Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 253

Nangseon Gi Hwandam – 252

“Haa, haa… Hoo-”

Choa, wiping the sweat from her chin with her sleeve, breathed heavily.

The might of the Cheon Yang Ji Bo [Heavenly Sun Finger], Hye Yeon Hwae Geom [Wisdom Lotus Flame Sword], and Gogu Cheonwoo [Ancient Solitary Heavenly Cry] was, without a doubt, outstanding.

It shattered the Haeryong Clan’s Biseungseon [Flying Ascending Immortal], which no one else could touch, in one fell swoop.

There was no need to elaborate on the power of the Cheon Yang Ji Bo.

‘But the consumption of spirit energy is extreme….’

Choa, with the spirit of the Baekyo Boryeon [White Jade Precious Lotus], possessed more spirit energy, or magical power, than an ordinary Taoist.

Even so, a third of her energy was drained in an instant.

If she had lost her focus even for a moment, she would have fainted.

“Keuk.”

As she knelt down and calmed her expanded energy channels, the disciples of the Baek San Clan [White Mountain Clan] rushed over to support her.

“A, are you alright!”

“Sanbi-nim [Miss Sanbi]!!”

It was Mansam and his disciple, Myeongchil, looking even more haggard than she was.

“I’m fine.”

Barely managing to stand with their support, Choa looked at the Cheon Yang Ji Bo in her hands and felt goosebumps.

‘How did Master handle these things so easily?’

The more she thought about it, the more she could only chuckle in disbelief. She knew he had twice as much spirit energy as others, but using the Cheon Yang Ji Bo directly made her realize it was beyond imagination.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to handle the Cheon Yang Ji Bo so easily….

‘Master has been using the Cheon Yang Ji Bo properly since Yeongmyeong [a specific era or event]….’

The more she thought about it, the more absurd it seemed, leaving her speechless.

While Choa was lost in thought, the Baek San Clan disciples stared blankly at the scene she had created, their faces dumbfounded.

She had split the sky with a single sword and crushed over a dozen Biseungseon with a single divine power, so it was a natural reaction.

She had accomplished in the blink of an eye what they couldn’t do even with great effort, so it was only natural.

The disciples felt a sense of deprivation, but they began to place more significance on the fact that they had survived.

“If she’s Sanbi, isn’t she the consort of our Clan Lord!”

As they spoke one by one, she was soon being called ‘Samo’ [Clan Lord’s Wife] by the disciples.

“Sanbi… no, Samo-nim. If Samo-nim has come here….”

Mansam, as if realizing something, asked with hopeful eyes.

“Yes, Clan Lord went east, and I came north.”

“Ah…!”

In an instant, not only Mansam but also the disciples’ faces lit up.

An indescribable emotion surged, and they felt strength they didn’t have before.

The Clan Lord of the Baek San Clan had arrived.

With those words, they felt as if they had gained a thousand troops and horses.

“We’re alive now. We’re alive!!”

“I thought we were going to die without a doubt…!!”

The appearance of their savior raised the morale of the Baek San Clan sky-high.

Moreover… how could they not be happy that the master of Baek San, whom they had been waiting for, had come?

Most of the Baek San Clan disciples remembered his former appearance and majesty.

His image of annihilating the Six Dong’s sects [Six Cave Sects] and defeating the Noeseonsa [Old Hermit Master] single-handedly had long been etched in the disciples’ minds.

It was only natural, as hundreds of disciples had joined the Baek San Clan after hearing the reputation of the Sangun [Esteemed Lord], known for his powerful divine abilities.

However… in contrast, the morale of Bangok [a region or alliance] plummeted.

In an instant, the Elder of the Ilwol Clan [Sun Moon Clan] was killed, and all the Biseungseon exploded like burst persimmons, so how could they raise their morale in such a situation?

It was a natural outcome.

“Those dying bastards…!”

The Great Elder of the Cheonjamun Clan [Thousand Character Classic Clan] couldn’t contain his anger and his face turned red, and the Great Elders of the other clans were the same.

“W, what should we do about this! If the Haeryong Clan [Sea Dragon Clan] finds out that all the Biseungseon have been destroyed, we will be burdened with enormous debt!”

It was the Clan Lord of the Gongdong Clan [Common Cave Clan].

“That’s not the problem now. We’re about to die before we even get into debt! What are you talking about!”

“The Great Elder of the Mudang Clan [Shaman Clan] is right.”

Surviving now was more important than worrying about debt.

“No matter how great the Hyeoncheon Seonnyeo [Mystic Heaven Fairy] is, she won’t be able to handle us if we attack together. She used a lot of magical power to use the Cheon Yang Ji Bo, so we have a chance!”

The Baek San Clan disciples were all exhausted, and their numbers had been halved for a long time.

Choa, the Hyeoncheon Seonnyeo who was their hope, had consumed a lot of magical power destroying the Biseungseon, so they seemed to have a chance.

The number of Taoists in Bangok had not decreased much, and the Taeseon’s [Great Immortal] magical power remained intact.

Looking at the numbers and other factors, it seemed like they had a chance at first glance.

However, the Great Elder of the Mudang Clan shook his head with a worried look.

“I… will withdraw.”

“Are you saying you’re betraying us?”

“No.”

“What else is it if not betrayal! Are you saying you’re running away from the middle of the battlefield! Your actions are the same as the Mudang Clan’s position!”

At the sharp words, the Great Elder of the Mudang Clan frowned and retorted.

“Can you destroy even one Biseungseon?”

“Th, that is….”

“Even if she’s exhausted, the Hyeoncheon Seonnyeo has treasures in her hands that can massacre us. I don’t want to risk my life by moving rashly.”

“But she’s just a woman and a bunch of dying guys. I think the Great Elder is overestimating her?”

“We’ll soon see who’s overestimating and who’s underestimating. Anyway, I’ll stand aside, so do as you please. After all, she’s just a woman, so you can handle it yourselves.”

“Hmph, don’t regret it!”

“If we catch that woman, we’ll get the Cheon Yang Ji Bo, and you’re giving it up? You’ve lived too long and your head has hardened, hahaha!!”

The Great Elder of the Mudang Clan laughed and stepped back with his hands behind his back, while only the Cheonjamun and Gongdong Clans stepped forward.

“Let’s have some fun!”

A moment later.

Chwaak!

Red blood was splattered on her transparent sword.

The bloodstains scattered on the snowfield were like flowers that could not bloom.

“Do you want to continue?”

Around her, bloodstains were scattered on the white snowfield, and ice flowers made of ice were dyed bright red. The ice flowers created by Choa were dyed crimson with the blood of others, making them seem almost beautiful.

However, beneath those ice flowers, thousands of spear-like thorns rose up, skewering hundreds of fragmented bodies.

“…The Mudang Clan has withdrawn from this matter. I wish the Baek San Clan good fortune.”

“As you wish.”

Choa’s cold expression was not that of a fairy but of a ghost. Even in the blood-stained snowfield, she was still dressed in pure white, making her even more eerie.

She didn’t even use the Cheon Yang Ji Bo in the fight against the Taeseon.

She could easily handle two Taeseon without using it, so it seemed like she deserved the title of Hyeoncheon Seonnyeo.

The flowers made of ice were initially transparent, but as they absorbed blood, they shone faintly, adding to their beauty.

However, these ice flowers indiscriminately sprouted throughout the area, instantly slaughtering the Taoists, tearing them apart or freezing them.

Because of such divine power, the two Taeseon of Bangok were also caught off guard, their legs frozen and their bodies pierced like skewers, instantly killing them.

‘Besides….’

If the Taeseon were so easily defeated, what about the other Taoists?

Their feet froze just by touching her coldness, and they were busy being stabbed to death by the ice spears rising from the ground.

He, who was about to return to the Mudang Clan, turned back and looked at the scene she had created again, and asked.

“Do you think there’s a chance?”

He was asking about the future of Baek San.

The Haeryong Clan of the East Sea, Bangok, and various other sects and demonic cults were intertwined.

It was no exaggeration to say that the whole world was Baek San’s enemy, so he was asking.

Even if they won now, wouldn’t Baek San be unable to avoid annihilation if dozens of Taeseon rushed in?

“Of course.”

But she answered firmly.

“How can you be so sure?”

To his question.

“It’s obvious.”

She replied with a chilling smile.

“Because my husband is angry.”

* * *

Somewhere deep in the East Sea.

A Taeseon rushed in and prostrated himself before a woman.

He was the Haeryong Clan Elder who had been told to inform Sangun of his arrival.

The woman in front of him was, of course, Jisol, who was firmly bound by a bad relationship.

“Is that true?”

“How could I lie? It’s all true!!”

The woman, who had been silent for a moment, clicked her tongue and muttered.

“He came sooner than expected.”

“Yes, if you say sooner than expected….”

“I was going to finish it before he came, but if things have turned out that way, there’s nothing I can do.”

It was something she had already expected.

A look of joy appeared on the man’s face.

However, in contrast, a dark cloud hung over the woman’s face.

“He killed hundreds of our clansmen with a single lightning divine power.”

It was hard to believe.

From what she heard, it wasn’t like they were gathered in one place, but he had killed all the Yuksa [Jade Dragons], who were fighting in all directions across the entire area, with lightning divine power….

‘Could it be that he has become an Eternal?’

No, that couldn’t be.

No matter how much he had obtained the Woncheon River [Origin Heaven River], there was no way he could have melted it down and risen to Eternity in this short amount of time.

It would naturally take thousands of years just to melt down the vast energy of the Woncheon River.

“Is he coming?”

At that moment, a handsome man popped out from behind her.

He was her brother, Jido.

He was also someone who had a long and bitter relationship with Sangun.

“Yes, it seems so.”

“I’ll go.”

“He is extremely dangerous. You can’t handle him alone, brother.”

“600 years ago, I cut off all grains and devoted myself to training because of the humiliation and resentment I suffered from him. I am prepared to give up anything if I can kill him.”

“But….”

“The number of Haeryong Clan members who died because of him exceeds a thousand. And it is right to resolve the resentment of my dead siblings.”

About 600 years ago.

Not many Haeryong Clan members remember Sangun, who turned the East Sea into a sea of blood.

Most of them, like Jido’s siblings, had died long ago.

But he couldn’t forget.

The humiliation of that day.

How could he forget the pain of that day?

“Hundreds of Haeryong Clan members died because of a single man, and the bloodline of the Haeryong was cut off, how could I!!”

How could he forget?

“Although I am now pushed back by you and am only a prince in name, I must insist on my stubbornness regarding him.”

Jido knelt down before Jisol and pleaded earnestly.

“Brother….”

“Please, let me avenge the grievances of your brothers.”

He never thought that the proud Jido would kneel down and ask like this.

Even though they were rivals for the throne, they were still of the same blood, so she secretly wanted to do that for him.

‘But that guy….’

He was a guy she couldn’t let her guard down on.

He was a guy who, just when she thought she had caught him, she would miss him, and just when she thought he was dead, she would find out he was alive.

Hadn’t she seen it in Geumhwan Seonhyang [Golden Ring Celestial Fragrance]?

Even in the Geumje [Forbidden Zone], which he could never escape, he escaped on the Oryong [Five Dragons].

Because he was such an unpredictable guy, she had to carefully examine every possibility and kill him with all her might, even if it was one in a thousand or ten thousand.

“Sola. Please.”

But because he was so earnest, she couldn’t help but weaken.

As she was wondering what to do, at that moment.

[Is there any need to ask like that.]

Hmph!

“Who is it!!”

At her sharp shout, a figure walked out leisurely from behind the pillar.

A man with red eyes wearing a black robe.

“I came myself, so there’s no need to ask.”

It was Sangun.

“How did you!!”

The Haeryong Clan’s Yonggung [Dragon Palace] was a natural fortress.

Not only was it hidden deep in the seabed, but the geographical advantages and formations created by their ancestors were intertwined, making it impossible to find or enter easily.

“Why do you think I spared you?”

“Could it be…!”

Sangun reached out to the Haeryong Clan Elder, and a small ball of light returned.

“Geumje!”

He had already planted a Geumje in the Elder’s body.

“No way!”

“You can believe it or not, but is this how the Haeryong Clan treats guests? It’s a mess, a mess.

There are so many words about how great it is, but seeing that they can’t even treat guests properly, I can see their level. Right?”

“You bastard!!”

Kugugugung!!

Kwaaaang!!

One side of the Yonggung was smashed, and a huge Haeryong rose above it.

It was Jido’s true form, a Haeryong with a huge scar across half of its body.

[No matter what tricks you used, only the one who came here on his own two feet will take your life!!]

[What are you doing! Surround him!]

The Haeryong Clan, who had also transformed into Haeryong, gathered one after another and surrounded him.

[Even if it’s on land, you’re no different from a rat in a trap in the sea.]

Why would the Haeryong Clan be the Haeryong Clan?

They were born in the sea and lived here until they died.

Therefore, the sea was their home and base, and it was also a place where they could exert their full strength more than anywhere else.

[I can finally avenge the grievances of 600 years ago, so today is a very good day.]

“600 years ago… ah, there was such a thing. You must be the guy who survived back then. Was it Ji something?”

[What a ridiculous provocation. Even if you do that, it doesn’t change the fact that you’re a dead man.]

“What provocation.”

As he laughed in disbelief, the murderous intent of Jido and the Haeryong became even more intense.

Hundreds of Haeryong gathered in an instant and surrounded him, and a murderous intent that would frighten anyone descended heavily like mud.

But Sangun raised the corners of his mouth as if he was amused and put his hands behind his back.

“It’s about time to cut off the grudges with the Haeryong Clan.”

The moment Sangun, who had removed his smile, looked at the Haeryong and spread his fist.

“Die.”

Chwaak!!

The two-edged sword that tore through space and flew in an instant cut the Haeryong.

[Kyaaaak!!]

The bodies of the Haeryong were instantly cut in half and fell down, and at the same time, Sangun’s body began to glow purple.

Pajik, Pajijijik!!

“It’ll hurt more in the sea. Try to avoid it if you can.”