The Divine And Demonic Doctor [EN]: Chapter 428

Crunch.

“Kkeueo-eo!”

A gruesome scream erupted from Cheok Dae-gwang’s mouth as his eyes widened.

Cheok Dae-gwang trembled as he witnessed Cho Ak-ryang’s hand piercing deeply through his chest.

But even this didn’t last long.

No matter how great a master, one cannot survive with a shattered heart.

As Cho Ak-ryang slowly twisted and pulled out his hand, which had been buried up to the elbow, Cheok Dae-gwang breathed his last with intermittent convulsions.

“No!”

Hyeok Ryeon-ho was overwhelmed with extreme confusion and fear at the successive deaths of his comrades.

As his mind faltered, his sword also loosened, and the ice blade created by Han Seol-hwa’s gesture pierced through the gap in an instant.

Thwack.

Immediately after feeling the chilling energy that had cut through his waist with the force of a single, decisive strike.

“……!”

Hyeok Ryeon-ho’s upper body staggered back with a pale face and then slid to the floor.

‘What on earth……’

Until his last breath, Hyeok Ryeon-ho couldn’t believe it.

It was far too different from what he had heard from Ma Yeong-gi, who had faced Han Seol-hwa earlier.

Having exchanged blows directly, she had become an even greater monster than before, beyond comparison.

Dan Ak-seon turned his head to check the surrounding battle situation and quietly opened his mouth.

“It’s over.”

Beom Gye-wi, who had enjoyed a good fight for the first time in a while, smiled contentedly at the words.

On the other hand, Cho Ak-ryang and Han Seol-hwa simply nodded in response.

The deaths of the Three Demonic Masters, each brought about by their assigned opponents.

As a result, the great battle was rapidly heading towards a debacle.

With their leaders dead, the remaining Demonic Cult warriors lost their will to fight and gave up resisting.

There was no need to chase after them as they quickly left the battlefield.

“Now, what’s left is…….”

Dan Ak-seon’s gaze turned northwest.

It was the direction where the Divine Land was located.

* * *

Thanks to the efforts of the Divine Demonic Three Venerables, the warriors of the Central Plains were able to easily dismantle the Demonic Cult’s special forces and headed straight for the Divine Land.

After all, this was a battle that could not be ended unless they defeated the demons lurking inside the Divine Land and their leader, the Heavenly Demon.

Having arrived near the Divine Land, they decided to take a day’s rest.

They felt the need to rest a little, as the final battle awaited them.

And here, Zhuge San’s advice also played a part.

He emphasized that among the heavenly timing, geographical advantage, and human harmony that determine fate, the most important was human harmony, and he persuaded the renowned figures of the Central Plains.

Dan Ak-seon initially tried to send the physically uncomfortable Zhuge San back to his family.

However, despite Dan Ak-seon’s dissuasion, Zhuge San stubbornly led his uncomfortable body and moved with the Central Plains martial artists.

The final battle that would determine the direction of fate.

As they were facing this, there was something he had to convey to Dan Ak-seon.

Sitting face to face with Zhuge San across a bonfire, Dan Ak-seon’s eyes widened.

“A countermeasure against Demonic Art…… You’ve completed the Anti-Demonic Art?”

Zhuge San quietly smiled at Dan Ak-seon, who was surprised and asked again.

“That’s why I infiltrated the Demonic Cult from the beginning.”

Unlike when they first met, Zhuge San treated Dan Ak-seon with respect.

Regardless of age, the center of the Central Plains martial arts world was undoubtedly Dan Ak-seon.

As such, he also decided to show respect.

“If the Anti-Demonic Art spreads throughout the Central Plains, it will greatly contribute to preventing the rise of the Demonic Cult. As long as there is a martial art that is diametrically opposed to them, they will never dare to covet the Central Plains again.”

Dan Ak-seon nodded at Zhuge San’s words.

Indeed, that was true.

If the Anti-Demonic Art researched by Zhuge San demonstrated its power, the Central Plains martial arts world would possess the most reliable means of suppressing the Demonic Cult.

Dan Ak-seon felt anew that Zhuge San before him was remarkable.

Earlier, in the battle with Jo Eum-seo inside the prison.

He had somewhat anticipated it through his advice, which had been effective at the time, but hearing it directly from the person involved was different.

“Of course, I can’t guarantee that it will work on the Heavenly Demon either. The Iron Soul Demonic Heart Art that the Heavenly Demon has mastered is a dimension higher than the Demonic Arts mastered by the other Demonic Venerables, truly a supreme art.”

“Still, just as groping along branches eventually leads to the root, there will be some common ground.”

“I hope so…….”

Zhuge San, who trailed off, smiled and continued.

“There isn’t enough time to write down the incantations right now. So, try to memorize them on the spot. I will repeat and recite them as many times as necessary.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhuge San began to recite the incantations of the Anti-Demonic Art he had researched.

After reciting the incantations for about half an hour, Zhuge San looked at Dan Ak-seon.

“The incantations may be somewhat complex, but if you listen to them a few more times…….”

“No. I’ve memorized them all.”

Zhuge San was startled and asked back at Dan Ak-seon’s unexpected answer.

“You’ve already memorized them all?”

“Yes.”

Dan Ak-seon nodded and began to recite the incantations that Zhuge San had just said in order.

Zhuge San couldn’t help but be amazed and, on the other hand, was dumbfounded.

He prided himself on being as intelligent as anyone, but he had no choice but to stick out his tongue at Dan Ak-seon’s brilliance in memorizing and reciting the lengthy incantations after hearing them only once.

Soon, Zhuge San nodded with a satisfied expression after confirming that there were no errors in the incantations memorized by Dan Ak-seon.

“Perfect.”

Dan Ak-seon, who was smiling back, suddenly felt that Zhuge San’s eyes resembled those of the head of the Zhuge Family.

‘Well, yes.’

It was only natural since they were connected by blood.

Then, Dan Ak-seon suddenly recalled one important detail.

Among the conversations he had with Zhuge Gyeong, the head of the Zhuge Family, there was still a question that had not been answered.

“Could I ask for some advice?”

“Are you asking me?”

“Yes. My father, the head of the family, taught me about the mysteries of formations, but he said he knows nothing about the formations installed in the Divine Land.”

Dan Ak-seon mentioned the formation he had experienced when he entered the Divine Land before.

Zhuge San’s eyes lit up as he listened quietly.

He had also been researching the formations installed in the Demonic Cult’s main base and the Divine Land for a long time.

Therefore, Dan Ak-seon’s story, as the person who had directly experienced the formation, provided him with invaluable clues.

“If…….”

Dan Ak-seon, who started with those words, set up a hypothesis and asked about its feasibility.

“Hmm. In that case…….”

Zhuge San also expressed his opinion based on his long research.

And in this regard, the two had a fairly long conversation.

How much time had passed?

Dan Ak-seon, who realized that it was already late at night, quietly smiled and looked at Zhuge San.

“Looking at you like this, you really do resemble him.”

“Whom are you referring to?”

“Your father, the head of the family.”

Zhuge San chuckled and felt embarrassed.

Because he knew his father’s personality better than anyone else, he could clearly picture the situation at the time.

“He must have been delighted. Because other than me, he had no one else to discuss formations with or share understanding.”

Dan Ak-seon smiled and nodded.

“Thanks to that, we are together in this place now. If I hadn’t received his teachings, I wouldn’t have been able to break through the Demonic Cult’s main base formation so easily.”

It was then that a light of conflict arose above Zhuge San’s eyes as he met Dan Ak-seon’s gaze.

After silently staring at Dan Ak-seon for a moment, Zhuge San carefully opened his mouth.

“Do you happen to know how your parents passed away?”

“……!”

Dan Ak-seon’s expression clouded over as his parents’ death was mentioned.

Earlier, when he visited the Potala Palace [a major Tibetan Buddhist monastery].

He had heard some explanation through the Dalai Lama and could guess the circumstances of his parents’ death.

But he had not grasped the details.

“Do you know something?”

Zhuge San sighed softly at Dan Ak-seon’s question.

“I heard a story from Soo Bo, that person.”

In fact, he explained the situation in quite detail at the time.

It was to break Zhuge San’s will by mentioning their deaths and to instill fear and despair in him so that he could be easily manipulated.

“…….”

Dan Ak-seon was silent.

After continuing to ponder with such a complex look for a while.

Soon, Dan Ak-seon, who had made up his mind, raised his eyes and stared at Zhuge San.

“Please tell me. What happened to my parents…….”

He had to know the reason, even if no one else did.

Zhuge San sighed lowly once more and slowly nodded.

And with a heavy expression, he opened his mouth.

“Your parents, who treated the patients who occurred in the Potala Palace, headed straight for the Central Plains.”

But they could never reunite with Dan Ak-seon again.

“Because the Demonic Cult’s masters, led by the Six Demonic Venerables, were waiting for them.”

At the time, a master from the Potala Palace was escorting the couple, but it was impossible to handle so many masters.

Moreover, the Lama monk at the time had performed Bone and Marrow Cleansing for the young Dan Ak-seon, even consuming his own True Origin True Qi [internal energy].

In the end, he lost his life to the Demonic Cult’s masters, and the Divine Doctor and Demonic Doctor couple were kidnapped and taken to the Demonic Cult.

The reason why the Demonic Cult kidnapped the couple was one.

It was for the treatment of the Heavenly Demon Jong Yeoui, who was the leader of the time.

“The Heavenly Demon was seriously injured in the last battle that took place in Giryeon Mountain during the Righteous-Demonic War.”

Initially, the Demonic Cult had treated him on their own, but the results were not good.

As time passed, the Heavenly Demon’s condition worsened, and eventually, they faced the worst situation.

Several years had passed with even the remaining consciousness gone.

As the Heavenly Demon’s life was at stake, the Demonic Cult, with fire on their feet, had no choice but to place their last hope on the Divine Doctor and Demonic Doctor couple.

To this end, they mobilized all their capabilities to thoroughly collect information before kidnapping the two.

So, they had identified the fact that the two were married, which most of the Central Plains martial artists did not know, and even the existence of the child born between them.

At first, the Demonic Cult began to threaten them by using Dan Ak-seon, whom the couple had hidden somewhere.

But the threat did not work.

It was because of the belief that no matter how great the Demonic Cult was, they would not be able to find the Divine Devil Valley hidden in Tak Yo-shin’s masterpiece, the Chaos Heaven Maze Formation.

Eventually, the Demonic Cult, embarrassed, changed its method.

They used the fact that the couple’s affection was deep.

The Demonic Cult continued to threaten them, holding their lives hostage.

At this, the Demonic Doctor scoffed and ridiculed the Demonic Cult’s personnel.

Her venom, saying that she would rather die together than save the Heavenly Demon, was enough to make even the Demonic Cult’s high-ranking officials sick of her.

However, the Divine Doctor thought differently.

He couldn’t allow his beloved wife to die.

In the end, the Divine Doctor agreed to treat the Heavenly Demon, and the Demonic Doctor was greatly disappointed by her husband’s decision.

Despite his wife’s persuasion, the Divine Doctor did not reverse his decision.

In the end, the Demonic Doctor also gave in and had no choice but to stay by her husband’s side.

That’s how the two began to treat the Heavenly Demon.

And as the two worked together and began treatment in earnest, the Heavenly Demon’s condition began to recover rapidly.

And eventually, thanks to the two’s medical skills, the Heavenly Demon was able to regain consciousness and open his eyes.

Then one day.

At the point of nearing the Heavenly Demon’s complete recovery, the Divine Doctor demanded that the Demonic Cult release the Demonic Doctor.

He assured them that he could complete the cure on his own, as the difficult process had already passed.

Of course, the Demonic Doctor refused.

But the Divine Doctor persuaded his wife, saying that young Dan Ak-seon still needed his mother’s touch.

In the end, the Demonic Doctor’s heart wavered.

Moreover, the Demonic Cult was not in a position to refuse the Divine Doctor’s request.

Because the Heavenly Demon’s complete recovery was not far off, they could not recklessly provoke the Divine Doctor and invite disaster.

In the end, the Demonic Doctor left the Demonic Cult, carrying the Sun Ang acupuncture needle in her arms like a keepsake, according to her husband’s wishes.

While heading to the Central Plains alone.

The Demonic Doctor happened to realize the existence of a Demonic Cult master following her.

It was not difficult to guess the purpose.

It was to find the Divine Devil Valley and Dan Ak-seon.