Chapter 995 – 995. Ascending To The Light
“It’s there.”
Jang Chun-mong pointed straight ahead with his fingertip.
I narrowed my eyes and let out a hollow laugh. The place Jang Chun-mong had led me to wasn’t far from the cliff where I’d been backstabbed.
‘It’s darkest under the lamp. That’s exactly what this is.’
I looked straight ahead. Focusing a little more, two blurry figures gradually became clearer. Two men with swords in their hands. They were watching this way, tense.
“Oh Ji-moo’s subordinates. Do you need my help?”
“Your job ends here. Don’t interfere.”
“Watching is okay, right?”
“Don’t get in the way.”
I warned Jang Chun-mong. Jang Chun-mong shrugged once and stepped back. His presence faded. He was amazing at stealth.
I approached them. They frowned, their voices flustered.
“I wasn’t mistaken… Why are you alive?”
“Weren’t you stabbed in the heart and your neck broken? Were you a monster, not a human?”
They were bewildered by my return but didn’t back down, drawing their swords. Their killing intent swirled and clung to my body.
They knew. That they were at a disadvantage, not me. Yet, they had no intention of running.
‘Loyalty? Impressive.’
I was impressed. Such guys weren’t common in this world. But that didn’t mean I had any intention of letting them live.
“Oh Ji-moo’s subordinates. Your deaths are entirely Oh Ji-moo’s fault. Die resenting Oh Ji-moo.”
“We don’t resent the Young Sect Leader.”
“And you’re the one who’s going to die.”
They moved to the right and left simultaneously. Naturally, my gaze had to be divided. They swung their swords at the same time. Neck and chest. They aimed for vital points without any hesitation. It was cooperation honed through countless training and real combat.
I took a step back. Just that alone made their swords lose momentum. I deflected the right sword with Stormbreaker, dodged the left sword, and kicked out. The guy who was kicked flew far away.
I pressed the attack on the guy on the right first. He gritted his teeth and clashed his sword against mine.
‘He’s nothing special in a one-on-one fight.’
Still, he fought well. His basics were solid. To kill him faster, I used a moment.
Yeongcheon Style (影天流) Lightning Flash (雷光).
A blue light flashed, and the guy’s head was sliced off. There was no time to watch his death. The guy I had kicked was charging at me.
“Die!!”
The enemy was overly agitated by his comrade’s death. And when agitated, one’s vision narrows.
Yeongcheon Style (影天流) Azure Stream (碧溪).
I dodged the guy’s sword by a hair’s breadth, then sliced through his torso as I passed by. The severed corpse flowed onto the floor with blood.
I ignored the corpse and continued to advance.
There was a place like an underground space ahead. Hwangbo Ga-hye would be inside.
‘That bitch! I’m here!’
I took a step forward.
Kiiing.
A semi-transparent wall blocked my foot. I immediately frowned.
‘They even set up a barrier.’
I held my sword. Blue sword energy compressed and turned into sword qi. I swung my sword wildly at the barrier.
‘Barriers aren’t invincible. If you keep hitting them, they’ll eventually break. Well, if it’s a barrier with more output than me, I’ll have to find another way…’
There was no way Hwangbo Ga-hye would have such a barrier.
Clang! Bang! Clang clang clang!
After striking the barrier for over 10 minutes, cracks began to appear. Crack. It was a sound that was pleasing to hear.
‘The game’s over from the moment it cracked.’
I swung my sword down with all my might. The barrier shattered. It shattered like a mirror falling to the floor. I stepped on the shattered barrier and entered the underground space confidently.
Hwangbo Ga-hye was sitting cross-legged in the center of the underground space. A hot energy was slowly rotating around her. Her clothes were soaked with sweat, but there was no odor.
‘Qi circulation… Is she aiming for the realm of the Five Energies? She’s defenseless.’
No, she wasn’t defenseless. I had broken through the defenses Hwangbo Ga-hye had prepared.
Right now, Hwangbo Ga-hye could be killed by a child. A child’s punch would break her concentration, and the reverse flow of internal energy would destroy her body on its own.
Step, step.
As I approached her, I felt hot air. It was the air coming from her. The space itself was very hot.
‘Hwangbo Ga-hye… Her whole body is soaked. Wow. That’s hot.’
I couldn’t touch Hwangbo Ga-hye. If I touched her even slightly wrong, she would die. My goal wasn’t to kill Hwangbo Ga-hye.
‘The smartphone is here.’
I picked up the smartphone and checked it. There were no broken or damaged parts. The software was the same.
‘The entertainment app is fine too.’
I roughly shoved the smartphone into my pocket and sat in front of Hwangbo Ga-hye. I roughly grasped Hwangbo Ga-hye’s condition.
‘She’ll wake up in two days.’
Her energy was stable. She would reach the realm of the Five Energies.
•••
Two days passed.
As I expected, Hwangbo Ga-hye formed an inner core in her body and reached the realm of the Five Energies. Hwangbo Ga-hye calmly breathed and gathered her energy.
‘Her control of qi is too natural for someone who’s just at the 1st stage of the Five Energies… Did she skip the 1st stage and go to the 2nd?’
That meant the Solar Flower she had taken was that great of an elixir. Also, her innate talent must have shined.
“Hoo.”
She let out a hot breath and finally opened her closed eyes. And seeing me in front of her, her eyes widened like crazy. I grinned.
“Seo, Seong Yu-jin?!”
“Hwangbo Ga-hye, I missed you! You bitch!”
“H-How are you alive? I clearly killed you! The sensation of stabbing your heart and breaking your neck is still vivid… How!”
“I couldn’t die without fucking you.”
Hwangbo Ga-hye quickly collected her flustered mind and stood up from her seat, taking a stance. Unlike her heated body, her eyes were coldly calm. I leisurely stood up from my seat, following her.
“I’m at the Five Energies realm now too. I won’t be inferior to you.”
“You’re being arrogant when you just barely broke through to the Five Energies realm? You know there’s a difference in level even within the same realm, right?”
“Kuh…”
Hwangbo Ga-hye threw a punch as a surprise attack. I tilted my head and dodged her punch.
“Wow. You’re faster than when we sparred last time?”
“……”
This time, Hwangbo Ga-hye’s foot aimed for my head. I raised my arm and blocked her kick.
“Your power has also increased. But it’s not sharp. Your body is heavy, right? Your legs and arms feel like they weigh a ton, and you want to take a nice bath and collapse on the bed, right?”
Hwangbo Ga-hye’s face hardened. She couldn’t refute my words. She was mentally exhausted, having just reached the Five Energies realm. It was natural since she had been concentrating on qi circulation for about a week. On top of that, she hadn’t adapted to her strengthened body yet. It was natural for fatigue to accumulate in the body that had absorbed qi and circulated it to build an inner core.
“Hwangbo Ga-hye. In your current state, you can’t beat me even if you die and come back to life.”
“You almost died by my hand, yet you’re showing off…”
“That was when I was exhausted from fighting the Flame Giant. And I never imagined you would backstab me.”
“I’m stronger than I was then.”
Hwangbo Ga-hye used the Phoenix Divine Art (鳳凰神功). Golden energy fluttered around her body like a winged robe. And she attacked me with a mix of punches and kicks. Her attacks didn’t stop even when I dodged and blocked them.
As the attacks continued, red energy flickered like flames on her fists and feet. It was Hwangbo Ga-hye’s Phoenix Immortal Hand Fist (鳳凰仙手拳). The power was increasing as the continuous attacks went on.
‘She’s already passed 10 consecutive attacks. If this keeps up, I’ll be in danger too?’
I had to break the flow.
Thud!
Demonic Divine Art (天魔神功) Demonic Monarch’s Descent Step (天魔君臨步).
Hwangbo Ga-hye’s body twitched. It wasn’t enough to break the flow of consecutive attacks.
Demonic Divine Art (天魔神功) Dragon Fist (竜拳).
Hwangbo Ga-hye’s red fist and my black fist collided. A shockwave occurred, and the underground space shook.
“Agh!”
Hwangbo Ga-hye couldn’t withstand the shockwave and flew backward, crashing into the wall.
I approached Hwangbo Ga-hye.
“Hwangbo Ga-hye. You can’t beat me.”
“Kuh…”
Hwangbo Ga-hye tried to take a stance again.
“Just beg for your life. You ate the Solar Flower and reached the Five Energies realm, and you’re about to conquer the Myriad Tower, so wouldn’t it be a waste to die here?”
Hwangbo Ga-hye bit her lip. Her eyes trembled. Soon, she knelt on the ground.
“Great Hero Seong! I was wrong! Please, just spare me once!”
“Hehe. You actually begged for your life. Well, I understand. You just reached the Five Energies realm, and you wouldn’t want to die so absurdly. If you’ve gained power, you want to enjoy it. That’s human nature.”
I reached out my hand to her neck. Her body jumped in surprise, but she couldn’t avoid my hand. She knew her life was already in my grasp.
Hwangbo Ga-hye’s neck was warm, damp with sweat, and I could feel her vividly pulsating pulse.
“…Great Hero… Are you going to kill me?”
“When you reach the Five Energies realm, your lifespan increases to a total of 250 years. They say it’s really hard to raise your realm from the Five Energies… You’re only around thirty, right? You have over 200 years left. And with that much time, it’s not impossible to reach the next realm, the Three Perfections. You can definitely rebuild the declining Hwangbo Clan.”
“……What are you trying to say?”
“I was just rambling about the regrets you have in life.”
“……”
“But isn’t this too much? You broke my neck and stabbed my heart. You betrayed me. But you’re just begging for your life with words? I don’t expect your conscience, but this is too much.”
“What… do you want from me?”
“First, take it off. Offer that body to me. If you don’t like that, then kill yourself.”
I took my hand off her neck. Hwangbo Ga-hye’s eyebrows twitched. She slowly rose from her seat, as if swaying. And she began to loosen the tightly fastened belt.
“Great Hero Seong. If I offer you my body, will you really spare me?”
“If you don’t do anything foolish, I’ll show you mercy.”
“…I’ll do as you say. Please, just spare my life.”
Hwangbo Ga-hye begged for her life as she took off her clothes one layer at a time. It wasn’t a miserable attitude or appearance.
This world valued virginity to some extent, but Hwangbo Ga-hye wasn’t an ordinary woman, but a martial artist. A martial artist who had reached the Five Energies realm at the age of thirty, with overflowing talent and some luck. Her value was too high to throw away her life just to protect her virginity.
My gaze went to her chest. The bandages that had sealed her chest were loosened and fell down. I stared at her chest with my mouth agape. It was beyond my imagination.
‘J cup…? No, it’s a K cup!’
It was a crazy chest. One side of her chest was bigger than my head. It was like two basketballs were attached.
‘…There was a reason why she strongly compressed it with bandages. With that chest, it would be hard to swing a fist.’
The white chest had red marks from the bandages, showing how much she had compressed it.
Her nipples and areolas were scarlet. As big as her breasts were, her nipples and areolas were also big. Especially her nipples were about the size of my thumb.
‘It’s an amazing K-chest.’
As I stared blankly at her chest, Hwangbo Ga-hye bit her lip and lowered her head. It was as if she had a complex about her chest.
I understood. It was beyond the size to be proud of.
I lowered my gaze. She revealed her chest last. The piece of cloth that covered her vagina had already fallen to the floor.
