Chapter 80. Of Course, I Have to Keep My Promise.

“Yes, it’s been about two days.”

Jin Cheon responded to the Ghost King of the Sea of Trees’ words.

“That’s about how long it’s been since you tucked your tail and ran from the Black Bamboo Forest.”

“Heh!”

The Ghost King of the Sea of Trees laughed as if displeased.

“You’re all talk to the very end. You might have been lucky to survive then, but not today.”

“That’s my line.”

Jin Cheon took a step closer to the Ghost King of the Sea of Trees.

“Today, you will die here. No. You’re already dead, so are you dying one more time?”

“I’ll see how long you can keep flapping that mouth of yours.”

“That’s what I want to say, too.”

Jin Cheon said so and threw himself forward like lightning.

A swift and decisive battle.

The situation was already disadvantageous, so he judged it best to eliminate at least one person quickly.

“How dare you!”

The Ghost King of the Sea of Trees shouted at Jin Cheon rushing towards him and unfolded the martial arts he used when he was alive.

Kwang, kwaang!

The Heavenly Demon Divine Qi’s Heavenly Thunderclap Palm and the Ghost King of the Sea of Trees’ Ghost King Seal clashed head-on, and an explosion erupted.

After the first clash.

“W-what is this.”

The Ghost King looked down at his own two hands with an expression of disbelief.

His palms, which had deployed his unique palm art, the Ghost King Seal, were torn to shreds.

Since he was already dead, blood didn’t gush out, but his fingers were crushed and his palms were torn, making them look like rotten chunks of meat.

In just a single clash, he had suffered such extreme damage that he could no longer use his hands.

‘How?!’

The Ghost King of the Sea of Trees, even after experiencing it with his body and seeing it with his own two eyes, could not understand the current situation.

To think that an opponent who had been manageable just two days ago would display a martial art of such absurd power…….

But the Ghost King was not given any time to be surprised.

Paak!

Jin Cheon’s kick, the Heavenly Demon Fighting Soul Martial Art’s Soul-Shattering Desolation-Breaking Kick, struck the Ghost King’s calf.

Ujikkeun!

The Ghost King’s leg bent at a grotesque angle, and a white bone was exposed.

“……!”

The Ghost King’s body trembled as if struck by lightning and then crumbled.

The destructive power contained in the Soul-Shattering Desolation-Breaking Kick was so immense that his leg broke, and the balance of his body collapsed.

Deobseok.

Jin Cheon’s hand grabbed the head of the fallen Ghost King.

“You’re already dead, so even if you get a little hurt, you’ll eventually recover. Then, how about this.”

“……?”

Jin Cheon grabbed the Ghost King’s head and pulled with all his might.

Jjeok, jjeoeok!

Udeudeuk!

With a chilling sound, the Ghost King’s head seemed to separate from his torso, and then his spine was pulled out along with it.

It was a truly unrealistic cruelty, pulling off a head by force.

“I-unbelievable……”

A voice filled with astonishment flowed from the Ghost King’s mouth.

Seeing that he could speak even though his head was separated from his torso, it seemed he was not the king of the Corpse Ghosts for nothing.

“You’re tenacious. Just die already.”

Jin Cheon said so, then slammed the Ghost King’s head on the ground and stomped on it with the Soul-Shattering Desolation-Breaking Kick.

Peok!

The Ghost King’s head was shattered into pieces.

The king of the Corpse Ghosts, who had reigned as the king of the Forest Killing Ghosts and had threatened Jin Cheon’s party several times, met such a futile end.

Despite having cultivated for hundreds of years with the goal of ascension…….

“I told you. We wouldn’t know who lives and who dies until we find out.”

Jin Cheon said so to the remains of the Ghost King, which were now nothing but rotten pieces of meat, and immediately turned around.

The battle was in full swing.

Allies, the martial artists of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, and the cultivators of the Sea of Trees were engaged in fierce battles everywhere.

The Ghost King of the Sea of Trees was now dead, so there was no more time to waste on him.

‘We will win.’

Jin Cheon gritted his teeth and jumped into the battlefield.

***

The Fox Immortal of the Sea of Trees’ words that there were many strong people in the Sea of Trees were by no means an exaggeration.

The cultivators of the Sea of Trees who appeared to help the Righteous Heavenly Alliance, the Qingcheng and Moshan Sects, displayed all sorts of strange abilities and pushed the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult into a corner.

On top of that, with the addition of the sorcery of the Qingcheng and Moshan Sect Taoists and the martial arts of their martial artists, the battle developed with the overwhelming disadvantage of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.

However, when Jin Cheon, who had dealt with the Ghost King of the Sea of Trees, fully joined the battle, the tide of the fight began to turn.

The martial prowess of Jin Cheon, who had activated the Heavenly Demon Divine Qi’s Demonic King, was sufficient to turn the tide of the battle.

As if to prove that his secluded training in the Black Bamboo Forest was by no means in vain, Jin Cheon had become a master beyond the standard and was dominating the battlefield.

It wasn’t just his simple military strength.

Sseueu!

The demonic qi that constantly radiated from Jin Cheon bestowed immense power upon the martial artists of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.

It was a power permitted only to the one who would become the master of demons as the possessor of the Heavenly Demon’s Physique.

Jin Cheon was a being born to reign over all ten thousand demons.

It was only natural for such a Jin Cheon to bestow power upon the demons who were like his own kin.

Thus, thanks to Jin Cheon’s performance, the tide of the battle was turning in favor of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult when.

“Uwoooooo!”

Suddenly, a heavy roar was heard, and several dozen pandas with huge bodies entered the battlefield.

They were not ordinary pandas, but monstrous beasts with bodies the size of a house.

Sky Mountain Pandas.

Pandas that only inhabit the Sky Mountain area, beasts that are practically spiritual beasts.

They were beasts that had no interest in anything other than eating and sleeping and were not suited for fighting at all, but to think they would appear in a group…….

“Uong, heongheong!”

One of the Sky Mountain Pandas turned to Jin Cheon and roared.

“You… don’t tell me you’re that guy from back then?”

“Uwooeong!”

The Sky Mountain Panda nodded as if to say yes.

It was clearly the very same Sky Mountain Panda that had been on the verge of being hunted by the Forest Killing Ghosts and had been saved by Jin Cheon’s help.

“Yes, thank you.”

Jin Cheon grinned at the Sky Mountain Panda.

Just telling him about the field where hundred-year-old Fleeceflowers grew was enough to repay the kindness, but to even step into a fight like this, he was truly grateful.

The addition of the Sky Mountain Pandas exerted a power comparable to a mighty army.

“Heoeong!”

“Heongheong!”

The Sky Mountain Pandas were very gentle spiritual beasts that were far from belligerent and avoided fighting.

But that was only because they had such a nature; it wasn’t that they couldn’t fight.

The Sky Mountain Panda was a spiritual beast with a physique twice that of an ordinary bear, so when it came to a fight, it would display truly terrifying monstrous strength.

Didn’t even the mother Sky Mountain Panda that Jin Cheon had saved face dozens of Forest Killing Ghosts?

Even an ordinary bear could easily tear a person to shreds, so there was no need to speak of a spiritual beast like the Sky Mountain Panda.

Thanks to the performance of such Sky Mountain Pandas, the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult gained an even greater advantage.

In the midst of that, other people joined the fight…….

Ssiik. A smile appeared on Jin Cheon’s lips.

He had sensed the demonic qi of the approaching allies before anyone else.

Soon, a sound that shook the earth began to be heard.

Dudududududu!

It was the sound of horse hooves.

If it was the sound of hundreds of hooves kicking the ground all at once…….

“Hiiiiiiing!”

A horse’s neigh was heard, and then in the distance, over a hundred cavalrymen could be seen galloping at a terrifying speed.

The Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad.

One of the top military groups of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.

As they displayed the most powerful combat strength in large-scale group battles, in a situation like this, they were truly a mighty army.

“Annihilate them all!”

“As you command!”

At Cheol Yu-ra’s command, the cavalrymen of the Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad swept through the enemies as they came.

‘It’s over.’

Jin Cheon instinctively felt that this battle had effectively ended in victory for the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.

With the addition of the Sky Mountain Panda group and then the Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad, it would be absurd for the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult to be defeated.

And Jin Cheon’s prediction soon became a reality.

The cultivators of the Sea of Trees gave up the fight and began to flee in all directions.

The reason they were running was simple.

Their lives were more precious than being liberated.

Even if they couldn’t escape the Sea of Trees, they could continue to cultivate, but if they were to lose their lives, their decades or even hundreds of years of cultivation would come to nothing, let alone ascension…….

“Waaaaah!”

“The enemies are running away!”

“We won, we won!”

Finally, a victory cry erupted from the mouths of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult martial artists.

In the end, they had succeeded in protecting the Divine Spirit Tree.

***

After the battle ended.

“My Lord, congratulations on the victory!”

“Congratulations!”

Danmok Cheong was the first to run over, kneel on one knee before Jin Cheon, and offer the spoils of victory.

At first glance, it looked like a woman’s head, but of course, it was not human.

An Human-faced Spider.

A spider with a human face and a body the size of a house.

It was an evil spiritual beast that spewed not only venom but also a thread that rendered its target immobile from its mouth.

During the battle, Danmok Cheong and the Seventh Divine Demon Squad had killed the Human-faced Spider, and they had taken its head and offered it to their lord, Jin Cheon.

“Yes, you’ve worked hard. Is everyone safe?”

“Yes!”

There were major and minor injuries, but not a single person had suffered a life-threatening fatal wound.

“Then that’s fine.”

That was enough for Jin Cheon.

As long as his subordinates were safe, the spoils of war didn’t matter.

“It’s been a while.”

Cheol Yu-ra, who had leaped off her horse, greeted Jin Cheon.

“It is good to see you, Senior Sister.”

“Yes, congratulations on your great achievement. You’ve become unbelievably strong.”

Cheol Yu-ra recognized Jin Cheon’s achievement and offered her congratulations.

Having seen Jin Cheon’s performance in the battle that had just taken place, she knew that he had achieved great success in his martial arts.

“Thank you.”

Jin Cheon replied with a grin.

Cheol Yu-ra looked at Jin Cheon with eyes that seemed to have much to say.

More than competitiveness, she seemed utterly confused, unable to understand how he could have become so strong in just three years.

She was just holding back her words because of the situation.

“Tend to the injured first!”

“As you command!”

Instead of bombarding Jin Cheon with questions, Cheol Yu-ra fulfilled her duty as the leader who had brought the Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad.

She and the members of the Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad, with their vast combat experience, skillfully tended to the injured and cleaned up the battlefield.

They looked less like Murim people and more like generals and soldiers of a military gate.

Well, the Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad was a military group created for the purpose of fighting the armies of the Central Plains…….

“What are we going to do with them?”

The Blood Qilin asked Jin Cheon, pointing at the Taoists of the Qingcheng and Moshan Sects.

“We have to keep them alive for now.”

“Can’t we just kill them?”

“We can’t.”

“Why?”

“Even if we’re going to kill them, we have to extract information before we do.”

“Tsk.”

The Blood Qilin pouted.

In fact, the Blood Qilin was not the only one who wanted to kill them.

“Tch. To think we have to keep those guys alive.”

“It’s a shame to miss such a good opportunity.”

The martial artists of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult were dying to kill the Taoists of the Qingcheng and Moshan Sects.

It was only natural, as for the martial artists of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, killing those belonging to the Righteous Heavenly Alliance was accepted as a great honor.

Moreover, if they had killed those belonging not to some insignificant minor sect but to one of the Nine Sects One Gang, it was as good as having achieved great military merit.

It was in the same vein as how killing a demon was hailed as a hero in the Righteous Heavenly Alliance.

“We need to extract information from the prisoners, so do not touch them under any circumstances. Anyone who touches the prisoners will not be forgiven.”

“Yes, Seventh Young Master!”

If not for Jin Cheon’s frost-like command, the Taoists of the Qingcheng and Moshan Sects would have been massacred in the blink of an eye…….

“What are you going to do now?”

The Fox Immortal of the Sea of Trees approached and asked Jin Cheon.

“Of course, I have to keep my promise.”

Jin Cheon said as if to tell her not to worry.

She had been a great help to the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, playing a major role in this battle as well.

Breaking a promise with her was something that could not and should not happen.

“Wait a moment.”

Jin Cheon said so and approached Wi Mu-rin.

Wi Mu-rin was busy performing sorcery with the sorcerers of the Evil Spirit Guardian Clan, clinging to the Divine Spirit Tree.

They were dealing with the aftermath of the Qingcheng and Moshan Sect Taoists’ attempt to destroy the Divine Spirit Tree.

“Senior Brother Wi, I have something to tell you for a moment.”

“Is it about the Fox Immortal of the Sea of Trees?”

“Yes.”

“I’m sorry, but that’s not a matter I can decide.”

Wi Mu-rin showed reluctance.

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