episode_0347

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Three months.

It has been three months since I started living in the Demon Church.

Heukmyo diligently visited the request center and collected martial arts skills, and I strengthened myself by adding various martial arts skills, while also competing in Wiseoryeon and Bimu every week.

It goes without saying, but he has never been able to win against Wei Seo-ryeon.

I improved every week, but Wiseo-ryeon anticipated my progress and responded accordingly.

In the end, my record was 0 wins and 12 losses in 12 matches, but Wi Seo-ryeon was satisfied with the growth I saw in each sparring.

Perhaps thanks to that, Cheonma Bigo’s admission tickets are still available.

In addition to finding my own martial arts, it was a bonus to find martial arts that Black Cat could learn from time to time.

Wei Seo-ryeon seemed to have noticed that I was looking for martial arts skills for the black cat, but she only gave me a passing comment and didn’t really stop me.

Are the black cat and Wiseo-ryeon doing well?

“Okay, is things going well?”

“It’s not bad. Hmm… I never thought I’d say this, but Demon Bridge is a much better place than I thought.”

The black cat, who had been wandering around the Demonic Bridge for three months, expressed his impressions with a strange expression on his face.

“Well, it’s natural. An organization without a solid structure will not last long. Haven’t you come across some information about the Demonic Cult?”

“Of course, I knew some information about the Demonic Cult, but…I thought that if I approached the core of the Demonic Cult, there would be some bloody secrets scattered around.”

Various emotions appeared on the black cat’s face. Embarrassment, disappointment, relief, etc.

This probably means that the Demonic Cult that Heukmyo imagined and the actual Demonic Cult is different.

“After encountering this and that, I feel like I was completely deceived by Socheonma.”

I burst out laughing at those words.

Certainly, the magic of the Heavenly Demon God religion preached by Wei Seo-ryeon would have been a shocking concept to Heukmyo.

Instead of pursuing the upward path of martial arts, I pursue my own path.

It was a romantic statement that stimulated people’s hearts.

“The warriors of the Demonic Cult are not much different from the warriors outside…”

The black cat’s strange grumbling revealed a disappointment that could not be hidden. Did he just listen to Socheonma’s words and expect that the Demonic Cult would be full of warriors who follow their own path?

I comforted the black cat and corrected its misconceptions.

“Well, I may not have met your expectations, but didn’t everyone mix martial arts in their own way?”

“…Of course.”

“Black Cat: If you want to meet people who pursue their own martial arts like you want, you will have to find someone with a lower level of skill.”

“Ugh…don’t face that harsh reality.”

The black cat covered his ears and frowned. I laughed out loud looking at that.

Walk your own path without pursuing the path of nothingness.

It is a path full of sharp thorns as well as deep romance.

It is not easy to go through the thorny path and reach the peak of transcendence.

In the end, even if they are warriors of the Demonic Cult, those who reach a high level are bound to be those who have walked an efficient path.

These are people who followed the principles of martial arts.

“Because not everyone can pursue only ideals. You can’t beat the sword with sword skills, right? Because you can’t just pursue romance and abandon rational options.”

Geomgang cannot defeat Ganghwan.

Every time you pass one level, your status as a martial artist increases significantly. There may be a case where a well-filled flower landscape can overcome a clumsy flower landscape, but an ordinary flower landscape will never beat an ordinary flower landscape.

The warriors of the Demonic Cult also had to pursue elevation, and in order to ascend, they needed to learn the techniques of elevation.

Therefore, if you are a warrior who pursues the top rather than romance, you have no choice but to preserve the method of upward mobility and modify it little by little to suit yourself.

but.

In this world, no matter how absolute a standard is, there are exceptions that exceed it.

The exception was Cheonma.

A person who can climb to the top of a mountain called Mura by walking at will.

And the shoes that made that possible were Cheonma Shingong.

The best magician in the world who can surpass the absolute standards in the world.

“Socheonma Wi Seo-ryeon, who has learned the Heavenly Demon Divine Technique, is only an extremely rare exception. If you evaluate the Demon Cult warriors based on Wei Seo-ryeon, you will inevitably be disappointed in everyone.”

“Maybe so.”

The black cat nodded with an expression of understanding, probably thinking of Wei Seo-ryeon.

In fact, it is difficult to even consider the Heavenly Demon Godkong as a pure martial art.

What is martial arts?

It’s something you learn to become stronger.

It is said that learning martial arts involves sharpening oneself to achieve the goal presented by the martial arts.

In other words, it could be said that one learns martial arts in order to develop oneself and reach a higher level.

However, the Heavenly Demon Divine Gong is a bit different.

The Heavenly Demon Divine Technique is not something you learn to become stronger, but only the strong can learn it.

It can be said that he is a martial artist whose mastery has been converted.

As I thought about the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, I smiled bitterly.

In fact, the action I am doing now is also an action in which the subject is reversed.

Over the past three months, I have become stronger day by day.

With the concentration strengthened by Honwonsimgyeol, he was able to handle Ilreo stably, and by training based on the technique of strengthening the ankles of Geumgangcheoljokgong, he achieved not only Samyeonghwanhwi but also historical drama trust.

In addition, the stability and power of Gyeongun Musimgong were greatly increased by adding various martial arts techniques.

If you were to fight me 3 months ago, you could say I’ve become stronger enough to win 100 times.

however.

My level hasn’t grown compared to 3 months ago.

If we were to compare it to a game, we could say that the level is the same but the combat power has increased significantly.

“Hmm.”

The work of adding various martial arts, applying myogi, and strengthening my martial arts skills was slowly coming to an end, so I could feel that the time to make a choice was approaching.

Are we going to watch the drama of Gyeongun Musimgong like this?

Or should I take a different path by choosing between the Ascension Martial Arts and Shin Gongjeolhak in Cheonma Bigo?

I thought of an unknown old man in my head.

The unknown elder is clearly my future self.

And the old man must have achieved such an absolute state based on this cultivation and martial arts.

But now I am not an unknown old man.

There was no guarantee that I would be able to follow the path that the unknown elder had achieved.

Above all, I had many choices now.

Numerous ascending martial arts and new gongjeolhak in the stratum and the human layer.

Because all of that was now in the image library in my head.

“Ehyo.”

I shook my head and sighed.

I’m worried even if I have a choice, and I’m worried even if I don’t, so in the end, I’ll just worry about it.

At that time, a light vibration was transmitted.

It was as if a signal had been given from outside to me and the black cat, who was currently conversing in a panic.

“Who came?”

“It’s obvious. What!”

I smiled bitterly as I looked at the black cat speaking in a sharp voice.

In fact, who else would come to visit me other than Wei Seo-ryeon?

Wei Seo-ryeon often visited me and talked to me.

At first, the discussion was mainly about martial arts, but these days, when Wi Seo-ryeon left, various personal matters were discussed.

I patted the black cat.

“First of all, you are a customer, right?”

“Tch, I don’t think they have any intention of doing that.”

A black cat frowning and grumbling.

The black cat, which had shown signs of recognition and admiration for Socheonma Wi Seo-ryeon’s specialness just a moment ago, was nowhere to be seen, and only the black cat with its fur blatantly bristling was left.

It seems that Wei Seo-ryeon also secretly views the black cat favorably.

Although the two people showed signs of acknowledging each other deep down, it was hard to know that whenever they gathered in the same place like this, they would fiercely keep each other in check.

“Anyway, we have to open the door, so disarm the surprise.”

“Chit.”

After the black cat grumbled, it lifted its enchantment and stood up.

When I opened the door, Wei Seo-ryeon with a stern complexion came into view.

When I saw Wei Seo-ryeon’s face like that, I knew something had happened.

This was the first time I had seen Wei Seo-ryeon, who always showed a relaxed look, look like this.

And I, too, had no choice but to harden my expression at Wei Seo-ryeon’s next words.

“Father is calling you.”

…It seemed like a time bomb had exploded.

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Cheonmajeon.

“Meet the owner of the Heavenly Demon Church.”

“Meet the owner of the Heavenly Demon Church.”

Wi Seo-ryeon, who came to meet Cheon Ma with Black Cat and Ho Cheon-an, bit her lip after seeing Cheon Ma’s appearance.

Half gloves that always cover your hands.

Today, the half-gloves that covered the wound were not worn on the Heavenly Demon’s hands.

“Okay.”

Heavenly Demon Wi Ji-cheon looked at the tense Black Cat, Ho Cheon-an, who was trying hard to control himself, and Wei Seo-ryeon, who was biting her lip, and then thought about Il-lei.

A ray of lightning left in the wound by unknown people.

‘It was long.’

The Heavenly Demon looked down at the back of his hand and thought.

The very small cut that had pierced from the back of my hand to the palm of my hand was now completely healed.

Even the Heavenly Demon did not expect that it would take this long to heal such a small wound.

‘But it was short.’

The Cheonma clenched her fists. The wound that used to cause stinging pain every time I made a fist is no longer there.

I can no longer feel the stimulation that used to remind me of boredom.

At that fact, the Heavenly Demon felt a rare sense of emptiness.

“Do you know why I called you?”

“…Is it because the deadline you mentioned before has expired?”

“Yes.”

Cheonma looked at Ho Cheon-an looking up at her from below and thought of unknown things.

Could he have arranged the current situation?

It was something that even the Heavenly Demon could not easily come to a conclusion about.

The Cheonma could only repeat once again something that came to mind three months ago.

‘Is it fate?’

The Cheonma silently opened her mouth and explained everything. Jeong Cheol’s report. Exchange of numbers with unknown. And the scars left by unknown people, the meaning of what he said during our last meeting, and the current situation.

Surprise, astonishment, and a sense of crisis flashed across the faces of Heukmyo, Ho Cheonan, and Wei Seolian who heard the whole story.

“If it were the way it was supposed to be, it would be right to tell Jeongcheol the news about him right now.”

however.

Cheonma decided to give Ho Cheon-an a chance.

“However, handling things like that really bothers me. Because it is too disadvantageous for you to handle things like that when you clearly know that you are already in this demonic religion.”

“Then what do you plan to do?”

Wi Seo-ryeon took his place and questioned Wi Ji-cheon.

“I will return what your ancestors left behind.”

…What did Sajo leave behind?

A question mark appeared on Ho Cheon-an’s face.

The only thing that can be left with the lottery method is what went up to the altar. Even if you received something from Cheonma and Bulmyeong at that time, it would have been normal for the item to have disappeared long ago.

Instead of opening his mouth and resolving Hocheonan’s doubts, Cheonma spread out his palm.

“Um…?”

“What is it?”

A doubt spread in everyone’s eyes.

This was because on the palm of the Heavenly Demon was a small cloud of thunder energy that gave off a bright yellow light.

Even if you hit it well, it’s a piece of Noegi the size of a millet.

There was silence in Daejeon for a moment.

Judging from the flow of the story, it was possible to guess that the piece of strength was the unknown energy that remained in the Cheonma’s wound.

However, the three people had no idea what Cheonma meant when he said he would return it.

Do you mean to give me a piece of that strength? But what does that mean?

The Heavenly Demon must have read that question, and a rare, bitter smile appeared on his face.

“Look.”

A piece of brain energy floated in the air.

And the next moment.

“Ugh!”

“Gasp!”

“Ugh!!”

In an instant, the three people let out a groan and took a step back.

This was because the Heavenly Demon unleashed the Black Dragon Flag in earnest. Just by using their power in earnest, the energy was so powerful that the three people who had reached the pinnacle could not bear it and retreated.

The Black Dragon was not released to target the three people.

The Black Dragon Qi thoroughly wrapped the piece of Brain Qi.

Everyone gaped at the Heavenly Demon’s noble tactics. The Black Dragon Ki, which took the shape of a sphere and wrapped around a piece of Brain Ki… was clearly Ganghwan.

Kang-hwan was created by drawing a perfect sphere!

When everyone was mesmerized by Cheonma’s skill in freely manipulating Kang Hwan’s form.

Quick.

An unusual light flashed from inside the sphere.

It’s going to fall out quickly..!

And the light seemed to shine within the black dragon for a moment.

Wow!!!

It exploded.

There was no sound, but it was clearly an explosion of energy.

An explosion occurred when the energy that had been condensed in a small brain energy the size of a small grain of rice was released in an instant!

Not only Hocheonan and Black Cat, but also Wiseoryeon. I was literally crushed by the huge brain power that erupted in an instant.

I urgently tried to raise my flag, but it was like holding an umbrella to block the wind and rain during a huge typhoon.

The three people just gritted their teeth and held on, looking toward the sphere amidst the overwhelming air waves that were so overwhelming that they couldn’t even choose between avoiding or running away.

The steel ring made of black dragon energy was rumbling as if it was about to explode at any moment.

“Haaaap!”

Wi Ji-cheon burst into spirit and stretched out his hand. However, the strong ring that seemed ready to burst at any moment gradually became stronger and began to slowly condense.

Noe Qi raged even more violently, but no matter how much he did, he could not break through the strong ring that the Heavenly Demon Wi Ji-cheon had unleashed with all his might.

However, Ho Cheon-an, Heuk-myo, and Wei Seo-ryeon watched the process while continuously swallowing dry saliva.

This was because every time the brain energy violently resisted, a huge energy wave rose up, as if a giant was running rampant, and made the three people’s whole bodies tremble.

thud! thud!!

Noeki, which had been running wild until the end, finally shrunk completely after emitting two shock waves.

The sphere of the black dragon machine made of steel rings now shrunk to a size smaller than a glass bead, and eventually shrank back to the size of millet.

The Heavenly Demon completely recovered the Black Dragon Qi and returned the Brain Qi to his palm.

The three people swallowed dry saliva and looked at the millet-sized brain.

Although it was a completely different piece from before, it looked completely different to the three people.

Who would have thought that such power was hidden in this small piece.

Ho Cheon-an lamented belatedly.

‘I should have noticed just by looking at the fact that that monstrous Heavenly Demon has not been able to heal his injuries until now!’

“Do you understand what it means to give thunder tablets?”

“…Of course.”

‘Hoo.’

Wi Ji-cheon was interested in Ho Cheon-an’s answer.

Even if you couldn’t recognize Noejeong at a glance, were you able to insight into its essence?

Wi Ji-cheon became curious about that.

“Then tell me.”

“The power of the brain energy contained in that thunder tablet is clearly small.”

“Yes.”

…small?

The energy that created such a large energy wave that made me feel sick was actually small?

Wei Seo-ryeon and Heukmyo looked at Ho Cheon-an when he heard what he said, and then turned their heads towards Cheon-ma when Wi Ji-cheon answered affirmatively.

“The real value contained in that Noegi is not the Noegi itself, but the method of operating it.”

“Yes.”

Wi Ji-cheon smiled in satisfaction.

“This is the method of operating Noegi itself that overcomes the limitations of Noe Gong, which is filling up and exploding all energy in an instant. Even if you accept this energy and understand just a part of how to use it, you will be able to achieve great things.”

“…Yes.”

“Then let’s get to the point.”

A mischievous smile appeared on Wi Ji-cheon’s face.

“If I give you this brain tablet, what can you give me?”