The Divine And Demonic Doctor [EN]: Chapter 412

The Divine Doctor of Demonic Arts (412)

It was the dead of night, past midnight, with a heavy darkness blanketing the world.

The night in the deserted mountains was as silent as a graveyard.

Except for one place.

“Kuaaaak!”

“Kkeuaak!”

A cave, difficult to spot from the outside due to the dense undergrowth.

From within, horrifying screams echoed, shattering the surrounding silence.

The source of these screams was none other than the Three Annihilation Twin Devils.

Their faces were deathly pale, drenched in cold sweat that poured down like rain.

Their wide, bloodshot eyes and the veins standing out on their necks clearly showed the excruciating pain they were enduring.

Their entire bodies were covered in countless needles, so many that it was impossible to count them all.

The problem was that each of these needles targeted pressure points known to inflict terrible pain.

The two men, resembling hedgehogs, gritted their teeth and glared at Dan Akseon and the Three Demonic Supremes with bloodshot eyes.

“You said you’d save us!”

“Just kill us instead! You bastards!”

Driven half-mad by the pain, Wang Yeom and Wang Gyeol had no time to think about future consequences.

The pain they were experiencing was far beyond the limits of what a human could endure.

Beom Gyeowi looked at them with a dumbfounded expression.

“Ha! Do these guys not know their place?”

Even when faced with Beom Gyeowi’s fierce gaze, the two men continued to scream and curse.

Beom Gyeowi was at a loss for words.

All sorts of vile curses were being hurled at him.

He had tried to intimidate them, but it had completely backfired.

Gritting his teeth, Beom Gyeowi finally reached out towards the Three Annihilation Twin Devils.

At that moment.

“Just a little more. We’re almost there.”

Beom Gyeowi’s hand, which had been about to grab the two brothers’ heads, stopped in mid-air.

In that instant.

“Keueo…….”

“Keureuk.”

Wang Yeom and Wang Gyeol, who had been foaming at the mouth, rolled their eyes back and fainted.

Dan Akseon remained calm even at this sight.

They had now passed the most difficult part of the treatment, which was their initial goal.

Beom Gyeowi flinched and stepped back when he saw the Demonic Spirit Needles in Dan Akseon’s hand.

It was an involuntary, instinctive reaction.

Cho Akryang, needless to say, and even Han Seolhwa, who rarely showed any emotion, frowned.

They knew better than anyone else the terror of the Demonic Spirit Needles through their past experiences.

As expected.

Thwack.

When Dan Akseon inserted the Demonic Spirit Needles between the shoulders and necks of the Three Annihilation Twin Devils.

“Kkeua!”

“Keoheop!”

With desperate screams, the two men, who had been unconscious and limp, suddenly snapped their heads up as if struck by lightning.

A sharp pain ran through their spines, sending shivers throughout their bodies!

“Eueuk……!”

“Kteut!”

Suppressed groans leaked from between the two brothers’ clenched teeth.

They couldn’t come to their senses from the unfamiliar pain, which was distinctly different from what they had experienced so far.

How much time had passed?

Dan Akseon slowly pulled out the Demonic Spirit Needles.

“Now, try circulating your energy.”

The Three Annihilation Twin Devils were too weak to answer Dan Akseon’s words and collapsed on the spot.

They had no strength left to even move their lips, let alone circulate their energy.

Dan Akseon continued to speak to the two men, who were panting heavily, completely exhausted.

“I’ve completed all the possible treatments for now. I’ve removed all the toxins that were plaguing your bodies, and I’ve restored the nerves and senses that were dulled by the drugs.”

“…….”

“…….”

Wang Yeom and Wang Gyeol exchanged glances and groaned.

“Don’t worry. You won’t feel any more cravings for the drugs even if you circulate your inner energy.”

The two men, who had been hesitant, reluctantly began to circulate their energy at Dan Akseon’s repeated urging.

After a while.

The two men, who had been circulating their energy with their eyes closed, flinched.

It was a natural reaction that had been ingrained in their bodies over a long period of time.

The terrible craving that had always come as soon as their inner energy began to flow was not felt.

How much time had passed?

When the two men opened their eyes after finishing their energy circulation, their eyes were filled with surprise.

They knew better than anyone else the terrible power of the drugs, as they had been relying on them for a long time.

Like a pitiful man dying of thirst who drinks seawater before his eyes….

Just as they knew that the more they drank, the thirstier they would become, and that they would eventually die of dehydration, they could not stop drinking the seawater they had once tasted; the drugs they had taken were not easy to quit.

And this was not only true for them.

The experts of the Demonic Sect, who had already completed their training and become Protectors of the Demonic Army, were the same.

Through the training process in the Demonic Land, their ferocity had become even more honed and immense.

“How long has it been since I circulated my energy with such a clear mind…….”

Wang Gyeom’s voice was filled with emotion, and Wang Gyeol also sighed in admiration.

“Ever since I cultivated Demonic Art, my mind has always been hazy as if covered in fog…….”

Moreover, they no longer felt the murderous intent and irritation that had often come without their will.

The energy channels, which had always been unstable since they had cultivated Demonic Art, had also regained stability.

An indescribable sense of refreshment.

It was like facing a clear sky after a long rainy season.

But that good feeling was only temporary.

“Now, say it again. What about our Dan Doctor?”

The Three Annihilation Twin Devils flinched at Beom Gyeowi’s fierce gaze.

They belatedly remembered the curses and insults they had hurled during the treatment.

The two men, embarrassed, bowed deeply to Dan Akseon.

“We are sorry for doubting you.”

“How could we, ignorant and uneducated as we are, have known that such an exquisite technique existed?”

Dan Akseon smiled and nodded at the two men, who apologized and offered their sincere thanks.

“Even if the dulled nerves and senses have returned to their original state, the temptation of drugs can come at any time.”

They had already experienced the pleasure of replacing pain, so the temptation would be extraordinary.

The memories that had been deeply ingrained for a long time were difficult to ignore.

“It is only your will that can endure and persevere.”

Wang Yeom and Wang Gyeol nodded at the same time at Dan Akseon’s words.

“We will keep that in mind! Taking drugs only increased the pain.”

“And the time we could maintain a clear mind was not long.”

It was only natural.

No matter how good a drug is, tolerance develops with long-term use.

Not to mention if it is a drug that is no different from poison.

Once tolerance develops, the dosage gradually increases.

And the two men were not foolish enough to not know that it would eventually erode their lifespan.

Dan Akseon nodded at their eyes and voices, which were filled with determination.

At this time, Beom Gyeowi suddenly interjected.

“But who was that old man you were escorting earlier?”

Beom Gyeowi was inwardly curious about the identity of the Taoist [a philosopher or priest of Taoism] who was wearing a colorful robe.

“We don’t know his true identity or background, other than that his surname is Jo. There are only rumors.”

Wang Yeom began, and Wang Gyeol took over and continued the explanation.

“Some say he is a former member of the Maoshan Sect, which was destroyed a long time ago, while others say he is the leader of a heretical sect based in Mount Shu. Occasionally, when he gets drunk, he babbles that he has inherited the secrets of the Ghost Hand.”

“Maoshan Sect?”

Beom Gyeowi looked at Cho Akryang with a puzzled expression.

Cho Akryang snorted as if it were absurd.

If he were a former member of the Maoshan Sect, there was no way he wouldn’t recognize him.

A strange light flashed in Dan Akseon’s eyes.

“It seems that the claim that he inherited the secrets of the Ghost Hand is not entirely false.”

Dan Akseon, recalling the formation that had been set up around the Demonic Sect’s main base, carefully continued.

“Although it doesn’t match exactly, the formation here and the formation set up in the Demonic Divine Valley were somehow similar.”

Tak Yosin, the legendary eccentric of the Jianghu [the martial arts world] who was called Incomprehensible and Omnipotent.

It was clear that the formation was influenced by him.

“Was he in charge of the formation here?”

Wang Yeom nodded at Cho Akryang’s question.

“Yes. I know that he was also in charge of the formation set up in the Demonic Land.”

Wang Gyeol added.

“We were also on our way to the Demonic Land. He said he was going to improve the formation there.”

Dan Akseon was startled.

“Do you know the location of the Demonic Land?”

“Yes? No. We don’t know.”

“We were just escorts. That Taoist knew.”

Dan Akseon was disappointed by the Three Annihilation Twin Devils’ answer.

Cho Akryang glared at Beom Gyeowi at the sight.

Beom Gyeowi also scratched his head in embarrassment.

Even he thought he had acted too hastily.

But even if he regretted it later, it was already irreversible.

Dan Akseon asked the Three Annihilation Twin Devils.

“Can you tell me everything you know about the Demonic Land?”

The Three Annihilation Twin Devils looked troubled.

It wasn’t that they knew much.

“There are about a thousand Demonic Cultivators training there. About three hundred of them have already completed their training and come out. Most of them are Demonic Sect experts who have entrusted their lives to the Demonic Sect, just like us. The remaining seven hundred or so were brought in a long time ago and entered Demonic Art from the beginning.”

He also added that, unlike them, they had accepted Demonic Art and drugs deep into their bones.

“I heard that they are also on the verge of completion. In fact, some of those who have completed their training are joining the main base by the dozens every day.”

“Are all the Protectors of the Demonic Army gathered at the main base?”

Wang Yeom shook his head at Dan Akseon’s question.

“No. They only stay for a day or two and then move somewhere else. There are only about a hundred Protectors of the Demonic Army at the main base, including us.”

“Do you know where they went?”

“No. We don’t know that either.”

While Dan Akseon was lost in thought.

The Three Annihilation Twin Devils brought up an unexpected story.

“Speaking of the Demonic Land, there was a rumor recently that the Heavenly Demon had headed there.”

“What was it called… the Heavenly Peak Divine Pill? They said it was to take that…….”

Cho Akryang was startled.

“Essence of a Thousand Men!”

Cho Akryang’s expression visibly hardened.

“So that’s why his energy was so strong.”

The energy that the Taoist, who had the Three Annihilation Twin Devils as escorts, had emitted—although he had died before completing the spell—was truly extraordinary.

But there was a good reason for that.

It was called a Divine Pill, but the Essence of a Thousand Men was a cursed demon that literally required the lives of a thousand people.

Dan Akseon carefully asked at Cho Akryang’s darkened expression.

“What exactly is this Heavenly Peak Divine Pill?”

Cho Akryang sighed, groaning.

“It is a forbidden alchemy technique that the Maoshan Sect possessed in the past.”

The Maoshan Sect, which relatively completely possessed the form of primitive Taoism, also had its own unparalleled secrets in alchemy.

One of them was the Essence of a Thousand Men.

It was a method of absorbing the blood essence obtained at the cost of a thousand lives.

The method was so vicious and heretical that it was forbidden even within the Maoshan Sect, and I heard that it had never actually been refined.

“The Maoshan Sect enjoyed its heyday under the protection of the Yuan imperial family, and disappeared into the annals of history with the fall of the Yuan.”

And one of the forces that overthrew the Yuan was the current Demonic Sect.

It seemed that it had flowed into the Demonic Sect in the process.

“Such a cruel…….”

Dan Akseon was speechless for a while at Cho Akryang’s explanation.

But that was only for a moment.

“We have to find the Demonic Land quickly.”