Chapter 2585 – 2585. Ascent To The Light

I swung the Hwaryeon Flying Dagger at the charging Guimyeon shark. Red lightning split the Guimyeon shark’s head. Red blood gushed out, and the Guimyeon shark died.

The voice of the Hexagonal Demon King came from the Guimyeon shark’s corpse.

“Oh, my. That eerie blade has an anti-demon power that doesn’t suit it. It seems you have some countermeasures against water… but you won’t last long.”

The Guimyeon shark’s corpse disappeared. Its essence was that of a ghost. Ignoring the Hexagonal Demon King’s words, I continued to descend. The stronger the water pressure became, the harder it was to endure. If I didn’t have the blessing of water, I would have suffered considerably.

Shuuk.

Something quickly passed in front of me. It was so fast that even I, with my Lightning Eye Golden Vision activated, couldn’t see it properly. It was several times faster than the Guimyeon shark.

‘I can’t ignore this.’

I turned my head to confirm its identity.

It was the appearance of a drowned woman’s corpse. A water ghost. She must have been quite beautiful in life… but now her body was bluish and swollen as if filled with gas. Her hair fluttered like seaweed. And there wasn’t just one water ghost. There were more than six water ghosts visible to my eyes right now.

‘Did the women sacrificed to the Yellow Sea become water ghosts?’

The water ghosts charged at me with a speed that couldn’t be compared to the Guimyeon sharks. They instantly clung to my body, injuring me with their teeth and nails. Unlike their agility, the water ghosts were weak in strength. However, their teeth and nails were poisonous.

[Poison absorbed. Health and mana are restored.]

Other water ghosts also clung to my body. Even though they were corpses, they were beautiful women, so it wasn’t an entirely unpleasant feeling… but the water ghosts’ skin was cold and felt scaly. Above all, they weren’t soft but hard, as they were corpses. Especially their chests, which felt like they were filled with dirt, were a real turn-off.

And then, the Hexagonal Demon King’s voice was heard from somewhere.

“Looking at your fate, you have an abundance of luck with women. If you die here, you too will become the same being as them and live for ten thousand years. For you, who are fond of women, it would be paradise.”

I frowned. I didn’t like how the Hexagonal Demon King was talking as if he knew me well.

“When I get out of here, I’ll kill you right away. Wash your neck and wait.”

I unleashed a discharge of lightning.

The water ghosts clinging to my body were electrocuted. They didn’t die immediately, only paused. But that was enough. I cut the water ghosts with the Hwaryeon Flying Dagger and broke the necks of others with my other hand.

‘Even if I break their necks, they still move. But if I cut them with the Hwaryeon Flying Dagger, they die without moving.’

Well, since they were water ghosts, it couldn’t be said that they were alive. The reason why the Hwaryeon Flying Dagger was effective was because of its anti-demon power.

‘Then there’s a way.’

Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Lightning Soul (雷魂).

Anti-demon lightning burst out, searing the water ghosts. The water ghosts died without a scream. These guys were incomplete ghosts without souls. They were like puppets.

I continued to descend.

Thanks to the blessing of water and the effects of poison resistance, my health and mana were somewhat restored, and I felt more refreshed than before coming here.

New Guimyeon sharks and water ghosts appeared, trying to kill me, but there was no way I would be stopped by such things.

Eventually, I reached the very bottom. There, there was a mirror that reflected the outside and the Hexagonal Demon King. The Hexagonal Demon King’s expression was distorted, as if things weren’t going his way.

I reached out my hand towards the mirror. Of course, I was blocked by the mirror. I couldn’t get out.

The Hexagonal Demon King curled up the corners of his mouth.

“It’s good that you immediately grasped the life gate of the Yellow Sea Realm. But did you think you could get out with just that? This is the divine artifact of the immortal Habaek! It’s not something you can do anything about!”

“If it’s a divine artifact, I have one too.”

I reverse-summoned the Vajra Divine Lightning and summoned it into my left hand. As expected, the inventory was not affected by space.

The Hexagonal Demon King in the mirror couldn’t hide his bewildered expression as soon as he saw the Vajra Divine Lightning.

I held the Vajra in reverse and slammed it down on the mirror.

Crack!

Cracks immediately appeared on the surface of the mirror.

This was because the Vajra of Sakra Devanam Indra was much higher in rank than Habaek’s mirror as a divine artifact. When I slammed it down once more with the Vajra, the mirror shattered into pieces. I was able to go straight out of the mirror.

As soon as I escaped the space, what I saw was the Hexagonal Demon King, who was staring blankly at the devastated Yellow Sea Realm with a shocked face. The Yellow Sea Realm wasn’t completely destroyed, but it wouldn’t be usable for a while.

I didn’t miss the opportunity and swung the Hwaryeon Flying Dagger.

Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Lightning Flash (雷光).

Swoosh!

The Hexagonal Demon King’s severed neck spurted blood, and his head flew into the sky. No matter how strong a master of the Harmony Realm was, they were helpless if they let their guard down.

‘I won quite anticlimactically. Shall I collect the spoils?’

First, I reached out my hand towards the Yellow Sea Realm, where the mirror was broken. It was a divine artifact of an immortal. It would be good to have it. I tried to grab the Yellow Sea Realm and put it in my inventory, but it wouldn’t go in as if blocked by something.

[This item has an owner.]

[Would you like to use Ownership Seizure by spending 14,600 points?]

‘That’s too much.’

I didn’t have enough points. Even if I had enough points, it was a price I couldn’t help but hesitate over. Was this divine artifact worth that much?

Swish.

The Yellow Sea Realm disappeared. Even with the Lightning Eye Golden Vision, I couldn’t tell where the Yellow Sea Realm was disappearing to. Therefore, I could predict where it had disappeared to.

‘Was it reverse-summoned to the Immortal Realm?’

The true owner of the Yellow Sea Realm was the immortal Habaek, not the Hexagonal Demon King. It was only natural.

‘First, let’s get his core… Damn it.’

The Hexagonal Demon King’s body turned into smoke and disappeared. He wasn’t dead. I was too distracted by the divine artifact and was late to notice.

I first stepped down to the ground. The earth’s energy flowed into me through the Cloud Dragon Clan. I felt my health and vitality slowly recovering, and I looked up at the sky. The Hexagonal Demon King’s head was floating in the sky. His face, looking down at the ground, was the very image of a fiendish demon.

I checked the dark clouds that hadn’t disappeared yet and controlled them with the Cloud Control Amulet. It was easy to succeed since the Yellow Sea Realm that was interfering had disappeared.

The Hexagonal Demon King’s head continued to absorb Yin energy. His head grew larger and larger. Suddenly, the Hexagonal Demon King’s head grew to the size of a building. I discerned that the identity of the Yin energy in his head was a ghost.

“Not only do you control ghosts, but you also eat ghosts and raise your realm. You’ve eaten too many ghosts, so you’re in a state where you can’t even digest them properly.”

“They are with me. It is an honor for them to serve me. There is no problem.”

A stream of vile Yin energy flowed from the Hexagonal Demon King’s eyes. The surrounding temperature rapidly dropped. Not only the rainwater but also the ground froze solid. The dark clouds floating in the sky were no exception.

I was fine. Thanks to the effects of the Cloud Dragon Armor, I had considerable resistance to heat and cold. If I didn’t have the Cloud Dragon Armor, my body would have frozen, and I would have consumed my inner energy to resist the cold.

“There is a fate that is inherent to the beings of this world. Whether it’s a monster, a human, or a beast, they cannot escape their fate… If one could manipulate fate… it would be no different from ruling all things in the world.”

“Why are you suddenly talking about fate? Or, do you have to?”

Among the techniques, there were cases where conditions were required for activation. One of those conditions was to inform the opponent of information.

It was foolish to keep listening, so I dropped lightning from the dark clouds and threw the Vajra Divine Lightning.

It missed.

An invisible force was acting to twist the phenomenon.

It was sorcery. And a very troublesome type of sorcery.

‘He was talking about fate… is it sorcery that touches destiny?’

It was amazing sorcery. Of course, the price was not cheap. Every time he used sorcery, the ghosts in his head were being sacrificed. Now that I saw it, he hadn’t failed to summon the ghosts, but had gathered them in preparation for this.

A lifeline made of Yin energy emerged from the Hexagonal Demon King’s forehead and connected to my solar plexus. I swung the Hwaryeon Flying Dagger, but I couldn’t cut the lifeline.

“Your fate and mine are connected. But two fates cannot exist. Heaven will not allow it. One of us will die. The one who dies is the one with weak luck.”

“You’re going to have a pure luck battle?”

“I have performed a ritual for Habaek. I am luckier now than ever before. Fate is decided.”

“Interesting. Let’s do it.”

It was a kind of Russian roulette. Since I had complete recovery, I decided to play along.

Our luck began to be compared through the lifeline. It didn’t take long for the result to come out.

The Hexagonal Demon King’s eyes widened as if they would tear.

“Such luck… It’s impossible! This is not luck that a human can have!”

The Hexagonal Demon King screamed as if in agony and cut the lifeline. He forcibly canceled the sorcery itself because he didn’t want to die. Of course, the price was not small. The Hexagonal Demon King lost two horns and his right eye.

That was permanent damage that affected his soul. Even if he regenerated his body, his horns and right eye would not regenerate. In addition, his realm was lowered. From the middle stage of the Harmony Realm to the early stage.

The Hexagonal Demon King, who could no longer use sorcery, absorbed a lot of the ghosts’ Yin energy and increased the size of his head.

“I will crush you along with the city!! Let’s see if you can be unscathed by this attack!”

The Hexagonal Demon King’s head, wrapped in Yin energy, fell to the ground like a meteorite.

I used a technique with the assistance of the Vajra Divine Lightning.

Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Lightning Technique (雷術) Lightning Chain Binding (雷鎖呪縛).

The lightning that had been gathering in the dark clouds turned into thousands of chains, binding and fixing the Hexagonal Demon King’s falling head.

“You…!”

The lightning chains creaked. They wouldn’t last long.

I raised the Hwaryeon Flying Dagger.

“Domain Release.”

Starlight spread out from the red blade, dominating the surroundings. Then, red lightning that appeared from all directions gathered on the blade.

Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Lightning Gang Blade (雷罡刃).

A huge slash flew into the sky and bisected the Hexagonal Demon King’s head. The Lightning Chain Binding was released, and the bisected head of the Hexagonal Demon King fell to the ground. Before the head completely fell, it crumbled in the air, leaving behind its core and disappearing.

I used the Vacuum Grasp to pull the core and held it in my hand. The core contained a very vile Yin energy.

‘If I take this without any countermeasures, I’ll be eaten by the Yin energy and die instead of absorbing it.’

I put it in my inventory and also took the Ghost Spear (使鬼槍) that the Hexagonal Demon King had been using. The Ghost Spear had the power to control ghosts, but it didn’t suit me. The Lightning Heaven Style and the Heavenly Demon Divine Art basically used the power of Yang energy.

‘I should either sell it or melt it down and use it as material. Objectively speaking, it’s a decent divine weapon, so either way, it’ll be beneficial.’