Heavenly Demon Cultivation Simulation
chapter-279

Wheik! Puak!

Hong Tap-guk was not careless. His blow had pierced the chest of the opponent.

Although staggered, he reached his hand out, and he was a veteran who had been through countless wars. He knew that usually in such a situation, the opponent would move a little even when his head or heart gets smashed.

Like a living corpse.

The thoughts within the body and soul were evidence to the remaining grudges turned into kangshi, but this was not what it seemed like to him.

Even the head of a bird would be alert, so it would not be strange for a human to die making such a movement.

So… he left it.

The hand was pointing to the head, but it would soon fall down.

Chiing!

But, unexpectedly, the arms did not lose strength but maintained it.

A fairly great deal of strength.

“Kuaaak!”

How? He surely pierced through their heart?

Until the very end, he thought the same thing and got caught in the storm of energy.

Kunnnng!

The effect of the special skill of Wind God.

Originally this technique did not have enough strength to kill an elder like him in one hit. However, he thought he was going to die soon, so he did it perfectly, and it was a victory because the opponent could not defend against it.

Tuk

Receiving a fatal hit, the elder knelt down. In that state, he mumbled something and fell down.

“…!”

“…!”

The elders around looked puzzled at this change. It was not only them who were surprised.

“That…!”

Even the members of the Hidden Truth Corps were quite shocked with Seol-Hwi.

“Damned… I only recovered this much.”

Seol-Hwi grumbled, and after using Wind God, he picked up the sword and got up while staggering back and forth.

Although he raised his stamina with the pill, his body was mortally wounded. The energy of the pill was being consumed by the wound, and as result, even if he was recovering, he was barely standing.

“Huk!”

For a moment, he remembered what was left in the Golden Belt, but Seol-Hwi did not use them. There were too many enemies lurking around now. If he used them all up in a hurry, then he would not have anything left for later.

“Everyone! Go ahead!”

Seol-Hwi quickly guided them. And pak, rushed in the members! He waved his hand with a sound.

“But the…”

“Do not worry! If I move alone, it is enough for my body to recover. So go ahead!”

Seol-Hwi shouted and turned.

Tuk

By the time the members left one by one—

“Huh.”

The face of an elder watching this changed from shock to absurdity.

“It must have gone through the heart…”

He witnessed what happened where a fellow elder’s hand extended to the enemy heart was pierced, so he thought the same.

A living corpse, he was ready for that. So it took some time to understand the counter attack from Seol-Hwi.

“Haha!”

And it soon changed into anger. Not just Guk Myung-gwi, but those who watched the death of the man were the same.

“What is this? He is dead?”

“Surely the heart was hit… what trick is this?”

“It doesn’t seem like he is a Kangshi so…”

One or two figures appeared in darkness. They were all elders in the sect.

Each of them were with two or three escorts who had gone past master level.

There are a total of four elders. And more than ten escorts…

Seol-Hwi’s eyes moved to check the enemies, and he was lucky enough to deal with one, but there were still others around.

No, it is more difficult than it seems. This fight will be up to me.

Seol-Hwi bit his lip.

Fortunately, the members left as he ordered. From now on, he would not have to worry about or think of that.

Just.

Focus.

“Huh!”

Papat!

Sending all of his stamina and internal energy, which he recovered a few seconds back, Seol-Hwi got up and ran.

Seeing him run away from them, the elder who was named Guk Myung-gwi, clicked his tongue.

“This is…”

Somehow, the escape method seemed too stupid. Rumor has it that he was equal to the End Demon, so was it all exaggeration?

He could not understand how he killed an elder that skilled and was now running for it.

“I will have to move then. Everyone keep your eyes out.”

When the angry elders tried to move, Guk Myung-gwi waved his hand.

It looked like this opponent had a skill up his sleeve, but he could not subdue so many elders, and it did not seem worthwhile for so many elders to rush in for one idiot.

Wheik

“Stupid man. Do not be careless…”

The elder quickly rushed into the forest where Seol-Hwi vanished and cursed at Hong Tak-guk for being careless.

“Huk… huk…”

Out of breath, it felt like his lungs were being pulled out, and his feet were cold along with his stamina being low.

In addition, his mental strength felt low, and the vision was blurry once in a while. Even so—

“Euk!”

Seol-Hwi tried to catch up and run more.

Actually… he knew it too. Even if he ran, the elders would catch up. And no matter how good his skills were, he cannot outrun them in his current state.

Uh?

Feeling the killing intent there, he could guess it without needing to see it, so he crouched down and rolled on the ground.

Kwaaang!

An explosion erupted as a powerful force soared behind him. And the energy formed reached far as it blew away part of the forest.

“You think you can run away?”

Tuk

A white haired old man landed there. Perhaps the one who blew up the land.

“Run away… well, it can be seen like that.”

Seol-Hwi stood from the place and glanced around as he nodded.

“Huh, what confidence do you even have? With talent which isn’t even much. And the attack of yours is pretty…”

“Because it has been a while.”

The old man clicked his tongue at the words of Seol-Hwi and smiled.

“The reality is that the situation is too complicated. The more you struggle the closer you get to death and the more raspy your breath turns. Come to think of it, it wasn’t that long back.”

“Huh, you must be out of the mind.”

The old man clicked his tongue. He could not understand a thing of what Seol-Hwi said.

“I don’t have to deal with your nonsense anymore.”

As he rolled up his sleeves and approached with the thought of just ending it right then and there, and Seol-Hwi laughed.

“Right, come.”

Suddenly, he turned his back and started to run.

Tatatak!

“This bastard! You’re trying to mess with me!”

The old man vanished. Dark energy began to form on his longsword in anger. It was to end the man once again.

A gamble.

Even without seeing, Seol-Hwi knew the opponent was using the Red Heavenly Demonic Arts.

So he deliberately turned his back and ran. He was thinking of inducing his attack.

It is too late to see.

At this moment, as he was approaching death, an unknown sense was telling him. If he saw and reacted to the movement of the opponent with his current condition, he would die.

It is better to predict and move. Even then, if he moved one beat early or slow, they would die right away.

Swish.

In front of the tree which blocked the path, Seol-Hwi bent down and rolled on the ground.

Then, as if the energy of the martial arts was waiting for that moment, it rushed after him.

Kukukung!

It was an explosion which blew up part of the forest again, with strength more for a large-scale attack. Quite unusual for one energy shot to hold such power.

Above all, it was insanely fast. This caused his fear to rise.

“Look at him…?”

After seeing Seol-Hwi who narrowly escaped, the elder man went out in shock.

Bang! Kwaaang!

“…?”

Something went wrong again. Seol-Hwi, who was running away with all his might, threw himself to the ground. Seol-Hwi rolled down the slope, and then he raised his head.

“This is all. You rat.”

The old man had arrived there. When Seol-Hwi dodged the attack twice, he got annoyed and used footwork.

“Right. This is it.”

However, this time Seol-Hwi was not alone.

<Wind God Sword is being used.>

Grrrr!

The wind began to move like a soaring storm around Seol-Hwi’s sword.

“Uh!”

The elder snorted. Anticipating a counter attack, he pulled out his dark energy which went around the sword to take down this tornado.

But it didn’t end there.

<Wind God Sword is being used.>

“…!”

Wind God Sword was used in succession. The expression of the elder went stiff. After using it once, using it again should have been tough.

However, considering that this was a martial arts for linked movement, the power of energy shot released was formidable.

Kwaang!

Even so, he destroyed Seol-Hwi’s blow. This time, he did not use just the martial arts but simply suppressed the internal energy.

That moment—

“Take this too.”

Shhh!

There was this energy which rose from the sword of Seol-Hwi. And it clearly seemed odd. Even though he could wield the weapon faster than the opponent, the elder hesitated.

Woah!

And soon after, an aura of ferociousness burst in front.

Swish!

“Cough, cough”.

Seol-Hwi sat down on the ground as he coughed with a distorted expression.

“…”

The elder though, did ott fall yet. And he did not seem to have any damage on him externally. But his face had definitely contorted.

“How…”

“…”

“How did you do that!”

The roar of a lion which coughed out in agony, resounded far away.

Shhh. Tuk.

“What is this?”

“You hurt?”

The elders and the escorts who came in later were shocked. They looked up and asked him.

But, the elder did not seem to care about that.

“T-this thief…! I will tear you…!”

“What are you so angry about? I didn’t even get it right…”

Cough.

Seol-Hwi smiled, accepting those shocked words, and then mumbled,

“I think my breathing was a bit messed up… if the chaotic energy had come…”

“What?”

“If it is the Red Heavenly Demonic Arts, it is a technique of the heart. It follows the basics of the demonic arts… The red is a combination of energies. The main and core of it couldn’t be wrong.”

Seol-Hwi continued to speak to himself. At first, he just looked like a madman, but he got goosebumps at this.

“Now… did you just learn my martial arts?”

It was because Seol-Hwi was giving out the method to use the martial arts which the elder used just now.

“That martial arts. One more look… I can already roughly infer it.”

A simple provocation when he could not even raise a finger, and at Seol-Hwi doing this, the elder frowned!

“Oh. Let us see that too. I will give you my best martial arts!”

Tssss

There was this sharp rise of energy of darkness rushing into his sword. The life of the elder who devotes all his life to martial arts was in there.

If it was not for being in the Demonic Sect, his strength would be comparable a warrior in Kangho.

“Red Heavenly Demonic Arts’s best form.”

The black energy spread around the entire area and gathered around the blade.

The best technique—

“Heaven and Earth Great Arts.”

Sak!

With the direction this dark energy had risen, the sky changed instantly. Like lightning, it passed through the head of Seol-Hwi in an instant.

That moment—

<Using skill.>

The hair was stuck to the skin like a lie, and Seol-Hwi’s eyes turned lively.

And a smile was on his face.

Found it.

A martial arts called Red Heavenly Demonic Arts which was within his head. When the breathing, the movement, and the technique were all added, it turned whole.

I wonder why it was so twisted, but the reward is quite good.

It was a perk that allowed one to learn the martial arts of the opponent. But there was a difference from the past.

Unlike before, where he had to check all the forms, the combat experience and the high realization of reaching the peak helped him learn it with just three forms.

He absorbed the martial arts of the opponent as his own. And this was not just Seol-Hwi’s misunderstanding, as he could see it—

<You have learned the Red Heavenly Demonic Arts.>

The system said so.