Chapter 488: The Might of the Demonic Forces

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Swoosh swoosh… Swoosh swoosh swoosh…

Pure white streams extended long from both sides of Divine Wind’s body.

White wings.

That’s right.

It was a haze reminiscent of a pair of wings.

In the distant past, if the legendary divine beast Thousand-Li Flying Horse truly existed, would it have looked like this?

Though they weren’t wings that had actually sprouted.

Cheol Ryu-heun stroked the flowing mane and gave instructions.

“When we get there, don’t join the fight… Stay far back.”

His touch felt more like he was addressing his lover Cho-hui rather than a horse.

As if that mane were her hair from life.

-But… Didn’t you say the Central Heaven Tower’s personnel have different attributes compared to other places?

“Well, that’s true.”

-Would I be a burden by staying at your side? I can also use special powers now…

“I know well.”

-But…

“That’s not the issue. I just don’t want to leave you in that place… That will reek of blood.”

-Ah… I understand what you’re saying… No, what your heart means. Yes, I’ll do that. In any case, there won’t be anyone in the Central Heaven Tower who can withstand your martial prowess, Bai Chu. Still, please promise me this one thing. If something feels dangerous, please summon me immediately…

Cheol Ryu-heun replied expressionlessly to Cho-hui’s Sound Transmission.

“I will.”

Though it appeared apathetic on the outside, it was a voice filled with love and sincerity.

Others might not know, but Cho-hui had felt it.

Perhaps that’s why the corners of her mouth lifted ever so slightly.

As if smiling gently like a person.

-Now, let’s move as fast as possible!

At those words, the white wings moved even more vigorously.

Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…

After a few wingbeats, a rushing wind sound arose.

Boom… !

Divine Wind kicked off the ground, leaped high, and vanished beyond the sky.

* * *

Someone’s low voice rang out from within the forest.

“Halt.”

The owner of the voice was none other than Extreme Heaven Demon Emperor Gun Mu-ak.

At the same time, the gazes of the two hundred-plus Heavenly Demon Cult elite within the woodland focused forward.

Ahead, a treacherous path connecting cliff to cliff could be seen.

At the end of that path, a massive fortress bore the sunset-colored sky.

The Western Heaven Division headquarters under the Heaven Emperor Society, and the highest-priority target of the frontier Demonic Path coalition…

At that moment, Eun Yi-bi and Ya Baek-ji, the Left and Right Attendants of the cult, stepped to the front.

They seemed to have taken on vanguard-like roles.

Sure enough.

“Shall we smash it?”

It was a question from Eun Yi-bi, gripping her Demon Echo Bells.

Though she had a saint-like sacred appearance, she was radiating demonic killing intent from her entire body.

Gun Mu-ak replied with a wordless nod.

Eun Yi-bi likewise nodded, then spoke as she began to walk.

“Commence battle.”

Thereupon, Ya Baek-ji, moving to follow, wore her characteristic bewitching smile as she muttered.

“Hoho. The moment it starts is always the most exciting. Now, who should I strip and devour first today? Ahhng… My underwear is already getting soaking wet.”

* * *

The watchtower at the Western Heaven Division’s south gate.

‘Hmm? What’s that?’

The eyes of one guard on watch widened.

Because he had seen two human shadows approaching from far away.

Not to be outdone, another guard beside him also tilted his head.

‘Visitors are rare at a time so close to evening… Ah, wait! Could they be messengers from the Southern Heaven Division after successfully exterminating White Peak Sword Sect?’

He then exchanged gestures instead of words with his fellow guard.

Both were Deaf-Mutes.

Just then.

Swoooooosh… !

Something large and sparkling flew rapidly, cutting through the wind.

When it smashed deep into the wall above the main gate with a bang, the entire watchtower where the two Deaf-Mutes were positioned shook from the heavy impact.

It happened literally in the blink of an eye.

What had suddenly flown in was an iron bell larger than a decent-sized human head.

That’s right.

It was the Demon Echo Bells… The unique weapon symbolizing Eun Yi-bi’s sobriquet Little-Face Bell Demoness.

One of the pair had rushed toward the main gate wall.

That wasn’t the end.

Just as the two startled Deaf-Mutes took out their emergency signal horns.

Swoooooosh… !

The remaining one of the Demon Echo Bells flew across the distance and collided with the one embedded in the wall, generating a powerful demonic sound wave.

Chiririririring… !

The explosive wave of sound power, loaded with turbid demonic energy, caused the ramparts on both sides connected to the main gate to collapse.

Crash crash crash… Crack crack crack… Rumble rumble rumble…!

The two Deaf-Mutes had leaped just before the collapse and landed on the ground when.

“Accept my gift, won’t you?”

A seductive voice full of passion struck their eardrums.

The startled pair turned their heads, and somehow Ya Baek-ji was already approaching, lasciviously shaking her luscious, voluptuous body.

Like a lustful temptress trying to arouse a man’s lust.

A dance that seemed to crave the pleasures of the bedchamber.

Immediately after, the expressions of the two Deaf-Mutes changed.

It was the effect of Ya Baek-ji’s bizarre demonic power invading their upper dantian… Their mental domain… And bestowing lustful delusions.

Like a kind of mental domination.

Obscene Dance Bewitching Demon Technique

The cursed demonic art that had earned Ya Baek-ji the name Delusional Seductive Demoness.

“Ha. It’s a Demonic Path ultimate art that guides the opponent’s soul to the realm of the dead using lust-realm attributes. Know that and die.”

Ya Baek-ji’s low voice was like the breath of a death god.

Following that, as she swung the pair of folding fans called Demon Dragon Fans this way and that while performing her bewitching dance, the demonic power intensified further.

Thus, the two Deaf-Mutes, hit by the Group Demon Seductive Dance that forcibly injected lust, died as their entire bodies expanded.

Puhung… Puhuhung… !

Shreds of flesh and bone fragments torn to pieces scattered in all directions, spreading a pungent smell.

Ya Baek-ji snapped shut the pair of Demon Dragon Fans and spoke while licking her lips.

“Slurp… Yes, this is the taste. Ahhng… The excitement is building. No, no. It’s not enough. I need to kill them more miserably.”

Immediately after, at the moment Eun Yi-bi retrieved her Demon Echo Bells with object manipulation through the void.

From beyond the ruthlessly collapsed main gate and ramparts, alarm bells and drums rang out wildly, signaling emergency.

At that moment, about a dozen people with swords came fluttering their robes as they approached.

It was the so-called Standby Unit Blood Red cloaked Deaf-Mute group, who had been waiting for deployment orders in case of emergency, arriving at the scene first.

But they all stopped dead, leaving gaps of about one Zhang.

The reason was one.

Pa pa pa pa pa pa… Pa pa pa pa pa pa… Pa pa pa pa pa pa… !

From behind where Eun Yi-bi and Ya Baek-ji stood, a massive dark tidal wave came pouring fiercely.

It was the charge of the two hundred-plus Heavenly Demon Cult elite, led by the Great Prelate, Four Dharma-Protecting Kings, and others.

At that moment.

Gun Mu-ak, as if showing off his personal martial level, released a Thousand-Li Telepathic Voice accompanied by supreme internal power.

-Don’t leave a single one alive! Today, the Western Heaven Division is exterminated!

* * *

While the large force centered on the Asura Demon Cult was moving.

-Chiririring… Crash crash crash… Crack crack crack… Rumble rumble rumble…!

Heavy sounds echoed in succession across the air.

Immediately after.

-Don’t leave a single one alive…! Today, the Western Heaven Division is exterminated…!

Gun Mu-ak’s Thousand-Li Telepathic Voice was also heard.

But at that moment.

-This honorable one has also arrived on time. Annihilate the enemy.

Another Thousand-Li Telepathic Voice rang out resonantly across the air.

Who was it?

At the same time, the demonic man with an oppressive air at the head of the procession laughed.

“Hoho. He flew here on that horse. He is indeed fast as rumored. With this… Has a true coalition of demons been completed?”

It was Sal Ma-ha, the Asura Blade Demon Emperor… Patriarch of the Asura Demon Cult.

He then ran forward while releasing a telepathic voice using ascending internal power.

-This is the signal to commence battle! Everyone, move according to plan!

Thereupon, the three hundred-plus elite combining the Asura Demon Cult, Shadow Demon Academy, Demon Wind Sect, and others also ran like a storm.

Whish whish whish whish whish whisk… Pow pow pow pow pow pow pack… Ta ta ta ta ta ta tack… !

The gap toward the Western Heaven Division fortress’s west gate rapidly compressed.

At that moment, Sal Ma-ha shouted.

“Smash it!”

Suddenly, as if they’d been waiting, two figures burst out to the very front.

They were Hu Su-ryeo, the Gold Gate Dharma Protector, and Jin Jung-bi, the Silver Gate Dharma Protector of the Asura Demon Cult.

The forms of the two, shooting forward toward the gate like beams of light, suddenly transformed.

Pop pop pop, pop pop pop, pop pop pop…

Along with a series of energy sounds, both experienced their muscles throughout their bodies expanding and growing astonishingly large.

As if their very bones and muscles had changed through some kind of bizarre sorcery…

That wasn’t the only thing.

From their hair to every bit of hair on their bodies, all was dyed ocean-blue.

And even their skin changed to a dark ashen gray, giving an extremely eerie feeling like monsters.

Also, light reminiscent of green ghost fire swirled in both their pupils.

Asura Monster Transformation Demonic Art.

A demonic art created by Jin Tal-eup, the Three Peerless Asura Master, the third-generation Patriarch of the Asura Demon Cult, and a secret technique passed down only to the Dharma Protectors throughout the generations.

Internal power increased through physical transformation, but there were time limits, and overuse caused fatal side effects… A monstrous art.

Shadow Flash Demon Elder Hak Hyeon-hoe and Innocence Demon Maiden In Ae-yeon, watching from behind, felt goosebumps rise all over.

Both were realizing anew.

The formidable strength of the two Dharma Protectors representing the Asura Demon Cult.

The weapons of Hu Su-ryeo and Jin Jung-bi, rushing forward while operating the Asura Monster Transformation Demonic Art at full power, were iron axes.

Their size was also enormous, like the great banners of an army general.

The sobriquets of Hu Su-ryeo and Jin Jung-bi were identical.

Everyone called them this.

Mountain-Splitting Twin Axe Demons.

It meant both wielded iron axes so massive they could even destroy mountains.

The moment Hu Su-ryeo’s eyes flashed and he closed in on the gate, he swiftly swung his axe.

Huuuuuung… !

A terrifying wind sound like a typhoon blowing.

Kwaaaaaaang… !

That was the roaring sound of striking the center of the gate.

Simultaneously.

Crack crack crack crack… Crack crack crack crack… !

Not only the massive gate but also the surrounding ramparts developed severe fissures.

Drrr drrr drrr, drrr drrr drrr, drrr drrr drrr…

Precarious trembling occurred as if about to collapse any moment.

This time, Jin Jung-bi’s massive iron axe rushed toward the left wall section of the gate.

Huuuuuung… Kwaaaaaaang… !

With the roar, the wall shattered and flew into the air.

The two swung their axes powerfully once more each.

Huuuuuung… Kwaaaaaaang… Huuuuuung… Kwaaaaaaang… !

Under that tremendous monstrous strength, half the western ramparts crumbled down.

Crash crash crash crash, crash crash crash crash…

It didn’t stop there… Even the ground connected to the cliff shook and collapsed.

Because of that, more than a dozen Standby Unit Deaf-Mutes who had been running out freaked out and went back inside.

But there was no way Hu Su-ryeo and Jin Jung-bi, who had boldly stepped up as the vanguard, would miss that opportunity.

The two swung their great axes ferociously like Asura path monsters seized by murderous madness, chasing and slaughtering the Standby Unit Deaf-Mute gang.

Each time their iron axes swung this way and that, their greatly swollen muscles writhed like lava, exuding domineering momentum.

Successful seizure of the initiative.

However.

The Asura Demon Cult’s true power started from now.

-From now on, this honorable one will step to the front.

Thus, Asura Demon Cult Patriarch Sal Ma-ha gripped his Skull Demon Blade and charged forward to meet the enemy personnel pouring out from all directions.

Deaf-Mute cloaked figures rushed toward him, who had leaped into the center in a circular encirclement formation.

The headcount approached twenty people in total.

Just then.

“Cleave!”

With a shout, Sal Ma-ha held his Skull Demon Blade horizontally and rapidly spun in place, causing a massive wave of blade energy to explode outward.

Shwee shwee shwee shwee shwee shwee shweet… !

When the wave of blade energy took the terrifying form of an Asura with three heads and six arms and swept all directions, the surrounding ground transformed into a nauseating sea of blood.