Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1947

Sigh (5)

‘How?’

Disbelief clouded the Blood King’s eyes.

Red Sky Demon Lord.

Since returning to this world, that name had provoked the Blood King countless times. He was the leader of the Demonic Cult, who had surpassed everything the Blood King had achieved, becoming the master of demons and the embodiment of demonic power.

A legendary demon who had led the Demonic Cult, once pushed back by the Blood Sect, to establish dominance over the demonic path.

He had never once disregarded that existence.

The Twelve Flying Blades were beings that even he, who had once stained the world with blood, could not easily confront. He could not afford to underestimate the name of the Red Sky Demon Lord, whom they revered and feared.

Just the fact that he had briefly achieved the demonic dominance that the Blood King had failed to achieve despite using every means possible was enough to acknowledge that the Red Sky Demon Lord was a being of a higher caliber than himself.

However…

The Red Sky Demon Lord he had actually seen and faced was not someone who deserved such a lukewarm assessment.

‘What the hell is that…’

One blow?

Just one blow?

With a single blow that didn’t even seem to have much power behind it, a living corpse was literally shattered.

Neutralizing a living corpse with a single blow was a feat that neither the Crimson King nor Bator had ever shown.

‘And while resisting my blood energy?’

Maintaining that burning demonic energy must require an enormous amount of inner power. Yet, he was not only resisting his blood energy but overwhelming it, and still had enough power left to shatter a living corpse with a single blow.

What kind of monster is this…

“Cough!”

At that moment, Gong-ryeong, who had been convulsing on the floor, staggered and rose to his feet.

“Get a grip… Blood King.”

The Blood King’s bewildered gaze turned to Gong-ryeong. Gong-ryeong, his mouth covered in blood, gripped his trembling knees and spoke with difficulty.

“…That’s not a human.”

Gong-ryeong’s tattered body lent credibility to his words.

Only then did the Blood King realize who he was facing.

That man was a Demon Lord.

The greatest demon of all time, and the only being acknowledged by that Black King.

“…Weakness?”

“None.”

The Blood King gritted his teeth.

Gong-ryeong was an assassin. He was more than capable of identifying an opponent’s weaknesses and devising tactics accordingly. For Gong-ryeong to have failed to identify the opponent’s weakness even after being beaten like this?

That meant one of two things.

Either the opponent was an absolutely flawless powerhouse, or the difference in power was so vast that weaknesses were meaningless.

Neither was good news for them.

“I never thought this place would be my grave…”

“Don’t talk nonsense, Blood King. It’s not over yet.”

Gong-ryeong gritted his teeth.

“I will see the world change with my own eyes. I won’t die before then.”

“…Sorry, but I’m not particularly interested in the grand cause you or the Black King talk about. But anyway…”

The Blood King’s eyes turned red.

“If we don’t kill him, we’ll die. Then there’s only one path.”

Red blood energy surged from the Blood King’s entire body. Like black smoke endlessly spewing from a mountain range engulfed in wildfire, red smoke violently poured out of his entire body.

Whirrrrr!

At the same time, wires shot out from both of Gong-ryeong’s hands.

Not the subtle operation they had used before. He had already learned the hard way in the depths of the underground that it was impossible to deceive Kang Jin-ho’s senses, no matter how subtly he manipulated the wires.

His wires whipped around like mad dragons, creating ear-splitting roars.

Crack! Crack!

With sounds like a long whip repeatedly striking the floor, the ground in front of Gong-ryeong was repeatedly sliced and cracked.

Two superhumans, who could be described as ‘absolute’ without exaggeration, were raising their power, targeting one person. Anyone who witnessed this scene, whether they knew martial arts or not, would immediately understand what ‘fear’ meant.

However, the target of that immense hostility seemed to feel no particular emotion while observing that terrifying scene.

Thud.

Kang Jin-ho nonchalantly walked towards them.

On one side, a mist of blood was surging, and on the other, invisible blades were tearing apart the earth. It was a truly terrifying sight, befitting the term ‘inhuman,’ but Kang Jin-ho’s steps towards it were as light as if he were taking a stroll.

Whistle!

At that moment, a sharp whistle sounded from the Blood King’s mouth. At the same time, the living corpses that had been keeping their distance once again rushed fiercely towards Kang Jin-ho.

“Useless.”

Kang Jin-ho’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Living corpses.

A wicked art that suppresses the will of the living and strengthens their bodies to create biological weapons.

If anyone other than him were facing these living corpses, they would certainly be a threat.

But that didn’t apply to Kang Jin-ho.

Whoosh!

The demonic energy swirling around Kang Jin-ho’s body surged like a living thing, engulfing the charging living corpses.

“Kieeeeeeeeeeek!”

“Kaaaaaaaak!”

At the same time, the living corpses began to scream in agony. The living corpses, who had not even groaned when their necks were severed or their bodies were crushed, convulsed as if they were having seizures.

Red, blood-mixed saliva dripped from their gaping mouths, and their unfocused eyes became bloodshot.

“What?”

The Blood King was shocked by the sight and let out a shout.

“…Wh-what?”

If Kang Jin-ho had simply destroyed all the living corpses with a single blow, he wouldn’t have been so surprised. He had already confirmed that Kang Jin-ho’s abilities far exceeded his expectations.

But Kang Jin-ho wasn’t destroying the living corpses right now. His demonic energy was destroying the very sorcery that was controlling the living corpses.

His soul-binding technique, which no one throughout history had ever been able to break!

“Crude.”

Kang Jin-ho chuckled.

Sorcery that breaks the opponent’s reason and turns them into puppets was nothing more than a low-level trick that the Demonic Cult no longer even bothered with. The Demonic Cult’s sorcery had already transcended that level, reaching the point where they could enslave opponents while maintaining their reason.

From Kang Jin-ho’s perspective, who had mastered all of the Demonic Cult’s soul-binding techniques, the sorcery controlling the living corpses was nothing more than crude and childish.

“You’ve been stuck in the past for too long.”

The demonic energy that had penetrated the living corpses’ bodies pushed back the Blood King’s blood energy that was controlling them. At the same time, Kang Jin-ho’s eyes began to turn red.

“Look at me.”

The living corpses convulsed violently, as if struck by lightning, then simultaneously turned their heads to look at Kang Jin-ho.

The red light in Kang Jin-ho’s eyes pierced their unfocused pupils. At the same time, the chains that had bound their souls shattered completely.

“Gurgle…”

“Gurgle…”

The living corpses, who had been drooling blood and foam, collapsed to the ground all at once.

Thud, thud!

The living corpses that had fallen to the floor twitched and then became still.

“Hmm.”

Kang Jin-ho quietly observed the scene before turning his head.

He didn’t know what would happen when they opened their eyes again. If they were lucky, they might regain their sanity. But those who had been soul-bound for a long time would probably not recover and become idiots.

Either way, it would be better than living as the Blood King’s puppets, being used up and dying.

“Kaaaaaaak!”

But it seemed that not all of them had their soul-binding released. One of the living corpses, convulsing, let out a beast-like roar and charged towards Kang Jin-ho.

Whoosh!

But before it could even take a few steps, its head was blown off.

Thud, thud.

The body, having lost its head, somehow managed to take a few more steps, then staggered and fell to the floor like a bicycle rolling on its own.

“Hmm.”

Kang Jin-ho scratched his cheek.

“This isn’t really my specialty.”

Kang Jin-ho glanced at the headless corpse and nonchalantly moved his feet. His destination was, of course, where the Blood King and Gong-ryeong were.

“I’ll show you my real specialty from now on.”

The corners of his mouth twisted, revealing his white teeth.

Whoosh!

His demonic energy, which had been violently fluctuating as if caught in a storm, stretched out, forming a shape like wings.

The Blood King’s eyes widened at the terrifying sight.

Immediately after…

Whoooosh!

Kang Jin-ho’s body, which had kicked off the ground, flew towards him at an incredible speed.

“Kuh!”

The Blood King pushed all of his red blood energy forward. The red smoke piled up in layers, like a wall, blocking Kang Jin-ho’s path.

That wasn’t all.

“Oooooooo!”

Gong-ryeong wildly swung his arms.

The wires that shot out from his hands wrapped around the front of the Blood King’s blood energy wall, imbued with a blue aura. Dozens of tightly stretched wires emitted a chilling sharpness.

A wall harder than anything in the world.

And blades sharper than anything in the world.

Anyone with sense would stop, and anyone wise would evade.

But the one they were facing was none other than Kang Jin-ho.

Kang Jin-ho, seeing the wire trap and the wall of blood energy in front of him, twisted his mouth and accelerated instead.

Whoosh!

His demonic energy was spewing out like a jet engine, and his body became a black meteor, crashing into the wall created by Gong-ryeong and the Blood King.

‘Fool!’

The Blood King inwardly rejoiced.

The downfall of an absolute powerhouse always happened like this. When someone with absolute confidence in their own power overestimates themselves and makes a reckless move, leaving an opening.

Crack!

Red energy gathered in his hands. The determination to not miss Kang Jin-ho’s mistake was clear in his eyes.

But at that moment, the Blood King saw it.

The unbelievable sight of a beast that had rushed into a trap, breaking the trap entirely.

Whoooosh!

The wires that touched Kang Jin-ho’s body snapped as if they were thin threads.

The walls of blood energy, which seemed capable of blocking anything, burst as if they were made of bubbles.

The Blood King’s eyes widened as if they would tear.

Kang Jin-ho, having broken through Gong-ryeong’s wires and his blood energy in an instant, flew straight towards him without slowing down at all.

At that moment, the Blood King saw Kang Jin-ho’s face, grinning grotesquely like a beast, and Kang Jin-ho’s fist flying towards his face.

Whoooosh!

The Blood King’s body flew backward like a cannonball fired from a gun. The blood he scattered soared into the air before falling to the ground like rain.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Blood King, who had become a literal cannonball, broke through the mansion and crashed into the mountain behind it. His rotating body drilled into the mountain like a drill.

Krrrrrr!

The mountain, which had been shaking as if an earthquake had struck, finally stopped trembling, and a large tunnel, as if it had been drilled by a machine, had been created in the middle of the mountain.

A human body had completely pierced through the mountain.

“Hmm.”

Kang Jin-ho looked at the scene, clenching and unclenching his fist.

“This is more my style.”

Kang Jin-ho, with a faint smile, turned his gaze to Gong-ryeong, who was trembling.

“Right?”

Gong-ryeong was unable to give any answer.