Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 99

Nangseon’s Romantic Tale – Episode 98

“You’ve made up your mind to die, haven’t you!”

From Nangseon’s perspective, the Mountain Lord drawing his sword sheath in this chaotic situation seemed like a moth flying into a flame.

Sure enough, various restrictive spells erupted, creating a multitude of bizarre formations.

The formations of restrictive spells, embroidered in the sky, spat out law-knot characters, emitting light as if opening their jaws to devour him.

Koo-oong!

The restrictive spells quickly descended upon him.

It seemed to be a gravity-based restrictive spell, as an immense weight crashed down, pinning him in place.

He couldn’t even use Shukuchi [a technique for instantaneous movement].

It was as if spatial manipulation was blocked within Ha Hoomi Nong’s body, preventing the use of Shukuchi.

Not only were flight-based divine powers nullified, but even the spiritual energy circulating within his body began to freeze.

He could now understand why Samgui had confidently asserted that he couldn’t acquire the Heavenly Treasure without him.

With such a staggering number of restrictive spells, exceeding double digits, detonating at once, an ordinary Taoist would have been helpless and succumbed.

However, the Mountain Lord merely curled the corners of his lips in a relaxed expression.

He then reached into his chest and produced several stones, throwing them. Dozens of them exploded at once, creating a blinding flash.

“Could it be…!”

The burst of light dissolved the formations of restrictive spells, and the restrictive spells that had been suppressing and threatening him gradually crumbled.

“No way!”

He had thrown Hae Bong Stones [stones that nullify magical restrictions].

It was truly unbelievable.

Even in large sects, Hae Bong Stones were rare treasures.

One might possess one or two, but even then, they would acquire them at a hefty price.

Yet, an ordinary Rank 6 cultivator possessed over a dozen Hae Bong Stones!

With his pupils shaking violently, Geumgin quickly regained his composure.

‘It’s better this way.’

He was going to deal with him anyway.

Even if he held the Heavenly Treasure in his hands, it would be difficult for him to use it easily with his Youngmyung cultivation [a stage in cultivation]!

If so, now was the perfect opportunity.

“I heard you were alive.”

The Mountain Lord, holding the sword sheath in his left hand, opened his right hand and his crimson eyes flashed.

Soon, his pupils dilated, and a third eye instantly appeared on his forehead.

The scenery around them changed rapidly.

Blue pillars of fire surged from several places beneath his feet.

The surroundings instantly transformed into a sea of fire.

His skin grew hot, and his lips parched.

The air became stifling, making it hard to breathe.

“Gwaebi Yeogak [a powerful illusion technique]!”

There was no way he wouldn’t recognize it.

It was originally his divine power.

“I thought something was strange, but to think it was Geumgin who tucked his tail and ran away.”

There was no way he couldn’t know.

He was Geumgin of the Siphaemancheokgui [a group of powerful demons], who had tried to take the Mountain Lord to the Hundred Ghost Night Parade in Cheonyodong.

He had heard that Geumgin’s spirit had escaped, but he never imagined he would be prolonging his life by seizing a female immortal’s body.

“It doesn’t matter that I’m prolonging my life with this lowly body because of you! I’ll soon take your body!”

Geumgin’s roar echoed loudly.

The Mountain Lord smirked and levitated a blue jade that appeared in his grasp into the air.

The blue jade soon split and multiplied rapidly. It instantly multiplied into hundreds, as if embroidering the sky.

“I’ll repay the debt from then!”

The 108 blue jades transformed into blue flying swords at the same time as forming hand seals.

At the sight of it, Geumgin narrowed his brows and summoned a pipa [a traditional Korean lute].

Geumgin already had a sharp plectrum attached to his hand, ready to play the pipa.

“You’ve entered a woman’s body, and it seems not only your appearance but also your inner self has changed!”

“Hmph! Babble all you want! Let’s see if you can still babble after tasting the Five Classics Pipa, one of the Seven Immortal Treasures!”

Soon, Geumgin’s hands moved dazzlingly, mercilessly plucking the five strings.

A beautiful tone captivated the ears.

It was a fast and cheerful performance, but somehow it was a sound that resonated deep within the heart.

The Mountain Lord, who had unknowingly become focused on the music, realized this and looked around.

The scenery of the illusion he had created was gradually disappearing. The pillars of fire were dying down, and lush greenery was sprouting within them.

The more the pipa’s tone spread, the more the illusion swayed and responded to it.

The Mountain Lord narrowed his eyes.

Before he knew it, a thick mist had begun to settle around Geumgin, concealing her figure within it.

The more the mist thickened, the more the pipa’s music rushed like a gale.

It was truly a mystical performance and tone.

The Mountain Lord shook his head and opened his eyes wider.

In his eyes, a sparrow flapping its wings and an eagle were engaged in a chase, chasing and being chased.

The Mountain Lord was dumbfounded by the illusion presented by the increasingly high-pitched pipa performance. The illusion of the sparrow fleeing from the eagle’s claws and the pipa sound raining down as if to pierce his ears flickered.

Was he the sparrow, or was the sparrow him?

At that moment, when he was floundering in the mystery, not knowing whether the fluttering was his arm or his wing.

Crack!

The Mountain Lord’s eyes flashed open at the same time as the sparrow was caught in the claws of the eagle in the illusion.

The Hangbosain Sword within his body made a clear sound, awakening his mind.

“Die!”

The clear tone of the pipa suddenly sharpened. Geumgin flicked his hand strongly.

Jjee-ing!

A bizarre sound wave that made him frown spread out.

Before he knew it, the sharp sound wave had condensed into a crescent-shaped blade of energy and rushed towards him.

It was like an eagle’s claw.

“Damn it!”

The Mountain Lord immediately clenched his hand.

Hundreds of blue daggers moved as if dancing according to his gesture.

Geumgin’s sound wave and the Mountain Lord’s daggers collided, creating an earth-shattering roar.

Kwa-kwang! Kwa-ga-ga-gang!!

The Mountain Lord hid his body within the illusion, and Geumgin relentlessly plucked the pipa.

The daggers that collided with the sound wave were helplessly deflected and fell to the ground.

Hope appeared on Geumgin’s face.

“You’re still hiding!”

He sneered, but the inside of the illusion remained silent. Geumgin shot sound waves while plucking the pipa with a smirk.

The blue daggers had now all fallen, and only blue flames flickered in the sky.

“Do you think you, who is only at the early stage of Youngmyung, can kill me even if you’ve reached Youngmyung? What can a guy who can’t even properly utilize Gwaebi Yeogak do! It’s not even worth half a penny!”

Geumgin, looking around with an excited face, plucked and played the Five Classics Pipa.

Then, suddenly, his surroundings swayed, and thick bamboo sprouted from the ground.

Geumgin, placing his feet on the end of the bamboo, stood on it and plucked the strings.

Then, from the ground, suddenly, bamboos that had sprung up like mushrooms appeared, creating a lush bamboo forest.

Geumgin, standing unsteadily on the bamboo forest, gave a seductive smile.

It was then.

Suddenly, the flow of spiritual energy changed.

The bamboo forest shook violently.

Geumgin’s face, which had been precariously balanced, crumpled.

From the ground, blue flames swirled like a vortex, and the figure of a coiling dragon swimming within it was faintly revealed.

“Sword Formation!”

Geumgin, who was startled, was aghast.

The daggers that he thought were insignificant were actually falling to form a sword formation! Her face turned red and blue and gradually turned pale white.

An illusion was created, making it impossible to escape.

He could only stop it by destroying the sword formation or killing the Mountain Lord.

However, not only the sword formation but also the Mountain Lord was mixed with the illusion, making his location ambiguous.

“How long are you going to hide!”

She suddenly jumped up.

Then, hundreds of bamboos soared together and shot in all directions.

Each bamboo suddenly turned into a bamboo spear and stabbed in all directions.

However, the bamboo spears, which did not have a clear target, soon lost their way and were consumed by the blue flames.

Geumgin, anxiously contemplating, summoned the Zhuguitongchun’s carapace [a powerful defensive artifact].

The energy of the sword formation was intense, but it would not be able to penetrate the carapace of Zhuguitongchun, which he boasted!

Geumgin, forming hand seals to return the carapace to its original size, entered the carapace like a turtle and hid.

Only then did a low voice be heard.

[It’s not me who’s hiding, it’s you.]

While Geumgin was grinding his teeth.

The 108 flying swords that made up the sword formation trembled.

The blue flames rising from each flying sword transformed into coiling dragons, and they rushed towards the carapace with fierce cries.

The coiling dragons made of Bongak Cheonghwa [a type of powerful flame] spewed blue flames and entangled the carapace.

However, the carapace of Zhuguitongchun seemed to be incredibly resilient, and it remained intact even in the blue flames.

The Mountain Lord was quite surprised by the hardness beyond imagination, but he soon raised the corners of his lips.

The flames that make up the sword formation are Bongak Cheonghwa.

Since it is surrounded by its fierce heat, it doesn’t matter even if it can’t burn it.

The guy inside will be like a turtle being boiled in a pot.

After a while.

A suppressed scream flowed out from inside the carapace, and the Mountain Lord revealed a hopeful expression and fiercely poured in spiritual energy.

Soon, Geumgin, unable to withstand the heat, screamed and emerged from the carapace.

Geumgin’s figure, escaping as a white ray of light, was pathetic.

The palace dress had already become rags, and his whole body was burned and reddened.

He tried to escape, but in the Mountain Lord’s illusion.

There is no place to escape.

Geumgin, grinding his teeth, looked around and took out the Five Classics Pipa, but it was already too late.

Poohk!

“Cough!”

“Where are you going?”

The Mountain Lord, who stabbed Geumgin in the back, smiled gleefully and pulled out his hand.

“Do you think you can kill me!”

“Then what do you expect me to do but kill you here?”

The Mountain Lord, as if replying to something strange, began to twist Geumgin’s neck.

“Kuh-heuk, this body is the precious jade leaf of the Donghae Haechongryeongwang [Dragon King of the East Sea]! For you to kill me means killing the precious jade leaf of the Haeryong Clan! Can you dare to bear the wrath of the Haechongryeongwang!”

The Mountain Lord’s face crumpled.

Haechongryeongwang, one of the Three Kings of the East Sea (東海三王) who dominates the eastern sea.

The Mountain Lord also knew that name.

If he killed his daughter, it was clear that the sea creatures of the East Sea would target the Mountain Lord.

“That bastard is using a ridiculous trick….”

The Mountain Lord took out the sword sheath from his chest.

It was the newly acquired Heavenly Treasure.

“Hahaha! It seems you are also afraid of the wrath of the Haechongryeongwang!”

The Mountain Lord glared at Geumgin, who was cackling and jabbering, and brought the sword sheath to the guy’s forehead.

“Wh-what are you trying to do!”

“The name of the sword sheath is Hye Yeon Hwe Geom (傒聯灰檢). Don’t you also know well the divine power possessed by this Heavenly Treasure?”

He seemed to recall the divine power of Hye Yeon Hwe Geom and tried to let out a cry of horror.

“It’s already too late.”

Thud.

When he pressed the mouth of the sword sheath against his forehead and pulled it, something resembling a spider screamed.

[Please save me!!]

“Just die!”

Soon, the sword sheath emitted a mysterious light and sucked in the guy’s soul.

The Mountain Lord, who watched Geumgin’s last moments as he spat out a miserable death cry and disappeared into the sword sheath, let out a rough breath.

“That damn bastard.”

The Mountain Lord, who spat out a curse, waved his hand and retrieved the sword formation.

The carapace of Zhuguitongchun was reddened.

He stared at it silently.

He had thought it was no ordinary object since he crossed the gallbladder, but he never imagined that even Bongak Cheonghwa, which he had strengthened with the sword formation, would not work.

“But it’s even better now that it’s become my thing.”

Heavenly Treasure and Zhuguitongchun’s carapace.

The Mountain Lord, satisfied, put the two in his arms, withdrew the illusion, and descended to the ground.

Soon, he looked at the woman in his arms and clicked his tongue because of the wound that had penetrated from her back to her abdomen.

If the Haechongryeongwang of the East Sea is mentioned, it is the king of the Haeryong Clan that dominates the East Sea.

To think that she was the precious jade leaf of such a sea king.

After pondering for a while, the Mountain Lord took out a medicine bottle from his chest and treated her.

He didn’t know why she had her body taken away by Geumgin, but the guy’s words seemed to be true.

Originally, he should have devoured the souls of others, but Geumgin did not.

He had only sealed her soul and occupied the seat.

[The daughter of the Haechongryeongwang of the East Sea….]

Suddenly, the old man who flowed out from the sword sheath laughed heartily and said.

“I put my enemy in there because I thought you might be bored, but do you think they’ll get along well?”

[That guy has a lot of anger! If it’s not someone like me, he’ll melt into the sword sheath, so don’t worry too much.]

It was an boastful remark, but the Mountain Lord decided not to care.

[But, you….]

It was then.

Kuguguung!!

The ground shook as if an earthquake had occurred, and loud noises poured down.

“Rank 6! What is it this time!”

Jangcheon, who was hiding, shouted in surprise.

However, the Mountain Lord was also dumbfounded.

There was no way he could know what was going on.

[Run away quickly!]

“What on earth is going on!”

[That guy turned my body into a zombie! It’s trying to wake up now!]

If so, it was a zombie at least at the level of eternity!

It was a level that the Mountain Lord could not handle.

“Why now of all times!”

Why now of all times! But he soon knew the answer.

[Didn’t you draw the Hye Yeon Hwe Geom!]

“Ah.”

Damn it.