Chapter 84 – Day 84

Day 84

[Kuaaaa-!]

Kwagagang-!
Azure Thunder Dragon King.
In short, fierce blue lightning began to rampage around the Dragon King.

The lightning that spread in all directions split and split and split again in the flow of time, dividing into thousands and tens of thousands of branches.

This sight couldn’t help but perfectly illustrate why the Dragon King was called the ‘Azure Thunder Dragon King’.

However.

[How could one scoop up the vast ocean with a tiny teacup?]

Cheon Seoa’s beautiful yet chilling and somewhat bizarre voice echoed through the air.

At the same time, the blue lightning created by the Dragon King was swallowed by the blood surrounding the ship, disappearing without a trace.

The blue lightning vanished without leaving even the smallest ripple.

At this shocking sight, not only the Dragon King but all the cultivators on the ship showed expressions of disbelief and shock.

Just what….

[What on earth are you!]

The Dragon King shouted angrily.

No matter if it was a being from the ‘Outer Sky’, it shouldn’t be able to absorb his power so easily, as if it were nothing.

Could it be that the opponent wasn’t a being from the Outer Sky?
But if not from the Outer Sky, what kind of being could exert such power?

To exert this level of power, only beings belonging to the Great Luo Heaven, at least at the level of True Immortal or above, should be capable…!

As the Dragon King continued his train of thought, his eyes suddenly widened as if his endless thoughts had touched upon something.

Could it be.

Themselves.
No, precisely the being that attacked him was… could it be…!
The being that controls the blood that swallowed the ship he created… could it be…!

[You-!]

“Seems like you’ve finally remembered?”

A response to the Dragon King’s repeated cry echoes.
Simultaneously, a faint ripple occurs in the deep red blood that swallowed the ship. From within that ripple, a woman appeared.

Like a ghost crawling out of a horror movie, with eerie movements, she emerged from the vast sea of blood.

Her hair was imbued with a pure white that seemed to blind one’s eyes just by looking at it.

The eyes looking down at the Dragon King were purer, redder, and more vivid than the blood that swallowed the ship.

The clothing draped over her body was made of blood that emitted a fishy, yet paradoxically sweet scent.

Lastly, in her hand was a massive, incredibly large folding fan.

The Dragon King.
The Vast Sky Thunderbolt Dragon King knew this being with such an appearance.

He couldn’t help but know.

After all, she was the shame of the Guanglong Sect, the upper realm sect to which the Dragon King once belonged.

[You, you are…!]

“Oh? Do you know me, little one?”

[Why! Why are you! No, no! Why are you here!]

By now, the voice coming from the Dragon King’s mouth was filled with endless screams and despair.

That was a being that was only passed down as a legend even in the Upper Realm.
It was from the past. From a distant, far-off past, it was a being that had driven the Upper Realm to the brink of destruction. Because of it, even the Dragon Gate Sect had nearly faced extinction.

Meanwhile, Cheon Seoa looked down at the Dragon King who was screaming at her and opened her mouth as if whispering.

Now, tell me.
Who am I.
Through that worthless mouth of yours.

“Tell me.”

Woong woong-.

The voice Cheon Seoa uttered was so soft that it was hard to hear even from right beside her, but strangely, it resonated like thunder in the ears of all the Repairers on the ship.

The Dragon King trembled at Cheon Seoa’s voice and slowly opened his mouth.

You are.

[An endless calamity.]

You are.

[An endless disaster.]

You are.

[The end of all living beings.]

You are.

[The devourer that swallows everything in the world.]

You are.

[The final destination of life.]

You are.

[The creator of the black sky.]

“Yes. I am the endless calamity and disaster. The end and final destination of all living beings. The devourer that swallows everything in the world and the creator of the black sky. What does your sky call me?”

The sky calls you.

[The master of the black sky, the great demon heaven. The Apocalyptic Demon Heaven Lord.]

“That’s right. I am the Apocalyptic Demon Heaven Lord.”

[No, it can’t be. That’s just a legend…!]

“It’s not a legend.”

Flinch-!

The Dragon King’s body trembled.

When did she move?

He didn’t even blink once.
Despite never taking his eyes off Cheon Seoa, somehow she had appeared behind the Dragon King’s back and was whispering in his ear.

“I exist and am real like this, aren’t I?”

[Aaaargh-!]

Kwagagang-!

Unable to overcome the rising fear, the Dragon King screamed and randomly dropped blue lightning bolts.

Even though his mind was consumed by desperate fear, as expected of a heavenly being.
Although the Dragon King was dropping blue lightning bolts randomly, those lightning bolts accurately, without a single bolt missing, curved their trajectory to fall on Cheon Seoa’s head.

However.

“Oh? Is the little show over?”

Crackle-.

Cheon Seoa emerged from the dust cloud raised by the fallen blue lightning with a light step, smiling brightly as she spoke.

Above Cheon Seoa’s head, a halo in the shape of a pitch-black dharma wheel had taken its place.

[Black… wheel…!]

The despair in the Dragon King’s eyes.
The fear in the Dragon King’s voice grew even deeper.

The pitch-black dharma wheel-shaped halo, known to the Repairers as the Black Wheel, was a spirit treasure that only Cheon Seoa could wield.

A spirit treasure is not simply something created by Repairers, but something that has derived and separated from a Repairer’s soul.

Therefore, the strength of a spirit treasure symbolizes the strength of the Repairer.
And thus, the Black Wheel possessed overwhelming power even among the numerous spirit treasures.

It’s no wonder, as the soul that created this spirit treasure was none other than the soul of the End Demon Heaven Lord.

Crackle-.

The spirit treasure, the Black Wheel, floating above Cheon Seoa’s head slowly begins to rotate.

Seeing this, the Dragon King flinched! His body trembled.
Then, he raised blue lightning around himself.

[Heavenly Light Ten Thousand Thunder Explosion Destruction Formation!]

The formation activated by the Dragon King was originally a killing formation used to destroy opponents.
However, the Dragon King used it defensively.

And that judgment was correct.

Boom-!

The surging force in the form of blue lightning, which was spreading out to devour and destroy everything around it, hesitated when blocked by another power.

Moreover, it shook so unstably that it seemed it could collapse at any moment, and eventually disappeared without a trace, pushed back by the violent force from the outside.

The Guangchuan Wanlei Bombing Formation gradually subsided.
The Dragon King, who was positioned beyond it, staggered while emitting white smoke from his entire body. After surveying his surroundings, he collapsed to the ground.

[This, this can’t be happening. This can’t be happening!]

The fallen Dragon King cried out in anguish.

In his eyes, there were no more living beings inside the ship.

The Repairers who had boarded the ship.
The Repairers who had been eagerly waiting to return home with him were all dead.

They were impaled by spikes that rose from the ship’s deck.
They were crushed by massive pillars that fell from the sky.
They were smashed by pressure rushing in from both sides.
They were swallowed by terrifying flames that rose from beneath their feet.
They were frozen by sudden cold that descended upon them.

They met horrific deaths in various ways.

No, it would have been fortunate if they had simply died.

Even in death, they were not left intact.

Their bodies, which had already ceased all life functions, melted into a sludge and were sucked into Cheon Seoa’s right hand, becoming small beads.

The souls that escaped from those bodies were sucked into Cheon Seoa’s left hand, becoming yet another set of small beads.

“An unintended harvest.”

Cheon Seoa shook the beads in her hands towards the Dragon King, speaking mockingly.

[Aaaargh-! Why! Why! They were innocent…!]

“Innocent? They are all sinners too.”

Looking at the wailing Dragon King with cold eyes, Cheon Seoa pointed to exactly ‘nine spots’.

At the nine spots pointed by Cheon Seoa’s straight index finger, the nine poor children she had helped were restrained in place.

“Did these idiots really not know that those children were sacrifices to weaken external pressure? No, they knew everything. Yet they ignored and overlooked it simply because those children were Mein.”

[Ah…! No! That’s not true! They didn’t know! All of this…!]

“Kid.”

The Dragon King wailed and denied.

Cheon Seoa moved slowly, arriving in front of the Dragon King and smiled.

Her lips twisted grotesquely.
Her eyes curved more than a crescent moon.
The Dragon King shuddered at Cheon Seoa’s smile, which contained eeriness, grotesqueness, madness, pathos, and various other ‘negative somethings’.

Cheon Seoa thrust her face in front of the Dragon King’s eyes and said.

“So what? I want to kill them, what can you do about it?”

[This…!]

Clang!

[Cough-!]

Thud-!

Before he could unleash the blue lightning, the Dragon King rolled on the ground from the intense impact to his abdomen.

[You, you bitch…!]

“Kid, could you stick to one form of address? It’s confusing when you keep switching back and forth.”

[Kuh-.]

Ptui-.

The Dragon King spat out the blood pooled in his mouth and let out a low laugh.

Where did it all go wrong?

Was it luring the beast from the outside sky?
Or was it trying to use those vermin as the core of the barrier?
Or perhaps….

[Was it provoking you? Maybe that was the problem.]

“Well, I’m not sure.”

No longer was there despair or fear in the Dragon King’s eyes. Not a trace of anything.
Instead, only emptiness remained.

“It seems you no longer have any attachment to life.”

[You’re not going to let me live anyway, you old hag.]

“Oh my? The little one has quite a mouth on him?”

Crack-.

As soon as the word ‘old hag’ left the Dragon King’s mouth, a cross appeared between Cheon Seoa’s eyebrows.

Simultaneously.

Wooooo-.

Hundreds of evil spirits appeared and floated around Cheon Seoa, emitting an eerie wailing sound.

“There are different kinds of death. If you want a relatively comfortable death, you’d better watch that mouth of yours.”

[Heh, bullshit.]

Despite the chilling warning, the Dragon King didn’t stop provoking Cheon Seoa.

Especially the middle finger he raised towards Cheon Seoa.
It was an insult that didn’t exist in the Suseongye world….

“Tsk, this is why kids are troublesome. Well, it doesn’t matter.”

Crack.

Cheon Seoa smiled as she twisted the Dragon King’s middle finger that was raised towards her.

“A child of the Thunder Dragon clan. Add to that the insects influenced by beasts remaining on Earth, and it could make for quite an interesting and useful thing…!”

Cheon Seoa suddenly stopped speaking mid-sentence.
At the same time, the laughter flowing from the Dragon King’s mouth grew even louder.

“Oh my.”

Ignoring the Dragon King’s laughter, Cheon Seoa looked up and gave a bitter smile.

Perhaps she had gotten too carried away, acting in her true form after so long.
Maybe they had already arrived nearby.

No way.

“I didn’t expect them to arrive so soon.”

Cheon Seoa muttered, seemingly troubled.
At the same time, ripples appeared in the sea of blood surrounding the ship, and it gradually began to collapse.

Beyond the collapsing sea of blood appeared a scene like a paradise.

A world where no worries or concerns exist.

However, the true name of this world that seemed like paradise at first glance was something else.

“You, you set your destination as Daeracheon, not the Upper Realm?”

Cheon Seoa turned to the Dragon King and said.

I thought you would have set your destination as the Upper Realm due to your strong attachment to your homeland.
I never imagined you’d set it as Daeracheon.

Meanwhile, the Dragon King burst into laughter at the sight of the gradually peeling sea of blood and the glimpse of Daeracheon beyond it.

With this.

“You’re finished.”

No matter how much the monster before him was called the Final Demon Lord or whatever legendary being, its essence was that of a demon.

Once it set foot in Daeracheon, this demon was as good as dead.