Chapter 412 Encounter (4)

The main plaza of the Heaven and Earth Society, which had faced new chaos due to the unexpected appearance of third-party enemies with eyes within their eyes, temporarily entered a lull as it was dyed red with blood everywhere.

Amidst this, a sudden tremendous battle broke out.

Due to this clash between beings with overwhelming power, everyone temporarily stopped fighting and inevitably had their attention drawn to it.

“Wh-What is happened is that?”

“How can blood form a whirlwind?”

Everyone couldn’t hide their surprise at the sudden strange phenomena occurring one after another within the blood boundary.

It was no different for the executives of the Heaven and Earth Society.

What is happened was happening?

Although it was difficult to guess, one thing was certain: those two men were at the center of this massive battle.

-Cha cha cha cha cha cha cha cha cha!

Dozens of swords rose around Mok Gyeong-un and Na Yul-ryang as they crossed swords, aiming their tips at them.

‘Sword Riding Technique?’

To handle so many Sword Riding Technique swords?

Even if one learned the Wudang Sect’s techniques, one of the cores of the Nine Sects, or mastered the strange Dual Mind Technique of the extinct Chongyang Sect that divides the mind in two, controlling all of these would be impossible.

Na Yul-ryang slightly squinted his left eye.

Along with this, countless visions flashed through his mind in an instant.

They were fragments of memories.

Although he had just taken over the body and gained control over it, he hadn’t accepted things like the body’s memories or habits.

But the moment he accepted some of the memories,

‘Heavenly Demon?’

[Jeong, Mok Gyeong-un, Heavenly Demon…… It doesn’t matter if you forget all of that.]

This guy called himself the Heavenly Demon.

Does that mean this guy is the one who received the title of one of the Seven Heavens?

His reputation was so high that it had even reached his ears.

No, it couldn’t help but reach them.

He destroyed the Shaolin’s One Hundred and Eight Arhat Formation in one step and sealed off the Tang Family of Sichuan.

If nothing else, isn’t the Tang Family of Sichuan protected by that monstrous clan generation after generation?

But when he heard that someone had appeared who single-handedly subjugated the Tang Family of Sichuan, even he couldn’t help but be surprised.

Here, he had put forward two hypotheses.

Either the blood of that clan had thinned compared to the past, making them much weaker than before, or that being called the Heavenly Demon was an unimaginable monster.

However, he had thought the former was more likely, but if this guy is the Heavenly Demon……

‘This strength is certainly……”

In Na Yul-ryang’s memory, Mok Gyeong-un’s starting point was the Transcendent Realm.

But in such a short time, he became a new Heaven, standing shoulder to shoulder with the Six Heavens, the current peak of the martial arts world?

It was an incredible rate of progress, hard to believe for a human.

‘Could it be?’

It was at that moment.

-Woooong!

Black sword energy formed on the Sword Riding Technique swords surrounding them.

The moment he felt the vicious and destructive energy contained in the black sword energy, which was different from ordinary sword energy, the pupil of the eye embedded in Na Yul-ryang’s forehead turned pure white.

It was a strange change.

[Is it him?]

[It’s not certain.]

[What do you mean?]

[The energy is different, though at a glance it resembles humans in being yin and vicious. Although I’ve completely lost my power, I once ruled. But the being before us is a complete human.]

[What? A complete human?]

[Yes. It’s certain. My eyes can find their core. However, this one has no core. And while its energy is quite similar to theirs, its nature itself is completely different.]

The voice echoing in his mind denied Na Yul-ryang’s conjecture.

That can’t be.

How could a mere human, no matter how exceptional their martial talent, become this strong so quickly?

As he was struggling to understand, the voice echoed in his mind.

[More importantly, we should hurry, this body still has difficulty enduring us.]

-Flutter!

Na Yul-ryang glanced at his faintly trembling fingers.

Can’t it withstand even this level of vessel now?

If that guy hadn’t stubbornly insisted on the truth or whatever, there would have been no need to go around like this, but now it’s just become a headache.

-Clench!

Na Yul-ryang’s pupils, clenching his fist, turned towards Mok Gyeong-un.

If he’s certainly human, then what on earth is this guy’s identity?

How did he make Ryu So-wol his spirit servant?

Is this a new variable created by fate, karma, heaven, or whatever to prevent her and himself from connecting again?

-Euddeuk!

If that’s the case, it can never be forgiven.

Even if everything stands in his way, he will seize it this time, even if he has to destroy everything.

After organizing everything in his mind in an instant, Na Yul-ryang opened his mouth.

“Fine. As you said, I don’t care what your identity is. You’re just a variable anyway. I’ll make you beg to cut off So-wol’s affinity with you and kill……”

-Chwak!

It was before those words could finish.

As Mok Gyeong-un’s left hand holding the demonic sword Plundering-killing Sword tried to pierce his brow, Na Yul-ryang tilted his head to the side to avoid it, then grabbed the blade of Plundering-killing Sword with two fingers.

-Chak!

“Did you think I would create distance if you thrust?”

“……”

“If you don’t separate at close range, all these many Sword Riding Ejected Sword Energies are ultimately meaningless.”

Na Yul-ryang sneered.

As long as they were crossing swords, Mok Gyeong-un absolutely couldn’t fire the Sword Riding Ejected Sword Energies.

This was because he was too close and could put himself in danger.

It was just a waste of energy.

This was inefficient……

-Chwa chwa chwa chwa chwa chwa chwa chwak!

At that moment, Na Yul-ryang’s eyes widened.

This was because the sword energies loaded on dozens of sword hilts around them all rushed towards them at once.

Does this guy not care about injuring himself?

‘Huh?’

It seems he’s really far from being related to that being he remembered.

There’s a strong feeling of something raw and unrefined.

It feels vicious and even mad.

-Swish!

Na Yul-ryang immediately unfolded the Ritual of Repulsion to try and deflect the dozens of Sword Riding Ejected Sword Energies flying towards him.

However,

-Woooong!

Mok Gyeong-un simultaneously unfolded the Ritual of Binding, canceling it out.

“Annoying bastard!”

If you want to go into such a chaotic melee, fine, I’ll oblige.

Let’s do this.

-Chang!

Na Yul-ryang struck away Mok Gyeong-un’s sword that was crossing with his and unfolded a peerless sword technique.

It was none other than the Heaven Vein sword technique, but the trajectory of the sword was far more complex and profound than what the Society Leader displayed.

Mok Gyeong-un faced this sword technique of his with the 2nd form of the Demonic Sword Technique.

-Cha cha cha cha cha cha cha chang!

As their sword techniques clashed fiercely, blue sparks flew around them.

Meanwhile, dozens of black streaks of Sword Riding Ejected Sword Energies flew towards them.

-Cha cha cha cha cha cha chang!

-Pa pa pa pa pa pang!

An amazing sight unfolded here.

While fiercely clashing sword techniques, Mok Gyeong-un struck down the Sword Riding Ejected Sword Energies flying towards him with the demonic sword Plundering-killing Sword in his other hand, changing their trajectory to instead fly towards Na Yul-ryang.

The same was true for Na Yul-ryang.

As he extended his left hand and gently unfolded a palm technique, the trajectory of the Ejected Sword Energies changed and rushed towards Mok Gyeong-un.

-Pa cha cha cha cha cha chang!

The Sword Riding Ejected Sword Energies, whose trajectories they had twisted towards each other, clashed and created another canceling aftermath.

Gray powder scattered and covered their surroundings.

The masters under Mok Gyeong-un, who had been dealing with the strange people with eyes protruding from their eyes, couldn’t help but admire this sight.

‘Is this a feast of ultimate techniques?’

‘Ha! I’ve never seen such a high-level battle before.’

‘It’s a battle between monsters.’

Everyone couldn’t help but feel a thrill at the sight of these two using Sword Riding Ejected Sword Energies while clashing peerless sword techniques, and using flower grafting techniques to attack each other.

This was truly worthy of being called a battle between peerless masters at the level of great masters.

However, there were two things that all those watching couldn’t help but find strange.

One was that Young Master Na Yul-ryang’s martial prowess had suddenly skyrocketed as if he had become a different person, and the other was……

“No. Why isn’t he using the Invisible Sword?”

Go Chan, possessing the body of Jang Neung-ak, the second disciple of the Society Leader, wondered.

It seemed that if Mok Gyeong-un, who had reached the Life and Death Realm, used the Invisible Sword, he could dominate the situation more, but it looked like he wasn’t using his full power.

Someone answered his question.

-Kung!

“Keu keu. It’s not that he’s not using it, but that he can’t use it.”

“Huh? Y-You startled me.”

It was Ja Geum-jeong, the fallen monk and Evil Suppressing Fist Master.

Startled by the sudden appearance of Ja Geum-jeong with his fierce expression, Go Chan inwardly sighed in relief.

Regardless, Ja Geum-jeong continued what he was saying.

“His internal energy consumption was great from the previous battles.”

“Ah!”

Come to think of it, Mok Gyeong-un had continuously displayed ultimate techniques that consumed a lot of internal energy even before facing the changed Young Master Na Yul-ryang.

So much so that one might wonder if his internal energy was infinite.

But to be able to fight like that without using the Invisible Sword, it seems his internal energy consumption was really great.

“How simple-minded. Keu keu.”

Ja Geum-jeong opened the cork of a gourd bottle with his blood-soaked hand and gulped down alcohol.

Seeing this, Go Chan frowned and said,

“Wait. Hey. What are you? I get that you’re a new subordinate received by the Master, but your manner of speech at first meeting……”

“Shut up and this is our chance.”

“What?”

“Even those damn eye freaks are having their attention drawn by the battle between those monsters. We should reorganize our battle lines and strike them now.”

“……”

At these words, Go Chan, who was about to get angry at his rudeness, closed his mouth.

Indeed, due to the guys with protruding eyeballs, it had become a chaotic melee where it was hard to tell who was an ally.

It was time to reorganize the battle lines.

But there was one problem here.

It wouldn’t be difficult for him to move these people thanks to the body of the second young master Jang Neung-ak, which gave him some influence, but if he tried to align the allies’ battle lines, those guys would also hear his shout and try to interfere by following.

Should they risk even that?

“If those guys get mixed in, battle lines won’t mean anything.”

“Take this.”

The fallen monk Ja Geum-jeong took off the ragged kasa he was wearing and handed it over.

“What am I supposed to do with this?”

“Turn it inside out and you’ll see.”

“Turn it inside out?”

At this, Go Chan turned over the kasa he had received with a dubious expression.

Then, on the inside, there were densely packed red letters engraved.

The moment it was revealed,

“Kiek!”

“Kak!”

The strange people with eyes protruding from their eyes who were nearby frowned and retreated with strange cries.

They seemed to be avoiding it.

“Wh-What is this that’s making them act like that?”

“Although it’s worn out, it’s a kasa with the Sutra of True Words for Subduing-Demon engraved on it. It’s perfect for driving away two-tailed demons or minor ghosts. Keu keu.”

“Sutra of True Words for Subduing-Demon? But this one alone doesn’t seem nearly enough. Don’t you have more?”

“One is enough.”

“What?”

“Stay still. Heave-ho!”

“Whoa?”

With those words, Ja Geum-jeong lifted Go Chan’s legs and put him on his shoulders.

For a moment, Go Chan was flustered, wondering what he was doing, but thanks to being lifted by the fairly large Ja Geum-jeong, his field of vision was secured by being elevated.

“When you see fire, tell them to jump behind you and align the battle lines.”

“Fire?”

“Shut up and hurry!”

Urged by Ja Geum-jeong, Go Chan immediately shouted, infusing his voice with internal energy.

“Everyone listen! Those with eyes protruding from their eye sockets are no longer allies! When you see fire, align behind this young master and form battle lines!”

At Go Chan’s shout, everyone nearby looked at him puzzled.

What does he mean by aligning behind him and forming battle lines when they see fire?

It was at that very moment.

-Clap!

Ja Geum-jeong put his palms together in prayer and began to chant a Buddhist mantra.

Then,

-Whooosh!

The kasa with the Sutra of True Words for Subduing-Demon engraved on it that Go Chan was holding began to burn.

“Wh-What?”

So this is what he meant by fire?

But at some point, the flames burning the kasa began to turn blue.

The blue flames were so bright they were close to radiance.

-Chiiik!

“Kkeup!”

“M-My eyes!”

Then the strange people with eyes protruding from their eyes covered their eyes as if in pain upon seeing the blue flames.

Seeing their reaction, the Society members shouted, thinking this was their chance, and flew their bodies.

“Now’s our chance! Align behind Young Master Jang Neung-ak!”

“Waaaaaaah!!!!”

-Pa pa pa pa pa pak!

Thanks to the blue flames emitted by the burning kasa with the Sutra of True Words for Subduing-Demon, which temporarily stopped the movement of the strange people, the Society members quickly aligned their battle lines.

“Keu keu, how about that? Thanks to this monk…… Huh?”

At that moment, Ja Geum-jeong frowned.

-Chiiiii!

This was because Jang Neung-ak’s hands and arms holding the burning kasa were burning dark red, and his two pupils were rolled back, with a face as if his soul had left his body.

No, it really had left.

Above Jang Neung-ak’s head, Go Chan’s vengeful spirit was rising with a majestic light as if about to attain Buhahood.

“……What? You were a wandering ghost?”