Kukukun!
This huge explosion shook the land. Everything around them was shattered by a tremendous shock, and huge dark clouds began to rise at this.
Thud — wheik!
Where the flame passed, the soot spread, and traces of the explosion could be felt. The trees burned up, leaving just the ashes, and the sturdy buildings barely stayed there.
Of course the masked people who were presumed to have come with the vice leader, not a single of them were there.
The explosion was that intense.
“Uhh…”
Vice leader Yeo Bo-sin, whose body was burnt in flames, was groaning in pain at the flames.
He tried to cultivate energy, but the Earth Demon’s flames did not subside. Even though the flame was a lot less than before, the fire that clung to his limbs was not going away.
Crack!
Even so he did not give up. He too had reached Supreme Demon and was ready to give up.
He calmed the residual heat on his body.
“As expected…”
The Earth Demon looked at him with indifferent eyes and nodded.
The vice leader—
Even though he used the White Flame which was the hottest flame, the man was enduring it. However, rather than being able to endure it, it was more because of willpower.
That was frustrating. There must be a clear difference in skill.
“You want to continue?”
“Of course,”
Yeo Bo-sin said.
The scattered flames rose again. The skin was reddened, and in some places blood flowed down. Still the man did not flinch.
He just protected his internal organs.
“It might look arrogant but… I will come this time.”
“Well…”
With his strength maintained, the Earth Demon naturally held his hand out and looked at the vice leader.
That one…
Golden, the pupils in the eyes looked like it. Such eyes were seen in cats or lizards but never humans.
Then the martial arts which were being prepared now could not be martial arts of this world.
Demonic arts which are being used… did he break the law of the sect and learn it? Why?
Wheik
This thick energy began to radiate from the body of Yeo Bo-sin, and the flames of the Earth Demon slowly faded.
At the same time, this dark energy overlapped the sticky energy, and at the end, bloody dark energy took its place.
Thud!
The smell of flesh rotting — the Earth Demon immediately recognized what it was.
“Blood Carnage…”
He did not want to believe it, but this was a martial art banned in the sect. Among them, the martial art which had the most vicious side effect was literally this martial art.
To take the blood, bringing in this dangerous energy which was close to a curse which was neither demonic arts nor sorcery.
It was dirty, and one could learn it at the cost of sacrificing themselves, but it was not a big deal if one was set to gain something from this.
That dangerous art was not any ordinary martial art. Regardless of whether it was strong or weak, it was more like a corpse attacking.
The energy of death which was being pulled in from the corpse, was rather the power of being one step higher.
It is a martial art which only those in Profound Demon can use… did it mean that he is forcibly pushing the body to use it?
The Earth Demon frowned. He knew at least that the opponent was not an easy one. However, regardless of the strength or weakness, he wanted to avoid a fight which persisted even after foreseeing a win.
Originally the vice leader has a limit after reaching Supreme Demon. By driving the energy, he made sure to raise the internal energy out of control and he raised the momentary chaotic power to the extreme. And now he was using this forbidden martial art. At this point, it is an early stage.
The Earth Demon began to think as he raised his internal qi.
He was not careless, but now he was nervous to fight. The difference between the inferior and superior one had changed in an instant.
Swish—
On the other hand, while the Earth Demon was thinking about this and that, the vice leader finished his final attack.
The black air flow began to move from both hands and wrapped around the Earth Demon.
At first glance, it felt poisonous. It did not spread by the wind, but spread quickly like ink dropped into water.
The air began to move and in an instant turned bloody.
“I will dance once.”
It spread into their surroundings with his words and attacked Earth Demon, tearing him to pieces.
Kakakang!
But, the attack did not reach the Earth Demon.
A whopping three defense walls came up. Only one was pierced, but the other defense walls pulled up were not.
It was useless in front of the absolute authority that could stop everything.
“Haah!”
Seeing this, the vice leader shouted again.
Puak!
Dozens of blades powered by forbidden martial arts pierced towards the chest of the Earth Demon.
Tststs!
However, that was not enough. Two walls of his defense were broken now, but he still had not taken even a scratch.
“As expected… Blood Carnage… to think that you would invade this with a heart attack…”
“..”
“Then is it my turn?”
Tssss
As the Earth Demon’s words fell, this black aura was moving around the vice leader. And this stream of bloody air moved.
“This…!?”
Yeo Bo-sin was shocked. He could not believe what he was seeing, and surprisingly, the Earth Demon was trying to copy the martial arts he used.
At that time, when the sour, rotting smell stung the nose—
“Get lost.”
With the words of the Earth Demon, thousands of blades of light pierced his body. And the body of the vice leader was torn down.
Uh?
However, the Earth Demon’s eyes twitched as he looked at him. Through the blades, he noticed something was moving.
The Earth Demon thought he was seeing something wrong for a moment but immediately went stiff as he saw the vice leader. The torn flesh was clinging on and the severed body was growing again, like a kangshi.
“…You truly abandoned the ways of humans.”
Vice leader burned all of his internal energy and accepted the side effects as they were. Of course, it was no longer a normal human body.
But he still managed to live, and despite not knowing what demonic art it was, the man was regaining his body.
“Now I have to change the Fourth Disciple like this now. Even if there isn’t much time left.”
“Ha.”
The Earth Demon felt it all over again. How annoying it was to have someone who did not give up after almost being killed?
The vice leader managed to get some glory in this fight against the heavens.
He was trying to deal with the Earth Demon, wasting the time he had left.
“The mindset of one is truly phenomenal. Why are you trying to fight me like…”
“Because you will only be able to imitate it if you risk your life.”
“Then if I am lucky enough to be careful, I will be able to kill you with my own hands?”
“As if. I will die a lot sooner than the Earth Demon. Even then…”
Trickle
The sudden recovery naturally changed, and one eyeball exploded as the vice leader began to drip down blood from his ears. Gradually it became difficult to see this man as a human.
“I believe this will be a great deal of help for him.”
The Earth Demon went silent.
The side effects are too much. Even if left ahead, he would have moved just an inch.
Even if the opponent pretended, it was still self destruction. It was a level that will end as it was with just one clash.
The problem was that right now the Earth Demon did not have much time either. He had not really used all of his strength, but tapping into that curse would burn his life.
He had fought so far with just his innate energy, but now, the life of his was being pulled. And that was it.
It was dangerous to use more strength now.
The ideal realm of the Heavenly Killing Star, the border of it was so vague that one could naturally tap into it.
Chaang!
“Uh?”
It was then.
This intense wave came suddenly, and a little displeasure welled into the eyes of the Earth Demon.
“No way you people…?”
“Yes. That’s it.”
Smile
The vice leader smiled. The hidden plan was soon revealed, and it was not so bad.
“That is why I am blocking the Earth Demon here.”
“Sigh…”
The Earth Demon sighed.
Just then he became aware of this situation. What was the real plan of the Sect Leader?
Meanwhile—
“Kuak!”
“Ack!”
There were warriors who were falling down one by one by the relentless blade.
Be it intentional or not, the brutally swung weapons made him frown.
“J-just how is this happening?’
“Die. Do not waste my time…”
The members of the Four Emperor Troops under the Hidden Truth Corps, were full of anger.
It was not enough that the guys of unknown affiliations were attacking them, they were humiliating them.
“Hehehe. With this level of skill, we understand the Hidden Truth.”
“Maybe it was because they grew up all sheltered… all of them are so weak.”
The deceit of these guys was getting worse. Even so, the members did not have a single opponent.
“Kuak. Kuak…”
First of all, the captain of the troops stepped ahead and tried to fight, but after seeing him being attacked without any damage—
“Take it slow. There are still more than half of them.”
“Well, to not give up even now… they surely are tenacious like maggots.”
The masked people were moving like they were playing with toys.
At this point, there were those who ignored everything.
And during then—
Puak!
There was someone who came down in a beam of light and took the head of the masked one.
It was the slender body of a woman.
“Things are a mess. How dare you do this in the sect? You truly have no shame despite being a sect member!”
The way she spoke was not that of a girl but an old woman.
“How dare you come and say…”
A masked man glared at her but then he died.
Celcn!
The man had his throat cut.
“Tsk. Who the hell are you to order…”
It was Ack Bi.
He found this mess on patrol with Cho Ah-ran.
Baba
The appearance of the two was enough to make the masked people nervous.
And when they showed hostility, the masked men backed off. Around that time 30 warriors appeared dressed in different clothes.
“What are you people…”
Ack Bi frowned.
He thought they would retreat after the scolding, but were they really acting like this?
“Blood Demon Hall members?”
Cho Ah-rang asked.
“What?”
Ack Bi tilted his head wondering if this was right.
If it was the Blood Demon Hall, it was a place where they had to look after the safety of the Sect Leader. The first line of defense for the Sect Leader was them.
And there was this scene that surprised them even more.
“Ohh. It’s been a while.”
There were two warriors, with familiar faces.
“You are…”
“Huh…”
Cho Ah-ran and Ack Bi were shocked. At the bright eyed members of the Hidden Truth members—
“We greet the Blood Demon Hall leader.”
Third in the ranks, it was Nachil—
The first in the elders.
He was said to be the second greatest influence in the sect, and was one who rarely appeared outside.
Then why did he come here?
“What is all this?”
Cho Ah-ran asked in a stern voice as Nachil bowed and said,
“There seems to be a misunderstanding. I am sorry for the people who had to be in recluse.”
“Hurry up and say it!”
This time, Ack Bi screamed. Naturally he thought he would get them talking.
“Why should I?”
“What?”
Nachil lifted his chin with a smile and slowly took a look around.
“You ask why? All of this was planned by me.”
He was speaking things which could not be understood at all.
