Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 485

Whish.

Sharp winds raged like a storm, and flesh-cutting frost descended from the sky.

Even those who sought to know the end of the heavens dared not ascend there, but a pure white deer and a girl riding upon it were present.

“I’m hungry.”

[….]

The girl’s face was expressionless, but a faint annoyance lingered, and the deer fidgeted, diligently moving its hooves towards the sky.

[We’re almost there… Look, the moon is already that close.]

“You said that four thousand years ago.”

The two were Tamhwa and Hwadam, who had parted ways with Beom that day.

Having separated from him and with nowhere else to go, Hwadam suggested going to the moon, which led to their current situation.

“If it were Father, he wouldn’t have left without a plan, but would have found a way to easily reach the moon.”

[….]

Hwadam had nothing to say.

The moon, which they thought would be reached quickly by flying, was, regrettably, not easily accessible.

It seemed close enough to touch, but strangely, the end was not in sight.

They had been running towards the moon for over ten thousand years already.

Originally, Tamhwa would have complained about being hungry and suggested turning back long ago, but fortunately, there were Chongsu [a type of spirit or energy being] living even in these high skies, allowing them to come this far.

They were transparent or had indistinct forms like clouds, but Tamhwa caught and devoured them whenever she saw them.

However, even that became difficult as they ascended higher, and Tamhwa’s patience was reaching its limit.

Hwadam had to somehow coax and appease Tamhwa.

They had already wasted nearly ten thousand years, and turning back now would make all that time feel too precious to lose.

[If we go to the moon, there will definitely be Chongsu that Tamhwa, you’ll like. Maybe ones you’ve never tasted before?!]

“…Then hurry up and get there.”

Huff.

Hwadam carried Tamhwa on her back and ran and ran.

A normal cultivator [a practitioner of martial or spiritual arts] would have long exhausted their energy or fallen from the intense winds and cold.

Or they might have been crushed by the immense distance and given up.

But Hwadam could somehow be certain. That they would soon arrive.

‘It might be because of the Wollyasu [a mystical herb or substance] you consumed,’ she thought.

Hwadam recalled what Cheonbeom had said in the past.

His memories of sharing stories while looking at the moon from the calm Geonwon Sea were now distant tales.

Hwadam’s eyes reddened.

“Why are you crying again?”

[I was thinking of Lord Cheon….]

At that, Tamhwa made a nonchalant face and urged her to hurry up.

[Sigh….]

Hwadam looked at Tamhwa with pitiful eyes.

She had once told Tamhwa about Cheonbeom.

Hwadam was sad and missed him, regretting that she couldn’t repay his kindness.

But then, Tamhwa said.

‘Father is not dead.’

So she said.

In Hwadam’s view, Cheonbeom had died from the Great Preceptor Wonseon’s arrow.

His very traces had disappeared, so she reasoned how could he be alive, but Tamhwa would not listen.

‘What do you know? Father wouldn’t die from something like that. If he really had no choice but to die, he would have tried to overcome the crisis somehow.’

‘But at that time, Lord Cheon….’

He seemed to have given up on living.

As soon as she said that, what flew towards Tamhwa was not words but fists.

After being hit a few times, Hwadam had to say that Cheonbeom must be alive.

“Are you going to say Father is dead again?”

[No, no! L, Lord Cheon is definitely alive. He wouldn’t have left you, his daughter, and gone far away!?]

“Hmph, good to know.”

Huff.

Hwadam looked at the moon again with a relieved face and moved her feet.

That’s how ten thousand and one thousand years passed.

After eleven thousand years.

Hwadam’s feet stopped.

[Tamhwa.]

“I know.”

Tamhwa and Hwadam came face to face with the massive Modal and Jadal [likely referring to the two halves/sides of the moon].

[Finally…!!]

Hwadam was overwhelmed with emotion.

The moon before her was enormous and filled with abundant energy.

Just being near it made the blood of Wollyasu surge and rejoice.

‘Woleum’s power [likely a type of lunar energy],’ she thought.

It was abundant.

But unlike Hwadam, who couldn’t hide her joy, the moon didn’t seem to welcome them at all.

The void of the huge gray moon rippled, and grotesque Chongsu appeared.

Hwadam called them Wolchongsu [Moon Spirits].

[I didn’t think they’d really be here.]

“Oh….”

Unlike Hwadam, who was uneasy, Tamhwa was very pleased with the current situation.

Chongsu she had never seen before, Wolchongsu.

Tamhwa stepped on Hwadam’s back and stood up.

“They contain a mysterious energy.”

They were faded gray or silvery, creatures that were hard to tell whether they were insects or beasts. But she could tell that they harbored hostility, so Tamhwa opened her mouth towards the Wolchongsu.

Before long, she transformed into her massive true form and collided with the Wolchongsu, swallowing them in one gulp, instantly causing ripples in several voids and continuously summoning Wolchongsu.

[Kyahahaha!]

Tamhwa was overjoyed.

Hwadam was watching the scene for a moment, when she realized that human figures had appeared among the Wolchongsu.

[Tamhwa!]

They were pure white humans.

They were also humans who didn’t seem human.

Their pure white hair was like the cold moonlight, and their blue eyes seemed to contain a lake. There were several of them, and they appeared all at once, riding on top of the Wolchongsu.

Hwadam realized that the suddenly appearing beings harbored hostility and stepped on the floating rocks in the void to approach Tamhwa.

It was then.

Peeeee.

The pure white humans blew whistles, making a sound. It was a very strange sound, and it felt like it was ringing throughout her entire body, not just her ears.

Stuck.

[Uh.]

At the same time, Hwadam’s body stopped.

It was as if something had put a brake on her body, making it impossible to move.

That was the same for Tamhwa as well….

Thwack!!

Or so it seemed.

Tamhwa didn’t care even though the sound of something breaking was continuously erupting from her entire body, and devoured all the Chongsu.

Then, it was they who were flustered.

The women, who looked like fairies of the moon with pure white hair, were quite embarrassed and busy running away from Tamhwa, who was rushing at them.

Whooong!!

Chrararararak!

Golden chains appeared from Tamhwa’s body, trying to capture and devour the women.

They scattered in panic, and one by one, they were caught and eaten by Tamhwa.

[…I don’t know either.]

Feeling like she didn’t know, Hwadam also used her divine power to catch them.

[You bastards! How dare you come here!!]

The captured woman shouted loudly.

But Tamhwa didn’t care and swallowed them in one gulp.

Soon after swallowing most of the Wolnyeo [Moon Maidens].

Tamhwa’s head turned slightly towards one place.

Sreung.

The moon rippled, and the one who revealed herself there looked like the Wolnyeo who had appeared earlier.

Pure white hair and blue eyes.

The only difference was.

[A transparent sword?]

That she was holding a strangely shaped transparent sword.

And that the palace attire and winged clothes she was wearing also looked extraordinary.

[Young Palace Lord!]

One of the Wolnyeo caught in Tamhwa’s golden chains shouted that.

The woman called Young Palace Lord looked at Tamhwa with cold eyes and ran her fingertip along the sword’s blade.

Sreung!

The sword’s blade flashed pure white and soon froze, making a cracking sound.

Kwajangchangchang!

[?]

Suddenly, the sword’s blade broke on its own and turned into ice shards, scattering around.

Just as she was wondering what she was doing.

[Cough!!]

The Wolnyeo who were caught in Tamhwa’s golden chains all grabbed their necks and coughed, and began to freeze in an instant.

That was Tamhwa’s chain.

The golden chains were the same.

Tjeojeojeojeojeok!!

Following the freezing golden chains, ice began to spread to Tamhwa’s body.

Kwaang!!

Tamhwa cut off her golden chains with her teeth. It was a very quick decision, but it didn’t end there.

The Young Palace Lord put her hand in the air and waved it a few times, and the ice shards that had been the broken sword sparkled and circled around Tamhwa.

Then, they emitted an enormous chill and began to freeze her.

[Oh no!]

Hwadam, startled, tried to absorb the Young Palace Lord’s energy.

[Absorb!!]

But rather, Hwadam’s absorbed body stiffened and vomited blood. Just as she was wondering what was going on, frost clung to Hwadam’s entire body, and she suffered a great internal injury, making it impossible for her to move.

‘Energy that I can’t handle!’

Hwadam’s body was damaged by great shock and internal injuries, but she was more worried about Tamhwa than herself.

[Ah….]

Tamhwa’s entire body was now frozen pure white.

She looked as if she had been exposed to the north wind and snow for thousands of years.

The entire body of the giant Oryong [Five-Headed Dragon], reaching eight hundred yards, was frozen, making it a magnificent and tremendous sight.

Hwadam’s face twisted greatly.

Just as she was gritting her teeth and erasing her worries in order to somehow absorb this chill and make it her own.

Tuk, Tududuk.

Cracks began to form on Tamhwa’s body.

Tjeojeojeojeojeojeok!!

Kwacha chachachachang!!

Kuaaaaaaaa!!

The Oryong’s roar echoed for thousands of miles, and the ice shards that had covered her scattered in all directions.

[Tamhwa!]

Hwadam shed tears of joy.

In contrast, Tamhwa was furious and sprayed poison mist and spread out thousands of golden chains to catch the Young Palace Lord.

But the Young Palace Lord disappeared in an instant, and Tamhwa looked around in all directions, searching for her who had disappeared somewhere.

‘Ah.’

In an instant, the surroundings darkened, and the moon had disappeared.

Tamhwa recalled that she had been caught in a phantasm [illusion] and suppressed her anger.

‘What would Father do in this situation….’

Tamhwa, who had been in the form of a giant Oryong, transformed back into a girl and calmly surveyed her surroundings.

The scenery was no different.

Hwadam was also standing there blankly, but the Young Palace Lord had disappeared.

It was a subtle phantasm.

It was designed so that she wouldn’t even know whether she was caught in a phantasm or not.

Originally, Tamhwa was vulnerable to other divine powers, but how long had she been traveling with Beom?

‘There are two ways to break a phantasm. Find and kill the caster, or break through the phantasm with a powerful blow.’

Tamhwa couldn’t use the method of finding the caster who was hiding deep inside.

The only thing possible was to create a hole in the phantasm by using the laws of space.

Tamhwa clenched her fist tightly.

She was a small body, but her true form was Oryong.

The energy contained in this fist was more than that of an Incense Immortal [a high-level cultivator], so if she concentrated it into one point, she could surely create a hole in the phantasm.

‘Think. What would Father have done?’

His fist, which she had seen since before she had intelligence, had defeated all enemies.

From the time she fought the sea dragons of the Lower World, Tamhwa had seen Cheonbeom swinging his fist hundreds and thousands of times.

As Tamhwa quietly closed her eyes, pure white vines permeated all around her.

But she didn’t waver.

In Tamhwa’s space, only the one fist that would pierce through space existed.

“Break.”

Kwaaaaaaaaaaang!!

A tremendous roar that shook the heavens and the earth echoed.

A smile spread across Tamhwa’s lips as she created a small spatial rift within it.

She swung the golden chains that were spewing out of her sleeves, expanded the small space, and slipped into it.

“I’m out!”

Tamhwa, who jumped out in joy, immediately swung her fist again.

Poong!

But unexpectedly, a weak sound was heard. Tamhwa’s hand was inside the small bronze mirror held by the pure white Young Palace Lord.

“Aish!”

Tamhwa’s body turned into a small light and was sucked into the bronze mirror.

She had escaped the phantasm, but this time it was a sealing technique.

She had no choice but to be helplessly defeated by the flowing series of attacks.

“It’s just like fighting Father….”

Tamhwa felt like she was fighting her father, and when she thought about it, the Young Palace Lord’s face was quite familiar.

She didn’t really remember the faces of immortals very well, but….

“I feel like I’ve seen her somewhere… who is she?”

Tamhwa, who couldn’t remember, soon shook off her thoughts and transformed into her true form, splitting her body.

The increased Tamhwa swelled to a number that suited hundreds of millions.

As she did so, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind.

‘Could it be that woman?’

But she wasn’t sure.

Her memory was vague. First of all, breaking the seal was the priority.

Tamhwa had received the Eoryeongtaehaeng Seal from Cheonbeom, so she clearly knew the method of breaking it as well.

The moment her body became hundreds of millions of trillions. The sound of the sealed space cracking was heard.

The Young Palace Lord realized that her bronze mirror was cracking and threw it far away.

Kwaaaang!!

An explosion was heard, and the giant Oryong, who reappeared, had instantly swelled to a number that would devour the entire area.

[I know. I know who she is!]

The Oryong, who had split into a tremendous number, said all at once.

And then, becoming one again, she said.

[She’s Father’s first wife!!]