Chapter 2119 – 2119. The Ascent To Light
Three beings who have reached the Three Realms are fighting.
A battle of superhumans. Some might have expected a flamboyant and elegant fight, but… the reality was different. Hitting, blocking, swinging, dodging. The battle of superhumans was nothing more than a street brawl, just on a larger scale.
‘I need to find an opening. An opportunity where I can kill him for sure.’
I attacked Ban-oh. Ban-oh blocked my attack. As an opening appeared for me, Sanwang relentlessly aimed and came in. Sanwang’s fist aimed for my head. I retreated, countering Sanwang’s fist with my sword.
Clang!
The fist and sword collided, and the sword was repelled. This was because his fist was also imbued with strong energy. Moreover, the animal hide that Sanwang was wearing was a special magical artifact in itself. It was almost perfectly blocking the penetration of energy.
“Don’t interfere! Mount Myungdo is mine!!”
Sanwang roared and swung his fist. It looked as if his fist had multiplied into dozens. Though it seemed like an illusion, it wasn’t. Each and every one of those was a real fist.
‘This won’t do.’
[Using Instantaneous Movement. Remaining stacks: 11]
Using the Heavenly Demon’s Army Step and Instantaneous Movement, I quickly created distance. Sanwang’s fists only struck the empty air. Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! The sound of the air tearing apart echoed.
“Your back is open.”
Ban-oh’s bone sword slashed at Sanwang’s back. Unfortunately, only a few drops of blood splattered, and it didn’t inflict any significant damage.
A fight of biting and being bitten. If an opening appeared, they would mercilessly stab into it.
Two people joining hands against one enemy? In the end, they were all enemies that had to be killed. They couldn’t trust each other, so even temporarily joining hands was impossible. They would surely pretend to join hands and then strike from behind.
This intense battle would eventually come to an end. Even superhumans didn’t have infinite stamina.
‘They’ll try to end it before their stamina is completely depleted. Even if they have to use a hidden card. Ban-oh. That bastard doesn’t seem to have any tricks up his sleeve… I need to be careful of Sanwang.’
I had complete recovery.
I could also use the Flower Flame Flying Dagger’s domain, and the Heavenly Demon Divine Art’s Destruction of Heaven and Earth.
There was also the light of the Heavenly Gang Star. The power of the Heavenly Gang Star that allowed me to use the power of other stars. What I could use were the Heavenly Murder Star and the Earth Darkness Star. The Heavenly Murder Star wasn’t the type of ability that made my martial power ridiculously strong. The Earth Darkness Star, which could control mass, was difficult to use because I had almost no proficiency with it.
‘As long as there are no variables. And that variable is….’
I only moved my eyes to look elsewhere. Sanwang’s brothers. They were mixed in with others, fighting. Sama-ryung, who had recovered to some extent, was also keeping Sanwang’s brothers in check with her magic. Seong Ji-gon was taking a thoroughly defensive stance, keeping Sama-ryung and the Ghostly Black Water behind him.
‘Those guys don’t seem like they’ll be dangerous variables. I just need to kill Sanwang and Ban-oh and then clean up.’
Was it because I was thinking about variables? A variable really did occur. The five-colored clouds that were blocking the path to the summit of Mount Myungdo began to noticeably thin out. Judging by the looks of it, the path would open within the next 10 minutes.
‘Damn bald monk. The two hours was a lie after all.’
The situation had changed. The path would open within 10 minutes. And that wasn’t even certain. It could suddenly open in 1 minute. Knowing that, everyone, including me, felt impatient.
“…Wait. Is it really necessary for the three of us, the strongest here, to fight? Only three can reach the summit. That means we don’t need to fight each other.”
“Shut your mouth, monster! Reaching the summit of Mount Myungdo is for me and my brothers!!”
Sanwang shouted as if having a seizure.
I also openly sneered at Ban-oh.
“Do you think I’m like you? I don’t betray my comrades.”
“…You’d rather take the hard path when there’s an easy one. If that’s your choice, I won’t stop you. Die here according to that choice!”
Bone powder erupted from Ban-oh’s body. The compressed bone powder took the form of a giant dragon along with Ban-oh. A dragon made of bones. The Bone Dragon flew and rushed towards Sanwang.
“Haaaaaaaah!”
Sanwang let out a roar. Energy exploded from his body. Sanwang’s body emitted a golden light and grew to over 3 meters. The giant punched the Bone Dragon’s head.
“This is the Fist of the Divine General! Die!!”
His fist emitted a golden flash and spread shockwaves in all directions. The ground was overturned, and the nearby martial artists were caught in the blast, their bodies exploding. Just the shockwave was this powerful. It was definitely a one-hit kill technique.
Crack.
Cracks appeared on the Bone Dragon’s head. Blood spurted from the cracks and fell to the ground. But it endured. The Bone Dragon opened its mouth and bit Sanwang’s right arm.
‘Now’s the time.’
Opening the Flower Flame Flying Dagger’s domain.
Starlight spread from the Flower Flame Flying Dagger’s blade, creating my domain.
Ban-oh and Sanwang’s gazes turned to me. I grinned and swung my sword at them.
Crackling. Small red lightning bolts generated from the blade became slashes and moved forward. As they advanced, their size grew, attacking Ban-oh and Sanwang.
Ban-oh’s bones were said to build resistance to an attack once they had been hit by it. But? Just because they gained resistance didn’t mean they became invincible.
The same went for Sanwang’s body. Just because he had endured a slash once, could he continue to endure them?
I swung my sword like crazy, shooting slashes at them. The expressions of the guys enduring the lightning slashes were painfully distorted.
‘It’s obviously effective… it’s more amazing that those guys are enduring it.’
They were trying to rush at me. I immediately used the next move.
Meteor Sword.
Dozens of giant swords fell from the sky like meteors towards them.
In reality, such an act of violence would be impossible. It was a power that could only be shown because I was the ‘Ascent to Light’ version of myself.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Meteor Swords that fell on them exploded. The power of the domain also affected the Meteor Swords. Their power was enough to blow away several mountains. If Mount Myungdo was an ordinary mountain, it would have already been flattened.
“Kuaaaaaaaak!”
Ban-oh’s scream echoed loudly.
‘He still has the strength to scream after taking that attack?’
I narrowed my eyes and glared, and saw Sanwang under the Bone Dragon. It turned out that Sanwang had used Ban-oh’s body as a shield.
‘Meteor Sword.’
A Meteor Sword with a diameter of over 10 meters fell to the ground. Sanwang used his immense power to throw the Bone Dragon’s body at the Meteor Sword. The Meteor Sword pierced through Ban-oh’s body and exploded. Along with blue lightning, Ban-oh’s blood, flesh, and bones fell all over the ground.
One was finished, and only one remained. Sanwang was injured. Anyone could see that I had the advantage.
Sanwang kicked off the air and flew towards me. It was like a missile.
Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Heavenly Demon’s Army Step.
This was my domain. Spatial movement using the Heavenly Demon’s Army Step was possible. With one step, my vision changed completely.
“Teleportation? Useless! Do you think you can deceive my senses and escape!!”
Sanwang immediately changed direction in mid-air.
I grabbed a guy next to me and threw him at the incoming Sanwang. It was Sanwang’s second younger brother, Baekpalcheol.
It was too late for Sanwang to change direction. No matter how much of an absolute master he was, he couldn’t be completely free from the laws of physics. Sanwang’s golden body, over 3 meters tall, collided with Baekpalcheol.
“H-hyung! Kkeueok!”
“Palcheol!!!!”
Baekpalcheol’s body was shattered and he died. Sanwang grabbed the corpse and cried out as if wailing.
Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Heavenly Demon’s Army Step.
I teleported behind Sanwang and swung the Flower Flame Flying Dagger. Being hit by a slash and being directly hit by the blade were on different levels. Sanwang reacted belatedly, throwing away his brother’s corpse and dodging.
Swish.
Sanwang’s right shoulder was cut off.
“Tsk. Why didn’t you die with your brother?”
I kicked Baekpalcheol’s head at my feet. Sanwang tried to grab Baekpalcheol’s head with one hand, but because my internal energy was infused in it, it exploded. Only his brother’s brain fluid remained on Sanwang’s hand, dripping down.
“Why didn’t you catch it properly? If you had caught it properly, it wouldn’t have exploded.”
“Y-you mad demon bastard!! How can you even call yourself human!!!”
“What’s a bandit saying.”
I pointed to one side with a sword finger gesture, using my left index and middle fingers. Sanwang’s other younger brother, the sorcerer Baekgucheol. A Meteor Sword fell from the sky towards him.
“Gucheol!!!”
Sanwang desperately ran to save his last remaining brother. Baekgucheol was injured and couldn’t move. Even if he was fine, he couldn’t handle the speed of the falling Meteor Sword, as he wasn’t a martial artist.
‘Heh heh. This is how you create an opening. The moment he tries to save his brother, I’ll teleport with the Heavenly Demon’s Army Step and slice him from behind. This time, I’ll finish him for good.’
The moment Sanwang reached Baekgucheol, I teleported with the Heavenly Demon’s Army Step.
I appeared behind Sanwang and brought my sword down on his massive back. That was when it happened. Sanwang suddenly turned his body. Even though the Meteor Sword that fell from the sky was about to hit Baekgucheol’s head, he didn’t care at all and threw a punch at me.
‘This bastard….’
He had decided to abandon his brother.
Sanwang grinned. His left fist accurately aimed for my abdomen.
[Using Time Acceleration. Remaining stacks: 6]
‘If you abandoned your brother… I’ll abandon myself. I won’t die from this blow anyway.’
This wasn’t the same Fist that he used to inflict a fatal wound on Ban-oh. I acknowledged that it was a powerful Fist, but in terms of physical specs, I wasn’t lacking either. I could endure it enough.
In the slowed time, the impact spread throughout my body. It felt like my whole body was breaking apart. Internal injuries followed as if it was natural.
‘Die.’
I endured all the pain and stabbed my sword into Sanwang’s chest. Sanwang’s knees fell to the ground. The golden body that had grown to 3 meters also returned to its original human size.
“You crazy bastard… are you not looking behind you…!”
“There’s no need to look behind me. I could endure your punch. And you’re right-handed.”
“Damn it…. If it weren’t for my brother…. If my right hand was fine, I would have won…!”
“Heh heh. That’s not true.”
I put strength into the Flower Flame Flying Dagger and slashed downwards. Sanwang’s torso was split in half. Sanwang and his brothers were dead.
“They died together on the same day, at the same time as their brothers, so it’s a good funeral.”
These guys had achieved a feat that even Liu Bei couldn’t.
