Chapter 293 : Extreme Demon

It was a fierce battle.

As expected, he was strong.

It seemed he wasn't in the shape of a dragon for nothing.

I fought him day and night.

There was no day or night here, but anyway, I fought without rest.

I poured out all the secret techniques I had developed so far on him, and sometimes, when an inspiration flashed, I would develop a new secret technique and present it to him.

To be honest.

He was stronger than me.

I'll admit it.

This was my place, a place where I had an overwhelming advantage, my territory.

But I was pushed back by him.

If this had been reality and not my mental space, I would have surely been hit a few times and then my life would have ended.

But I didn't give up.

No matter how many times I clashed and broke, I kept rushing at him with the same beginner's intention as before.

I pondered and pondered, and I rolled my head until it burned, and I made a strategy.

I found his weakness, read his attacks, and analyzed his characteristics.

This was a battle of wills, and my heart was made of something that would never break.

And so, I was able to inflict shallow, but nevertheless, wounds on him.

And every time, a little of his power flowed into me.

It was a strange feeling.

It felt like it was seeping into my arms and legs.

It felt like it was flowing directly into my dantian.

It was as if I could feel myself getting stronger in real time.

I felt a strange thrill.

The addiction it gave was indescribable.

Was it from then?

Like gamblers addicted to gambling, I became a fighter addicted to fighting.

I noticed that the circuit that made up my mind was slightly out of place, but I left it as it was for now.

I instinctively realized that I needed this state right now.

But more than anything, it was because I felt very good.

As if I could fly.

"Hehehe!"

I swung my sword with even more excitement.

I never got tired.

Rather, I became even more energetic.

Like grass that had become green after being soaked in water.

And so, I fought without rest and gradually took away his power.

BOOM!

Even when I was hit by him and slammed into the ground, a smile leaked from my lips.

"Hehehe!"

I got up like a roly-poly and immediately kicked off the ground and rushed at him.

In the middle, I thought I heard the Heavenly Demon clicking his tongue, but.

I didn't care.

The number of times he was wounded gradually increased, and the depth of the wounds deepened.

The number of times I was slammed into the ground also noticeably decreased.

I can say with certainty.

I was getting stronger faster than ever before.

On the other hand, he was getting weaker.

And so, I fought like a madman all day. How long had it been since I had been gradually taking away his power?

Finally, my power and his power became equal.

I could tell that the moment of the decisive battle had finally come.

I lured him onto a frozen lake.

It was a lake whose width and depth had gradually increased as I fought him.

And now, its surface was frozen solid by my ice art.

When he had followed me to the center of the lake.

I plunged my sword, which was engulfed in the Snow Branch Blue Flame, into the frozen lake.

Crack—

A crack appeared with a loud roar.

It was only a moment before the seemingly solid ice sheet shattered into pieces.

The black lake, whose bottom could not be seen, swallowed the dragon.

It didn't stop there, and I injected the mystery of the Snow Branch Blue Flame into the lake.

Come to think of it, this roaring lake was where my inner energy had accumulated.

In other words, he had put his head into my mouth.

White cold and blue flames spread across the lake.

He froze and burned at the same time, and he was in agony.

But this was not the end.

Because his resistance was still fierce.

"...You persistent bastard."

I had no choice but to transform into a black immortal and fly up towards the night sky.

I went up to where the sparkling stars were hanging, and then I grabbed the moon with both hands.

Even I thought it was an absurd sight, but so what.

This was not reality, but my mental space.

Here, I was both a god and a creator.

I thought this was the last, and I concentrated all my energy in both hands.

"Aaaaaaaah!!"

I tore the moon that was stuck in the night sky with all my might.

Kwa-deu-deuk!

The moon barely came off, creating a crack in the night sky.

And then, I held the moon, which was unusually dazzling today, tightly with both hands, and then threw it towards the lake.

"The moonlight angel has descended!"

The moon fell with an incomprehensible shout.

Perhaps because it was so big, it seemed to be falling very slowly.

The moon covered the entire lake and fell, and soon, it collided.

A splash of water rose, and a tremendous roar echoed.

It was an explosion as if dozens of Reverse Heavenly Lights had been set off at the same time.

"Haha..."

And then, I, who had poured out everything, fell to the ground like a shooting star.

I had no regrets.

Because I had really poured out everything I had.

BOOM!

I, who had become a meteor shower and fallen in a place quite far from where the moon had fallen, lay sprawled on the ground and caught my rough breath.

"Heok... heok..."

I was exhausted and just breathed in and out.

I couldn't even lift a finger.

As I was catching my breath, I focused on the sound I was hearing.

It was quiet except for the sound of my heart pounding.

'Is it over?'

I hoped so, and I lay on my back and looked at the sky.

Soon, the cloud of dust that had been rising as if to cover the world cleared.

As I was staring blankly at the night sky where the moon had been torn out...

At some point, pillars of light of various colors were reaching the sky.

There were five in total.

They were black, white, silver, white, and blue, respectively.

The black pillar of light resembled the night sky.

Thanks to that, I thought there were four at first, but when I looked closely, there were five.

It was dark, so it was hard to see.

Also, those two white ones.

They were both white, but they were slightly different.

One was a white that sparkled so holy that it was overwhelming, and the other was a pure white like freshly fallen snow.

'What on earth is that?'

I stared blankly at the five pillars of light and then got up.

Because a speck of energy had returned.

"Keuk..."

When I barely got up.

A huge crater had formed where the moon had fallen.

The huge lake that had been full of water had all evaporated and could not be found.

And the fallen moon was also nowhere to be seen.

The same went for the dragon that had been resisting stubbornly.

"Did I get him?"

I staggered and walked into the sunken crater.

As I was walking towards the center, where the pillars of light were rising, I tripped and rolled.

"Keuk. Eok. Keok."

The rolling was fierce.

The speed increased as I went.

It did not stop until it reached the center of the crater, where the pillars of light were rising.

"Ugh..."

Thump.

Dust flew up.

There was no place on my whole body that was not hurt.

But since I had come so quickly, I decided to be satisfied.

And so, when I got up with my trembling legs, there were five stakes there.

A stake as black as the night sky.

A stake that sparkled with a white light.

A stake from which a gentle moonlight flowed.

A stake that was frozen white.

The last one was not even a stake.

There was no water, but a pit of fire that was burning blue.

Anyway, pillars of light were rising from each stake.

When I looked at it blankly, I could tell what it was.

They were the Night Sky, Starlight, Moonlight, Snow Branch, and Blue Flame, in that order.

I tilted my head back and looked at the pillars of light that were rising endlessly.

They were reaching the sky.

"Wow..."

I don't know for sure, but I could instinctively realize that I had reached a new level that I had not known before.

Where on earth was the place I had stepped into?

As I was staring blankly.

I heard the sound of clapping and turned my head, and Tina was clapping outside the crater.

I was about to smile and say something.

"Ashuban!"

Tina shouted, looking behind me.

When I quickly turned my head, a red giant was thumping and rushing towards me.

No matter how I looked at it, it didn't seem like it was coming to congratulate me.

"You son of a bitch."

I had completely forgotten about him.

Since I was too busy dealing with the dragon.

I knew in my head that I had to either run away or fight back.

But my body wouldn't listen.

"Damn it."

As I was glaring at the approaching heart demon and trying to move my body, which was as heavy as a thousand pounds.

Something flashed.

Swoosh!

The heart demon was split in half.

"...!"

I was dumbfounded at the unexpected situation.

And I saw the Heavenly Demon, who was walking leisurely behind the heart demon, which had been split in half and was falling grandly.

He was walking leisurely with his fishing rod on his shoulder.

It seemed he had come because he was bored after fishing nearby.

It seemed the sparkling something I had seen a little while ago was his fishing line.

[You shouldn't interrupt. This is the most interesting part.]

I laughed, making a sound of air escaping.

It was so simple that it was almost anticlimactic.

They say a craftsman doesn't blame his tools.

The Heavenly Demon had taken care of the heart demon with just a fishing rod.

As I had become stronger, the heart demon had also become much stronger.

But in front of the Heavenly Demon, there was no mercy.

To be split in half and die with a single gesture.

How was that different from crushing an ant with your finger?

Come to think of it, the Heavenly Demon was the Heavenly Demon.

"Does a normal fishing rod become a world-famous sword in the hands of the master?"

The Heavenly Demon, with his fishing rod on his shoulder, gave his characteristic arrogant smile.

[There is nothing that I cannot handle.]

I also laughed along with the Heavenly Demon.

Come to think of it, I thought my smile resembled his.

"Master. Is he dead?"

[No way. You've split him in half before.]

"Ah, come to think of it, that's right."

[The heart demon will not disappear as long as you do not let go of your martial arts. It will continue to stand outside your door and knock. Because the heart demon is a monster that you have created and raised with your own hands, and it is you yourself.]

"Mmm. Is there no way?"

[There is.]

"And what is that?"

[Either you abandon your martial arts, or if you reach the extreme, it will no longer be able to interfere with you.]

'The extreme.'

I looked at the five pillars of light.

"Is this the extreme?"

[It is the path to the extreme.]

"I see."

I nodded and then asked.

"By the way, did you say this is the interesting part?"

[Yes. Look.]

When I looked where the Heavenly Demon was pointing.

The five stakes were overflowing, and they were increasing with a frightening momentum. They were overflowing.

Soon, they mixed with each other and the color changed here and there.

I stepped back to avoid the rising water and then sat down.

"Uh oh, I'm going to drown."

[Dodge it.]

"I can't even lift a finger."

The Heavenly Demon clicked his tongue in disapproval.

[What a handful.]

The Heavenly Demon grabbed the back of my neck and shot up into the sky.

It was a movement art that had reached the extreme, and it was a fleeting movement that was unbelievable even when seen with the eyes.

I would believe it if he said he was walking on the clouds.

The Heavenly Demon moved to a tall tree quite far from the crater with a single leap.

He held me dangling and said.

[Look.]

The water that had flowed out from the five stakes mixed with each other and spread wider and wider.

The sunken crater was quickly filling up.

It was becoming a huge lake.

The water that had flowed out from the five stakes filled the entire crater and then expanded its territory for a long time before stopping.

From above, it was a lake as wide as the sea.

"Wow..."

The finally completed lake was the color of blood.

The Heavenly Demon clicked his tongue.

[A lake of blood. How ominous.]

"So what. I like it."

The five pillars of light that had been coloring the night sky, just as the stakes had mixed with each other and finally turned red.

It had also been integrated into a single, huge pillar of light.

Naturally, it was also the color of blood.

What does that mean— I was staring at it, and.

The Heavenly Demon opened his mouth.

[You have reached the Extreme Demon.]

(End of Chapter)