Chapter 246: Moon-Burning Realm-Crossing and a New Technique
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Translated by Frog in the Well
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Moon-Burning Realm-Crossing .
He kindled a flame that could be called the life and fighting spirit accumulated over countless times.
Burning his Supreme Great Ability, lifespan, and on top of that, even the Primordial One Qi in their entirety.
And thus, he reached.
A supreme realm that could be called the 6th-rank. That place, which he would have reached only in the distant future, manifested on this spot today.
Was it because he rose by one step?
He became able to calmly look even at the strike of the Void Refinement stage cultivator that had felt as if it would crush him with pressure.
The bizarre feeling of elevation was ecstatic, but he regained his composure.
Since the Moon-Burning Realm-Crossing was like a flame lighting up a split second, he must not waste even a single moment.
Crunch!
First of all, he turned the dagger that had been stuck in his flank into dust. With this, he regained his freedom, but he had no intention of retreating.
Facing the approaching fist head-on, he thrust the sword enveloped in A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens.
For the first time since the battle began. Instead of blindly avoiding, he risked danger to estimate the strength possessed by the enemy.
The moment the sword tip collided with the fist that was as large as a mountain with a diameter of several kilometers.
The distant shock transmitted along the blade vibrated the bones of his entire body.
‘It is absurd strength.’
Should he say he was indeed a 6th-rank body tempering cultivator.
If he tried to face it head-on, Wugeuk would be shattered first.
At the same time as he realized the difference in strength between them, he subtly bent his wrist.
Slashing diagonally with the sword that vibrated as if it would break, he deflected the trajectory of the strength contained in the fist.
Clang!
A beat late, the empty air shattered like a glass window, and a shockwave swept over.
“You…”
What did he feel upon seeing the Moon-Burning Realm-Crossing? A chilly Qi brushed through Ra-heuk’s eyes, whose pupils dilated.
A split second in which even sound could not be transmitted.
Fists poured down like buckshot trying to blow apart his entire body, and he parried all of them that contained dense murderous intent.
‘Ah.’
Absurdly, the emotion felt at this moment was enjoyment.
Furthermore, it was pure joy.
Every time he parried and deflected a strike that threatened his life, he felt himself growing stronger, albeit very slightly, but continuously.
As proof of that, the sword that had been shaking as if it would break was stabilized before he knew it, and a gap to launch a counterattack was also captured.
‘Not yet.’
However, he endured. Because the realm amplified by the Moon-Burning Realm-Crossing was only half-complete.
Since the opportunity to pour out an offensive was only once, if he wanted to end his life in a single blow, he had to target a more certain gap.
Amidst a silence that was bizarrely quiet, he parried consecutive strikes that numbered at least dozens, almost a hundred.
Rumble!
Only after a long time had passed subjectively did the roar from the collision shake the battlefield.
Because the exchange was so fast, even sound could not catch up.
“As expected… you are a fellow who must not be left alive.”
Did he feel alarm at the fact that an exchange was established with a Void Refinement stage cultivator despite being a Soul Formation stage cultivator?
Ra-heuk, whose expression hardened like someone who had made a decision, clapped his hands together, and
Thud!
Even though he did not attack, his right chest burst, and blue blood drops poured like a waterfall.
‘Heart-Shattering Blood Glyph ?’
A unique divine ability of the Asura race that exerted formidable strength in a split second by bursting one’s own heart. It was clear he had used a secret technique that possessed an effect similar to the Blood Wings.
If a Void Refinement stage expert unfolded the Heart-Shattering Blood Glyph, he would have to focus on recovery for at least several hundred years…
To think that while facing a Soul Formation stage cultivator who had a lower realm than himself, he unfolded a secret technique with immense aftermath without hesitation. He was truly a difficult opponent.
A split second.
His entire vision was dyed a turbid gray.
From the clouds shattered by the aftermath of the battle to the devastated earth, everything.
All objects simultaneously lost their color.
‘This…’
Before he could even feel alarm at the suddenly transformed scenery, that which possessed a powerful presence alone appeared in the color-lost world.
Like the sun.
The burning flame enveloped around Ra-heuk’s straight fist emitted an excruciatingly strong heat.
Just looking at it, it seemed that if he was even grazed, it would not end well.
Avoiding far away immediately was the wise choice…
But as if it were natural, he could not avoid it.
Not to mention the surrounding air, the spiritual Qi, and even the spiritual power flowing along his meridians began to harden as solid as stone.
‘Heh.’
To think his movement was restricted even though he had unfolded the Moon-Burning Realm-Crossing.
As the Void Refinement stage Heavenly Lord burst his heart to unfold the Heart-Shattering Blood Glyph, the power of the Law Domain became absurdly strong.
Right before his entire body’s spiritual power completely hardened.
The Blood Wings, which had felt excruciatingly slow, finally finished their third circulation.
Rumble!
When he circulated the Light-Accumulating Destructive Vibration, which had grown dozens of times stronger, along his meridians, the spiritual power that had been hardening like stone melted away in an instant.
As soon as he was freed from the restriction, he kicked off the ground, but the surrounding space expanded infinitely, hindering him from leaving the spot.
‘Heh, it is truly persistent.’
Absurdly, there was one more thing restricting his movement.
The moment the world turned gray, it felt as if the very action of avoiding became impossible.
Rumble!
The straight fist flying while separating the split second.
No, facing the sun, he felt the death-dealing will to kill without fail.
Facing that pure murderous intent,
He realized that the opportunity he had so desperately yearned for had arrived.
‘Just what I wanted.’
Since a crisis was soon an opportunity, now was indeed the time to decide life and death.
If so, how should he respond to the blow delivered by the Void Refinement stage Heavenly Lord at the cost of a massive price?
Among the countless options brushing through his mind, he chose the most dangerous technique, one he had never once succeeded in until now.
Simply blocking was meaningless. If he wanted to slash and kill a powerful enemy, he had to throw his body into danger.
If he failed, he would die.
However, if that was all, there was no reason not to challenge.
Because he had lived that way, and would continue to live that way in the future.
Since the choice he had to make at the crossroads of life and death was always to step forward… he burned everything he possessed so that there would not be a speck of regret.
Simultaneously with his decision.
He forcibly pulled out the energy of the Crimson Heart Lotus, which had been absorbed and digested in the Chaos Origin Wheel, and mixed it into A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens.
Although he did not know what would happen if he recklessly accepted energy that had not been digested properly yet, he threw away his worries.
Like that,
In an instant, the world expanded.
The moment the energy of the Crimson Heart Lotus mixed with A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens. Some change occurred, and a sensation that could only be possessed upon rising to the 6th-rank woke up.
‘Is this the Law Domain ?’
Along with the feeling of elevation that he had become an entity of a higher status, a sense of omnipotence welled up.
Within the domain dyed by A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens, he could do anything.
No matter how hard something was, if he wanted to cut it, he could cut it, and even fast and slow lost their meaning.
Although the domain seized by A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens was small enough to be filled with a single sword, it was literally another world where separate rules existed.
Therefore…
He believed that an absurd miracle would also be possible.
Looking at the sun that had drawn right in front of his nose before he knew it, he drew a large circle using his sword tip as a brush.
A paper-thin pure white curtain created along the trajectory of the sword.
That extremely thin thing, which looked as if it would collapse if tapped, blocked the sun.
Right before collision.
He poured in his extreme concentration in its entirety.
‘Now.’
The moment the burning giant sun and A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens, spread as thin as paper, touched.
He infinitely expanded the space thinner than a fabric sheet.
Creeeeak!
While forcibly holding back the sun that ran wild like crazy to pierce A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens.
He recreated the divine skill that Star-Shattering True Monarch had unfolded…the most difficult powerful enemy to defeat in both past and present.
Within the extremely thin domain ruled by A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens.
The smallest unit composing a spell. From the root stage, he reversed everything.
Yin to Yang, Yang to Yin.
As the fundamentals composing the world were reversed, front and back, heaven and earth were inverted.
Thud!
Ending with a noise so light that it felt empty.
The sun that had been rushing with the momentum to burn down heaven and earth returned toward its master.
‘—I shall call it Yin-Yang Reversal in the future.’
Before the brief impression could even end.
The sun that returned in its entirety hit Ra-heuk’s giant body, which was hundreds of kilometers tall.
A split second of silence followed.
BOOM!!
Everything touched by the formless shockwave collapsed. A hot wind mixed with sand swept the surroundings.
Through his blurred vision due to the immense aftermath that made it difficult to open his eyes, he saw Ra-heuk in a wretched state.
“W-what.”
The giant boasting a majesty like a monster in myth had vanished like an illusion before he knew it, and most of his upper body, including his right shoulder, was gone as if scooped out.
Within the giant that looked as if it would vanish while flickering, Ra-heuk’s main body was revealed, but he was so shocked that he could not even compose his roughly trembling pupils.
Looking at that wretched appearance,
Boom!
He did not hesitate in the slightest. Because he could not miss such a good opportunity.
He charged toward Ra-heuk, who was staggering without even being able to hold his balance.
Fwip…!
Holding the sword enveloped in A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens, he became a streak of shooting star.
Right before piercing the dantian.
Ra-heuk, who regained his composure in an instant, hardened his eyes and burst his last remaining heart on his own.
No matter how much of an Asura he was, if he burst both of his hearts, he would be no different from dead.
‘Admirable.’
To think he did not withdraw his murderous intent even after becoming like that. Praise came out although he was an enemy at the resolute decision.
A split second.
The giant illusion that had been right before vanishing while turning blurry became vivid and expanded rapidly.
Although it emitted an ominous Qi as if it would explode right away, he had no intention of retreating.
Fear, hesitation, aftermath. He forgot all of them.
He merely thrust with all his strength.
Light-Accumulating Destructive Vibration: Pierce .
The Blood Wings that finished four circulations. Guiding the Light-Accumulating Destructive Vibration to the tip of his sword, he poured it out.
At the same time as the strike that threw away everything,
……………!
The giant illusion formed around Ra-heuk’s main body turned into flames and caused a massive explosion.
Blinding light.
And heat.
Just how powerful would the final blow delivered by a Void Refinement stage expert at the cost of his life be?
Even before it touched, his limbs began to melt away.
Although it was an absurd power, the Light-Accumulating Destructive Vibration amplified by the Moon-Burning Realm-Crossing and the Blood Wings was also not to be outdone.
The explosion spreading in a spherical shape and the sword tip met, and
Ra-heuk’s eyes flew wide.
Amidst a gaze filled with astonishment, the blade that advanced soundlessly sliced through the explosion and penetrated all the way to the dantian.
Nothing could block it.
Although the explosion unfolded by the Void Refinement stage cultivator at the cost of his life was powerful, it was not comparable to the destructive power of the Light-Accumulating Destructive Vibration condensed into a single point of a speck-like size.
“…To think I lost?”
“Yes. I won.”
Ra-heuk, whose critical vital point was pierced by the sword carrying A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens and the Light-Accumulating Destructive Vibration, let out a chuckling laugh as if it was absurd, and then closed his eyes tightly.
“The human race has indeed raised a monster… It is regrettable that my strength was lacking.”
Simultaneously with a brief lament,
A pure white flame starting from his dantian consumed his entire body.
Fwoosh!
In a short time in which he could not even breathe once, he completely turned to ashes and vanished.
He had won.
Against a Void Refinement stage Heavenly Lord.
However, there was no room to be drunk in joy.
Rumble!
The explosion caused by Ra-heuk collided with the 6th-rank formation sealing Horyong Province, and the entire formation collapsed.
Beyond the collapsing barrier, nine Void Refinement stage Asuras came into view.
Each was stationed in the formation and performing some kind of ritual, but they were glaring with wide eyes, perhaps shocked upon seeing Ra-heuk’s defeat.
That also was only for a moment.
They glared this way as if they would charge right away.
The time Jin So-myeong and Ra-heuk fought was merely a split second of less than a few seconds. To think that if he had dragged the time even a little more, even those guys would have joined in made his skin crawl.
‘That is impossible.’
Just facing Ra-heuk alone, he had crossed the boundary of death several times.
Trying to face as many as nine Void Refinement stage Asuras with his current realm was a suicidal act.
‘Let’s flee.’
The moment the judgment that it was impossible was made, he immediately stretched out his hand.
He grabbed Ra-heuk’s storage pouch, which was falling toward the ground after losing its master.
With no time to rejoice upon seeing the storage pouch that did not turn to ashes thanks to the characteristic of A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens which destroyed only what he wanted, he immediately concentrated his mind.
The Void Refinement spiritual object Crimson Heart Lotus and the Void Refinement stage-level storage pouch.
He had obtained everything he wanted to obtain. Now was the time to escape from this place.
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