowning, I drew my sword from my waist and immediately swung it.
Whiiing—! The blade flew with a sharp sound.
Had she truly been unable to see, it would have struck true.
Whoosh—!!
[Huh?]
The target hastily dodged my blade. Seeing this, I laughed.
“See? You can see me.”
[What is this—]
Yoo Cheon-gil was taken aback. He had every reason to be. The one I had swung my sword at was none other than Shin Chang’s Fiancée.
In this shocking moment, her gaze turned toward me.
From an expression full of worry and pity, she became expressionless.
From expressionless to a vicious face in an instant.
끼이이이이이—!!!
A sound rang out. It was no scream that a human could produce.
Thud.
With that sound, the falling rain and all those moving came to a halt.
“Did you think I wouldn’t find you if you stayed like that?”
Kiiiii—!!!
Her pale skin began to burn away.
It took only an instant before it turned black as ash.
“Good.”
This form was rather preferable.
“No hesitation now.”
There was no need to hesitate in disposing of and erasing it.
Then I grasped something from my bosom and pulled it out.
Flick.
[…What is that?]
“A talisman works better than a sword for this.”
It was a talisman. Something that had never been there suddenly emerged from my bosom. I was not surprised.
Whether it’s the Corrupted Entity’s domain or another’s dream realm, it matters not.
‘Causing chaos in such places is my specialty, after all.’
I’ve grown weary of crafting Talismans to the point of exhaustion.
The sensation in my palm feels refreshing.
After gripping a sword every day, holding a Talisman fills me with nostalgia.
Those days—bitter and unwilling to recall.
“Sigh.”
After exhaling, I addressed the Corrupted Entity.
Or perhaps obsession and lingering attachment.
Those things coalesced as I spoke to the Corrupted Entity.
“Let’s finish this quickly.”
I despised prolonging this.
For Shin Chang’s sake, that was the right choice.
끼아아아아—!!!
Before my words finished, the Corrupted Entity lunged forward.
Watching it, I slowly attached the Talisman to my sword, then.
Whoooosh-!!!
I swung it directly at the Corrupted Entity.
Clang-!!!
A sound no ordinary sword could produce.
Crack-!!
Fissures spread across the Corrupted Entity’s head.
Like heated charcoal shattering, scorched embers scattered in all directions.

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