Chapter 1057: The Divine Tree and the Master.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle-!

Tentacles melt in the flames, becoming debris and falling.

Thump-! Thump-thump-!

Sssssss-!!

As the debris falls to the ground, it melts and disappears in an instant. As it disappeared like that, the floor could be seen melting away.

A foul smell pierces the tip of the nose. As if not caring about such things, the owner of the tentacles gazes somewhere with calm eyes.

There, a young man wrapped in white flames was looking at Taecheon, his face contorted.

“How dare this bastard.”

The blazing anger was impressive. Seeing such emotion, Taecheon lifted the corners of his mouth.

“So it’s you. The rift the world watches.”

I could tell as soon as I saw it. What kind of contortion is that?

The axis of fate is connected to nothing. I have never seen anything so tangled and twisted.

Moreover.

“To defy divinity.”

Taecheon examined the flames burning above his tentacles. The white flames were continuously burning the tentacles.

It affects his divinity. In itself, Taecheon looked at it with interest.

Whose doing is it?

“Myriad Worlds?”

It could be.

Or.

“Other guys?”

Guys who express dissatisfaction are plentiful, and among them, there was one particularly skilled in this area.

Especially.

“If I look beside me, it seems the most likely…”

Taecheon said, looking at the people next to the young man. Among them, he looked at the woman with black hair.

“Was it the Dragon Emperor? The one who created such a tangle for you?”

Dragon Emperor.

An arrogant bastard who once ruled the Dragon Realm.

Thinking it might be his doing, he started speaking, but…

“What nonsense is that son of a bitch talking about.”

The young man.

Gu Yangcheon, as if not hearing such words at all, unleashed his firepower and rushed at Taecheon.

Whoosh-!!!

The sphere clenched in his hand transforms its shape.

Flame Jade Star Spear.

The white spear was shot at Taecheon.

Zip-!

It was too fast for even the sound to keep up.

Taecheon, seeing this, reacts with his tentacles, but…

Crackle-!!

The spear casually pierces through the tentacles and digs into Taecheon.

“Hmm.”

Taecheon, seeing that, reached out his hand. He catches the incoming Star Spear just like that.

Grrrr-!

As soon as he caught it with his hand, Taecheon’s hand crumbles along with immense heat.

Seeing this, Taecheon frowned, then tilted the spear diagonally.

The tilted spear cut through the air just like that, and not long after, the sound of an explosion was heard from a place far away.

BOOOOOMMMMM-!!!

The white heat soars into the sky. At that moment.

Heavenly Demon Divine Skill.

“……!”

Energy is felt right in front of Taecheon.

Turning his head, Gu Yangcheon rushed into Taecheon’s space and completed something in his hand.

“Heavenly Demon Soul Jade.”

A white, ominous sphere. That begins to crack slowly on Gu Yangcheon’s palm.

Pop-!

Then, along with a small sound, screams erupted in all directions.

Screeeech-!!!

Along with the cry of energy, an immense shockwave erupts around.

“Oh…”

Shincheol, confirming this, was impressed.

“This fellow.”

“You’ve made something amazing since I last saw you.”

Such admiration was half a spoon.

And.

“…what a shame.”

A slight regret was half a spoon.

As if proving it was a martial art learned or completed not long ago, the power Gu Yangcheon used had some weak points somewhere.

That was the problem.

That one problem made a crucial part of the firepower weak.

“Oh dear.”

The one who received it was bound to know.

“You were surprised, weren’t you?”

Amidst the raging cries, Taecheon’s laughter-mixed voice spread. At the same time, the ground violently shook.

Rumble, rumble, rumble-!!!!!

As the ground burst open, an immense number of tentacles erupted.

Gu Yangcheon, seeing this, withdrew his energy and moved his body. Taecheon was still standing in the middle of where Heavenly Demon Soul Jade had exploded.

Although parts of his body looked damaged, as if he had taken the skill head-on with his wrecked body, that was all. Taecheon looked at Gu Yangcheon with a smile, as if it wasn’t significant damage.

As if.

‘Is this all?’

With that expression.

“Tsk.”

Gu Yangcheon, seeing this, clicked his tongue.

And then.

“Huuuuh.”

He exhaled a breath and moved his energy.

The white heat. It’s the same as the White Flames used earlier.

Using White Flames increases the damage against those guys. He was using it because he noticed that in the last fight.

The white energy rises into the sky, forming a barrier.

White Heaven (白天).

Beneath the ash-grey sky, a white space is created.

Additionally.

Vmmmm-!!

In the center of that sky, he erected the sun.

Fire Wheel Star.

As soon as the sphere rose, power entered Gu Yangcheon’s body.

As the characteristics of the Moonlit Night Tribe manifest, his body is extremely strengthened.

“Hoho.”

Taecheon, seeing this, let out a laugh.

“How interesting. That you can contain so much within your body. And that too.”

With a vessel on the verge of breaking like that.

Taecheon swallowed those unspoken words and closed his mouth.

Because Gu Yangcheon’s hands were pouring onto Taecheon.

“Hup!”

With a battle cry, his fingertips swept through where Taecheon was. As the air pressure burst, marks were made as if giant claws distorted the ground.

Scraaaape-!!!

He dodged.

Gu Yangcheon’s torn pupils searched for Taecheon.

Behind me.

Was the speed insufficient? Recalling that he couldn’t catch him, Gu Yangcheon does something else to his body.

Sky Piercer.

He contains the sky within his body.

The energy of Tuapachonmu raged through his entire body, increasing his abilities.

Grrrk-!!

By this point, his muscles screamed.

His greatly strengthened body, gained by becoming the Moonlit Night Tribe. It’s a stacking he can endure because of it.

Thump-!!

Stomping on the ground as he prepared to activate, vibrations burst forth as if boiling.

Feeling his lower body swell as if expanding, Gu Yangcheon shot forward.

The sound wasn’t heard.

WHOOOM-!!

That only follows belatedly.

Gu Yangcheon, with fists wrapped in White Flames, launched an offensive against Taecheon. Taecheon dodged this way and that, but couldn’t escape the rapid speed.

Finally, Gu Yangcheon succeeded in grabbing Taecheon’s ankle as he moved.

Just like that.

Bang-! Bang-bang-!!

He repeatedly begins to strike down, as if trying to smash Taecheon’s body onto the ground.

After pounding him for a while like that, he then throws him towards the hill.

Taecheon’s body flies away at high speed.

Seeing that, Gu Yangcheon creates the Star Spear and throws it with all his might.

Thwust-!!

With the Star Spear stuck in Taecheon’s recovering body, he flies towards the wall of the hill.

Thump-!!

The impact exploded. Seeing Taecheon embedded in the wall, Gu Yangcheon flew in again.

His greatly cracked blue eyes.

Gu Yangcheon, filled with killing intent, creates the Flame Jade with his hand and pushes it into the Star Spear where Taecheon is impaled.

Sizzle-!

The sound of something exploding was heard.

Then.

BOOOOOMMMMM-!!!

It was an explosion on a different level than before. Because all sorts of skills were mixed in, it was enough power to obliterate everything in this area.

Amidst the soaring flames, Gu Yangcheon emerged and landed on the ground.

“…”

His expression was roughly contorted. For someone whose attack succeeded, the reaction was not good.

There is one reason.

“Damn it.”

Because it didn’t succeed.

Whoosh-!!!

Recalling the flames, he returned his obscured vision to normal. The collapsed and damaged area is visible, but considering the area swept by flames, there are no melted places.

It’s the characteristic of White Flames. White Flames couldn’t melt or burn objects like other energies.

This guy only melts one thing.

‘Demonic Energy.’

The foreign energy Gu Yangcheon calls Demonic Energy. White Flames used to exert power only for such energies.

“Damn it.”

It seemed a bit too much this time.

The location that exploded from the recent collision.

Taecheon was standing there.

Half his body was smashed, and only his waist barely held on, but even seeing that, I don’t feel like I won.

“What is that guy now?”

He looked like the face of the crow I fought just before, but Gu Yangcheon was certain that guy wasn’t the crow.

Because he doesn’t have wings? No. It’s just something I could know instinctively.

“Well now.”

Taecheon, with his body smashed, spoke. His voice was surprisingly intact compared to his appearance.

“It seems to be a characteristic of this place. That the greetings are all so violent.”

The moment Taecheon spoke, energy formed again in Gu Yangcheon’s hand.

Just as he was about to attack again.

Grip-!

Someone grabbed Gu Yangcheon’s wrist. Gu Yangcheon widened his eyes and checked the owner of the hand-it was Shincheol.

“…Noya?”

“Stay still. My mind is too distracted to concentrate.”

“Noya… are you awake?”

“Of course? I’m here because I’m awake. Is that even a question? Kekeke.”

Those were truly rude words. Gu Yangcheon would have frowned if it were before, but he couldn’t do so now.

Shincheol, confirming that, licked his lips with a strange expression.

“Look at that guy’s expression? Don’t make that face. He’s more intact than he looks.”

“But…”

“It’s fine. I was just sleepy for a moment.”

Sleepy for a moment my ass.

Immediately, Gu Yangcheon tried to shake his wrist free and move, but his hand wasn’t freed.

“Stay put. Because going anywhere now won’t change anything.”

“That…”

“And besides.”

Shincheol, speaking, looks across.

“Even if you move now, it doesn’t seem like that guy will fall.”

“…!”

Gu Yangcheon, hearing that, immediately looked at Taecheon.

Grrrr-!!!

Taecheon’s body begins to change.

His white hair turned blue.

His originally blue eyes instead turned white.

As his pupils turned completely white, that appearance felt incredibly alien.

His wrecked body gradually recovers.

“Ah-.”

Shiver-!

At Taecheon’s single utterance, goosebumps rose all over my body.

What is this sensation?

What the hell is that guy? I charged in anger, but I realize something is wrong.

What should I do? Just as the thought of wanting to run away without realizing it flashed through my mind.

“Youngster.”

A low voice touches Gu Yangcheon’s shoulder.

Swish.

Suddenly, I felt a touch on my left arm. It’s Gwijjeong. Gwijjeong voluntarily released itself and moved to Shincheol.

Shincheol, grabbing the created sword, asked Gu Yangcheon while keeping his gaze on Taecheon.

“This current state. How long can you maintain it?”

“…Yes?”

“I mean that body.”

White Heaven and Fire Wheel Star. And the body accompanied by Sky Piercer.

The duration of maintenance regarding this.

Gu Yangcheon quickly calculated that.

“About… half a moment… I think.”

If calculated to the maximum, it’s about half a moment from now.

Hearing this, Shincheol laughed.

“Really? That’s perfect.”

Swish.

Shincheol said, aiming Gwijjeong at Taecheon.

“Watch carefully.”

Flower petals gradually settle onto Shincheol’s body.

The petals, settling very slowly, touched the ground.

“This is everything I can show you.”

Fwaaah-!!

Plum blossoms bloomed from Shincheol’s body.