Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 183

When the ominous sound and light of Jin’s intent ceased.

Pik!

“…What?”

It went out like a candle.

His bewilderment was evident.

Kuuuung!!

Suddenly, the ground vibrated violently, and the trees and bushes began to stir.

“What’s going on? Even though the Iron Fortress Labyrinth moves on its own, it shouldn’t damage the formation, right?”

It was Lady So.

Yujeong also nodded.

He already knew that the Iron Fortress Labyrinth was a living treasure.

Its origins are unknown, but a terrain that changes arbitrarily cannot reliably host a formation.

That’s why they drew the teleportation formation in the air.

Drawing it on the ground, even with a special technique, increases the chance of failure.

Even with such preparations, they couldn’t help but be taken aback when the teleportation formation suddenly cut off.

Kukung!! Kwazizzle!

It was then.

Suddenly, the ground near the Ghost King split open and soared high into the sky.

“What!”

“Gasp!”

Everything was unpredictable.

However, Yujeong’s eyes gleamed.

Someone was staring down at him from above.

Two pairs of wings.

A demonic beast with horns and red eyes.

The moment Yujeong saw him, he felt like he was looking at a concentrated mass of murderous intent.

The eerie energy brushed past his body as their eyes met.

The murderous aura the creature had accumulated was formidable.

“….”

This was not someone to be taken lightly.

Yujeong clicked his tongue.

The plan had gone awry.

The teleportation failed.

The Ghost Kings will now release Geumchuna, putting them all in danger.

However, Yujeong remained composed.

‘Just in case, I applied poison to the throwing knives as well.’

The Ghost Kings are nothing to fear.

It’s not Bungyang poison [a potent and rare poison], but it’s a poison that can’t be easily detoxified.

The problem is that arrogant guy.

‘That guy is the real problem.’

Chwaarruk!

Yujeong unfolded a folding fan from his sleeve.

One of the Seven Immortal Treasures, the Seven-Section White Feather Fan.

There is no better treasure to gauge the opponent’s strength.

Infusing it with spiritual power and instantly waving the fan, a powerful gale transformed into a vortex, raging like a typhoon.

Yujeong’s pure magical power seemed impossible for even a Heavenly Immortal of the same level to easily parry. Yujeong looked at the demonic beast with a spirited face.

A face as if to say, “What can you do?”

The demonic beast glared at him as if to kill him and took out a sword from his chest.

A sword as beautiful as a flower.

A blue longsword-shaped treasured sword.

Instantly, goosebumps rose all over his body.

Yujeong instinctively threw himself aside.

Shwiik!!

A sharp noise was heard first.

Kwazazazazazazak!!

Afterward, an earth-shattering explosion split the sky and the earth. When he looked up at the sky with a dumbfounded expression.

The creature was holding Gugui in his arms.

“…It’s not bad. It’s just one more guy to kill anyway.”

The upper hand is still with them.

What is there to fear?

The plan has gone awry, but if they kill them all, that too is according to plan.

“Even if you show up now, what can you do? Among the dying guys, even if there’s one who’s okay, he’s just one of the guys who will soon die out.”

* * *

Thud.

Sangoon, who descended from the sky, frowned at Hori’s condition.

‘The poison has long since penetrated even the fire spirit.’

She cannot be saved.

If it were Sangoon, he might have been able to try to survive, but Hori is not immune to poison.

“Ha….”

Hori’s body was gradually breaking down.

Cracking like stone and weathering into dust.

Starting from her feet, she was slowly disappearing from the end.

The sight of her turning into powder and slowly disappearing was paradoxically dreamlike.

However, the situation is clearly reality.

Hongyeon was looking at him with desperate eyes.

How could he not know that heart?

Sangoon closed his eyes and pondered.

And soon.

-Geomdoonga. Listen carefully.

He began to telepathically communicate with her.

Soon, Sangoon’s lips moved.

He slowly spoke something as if chanting, and touched various parts of Hori’s body.

After a while.

Sangoon took a deep breath.

“Hoo….”

He had done all he could.

The rest depended on Hori.

Sangoon formed a hand seal and chanted a spell.

Then, a silver energy swirled around Hori’s weathering body and began to transform into a cocoon of light.

[Sangoon-nim! Our master!]

Sangoon immediately approached Hongyeon and pulled out the throwing knife embedded in her body.

Puhwak!

[Kueeeeuk!!]

“There’s no certainty as to what will happen. This is something that can only be left to fate, so it’s best to brace yourself.”

Sangoon said that and grabbed the Geumchuna [a binding artifact] that bound Hongyeon with his hand.

Soon, he gathered his energy, and blue flames rose from his hand.

Hwareureuk!

Even so, the energy of Geumchuna did not disappear, but when Sangoon exerted force while creating Bongak Cheonghwa [a powerful technique], it shattered with a creak! Then, Hongyeon’s eyes widened. She transformed into her true form and urgently examined the silver cocoon.

She might have asked what he had done, but she seemed more worried about Hori.

“H, how did you do it?

Is my master alive? W, why… no, how…?”

She seemed quite confused.

She knew well what kind of poison Bungyang poison was, so she must have had questions.

But there is no time to answer.

“Calm down. Nothing has changed yet.”

Sangoon, who said that, got up from his seat and looked down at the creature.

Soon, a centipede came out of his sleeve and transformed into black armor.

It was Tamhwa’s Wiju Hoyeon Armor.

“I taught Hori one of the Reverse Heaven Arts that I knew. Originally, this is not a divine power used in this way… but the situation is what it is, so I had no choice. It’s a divine power with side effects, but it’s better than dying, so I did it.”

Sinjeol Yunhoe (Body Severing Reincarnation) [a forbidden technique].

Whether she will die from Bungyang poison first.

Or whether she will die from the failure of divine power is unknown.

It was truly up to fate.

“…What will Sangoon-nim do?”

As expected, it was Hongyeon.

After taking a few breaths, she seemed to have already sorted out the situation.

“Although the teleportation formation has been destroyed, the Ghost King and I were poisoned by that creature’s poison.”

It wasn’t a life-threatening poison, but it was difficult to engage in battle.

That meant Sangoon had to face them alone, but there was no way that was possible.

He could open the Dragon Vein, but Yujeong wouldn’t let that happen.

Sangoon silently looked at the Taoists and raised the corners of his lips.

“Well. It doesn’t seem like I need to face them all.”

“What does that mean….”

It was then.

Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuung.

A huge reverberation began to spread.

It was a reverberation that made his whole body sway.

Soon, space distorted in the air.

Jjeojeojeok!!

The space of the Iron Fortress Labyrinth is torn.

Cracks began to appear everywhere, like a broken mirror.

Not only that.

A pressure as if the sky was pressing down and a suffocating energy began to creep up.

“Cough!”

Due to such strange phenomena, not only the Taoists who were with Yujeong, but also the surviving Ghost Beasts and Ghost Kings gasped for air.

But it was too early to be surprised.

Kwachachachachachachang!!

As a mysterious energy swept like a north wind, space shattered and the Iron Fortress Labyrinth disappeared without a trace, distorting space.

Before they knew it, they were at the top of a mountain.

It was Iron Fortress Mountain.

Kururung Kwahang!!

As if the sky was angry, it was full of dark clouds and thunder roared loudly.

Strangely, the dark clouds swirled, creating a vortex, making a round hole in the middle.

Around it, thunder and lightning raged, and the world shook with a roar, as if the world was collapsing.

Everyone had faces that didn’t even guess what was happening.

Only Sangoon folded his arms with a calm face and turned his head.

“It’s here.”

Immediately after he spoke.

A faint mass of light soared leisurely into the sky from the summit of Iron Fortress Mountain.

As an unknown light soared, thunder and lightning began to roar more fiercely in the dark clouds.

Kwareureung!

Then lightning struck.

Kwahng!!

Kwazachachachachachak!!

It wasn’t ordinary lightning.

The aftermath of the lightning strike alone shook the ground and distorted space.

Not only that.

The lightning that fell on Iron Fortress Mountain split the ground and entered it, causing a chain explosion.

Kung!! Kwaaang!!

“Heavenly Trial Tribulation [a test of worthiness]?!”

“No, it’s more powerful than that! This is…!”

When the Taoists and Ghost Kings were speculating.

A quietly murmured voice dismissed it.

“Heavenly Lightning.”

That was the true lightning of the sky.

It was Heavenly Lightning.

“How can the legendary Heavenly Lightning….”

One of the Taoists said as if sighing.

It was a sudden phenomenon for them.

Heavenly Lightning is the last trial to prevent the ascension of immortals and the lightning of the sky that adjusts causality!

“T, then that is…!”

It was then. The light that had risen above the sky where lightning struck flashed for a moment.

The mass of light, which had grown as if to illuminate the world, suddenly turned into something huge.

“Could it be!”

The overall appearance had the body of a deer, the hooves of a cow, and horns.

The horns were like pillars supporting the sky, and the red scales that sprouted all over his body were so solid that they looked like ornaments. The abundant fur on his hooves was reminiscent of clouds.

The dragon-like eyes were sharp, and the mysterious five-colored flames that were all over his body gave a mysterious feeling.

“Hwagi Rin… the legendary Hwagi Rin…!”

The Sinful Beast sealed in Iron Fortress Mountain.

He was Hwagi Rin (Fire Kirin) [a mythical beast].

[The lower realm is indeed narrow.]

Kuuuuuuuuuuung!!

When Hwagi Rin opened his mouth while looking down slightly, a huge pressure instantly crushed the surroundings.

“Cough!”

“Kuhuk!!”

The Taoists and Ghost Beasts knelt at his words.

Some were vomiting blood, as if they had suffered internal injuries just by being near him.

It was none other than Yujeong.

His head was dizzy.

To think that something sealed in Iron Fortress Mountain was really a divine beast!

Lady So’s face was pale, as if she didn’t know it was real either.

Not only the Heavenly Immortals but also the other Ghost Beasts and Ghost Kings trembled with fear at the appearance of the divine beast.

It was an instinctive fear.

A being from a different dimension of the Immortal Realm.

Why wouldn’t they when they witnessed him?

It was quite amazing that they didn’t lose consciousness.

However, among them, only.

Only Sangoon was fine.

Because he was prepared.

Mysterious silver energy and blue flames flickered around him.

[Unlucky bastard.]

Hwagi Rin, who said that, moved his body, which was as majestic as a mountain.

The dark clouds swirled, creating a hole, and around it, thousands of Heavenly Lightnings flashed as if waiting for prey.

Hwagi Rin snorted as if it was absurd and rushed towards the Heavenly Lightnings in an instant.

Kwajijijik Kureureung!!

As expected, thousands of Heavenly Lightnings were fired at Hwagi Rin.

However, he avoided or bit off the Heavenly Lightnings without hesitation.

It was an instant event.

Gooooooo.

The Heavenly Origin Energy gathered in Hwagi Rin’s horn, and a magnificent pulsation echoed.

And when it was fired.

Chwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

Along with a dazzling pillar of light.

A huge hole was pierced in the sky.

The pierced hole contained a mysterious light and subtly illuminated something.

Flowers bloomed in the dark clouds and light shone in the sky from the energy flowing out of the hole.

‘That is….’

The end of all Tao [the universal principle].

The path to the sky, to the immortals!

It was definitely the Heavenly Road.