Chapter 50: Chapter 50
The White Snake God gripped the armrest.
Geugeugeuk…
His fingers dug deeply into the armrest made of cold iron and shattered it.
“You act up, trusting in your petty martial prowess.”
His eyes, as he spat out each word as if chewing it, began to be dyed pure white, and presently, a sinister energy that chilled the bones exploded from his entire body.
Hwaaak!
At the explosive energy, his pure white hair undulated like waves, and the tranquil air began to fiercely fluctuate.
Beneath the throne, the floor cracked open.
Following that, cracks formed on the floor around the White Snake God. The White Snake God on the floor, which sank about an inch in an instant, raised his body from the throne. After that, he lowered his white eyes and stared at Cheon-hwi.
Two pure white, heterogeneous eyes.
By the time Cheon-hwi also turned his head and met his eyes, he spread his left hand wide open.
The scrawny palm, as if only skin was stuck to bone, was pure white and devoid of vitality like a corpse’s hand.
‘It has been a long time since I felt this level of pressure.’
Cheon-hwi felt a massive amount of energy contained in the palm.
The indescribably strong and terrible demonic qi contained in that scrawny palm.
‘Right. Only at this level can one be called the overlord of one province.’
Cheon-hwi’s eyes sank calmly.
The White Snake God was strong.
Strong enough that he would not fall short at all even when compared to the masters he knew.
He was a master who had at least reached the Heavenly Martial Realm, no, he was proficient in the Heavenly Martial Realm.
‘Hyeon-do wouldn’t even be a match.’
At that moment when he was comparing him to Hyeon-do.
Flash!
A blue-white sinister radiance shone from the White Snake God’s hand, and a shockwave exploded.
Kwaaang!
The White Ghost Castle shook as if there was an earthquake, and an intense aftermath stormed into the room.
The scenery inside the room revealed after the dust settled a moment later had completely changed.
Walls and pillars that were broken and cracked.
Ornaments that were smashed to pieces.
In the room that became a complete mess unlike the beginning, the only things that existed exactly as before were the two people, the White Snake God and Cheon-hwi.
However, the atmosphere of the two had changed significantly like the appearance of the changed room.
The killing intent swaying between the two.
In other words, the murderous intent trying to kill each other was aimed at each other’s necks.
At that time, Cheon-hwi parted his lips and broke the rigid atmosphere.
“If I hadn’t blocked it, I would have suffered internal injuries.”
Cheon-hwi, who was holding his sword at some point, was shaking off the force remaining in his palm while recalling the fierce hand technique of the White Snake God he had struck away just before.
It was a fairly fierce qi force.
Although he easily blocked it, there was enough force remaining in the hand holding the sword.
‘What martial art is it?’
Before Cheon-hwi, who was staring at the White Snake God with shiny eyes, finished his thought.
Seueueuk…
The White Snake God’s left hand moved again.
The hand swung like a hawk’s talon harbored a radiance and tore the air apart.
At the same time, the White Snake God kicked off the ground.
Tat!
Before the Nine Springs Eagle Claw Strike he had unleashed reached Cheon-hwi, the White Snake God instinctively kicked off the ground and surged forward.
A feast of two martial arts unfolding simultaneously.
That speed was faster than lightning.
Kwaang!
While striking away the Nine Springs Eagle Claw Strike, Cheon-hwi indifferently twisted his sword as he looked at the White Snake God rushing towards him.
Then, rather than avoiding the White Snake God’s attack, he approached one step forward towards him instead.
Jeobeok…
The distance between the two, a mere three steps.
And at that distance, the White Snake God’s Nine Springs Eagle Claw Strike and Cheon-hwi’s sword moved to kill each other while emitting light.
Kagagang!
Along with a metallic sound hard to believe as a clash between a hand and a sword, dozens of sparks flew.
The killing moves of the two tenaciously aiming for each other’s necks, hearts, and vital points were incredibly desolate and terrifyingly cold.
How many times had they competed?
The White Snake God narrowed his brow.
‘To think it is a killing sword without a single hesitation! Is he really a Taoist of the Mount Hua Sect?’
A sense of heterogeneity dominated his entire body.
The sword unleashed by the opponent was closer to the Unorthodox Faction rather than a sword of a Taoist family.
No, it was also different from the Unorthodox Faction.
A killing sword aimed at subjugating the opponent.
‘It’s like……’
At that moment, a sect suddenly floated in his head like a flash of lightning and passed by.
However, his thought was cut off in the middle.
Because the sword had approached right in front of his nose at some point.
Kung!
Once again, the sword and the hand collided.
A vibration was transmitted from the White Snake God’s palm, and a pure white sinister qi arose and aimed for Cheon-hwi’s upper body.
Jjeoeoeong!
Cheon-hwi’s left eyebrow frowned.
‘I can’t do this with an internal energy battle.’
When he blocked the opponent’s offensive head-on, the shock from it was completely transmitted.
‘In that case……’
He immediately rotated on his left foot as an axis and neutralized the remaining force.
The moment the intense blow of the White Snake God scattered in the air and was about to disappear.
Hwiiik!
Cheon-hwi rotated his body further and thrust his sword towards the brow, following the White Snake God with his eyes to prepare for the next attack.
“……!”
The White Snake God, surprised by the unexpected counterattack, hastily swung his left hand like a whip.
Kwaang!
The aftermath resulting from the clash of the two shook the room greatly belatedly.
The roof creaked and shook as if it would collapse right now, and below it, Cheon-hwi and the White Snake God stared at each other.
Cheon-hwi shook off the sword in his hand.
‘He is strong, indeed.’
Although they only exchanged a few blows, that alone was enough to gauge the White Snake God’s martial prowess.
He was not called the overlord of one province for nothing.
Enough that it wouldn’t be lacking even if one said nine-tenths of the combat power in the White Ghost Castle was this person.
“But is it just at this level.”
The eyes of the muttering Cheon-hwi became indifferent.
The overlord of one province?
That was nothing to him.
Who was he?
The overlord who surpassed one province, the pugilistic world. No, the overlord of the Nine Provinces and Eight Reaches.
That was him.
The calm eyes sank coldly, and a red tint circulated within them.
Hwaaaa…
The Plum Blossom Divine Art that Cheon-hwi had created began to swallow up all the presence and momentum of the White Snake God cast in the room.
The eyes of the White Snake God watching all such changes shifted.
“Has the Mount Hua Sect been deceiving the world.”
His voice was drenched in killing intent.
“I thought they were quiet, but they deliberately took a form close to closing their gates to hide raising a bastard like you.”
Cheon-hwi, who was looking at the mistaken White Snake God, seemed to feel no need to correct him, and without saying a word, he slashed down his sword.
Seven Sections Plum Blossom Sword, Third Form.
Plum Blossom Shadow Heavenly Lightning Dance.
Red lightning qi frosted on Cheon-hwi’s sword, and it struck down fiercely like thunder.
Kureureureung!
“……!”
At that moment, the White Snake God’s eyes shook as if convulsing, and his expression contorted.
It felt as if the sword swinging towards him would split him in half.
Kkadeuk…
The White Snake God ground his teeth.
Spewing out a terrible sinister qi, he bloomed astral qi from both hands and combined them into one.
Having created a whirlwind where blue-white radiances harmonized, he unleashed the Nine Springs Attack and Destruction to destroy the red lightning sword.
The Nine Springs Attack and Destruction containing an intense sinister qi was shot towards the Plum Blossom Shadow Heavenly Lightning Dance falling like thunder.
Leaving a vivid deep blue trajectory as if confronting lightning.
And a moment later, the two clashed.
Seueuk…
There was no explosion, nor the aftermath of a collision.
It was so tranquil as if the time in this room had stopped in this state.
However, the appearance of the White Snake God showed the result of the collision of the two.
Tuk…
The string tying his hair together snapped, and a pure white skein of thread fell down.
Between the hair flowing down to his shoulders, his white eyes were emitting an eerie light.
“……It has been a long time.”
The whispering White Snake God’s body heaved.
“When was the time this seat felt such a sense of humiliation.”
“Was that a qi art just now?”
Cheon-hwi also revealed his appearance.
He looked the exact same as before, but his eyes were sparkling like stars.
“To think a qi art has this kind of power.”
Having recognized the martial art he unleashed just before, Cheon-hwi’s interest was piqued.
A martial art that had died out a long time ago because no matter how much one mastered it, sealing the opponent’s movements was all it could do at best.
That was a qi art.
However, the qi art the White Snake God unleashed just before was different from what he knew.
It was powerful enough to completely annihilate the Plum Blossom Shadow Heavenly Lightning Dance, not stopping at just pulling it in.
‘It’s to the point of being covetable.’
Smiling with greedy eyes, he looked at the White Snake God.
“How dare you mock this seat.”
However, the White Snake God, who misunderstood that smile, trembled in disgrace and spread his momentum.
Hwaaaak!
The disheveled hair of the White Snake God soared to the sky, and the air began to vibrate.
The manifestation of the Nine Springs White Bone Art.
When the absolute martial art counted as one of the best among the sinister supreme arts revealed its fangs, the air and the world trembled in fear.
And those fangs moved to bite off the nape of Cheon-hwi’s neck.
Ssiik…
Cheon-hwi’s lips twisted further.
Having felt the unique sinister qi pressing his entire body numbly, his eyes narrowed like a snake as if he was in a good mood.
‘This is the pugilistic world.’
The moment he drew his sword again following that.
Huuung…
The momentum of the White Snake God amplified even more.
The sinister qi of the Nine Springs White Bone Art that was intense enough to chill the bones encroached the room and began to slowly pressure Cheon-hwi.
Huk…
At that time, like blowing out a candle, the White Snake God disappeared.
The White Snake God, who moved at a speed impossible to follow with human eyes, moved to the side of Cheon-hwi and thrust his right fist.
Kaang!
The moment Cheon-hwi lifted the blade of the sword and blocked it.
“This space is now this seat’s.”
The dreary voice of the White Snake God rang out.
At some point, an intense sinister qi had gathered in his hand.
It was the supreme technique that emitted an intense sinister qi to crush the opponent and instantly turn them into blood water, the Nine Springs Restricting Prison.
The Nine Springs Restricting Prison pulled in space as if the nine springs had manifested here.
The broken walls and pillars, and even Cheon-hwi.
Everything began to be pulled into one and compressed.
Kwaduedeudeuk!
Presently, a giant sphere the size of the White Snake God’s stature was generated.
Jureureuk…
A streak of blood flowed down the White Snake God’s lips, and his face crumbled mercilessly.
“……It’s the worst.”
The White Snake God wiped the blood with his sleeve.
On the outside, he only looked perfectly fine, but his insides were a mess due to internal injuries.
The Nine Springs Restricting Prison was the most heterogeneous yet destructive qi art among the martial arts he had learned, but instead, its aftermath was greater than anything else.
“But is it on the cheaper side at this level. Since I cut off the bud now before he grows further.”
The White Snake God’s eyes headed towards the sphere made by the Nine Springs Restricting Prison.
The opponent, the young Taoist, no, that monster was heterogeneously strong.
Recalling the time when they met again in the future if he didn’t kill him now, he felt his liver turn cold.
Even now, he pressured him like this, but he would grow further?
It was beyond fear, a terrifying thing beyond compare.
But now, there would be no such thing.
Since he would slowly die while being bound to the power called the Nine Springs Restricting Prison.
The White Snake God withdrew his gaze that was staring at the sphere and began to treat his internal injuries.
“But the damage is great.”
The White Snake God’s gaze headed to a distant place.
Most of the presences felt from the outside had already lost their souls.
“If I had risked an all-out war rather than establishing the Mount Hua Destruction Plan without listening to the strategist’s words, a monster like that guy wouldn’t have appeared in the Mount Hua Sect.”
He chewed his lips nervously.
The grand plan called the Mount Hua Destruction Plan collapsed in a single breath, and instead, the White Ghost Castle that had been built up for a long time crumbled.
“It will take a long time to recover my strength again. Still, if I had the strategist, it would be much faster than before……”
It was then.
Jjeojeojeok…
An unusual sound was heard from the sphere, and tiny cracks began to form.
“What is this……?”
When the White Snake God, who opened his eyes roundly, burst out in shock at a sight he had never seen in his life.
Kwajjik!
The sphere broke, and an absolute energy that could not be defied flowed out through it.
“It was a considerable qi art.”
Hearing the absolute voice that made one bow their head automatically, the White Snake God’s hands trembled, and his face also clearly showed a bewildered expression.
“This is impossible! How can he have this kind of energy at that age…….”
When he, who was trembling violently, shouted while denying reality.
Chwaak!
Blood splattered in the White Snake God’s vision, and his severed left arm fluttered in the air.
“To think you pressured me for a moment.”
The moment the cold words knocked on his ears, Cheon-hwi suddenly appeared in front of him. That appearance was no different from before, but as soon as he faced him, he realized.
A monster that had not yet grown?
It was nonsense.
The monster had already grown.
As an absolute being!
The White Snake God’s eyes trembled.
The pain of having his arm cut off was completely devoured by the presence felt from Cheon-hwi in front of him.
“Who…… are you?”
At that moment, Cheon-hwi’s lips twisted.
The white teeth revealed between the red lips stole the White Snake God’s gaze and soul.
“If you are curious, ask King Yama.”
The moment the White Snake God’s complexion turned pale at the voice that made his liver turn cold.
Sswaeaek!
The sword held in Cheon-hwi’s hand was swung, and dark red plum blossoms bloomed.
The plum blossoms that bloomed rampantly as if swallowing the whole world pierced deeply into his heart as if guiding the White Snake God to death.
Jureureuk…
Blood flowed from the White Snake God’s mouth.
Looking down at the sword that pierced his heart, he muttered with a dejected expression.
“Keukeuk, to end up like this before I could even point my sword at him……, keok.”
He vomited blood with a groan.
Kkeureureuk…
The pitch-black dead blood flowed down the sword Cheon-hwi had stabbed and fell to the floor.
The White Snake God staggered from the shock.
Was it because he felt death approaching.
Moving his eyes with blurred focus to sharply stare at Cheon-hwi, he parted his bloodstained lips.
“You are…… strong. You will become stronger in the future. But you will also end up struggling like me…… in the end. Within the palms of those, the Eight Martial Gods…….”
His body staggered while he was speaking, and he ultimately collapsed without being able to finish his words.
Kung!
It was a vain end hard to believe for an overlord who had single-handedly made the White Ghost Castle join the ranks of the Six Imperial Sects and dominated Shaanxi.
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