Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 338

Tales of a Wandering Swordsman – Part 2, Chapter 47

“It’s nice to see you again like this.”

“…Indeed.”

Saha, having once again entered the Stillness Realm [a dimension where consciousness is absorbed], encountered a woman she wasn’t particularly eager to meet.

It was Peng Gayeon, whom she had previously fought fiercely, as if their lives were on the line.

Of course, she wasn’t alone.

Saha saw some of the merchant ships from other families she had seen before, as well as a few minor immortals [less powerful celestial beings].

However, their complexions were ashen, as if they had smeared mud on their faces.

“So, you’ve entered the Stillness Realm? Without a Soul-Devouring Pill [a pill that protects against the Stillness Realm’s effects]?!”

Those who had entered without the bracelet that prevented the corruption of consciousness trembled with fear. For a merchant immortal, the corruption of consciousness soon affected the physical body.

“Aaaagh, my body!”

But the merchant immortals were the least of the problem.

The real issue was the minor immortals.

Minor immortals, with their weak consciousness, were already being consumed by the Stillness Realm.

From the start, the Stillness Realm was a treasure that absorbed and erased consciousness.

Merchant immortals could withstand it for a while, but not minor immortals.

“Aaaah…!”

The minor immortal’s appearance turned transparent and gradually scattered like smoke.

“S, save me! Save m….”

The minor immortal, who had approached Saha begging for help, vanished into thin air.

Turning into smoke, they became part of the Stillness Realm.

Saha’s face turned pale.

She finally grasped the situation.

“Stay still. You are the last of the Saha family. Nothing will happen to you.”

“What do you mean?”

Then, Peng Gayeon moved her lips, communicating telepathically, and Saha was so surprised that she couldn’t close her mouth.

Peng Gayeon explained the series of events that were happening now.

After receiving a rough explanation, Saha immediately thought of Beom.

“Where are you going?”

“I have to find him.”

“The Thousand Celestial Swordsman [Cheon Beom]?”

“Yes.”

“Can you find him? Even setting that aside, it’s something that can be waited for. Unless he has earned someone’s resentment, he won’t die, right? He is an excellent swordsman. He isn’t someone involved in the grand scheme, so you don’t have to worry.”

“I know, but….”

For some reason, she felt uneasy.

Saha gripped her chest and bit her lip.

She had never felt such an ominous sensation before.

It felt like something was about to happen.

‘Beom said so.’

He always trusted his gut when he was at a crossroads.

So, she couldn’t stay still either. Because what her gut was telling her now was a sense of unease about him.

“Saha-nim [a respectful title]. You are the last of the Saha family and a descendant of a family that has received grace from the Water Realm.”

“A family that has also had its grace repaid with enmity.”

“So, we are trying to correct it now and repay the favor. This place is very chaotic and dangerous. It would be safer for you to be with me.”

But Saha shook her head.

“In my eyes, you don’t seem that different. Even if you talk about repaying the favor now, there’s no way it will resonate with me. I don’t trust anyone. Except for one person.”

Saha said that and disappeared.

Left alone, Peng Gayeon twisted her lips and pondered her words.

“One person….”

That one person must be Cheon Beom.

“The Water Realm will change.”

And it will become chaotic.

At the center of that chaos will be the new Five Great Families and Hwagiin.

“You are the justification for harmony.”

It would be troublesome if that justification was rebellious.

But it seems like it will be alright.

“Because I’ve found the answer.”

Cheon Beom.

If she captures him, all problems will be solved.

* * *

“It’s a waste of effort.”

His indifferent face and tone were grating.

But there was nothing wrong with what he said, so there was nothing to say.

‘It’s a more formidable barrier than I thought.’

The four mountains spun around, and the powerful quadruple barrier endured as if Beom’s fist was just tickling it.

“Can you ease up a bit? It’s too hard.”

At his grumbling, Ho Junseong’s lips curved into a smile.

Even though the situation was what it was, he made a joke, so even he, who had steeled his heart, couldn’t help but laugh.

“I’m going to die anyway, so it doesn’t matter, but shouldn’t I fulfill my mission? Try harder.”

“You’ll regret those words.”

He said it as if telling him to wait and see, and a smile spread across Ho Junseong’s lips.

Beom took out his twelve Subduing Evil Swords and spread them out.

The silver wooden swords spread out in a circle in front of him, and as he formed a hand seal, they instantly overlapped into one sword.

As it instantly transformed into a greatsword, a milky white aura that rippled like water overflowed.

It was the aura of exorcism.

“I’ve always had a lot of bad blood with the Demonic Path guys. It was a world where you couldn’t survive in the Lower Realm without preparing something like this.”

Ho Junseong was silent.

Beom grabbed the Subduing Evil Sword and slashed it horizontally in one swift motion.

Thud!

But all that was heard was a heavy noise.

“It’s true that it’s the aura of exorcism, but do you think it’s possible with just that? It might work on merchant immortals, but it won’t work on me.”

“Really? Then how about this?”

It was then.

A powerful blow struck Ho Junseong’s barrier along with a voice that suddenly rang out.

Kwaaaang!!

“Keuk!”

Beom, who had moved his body away in an instant, was blown away far by the aftermath of the explosion.

Thud, thud, thud!

The seawater splashed up like a tsunami, and ink rain fell.

But the barrier was fine, and Ho Junseong’s face was coldly hardened.

“So, all this will end if I just kill you.”

“That guy must be the culprit.”

Their robes had ‘Gon’ and ‘Hu’ written on them.

Beom recognized at a glance that they were the heads of the Gon and Hu families.

“Hmm? If it isn’t that young merchant immortal who was on a winning streak.”

“Oh, aren’t you a candidate to win this Martial Arts Competition? It’s a shame that things have turned out this way. But don’t worry. Everyone has been watching the merchant immortal’s performance, so it won’t be difficult to become a Cheonmu swordsman [a highly skilled swordsman title].”

The Gon family head said with a hearty laugh.

But soon his eyes turned cold, and he emitted a murderous aura as he looked at Ho Junseong inside the barrier.

“Let’s deal with that guy first.”

“Aha, let’s do that!”

Soon, the Gon family head took out a fan made of feathers, and the Hu family head took out a small bell and threw it high into the sky.

The thrown bell instantly grew in size and became so large that it completely covered the barrier that Ho Junseong had set up.

Koo-oong!!

“Gon family head!”

“I know.”

Soon, the Gon family head waved his fan greatly, and a Peng bird [a mythical bird of immense size] appeared from the blue wind and seeped into the bell.

Dae-aeng-!

Soon, a heavy and loud bell sound that resonated throughout his body rang out.

Beom almost lost his mind for a moment.

It was because the bell sound was so strangely mysterious that his knees buckled.

If he had let his guard down even a little, he would have lost his mind in an instant.

‘Is it the power of law?’

It wasn’t a particularly great divine power or treasure, but the power it contained was quite formidable.

But that wasn’t the end of it.

The Hu family head scattered hundreds of talismans and attached them to the bell and sat in meditation.

Soon, a sound like chanting Buddhist scriptures filled the entire world, and a faint vibration and a mysterious five-colored light gently spread out from the giant bell.

Beom frowned without realizing it at the tickling sound and energy. It was because he felt like he shouldn’t get close for some reason.

And that thought was roughly correct.

“You have a good sense.”

Soon, the Hu family head took out a hammer from his chest along with the sound of a bird crying inside the bell.

As soon as he slammed it down on the floor, blue lightning fluttered, and the Thunder God of the Whale appeared and crashed into the bell.

Dae-ae-ae-ae-aeng.

“Keuk!”

Beom’s knees buckled.

Blood was on his hands that covered his ears.

As soon as he protected his body with the Subduing Evil Sword and emitted Gyuncheon Ogwang [a protective aura], he finally exhaled the breath that had been blocked.

“Teoheok.”

It was a feast of tremendous power.

That was the power of the heads of the Five Great Families who stood at the pinnacle of the Water Realm.

Beom thought it wouldn’t work like this, so he released his transformation and transformed into the form of Talhyeong [a powerful combat form].

Soon, he activated his physical abilities with each body part of the Hoecheongakgo [a technique enhancing physical abilities].

He had to do this much to avoid being swept away by their aftermath.

“Tsk.”

But even after using such powerful immortal techniques, their faces were not very good.

“How can’t you do it?”

The Hu family head shouted, and the Gon family head’s mouth moved non-stop.

As he formed hand seals with both hands and poured out immortal power without rest, a cool wind flowed.

Soon, a blue wind swirled behind his back, and the figure of a giant Peng bird appeared.

Soon, the Peng bird disappeared in an instant with a single flap of its wings, and even Beom couldn’t gauge its speed.

The Peng bird flew to the giant bell with a single flap of its wings and created a sharp storm.

The storm became a whirlwind.

Soon, as it seeped into the bell, the chilling sound of his Wind God Technique echoed loudly.

Although it was not visible to the eye, he could tell how great his terrifying Wind God Technique was without seeing it.

‘But….’

It’s not enough.

Crack.

Crack, crack.

“Keup!”

The Hu family head’s face flushed as he formed hand seals and struggled.

But cracks began to appear here and there on the giant bell and it began to break.

“Heup!”

The same was true for the Gon family head.

He was constantly forming hand seals, but sweat dripped down.

And soon.

Kwajik, kwajijik!

Kwaaaang!!

The bell burst and a huge gust of wind swirled.

“Keuk!!”

Beom quickly fled far away, but at the same time, he felt a chilling sensation.

A sound like thousands of demons murmuring at the same time was heard throughout the world, and an eerie energy was filled like a fog rising from under his feet.

“Hap!”

The Gon family head waved his fan and clapped his hands together, and the rising mist cleared.

Between the cleared mist, four giant mountains soared, and the figure of a man sitting inside could be seen.

The man was Ho Junseong, but he was quite different from before.

He was clapping his hands together and moving his lips, emitting the timbre of a demon.

Another head was attached to his neck, and it was the very image of a demon with horns and three faces.

“One head with three faces!”

“Could it be the Three-Faced Demon Immortal [Sam-myeon-gwi-seon]?”

Three-Faced Demon Immortal (三面鬼仙).

It meant a demon immortal with three faces on one head, and it was a demon immortal who had killed and devoured countless swordsmen of the Water Realm with its extremely powerful divine powers and cruel methods in the Immortal Slaughter War.

“I heard he died in the Stillness Realm, but how is he here….”

It was then.

Ho Junseong, who had been silent, opened his mouth and let out a chilling laugh.

“I’m glad you know. It’s also a blessing that you can fall into eternal rest knowing who you are dying to.”

Ho Junseong turned his palm over, and a black heart that was beating was held in his hand.

Then, the Three-Faced Demon Immortal attached to his neck stretched out its head and chewed on the heart and turned into black smoke.

The black smoke soon settled in front of the Gon and Hu family heads and revealed itself in the form of a demon.

The Three-Faced Demon Immortal soon split into three figures, one sat in meditation and clapped his hands together, and the other two rushed straight at the Gon and Hu family heads and began to fight.

The fight had just begun.