The Youngest Daughter of the Hebei Peng Clan Is a Truly a Very Famous Little Heavenly Demon - Chapter 23

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23.

“Huff, hek.”

I planted my sword in the ground and panted like a dog.

‘What kind of mechanism formation is this high level?’

This was a tomb that would be called an ultra-high level dungeon, end content even in games. No matter how I thought about it, this was a dungeon where only someone at least at the Huajing level could barely manage solo play.

Dokgo Yeon threw me into such a dungeon and cast “survive on your own.”

“Whew…”

Thanks to that, I’ve been unable to sleep for three whole days, constantly drawing on my internal energy.

I staggered as I rubbed the dark circles under my eyes. Then Dokgo Yeon kindly grabbed my collar and lifted me up.

“Tsk, you’re still weak.”

“Mother, you didn’t do anything in the dungeon… the Hyeolhon Chong!”

“I was ready to step in when it got dangerous. But since you were outstanding and handled everything yourself, there was no need for me to interfere.”

It’s praise, but it’s strangely irritating.

“I’m really at my limit now.”

No matter how skilled a Chojejung master is, staying alert without sleeping a wink for three days and nights will drain you.

The only reason I’m holding up now is thanks to the Northern Enlightenment Skill. If I hadn’t explosively increased my internal energy by absorbing natural qi, my dantian would have been completely drained a day ago.

“We’re almost there, so stop whining.”

“We’re almost there?”

“Yes.”

Dokgo Yeon shot internal energy at a certain part of the wall.

Then once again, the wall began to split apart with clicking and clacking sounds. I observed this wondrous sight up close.

‘Metal, springs, gears?’

It was technology that seemed more fitting for sci-fi than martial arts. As I peered from the side, Dokgo Yeon said casually,

“Get too close and your body will be split in half.”

“Huk!”

As soon as I stepped back, a red laser cut through where I had been standing.

‘Lasers in martial arts?’

Hmm…

Since the Ming Dynasty history is completely different from reality anyway, it wouldn’t be strange to add a laser or two.

I gave up trying to understand and entered the Secret Chamber ahead of Dokgo Yeon.

“A skeleton!”

Befitting a high-level dungeon, inside there was a skeleton and secret manual left behind.

As I was about to rush over, Dokgo Yeon grabbed me by the scruff of my neck and I flailed about.

“I cleared it all by myself! I want to take the secret manual! Give me the manual!”

“Do you know what kind of secret manual that is to just try to take it? You haven’t even mastered the Heavenly Demon Divine Art yet.”

Dokgo Yeon clicked her tongue and said,

“The number of divine arts a martial artist can learn is limited anyway. You have no need to seek other martial arts.”

“That’s only!”

That’s only true for you people!

I can learn all sorts of things by switching martial arts!

“That’s only?”

“Ah, no. Now that I think about it, Mother’s heavenly words seem right. Ehehe.”

But if I said that, I’d probably get beaten to death by Dokgo Yeon, so I should hide it.

‘If a war breaks out between the Peng Family and Makyō, there’s no answer.’

Once the Great War between Orthodox and Demonic starts, it continues until one side is annihilated.

That means either Ju Sohui or Dokgo Yeon would definitely die. Honestly, before I didn’t care whether the Heavenly Demon lived or died.

‘But now… dying would be a bit much.’

She does care for me in her own way.

I hope she doesn’t die, just stays buried in Makyō forever.

Occasionally dropping by once during holidays to get some holiday food. That kind of relationship would be perfect.

“Then what are you going to do with that?”

“What to do with it.”

Dokgo Yeon struck the skeleton once, making it crumble, then picked up the secret manual.

“If it’s a secret manual of those Blood Sect bastards, it should naturally be burned away-“

Then she paused.

She who had opened the book was silent for a moment.

Flip, flip.

The pages turned.

Dokgo Yeon examined the contents several times before hardening her expression.

“It seems Cheonryun Sinmago is dead.”

“What?”

Isn’t Cheonryun Sinmago the Blood Sect villain that Ju Sohui earnestly warned me never to encounter?

“How do you know that?”

“The Cheonryun Sinma Tribulation cannot exist in two places simultaneously. If this secret manual is intact, then the previous user must be dead.”

“Ah.”

I followed Dokgo Yeon’s lead and stroked my chin while deducing.

“Then if Cheonryun Sinmago had been alive… I would have completely wasted my effort? Since I’d only see blank secret manual pages that couldn’t be used?”

I almost went through all that suffering only to come up empty-handed.

I subtly approached Dokgo Yeon to find fault.

“Hmm?”

But something was strange about Dokgo Yeon.

Her gaze was nailed to the secret manual (presumed to be the Cheonryun Sinma Tribulation) that she had said she would burn away. I could hear her muttering something.

Listening carefully, it was some kind of incantation.

‘…Cheonryun Sinma Tribulation?’

Once I realized it, my whole body went cold.

Every hair stood on end.

Moreover, the atmosphere was becoming extremely suspicious. Dokgo Yeon’s bright red pupils were gradually becoming murky and turning black.

“Mother? How about putting that down? It looks dangerous somehow?”

“…”

“M-Mother?”

Wriggle, wriggle.

A dark red aura rising from her toes began to gradually devour Dokgo Yeon. Her crimson eyes had completely turned pitch black.

‘What, what is this?’

All Dokgo Yeon had done was look at the secret manual and recite the incantation.

No martial art can be learned just by looking at it without proper process. Time to internalize it through training is absolutely necessary.

But the current situation was definitely strange.

Didn’t it look like a peerless master at the level of Transcendent Demon had been devoured by a secret manual?

It makes no sense logically. How could one of the world’s top experts be overcome by a mere secret manual…

“Ugh!”

Clang!

Simultaneously with the sword draw, my sword and Dokgo Yeon’s sword met. Actually, “met” isn’t the right expression.

‘Hiik!’

Crack.

My sword wrapped in weak sword qi crumbled like tofu with a time delay against Dokgo Yeon’s sword coated with sword steel.

Steel qi .

A condensation of qi that sparkled like stars.

A technique that only masters above Huajing could use, it was like an insurmountable wall to the current me.

‘I’m going to die…!’

Tremendous fear chased me to my throat. However, instead of following me further, Dokgo Yeon’s sword steel was drawn inward.

She who seemed to have lost her reason sat in lotus position. Dark red qi rippled from her breathing technique of repeated inhalation and exhalation.

My breath catches in my throat.

I remained frozen in place like a statue, watching Dokgo Yeon’s breathing meditation. With each repetition of inhalation and exhalation, an energy resembling demonic qi swirled around her feet.

‘Damn, what the hell is that.’

I don’t know exactly what it is, but it looks like Dokgo Yeon is trying to control some demonic technique called the Jeonryun Divine Demon Tribulation or something.

And if she fails and loses her reason even for a moment, I die. That much was certain.

Even without sanity, the Heavenly Demon is still the Heavenly Demon.

Demonic possession—there’s no way I could defeat a peerless master at that level, said to be around the mid-to-late Hyeongyeong stage. I took a deep breath and slowly stepped backward.

‘…No reaction!’

While controlling qi through breathing meditation, a martial artist is in a defenseless state.

Of course, even if Dokgo Yeon is defenseless, I couldn’t win against her, but it seemed like the perfect timing to escape.

‘Slowly…’

I carefully moved toward the secret room door, trying not to provoke the blackened Dokgo Yeon.

There was no sign of her following.

She was still sitting with her eyes closed, her beautiful face frowning as she repeated her breathing exercises. Dark red demonic qi writhed at her feet, rising up, falling back down, then rising again.

‘Now’s the time!’

The moment I had longed for had arrived.

It was completely different from what I had expected, but if I stayed here and Dokgo Yeon really got consumed by demons, it would be the end. I retraced my steps without looking back.

‘There are no traps.’

Fortunately, thanks to Dokgo Yeon triggering all the traps on her way in, the path was easy. I just had to go straight through the now-cleared maze.

What about the maze being a problem?

I had memorized that much.

Because I’m smart.

‘Now…!’

After getting some distance from Dokgo Yeon, I used my running momentum to draw my sword.

Wolhae Sword Technique, Chapter 8.

Wolgeuk Cheonrang (Surpassing Heaven’s Waves).

Wolgeuk Cheonrang, meaning to surpass the waves and reach the heavens, is a thrust containing the ultimate essence of the Wolhae Sword Technique.

Only masters who can wield sword energy can achieve mastery of the Wolhae Sword Technique beyond the seventh chapter.

Therefore, while I’m still one step short, it was undoubtedly the most powerful strike among the techniques I currently possess.

‘Ugh…!’

A lightning-like powerful strike pierces through the ceiling. With this level of impact, even if Dokgo Yeon in meditation lets it slide, the Huajing and Chojejung masters of Makyō standing guard nearby will come rushing.

‘Once more!’

My single strike isn’t enough to pierce through the mountain in one go. I gripped my sword so tightly that my hands bled as I repeatedly unleashed Wolgeuk Cheonrang.

After dozens of strikes.

Finally, light began seeping through the ceiling. I released my qi and leaped high, higher still.

The refreshing scent of the surface that I hadn’t smelled for days penetrated my nostrils.

Thud!

As soon as my feet touched the ground, all sorts of presences began converging from the surroundings. With sword in hand, Ju Sohui’s teachings flowed through my mind.

“If you’re ever surrounded by masters of the Donggyeong level or higher than yourself, remember this formula.”

“Oh! Is it a secret technique for fighting multiple opponents?”

“There’s no match for numbers. First, get out of there and return later with twice as many allies.”

“Ah.”

“Whoosh…”

In preparation for times like this, Ju Sohui had taught me two movement techniques that complement the Wolhae Sword Technique.

The first one, which she said was the most important.

Danhae Biju (Sea-Cutting Flying Escape).

A movement technique that rushes forward as if cutting through the sea and soaring upward, also known as.

‘The thirty-six stratagems—run away! Let’s go!’

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