Chapter 1840 – 1840. Ascending To The Light
‘To overcome this situation….’
The first thing that came to mind was modern weaponry. Weapons capable of mass destruction with powerful firepower, such as bombs and missiles.
‘Most of the weapons are in the [Baekhwan] world, so I’d have to do repetitive grinding to bring them over. It’s a hassle. More than anything, if I use modern weapons, there’s no way to replenish them.’
Acquiring modern weapons in reality? That wasn’t an easy task either. Basically, South Korea in reality was a country with strict gun control, and even a highly skilled broker would have difficulty obtaining weapons of mass destruction. It meant it was hard even with money.
‘Honestly, I want to keep those in the [Baekhwan] world.’
The [Baekhwan] world wasn’t over. Even though I had killed all the enemies, the world hadn’t ended. As time passed, impure groups like rebels would appear. Modern weapons would be a great help then. That’s why I trained the maids to use modern weapons well.
It was a real shame that the [Vampire Detective] world was over. Now I couldn’t get weapons that I could have obtained easily.
‘I need a world more abundant than the Vampire Detective.’
The next best option was the power of the Heavenly Stars. Among the powers of the stars I didn’t know, there might be a power that would be of great help in this situation.
‘It’s a shame to waste 100 Heavenly Jades, but it’s not like I can never collect them again.’
I currently possessed 146 Heavenly Jades.
After some deliberation, I decided to use 100 Heavenly Jades to discover a new star power.
‘I’m usually lucky. Something useful will come out.’
It wasn’t just lip service that I was lucky. When I played gacha games, I often got good characters. Besides that, it was rare for me to hear that I was unlucky in other areas.
『Using 100 Heavenly Jades.』
I could feel it. 100 out of the 146 Heavenly Jades in my spatial storage disappearing. And the name and power of a new star entered my mind.
『Heavenly Star of Slaughter (天殺星).』
The Heavenly Star of Slaughter had two powers that could be used.
One was to inflict death. It could inflict death even on things that didn’t have death. For example, even an immortal who couldn’t die could be killed by the Heavenly Star of Slaughter. In addition to that, it could kill anything. That was the Heavenly Star of Slaughter.
The other was that when you killed a life, you would slightly recover your stamina, wounds, and inner energy. It seemed like it didn’t recover mental strength, but that didn’t matter. The ability I needed most right now was the Heavenly Star of Slaughter’s life force stealing.
“Ha, hahaha! I hit the jackpot!”
Without a second thought, I used the Heavenly Star of Slaughter. The energy of the Heavenly Star of Slaughter descended upon my body.
*Paaht.*
Everyone around me paused. They looked like mice in front of a snake. A primal fear of seeing a predator. But they quickly broke free from the fear. Their minds were currently in a state of forced rage due to the spell.
“Kill!!!”
Someone shouted, and the killers rushed at me as if it was natural.
I could see something in their heads. I instinctively knew what it was.
‘A spell?’
It was definitely a spell controlling the people. A way to kill it naturally came to mind.
‘It seems like I can just infiltrate my demonic energy and kill the spell in their heads.’
But there was no reason to do that. It was a matter of efficiency. I could kill hundreds of people with the power and focus it would take to eliminate one spell. Besides, there was no reason to save these guys.
‘Shall we start again? First, I’ll burst the barrier.’
The translucent barrier that was surrounding me burst with a *pop*. The ordinary people who were pounding on the barrier were caught in the blast and their entire bodies exploded.
As they died, my stamina recovered. New inner energy filled me. I felt my arms were lighter than before and swung my sword.
Heavenly Demonic Divine Sword (天魔神劍) – Flash of Destruction (擊閃).
A huge slash swept through the enemies, killing hundreds. And as many as I killed, I recovered. My whole body was overflowing with vitality.
I wanted to use Demonic Calamity one more time. But I had to hold back. The moment I used Demonic Calamity, the Fiery Lotus Flying Blade might not be able to withstand it and completely shatter.
Heavenly Demonic Divine Sword (天魔神劍) – Asura’s Rampage (修羅亂舞).
I unleashed three massive sword energies. The sword energies split into countless sword energies, slaughtering the humans.
Tens of thousands of people died in one breath. The smell of blood permeated the air. Yet, there was no end to the humans aiming for me. Even now, humans were rushing in.
-S-Sir! Are you okay? You’re being super creepy right now? What did you do?
“I became the Heavenly Star of Slaughter.”
-The Heavenly Star of Slaughter that I know? The Heavenly Star of Slaughter I know is said to go berserk and fall into a killing frenzy while killing people… Are you okay?
“Of course, I’m okay.”
What killing frenzy.
I was swinging my sword according to my will, killing humans based on my judgment. There was no room for a killing frenzy or anything else to interfere.
I moved forward and began to massacre people. My whole body was covered in blood, but I didn’t care. I could wash the blood off later.
“Y-you devil…!”
A guy who had lost his right arm glared at me, trembling with rage. He was one of the martial artists from the Oh Clan in Dongga. I mocked him and stabbed him in the heart.
“Shut up and die.”
*Chwaaruruk!*
A chain scythe flew from behind and pierced my right shoulder. I turned my head and saw an assassin wrapped in black clothes quietly muttering something.
The chain scythe instantly changed its form. Into something that looked like a scarecrow. The problem was that the chains that sprouted from its body were grabbing my body.
‘My strength is fading. Is this some kind of curse?’
The energy of the Heavenly Demonic Divine Art pulsed in my dantian. It was as if it was telling me to use it right away.
“Got you. Finish him.”
The hidden assassins appeared all at once. Six in total. Each of them brandishing their weapons, they rushed at me at the same time.
Heavenly Demonic Divine Art (天魔神功) – Heavenly Demonic Monarch’s Step (天魔君臨步).
My body disappeared and appeared in front of the assassin holding the chain scythe. The assassin’s eyes widened as if they were about to tear. I grabbed his neck and smiled.
Heavenly Demonic Divine Art (天魔神功) – Black Flame Demonic Dragon (黑炎魔龍).
*Hwareureuk!*
Black flames rose and engulfed the assassin’s body.
“Kkyaaaaaaak!”
The assassin turned to ashes with a scream. I shook off my hand and swung my sword at everything in sight. Whether they were assassins, ordinary people, or martial artists, I killed them all without hesitation.
I didn’t get tired, and my stamina recovered. At some point, I fell into a battle. No, a massacre.
‘It’s perfect for experimenting with techniques.’
I used the Heavenly Demonic Divine Art in my memory to my heart’s content. There was a slight difference between knowing something and actually using it. I experienced the errors that came from that difference and corrected the discrepancies.
I fell into slaughter, and at some point, I became oblivious and killed people.
When I came to my senses, the head of the Dongga clan was impaled on my sword.
“You monster…! What is your purpose in targeting our Dongga?! Do you have a grudge against our family?!”
The head of the clan asked me, shedding tears of blood.
“I don’t have any grudges. It’s just that Dongga is in a reasonably good location.”
“…Damn it. I can never forgive you. Let’s fall into hell together.”
*Thud.*
Something fell from the head of the clan’s sleeve. It was a thunderclap bomb.
*Kwaaaang!*
An explosion occurred, engulfing me and the head of the clan. I instantly activated my protective energy to protect my body, but the head of the clan was directly hit by the explosion and his body was shattered into pieces.
I put strength into the hand holding the Fiery Lotus Flying Blade and turned my body to the side. As if it was natural, I was about to kill another guy, but when I looked around, there wasn’t a single living person around me. Only corpses.
“…Mireyeong.”
-Yes, Sir.
“Is it over?”
-Yes. It’s over. You killed them all. Don’t tell me you don’t remember?
Mireyeong asked in a serious tone. She seemed worried that I might have been consumed by the Heavenly Star of Slaughter.
“I remember. Even though I was in a trance, it’s not like I lost my memory. How many did I kill?”
-Well, you killed 500,000… I think I killed about 200,000.
“You killed 200,000?”
-I couldn’t just sit around and do nothing. Thanks to you holding out, I was able to use large-scale spells. Do you see that over there? Ah, you can only see a mountain of corpses from your side, right?
I slightly bent my knees and jumped towards the sky. After leaping 30 meters, I could see what had happened. There were large rocks stuck in various places in the shattered city.
‘She said large-scale spells, so she killed them by dropping rocks.’
When it came to mass destruction, it seemed like spells were more effective than martial arts.
-Shall we go back now? If we’re too late, it’ll get annoying.
“I guess so. Can you use teleportation?”
-I’m too tired to do anything.
“You have a space-shifting scroll, right? Use that to go back.”
-Yes. I understand. See you at home.
Mireyeong’s presence that I felt in the sky disappeared.
Instead of using a space-shifting scroll, I used the Heavenly Star System’s space teleportation system to return to Nakwol Mountain.
My whole body was covered in blood, so I went straight to the bathroom. A little later, Mireyeong even came into the bathroom. I tilted my head. Unlike me, she didn’t have a single drop of blood on her body. There was no reason for her to come into the bathroom.
“I’ll scrub your back.”
“As you know, I’m a little excited right now.”
The heat of battle instantly turned into lust the moment I saw Mireyeong. My dick instantly got hard.
“I know, Sir.”
Mireyeong smiled as she looked at my dick. She slowly took off her clothes, revealing her jade-like skin.
She strode over and hugged my blood-soaked body tightly.
Two days until the time I promised Baekran. It seemed like I would be spending those two days in bed with Mireyeong.
• • •
『Using the space teleportation system. Space teleportation location: Heavenly Demonic Cult.』
I returned to the Heavenly Demonic Cult at the promised time.
The Heavenly Demonic Cult was quiet. It was more accurate to say it was desolate. If Baekran’s plan had gone as planned, the Heavenly Demonic Cult would be almost empty now.
The cult leader, the Heavenly Demon, would be holed up in his room, some elders would be at the front lines, and some elders would have gone to Maga. The Demonic Cult’s combat forces would be fighting the Demonic Cult.
There was only one thing I had to do. Kill the Little Heavenly Demon, Cheon Yu-un, and prove the Heavenly Demonic Divine Art. Since Maga would support me, the elders and the Heavenly Demon wouldn’t be able to condemn me. In the Heavenly Demonic Cult, the Heavenly Demonic Divine Art was far more important than the Cheon family’s bloodline.
‘Finally, the time has come to kill Cheon Yu-un.’
