novelraw Chapter 51 : Chapter 51
Chapter 51 : Chapter 51
Chapter 51 Rain Forest Pavilion (5)
“Put down your weapons if you want to live!”
At the Ice Rakshasa’s shout, the men in black, who were groaning on the floor, flinched and stopped.
A situation where they were injured in an instant without even being able to use their hands properly.
It was clear to anyone that there was a huge difference in power.
The Ice Rakshasa looked back at the men in black with cold eyes.
“What are you people doing?”
At the Ice Rakshasa’s question, the man standing in the farthest corner holding a red dagger looked around and burst into laughter.
“Kukukuk……! Euhahahaha!”
When the man in black suddenly burst into loud laughter, Jaun and the Ice Rakshasa frowned.
“Finding this place by chance is impossible. That means this is also part of the Blood God’s plan.”
At the man’s unexpected words, the Ice Rakshasa frowned.
“I don’t know what you are talking about, but if you want to live, kneel right there immediately.”
Ignoring the Ice Rakshasa’s words, the man in black looked around one by one at his comrades who were sitting on the floor, breathing heavily.
“One, two, three, four. And including me, five. Yes. The last ones decided by the Demon God were us.”
At the man’s muttering, the eyes of the four people who had collapsed on the floor and were gasping for breath flashed.
“Shut up, face the wall, and turn around.”
Hearing the Ice Rakshasa’s words, the man in black slowly raised his hands to the sky.
“Stick to the wall just like that.”
Following the Ice Rakshasa’s command, the corners of the mouth of the man in black, who was approaching the wall, slowly curled up.
The man in black, who was looking left and right and exchanging glances with his comrades, suddenly raised the red dagger high into the sky and shouted.
“Blood Demon Manifestation !”
“……Blood Demon?”
Just as the Ice Rakshasa tilted her head at the man’s words, the other men in black who were beside him also shouted the same slogan and sprang up from their spots.
“Blood Demon Manifestation !”
The men in black who shouted loudly suddenly began to draw up their energy.
— Woooong
Thick demonic energy emanated from around the bodies of the men in black.
“Tsk tsk. In the end, you choose the punishment wine.”
The Ice Rakshasa took a step back and stood side by side with Jaun, their shoulders touching.
“Let’s subdue them all first.”
At Jaun’s words, the Ice Rakshasa nodded.
The moment the two took a step forward to subdue the men in black, the men poured all their internal energy and threw themselves toward the stone altar.
“Uh, huh?”
The two, who had naturally expected them to rush at them, couldn't help but be flustered as the exact opposite situation unfolded.
While the two were hesitating in confusion, the men in black who had instantly climbed onto the stone altar struck their own crown with their hands without a shred of hesitation.
— Puck!
— Thud!
— Crack!
— Pak!
The four men in black, whose heads were smashed, collapsed onto the stone altar just like that.
At the unimaginable sight, Jaun and the Ice Rakshasa’s bodies froze.
“W-What is this?”
The two froze as they checked the men in black who had collapsed on the stone altar, and in the meantime, the last man in black who climbed onto the altar brought the red dagger to his own neck.
“You guys, be glad that you got to be part of the Blood God’s plan, even as puppets.”
A smile spread across the man’s face.
“Forty-five lives already offered. And the four lives just offered. To think I can fill the remaining one spot with my life and complete the final piece planned by the Blood God. It is the glory of ten thousand lives. Kuhahaha!”
The man in black, who let out a maniacal laugh, stabbed the dagger into his own neck with all his might without a shred of hesitation.
— Pushuuk
Blood spurred out like a fountain from the man’s neck.
“W-What is all this about?”
The Ice Rakshasa looked back at Jaun with a pale face.
Jaun, who had been in shock, came to his senses and raised his head sharply.
“This is the Blood Cult! It’s the Blood Cult’s sacrificial ritual!”
— Drip, drip
The blood flowing from the neck of the last man in black who collapsed seeped into the altar.
— Kuoooo
At the same time, the altar made of stone began to create a massive tremor.
— Thump
Jaun’s senses warned of danger.
***
[Survival of the Fittest . It is the phrase most fitting for the way the Divine Cult raises its disciples. Once the disciples of the Divine Cult reach a certain level of realm, they are allowed to freely view the martial arts manuals designated for that realm.]
[The strong who have reached a certain realm climb up another step through the newly accessible martial arts manuals, and the weak who fail to do so are eventually culled. That is the method.]
[For this, the Divine Cult discloses most of the martial arts it possesses to the cultists in stages. However, there are exactly two types of martial arts that are managed as forbidden books even within the Divine Cult, and only those chosen by the Cult Leader can learn them.]
[The first is martial arts regarding Plucking Yin to Nourish Yang . It is a martial art created by the Demon of two generations ago, which steals a woman’s Yin energy and makes it one’s own internal energy.]
[Depending on the given situation, one can increase their internal energy at a tremendous speed in the beginning, but the higher the realm goes, the more one cannot overcome their own desires, eventually losing their reason and falling only into lust as a side effect.]
[The Divine Cult still retains it without discarding it to see if its function can be utilized in other ways, but in the end, the internal energy stolen from others cannot completely merge with one’s own internal energy, and since it eventually leads to Qi Deviation, it has established itself as one of the martial arts that should not be learned.]
[The second is martial arts related to Human Sacrifice . The martial arts of the Blood Cult, which borrowed the Demon God’s energy by offering human blood as a sacrifice in the past, are representative of this. However, power borrowed by sacrificing another’s life is bound to disappear eventually. Ultimately, those who have learned the Blood Cult’s martial arts must continue to offer someone as a sacrifice to maintain that power.]
[Since it is not a realm achieved by oneself, not only can the power not be maintained without constantly offering sacrifices, but since a human body has clothed itself in the status of a god, it is self-evident that the soul will wear away.]
[In the end, it is a martial art that only ends when one’s own soul is offered as a sacrifice, and a cursed ritual method. Even if you happen to encounter these two types of martial arts, keep in mind that you must absolutely, absolutely never learn them.]
The words his father had earnestly advised flashed through his mind for a moment.
The fact that the Blood Cult’s altar and ritual had appeared meant that someone had ultimately touched that cursed martial art which should not be touched.
‘Don’t tell me, someone in the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult?’
Jaun let out a lamentable sigh inwardly.
— Woooong
The altar, which was greedily sucking in blood, gradually increased its vibration.
“What is this? What should we do? Should we break it?”
The Ice Rakshasa also felt that the energy flowing from the altar was unusual and asked Jaun.
“……Since the altar where all sacrifices have been offered already contains the status of a god, it won’t break easily.”
Jaun bit his lip and looked around.
‘The sacrifices have already been offered. In times like this……’
Numerous thoughts flashed rapidly through Jaun’s mind. In the eyes of Jaun, who was deep in urgent thought, the image of the altar vibrating and voraciously sucking in blood came into view.
‘Wait. The fact that it is still sucking in blood means the altar is not completed……. Then!’
Jaun, who had been pondering, opened his eyes wide.
‘Right. Corpses and blood!’
The thoughts floating around in Jaun’s mind soon settled into place one by one.
‘The blood used for the sacrifice is blood so fresh it is hot. So, what if I dirty that blood before the altar is completed?’
Jaun had no time to keep worrying.
‘Let’s try it.’
Jaun, having made up his mind, ran to the inner room where the Rain Forest Pavilion Lord and Ban Cheol-hwi still remained.
Then, Jaun, who hoisted two corpses scattered on the ground onto both shoulders, shouted to the Ice Rakshasa.
“Young Lady! Pick up the corpses here and throw them into that altar!”
“……Pardon?”
The Ice Rakshasa asked back as if Jaun’s words were absurd.
“Hurry!”
“The corpses? Ugh……. What on earth is happening?”
The flustered Ice Rakshasa hurriedly chased after Jaun and hoisted a corpse.
“What are you guys doing?! Hurry up and pick one up each!”
The Ice Rakshasa’s gaze turned to Ban Cheol-hwi and the Pavilion Lord.
“H-How can we handle c-corpses.”
Looking at Ban Cheol-hwi, who was frowning deeply and waving his hands, the Ice Rakshasa let out a deep sigh and kicked the side of the Pavilion Lord, who was looking down and couldn't even look at her, hard.
— Puck!
“You pick it up, you punk.”
Five corpses carried by Jaun, the Ice Rakshasa, and the Pavilion Lord fell into the altar.
“Blargh!”
The Pavilion Lord, unable to withstand the smell of rotting corpses, lay prone in a corner and started vomiting.
The five corpses thrown into the altar like that.
As the blood clotted on the corpses mixed in, the color of the blood pooled in the altar began to change to a murky dark color.
As the blood turned dark red seeped into the altar, a sharp noise different from before began to emanate from the altar.
— Kiiiiing
— Kiiing
The altar shook irregularly, and the blood pooled in the altar began to boil.
The Ice Rakshasa, who was fanning herself with her hand at the nauseating smell of blood rising up, pointed to the altar shaking even more violently bit by bit.
“What do we do now!?”
Jaun, who was staring piercingly at the altar, opened his mouth.
“The blood energy has started to run wild. I will watch the situation and send a signal. When you check the signal, Young Lady, please blast a palm strike at the altar with full power.”
“Haa. I don’t know what is what, but okay for now. Just give me the signal.”
With anxious eyes, the Ice Rakshasa came to Jaun’s side and stood looking forward.
The blood pooled in the altar began to become increasingly unstable.
Jaun, who was staring piercingly at the altar, turned his eyes to the red dagger shining even inside the boiling pool of blood.
‘If it’s a ritual tool of the Divine Cult, it might be able to withstand my demonic energy.’
Jaun, who had been lost in thought for a moment, quickly approached the altar and pulled the red dagger out of the pool of blood.
Holding the dagger in his hand, Jaun raised his energy to the limit and watched the blood energy inside the altar.
As he watched the altar vibrating like that, Jaun’s brow furrowed in an instant.
It was because the red dagger began to resonate with the altar’s blood energy, and accordingly, the demonic energy inside Jaun’s body also began to run wild.
— Woong woong
As the tremor of the altar grew, the demonic energy inside Jaun also began to vibrate violently. Barely calming the rampaging demonic energy, Jaun glared at the altar.
‘This is definitely not a normal reaction.’
Jaun’s idea to dirty the ritual before the altar was completed was the right choice.
The blood energy of the altar, which had imbibed the impure blood, ran wild roughly as if enraged.
The tremor of the altar, which was growing larger, reached its peak, and Jaun’s demonic energy also began to fluctuate in sync with it.
— Screeeeecch
A chilling noise spread out from the altar.
— Puck!
— Puck!
The blood boiling in the altar began to burst out in all directions.
‘The energy is completely twisted.’
Jaun gritted his teeth and raised the red dagger he was holding high into the sky.
— Crack
At that moment, a long crack appeared on the side of the altar, and a fist-sized piece of the altar split off and fell to the ground.
— Clatter
Jaun, who was struggling to suppress the demonic energy inside his body, shouted loudly to the Ice Rakshasa.
“Young Lady! It’s now!”
Hearing Jaun’s shout, the Ice Rakshasa took a deep breath.
Pure white frost settled on the body of the Ice Rakshasa, who brought both hands to her waist with her eyes turned transparent.
The cold energy raised to the point where her body trembled, becoming a massive energy that seemed likely to freeze everything around, extended forward through the Ice Rakshasa’s hands.
[Ice Snow Flower Chaos]
— Crackle crack
The Ice Rakshasa’s massive palm force, which made even the surrounding air freeze, covered the altar.
— Crash!
Jaun explosively shot his energy into the altar, which had frozen solid from being hit by the palm force.
[Heavenly Killing Demon Sword , Third Form. Crimson Soul Shock ]
The dagger held in Jaun’s hand became a dark red pillar and slammed straight into the altar.
— Kaboom!
The dagger held in Jaun’s hand cut exactly through the center of the altar.
‘Aaaahk! Arghhh!’
The screams of countless people poured into Jaun’s mind.
Jaun’s body trembled slightly at the sorrow and sadness rushing in through the broken altar.
Blood energy leaked out roughly from the altar split in half, and at the same time, blood began to surge up in gushes.
As if spitting out the blood it was holding, the dark red blood poured out by the altar pulsated and fluctuated.
The trembling of the altar, which had been vomiting blood for a while like that, stopped, and silence filled the surroundings.
“Is, is it over?”
As soon as the Ice Rakshasa’s words ended, the trembling of the altar, which had stopped for a moment, soon began to amplify explosively as if to shake the space.
— Rumble
It was a huge shaking enough to shake the stone cave.
Jaun, whose face had turned pale, hurriedly raised the dagger.
“Young Lady! Dodge!”
Jaun threw his body like a flash of lightning to block in front of the Ice Rakshasa and extended the dagger forward.
— Kaaaa-boooom!
At that moment, along with a huge noise, the altar exploded, and the condensed blood energy spread out in all directions at once.
— Thud!
Swept up in the raging storm of massive energy, Jaun hit the wall and lost consciousness just like that.