Myst, Might, Mayhem

Chapter 465 – The Beginning of a Calamity (2)

The Supreme Void Sealing Reversal Technique, an ancient forbidden technique.

This was a technique that required sacrificing the lives of beings possessing a thousand yin energies and a thousand yang energies, along with thousands of intricate formations.

Not only was the preparation process for this technique so demanding, but it was also a method that fundamentally put the practitioner’s life on the line, which is why it had long since disappeared.

Mok Gan had once easily sealed The Restraining Badger, one of the Six Demons, the Assassin King of the Sea, using this technique.

Although it required many sacrifices, the terrifying aspect of this technique was that once someone was trapped, they absolutely could not escape without a complex unsealing technique.

This would be true even for Incarnate.

After all, this technique was created to trap non-human beings.

However, something completely unexpected happened.

Wookshin!

The moment he met the sharp light in Mok Gyeong-un’s eyes, Mok Gan’s avatar felt a pain as if his heart was being stabbed by a knife.

The eyes of Mok Gan’s avatar shook wildly.

Once trapped in the Supreme Void Sealing Reversal Technique, he should have been in a state where he absolutely could not move.

But in that state, there was only one thing that could inflict a wound on his heart as if stabbing it with a sword.

‘…Impossible. The Sword of the Mind?’

The Sword of the Mind.

It’s also called the Sword Intent.

They say that in the realm of swordsmanship, the highest state is the Invisible Sword, where even true qi becomes a sword.

However, as always, there is a higher level above the highest.

It was said that if one reached a state of harmony with nature beyond the boundary of life and death, human will would transcend its limits, and one could wield a sword with thought alone.

‘It can’t be… No matter… No matter how much his rate of growth transcended human limits, this bastard hadn’t crossed beyond the realm of life and death. The Supreme Sword is just…!?’

Suddenly, the eyes of Mok Gan’s avatar widened.

This bastard wasn’t following the path of immortals or harmonizing with nature, but had created his own path.

That was the Supreme Sword and the path of will.

Gulp!

His mouth went dry, and he swallowed hard.

He’s truly a monstrous bastard.

Did he master the Supreme Sword, which maximizes one’s own capabilities through will alone, and then even approach the Sword of the Mind by surpassing that limit?

But then, the pain of his heart being stabbed struck again.

Wookshin! Wookshin!

Pat!

Feeling that this wouldn’t do, Mok Gan’s avatar distanced himself from Mok Gyeong-un.

As he increased the distance, the throbbing pain in his heart subsided, and he could feel the wounded area regenerating.

Because of this, he realized one thing.

‘It’s not yet perfect.’

If it were truly the legendary Sword Intent, the sword energy that had penetrated his heart would have gone beyond intense pain to make his mind hazy, and the sword energy would have spread throughout his entire body, making it impossible to move.

However, now it only resulted in pain.

Of course, the pain was not insignificant, which is why he had to retreat.

‘Damn it.’

Mok Gan’s avatar was dumbfounded.

When he couldn’t move his body, this bastard had stepped into a realm beyond his current limits.

How could such a person exist?

Even he, who had changed bodies countless times and made the martial arts of numerous great masters his own, hadn’t been able to approach…

Wookshin!

“Kuk!”

Feeling a piercing pain in his chest, Mok Gan’s avatar distanced himself even further.

It was infuriating that even an incomplete Sword of the Mind could cause such a troublesome situation.

The goal was to retrieve Ryu So-wol’s soul after sealing him with the Supreme Void Sealing Reversal Technique.

And he had intended to make him feel unparalleled pain, but at this rate, it was difficult to even approach him.

He had managed to trap him, but now he was in a situation where he couldn’t do anything.

‘What should I do?’

If it were ordinary pain, he could forcibly endure it and approach.

But the pain caused by the Sword of the Mind couldn’t be endured even with such willpower, so he had no choice but to keep his distance.

In fact, he could have pushed himself since this was just an avatar.

However, he was reluctant to do so recklessly because if that bastard truly surpassed expectations and even completed the Sword of the Mind in this process, it would create an even more troublesome situation.

“You continue to block my path until the end…”

Flinch!

At that moment, the gaze of Mok Gan’s avatar, who had been speaking, turned away from Mok Gyeong-un to somewhere else.

It was outside the Supreme Void Sealing Reversal Technique.

Outside, Cheong-ryeong, who he had thought would be inside Mok Gyeong-un’s bosom, was in her manifested form, extending her index finger towards the Supreme Void Sealing Reversal Technique.

It seemed she had used the Void Suppression from the Eight Thought-Shattering Techniques.

Even though it was a technique from the Eight Thought-Shattering Techniques, called the supreme secret manual, the Supreme Void Sealing Reversal Technique was an ancient forbidden technique that cut off space itself, so the Void Suppression didn’t work.

However, thanks to using the Void Suppression, he realized that she was outside, not in here.

Siiik!

The corners of Mok Gan’s avatar’s mouth stretched into a grin.

He had thought that monstrous bastard would become a variable and hinder his retrieval of the hun, but to think such luck would occur here.

Seuk!

Mok Gan moved his body towards where Cheong-ryeong was.

Seeing this, Mok Gyeong-un visualized stabbing Mok Gan’s avatar with a sword using his strong will to stop him.

However, once the distance was increased, it no longer affected Mok Gan.

At this, Mok Gyeong-un mentally shouted to Cheong-ryeong.

‘Cheong-ryeong!’

Telling her to run away and leave him behind.

But because the connection as a spirit servant had been severed, Mok Gyeong-un’s thoughts couldn’t be transmitted to her.

‘Mortal.’

Cheong-ryeong was also anxious, watching Mok Gyeong-un like this.

In the split second when the beam of light enveloped him, Mok Gyeong-un had thrown the wooden doll, allowing her to escape from it.

However, in this unfortunate situation where he himself couldn’t escape, her only thought was to somehow rescue Mok Gyeong-un.

So she had used the Void Suppression, but it didn’t work.

‘What should I do?’

She had thought that if she could affect the space, she might be able to create a crack in this enormous formation, but if even this didn’t work, how could she save the mortal?

As she was thinking this, she saw the three-eyed old man, presumed to be Mok Gan’s avatar, approaching where she was.

Euddeuk!

Cheong-ryeong glared at him as he approached, raising a vengeful thought filled with killing intent.

The surroundings began to turn blood-red.

However, as she hadn’t fully recovered her spirit power yet, she couldn’t unleash her Ghost Intent Domain.

Mok Gan’s avatar spoke to her in this state:

“So-wol. Give up now. Once trapped in the Supreme Void Sealing Reversal Technique, he can never escape.”

-Release the mortal immediately.

“You surely know that such a demand won’t work?”

-Just how far will your madness go?

“You know. If you return to my side, I won’t cause you any more pain. Ah, of course, that one is a separate matter.”

Mok Gan’s avatar sneered, pointing his thumb at Mok Gyeong-un.

Cheong-ryeong glared at him and said:

-You can never have me.

“No, soon I will.”

Tak!

With those words, Mok Gan’s avatar lightly flicked his finger.

Uuuung!

Then, in the direction he had flicked his finger, something like an illusion began to appear.

Cheong-ryeong’s expression hardened as she saw something reflected in the illusion.

This was because in the illusion, she could see countless, almost tens of thousands of people, moving in formation.

Among them, numerous flags could be seen:

Wudang Sect, Beggar’s Sect, Huashan Sect, Emei Sect, Zhongnan Sect, Kongtong Sect, Diancang Sect, Qingcheng Sect, Murong Family, Zhuge Family, Huangfu Family, Jinzhou Yan Family.

In addition, flags of hundreds of small and medium-sized sects could be seen.

And at the very front, large flags were fluttering:

Righteous Alliance.

These were the Righteous Alliance, a coalition of orthodox martial arts sects.

‘This… What on earth?’

What on earth is this?

Why are so many martial artists of the Righteous Alliance moving in such formation?

As she was puzzled by this, Mok Gan’s avatar laughed and said:

“Did you think I had only been working on the Heaven and Earth Society for all this time?”

-You…

“The human heart is less sturdy than you might think. It only takes a little manipulation for them to fall to desire or be consumed by madness in an instant.”

-What are you trying to do?

“They are currently marching south.”

-South?

“To defeat the new Heaven and Earth Society led by the Heavenly Demon who will harm the martial arts world and to uphold justice.”

‘!?’

At these words, Cheong-ryeong spoke as if dumbfounded:

-Harm to the martial arts world? What on earth have you schemed?

“There’s no need to scheme. Rather, he brought this upon himself. Not only did he single-handedly subdue the One Hundred and Eight Arhat Formation of Shaolin and force the Sichuan Tang Clan into seclusion, but he even took control of the Spiritual Sword Sanctuary Manor led by one of the Seven Heavens. Unless they’re fools, do you think the Righteous Alliance would just stand by and watch? Ah, of course, since these fools go on about justice and righteousness, I merely provided a little catalyst.”

Kwak!

Cheong-ryeong couldn’t contain her anger at his words.

Indeed, it was hard to see him as Bi-yong-heon anymore.

While his madness towards her had continued for a long time, even for him, who had been the head of Heaven Vein, the Heaven and Earth Society was the foundation and a long-held dream.

The fact that he was trying to destroy such a place through the dark side showed that he had completely strayed from the being she once knew.

-…All that’s left in you is madness and destruction.

At her words, Mok Gan’s avatar spoke as if he didn’t care at all:

“Didn’t I tell you? All of this is your own doing.”

-Your own doing… You really have gone mad.

“It doesn’t matter how you see it. Soon, we’ll return to how things were before.”

Mok Gan’s avatar, no, Mok Gan was already certain of everything.

This probably wasn’t all he had prepared.

Moving the Righteous Alliance was to shake up the newly fortified Heaven and Earth Society after all his subordinates had disappeared.

If in that state, the true catastrophe he intended were to unfold…

‘!!!!!’

Cheong-ryeong’s eyes shook.

She now understood his true intentions.

-…Your main body is also heading towards the Heaven and Earth Society, isn’t it?

At her words, Mok Gan’s avatar raised the corner of his mouth sinisterly, as if to say she was correct.

Seeing this, she felt as if her non-existent heart was pounding.

Kwak!

Cheong-ryeong bit her lip hard.

This madman was not only prepared to obtain her but also to thoroughly ravage the world.

Seuk!

Cheong-ryeong turned her gaze to look into Mok Gyeong-un’s eyes.

‘Mortal…’

In the frozen space, Mok Gyeong-un’s eyes were still alive.

That’s why even he, despite setting such an enormous trap, couldn’t do anything about this guy.

Cheong-ryeong looked at Mok Gyeong-un and said in her heart:

‘…I’ll trust you.’

Pat!

Believing that they shared the same intention, as soon as Cheong-ryeong steeled her resolve in her heart, she launched her body in the opposite direction.

The direction she was heading was southeast, where the Heaven and Earth Society was located.

Watching her, Mok Gan sneered:

“Do you think I’ll let you escape?”

Seuk!

Although most of his energy was tied to the Supreme Void Sealing Reversal Technique, to the point where the practitioner had to put his own life on the line, and even he couldn’t escape from inside, he could still do this much.

Seuk!

Mok Gan grasped a sword intent and extended it towards Cheong-ryeong.

Uuuung!

At that moment, an incredibly transparent formless sword appeared in the air and rushed towards her at tremendous speed.

Keuk!

Cheong-ryeong twisted her body and swung her pipe.

Then, a mist of blood appeared in the air, creating a whirlwind that tried to block the incoming formless sword like a shield.

However,

Puk!

As Cheong-ryeong’s spirit power had not yet fully recovered, her strength was not complete.

The formless sword instantly pierced through the blood whirlwind and reached within six jang of Cheong-ryeong.

‘Got her.’

Mok Gan smiled with satisfaction.

But at that very moment,

Kwakwakwakwakwang!

Several explosions occurred in the air, and something blocked the formless sword.

The power of the explosions was so strong that even the formless sword couldn’t easily penetrate it, and meanwhile, Cheong-ryeong was gradually moving further away.

‘Oh no!’

Then, through the explosions, someone with half-white hair fluttering appeared.

Seeing this, Mok Gan’s eyes filled with rage.

That someone was none other than Chunchu, the highest-ranking member of Secret Society.

“How dare you!”

“Yeah, I dare to interfere with you, you fucking parasite-eyed bastard.”