Chapter 427: Light Clears the Darkness
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JJEOK…… JJEOJEOK……
The crack in the night sky widened another level.
The red current spewed from it caused transparent waves to rapidly spread here and there.
Along with that.
KKWAJIJIJIJI, KKWAJIJIJIJIJI…… WAREUREREU, WAREUREUREUK……
The tall pavilion that had been soaring high collapsed under that power.
Thus, powdery dust spread outward like clouds in all directions.
Heuk Ma-yung, Snake-Robed Hwa-rang, and others had already evacuated to the ground, knowing this would happen.
Following that, a giant arm protruded from beyond that crack.
It was the right hand of the otherworldly Demon God preparing to descend.
As more waves spread, the surrounding forest rumbled.
DEUDEUDEUDEU, DEUDEUDEUDEUEU…
The Demon God’s voice rang out like a Sound Transmission.
-I can…… endure. The spiritual power this body has absorbed to the fullest is…… creating a hole in the principles of great nature.
As it said, it was so.
The large arm that had pushed through the crack was holding on without withdrawing back in.
Unlike the first time.
Earlier, when it had extended its hand, hadn’t there been a large shimmering heat wave along the night sky along with a sound as if flesh was burning?
That was because of the imbalanced friction between great nature composing the mortal world and the otherworldly being.
However.
Such a phenomenon did not appear now.
That proved that the Demon God’s resistance had grown.
The over one thousand gathered in the vast meadow burst into cheers.
Among them, the cries of the Darkness-Craving Blood Clan group even sounded like the roars of fierce beasts.
In that midst, satisfied smiles hung on the faces of Heuk Ma-yung and his Three Spirits subordinates.
Blood-Robbing Deep Ghost Gin-gyun let out a quiet voice.
“Great King, matters are proceeding smoothly.”
“Hut, indeed. Isn’t that one the true divine entity of demonic nature? Heavenly Demon Cult’s first Cult Master was merely a deified human……”
Having replied thus, Heuk Ma-yung spoke internally.
‘The moment of a new history beginning is approaching. Now we just need to transfer that one’s soul and power into the vessel we’ve prepared.’
His grayish-white pupils flashed with the light of exultation.
He firmly believed.
That this special ritual for the otherworldly Demon God’s descent would conclude successfully……
“Amazing. Marvelous. I can clearly feel it throughout this vast land. The energy that the Demon God is emitting……”
Snake-Robed Hwa-rang marveled thus as he gazed at the night sky.
Then Snake-Robed Hwa-nong, standing beside him, responded with a nod.
“Brother, it seems the time has come. Shall we begin the final work?”
“Yes.”
Snake-Robed Hwa-rang nodded back and soon showed a light wave of his hand.
A hand signal directed to the side.
At the same time, the Five Palace Masters, the leadership of the Heretic Cult, approached in unison toward a stone altar-shaped structure positioned about three jang to the rear.
There, someone was lying flat with both eyes tightly closed.
Like a corpse.
But it was a person alive, not dead.
That’s right.
The chest was rising and falling almost imperceptibly.
Breathing normally.
Only fallen into a deep sleep that was hard to awaken from.
Various multicolored talismans were densely plastered all over his entire body.
The person on the altar was none other than Snake Eye Sword Demon Mo Dok-jae.
He had not joined the all-out battle against Cheol Ryu-heun’s party.
The reason was simple.
It was due to a scheme secretly executed by the Darkness-Craving Blood Clan and Heretic Cult.
That is, during the process of making him into a Soul-Snatching Ghost-Becoming Body, they had manipulated him so that symptoms of great side effects would appear.
Because there was a separate use for that body.
Thus, they deceived the eyes of the Detached Three Army Corps and Eastern Heaven Division as if he had died and siphoned him off to the back.
They had planned from the start to disguise one of the Division Commanders as dead anyway.
For the shell in which the Demon God would briefly reside.
After that, they intended to transfer it to a body with suitable conditions.
Of course, the target was already marked out.
It was precisely Extreme Heaven Demon Emperor Gun Mu-ak, the Great Prelate of Heavenly Demon Cult.
Simply put, Mo Dok-jae was a temporary dwelling for the Demon God.
The various talismans attached to his entire body were needed for supreme sorcery that would cushion the shock of divine possession.
Why.
Without doing so, even the flesh of a supreme master at the Detached Three Army Corps Division Commander level could not withstand it.
CHEOK, CHEOCHEOK, CHEOK……
The Five Palace Masters formed a circle with the stone structure at the center.
Soon, as the sorcery incantation based on the principles of mutual generation and mutual overcoming of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water began.
FLASH…
The talismans covering Mo Dok-jae’s entire body explosively radiated bright light.
Following that.
CHYUCHYUCHYUCHYUCHYUCHYU… !
The light, having merged into one large mass, shot up toward the night sky.
Precisely toward Zhuge Bi, floating in the air.
FLASH…
The light absorbed into Zhuge Bi’s body once again explosively radiated.
Then it rapidly wrapped around the Demon God’s right hand that had pushed through the otherworldly dimensional gate, playing eerie sounds.
UUUUUUUUNG, UUUUUUUUUNG…
It felt like metallic sounds along with various sounds were violently mixing and ringing.
Thereby, a transformation occurred.
JJEOJEOJEOJEOJEO, JJEOJEOJEOJEOJEO…… SEUSEUSEUSEUSSEUT, SEUSEUSEUSEUSSEUT……
The crack widened another level as the hand was transformed into smoke-like form and guided toward Zhuge Bi.
That was the process of discarding its physical form from the otherworldly realm and manifesting in a spiritual form.
Heuk Ma-yung, quietly watching above, slowly raised the corner of his mouth.
‘Done.’
A smile of satisfaction.
The expressions of the others were not much different.
Everyone intuited.
That the time for Zhuge Bi’s body, which served as the key, to be used to transfer to the mortal world was drastically shortening.
SYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYU…
The arm transformed into smoke passed through that body and rapidly descended following the pillar-like light.
It then flowed into Mo Dok-jae’s flesh.
Thereupon, the altar and its surroundings shook with a KUNG!
It was truly the beginning of the descent in earnest.
Before anyone knew it, even the Demon God’s shoulder area was transforming into smoke.
In that midst, Zhuge Bi was in agony, pressing upon him by terrible pain.
‘Kkeu…… heuuk……!’
When the Demon God’s spiritual energy settled into his body, not only the eight extraordinary meridians and twelve standard meridians but even the dantian throbbed.
At this rate, he felt as if he would really die.
That’s how fearsome the pain assaulting his entire body was.
Zhuge Bi once again demonstrated superhuman endurance as he thought.
‘With my power alone…… I cannot…… stop this flow! Now they need to come…… here……!’
But he knew well.
That he would not die easily.
Cheol Ryu-heun had already assured him.
-You will not die. I used the Martial Immortal’s arts to blow in immortal energy that protects life. If your life is truly in danger, it will activate. But before that happens, I will arrive, so pour all your spirit into the mission. Even if the process is somewhat painful.
‘Yes, he will…… come soon!’
A very firm belief, not wavering in the slightest.
That was what was sustaining his endurance.
In a flash.
The poison creature army that had been on standby behind showed a strange reaction.
For some reason, each was letting out low, heavy sounds while turning their gazes to one place.
It was the space in the front distance corresponding to the formation’s boundary.
Along with them, the gathered people, including Heuk Ma-yung, also turned their gazes in that direction.
Snake-Robed Hwa-rang’s expression changed to something quite sharp.
“Did something approach?”
Then Snake-Robed Hwa-nong standing beside him quietly shook her head.
“No, that can’t be. If so, we would have sensed it in advance.”
At that time, Blood-Craving Fighting Demon Tae-pa, one of the Three Spirits, furrowed his brow.
“Could the formation we deployed be flawed? Earlier, too, there was supposedly a momentary gap……”
Undeterred, Snake-Robed Hwa-rang retorted irritably.
“Nonsense, that’s preposterous! Are you doubting our skill?”
“Huu, if my words sounded that way, I apologize. But since humans are bound to make mistakes and let down their guard……”
A great roar that suddenly approached swallowed the tail of his words.
-Kkwauuuuuuung!
A shock as if shaking heaven and earth.
Simultaneously, the sorcery curtain that had formed the formation’s boundary was shattered.
-Kkwang!
From there, a brilliantly flashing object charged fiercely forward, then spread its wings and took flight.
Person and horse.
It was Divine Wind, soaring with Cheol Ryu-heun and Shin So-sul on its back.
Simultaneously.
-Waaaaaaaaaa!
A shout bursting with chivalric spirit shook the gorge.
It was the appearance of the elite alliance of martial warriors, including the guest retainers of White Peak Sword Sect.
At the sudden turn of events, the enemy camp was engulfed in shock.
At that moment, four vast rays of light illuminated the land.
As if the mysterious waterfall of the celestial realm was pouring down to the ground.
That was not artificial light.
It was real sunlight.
That’s right.
Great holes had formed in the night sky.
At that unreachable height far above.
Shadows of large birds wavered at the places where light emerged.
The four Heavenly Observation Divine Birds, having united with ManCheon Great Evil Skill and pierced through the uppermost layer of the night sky, were circling.
It was a marvelous sight.
To think holes in the sky could occur in that darkness created by compiling high-level sorcery.
It was the excellent application of ManCheon Great Evil Skill, the fearsome secret technique of the existence who was the sole god of Unorthodox martial history, Evil Emperor Yul-Cheon.
Before it, the arts of all sorcery schools under heaven could only be neutralized.
In that midst, a strange discomfort returned to Lust-Blood Seductive Ghost Hu-ra’s chest.
‘Again……!’
Heuk Ma-yung immediately commanded with a magnificent Sound Transmission.
-Stop them! Give all your strength to kill and eliminate them all!
Then the entire enemy camp charged out with violent momentum toward the opposing camp’s frontal assault.
It was the advance of massive combat power combining the Darkness-Craving Blood Clan, Heretic Cult, and poison creatures.
Snake-Robed Hwa-rang, looking upward, threw out an urgent voice.
“We must stop that first!”
He was pointing at the person and horse that had soared toward the otherworldly dimensional gate.
But the time was already late.
Divine Wind had already reached the air where Zhuge Bi was staying.
At Cheol Ryu-heun’s Sound Transmission, Zhuge Bi inwardly cheered.
‘AH! He has finally come!’
A small red bead shot through the air fiercely.
Toward the otherworldly dimensional gate where the Demon God was descending.
It was the Zhurong Fire-Controlling Bead that Cheol Ryu-heun had thrown.
Thus, a tremendous explosion occurred as if heaven and earth were collapsing.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWAKWAKWAKWANG… HUAAAAAAAAAAAAAK… !
As the Zhurong Fire-Controlling Bead was destroyed, the flame condensed and compressed to the fullest inside burst out all at once.
And that enormous fire covered the entire crack and danced.
Along with it, a scream rang out.
-Uoeoeoeoeoeoeok!
It was the sound of the Demon God whose shoulder area had been transforming into smoke.
Zhuge Bi executed the plan the moment the connection was severed.
‘Now!’
As he operated pinnacle internal power to utilize the mental technique Cheol Ryu-heun had arranged, the energy transmitted from the various formations within the Shiwan Mountains was instantly condensed into his body.
And.
FLASH.
Having opened his two eyes, he emitted light from his entire body.
CHWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
Thus, as the massive ray of light wrapped around the dimensional gate covered in flame.
KU…… KUUU…… KU……
Along with intense vibration, the crack began to narrow.
As if a deep wound was healing.
When Shin So-sul then cast a special sealing sorcery with talismans and incantations, the crack narrowed another level.
As the intruding flames made the Demon God writhe, the dimensional gate shook greatly.
-Kururururururureung…
That was the end of it.
The Demon God, having lost only one arm, was trapped again beyond the crack.
It was the moment when the dream of the Darkness-Craving Blood Clan and Heretic Cult crumbled miserably.