Chapter 414: The Martial God's Company

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Silence following the explosive sound.

The supremely fast sword force that Cheol Ryu-heun had executed traversed the front.

And.

Some twenty people exploded and perished all at once.

In the blink of an eye.

That’s right.

Everything had happened in a flash.

TEOBEOKTEOBEOK.

Cheol Ryu-heun stepped forward and held the Gan Jiang tilted.

A leisurely posture.

To the point where it could be thought of as completely defenseless.

It was an intangible formless aura, utterly ordinary like a common person.

Yet no openings could be found.

Each step he took, carelessly treading on the ground, seemed to wildly emit a terrifying energy….

The Second Great General couldn’t help but admire inwardly.

‘A divine being…!’

Was it the coming of a god.

He should have been an opponent who absolutely must be killed even at the cost of his life, yet watching this appearance made his chest tremble first.

What was it… something beyond fear.

The subordinates around him were admiring even more greatly.

No, perhaps expressing it as awe would be correct.

Amid the fear, a heart of respect as martial artists was born.

-Kung… Kung… Kung…

A large, pure-white mountain range was approaching, armed with sword energy.

Of course, it was an auditory hallucination.

The feeling that his presence conveyed was like that.

It was as if a grand avatar of great nature was using an intangible formless aura to induce carelessness and deceive them.

At that time, Danmok Cheon, operating internal power, shouted.

“Everyone snap out of it! Here comes another!”

Sure enough, behind Cheol Ryu-heun, one figure revealed himself.

Gun Mu-ak.

The supreme demon who had risen to Great Prelate at the youngest age throughout Heavenly Demon Cult’s history.

Befitting the owner of the sobriquet Extreme Heaven Demon Emperor, his mere appearance overwhelmed all people.

Tyrannical dark demonic energy seemed to surge around his body like an unprecedented tidal wave.

The Second Commander once again inwardly admired.

‘Extreme Heaven Demon Emperor…!’

Even from far away, he could tell.

That he was Gun Mu-ak.

It wasn’t just him.

Everyone else was the same.

The combination of Cheol Ryu-heun and Gun Mu-ak.

An extraordinary existence was added upon an extraordinary existence.

A dark demon god following a giant mountain range.

They couldn’t breathe.

Everyone clearly felt it.

The unfathomable realm of martial arts.

Had he been born from the beginning with the blood of a ruler?

It was a world-covering majestic bearing.

He looked like nothing other than someone born to step on everyone and rise above.

Power that far surpassed the limits of a human being made of blood and flesh.

That power displayed a fearsome illusion.

Darkness slowly falling upon this land.

Sky and earth alike were sinking into incomprehensible empty darkness.

A bright sun was clearly rising, yet endless darkness was wildly wrapping around their bodies.

That’s how each person felt.

Because of Gun Mu-ak’s terrifying intangible formless aura….

Truly the descent of a demon god who ruled the Unceasing Purgatory.

Amid all that, the massive white mountain range flaunted a supremely solitary bearing.

As if great alone.

As if no one could carelessly approach.

Cheol Ryu-heun.

He was the only Martial God who could have a dark demon god at his back.

No.

He was a Martial God who could lead all the warriors on this land.

As if to prove it, party members appeared behind.

The guest retainers of White Peak Sword Sect, led by Namgung Sang-rin.

To the right of those five were Northern Heavens Saber Venerable Peng Cheon-jin, Chrysanthemum Fragrance Sword Matriarch Byeok Song-ha, Brilliant Seas Sword Lion Dan Li-yeol, and other famous Orthodox warriors arrayed.

And to the left were Sword Wheel Crown Prince Gwi Je-shin, Solar Sun Great Lord Beop-yeol, Single Flash Sword Hegemon Do Woo-poong, and other Unorthodox Jianghu warriors positioned.

In addition, Mun-bin, Namgung Heon-rin, Murong Seol, and others also took positions behind the guest retainers.

Simultaneously, the elite forces of South Embrace Poison Palace, led by Hegemon of Poison Paramount Meng Wang, the absolute ruler of the frontier Southern Forest, displayed their might.

They had even brought along the most supreme-tier spirit creature.

At the very rear of the party.

KUNG, KUNG, KUNG, KUNG…

Each time the giant spirit creature moved its four legs, the ground trembled.

Was it the drumbeat to inspire morale on the battlefield?

The spirit creature’s identity was the Stone Cliff Supreme Elephant, said to exert extraordinary strength like a supreme master possessing supremely powerful external martial arts.

However, the other poison creatures were not visible.

Neither were Divine Wind and Heavenly Observation Divine Birds, nor the former Heretic Cult Master Defying Heaven Evil Wind Shin So-sul.

At some point, Eun Yi-bi and Ya Baek-ji had moved to Gun Mu-ak’s left and right at the front.

Cheol Ryu-heun was striding forward with all of them at his back.

Like a Martial God leading a company made up of renowned warriors.

The entire enemy force, including the Second Commander, who beheld that majestic sight, naturally thought of the Heaven Emperor Society Lord.

Though it probably wasn’t at the level of divine martial prowess equal to his.

At that moment, Cheol Ryu-heun’s Sound Transmission echoed in the air.

-What are you dawdling for? You die whether you come or we go.

“Keum…!”

The Second Great General, having abruptly gathered his wits, touched the gu poison in his body and triggered it.

Rapidly rising internal power levels.

KUKUKUKUKU, KUKUKUKUKU…

The ground he was standing on shook.

It was internal power that had broken through the limit by staking his life.

The other Great General also triggered their gu poison as their internal power levels rapidly soared.

A battle spirit and killing intent that made the body shudder spread abundantly throughout the battlefield.

At that time, Namgung Sang-rin spoke.

“We must win.”

Then Hae Su-yeon wore a small smile.

“Yes. Overwhelmingly.”

Following that, Cui Lan spoke while drawing her sword.

“Shall we bet on who can kill the most? Since they’re an evil group, I think I won’t feel any guilt at all.”

The killing intent lurking in her flashing eyes felt as fearsome as that of her master, Head-Severing Yama Seop-pyo.

At that time.

-Do you think our power is the same as before!

It was Danmok Cheon’s Sound Transmission to Six Directions.

Then Cheol Ryu-heun responded in kind with Sound Transmission.

-Don’t know, don’t care.

Extreme indifference.

FITS…

Thus, Cheol Ryu-heun vanished.

Simultaneously.

KWAAAAAAAAAAAANG!

An explosive sound burst from the exact center of the enemy formation arranged in three layers.

KUKUKUKUKUKUNG… JJEOJJEOJJEOJJEOJJEOJEOK… DEUDEUDEUDEUDEUDEUK… !

Ground caving in like a giant pit while creating cracks everywhere.

It was Cheol Ryu-heun’s earth-shaking stomp, having dropped down through the air.

The movement was even faster than what he had displayed earlier.

Because of that, the enemy formation was thrown into chaos.

Everyone retreated to avoid the impact as the circular ripple expanded.

It was a momentum that overwhelmed some seven hundred people in a single stroke.

The power of the stomp produced multiple casualties.

Over a dozen Detached Three Army Corps swordsmen became corpses.

Among them was even one at the Great General level.

Gun Mu-ak was newly awed.

‘…!’

Because he couldn’t see.

The process of the movement Cheol Ryu-heun had just executed.

He had only felt it with sharp energy sense.

The reactions of Meng Wang, Gwi Je-shin, and others in the rear were the same.

When Cheol Ryu-heun turned his head, the personnel at the place where his gaze landed moved like a parting sea.

A path opened by gaze alone.

No one here seemed to have the audacity to block him.

Everyone realized that his hand technique was the path to the underworld.

Also.

That confronting him was impossible unless one was at the Division Commander level.

Thus, Cheol Ryu-heun’s earth-shaking stomp became the signal flare.

PAPAPAPAPA, PAPAPAPAPA… !

Gun Mu-ak and the rest of the party charged toward the enemies ahead.

At that moment, a transparent current rose from all directions.

Along with it, the surrounding scenery changed, creating a fantastical space resembling a giant prison.

Even phantoms appearing differently to each person’s eyes.

It was the activation of the various formations arranged by the Heretic Cult.

Yet.

SYUSYUSYUSYUSYU, SYUSYUSYUSYUSYU, SYUSYUSYUSYUSYU… !

The cliff that was the boundary of the Ten Directions Ghost Road Lost Soul Formation absorbed all the formation energy.

It had happened in an instant.

As a result, the changing scenery returned to its original form.

The enemy camp was greatly flustered.

None of them knew.

That Cheol Ryu-heun was an existence recognized by the mysterious divine power of great nature that composed the Ten Directions Ghost Road Lost Soul Formation.

So it had helped him.

Immediately after, the two camps collided and played a symphony of noise.

CHAECHAECHAENG… PEOPEOPEOPONG… KWAGWAGWAGWANG… KKAGAGAGANG… KKUGUGUGUNG… !

Sparks burst here and there, metallic sounds rang out, bloodstains spread.

The Heretic Cult sorcerers had already fled at some point.

In that midst, an old man bravely charged toward Cheol Ryu-heun’s front and thrust out a highly powerful palm technique.

HUUUUUUUUNG!

It was a palm technique from which demonic energy spiraled out like a whirlwind.

Phantom Spirit Demon Emperor Hap-hwa.

Having become a Forbidden Soul Ghost Thing, the additional supremely powerful internal power he had gained was unleashed.

In a flash.

KWAK!

When Cheol Ryu-heun quickly clenched his left hand, the palm force that had been spiraling toward him was crumpled like paper and scattered in an instant.

SEUSEUSEUSEUSEU…

‘Eoeok!’

Hap-hwa was aghast.

His exquisite palm technique had been shattered by the opponent’s pure internal power level.

He had just crushed it with raw power.

His own supremely powerful internal power.

A blue blade flew toward the startled one.

SYUKAAAAK!

When Hap-hwa urgently thrust out both palms, a massive energy exploded.

KWAGWAGWAGWAGWAGWAGWANG… !

Along with the explosive sound, a body flew backward.

It was Hap-hwa.

‘Keok!’

He had been pushed back by the far too heavy sword force.

But the body that was flying backward suddenly stopped!

It was the effect of Cheol Ryu-heun, having outpaced that speed, strongly gripping Hap-hwa’s waist with his left hand.

When Hap-hwa, who had recognized the situation, realized it, his face turned pale.

‘Crazy…!’

But that thought ended there.

KWAKWANG!

Hap-hwa, gripped in his hand, spun around once and was slammed into the ground.

Following that.

PEOEOEOEOEOOEOK… !

He was kicked in the abdomen by Cheol Ryu-heun’s foot and sent tumbling backward.

‘Kkeo… kkeok…!’

Hap-hwa’s face, whose breath was blocked, distorted.

Yet he didn’t even have the leisure to groan in pain.

Because Cheol Ryu-heun’s Gan Jiang came flying, having compressed the gap like lightning.

It was already too late to dodge.

With no other choice, he tried thrusting both palms imbued with supremely powerful internal power, his forte.

But the result was the same.

No.

It was different.

It was gruesome.

KWAGWAGWAGWAGWAGWAGWANG… !

His two hands, which had received the sword, were torn to shreds.

That is, he had been pitifully outmatched in power.

Several fingers had even fled somewhere.

A look of disbelief filled Hap-hwa’s two eyes.

How could this be.

Though his flesh had been further strengthened by becoming a Forbidden Soul Ghost Thing.

At that moment, a dry voice came as terror.

“Is that all?”

Toward Cheol Ryu-heun’s rear, over a dozen Detached Three Army Corps elites charged in.

That was the last movement of their lives.

PEOPEOPEOPEOPEOPEOPEOPONG… HUDUUDUDUDUDUDUDUK!

They all became shredded meat fragments and lost their lives.

Hap-hwa finally triggered his gu poison.

Relying on his rapidly risen internal power, he desperately and quickly thrust out his tattered hands.

The Gan Jiang came out to greet them in turn, and an explosive sound rang out.

PEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOOEONG… !

Simultaneously, Hap-hwa’s two arms were torn to shreds and scattered into the air.

“Nothing special.”

Cheol Ryu-heun, having spat out an indifferent voice, severed his head.

SEUGEOEOK!