Chapter 214: Chapter 214

“Why are you alive?”

The trembling gaze of the Demon of Black Wind was fixed solely on one person.

He tried to deny it, telling himself that it was absolutely impossible, but this dream-like reality only made his mind clearer.

“Well…… since you are alive, why shouldn’t I be?”

“Is it the Blood Demon!”

The Demon of Black Wind spoke the name that came to his mind.

As far as he knew, the only person who could use the advent art was the Blood Demon. If so, wouldn’t that mean this Martial God was also revived by that fellow, the Blood Demon?

‘Why would he do such a foolish thing?’

Reflecting on it, the Demon of Black Wind soon showed a look of shock.

It was not the Blood Demon.

Reviving a dead person through the advent art was an extremely difficult task.

Furthermore, since the body had disappeared, the Blood Demon’s advent art involved borrowing a new body to be reborn, but Dan Woo-hyun was standing before him with the same appearance and the same face as before.

That was absolutely impossible, and the astonishment of the Demon of Black Wind was beyond words.

“Is it lingering attachment? Or is it simply a longing to achieve what you failed to achieve?”

Dan Woo-hyun asked as he slowly approached once again.

Because the Demon of Black Wind did not fail to understand the meaning behind that question, his mouth twitched.

Reviving a dead soul through the advent art was only possible if that soul still remained in the secular world.

An obsession with life, a longing for something.

Based on that, a soul wandering the secular world as a vengeful spirit would be summoned into a body.

The Demon of Black Wind narrowed his eyes and grabbed the sword he had placed beside his chair.

“It might be both.”

Clang!

After a violent clash, the sound of wind cutting could be heard.

The sword of the Demon of Black Wind was so wondrous that even the sound of the wind was heard late.

However, his blade did not reach.

“Ugh……!”

Using the blood-sucking art, he had obtained internal energy that surpassed his past strength.

He had even thought that he would soon be able to catch up to the Blood Demon.

However, his sword stopped right in front of Dan Woo-hyun’s neck.

It was not that Dan Woo-hyun had swung a sword.

He had blocked it simply by raising his scabbard lightly. The Demon of Black Wind broke out in a cold sweat at the realization that he could not even make him release his protective barrier energy.

“You have improved a little.”

“Ugh……! You bastard! Why, why! Do you stand in my way once again!”

Clash-clash-clang!

Shouting loudly, the Demon of Black Wind swung his sword fiercely.

Every time he swung his sword, a storm raged.

The inside of the Heavenly Demon Pavilion instantly became a mess.

Sword qi flew in all directions, scratching and splitting the walls.

The inside of the Heavenly Demon Pavilion broke and collapsed as if a natural disaster had occurred.

This was indeed the battle of those who sought to reach the limitlessness.

“Damn it! Damn it!”

However, the sword of the Demon of Black Wind did not reach Dan Woo-hyun.

Having already faced the Blood Demon and realized his own helplessness, the Demon of Black Wind stared at Dan Woo-hyun with bloodshot eyes as the same situation unfolded once again.

The blade he was wielding became sharper and sharper, and the wind blew even more violently as if he were pouring out all his internal energy.

“It is an unpleasant wind.”

Dan Woo-hyun took a half-step back. In an instant, the blade of the Demon of Black Wind grazed past his nose, and at the same time a slight opening was created.

He swung his sword.

“Aaagh!”

Boom-boom-boom!

The extending power swallowed everything around.

It even wrapped around the storm raised by the Demon of Black Wind, cutting and crushing the pillars inside the Heavenly Demon Pavilion, scattering even their traces to pieces.

It was by no means a power that a human could produce.

Rumble!

Before long, a violent sound was heard.

Due to the collapsed walls and severed pillars, the ceiling sank, and the entire Heavenly Demon Pavilion shook violently.

However, let alone the Demon of Black Wind who was bleeding from his chest, even Dan Woo-hyun stood facing each other without moving from their spots.

“Ugh…….”

A small groan escaped the mouth of the Demon of Black Wind, but he did not seem to intend to back down.

Rumble!

Once again, the Heavenly Demon Pavilion began to collapse with a massive sound. The remaining pillars also broke and fell, and soon the building crumbled completely.

Crash!

It was the moment the Heavenly Demon Pavilion, which had maintained the authority of the Demon Sect for a thousand years, collapsed.

* * *

“Ugh…… s-save me.”

Crack!

Sadol-hak, who was holding the collar of the remaining elder, struck his head without paying any heed to his pleas for mercy.

The blood that splattered as the head shattered soaked Sadol-hak’s body.

“Phew…….”

Even so, Sadol-hak did not look satisfied.

Standing there, he glanced back.

The members of the Demon Sect, who had rushed over upon realizing that something unusual was happening everywhere, froze like stone statues when they saw Sadol-hak’s face and could not move.

Sadol-hak, who was once their absolute ruler.

If the Demon of Black Wind had seized the minds of the Demon Sect members through fear and dread, Sadol-hak naturally showed the dignity of a superior, yielding everyone one by one with his overwhelming power.

No matter how much they had abandoned the one to whom they swore loyalty, no one dared to draw a sword against him.

Even more so in a situation where the corpses of the elders and protectors were horribly mutilated and scattered all over.

“If there is anyone who wants to die, come forward.”

At Sadol-hak’s cold words, everyone flinched and trembled.

No one stepped forward against the overwhelming power; their faces were pale white like prisoners bowing their heads and waiting for their sentence.

“Hmph, you are nothing but worms who do not even have the courage to draw a sword.”

Under the chilly gaze, they could not utter a single word.

At that moment.

Boom!

It sounded as if thunder was rolling.

Not only Sadol-hak but everyone present was startled and turned their heads.

Soon, at the sight that came into view.

“Ah…….”

They gasped and widened their eyes in shock.

It was the same for Sadol-hak. He could not hide his astonishment, to the point of wondering if what he was seeing was truly real.

The Heavenly Demon Pavilion, which had stood for a thousand years, was collapsing.

Sadol-hak stared at it for a while with an expression as if his eyes were going to pop out. Soon, recovering his senses, he began to run toward the Heavenly Demon Pavilion.

“Hey, you crazy bastard!”

Sadol-hak’s scream echoed toward the collapsing Heavenly Demon Pavilion.

* * *

Even while watching the situation unfolding before his eyes, Namgung Cheon was confused about whether this was reality or a dream. Because when the giant Heavenly Demon Pavilion collapsed, he had witnessed traces that looked as if they had been cut by a sword.

However, what surprised him even more was something else.

The completely collapsed Heavenly Demon Pavilion.

Considering its size, it would have been normal for the people inside to have died.

Yet, the two men were standing perfectly fine.

The one presumed to be the Demon of Black Wind was bleeding and had a somewhat painful expression, but not a single piece of debris fell around him.

It was the same for Dan Woo-hyun.

He could not hide his astonishment at the sight, which made it impossible not to think that an invisible wall had formed around them.

“Is…… is that truly a human?”

Namgung Cheon muttered, his eyelids trembling.

Namgung Cheon was someone who had seen many people and thought he understood Dan Woo-hyun’s strength to some extent.

However, this situation that had occurred easily shattered all those expectations.

This ominous momentum felt the moment he looked at the Demon of Black Wind.

It was something that transcended his own level.

And the appearance of Dan Woo-hyun, who did not lose his composure even with such a Demon of Black Wind in front of him.

An energy different from usual naturally intimidated people, making even looking at him cause one’s heart to tremble.

“Hey, you bastard!”

At that moment, a loud voice was heard.

When Namgung Cheon turned his head, he saw Sadol-hak running at a terrifying speed. Perhaps because the Heavenly Demon Pavilion had collapsed, his face was pale blue.

Namgung Cheon stood in the way to restrain the approaching Sadol-hak.

“Stop! Do not go near.”

“Look at what that crazy bastard just did!”

Restraining the furious Sadol-hak, Namgung Cheon broke out in a cold sweat.

It was understandable that he was angry.

Since he had collapsed the Heavenly Demon Pavilion, which had stood for a thousand years, in an instant, wouldn’t it be heartbreaking from the perspective of Sadol-hak who once led the Demon Sect?

But such complaints were a matter to be thought of later.

He grabbed Sadol-hak’s shoulder with one hand.

“Be quiet and watch. It seems something we have never been able to see in our entire lives is about to happen……”

“What are you talking about?”

As Sadol-hak frowned and looked at Dan Woo-hyun, then glanced elsewhere, he discovered a man who was bleeding.

At a glance, it was clearly the Demon of Black Wind. The moment he saw him, Sadol-hak felt a surge of anger.

“You son of a bitch!”

He ran forward just like that.

He gathered his peak internal energy into his hands, intending to deliver a strike. The moment he closed the distance in an instant and tried to thrust a palm strike toward the Demon of Black Wind.

A chilly feeling grazed past the tip of his nose from his chest.

Slash! In that short interval, blood splattered from Sadol-hak’s body.

At the same time, the sword of Dan Woo-hyun, who suddenly appeared beside him, was swung.

Clang!

Soon, the Demon of Black Wind retreated five steps, and Dan Woo-hyun stood beside Sadol-hak, quietly staring at the Demon of Black Wind.

“Ugh…….”

Sadol-hak fell to his knees and sank down.

It was a moment that would not be strange to describe as literally the blink of an eye.

Sadol-hak had not even seen the tip of the blade swung by the Demon of Black Wind. No, there was not even pain when he was hit by the sword.

It felt as if he had been struck by an invisible sword.

If Dan Woo-hyun had not deflected it, he would have been cut much deeper.

“Step back.”

Even at the voice he heard, Sadol-hak did not budge. He reached out and touched his cut chest.

Feeling the blood flow, he trembled involuntarily.

He had no idea what had just happened.

Yet, Dan Woo-hyun knew it?

Furthermore, even while fighting an opponent who had instantly put him, who was called the Demon Emperor, in such a state, he did not shed a single drop of blood.

No, rather, it felt as if the Demon of Black Wind was afraid of Dan Woo-hyun.

How could such a thing be possible?

Sadol-hak looked at Dan Woo-hyun with a shaking gaze.

At that moment, the approaching Namgung Cheon pulled Sadol-hak back.

“Just watch for now.”

Sadol-hak could no longer say anything.

The Five Emperors of the realm.

The man who was by far the best among them.

That was Sadol-hak, but now, looking at the two men in front of him, he realized his own helplessness to the bone.

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