Into the Creations 1541

Chapter 1541 – 1541. Ascent To The Light

Seeing Seong Ji-gon awakened by rage, I flinched. The presence and energy I felt from Seong Ji-gon were immense. If I were to fight him now, I couldn’t be sure of victory.

*Ting-a-ling.*

The sound of a bell rang.

The villagers, gathered in one place, trembled. To them, the sound of a bell was like a signal that the jiangshi were appearing. Even if this situation was resolved well, they would shudder at the sound of a bell.

“They’re coming!”

Baek Mu-han said in a tense voice.

*Thump, thump, thump!*

Jiangshi appeared from all directions. The jiangshi running straight ahead was a nobleman. Some were leaping over rooftops, some were popping up from the ground like moles, and some were suddenly falling from the sky.

*Ting-a-ling. Ting-a-ling. Ting-a-ling.*

Every time the bell rang, more jiangshi kept appearing.

“I can’t forgive this…!”

Seong Ji-gon moved. He swung his golden sword at the jiangshi. Golden qi flew in a semicircle towards the jiangshi. The jiangshi were helpless, unable to even react properly.

He didn’t stop there. He slightly bent his knees and leaped towards the jiangshi with explosive force, swinging his sword. The jiangshi couldn’t block the sword imbued with the light of twilight. The jiangshi, harder than steel, were cut as easily as pudding.

I watched Seong Ji-gon while dealing with the jiangshi. It had been a long time since I had seen Seong Ji-gon fight with all his heart. I was also curious about the Nine Moon Spirit Sword Technique that Seong Ji-gon had mastered.

‘It’s definitely a high-level sword technique.’

Sharp when it needs to be sharp, fast when it needs to be fast, and heavy when it needs to be heavy. The sword he swung casually contained the essence of ascending martial arts. I could see that.

‘The Nine Moon Immortal taught Seong Ji-gon well. But that’s just swinging. It’s not the Nine Moon Spirit Sword Technique.’

According to Seong Ji-gon, the Nine Moon Spirit Sword Technique was a sword technique consisting of nine forms. Each form was said to possess tremendous power.

*Ting-a-ling. Ting-a-ling. Ting-a-ling.*

The jiangshi sorcerers, unable to watch Seong Ji-gon’s performance, moved themselves. Every time they moved, the bell rang.

“Ugh.”

Baek Mu-han suddenly groaned.

It was because of the bell sound. There was power in the sound. I didn’t know if it was a type of sorcery, but the bell sound was stimulating the semicircular canals and trying to shake the brain.

The jiangshi sorcerers surrounded Seong Ji-gon. They held out the bells in their hands and shook them. They chanted evil spells.

The space where Seong Ji-gon was located was shaking. The laws were being twisted, and something from another dimension was trying to appear.

“These crazy bastards!”

Baek Mu-han shouted. Unlike me, who didn’t know what was happening, he understood what the jiangshi sorcerers were doing. I grabbed Baek Mu-han’s shoulder as he was about to rush out.

“What are they trying to do?”

“It’s the Netherworld! They’re trying to summon beings from the Netherworld! We have to kill the jiangshi sorcerers right now!”

Baek Mu-han said urgently. The Path to Redemption System must have told him. The Path to Redemption System was deeply connected to the Netherworld.

“What? Is that all it was?”

“It’s not just that! Beings from the Netherworld are powerful! If even a Rakshasa from the Netherworld is summoned… the Middle Realm will fall into great chaos!”

“It’s like you’ve actually seen a being from the Netherworld.”

“That’s…”

“You’re overestimating the Netherworld too much. If beings from the Netherworld were that great, they would have already dominated this world. And you’re underestimating Ji-gon. Do you think Ji-gon will just stand by until a being from the Netherworld is summoned?”

As soon as I finished speaking, Seong Ji-gon swung his sword. The golden sword qi he drew didn’t disappear immediately. It lingered around Seong Ji-gon, dancing as if it were alive. Every time he swung his sword, the dancing sword qi continued to increase.

The golden sword qi danced splendidly. The jiangshi sorcerers around him were cut by the sword qi, bleeding and falling. The sword qi continued to dance.

“What is that…”

Baek Mu-han stared at Seong Ji-gon with shocked eyes. He seemed very surprised to witness a martial art that was different from the martial arts he knew.

I didn’t explain. To be honest, I didn’t know much about the Nine Moon Spirit Sword Technique either. Even if I did, there was no reason to explain it to Baek Mu-han.

“There are still jiangshi and jiangshi sorcerers left. Move.”

“…Yes!”

Baek Mu-han and I moved like the wind. I took care of the jiangshi, and Baek Mu-han relentlessly targeted the jiangshi sorcerers. Seong Ji-gon, still not relieved of his anger, went on a rampage, killing every enemy in sight.

The battle was over.

The jiangshi were chopped up and scattered on the ground, and only three jiangshi sorcerers were still alive. Baek Mu-han had captured them alive.

Seong Ji-gon collapsed. There were no serious injuries to his body. It was just that he had overexerted himself. He would return to his normal state after resting for a few days.

“……”

The jiangshi sorcerers were silent.

They didn’t say anything even when I spoke to them. I said to Baek Mu-han,

“I’ll leave the disposal of these guys to you. Whether you kill them to avenge your grandmother or torture them to get information, I don’t care.”

“These guys are soldiers. There’s someone who ordered them. I want to know who’s behind them.”

“Oh? So you’ve decided to extract information.”

“…I can’t torture them. Great Hero. Please torture these guys and get the information.”

Baek Mu-han was gritting his teeth as if enduring pain. The Path to Redemption System must be imposing sanctions on him.

The Path to Redemption System allows the killing of evil people, but it does not allow the torture of evil people. The same goes for commissioning torture. Of course, the sanctions would be weaker than if he were torturing them himself.

“Since I agreed to help, I’ll help you to the end.”

“Thank you, Great Hero!”

“It’s not free. Pay back this debt too.”

“I will definitely repay it!”

I looked at the restrained jiangshi sorcerers.

‘How long can these guys endure the Dislocating Tendons and Bones Technique?’

Before touching their pressure points, I put my hand into my pocket. I took out a talisman from my spatial pouch. The talisman that Mi-ryeong had written shone and swept over the jiangshi sorcerers. A dark aura escaped from the bodies of the jiangshi sorcerers. The jiangshi sorcerers, who had been silent, were flustered.

“What is this…!”

“Did you forcibly undo the sorcery?”

“It’s a high-level sorcery. How could that guy have such a talisman…”

The jiangshi sorcerers were agitated.

“Did you think I wouldn’t know your nature? Guys who do this kind of shady work always prepare for suicide in case things go wrong. Assassins are famous for hiding poison in their mouths. And sorcerers? They prepare for suicide with sorcery.”

The expressions of the jiangshi sorcerers turned dark. They had been searching for a way to escape until the last minute, but they had lost their means of suicide. They should have activated their sorcery and committed suicide the moment they were subdued.

‘It’s not easy to cut off the attachment to life so easily. Especially for guys who have a lot to lose.’

These guys were at least sorcerers above the level of “Emerging”. They must have gone through all sorts of hardships to reach their level, so there was no way they could give up so easily.

“It’s the Dislocating Tendons and Bones Technique. I wonder how long you’ll last.”

I touched their pressure points.

The pain of their tendons and bones twisting enveloped the jiangshi sorcerers. At first, they endured it. They gritted their teeth so hard that their gums were about to burst.

But as time passed, their composure disappeared.

First, their mouths opened. They had to scream to relieve the pain even a little.

“Kaaaaaak!”

The screams of the jiangshi sorcerers echoed.

They couldn’t even last half an hour before they opened their mouths.

“We are the Heo-woo Squad of the Four Kings Alliance. We are an unofficial unit of the Four Kings Alliance, and we only move under the orders of the Alliance Lord.”

“The Four Kings Alliance Lord sent you guys to our village? Why?”

“The Alliance Lord wanted the secret art of the Blood Fiend. The secret art was engraved on the Blood Fiend’s body, so we were going to turn the Blood Fiend’s corpse into a jiangshi and take it…”

“If you found the corpse, you could have just taken it. Why did you attack our village?”

“The Alliance Lord didn’t want this to be known. The villagers knew about the Blood Fiend. We decided to erase this village.”

“You bastards!”

Baek Mu-han shouted and swung his sword. The heads of the jiangshi sorcerers fell. Baek Mu-han looked down at the corpses of the jiangshi sorcerers.

“Are you satisfied?”

“…Revenge must be done thoroughly. And my revenge is not over. These guys were just swords wielded by my enemy. Just because I broke the enemy’s sword doesn’t mean the enemy is dead. They’ll just get a new sword.”

“The opponent is the Four Kings Alliance. You’re going to take revenge on the Four Kings Alliance?”

“I cannot live under the same sky as my enemy. I will kill him by any means.”

“That sounds like you’re going to commit suicide.”

“Of course, I don’t plan to charge into the Four Kings Alliance like a wild boar right now. A gentleman’s revenge is not too late even after ten years. I plan to avoid the Four Kings Alliance and build my strength.”

“What about the villagers? The Four Kings Alliance might attack again.”

“I plan to take them to a city managed by a prestigious orthodox sect. Even the Four Kings Alliance wouldn’t be able to cause trouble recklessly in a city where a prestigious orthodox sect is established…”

Even the Four Kings Alliance would be reluctant to provoke a prestigious orthodox sect. If they provoked them unnecessarily, the blade of the Martial Alliance could be turned towards the Four Kings Alliance.

There could also be the worst-case scenario where the Four Kings Alliance and the Demonic Cult join hands… but the Demonic Cult was not friendly with the Four Kings Alliance. They were rather hostile to each other. The unorthodox martial artists and the Demonic Cultists were similar but different.

“I’m worried about the two of you.”

“You’re worried about us?”

“The Four Kings Alliance will chase after you two. You two are experts, but the Four Kings Alliance is…”

“Don’t worry. We’re not weak enough to be worried about by you. Ji-gon belongs to the military. And he’s a fairly prominent martial officer. The Four Kings Alliance can’t touch him recklessly. You should be more worried about your own future. Do you have a plan?”

“I will wander as a ronin and build my strength.”

I nodded vaguely. Baek Mu-han was the protagonist and a reincarnator. He would do well on his own.

‘I’ll use Baek Mu-han to check and eliminate the Four Kings Alliance. If it’s like the original story, he’ll also take care of the forces behind the Four Kings Alliance.’

I just needed to avoid becoming enemies with Baek Mu-han.

Later, there would come a time when Baek Mu-han would gain enlightenment and abandon the Demonic Divine Art. At that time, I would approach Baek Mu-han and obtain the Demonic Divine Art. That was my plan.

The next day, Seong Ji-gon woke up.

We began to go our separate ways. The villagers left for the city with Baek Mu-han, and Seong Ji-gon used a space-shifting scroll to return to the military in Sichuan.

I also became a lightning-fast meteor and headed towards the Demonic Cult.