Thud.
Lee Ro-woon, pushing off the ground, moved with a gliding motion.
His figure shot forward like an arrow.
When his greatsword, Wrath, shifted its stance,
Whoosh!
The red aura emitted from Wrath transformed into a crescent moon, slicing through everything in its path.
Boom!
The forest began to collapse as trees were cut down at their bases.
Rumble!
The massive vibrations shook the entire ground.
Woo woo woo!
The wolves followed closely behind, and Ha Se-min and the others had to exert their maximum speed using their lightness skills to keep up.
Even so.
Swish!
They had to deal with the black monsters that were charging at them.
Although they were just remnants left behind by Lee Ro-woon’s attacks, they were still beings that could withstand or evade his strikes.
“Bite them!”
They were by no means weaklings.
The wolves ridden by the Black Orcs simultaneously lunged and bit into the Giant Ogre, while Hashman plunged his glaive into its skull, causing its brain matter to splatter.
Thud!
He then mounted his wolf again and rode on.
On the opposite side, Ha Se-min and Lee Shin-woo were working together to take down another monster.
Whoosh!
The red aura was emitted once more.
The red aura, which seemed to span several meters, was destructive to a degree that was unlike the Silver Warriors.
Swoosh.
It possessed another ability.
The power to absorb the energy of what it had cut.
That energy then seeped back into Wrath.
Throb.
It was entering Lee Ro-woon’s body.
The inner energy in his dantian [energy center], which had been depleted by unleashing the massive aura, was soon replenished by taking the lives of the enemies he had cut down.
Swish, swish, swish!
And so, Lee Ro-woon continued to unleash several red crescent moons.
-The Blood Demon Divine Art and the Heavenly Demon Divine Art are martial arts that temper the outer and inner parts of the body.
Although they possess complex and incredible abilities that are difficult to express with the word ‘temper,’ Master Muwang said so.
-It means that they are not martial arts created with the use of weapons in mind.
The Blood Demon Divine Art and the Heavenly Demon Divine Art were martial arts that did not suit weapons.
In fact, Master Muwang did not wield a weapon during his long life.
He never held the sword called the King of Myriad Transformations, nor did he ever hold a spear or any other weapon.
However, that was because.
-It’s not that he couldn’t wield a weapon.
If Master had wielded a sword, he would have become the greatest swordsman.
If Master had wielded a spear, he would have become the spear king.
But he could never.
-Have had the name of Muwang.
He would not have obtained the title of the Emperor of Martial Arts.
That was Master’s will, his identity, and the name of Muwang.
However.
-There was something that I could not reach with my body alone.
The first expression I ever saw.
Master Muwang’s face was filled with deep defeat.
I didn’t have to think long to know what he was thinking about.
‘Chaos.’
A realm that could never be reached.
Master was defeated by that which existed in the sky above the sky, or even beyond that realm.
-As I said, what I will teach you will be all of me, but.
Master Muwang said.
-It is something that can erase my shortcomings.
That day, he wielded a sword for the first time.
The three masters, who were rulers of different worlds.
They combined everything they had and created something new.
-This is the sword I will teach you.
Master Muwang had created a sword form with Master Sword King.
-Its name is….
Something that even Master Muwang could not use.
-Blood Moon.
Something that could only be used when the Ring of the Emperor and the essence of the Demon King were connected.
Something that even Master Muwang had only created the sword form and the flow of inner energy for, but had never actually used.
That was the Blood Moon.
-Look.
That day, a red moon had risen in the sky.
Whoosh!
Blood Demon Divine Art, Heavenly Demon Divine Art.
Following that, he mastered the Ring of the Emperor.
Now, as he accumulates the essence of Master Demon King, it is not perfect, but.
Boom!
He could use the basic stance of the Blood Moon.
The Blood Moon, a combination of the Moon King from the Ring of the Emperor and the Blood Demon Divine Art.
Its first stance.
Crunch.
Lee Ro-woon’s foot dug into the black earth.
The moment his foot was buried up to his shin.
Boom!
Lee Ro-woon’s Wrath moved diagonally.
Wrath, pushing everything away and creating a red haze.
On the opposite side.
Whoooom!
The black earth rose, and a black wave was crashing down.
The black wave, which had risen high enough to block out the sun, looked like a tsunami that could swallow an entire city, but it was aiming for only one thing.
Lee Ro-woon.
A human facing a natural disaster.
Boom.
It was the moment when Lee Ro-woon’s Wrath was finally completely unleashed.
“Crescent Moon.”
This was.
Clang!
The first stance of the Blood Moon.
A red crescent moon.
The small aura that was shot out gradually increased in size.
It devoured the surrounding energy and life, swelling its size.
Whoooom!
When it finally met the oncoming black tidal wave.
Clang!
The red crescent moon grew to a size that was no less than the massive tidal wave.
Swoosh!
It cut through the tidal wave.
* * *
From some point on, Lee Ro-woon took the lead.
Thanks to him, the Black Orcs and his companions advanced without hesitation, pushing forward.
They were moving across the vast land of Bohol on foot.
They had to tread through the swampy, muddy ground, fighting off the endless stream of monsters that attacked them.
The black lion was an intelligent and cunning being.
It had no reason to give the enemies any time.
They were pushing them to their limits, engaging in an all-out war.
Therefore, even though Lee Ro-woon was leading the way, the path was not easily opened.
“….”
However, from the moment the red crescent moon split the tidal wave, the situation was reversed.
Wrath burns everything.
The red Wrath.
Sizzle.
It sucked the life out of the black earth and killed it.
The swampy ground hardened, and the monsters that had been revived and attacked shattered into dust with even the smallest attacks.
But that was all.
The life that the black lion had devoured was immeasurable, and it was so powerful that it could even momentarily halt Lee Ro-woon’s steps.
“Haa. Haa.”
Tired breaths.
“Woo woo….”
Even the wolves were covered in blood and sweat, their once glossy fur now drooping.
“How long….”
Lee Shin-woo said, looking at his watch.
“How long have we been fighting?”
The time that had passed since the battle began.
Because they were focused on the battlefield, where they could die from a single mistake, they had not been aware of the passage of time.
But now, in this moment of brief respite.
Tick.
They could finally see how many days they had been moving without rest, how many days they had been fighting.
“Three days….”
The positions of the sun and moon had changed three times.
During that time, everyone had been unable to sleep and had to fight enemies without rest.
Even though they were beings who had entered the realm of superhuman, fighting for three days without rest was close to impossible.
Their inner energy and mana were depleted.
Not to mention their physical strength.
Swoosh.
Their eyes were closing on their own.
Even so, the reason they could endure was thanks to Lee Ro-woon.
Swoosh.
Lee Ro-woon’s Wrath emitted a red light and extended towards his allies.
Throb.
The depleted mana and inner energy began to fill up.
“….”
Their closing eyes opened on their own.
Although not completely, even their exhausted physical strength was restored.
This was not something that even a high-rank supporter could easily do.
“….”
Lee Ro-woon’s expression, as he did such things without any effort, was the same as usual.
“Is that guy not even getting tired?”
The recovery of mana and inner energy.
The recovery of physical strength.
The only thing that could not be recovered was.
Flutter.
Mental strength.
The fatal stress that came from cutting down, killing, and fighting without rest was something that could not be improved no matter what they did.
The same was true for Lee Shin-woo and the others.
Sigh.
The Black Orcs, who seemed to boast endless stamina, were also the same.
Even in a situation where everyone was exhausted, Lee Ro-woon was the same as usual.
“What kind of battles has the Divine Demon….”
Kang Han-cheol approached and said.
“Been through to be able to do that?”
What kind of time did he have to train in to be able to do such a thing?
Everyone swallowed hard as they took a brief rest, when.
Boom!
Now that the enemy’s attacks and the black wave had stopped.
Swoosh.
A large black mountain could be seen in the distance.
“……?”
They looked at it with puzzled eyes.
“What is that?”
Even though they had been focused on the battle and had only been chasing the opponent in front of them.
It didn’t make sense that they hadn’t even been aware of the existence of such a large mountain.
It was huge, large, and gloomy.
Throb.
Their instincts warned them.
“Dodge….”
Ha Se-min.
“Dodgeeeeee!”
He unleashed all of his inner energy with a loud shout and deployed a protective aura.
At that moment, the others also quickly put on their best defenses.
Clang!
A massive shock was inflicted on their entire bodies.
“Cough!”
The group staggered, spitting out blood.
Screech!
Even the wolves cried out in pain and collapsed.
Only one person stood straight.
Lee Ro-woon was the only one who was looking at the black mountain, making eye contact with it.
“Finally….”
Lee Ro-woon’s dry lips opened, and he spoke.
“It has appeared.”
The black mountain.
What was floating there was a red moon.
No, it was.
“That’s the black lion…!”
The eye of a beast.
The Guardian Wolf also boasted a massive size.
But the black lion was an exceptional being.
It was literally a mountain.
Rumble!
It was the moment it moved.
Thud!
Hashman picked up the fallen wolf and ran forward.
“Avaniho Sarmeni. Sima… Basla.”
A small voice, like a chant, was spoken.
“Avaniho Sarmeni….”
The Orcs stood up, formed a formation, and began to chant.
Whoosh!
The mana in the air resonated and began to tremble.
“What….”
What on earth was happening?
Lee Ro-woon lowered Wrath and even stepped back.
“They want to do it themselves.”
Lee Ro-woon’s voice, who had been focused on the battle and had even been sparing his words, spread to his companions.
“They want to do it themselves…?”
Nod.
Lee Ro-woon nodded his head.
“This is their territory.”
Lee Ro-woon even sat down on the floor in a lotus position and said.
As if he would not intervene in the battle that was about to unfold.
“They want to show it to those they lead.”
“….”
The group seemed to have sensed something.
Lee Ro-woon was once again looking at the Orcs and the black lion.
Whoosh.
The black lion’s mouth opened.
Black energy surged from within its mouth, which opened like a volcano erupting.
A dense, dark energy.
“That’s….”
Lee Ro-woon’s voice.
“What a king is.”
“Avanio!”
“Sarmehi!”
“Pandema!”
The Orcs’ voices, like a chant, gradually grew louder.
That was the language of Gehenna [a place of torment] that they had lost.
The Gehenna’s….
-Magic Words.
A power that had power in the language itself, a power that reversed the laws.
Also, this was.
-Distorting space….
The meaning of the language was clearly heard by Lee Ro-woon.
-Let it descend.
Whoosh!
The mana began to tremble even more.
-O King, reveal yourself and protect your people.
That was the identity of the magic words they had uttered.
Crack!
The result was unfolding before their eyes.
“The sky…!”
The sky, which had been dyed black.
The black clouds parted, and light poured down.
And what appeared from within was.
Crack!
The Guardian Wolf, scattering its silver fur.
The Guardian Wolf bit into the black lion’s neck.