Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 295

“Kuaaaaak!”

What came from Jang So-young’s mouth was a beast-like cry.

“Kyak! Kyak!”

It was a scream of pain mixed with a primal cry, carrying a tremendous inner force that spread in all directions.

Faaah!

The resulting energy wave was so powerful that some martial artists lost their footing and fell.

Lee Rowan stood firm, watching Jang So-young amidst the chaos.

In Lee Rowan’s red eyes, he could see the flow of energy within her body and a strange, crystal-like substance.

He seemed to understand what was happening to her.

“Finally….”

A tangible form.

“It’s revealing itself.”

This was unlike any martial art he knew.

A different, alien power.

-Player.

A unique power, like a player’s skill, was emanating from deep within her.

A power that could not mix with a martial artist’s energy.

Therefore, the two powers were.

Kwaang.

Repelling each other within her body, causing a violent shock.

The pain Jang So-young was feeling was a result of this conflict, and.

-Resistance.

He could tell she was resisting that power.

But that resistance wouldn’t last long.

Ssssk.

He could see it in her eyes.

She had met a new master and gained new power.

But she didn’t seem to feel the joy of a martial artist who had encountered such a stroke of luck.

Instead, her eyes were empty, as if she had lost everything.

The eyes of someone who had learned a truth they didn’t want to know, a truth they couldn’t overcome.

It was like….

‘It’s similar to how I was that day.’

It was the same look he had when he was waiting for death in the corpse disposal site of Mount Hua.

Goooh!

The crimson pillar of energy grew even darker and began to consume her.

Jang So-young.

She had taken the incomplete power of the Heavenly Demon [a martial art focused on strengthening the body] into her body, and it was supposed to be reborn as the complete Blood Demon Divine Art [a martial art focused on manipulating blood].

But the blood core, which should have been naturally felt, felt incomplete.

This must be the reason.

“From the start….”

Lee Rowan murmured, looking at the crimson pillar.

“It couldn’t have been completed.”

Jang So-young’s body was not capable of mastering either the Blood Demon Divine Art or the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

The power already residing in her body would not have been able to accept another alien and powerful force.

Because it was such a powerful divine art, it was possible to a certain extent, but it could never be completed.

Already in her core….

Squirm.

A parasite was taking root.

Lee Rowan could see everything.

Jang So-young screaming within the crimson pillar, the blood demon energy burning in her core.

The parasite squirming in that core, flowing through her blood vessels.

That was it.

That was….

-Mutation.

It must be Kwon Cheol’s ability.

Hwaaaak!

The crimson pillar grew even more fiercely.

As it tried to devour the entire area, the martial artists quickly began to retreat.

Chwaaa!

The blood that gushed from the bodies of the dead martial artists was being absorbed into the pillar.

“Keo! Keoeok!”

Even the martial artists who were still alive were drying up and dying as if their blood was being sucked out the moment they touched the pillar.

“Divine Demon…!”

They called out to Lee Rowan.

But seeing that Lee Rowan was just standing there, they nodded and retreated.

Finally, the crimson pillar was right in front of Lee Rowan.

No, it began to devour Lee Rowan.

Kooong!

The moment the pillar touched him, he felt an intense shock that struck his entire body.

While other martial artists could only be swallowed, Lee Rowan was resisting it, causing the shock.

Hwaak!

Lee Rowan was swallowed into the pillar.

The pillar, which had been trying to devour everything around it, was now focusing all its power on only one target, Lee Rowan.

“Kyak…. Keu… Keu….”

Jang So-young, with her arms and legs stretched out, was in pain, floating in the air as if nailed to the pillar, moaning.

Even though she was moaning, her eyes were filled with emptiness, as if nothing mattered.

Was that why?

Thud.

Lee Rowan pushed through the pillar and moved forward.

‘I will save people.’

He didn’t have such a purpose, but somehow that thought had grown a little.

‘I will save the residents of Earth, the players.’

He would prevent others from experiencing the terrible past he had endured.

It wasn’t for any grand cause.

He just thought of it as revenge against the world that had oppressed him.

‘I….’

Will save them.

People.

That’s why.

“I will also save the martial artists.”

The martial artists acted as if they were transcendent beings incomparable to the residents of Earth.

As if they were noble beings incomparable to the players.

As if they were the rulers of Asia.

They acted as if they were the answer.

But Lee Rowan had learned through experience.

It was something he could never have known when he was just a player in the past.

‘Not all of them are like that.’

Among the martial artists, there were many who could not accept the current situation.

If not those like the Nine Great Sects [powerful martial arts clans], even if they were, they were just complying with the established order, not recognizing that the order was wrong.

They could have mixed, but they didn’t, they couldn’t.

Those who were denied the life they wanted, the will to do what they wanted.

“I will save them.”

Those denied things.

Jang So-young.

It didn’t matter to Lee Rowan what sins she had committed or what kind of person she was.

That was not something Lee Rowan needed to worry about.

This was not an act of salvation.

-An act of revenge.

It was just Lee Rowan’s revenge against the world.

Ssssk.

As he broke through the pillar, Lee Rowan’s skin was torn and cracked, and his whole body was covered in blood from those wounds.

Even so, with unwavering eyes, Lee Rowan reached out his hand.

“I will save you.”

I will.

“I will show you a way to live.”

Lee Rowan’s hand touched Jang So-young.

* * *

The last thing she had heard was the voice of the sect leader, and the last thing she had felt was terrible pain.

Although she had never experienced it before, as a martial artist who had reached a certain level, Jang So-young knew what it was.

That thing she had only heard about.

-Mutation.

It was similar to Qi Deviation [a dangerous condition where a martial artist’s inner energy goes out of control].

Losing oneself and going berserk.

Even the fact that it meant crossing a river from which there was no return.

But it could not be compared to simply releasing innate energy and unleashing immense destructive power due to Qi Deviation.

-This is….

The sect leader’s voice.

-Evolution.

It felt as if the inner energy she had learned and accumulated was going berserk and coming to life.

She also felt that it was trying to transform her into something new, as if it had taken shape and was consuming her.

And at the last moment.

-Ah.

She even felt a refreshing and pleasant sensation.

A feeling that if she could continue to feel that sensation, she could cut off an arm without any hesitation.

There was an unpleasant energy mixed in it, but.

‘Aaaah.’

Soon, she realized that the energy was a much warmer touch.

She was a moth.

Trying to jump into the flames without knowing they were flames.

But that energy was a lifeline that saved her from jumping into the flames.

What was it?

And where was she now?

-Step aside.

A voice was heard in her hazy mind.

It was a familiar voice.

-Jang So-young has been defeated. Will you continue?

Lee Rowan.

It was his voice.

Even though she hadn’t woken up yet, Jang So-young could hear and feel it.

That a path had been opened by Lee Rowan’s one word.

-What are you fighting for?

No, that it was being opened.

-For your sect? I have no intention of destroying your sect.

He said.

-I will only take what I need.

And the path was already completely open.

Although there was a group that was fiercely resisting, they soon stepped aside.

It was nearly impossible to face Lee Rowan, who Jang So-young, one of the top masters of Jeomchang, couldn’t even properly injure.

Also.

-You already know it.

Lee Rowan’s one word also represented the reality of Jeomchang.

Jeomchang, claiming to be righteous, standing as a pillar of the righteous faction.

But at some point, the righteous faction was no longer righteous, and the name Jeomchang was different from what they remembered and thought of.

Protect Jeomchang.

-How can you protect something that has already crumbled?

Something that has disappeared.

There was nothing more absurd than saying that you would protect it.

That’s why the martial artists stepped aside.

And Lee Rowan moved forward.

The slowly awakening mind.

The awakening senses seemed more sensitive and delicate than before.

“Stay still.”

Lee Rowan’s voice was heard.

“You have molted once.”

Molt [shedding of skin or outer layer].

“The problem is that it wasn’t a proper molt. It will take time to get used to that sensation. It’s something you can’t do right now.”

She didn’t know what Lee Rowan was saying, but ironically, she felt like she did.

And what she could also tell was.

Nod.

That he was trying to help her, not harm her.

“It’s not bad to listen well.”

She felt as if the blood flow in her whole body was moving rapidly at his words, but Jang So-young couldn’t do anything.

She didn’t even know what state her body was in.

She was just being carried forward by him.

And there, where they were going.

Saaaah.

A desolate, cold wind was blowing.

The guild house of Jeomchang.

It was the place where the pillar of Jeomchang was erected, and it was also the flag that dominated the entire Philippines.

Of course, the gate to the world of Jeomchang was not here, but the moment a group called the Blood Demon and the Blood Cult stepped here, the war was as good as over.

The end of the war.

The Blood Cult’s victory was imminent.

Saaaah.

Along with the blowing cold wind, someone appeared.

He was a middle-aged man with glossy black hair and a benevolent appearance.

And he was.

“Hehe.”

Yu Un-hak, the sect leader of Jeomchang.

The Nine Great Sects and the Five Great Families, the pillars of righteousness.

The sect leader of such a Nine Great Sect was literally one of the top fifteen masters in Asia.

Although Jang So-young had long received the title of Heavenly Flash and represented Jeomchang, she could never be a match for the sect leader.

It was the same even after Jang So-young returned after her seclusion.

When she went to see him after realizing all the truth.

-You.

Jang So-young only wanted to kill him.

The feeling that her entire life had been denied.

The feeling that everything was fake and that she had been deceived made her want to tear his limbs apart and display them.

But she didn’t.

-Why do you have such an expression?

She couldn’t.

He was the sect leader, her father, and her master.

-It was from the beginning.

Even though he had become the sect leader at some point, he was already that when he took her in.

Also.

Goooh.

He was a strongman that even the new her could not overcome.

“So you are the Blood Demon of this era.”

Yu Un-hak said with a benevolent smile.

Lee Rowan’s smile was bitter.

“What a load of crap.”

Lee Rowan’s voice spread with the wind.

“It’s been a while.”

His red eyes gleamed.

“Kwon Cheol.”

Yu Un-hak, the sect leader of Jeomchang.

“Yes, it has been a while, my son.”

Kwon Cheol, the leader of the enemy forces, replied.