Nangseon’s Romantic Adventure – Part 2, Episode 153
Kugugugugugu.
The bizarre rocks, shattered by the Princess’s fist wind, crumble down.
Cheonbeom, who narrowly avoided it, let out a hollow laugh. The fist wind, emitting Gyuncheon Ogwang [a powerful divine energy], was definitely Cheonbeom’s.
Not only that, but a mandala [a symbolic representation of the universe] bloomed behind her, and the Five Elements Extreme Mountain even emerged.
Those were truly Beom’s divine powers and treasures.
There was no denying it as she began to use Ssangmyeol [a powerful weapon] and Yeonghwabi [a divine technique], as well as the Five Elements Sixty-Four Trigrams [a complex divination system].
“Such power is truly amazing. How can Hyangseon… how can Hyangseon possess such power?”
Speaking as if unable to hide her surprise, the Princess gently spread her hand and floated up a fire orb.
A small golden fire divine power.
It gradually increased in size and soon formed a gigantic shape like the sun.
A brilliant sun illuminating the purplish, dim sky. It was Taecheon Oeyangsingeong [a supreme fire technique].
“Her body has definitely changed.”
Cheonbeom touched his transformed body here and there.
Soft and smooth, it was a body that he couldn’t help but keep caressing.
“Where do you think you’re touching!”
Startled, Hwayang Princess sent the sun of Taecheon Oeyangsingeong flying, but Cheonbeom subtly teleported to avoid it.
‘I can’t do anything with this body.’
Even if he knew the Gyeol [core principle] of Taecheon Oeyangsingeong, he couldn’t do anything with the goblin’s body, which was filled with evil energy.
Moreover, her body didn’t contain even a trace of fire energy, making it even more difficult.
To think she would switch bodies.
He had no idea how to overcome this situation.
On the other hand, the Princess seemed excited and began to attack using Cheonbeom’s treasures and divine powers. It wasn’t so much that she wanted to kill him, but more like she was playing.
But it was Cheonbeom’s divine power and strength.
Like a frog being killed by a stone thrown in jest, Cheonbeom had to be horrified and run away from her pranks.
She threw Ssangmyeol to test it out, controlled the Thunder God, and used Taecheon Oeyangsingeong, as well as Gyuncheon Bohwa [a protective divine art] and Taehwamandeung [a powerful artifact], and then began to use them more freely as if she was having fun.
Thanks to that, Cheonbeom was having a terrible time.
Still, the same Hyangseon was Hyangseon, so he tried to use basic divine powers, but she was too weak.
Her physical strength was at the level of a Sangseon [a lower-level celestial being], and her main divine power was a Gold Divine Power, but she didn’t possess any particularly remarkable treasures or powerful Seonsul [divine techniques].
‘So she uses a divine power to switch bodies….’
He wondered if that was why.
“You have the strength to enter Mangakjeong [a dangerous and forbidden area] alone. If I had that much, I would have shown such ambition.”
But she says as if it’s not the case now.
“How does it feel to be in a powerless and weak body? You must have always been in the position of the strong. Looking at the age of this body….”
She covered her mouth with her hand and was startled.
“Oh my, it’s not even ten thousand years old. At most, three or four thousand years?”
It seems she can even know such things.
The Princess couldn’t manage her expression as if she was really surprised.
“You must have been strong from birth. Born with extremely outstanding talent, you quickly absorbed various divine skills and made them your own. And until now, you must have been unstoppable, so you’ve never considered the feelings of the weak.”
“What are you trying to say?”
“I was wondering if you needed to understand the hearts of the weak. What is recklessness when done by the weak is called tolerance when done by the strong. How about learning that this time?”
Listening to such absurd words, he doesn’t even feel like arguing.
Without knowing what pain he endured to gain such power, and what deaths he avoided.
Without knowing what he sacrificed to have that power, daring to. Daring to dismiss their sacrifices and deaths as mere talent.
Beom clenches his fist tightly.
“You shouldn’t have said that.”
“Yes?”
“Without knowing what the sacrifices of those who fell for me were like, without knowing what pain and death I endured until I gained that power, speaking as if you know everything.”
Kuoong!
Huwaaaaaaa!!
A rough wind blows.
From the weak and fragile woman’s body.
A black wind rages.
‘What….’
Hwayang felt her whole body tremble without realizing it.
She took a step back without realizing it.
Even though she now possessed tremendous physical strength and divine powers, she couldn’t handle the murderous intent that seemed to devour everything.
‘What kind of murderous intent….’
Gugugugugugugugu.
The heavens and earth tremble.
Space is distorted.
The world began to tremble as if a slight earthquake had occurred.
“Heavenly Killing Intent….”
The Princess exclaimed.
There was only one such tremendous murderous intent.
The energy of heavenly slaughter that only those who have overcome the Slaughter Tribulation [a trial of immense suffering] can emit.
It was the Heavenly Killing Intent.
‘She received the Slaughter Tribulation!?’
How could someone who had lived for a little over three thousand years receive the Slaughter Tribulation and overcome it?
Although the years she had been in the position of the Princess of the Four Realms were not that long, Hwayang was shocked as if she had seen something that was impossible according to her common sense.
And she was the first to emit such murderous intent towards her.
It was clearly her body.
A terribly weak body.
But the spirit and murderous intent emanating from it were not hers.
The Princess desperately massaged her body, which was not stopping trembling.
“N, no matter how strong the murderous intent is, it’s impossible to defeat me now!”
Even with her desperate shouts, Cheonbeom didn’t care and took one step at a time.
Hwayang felt the utmost fear in his pace, which was neither slow nor fast.
There was nothing she should be afraid of.
But she was afraid.
She was endlessly afraid of that man in her form.
She couldn’t even think because she was so afraid of that man’s footsteps.
The illusion of her dying kept dominating her mind.
She could see herself being brutally killed in any way, whether her stomach was pierced or her head was cut off.
Even though it could never happen, the fear hidden within her bloomed like the smoke of a waterlogged bonfire.
Suddenly.
That’s when it was.
Suddenly, Cheonbeom stopped walking.
The Princess, who couldn’t read his mind, just watched him wondering why he was doing that, but suddenly Beom smirked.
“What’s so funny?”
The Princess, who had been very frightened, shouted sharply as if she had been stabbed.
“I’m too stupid to not think of something simple.”
“What does that mean?”
“If our bodies really switched, she wouldn’t be still.”
That woman.
‘What nonsense is she….’
At that moment.
“What were you doing, enjoying a secret meeting with another woman here?”
A woman appeared, spitting out words as if she was pathetic.
She suddenly appeared from the air without any warning, so Hwayang Princess couldn’t help but be startled.
“I don’t know if it’s because this old man is getting old, but he’s tired of having ordinary affairs now. What are you doing, switching bodies with each other in some strange space?”
Unlike her pretty appearance, the woman’s tone was a bit sarcastic.
‘How did she get in here?’
But her appearance was enough to surprise Hwayang Princess.
Cheonbeom nodded as if he knew Hwaran’s appearance and said.
“It’s a very interesting divine power. I couldn’t even think of the idea of twisting the balance of power by swapping each other’s bodies. But your illusion isn’t perfect. At least not to me.”
Jjeok.
Jjeojeok.
The desolate scenery began to crack like shards of glass.
“I thought it was strange from the beginning. If the body was really taken away, there wouldn’t be just one or two guys who would have to rebel.”
Hwaran is nothing.
On Cheonbeom’s wrist, Tamhwa was a bracelet in the form of Oryong [five dragons], and there was Bulcheonbulbyeok [an unyielding spirit] that had permeated Ssangmyeol.
If the body was really switched, they should have been running wild long ago.
But there was no such sign at all, and she was using Cheonbeom’s divine power as if it was very natural.
It didn’t make sense in the first place.
Taecheon Oeyangsingeong is a divine skill that is extremely difficult to use and has reached the highest level of Hwasintong [divine transformation].
Even if she obtained Cheonbeom’s body, it is not a divine skill that can be easily used.
Gyuncheon Bohwa is also the same.
It is made up of Hwaran as the main axis.
It cannot be used without her consent, and Bulcheonbulbyeok goes without saying.
If you fail to control the power even a little, the Thunder God will run wild on its own, but she grasped it all at once and handled it?
It was like an ordinary person putting his head in the mouth of a tiger he had never seen before and telling him not to eat it.
In a word, it was impossible.
‘Even if I conceded a hundred times that it was possible….’
Hwaran and Tamhwa would not have been still.
They have free will and independent egos, so there is no reason to lend their strength to something other than Cheonbeom.
Then what is it?
Was the body really switched?
no.
Cheonbeom himself couldn’t help but be very surprised at this part.
Beom withdrew his murderous intent and said.
“I was surprised. I didn’t expect you to use illusion on me.”
Jjeojeojeojeok!!
Kwachang!!
The shattered scenery turned into powder and scattered in all directions.
And when he slowly opened his eyes.
Cheonbeom was still sitting in the gazebo as before, and Hwayang Princess was still sitting facing him.
However, the only difference from before was.
Hwaran and Tamhwa were next to the Princess, aiming for her neck.
“I made a mistake. I didn’t expect you to have a sword spirit.”
She used illusion so subtly that even Cheonbeom didn’t notice.
Cheonbeom is second to none when it comes to illusion and illusion, but her skill was so good that she deceived him, so I would have to stick out my tongue.
‘This level of illusion is the first since Geumbakjiju of Chunggye [a legendary illusionist].’
She is probably a great illusionist.
If he didn’t have Hwaran and Tamhwa, even Cheonbeom would have been helpless.
‘I would have quickly overcome the fear of murderous intent….’
Moreover, if you don’t realize that illusion is illusion, the only way to break it is to get help from outside.
But as you know, this place was covered with a barrier.
Cheonbeom took this incident to heart and thought that he should train so that this would not happen next time.
“It seems to be roughly over.”
Outside the barrier, soldiers from Mangakjeong were already spread out in all directions.
There were a few Hyangseon [high-ranking celestial beings], but they would not be Cheonbeom’s match.
“I’m avoiding killing as much as possible because it hasn’t been long since I went through the Slaughter Tribulation. So… I don’t want to take the Princess’s life, what do you think?”
The Princess was silent for a long time.
When Hwaran’s sword pressed down on her neck, she finally answered.
“You won’t be able to treat me, the daughter of Mangakbyeonwang [the ruler of Mangak], badly.”
“I don’t want to treat you badly either. There’s no point in creating unnecessary grudges.”
If he killed the daughter of Mangakbyeonwang, he would surely become enemies with him.
There is no need to deliberately become enemies with such a strong person.
He just needs to get what he needs and leave.
“What did you say you wanted?”
“Beot.”
That’s all.
Once he finds Saha, he will never come to this place again.
“Okay. But I have one request too, is that okay?”
Hwayang Princess showed the interesting eyes and smile she had shown earlier.
Whether she was brave or something, she was smiling like that even though a knife was at her throat.
Her appearance was unnecessarily pretty, so he frowned for no reason.
He didn’t know what kind of request she was going to make, but since she had made such a fuss, it was better to give her what she could give and liquidate it.
“If it’s something I can grant, I’d be happy to.”
Then Hwayang Princess took her hand to the iron mask she had been wearing all along.
Cheolkeok, she took it off and put it on the table.
She is a woman with mysterious hair color, half blonde and half silver.
Her hair color was like gold and silver mixed together, and her eyes were even mysterious.
It could be said that she was more beautiful than any woman he had ever seen.
“You must marry me.”
“Yes… what?”