Myst, Might, Mayhem

Chapter 480 – Descent of the Heavenly Demon (3)

Thousands of swords and weapons covering the sky of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

The warriors of the three major factions, who until just moments ago had been focused solely on killing their opponents, couldn’t take their eyes off the sky, awed by this tremendous display.

Even a single sword moving on its own would be considered a marvel of sword energy control technique, but this scene was beyond imagination.

Then a voice echoed in their ears like a reverberation.

“I am the Heavenly Demon. The brilliant flame that leads all demons and guides everything into darkness.”

‘!!!!!!!!’

Heavenly Demon?

Did he just say Heavenly Demon?

There was a stir throughout the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

The name that had shaken the martial world most recently was precisely the Heavenly Demon.

The Domineering Steps that collapsed the Shaolin Temple’s One Hundred and Eight Arhat Formation in his first appearance.

The Fortress that single-handedly brought down and sealed off the Sichuan Tang Family, notorious for their poisons and assassination techniques throughout both the righteous and evil factions of the martial world.

The submission of the Spiritual Sword Sanctuary and its leader Ou Cheon-mu, one of the current pinnacles of the martial world, considered the best among neutral forces not belonging to either the righteous or evil factions.

With these achievements alone, he had gained the title of Heaven, referring to the pinnacle of the martial world, in the shortest time in martial arts history.

This alone would be considered remarkable, but,

His groundbreaking actions didn’t end there.

‘Heaven and Earth Society.’

He had brought down the Heaven and Earth Society, one of the martial organizations called the three major powers that had maintained a delicate balance, and even made them his subordinates.

This became the decisive turning point.

Although there was justification that there had been friction with the two forces belonging to the Righteous Alliance from the beginning, his actions were relentless.

Watching this progress, like an unstoppable charge, made them anxious that his blade might be at their throats at any moment.

All of this became the real catalyst that moved them.

“What on earth is he made of?”

“A monster…… a real monster.”

“Does his inner energy spring forth infinitely or something?”

Profound inner energy that could control thousands of weapons with energy while still communicating his will to them.

It was truly beyond imagination.

Because of their positions as righteous or evil, they wanted to deny it somehow, but inwardly they had to acknowledge it.

That being was the true pinnacle of the current martial world.

Having already seen the Unruly Evil Hegemon Hang Sim, one of the Seven Heavens, defeated before their eyes, this being’s martial arts were on a completely different level.

-Woosh!

There’s a saying that one rider is worth a thousand.

It means one person can handle a thousand cavalry, but this guy seemed poised to take on all these martial artists alone, surpassing even that.

How on earth can we stop this?

While the enemies were so fearful of his presence, the former Heaven and Earth Society warriors under Mok Gyeong-un were different.

Their morale had been falling as they fought against the overwhelming enemy forces, but the moment they saw the overwhelming majesty of their lord, their fighting spirit soared and cheers erupted.

-Waaaaaaaaah!!!!

The thunderous cries of the warriors echoed throughout the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

This made the blood of all allies boil.

-Thud!

Ho Tae-gang, the King of Destruction, put down his axe on the ground, unable to contain his excitement.

‘I’ve been waiting for this moment.’

The appearance of an absolute being in whom he could believe and follow completely.

Until now, the Heaven and Earth Society had been one of the three major powers, but they had always had to suppress this boiling blood while maintaining that balance.

‘Ah…….’

It wasn’t just him.

Bright Blade King Son Yun’s complexion also gradually deepened as if responding to Mok Gyeong-un’s majesty and the rising morale of their allies.

‘He was just a young boy we brought to continue the Moon Vein lineage.’

That boy had become an absolute being who made everyone fear him and feel awe.

He was trembling with excitement.

-Woosh!

The Holy Fire Priestess, her granddaughter Ye Song-ah, and her lover Ou Yeon-woo, who had climbed to a mountain peak at the rear of the battlefield leading the elderly, couldn’t help but shudder.

-Thud!

“Grandmother!”

When the Holy Fire Priestess suddenly knelt down, Ye Song-ah, who was supporting her, was bewildered and tried to help her up again.

“No. No.”

But she refused, saying she was fine.

Then, with reddened eyes, she looked at Mok Gyeong-un in the sky, clasped her hands to her chest, and opened her mouth.

“Ah! The brilliant flame that guides into darkness has descended upon the world. he is truly a god.”

Then she closed her eyes and recited reverently.

“This body burns in the sacred fire, with no attachment to life or death. On the path I wish to go, I illuminate the light, leaving joy and sorrow as mere dust. How pitiful are the many troubled mortals.”

‘A scripture!’

It was a scripture of the Fire Faith Order.

As she recited this, Ye Song-ah and Ou Yeon-woo beside her also knelt down.

And like the Holy Fire Priestess, they crossed their hands on their chests and reverently recited the scripture towards Mok Gyeong-un, who was spreading thousands of weapons like wings.

“This body burns in the sacred fire, with no attachment to life or death. On the path I wish to go, I illuminate the light, leaving joy and sorrow as mere dust. How pitiful are the many troubled mortals.”

It wasn’t just the two of them reciting.

As hundreds of cult members gathered in the Heaven and Earth Society recited the scripture, it spread reverently.

Along with this, black flames began to flicker and burn from the numerous weapons around Mok Gyeong-un.

-Whoosh!

Thousands of weapons flickering with black flames.

It was a sight incomparable to when the swords had merely floated.

-Shudder!

‘How… how can this be.’

Like others, Sa-tae of the Hengshan Sect, who had been looking up with eyes full of fear, darkened her face and sat down in meditation.

Then she put her palms together and chanted a sutra.

“Amitabha Buddha.”

As the black flames soared, the demonic energy spreading from the sky shook her righteous thoughts.

She had no choice but to chant sutras to hold onto them.

She wasn’t the only one affected like this.

The Taoist sects also chanted the Primordial Heavenly Lord, gathering their thoughts as they were pressed down by the demonic energy that was close to darkness itself.

“Damn it…… What should we do?”

“Why are you asking me that?”

“Even the Alliance Leader ended up like that, how can we fight such a monster?”

Those black flames.

They seemed to be hard energy.

And not just simple hard energy, but containing demonic energy.

That wasn’t human.

How could a human body imbue thousands of weapons with hard energy?

It was so overwhelming that they couldn’t help but be gripped by fear.

Lim Mu-gun, the Red Evil Alliance Leader of the Evil Alliance, clicked his tongue with a distorted expression.

‘This is wrong. That’s not a being that humans can handle.’

With just that one being, the concept of military strength had already become meaningless.

Pressed down by this transcendent power, he no longer even wanted to continue the war.

Just then, Mok Gyeong-un’s voice echoed again.

“Those who have invaded my domain, swayed by foolish machinations.”

“Kuk!”

People here and there covered their ears at the voice that resonated like a lion’s roar.

Is it possible to have this much余力 in one’s inner energy after displaying such mastery of sword energy control and even raising hard energy?

Lim Mu-gun was truly afraid of that being.

This was the case not just for him, but for most gathered here.

As everyone was tense, Mok Gyeong-un’s voice continued to flow.

“The price for this should rightfully be death, but as it was done out of fear towards the absolute being leading all demons and out of ignorance due to petty machinations, I shall bestow a sliver of mercy.”

‘Mercy?’

Did he just say he would bestow mercy?

At these words ringing in their ears, the faces of the Righteous Alliance executives and the Evil Alliance leaders and masters twisted with humiliation.

They were not waging a defensive battle.

They had gathered to annihilate these people under the pretext of upholding justice and eliminating a seed that would pose a danger to the martial world in the future.

But now he’s saying he’ll bestow mercy on them who had invaded?

It was utterly insulting.

However, not a single person could refute these words.

This was the same for the elders, senior members, and top masters of each sect.

-Grip!

‘How… could… this… be……’

‘This is close to a great disaster. To submit to the momentum of just one person.’

‘This cannot be. We can’t… retreat. If we retreat here, future generations will laugh at us.’

‘We should fight even if it leads to the worst outcome.’

No one could carelessly open their lips.

They couldn’t irresponsibly bring about the terrible consequences they imagined in their minds.

-Grind!

Though he tried not to show it, Mok Yu-cheon bit his lip hard at the sight of the Righteous Alliance warriors and pillars filled with terror and fear.

The war he had tried so hard to prevent, even at the cost of sacrificing himself to persuade the higher-ups of the Righteous Alliance, was now being ended by that guy with power alone.

‘You… what on earth……’

Mok Yu-cheon slumped to the ground, dejected.

Any competitive spirit or desire to surpass him had disappeared.

Even during the internal conflict of the Heaven and Earth Society, he thought he had reached an unreachable realm, but now he had become like a star in the sky.

“Haa…….”

He didn’t know anymore.

Perhaps now he should just be satisfied that the three major powers didn’t clash.

It was at that moment.

“Hahahahahahahahaha!”

Suddenly, a burst of laughter erupted from somewhere.

At this sudden laughter, the attention of those looking at Mok Gyeong-un turned towards it.

There, they saw someone else floating in the sky.

While those from the Evil Alliance couldn’t recognize who he was, it was different for the Righteous Alliance side.

“Clan Head Danmok?”

It was Danmok In-ho, the head of the Danmok clan.

The Righteous Alliance elders and executives couldn’t hide their surprise at his appearance as he displayed the Void Walking technique.

This was because, although he was the head of a clan, his martial arts weren’t that high.

Everyone was puzzled to see him displaying the Void Walking technique, considered the extreme of lightness skills, when they had known him to be just a mature supreme expert.

But seemingly unconcerned with their gazes,

-Thud, thud, thud!

Soon, a third eye opened on Danmok In-ho’s forehead.

“What on earth is that on his forehead?”

“An eye?”

There was a stir here and there at his appearance.

Regardless, Danmok In-ho snorted and then opened his mouth.

“I was going to enjoy watching foolish humans harm each other and approach destruction, but you just had to ruin that fun.”

What on earth is he saying?

Why is the head of the Danmok clan saying such things?

-Rumble!

As everyone was puzzled, those on the forward mountain peaks noticed something strange.

The ground was shaking even though the war had temporarily stopped due to Mok Gyeong-un’s appearance.

Why is the earth suddenly shaking?

Among those wondering, someone’s eyes widened to the point of tearing as they shouted.

“Look over there!”

“Wh-what on earth is that?”

At someone’s shout, all eyes in the vicinity turned in that direction.

Black somethings marching forward, filling the horizon in front of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

The eyes of those looking at them trembled.

They weren’t human.

Those things, too grotesque to be called beasts, were undoubtedly monsters.

“How… can there be… so many……”

-Rumble!

The shaking of the earth intensified, and the sound grew louder.

Faced with the enormous number of monsters endlessly pouring in, filling the horizon, the warriors of the three major factions entangled at the front all took steps back with hardened expressions.

How could so many monsters be surging to a place like this?

Fear and terror are contagious.

The overwhelmingly vast number of evil spirits and monsters soon became visible even from most of the peaks in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

The resulting confusion and commotion was no less than that caused by Mok Gyeong-un’s appearance.

“…… This can’t be.”

“What kind of strange phenomenon is this?”

How could these strange beings, or rather evil spirits and monsters, that one might see once in a lifetime if at all, be surging forward in such a large group?

Everyone was dumbfounded, overwhelmed by their enormous numbers.

Seeing their expressions, Danmok In-ho raised the corner of his mouth with a face full of madness.

‘Yes. That’s the face you insignificant beings should make.’

He had wanted to see them fight each other more and self-destruct, but it didn’t matter now.

Given this situation, he could first erase the martial world with a calamity incomparable to the previous one, then wipe out the human seed.

“This is what despair looks like.”

-Swish!

Danmok In-ho turned his head to glare at Mok Gyeong-un.

Although the guy’s power far exceeded his expectations, those thousands of sword energy blades were just for show, mere bluster.

No matter how much mastery over space, resonance with swords, and matchless capability one had, it was virtually impossible to handle so many swords simultaneously…

-Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!

It was at that moment.

The thousands of swords filling the sky, aimed at the base of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, changed their formation and then turned towards the evil spirits and monsters surging towards the front of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

Seeing this, Danmok In-ho furrowed his brow and shouted at Mok Gyeong-un.

“What on earth are you trying to do? Even for you, this is reckless. It’s absolutely……”

“Nothing I can’t do.”

“What?”

“Heavenly Void Bright Light, Eight Immortals’ Sword Competition.”

No sooner had those words ended.

From the tips of the thousands of weapons burning with demonic energy, sword energy bursts became black light streams and exploded forth.

But that wasn’t the end.

-Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

The light streams that burst forth split into eight branches again in mid-air, and in an instant, the sky was covered with black light streams, no, a black meteor shower.

‘!!!!!!!!!!’

The eyes of the evil spirits and monsters, marching forward filled with some unknown will, shook madly at the numerous black lights flying towards them, filling their front view.