Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 2079

Clang!

Kang Jin-ho transformed into a black meteor, hurtling towards the Black King.

Throb!

Seeing this, the Black King felt a searing pain in the center of his chest.

There were no wounds, but the Black King clearly understood the source of his chest’s agony.

He couldn’t forget.

The image of Kang Jin-ho driving the Azure Dragon [a powerful sword or technique] into his chest, the look in his eyes, was etched into his memory.

Deeply buried trauma resurfaced, its meaning unmistakable.

‘Sect Leader!’

The eyes of Kang Jin-ho, now upon him, blazed with a terrifying light. The moment the Black King met those murderous eyes, his heart turned to ice.

Fwoooosh!

The sword of flames erupting from Kang Jin-ho’s hand descended upon the Black King with incredible speed.

‘Tch!’

It was twice as fast as he had anticipated. The Black King’s sword rose almost instinctively, intercepting the incoming blade.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

The moment the swords collided in mid-air, a terrifying explosion erupted. A shockwave, like a missile strike, swept outwards in all directions.

Amidst the deafening roar that threatened to shatter his eardrums, the Black King heard it clearly.

Crack! Crack!

The desperate screams of his wrist as it was being twisted.

His hand, bearing the brunt of Kang Jin-ho’s sword, was bending as if it would snap.

“Tch…”

A groan escaped his lips involuntarily.

At that moment, Kang Jin-ho’s sword came down again.

Clang!

The Black King’s body crashed through the floor, sinking up to his waist. His body could withstand the impact, but the earth beneath him could not.

Crack!

It felt as if every muscle in his body was tearing apart. The Black King’s eyes flashed with a bloody light from the intense pain.

Clack! Clack!

Swords clashed. Beyond the crossed blades, Kang Jin-ho’s eyes were visible.

Chills.

A coldness ran down the Black King’s spine.

Those eyes.

The same eyes he had when he seized his neck and plunged the Azure Dragon into his chest.

Throb! Throb!

A wound that shouldn’t exist. The pain surged as if the wound was still fresh. In that terrible pain, the Black King unknowingly wore a twisted smile.

‘Yes.’

His eyes began to mirror Kang Jin-ho’s.

‘This is what the Heavenly Demon Lord [a powerful and often feared figure] should be like.’

This is how it should be.

This is why it was worth waiting all this time.

“Aaaaaaaah!”

Boom!

The Black King pushed Kang Jin-ho away with all his might. He lunged towards Kang Jin-ho, who staggered backward like a tree struck by a hurricane. Dozens of sword shadows erupted from the Black King’s blade, aiming to pierce his chest.

Condensed and further condensed demonic energy.

Each one contained enough power to obliterate a skyscraper without a trace. Dozens of these demonic energies were unleashed at once.

But!

Kang Jin-ho, pulling back his bent waist, swung his sword again, shattering the air.

Screeeeeech!

A chilling, ghostly scream erupted from the sword. A roar that seemed to freeze the very soul of the listener! Kang Jin-ho’s sword, wrapped in that roar, pierced through the incoming sword energies.

Clang!

A huge storm of demonic energy, swirling from the sword energies, pushed the incoming attacks in all directions. At the same time, Kang Jin-ho lunged through the path he had created.

At that moment, the Black King’s eyes widened.

Slash! Slash!

The sword energies that had not been completely deflected cut through Kang Jin-ho’s shoulder and grazed his leg. But Kang Jin-ho, without even flinching, broke through the rain of attacks and rushed towards the Black King.

Clang!

The sword, descending from above, swept over the Black King with a sound like a massive waterfall of demonic energy.

‘Tch!’

Sensing the imminent danger, the Black King raised his sword with all his might to block the descending blade. There was no reason for him to be pushed back if it was a matter of inner strength.

The swords collided head-on in mid-air.

A deafening roar, as if the sky was collapsing, erupted. The Black King, having successfully blocked the blow, gathered all his remaining inner strength and pushed Kang Jin-ho upwards.

Clack! Clack!

Kang Jin-ho’s sword, unable to withstand the force, bounced upwards.

But at that moment, the Black King saw it. Kang Jin-ho’s fist flying towards his face.

Clang!

The Black King, struck directly, flew backward like a cannonball.

‘What…’

The Black King quickly regained his momentarily lost consciousness. But his eyes were still filled with confusion. He didn’t understand what had just happened to him.

‘Could it be?’

Did he drop his sword?

To drop his sword in the midst of that unbelievable clash of power? If the Black King had anticipated that, his body would have been torn in two without any chance to resist.

But there was no time to dwell on it.

In his eyes, a black storm cloud, and beneath that black storm cloud, a demon surrounded by an even darker darkness revealed itself.

Just pitch black.

But at that moment, the Black King saw it clearly. The demonic energy that covered the place where his mouth should be was surging intensely.

Kang Jin-ho was smiling.

Clang!

The Black King’s body slammed into the ground. Red blood gushed from his mouth, creating a huge crater as if a meteorite had fallen.

Disadvantage?

Absolutely not!

This kind of shock was nothing. Kang Jin-ho was injured with a pierced chest, and in terms of power, speed, and inner strength, the Black King held the advantage in every aspect.

But that’s why he couldn’t understand it even more.

‘Why me?’

He was giving it his all right now. He wasn’t just toying around, matching Kang Jin-ho’s level like he was a moment ago.

But why?

“Aaaaaaaah!”

An enormous amount of demonic energy erupted from the Black King’s entire body. The demonic energy that swirled around him reversed and soared upwards.

A wondrous sight.

It was as if the earth was pouring a black rain towards the sky. No matter how strong Kang Jin-ho was, it would be impossible for him to survive if he was swept away by this enormous demonic energy. No, it had to be impossible.

But at that moment, the Black King saw it.

The sky.

A single red line cutting across the pitch-black sky.

Fwoooosh!

A sound so clear. With that clear sound, the world was split in half.

Swoosh!

Red blood splattered from the Black King’s face.

Through the blood that obscured his vision, the Black King clearly saw the demonic energy he had unleashed being split exactly in half.

It was a sight that was no exaggeration to call a miracle.

And through the space created by that miracle, Kang Jin-ho descended. Like a grim reaper coming to deliver death to him.

‘Why…’

Why was he being pushed back?

His thoughts were cut short. Kang Jin-ho’s sword, which had been fired downwards, pierced his neck. Instinctively twisting his neck to avoid it, the Black King’s fist pierced Kang Jin-ho’s abdomen.

Bang!

An attack that would have crushed all his internal organs.

Black blood gushed from Kang Jin-ho’s mouth. But Kang Jin-ho, instead of retreating, rushed forward and grabbed the Black King’s neck, forcefully slamming him into the ground.

Boom!

The pain was as if his back was completely torn apart.

But before he could even fully register that pain, Kang Jin-ho’s forehead slammed directly into the Black King’s face.

Bang!

The Black King’s vision went black for a moment.

‘This!’

It was unbelievably barbaric and vulgar for masters of their caliber. But those primal attacks were definitely working on the Black King.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Red blood gushed like a fountain from the Black King’s face, which was being repeatedly struck.

Seeing Kang Jin-ho’s forehead slam into him once again, the Black King roared.

“You son of a bitch!”

Clang!

The Black King’s elbow rotated fiercely, striking Kang Jin-ho’s temple. A powerful blow that would have blown his head off. But the moment the Black King’s elbow struck his head, Kang Jin-ho’s fist pierced the Black King’s side.

Crack!

All his ribs were broken. Kang Jin-ho didn’t stop there, and he dug his fingers, bent like the claws of an eagle, into the Black King’s side.

Crack! Crack!

The sound of flesh being torn away echoed through his body, not his ears. The Black King’s mouth opened involuntarily in the face of that excruciating pain.

At that moment, the Black King saw Kang Jin-ho’s face.

Kang Jin-ho’s temple, which had been struck by him, was torn open, and blood was dripping down, but he was just looking down at him with cold eyes.

It felt like a frozen dagger had been stabbed into his heart.

That endless coldness made the Black King tremble.

“Kang Jin-hooooooo!”

Clang!

The Black King’s foot kicked Kang Jin-ho’s stomach.

Crack!

Kang Jin-ho’s body was thrown backward. Even so, Kang Jin-ho grabbed the hand he had dug into the Black King’s side. The flesh of his side was completely torn away.

Bang!

The Black King kicked off the ground as if he didn’t care about the wounds.

Whoooosh!

The sword of demonic energy that erupted from his hand in an instant flew towards Kang Jin-ho’s front.

Seeing the sword flying like a ray of light towards him, Kang Jin-ho extended his arm, which was covered in demonic energy, in front of the sword.

Crack!

The pitch-black sword tore through Kang Jin-ho’s demonic energy in an instant and pierced his upper arm. The sword, which had sharply cut through the soft flesh, began to cut through the bone.

Clack! Clack! Clack!

With a chilling noise like a knife scraping against bone, the sword pierced into the bone.

At that moment, Kang Jin-ho twisted his mouth and bent the arm where the sword was embedded to the side. The sword twisted momentarily, and the Black King’s chest opened up.

Kang Jin-ho’s body, containing a vortex-like eddy, plunged into the Black King’s open chest. Kang Jin-ho’s shoulder, carrying all the power of that eddy, slammed directly into the Black King’s chest.

Clang!

The Black King’s chest caved in as if it had been completely crushed. Bitter blood flowed back through his throat, and his consciousness faded away.

But even in the midst of that, the Black King reached out his hand. The Black King’s demonic energy, which he had unleashed in an instant, pierced through the demonic energy and slashed diagonally across Kang Jin-ho’s face.

Boom!

The Black King, who had been thrown like a cannonball, slammed into the ground.

And Kang Jin-ho also landed on the ground.

Thud.

Blood endlessly dripped down Kang Jin-ho’s face. Three clear scars that had almost cut through to the bone. Those scars were etched across one of Kang Jin-ho’s eyes.

But Kang Jin-ho simply moved his feet with a blank expression.

“Cough…”

Coughing incessantly, the Black King, who was pathetically slammed into the ground, coughed.

Grrr.

The Black King’s hand gripped the ground. With a face full of anger, disbelief, and endless hatred, he turned his head. Towards Kang Jin-ho, who was approaching him.

And at that moment, Kang Jin-ho’s mouth opened.

“Get up.”

“This is what you wanted.”

“Heh heh heh heh.”

A mad laugh erupted from the Black King’s mouth.

The Black King, who had grabbed the ground, trembled and raised his body. Finally, he straightened his waist, wiped the blood flowing from his mouth with the back of his hand, and nodded his head.

“Yes…”

Madness filled his eyes.

“This is what I wanted, Sect Leader.” The madman and the madman kicked off the ground again to tear each other’s throats out.