Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 470

The Demon’s head was twofold.

From the mouth of the one resembling a man, a constant stream of yellow smoke billowed.

It was a divine power that turned everything to stone, and even petrified the formless spirits, making it impossible for Cheonbeom to approach rashly.

‘It’s very similar to the Hwang family’s divine power from Yongmagol [a region known for its martial arts clans].’

However, the potency of this divine ability was extraordinary.

Cheonbeom had no choice but to summon the Guhwan Blades and the Rakshasa.

Then, along with the scattered spirits, the Rakshasa’s form dissolved into smoke and coalesced in Cheonbeom’s hand, transforming into a single blade.

The bulky greatsword vanished, replaced by a slender, crimson blade in his grasp.

“You’re pretty enough that I was going to be nice to you, but how dare you point a sword at me? I’ll turn you into stone and chew you up!”

Cheonbeom raised his arm, using HyeonGakBulGoe [a defensive technique], to shield himself from the Demon’s attack, which scattered petrifying energy.

“How much longer do you think you can last! A year? Ten years? A hundred years? Even after a thousand years, you’ll still be busy trying to avoid it!”

The Demon, confident in its advantage, continued to taunt him.

It wasn’t entirely wrong.

He was using HyeonGakBulGoe to block the attacks, but even that was gradually turning to stone.

He had no immediate solution, and even if he stalled for time, he didn’t know what to do.

Bang! Bang! Kwaang!!

The Demon relentlessly attacked with its four arms, giving him no respite to think.

It wielded a giant hammer in one arm, and a sword and spear in the others, launching a furious assault.

Crack, crackle, Kwaang!

HyeonGakBulGoe shattered.

Cheonbeom swiftly employed Shukuchi [a movement technique] to slip into the Ghost Step [a state of near-invisibility].

The moment he vanished into the Ghost Step,

Ha Seonja plucked a handful of hair that had grown on her arm and scattered it.

These hairs transformed into miniature demons and dispersed in all directions.

They were her doppelgangers.

After a moment,

Ha Seonja’s head, which had been still, snapped around, and she hurled her sword in the direction of her gaze.

Kaang!

From within the Ghost Step, Cheonbeom deflected her sword with a cold expression.

“Hmph, did you think you could hide? I need to show you what a wall is. You need to know that even among the Ascended, there are different levels, so you don’t act rashly!”

“It seems Ha Seonja fights with words as well as blades.”

“I’ll cut out that tongue.”

Whoosh!

Swish!

In an instant, Ha Seonja and Cheonbeom flickered in and out of existence within the Ghost Step, their swords colliding.

Kwaaaang! Bang!!

Deafening sounds, like thunderclaps, echoed repeatedly, and the sounds of thunder and lightning seemed to engulf the Gonggakchun area due to their battle.

“Keuk!”

“Is that the power of the Ascended Late Stage?”

Behind Cheonbeom stood the statue of the Incomparable Great Demon.

Because he could draw upon the statue’s power, Cheonbeom’s strength was amplified many times over, and Ha Seonja struggled to withstand it.

Cheonbeom could also tap into the Incomparable Great Demon’s power contained within the Guhwan Blades and Rakshasa when he wielded them.

However, that alone wouldn’t be enough to defeat Ha Seonja.

Whenever he attempted a finishing blow, petrifying smoke emanated from the other head, forcing Cheonbeom to retreat or create a gust of wind with the four wings on his back to disperse the smoke.

Chwaak!

“Kyaaak!”

However, after several clashes, he managed to sever one of Ha Seonja’s arms.

Despite losing an arm, Ha Seonja formed a hand seal, blanketed the area with petrifying smoke, and reattached the limb.

‘The power of my Dharma artifact [a magical or spiritual tool] is superior.’

Still, that petrification divine power was a nuisance.

Cheonbeom retrieved Ran and scattered flower petals in all directions, activating the Sixty-Four Trigrams of the Five Elements to imbue his entire body with golden energy.

Sensing the shift, Ha Seonja produced a gourd and uncorked it. A purplish skull emerged, radiating an ominous aura.

The skull instantly swelled to nearly four hundred yards in size, drawing in Ha Seonja’s Collapse Demonic Energy as if drinking it.

It even absorbed the petrification divine power, encasing itself in stone and intensifying the crimson glow of its eyes.

‘That’s dangerous.’

Cheonbeom’s instincts screamed a warning.

He immediately drew the Twin Destructions and hurled them like javelins.

The Twin Destructions, launched with a sizzling sound, hurtled towards the skull’s head.

Bang!

The attack landed squarely, but Cheonbeom’s expression remained grim.

“To be able to leave even a small scratch on my Gollyeong Seowang [a powerful demonic artifact]… you don’t seem to be an ordinary guy either.”

“Gollyeong Seowang?”

Unlike its initial form as a purplish skull, the Gollyeong Seowang now wore stone armor.

A massive cone adorned its skull, and it even sported a helmet.

It wielded a shield and an ax, presenting a truly awe-inspiring sight.

Ha Seonja raised the head of the Gollyeong Seowang, changed its red eyes to yellow, and unleashed a torrent of petrifying divine power.

[Gueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!]

Whooooooooooong!!

A fierce wind howled.

The Ghost Step dissipated as if swept away by the Gollyeong Seowang’s momentum, and Gonggakchun, teeming with Tan Hwa’s centipedes, reappeared.

This was not a good development.

He had been trying to eliminate Ha Seonja so that Tan Hwa could fully ascend, but this complicated matters.

‘Stronger than I thought.’

To be honest, he had been confident even against an Ascended Late Stage opponent.

But now he had to reassess his overconfidence.

And he had to admit it.

‘She’s strong.’

The Ascended Late Stage was not to be underestimated after all.

Cheonbeom recalled the Twin Destructions.

“It’s the first time the Twin Destructions haven’t worked.”

Just then,

Suddenly, the Gollyeong Seowang vanished.

Cheonbeom’s eyes narrowed, and he whirled around in surprise as space itself seemed to tear.

“Gasp!”

Simultaneously with the spatial distortion, the Gollyeong Seowang’s ax hurtled towards Cheonbeom.

Cheonbeom raised the Rakshasa and the Twin Destructions to parry the blow.

Kwaaaaaang!!

With an earth-shattering roar, Cheonbeom’s figure was slammed into the ground.

Kukukukukukukuku!!

“Keuh… damn it. What is that thing?”

The power was immense.

The arms that blocked the attack trembled violently, and blood trickled from his mouth, indicating internal damage.

The Rakshasa and the Twin Destructions were unharmed, but the force of the blow had still inflicted injury.

It was truly an incredible puppet.

‘No, is that really a puppet?’

It was perplexing.

But there was no time to ponder.

Again, space fractured, and the Gollyeong Seowang’s ax descended upon Cheonbeom.

Kwaaaaaang!!

The ground erupted, sending debris flying in a raging sandstorm.

Whoosh.

Cheonbeom, narrowly avoiding the attack with Shukuchi, paused to catch his breath, closing and then opening his eyes.

Jieeeing.

The Six Gates [a technique to enhance physical abilities] were activated simultaneously.

“Six Monster Restraints.”

Kuuuuuung!!

The sky twisted.

The scenery began to dissolve, and the sky above Gonggakchun burst into flames.

Pillars of fire erupted from the ground, engulfing the surroundings in golden flames.

[Hooh, it’s quite a great Dharma artifact divine power, but what are you going to do when it doesn’t work at all for me now that I’ve become one with the Gollyeong Seowang?]

Cheonbeom immediately extended his hand.

In his palm rested a golden lotus.

“Taehwa Mandung [a powerful fire-based technique].”

Chwaaaak.

Before anyone knew it, golden lotuses bloomed everywhere.

Golden flames surged in every direction, emitting a blinding light.

Within this inferno, the Gollyeong Seowang roared and swung its ax.

But no matter how great its power, it couldn’t extinguish the flames with an ax.

“I burn flesh and I burn bones.”

Kkeuaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

The Gollyeong Seowang’s desperate scream echoed within Cheonbeom’s illusion.

The demon hidden inside also shrieked.

“Not yet.”

The Taehwa Mandung, embroidered all around, slowly rotated, generating an intense heat.

An inferno so intense that flesh would cook and melt instantly.

The Gollyeong Seowang’s solid armor began to melt, and it writhed in agony.

[You bastard!! Do you think you can break me even if you do this!!]

“That remains to be seen.”

Cheonbeom sneered and formed a hand seal, intensifying the heat even further.

He had trapped the demon’s space divine power within an illusion.

As long as it couldn’t break free from this illusion, the Gollyeong Seowang couldn’t teleport through space as before.

‘It’s a checkmate.’

The Six Monster Restraints of the Dallyeong Geumjeong [another name for the technique] is an illusion that evokes the pain of the past.

But that’s not its only power.

An illusion is one’s own space.

In other words, it is a domain.

Within that domain, space divine power cannot be used unless it is at an extremely high level.

“But this will be a little insufficient to defeat you.”

Chwararararara.

As Cheonbeom channeled the power of various Dharma artifacts and formed a hand seal, the petals of the Taehwa Mandung converged.

Soon, a colossal golden lotus formed and bloomed wide.

A massive sun materialized, rising in that place.

[What! How could you do this…!]

“Die.”

The Gollyeong Seowang was slowly drawn in by the immense force of the Taecheon Oeyang Divine Art [a powerful solar-based technique].

The pulling force was irresistible, and it couldn’t defy the laws contained within the sun, which burned as if it would consume the illusion itself.

Kuwaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!!

It thrashed within the sun.

It struggled to escape, but its bones slowly melted and burned.

The sun didn’t just burn.

It devoured everything around it.

The same was true for the Gollyeong Seowang.

[Keueeeeeeeeeee!!]

Soon, the Gollyeong Seowang’s entire body was incinerated and scattered in a storm-like explosion.

Only then did Cheonbeom relax slightly and breathe heavily.

He had pushed the Taecheon Oeyang Divine Art to its absolute limit.

“Now a little….”

Just then,

A small thread whizzed past Cheonbeom’s side. Cheonbeom’s golden eyes widened.

Chwaak!

“Ugh…!”

Cheonbeom urgently clutched his left arm.

Golden blood dripped from below his forearm.

“I’m surprised by your skills. I’m very curious as to how you can use such great techniques with just the Ascended Early Stage realm, and where that vast divine power comes from… but I guess this isn’t the time to satisfy my curiosity.”

In Ha Seonja’s hand was Cheonbeom’s severed forearm.

“It’s so hard that tearing off an arm is all I can do. If it were another immortal, his body would have been cut in half.”

Ha Seonja, who had reverted to her Demon form, bit down on Cheonbeom’s arm and devoured it in one gulp. Her body was imperfect as well. The two heads attached to her shoulder merged into one, and she was left with only three arms.

“I learned something.”

They say that carelessness is forbidden in life.

And he had given away an arm due to a moment of inattention.

Cheonbeom had learned another lesson.

And he smiled bitterly.

“But taking my arm was not a good choice.”

“Hmph, even if this place is your illusion, you must have wasted quite a bit of energy with the divine power just now. I replenished my energy with the blood and flesh contained in your arm, so the fight between you and me is fifty-fifty again….”

Ha Seonja, about to continue speaking, suddenly glanced down at her body.

A tremendous heat surged from within, causing her skin to bulge.

“My blood is Golden Blood Fire. It is both blood and fire, so Ha Seonja, who has consumed it, will not escape death.”

“!!”

Ha Seonja frantically examined her body.

The blood from the arm she had eaten to replenish her energy was moving as if alive, rampaging through her body and burning her energy and blood.

“Damn it!”

Alarmed, she desperately tried to expel Cheonbeom’s Golden Blood Fire.

But Cheonbeom wouldn’t allow it.

“Where do you think you’re going.”

As he formed a hand seal with his remaining hand, all of Cheonbeom’s blood droplets that had spread throughout Ha Seonja’s body transformed into blades due to the mysteries of the Blood Shadow Sword [a technique that manipulates blood into weapons] and ravaged her body.

“Kkeuaaaaaaaaaaak!!”

The agony of being torn apart from the inside, from every blood vessel, was indescribable.

Torn apart from within, golden blades erupted from her entire body.

Chwaak!

“Kiyayaaaaaaaaaaak!!”

Ha Seonja, screaming, burst into golden flames.

“Keoe, Heoeok….”

Her body, which had been slowly approaching Cheonbeom, turned to ashes and vanished, and her soul was instantly devoured by the Rakshasa.

“Ha….”

Only when she had completely died and disappeared did Cheonbeom breathe roughly, as if the tension had finally broken.

He acupunctured his forearm, instantly stopping the bleeding.

“Come here.”

He gathered the blood that had ravaged and burned Ha Seonja’s body.

But the severed forearm did not regenerate.

“The golden blood has not been defiled, but the bones and flesh have been tainted with impurities, so there is no way to fix it.”

Cheonbeom, attributing it to his carelessness, decided to leave it as it was for now, and collected Ha Seonja’s Gongjeonggang [a magical artifact], the corpses and blood of the Wolya Seoksu [a type of monster], and disappeared leisurely.

After that, the Gonggakchun area remained infested with centipedes, and the demon ascetics who frequented the area to hunt insect beasts no longer dared to venture there.

As time passed, four hundred years elapsed, and eventually, all the centipedes vanished.