novelraw Chapter 152 : Chapter 152
Chapter 152 : Chapter 152
Chapter 152. Have you finally come?
Heavenly Demon Fighting Soul Martial Art, Heaven-Breaking Fist.
On top of that, it was a move that maximized its destructive power by adding the martial principles of the Wudang Sect's martial arts.
“……!”
People could not hide their astonishment at Jin Cheon's earth-shattering martial art, or more precisely, the power of his martial art.
‘He broke… that thick iron gate?’
‘What incredible destructive power.’
If one were to be struck in the chest by such a fist from Jin Cheon…….
Shudder!
The mere thought was horrifying.
No matter how much one protected their body with protective powerful qi, if hit by a fist of that power, even their corpse would not remain intact.
If one were to be hit directly in the face, their head would surely explode into pieces, making it difficult to even identify them.
“Hoo.”
Jin Cheon caught his breath.
His fist was throbbing.
Also, his Lower Dantian felt as if it had become completely empty.
He couldn't find a trace of his abundant internal energy.
‘It doesn’t matter.’
Jin Cheon took out a spiritual medicine from his robes, chewed it, and replenished the demonic qi he had consumed.
He had plenty of spiritual medicines anyway, so if he ran out of internal energy, he could just take one in a pinch.
“Let’s go.”
Jin Cheon hurriedly moved his feet.
He could clearly see what the guards of the Demonic Prison would be doing by now, so he couldn't delay for even a moment.
‘They’ll try to destroy the evidence first.’
As Jin Cheon saw it, the Righteous Heavenly Alliance, unless they were fools, would know full well what would happen if the existence of the Demonic Prison was revealed.
They must have prepared some countermeasures in case of an emergency.
The traps installed in the valley earlier and this thick iron gate must have been part of that.
‘They’ll try to burn them all to death.’
To destroy the witnesses without leaving corpses, burning them to death was indeed the best method.
Of course, if they used a drug like Bone Melting Powder, they could melt them into a pool of blood.
However, obtaining enough Bone Melting Powder to use on so many prisoners was a feat close to impossible even for the Sichuan Tang Clan, the famed family of poison, so burning them to death was virtually the only option.
‘It was the same when I escaped.’
Jin Cheon recalled the time he was rescued by the Blood Qilin, that is, the Blood Demon, in the past.
Having escaped the Demonic Prison once before, he knew that the Righteous Heavenly Alliance would use a fire attack in case of an emergency.
“Enter the interior swiftly!”
“As you command!”
At Jin Cheon's shout, the Seventh Divine Demon Squad and the Rakshasa Troupe quickly entered the Demonic Prison.
‘Still unpleasant.’
Even while running through the interior of the Demonic Prison, Jin Cheon frowned at the damp humidity, the cold chill, and the smell of mold.
He had been unconsciously disgusted by the memories of his time imprisoned in the Demonic Prison.
However, there was no time to feel disgusted while recalling the past.
Fwoosh!
In the distance, a crimson flame could be seen soaring up.
Soon, a wave of hot air rushed in.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
“You sons of bitcheeeeeeees!”
“Kraaaaaaaaahk!”
Desperate screams came from inside the Demonic Prison.
It was obvious that the guards of the Demonic Prison had set fire to the interior and started burning the prisoners to death.
‘Damn it!’
Jin Cheon pushed his lightweight footwork to its limit.
The biggest reason for attacking the Demonic Prison was none other than to rescue the prisoners.
It was only worth attacking the Demonic Prison here if he rescued not only the demonic practitioners of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult but also all the warriors from the Orthodox Faction.
Especially, didn't the warriors from the Orthodox Faction have to survive and expose the Demonic Prison for the Righteous Heavenly Alliance to be divided?
‘I won’t let that happen.’
Jin Cheon had absolutely no intention of letting the prisoners die.
“Where do you think you’re going!”
“How dare you, do you know where this is!”
A few guards blocked Jin Cheon's path.
“Get lost.”
Jin Cheon cut down the guards in a single breath and advanced towards the depths of the Demonic Prison.
Fwoooooooooosh!
The inside of the Demonic Prison was already filled with crimson flames as if it had been swallowed by a Fire Demon, and the heat was truly fearsome.
“S-save meeeeeee!”
A prisoner, his whole body on fire, screamed as he gripped the bars.
How terrifying must be the pain of being burned alive…….
‘I will not let them die.’
Jin Cheon's eyes gleamed.
He knew all too well how long they had waited for salvation.
Furthermore, wasn't Jin Cheon himself the one who knew better than anyone how painful and terrifying life in the Demonic Prison was?
There was no way such a Jin Cheon would let the prisoners of the Demonic Prison burn to death like this.
* * *
‘Let’s do it.’
Jin Cheon operated the Heavenly Demon Divine Qi and concentrated his mind.
There was a useful formula for times like this.
A technique that sucks in all the surrounding qi... what is commonly called the Star-Sucking Great Art in the martial world.
Of course, the Star-Sucking Great Art was merely an imitation of the Heavenly Demon Divine Qi, a failed demonic art.
There were so many side effects that learning the Star-Sucking Great Art, in the long run, was no different from choosing to become a cripple.
However, if one used the formulas of the Heavenly Demon Divine Qi to utilize only its advantages, the story would be different.
Jin Cheon's hands moved gently as if caressing a ball.
It was like the foundation and core of the Wudang Sect's martial arts, the subtlety of Taiji, and indeed it was.
In this Demonic Prison, Jin Cheon had deeply researched not only demonic arts but also the martial arts of the Orthodox Faction, and had mastered the divine arts and ultimate techniques of most sects and their core principles.
Goooooooooooooooooo!
The air inside the Demonic Prison, the hot energy heated by the flames, began to flock towards Jin Cheon's hands.
Then, an amazing thing happened.
All the flames that were burning the interior of the Demonic Prison began to be sucked into Jin Cheon's hands as if by magic.
Fwoosh, fwoooosh!
Before long, a huge fire ball was created in Jin Cheon's hands.
“……Keuk!”
A heat that could melt even steel engulfed Jin Cheon.
Jin Cheon gritted his teeth and focused on sucking in all the flames inside the Demonic Prison and gathering them into the fire ball.
Just then, the Nine-headed Dragon Robe that Jin Cheon was wearing revealed its presence.
Swoooosh!
The nine-headed dragon engraved on the Nine-headed Dragon Robe emitted a bright light, and the hem of the robe stretched out to protect Jin Cheon from the fire ball.
‘It’s not… hot.’
Jin Cheon was surprised to feel the heat that was trying to burn him disappear as if by magic.
The Nine-headed Dragon Robe... it was indeed worthy of being called the greatest treasure under heaven, truly living up to its reputation.
Come to think of it, it was said that the Nine-headed Dragon Robe had the ability of being impervious to water and fire, and it seemed that was no exaggeration.
‘Good.’
Empowered by the help of the Nine-headed Dragon Robe, Jin Cheon further accelerated the process of sucking in the flames inside the Demonic Prison.
The more he did, the larger the fire ball grew, becoming so big that it was difficult for Jin Cheon to handle.
Jin Cheon did not stop.
If the fire he sucked in and gathered was large?
He just had to press it down tightly.
‘Compression.’
Jin Cheon drew up all his demonic qi, pressed down on the fire ball, and added more heat.
When he had finally sucked in all the flames inside the Demonic Prison, there was only a fire ball the size of a human head in his hand.
Now it was time to dispose of the fire ball.
‘I’ll throw it outside.’
Having made up his mind, Jin Cheon shouted for the people behind him.
“Everyone, get back!”
After shouting so, Jin Cheon threw the fire ball in his hand with all his might.
Fwoooooooooosh!
The fire ball flew in a red trajectory, leaving the Demonic Prison and landing on a towering peak far beyond Cloud Terrace Peak.
Boooooooom!
Fwoooooooooooooosh!
With a huge explosion, a fearsome flame soared up, and the hot heat engulfed the peak.
Thus, the prisoners inside the Demonic Prison were saved from the crisis of being burned to death.
“N-no way.”
Dang Cheon-wi was astonished at Jin Cheon's divine might.
He had heard about the Unrivaled New Demon, that is, Jin Cheon, from his father Dang Seong-yeong, but he had never dreamed he would be this powerful.
“Kill all the guards and rescue the prisoners. Regardless of their origin or faction, do not touch the prisoners. They are all to be rescued and protected.”
“As you command!”
At Jin Cheon's command, the warriors of the Seventh Divine Demon Squad and the Rakshasa Troupe scattered in all directions, killing the guards and beginning to free the prisoners of the Demonic Prison.
“Let’s go.”
“Yes, Senior Brother.”
Jin Cheon took Dang Cheon-wi and moved on.
The place Jin Cheon headed for was the prison located in the deepest part of the Demonic Prison, and there, a skinny old monk was quietly sitting cross-legged, lost in meditation.
Seeing that the iron bars were still glowing red and the heat was still palpable, it was clear that the old monk had been calmly waiting for death, sitting cross-legged even just before the flames engulfed him.
Of course, in the case of the old monk, the expression Nirvana would be more fitting…….
“N-no.”
Dang Cheon-wi blinked his eyes, doubting what he was seeing.
“H-how is Great Monk Gongheo here……”
Dang Cheon-wi had met the old monk when he visited the Sichuan Tang Clan about ten years ago, so he could recognize at a glance that he was a former master of Shaolin and the most respected high monk under the heavens.
“I told you. This is where the Righteous Heavenly Alliance kidnaps, imprisons, and tortures their political enemies.”
“Good heavens……”
“Just keep watching quietly. The more you watch, the closer you will get to the disgusting and ugly truth.”
After saying so, Jin Cheon swung his sword and cut the iron bars of the prison.
“Monk, monk.”
Jin Cheon approached Great Monk Gongheo and spoke to him.
Slowly, Great Monk Gongheo opened his eyes.
Then he looked straight at Jin Cheon, smiled brightly, and said.
“Have you finally come?”
“……?”
“I have been waiting with bated breath for you to come. For the day you would come to save this old monk.”
“Wh-what do you mean.”
Jin Cheon was so flustered for a moment that he ended up stuttering.
Great Monk Gongheo's words felt as if he knew that Jin Cheon had come from the past, and he felt as if he had been hit right on the mark.
“Why are you so surprised.”
Great Monk Gongheo said without losing his smile.
“The words you just said, monk……”
“Of course, this old monk does not know who you are.”
“Then how could you say such a thing……”
“I suddenly felt it. That the thread of fate that was supposed to be tied here has disappeared. I wondered why that was, and it seems it's all because of you.”
“Ah.”
Only then did Jin Cheon understand what Great Monk Gongheo meant and felt a sense of relief inwardly.
Great Monk Gongheo was a high monk who had achieved great enlightenment not only in martial arts but also in Buddhist law, and was a person who often made remarks that seemed to see through the past, present, and future.
In fact, Great Monk Gongheo had once prophesied that Jin Cheon would escape the Demonic Prison.
‘This old monk might not, but you will one day escape from here. I guarantee it. So hold on somehow. The wheel of fate… will roll that way.’
Great Monk Gongheo's words came true.
The Blood Qilin, that is, the Blood Demon, led the remnants of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult to attack the Demonic Prison and rescue Jin Cheon and the prisoners.
Of course, that too was a trap set by the Righteous Heavenly Alliance, and they were eventually annihilated, but after Jin Cheon traveled back to the past, that event was erased.
“Thanks to you, this old monk has also managed to save his tough life. If it were the original course of events, I would have died here.”
“You are still vigorous, it would be troublesome if you were to pass away already.”
Jin Cheon showed a wide grin.
Great Monk Gongheo was a fellow inmate with whom Jin Cheon had spent the most time and shared many conversations, so a smile naturally appeared due to their considerable intimacy.
“I will escort you. Let us go.”
“Thank you.”
Great Monk Gongheo did not ask or question Jin Cheon's identity and rose to his feet with his support.
Just as he said, as if he had been waiting for Jin Cheon, it was a natural movement without any reluctance or hesitation.