Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 437

Throughout the long history of the Open Sect, many masters have been given the title of ‘believer’.

But I can say this with certainty.

Whoosh!

The current Shin-gae.

He truly deserves that name.

“It seems it’s about to begin,” Ha Se-min said.

Blue light began to pour down.

The light engulfed the void where Lee Ro-woon and Shin-gae were entangled.

Swoosh!

The light poured down like a meteor shower.

“Kuh!”

The warriors of the Silver felt an oppressive force constricting their bodies and faltered.

“Haa….”

The warriors of the Open Sect took a breath and stopped moving.

Both forces had stopped, that was true.

However, what happened next was completely different.

The Silver warriors, enveloped in the blue light, had their inner energy sucked away.

Flash!

The Open Sect warriors, surrounded by the blue light, felt their momentum surge.

“…….”

That was the true power of the Open Sect that Ha Se-min had witnessed in the past.

This was it.

“The Open Sect, and….”

The giant force that had stood tall and never relinquished its position in the long history of the Silver, the Open Sect.

“The Open Sect.”

It was the moment when their true power was unleashed.

Whoosh-!

A storm raged.

The Open Sect warriors began to move, rushing towards the Silver warriors.

Clang!

The situation was completely different than before.

It seemed as if the momentum had shifted to them.

Boom-!

Nidhogg’s flames poured down, falling towards the Open Sect members.

They were engulfed in flames, becoming part of the fire.

But in the next moment.

Whoosh-!

Nidhogg’s flames began to scatter and spread as if blocked by an invisible barrier.

Blue light flickered within the flames.

-How dare…!

Just as Nidhogg was about to unleash another breath, as if his pride had been hurt.

Boom!

A heavy shockwave erupted from Nidhogg’s chest.

“How dare you, you insignificant creature!”

A man wearing a black robe, with a fierce expression on his face.

He was one of the three disciples of the Open Sect Master.

Geum-gae had died and disappeared, but Mu-gae stood tall at the center.

Mu-gae, whose talent in martial arts was second to none in the Open Sect, and who became a disciple of Shin-gae for that very reason.

However, the reason why he could not become the successor of the Open Sect, which was also an intelligence organization, was…

“Let’s have some fun!”

He had no interest in information or anything else, only in one thing.

Boom!

Martial arts, combat, blood, and slaughter.

Nidhogg and Mu-gae clashed.

As if Mu-gae had been waiting for this moment, he held a blue glowing staff in each hand and was falling towards Nidhogg.

-How dare you!

“How dare you!”

Their voices echoed.

-You insignificant creature!

“You insignificant creature!”

As if they had made a promise, the two said the same thing.

Boom!

They collided again, causing an explosion.

However, what was important in this fight was not the fight between the warriors, nor the fight between the executives, nor the fight between Nidhogg and Mu-gae.

“…….”

It was the fight between Shin-gae and the Demonic God that was taking place in the blue sphere above the sky.

* * *

Swish!

Chains of blue light were constricting Lee Ro-woon’s entire body.

Clang!

Even if he broke them, the chains that reappeared were binding Lee Ro-woon even more tightly.

As time passed.

Clang!

The more violent the resistance.

Swish!

The chains of blue light were binding Lee Ro-woon with even greater force.

No, the power of the light chains was infinite and equal.

What this was doing now was….

-Yggdrasil.

The same thing that the World Tree Yggdrasil [a mythical tree in Norse cosmology] had done.

“Are you reading it?”

Reading his information, his magic power, his inner energy, and his martial arts, learning the appropriate countermeasures and evolving on its own.

This meant that these blue chains, this light….

‘Equal to Yggdrasil.’

It also meant that it was equal to Yggdrasil, which had supported Asgard [the realm of the gods in Norse mythology] for thousands of years.

“It’s useless.”

Shin-gae said, looking at Lee Ro-woon.

His face had changed to a calm one, unlike before.

He was surprised for a moment by Lee Ro-woon’s resistance to the Scripture Repository [a place where sacred texts are kept].

Whoosh!

But in the end, Lee Ro-woon would not be able to escape this divine hell.

Shin-gae was emitting blue light from his entire body.

Seeing him, something came to mind.

If these blue chains were the same as Yggdrasil.

“Is it the realm of transcendence?”

Shin-gae seemed to have reached the same place as Elk, the god of Asgard.

That was the case just by looking at his current appearance.

The blue light emanating from his body, which was that of a shabby old man.

A bright light, which was not enough to be called an eye light, was pouring out of his eyes and all his orifices.

It was like a bomb about to explode.

“This power is the history that the Open Sect has brought.”

It was like an egg about to shed its shell.

“It is the Open Sect itself.”

It was like something about to evolve.

Crack!

Indeed, Shin-gae’s skin began to crack.

The skin revealed in the blue cracks told Lee Ro-woon the answer.

“It’s not starting now.”

What Shin-gae was experiencing was incomparable to the metamorphosis that martial artists so desperately desired.

Metamorphosis was the restructuring of the body to transform it into a new one.

But what Shin-gae was showing now was different.

“You were hiding it even though it was already over.”

The dream of all martial artists, but a realm where one had to search through history to find someone who had experienced it.

“The ignorant say. How dare a beggar from the Open Sect use a believer.”

Having the title of ‘believer’ attached to one’s name was the greatest honor for martial artists.

There were only a few such people throughout the history of the Silver.

Shin-gae had attached that to himself.

“But.”

The light emanating from Shin-gae grew stronger.

“It is the truth, they just cannot see it, how can I blame them?”

Crack!

In the cracked crevices, smooth and soft skin was revealed.

The skin, which had been covered in wrinkles, was so smooth that not a single line could be found.

Whoosh!

The momentum felt from it was incomparable to the Shin-gae from before.

“I.”

Shin-gae said.

“Have already ascended to immortality.”

“You have already ascended to immortality?”

The highest realm a martial artist could experience.

The realm of the Immortals.

There were those who said that the realm of life and death was the realm of transcendence.

But that was half right and half wrong.

Literally, the realm of half-immortality was the realm of life and death.

Those who had grasped the beginning of transcendence but had not transcended.

That was the image of an egg trying to break its shell.

The realm beyond the realm of life and death, called the realm of transcendence, was also similar.

Even that was not a perfect transcendence.

-Elk.

And this very form.

-Immortal.

Having shed all shells, the body was merely a vessel.

This was the realm of extreme transcendence.

In the history of the Silver, only a handful of people had reached this realm.

And Shin-gae was.

“This is the Open Sect.”

He had entered that realm.

It was not arrogance for him to call himself a god.

Baek Jin of the Mount Hua Sect was still at the beginning of the realm of transcendence, and the abbot of the Shaolin Temple had entered the realm of the Immortals, but it had not been confirmed.

If so.

“How can I show my things to the ignorant?”

Shin-gae was, in fact, the strongest in the Silver.

“I should just let it flow quietly, but….”

Crack!

Shin-gae, who seemed to have completely shed his skin, said.

“If you are a Demonic God, no, a Divine Demon, you are qualified.”

The Divine Demon.

“The true ruler of the Silver in forgotten history.”

Also.

“The only one who received the title of king in the long history of the Silver.”

The word ‘god’ had been used several times in the history of the Silver, but the word ‘king’ had not been used.

It was the history of the forgotten Demonic God Sect and the Silver that no one remembered, but the fear and thrill of that time remained in all of them and continued to this day.

The title of king.

“If you are the successor, you are qualified to see my form.”

At that moment.

Pfft.

The corners of Lee Ro-woon’s mouth turned up.

Lee Ro-woon’s smile, which was rarely seen.

If Ha Se-min or Lee Ro-woon’s close aides had seen this, they would have been amazed and admired it.

“……?”

Shin-gae’s reaction was different.

He distorted his face and became furious.

It was the moment when he was showing his true form and realm, but it was a mockery.

“Ah, sorry.”

Lee Ro-woon said, bound by the blue light chains.

“I just thought of a rather absurd joke.”

Clink.

Not breaking the blue chains, but accepting them.

“If you become a king, what would you be called?”

A chuckle.

“King Gae? Gae King?”

Or maybe….

“King Beggar?”

It was that moment.

“How dare you-!”

The moment he revealed everything he had built up.

The moment everything he had built up was mocked.

Shin-gae finally exploded.

“Ah, I guess I’m getting old. I’m talking such nonsense.”

Looking at Shin-gae, who was right in front of him.

Whoosh!

Lee Ro-woon also unleashed his golden eyes.

Boom!

A loud explosion occurred.

* * *

‘The power of the Scripture Repository reads inner energy first, it seems.’

The power of the blue light was the power of the Scripture Repository.

It was the power of transcendence that read, analyzed, and countered everything.

But Lee Ro-woon had already experienced this once.

Yggdrasil.

So he also knew the countermeasure.

-Immense power.

Releasing a power that was difficult to even read.

However, in the current situation where he was bound by these chains, such a method would only expose more weaknesses.

Another countermeasure was.

Whoosh.

When the Scripture Repository was reading his martial arts, Lee Ro-woon used another power.

Boom!

When the Scripture Repository was using all its power to read his martial arts, the power of the Sword King.

He used the Ring of the Emperor.

This also had the effect of suppressing the power of the Scripture Repository.

The Ring of the Emperor, which was not limited to the body and used external power.

This Ring of the Emperor was….

Swish!

It could be said to be in line with the power of the Scripture Repository.

Boom!

With a loud explosion, Lee Ro-woon was falling down.

In that gap, Lee Ro-woon swung his arm, which was bound by the chains.

Swoosh.

Shin-gae dodged it without any difficulty and, on the contrary, closed the distance even faster.

“…….”

Lee Ro-woon’s eyes narrowed.

‘It’s different.’

He already knew the martial arts of the Open Sect.

It was thanks to the teachings of the Martial King and the investigation of Ha Se-min.

But that was not the footwork or the movement technique of the Open Sect.

“Is it Emei?” [a martial arts style]

If it was just about speed, it was the martial arts of Emei, which had the greatest potential.

Shin-gae, who had approached in that way, slowly reached out his hand.

The moment a shining blue sword was formed in his hand, which had been empty.

Swish-!

Everything was pierced and torn apart next to Lee Ro-woon’s ear.

There was swordsmanship in the Open Sect.

But there was no such fast and linear swordsmanship.

This was.

‘Emei.’

The Emei Sect.

Right now, Shin-gae was.

Tap tap tap!

He was targeting Lee Ro-woon through various martial arts, not just the martial arts of the Open Sect.

“Is the Open Sect’s stuff not worth seeing?”

Lee Ro-woon said, as if provoking him.

“No.”

Shin-gae said, glaring at him.

“All of this is the Open Sect’s.”

Boom-!

A storm was raging.

“The starting point of martial arts was not the Open Sect.”

Even if you looked at the history of the Silver, they could not be the origin.

“The end of martial arts is the Open Sect.”

That the Open Sect had devoured and learned all of it.

Swish.

Plum blossoms were blooming.