Chapter 538

Return of The Mount Hua – Chapter 538. I knew this would happen. (3)

Editor: Hoamzz

Co-Translator: Xoxo

Kiiaaaaaak.

An eerie light flashed from the pattern, along with a terrifying deafening howl that took breath away.

"Please descend to the world, and put everything under Your feet. This humble servant wishes and longs for the descent of Heavenly Demon!"

And the mad Bishop's cry mingled and resounded.

If there really is such a thing as hell, it must be like this.

Chung Myung walked silently through hell.

Then.

"Heuuaaaat!"

His sword struck the Bishop on the shoulder.

Pook!

However, the sword, which he did not put enough strength, could not cut through the Bishop’s body and only managed to cut it poorly.

Fortunately, that was enough to defeat a man who has lost his strength, and the bishop soon fell to the side while vomiting blood.

"Ugh......"

Both the Bishop who was hit by the sword and Chung Myung, who could not handle the recoil, all wriggled and groaned as they fell to the ground.

"Cough."

Blood poured out of the Bishop's mouth. But even though he was dying, he never died.

"...... Nasty tough thing."

Chung Myung gritted his teeth and pulled his body up. But when he half-raised himself, his arms gave out and he fell over again.

"...... Darn it."

He glared at the Bishop with bloodshot eyes.

"Cough! Cough!"

The Bishop's eyes, which had turned his body over, were also filled with deadly venom.

"It's no use."

"......... What?"

He soon shouted with a triumphant smile on his face.

"The ritual is already complete! No one can stop His resurrection now!"

The Bishop's voice gradually became clearer.

"It’s a pity. Descendants of the Plum Blossom Sword..."

However, his face is subtly distorted as he speaks while looking at Chung Myung.

"You... "

It was then.

Kyyaaaaaaaak!!

The Ice Crystals lying between the bizarre patterns on the ground were stained bloody. And a louder ear cry began to ring.

"Heuhahahahat!"

A roar of madness erupted from the Bishop's mouth.

"No one can stop Him. No one! Heavenly Demon will descend and wash the world with blood! A hundred years of faith finally come true!"

And then, like crazy, he started chanting mantras.

Chung Myung's eyes turned toward the pattern that gradually became more radiant.

And at that moment.

Hwaak!

The huge cloth with the image of Asura was twisted and entangled, and it started to burn from the bottom.

As the cloth burned and became ash in an instant, the figure that had been hidden behind it finally appeared.

The two eyes of Chung Myung, who confirmed the figure, widened as if they would tear.

"... This..."

The fingertips of Chung Myung, who was greatly shocked, began to tremble.

"You crazy bastards..."

A man in a pure white long robe was sitting cross-legged in the middle of a huge pattern.

Perfectly red lips on flawless white skin. There are clear, dark, long eyes even with his eyes closed.

Every time the wind blew, the long hair that had grown to the ground fluttered wildly. It was clear that a stranger would think that he was a very mysterious man.

But what struck Chung Myung's eyes the most... was the red line that ran across the man's neck.

Chung Myung knew this guy very well.

No, not even for a moment, not even in his dreams. He wouldn’t forget

How can he forget?

Even though he was a living creature, he deserved to be called calamity.

A god who descended on humankind, and an incarnation of nothingness.

And the one he himself cut to death.

".....Heavenly Demon."

A painful groan came out of Chung Myung's mouth.

It felt like his body was burning.

- Remember. Disciple of Mount Hua Sect. This is not the end.

"Dog-like bastatd..."

Chung Myung gritted his teeth as if to crush it.

He knows, that's just a corpse.

He obviously decapitated Heavenly Demon and killed that man completely. As evidence of that, isn't there a clear scar carved on the neck of that corpse?

"What the hell are you doing, you crazy bastards!"

He didn't know what they did. However, one thing is certain: they have recovered the dead body of the Heavenly Demon from the top of Hundred Thousand mountains and preserved it until now.

It was only now that he could see the Ice Crystals piled up around the body of the Heavenly Demon. The one on the patterns wasn't everything.

No matter how devoted they may be, it is not possible with ordinary madness to keep the body of the dead in such a neat condition for a long time of a hundred years.

‘Ice Crystals, Ice Jiangshi, Heavenly Demon's corpse.’

Chung Myung's eyes drifted back to the Bishop.

"Insane bastards... you've done a terrible thing.”

"Keuhuhu, it's too late now."

The Bishop stumbled and stood up, then bowed deeply toward the Heavenly Demon. Hot tears streamed down from his eyes.

"Oh Great and Superb One! Your servant knows you well, please do not forsake this earnest desire and descend to punish this foolish man!”

Chung Myung's blazing eyes gazed at Heavenly Demon's corpse.

He still can't figure out exactly what the heck is going on, but it's clear that he has to stop it somehow.

He grabbed his sword and rose desperately. Then, in the middle of the pattern that spewed a gale, he set his foot toward the Heavenly Demon.

But the movement was short-lived.

Kwaaaaaaa!

A huge storm of energy began to rage in the cavern.

"Keuk!"

Chung Myung couldn't control his body and fell backward. It was a formidable energy to the point where it was questionable whether he could have penetrated even if he was in full condition.

As the huge energy began to wrap around Heavenly Demon's corpse, the cavern failed to withstand it and began to collapse.

A piece of rock the size of a house fell from the ceiling, and rocks on the walls were ripped off and landed on the ground, but nothing could reach the corpse of the Heavenly Demon.

"Oooooohhhh!"

The Bishop's eyes were filled with overwhelming joy as he watched Heavenly Demon through the pouring rocks.

"Heavenly Demon!"

Seuseuseut.

Soon, the energy emitted from the Ice Crystal was mixed with Blood Energy from the pattern and was sucked into the corpse of the Heavenly Demon.

It seemed that something unmanageable was happening.

"Eeuuaaaaaat!"

Chung Myung clenched his teeth and threw the Dark Fragrance Plum Blossom Sword at the Heavenly Demon.

However, the sword, which flew weakly, couldn't get through the swirling energy and just bounce off.

Clang.

The Dark Fragrance Plum Blossom Sword rolled around the ground.

"Huuk….Huuk.”

Chung Myung, who had no more strength left to stand up, held the end of his consciousness in his eyes with a blank face.

Seueueueut.

The Ice Crystals began to lose their light all at once.

The red glow emanating from the pattern on the ground also slowly disappeared. All of the frenzied energy that circulated around the Heavenly Demon was absorbed into his corpse.

“.......”

A death-like stillness fell in the Cavern.

And... Chung Myung saw it.

The corner of Heavenly Demon's eyes, which were tightly closed, is shaking slightly.

Duguen.

He hears a heartbeat somewhere.

Duguen. Duguen.

He didn't even have to think about where the sound of the heart was coming from. Blood began to circulate on the corpse, which had been pale and bluish before.

It was literally a resurrection.

The dead were coming back to life.

In time.

Heavenly Demon slowly opened his eyes.

"Revered Heavenly Demoooooon!"

The Bishops, who reached the height of joy, roared in the half-collapsed cavity.

"It’s His advent, Revered Heavenly Demon! Aah, Revered Heavenly Demon!"

The Advent of Evil.

The corpse of the Heavenly Demon that had covered the world in darkness began to breathe again.

But Chung Myung didn't do anything about it even though he saw it clearly. He opened his eyes and just stared at the breathing Heavenly Demon.

A cold silence fell upon the Cavern.

There was silence for a while.

“......”

The Bishop, who had his head stuck on the ground and did not move, slowly raised his head.

In his eyes, there was a look of bewilderment and doubt that could not be hidden.

The Bishop's face, which dared to raise his head and confirm the Heavenly Demon, soon became horribly distorted.

Heavenly Demon certainly opened his eyes. And obviously breathing.

But...

"...... Uh...... Why?"

The open eyes were completely out of focus.

It was like a man whose soul did not exist.

"This, this can't be..."

The Bishop knew intuitively.

That body is empty. It breathes and opens its eyes, but there's nothing in there. That's just the corpse of Heavenly Demon breathing.

"This can't be... This can't be! T- T- This- This can't be happeniiiiiing. How could thiiiis!!"

The Bishop shouted as if he had completely lost his mind, and began to talk freely.

"I've already checked it several times! The ritual can't be fail! Even those puny things are alive and breathing again, so why can't the Heavenly Demon descended! How come!"

Chung Myung, who heard the bitter scream that seemed to rip the soul, rose up with a tight smile.

"......I knew this would happen."

Heavenly Demon was not revived.

But Chung Myung did not even feel the slightest bit of joy.

Not a bit.

"This can't be happening. It can't be... It can't be. It can't be. It can't be. It can't be. It can't be..."

The Bishop muttered incessantly with a bewildered face.

Seureureung.

What brought him back to his senses was the sound of Chung Myung grasping the fallen sword again.

His gaze dazedly chases Chung Myung. Chung Myung said while gripping the sword tightly.

"Let's get this over with. You damned cockroach."

Then, as if he had lost all his will, the Bishop's body, which was looking at him with unfocused eyes, shook as if he had been struck by lightning.

It was as if he had realized something great.

"You…..”

A string of unsolved questions in his head began to unravel.

"......the Ritual of Resurrection (복혼의식(復魂儀式))......"

His voice became more and more strikingly clear.

"Yes, the Resurrection Ceremony cannot fail."

He was getting more and more certain.

"Then there's only... There's only one possibility!"

His eyes looking at Chung Myung were filled with joy, despair and fear.

"You... You! You're the real Plum Blossom Sword Sovereign!"

“.......”

Realizing everything, the Bishop began to laugh his head off.

"Hahahahahahahaha! Right! I see! You're the real Plum Blossom Sword Sovereign! Yes, that's right! That's right! Hahahahahaha! Now I know! He’s really Plum Blossom Sword Sovereign! Really!"

Chung Myung just approached him with a straight face.

"The ritual of resurrection is a ritual that calls for the soul! Not responding means only one thing! That is if the soul has already found another body!"

Tears streamed down the Bishop's eyes.

"If you could, He should be able, too. Yeah, so He's..."

Push!

The tip of the Dark Fragrance Plum Blossom Sword pierced the Bishop's heart.

The Bishop, who looked down at the sword that penetrated his heart, struggled to open his mouth.

"Heavenly Demon......."

It was a voice that died down weakly.

"Already......"

At last, his body drooped.

Tolssok.

Not even blood flowed out of his heart. He was a man who lived and breathed only with terrible will even though the light of life had already been cut off a long time ago. And the moment he lost that will, he simply returned to nothingness.

The face of the Bishop, who had already died, was smiling full of joy. Chung Myung bit his lips.

"... I knew this would happen.”

His gaze slowly turned to the Heavenly Demon. Heavenly Demon's unfocused eyes strangely looked in his direction.

No, in fact, he was just standing where the Heavenly Demon's gaze lay.

But...

Chung Myung staggered toward Heavenly Demon.

Step.

And he looked straight at it. Just like the time long ago when only the two of them were left on top of a massive amount of blood and corpses.

Of course, Heavenly Demon's eyes were out of focus, but the arrogant smile he made at the last minute of his life was still there.

Eudeuk.

Chung Myung's lips, which had distorted his face, leaked a new sound of teeth being gritted.

- The Heavenly Demon has already...

Paaaaat.

Chung Myung’s sword swung like a lightning, and struck Heavenly Demon in the neck.

The head, soaring into the air, rolled helplessly.

The smile remained unchanged, even though it was decapitated once again.

Seeing that mocking smile, Chung Myung couldn't help but shiver with the boiling resentment and huddled his body.

He convulsed as if to vomit and covered his mouth with his battered hands.

‘Already?’

‘Don't be ridiculous.’

He, the demon, is back in this world...

"Ugh..."

The scenery of Hundred Thousand Mountains, which had nothing but blood and death, came to his mind.

Those who were dying without a trace. A vast expanse of dead bodies.

And Heavenly Demon standing alone in the world.

Chung Myung's everything was horribly trampled on by his hands and collapsed.

Absorbed by anger and hatred that seemed to burn his brain white, Chung Myung groaned with his mouth wide open. And finally, he let out a terrible rant that seemed to vomit everything.

"Euuuuuaaaaaakkkk!

With a cry, the whole cavern began to collapse.

- Demon (마(魔)) will return again.

The loud laughter of the Heavenly Demon, which could never be heard, seemed to resonate in his ears.

"Uwaaaaaaa!!”

The pouring rocks indifferently buried his bloody howl.

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