Chapter 684
Gu Gugugung!
The earth trembles with a deafening roar.
Ancient trees, rooted for so long that their age is impossible to guess, and rocks weighing ten thousand geun.
And even the bizarre creatures of the Poison-Blooded Land, hiding somewhere and silently watching this battle.
Everything was buried in the earth, surging and overturning like waves.
Kwaddeudeuk!
Hot.
I felt the scorching wind raging from the center of the shockwave.
Not a trace of coolness could be found in the humid air, and the thick cloud of dust covering tens of jangs in radius allowed no visibility.
However… I clearly remembered the figure of the old man, pouring out his twin palms filled with tremendous Yin Cold Energy towards the approaching blade.
The red blood gushing from his body, and the figure of Muyaho, fluttering its pure white fur and disappearing into the distance.
‘…That bastard.’
Muyaho’s sudden surprise attack on the Great Snow Demon at the last moment was not prearranged.
Rather, I had told it to avoid the battle and find Yohee, who was likely imprisoned somewhere here.
Even if I were to die here today, I wanted that clever beast to survive and escape the Poison-Blooded Land.
If it went to the Southern Barbarian Beast Palace with the two great clan leaders, the hope of preventing the future disaster would not disappear.
But Muyaho did not listen to my advice, and its recklessly dangerous surprise attack was ultimately successful.
‘It’s a subtle difference, but it’s clear. The Great Snow Demon’s reaction was delayed because of the unexpected attack.’
It was worth shooting White Flame, who was like my other self.
The hunter who has lost his composure and even been wounded is now nothing more than prey, not a hunter.
‘Where is it?’
Pat.
I shot out with a small murmur.
Thick clouds of dust wrapped around me, and dirt and stones poured down from everywhere. I extended a fist towards them, blocking my vision and senses.
Puh-ung!
There was no need to infuse it with internal energy. The compressed air exploded with the speed exceeding the speed of sound and the power to break the wind.
The huge cloud of dust was torn in half, and what was hidden beyond it was revealed.
“Kuaagh!”
A hot wind sweeps around. The moment someone’s blood-soaked clothes flashed past beyond the cloud of dust, I reached out without hesitation.
The victory I gained after a hard fight.
I must not miss this moment when the balance of the game has begun to tilt little by little.
Even if some of the abilities I have not yet shown to the Great Snow Demon are revealed.
‘Inventory open. Summon.’
With the command that came to my mind, I scattered the spear grasped in my hand with all my might.
Swaaaaaaek! Kwang!
A sharp whistling sound was followed by a roar. But before all that was over, another spear was in my hand.
Swaeek!
Again.
Kwaang!
Again.
‘More. More. More, more.’
The body moves at the same time as the thought. Twisting my waist, arching my shoulders, and shooting the spears with the weight of my whole body, they devastated the surroundings as if bombing.
Gu Gugugung!
I didn’t care that the cloud of dust, which seemed to be scattering for a moment, was rising again.
Because I was pouring out even more attacks than that anyway.
Each one is a cheap iron spear that cannot be compared to White Flame, but if anyone is hit even once by those spears that leave my hand and shoot like lightning, no one can be safe.
‘Even if it’s a supreme master. No…’
Even if it’s the Great Snow Demon.
Kwang! Kwaang! Kwaaaang!
With the incessant explosions and roars, and after slamming more than a dozen spears into the ground like lightning in an instant, I was finally able to see it.
Peogeok! Pu Hwaak!
Beyond the thick cloud of dust, red blood splattered into the air with a chilling sound of tearing flesh.
‘There you are.’
At the same time as the conviction, I stretched out my foot. The tip of my foot, stepping with a weight of a thousand geun, dug deep into the overturned earth.
Kwaddeudeuk. Kwang!
An explosion occurred at the same time as the compression of internal energy. I rushed through the cloud of dust, erasing tens of jangs of space in an instant.
It was already difficult to distinguish between front and back due to the noise and falling debris pouring in from all directions.
But there was no hesitation in my movement to cut through the space.
‘Because I’ve already seen it.’
My sharp senses detected the fishy blood scent, and my excellent eyesight once again found someone’s back through the cloud of dust.
The Great Snow Demon, who was injured while blocking White Flame, cannot be faster than me.
I slashed the spear summoned from the inventory diagonally.
Shwiing.
Along with a low whistling sound, the blue-white flames that soared while wrapping around the blade slowly cut through the wind.
No, it’s not just the blade that’s slowing down. Extreme concentration paralyzes the brain and stops the world.
And in that frozen time, the moment the flames that slowly cut through the cloud of dust finally touched the hem of the clothes. A line of conviction flashed through my mind.
‘It’s over…!’
But why on earth?
This unknown chill and strange déjà vu that I feel now.
In a situation where I can end everything if I go just one more chon, my body ignores the command from my head and tries to back away.
At the same time, I realized.
That was reason and instinct at the same time, and instinct that preceded reason.
‘Great Snow Demon.’
An old monster that crawled up from the abyss of the distant past.
But the reason why he is dangerous is not because he is a supreme master who has opened the Middle Dantian.
What the Blood Lord and the Western Heavenly Demon, who possessed overwhelming martial prowess, did not have.
No, the caution and thoroughness that they did not even feel the need to have because they were overwhelming is the sharpest weapon that old monster possesses.
‘That Great Snow Demon, this easily?’
No. At least, the Great Snow Demon I have faced so far would never do that.
In a short moment that split the moment, I twisted my body with all my might.
The body that suddenly braked and the internal energy that had been raging like a storm reversed.
At the same time as hot blood welled up in my throat, the blade that had been deflected in the air tore through the hem of my clothes.
And the next moment. I could see it clearly.
Seogeok.
In the slowly flowing time, the flesh and bones that were cut off like tofu by the blade, and beyond the blood slowly floating into the air as if in zero gravity, the disheveled hair fluttering and a pair of cold eyes shining over the shoulders of the already lifeless corpse. I’ll give it back to you. In the same way you did.
The moment I felt an inaudible voice say that, an icy flash erupted from the hollow chest of the Black Hand Demon.
Shuhwaak!
I sensed it.
That this attack cannot be avoided.
But I will be able to avoid fatal injuries. Because what is covering my upper body right now is the rare divine weapon obtained by killing the Western Heavenly Demon, the Fire Dragon Armor.
But…….
Kwadeuk! Pu Pook!
It was cold and hot at the same time.
The Yin Cold Energy seeping into my body.
And another divine weapon that broke the Fire Dragon Armor and was embedded in my chest, the blade of White Flame.
Bleep. Bleep. Bleep!
– A part of [Fire Dragon Armor] has been destroyed by a powerful force!
– Time remaining until automatic restoration of [Fire Dragon Armor]: 3 days.
– [Yin Cold Energy] is shaking the inside!
– You are in a state of [Bleeding]!
– You have suffered [Severe Internal Injuries]!
– There is a risk of [Qi Deviation]! Calm your energy as soon as possible!
– The inside and outside of the body are severely damaged!
In a vision blurred by terrible pain, I thought as I listened to the incessant warning sounds piercing my ears.
Really, what an incredibly unlucky day.
* * *
In a short moment when everything flashed by in an instant, it was not only Jin Taekyung who felt that the world had stopped.
It was the same for the Great Snow Demon, who was hiding in the cloud of dust and waiting for the last chance, and he, who had spent the longest and most difficult waiting time in his nearly hundred years of life, was finally able to exhale the breath he had been holding back.
Kwadeuk. Pu Pook!
A blade stuck in one person’s chest and a trembling figure. And eyes filled with pain and despair.
“Kueeeeek!”
Chwaak.
Crimson blood mixed with pieces of internal organs wets the Great Snow Demon’s face.
But he didn’t care about the foul fishy smell and stench that pierced his nose.
Rather, he was appalled by the sight of that young man still alive.
‘This crazy bastard.’
The Great Snow Demon’s plan was perfect in every way.
That would have been the case if Jin Taekyung had not twisted his body to avoid it at the last moment.
The reason why the blade that should have pierced his heart exactly was stuck in his chest was precisely for that reason.
‘Even if this old man hadn’t changed the direction of the blade accordingly… it would have only ended up in his side.’
The Great Snow Demon felt a chill run down his spine.
The evaluation he had given Jin Taekyung when the battle first began had long been corrected.
‘Not fifty years from now, but thirty years. No, maybe within twenty years, he will be a match for the Martial God and the Heavenly Demon.’
A talent that can only be called a monster and a determination more fierce than flames.
This is not a matter of martial arts. The strength that comes from the person himself. A momentum that evokes fear beyond danger.
In the eyes of the Great Snow Demon, Jin Taekyung was already a strong man.
The masters of the Nine Great Sects and the Five Great Families. No, he is no less than the Ten Kings.
But.
‘This is your limit.’
Eudeuk.
The Great Snow Demon gritted his teeth and put strength into the hand holding the spear shaft.
The empty right sleeve, as if something had been torn off, had to be sacrificed to the spear that was driven down after Muyaho’s surprise attack a moment ago, but there is no regret.
Although he lost an arm that was like his life, the mysterious Dark Heaven sorcerers will find a way without much difficulty.
What is important to him now is… Jin Taekyung. The fact that he can end that terrifyingly disgusting monster.
‘Didn’t I tell you? That you will die and this old man will survive. That is the natural order and Heaven’s Will.’
With a face mixed with fear and joy, the Great Snow Demon gathered the little strength he had left.
At the same time, the cold spear shaft made of Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron pierced Jin Taekyung’s chest even deeper.
Kwadeuk!
A blade with cold instead of flames pierces the owner’s chest. Along with the chilling sound of flesh tearing and bones breaking, Jin Taekyung’s figure fluttered.
Pusyut. Chwaaaak!
The Great Snow Demon, who had watched countless deaths, was more certain than ever with the blood gushing out like a fountain and the eyes gradually blurring.
‘Now no one can save him. Even if a Divine Immortal comes, not even a divine doctor can.’
But the Great Snow Demon had forgotten for a moment.
The young man who is dying in front of him is an existence like a monster that cannot be predicted by his judgment.
Deopseok. Puuuk!
The Great Snow Demon was not given the time or the strength to deal with it.
In his eyes that was filled with shock instead of cold, reflected the figure of one person.
Jin Taekyung, who grabbed the spear shaft with all his might and pushed it deeper into his chest, moving forward on his own.
And, the last flame burning in his blood-soaked hand.
In the Great Snow Demon’s widened eyes, blue-white flames spread.
Hwareuk, Kwaaaang!