Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 424

Tales of Nangsungan – Part 2, Chapter 133

A Slayer of Immortals has appeared in the Immortal Realm.

The rumor spread like wildfire, and coupled with the news that the long-standing war in the Crimson Desert had ended, everyone trembled in fear.

It was only natural, as a war that had lasted tens of thousands of years had ended because of a single Slayer of Immortals.

They were already aware that the Immortal Slaughter Battle [a large-scale conflict involving immortals] was approaching, and the sudden appearance of a Slayer of Immortals, ending a long war and killing over a hundred thousand Immortals, naturally caused fear.

It was only natural that rumors would be embellished. While many said that the reality would be different, the ominous rumors about the Slayer of Immortals engulfed the Immortal Realm with each passing day.

Consequently, Immortals with strong competitive spirits and some degree of reputation all boasted that they would kill the Slayer of Immortals.

However, not a single one of those who stepped forward returned alive.

Thus, the prevailing belief was that the rumors were not false.

From a certain point on, everyone was busy running away whenever the Slayer of Immortals appeared, and the rumors about him snowballed, with no one willing to confront him.

The Immortal Palace issued a widespread extermination order, circulating the Slayer of Immortal’s description and placing him on the wanted list.

“Hmm… Offering a thousand *nyang* [ancient Korean currency] of silver to whoever kills him, and a million *nyang* to whoever captures him alive! That’s quite something!”

A thousand *nyang* was already an enormous sum, but a million *nyang* for capturing him!

It was an immense fortune that ordinary Immortals couldn’t even dream of obtaining.

“It’s all for naught! Who could possibly capture that Night-Quelling Slayer of Immortals (夜滅殺仙)?”

That was the title they used to refer to him, as he only appeared at night.

“I heard that just recently, at dawn, the Night-Quelling Slayer of Immortals crossed the middle of a battlefield, and no one dared to block his path. Both the Immortal Palace and the Celestial Palace were fighting, but they cleared the way for him.”

The anecdote that he doesn’t do anything unless someone attacks him first, so they quietly waited for him to pass before resuming the war, was too widespread to ignore.

“The Slayer of Immortals walks wherever his feet take him, killing everything that gets in his way….”

The Slayer of Immortal’s infamy has spread throughout the Chaos Realm and even the Mortal Realm.

Whether it’s the Chaos Realm or the Mortal Realm, the Night-Quelling Slayer of Immortals doesn’t discriminate.

“It seems the Immortal Palace intends to capture him and send him to the Celestial Palace. Otherwise, why would they offer such a huge sum of a million *nyang* for capturing him?! If I were only a thousand years younger, huh? I would break the Night-Quelling Slayer of Immortal’s legs and pocket that million *nyang*!”

“What a load of nonsense. Your head would be hanging from your neck! The Night-Quelling Slayer of Immortals is skilled in swordsmanship as well as all kinds of unarmed combat. He could sever your limbs with a flick of his finger!”

“You’re talking as if you’ve seen him before, even though you haven’t!”

“It’s my business, so what!”

“Why you old geezer!”

A commotion erupted in front of the wanted poster, and an old man and a young man, who had been watching the scene from a distance, stood up.

The old man and the young man were Hwanmong and Cheongmyeong, who had a deep connection with Cheonbeom.

“All of us, master and disciples, have received great kindness, so we cannot turn a blind eye. You feel the same, don’t you?”

“Of course. To me, Master is my father, and Brother Beom is my only brother, so there’s no need to say more.”

Even though everyone feared him as a Slayer of Immortals and called him an evil spirit, he was an exceptionally warm man to them.

How could they close their eyes in peace without repaying the kindness he had shown?

That’s why they are still in the Chaos Realm.

“Rumor has it that the Immortal Palace is trying to capture him. I heard that a great Immortal from the Baekyo Clan, a renowned bloodline in the Chaos Realm, is stepping forward.”

“I’ve heard of the Baekyo Clan as well. They are one of the Honseon clans [clans directly serving the Immortal Palace] representing the Immortal Palace. They are characterized by their white hair and blue eyes….”

At that moment.

The surroundings suddenly became noisy.

As it turned out, the crowd parted in two as a procession of Immortals appeared.

Dressed in pure white palace attire, most of them were women with snow-white hair and strikingly blue eyes.

“Bae, Baekyo Clan?”

It was the Baekyo Clan.

“For the Baekyo Clan to appear, the Immortal Palace must be serious!”

“If the Baekyo Clan has stepped forward, the Night-Quelling Slayer of Immortals won’t be able to run rampant anymore!”

As they said this, the gazes of the onlookers were focused on the palanquin, because the aura of the woman riding in it was considerable, even among the Baekyo Clan’s procession.

It goes without saying that she possessed elegance, and the white wooden hairpin at the end of her neatly tied hair was striking.

Everyone was mesmerized by her grace and beauty, unable to come to their senses.

“It’s not for nothing that they say there’s no hope if you fall for the beauty of the Baekyo Clan.”

“I still like it….”

“Hey! Does this person not know that the women of the Baekyo Clan are all widowers who devour men?! If you give them your heart, your lifespan will be shortened and you will die!”

Amidst the murmuring noise, Hwanmong was lost in thought as he looked at the Baekyo Clan with their snow-white hair.

‘She really resembles the wife of the Thousand Immortals.’

It was not an easily forgotten appearance, so he naturally remembered it.

The somewhat mysterious atmosphere and cold impression were truly similar.

‘Surely not.’

Hwanmong shook his head for a moment, and Cheongmyeong followed the procession of the Baekyo Clan.

-Although I may not have much power, if even a small thing can help him, I should risk my life.

-I feel the same way. Then I will inform those who serve Brother Beom of this fact.

Cheongmyeong was still in contact with the Munmu Immortals who came from the Water Realm.

If he informed them, it might somehow help Cheonbeom.

* * *

The name of this place, where barren land and steep cliffs coexist, is the Black Wind Zone.

The towering bizarre rocks and the barren, arid climate, where not a single blade of grass grows, are among the characteristics of the Black Wind Zone.

Of course, there were spirit beasts and immortal plants that had adapted to their environment, but they were not easy to find, and most Immortals did not seek them out, as they often died trying to find them.

And a little further away from there was a valley in the Black Wind Zone.

There, leaning against the wall below the cliff, was a man with his eyes closed.

He wasn’t moving, so one might have thought he was dead, but he was breathing faintly. Beside him, a white spirit beast resembling a deer sniffed and approached.

As if it wasn’t afraid, it approached the blood-soaked man and opened its mouth wide, revealing hideous teeth as its head split in half.

It was about to swallow the man in one bite, but at that moment, a chain shot out from the armor, piercing and killing the spirit beast, and the head of the Five Dragons appeared and devoured it.

The man’s eyes opened as if he had woken up from the small commotion.

As his long eyelashes fluttered slightly, golden eyes soon appeared.

It was Cheonbeom.

He looked at the towering cliffs and then at the sun in the sky.

He could regain his senses, even if only for a short time, when the sun was in the sky.

However, when night falls and the power of the Stellar Energy [the energy of the stars]…

When the power of the Heavenly Slaughter Star grows stronger, he loses his mind again and becomes a Slayer of Immortals.

He recalled what had happened at Aggokjong.

He deliberately entered the inside of the Extinction Divine Tree and used the time law of Simsimyo [a powerful technique], based on the vitality contained within, to draw in the Heavenly Tribulation [divine punishment].

Even now, he thought it was definitely one of the best things he had done.

Otherwise, he might have suffered quite a bit at their hands.

‘But the aftermath was the problem.’

He never dreamed that he would receive the Slaughter Tribulation [a specific type of divine punishment focused on slaughter].

He had prepared himself to some extent, but who would have known that the Heavenly Slaughter Star would descend directly and he would receive the Slaughter Tribulation?

At the same time as he contained the Heavenly Slaughter Star within his body, the suppressed cultivation exploded and he succeeded in ascending to Immortality.

But after that, he also lost consciousness.

He fought and fought again against meaningless things in a sea of ​​murderous intent like an abyss.

But after that, he briefly woke up and realized that the things he had killed were not murderous intent but Immortals.

He awakens from the Slaughter Tribulation when the sun rises and Yang energy is full.

And when night comes again and the power of the Stellar Energy grows stronger, his eyes turn red and he becomes a Slayer of Immortals, killing all those who spread murderous intent.

“Indiscriminate killing is a way to shorten my Slaughter Tribulation, but beyond this, I will only walk according to the will of heaven… I am no different from the true Slayers of Immortals.”

He didn’t want to become like that.

It is acceptable to commit murder out of necessity, to protect oneself.

The Immortal Realm is originally a place where the strong dominate, so one must become stronger to avoid being eaten, and it is right to commit murder to eliminate danger.

But.

“What I am doing now is slaughter.”

It is nothing more or less than meaningless slaughter, so he can no longer continue the Slaughter Tribulation in this way.

Cheonbeom immediately chanted Immortal incantations with his mouth and formed hand seals with his hands.

Then, a golden magic circle was drawn on the floor and gradually increased in size, filling the entire Black Wind Zone.

Kugugugung!!

The ground shook and the earth sank.

It was a maze-like magic circle.

Then, suddenly, flower petals flowed out from the air and gathered to form the figure of a woman.

It was Hwaran.

“Do you really have to do this?”

“I must. I failed last time, but I have an idea this time.”

“It is the tribulation of heaven. Only heaven knows whether it is meaningless slaughter or not.”

“I have committed many murders. Therefore, there will be many who seek my life. No matter how strong I am, it will be difficult to withstand the numerical disadvantage if the true powerhouses of the Chaos Realm step forward. It will become increasingly dangerous.”

So he must come up with a plan before that happens.

He only has his sanity when the sun is up and Yang energy is full, so there is no time.

“I will seal myself. But I will not be sealed easily. The Slaughter Tribulation is carried out using murderous intent as a raw material. Therefore, I will use my treasures and all kinds of spirit beasts.”

Greedy people will naturally enter the underground cave and wander through the underground labyrinth countless times.

Thus, the greedy will die, and the murderous intent they possess will help complete the Slaughter Tribulation.

“Tanhwa will have to suffer.”

“I’m okay!”

“Sigh… I don’t know why I only suffer more and more as I get older.”

“Isn’t this also a karma that I must endure? If I endure, I will find enlightenment, so it’s okay. It’s nothing compared to the past I experienced.”

This too shall pass.

When it passes, this too will become a memory.

Soon, Cheonbeom’s spell ended, and they landed in the last room of the underground labyrinth. Beom immediately bound himself tightly with Tanhwa’s golden chains and sealed himself.

“I have released everything and imprisoned it in the labyrinth, so those who set foot here may gain everything, and also lose everything.”