Chapter 466: Nice To Meet You (1)

Dragon.

It was a legendary creature of the past, but the term now held a different meaning ever since the Blood Demon War that happened a few centuries ago.

At that time, a White Demon was called a Dragon according to the written records.

It included the Mist Dragon Elder Shin hunted down, and another White Demon that Tang Jaemoon slayed.

They were all called Dragons due to their appearances.

But what did that bastard just say to me?

“…So you are saying that I would turn into a Dragon if I do this thing called shedding?”

[It’s a blessing. You should be honored.]

The bastard responded without hesitating.

[You should be more than grateful, as a lowly being like you could turn into a seed of a god.]

“What the hell are you on about, you crazy bastard?”

[However, you have no right as you wanted to remain human despite all the power you’ve built up until now in your vessel.]

“I wanted to continue living my life as a human, but I was told that I would die if I made that choice. Are you playing with me right now?”

Does this bastard think that I wanted to do this?

If I had the choice, I would’ve remained a human, it’s just that this damned world wasn’t going to let me.

“I don’t want to do it either.”

[Then succumb to me.]

“But that’s even worse.”

Was this bastard joking with me?

“Take it from me if you want it that badly. Stop asking me for it.”

[…]

I heard a cracking sound from the bastard’s body when I spoke in a mocking tone.

[You inferior creature. It seems like you don’t know your own place. Do you really think you can endure me with the mind of a human?]

“And you think you can last as well?”

[Of course. I am the seed of a Dragon King. I am different from you.]

[So-]

Rumble-!

[Stop resisting and succumb to me–!]

The Blood Qi charged at me again with great force.

Slam-!

I used all of my leftover Qi to dodge its attack.

Crack-!

However, I wasn’t able to dodge it fully this time and my arm was bitten by the bastard again.

And of course, it had to be the same arm that was bitten earlier.

The monster’s fangs dug through my arm and continued to chew on it.

“Ugh…”

I groaned out in pain, but it was okay.

It’s well in there now.

I bit my lips as I stared at my bitten arm.

I barely managed to succeed.

It was better for me to sacrifice my arm that was already injured so I used all my Qi for this strategy, and it fortunately worked.

The pain was enough to echo in my mind, but this honestly was nothing compared to the pain I felt during my Heaven Destruction Art training.

As my arm was caught, the bastard tried moving again.

Woong-!

In that moment, I read the bastard’s movement and immediately activated my Demonic Absorption Art.

[…Krgh!?]

After noticing something strange, the bastard tried throwing me off.

I increased my strength after noticing its intent.

Swoosh-!

Qi started to enter my body.

It’s as I expected.

Thankfully, it was as I expected.

I realized something when my hand made contact with the monster earlier.

I could absorb this bastard.

I didn’t know if it was because this bastard was the Blood Qi itself, but my Demonic Absorption Art automatically activated when we were connected.

It didn’t really make sense that I was absorbing Qi that used to be inside my body, but that wasn’t the important part right now.

[You… bastard…!!]

I knew that it wasn’t a good situation for this bastard.

The bastard struggled harder as I gradually started to absorb its Qi.

Squeeze.

I used all my strength to hold onto its body so that I don’t fall off.

I thankfully had the strength to do it as Qi was entering my body.

[Let go! Do you think you can beat me like this!?]

Was it because it was being absorbed? The Blood Qi spoke in a desperate tone.

[You won’t be able to endure in the end. You will die without achieving anything as you will slowly lose your mind!]

The bastard’s arm reached towards me in order to separate us.

I didn’t dodge it this time.

Even if it meant that its claw was going to stab through my body, I endured in the same spot.

Swoosh-!

Its Qi continued to absorb into my body.

The amount was much larger than what I originally had.

What was the difference? I wondered in my mind, but I had no time to think about such a thing.

It was already difficult for me to manage all this energy that was entering my body.

There’s way too much.

It felt like it was filling up my body, where my vessel used to be.

Was it normal for it to fill it up this much?

I was worried,

What would I do if it doesn’t work out?

But it’s not like I had a different choice anyway.

I was able to see that the bastard’s body was getting smaller as I continued to absorb its Qi.

I didn’t think about what would happen to my body after absorbing this much.

My priority was to consume this bastard completely.

[L…Let… go… I…! am the great…!]

“Shut up. How dare you try to take control of me when you didn’t even pay rent before.”

It not only made itself home inside my body without my permission, but now it was trying to take control of it?

There was no chance I was going to let it do such a thing. I noticed my Qi increasing as the bastard got smaller.

It only lasted a moment, but it now turned into a point where I would feel nothing even if the bastard moved around wildly.

Without stopping, I continued to absorb its Qi.

[Krgh…!]

After letting out a short groan, the bastard disappeared without leaving a trace.

“…”

It instantly became silent after.

“…Phew…”

I shook my body off and quietly let out a sigh.

Is it over?

I nodded lightly after feeling the Qi that flowed inside my body.

“It wasn’t as bad as I expected huh?”

I expected to go through something very difficult because of Elder Shin’s warning, but it was better than I imagined.

It was a problem that my body was currently destroyed, but I believed it was fine as I wasn’t in a reality, but a space of mind instead.

“And my Qi…”

I felt so full that I was going to vomit out Qi, but it was bearable.

“Then… is it over…?”

It felt rather anticlimactic considering how highly the beast spoke of ‘shedding’.

After all, I was able to endure right now.

But my vessel hasn’t returned to normal…

I still felt the emptiness inside my body, and moreover…

How do I leave this place?

Right as I started to wonder how I needed to escape this space…

Woong-

I felt vibration again.

“Hmm?”

I gazed down.

The vibration was coming from my heart.

“What the…”

Right as I started to observe my chest because of the strange sensation I felt,

Crack-

I heard a sound of something breaking.

Craaaaaaaack-!

“Ugh…!?”

Then, an unbelievable pain attacked my chest area.

I groaned out loud while curling my body.

Woong-!

Suddenly, the water around me started to change.

It started to wrap around my body.

Swoosh!

After surrounding my body, the liquid started entering my body.

I felt a clear sensation as I felt the pain in my heart.

This was some sort of Qi.

The water entering my body turned into Qi and flowed inside my body.

I regretted immediately afterwards.

Yes, I should’ve known that it was too easy.

As always, something has to fuck me over.

My body was already at its limit due to absorbing all of the Blood Qi from the monster.

I was barely holding onto my consciousness because of that, but more Qi is entering my body now?

Haha, fuck me…

It almost felt as if I was being tested to see when my body would explode.

Crack.

I grit my teeth.

My body started to shake from all the Qi that was entering inside.

Now I knew why both Elder Shin and the Blood Qi disguised as a Dragon told me that I would regret this decision.

There was no way that an ordinary human could bear all this power.

My instinct screamed at me.

If I let down my guard even a little bit in this situation…

I’ll die.

I would end up exploding and die like that.

Does that mean…

The Blood Qi bastard would take control over my body?

If that wasn’t it, perhaps a different bastard would come and take my body.

Whichever it was, I at the very least knew that I won’t become me anymore if I lost myself here.

I can’t let that happen.

Crack-!

I grit my teeth so hard it made a breaking sound.

I curled both my hands into fists.

I’ll endure even if I can’t.

If I was going to give up, I would’ve done so a while ago.

It’d be a waste to be defeated now after coming this far.

I will overcome this no matter what.

Only then, I could tease Elder Shin about his relationship with Tang Jaemon.

Because of that silly goal, I was barely able to hold onto my consciousness.

Woong…

“…”

A slight sensation could be felt from the inside of the body.

Shincheol lifted his eyelids after having them quietly closed for some time.

“Hmm…”

It seemed like something happened inside.

He felt something powerful echoing inside the body.

Woong-! Woong-!

It was a small vibration and sound, but to Shincheol, it felt like something was pounding against his insides with a blunt object.

Almost as if something wanted to escape by breaking through a wall.

It was the first time Shincheol felt something like this.

He looked forward as he continued to feel the vibration.

There was nothing in front of his sight.

The Heavenly Venerable should have been there, but he was nowhere to be found.

“…Hmph.”

Shincheol let out a short scoff.

He knew that the Heavenly Venerable was leaving even with his eyes closed, but he didn’t bother stopping the man.

After all, the Heavenly Venerable had already died as a martial artist.

There was no need for Shincheol to destroy him any further than that.

Even if the Heavenly Venerable was a character that needed to die in this story, it wasn’t Shincheol’s responsibility to finish him off.

Shincheol looked down and checked his hand.

Well, it was more accurately Gu Yangcheon’s hand.

His body was still engulfed in black darkness as if he was consumed by a shadow.

“Ugh, tsk, tsk.”

Because of the young brat, Shincheol felt like his back was bending like an old man even though he was relatively fine compared to others at his age.

He was working so hard for some nasty young brat who looked like a mantis when he could’ve been helping his own clan descendants, so he couldn’t be any angrier.

“Not only that, but he dares to play with me?”

He was reminded of what Gu Yangcheon said to him before leaving.

-Let’s talk about your relationship with Lady Tang Jaemoon.

“Hmm.”

Shincheol was angry at the fact that Gu Yangcheon said that, but he also became confused.

He couldn’t understand no matter how much he thought about it.

“…Hmm.”

Shincheol may have been inside Gu Yangcheon’s body all along, but he couldn’t always check the situation that was happening outside as he was busy preventing the vessel from shattering.

In other words, he knew that Gu Yangcheon met Tang Jaemoon, but he didn’t know what kind of conversation they had.

It made him wonder in his mind.

What conversation did they have?

Why did that brat Gu Yangcheon call her a Lady?

Shincheol tilted his head confusedly as he failed to understand.

After all, the Tang Jaemoon Shincheol knew was a man.**