Chapter 448: Resonance (3)

As the giant ball of flames started to change into a monstrous shape,

“I know you all baited us here. Did you think I didn’t?”

“Hgh… Hgh…”

He spoke with a smile which made it even more horrifying.

It was understandable for Bi Yeonsum to feel fear because the Demon Emperor’s words were filled with killing intent.

“I do enjoy watching pointless struggles… but unfortunately, I’ve grown a bit tired of them. I’d rather not watch it for long.”

Click.

The Demonic Sword placed her on her sword hilt.

She understood what he meant even if he didn’t directly say it.

The same went for me as well.

That bastard is mad.

He seemed rather angry. I was able to see it judging from how he spoke with a smile.

As I expected, he really was one of the top when it came to having anger issues.

Bi Yeonsum already looked as if he had reached his limit.

“Huff… Hugh…”

His breathing was rough, and his Qi was clearly fainting away.

It wasn’t possible for Bi Yeonsum to endure the Demon Emperor’s pressure when he was right in front of him.

As the Demon Emperor’s Demonic Qi slowly took over the surroundings, the Silent Fist and the rest of the army appeared from behind.

It seemed like they got here in a hurry because the Demonic Sword and I went on without them.

The Silent Fist was a sharp person.

Immediately after checking the situation, he frowned slightly and signaled with a hand gesture.

The Demonic Humans started to charge their Qi right after.

Ticking time bomb.

That was the best way to describe this situation.

A battle was about to break out any moment.

I continued to look around the surroundings in order to find out how things became this way.

Of course, the situation was important,

Where is it?

But there was something more important to me.

According to the Silent Fist, she was here somewhere.

Celestial Sword…

Wi Seol-Ah of this timeline.

He reported that she was in this location, but I didn’t see her yet.

Was she in a village far from this location?

As I continued to look around,

Tap.

Bi Yeonsum who was standing in front of the Demon Emperor, finally started to falter.

He thankfully didn’t fall to the ground, but he was about to any moment.

There was something strange.

The Demon Emperor, Demonic Sword, and even the Silent Fist seemed to have already lost interest in Bi Yeonsum.

No…

Perhaps they weren’t looking at him in the first place.

I looked towards where they were gazing at.

There was nothing there in that location.

I increased my focus towards that direction. I believed that they were looking in that direction for a reason.

Then,

…!

I really started to feel something.

It was very faint, but there was definitely something there.

This is…

It was a mysterious coldness.

It felt as if someone was pointing their sword at me.

I sharpened my senses after the thought entered my mind.

I was able to understand why they were all staring into that direction.

I forgot about the important part because I was so focused on the Celestial Sword.

She wasn’t the only one in this location.

Zaap.

Lightning Qi sparked shortly in the air that had nothing in it.

The Demonic Sword reacted after seeing it. It was similar to the Lightning Qi she used.

As I stared into the air as my heartbeat got faster,

[You seem to be the same.]

I started to hear a voice as the Lightning Qi grew bigger.

Zaaaap-! Lightning Qi increased in size, and it started to form a figure of a person.

After a moment, it slowly revealed a person.

Tap.

When the person appeared from midair and landed,

Swoosh-!

The pressure around the surrounding were pushed away instantly.

It was a white-haired old man who suddenly appeared.

With hands behind his back, the old man started to walk towards this direction with light footing.

I gulped nervously at the sight.

I was able to see blue pupils from the old man that reminded me of someone.

It had been a long time ever since I last saw this person.

More accurately, I haven’t met this person after my regression.

“Hugh… Huff…”

Because the pressure went away, Bi Yeonsum started to breathe out heavily.

When the old man walked up to him and placed his hand behind Bi Yeonsum’s back,

“Cough.”

Bi Yeonsum started to cough out black blood.

The old man fixed his internal damage.

“Take some time to rest.”

“I’m… sorry.”

The old man tapped Bi Yeonsum’s shoulder in response after hearing him.

After watching the sight expressionlessly, the Demon Emperor started to speak to the old man.

“I was wondering where you’ve been hiding, and here you are.”

“Haha… hiding you say. But I never did such a thing.”

“You were getting on my nerves like a rat that’s hiding, so I thought you were finally fighting back desperately in fear.”

Jeez.

Just hearing his taunt made me embarrassed.

I wanted to tape that damned bastard’s mouth right now.

Perhaps his brain was affected because of Demonic Qi.

…Was I really like that?

I wanted to deny it.

To show such bravery against none other than one of the Three Venerables, and the absolute of Namgung Clan…

I really lived my life on the edge huh.

The old man in front, was the Heavenly Venerable.

Despite standing in front of the Central Plain’s sky, the old monster, the Demon Emperor was continuing to run his mouth like nothing.

“I happened to hear that there was an old monster around the territory and I thought about killing him, so I’m glad you are here.”

Haha.

The Heavenly Venerable only chuckled at the Demon Emperor’s words.

“…Old monster huh… Yes, that’s right. After all, I’m living my life because I can’t die.”

The Heavenly Venerable gazed at something with a kind smile.

It was where the Demonic Sword was standing.

“It’s been a while.”

“…”

The Demonic Sword gave no response to the Heavenly Venerable.

Instead, she stared at him in silence.

Namgung Clan was destroyed by the Demonic Sword’s hand, and the Heavenly Venerable wasn’t able to stop her.

Only two of them were the remaining blood of Namgung Clan in the Central Plains.

It was a rather uncomfortable relationship they had.

“…I’d love to have a conversation with you as it’s been a long time ever since we last met, but unfortunately, there is something I must do first.”

Something he needs to do?

His words piqued my interest.

As I expected, it seemed like he came here to take care of a business.

“Something you must do you say…”

The other ‘me’ heard the Heavenly Venerable as well.

With a slight frown, he asked the Heavenly Venerable a question.

“Is it so important that you must ignore our Leader’s warning?”

“Indeed.”

The Heavenly Venerable kindly smiled at the Demon Emperor.

“We would like to make a deal with you all.”

A deal. I tried to focus after hearing something unexpected,

“Hah.”

But I had to roll my eyes after hearing the Demon Emperor smirk.

Ugh, that’s not a good sign.

As I expected,

“A deal you say? That insect over there requested me for a conversation earlier, and now this old man is suggesting a deal.”

“This deal is beneficial for your side as well- “

“Shut it. My ears might rot because of you.”

Pressure in the air started to rise again.

The smile from the Demon Emperor’s face disappeared and only anger remained in the air.

“Our great Leader showed generously showed you mercy… but as always, you insects forget how to be grateful.”

Flames started to wrap around the Demon Emperor’s body.

“If you don’t know your place, then I shall kindly show you.”

“…Do you really think it’s always necessary to see blood?”

The Demon Emperor waved his hand after hearing the Heavenly Venerable.

“Don’t try to relate to me with your strange standards.”

Craaaash-!

After the Demon Emperor made a hand gesture, the huge flames in the air started to fall towards the ground with a roaring sound.

“You bastards have no rights to say those things.”

Giant ball of flames slowly fell down.

Its speed wasn’t slow at all, but the Heavenly Venerable only stood there with a frown and it didn’t seem like he had any plans.

Huh?

I gasped in shock after seeing the sight.

He’s really just dropping it there?

I may have been a crazy idiot at the time, but I wouldn’t have exploded that thing so recklessly in front of the Heavenly Venerable.

Just what was he thinking?

I couldn’t understand what this bastard had in mind.

Not even I was able to understand why this dumb bastard was doing something so crazy.

Could me at the time beat that old man?

Probably not…?

No matter how much I thought about it, it was too difficult.

It wasn’t a matter of how much Qi I possessed. They were simply people who reached higher levels than me.

It might have been only possible if I fought with the Demonic Sword.

That’s how powerful the Three Venerables were, yet the bastard was doing something reckless as if he didn’t care at all.

Blaze-!

The flames got closer to the ground.

Martial artists in the area had despair filling their expressions.

“N-No!”

“Save us!”

Their positions started to break as they ran in panic.

Even until then, the Heavenly Venerable didn’t move one bit.

He didn’t pull his sword out, nor did he use his Qi.

Why?

Was the Heavenly Venerable incapable of blocking this much Qi?

Of course not.

Even if it was mixed with Demonic Qi, that old man was more than able to block the attack.

But then why?

Flames got closer to the ground.

Soon enough, it would touch the ground and cause a huge explosion.

As all of these people were about to burn alive,

Swish-!

Something from the sky flew towards the flames.

It was way too fast.

I wasn’t even able to follow what was happening, but dozens of lights flew towards the flames shortly after and brought a change.

Swoosh-!

“…!”

The giant body of flames that showed an overwhelming power, started to decrease in size.

As if they were being sucked away by something, the black flames instantly disappeared from the air.

It only took a few seconds for all those flames to disappear.

Oh.

After seeing this, I was able to understand what the Demon Emperor intended.

There was a reason why the bastard used an unnecessary amount of Qi to do all this.

To call her here.

It was indeed to overwhelm his enemies, but his true intention was to call a certain person by showing this much flames.

I saw something slowly spinning in the air where the flames used to be. It was a sword.

There were a few strange looking swords glowing in golden light.

They were swimming in the air.

When everyone witnessed the flames disappear, the martial artists that were in despair started to cheer.

They knew who the owner of these swords was.

“She’s here…! Our Captain is here!”

Demonic Humans looked up in the air with frowns on their faces after hearing their shouts.

Then, the golden sword floating in the air, flew quickly towards somewhere.

It flew right above where the Heavenly Venerable was standing.

Even though there wasn’t anyone else there just a moment ago, there was now someone floating in that spot.

“…”

I bit my lips after seeing her.

Because this was an illusion of my past life, I considered the possibility of seeing her.

I wasn’t sure if this was me being hopeful or me worrying about it. Perhaps I could even call it nervousness.

Whichever it was, I always expected the possibility of seeing her.

However.

…This is.

I felt much more emotions than I expected to after seeing her.

Many swords moved along with her as if they were protecting her.

The lady floated in the air along with her swords.

Her hair wasn’t brown. Instead, it was fully gold now.

Despite her having bright golden pupils, her eyes gave off an exhausted, dreamy atmosphere.

She was different from the girl who always chattered to me with a bright smile.

“…Celestial Sword.”

The Demon Emperor mumbled quietly after seeing her.

Did she hear his small voice?

The Celestial Sword looked like she was staring at the Demon Emp-

Hmm?

…Or at least I thought she was…

But something was strange.

What’s going on?

The Celestial Sword wasn’t looking at the Demon Emperor.

It was possible that I was mistaken, but it didn’t feel that way.

She wasn’t looking at him. Rather than him, she instead…

Seems to be looking at me…?

For some reason, I got the feeling that she was staring at me.

I didn’t know the reason why, but she was definitely staring at me.

With a very shocked expression at that.