Chapter 447: Resonance (2)

The flames that exploded from the mountainside were touching the clouds.

That crazy bastard.

The first thing I did was curse out after seeing the sight.

Even with this extreme distance, the heat I felt was overwhelming.

Just how hot was it in the center of those flames if it felt this hot from here?

I stared at the flames.

It was so huge that it seemed overwhelming even from this distance.

Ha.

Just how much Qi was needed to pour flames of that size?

I was at least certain that I couldn’t think to summon that much fire in my current state.

I increased my face as I felt the heat.

I wasn’t the only one who increased my pace. I only did so after I saw the Silent Fist and Demonic Sword move faster.

Zap.

I heard a short burst of zapping sound in front.

Zaaaap-!

Then, the Demonic Sword suddenly went ahead after increasing her speed.

“Vice Captain…!”

The Silent Fist hurriedly called out to the Demonic Sword, but it was already too late as she was already gone.

I clicked my tongue after seeing the sight.

Tsk.

My current Qi felt rather lacking.

I wasn’t able to use my full potential because I restricted myself from using Destructive Flame Art.

Moreover, the Qi in my Dantian still hasn’t fully recovered yet, so it was difficult for me to be reckless.

What can I do? It’s my fault in the end.

It was I who caused this trouble, so I couldn’t blame anyone.

I wanted to take my time heading to our destination.

Sigh…

But I couldn’t help but feel urgent after seeing the flame from a distance.

Slam-!

I continued to leap forward with great force.

I felt a clear difference in speed once I used more Qi.

However, there was a problem.

I almost fucked myself.

Because I used a sudden burst of energy, a flame almost came out of my body.

It would have been all over for me if I had accidentally used my flames, as I was still using Demonic Qi.

“Pal Jeolyub!”

The Silent Fist shouted at me when I started to go ahead of him, but I ignored him.

Also, I was pretty bothered by the name. I should’ve thought of a better name to use.

It got harder to breathe as I got closer to the destination.

Black flames still continued to burn and maintain their position. It was a very nasty amount of heat.

I looked up in the air.

I saw someone floating on top of the flames that reached the sky.

That piece of shit I swear.

The Demon Emperor was up in the air, wrapped in black flames.

He had been using an extreme amount of Qi during all of this, but I’m sure it was nothing to that bastard.

I looked around the area.

A huge body of flames was engulfing the area, but the forest didn’t catch on fire.

He was at least controlling his flames a little.

Well, rather than controlling it…

It may have been absurd, but all those flames were just a showpiece.

Just looking at it made me feel overwhelmed.

There wasn’t a better method to scare and overwhelm enemies.

…And it’s not like anyone can do this.

If I’m being honest, dare I was able to say that only I was capable of doing such a thing.

Perhaps it was possible for the Heavenly Demon to do it as well,

But I was better at bringing fear to my enemies.

A huge tsunami made with black flames was very easily able to fill my enemies with fear.

I was very aware of this, so I often used this method before the start of a battle.

Look.

…It’s already taking effect.

I started to see a group of people as I got closer to the heat.

The group wore white outfits, and they were watching the tsunami in despair.

It was like the Silent Fist said.

There was an impressive amount of force that was gathered there.

What’s going on?

Moreover, the levels of each martial artist were fairly high. I was barely able to see anyone below Peak Realm.

Martial artists strong enough to be vice-captains of a swordsman’s army were all gathered into one location.

They brought such a force?

In such a short amount of time at that?

If I thought about what happened in my past life, it probably would’ve taken that long for them to gather this much force in Sichuan.

They must’ve done it in a hurry.

Even so, it was an impressive force they gathered.

As I slowed down after noticing them, the martial artist’s gaze aimed at me.

It wasn’t a good look.

Some stared at me with disdain, and some had sadness filling their eyes.

Sadness huh.

They probably looked at me that way because I looked extremely young from the outside.

They were feeling sad for me because I became a Demonic Human at such a young age.

I continued to move while embracing their gaze, and I was finally able to stop once I arrived at my destination.

When I arrived, I saw that the Demonic Sword was looking up in the air, and her gaze was locked onto the Demon Emperor.

I followed her gaze and looked at the bastard as well.

I saw a man wrapped in flames as he floated in the air.

He was looking down on these people with his dark gaze.

This was the border.

The dead dry forest symbolized that this was the Demonic Humans’ territory, and there was a green forest not too far from this place, which was the mercy that the Heavenly Demon showed.

The Murim Alliance’s forces stayed outside the border.

They weren’t going to step into the Sichuan territory just yet.

Roaaar-!

Flames started to go wild.

Because of its massive size, it moving even a little bit shook the atmosphere.

Then, the waves of flames started to soar high into the sky after a loud roar.

Craaaash-!

The flames rose as it made explosive sounds.

Because of that, the parched grounds started to crack even more.

It was an indescribable sight.

I can’t believe I’m getting to see this with my own eyes.

I didn’t know what it felt like from above, but watching from an enemy’s perspective just showed how terrifying it was.

How could it not be shocking to these people when all those flames soared into the sky at once?

Moreover, would they be able to maintain their calm if they imagined all those flames crashing at them?

Craaaash-!!

The explosive noises that the flame made sounded similar to roaring sounds from beasts.

After gathering into one spot in the air, the flames were made into a sphere shape, but it was different from the Gu Clan’s Secret Art known as the Flaming Sphere.

Secret Art my ass… That thing is just-

An unbelievable quantity of flames condensed into one spot.

He must have used an extreme amount of Qi, pouring all of those flames out, and again to bring all of it into the air.

Plus, gathering all of it into one spot probably made him use a ton of Qi as well.

Even if I had an endless amount of Qi back then, if I used that much so inefficiently…

I must’ve used at least half by now.

I may have had a ton of Qi, but it wasn’t infinite.

Even if I had an unbelievable amount in my past life, it was safe to assume that I at least used half of it by this point.

Even with this risk, there was a reason why I did such a thing.

Overwhelming enemies.

It was to make sure that I overwhelmed my enemies.

In my experience, scaring my enemies was quite effective.

The sight in front of me was proof of it.

“That… That’s…”

Judging by the expressions of the opposing side, it seemed like it was effective.

Despair.

Their expressions were filled with despair and fear.

The Demon Emperor slowly checked their expressions.

When his gaze met with others, they shook in fear, and some even fell to their knees, succumbing to fear.

It was normal.

It was natural for them to show such reactions in front of something so overwhelming.

At the time, I took advantage of this very nicely.

As only the breathing sound of flames continued to crackle in the silence, the Demon Emperor started to speak first.

“There are a lot of you here.”

The enemies flinched after hearing his voice resonate with his Qi.

“I came here as I was informed that insects were hiding here doing something, and it was true.”

It was rather cringeworthy to see him speak with a slight smile on his face. The same went for his word choices.

Can’t he just speak normally…?

I desperately prayed, but the bastard’s mouth continued to run.

“What were you doing while hiding in this place?”

The enemies started to back up after hearing the Demon Emperor.

No one was able to answer his question.

After seeing their reactions, the Demon Emperor made a slight frown.

“I will count to three. If I hear no answer, then there will be no further conversation.”

A threat to start a war.

After the Demon Emperor finished talking, he lifted his fingers in the air and continued to fold them one by one.

Every time his finger counted down, the giant ball of flames behind the Demon Emperor started to boil.

It was obvious that he was going to explode it if no one responded in time.

Right as he was about to fold his last remaining finger after he counted down to two, someone from the Alliance walked up.

Judging by the cape he wore on top of his outfit, he seemed to be a captain.

For a captain, he seemed like a young man.

With a tense expression, he walked up and spoke to the Demon Emperor.

“…I am the Captain of the Golden Dragon Army. Bi Yeonsum.”

As I expected, he was indeed a cap-

…Wait.

Bi Yeonsum?

Haven’t I heard that name before?

Where did I hear it from again?

I wasn’t able to remember.

Judging by that, it probably wasn’t an important name.

Anyway, the man who introduced him as the captain of the Golden Dragon Army, started a conversation with the Demon Emperor as he stood right outside the border.

“…I request a conversation with you as a representative of the Murim Alliance.”

“Conversation?”

The Demon Emperor started to laugh out loud after hearing Bi Yeonsum.

“Did you bastards all come here for a conversation?”

“…”

“You must see me as a retard it seems.”

Gathering an army of Peak Realm to the border just for a small conversation? It was obviously a lie.

Moreover.

“A mere insect like you asking me for a conversation… The Demonic Cult must have looked like a joke to you.”

It was a problem in itself how someone who only ranked as a captain requested a conversation with him.

A mere captain asking for a sudden conversation after gathering that much force in the back?

Do they really think this is a joke?

There have been many wars already, so there was no way they treated this lightly.

Even if this was a part of their plan, I wasn’t able to understand it easily.

The Murim Alliance may have been foolish, but they at least knew their place.

Those guys weren’t in a position to request a conversation.

They should’ve been on their knees begging for their lives in front of this beast who thirsted for blood.

I just couldn’t understand why they were acting this way.

I also couldn’t understand why situations changed this much.

That wasn’t the only problem.

Grrrrr…

The current me have been only curious about this situation, but the past me wouldn’t react the same way.

The condensed black flames continued to boil. It seemed like the sun.

Swoosh…

Then, the giant sphere slowly started to move and change its position.

It almost looked as if it was blocking the sun.

Furthermore, the Demon Emperor started to descend from the sky, as his cape slowly waved.

After seeing him descend, the Demonic Sword backed off a few steps and made him a spot to land on.

The Demon Emperor naturally landed in that spot, and he walked up to Bi Yeonsum who was standing nervously.

I wasn’t too tall in my past life despite being a martial artist.

I was only a bit taller than the Demonic Sword, and I was definitely much shorter than this man named Bi Yeonsum.

Despite that, I didn’t look small at all compared to him.

After he took a step,

Slaaaam-!

An impactful wave exploded in the forest.

“Ughhh…!”

“Hgh…!”

The martial artists of the Murim Alliance fell like dominos due to the impact.

The boundary that was made by the Heavenly Demon.

The Demon Emperor continued to walk through it.

It didn’t matter for him.

This border was the Heavenly Demon showing the Alliance mercy.

As long as they didn’t cross the border, the Heavenly Demon was willing to let them keep their lives.

After crossing the border leaving Sichuan, the Demon Emperor walked up to Bi Yeonsum and reached his hand towards his neck.

“You insect.”

He didn’t grasp it hard.

Instead, he slowly brushed his neck with his hand.

Despite only that much, the air was becoming colder.

The Demon Emperor’s radiant purple eyes made contact with Bi Yeonsum’s gray pupils.

“Don’t try useless tricks on me. Unlike my Leader, I am not very patient.”

Roaaaar-!

The giant sphere blocking the sun suddenly started to change shape.

The surrounding area was filled with heat every time the flames moved, and I started to hear a crackling burning sound.

It changed shape once again.

I wasn’t able to clearly see what it was, but it briefly looked like a-

“Wolf?”

It resembled a wolf that had its mouth wide open.

It looked as if it was about to swallow everything in sight.