Chapter 137 The Heavenly Demon’s Reign Step
Gaetsalgoadal realized that he didn’t have much time left to live.
Tese’s power was rampaging uncontrollably, so it was impossible not to notice.
Why was it running rampant now?
Had it abandoned him?
Rather than indulging in such useless thoughts, the Bird King had more productive ideas.
Even if he were to go, he wouldn’t go alone.
That was Gaetsalgoadal’s thought.
However, since his body didn’t move according to his will, it was uncertain whether he could take down both the Snake Queen and that lizard.
Moreover, he could tell that Pilbang was being overpowered by the former Bird King.
Nakchaljo too was being struck by the holy spear of the unicorn that had suddenly intervened.
It was difficult to even move his body, and if he dragged on for a little longer, they would join forces.
That meant he wouldn’t be able to achieve his goal.
Thus, he made a choice.
The lizard and the Snake Queen.
The former Bird King and the unicorn.
Not just them, but the Soaring Dragon and the leaders’ daughters in this jungle as well.
He made the choice to erase them all at once.
His plan was to summon a powerful agent to destroy this place.
If he used all of the rampaging power, he could summon a being stronger than himself.
Of course, the summoned being would likely not follow his commands.
But that didn’t matter much.
Gaetsalgoadal’s goal was the annihilation of all beings.
So, summoning a being that would destroy everything, even without his control, would suffice.
He chose his target.
A being within the range of his perception.
Among them, the strongest being.
And the one closest to becoming a demon.
Gaetsalgoadal chanted the Absolute Summoning.
He had found a being called the Harbinger of Death, or the Avatar of Evil.
Without hesitation, he summoned the being.
Even if it killed him, he wouldn’t regret it.
Bringing disaster to this place would still be inevitable.
After all, his life was already forfeit, so Gaetsalgoadal cast a move that guaranteed victory.
Finally, the being appeared.
A ferocious killing intent that overwhelmed even Tese.
It was a murderous intent strong enough to destroy not just the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, but even the central plains.
Even as Gaetsalgoadal slowly died, he kept his eyes wide open to witness the lizard’s end.
But what was this?
“Are you ready?”
The killing intent wasn’t directed at the lizard, but at the Bird King.
“…Avatar of Evil. Death. What are you saying?!”
As the Avatar of Evil, he could understand being killed by the being he summoned.
After all, he had forcefully summoned her without permission, so it was understandable that she’d be displeased.
It was natural that such a powerful being held the power over life and death.
But why wasn’t the killing intent directed at the lizard?
On the contrary, hadn’t she even caressed it affectionately?
“I am the one who summoned you! That lizard! This jungle! The entire Hundred Thousand Great Mountains! Burn them all!”
Step.
Without a word, she walked forward.
“You, you are—!”
The woman approached slowly.
Only then did Gaetsalgoadal manage to see her face clearly.
“That’s impossible, impossible!”
He denied reality.
The one standing before him was someone he had killed with his own hands.
No, to be precise, it was someone who had disappeared from the world along with the descended Evil Gods.
She was his and the Snake Queen’s master.
Her face was exactly the same.
The only difference was the blue color of her eyes.
And unlike her once warm expression, her face now bore a cold, grim look.
“…Your arm seems to be broken.”
Baek Yeonyeong slowly stretched out her palm.
Crack.
Her hand moved an inch.
Creak.
Space twisted.
“What, what is this!”
BOOOOOM!
A tremendous impact roared through the sky.
The overwhelming force that tore through space was aimed at Gaetsalgoadal’s remaining arm.
CRACK!
“Aaaaargh!”
Gaetsalgoadal’s arm spun hundreds, thousands of times.
He spat blood.
Splurt.
“Aaack! Gaaaah!”
Gaetsalgoadal coughed up black blood five times.
“Your vision doesn’t seem clear, either.”
Splurt.
Gaetsalgoadal’s sight was swallowed by darkness.
“Heeurgh! Gaaaah!”
The strength was so overwhelming that he couldn’t even think of resisting.
Gaetsalgoadal desperately wished this was all a dream.
“You ruthlessly severed your companion’s tail.”
Splurt.
SQUELCH!
“Kaaaargh!”
“As if that wasn’t enough, you even disfigured that beautiful face.”
Splurt.
BOOM!
“Urgh… Guh…”
Gaetsalgoadal lay flat on the ground, barely breathing.
Baek Yeonyeong raised her hand for the final blow.
“Ghhk… Aaaaaargh!”
In times of great evil, demons respond.
RUMBLE.
The force of Tese, which had been escaping from Gaetsalgoadal’s body, gathered once more.
“Khuh, khahaha!”
Dark red tendrils of Tese sprouted from his severed limbs.
“Kahah! Tese! I understand!”
The Bird King, now far stronger than before, felt an overwhelming sense of power.
He felt as though he could do anything.
The being before him was certainly powerful.
But ultimately, she was just a human.
There was no way she could stand against him, who had fully accepted Tese’s power.
SHRIIIEEEK!
Thousands of Tese’s tendrils shot out.
“I will tear apart that woman’s internal organs and offer them to you!”
Baek Yeonyeong swiftly retreated.
“Kahahaha! You’ve brought me to this stage, and I shall repay you with death!”
The number of tendrils continued to increase.
Thousands of eyes gleamed, aiming for her throat.
“Kuhah! You look like an insect! Where has that previous strength gone?!”
SHRAAAAK!
“Kuhuhu… good, very good! Take this too!”
All the tendrils merged into one.
Thousands of eyes gathered onto a single tentacle.
A spear that far exceeded the speed and physical force it had shown so far.
A spear made of red flesh flew toward Baek Yeonyeong with lethal precision.
Baek Yeonyeong raised one hand and lowered the other.
“You’ve finally crawled out.”
Gaetsalgoadal felt a strong sense of unease.
Even while intoxicated with omnipotence, he instantly realized what that movement meant.
Geongondaenai.
It seized and moved both heaven and earth.
It wasn’t at the level the lizard had shown before; it was her martial arts, reaching its peak.
A divine skill capable of determining the direction of power.
Baek Yeonyeong moved like the wind and then instantly became water.
Sssaaak.
Taese’s tentacle twirled around the back of her hand in a wide circle.
“This, this is!”
Overwhelming speed and violent destructive force.
Everything was now directed back at Gaetsalgoadal.
Zzeoooooong!
Puhwaaaak!
Only then did Gaetsalgoadal realize.
The reason this woman had avoided his attack.
It wasn’t because she was weaker than him.
“A lowly monster dares to touch my beloved disciple?”
It was to extract as much of Taese’s power as possible to strike at his true body.
The woman in front of him wasn’t even looking at him.
“You too…! You toooo! You don’t see me eitheraaaaaah!”
Gaetsalgoadal screamed in rage.
His past flashed before his eyes like a lantern.
Gaetsalgoadal’s childhood had not been very happy.
Alongside the Snake Queen…
Puhwak!
“I don’t care about your life.”
Without even glancing at Gaetsalgoadal, Baek Yeonyeong immediately shifted her focus to her new target.
The dissipating energy of Taese.
Although she had inflicted damage, it wasn’t enough yet.
She needed to strike even more forcefully.
So he’d never dare to set foot in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains again.
Baek Yeonyeong gathered her energy.
Heoseong, Taese.
Heoseong was a star that didn’t exist.
To strike at it, she had to be in a state where it had possessed someone, like before.
In other words, since Gaetsalgoadal’s life had been extinguished, she could no longer attack Taese.
“How can someone claiming to be an evil god be this cowardly?”
Baek Yeonyeong drew inner energy from deep within her dantian.
A power so immense that it couldn’t even be compared to Gaetsalgoadal’s.
She gathered that energy into a single point.
A dark golden light bloomed from her body.
Her next action was simple.
She lifted her foot and brought it down again.
At the moment Baek Yeonyeong’s foot touched the ground…
Zzeoooooook!
The sky raged, and the earth trembled.
Her overwhelming inner power shook the entire Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
It was a step so powerful it completely obliterated the dissipating energy of Taese.
It was the Cheonmagunrimbo.
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“Gehh…”
I felt like I was about to lose consciousness, but I held on with all my might.
Watching Baek Yeonyeong in battle wasn’t an opportunity that came often.
I had to take in every bit of her movement with my eyes.
As time passed, my energy drained more and more.
No, my body was shrinking.
I didn’t activate miniaturization without realizing it, did I?
Was it a side effect of having used too much power?
The battle was over.
Gaetsalgoadal had been slain by Baek Yeonyeong’s strike.
And with one step of hers, the heavens and earth were upturned.
…I don’t know why she used such a powerful technique at the end.
There must be a reason I’m not aware of.
I can’t hold on any longer.
My eyes slowly closed.
…
……
A warm energy wrapped around my entire body.
“…Heeya.”
A familiar voice echoed in my ear.
“Did my fingers taste that good?”
And a familiar taste…
…Huh?
I must’ve been biting Baek Yeonyeong’s finger.
No wonder I didn’t want to stop.
“Gehh…”
I was really grateful, but I had no strength left.
Could I ask you to handle the cleanup, Master?
I let out a sound so pitiful, hoping it conveyed just how tired I was.
“Geeeekk…”
I wiggled my half-grown tail, not forgetting to ask her to take care of the Snake Queen too.
…Whether she understood or not, at least she wouldn’t mistreat someone with a similar face.
It’s done.
I’ve finished everything I had to do.
I can’t fight off the fatigue anymore.
I’ll just pass out right here in Baek Yeonyeong’s arms.
…
“Heeya.”
…
“Are you really unconscious?”
I crawled into the place where I felt the warmth of her body.
“Why do you keep burrowing in like that?”
I wasn’t sure why, but I liked it here.
It was soft and cozy.
It made me feel at peace.
“…You may be my disciple, but to think you’re so lascivious.”
“When you wake up, I suppose I’ll have to teach you a lesson myself.”