The World’s Greatest is Dead - Chapter 464

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The Heavenly Supreme Has Died – Episode 464
-적습이다—!!!!
The Sama Clan Members shout.
-Enemy attack—!
The man who had been screaming could no longer make a sound. My blade had severed his neck.
-Gurgle-!!
One man collapses, spewing blood. I don’t spare him a glance. I move immediately toward another.
Wolrang traces a path through the air. When the flames flicker.
Crack-!! I pour strength into my feet against the ground. Debris scatters as my body launches forward.
Boom-!!
An explosion erupts. The power flowing through my body exceeds my expectations. What exactly did Yoo Cheon-gil do? Double my usual capacity. To put it excessively, that much power emerges.
‘A bit more.’
I should be able to move faster.
Slash-! Swoosh-!!
“Ahhhhh!”
“Cough…!!”
Blood sprays in all directions. Men with severed limbs collapse to the ground, screaming in agony.
“Who are you…!”
“What is your identity, exactly…!!”
I don’t listen to their words.
Wolrang. The crescent moon, now vastly enlarged beyond its usual size, sweeps violently through the surroundings. Roarrr-!!!
Ahhhhhhh-!!!
Screams pierce the air. Hearing the ear-splitting noise, I furrow my brow.
“Huff…. Hah….”
I exhale. I’m not exhausted. Just slightly heated.
Beyond that.
‘My muscles seem a bit surprised.’
My body aches slightly. It seems to be from using speed and strength I haven’t employed before.
I grasp the Divine Blade and survey my surroundings. A gruesome sight unfolds. Those with fatal wounds lie on the ground, gasping, and most have already lost their lives.
“Save… save me….”
“Ugh…. Ugh….”
I pass by such men. Seeing the dead, I feel no particular emotion.
I’ve always been this way.
‘This.’
I stare at the Divine Blade. It seems to be because of the sword? The Celestial Demon says nothing in particular.
I didn’t expect much anyway.
“Who are you…. Why are you suddenly doing this…!”
A man speaks in terror. Then someone beside him looks at me carefully and flinches.
“…That clothing…. Those eyes…. Could it be Sowoldae?”
“Sowoldae, you say…?”
“White hair and blue eyes… Could it be someone who looks like Wol-hyeop’s older brother?”
“Wol, Wol-hyeop?”
“What? Why would Wol-hyeop come to a place like this!”
So they could identify me just by appearance? Well, white hair does stand out quite a bit.
But I couldn’t exactly hide it while walking around.
“You know your stuff.”
“It really is Wol-hyeop…?”
At my answer, the Sama Clan Members flinch. Oh, so my name carries some weight here, it seems.
Clang. I draw my sword and point it at them. They recoil at the tip of my blade.
“How could someone of your station come to such a wretched place…?”
“Why? I came to clean up trash.”
“…What have we done…!”
“Killed women, kidnapped them. What else needs to be said?”
“…!”
Their expressions show they’ve been caught. How transparent.
Shhhhh… I channel power into my sword.
“Ugh…! Attack him!”
They charge at me again, thinking they have no other choice.
‘Two on the left. Three on the right.’
I deal with the right side first. My sword clashes with Wol-an’s blade. Just as I’m about to swing—
Crash—!!
“Hm?”
Another sword flies in. It was Yoo Yeon. She suddenly cuts through and sends the three on the right flying.
Fast. She was always quick, but somehow she seems much faster now.
Yoo Yeon glances at me. Seeing that look, I dispatch the two on the left.
Five fall dead in an instant. I move toward those in the back—
“…How bothersome.”
“…”
At the voice I hear, I stop in my tracks.
It came from the room in the back.
Creeeeak.
A door opens. Someone walks out from within—a giant standing over eight feet tall.
“L, Leader!”
The Sama Clan Members cry out seeing the giant. Leader? So this man is their boss.
“Hmm.”
The giant stares at me with irritation in his eyes.
“Wol-hyeop? Just a brat?”
“…”
“I’ve heard all the talk—the Sword Saint’s return and such nonsense. But you’re just a snot-nosed kid. Pathetic fools.”
His eyes held contempt that they couldn’t even handle this. The giant, regarding his subordinates with disdain, speaks to me.
“I am Maecheoldo. My epithet is the Unflaming Fist of Gambling.”
“I’m not interested in your epithet or whatever.”
“Oh… you’ve got spirit.”
The epithet sounded vaguely familiar. Since it didn’t stick in my memory, it probably wasn’t important.
“I’ll give you a chance even now.”
“A chance?”
“Turn around and run. I won’t chase you.”
“Ha ha.”
I laughed.
“Nonsense.”
“What?”
“You’re spouting such foolish words without even thinking.”
I grasped my sword.
“A chance? Who exactly is giving a chance to whom?”
It wasn’t even amusing. So I drew up my energy.
“I’ll give you a chance too.”
Shhhhh—! I channeled power from my dantian as I spoke to Maecheoldo.
“What scheme are you plotting with Patcheon Palace?”
“….”
Maecheoldo’s expression hardened.
“Tell me that, and I’ll let you live.”
“…you bastard.”
The corners of Maecheoldo’s mouth finally twisted upward.
“If you hadn’t said that, I would have spared you—”
Crackle! Maecheoldo’s fist gathered overwhelming force. It was the mark of a martial artist who had transcended the peak.
“Today, a star of the righteous path shall fall….”
Whoosh—!!
“…Kugh?”
Before he could finish speaking, my blade pierced through and embedded itself in his forearm.
“You’re fast. I was aiming for your heart.”
He blocked it with his arm. If he hadn’t, my blade would have pierced straight through his heart.
“You bastard…!! Attacking me with such treachery—!”
Being called treacherous by a Sama Clan member? That’s high praise.
“I won’t forgive this—!”
Boom boom boom! His aura erupted. The other Sama Clan members under his command rushed toward me as well.
Then.
Slash—!!
“Ugh!”
Yoo Yeon appeared and cut down the Sama Clan members. Was she coming to support me?
“You wretches!”
I stare at the man seething with rage. Wol-an discerns the trajectory of his attack. A massive fist hurtles toward me. It grazes my cheek. I take a step forward.
파지지지지지직—!!!!
Light spirals around my body.
Wol Cheon (Moon Heaven). My flesh embraces the moon.
“Ugh!”
The man tries to move and attack me, but—
Slice—
With a chilling sound, his arm is severed.
“Kh! Grrgh!”
He cannot even scream. My blade touches his neck.
I cut through lightly.
Thud! Thump thump.
His head falls to the ground and rolls. The men around us gasp in horror.
“The… the Leader!”
Their commander has fallen. They panic at this reality, but—
“Why are you shocked?”
This is hardly the time for that.
“You’ll all meet the same fate.”
“Eek—!”
I advance toward the terrified men. A body that has reached Wol Cheon moves faster than sound.
It did not take long to kill them all.

* * *
Splash. Blood pooled across the floor. Standing amidst it all, I remained completely intact.
“…Sigh….”
I exhaled slowly. The surroundings were filled with mangled corpses. Most had their necks severed—and I was the one who had done it.
Yoo Yeon had assisted, but it was merely supplementary.
“….”
A faint trace of blood stained my clothes. Observing the abundance of bodies, I swept back my hair.
“…Tsk.”
A short click of my tongue. There was nothing surprising about this. It wasn’t my first time killing people.
When I committed my first murder in this life, it hadn’t been so shocking either.
‘How unsettling.’
Even after killing those who deserved it, something felt off.
As I was thinking this.
Kiiiiiiiiik-!!!
A sound reached me. No—I could see the sound.
Spectral energy flowed from the dead bodies, rising into the void.
“….”
Malice and murderous intent.
Things emerging from their souls pricked at my heart.
-How lamentable….
-We resent you…!!!
-You…. You…!
Those I had killed crawled toward me, creeping ever closer.
Karma.
They too were karma.
Even after killing those deserving of death, karma persists.
Staring plainly at it, I spoke.
“What of it.”
-How…. How dare you!!!
Thump!
Watching the Demon, my stomach churned.
My heart pounded. The constant turmoil felt considerably unpleasant.
Uuuuuung-!!!
“Hmm?”
Something stirred within my heart. A vortex. It created currents of its own volition.
Saaaaa-!!
Kyaaaa-!!!
Aaaaagh-!!!
The spectral energy surrounding me began to be drawn inward.
“…What is this.”
What is this now? Spiritual energy seeps in without permission. I widen my eyes in bewilderment, but that wasn’t all that shocked me.
‘Inner energy accumulates.’
Inner energy began to gather in my dantian. This is….
‘Is it different from that?’
When I released the Demon’s lingering attachments and resentments, allowing her to ascend to Nirvana, was the inner energy that entered then different from this?
Shhhhh—!!
After devouring all the Demons surrounding me, I observed the inner energy surging through my body.
“…It’s increased a bit?”
Not bad at all. While not quite at the level of consuming spiritual pills, this was extraordinary.
Fzzzt! Light scatters through the air. The residue left behind after devouring the Demon.
‘Ascension to Nirvana?’
Is it ascension? The spirit body achieves Nirvana without me even erasing her attachments. So what I absorbed was only the malice?
‘What’s happening here?’
I convert only the malice from the Demon into inner energy and allow the rest to ascend?
‘The concept of demon exorcism is completely different.’
This was something I couldn’t do even in my past life.
I examined my palm. Something had definitely occurred within my body.
“…That strange old man.”
What did he do to my body?
Hummmmm. Feeling the inner energy accumulated in my dantian, I let out a hollow laugh.
Then I suddenly glance at Yoo Yeon beside me.
“Are you alright?”
“…?”
Yoo Yeon tilts her head as if asking what I meant.
I had killed a person. Yoo Yeon possessed the Heavenly Killing Nature, so she couldn’t kill people. If she carelessly released her killing intent, her nature could consume her.
But.
‘She seems fine?’
Even after killing a person, Yoo Yeon appears normal. Her eyes are calm and there’s nothing particularly wrong.
‘What could it be?’
Is it because I’m beside her?
‘I was planning to suppress the Heavenly Killing Nature once more if it appeared.’
There’s not even a sign of it manifesting.
It’s a good thing, but—
‘Hmm.’
This is acceptable too, isn’t it? I narrow my eyes and move forward. My destination is that solitary dwelling.
Creeeeak. I open the door and peer inside.
“Hieek….”
“…Ugh….”
“….”
I had already sensed the presence of people inside. Upon seeing them, I closed the door again.
“Yoo Yeon.”
I called out to her. As she approached, I hastily removed the martial robe I was wearing and handed it to her.
“Have the people inside put these on.”
“….”
Yoo Yeon checked inside. There were women within—naked women.
What had transpired was obvious without needing to see it.
Yoo Yeon entered without a word.
Not long after, she emerged. I could see that one layer of her martial robe had been removed as well.
Following her, the women walked out from inside.
“…Hah…. Hah-uck….”
“Ugh….”
They gagged upon seeing the mutilated corpses outside. Some were already retching.
“…I apologize. The outside is rather… messy.”
“…Ah… N-no…. No, it’s not.”
Their eyes were filled with terror.
“Rest assured. You are safe now.”
“Th… Thank… Thank you. Great Swordmaster….”
“I’m alive… Mom… Mom!”
The women wept. Seeing this, I spoke to Yoo Yeon.
“…Take them to the manor. Not to the Alliance.”
I had heard things that prevented me from sending them to the Martial Arts Alliance. Yoo Yeon nodded upon hearing this.
I thought it would be better for Yoo Yeon to escort them rather than for me to do so.
Just as the women were about to leave.
“Wait.”
I reached out my hand. It was the woman who had been following at the end.
Whoosh—!
“Ugh!?”
The seized woman stumbled backward. Pitiful and fragile. Fear welled up in her eyes at my action.
“You’re not going anywhere.”
“G… Great Swordmaster… W… Why are you doing this suddenly…!”
“Stop with the pathetic act. We have things to discuss, don’t we?”
“…!”
As I spoke with irritation, the woman’s expression transformed in an instant.
“My, my.”
A completely different face from before.
The woman with the altered expression smiled and spoke.
“How did you know?”
The Patcheon Palace Martial Artist I had met that night. This woman was her.

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