Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 209

The Three Kings’ Disciple (210)

209

Lee Rowan and Viper, who had resumed moving after Viper’s metamorphosis, were now in action.

Viper had been deploying his Qi for five days without eating or drinking, so his energy was depleted.

“Rather, I’m overflowing with power.”

Now, he had recovered all his energy and stamina due to his metamorphosis.

To describe Viper’s condition:

‘Mana-infused Body.’

It could be said that he had acquired a new type of body that had never existed in the Silver World.

A constitution that is free from many of the limitations of humans as long as mana exists.

It could be said that he now had a special body that could last a year without eating or drinking.

“Then, let’s pick up the pace a bit.”

And that wasn’t all.

Swoosh!

Lee Rowan kicked off the ground.

He moved in an instant as if folding the ground.

The distance between him and Viper was far, but.

Whoosh!

With a sonic boom completely different from Lee Rowan’s, Viper instantly moved next to Lee Rowan.

“Hoo!”

Viper, surprised, took a sharp breath and looked at Lee Rowan.

“It’ll be hard to adjust yet.”

Lee Rowan said, looking at Viper.

“It’s good to work hard until your changed body and mind become one.”

His body was now evolved.

However, Viper had not achieved enlightenment and transformed; it was more like Lee Rowan had forcibly transformed him.

Therefore, there was a gap between his body and mind.

If they couldn’t match.

“Kuh!”

It would put a strain on his body like that.

“Try your best to keep up with the speed. Then….”

Swoosh!

“Your mind will naturally adapt.”

It was a brutal training method.

“Understood!”

But for Viper, who had grown up in Shaolin, famous for its brutal training, it wasn’t a big problem.

The two were still moving through the forbidden zone.

“…….”

Lee Rowan moved at a pace that Viper could follow.

“Huff. Huff.”

Viper tried his best to keep up with Lee Rowan.

The two of them.

“This is….”

Stopped in a place that still belonged to the forbidden zone to catch their breath.

The magnificent scenery unfolded before their eyes.

It was a familiar sight to Lee Rowan, but it was a sight Viper had never seen before.

“What the….”

Viper was in shock.

Thousands upon thousands of ice statues stood before them.

Lee Rowan was already familiar with it, having seen the Mooyong family frozen by Partisan.

“Are they really people?”

It was clear that it was a sight Viper was seeing for the first time.

Viper approached the statues.

He examined the statues with sunken eyes.

“……It’s disgusting.”

The pure white statues were beautiful.

But the human forms within were something that could be called disgusting.

Melting skin, swollen flesh.

There were also forms with exposed bones or deformed twists.

Children, the elderly, men, and women all had deformities in some part of their bodies.

And another thing they had in common was.

“Silver hair….”

They were beings with silver hair, which was considered sacred and carefully regarded in the lawless zone.

“What are these?”

As Viper began to guess their identities in shock.

Lee Rowan gave him an answer.

“Step back. They are the survivors of the Northern Ice Palace.”

Now he seemed to understand the situation roughly.

***

-Please save us.

Without having to hear the details from the Ice Monarch, he could roughly understand what had happened to the Northern Ice Palace and why she had made a contract with a demon named Satya.

Whoosh!

The thousands upon thousands of statues before his eyes were proof of the situation.

The forbidden zone was full of radiation.

‘A gate opened here.’

They were called the Outer Five Palaces even in the Silver World, and although they were not part of the mainstream, they were a powerful force. A gate had opened in this cursed land.

It didn’t make sense that skilled martial artists were all affected by radiation.

“The world is distorted.”

When what could be called opportunities overlap, it becomes the worst disaster.

It was certain that the gate to the Northern Ice Palace had opened in this forbidden zone.

However, what Lee Rowan and Viper had seen while moving was a world of nothingness.

They couldn’t find a gate anywhere.

But, there were these statues in the middle of it?

‘The world is distorted and mixed up.’

The Northern Ice Palace had appeared here in a form that didn’t require a gate.

The world had opened, and they were defenseless.

Radiation had engulfed them.

“It’s terrible.”

The martial artists of the Northern Ice Palace were rapidly deteriorating due to radiation exposure.

They were anxiously trying to find a way to survive when.

-Satya.

She must have reached out her hand.

The way to save the Northern Ice Palace, which was collapsing due to radiation.

That was.

“She froze them all. To prevent them from being further exposed to radiation and to stop their cell necrosis.”

Thousands upon thousands of them.

Even Partisan, who had caused a disaster by sealing it, would have had difficulty making the Mooyong family look like that.

The Ice Monarch was a martial artist of the Life and Death Realm, but she was no match for the Guardian Dragon.

She had taken Satya’s hand.

‘She saved the Northern Ice Palace.’

However, that had become her weakness.

A contract with a demon.

Moreover, there was no way for her to escape.

“All of them are hostages.”

The moment she broke the contract or died, all the ice would shatter and melt.

If that happened, the remaining members of the Northern Ice Palace would melt like ice and die.

-Please save us.

He seemed to know what she was asking for.

The promise they had made.

Swoosh.

Just as Viper was about to reach out to examine a statue.

“Stop.”

Lee Rowan stopped him.

“If you touch it, it will melt.”

The moment he touched the statues that were barely frozen, the magic seal would break, and they would awaken.

Thud.

Viper stopped immediately at Lee Rowan’s warning.

“Let’s hurry and pass through here.”

“Understood.”

It was not a place where it would be good to stay for long.

Just as they were about to move.

“What’s wrong?”

Viper said, looking at Lee Rowan, who had stopped.

“Krrk!”

Then, a beast-like cry was heard.

“Krrrrrrk!”

Along with a chilling sound like a friction noise.

Whoosh!

Ice blades shot out and pierced the spot where Lee Rowan and Viper had been standing.

“Who….”

Viper tried to warn them by deploying his Qi, but he soon closed his mouth when he saw the opponent.

Drop, drop, drop.

They were melting.

The statues.

And.

“Kieeeeeek!”

The martial artists of the Northern Ice Palace, who had melted and regained their original forms, began to rush towards Lee Rowan and Viper like monsters.

***

Drop, drop.

The statues were still melting at this moment.

‘Satya.’

Her involvement was clear.

Thump thump thump!

It was also clear that she had an assistant helping her.

Satya, who had been chased out of the mental world once.

She had to be careful to recover, so it was clear that someone was helping her spread her power here.

“Kieeeek!”

Someone was hiding their power among these martial artists of the Northern Ice Palace.

Swoosh!

Lee Rowan and Viper once again kicked off the ground and floated into the air.

Thump thump thump!

Freezing sword energy and strong Qi poured in from all directions, aiming at Lee Rowan and Viper, but.

Clang!

Lee Rowan blocked everything with the blade of his two-handed sword.

Whoosh!

Viper was shattering everything that flew at him with his fingers.

“What should we do?”

Viper said, as if troubled.

The enemies were rushing in like crazy.

They were the Ice Monarch’s relatives, disciples, and family.

Viper, who had already heard about the cooperation with the Ice Monarch from Lee Rowan.

“Is it okay to kill them?”

He was worried about how to deal with them.

He had grown, so this much was not a big problem.

But.

‘There are too many.’

The statues were continuing to melt.

Also, they were constantly rushing to kill Lee Rowan and Viper, who were visible, like monsters.

The more time passed, the more disadvantageous it would become, and in the process, they would inevitably suffer injuries.

“Wait.”

Thud.

Lee Rowan, who had landed on the ground, said.

“It’ll only take a moment.”

Thud.

At the same time, Lee Rowan plunged his two-handed sword into the frozen ground.

“Understood!”

Viper declared and crossed his hands.

The Great Vajra Palm of Shaolin, which he had learned, was a martial art with a strong killing intent that was rare even in Shaolin.

It was a martial art focused on killing rather than suppressing, and he had to take charge of the killing moves even in the 108 Arhat Formation.

But now.

Whoosh!

He felt like he could break through that limit, that shell.

His two hands slashed through the air.

At the moment when the space distorted with it.

Kuwahhhhh!

Black scars began to be drawn in the air.

Thump thump thump!

The sword energy that was released towards Viper collided with the scars and disappeared.

Smirk.

“Done.”

Viper shouted with a face full of joy.

“I think I can hold on!”

He was more than happy to have found a new path in martial arts.

And then it was.

“Good job.”

Lee Rowan opened his eyes, which had been closed, and pulled out the sword he had plunged in.

Swoosh.

The sword was slowly swung from below to above.

And with that.

Kwahhhhh!

A huge explosion echoed from afar.

Scattered ice crystals.

“Hoo.”

In that, a clearly different energy now revealed itself.

He was pushed back with a spear held diagonally.

He shook his head with a look of disgust.

“That’s amazing.”

It was a familiar face.

“Number 2.”

The deputy commander of the Special Forces was standing there.

***

-You’ll need help.

The Special Forces were left alone in Viper’s territory.

-I’ll go.

Number 2 stepped forward among them, who were endlessly waiting for the 3rd Squad Leader while recovering their exhausted minds and bodies.

He had gone to Baek Cheong and asked for permission to act alone.

-I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but you need backup….

He was trying to persuade him with useless words.

‘Do as you please.’

Baek Cheong had allowed it as if it was nothing.

‘If you want to die, what can I do?’

At Baek Cheong’s words, Number 2, Yang Sa-hwi, had shown an expression for the first time.

-Did you know?

Baek Cheong had answered him like this.

‘I know you’re the last direct descendant of the Shin Chang Yang family, so I was hoping you’d take some more time and make the right choice.’

No matter what anyone said, he was a valuable person in the Silver World.

Even though he had gone down the wrong path, Baek Cheong thought he might be able to return.

He thought that if he saw Lee Rowan’s true form, he might realize what was wrong and stand on the right side.

But if there was no chance.

‘Do as you please.’

Baek Cheong had no intention of persuading him.

-Is it a firm belief?

‘I guess so. You haven’t seen his true form, so you wouldn’t know.’

-But that’s….

Yang Sa-hwi said confidently.

-It’s because you haven’t seen ‘that being.’

‘……….’

-It’s ‘that being,’ not him, who is the real deal. Everything is meaningless in the face of that being’s power.

A deeper, more absolute belief than what Baek Cheong had shown.

-That being is….

Yang Sa-hwi left the Special Forces with those words.

-A Demon God.

Baek Cheong muttered, leaning back in his chair.

“A Demon God.”

Then what should that guy be called?

And what would be the outcome?

Whatever it was.

“Win.”

Baek Cheong had no intention of changing sides.