Chapter 1572 – 1572. Saint Unicorn
Kwaaaang!
An explosion erupted.
The heat from the anti-demon sword wielded by Son Ga-yeon transferred to the black tree, which was Pylon’s main body.
-Kuaaaaaaaak!
Pylon’s avatar screamed. It was effective. Very effective.
The black tree was burning. Pure white flames engulfed the black wood. However, the black tree was holding on. The twigs turned to ash and fell, but the thick branches and the tree trunk remained intact.
It was far from enough to defeat Pylon with this.
“Sister!”
“I know!”
Son Ga-yeon swung her sword again.
Kwaaaaaaaang!
A louder explosion than before echoed, and the white flames burning the tree became even more powerful. The branches and leaves of the black tree began to scatter as ash. Since the tree was so large, the amount of ash scattering was considerable. It was like a hazy fog.
-Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!
Pylon’s screams continued to echo.
I noticed something strange. Pylon had told me before that he didn’t feel pain. But look at him now. Pylon was writhing in agony. It was completely different from what he had told me.
‘He said he couldn’t feel pain… Did he lie?’
Even so, Pylon’s avatar was writhing in pain far too much.
Even if burning was the most terrible pain, it was strange that a strong being like Pylon couldn’t easily overcome the pain and was writhing.
‘Could it be that he has no tolerance for pain? Has he never felt pain before?’
I stared at Pylon and glanced behind me. White flames were fiercely burning the black tree. White flames. It was clearly a special kind of flame.
‘The white flames of the Bukbaek Son family… The Bukbaek Son family is also called a family of exorcists. Is it related to that?’
My thoughts didn’t last long.
Pylon, who had become accustomed to the pain of burning, fell towards Son Ga-yeon, who was attacking his main body.
‘Is it because of the pain? His movements are obvious. And his speed is slower than I thought.’
[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 6]
I jumped forward and blocked Pylon’s path.
-Get out of my way!!!
“I’ll deal with you, monster. My sister is busy right now, so leave her alone.”
Pajijijik.
Red currents flowed along the blade of the Hwaryeon Bido.
I reminded myself. Don’t let your guard down. The opponent is Pylon. Remember the past experience when you almost died. If I hadn’t summoned Yuria into reality back then, I would have surely died at Pylon’s hands. Of course, the Pylon in front of me and the Pylon of the past were different entities. But they both had a power that couldn’t be ignored.
‘Pylon’s basic rank is A-class. He grows to A-class very quickly. And because he has intelligence comparable to humans, he gets stronger over time.’
No matter how much of a Pylon he was, he couldn’t easily break through the wall of S-class.
‘Upper A-class. He’s even weaker now, writhing in pain and losing his reason.’
There was no chance of me losing.
Lightning Sky Style (雷天流) Gale Lightning (疾風迅雷).
I used Gale Lightning. Red currents flowed through my body. I felt my senses expand momentarily. Pylon’s movements seemed slightly slower. My thought process had sped up.
Lightning Sky Style (雷天流) Lightning Flash (雷光).
With the fastest sword strike, I cut off his right arm. White flesh splattered everywhere with blue blood. Pylon paused for a moment. Although his face had no nose, eyes, or mouth, his widened eyes expressed shock.
[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 5]
‘Not enough.’
I aimed for the heart, the core, rather than his right arm, but Pylon reacted and dodged.
‘He’s starting to regain his senses. I have to kill him even if I have to push myself.’
The trajectory etched in the air caught my eye. Red lightning. Red currents remained and faded where the sword had been swung.
That was my power.
It started with me, and it was the power I used. The power was fading quickly, but it remained as if to show off.
‘Move.’
My will reached the residual lightning in the air. The red lightning wriggled and reacted.
‘It’s reacting. But that’s all. It’s not enough with just this.’
I had to be more certain. I had to land a decisive blow before Pylon regained his composure. However, the residual lightning in the air was only reacting to my will. It wouldn’t move beyond that.
‘This is my limit.’
I didn’t panic or get disappointed. Because there was a way to overcome this limit.
[Activating Genius Time for 10 seconds.]
I borrowed the best talent in the world, which turns geniuses into ordinary people, for a moment.
I felt inspiration.
I can’t explain it in detail. But I could see the invisible, hear the inaudible, and feel the unfelt. It was like I had become a human who had evolved several stages.
The residual red lightning in the air moved all at once. They gathered at the center and rotated counterclockwise. It was a familiar shape. That was the Swastika Lightning (卍雷).
I extended my left hand, which wasn’t holding the sword, towards the Swastika Lightning. I suppressed the power of the Hwaryeon Bido and used the Swastika Lightning. Blue lightning gathered around my palm and rotated clockwise.
Why did I suppress the power of the Hwaryeon Bido?
‘Mixing cider with cider is just cider. But what if you mix cider with cola? A new carbonated drink is born!’
Lightning Sky Style (雷天流) Dual Resonance (二重共鳴) Swastika Lightning Spiral (卍雷螺旋).
The two Swastika Lightnings combined, mixed, and shot forward like a laser. The Swastika Lightning Spiral pierced Pylon’s heart and continued to extend.
My accelerated thoughts returned to normal. I felt a slight sense of exhaustion and looked straight ahead. A path at least 30 meters long had been created. The ground was gouged, and the trees were shattered.
[Genius Time has ended.]
‘Nice.’
I smiled and lowered my gaze. Pylon, whose heart had been pierced, was sprawled out like a corpse. He wasn’t dead. To kill Pylon, I had to get rid of the black tree.
“Sister. I beat this bastard. How about you?”
“…….”
There was no answer. I, who had been reveling in victory while looking at the corpse, turned my head sharply to check Son Ga-yeon’s condition. Son Ga-yeon was focused, with the anti-demon sword embedded in the black tree. Sweat was pouring down her face like a waterfall.
She hadn’t sweated this much even when we had sex. And now, she was wearing a non-ventilated rider suit. Imagining what it must be like inside the suit made my dick react.
‘This is not the time for that!’
Something was wrong with Son Ga-yeon. This wasn’t the time to be driven by lust.
“Sister!”
“…Yujin! It’s underground! There’s something underground! Dig up the ground!”
I could feel the urgency in Son Ga-yeon’s voice.
Even if she told me to dig up the ground, there was no time to leisurely take out a shovel and dig.
Thud!
I plunged the Hwaryeon Bido into the ground. I released Gale Lightning and concentrated all my mana into the blade.
Lightning Sky Style (雷天流) Ultimate Technique (極技) Exploding Quake Lightning (爆震雷).
Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwang!
The ground exploded. The soil from underground shot upwards. Something was mixed in with the soil.
‘…Human corpses?’
Human corpses were mixed in with the rising mounds of soil. The blood from the corpses was fresh. They had just died. They had been caught in the explosion of the Exploding Quake Lightning and died.
‘There were people hiding underground?’
I hadn’t noticed at all. They had deceived my senses underground? They were assassins of incredible skill. I was slightly flustered and looked into the crater created by the Exploding Quake Lightning.
“This is…”
I saw humans.
They were crouching humans. Thin vines, like the roots of a tree, were embedded in the heads of the crouching humans.
‘They’re not assassins…’
If you watch movies or comics often, you can predict what most things are just by looking at them.
‘When I asked what he ate last time… Pylon retorted that it was a surprisingly sharp question. Was it because of this?’
Pylon was eating humans.
It wasn’t strange. There were many monsters that ate humans. However, Pylon wasn’t sucking the flesh or blood of humans. The bodies of the humans buried underground were emaciated but looked intact. Most of all, they were alive.
‘If he’s not eating their flesh and blood… Is it mana? But I can’t feel any mana from those people.’
Spirit.
Pylon had said that his main body was just a vessel for containing his spirit.
‘These people aren’t hunters. There shouldn’t be any civilians nearby. Where did he kidnap them from? …Unless he didn’t kidnap them?’
“Yujin! Kill them! Their souls have already been eaten by Pylon! Pylon is using their souls to survive!”
Son Ga-yeon shouted. She was desperate.
-Do you think I’ll die so easily?!
Crack!
The trunk of the burning black tree split open. A pure white avatar walked out of the crack. Its body was covered in a transparent, slimy substance. It was a newly born avatar. The avatar jumped to the ground. The avatar, which had landed on the ground, didn’t move and glared at us.
‘It’s weak. Is it because it’s newly born?’
I grinned. Unlike the previous avatar. I didn’t think I would lose against this avatar. I swung the Hwaryeon Bido, killed the people in the pit, and aimed at the avatar.
“Heh heh heh. You think you can fight us with that weak body?”
-Do you think I don’t know that you guys are exhausted? This is enough to fight you!
As he said, Son Ga-yeon and I were exhausted.
[Using Full Recovery.]
Not anymore.
Lightning Sky Style (雷天流) Lightning Sound Step (雷音步).
I ran towards Pylon. Pylon flinched, sensing that my energy had recovered.
-You were hiding your power?!
“No, I used my power! Iron Mountain Strike!”
I shoulder-checked Pylon. He couldn’t withstand my shoulder check, which was full of mana, and his whole body exploded.
Crack crack crack!
The trunk of the black tree continued to split open, and avatars appeared.
-Don’t think this is the end! My avatars are still left!
“Stop bluffing. You think I don’t know that you only have one avatar that can move properly?”
“Hey, Seong Yujin! Deal with the things underground first! The people who are trapped are the source of Pylon’s power!”
“Ah, just a minute, sister. Just 3 minutes. That bastard has been annoying since the first time I saw him. It’s boring if I end it right away. Give me 3 minutes.”
“1 minute. Finish it within 1 minute!”
“Whatever.”
Lightning Sky Style (雷天流) Gale Lightning (疾風迅雷).
[Using Acceleration. Remaining stacks: 4]
[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 3]
I ran with all my might. I reached the avatar in front of me like a bullet. I swung my sword and cut it in half, killing it. The other avatars next to it couldn’t even react. At most, they could only turn their heads. Their reactions were so slow that it was fun.
“You weaklings. Heh heh heh.”
I swung my hand. His head was crushed, and blue blood splattered. Was it because the blood was blue? I didn’t feel much like I was killing a living thing. Well, it wouldn’t change anything even if the blood was red.
“I’ll kill you all!”
I continued to rampage.
I killed all of Pylon’s avatars.
After that, I killed about 50 humans who were having their spirits sucked through the roots.
And then the black tree began to crumble.
•••
A small, charred black twig fell in the forest.
The twig twitched in the quiet forest. And a sprout grew from the end of the twig. It wasn’t a fresh green, but a dull black.
The sprout landed on the ground. The roots sucked nutrients from the ground and began to grow the sprout’s body. The sprout, or rather, Pylon’s spirit body, thought.
‘I underestimated humans too much. I won’t make any mistakes next time.’
At that moment, Pylon sensed a presence.
“See, sister. I was right, wasn’t I? I told you that bastard was still alive.”
“…It was real. Yujin, you have a good sense.”
“Sense? It’s intelligence. Intelligence.”
Pylon was shocked.
-How! How did you know I was alive?!
“You seem to separate your spirit body and your main body. You called that black tree a vessel, right? Normal humans don’t separate the soul and the body. Why? Because they can’t even if they want to. And if you watch comics, the characteristic of guys who call their bodies vessels is that they change their bodies like they’re eating rice.”
Seong Yujin walked towards the black sprout.
“Most of all, you didn’t even beg for your life until you died. So I thought there might be something left.”
Seong Yujin raised his foot.
-P, please spare me.
“No, you moron.”
Squish squish!
Seong Yujin stomped on the black sprout.
“You called me stupid, right? You’re even more stupid than me.”
-Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaak!
