Chapter 211: Unveiling the Champion
Chapter 210 – Unveiling the Champion
The elders of the Heavenly Demon Bloodline, who received the perfect(?) Heavenly Demon Divine Art manipulated by the hands of Yi Cheon-gyeong and Yi Hwa, abandoned eating and sleeping and clung to the secret manual.
“Hehehe! In the end, did you have greed for the position of Heavenly Demon?”
“Of course! Who in the world would not have greed for the position of Heavenly Demon!”
“But review is needed.”
“You are right. There is nothing bad about being careful.”
Yi Cheon-gyeong cooperated obediently because he had greed for the position of Heavenly Demon.
However, verification of whether it is genuine is needed.
The opinions of the Heavenly Demon Bloodline elders were easily agreed upon.
The existence of Yeon Cheong-un, who was expanding his influence on the Great Martial Arena, was excluded.
“If we can only recover the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, what would there be to fear.”
“You are right. If we only get the perfect Heavenly Demon Divine Art into our hands, whether it is a Heavenly Demon from the outside or the Heaven-Rebelling Faction, there is no need to watch their expressions. We can just trample them all!”
In a situation where they had not grasped Yeon Cheong-un’s martial prowess, an half-hearted response would only increase the damage.
If they could mobilize a Demonic Sovereign, it would be certain, but due to the intervention of the Heaven-Entering Divine Demonic Sovereign, that was impossible.
If so, it would rather be a certain choice to recover the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.
Although they were praising it as a rational choice in their own way, in reality, their minds had gone out due to greed for power.
“Is it not the Heavenly Demon Divine Art we have mastered all our lives? If it is just filling in a little of what is lacking, it will be quick!”
“That’s right. If we supplement some lost parts, we will be able to achieve the perfect Heavenly Demon Divine Art.”
“My word, I think we will have to worry about whom to choose as the next Heavenly Demon. Kahahaha!”
In the past, only the Cult Leader and the direct successors could master the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.
But at some point, as a part of the true meaning of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was lost, the entire clan began to cling to it for its supplementation.
If one was a Heavenly Demon Bloodline elder, it was the reason why they had mastered the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, only with a difference in achievement.
Therefore, everyone was greedily clinging to the supplemented(?) Heavenly Demon Divine Art sent by Yi Cheon-gyeong.
Because the blank part was perfectly(?) recorded in the Heavenly Demon Divine Art Yi Cheon-gyeong sent, the Heavenly Demon Bloodline elders indulged in the secret manual like crazy.
“Is there still no news of the Great Elder and Elder Yi Won-bo?”
“Hmph! What great deal would those brothers be, who live for their own taste.”
“Indeed! That’s right! Now we no longer have to harbor fear toward the likes of the Heaven-Entering Divine Demonic Sovereign! The real Heavenly Demon Divine Art has returned to us!”
“It should be viewed that the use of those brothers has also ended. Kahahaha!”
Setting up Great Elder Yi Won-gun and Elder Yi Won-bo was to use them as shields if the Heaven-Entering Divine Demonic Sovereign ever rose.
But now there was no need for that.
“Kahahaha! Power is overflowing!”
“As expected of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art!”
“Grrrr!”
As if he could not endure the overflowing power, an elder tore the upper garment he was wearing to shreds.
Then, a muscular body that could not be seen as an old man was clearly revealed.
“Mmm…”
Some minority of elders swallowed their saliva at the appearance full of madness of their blood and colleagues.
They were those who were wary of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art Yi Cheon-gyeong sent and observed it with caution.
The minority of elders judged that the present situation was not normal.
No matter how they looked at it, it looked like a premonition of demonic nature exploding and running wild.
However, they could not carelessly open their mouths.
Because if the demonic nature really exploded, the elders who were at least normal would be torn apart in an instant.
The elders who were still holding onto their sanity quickly sought a way to shift the responsibility.
“…We must go to the Great Elder.”
“Let’s do that.”
The elders, who hurriedly left the place, went straight to the Great Elder’s residence.
Crash!
“Great Elder! Great Elder, are you there!”
The elders, who threw open the door of the residence, turned pale at the cruel sight unfolding before their eyes.
“W-What on earth is this…”
The corpse of Elder Yi Won-bo, drained of blood, was hanging dangling from a hook like pork in a butcher shop.
Around it, about ten corpses were lined up, filling the room with the smell of blood.
“The wait was worthwhile. Kahahaha!”
Beside the elders who were horrified by the terrible sight, an evil spirit that could not be called a human form swung a sword along with a wild laugh.
“Argh!”
“Great Elder, have you gone mad?”
“Argh!!”
The elders tried to oppose the wild attack of Great Elder Yi Won-gun in some way.
However, for some reason, Great Elder Yi Won-gun lightly pressed down the resistance of the elders.
On top of the corpses of the elders piled up in an instant, Great Elder Yi Won-gun laughed like mad.
“Kahaha! It is for the Heavenly Demon Cult! Kahahahahaha!”
The corpse of Elder Yi Won-bo, dangling and shaking on the hook, was staring at that sight with dull eyes.
***
Woo Gyeong-ho was quick-witted.
Under the influence of the Heaven-Entering Divine Demonic Sovereign, who was close to non-interventionism, he utilized that talent to follow the flow of power well and built his own position within the Heaven-Rebelling Faction.
Such a Woo Gyeong-ho died right after he went to see Yeon Cheong-un.
Looking at the state of the discovered corpse, it was judged that more than a day had elapsed since his death.
The story that began to circulate in the place where the Heaven-Rebelling Faction gathered spread at a rapid speed.
Especially, they paid attention to the appearance of his death.
“You say his head was crushed and he died?”
“They say so.”
The Heaven-Rebelling Faction demons easily recalled that day.
The appearance of tearing off all the heads of the attacking Heaven-Rebelling Faction demons, throwing them in front of the Heaven-Entering Divine Demonic Sovereign, and crushing them.
There had been no one who committed such a deed in front of the Heaven-Entering Divine Demonic Sovereign until now.
As much as that, the shock was also great.
“Is it the deed of that Heavenly Demon guy?”
“Wouldn’t it naturally be so?”
“My word! We really cannot grasp that Heavenly Demon guy.”
He showed an unstoppable, reckless footstep, yet also showed an appearance like a great man with a large vessel.
But this time, they say he pulled out a person’s head and crushed it.
The problem is the personality of the dead Woo Gyeong-ho. He is not a figure who carelessly creates enmity with others.
“Which side is it?”
Last time, since they wore masks and attacked, they thought they deserved to die, but not this time.
If the Heavenly Demon really took action, this was somewhat strange.
“Does he have madness?”
To be sure, his craziness was at the level of a madman.
Or it could be a side effect due to the rapid growth of his martial arts.
Whichever it was, it was not a welcoming story.
Around that point, someone put forward a new hypothesis.
“Or it might be a message sent to us.”
“A message?”
“Saying do not play politics half-heartedly… It is a fact that Woo was somewhat of that inclination, isn’t it?”
“That is…”
Because it was not a pleasing interpretation, the one who tried to refute slurred the end of his words.
“Mmm…”
Recalling his unstoppable footstep, it is a fairly matching interpretation.
But then he is a tyrant.
A Heavenly Demon who is about to ascend is a blood-seeking, dogmatic tyrant?
“Ugh! Damn. Suddenly it completely turns me off.”
Suddenly, the good impression is blurred.
Perhaps because the favor he felt since his first appearance was reversed, it was highlighted even more strongly.
“The other side is also in an uproar.”
“Mmm? Why? What?”
“It seems quite a few people died in the Heaven-Obeying Faction as well.”
“Kahaha! Is that not good news?”
“Right. But they say the writers who died are none other than the elders of the Heavenly Demon Bloodline.”
“Really?”
It is shocking news.
It was on par with the story of the Heavenly Demon slicing the Pacifying Heaven Demonic King in a single blow on the Great Martial Arena.
“This… it wouldn’t be strange even if a civil war erupts?”
The atmosphere began to become chaotic.
***
For the past few days, no challenger came out.
As if the Heaven-Obeying Faction had completely given up on responding to me, they looked on.
They seemed to have chosen to quietly wait for fifteen days and then put up a Demonic Sovereign, or see my head crushed by the hand of the Heaven-Entering Divine Demonic Sovereign.
Until I heard the dangerous rumor drifting by word of mouth.
“It is turning completely mad.”
One was the story that the elders of the Heavenly Demon Bloodline were discovered as corpses, and the other was the rumor that I was a madman or the trash of the world.
Thanks to that, the atmosphere of the Heavenly Demon Cult became more desolate than ever.
The problem is that this atmosphere is very familiar.
It is the atmosphere I felt at Mount Cheonza.
How should I put it. Whether it is the Blood Cult or the Crane, what they do is of the same sort.
It was to the point of wondering if there is something like a standardized manual distributed only in that neighborhood.
Reading the turning atmosphere like that, I firmly hardened my determination.
‘If I am pushed, it is the end.’
At Mount Cheonza, there were at least reliable backings.
But this place is not.
It is a desperate situation with no way to escape.
If I am pushed, I die.
“I thought it was running smoothly. Sigh!”
Although the fights had occurred within the range where there was at least a minimum rule called the Great Martial Arena in the meantime, hereafter, it seems only blood-spattering matters are left without any of that.
“Right, six days was enduring long.”
Today’s fortune seems to be the most rugged since I came to the Heavenly Demon Cult.
***
As if the festival-like atmosphere of the past few days was a dream, the atmosphere of the Great Martial Arena today was not just heavy but ominous.
The ominousness, which lightly surpassed the gloomy atmosphere when the Heaven-Obeying Faction brought a battle of attrition against me, fluctuated like boiling water.
However, unlike then, the Heaven-Obeying Faction is not even seen, and the Heaven-Rebelling Faction is leading the atmosphere.
The Heaven-Rebelling Faction surrounding the Great Martial Arena created an atmosphere like an execution ground and was waiting for me.
As expected, going comfortably seems to be out of the question.
“Arrogant fellows, how dare they…”
They are creating an atmosphere as if they are going to judge me.
Of course, starting with Yi Hwa, those who followed me could not look at it kindly.
“If things go wrong, we can overturn it all, but not yet.”
I quieted my people who were angry.
First of all.
“Your command.”
At my single word, those who revealed a momentum to clean up the surroundings of the Great Martial Arena immediately suppressed their anger.
In the touch-and-go atmosphere, I ascended onto the Great Martial Arena.
At that moment, a sharp word like an arrowhead flew in.
“Let me ask you straight to the point!”
“Speak.”
“Woo Gyeong-ho… Did the Heavenly Demon kill him?”
They are already waiting for my answer with the answer decided.
At the ridiculous appearance, only a laugh came out.
“He sought the shrine where I was staying, and left on his own feet. After that, I don’t know.”
“How can we believe those words!”
If so, I don’t know why they ask.
To them, Woo Gyeong-ho’s death is not the problem.
Taking issue with my inclination, they are wary.
The air of regarding me, who killed Woo Gyeong-ho, as a tyrant was clear.
Probably, it would be the fundamental reason why they are showing such a sensitive reaction.
“Is there a need for me to make excuses for something I did not do?”
“But…”
“Do not mistake! The reason I opened the Great Martial Arena and the reason I stand in this place is not to cater to your tastes.”
These words might be a mistake.
If they recognize me as a tyrant, it will be accepted as obstinacy.
But I am the Heavenly Demon.
Catering to their tastes to bow my head is something that cannot be.
Ultimately, the path I must choose is only one.
“If you cannot believe it, you can come up, take my neck, and crush my head. Isn’t that why the Great Martial Arena exists!”
I maintained my stance as the Heavenly Demon.
“If you are going to only babble with your mouth, get lost.”