Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 422

Tales of Nangsane – Part 2, Episode 131

The silent joint of Mount Ak Gok.

All that remained were the remnants of the Divine Tree, ablaze with Golden Celestial Fire, and a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood strewn around it.

Gulp.

And standing aloof, or perhaps indifferently, at the center was a man.

Chun-beom was there.

‘Am I dreaming right now?’

Mook Gye-rye could not understand what this situation was.

Suddenly, Chun-beom, the Water Realm Envoy, emerged from within the Divine Tree and killed all the Soo seons [practitioners of martial arts and cultivation] who had come with them.

It was truly in the blink of an eye.

The moment his hand blurred, the Iron Sect Leader was struck by a spear and died.

And the purple lightning flowing from that spear killed the Iron Sect Leader’s son, and as explosions erupted and screams burst out, they were all dead.

The only survivors were Mook Gye-rye, protected by the Hyun-gak Bul-goe [a protective barrier], and Moo-myeol.

Mook Gye-rye and Moo-myeol, who had even stopped breathing, could only stare at Chun-beom, covered in blood, as if their thoughts had stopped inside the Hyun-gak Bul-goe.

‘Sal-geop… Ascension….’

His head felt like it was about to explode from the incomprehensible situation.

But there was something he could understand.

‘The aura of a complete Hyang-seon [a being who has achieved a high level of spiritual cultivation]. It was ambiguous when I saw it before… but now it seems he has fully recovered his body.’

Perhaps he had stolen the massive source energy contained in the Divine Tree of Death through some method to heal his body.

‘But he probably didn’t expect to receive the Sal-geop [a karmic tribulation].’

No one in the world knows what kind of Do-geop [a specific type of karmic tribulation] they will receive.

Mook Gye-rye couldn’t decide whether to call this karma or not.

He was a man who wielded such powerful divine abilities even in his Avatar Body.

Now that he has regained his true body and become a Sal-seon [a being who has succumbed to the karmic tribulation], it is only natural that he is so powerful.

The extent of his power far exceeded her imagination.

Worst.

Chun-beom, who had shaken off the blood on his spear, turned his head and fixed his gaze on Mook Gye-rye and Moo-myeol.

The Hyun-gak Bul-goe was forming a circle with gathered light green, translucent pieces.

Each hexagonal piece was gathered and solidified, leaving no gaps.

Therefore, even Chun-beom’s most powerful divine abilities would be blocked.

Mook Gye-rye and Moo-myeol thought so and did not let go of their hope.

“Sect Leader Mook, please continue to maintain the Hyun-gak Bul-goe. Fortunately, my Myeol-do [a powerful sword] is outside, so it will be worth a try. After all, he is a Sal-seon who has received the Sal-geop and is not in his right mind. He has become no different from a beast who only knows how to kill, so I will be able to deal with him.”

Outside the Hyun-gak Bul-goe, the Great Sword that Moo-myeol possessed was stuck in the ground.

The Great Sword, as wide as a person’s torso, changed its shape in a flowing manner as Moo-myeol clasped his hands together and moved his lips, and soon transformed into a blue Dragon Horse.

The moment the Great Sword turned into a Dragon Horse, the floor instantly turned into seawater, and rough waves rose, filling the joint.

The corpses and blood puddles were swept away by the waves, and the figures of the Sect Leaders inside the Hyun-gak Bul-goe also disappeared.

[Kuhahaha! No matter how strong you are! As long as you are a Sal-seon who cannot even come to your senses, you will not be able to break through this old man’s Soo-ma Dragon Formation [a complex formation using water and dragon energy]! Be buried in the seawater and fight with the Dragon Horses forever!]

Inside the seawater that filled the joint, translucent Dragon Horses gathered, snorting and growling at Chun-beom.

Gradually, the currents became stronger, and whirlpools were created everywhere, causing him to lose his balance, and the Dragon Horses swam around, looking for openings.

The terror of Moo-myeol’s Soo-ma Dragon Formation was that it did not allow the opponent to rest, even though it was not powerful.

Anyone trapped in the Soo-ma Dragon Formation would lose strength over time, and when that happened, the Dragon Horses would tear them apart.

“It was made in a hurry, so it won’t be able to trap him for long. But he won’t be able to get out for about a day or two….”

It would be good to devise a way to seal him during that time.

He had lost the Divine Tree of Death, and thousands of years of hardship had become futile, but at least he had to stay alive to have any regrets.

“Let’s do that. It’s already spilled water, water that cannot be picked up….”

“Let’s get out of here first.”

“Yes.”

Just as they were about to escape from the illusion of the Soo-ma Dragon Formation while maintaining the Hyun-gak Bul-goe.

Ziiiiing.

The energy surrounding them changed rapidly.

Suddenly, the scenery that had been seawater was reversed and turned into pitch-black darkness, and a giant red eye stared down at Mook Gye-rye and Moo-myeol as if piercing through them.

“No way! Did he already break through my Soo-ma Dragon Formation!!”

The giant red eye instantly expanded its pupils and opened the Six Gates [a technique to amplify senses and perception].

Then, Moo-myeol suddenly grabbed his head in pain, and soon Mook Gye-rye also frowned as she saw hallucinations.

“No, it’s not me, it’s not me… I didn’t kill you! It wasn’t me!! I, I’m not bad! You… you ignored me and even ignored my daughter! I… I was so devoted!!”

As Mook Gye-rye spouted nonsense, Moo-myeol struggled and hit his head over and over again until blood burst out.

“Come to your senses…! If you fall for his illusion, it’s over!!”

But then.

Red blood flowed from the six red eyes watching them, staining the pitch-black space, and Moo-myeol’s eyes moved erratically, and he foamed at the mouth, trembling all over.

“Keok, keoeok, kaaah!!”

Tears of blood flowed from Moo-myeol’s eyes, and his whole body twisted as if in pain, and he gasped as if he couldn’t breathe.

Then, the moment he unknowingly fell out of the Hyun-gak Bul-goe.

‘Ah.’

Chwaak!

The last thing he saw was his entire body being torn apart by the Sal-seon’s claws.

Hoodudeuk.

Chun-beom, who had been indifferently watching Moo-myeol fall apart into pieces of flesh, aimed his spear at Mook Gye-rye, who was muttering in the Hyun-gak Bul-goe, not in her right mind.

Kwaaaang!!

Jeojeojeok!!

He unleashed Twin Destructions [a powerful spear technique], but only a large crack appeared in the Hyun-gak Bul-goe, and not a single hole was pierced.

He immediately struck down again with Twin Destructions.

Kwazazazachang!!

The pieces of the Hyun-gak Bul-goe shattered, and Mook Gye-rye, who had been hiding inside, looked at him with bloodshot eyes and said.

“H, honey…?”

And at that moment.

Chwaak.

Chun-beom’s spear cut her down.

Thud.

Only Mook Gye-rye’s severed head, which had met a futile end, could not close its eyes as if in dismay.

Whether he had confirmed her death or the absence of murderous intent, Chun-beom turned his back without any emotion and headed for the exit.

As if there was no more business in a space where no one survived, he headed outside in search of new murderous intent.

* * *

“What is going on? What is Sal-geop, and what is this talk about Sal-seon!”

As the Three Great Sect Leaders and the Hyang-seons of the Seon-gung [a celestial palace] disappeared, only the Sang-seons [high-ranking cultivators], who were left to confront each other without knowing why, were left behind.

They knew very well that there was someone who had received the Sal-geop, and that person would become a Sal-seon like the Ma-seon [a demonic being] of the Seon-sal Battle, so they had to be sealed.

They couldn’t not know.

Even if it wasn’t a Collapse of the Realm or the Four Realms, there had been cases of receiving the Sal-geop, so they could understand it well enough.

But.

‘Why is it….’

Was it the place Chun-beom headed to!

Ga-yeon was confused.

She couldn’t keep her hands and feet still, wondering if something might happen.

“Vice-Commander Jwa, we must remain calm in times like these. What did Commander order us to do?”

“He told us to hold onto their ankles along with the Soo seons of the Seon-gung… but!”

Not only the Hyang-seons of the Seon-gung, but also the Three Great Sect Leaders and Elders all headed to Mount Ak Gok.

Ga-yeon could no longer wait.

After all, the soldiers of the Seon-gung were mixed with the Moon-Moo Seons [warrior cultivators]. She needed to know how the situation was unfolding right now.

She had to know!

So that she could decide on a course of action that would benefit her master!

“Go and come back. This place is enough with just us.”

“Thank you, Vice-Commander Woo!”

Ga-yeon quickly left the battle line and headed to Mount Ak Gok.

“You’ve changed a lot too.”

Was she a Soo seon who could be so anxious? It was better now than when she always wore a fake expression, saying that she had to become the master of the Paeng family.

Meanwhile.

Something caught Ga-yeon’s eye as she flew away, transformed into a streak of red light.

Hundreds of people, who appeared to be disciples of the Ak Gok Sect, were gathered around Mount Ak Gok, forming a defensive formation.

They had very urgent expressions on their faces, and the moment she saw their faces, Ga-yeon’s body, which had been flying while using Dun-sul [a technique for rapid movement], stopped abruptly.

Soon, her whole body trembled, and she saw illusions of her arms and legs being torn apart.

‘Murderous intent.’

It was an enormous murderous intent.

A murderous intent so intense that it showed her the fear of death!

It seemed that the rumors that a Sal-seon had appeared were true.

Ga-yeon’s complexion turned pale in an instant, and her hands and feet trembled.

It was then.

“Kuaaak!!”

“Block him! That guy is the Sal-seon!”

The disciples’ faces lost their color.

All the Elders and Sect Leaders who had entered that place had failed to seal the Sal-seon.

And that meant they were all dead.

The Three Great Sect Leaders and even the Hyang-seons of the Seon-gung had rushed there at once upon hearing the news that Sal-geop and Sal-seon had appeared.

But they were all dead.

It was an unbelievable story.

But since what she was seeing was the truth, there was only one situation she could expect.

Ga-yeon stopped abruptly in the air.

Before she knew it, the place where the Ak Gok Sect Soo seons had been was filled with black poisonous fog.

Screams of Soo seons echoed from within the pitch-black poisonous fog.

Hundreds of Sang-seons were being brutally slaughtered by a single person exuding the aura of a Hyang-seon.

A man wielding Twin Destructions in one hand, manipulating the purple lightning of the Impregnable Sky, and wielding the golden Avatar Body divine ability in the other.

By Chun-beom.

“Ah….”

Ga-yeon couldn’t speak.

Her heart felt like it was collapsing.

‘Those who receive the Sal-geop chase after killing.’

They wander the battlefield.

If there is no battlefield, they create one.

The blood-stained hands cannot be easily washed away and call for blood again.

Sal-geop, according to those who have received it, is death.

They wander the battlefield like ghosts wandering the Nine Heavens, so what else can they do but die.

They will kill Soo seons indiscriminately, just like what she was seeing now.

Killing and killing until they kill even themselves is the Geop that is Sal-geop.

Chun-beom had received that Geop.

She didn’t know how he had suddenly received the Heavenly Geop, but the man Ga-yeon’s eyes were following was clearly the Jong 4-poom [a rank in the celestial hierarchy] Moon-Moo Commander of the Water Realm.

Chun-beom.

Chwaak!

He lowered the hand holding the Twin Destructions.

Red blood dripped from the spearhead.

Blood droplets dripped from his hair and armor.

But there was no blood of his own.

It was the blood of the dead.

The Ak Gok Sect disciples, who had numbered in the hundreds, had all met their deaths.

On one side of Mount Ak Gok, their blood flowed down like a mountain stream.

Ga-yeon’s face turned pale.

Chun-beom’s murderous intent, having lost its way, took shape and settled behind him.

Soon, his red eyes looked at one place.

He saw Ga-yeon.

Ga-yeon couldn’t move.

She thought she had to run away, but her body wouldn’t cooperate.

She couldn’t move.

Many thoughts came to her mind.

It was like watching a slideshow of her life.

But Ga-yeon didn’t care anymore.

Rather than dying at the hands of other insignificant things.

Rather than dying at the hands of other insignificant bastards, she thought this was better.

She thought it wouldn’t be bad to die at the hands of the master she had acknowledged.

Since she couldn’t decide her birth, wasn’t it the long-cherished wish of those who cultivated to decide their own death?

“It’s okay.”

She had no talent for running away.

She couldn’t buy time by fighting.

She couldn’t overcome him.

He was her master who had become a Hyang-seon.

What could be shameful about dying at his hands?

“It can’t be helped.”

If there was a wish.

It was only the lingering desire to follow this man’s path to the end.

She closed her eyes.

The hand holding the Twin Destructions went up.

And he struck down in one fell swoop.

Jeojeojeojeojeojeok!!

Purple lightning appeared from the Twin Destructions that were struck down, turning the Hyun-moo Fortress into a wasteland.

Kwaaaang!!

Buildings were destroyed, and the Soo seons who were there died.

Many people died in an instant.

But Ga-yeon did not die.

When she slowly opened her eyes.

He had disappeared long ago.

Only Ga-yeon was left alone in that empty space.