novelraw Chapter 144 : Their Respective Circumstances, Yoo Soo-ah's Story (2)
Chapter 144 : Their Respective Circumstances, Yoo Soo-ah's Story (2)
Humans are finite creatures.
No matter how much they try, their limits are clearly defined.
However, there was only a difference in the limit point for each human.
In particular, in the case of people born with some kind of constitution, their limit point was higher than that of ordinary people.
Among them, the constitution corresponding to the special grade seemed to have no limit point from the perspective of others.
Heavenly Killing Star.
A constitution that increases strength by eating killing intent.
"I was originally going to show this when I fought Jae-ha."
A huge energy felt full in the body.
Soma had now obtained a power that he could not have obtained even if he had trained for his entire life.
Soma, who had lightly kicked off the ground, momentarily realized that something was wrong. He immediately knew that it was because of the being in front of him.
The manifestation of an incomprehensible situation.
At the new experience he had never had before, Soma's curiosity arose rather than fear. A smile naturally forms on the corner of his mouth.
A brilliantly shining sword strike was approaching Soma's eyes.
Death came to mind.
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If the Heavenly Killing Star was like that, then the Heavenly Dragon Sacred Bones was also like that.
Yoo Soo-ah's Heavenly Dragon Sacred Bones was fundamentally different from Yoo Jae-ha's Heavenly Dragon Sacred Bones.
This was natural. Because Yoo Soo-ah's was her own, and Yoo Jae-ha's was received from someone else.
Revolving Heaven.
The pinnacle of internal energy operation that accelerates one's own time by circulating internal energy!
However, unlike infinite time, the human body is finite, so this also had a limit.
The technique called Revolving Heaven is a technique that twists the flow of time by rapidly rotating the internal energy in one's body.
Therefore, the more Yoo Soo-ah used Revolving Heaven, the more overwhelming the load on her own body could be said to be.
The number of revolutions of the Revolving Heaven that Yoo Soo-ah was currently using was 12.
The world that Yoo Soo-ah was seeing now, everything was stopped.
On the contrary, Yoo Soo-ah's hair had grown longer than when she had first started the fight.
In the stopped world, only Yoo Soo-ah herself was aging rapidly.
This was the drawback of Revolving Heaven.
Revolving Heaven was a kind of incomplete technique.
To be more precise, this was the backlash from Revolving Heaven.
Even knowing that, Yoo Soo-ah had no intention of stopping.
Because she no longer had a reason to live.
In the stopped world, Yoo Soo-ah was alone.
She, who had become alone, swung her sword.
Just before the sword reached, a creaking sound was heard.
Soma's body was moving, albeit slightly.
The sword that was about to strike Soma's neck ended up slightly missing and grazing his shoulder.
Although the attack had failed, Yoo Soo-ah calmly raised her sword and swung it again.
Because no one had ever defeated her in the world of 12 revolutions.
Creak.
Another discordant sound was heard.
Soma's movement was greater than before.
Slice!
The sword cut Soma's body again. However, this time too, the fatal wound was missed.
Yoo Soo-ah realized Soma's intention.
A time battle on their respective limits, of who would get tired and fall first.
Soma's face, when she looked up, was smiling despite being full of wounds.
That smile seemed to be asking her if she was afraid of this situation.
Soma slowly closes his eyes.
His eyelids go up again.
Soma's eyes became even more slender and at the same time emitted a clear light.
Creaking sounds were heard from all over.
Soma's mouth slowly opens.
"Is this all?"
The moment the words ended, Soma was moving like an ordinary person. Soma, who had come closer, attacked for the first time.
Such a Soma's body, whenever it moved, something would burst or break.
This was the price for entering the world of super speed where Yoo Soo-ah was.
Right now, a gravity of 12 times the original was being applied to Soma's body.
An ordinary person can maintain consciousness for 15 seconds in 5 times the gravity, and for about 1 second in 10 times the gravity.
In other words, as the gravity increased by '1', the time one could endure decreased by about 1/3.
The gravity applied to the space where Yoo Soo-ah was moving now was 12 times.
A pressure that would make an ordinary person lose consciousness in just 0.1 seconds was being applied to the body.
Soma was enduring that now.
However, no matter how much Soma was born with the Heavenly Killing Star, he could not maintain his consciousness for a long time in such an environment.
Therefore, the smile on Soma's face deepened.
Because the being in front of him was a clear monster.
A life-and-death match.
It was the first time since Jae-ha.
'This is fun!'
A super-speed battle where even a single mistake can take a life.
In the moment of 1 second, no! 0.1 seconds, countless battles of wits take place.
In just one swing of the sword, hundreds of feints and true moves were mixed.
Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang!
He swung such things without rest.
His head heated up, boiled, and felt like it would burn up.
Boom!
In addition to the sword and sword, the fist and foot are added.
A new battle of wits is added.
Drip.
A nosebleed flowed from Soma's nose.
It was the same for Yoo Soo-ah.
Clang! Boom! Clang! Boom! Clang! Boom! Clang! Boom! Clang! Boom! Clang! Boom! Clang! Boom!
Nevertheless, the two did not stop.
On the contrary, they threw more killing blows at each other.
A gap that was accidentally created by such countless battles of wits.
The two instinctively knew that this was the time to bet on the match.
Swoosh!
They each perform their best move towards each other.
Slice!
The situation that had been in a tense standoff tilts for the first time.
Soma's sword finally gave the opponent his first wound. Soma instinctively realized that he should never let go of this momentum.
Soma said to the Heavenly Killing Star.
-Give me more power.
-The price?
-My 10 years of life.
For a moment, Soma's hair grew longer.
Soma felt a power he had never felt before. And Soma was feeling that he had reached the limit of his own limits.
To be more precise, it had to be seen as a congenital limit that he had because he was a human.
'This is the final place I will reach.'
He wondered 'is there something else after this?', but Soma soon gave up on the next.
Because even if there was, it was a place that a human could never reach.
If there was, wouldn't it be something that transcended humans?
It would be one of two, a monster or a god.
The human Soma grinned and swung his sword.
"It was fun."
It was the fear of death he had felt after a long time.
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Am I weak?
Objectively speaking, she was strong.
She had reached the Transformation Realm at a young age, and soon after, she had reached the Profound Realm.
If this is not strong, what is strong?
But why do I always have to be deprived?
The answer to that question could be given quickly.
Because I am weak.
Yoo Soo-ah saw the sword strike coming at her.
The sword had reached her neck before she could even move.
She squeezed her eyes shut.
And she opened her eyes again.
13th revolution.
Time is split.
The creaking world becomes quiet again.
The sword that had touched her neck stopped.
Swish.
Taking a step, Yoo Soo-ah swung her sword.
Rip.
Blood gushed up into the air.
Thud.
Soma collapses.
He was by far the strongest among those she had faced so far. But this time too, she had won and survived.
Yoo Soo-ah panted and looked up at the sky with her body limp.
There was no joy of victory, no relief of having survived.
There was only emptiness.
"You've worked hard."
At Baekseo's voice from the side, Yoo Soo-ah still looked up at the sky and opened her mouth.
"Can I become stronger from here?"
Baekseo answered.
"Of course."
Baekseo's expression, which Yoo Soo-ah could not see, resembled a rat on the back of an ox.
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"Huh?"
The content of the letter sent by the Brain Demon was as follows.
[Young Leader Yoo Soo-ah. She has given up her position as Young Leader and has deserted the Divine Cult. Her last confirmed location is one of the Chaotic Heavenly Society branches that the Divine Cult is aware of. We immediately deployed troops, but the inside was already empty. It is presumed that she has moved to another place.]
My junior sister had deserted.
And to the Chaotic Heavenly Society!
"Is this for real?"
Why on earth? What was lacking in the Divine Cult!
Don't tell me it's because of me?
Did I push my junior sister too far into a corner?
I had done so with the hope that my junior sister would become stronger, but I had never wished for something like this.
But to go to the side of the target that needs to be destroyed is a destruction of common sense!
That's the enemy camp!
In a situation that was hard to accept, my choice was no different from the first.
I will meet my junior sister and carry on the will of the former Heavenly Demon.
And I will return this tangled fate to its original place.
If my junior sister knows that I am alive, she will also end her wandering and return to the Divine Cult.
I also had some business with the Chaotic Heavenly Society. I called Braha.
"I'm here!"
It was Braha, who seemed to have gotten quite used to the water of the Central Plains.
"What's that?"
"Ah! You mean this. The Sword Empress bought me new clothes."
It looked expensive at a glance. More than what I was wearing. The sword he was wearing at his side was also new. His cheeks had also become plump.
"You seem to have been doing well."
"This is heaven. The food is free."
"It's just rice and vegetable side dishes."
"In Tianzhu, when I was hungry, I ate sand. The tail of a scorpion was a delicacy with a pungent taste."
"I-I see."
"That's right! This is all thanks to you. The Central Plains is truly a utopia. It feels like I'm experiencing a new world. When I go back to Tianzhu, I will surely make it like this!"
"Yeah, I'll cheer for you. By the way, let me ask you a favor."
"I was waiting. I owe you a great debt. I will grant you anything. Just say the word."
"Do you know anyone in the Chaotic Heavenly Society?"
"Of course not! My only friend since long ago was a crow."
"Don't make me feel sorry for you all of a sudden."
"Don't worry. I have many friends now. You, Jae-ha, are also there, and the Mad Demon, and the Sword Demoness, and the Sword Empress are also there."
"Yeah. You said you had met the Chaotic Heavenly Society before. How did you meet them?"
"That's simple. Because there is a regular meeting. You just have to go to a set place on a set date."
"Who is there if you go there?"
"Everyone comes wearing animal masks, so I don't know for sure. But I know that only those above the law enforcement officer can attend."
"When is that?"
"Hmm... the day after tomorrow!"
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What should I say, I think I'm the only one in the Central Plains who has had this kind of experience.
I was once the young leader of the Demonic Cult, the Sword Emperor of the Righteous Faction, and now I am the law enforcement officer of the Yellow Heaven.
"By the way, is it okay for just the two of us to go?"
"When I went, most of them were accompanied by people who served them."
"But you're a Heavenly Lord. Do the Heavenly Lords come there directly?"
"I haven't spoken a single word, so I don't know for sure. Should I ask?"
"No. You might get caught being a fool."
Braha, wearing a chicken mask, stares at me.
"Why?"
"I am not a fool. I am just a little naive. And in the first place, if I were a fool, I would not have reached the Profound Realm. Apologize. The Sword Empress said that belittling others is a bad thing."
To bring up the Sword Empress, I immediately apologized.
"Yeah. Sorry."
Braha, who had drunk the water of the Central Plains, his words were as fluent as could be, unlike before. So that's why the saying 'if you're going to study, you should do it in Beijing' came about.
The kid, compared to his old downcast appearance, looked very good.
"By the way, this chicken mask, isn't it too crudely made?"
The chicken mask that Braha had before had broken during the fight with me, so he had made a new one this time.
"Don't worry. I am soon to be the Yellow Heaven Lord, so who would doubt me?"
Looking at him at times like this, he doesn't seem like a fool.
A natural cave was visible in front.
In front of it, as expected, two men wearing ordinary white masks were guarding, and seeing us, they bowed their heads respectfully and greeted us.
Braha naturally received the greeting and was about to go into the cave. At that, the two men wearing masks blocked Braha.
"I'm sorry, but only one person can enter."
"It was possible for two people to enter before."
"The rules have been newly changed this time."
"What if I don't want to?"
"You cannot enter."
"I see."
Braha waved his hand.
Slice.
The two men's necks fall off.
Huh? You're suddenly killing them? Is this okay?
I quickly glanced around and went to Braha and whispered.
"Isn't this going to be a big problem?"
Braha said nonchalantly.
"I am Yellow Heaven Lord."
"Yeah, I already know you're Yellow Heaven Lord!"
"Ah! Are you worried about me?"
Not you, me!
"There's no need to worry. I did the same thing when I came here before."
"R-Really?"
"That's right."
I-I had forgotten.
That Braha was the master of the Yellow Heaven, which occupied one of the twelve heavens belonging to the Chaotic Heavenly Society.
"Don't forget. The promise that you would buy me the eternal food called gukbap after this is over."
"Yeah."
The reason I could become the law enforcement officer of the Yellow Heaven was thanks to the promise of buying him gukbap.
(End of Chapter)