Chapter 82 : Chapter 82

Chapter 82: Justice Will Prevail (3)

The Holy Land, Skyscraper, located at the summit of Tuomeng Peak in the Tianshan Mountains.

The Chief Strategist of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, Mashintong Wisu, visited this place again today.

There was a reason why Wisu had been frequently visiting this place, where ordinary people found it hard to even breathe. To be precise, there was a reason he had no choice but to visit.

“It has… changed again.”

It was to check the flow of the heavens’ energy, which changed so often it was as if it was being whimsically altered.

Ever since the new star began to shine, the flow of the heavens’ energy had changed frequently.

It was as if a new order was being reshaped due to the existence of the new star.

For Wisu, who planned the great work of a demonic world based on the heavens’ energy, it could not be anything but a sensitive issue.

In fact, from his perspective, having served the singular star that was the Heavenly Demon and prepared for a long-term great work, the ever-changing flow of the heavens’ energy would be called a misfortune.

Moreover, there was another reason for visiting the Skyscraper today.

-The Yin Blood Divine Demon has gone out.

-To where?

-I apologize. I do not know.

-…I see.

It was because the Yin Blood Divine Demon had left the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult without permission.

It wasn't something that hadn't happened before, but the timing was not good.

Grit.

“Damn it like a dog…”

Although it was a path that went against the heavens, the one who fathomed the will of the heavens was Wisu.

But what even Wisu could not understand was also the will of the heavens.

“For a mere…”

Wisu was a man who knew civility, so he swallowed the curse ‘that kind of bastard’ in his heart.

But it was impossible to stop even the thought.

The Yin Blood Divine Demon.

A reckless bastard.

How could a trivial human who couldn't even properly manage his own lust reach the supreme realm of the State of Harmony?

How could a star symbolizing a vermin like the Yin Blood Divine Demon be floating so brightly in the sky?

It was a question that even Wisu, who could peek into the heavens’ energy, was not confident he could figure out even if he pondered it for a lifetime.

In any case…

Wisu, who had sensed an ominous premonition from the Yin Blood Divine Demon's movements, visited the Skyscraper to observe the heavens’ energy.

As they say, a bad feeling is never wrong.

From the changing flow of the heavens’ energy, Wisu captured one fact.

The star of the Yin Blood Divine Demon was becoming entangled with the newly shining star.

“Finally…”

He did not know if it was a good omen or a bad one. It was because he hadn't performed a divination, but merely read the flow of the heavens’ energy in secret.

This was also not a good time to perform a divination to check the situation.

It was because if he repeatedly went against the natural order, he could truly incur the wrath of the heavens. If that happened, even the great Wisu of the world would not be able to guarantee his survival.

Grit.

Wisu's teeth ground harshly.

It was because situations that he, who did not want any major variables, found quite disagreeable kept occurring.

That emotion was likely even greater because the source was the Yin Blood Divine Demon, whom Wisu despised.

Just then.

“So you were here.”

A languid voice rang in Wisu's ear.

Since he was on the Skyscraper, the speaker was already determined.

“You have arrived.”

As Wisu bowed his head and replied, the Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang was there.

“Are you alright?”

The Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang asked so.

At the end of his gaze was Wisu's left arm.

Wisu understood its meaning.

Wisu's left arm, which had withered like a dead tree or a corpse, had been restored to its original state.

“I have recovered.”

Since it wasn't a physical injury but a curse, it was possible to restore it to its original state with time.

Of course, that did not mean it was easy.

“So, what is it?”

The Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang asked, counting the stars in the sky.

The Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang could not read the heavens’ energy, but he would habitually observe the sky when he came to the Skyscraper.

So, reporting what he had read was Wisu’s calling.

“The Yin Blood has disobeyed orders and left the Cult.”

“Another village will disappear, then.”

That was all of the Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang’s impression.

There was no displeasure about disobeying the cult's orders, nor was there any mourning for the village that would be sacrificed.

It was perhaps a state of no-thought, no-mind, or maybe even no-self.

Wisu could see into the heavens, but he couldn't reach the realm where the Heavenly Demon walked. He didn't know the truth.

“I will give him a warning when he returns.”

However, the Heavenly Demon would question the Yin Blood Divine Demon.

It was because he knew that his limb, Wisu, wanted it.

To such a Heavenly Demon, Wisu confessed what he had read.

“Their fates have become intertwined.”

“Hmm?”

Only then did the indifferent Heavenly Demon show interest.

“The Yin Blood’s star has become entangled with the new star.”

Perhaps the two stars would collide. It was because they were riding an irresistible current.

After that, the one who survived would devour the other and become stronger. Was the path of the stars not the same as the demonic path?

“Is that new star that new star?”

The new star.

It was the being who had recently drawn the Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang’s interest the most, Dancheon Myeong.

“Yes.”

At Wisu’s reply, the Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang let out a faint smile. It was a rare sight from him.

“It seems there will be no opportunity to scold the Yin Blood.”

At the Heavenly Demon’s mutter, Wisu showed a surprised expression. It was because he clearly understood what the Heavenly Demon’s words meant.

The Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang had just pronounced the Yin Blood Divine Demon’s death sentence.

“Did you not say he was not yet ripe?”

Looking at the current flow of the heavens’ energy, it was so.

Regardless of the man's depravity, the Yin Blood’s star was powerful.

Was that not why he was able to occupy a seat among the Divine Demons?

Seol Cheon-sang gazed at the sky, in a manner similar to how Wisu observed the heavens’ energy.

“Even if it is not yet ripe, a tiger cub is not killed by a mere dog. A wolf, perhaps, but not a dog.”

It was a passage from which one could understand how the Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang evaluated the Yin Blood Divine Demon, Goru Gwang.

Furthermore, it was also a passage from which one could understand how the Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang evaluated Dancheon Myeong.

“If the two collide, the Yin Blood will die.”

The Heavenly Demon's words were like a prophecy.

Though they were the words of the Heavenly Demon who could not read the heavens’ energy, Wisu saw in them a firm prescience of the future.

“Will that be alright?”

The Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang, with an uncharacteristically mischievous expression, asked the Chief Strategist of the Divine Cult.

“It is fine. We do not need trash in our Cult who does nothing but drain energy.”

Wisu, having said so, bowed his head.

“I apologize. My true feelings slipped out.”

The Heavenly Demon did not mind.

“I agree.”

It was because the Heavenly Demon’s thoughts were no different.

Though the embrace of the demonic path was wide, the path the Yin Blood Divine Demon Goru Gwang walked was not within it.

At least, that was what Wisu and Seol Cheon-sang thought.

It was just that until now, there had been no reason to cast him out.

But since he had walked the path of destruction of his own accord, that too must be fate.

“I will prepare a Demon Lord to take the Yin Blood Divine Demon's place.”

There were only five Divine Demons, but there were far more Demon Lords.

Was that not why they could use the Iron Mountain Demon Lord, who had been treading beyond the Extreme Demonic Realm, for such a purpose?

“You handle it as you see fit.”

Having said so, the Heavenly Demon disappeared.

A human who had been fully present vanished as if he had been extinguished, but Wisu was not surprised.

It was because he knew that for the Heavenly Demon, that too was an ordinary occurrence.

“It was a good omen.”

Wisu, his mood lifted, muttered so.

It was a good omen if the Yin Blood died, and it was a good omen if the Yin Blood survived and devoured the new star.

It would be favorable no matter which way it went, so it was not unreasonable to call it a great omen.

Wisu's steps became lighter as he descended the Skyscraper.

***

The Yin Blood Divine Demon.

I didn't know him well.

Unlike the Ghost Spirit Divine Demon or the Great Force Divine Demon who were active at the forefront of the Great War of Righteousness and Evil, the Yin Blood Divine Demon rarely revealed himself on the front lines, nor did he ever distinguish himself.

The brutal Great War of Righteousness and Evil.

It was the Ghost Spirit Divine Demon who tore apart the Azure Heaven Squad, which was composed of elite rising talents with bright futures.

Countless Dragon and Phoenixes and the pillars who would be responsible for the future of the Jianghu met their end at his hands.

I also recalled the Great Force Divine Demon, whom the Azure Dragon Squad finally captured after making immense sacrifices.

His power was so monstrous that he easily overwhelmed the Peng Clan, who boasted the greatest physical strength under the heavens.

It could be said that the Great Force Divine Demon was a Transcendent Divine Demon who personally proved that highly developed external arts were in no way inferior to internal energy cultivation.

In place of the Heavenly Demon who remained secluded, the Divine Demons were always at the forefront of the Great War of Righteousness and Evil, fighting relentlessly.

It could be said that they were like generals on a battlefield.

Although they were Demonic Heads, their magnificent spirit of not standing behind their subordinates and their profound martial arts could not be belittled.

However, the case of the Yin Blood Divine Demon was quite different.

-Myeong-gae.

-Why do you call?

-The culprit who ambushed the Black Tortoise Squad, I believe it was the Yin Blood Divine Demon.

One day, a member of the Secret Pavilion had told me this.

I recalled the incident where he used the common people as bait to ambush and annihilate the Black Tortoise Squad.

I also recalled the sight of them, who in the end, lay their bodies down on the cold earth alongside the common people.

Even in war, how could one not be enraged by the heaven-defying method that broke the unwritten rule of the Murim of not touching the common people?

However…

-I had already thought as much.

It wasn't surprising.

It was because many had already pointed to the Yin Blood Divine Demon as the one behind it.

The Crimson Fang Goru Clan.

Dark and despicable beings.

Their name was always attached to the annihilation of commoner households or the deaths of children.

Those bastards, whose name meant they drank blood, were something that could no longer be called human.

The leader of those heaven-defying scumbags, the Yin Blood Divine Demon, was now before my eyes. Not before Myeong-gae, but before Dancheon Myeong.

“I apologize, but that child is mine. Would you not return him?”

As the Yin Blood Divine Demon spoke, flicking his deceitful tongue, I felt a deep sense of disgust.

The right path would be to not exchange words with such human scum in the first place.

Ignoring the Yin Blood Divine Demon, my gaze turned to the child.

As if his very spirit had been suppressed, the child still couldn't move.

I couldn't just leave the child there.

It was because the scene that was about to unfold would not be good for the mental health of a growing pillar of the future.

Float-

“…Eh?”

I performed psychokinesis and gently lifted the child.

“Ho?”

Ignoring the Yin Blood Divine Demon’s exclamation of admiration, I gently sent the child flying towards the commoners who were anxiously watching from a distance.

Clang!

Perhaps because they detected a fragment of the supreme realm from the psychokinesis I performed, the warriors of the Yin Blood Clan, who had been standing like stone statues, stepped forward.

“Should I take care of them?”

“I’m counting on you.”

“This is nothing.”

Brother Chun-baek, who had appeared at some point, asked, and there could be no one more reliable.

They were the elites of the Crimson Fang Goru Clan, so they were not to be underestimated, but if I didn't trust Brother Chun-baek, who would I trust?

He would surely repay my trust.

The real problem lay elsewhere.

“I will take on the Yin Blood Divine Demon.”

It was the presence of Chwipung-gae, who said so without hiding his killing intent.

I understood his feelings completely.

However…

“You cannot.”

I had no intention of sending him.

It was because I could not lose Chwipung-gae, who was like a father to me, to a mere bastard like that.

The Yin Blood Divine Demon was indeed a despicable and scummy person, but the fact that he was stronger than Chwipung-gae was an undeniable truth.

“It’s alright if I die.”

Chwipung-gae said so, but.

“I am not alright with it.”

This was my true feeling.

“…”

Chwipung-gae stared at me with bloodshot eyes. It would be called a silent protest.

Yes. I admitted it.

How could I possibly understand his feelings?

“I will make sure that the finishing blow is done by your hands.”

This was merely the best I could do for him.

“…I understand.”

In the end, Chwipung-gae replied so.

It had been like that since my Myeong-gae days.

Chwipung-gae was ill-tempered, stubborn, and eccentric, but he always gave in without breaking my persistence.

He did so again this time.

Therefore, this time, it was my turn to repay him.

“Please help Brother Chun-baek.”

“I suppose I must.”

Chwipung-gae replied with a slightly relieved expression.

Though they were the elites of the Yin Blood Clan, they wouldn't be able to overcome Brother Chun-baek and Chwipung-gae, who had reached the State of Harmony, so I was now relieved.

My gaze, for the first time, took in that unpleasant thing, the Yin Blood Divine Demon.

“Come at me, you piece of trash.”

At my words, the Yin Blood Divine Demon grinned crookedly.

“Truly, this is fun.”

He said so.

“Yes. It will be fun.”

Because I would make it so.

The Yin Blood Divine Demon would die here.

It wasn't just for Chwipung-gae.

It was an event that hadn't happened yet, but nevertheless, the resentful spirits of the Black Tortoise Squad members remained vivid in my memory.

The Myeong-gae of my past life couldn't do anything but watch.

The Dancheon Myeong of this life would offer an incense stick before the memorial tablets of the Black Tortoise Squad members with the blood of the Yin Blood Divine Demon.

That would be the real fun.

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