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◈ Damned Transmigration ◈
Chapter 148: Kang Yu 5
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His entire body had been shredded, and even now, Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain was tearing him apart.
He was barely staying alive by focusing all his inner power and Intent on defense, using the external senses of Sealing Thunder at the Gate of Death to respond to the rain’s trajectories and avoid vital points as much as possible.
Compared to Yuri, Estor’s response was crude.
Having consumed countless fine spiritual elixirs since childhood, Estor’s inner power was far deeper than Yuri’s. Thanks to that, Estor could withstand Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain with nothing but protective force aura, even without Sealing Thunder at the Gate of Death.
It meant he was alive for now. But he would not last long.
I know what that flag is.
The Banner of Reversing the Death Realm.
When one reached the Death Realm on a battlefield and death was near, it formed the God of War’s sacred domain and brought about a miracle. A Divine Relic of the Sect of War.
The fact that he could see that flag meant death was truly close.
Would things have been different if he had landed Sacred Flame Release on Tang Yu-shin before Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain began?
What if he had chosen to flee instead of fight?
Those thoughts were completely useless. If he did not do something right now, he would die. So Yuri reached out.
Unfortunately, he would never be able to wear the robe he had worn for years again. Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain had torn it to shreds.
That made his outstretched arm easy to see. It had been cut into rags, drenched in bright red blood, with bone exposed in places.
Even amid the unceasing downpour of Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain, the Banner of Reversing the Death Realm’s red flag did not tear. Beyond the fluttering flag, he saw Haryeong struggling.
She was not struggling because of the Yin-Yang Twin Gu’s pain.
Tang Yu-shin kept pressing the Yang Gu with his fingers, but even as Haryeong convulsed, she clung to his leg and refused to let go. She was desperately trying to stop Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain somehow.
At that sight, Yuri felt killing intent so intense that his chest seemed to burn. That killing intent became searing flames, and a sound like Gebra’s snake flicking its tongue seemed to brush past his ears.
The blood-red flag was etched more clearly into Yuri’s vision.
He seized the Banner of Reversing the Death Realm.
Rumble!
Something shook. Thump. Thump. Thump. The vibration ran through his entire body. His heart pounded so fast and hard that it felt ready to burst. He sensed something strange in the blood flowing through his veins.
It felt as if a serpent of flame were running wild.
It was not anger. It was anticipation for what was to come, overwhelming excitement. Gebra had no ego to begin with, so these were Yuri’s feelings as well.
Crackle.
Crackle...
Bright red electricity ran around the flag.
Yuri’s Transcendent Sight saw that the Banner of Reversing the Death Realm before him was connected to somewhere beyond this world. Power flowing through that connection created distortions.
[Hmmm!]
Suddenly, he heard a deep male voice.
[So that is what this is. The Banner of Reversing the Death Realm! Hahaha! It has not been used in over a hundred years.]
At some point, Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain had stopped. No, the world had stopped. Yuri remained frozen in the posture of reaching out and gripping the flag.
Crack! Crack!
The space around the heavily distorted flag split apart, then shattered and fell away like broken glass.
Brilliant light poured from the newly opened space. Something flickered at its center.
It was ornate full-body armor. Light gleamed through the eye slits of its helmet, which covered its entire face.
[Who you are does not matter. What matters is that you wish to keep fighting.]
Goosebumps rose on Yuri’s frozen body. The presence emanating from that armor was no different from the presence he had felt from the Evil God’s hand that descended in Alderan. That could only mean one thing.
The being before Yuri was the God of War. He did not know whether it was the god’s true body or an avatar, but a real god was speaking to him.
[It does not matter that you are not one of my believers. Since my Divine Relic, the Banner of Reversing the Death Realm, has been used, I will gladly grant you my power. However, this is not a suitable place!]
What?
What did he mean, not suitable? His body could not move, but he could think. If it was a god, would it not be able to read his thoughts? Could he at least change his expression?
Yuri desperately tried to tense his facial muscles, but he could not feel his expression changing.
[This place! Is it not filled with the God of Chaos’s divine power? If I open my sacred domain here, a Great Collapse will occur and tear open a massive hole! I cannot allow that!]
No, fuck.
[I am truly sorry. It cannot be helped. If you overcome your current ordeal and survive, and if you have cause to use the Banner of Reversing the Death Realm again, then I shall grant you a great miracle, including the one I could not bestow today!]
Hey, wait.
[Stay strong!]
The armor spoke unilaterally and vanished into the light. The fallen fragments surged back up, filling the space as the light gradually faded.
The connection to the Banner of Reversing the Death Realm was fading as well. The God of War’s divine power, which had descended to establish a sacred domain and bring about a miracle, was leaving this world.
Next time?
He was about to fucking die right now, and the god was talking about next time? Was the god doing this shit because Yuri was not a believer?
No, it was not completely unreasonable. This Rift was steeped in the Evil God’s divine power. If another god unfolded a sacred domain here, there could be a fierce backlash.
A Great Collapse? A hole? He should have just done that shit anyway! Yuri did not know how massive the collapse would be, but if it happened, that bastard Tang Yu-shin might get fucked too!
Was he really, really leaving? Was this it?
The flag had not disappeared yet. Divine power still remained. So did the distortions. But the space that had poured out light was gradually closing.
Time began to flow again. The concealed weapons of Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain slowly, slowly began moving once more. Yuri’s body also twitched, becoming responsive again.
He focused on Transcendent Sight. Yuri’s Transcendent Sight could even see the qi and divine power tangled chaotically together.
The world it showed him resembled an optical illusion photograph. Now, it was far worse.
Distortions that made him feel as though he would lose his mind just from looking at them. Colors spreading, tangling, and shaking wildly.
They looked artificial and unstable. Qi tangled with the densely gathered divine power was caught between the other divine power summoned by the Banner of Reversing the Death Realm, trembling there.
Right now, Yuri’s Transcendent Sight was accurately capturing those unstable points.
What would happen if he jabbed one of them? To his eyes, it looked as though the slightest touch would make it explode, collapse, or cause something, anything. Could he even poke it?
Time was starting to move again. Before long, that hellish Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain would resume.
With the strength Yuri had left, there was no way to overcome Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain.
It was not merely a barrage of concealed weapons. Intent inhabited every one of the thousands of concealed weapons. The black clouds in the sky that poured down that damned rain seemed to be Tang Yu-shin’s Conceptual Apotheosis itself.
Yuri did not know whether Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain was the only trick he could perform with that Conceptual Apotheosis, or whether he had more.
What was certain was that Tang Yu-shin still had plenty of strength left, while Yuri did not.
If Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain resumed, Yuri would struggle like before and eventually collapse dead. Estor would probably die first.
Within slowly flowing time, Yuri looked beyond Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain. Haryeong was still desperately clinging to Tang Yu-shin’s leg.
But it was not the same.
Their eyes met. Haryeong’s eyes were full of desperate pleading. Haryeong was the one about to be dragged to the Dang Family, yet that plea was not for herself.
They would die if things continued like this anyway. Even if Yuri and Estor died, Haryeong would still be taken to the Dang Family. What Yuri could do here was...
Fuck it. We can all die, then.
Crackle.
Electricity sprang from Yuri’s fingertips. He scraped together every last bit of inner power from the bottom of his dantian and compressed it.
Gebra’s flames and the lightning qi of the Art of the Violet Lightning Flash mixed into that condensed mass. Finally, he infused it with Intent.
A small Thunder Orb, no bigger than half a fist, moved forward.
Its destination was the point where qi swirled between two divine powers. The most unstable place here, no, in the entire Gangyu Rift. The Thunder Orb settled precisely between them.
The Intent Yuri poured into it was singular and simple.
Explode.
Explode, explode, explode, explode.
Yuri glared at the Thunder Orb with bloodshot eyes and repeated it.
The Thunder Orb vibrated. The flow of swirling qi grew violent. The divine powers, which had remained in disharmony without meshing together, were dragged into the current.
Then the Banner of Reversing the Death Realm vanished. Time returned to its normal flow. Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain, which had been falling slowly, dropped at its original speed. The flow of qi moved with the restored time.
Crackkkkkle!
The Thunder Orb, which Yuri had desperately willed to explode, detonated and triggered a rampage of qi. Divine power went wild within that immense current.
The world revealed by Transcendent Sight split in two.
Space opened like it had when the God of War appeared. But unlike before, no light spilled out. Something rose from the center of the thick, stagnant darkness.
It was a bright red eye.
The eye looked at Yuri. Yuri looked at the eye. Facing a storm swollen to the verge of bursting, Yuri stared blankly at that eye.
The storm of qi created by the rampage forcibly mixed and reconstructed space. Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain could no longer fall below, instead shooting off in every direction.
Yuri, the one responsible for causing this rampage, was blown backward.
Estor, drenched in blood, hurriedly caught Yuri. Estor had no idea what was happening, but this bizarre phenomenon was a great chance to break through their predicament.
[Please...]
Estor heard Haryeong’s weak Voice Transmission, breaking apart. Swallowing hard, Estor looked toward her.
Below Tang Yu-shin’s legs, Estor saw Haryeong’s face, her bloodshot eyes opened wide, while Tang Yu-shin’s face showed more shock than any he had seen all day.
Estor bit his lip. He felt no response from Yuri in his arms. He had no idea what Yuri had done, but Yuri was unconscious now.
They had been swept away by the chaotically mixing space and carried far from where they had originally stood.
Tang Yu-shin was visible in the distance. He stared at Yuri and Estor with wide eyes and extended a hand. He meant to kill them for certain.
Rumble!
Before Tang Yu-shin could unleash a killing move, the storm grew even more violent, and Estor and Yuri were caught in the torrent.
Tang Yu-shin hurriedly threw concealed weapons, but the incoming weapons disappeared the moment they touched the torrent.
“What is this...?!”
A Rift was a place where qi could run wild at any time. But even Tang Yu-shin had never heard of a rampage of this form and scale.
The swirling storm of qi kept growing, making even Tang Yu-shin feel an ominous sense of danger. No matter how great the Martial Apex Venerable was, taking that storm head-on would not be easy.
What about them?
He could not sense the two who had been swept into the storm first. The concealed weapons he had thrown with intent to kill had not pierced the storm. They had vanished upon contact.
There is no way they could survive after being swept into that.
If he stayed here any longer, Tang Yu-shin would be caught in the storm as well. That could not happen.
Tang Yu-shin gritted his teeth and pulled his leg back. Haryeong, half-conscious from pain and confusion, dragged along with it.
“You fucking bitch.”
It was not as though he had failed to kill them because of her interference, but the fact that Haryeong had tried to interfere without knowing her place irritated him. Tang Yu-shin frowned and kicked Haryeong’s body.
Haryeong’s limp body flew away and landed near Tang Seo-baek. Tang Yu-shin recalled every concealed weapon of Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain and stored them in the lining of his broad robe before sharply turning around.
“We leave this place first.”
Tang Yu-shin spoke with the rampaging qi spreading behind him like a massive disaster.
“What about Cloud Dragon and Sword Dragon?”
“They are sixth-tier fighters who were already nearly dead. There is no way they could survive being caught in a rampage of that scale, but... just in case, have the assassins search for them.”
“Understood.”
Tang Seo-baek, carrying the unconscious Haryeong over his shoulder, nodded deeply.
“Tch.”
Tang Yu-shin clicked his tongue and glanced behind him. The chaotically mixed space was forcibly reconnecting. What had been a wide clearing moments ago was turning into a bizarre forest.
Disgust crossed Tang Yu-shin’s face as trees of different shapes and appearances fused together.
There is no way they survived.
If he stayed any longer, he would be caught in that horrible storm. Tang Yu-shin did not look back again as he shot away.
* * *
Crash!
His back hurt as though it had shattered when he landed. Estor gritted his teeth and swallowed a scream.
“Hey... are you dead?”
Fortunately, Yuri was only unconscious. His heart was beating. Estor breathed a sigh of relief and pushed Yuri’s body, which had landed on top of him, to the side.
While falling, Estor had changed position to protect Yuri. Even before they fell, he had held Yuri tightly in his arms and taken the torrent of qi in Yuri’s place. The price was pain that made his entire body feel broken...
Is it actually broken?
He had taken a beating from Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain, then been swept into a torrent of qi. These were hardships Estor had never even imagined while living in Panteleon. He let out a hollow laugh and stood.
Estor’s robe had belonged to Agwi, who attacked the magic exhibition in Alderan. It was enchanted with the finest defensive magic.
Of course, even such a robe could not completely block Tang Yu-shin’s Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain. Still, Estor had survived that rain of death by stubbornly enduring it with his sturdy protective force aura and the robe.
It had become rags, but its defensive magic remained. That was why he had survived...
Where are we?
He slung the unconscious Yuri over his shoulder and looked around. He wondered how far they had flown, but the surroundings looked strangely familiar.
Estor moved while roughly wiping away the blood streaming down from his head.
Nakseong Cliff.
Estor let out a long sigh before the cliff. He had hoped they might fly downward and fall below, but they had returned to Nakseong Cliff, which they had hurried so far down before.
If we climb down again like this, we’ll run into those Dang Family bastards.
Estor bit his lip and looked down Nakseong Cliff.
The thought of abandoning Yuri and fleeing alone naturally never crossed his mind, and neither did begging Tang Yu-shin for his life. In the end, Estor had only one choice.
“Thanks to you, I’m doing all sorts of crazy things.”
With a deep sigh, he wrapped Yuri’s body tightly in his robe and secured him.
It was the cliff they had climbed earlier. Estor roughly remembered where the hole was.
Without looking back, Estor leaped off the cliff.
“...”
It was dark all around.
Yuri stared silently into the darkness before opening his mouth.
“Am I dead?”
“You’re not dead.”
An answer came at once. Yuri sighed deeply and sat up. A short distance away, Estor was leaning against the cave wall and scrubbing at blood scabs.
“Did you use holy water?”
“Yeah. It’s not as good as the Sect of War’s, but the Sect of Earth’s holy water works well too.”
He had not expected to use the holy water Sang I-hwan gave him so soon.
Even before Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain had torn him apart, he had suffered numerous injuries from Tang Yu-shin’s concealed weapons.
Burning away and expelling as much Poison Qi as possible with inner power was only first aid. Without holy water, he would have suffered greatly from his wounds.
“That fucking God of War.”
The moment the Sect of War was mentioned, anger he could not hold back burst out.
“What came over you?”
Estor asked with a puzzled expression, but Yuri did not answer immediately. He swallowed down his boiling fury.
“How long was I out?”
“Less than half a day.”
“Why is it so dark?”
“I collapsed the entrance. We’re not coming back here anyway, and they might spot us if they come down from above.”
Tang Yu-shin might discover the cave’s location if he interrogated Haryeong with confession drug, but since nothing had happened yet, he apparently had not gone that far.
Yuri sighed and checked his body. As Estor said, the Sect of Earth’s holy water was excellent. He felt a slight ache, but there was no major difficulty moving.
As he rubbed his stiff joints, he recalled Tang Yu-shin’s martial prowess.
One of the Three Hegemons beneath the Martial Apex Venerable, indeed. Yuri had fought with everything he had and still been overwhelmed the entire time. There had been several opportunities, but he had not even been able to properly seize them.
Yuri calmed his heated breath and spoke.
“Let’s rest a little, then leave.”
Estor looked up at his restrained voice.
“Where to?”
“The White Snow Trading Company.”
Yuri scrubbed at the blood stuck to his cheek.
He had received the jade token for times like this.
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