Chapter 1006: The Divine Tree and the Master.

Woong–!!!!

A ringing filled my ears. The sound tearing through the air had crossed a line, unable to be expressed as mere sound.

Just vibration.

The air resonated, and the ground ripped apart.

It cried and cried, as if the sky itself was collapsing.

It cried so sorrowfully for such a long time.

And so, time passed.

As the violently surging vibration, seemingly finished with its role, began to slowly subside.

“Aaaaaaaahhhh–!!!!”

Only after the power weakened did a sound reach my ears.

It was a sound, like a scream, filled with energy.

It cried out desperately, unreservedly revealing its nature.

The form of energy born from friction was called chaos.

Its source is violence.

Exceedingly fierce and, above all, rough. It was power created with that assumption.

Kiiiaaaaaaaahhhh–!!!!

Black and murky.

Meanwhile, an energy resembling gray rampaged as if insane, engulfing the surroundings.

It was immeasurably wide. At first, it was a beautiful plain, but as the power gradually decreased, the transformed landscape came into view.

A desolate wilderness.

The ruined and dried-up land, devoid of even a single common weed, was slowly revealing itself.

As if proving that the rough explosion had occurred, the deeply sunken crater looked as if it could have been a lake.

The energy that had risen and risen was mixed with dust and dirt, floating in the sky.

It was mixing turbidly into the cramped sky I had created.

Ttubeok-!

I walked forward. Taking a step, I snapped my fingers.

Then, the energy I had spread across the area was sucked into me.

My steps didn’t stop, even as I felt the energy being recovered.

The center of the crater.

Within the space created deep within, something was visible.

“Keu… Keua… Keuaaaaaa….”

Something was writhing as if having a seizure. It was the ruined Yusa.

Its body showed bone everywhere, soaked all over with Yusa’s blood.

It had a form that looked torn and mangled here and there. Any other being would surely have died already in this state.

“Keu, keu… Ah… Eu… Eueueueu….”

Yusa trembled violently in pain, but its lifeline wasn’t cut. Was it perhaps because its regenerative power was so outstanding?

While it seemed tenacious, there was something even stranger about its condition.

“Keu… Heueu… You, what exactly… did you…”

Looking at me approaching, Yusa couldn’t help but be flustered.

No wonder.

Yusa’s body was trying its best to regenerate its wounds somehow, but.

Chiiiiik–!!

“Kkueo-eoa-aaaaa!!”

As soon as it regenerated, the flesh was gnawed away again. What could be happening? I realized it while watching quietly.

‘The energy remains.’

A technique created by adapting the Heavenly Demon Divine Art and Hellfire. Or perhaps Sky Breaker.

Heavenly Demon Hellfire.

Its aftereffects remained intact within the fiend’s body.

Hellfire’s characteristics are firepower, wide range, and explosive power.

Sky Breaker borrowed Hellfire’s characteristics, but the difference lies in its concentrated bombardment.

When it comes to range, Hellfire is generally wider than Sky Breaker.

‘When I mixed those two…’

Mixing the characteristics of Sky Breaker and Hellfire made its momentum overwhelmingly change.

Not only the wide range, but the destructive power contained within was maximized.

Especially.

‘Perhaps because of the characteristics of the Twin Phoenix Sky Breaker Dance, it’s gnawing away at the skin.’

What nullified the fiend’s regeneration was none other than Paejon’s martial art.

Was it thanks to the firepower and endurance helping? The blade-like inner energy possessed by the Twin Phoenix Sky Breaker Dance inflicted continuous damage on the fiend.

Meaning it was nullifying regeneration.

‘How curious.’

It was truly curious.

‘And amazing.’

It was also amazing.

Chaos. I intended to call it chaos because they don’t mix and are hostile to each other, but.

Weaving this together to create a martial art actually helps.

Wasn’t it said to be the power that appears from friction?

Expressing that as emission, the hostility they emit also manifests as power.

At that moment.

“Vile… vile fellow…”

Yusa murmured in a weary voice.

At that voice, I nodded.

What could be vile? As I looked at the fiend with questioning eyes, the creature looked at me and said with eyes full of anger.

“You deceived me…!”

“Ah.”

I wondered what the problem was, but now I understand.

Using the command after saying it couldn’t be used. Being hit by that seemed to be the reason for such anger.

“Haha.”

I chuckled upon realizing that. I don’t know if it’s a misunderstanding, but the fiends of the myriad realms unusually had that aspect.

“You’re more naive than you look.”

“What…?”

“No, that’s not right. Is it because its appearance is beast-like? It would be more accurate to call it simple rather than naive.”

It was the same with Red last time.

Blue and Black were like that too.

Even Yusa, who was called a general, was like that.

It was strangely simple.

‘Its fighting style is like that too.’

Its realm and possessed power are indeed at the level of the Three Venerables, but moving while containing that within its body is far too simplistic.

It does have feints or applications stemming from flexibility, but that was all it amounted to.

Even setting that aside, the very way it approaches combat is the problem.

“Shouldn’t you not judge so easily, and not believe so easily?”

“This guy…! Cough!”

Hududuk-!!

Blood flowed from Yusa’s mouth.

It seems the energy is still lingering.

It tries to move somehow, but its body doesn’t obey properly; channeling emotions into it only makes it worse.

While closely observing Yusa’s body, which seemed to be convulsing, I said to the fiend.

“Is this all?”

“……!!”

“Just like last time, it’s disappointing.”

I relaxed the strength in my voice.

“Since you seemed like you were trying so hard to show me something, I was willing to watch, even if it was just a trick. To think it’s only this much…”

It was partly sincere. Unlike how I had been wary of its presence while thinking I was fighting Yusa.

The feeling that it ended rather anticlimactically was evident.

Finding an opponent like this isn’t easy, you know. I wanted to figure it out a bit more…

‘There’s still a lot to see.’

Like the reason why the ultimate technique didn’t properly manifest midway.

I also needed to see how far I could apply the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

I had to search and search for anything more to gain from the fiend.

If it ends like this, it’s regrettable from my side as well.

“It’s not over…”

Yusa trembled at my reaction and tried to force its body to move.

“I’m not done yet. I am General Yusa… I won’t collapse from mere things like this…”

“……”

Its pupils look unfocused. At least the aftereffects of the chaos have lessened, and regeneration is slowly starting again, so Yusa’s life is being maintained, but.

“You bastard… If it were night… If only it were night…”

“I admit it. Perhaps it might have been slightly different if it were night. However.”

I simply felt regret regarding the fiend.

I had no further interest.

“Since it’s something that didn’t happen, it’s just a meaningless assumption.”

I approached the fiend and met its eyes closely.

Its pupils, dulled by pain, were gradually losing focus. Looking at that, I asked.

“I will ask again, General. Where is the Sacred Tree of the Night Moon?”

“Keureureureu…!!”

Upon asking about the Sacred Tree, Yusa’s reaction became exceedingly rough.

Kkeudeuk-!

As it tried to attack by moving its bone-revealing arm, I glanced and swung my hand.

Udeudeudeuk-!!

“……!!!!”

As I ripped off the massive arm completely, the creature screamed roughly.

As it screamed and recoiled, blood splattered from the fiend’s body.

Tuk-!

I casually threw the arm I had ripped off.

Then I glanced at the shoulder where it was ripped off.

“Looking at the condition, it looks like it would have healed quickly if there were no problems.”

I can see flesh and bone starting to surge.

If the power of chaos hadn’t clung to it, it would have regenerated instantly.

“Kkeueu… Kkeueueuk…!!”

“I will ask one last time. Where is the Sacred Tree of the Night Moon?”

I gathered energy in my palm. It’s Hellfire caused by demonic energy.

Waving that at the fiend, I asked, but.

“Kkeu… Heuheu… Heu.”

Yusa merely chuckled while looking at the Hellfire. The sight felt like it had gone insane.

“You… know nothing.”

“That’s not the answer I want, is it?”

“You’ll change the myriad realms…? I don’t know what you’re thinking, but you ultimately won’t be able to change anything.”

“……”

“Although you were shaken for a moment… seeing you now, I understand. You know nothing. Right?”

It was a tone of certainty. It was the same tone when you believed I couldn’t use the command earlier, but this time, surprisingly, you were right.

“If you knew, you wouldn’t have mentioned the Sacred Tree… You. What exactly is your purpose?”

“Hmm.”

That I wouldn’t have mentioned the Sacred Tree…

Hearing that, I scratched the chin of my mask.

Does that mean there’s something?

“You’re perceptive. Ah, I’m serious this time.”

“Keureureu….”

“That’s right. I don’t know that much. But.”

Kwak-!

“Keureuk!?”

I reached out and grabbed Yusa’s thick neck.

My small hands are far from enough to grasp it, but what’s lacking can simply be filled with grip strength.

“Even if I don’t know this, what’s the problem? That’s not important. Can’t change the myriad realms? That’s the same thing.”

In the first place.

“I never even thought of changing the myriad realms.”

“……!!”

Yusa’s eyes widened at my words.

“What…?!”

The fiend spat out words in surprise, but I ignored it.

“I will not entertain any further conversation. If you won’t speak about the Sacred Tree, then so be it.”

If you won’t speak.

I just had to make you speak.

Dugeun-!

I put strength into my heart. I then poured demonic energy into the fiend.

If there’s interest, this part concerns me more.

Indeed.

‘Will the General also fall to demonic energy?’

Just as Black did, will the existence called General also be susceptible to demonic energy?

Before the moon finds the fiend, I intended to find that out starting now.

Seueueueu–!!!

“Keueup!?”

With the demonic energy being injected, blood vessels appeared in Yusa’s eyes.

Seeing that, I pushed the demonic energy in with all my might.