The World’s Greatest is Dead - Chapter 463

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The Heavenly Supreme Has Died – Episode 463
I pulled Yoo Yeon along as we moved. Though I said “pulled,” the reality was that she followed wherever I went.
“Are you really going?”
I asked while moving, glancing back over my shoulder as I adopted a swift movement technique. Yoo Yeon nodded at my words.
“…Yes.”
Was this really alright? I felt a slight hesitation creeping in.
‘There’s no helping it.’
Besides, there was something I wanted to see anyway, so bringing her along wasn’t a bad idea. I decided to think of it that way.
I would confirm before noon passed. With that thought, I climbed the mountain. Moving beyond the boundaries of Hyeon in Yeolyeong, heading further westward.
I moved according to the information I had received. The location was somewhat distant. More so than I had anticipated.
‘Is it around here?’
I felt it. Something seemed to exist at a certain distance. I needed to suppress my presence gradually.
Shhhhh—! I used my inner energy to kill my presence. At that moment, I felt the spiritual energy moving along with it.
‘Can I really use spiritual energy like inner energy?’
If this were true, it meant the amount of my inner energy would increase further.
I hadn’t been able to confirm this yet. I would need to check it all together later.
I suppressed my presence and looked at Yoo Yeon. I was about to tell her to do the same, but—
“…?”
Yoo Yeon looked at me. Her eyes asked why I was looking. I didn’t bother speaking. She was already doing it.
In any case, she was surprisingly perceptive.
-We’ll arrive soon.
At my words, Yoo Yeon slowed her pace. She stopped at a tree somewhere.
I felt it in the distance.
‘There are many people.’
A considerable number of people were gathered on the mountainside. However—
‘What is this?’
Should I say their presence was faint compared to the signs of life? Or perhaps—
‘The perception is somewhat diminished.’
I could feel an encampment in the distance, but separate from the signs of life—
‘Something is different.’
Should I call this a sign of life? No. This wasn’t a sign of life.
As I got closer, I understood.
‘Spirit bodies.’
The souls that exist within human bodies. That seemed to be what I was sensing as presence.
‘Why can I sense this?’
Normally, I wouldn’t have been able to.
I shouldn’t have been able to see them either. Sensing spirit bodies this clearly meant—
‘The seal has been loosened.’
It was a very dangerous situation. Yet it wasn’t.
“Hmm…”
I furrowed my brow. This too seemed to be some kind of change.
‘And.’
The aura around this place. I could sense something like a formation being laid out. This is.
‘A formation technique?’
It appears to be some kind of formation-based technique. Which means it’s suppressing their auras.
‘Suppressing their auras means.’
There’s some hidden scheme at play. I rolled my eyes.
‘I can’t just break through the formation carelessly.’
Cheon Rijin-an’s study. I had read several books there.
Thanks to Cheon Rijin-an telling me to read them when he was bored, I had sought them out and read them.
Most were formation technique texts created by the Jegal Clan. I stumbled through them a bit since they were somewhat difficult.
‘But memorization is my specialty.’
Memorizing and applying it is my specialty. In fact, I seem a bit smarter than in my previous life.
‘It’s probably because of my family background.’
My mother’s side of the family. The Jegal Clan, said to have reached the heavens in matters of intellect. Inheriting their blood, my mind was sharper than in my previous life.
So the formation technique texts I had read. They also contained methods to break formations.
‘But… if I attempt to break it completely, it could backfire instead.’
The fact that such a formation could be deployed meant there was a formation master within.
If I completely dispelled the formation, I could be discovered.
Then.
‘I need to enter without being detected.’
I narrowed my eyes. I opened the Wol-an as it was.
My eyes glowed and the surroundings turned blue.
‘Indeed.’
I opened the Wol-an just in case. Since it lets me see what I normally couldn’t, I wondered if it would help here too.
‘Oh.’
I could see it. A faintly laid barrier became visible. Then.
‘That’s the formation’s barrier.’
I could see what was connecting it. Lines were linked here and there.
‘It’s complicated?’
More complex than expected. The technique didn’t seem simple. But.
I descended to the ground with a soft thud and examined the lines more slowly.
“This….”
I discovered something odd in the connected lines. Stones that were buried. Ropes tied to trees.
I found a common point among these seemingly disconnected things.
‘That common point.’
Seemed to be heading toward a single destination. I carefully touched a stone. Among the various stones, this one appeared to have the most unremarkable characteristics.
Not certain, but I picked it up anyway.
As I picked it up carefully.
The barrier trembled ever so slightly.
“….”
This was it. I hurled the stone I’d been holding upward.
“Now.”
I signaled to Yoo Yeon. We both slipped into the barrier together.
Thud—! The stone settled perfectly back into its original position.
Whoooom.
The barrier didn’t flicker or react. Oh. Did it work?
Not bad.
“…Let’s go.”
Yoo Yeon nodded.

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The interior of the barrier was remarkably spacious. I could sense presences far in the distance, though they were farther than they appeared.
The circular formation with the barrier activated was also quite expansive.
Yet the garrison itself wasn’t particularly large.
‘They must be concentrated in one area.’
I moved forward quietly, suppressing my presence.
Then.
Swish.
I raised my hand. Yoo Yeon hid behind a tree. I spotted two Martial Artists walking toward us ahead.
“Did you hear about that?”
A voice reached my ears.
“Those men who went out last time. They’re all dead, apparently.”
“What? Were they attacked?”
“Seems like it. But how could anyone attack in that forest? I heard they paid off the Martial Arts Alliance.”
“How could they stab us in the back after taking our money?”
“They wouldn’t. The fact that those Alliance bastards took our money is poison in itself. And they only target the workers? Something’s off.”
“This is ridiculous. Those Patcheon-gung thugs made such bold promises.”
“Trust? Ha ha ha. Who in the Central Plains is trustworthy anyway?”
I listened intently to the Sama Clan members.
‘They paid the Martial Arts Alliance?’
They gave bribes? If they’re talking about that place, is it the Yeolyeong Branch? Or somewhere else?
‘Regardless.’
I’d known for some time that the righteous sects were rotten. This wasn’t surprising.
The real issue was.
‘The Patcheon-gung thugs are connected more deeply than I anticipated.’
The information aligned. Simultaneously.
“Then, what about the Greenwood bandits?”
My eyes widened at what I heard from them.
I caught mention of the Greenwood.
“Those thugs are notorious for not listening anyway. I heard they’re moving separately.”
“Tch. Nokju isn’t even here, yet they’re acting so bold.”
Nokju isn’t here. That means.
‘They don’t know Nokju is alive.’
These men don’t have that information. Or.
‘Hoyeon played a trick.’
It could be her doing. I’ll figure that out later.
‘Nokju isn’t important.’
Nokje died to the Celestial Demon, and Nokju took the master’s seat.
Those who threw themselves into the Demonic Sect as is.
Here, Hoyeon’s mention of Nokju’s survival wasn’t particularly significant. What mattered was.
‘That the Nokrim Sect truly joined hands with Patcheon-gung.’
Only that mattered.
“So what happens next then?”
“Well, according to the Leader, we don’t have enough numbers, so he’s sending more to bring the women.”
“Ah, if that’s the case, I’d like to go this time.”
“Why? Want to have some fun?”
“Of course. Stuck here like this, my loins are itching so badly I can barely stand it.”
“Hehehehe, you’re right. Being cooped up in the mountains is pretty tough….”
Shing—!
“Huh?”
I severed the left man’s throat. I didn’t want to hear more. The moment he came within range, I slashed his neck, and I was about to kill the next one.
Thunk—!
“Gack…!”
Yoo Yeon got there first, driving her blade’s tip through the man’s throat.
The thugs collapsed, and I stared at Yoo Yeon with startled eyes.
“You….”
You can kill people? Wasn’t she unable to before? I looked at her in bewilderment.
“….”
Yoo Yeon nodded expressionlessly. Had something changed about her?
“….”
It seemed so.
Yoo Yeon’s face was twisted with displeasure at the conversation just now.
-…Let’s clean this up.
I didn’t know what it was, but I decided to ask her later.
I grabbed the corpses and hurled them away. I tossed them roughly to the back, then gripped my blade.
I didn’t even sheathe it.
‘That’s done.’
I steadied my resolve.
These men.
‘I’ll kill them all.’
They were men who deserved to die.

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I recalled my purpose and ventured deeper into the compound. A massive structure loomed ahead.
That appeared to be the Sama Clan’s stronghold.
‘Impressive.’
How did I not discover this sooner? If formation arrays were in place, it would have been far more difficult to locate.
‘That woman is quite formidable.’
Hoyeon. Her intelligence network proved remarkable once again.
‘The numbers.’
Roughly thirty or so, judging by the auras I sensed.
What of their cultivation levels?
‘A few first-rate, several second-rate.’
Their cultivation was not particularly high. However, with sentries positioned around the perimeter and clusters of fighters scattered throughout, a covert assassination would prove difficult.
‘I’ve never formally studied assassination anyway.’
I merely suppressed my presence and infiltrated. Assassination was not my specialty, so this approach felt somewhat constraining.
‘Hmm.’
What should I do? I was leaning against a tree, contemplating, when—
“Enemy attack!”
A loud cry pierced the air.
“An intruder has breached the formation! Two scouts are dead. Shift to defensive positions!”
The martial artists responded immediately to the commanding voice.
“What?”
“An enemy attack…!?”
The atmosphere shifted in an instant. How did they know?
‘They detected the deaths.’
That statement meant—
‘They realized it when people died.’
They hadn’t noticed the breach itself, only discovered it when lives were lost inside.
‘Did I make a mistake?’
Perhaps.
I glanced at Yoo Yeon. She was watching me, silently asking what I would do.
“Hmm…”
The killing intent emanating from ahead grew increasingly intense. Thirty-odd fighters with modest cultivation levels.
[Why do you hesitate?]
The Celestial Demon’s voice resonated within me.
[Do you fear soiling your shoes by crushing insects?]
[If that is not the reason—]
[Then do not hesitate. One who stands above the heavens should not harbor such weakness.]
“….”
Who stands above the heavens?
There were mountains of things I wanted to point out.
“…I won’t hesitate.”
Amused by those words, I took a step forward.
Whoooosh—!!!
I gathered my energy. I had wanted to confirm what had changed anyway.
This worked out better.
Thinking thus, I leaped.
“Huh?”
“What is that…?”
“That… an enemy—!”
The Sama Clan Members cried out upon spotting me.
Seeing them, I poured strength into my blade.
Radiant Moon Sword Technique.
Crackle—!!! Overwhelming force surged forth.
Whooom—! Whoooooom—!!!
The blade sang out.
I gathered far more energy than usual into the sword, perhaps an inefficient amount, and drove it straight down into the ground.
쿵-! 콰아아아아아아아—!!!!
“Ahhhhh!”
“Ugh!”
The ground exploded with force, and those nearby screamed.
Crack crack crack—!!! Fissures spread in all directions.
“An enemy!”
“Who are you—!!!”
The Sama Clan Members shouted upon seeing me.
Watching them, I slowly rose to my feet.
“Who am I?”
I swept my hair back. I focused strength into my blue eyes.
Shhhhh.
Energy surged through my body, and my white hair swayed.
“Roughly a reaper. Something like that.”
I spoke with a smile.
[…Your words are rather poor.]
“….”
The Celestial Demon pointed out as if somewhat embarrassed.
I deliberately ignored that.

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