Chapter 223. Counterattack…….

From old times, it was said Heavenly Demon Divine Qi Demonic Emperor is a realm guaranteeing the number one person under heaven.

It was understandable, as there were only three people in history who rose to the realm of Heavenly Demon Divine Qi Demonic Emperor.

The first generation Heavenly Demon Dokgo Seong, the very person who created Heavenly Demon Divine Qi, was the first, the Iron-Blooded Demonic God was the second, and Jin Cheon was the third person to rise to the realm of Demonic Emperor.

Wasn’t Dokgo Seong a figure discussed as the number one person under heaven from old times until now, the Iron-Blooded Demonic God called the number one person of all time by executing that Dokgo Seong, and Jin Cheon called the Unrivaled New Demon spreading his fame and notoriety?

Then, what would it be like if those who reached the realm of Heavenly Demon Divine Qi Demonic Emperor clashed?

The answer was already out.

About forty years ago.

Mount Hua.

A famous mountain called the West Mountain among the Five Mountains of the Central Plains, boasting bizarre rocks and strange stones soaring like swords and beautiful mountain scenery.

How is the appearance of the Lotus Peak of Mount Hua where the Mount Hua Sect was located now?

The Lotus Peak where the Iron-Blooded Demonic God, Azure Heaven Divine Warrior, and Dokgo Seong competed for supremacy has long since disappeared without a trace.

Is it only the Lotus Peak?

As surrounding peaks all collapsed, Mount Hua ended up being unable to enter the Five Mountains of the Central Plains anymore.

That was the fight between those who achieved Heavenly Demon Divine Qi Demonic Emperor.

It was to the extent of destroying and devastating one-third of that huge mountain.

The fight that occurred about forty years after that was also not much different.

Kwa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-ang!!!

As Dokgo Seong’s fist and Jin Cheon’s Heavenly Demon Sword collided, a strong shockwave burst out with a roar.

Wa-jang-chang!

U-rurururu!

At that single collision, one-third of the Hall of Supreme Harmony building collapsed, and the fragments burst into pieces, devastating the area.

Pa-ji-ji-ji-ji-ji-ji-ji-ji-jik!

Black lightning, a phenomenon peculiar to Heavenly Demon Divine Qi Demonic Emperor, rained down, destroying and burning everything located nearby.

As such, the clash between Jin Cheon and Dokgo Seong was like a fight of destruction gods.

Even a single blow, a single technique towards each other contained destructive power close to a natural disaster.

“Keo-heok!”

Jin Cheon vomited blood and was in pain.

Ji-rit-ji-rit!

It was only a single collision, but convulsions occurred all over his body as if electrocuted.

That much would be proof that the demonic qi carried in Dokgo Seong’s fist and the destructive power contained within were truly powerful.

“Is that merely everything?”

On the other hand, Dokgo Seong was relaxed.

Unlike Jin Cheon who suffered considerable damage, Dokgo Seong’s appearance was peaceful beyond compare.

“Heavenly Demon’s Physique. Is that merely it even though you were born as an extraordinary existence by nature.”

“Could that be.”

Jin Cheon smiled a fishy smile.

“Worry about your life in the time you flap your snout.”

Seu-eu-eu-eu!

The Number One Treasured Object Under Heaven Nine-headed Dragon Robe emitted light and healed Jin Cheon.

‘Let’s go.’

Jin Cheon threw his body towards Dokgo Seong again.

Kwang, kwa-ang!

Peo-eong!

Several offenses and defenses were exchanged.

Wa-reu-reu-reu-reu!

The shockwave burst out by the offense and defense of Jin Cheon and Dokgo Seong went beyond collapsing the Hall of Supreme Harmony building and reached destroying the internal structures of the Imperial Palace located behind it.

In that terrifying offense and defense, Jin Cheon mobilized all his capabilities and poured a fierce attack on Dokgo Seong.

Every time they exchanged a blow, he suffered internal injuries where internal organs were shaken and qi and blood ran wild, but Jin Cheon did not care.

Since the Number One Treasured Object Under Heaven Nine-headed Dragon Robe was granting infinite healing power, it was possible to fight ignoring minor internal injuries.

“Disappointing.”

Relaxation overflowed in Dokgo Seong’s voice.

“Did you think you could dare deal with me, this Heavenly Demon, with merely that much. You bastard are also nothing more than a mere insignificant creature. Die, foolish one.”

Dokgo Seong reached out his hand towards Jin Cheon.

U-ung!

The space around Jin Cheon distorted.

“……!”

Jin Cheon deployed Heavenly Demon Fighting Soul Martial Art Ghost Soul Dance and attempted evasion, but it was already too late.

Peong-peong! Peong-peong-peong! Peong! Peong-peong! Peong!

Explosions occurred everywhere in the empty space and swallowed Jin Cheon.

Mind is Explosion.

Beyond Injuring People with Will which attacks enemies only with the power of will without inner arts, he crushed space entirely and caused explosions.

“Keu-aaaa-ak!”

Jin Cheon, swept up in the explosion, screamed and fell away.

“Keo-heok!”

Crimson blood burst out from Jin Cheon’s mouth.

Seu-eu-eu!

The Nine-headed Dragon Robe immediately set out to restore wounds, but healing the body that became half rags in the blink of an eye was unreasonable.

And Dokgo Seong did not give time to such Jin Cheon and the Nine-headed Dragon Robe.

U-ung!

Around Dokgo Seong, spheres numbering thousands were created.

Each one was a sphere made of powerful qi harboring destructive power enough to destroy even a giant mountain.

“Can you withstand this too?”

Dokgo Seong poured thousands of spheres towards the fallen Jin Cheon.

“……!”

Just when embarrassment rose on Jin Cheon’s face.

Peol-leok!

The Nine-headed Dragon Robe seemed to stretch out jju-uk and then wrapped Jin Cheon tightly.

It was to protect the owner Jin Cheon by raising defensive power to the extreme.

Kwa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa―!!!

Spheres poured down and caused a huge explosion.

Hwa-reu-reu-reu-reu-reu-reu-reu-reu-reu-reu-reu!

The place where spheres poured.

Huge explosion swallowed Jin Cheon again.

* * *

Dokgo Seong did not wait for the aftermath of the explosion to clear.

Sseuk, as Dokgo Seong waved his hand, a gale blew and blew away the thickly risen dust far away.

“Keok, keo-heok!”

The revealed appearance of Jin Cheon was truly miserable.

Even though the Nine-headed Dragon Robe wrapped the whole body and protected him, Jin Cheon’s appearance was broken enough to be no different from a corpse.

Seu-eu-eu-eu-eu-eu!

The Nine-headed Dragon Robe torn here and there was busy exerting maximum power to help restore wounds, but Jin Cheon couldn’t get up easily.

“Do you know now?”

Dokgo Seong said ostentatiously.

“You bastard cannot beat This King. With such a weak mindset, you can never become a Heavenly Demon.”

“Keu-euk!”

“Why do you live forgetting your duty?”

Dokgo Seong’s question was full of sincere doubt.

“You bastard were born extraordinary. A guy born as a predator, plunderer by nature, clings to private feelings and dwells on the death of mere insignificant creatures, so you cannot become strong even if you die and wake up.”

The reason Dokgo Seong spoke so was because the driving force allowing him to display such strong power was human sacrifice.

The vital blood of young boys and girls was the driving force allowing Dokgo Seong to prevent the collapse of the body as well as exert more powerful authority.

“If born as a beast of prey and refusing hunting, how can one be called a beast of prey. Survival of the fittest. If born as a strong one, naturally preying on the weak and becoming strong is the principle of nature.”

“K…….”

Jin Cheon gritted his teeth and raised his body with all his might.

Because of his half-tattered legs, he had to use the Heavenly Demon Sword as a cane.

“……You spout bullshit well. Kul-leok!”

Jin Cheon vomited a bowl of blood and said.

“Survival of the fittest? Right, so born as a beast of prey by nature, you will prey on weak ones? Keuk-keuk! Keuk-keuk-keuk!”

Mockery was fully contained in Jin Cheon’s eyes looking at Dokgo Seong.

“That is the proof that you bastard are no different from a beast.”

“What?”

“You bastard are not a person. Just a mere beast moving only by instinct. Thinking like a beast, acting like a beast, how can you be called a person. Keu-euk!”

Jin Cheon spoke so and stood firmly on the ground with two legs.

“That is also the reason you bastard couldn’t obtain realization and reach Ascending to Immortality. You are merely a beast not a person, so how can you obtain realization.”

“You earn a beating to the end.”

“You bastard are just a strong monkey. A wicked, mean monkey.”

Jin Cheon grasped the Heavenly Demon Sword and steadied his posture.

Seu-eu-eu-eu!

Even in the meantime, the Nine-headed Dragon Robe incessantly exerted functions and healed Jin Cheon’s wounds.

‘It is still worth trying. Let’s go.’

Jin Cheon’s fighting spirit did not break.

Driven to the defensive?

It was something he already prepared for.

The opponent was the first generation Heavenly Demon Dokgo Seong.

A monster that didn’t collapse even under the joint attack of the Iron-Blooded Demonic God and the Azure Heaven Divine Warrior.

Wasn’t he the one who could be taken down only after the Iron-Blooded Demonic God obtained realization and displayed a hidden move at the very end?

Fighting a one-on-one life-and-death duel with such a person, hoping not to be disadvantaged would be excessive greed.

‘Concentrate.’

Distracting thoughts were taboo for Jin Cheon.

He had to concentrate, and concentrate again only on this fight.

Even a slight mistake would result in arms and legs falling off and head breaking.

If he didn’t approach with the feeling of walking on thin ice move by move, he shouldn’t even dare dream of even ten percent win rate.

‘Let’s go again.’

Jin Cheon kicked the ground with all his might and flew up.

* * *

Kwang, kwa-aaaa-ang!

Kwa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa!

Peong-peong, peo-eo-eo-eong!

Jin Cheon and Dokgo Seong waged a truly earth-shaking and heaven-shattering fight.

That offense and defense were very high-dimensional.

One technique, one technique harbored destructive power to destroy even a giant mountain, and that speed was comparable to light.

However, the reason Jin Cheon and Dokgo Seong’s fight was high-dimensional was that both people clashed without spatial restrictions through walking on air.

That was something different from the principles of existing martial arts.

Generally, martial arts are performed by humans, so they are created on the premise of stepping on the ground with two legs.

However, if one performs martial arts while walking on air, since there are no directional restrictions, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say the number of cases for offense and defense is virtually infinite.

So ordinary people wouldn’t dare predict or understand the movements of Jin Cheon and Dokgo Seong’s fight.

In that fight, Dokgo Seong completely overwhelmed Jin Cheon.

That was a difference in power, but also a difference in experience.

Dokgo Seong was a figure who reigned as the number one person under heaven for the past hundreds of years, had life-and-death duels with countless experts, and also won.

It was not an exaggeration to say there were corpses of countless geniuses on the path he walked…….

“Keu-euk!”

Jin Cheon repeatedly collapses and gets up again several times.

His body became more and more covered in wounds, the function of the Nine-headed Dragon Robe granting recovery power close to miracles was also gradually running out of power, and even the Heavenly Demon Sword made of Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron was chipped and broken here and there.

While Jin Cheon was in that state, Dokgo Seong was still healthy.

The reason he could display such martial prowess even in a state of possessing another person’s body, not the Heavenly Demon’s Physique, was probably thanks to absorbing the vital blood of thousands of young boys and girls.

Pat!

Dokgo Seong dug into Jin Cheon’s front at some moment.

Kwa-aa-ang!

Heavenly Thunderclap Palm exploded in the exact center of Jin Cheon’s chest.

“Keu-aaaa-ak!”

Jin Cheon screamed and fell.

Ku-ung!

The impact of the fall was so ruthless that Jin Cheon went beyond crashing into the ground and penetrated the surface.

As if a meteorite fell from that sky, a large crater was formed centered on Jin Cheon.

“Heo-eu-eu-eo-eo-eo-eo-eo-eok……!”

A groan full of pain burst out from Jin Cheon’s mouth.

Jin Cheon was someone who wouldn’t blink an eye at decent pain because he was accustomed to torture.

That he let out a groan would be proof that the intensity of that pain was truly beyond imagination.

“I would have said. You bastard cannot beat me.”

Dokgo Seong gently pressed and stepped on the fallen Jin Cheon’s chest.

Eu-deuk, eu-deu-deuk!

With a creepy sound, the sternum shattered and Jin Cheon’s chest caved in more and more.

Kkwa-a-ak!

Heart being crushed.

Puk, pu-uk!

Broken ribs pierced Jin Cheon’s lungs.

“Keu-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa―!!!”

A scream burst out from Jin Cheon’s mouth again.

“By what means would a guy with a weak mind like you bastard beat me.”

“Keu-aaaa-aaaa-ak!”

“To dare attack alone with such a topic. Know that even that bitch Yi Cheong-ha dared not oppose me without the help of the Azure Heaven Divine Warrior.”

Kku-u-u-uk!

Dokgo Seong added strength little by little, very little by little to the foot stepping on Jin Cheon’s chest.

‘Must…… wake up…….’

Jin Cheon’s consciousness became increasingly blurry.

‘Get up…… counterattack…….’

Unlike his will, his body didn’t listen.

Eyelids became heavier and heavier, he couldn’t keep his eyes open.

‘Somehow…… counterattack…… counterattack…….’

Thoughts could not continue further.

Tuk, Jin Cheon’s head dropped.

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