Absolute Regression - Chapter 322
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Episode 322 You did not fail.
A ferocious energy emanated from Sobaekta’s body.
I wasn’t that angry when I heard that our school doesn’t allow you to go to war. Because it was what I expected.
However, I felt indescribably insulted when I was told to wash my face. Her pride was well and truly touched.
‘Are you that strong?’
The cries of ghosts echoed everywhere, oppressing the sword dance.
Although he had not yet achieved great success, he was a great magician.
The Cheonma Defense God was activated and protected Geommugeuk’s body. As the sword dance stood with a relaxed face, Sobaekta increased his strength even more.
‘Are you really that strong!’
It was really strong. Instead of being pressured by the ears, he started to walk towards Sobaekta with great strides.
“What do you have that’s causing all this fuss? “It’s not like stealing from the back alley gangsters, but what on earth do you have that you’re talking about unification of the new world and dreaming of unification of Moorim?”
Geomgeuk approached Sobaekta.
“I don’t think this crazy symbol on your face will lead to victory in the war?”
At the moment when a certain determination flashed in Sobaekta’s eyes, another of his cards was overturned.
A bright red energy flowed from both eyes and began to merge with the demonic energy that had appeared earlier.
I could see the sword dance in an instant.
‘That energy is not the Great Demon of Heaven!’
The next moment, the surroundings changed as a red-hot energy overtook the sword dance.
The place where the sword dance was held was not Gyojujeon.
The walls and floors around were trembling as if they were alive. I’ve been to this place where I felt like I was inside the intestines of an animal.
Yes, the space created by Hwanyeo, a painter woman!
However, it felt different from the space Hwanyeo had created. The colors were different and the shapes were different. I felt both the energy of the Great Demon Qi of the Pungcheon Cultist and the energy of Hwanyeo that I had felt before.
‘The two martial arts combined!’
The combined energy was even more powerful. Of course, the person who combined the two martial arts skills was probably King Hwan.
The reason why Sobaekta felt like something had changed was not because he was subjected to the magic of seophonju. As the two powerful martial arts combined, it affected personality. King Hwan’s persuasion and brainwashing must have been added to that.
King Hwan gave him his martial arts skills to make him stronger?
you’re welcome! If it had that effect, he would have stolen Sobaekta’s martial arts and absorbed it himself.
‘The end of this combined martial arts is death.’
Geomgeuk was confident. The person named Hwanwang has already shown this in his life before returning. He is a man who cares only for himself.
In front of this space was a wall with a human face sticking out.
On the other side, someone stuck out his face.
“Sujiaoju, did you ask me to show you?”
The face that protruded from behind the thin membrane was Sobaekta. His voice rang out strangely.
“I won’t be able to kill you if you have mastered the Nine Fire Demonic Art. “Instead, we can lock you up here forever.”
This is where Moorim Iltong’s confidence comes from. This powerful martial arts technique is believed to be capable of trapping even the Demonic Cult’s small sect leader.
Naturally, I was able to find out his last hand as well. If King Hwan taught you martial arts, there would be faith that he would help you. This combined martial arts ability even helps the King of Hwan?
Now I could understand his excitement and confidence.
“What kind of martial arts is this?”
Sobaekta confidently answered Geommugeuk’s question.
“Angcheonhyeoljutsu (殃天血令術)!”
He felt a powerful energy that made him feel confident. However, this was no different from taking the unstable stamina booster Gwangbok sold by Sadomaeng earlier.
“Don’t you know that if you become strong in this way, you will have to pay a price?”
Sobaekta laughed. There was no sense of anxiety in his expression as revealed by the rippling curtain.
“Shouldn’t you pay the price? Those of you who have been complacent and believed only in Guhwamagong! How do you feel? “Have you seen enough of my abilities now?”
Geommugeuk had no answer. Sobaekta asked him as he was lost in thought.
“What are you thinking?”
How can I hear about King Hwan from you?
“I was wondering how I could get out of here.”
As Geommugeuk pulled out the black magic sword, Sobaekta laughed.
“The membrane looks thin, so it would seem like it would tear easily.”
Sobaekta, who was shaking the curtain with his leisurely laughter, never knew.
A bluish line that can destroy the membrane can be seen in the eyes of a swordsman who uses blood stabilization and divine eye techniques.
Of course, not all destruction laws were this easy to find. Like the previous fight with the Soul Mazon, there were illusions and hexes that could only be discovered by overcoming the danger of life and death.
But at least the law of destruction that cuts off the wall of the Great Wall was clearly visible to the eyes of Geommugeuk.
Whoosh!
The black magic sword lightly cut through the air.
Cheeeeeeeek.
The membrane was torn as if a cloth was torn. As a result, Sobaekta, who had been pressing her face against the curtain, pushed her head inside.
He was astonished with his eyes wide open. His sword, Mugeuk, even cut through his membrane without leaving a single scratch on his face.
“how?”
Geommugeuk put his hand in, grabbed Sobaekta by the collar who was on the other side of the wall, and pulled him in.
Sobaekta was brought in there.
Geommugeuk looked down at him as he fell to the floor and said coldly.
“Did you say you can’t leave here forever? Are you confident that you will stay with me for the rest of your life?”
Sobaekta reflexively cleared the space. I wondered if they would return to Gyojujeon as the space ran out.
Susssut.
They returned to their original space.
“!”
Sobaekta was surprised.
I memorized the gugyeol that eliminates space and definitely returned to Gyojujeon. But it came back as if I was being dragged back to that space.
I memorized the phrase again. However, the walls and floor only shook and shook, and the created space did not disappear.
‘Something is wrong!’
He was inwardly embarrassed. Since he learned how to create this space, he has never failed to escape from it.
His eyes turned to the torn wall.
‘Is it because of that?’
Looking around, I saw that it was similar to the space I had created, but different. The color was different and the feeling was different.
‘Something changed when I tore that up!’
Sobaekta’s heart sank with an unknown ominous feeling.
“Please stay calm and try again.”
I tried again at the words of the sword dance, but the space still did not disappear.
Sobaekta ran to the Great Wall and tried to go back to the place where Geommugeuk had torn it. But behind the torn membrane, a new membrane had formed.
I tried to tear the membrane by injecting true energy, but it only stretched and did not help.
Sobaekta looked back at the sword dance and shouted.
“You try tearing down that wall again.”
Geommugeuk pulled out his sword and struck it towards the curtain. But the membrane was not torn. No matter how much I stabbed or cut, the membrane only stretched and fluttered.
“How did you tear it earlier?”
“I don’t know either. When I saw your face making fun of me, I got angry and tore it up. Do you have to push your face in from over there to tear it apart?”
Geommugeuk asked back, but Sobaekta gave no answer. Because he didn’t even know.
“I guess we can get out somehow. Are you sure you can’t go out?”
Unlike the somewhat leisurely sword dance performance, Sobaekta’s fear was growing.
That carefree person doesn’t know how scary this place is. If he doesn’t clear the space, he will starve to death here.
“Are you running out of energy?”
Sobaekta examined his own strength and shook his head.
Geommugeuk sat down against the wall and said.
“That’s a good thing. Otherwise, he would have died from depletion of his innate energy. “Take a break and try again.”
Geommugeuk’s words are correct. It was not a problem that could be solved by getting excited.
Sobaekta calmly looked at the wall. The movement of the wall, which was writhing like an intestine, was slowing down and its color was gradually darkening. The walls were dying.
“You combined a great magic technique like Angcheon Great Demon Qi with other magic techniques, but you thought there wouldn’t be any side effects?”
It was like that. Sobaekta believed that there would be no side effects. He hasn’t been there until now.
Sobaekta sat down and started eating breakfast. The idea is to control your mind, fill your inner energy, and try again with a new mind.
When I turned around and opened my eyes, Geommugeuk was looking at the wall.
Sobaekta calmly memorized the phrase to eliminate space again. But it was still a failure.
It was right then.
Rumbling.
Blood began to flow from all walls.
The blood did not stop flowing from the wall, as if indicating that death was imminent.
Sobaekta looked around in surprise and despaired.
“There is nowhere for the blood to escape.”
Blood began to pool on the floor. If the blood continues to build up like this, you will eventually drown and die.
Dying by drowning in blood in an illusion you created? Also with the Demonic Cult’s small sect leader?
Sobaekta was so absurd and dumbfounded that he stood there blankly for a moment.
Then suddenly, fierce hostility arose. Sobaekta increased his strength. Red energy began to form in both of his hands.
“This is all because of you!”
Sobaekta stretched out his hand to unleash his strength towards Geommugeuk, but Geommugeuk was one step faster. He rushed to the shadow and struck a blow.
Pow!
Sobaekta, hit in the chest, flew, hit the wall, and fell to the floor.
Geommugeuk caught him covered in blood, raised him up, and subdued Nae-gong. Before he knew it, the blood had reached his knees.
“Why is it because of me? “It’s because of you who insisted on doing something new without being able to destroy what you created.”
Geommugeuk struck Sobaekta in the back of the head without mercy.
“This is your master’s responsibility! Your master said that after returning from meeting with you. “Ugh, I should have hit this crazy guy in the back of the head.”
Sobaekta gritted his teeth. I was angry to the end, but now was not the time to be fighting Geommugeuk. The blood was rising rapidly.
Sobaekta felt fear as he saw the blood welling up. It was the first time he felt the fear of death.
In the midst of all this, sword dancing stimulated him.
“If your master had passed on the position of leader, you should have thought about protecting it. “What are you going to do when you can’t keep the corridors given to you?”
“luck? “What kind of luck?”
The word blessed was an unpleasant word to him.
“Originally, I was the one who would inherit the position of leader!”
“It’s a good thing that I inherited it earlier, right?”
“You like it? At that time, I wasn’t ready to become a religious leader yet. It was a position that should have been inherited by training further and reaching the level of Angcheon Great Demon Qi. But Master gave me the position of leader and walked away.”
Things that had been buried deep in my heart came out.
“He said that to me. Don’t worry because there are many people following you? Tell me not to laugh! Those people follow their master and not me, right? Why don’t you know that? “Why don’t you know that what you say in front of your master is different from what you say in front of me?”
Before I knew it, the blood was rising to my stomach.
“Do you know what I felt like after Master left? Every day was a thorn cushion. Isn’t someone trying to take my place? Are you secretly ignoring me? I couldn’t sleep well because I was afraid of being assassinated. But what? Even if everyone else says that, doesn’t that mean you shouldn’t do that? “You don’t even know how I’ve been.”
I could understand the sword dance. The criticism I felt at first glance from him started out as a result of resentment toward his master.
He should have put ‘thanks’ in place of ‘because’ and persevered and overcome it, but unfortunately he couldn’t.
“He was the only one who understood me.”
King Hwan must have dug into his resentment, anger, and fear.
Sobaekta wanted to say this. That person is a hundred times better than the damn master.
“He was said to be the last descendant of the blood religion.”
It’s not wrong. After Hwanwang and Hwanyeo, the martial arts of blood religion no longer appeared.
“He said he tried to live a quiet life, but his mind changed when he saw me being abandoned by my teacher and ascending to the position of leader.”
King Hwan would have pretended to be the greatest strength when a person was at their weakest. He must have melted his heart by teaching him the magic arts of blood religion.
Sobaekta looked at his face in the blood that had now reached his chest. Then she suddenly began to use her blood as a mirror to paint her final pattern on her face.
Of the three patterns, it was a weathering done on the face of a dead person. Of course, it wasn’t drawn well with blood.
“I wanted to go into battle with the cloth painting that person drew.”
The moment I heard those words, I knew what the sword dance was.
“Could it be that he was a painter at Gyojujeon?”
Sobaekta nodded, probably thinking it was the last time.
“He’s the one who taught me how to draw facial patterns.”
It was the moment when it was finally revealed where King Hwan was hiding.
“He is the person who taught me how I should live and what a great person I am.”
The blood was now up to the bottom of my chin.
‘Am I going to die now?’
Sobaekta suddenly made eye contact with Geommugeuk. There was an unknown joy in Geommugeuk’s clear and deep eyes.
“What are you smiling about? “What is so great about being so proud until the end?”
“Normally, I would show off a lot, but today I held back a lot.”
What followed was even more incomprehensible.
“Your attempt to eliminate space did not fail. “I just succeeded.”
“what?”
“Now that I think about it, I will be your priest here.”
“What nonsense?”
“It was only passed down to me, so you can’t know.”
The blood came to my face and I had to tiptoe to talk.
“There is a movement that your master always makes every time he opens or closes this place.”
Geommugeuk raised his hand out of the blood.
Sobaekta instinctively felt that something was wrong. But that thought was short-lived as blood rose to the top of both people’s faces.
Just as I was being submerged in the blood, Geommugeuk’s fingers stuck out and snapped.