novelraw Chapter 222 : Chapter 222
Chapter 222 : Chapter 222
Chapter 222. Since that is also what I desire
The devils inside the Imperial Palace were by no means ordinary.
They were not only devilified by being poisoned by Dokgo Seong’s demonic qi, but were further strengthened by the Hell Realization Great Art.
As such, the martial prowess each individual could display was truly absurd.
At the very least, they were above Zenith, most were equal to the martial prowess of Super Zenith experts, and some strong devils displayed strong martial power corresponding to Realm of Transformation or Extreme Demon.
Especially, the devils called Hell Divine Generals displayed strong martial power that even decent Realm of Transformation experts could not guarantee victory against.
‘Damn it!’
Even Jin Cheon couldn't treat the Hell Divine Generals like flies and cut them down, so their strength was truly beyond imagination.
“Go first! We will handle this place!”
Sword Immortal shouted towards Jin Cheon.
“We will follow soon, so go quickly! You must not be held back here!”
Great Monk Gongheo also shouted so and opened a path for Jin Cheon.
Then, Wudang Sect experts holding swords engraved with Pine Pattern Ancient Sword and martial monks with precepts seals on their foreheads scattered left and right to open a path for Jin Cheon.
Since the mission of the martial artists belonging to the separate detachment was to help Jin Cheon reach the Hall of Supreme Harmony where the first generation Heavenly Demon Dokgo Seong was located, that was an extremely natural judgment even strategically.
Jin Cheon also knew that, so he left the rear to Shaolin and Wudang and continued to move forward.
“Seventh Young Master! We will handle this place!”
“Please go first! Amitabha!”
Next, the Sichuan Tang Clan and Emei Sect opened a path for Jin Cheon.
“Please achieve the great cause. Since everything depends on your hands.”
Dalai Dharma Emperor and the martial monks of Potala Palace also willingly blocked the pouncing devils so Jin Cheon could go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Thanks to that, Jin Cheon succeeded in advancing to the Hall of Supreme Harmony where Dokgo Seong was located at a very fast speed.
“I, is this right?”
Blood Qilin stepped back without realizing.
“Uh. Um. If we open this, it feels like something big will happen…… do we really have to open it?”
At Blood Qilin’s words, Cheon U-jin, Cheol Yu-ra, Wi Mu-rin, Yeom Bi, and So U-bin distorted their faces abruptly.
But Jin Cheon could fully understand such a remark from Blood Qilin.
‘There is real hell in front of this.’
Through the demonic qi detection ability of the Heavenly Demon’s Physique, Jin Cheon was clearly seeing what was in the Supreme Harmony Courtyard beyond the Gate of Supreme Harmony.
‘To think Super Zenith experts number eighteen thousand.’
Even the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, which boasted the strongest power as a single force, had only about three hundred Super Zenith experts.
Even that was the number combining the Cult’s leaders, martial artists of the highest-ranking military groups, and the now-retired Senate, excluding the Asura Blood Sword Unit composed of a hundred people.
But there are as many as eighteen thousand Super Zenith experts?
This would be a number corresponding to several times the number of Super Zenith experts existing under heaven combined.
Break through this terrifying force and reach the Hall of Supreme Harmony where Dokgo Seong is located?
It would be by no means an easy task.
While Jin Cheon fought a duel with Dokgo Seong, it couldn't be guaranteed whether the separate detachment could hold out.
Fortunately, the number of eighteen thousand people was too many compared to the scale of the Supreme Harmony Courtyard, so if they utilized the narrowness of the place, they might be able to hold out somehow.
‘We must settle the match quickly. The more delayed executing Dokgo Seong becomes, the more our sacrifices will increase.’
Jin Cheon thought so and slowly approached the Gate of Supreme Harmony.
Unlike the Imperial Palace main gate, the Gate of Supreme Harmony was slightly open as if saying come in if you dare.
Kki-iii-ik!
Jin Cheon pushed open the Gate of Supreme Harmony.
Cheo-eok!
Eighteen thousand devils looking at the Hall of Supreme Harmony turned around in unison and glared at Jin Cheon.
“S, see. I told you not to open it. Eu-euk.”
Blood Qilin made a fed-up expression.
“Kya-aaaa-aaak!”
“Ki-iii-it!”
Facing devils numbering as many as eighteen thousand, and each possessing martial power above Super Zenith expert, was something he had never imagined even in a dream.
But no matter what, one cannot retreat.
If they retreated because of insufficient power, the grand art would be completed in the end, and then eventually the Heavenly Gate would open and a great catastrophe would strike.
Having come this far, there could be no retreat.
Choice did not exist.
Whether die or live, they had to push into the Supreme Harmony Courtyard, shake off the eighteen thousand devils, and reach the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Sseuk, Jin Cheon moved his steps first.
“T, if you go in there, you die!”
“Then isn't it fine if I die?”
At Blood Qilin’s fuss, Jin Cheon smiled, ssi-ik, and crossed the threshold of the Gate of Supreme Harmony.
“Ah, whatever.”
Dang Cheon-wi chased after Jin Cheon.
“Let’s go together.”
Fox Immortal of the Sea of Trees Seop So-yeon also quickly chased after Jin Cheon.
“Phew! That idiot!”
Blood Qilin shook his head, jeol-le-jeol-le, and moved his steps as if he couldn't stop him at all.
Would it be only them?
Everyone crossed the threshold of the Gate of Supreme Harmony with the same feeling.
Single goal.
To execute the first generation Heavenly Demon Dokgo Seong, entering the land of death on their own feet would be indispensable.
* * *
Reaching the Hall of Supreme Harmony was not an easy task.
“Kya-aaaa-aaak!”
“Kya-aaak!”
The eighteen thousand devils rushing incessantly were human barriers in themselves, and obstacles blocking the path of Jin Cheon’s group.
Kwa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa!
Even though the Heavenly Demon Sword Jin Cheon wielded cast the Heavenly Demon Sword Art Fourth Form Heavenly Disaster Strong Quake, opening a path was far off.
The strength of the eighteen thousand devils located in this Supreme Harmony Courtyard was truly like Diamond Indestructible Body, so they didn't budge even at decent attacks.
Furthermore, since their movements were so fast, if the attack was even a little slow, they dodged it often, so sweeping away enemies at once was absurd.
‘Damn it. Do I have to drain all my strength here?’
Jin Cheon was frustrated.
If he had his way, he wanted to sweep away all the devils with all his might.
But if he did that, even Jin Cheon would inevitably lose some strength, and then there was a high possibility it would become very troublesome.
If he wanted to execute the last Dokgo Seong remaining in this world, Jin Cheon also needed to maintain the best condition.
‘Do I have to force my way through even if it's a bit unreasonable?’
It was when such a thought flashed through Jin Cheon’s mind.
“Yekki! You bastards!”
“Euhehehe! Truly a long time!”
The Elders of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult broke into the Supreme Harmony Courtyard one after another.
“Liege! Have you forgotten us!”
“These old men will also lend strength!”
Mad Demon Revered One and Undying Fighting Demon shouted spiritedly towards Jin Cheon.
“Elders……!”
Jin Cheon was considerably surprised to see the Elders including Mad Demon Revered One and Undying Fighting Demon.
Why did they, who should be spending their old age comfortably, come to this living hell…….
The answer could be heard from the Senate Head Asura Blade Emperor Go Geuk-seong.
“Aren't we old men just waiting for the day to die anyway! Wolves should die as wolves! We will die on the battlefield rather than a comfortable death!”
It was a remark truly like the Elders of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
Martial artists of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult are warriors to the bone.
They preferred meeting death on the battlefield to a comfortable death, and considered it a very honorable death.
‘More are coming!’
Jin Cheon sensed there were more reinforcements, and looked towards the Gate of Supreme Harmony.
“Let’s sweep them all away!”
“For freedom!”
Devils of the Demonic Ghost Cave.
They were those who lived as devils trapped in the Demonic Ghost Cave for as few as several years to as many as hundreds of years.
The reason those saved by Jin Cheon and returned to humans came to the battlefield like this was because they didn't want to live as devils ever again.
If a world where the first generation Heavenly Demon Dokgo Seong rules comes, wouldn't they live such a life again?
Because they knew that too well, they risked death and ran to this Imperial Palace.
And their joining was like obtaining a thousand troops and ten thousand horses for Jin Cheon’s group.
The number of people trapped in the Demonic Ghost Cave was about eight thousand.
Among them, as many as five thousand joined this fight, so it was natural for Jin Cheon’s group, driven to numerical inferiority, to breathe easier.
Furthermore, since those trapped in the Demonic Ghost Cave accumulated demonic qi living as devils for a long time, they possessed martial power above decent Zenith experts.
Also, since there were quite a few very outstanding experts among them, that power was truly immense.
That meant it was worth competing for supremacy enough even against the eighteen thousand devils guarding the front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
“Go quickly!”
Cheon U-jin shouted towards Jin Cheon.
“At this level, we are also worth trying enough! We will open the path!”
At the same time, Cheon U-jin, Cheol Yu-ra, Wi Mu-rin, Yeom Bi, So U-bin, and Blood Qilin spread wings to Jin Cheon’s left and right and blocked the rushing devils.
Adding to that, the Asura Blood Sword Unit and the Seventh Divine Demon Squad led by Danmok Cheong also opened a path for Jin Cheon.
“Big brother! Win for sure!”
Long-time friend Dang Cheon-wi smiled brightly towards Jin Cheon.
“Right! Let’s see each other again alive!”
Jin Cheon spoke so and continued to move towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
And not long after, he was able to arrive right in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
‘Let’s see the end.’
Deol-keok, Jin Cheon pushed open the Hall of Supreme Harmony door without a speck of hesitation.
* * *
Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, a silence so suffocating it couldn't be just quiet settled down.
That was a truly strange thing.
In the Supreme Harmony Courtyard, tens of thousands were tangled up waging a fierce fight, but inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, even though he just crossed one threshold, it was quiet as if it were another world.
The first generation Heavenly Demon Dokgo Seong was immersed in meditation sitting cross-legged quietly inside such a Hall of Supreme Harmony.
‘This son of a bitch.’
Jin Cheon felt indescribable, truly immense anger from such an appearance of Dokgo Seong.
What evil deeds had he committed for the past hundreds of years, and how many people had he killed?
There was no need to question the past.
Not enough with making the citizens of Nanjing devils, didn't he offer people numbering thousands as sacrifices for human sacrifice.
Even right outside the door, tens of thousands were taking and having taken each other’s lives.
Yet, seeing him holed up in such a quiet place immersed in meditation alone, nausea couldn't help but surge up from inside.
Jin Cheon felt a certain sense of duty looking at Dokgo Seong.
‘Such a person should not exist in the world. I must kill him. I must kill and remove him. Absolutely.’
Jin Cheon approached Dokgo Seong.
Sseuk, Dokgo Seong opened his eyes.
Though he didn't know why, emptiness and boredom seemed to seep from his two eyes dyed deep purple.
“Did you come here in the end.”
Dokgo Seong smiled gently.
“You laugh?”
Jin Cheon’s voice became fierce.
“It seems laughter comes out even seeing such deeds? You bastard?”
Jin Cheon growled as if vomiting resentment.
Skulls piled up inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony…… Seeing skulls that were clearly of young boys and girls, how could he not be angry.
“Still a long way to go.”
“……?”
“Why do you rage.”
Dokgo Seong made a perplexed expression as if he couldn't understand at all.
“Life and death are not such great things. All living things are born, and also die. Whatever the form of death, the conclusion is eventually death. If the cycle of the natural world is such, is there a reason to rage.”
“A dog-like bastard spouting bullshit.”
Anger dwelt in Jin Cheon’s eyes.
“Don't pretend to be enlightened, you son of a bitch. You bastard are just an evil predator. A mean and disgusting plunderer who doesn't choose means and methods to take others’ lives for your purpose.”
“Are the lives of mere insignificant creatures so important? They are just things useless for anything except the vital blood of life. Why does one born extraordinary not know that mere ordinary people are no different from cows or pigs?”
“Then what is special about you?”
Jin Cheon spoke mockingly towards Dokgo Seong.
“When you bastard couldn't obtain realization and reach the heavens even after struggling like that for hundreds of years?”
“…….”
Dokgo Seong’s face froze like frost.
That was Dokgo Seong’s taboo landmine.
Ascending to Immortality.
The realm he so desired, longed for, and also obsessed over.
Since he couldn't reach it in the end even after mobilizing all means and methods, it was deserving for Dokgo Seong to burst with rage.
“Aren't you bastard also nothing more than an insignificant creature in the end?”
“How dare.”
Dokgo Seong slowly raised his body.
“What do you bastard know to spout such things? When you see, hear, and think no different from mere ordinary people even after being born extraordinary.”
“Then what is different about you?”
Jin Cheon snorted.
“You bastard are no different at all from the insignificant creatures you talk about. You are nothing more than trash. Shabby, ugly trash.”
“The price for wagging your mouth carelessly will never be light.”
Dokgo Seong approached Jin Cheon.
Hwa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaak!
Demonic qi soared from Dokgo Seong’s body.
Pa-jik, pa-ji-jik!
Pitch-black lightning rained down, and Dokgo Seong’s skin turned black.
O-ssak!
Jin Cheon experienced his whole body’s pores standing on end.
That was a physical reaction irrelevant to Jin Cheon’s will.
‘It’s a monster.’
The pressure of Dokgo Seong activating Heavenly Demon Divine Qi Demonic Emperor was truly terrifying.
The felt pressure and demonic qi were enough to overwhelm Jin Cheon who rose to the realm of Demonic Emperor.
Furthermore, that form was also truly threatening.
It seemed like the appearance of an Emperor residing in the Den of Demons, commanding ten thousand demons, and reigning over them would be like that.
Indeed, the first generation Heavenly Demon.
His majesty revealing his true form was truly immense.
‘Right, it should be so. It should be at least this much. It is what I prepared for.’
Jin Cheon thought so, activated Heavenly Demon Divine Qi Demonic Emperor, and approached Dokgo Seong.
“Only today did I finally realize. That killing and removing you bastard is my mission. Since that is also what I desire, today I will execute you bastard and complete the fate.”
Jin Cheon declared so and threw his body towards his nemesis.
First generation Heavenly Demon Dokgo Seong.
And Unrivaled New Demon Jin Cheon.
The fight staking the fate of the world began.