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 Chapter 454: The Fallen Spirit Beast (1) The God of the East was flustered. Beads of sweat were forming on Chun Yeowun’s forehead as he looked at his opponent. The technique Chun Yeowun was using had multiple overlappings, and the amount of energy that it consumes couldn’t be small. About three-quarters of the energy generated after taking in a core would get consumed. ‘Huu… imbuing two attributes into one invisible sword isn’t enough, and concentrating it at one point would be a huge waste.’ For now, three or four times was the limit. However, the power was beyond the imagination, severely injuring the God of the East’s right arm, with a small attack too. It was truly a technique that was fearsome to face. “Indeed, you are great. Try stopping this too. I’ll shoot them the same way again.” Chun Yeowun spoke those words. If it was any normal person, Chun Yeowun would’ve killed them, but since the God of the East was great and he acknowledged the power and capabilities of the man who achieved it all with his own strength, he said that. Although he was preventing Chun Yeowun from entering the mountain, he didn’t want to risk his life against a true warrior like the God of the East. Chun Yeowun’s intentions seemed to work to some extent. ‘… if there is another offensive attack like that, blocking it would be impossible.’ In addition, one arm was twisted, and the muscles seemed to be strained, so it was difficult for him to fight. In terms of a swordsman, it was like holding a broken sword. However, if the purpose of this confrontation was to simply compete for a winner and loser, then accepting defeat would be best. “This battle is won by you. Just like it was said, the old water of the Yangtze River gets pushed to the front because of the stronger new water. You’re stronger than Chun Majong of your cult.” “Lord Chun Majong?” Chun Yeowun frowned at the words which came out of the God of the East’s mouth. It was a name he had heard a lot. It must have been the name of a past Lord. ‘No. Did the God of the East know my father?’ Chun Inji, who was hearing his words, eyes widened. Chun Majong was a former Lord and his father. When Chun Inji was active in the cult, he knew that the God of the East is one of the five strongest warriors, but he didn’t know that he shared a relationship with his father. ‘Just how old… ugh.’ Although he had white hair, he only looked like a middle-aged man. Even if he reverted back to a younger age, this man had to be over a hundred years old. ‘He is a warrior from the same generation as great-grandfather. That is why his martial arts are so pure.’ The man had reached this point in his life because of his ability. And he is so skilled because of his age. And his understanding of Chun Yeowun and his men was probably because he had already met cultists in the past. “Ha…” The God of the East, who held his breath, sighed. Although he acknowledged his opponent’s victory, his eyes were full of determination, he wasn’t willing to give up. Why was he trying to stop people from entering Changbai Mountain? “You were acquainted with my great-grandfather?” When he realized how old the man was, Chun Yeowun showed his respects to him. To that, the man shook his head and replied. “We weren’t acquainted. We just competed a couple times.” “That can be considered as a relationship too. But what I want to know is why are you stopping us from entering Changbai Mountain.” In response to Chun Yeowun’s question, Ark Wui pursed his lips before opening them. “Here in Changbai Mountain, there are creatures that others can’t hold. I’m guarding this place to prevent people from encountering those beings.” ‘Ah!’ Chun Yeowun’s eyes lit up. The words of Master Wu Chun from the Shaolin Temple were true! It wasn’t that he was stopping people. Rather Ark Wui was trying to protect people from something hidden inside. “Are you talking about that crazy-eyed one?” Clearly, that man was dangerous. The power he held was completely different from normal warriors, and it was the first time that Chun Yeowun had experienced such a murderous intent with so much hatred. He was someone who could be called the Great Death Bringer. At Chun Yeowun’s question, Ark Wui answered. “Haa… right. That’s the existence which is dangerous because it’s been toiling in hatred, anger, and murderous intent for years.” At that, Chun Yeowun asked. “Indeed, the existence, so it doesn’t have a human body?” At that, Ark Wui seemed troubled. The battle was stopped abruptly, but since he already fought it, Ark Wui had no choice but to tell him. Especially since its body was transforming. ‘By any chance… a fallen spirit beast?’ It was a strange thought, but that’s what he thought. There were a lot of confusing things, like the way the man used wind. It clearly looked like he could control the wind. It could be that the man absorbed the core of the Feng Bo (White Tiger), but that didn’t feel like the right answer. Looking at Changbai Mountain, where the man had disappeared to, Chun Yeowun said. “You said it was to prevent people from encountering that existence. Did I look like I was in trouble?” When the fight was stopped abruptly, Chun Yeowun had the upper hand. Besides, Chun Yeowun hadn’t gone all out. Ark Wui thought for a while. ‘… this person is certainly different.’ He wasn’t someone who had to be protected. It was the first time that this happened, so he was worried about what he had to say. In his mind, he remembered the mutation. ‘As long as I live and guard this place, I hope to keep people out, hoping for purification.’ If his eyes weren’t wrong, Ark Wui hadn’t degraded in skill. But then, one day, he would end up becoming weak and lose in the battle against that man, and he would run out to massacre the people of Jianghu. ‘Thinking about it, I was hoping to send that man to hell with my own hands.’ But it was harder in his current state. It was the tenth year, and his arm, which was hurt, wouldn’t heal right away. Of course, even if he did his best, the result would be unknown because of his current condition, but if he lost, that being would break out of the mountain. After sighing, Ark Wui, who had been lost in thought, opened his mouth. “Is your purpose also the core of the spirit beast?” A straightforward question. The people who came to Changbai Mountain only had one purpose. It was to gain the core of the spirit beast, the Feng Bo, to increase their power. Regardless of the faction, that was the truth. ‘Will you, like everyone else, explain the validity of taking the core with a cause?’ Those who tried to obtain the core were all the same. Saying that they couldn’t let it fall into someone else’s hands, so they came to take the core for themselves. The reason was the same for everyone. But, “Do you think there is another reason for coming here?” ‘Huh?’ Chun Yeowun didn’t deny it. Since the Yulin troops were diplomatic, he thought that this person, who seemed like the Lord of the Demonic Cult, would come up with some reason, but he didn’t. “… you don’t even try to hide your greed.” It would be better that way. Rather than trying to make a false justification, he was honest. But, “It seems like you have obtained many cores. Why are you being so greedy?” He couldn’t understand it. The existence of the Feng Bo was well known, so many people aimed for it. However, the other spirit beasts were rather difficult to find, and if he could take away those cores, then he didn’t have to aim for this one. “If it’s you, no one in Jianghu would be able to win against you, so why covet this core too?” In addition, since Chun Yeowun had multiple cores, he would live for a long time. There was no need for such excessive greed. Chun Yeowun thought seriously about the questions Ark Wui asked. ‘He wouldn’t believe it if I say that it’s to prevent the Blade Lord from obtaining immortality.’ He hadn’t even told that to his subordinates. Who would believe that nonsense? “Recently, there is a rise of a clan called the Blade God Six Martial Clan, which began to grow suddenly. Their head is aiming for eternal life…” Kwang! Just then, they heard a loud roar. Ark Wui looked shocked at the sound. It came from the side of Changbai mountain. At the peak, there was a vast lake, and he could see a column of water rising. Swoosh! ‘What was that just now?’ Shocked, he looked around as the sound echoed. “Growllll!” The sound of a tiger roaring from the peak of the mountain. Chun Yeowun looked over there with sharp eyes. ‘Is that… the White Tiger?’ That wasn’t a roar that a human could produce. “Is he breaking the oath?” He was puzzled for a moment at the incomprehensible mumble from Ark Wui, who immediately moved. Tat! His expression was serious as he was trying to reach the peak. At the top was the place where that man lived. He didn’t know what happened, but the cry meant that something terrible had happened. Swoosh! Swoosh! As he hurried, he heard someone catch up to him. Ark Wui glanced to the side to see Chun Yeowun. The excellent display of martial arts. “Was that the White Tiger?” At Chun Yeowun’s question, Ark Wui nodded his head without saying anything. Chun Yeowun spoke. “It looks like we were hit on the back of our heads by the Blade God Six Martial Clan while we were fighting.” “Blade God Six Martial clan?” Come to think of it, Ark Wui had heard the people of the Yulin utter the same name. It was something he wasn’t concerned about because whoever it was, he had no intention of letting them into the mountain. “The situation has gone out of control. It has to be stopped.” “It would be dangerous if the core gets into the hands of the Blade God Six…” “Not that.” “?” “That man should never be allowed to turn into his original form!” Chun Yeowun thought that Ark Wui was concerned about the core falling into other’s hands, but what he heard was completely unexpected. Of course, he thought it was because Ark Wui didn’t know about the Blade God Six Martial Clan. With their power, hunting the spirit beast wasn’t a difficult task. Gooooo! “This… what the hell?” Chun Yeowun looked at Changbai Mountain with trembling eyes. Dark clouds gathered in the sky, which looked clear until a second back. He couldn’t help but be shocked by it. To that, Ark Wui spoke. “It’s a spirit beast which has lived for nearly a thousand years and has ascending in the ranks. A monster which should never be released into this world.” Creepy! A horrendous energy engulfed the mountain. Above the peak of Changbai Mountain, which was covered with dark clouds, an infinitely dark and huge tiger appeared. Chapter 455 - The Fallen Spirit Beast (2) Chapter 455: The Fallen Spirit Beast (2) Feng Bo. One of the five spirit beasts. Among the five, the Feng Bo (White tiger) was the only beast whose habitat was known. To the east, in Changbai Mountain. It was written in one of the Three Great Books. Many details of the five spirit beasts were described in the book called the Book of Spirits. However, it was said that the five of them, the spirit beasts, live for many years, and when their spiritual power reaches a certain point, they rise to a higher level. It was meant to denote that they reach a level of supremacy when they reach enlightenment and ascend to the realm of the gods. There was a passage in it that says that a normal person or even a master who cultivates internal energy can obtain enlightenment and turn into a deity. An example would be Elder Jang Sambong of the Wudang clan. Swoosh! Near the entrance of the mountain. Two humans were traversing the forest with great speed. “Is what I’m thinking right?” At Chun Yeowun’s question, Ark Wui nodded his head. The shadow of the giant tiger seen from afar was under the clouds. As the name Feng Bo, which means White Tiger, implies, the existence which should have been white with black stripes was engulfed in darkness. “Pitch black darkness.” “As he couldn’t ascend, his power eroded with anger and hatred. It turned into that.” Ark Wui still hadn’t forgotten about that time. The transformation of the White Tiger, who was crying in anger. It was a process in which the sacred spirit inside Changbai Mountain, which he knew, turned into a monster that could destroy everything. Chun Yeowun frowned at the words of Ark Wui. ‘I feel like I saw it somewhere.’ Chun Yeowun looked at the black wrist guard on his right arm. Sky Demon Sword. When he first got it, he saw a man cutting down the horns of the Imoogi, which was about to ascend to heaven as a dragon. At that time, the white body of the Imoogi had turned dark. The mysterious figure in white disappeared, and in its place came a ferocious monster that was killed by Chun Ma. ‘Was the Imoogi corrupted too?’ It looked that way. The spirit beasts who were supposed to gain spiritual power and ascend to heaven lost their lives. ‘It has to be like that.’ He felt that Imoogi was different as all he saw were images of it. However, the Imoogi, which had turned into a monster, was something that could split the earth and heaven too. ‘… the more I know, the more I feel like Chun Ma had reached the level of a God.’ It was also the case with the word ‘Sword’, which was engraved on the old tablet. With a single character, he managed to subdue all the swordsmen. At what level was that possible? Chun Yeowun, who remembered something, asked. “Was it possible that the White Tiger was forcibly obstructed from ascending?” At that question, Ark Wui’s expression hardened. It seemed like several things had happened. Chun Yeowun, who thought it must be something personal, decided not to ask further questions when Ark Wui opened his mouth with a bitter expression. “He lost his precious friend over a hundred years ago.” “Friend?” “… yes. He was a friend of mine too.” A hundred years had passed, but he still remembered him. He was a relative and friend with whom life and death could be shared with. “He was such a fun person that even the guardian of Changbai Mountain, which everyone was afraid of, turned towards him. If he hadn’t died in vain, this wouldn’t have happened.” Ark Wui felt regret. His death had many repercussions. To the extent where even a spirit beast gave up on his ascension and got corrupted. “Grrrrrrr!” A great roar from the tiger could be heard again. As he looked at the sky covered in dark clouds, Ark Wui bit his lip as he watched the beast rage in anger. The guy who hadn’t broken his oath for 100 years reverted to his original body. ‘Why on earth did he break the oath he made himself? What provoked him… was it?’ He looked at the peak of the mountain. He raised his energy to get a clear view as he moved faster. Meanwhile, on the peak of the mountain. Swoosh! Wheeing! The vast lake, which was reflecting the sky, was covered in dark clouds which swayed the waves violently. “Grooooooo!” “Woah!” “My ears!” Numerous warriors of the Blade God Six Martial Clan were near the lake, covering their ears. Just the roar made their stomachs drop. Even those who were supposed to be strong were on the ground coughing up blood, while others’ ears were bleeding. Thud! Thud! The man in bandages glanced at the warriors who had fallen. He was baffled to see how the situation turned out. “That monster is the White Tiger?” The monster in front of him was thirty meters tall. This monster, with its red eyes and ferocious energy, had the shape of a tiger, but it was completely different from the White Tiger they had heard about. Tak! “Haa… haa… damn it! I have no idea what the hell that thing is.” A bald old man sat next to the man in bandages. The old man was covered in cold sweat as he held onto his left shoulder. His left arm, stained with blood, was torn off by the huge claws, and it looked like his arm would fall off at any moment. “Former Lord, are you alright?” “Ah… would anyone be alright? I just lost an arm. How could a normallooking human even turn into a monster?” The old man called the former Lord, who tried to stop the man’s mutation, was hit. He tried to subdue it, thinking that it was some kind of Blood Reversion Art, but it ripped off his arm. “Hwang-heol. What the hell is that monster?” It was supposed to be huge but it’s too huge. They heard that the tiger is supposed to be three times the size of a regular tiger. Of course, they knew that as the spiritual energy increased, the spirit beast would grow, but this was close to being a monster. Tak! At the time, someone approached Hwang-heol. An old man wearing a golden eyepatch, he was Woo, a former Lord of the clan. He too was shocked at the roaring beast. “I don’t know what that is. But does this mean that the man we saw before is the monster?” “Are you blind just because you only have one eye?” The bald man asked, annoyed. Former Lord Woo kept his mouth shut, realizing that it must be hard for the other man as he just lost his arm. Hwang-heol was at a loss for words. ‘That black monster is really the Feng Bo? The White Tiger?’ Arriving near the mountain, they knew that a battle was taking place in the north and took the opportunity to climb up the mountain. In the process of searching for the spirit beast, they met an unknown person. It was a person who seemed to be annoyed, and the moment he saw them, he attacked them. [Dirty worms keep invading my Mt. Baekdu! I’m going to kill you all!] He didn’t speak Chinese. At first, they thought that this man was protecting the mountain. However, they were shocked to see him unfold techniques that didn’t belong to Jianghu. That man’s techniques were as dangerous as their clan’s. They never expected such a person to be hiding in the mountain along with the God of the East. [No more. I’ll take you all down.] Although he was injured, the man had the ability to annihilate half of the troops and the left arm of their former lord. He was unscathed despite fighting against two former lords. However, the man who was attacking suddenly turned into a beast. “KKUAAAKKKk!” Kwang! “Kuak!” “Euk!” “M-Move!” When the black tiger roared, dozens of people lost their lives. It wasn’t something that martial arts could overcome. It was safe to say that the monster is a natural disaster. About a thousand people were attacked, and most of them died pointlessly. Hweeeing! “Wh-what’s happening now?” Another strange thing happened in the sky where rain and dark clouds had formed. The dark clouds gathered around the giant black tiger, and mist began to form, which soon took the shape of a tornado. Wheeing! “Wi-wind?” It wasn’t just one. Four tornados appeared as if dragons were moving around trying to protect the black tiger. Hundreds of people got swept away in an instant by the tornados. “Ackkkk!” “Help me!” Even those who were excellent warriors were no exception. The tornados were different from a natural disaster. Every time the tornados spun, it was as if swords were attacking. Clash! “Kuk!” “Ugh! H-how is the wind this sharp?” “Everyone! Move away from the tornados!” The masters and the warriors spread out in all directions. Even a simple gust of wind was killing them. This was not something they could deal with. Hwang-heol mumbled. “How can… this is so different.” They were all there during the battle with the Great Bird. But even the Great Bird didn’t seem this strong. In comparison, it was the difference between an adult and a child. “Kuaaaaaa!” Creepy! It roared again. It was when the two former Lords and Hwang-heol were trying to figure out how to attack it. “Oho. Is this the fallen spirit that I’ve only heard of?” “B-Blade Lord!” The three people were shocked to see their Lord appear with a bamboo hat. He said that it would take longer to join them as he would take care of the Yulin troops, but they didn’t expect him to come this quick. This meant that this man had tremendous power, which took down the Yulin. “You came? Blade Lord!” Everyone bowed to the man at the same time. Ignoring that, the man called Blade Lord looked at the tiger surrounded by tornados. “Wh-what are we…” “I will go.” “Huh?” Phat! Before they could even question him, the man flew into the air. The Blade Lord, who was floating in the air, reached the vicinity of the tornados which were blocking the huge tiger. The Blade Lord pretended to cut down the tornados with his hand. Woong! Huge invisible energy rose as his hand slashed down the tornados in an instant. Slashhh! The warriors who watched it began to cheer. “Blade Lord!! Woah!” “He cut down the tornados!” “N-no! They haven’t been taken down yet!” Wheeing! The tornados didn’t die down. The parts which got cut soon began to reconnect. That was what he was aiming for. Swoosh! He aimed to pass through the brief gap which formed in the tornado. With the sword he pulled out from his waist, he leaped, aiming it at the chest of the huge black tiger. Visor! The tiger roared at the appearance of the man and raised its front paws to strike him. “Grrrrrrr!” Wheeing! Just by extending its sharp claws, huge wind pressure was created. The right front paw moved, wanting to kill everything in front of it. He shifted his approach, cleared his breath, and wielded his sword. Woong! At that moment, space shook in the direction where he was wielding his sword which contained an enormous concentrated power . Bang! Part of the black tiger’s right front paw hit the sword and bounced up. The black tiger roared in pain as one of its paws got cut off. “KUAAAAAAKKKK!” The Blade Lord’s lips formed into a smile. ‘This is payback for what you did 20 years ago.’ It was his growth after what he faced in the past. After 20 years, the Blade Lord was able to take down the opponent. Phat! “I’ll cut off that head of yours just like this!” Phat! Phat! Not missing the opportunity, the Blade Lord aimed for the neck of the black tiger. Across pouring rain, his figure moved. It was then. “Kuaaaak!” “No!” Huge wind erupted from the mouth of the black tiger and attacked the Blade Lord. It was wind that could cut down a mountain. The Blade Lord immediately created a huge invisible sword. But the pressure was too strong, he got pushed down to the bottom of the lake. Thud! “Blade Lord!!!” The ones who were watching it shouted in surprise. But that wasn’t the end of the surprise. “No?” The tiger raised its intact front paw and stomped it into the lake. Thud! Splash! Thud! Its heavy paw created a new image of the lake. It was aiming to kill the Blade Lord. The two eyes of the black tiger gleamed in red as it looked down at the lake. “How dare you!” Former Lord Woo, wearing the golden patch, was so angry that he tried to attack it. It was then, Jjjjkkk! The water in the lake, which was raging, began to freeze. From the place where the black tiger had stepped. It froze so quickly that the tiger couldn’t react. Jjkkkk! As the cold began to seep up to the paw, it lifted its paw. The ice shattered as the paw was lifted from the lake, and at that moment the Blade Lord jumped out. Jjjjkkk! Then, two invisible swords appeared with ice qi in the air and stabbed the black tiger in the chest. “The core!” As the ice qi swords touched the center of the tiger’s chest, the tiger roared and released its energy to deflect the swords, but the ice qi which had penetrated into its body, spread. Jjjkkk! “KUUUUAAAAKKKKKKK!” The tiger howled in pain as it tried twisting its body and swinging its paws. The body of the Blade Lord, who was concentrating on the ice qi in the tiger’s body, bounced back. Bang! “Kuak!” In an instant, the body of the Blade Lord bounced back 30 meters or so. He was quite shocked at it, seeing how blood flowed from the corner of his lips. However, since he absorbed a core, he managed to recover from his injuries, and his complexion brightened. “You are quite rebellious.” If it used a little more energy, he would have gotten crushed. It was the moment when he was about to move again and strike it down. Startle! From the north, immense energy was felt as it merged with the tornado and pierced the chest of the huge black tiger, which was suffering from the ice qi. Kwak! “Kuaaaakkk!” All eyes turned to what pierced into the chest. Crackle! A ray of black lightning passed through the tiger’s chest and then disappeared. The black tiger, which got hit again, twisted its body. Bang! Bang! Bang! As it wriggled in pain, the fragments of the frozen lake went everywhere. “Wh-what’s going on?” “What was that just now?” It was that moment when everyone was equally confused. The eyes of the warriors of the Blade God Six Martial Clan focused on one place. The place where the huge chest of the tiger was open wide, and something was shining in it. “Th-that!” “Core!” The core was shining brightly. But it wasn’t just the core. Eyes gleamed from the pierced chest to someone in black armor who stood there. The armor that seemed soaked in the blood, moved away from the black tiger, which was crying out in pain. Woong! As if he could walk on air, the one in the black armor moved a couple more steps away. The helmet of the armor disappeared, revealing the face behind it. Long hair fluttered in the wind and rain. “De-Demon God!” Hwang-heol shouted at the man he recognized. “What?” “The Demon God?” The two former Lords were shocked at the man being called the Demon God. Amid everyone’s attention, Chun Yeowun smiled and shouted to everyone who had gone silent. “You all did good!” The face of the Blade Lord, who was on the mountain, distorted terribly. Chapter 456 - The Fallen Spirit Beast (3) Chapter 456: The Fallen Spirit Beast (3) “It took nearly a hundred years to purify him. As per his friend’s words, all he had to do was return to his original state and climb up. But… it all looks unreasonable now.” It was Ark Wui who had given up a hundred years of his life. However, the hatred and resentment inside the White Tiger didn’t weaken but instead grew. Its appearance now is much closer to the form it took a hundred years ago, and the hatred inside it was all being directed to the Jianghu. “The guy who threw off the shackles created by the oath returned to his own body, which will stain the entire place in blood. Just like the sixheaded dragon spirit which almost annihilated the entire Jianghu region during the days of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.” Spirit beasts who have reached the highest point would be dangerous and difficult to kill. The only opportunity to kill him would be when he cannot take his original form even after 100 years. In a bitter voice, Ark Wui asked Chun Yeowun. “… this is the calling that was originally for me, but if it doesn’t work, kill him with your hands.” It was unclear if Ark Wui would be able to kill the beast or not. Judging that he might fail due to his injured right arm, he asked Chun Yeowun. “You won’t regret it?” “I was holding onto him with affection and cause. But now it won’t be possible, and I can’t let innocent people of Jianghu get killed.” Ark Wui’s words were resolute. He didn’t care about the deaths of the warriors or the leaders. However, he didn’t like the idea of innocent people getting killed. ‘You are a true friend.’ Chun Yeowun admired Ark Wui’s intentions. He seemed a lot better than the warriors of the Forces of Justice who advocate justice. Such a person was the one warriors respected. “Understood. I’ll hurry up and return your favor.” “Huh?” Chun Yeowun’s words made Ark Wui wonder. Ark Wui had hurt his right arm, his body was out of balance, and he wasn’t able to speed up either. Even if he punched the air, he doubted that it would be with his full force. What could he even do? It was then. Tsutsutsutsu! Something began to generate from Chun Yeowun’s body, and it turned into black armor. Ark Wui’s eyes widened at it. It shouldn’t have been a big deal, but he was just shocked to see Chun Yeowun suddenly wear armor which even covered his face. “I’m going ahead.” “?” Woong! White smoke appeared from the feet of the armor, and he was pushed into the air. Wooh! “What was that?” Ark Wui was stunned as he looked at Chun Yeowun. Chun Yeowun, who flew towards the peak at once, saw someone competing with the giant black tiger. He was someone who was able to make full use of his abilities and focused energy at one point, just like the God of the East. Moreover, this man could freeze the lake in an instant. It must have been the one who absorbed the core of the Great Bird. ‘Is that person the head of the Blade God Six Martial Clan?’ Chun Yeowun remembered the words that his grandfather spoke. He said that the Blade Lord, the head of the clan, had gone to the Potala palace with all his forces to obtain the core of the Great Bird. ‘Blade Lord!’ In the meantime, the man Chun Yeowun was so curious about had finally appeared. And he somehow aimed for the fallen White Tiger. ‘What is he aiming for? Nano. Find the place where the core of the black tiger is concentrated.’ [Understood.] Nano began to analyze it in augmented reality. When a cross-shaped target was painted on its chest. [A lot of energy is concentrated in the thorax that goes down the black tiger’s neck.] ‘Nice.’ There was no way he could lose the core of the White Tiger. And it was a great opportunity as the Blade Lord was weakened by the blow. ‘If I intervene in the middle, I wouldn’t be able to do this or that, and I’d get caught between the spirit beast and the Blade Lord.’ There was a simple way to do that. First, he had to take the core of the White Tiger. It would make the Blade God Six Martial Clan angry if they who had been aiming for the core and fighting against the black tiger all this time saw the core enter Chun Yeowun’s hands. “Kowwww!!!” It wasn’t just because its chest was hit, but the black tiger, which had been hit near its core, twisted its body and cried out. Since the core, where all its spiritual energy is gathered, was being taken away, perhaps it was the same as destroying a martial artist’s dantian. ‘This should be better than letting those people take it away.’ Chun Yeowun looked at the core, which was emitting a brilliant light. Just a touch, and he could feel its great energy. Seeing Chun Yeowun float in the air, Hwang-heol, who was initially bewildered, yelled in anger. “Demon God! Isn’t that something you should be ashamed of? Only cowardly people do things like pickpocketing!” Unlike him, the former Lords on either side were different. The fact that he broke into the middle of the fight and took the core was infuriating, but the overwhelming energy they felt was petrifying. ‘The power of that blow was terrifying.’ Even their Blade Lord had failed to penetrate the tiger’s body despite connecting on several blows. However, the Demon God, Chun Yeowun, made a hole in the chest with just a single blow, even if it was a surprise attack. “He’s more of a monster than I’ve heard.” “Huh. He can’t be dealt with without the Blade Lord. It makes sense for the Six Martial Masters to keep losing.” Hwang-heol frowned at the words of the former Lords, who were supposed to be the best in the clan. Even if Chun Yeowun was a monster, the core shouldn’t fall into his hands. “Even so, we need to kill him here. According to the records left behind by ‘that person’, this must…” Before Hwang-heol could finish speaking, the warriors shouted. “Blade Lord!” “The Blade Lord has come! Woah!!!” Shhhh! Suddenly, the Blade Lord appeared in the air in front of Chun Yeowun. The Blade Lord, whose bamboo hat got torn, was revealed to be a middleaged man with a short beard. And a horrible expression showing how angry he was. “Demon God!” Blade Lord pretended to swing his hand. Then, in front of him, invisible energy gathered, giving off a sharp feel, and it moved with the momentum to cut Chun Yeowun in half. Clang! However, it couldn’t cut him. It was blocked by an invisible sword that emerged in the air. Chowchowchow! However, in the aftermath of the collision between the invisible swords, pressure threw some people, while others had to get out of their vicinity. “Ah, amazing!” “Move!” “Everyone, keep your distance!” Kwang! Kwang! The aftermath of it was trees and the grass on the ground being uprooted. So this was how dangerous a battlefield would be when two people of the highest level would fight. The warriors of the Blade God Six Martial Clan all moved away at once. The Blade Lord opened his mouth. “Demon God. Hand over the core.” His gaze was on the core, which was in Chun Yeowun’s left hand. Maybe it was because he lost what he was aiming for. He had a grim expression. However, Chun Yeowun said something weird. “You… who are you?” The Blade Lord raised his eyebrows, puzzled by what was asked. At his level, he thought that Chun Yeowun would naturally recognize his existence and title. “I’m the current head, who stands at the apex.” Shhh! Blade Lord moved forward, maintaining his invisible sword, and tried to attack Chun Yeowun. It was the fifth form of the Extreme Art of the Blade God. Normally he was someone who would unfold a technique with the sleekest movement, but now he didn’t want to follow up the technique. Chow chow chow chow! Invisible sharp attacks came for Chun Yeowun. At that, Chun Yeowun slightly moved. It was then, his invisible sword created a dense sword net, blocking the form of the Extreme Art of the Blade God. “Don’t use what you stole!” Suddenly, the Blade Lord appeared from behind. It was an illusion skill of some kind. And he aimed for Chun Yeowun’s left arm, which was holding the core. Chun Yeowun’s actions were, ‘This guy?’ The Blade Lord frowned as he looked at what he was aiming for with his sword. He didn’t expect the core to be used as a defense by Chun Yeowun. If the core got damaged in any other way than being absorbed, all its energy would be drained, and the core becomes useless. “Then I’ll cut off your head!” The sword turned and aimed for Chun Yeowun’s neck. Startle! As soon as the sword was about to touch his neck, the Blade Lord jumped back. Swoosh! As soon as he moved, a blue ray of light fell to the ground where he was previously standing. It looked like a steel sword. He wondered if someone other than Chun Yeowun was present and threw the sword at him. However, the ice sword covered in a blue hue floated in the air. “An Air Sword made of steel-like-ice?” The Blade Lord was shocked. He too had attained yin and the core of the Great Bird. So, making an ice sword wasn’t a difficult task, but no matter how much he concentrated, the sword didn’t last long. “Truly amazing. It’s been twenty years since I met a warrior like you.” He was truly amazed. With all reports he got about the Demon God, he knew that the man was strong. However, he considered himself superior, but now Chun Yeowun was a much more difficult opponent than he had expected. “Then I can’t lose the core!” The Blade Lord raised his yin. Swoosh! Their entire surroundings became so cold that frost began to appear on the ground. Even the raindrops froze and fell to the ground. Drop! Cha! Cha! Cha! “Even if I can’t work with sword qi, I can use this!” The raindrops which froze all aimed for Chun Yeowun. However, the numerous frozen raindrops that aimed to hit Chun Yeowun stopped mid-air, making the Blade Lord frown. “Did you erase my qi?” Chun Yeowun raised his hand and stretched it towards the Blade Lord. The ice drops and the cubes, which had stopped mid-air, turned around, heading towards the Blade Lord. ‘How is this possible?’ Pang! The Blade Lord jumped to a higher position. Yet, all the frozen ice followed him. ‘Is he manipulating the ice?’ No matter how strong this man was, there had to be a limit to what we could do, and what Chun Yeowun was doing wasn’t simple. However, Chun Yeowun was controlling everything. “But, it’s just ice.” Whoop! The Blade Lord created a huge invisible wall that broke the ice. Kwakwakwang! “Indeed, fighting against the Demon God is truly meaningl…” The Blade Lord, who was talking, went silent. While he was busy taking down the frozen rain around him, numerous ice swords covered in a blue hue surrounded him. Chun Yeowun spoke with a smile. “The Sky Flash isn’t just a wide area technique.” As soon as he finished speaking, the blue hue began to shine brighter, and the numerous ice swords which surrounded him rushed towards him. Swoosh! The eyes of the Blade Lord shuddered as he saw the Ice Swords coming in from all directions without gaps. “You bastard!” The Blade Lord’s face distorted as he began to concentrate on what was happening. He decided to unify his energy. Whoops! As if space was distorted, ripples rose around him, and numerous beams of light rushed towards him and were sucked into him, disappearing. “… this is how it’s stopped.” Chun Yeowun was shocked at Blade Lord’s technique. He didn’t seem much different from Ark Wui. Rather, this man was more difficult to deal with as he had absorbed the core of the Great Bird and could take in ice qi. “Is, is that even a confrontation between humans?” “This is my first time seeing such a battle.” The two former Lords, who were watching the confrontation between the two lords, couldn’t hide their astonishment. It was impossible to keep their calm as they were witnessing such a highlevel battle. “Woah, they are total monsters.” “The Blade Lord is being pushed like that?” The same was true for the other warriors. The two people who were fighting in the air were so great that they couldn’t take their eyes off of them. However, there was one variable in their confrontation. “Kuwaaak!!” The huge black tiger, which roared again, shattered their eardrums. Losing the core from its body, everyone thought that it would fall to the ground, but it only became angrier than before, raring with blazing red eyes. “No!” The Blade Lord frowned at that too. The one whom the black tiger was staring at intently was Chun Yeowun, who held its core. ‘How didn’t he die?’ He was skeptical, but he decided to deal with the most important task. The black tiger swung its huge front paw and tried to hit both Chun Yeowun and the Blade Lord at the same time. It was that moment when the two of them were about to move away simultaneously. Bang! “Kuwakkk!” The huge body of the black tiger, which was about to swing its front paw, fell under great pressure and bent its knees as it crashed into the frozen lake. As the massive tiger suddenly fell in, the ice shards bounced in all directions. Wondering what was happening, there was a figure between the eyes of the giant tiger, with his fist clenched. “God of the East!” Chapter 457 - You Aren’t Him (1) Chapter 457: You Aren’t Him (1) The Blade Lord’s eyes fluttered. No matter how much time passed, he would never forget him. The monster who brought in the first defeat of the Blade Lord, who was proud of his existence. As a result, their plan was delayed. ‘God of the East!’ Twenty years had passed, but he was still the same. Except for one thing. ‘Did he hurt his arm?’ His right arm had been injured, so he twisted it back into place, yet it still looked hurt. Even so, seeing him take down the huge black tiger with just his left hand was still unimaginable. ‘Not just the Demon God, but even the God of the East?’ Hwang-heol, who was watching this from the other side, couldn’t hide his shock. Twenty years ago, when they were aiming for Changbai Mountain, this man appeared. At that time, the God of the East showed tremendous power enough to defeat the clan’s warriors with simple attacks. It was clear then, ‘Huh? But the Demon God arrived first to defeat the monster?’ Something seemed strange. They had been the ones who waited for Chun Yeowun to lead his clan to the entrance of the mountain, and then the Blade God Six Martial Clan made their way up. It was so both the Demon God and the God of the East would fight and become exhausted. This meant that the God of the East had collided with Chun Yeowun. ‘Ah!’ They looked at the God of the East’s right arm. They were so concerned with the black tiger that they didn’t look at it, but it looked like Ark Wui was injured. ‘Does that mean he was defeated by the Demon God?’ Otherwise, he shouldn’t have been hurt like that. Who else could even injure that monster? But there were doubts. ‘The Demon God never shows mercy to his enemies. But not long after they collided, they arrived… stopping their battle in the middle.’ Hwang-heol thought that the battle between the two was incomplete. The cause was the tiger. They must have felt that vicious energy forming on the mountain, and there was no way that Chun Yeowun would ignore it and continue the battle. As soon as the Demon God appeared, he aimed for the core. ‘Then, this is good. We can let those two people fight.’ There was no need for the Blade Lord to work. He should let the other two fight it out, and then once the winner is decided, he could overpower them. Thinking so, Hwang-heol shouted towards the God of the East, who was on the black tiger. “God of the East! The core of the White Tiger lies in his hands!” ‘Core?’ At those words, the God of the East turned his gaze towards Chun Yeowun, who was holding the core. His eyes darkened. He did make the request with a bitter heart, but he didn’t know that Chun Yeowun had already taken the core. ‘Then why didn’t he fall?’ Ark Wui wondered. The heart was pierced, and the core was lost. Any spirit beast would have succumbed to this, but this one was still raring to go. ‘What spirit beast can be this strong?’ He was puzzled when Hwang-heol shouted again. “That man there is aiming for the core of the White Tiger! God of the East!” It was his intention to make him and Chun Yeowun battle it out. Thinking that he was provoking them, he continued to shout, but no fight broke out. “Maybe it’s because he lost the battle…” It was then, Ark Wui extended his fist in the direction of Hwang-heol. And space distorted. Pang! At the same time, great wind pressure rose in front of Hwang-heol. It was aimed at him and not the Demon God. “Ugh, wh-why?” Phat! Flustered former Lord Woo, the man with the golden eyepatch and the other former Lord, who had one arm injured by the black tiger, blocked it. “Stand back! Hwang-heol!” “Former Lord Woo! Block it!” “Good!” Visor! To protect him, the two men drew out their own swords, creating a huge wave of energy, and swung their swords towards the wind which was coming for them. All they wanted to do was prevent the wind from hitting them forcefully. But, Kwang! “Ah! What power!” “Kuk!” They taught the Six Martial Masters, and they were also Blade Lord candidates. Even if their opponent was a Divine Master, they thought that if they worked together, they would be able to block the attack, but it was all a mistake. Clench! The energy wave, which was made from two different swords, couldn’t overcome the wind pressure, and on the contrary, they were thrown backwards. Chachacha! Both the former Lords got pushed away almost instantly. If it wasn’t for Hwang-heol, the man in bandages behind them, they would have just avoided the attack. The cost they were paying was very high. Thud! “Kuak!” The former Lord, with an injured arm, knelt on the ground, coughing up blood. Even the man in the golden eyepatch wasn’t in good condition. His stomach felt twisted by the attack, which seemed to penetrate his flesh. “Fo-former Lords!” Hwang-heol, who was saved thanks to the former Lords blocking the wind, was worried as he looked at them. Srrr! Energy rose from their bodies. The two of them were skilled. They weren’t at the stage of the Blade Lord, but they were on the same level as the five strongest warriors, yet with just one hit, they suffered internal injuries. ‘Is-isn’t he a complete monster?’ Still, they thought that the situation would be different from what happened twenty years ago. Not just the Blade Lord, but even the other clan members became a whole lot stronger. However, they still couldn’t withstand a single attack from that person. “You’re doing useless things.” The Blade Lord’s eyebrows rose when he saw the two people injured by Ark Wui. While trying to help Hwang-heol caused a lot of trouble. ‘I can’t take my eyes off this guy yet.’ His desire to repay Ark Wui for the past was burning bright, but he couldn’t overlook the enemy in front of him. Besides, the core was in Chun Yeowun’s hand, and he had to take it. There was only one way for that to happen. First, he defeats the Demon God and then fights the God of the East. [Hwang-heol.] The man was startled at the sudden message he was sent and looked at the Blade Lord. [B-Blade Lord?] The Blade Lord looked and smiled at him, then gave him an order. [While I’m dealing with the Demon God, do everything you can to prevent the God of the East from interfering.] [Understood!] He responded right away. The fact that he had given the order meant that he was confident that he could take Chun Yeowun down. In that case, he had to make sure that the order was fulfilled. Hwang-heol exclaimed. “Listen to me, the warriors of Blade God Six Martial Clan. Our opponent is the God of the East. Even if you have to sacrifice yourselves, stop…” Before he could even finish the order. Crack! The ground trembled, and something huge seemed to move. The black tiger was big enough to make the land vibrate just by moving. “Ah, is it still not dead?” They all thought that the tiger died when it was hit by the God of the East. But he was up again! “Kuaaaaaa!” The huge black tiger, with its four limbs spreading wide, roared and roared. Anger clearly visible in its red eyes. Gulp! Hwang-heol, who was about to give the order, closed his mouth. Even the Great Bird didn’t act like this. He was puzzled by the God of the East, who was on the neck of the large black tiger. The fist which struck the tiger was his best. ‘You lost your core. Even then, you’re trying to survive with everything you’ve got?’ He didn’t know what was holding him up. But it was dangerous that the tiger was overcoming physical pain and death with pure hatred and anger. Shhhhhh! Suddenly, the hole in its chest began to regenerate. If the core was lost, the ability to regenerate would be lost too, but seeing the flesh heal, this wasn’t the work of the core. This monster was still very much alive. “Kuaaaaooooo!” A change occurred in the dark sky, which was covered with dark clouds at its howl. The rain stopped for a second and then became heavier. Kwang! Thunder clouds began to form, and lightning struck. Wheeing! The wind moved around Changbai Mountain. Everything around got escalated. “What the hell?” “Thunder and lightning?” Everyone who saw that couldn’t hide their shocked expressions. As if the tiger was the eye of the typhoon, the strong winds went in all directions around it. Tornado gusts spread all over the mountain. Tututut! Pull! Starting with the gravel and grass around the lake, even the trees began to get uprooted. Fragments of ice floated in the air. Gooooo! “Uh-oh!” “Mo-move!” Even the warriors of the Blade God Six Martial Clan got picked up by the wind. Holding on wasn’t an option for the low-skilled warriors. “Ackkk!” There were no exceptions. The only thing they could do was try and withstand the typhoon, which seemed no different from a natural disaster. Booong! “D-damn it!” The warriors of the Blade God Six Martial Clan began to concentrate their energy from their dantian to their feet to increase their weight, but when trees were being uprooted, how could humans stand? Kwang! Ark Wui, who was barely holding onto the fur of the black tiger, felt stiff. ‘… just like that time.’ What he feared happened. This was why he wanted to kill the black tiger before he went back into its original state. 100 years ago, this man devastated the land around Changbai Mountain, and for a while, the land was dead, and no trees grew. “Kuaaaaaa!” Ark Wui stared at the black tiger. ‘Is death only possible if its head is cut off?’ To not die despite its core being pulled out meant that it had to be beheaded. He bit his lip as he made up his mind. Grrr! Bang! Bang! Flash! On the other hand, two humans were steadily balancing despite the thunder and lightning. They were Chun Yeowun and the Blade Lord. Despite the situation turning into a disaster, the two of them were still facing each other. However, they were able to endure it because of their internal energy. ‘This is good. While the God of the East deals with that white tiger, this one will be dealt with.’ The Blade Lord saw this as an opportunity. This crazy situation would bring in the reversal they needed. Woong! As the Blade Lord held out his hand, a huge invisible sword imbued with ice qi was created. Wheeing! Slash! Despite the noises around them, the sound of the sword was the only thing that could be heard. “Demon God! I will kill you right here and change the future.” ‘Future?’ At the words of the Blade Lord, Chun Yeowun’s eyes narrowed. “Haaaah!” Slash! With eyes full of determination, the Blade Lord rushed towards Chun Yeowun. The sword imbued with ice qi seemed like it would freeze everything. It was the first created technique of the Blade God Six Martial Clan. The technique that the clan depended on, the Extreme Art of the Blade God. Chachacha! The power of the technique, which unfolded in the form of an invisible sword with ice qi, created a tremendous momentum that couldn’t be compared to existing techniques. Everything felt strange. Ch! It had the power to destroy and freeze everything. Chun Yeowun, who looked at the sword, unfolded his own technique. ‘Sword Force of the Sky Demon!’ The Blade Lord smiled at it. Even if he was the Demon God, he would never be able to defeat the present Blade Lord because he knew about it from the records. And he had already figured out how to destroy the Sword Force of the Sky Demon long ago. “Demon God! Even with sword technique created by Chun Ma, you can no longer defeat the Extreme Art of the Blade God.” It was then. Hweeing! An invisible black flame qi sword emerged from Chun Yeowun’s right hand. The Blade Lord’s eyes narrowed at the bizarre sword, which contained both the Sky Demon Energy and the Qilin’s flame. ‘Can an invisible sword have different attributes?’ But that wasn’t the end. Swosh! Wheeing! There seemed to be something different about Chun Yeowun’s sword technique, which stretched forward and drew trails of black flames. It wasn’t the Sword Force of the Sky Demon that he knew. ‘What is this sword?’ Across the wind and rain, the traces of the black flames created numerous lines that seemed to create a form of the Extreme Art of the Blade God. Chachahcang! Kwang! When the two techniques collided, the wind and rain got pushed away instantly, the place cleared up. And the newly cleared-up place had white snow and black flames. Constant clashes which didn’t stop. It seemed like neither one of them wanted to get pushed back. After around seven clashes, something weird happened. As the sword technique wasn’t the one he knew, the Blade Lord’s face changed. ‘This isn’t the Sword Force of the Sky Demon.’ It looked similar, but it was different. It even had their own technique added to it. Holding a thrilling power that seemed closer to perfection than the originals of both techniques. ‘Th-this is different from the one in the records?’ This sword technique couldn’t be destroyed. As twelve clashes passed, the eyes of the Blade Lord, who was getting pushed back, realized that he was losing. Chow chow chow! In the end, the Blade Lord, who lost his composure because of witnessing a new sword technique, shouted. “Ugh! Yah! How? What is that sword?” Chun Yeowun’s lips turned into a smile as he watched his opponent get pushed back. “Sword Art of the Demon God.” ‘Sword Art of the Demon God?’ Kwakwag! The sound of something breaking. It was something that happened as the invisible sword made of ice qi was still unfolding the Extreme Art of the Blade God. Chun Yeowun continued to speak. “3rd formation, Extreme Art of the Sky Sword⁽¹⁾.” Chachang! As soon as he said those words, the Blade Lord’s invisible sword shattered, and then traces of the black flames were drawn by the Sword Art of the Demon God. Wheeing! Rumble! “Kuak!” Chapter 458 - You Aren’t Him (2) Ancient memories. It was a time when there wasn’t much interaction with humans. Often guests came from the peninsula to the southeast of the sacred mountain where he resided or from Jianghu to the northwest. There were numerous warriors and martial artists who said that they wanted to cultivate. The funny thing was everyone was honest about their desires. They aimed for the core, which contained his spiritual energy. It was a repetitive thing that happened since the day he was born on earth. ‘Frustrating. Annoying.’ He just wanted to gather spiritual energy and climb up the ladder as years passed, but he couldn’t figure out just why people were aiming for him. There were times when he was angry since all he wanted to do is avoid unnecessary conflict. ‘It isn’t because I’m afraid of them.’ He just didn’t want to see blood. As the years went by, he accumulated enough spiritual energy to ascend, and miraculously he gained the ability to transform into anything he wanted. ‘This is amazing.’ The ability was proof that he had accumulated enough energy. As the years passed, a new tiger with overflowing spiritual energy was born among the white tigers of the mountain. The birth of Feng Bo, the White Tiger, who would succeed him. It also meant that he was getting closer to ascension. He met the young white tiger before he ascended and learned a lot. ‘This is more fun than I thought.’ Ordinary animals were afraid of him, a spirit beast, and among humans, he was surrounded by those who wanted his core, yet because of his strength, no one came close. But there was one problem. Because of the new guy, he was exposed to humans more than when he was alone. Lacking spiritual energy and experience, that one was overly active, and even when humans appeared, it roamed around without hesitation, creating messes. ‘Act a little more modest.’ No matter how many times he warned it, the newborn tiger was reckless. It looked like the new one was four months old, so he had no choice but to protect it until he ascended. Then one day, the young one wasn’t seen anywhere. ‘Did something happen?’ With an ominous thought, he ran across the mountain to find him. After wandering around for a while, he saw the new one in the northern part of the mountain, surrounded by a group of humans. ‘You make me see blood even in the end. You humans.’ Humans are always greedy when it came to their nature. Dealing with ordinary humans wasn’t difficult. However, among humans, there were those whose power wasn’t humanlike. ‘You need to be careful. Even if you’re going to ascend to heaven, dealing with such a human would be dangerous for you.’ He was warned like that, but he was in a crisis. Unlike himself, who reached the pinnacle of spiritual energy, the young white tiger lacked strength and experience. The moment he was in a hurry to help him, something unexpected happened. Chachacha! [Kuak!] [Kuk!] Suddenly, an unknown middle-aged man with shocked eyes appeared and slaughtered the group of people surrounding the white tiger cub. The group of people looked like martial artists, yet they were helpless. ‘Did he kill them because he covets the core?’ For some reason, the man looked dangerous. Even he, who reached the peak of spiritual energy, could sense that. He moved there in haste, [How dare you damn bastards aim for the divine guardian deity of Mt. Baekdu. From now on, anyone who even steps one foot into the mountain will be killed.] It was his first time meeting that man. Contrary to his expectations that the man was aiming for the core, the man went somewhere in the mountain after annihilating the enemies. ‘What was that? What was that guy?’ A weird one. Throughout the hundreds of years that he lived, it was his first time meeting such a man. Curiosity began to rise in him. Often some martial artists cultivated in Changbai Mountain. And the man settled too and began to polish his martial arts. ‘Is he here to practice?’ He was stronger than any human he had ever seen, so he decided to watch and observe him. If that man made up his mind, then the White Tiger cub would be in danger. And the man was special. [He didn’t want them to enter?] He expelled or killed the men who tried to enter the mountain. In particular, he seemed to hate the martial artists from the north. There was no mercy for them. The only survivors were the ones who came from the peninsula. ‘Such a strange guy.’ It was as if the man was trying to cover up a murder. He decided to sit and see how long the man would stay like that. Five years passed. Strangely, he repeated only training and chasing out intruders for all five years. In the meantime, the White Tiger cub was saved several times. But still, he didn’t want to trust a human, so he was just watching the man until he ascended. But one day, the man spoke to him. [Ahh. There is the tiger. Hasn’t it been a while since we ate together? I’m bored. Let’s have a drink together.] He was a good-natured man. ‘… what is he planning?’ Although he watched him for many years, it was the first time the man spoke to him. Even though he deliberately pretended to not notice him, the man talked. After about a month, he began to love the silly jokes of the man who drank alcohol. The man said that he previously served as a military officer in the southern peninsula. Just the talk of the man’s military days could pass the time while they drank alcohol. [I told my king later. We need to beat those cheeky bastards to death and restore the glory of the old predecessor. But the King didn’t listen to me. I was pretty frustrated as he fell for the words of those whose heads were full of shit.] Complaints, complaints. That made the White Tiger feel like the man wasn’t different from any other human. Still, he enjoyed it. Living for hundreds of years, this was fun. [Wah? I must have gone crazy! Divine Spirit. So you’re saying you can transform into a human? Wah.] The man even got the honor of seeing the White Tiger use his ability for the first time. What was more unusual was that even after seeing that ability, the man continued to joke around. [Amazing. By any chance, hmm, can you turn into a woman? Ah… No? That’s a pity.] The man had a variety of emotional changes. He taught the White Tiger martial arts because it kept watching him train. [I haven’t taught anyone outside of our family lineage, but there is nothing about not teaching an animal. Hehehe.] The man was excited and then taught the White Tiger. The White Tiger learned because he was interested in the experiences he was getting for the first time. At first, it was just a pastime for the White Tiger, but with the variety of things being taught, he learned them all. The man even talked about some interesting methods. While learning one thing, something interesting happened. [This is very special. Wait. There is an energy circle in your chest, but I never thought that you would have another energy circle in your Dantian too.] Such a strange thing. Even the White Tiger never thought that a new core would be created. If the original core had formed with the passage of time, the new core came from the training. Thanks to that, the White Tiger was excited as he kept on practicing new things constantly. ‘The human bastard. Does he have no friends?’ At some point, the White Tiger began to talk in a tone and language similar to the man. Despite turning into a human, he never learned how to speak, but spending time with the man allowed him to grasp a few words. [Why don’t you have a close friend?] The man who was always alone brought a human into the mountain. They were talking with each other. The man he brought in was someone called Ark Wui, who was just as strong as the human. He said that Ark Wui was the only friend he had in the Jianghu region, and he turned out to be a better person than the White Tiger had thought. Like the man, he didn’t covet the core of the spirit beast either. [Because you hate humans, you began to get close with the spirit beast? Sakyung. Hahaha!] This new man, who was full of spirit called Ark Wui, was also a good one. Somehow, the White Tiger came to be with the two humans and had the most enjoyable time of his life. ‘Before I ascend, heaven gave me a gift. Right.’ He regarded it as a gift from heaven. However, the fact that their friendship grew was true. The White Tiger just hoped that the happiness and joy wouldn’t vanish until he reached heaven. But the worst happened. As a spirit beast that accumulated spiritual energy for a long time, it reached its time. The man congratulated him and said that he felt sad that his old friend was leaving. [If there is a meeting, there is also a parting. Right. Goodbye, my friend. I will train hard in the future and come for you, so don’t act all arrogant because you went first.] The White Tiger wanted to ascend in a good mood. However, right when he was about to move, unknown sinister energy broke into the mountain. Someone with tremendous energy, as if he were a spirit beast who was also ready to ascend to heaven like the White Tiger, yet, the White Tiger felt danger from the presence. [Don’t worry, you go ahead and ascend. I’ll go and take care of it.] ‘This is different. Something so creepy and dangerous might be out there.’ [Hahahah, my best friend. Before coming here, I was called the best warrior in Goryeo. What would dare to fight me? Haha.] Showing confidence, the man set off towards the ominous energy. The real definition of a cool guy. Just by listening to his words, the White Tiger’s anxiety disappeared. This time, he hoped that he would get the task done. But everything turned out wrong. As he was concentrating on ascending, he felt the energy of the man weaken. As if that wasn’t enough, he heard the wailing of the next White Tiger. [Koooooo!] The sound of a painful death. No matter how hard he tried to focus on ascending, the two things he noticed made it difficult. In the end, he couldn’t concentrate anymore and headed to the place in the mountain. ‘!?’ An unidentified man was pulling out the core of the new White Tiger. The guy who pulled out the core of the young white tiger didn’t even have a single emotion on his face. He was such a monstrous person that he couldn’t be considered human in any way. [This is fun. You turned into a human?] With those words, the man was about to approach the White Tiger with his blue sword. [Cough… cough… run, run away… this… man… is … a monster…] His friend, who had collapsed with his arms cut off, coughed blood and shouted before he closed his eyes as if he died. ‘Sa-kyung?’ When he saw that, the White Tiger lost his mind. ‘KWOOOOOO!’ The idea of ascending left his mind completely. Hatred began to consume him. He fought with the monster-like man who held a sword. After colliding several times, he transformed into his natural form to kill him. After that, he remembered nothing. The hatred and lust for destruction consumed him. By the time he came to his senses, the peaks surrounding Changbai Mountain were all destroyed and in ruin. Bang! One by one, the fists which came at him were strong enough to bring him back to reality. If it wasn’t for Ark Wui, his other friend, the White Tiger would have run amok. [He’s dying. Without even listening to him, do you want to destroy the world?] ‘He’s alive?’ The young white tiger was dead. However, Sa-kyung was on the verge of death, gasping for breath. ‘Sa-kyung! Sa-kyung!’ [Cough… cough… I thought today… was a good day… but, it doesn’t seem like that. Haha… I wanted to see you ascend… with my own eyes… but you lost it because of me. Cough… cough.] ‘No! If you take my blood, you might live.’ The White Tiger bit his arm and let his blood run down the lips of Sakyung. He never did it before, but he knew from the words of the Wulin people that his blood had the power to regenerate anything. However, both his arms were cut off, and even his dantian was broken. [Kuaaaaak!] Sa-kyung’s veins stood up as if they were about to burst. On the contrary, if he was in top condition, he would have been fine, but now his state was horrible. ‘It shouldn’t be like this. This can’t be…’ He didn’t want to see his friend in pain. But death was approaching, yet the man spoke without resentment. [Cough…I… I had something wonderful before I left… right, if… if it wasn’t for that bastard… today would have been… a good day.] ‘No. Sa-kyung. Sa-kyung. You shouldn’t die here.’ Even Ark Wui shed tears. Seeing him dying, hatred and anger started flowing again. He wanted to catch that bastard and tear him apart piece by piece until there was nothing left. [… I… have a request.] ‘What is it?’ “Cough… cough… please… you. You don’t need to give up on your dream for revenge. Got it?” ‘No… don’t say things like that.’ [Cough… cough… you are quite… stubborn. Hehe. Ark Wui. This friend of mine… cough… stop him. Don’t… cough… let him… do… anything.] He made a request to Ark Wui. He accepted the request, but he was too concerned that the monster would return. It was natural to be concerned because he was the monster who killed his friend and ran away. ‘Do you think I can’t kill that bastard!’ [… my best friend for a long… time… cough. You’ve been building yourself… for your dream. Leave those… for Ark Wui… and…] Sa-kyung’s eyes lost focus and became blurry. And his body turned cold as if his soul separated from it. “Sa-kyung! Sa-kyung! Wake up! Does it make sense that you, the strongest in the world, are defeated by someone and die?!” Ark Wui grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him, but to no avail. A lost soul couldn’t be trapped. “I want to talk more with you… to see your face… why…” Before he could even finish speaking, the man died. He pretended to be calm for the sake of his living friends, but his body was trembling, and he was afraid of dying. When the strength in his hands was lost, the world the White Tiger knew shattered He wanted to get his revenge on the man. It didn’t matter if the opponent was a monster or not. His hunger would only be relieved if that person could be found and killed. [Are you going to betray your friend’s last wish for revenge?] His hatred and anger was suppressed by Ark Wui. Their friend prayed that the White Tiger wouldn’t be bound by revenge and ascend. It was because he knew the wish of the White Tiger, who had spent all its life for that. However, once hatred took hold, the spirit beast got eroded by the devil. And it would never ascend without purifying. Ark Wui said that he would remain and help purify the spirit beast. ‘Move! If you keep blocking me, I’ll kill you too!’ [… I will handle your wrath. If I fail to handle you, you can do whatever you want.] ‘Handle my wrath?’ Like that, Ark Wui confronted him every ten years and helped him release his anger, but the White Tiger was different from humans. Humans tend to forget things and erase painful memories. However, for a spirit beast, even after hundreds of years, memories couldn’t be erased. The hatred grew, and he wanted to kill everyone and everything in Jianghu. ‘They stole everything.’ He slaughtered everyone who came to the mountain. He hated them. Since the blood didn’t stop flowing, instead of being purified, the ill intent only grew. And today, the traces of that monster were felt again. These men had something to do with that monster. ‘Maybe the spirit of Sa-kyung is helping me. Today, I’ll erase those bastards from the world.’ The men in front of him were nothing but enemies, and he had no intention of holding himself back for the sake of the oath. He wanted to kill them all, leaving no one behind. But his wish was about to disappear. Slash! ‘!?’ He had surrendered himself to hatred, and a sharp slash on his neck was felt. Swoosh! He looked at the wind and rain with a bitter expression, he couldn’t tell if he was crying or if the rain was falling. The man who hit him had something in his hand. ‘Sword?’ The only thing left behind by his dead friend. And the other friend who vowed to never use a weapon for the rest of his life swung it at him. And the target of the sword was the White Tiger’s neck. Sa-kyung! As his head got cut off, his mind thought of only one thing. ‘Maybe… this… is… for the… best…’ -------- Swaaaah! Wheeing! The rain and the wind in the dark clouds made everything look sad. As the giant head of the black tiger got cut off, the strong typhoon gradually weakened. Ark Wui mumbled bitterly at the death of the tiger while holding the sword in hand. “I will carry all your hatred. You will meet our friend in the afterlife and in the not-too-distant future, I will come there too, so let’s have a drink like the old days.” Rumble! He looked up, but the rain didn’t stop. Blazing black flames drew in the air drawing numerous trajectories. Chapter 459 - You Aren’t Him (3) Chapter 459: You Aren’t Him (3) “Kuaaak!” The Blade Lord got hit by the Sword Art of the Demon God, which came for him with black flames. As he got swept back by the sword, he felt his entire body get cut and burnt. It seemed like killing him was more forgiving. Thud! In the aftermath of that technique, his body sank into the frozen lake. Swoosh! Each time a raindrop fell on his open wounds, it hurt. He couldn’t even understand what was happening. He lost. But from what was written in the records, the Demon God, the current level of the Demon God, shouldn’t even be capable of standing in front of him. But facing him, he was like a monster. ‘I kept getting pushed back.’ Even after absorbing the core of the Great Bird, he got pushed back, and even when using his clan’s techniques, he lost. He never imagined that there was anything more than the Sword Force of the Sky Demon in the Demonic Cult. No, even in the records, it was far into the future when the Demon God even acquired one core. ‘What went wrong?’ Although the appearance of the God of the East was a variable, before Chun Yeowun had appeared in the mountain, the Blade God Six Martial Clan had moved and prepared everything according to the records. He even prepared his own body. ‘I am the head who is supposed to gain eternal life and immortality. Why is this happening to me?’ He was even more miserable now than after his first defeat. Rather, the God of the East wasn’t even recorded in the records, so he could be considered a variable in their plan, but the Demon God shouldn’t even be in the region. Woong! He wasn’t the only one who faced the aftermath of defeat. Even though they were swept away by the typhoon, the impact the warriors faced was too much. “B… Blade Lord is defeated?” “Does that mean that the Demon God is stronger?” “That can’t be.” To the Blade God Six Martial Clan, the Blade Lord was God. The person who is as strong as a mountain that would never break collapsed in front of everyone. The figure, which raged covered in burns and blood, was that of a loser. ‘No. It can’t happen like this!’ Hwang-heol, the one in bandages, couldn’t hide his shock as he watched the warriors’ morale drop sharply because of their Lord’s defeat. If he doesn’t do something, everything they did would be for nothing. It would be possible to save their power by trying to hold back the two monsters, the Demon God and the God of the East, and then flee, but even then, it would only be possible for the elite to escape. [Hwang-heol.] He turned his head to the person who sent the telepathic message. It was the former lord Woo, with the golden eyepatch, who was trying to calm his breath and mind. [This old man and the other former lord with the remaining spirit squad will stop those two monsters. Hurry up and retreat with the Blade Lord and the other warriors. However, there is no chance we will win.] They hated to admit it, but nothing could reverse the situation. Like Hwang-heol, the former lords chose to save their people and preserve power. Even if the others were abandoned, their Lord had to be taken away. [How can you two make such sacrifices? You lead the troop…] [They aren’t people you can handle. We are prepared to use the Blood Reversion Art if needed.] Hwang-heol didn’t respond to the voice full of determination to sacrifice their lives for the sake of their Lord. As former lord Woo said, there was no way that Hwang-heol could handle both the monsters and survive. [Then, please run away!] With those words, former lord Woo shouted to the warriors of his clan. A voice filled with internal energy resounded throughout Changbai Mountain. “Listen, everyone. Unless we kill those two monsters here, there is no future for us. I remove all restrictions placed on you. Kill them by any means possible!” “Yes!!” Responding to his order, the surviving men shouted at once. Of the 1,000 warriors, only about 400 survived the typhoon. Even so, if that many people could use the completed Blood Reversion Art, even if the opponents were monsters, they would be unable to do anything. Bubble! Bulge! Once the order fell, almost everyone began to use the Blood Reversion Art. The completed Blood Reversion Art showed the body’s maximum ability, and it played a vital role in boosting someone’s energy and regeneration speed. However, there were side effects of using it. Still, the side effects were much less dire than the incomplete Blood Reversion Art’s, which was practiced in the past. “GRRR!” Howls of wild beasts could be heard everywhere. The energy of the warriors, whose muscles and skeletons grew unusually large, looked terrifying. The first ones to transform were the elite members of the clan who were above Master level. “These are evil things which need to be destroyed.” Gooooo! Seeing them like that, Ark Wui turned to the fight with enthusiasm. He felt terrible after killing his friend, so he had no desire to show mercy to them or himself. “God of the East!” “Kuak!! Die!” The Blade God Six Martial Clan warriors, who were all in close vicinity of Ark Wui, rushed towards him. Their swords were glowing with sword qi. It was clear that everyone was rushing towards the Divine Master while putting their lives on the line with higher energy than before. “Foolish!” Ark Wui extended his fist towards them. The space distorted, and a strong wind swept them away. Kwakwakwang! “KUAK!” “Kuk!” Their bodies were torn to shreds by the strong pressure. How could they withstand the blows from the God of the East, who was the best at what he does? They all just fell. Srrr! “GRRRR!” “Well?” Ark Wui noticed something. Some sacrificed their bodies to protect their heads. Such people overcame the pain as their bodies began to regenerate rapidly and marched towards him again. “Trying to become a monster with a human body?” He knew how to stop their movements, either cut off their heads or crush them to bits. Like how he killed his friend. Ark Wui frowned with displeasure and then once again unleashed another fist at them. Phat! Meanwhile, Chun Yeowun, who was moving towards the Blade Lord, who was stuck to the ground, was also surrounded by the warriors who unfolded the Blood Reversion Art. The first person to attack him was former lord Woo. Swish! Chun Yeowun blocked the incoming attack, which came in with a huge force. Chachachang! The momentum of the sword technique was amazing. In terms of executing it, it exceeded even those who were in the Supreme Master Level. “GRRRR! Die! Demon God!” From the very beginning, former Lord Woo possessed skills comparable to that of the five strongest warriors. As he unfolded the Blood Reversion Art, his original limit was exceeded, and the attacks seemed divine. It was his conviction to do anything and everything to kill the opponent. Chachachang! ‘… he intends to die.’ Even if Chun Yeowun used his invisible sword, he attacked without hesitation, and Chun Yeowun had no choice but to stop the sword technique the man was using. ‘Endure everything. To make time for the Blade Lord to escape.’ From the beginning, the man knew that he wouldn’t win against Chun Yeowun. As long as they made time for their Lord to escape, it didn’t matter if their lives were lost. Papak! “Die!” At that time, the other warriors who were around Chun Ywoeun attacked. Their energy, which unfolded after the Blood Reversion Art, was also unusual. Their red eyes were dyed with conviction. ‘You are too occupied with former lord Woo’s attacks.’ As much as he struggled to prevent the attacks of former lord Woo, Chun Yeowun couldn’t move as he was already busy dealing with one person. Maybe they could corner him. “GRRRR! Haaaa!” With the growl of an animal, the warriors attacked Chun Yeowun from behind. Their faces filled with joy when they thought that they could kill the man, Clang! ‘!?’ Their sword qi which was radiating, split in two. Thinking that the armor made of black metal would be strong, they swung their swords with their full strength, but it was even stronger than they imagined. “What kind of armor is that strong?” Even former lord Woo, who was ahead, couldn’t hide his surprise. Sword qi is known to cut through rocks. But it didn’t even work on the armor. “You didn’t think that I had some useless armor on, did you?” Pierce! After a moment, Chun Yeowun’s two fingers stabbed former lord Woo in his eyes. It was an unexpected attack. Trying to cover his eyes, he screamed. “KUUUUU! My eyes! My eyesssss!” Chachachacha! Even though his regeneration was fast, it wasn’t fast enough. Chun Yeowun grabbed the man through his eye socket and cut off his head with an invisible sword. Slash! He rushed in with determination, but in the end, it was futile. Seeing former lord Woo fall down with his head cut off, the others shouted. “Former lord Woooo!” “You don’t have time to worry about others.” Chun Yeowun cut the throats of the warriors behind him. Slash! Contrary to the God of the East, Chun Yeowun had fought countless times against people who used the Blood Reversion Art. Cutting their necks is how they are stopped. However, the number was large. At least two hundred or more red-eyed monsters were around him. ‘Beheading them one after another is too much work.’ It would take a considerable amount of time. “GRRRRR!” “Kill him!” Dozens of warriors jumped at him. There was nothing he could do, which meant that he had to suppress them with overwhelming power. At that, Chun Yeowun mumbled with cold eyes. “I know that this is a plot to stall for time. Do you really think that it will work?” With those words, Chun Yeowun stretched out his arm towards the dark clouds. Grrrr! Thunder could be heard from the dark clouds, and bright lightning flashed. Even the warriors whose rationality was half blown away because of the Blood Reversion Art were confused and looked at the bizarre phenomenon. “Grrrr! N-No way!” “As if…” No matter how much they thought about it, the thunder had to be a coincidence. It was that moment. “Take them down.” Grrr! Bang! As Chun Yeowun lowered his hand, the dark thunder clouds began to release lightning. As the huge lightning bolts fell, it was nothing short of a disaster. “Wh… crazy!” “Is he not human?” Lightning couldn’t be summoned in such a short amount of time. Shoot! Crackle! Their bodies were soaked, and the land was flooded. More than two hundred warriors were struck by lightning and electrocuted. Crackle! “KUUUUUAK!” “KUUUUU!” Chun Yeowun had taken in thunder qi, so obviously, he could control it. He was able to create such a phenomenon because of the thunder clouds which were already present. Grrrr! Bang! Hwang-heol, the man in bandages, bit his lip as he watched the lightning fall. At first glance, he knew who was doing it. ‘… he is no longer human.’ He knew that Chun Yeowun absorbed the core of the Dragon Turtle and was capable of using thunder qi, but watching it gave him a different feeling. It seemed meaningless to call the man human. The only person who was supposed to be a God was their Blade Lord, who reached the pinnacle of martial arts, but that didn’t seem to be the case any longer. ‘Blade Lord…’ Hwang-heol looked at the Blade Lord, who was on the back of a warrior. Grunt! The Blade Lord’s body was regenerating little by little. But it was completely different from what he thought. Having absorbed the core, he expected the body to recover faster, but now it was as if something was restricting the healing. ‘That ferocious sword that Demon unleashed is interfering with his regeneration.’ The Blade Lord would have regenerated much faster had it not been for the black energy that seeped into his body. While being carried away, the Blade Lord focused on getting that energy out. ‘Demon God!!!’ Grunt! An intense anger, which he felt for the first time after his loss against the God of the East, came over him again. He felt that he was disgraced and looked miserable. It was pitiful. They were sacrificing their elite men for only a handful of masters to run away. The masters who rushed down Changbai Mountain kept silent, knowing how their Lord must’ve been feeling. Retreating, escaping, either of them was depressing for anyone. “Bitter defeat is nourishment. Demon God… this head never settles for defeat. Enjoy today’s victory. After all, time is on our side.” Calming his mind, the Blade Lord spoke to his warriors. It was to prevent a drop in their morale. “Even if we are defeated now, the legacy will never stop. Remember the blood and sacrifices we had to make. This head promises to you all…” It was then, Blue rays of light fell in front of them as they rushed down the mountain. Kwakwakwang! “S-Stop!” All of them had to stop at once. Hwang-heol mumbled in a trembling voice. “This, Sky Flash?” As soon as he finished speaking, someone flew across the air. Swoosh! It was the Demon God, Chun Yeowun, who stood in their way. Chun Yeowun landed in front of them and spoke. “There is no next time for you. Fake Blade God.” ‘!!!’ Hearing the last part, the eyes of the Blade Lord shook. Chapter 460 - You Aren’t Him (4) Chapter 460: You Aren’t Him (4) The words which came out of the Demon God’s mouth about the Blade God didn’t just shock the Blade Lord. Even Hwang-heol and the other masters weren’t able to hide their shock. Blade God. It was their ancestor. The problem wasn’t that he knew the name. Many people in Wulin knew the name Blade God, a man of the past. In addition, there were factions in the Yulin and the Demonic Cult who were aware of the descendants of the Blade God, and they knew it through the clan’s spies. But that was all. No one could know the true secret behind their clan. “Fake… Blade God?” But why did Chun Yeowun refer to the Blade Lord as a fake Blade God? Their secrets couldn’t be known. Raging, on the back of a master, the Blade Lord yelled out in anger. “I haven’t inherited the title yet, but you Demon God has no right to know about those things.” ‘Inherited?’ Chun Yeowun’s eyes lit up. Because of the Blade Lord’s words, he realized that the name Blade God was equivalent to the name Chun Ma in the Demonic Cult. With a single unintentional stimulus, unexpected information was obtained. Chun Yeowun remembered the face he saw in the video of Nano. ‘Different.’ The strong face of the Blade God with thick eyebrows was completely different from the Blade Lord. But the Blade Lord’s words meant that he was the Blade God who controlled the future. This only made him more confused. ‘Then, as the descendant called Chun said, someone from the future altered the past, but as the Blade Lord said, is it possible for someone in the future to inherit the name of Blade God?’ He made some assumptions. There was a high probability that he was a separate person from the Blade God who appeared in the past and fought the Sword Demon. It felt more realistic than making complicated connections. One thing was certain. “You are not.” The Blade Lord felt strong displeasure from Chun Yeowun’s determined tone. “… what are you talking about now, Demon God?” “You don’t need to know.” “How dare you!” Chun Yeowun calmly made him realize his reality. “Do you think that you have the right to ask me that when you’re escaping at the expense of your subordinates?” Trembling! ‘Blade Lord…’ The master who was carrying the Blade Lord felt his trembling. They also felt his intense hatred towards Chun Yeowun and his humiliating words. Were they any different from the Blade Lord? However, it seemed like the Blade Lord was suppressing his anger. Ssss! The Blade Lord was doing everything he could to get rid of the ugly energy which seeped into his body. If they left, he could regenerate. But if everyone died, the Blade God Six Martial Clan would receive a wound that cannot be healed. ‘The Demon God will follow us to the base, right?’ They had to delay their departure. Originally, they wouldn’t bother answering, but the only thing they wanted to do was overcome the crisis. “… what do you want to know about the main seat?” Chun Yeowun’s eye lit up at the Blade Lord’s question. Since he thought that the man wouldn’t give an honest answer, Chun Yeowun was planning on subduing and torturing him. [The internal energy of the injured person is active.] Nano’s voice echoed in Chun Yeowun’s head. ‘I know.’ Even if Nano didn’t tell him, he could feel the internal energy of the Blade Lord rising. Besides, he knew more by looking at his tense eyes. ‘… playing tricks. Are you trying to stall for time to release my energy in your body?’ He immediately understood his intentions. Chun Yeowun, who was concerned for a moment, decided that it would be better to do something else. When he tried to get information from one of the past masters of the Blade God Six Martial Clan, who was detained in the Demonic Cult, he lost his reasoning without even giving out a few words. ‘But since he’s the head, the probability of that happening is low, but…’ He couldn’t be sure that a thorough clan like the Blade God Six Martial Clan wouldn’t have placed a ban in the mind of its head. If that was the case, acting like he was fooled was the best choice. Chun Yeowun opened his mouth while looking at the Blade Lord. “You promised to kill me and change the future.” ‘Shit!’ The Blade Lord’s eye fluttered. He never expected Chun Yeowun to remember and ask that. Even when he was trying to keep a calm expression, Chun Yeowun, who could see everything from his facial muscles to the contraction of his pupils, asked. “… I see that you know the future?” ‘!!!’ As a response to that question, not just the Blade Lord but even Hwangheol was shocked. It was just out of curiosity, but their actions gave him the answer. ‘So, it’s true?’ Chun Yeowun asked it, going off an assumption. If you could go back to the past, what would you do to change the present? Implant your descendants with Nano Machines. If so, those who claim to be the descendants of the Blade God are likely to have received something from the one in the future. ‘H-How did he even? How did the Demon God kno…’ Those who were aware of that fact were few in the Blade God Six Martial Clan. The Blade Lord opened his eyes and looked at Hwang-heol. [Hwang-heol!] [I-I too, what is happening?] […was the record left behind by him leaked?] Without that, there was no way that the Demon God could ask such an accurate question. To that, Hwang-heol replied, bewildered. [There is no way that could have happened. Blade Lord! No one has invaded the base with the record. Besides, even if it’s leaked, the only people who can read it properly are me and the other two former lords.] Hwang-heol was right. Even if it was leaked, only four people could read the record, including the Blade Lord. As a test, they asked literates to read it, but no one managed to interpret it. It was because, besides the simplified characters, there were words that didn’t exist in the current Jianghu. In the end, it meant that they couldn’t read it. ‘Record?’ Chun Yeowun’s eyes narrowed. Thanks to the ability, which helped eavesdrop on others’ telepathic messages, he could hear their conversation. Suddenly, he remembered what Chun Inji said. [They are pretty great people. I couldn’t get much information because they used words with simple strokes of Chinese characters.] At that time, Chun Yeowun assumed that it was simple Chinese words. If these two people were talking about that, then Chun Inji must have copied what was being referred to as the record. Not knowing that Chun Yeowun was listening to them, Hwang-heol continued to deny it. [It’s absolutely impossible for the Demon God to know that!] [Saying you are ‘definite’… wait!] The Blade Lord’s eyes trembled. He knew that the record wasn’t leaked. But something felt strange. When thinking about it, according to the record, the Demon God was still supposed to be the crown prince of the Demonic Cult. And the reason he was involved with Chun Yujong, the former Lord, was to prevent Chun Yeowun from even becoming the crown prince. ‘I didn’t really care, but because he can’t intervene directly in the past, not all records left behind fit perfectly.’ Even if the Demon God was growing faster than mentioned in the records, this speed was too fast. Now they couldn’t even stop him. As the Demon God gets called the Second Generation Chun Ma in the future, according to the records, they took it as a warning and tried to obtain all the cores. But coincidentally, he interrupted them every time. Thanks to that, the core of the Flame Qilin, Dragon Turtle, Imoogi, and now even the White Tiger got taken away. ‘Initially, we were thinking in the wrong way. Since he is the second generation Chun Ma, it isn’t so unexpected that he moved like that.’ The Blade Lord looked at Chun Yeowun with a stiff face and said. “You know the future too. Demon God!” Without that, how could he turn all of their plans into dust? Hwang-heol looked at Chun Yeowun in a way that said he didn’t want to trust what he heard. Chun Yeowun’s eyes became gloomy at those words. ‘This is going in a completely different direction.’ He didn’t know the future. He only knew that someone from the future intervened in the past. Although his opponents were ignorant, he didn’t consider it necessary to deny that. ‘I can get more information.’ Maybe they didn’t know who the real Blade God was. Chun Yeowun said casually. “You’re pretty quick. Then you know that you can’t cheat, right?” They faltered when he went along with their question. In particular, the one called Hwnag-heol responded. [Bl-Blade Lord! It’s impossible. His records clearly state that something in his body couldn’t be removed and that the TP intervenes, so no one but himself can intervene in the past!] ‘TP?’ It wasn’t the language of Jianghu, nor was it something from this era. Chun Yeowun had heard that word somewhere. The word was definitely mentioned by Chun in Nano’s video. [Doctor, your words are right. Still, the ID chip is dangerous. You do know that if you get a Nano Machine, tracking by the TP will be faster, right?] Even his descendant Chun seemed concerned about it. He didn’t know what this TP exactly was, but it seemed like something which prevented the people from the future from intervening in the past. This clan’s descendants also seem to have injected themselves with Nano Machines and disappeared because of it. Chun Yeowun’s eyes widened, thinking about it. ‘Wait up, does that mean that the person they keep talking about didn’t just help them from the future but also stayed in the past?’ He didn’t go back like descendant Chun. He was in the past. Wondering, he thought about the traces of Blade God Six Martial Clan’s sword, which first appeared in the days of the past, in sword valley, and even during the time of Chun Ma. In addition, the Extreme Art of the Blade God had developed over time. ‘I was wrong. Right. That’s it. He went further back in time!’ Chun Yeowun spoke to them. “The one you keep talking about is the Blade God…” It was then. Swoosh! A black haze spurted from the Blade Lord’s body. The release of the entire Sky Demon Energy in him. At the same time, the eyes of the Blade Lord, which looked like death, were revived, and he flew towards Chun Yeowun. Swoosh! “Indeed, you, the Demon God, has to be killed here!” Whoo! Space distorted from the hand of the Blade Lord, which condensed energy. It was the unification of energy. The Blade Lord, who raised his energy and the ice qi of the Great Bird, tried to kill Chun Yeowun. Now that he was lost in thought, it was his only chance to kill Chun Yeowun. Then, Crackle! ‘This?’ An invisible sword made out of black thunder qi formed in front of Chun Yeowun. It was a mistake to think that the Blade Lord wouldn’t be vigilant because of his injuries. Yet, Chun Yeowun was in perfect condition. “Not worth it.” With those words, Chun Yeowun stretched out his hand. Crackle woong! The space distorted as all the energy unified on the tip of the black thunder qi invisible sword. “Un-Unification?” Blade Lord couldn’t help but be shocked. He had to spend twenty years learning the supreme secret. It was a secret move he had been hiding until the very end, even when he was on the verge of losing against Demon God on the peak. “No way. You, how can yo…” Crackle! Crackle! Before he could even finish his words, a beam of black lighting struck him. The Blade Lord responded by urgently unifying the energy he gathered in his hand. Pang! “Kuak!” Blood gushed out of his mouth. He tried to hold the energy shield with all his might. “KUUUUU!” It was impossible to stop the sword technique, which was rushing in with black thunder qi and an invisible sword all unified together. Chun Yeowun spoke in a cold voice. “Don’t dream of playing around.” Crackle! Kwakwakng! “De-Demon God! No! Eukkk!” The attack of the Blade Lord was destroyed, and his body got swept away by the lightning in an instant. The screams were strong and terrifying until they slowly became fleeting. The only traces left behind were the spots that the black lightning burnt. “Uh… how did this happen!” “Blade Lorrrddddd!!!” Hwang-heol and the other masters screamed and tried to find him, but there were no traces of him. As if he disappeared. As if he vanished completely, leaving no cells behind.