Chapter 429: Blood Demon Reigning Palm
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In the space where blood rain poured down, the noisy sounds suddenly stopped.
It was the shockwave and silence brought about by the Blood Demon Reigning Palm that symbolized the Blood God.
The center of the blood-red stained ground.
In the clearing where those personnel had vanished, only the stench of blood pervaded.
The gaze of the absolute being standing on the sea of blood swept across that clearing.
Cheol Ryu-heun.
The Martial God possessing unprecedented power was here.
He who had overwhelmed the atmosphere of the battlefield with a single supreme technique.
His eye light was still disinterested.
But the moment one met it, the feeling was as if one would be destroyed.
As if he would erase everything in this place just with his gaze alone……
Was it only his gaze?
His expression also lacked emotion.
To the point that he did not look like a person made of blood and flesh.
Gun Mu-ak was also disinterested, but his had a tyrannical aspect mixed in.
But Cheol Ryu-heun was different.
Even the expression “disinterested” seemed inadequate.
He was someone difficult to explain with any words.
A transcendent being for whom the law of cause and effect did not apply, perhaps.
No, even that expression “transcendent” seemed inadequate.
No one could carelessly imitate it.
Cheol Ryu-heun’s distinctive majesty of no-thought and no-desire.
To him, the concepts of good and evil, as well as the knowledge of the world and the principles of all creation, seemed meaningless.
That made him even more frightening.
That brief moment of expanding his view felt literally like an eternity for the enemies, approaching slowly.
It was the phenomenon of heightened senses induced by the crisis of death.
Just as, before death, one’s life memories flash by like a revolving lantern.
When the sound stopped, Gun Mu-ak’s feet had also halted.
He had turned his head and was looking at Cheol Ryu-heun’s appearance.
‘Blood Demon Reigning Palm……!’
Indeed, his conjecture had been correct.
He remembered what Cheol Ryu-heun had said.
-The foolish Darkness-Craving Blood Clan doesn’t know. That I am trying to revive techniques that only the Blood God could execute.
At the time, he had surmised that would be the Blood Demon Reigning Palm.
Two hundred years ago, Heavenly Demon Cult’s Great Prelate Heaven-Emperor Divine Demon Bon Eul-ha selected elite forces and led them on an advance into the Jianghu.
To obtain the Divine Martial Sword and bring the Orthodox Path to its knees.
Like the first Cult Master Heavenly Demon of ancient times, he dreamed of being an absolute ruler.
At that time, Bon Eul-ha had built his reputation as an ultimate demonic path superhuman who had mastered the essence of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art Ultra High Vacuum Configuration..
His martial prowess was one of the top few throughout the Cult’s history.
Yet the existence of Blood God Mu-wol, the possessor of the Divine Martial Sword and singular hegemon, was a disaster for the Heavenly Demon Cult.
He was no different from a natural catastrophe.
Above all, it was the Blood Demon Reigning Palm.
The great plains of Henan.
The Heavenly Demon Cult, having even toppled Shaolin Temple, the pillar of the Orthodox Path, encountered the forces led by Mu-wol there.
That battle was, in effect, a contest to determine who was the true hegemon.
However.
Bon Eul-ha had underestimated.
The exceptional talent of the one titled Blood God.
Also, he did not know.
That the title Blood God he had gained would later ascend to a position equal to Heavenly Demon, Sword Emperor, Evil Emperor, and Martial Immortal.
Just before the invasion of the foreign demonic forces, Mu-wol had achieved a state of ultimate technique and secret art through spiritual communion with the Divine Martial Sword and utilizing the essence of its divine energy.
The power to transform people’s blood into deadly explosive demonic energy and kill them.
That was precisely the Blood Demon Reigning Palm.
A technique of ultimate level that had transcended existing limits.
The most terrifying aspect of the Blood Stream Divine Demon Art, which symbolized Mu-wol’s martial achievements, lay in rupturing the opponent’s blood vessels.
Precisely, the application of making the blood inside the body boil.
Then the blood flow and connected meridians and pressure points would also rupture, causing fatal internal injuries.
The Blood Demon Reigning Palm was demonic art that went one step further from that.
Not content with making the blood boil, it would instantaneously explode and burst out of the body.
That’s right.
The blood inside the body would immediately become a kind of massive thunderbolt bomb.
At that time, half of Heavenly Demon Cult’s leadership perished to the terrifying Blood Demon Reigning Palm.
Bon Eul-ha was also struck by that power.
While facing the Blood Demon Reigning Palm head-on, one arm and leg exploded gruesomely and he was defeated.
It was the price for overconfidence in his own martial prowess.
In fact, unless one’s martial prowess was higher than Mu-wol’s, there was no way to avoid that power.
Acting based only on existing information had been Bon Eul-ha’s fatal mistake.
Honestly, for him, it was providential luck just to have escaped with his life.
Hence, to at least avoid total annihilation of the personnel he had mobilized, he publicly declared his humiliating defeat and surrender at the same time and returned beyond the border.
Yet.
There was a difference between the Blood God Mu-wol of that time and Cheol Ryu-heun.
The Blood Demon Reigning Palm he had just displayed was also different from the old days.
He had maximized the application by having the Darkness-Craving Blood Clan take his own blood.
A reversal of thinking.
From the beginning, he had harmonized an internal energy of the Blood Stream Divine Demon Art attribute into his fresh blood so that the Blood Demon Reigning Palm would activate through a chain reaction, and had it be drunk by Hu-ra, one of the Three Spirits.
In other words, to reverse-use the characteristics of the Darkness-Craving Blood Clan to cause a large-scale explosion.
The discomfort Hu-ra had been feeling all along was because of that.
Gun Mu-ak was sincerely impressed.
Not at the might of the Blood Demon Reigning Palm, but at Cheol Ryu-heun’s foresight……
Wasn’t it remarkable?
To have predicted up to the point that they would share his blood among themselves.
Hu-ra had played the role of evenly scattering seeds.
Those countless seeds dispersed and sprouted, bringing about disaster.
Behind Gun Mu-ak, the women fighting on his left and right sides were also marveling.
Eun Yi-bi and Ya Baek-ji.
In the minds of the two women, the moment Cheol Ryu-heun had previously demonstrated the Blood Stream Divine Demon Art came flooding back.
-I am precisely that root.
At that time, upon encountering the authentic transmission of the Blood God, who stood as a twin peak with the first Demon God Heavenly Demon and was called the Last Demon God, they had felt strong awe and wariness.
The two realized anew.
That Cheol Ryu-heun was a threatening existence who must not be made an enemy.
Behold.
He had executed the Blood Demon Reigning Palm even without the divine energy of the Divine Martial Sword.
Moreover, even displaying the application of unpredictable transformation.
He had already demonstrated Sword Emperor Buk-Ga-Shin’s Sword Steel, Evil Emperor Yul-Cheon’s ManCheon Great Evil Skill, and Martial Immortal Dongbang Ya’s Immortal Wandering Sword Energy.
Those legendary techniques said to be usable only by drawing out the divine energy of the Divine Martial Sword to its pinnacle, that is.
On top of that, Blood God Mu-wol’s Blood Demon Reigning Palm had been added.
Now only one remained.
Heavenly Demon Heart Sword.
The mythical specialized technique transmitted that only Heavenly Demon had executed……
Cheol Ryu-heun, having annihilated hundreds of the Darkness-Craving Blood Clan in an instant, raised the Gan Jiang.
And.
PIT.
He vanished somewhere.
He had at some point moved to the side.
Movement of extreme speed achieved in a flash of a flash.
Before the Darkness-Craving Blood Clan gathered there could even react.
PEOPEOPEOPEOPEOPONG, PEOPEOPEOPEOPEOPONG, PEOPEOPEOPEOPEOPONG… !
Everyone who had entered the radius reached by that power rapidly exploded and scattered blood rain.
TUTUTUTUTUTUK, TUTUTUTUTUTUK, TUTUTUTUTUTUK……
The power of Blood Demon Reigning Palm, activated again.
It was the moment a new sea of blood was created at the spot where Cheol Ryu-heun stood.
Among the Darkness-Craving Blood Clan in that direction, there were no survivors.
Only the Heretic Cult personnel mixed in here and there remained perfectly alive.
Even that was only momentary.
The Heretic Cult personnel who had been in that place were all slaughtered before the horizontal sweeping giant sword energy Cheol Ryu-heun deployed.
PUHAAK, PUHAK, PUHAAK……!
It was not a technique or anything, just a slashing strike.
Only, far too large and powerful and fast.
That cleared the silence.
The battlefield became noisy again.
In that midst, a resounding Sound Transmission was heard.
-Do not retreat even if you die!
It was Heuk Ma-yung.
Before anyone knew it, Gun Mu-ak, having turned his head forward, glared at the place where he was positioned.
While letting out a quiet voice.
“Let’s hurry and finish this.”
Eun Yi-bi and Ya Baek-ji swiftly came forward and each fiercely swung their Demon Echo Bell and Demon Dragon Fan.
CHIRIRRIRIRING… HWAAAAAAAAAK…
Different demonic currents gushed out greatly toward the front.
PEOPEOPEOPEOPONG…… KWAKWAKWAKWAKWANG……!
Over tens of enemies were scattered in all directions, pushed by that power.
The path was completely opened.
And Gun Mu-ak advanced leisurely while operating pinnacle power.
Releasing a majestic Sound Transmission.
-Try to face this body’s power.
Outside his body, a black demon god form symbolizing the Heavenly Demon surged up.
JJEOK…… JJEOJEOK…… JJEOK……
Thus, each time he took a step, the ground cracked, exploded, and shook wildly.
It was an unapproachable majesty.
There existed no group to impede the path of the demon god who ruled over the dark sky.
Heuk Ma-yung, undeterred, drew up his power and met head-on the terrifying gaze of Gun Mu-ak approaching from the front.
It was an unavoidable battle.
The ground where Heuk Ma-yung stood was likewise cracking and exploding.
Gun Mu-ak’s Sound Transmission again struck the eardrums.
-Did you betray our cult trusting in an uncertain otherworldly Demon God? I shall collect the price for that foolish act with your death.
Heuk Ma-yung soon stepped forward and responded with an identical Sound Transmission.
-You bastard, do you think this is the end? Now this seat shall become a divine entity and annihilate the Heavenly Demon Cult.
-The only divine entity of the Demonic Path is the first Cult Master. Only that one is qualified to be called a god.
-Still as foolish and arrogant as ever! Gun Mu-ak! You certainly worship excessively the one who died long ago and became dirt!
PAK!
Gun Mu-ak, his clothes fluttering, advanced rapidly.
KKWANG!
Heuk Ma-yung also did not wait and kicked off the ground and surged forward.
The gap compressed in an instant.
Before that, a pitch-black object suddenly thrust into Gun Mu-ak’s face.
Undeterred, the Demon God Sword danced.
KAKAKAKAKANG!
With sparks, the pitch-black things bounced back.
Those were Heuk Ma-yung’s fingernails.
Soon, the hand techniques of the two entangled as one exchanged ceaselessly, ringing out all manner of sounds.
At the same time.
Blood-Craving Fighting Demon Tae-pa, one of the Three Spirits, was burning with competitive spirit and charging toward Hegemon of Poison Paramount Meng Wang, who was not far away.
However.
SSWAEEEEEEAEK!
A sword energy dropping in a straight line blocked that path.
The force was too heavy to parry.
‘Hmph!’
The moment Tae-pa quickly pulled back, the sword energy shattered the ground.
KKWAKWANG… UDEUDEUK!
Truly a hairsbreadth margin.
The one who had wielded the sword energy was Namgung Sang-rin.
“KEUK, a mere brat……!”
When Tae-pa sneered, Namgung Sang-rin quietly raised the Heaven Reliance Sword.
“The ground where your body will be buried is here.”
Namgung Sang-rin had become one in presence with body, mind, and sword.
It felt as if a sky without end was contained within the shimmer flowing and dancing along the blade.
As if presaging a sword path that was grand, solemn, and righteous.
“KEUHEUHUT! I’m curious how your blood will taste!
When the feisty Tae-pa shouted and dashed, Namgung Sang-rin also stepped footwork and charged.
Thus began the uncompromising battle between the two.
At one side of that, Hae Su-yeon, the owner of Ten Great Heavenly Weapon Bewitching Flower Sword, was clashing with Snake-Robed Hwa-nong, who wielded various sorcery.
Meanwhile.
Hidden in the shrubbery of darkness far in the distance, two people were watching the chaotic battle.
They were precisely Four Divine General Black Tortoise Divine General Wang-ryu and his subordinate Vice General Xianyu Ershan.