Chapter 81: Hua Ran (7)
eXSZStanding on the central platform of the formation, Kang Ryun gazed down at Hua Ran, who was looking at the sky with a pair of unfocused eyes.pLAt7
2AfxnftThe ritual was well underway with the formation of the four perils disguised as the four guardian deities. On top of that, the articles installed on the outside were also promoting the removal of the ‘restriction’ he wanted to remove.QDZDpaP
oqywPThere were two things he was forcing on Hua Ran right now using this formation.NnIU01q
rdUOne was the deactivation of the sacred item of the New Faith of the West, ‘Chains of Zeon’, and the second one was the complete eradication of the soul of the original version of Hua Ran, Ran.UupGTWw
hNVRIKLThe reason why Hua was in the form of a human despite being a Yaksha was because the soul of Ran, the original owner of the body, was a human. The moment Ran’s soul was eradicated, that body would become a full belonging of Hua and she would awaken as the true Yaksha.NUF
C8BtSYIf the restriction cast on her was to get dispelled on top of that, then there would be nothing else in the world restricting her as a jiangshi.vdUifI
GjuxpAnd after that, if she were to eat the Concoction of the Flesh of a Thousand Men, given by that man, Tates Valtazar, Hua Ran’s status would go through an immediate transcendence.Rsk
DIQtIn turn, that meant she would turn into a Hou.xzx6
DDFbV8n“Huhahahaha…!”gKNDRO
qO4M43 years. It was both long and short depending on how you saw it. After seeing Hua, created by his younger brother Kang Yu, Kang Ryun had been immediately mesmerized by her strength.06pzMT
KHZRAhAfter that, he used the pretext of youkai subjugation to cover her with more and more blood and in the end, he even caused the Moonlight Castle incident to make her accumulate the karma of tens of thousands of people.NEBkiW
vVkGLHis stupid younger brother, who had his eyes set on retrieving his daughter, didn’t even notice that Kang Ryun had taken over the control rights of Hua Ran. In the end, he was labeled as the main culprit behind the Moonlight Castle incident, was caught by the imperial army and got his limbs ripped to pieces.i3ci
jzBkgHow could Kang Ryun not feel grateful to him? Not only did he give birth to the Heavenly Yaksha called Hua, but he also died in his stead as the culprit behind the Moonlight Castle incident.v3z
rWwq1The only thing he wasn’t expecting was that Kang Yu had requested the chairman of Merkarva Academy to take Hua Ran under their protection. Kang Ryun’s original plan was to quickly retrieve the owner-less jiangshi to build greater karma but Chairman Eriu Casarr had snatched Hua Ran away from him before he could.nhl
1USDespite being the Senior Professor of Purple Hawk and the greatest formation expert of the east, even Kang Ryun had no way of knowing what was happening in the other continents.MFcLcP
pevrf7He was in despair, not knowing even the whereabouts of Hua Ran when a man visited him.LgL3
Jbc9DmQ『I will give you a chance to obtain that jiangshi, as well as a pill to increase its status.』dw4
KQWwaDThe man introduced him to the Old Faith. Thanks to the influential and financial power of the Old Faith, he was able to prepare all sorts of articles and set up this stage.QTPZ
2JZ6ITates Valtazar.vS8E
aVdlThe legendary Spear Saint from 80 years ago. There was only one thing that the man had requested of him.vn74P6X
Pm9s『Go berserk. Kill as many humans as you can and crush the shell of the chairman. Force her to leave the palace.』jkM
T2XeIt was nothing in comparison to him obtaining a Hou.NQBf7
OV1aB8gHua Ran had the power to demolish an entire castle as a Unique-Grade jiangshi before the restrictions were in place. Her strength was bound to reach an unimaginable degree after awakening into a Hou.fovP
cLO8A mere city like this could be destroyed hundreds of times.teEr
ZoPGdf“Huhahahaha…! I will obtain Hua and become a god! Live an eternal life and defy the heavens!”XwX0q
DLbGhVr“Nope. That is not happening.”QlEak
FyXmHA short sentence brought him out of his maddened laughter. Hearing that insolent voice, the old sage clicked his tongue and heaved a sigh.zaGlSRH
XLtuM“Korin Lork. You again, huh.”Gqtr0x
vPxXud“The man~ is back at it again~”QsNJ
rEcq5Kang Ryun glared at Korin Lork and his playful attitude, before turning to Yuhua and Jinhyuk who were behind him.7ypg6c
z7MMHTq“Can’t even do what you are told properly.”Egxyt
xHuV“Uncle! Please tell me he was lying! Is it true that this ritual is not to save Ran but to eradicate her? Why are you using an article of one of the four perils instead of the gods?!”RngKGn
BZX“I heard that the Moonlight Castle disaster… was because you commanded Hua Ran. That it was a command, and not because of her going berserk. Is that true?”WhfA
wG8CuYuhua and Jinhyuk shouted desperately at Kang Ryun, with eyes eagerly hoping for his denial.ooqi3b
Ntby9lgIt had become apparent from the point that he was using the article of one of the four perils instead of the guardian deities that Kang Ryun’s goal was different from the rest of them. But even so, the disciples wanted to believe in him but Kang Ryun scoffed and betrayed their hopes with ease.vWajzdj
BuHA17c“Huhuhu… You foolish idiots. It would have been better off for you if you died a clueless death.”t6c
hAJWC“Uncle…?”mn77
QzC14“You bastard…”rsneVd
jL3EzQLooking down at his disciples whose faces were crumpled from confusion and rage, Kang Ryun stroked his beard with leisure. His eyes were too cold to be that of a master gazing at his disciples.fc6X1p
8MYCTpj“Well. You are worthless now. Stop being a bother and become one with everything within this formation to be fodder for the ascendance of the Yaksha.”BQW
tPZUFlick! The old sage opened his fan and activated another formation.SGjK
FJKQa“Did you get cocky from destroying a few of the inner articles? Whether it be on the outside or the inside, the Evil Extermination formation will last as long as there is one of them left. And the target of this ‘extermination formation’ is you.”1y0
dUd9z09The formation wobbled. As planned by the creator, the evil intricacies of the formation were now starting to melt everything inside itself.wAA
fqeLXMq“I wonder if you’ll be able to even last 10 minutes.”HK8Nf
3fPRThe evil intricacies were powerful enough to have a huge impact on all the organisms inside the formation. Besides, this formation was being supported by the articles outside, which meant there was nothing they could do from the inside!Bgv
IYvPx“You know what, a military contractor fraud is a huge problem.”pQBvnvH
JXj4VTung! Korin Lork smacked the ground with the silver spear immediately after saying that and…!H3QWc
OI5– Kuuuung!ZRt3H
r43hGBNThe Eight Gates Formation started to wobble. Things shattered all around as the core ley lines of the formation suddenly disappeared. It was a complete nullification, so perfect that even the evil intricacies were disabled as a byproduct of it.loIV0R0
YAr8“W, what in the…!”n3Y
MMmE“Now, let me take the honor of explaining what happened there!”7ba
r5CUKang Ryun gasped from the mind-numbing turn of events but the three people accompanying Korin instead shook their heads with a sigh.3NfKdQ
ld3qU“The articles Old Man Kang Ryun was trying to smuggle through the Old Faith? I stole them!I0EAp
c3lSPThe merchant corporation that supplied the new items? Ah, it was me that introduced them!!JKBNosj
TqaVPReWho supplied them with the items, you ask? Wait, that was me!?g76Jl
AlMWqAnd who carved rune letters on those? Of course, that was also me!!”X77Cswh
qxGZTNx“D, don’t tell me you…”4Lj3t3
lETtKorin drove in the last wedge to Kang Ryun, who was murmuring in disbelief.amB9
fOh9L“You should be wary of scams at all times! And don’t forget to check your items! That’s it from me, Immortan Lork!”WcNV
Ee2R0cSeeing Kang Ryun stumble on the spot, Korin gave him a wicked smile.NWD
HTmk“Why? Did you think you were the only one who knew how to lie and scam?”BpRpQ
k7n“Y, you bastarrddddd…!”tm9gyN
JVy50WSHe shouted with veins popping up on his neck. His fury was evident from his clenched fangs.jDrYTyl
e9DndC“Now what do you think will happen if Senior Marie destroys all the articles inside the formation on top of that?”N2HHZeZ
KjrJg“Kuuk…!”OKZ
dFOqThere was no need to even say that out loud. Hua Ran’s ascendance was out of the equation and the Evil Extermination Formation would be completely undone.CFRrFc
fGtI“It’s all over, Kang Ryun.”NFO9aj
74BzIThe conclusion was already set in stone, but Kang Ryun couldn’t accept it.3lyQ
Zsk“No. Not yet! The articles outside are still sustaining the formation and the inside is still holding on! All I have to do is kill you all before they get destroyed! After all, corpses cannot speak!”ksG
wNr2“You want to kill us all? How?”eqc5x
jhE“Huhuhu… Did you forget it? I have the strongest jiangshi under my command!”MP8gT
xzsPD– Flick!tJR
BIKHe spread his fan as a humanoid figure left the saisen box. After landing on the ground, Hua Ran gazed at them with unfocused eyes.299
gCD“M, Ms. Hua Ran?”Bsj9g
0z5coAlicia gulped in shock but she felt relieved after seeing the chains that were tightly restricting her body.KXGXN
hfa9“T, thank goodness. The restriction is still…”9NhPvJa
oI1– Charuruk!SgrE
ab9ZbeKang Ryun waved his hand once as the chains then fell to the ground.mCrNhYZ
tJeGy“Huh? T, the chains…!”ong
AaxFvrKThe holy artifact of the New Faith used to be restricting her and the deactivation of that… meant the resurrection of the Unique-Grade living jiangshi, the Heavenly Yaksha.avZ
oe6i5j“Don’t be scared. It’s a temporary thing. He used the remaining articles of the four perils to undo Hua Ran’s restrictions. Looks like he gave up on her ascendance.”aHJ
FiGIdH“Huhahaha…! You’re right, but that doesn’t matter! As long as I kill all of you and take Hua Ran, I can restart the ritual whenever I want!”pZSthql
fhfSeeing him laugh like a lunatic, Jinhyuk bit his lips.61kv3C
Cxche“Damn it… He’s actually controlling Hua Ran.”yvykHC
UzvwuThe only person that could control a jiangshi was the spiritualist that was linked to it as the master. In other words, that proved how it was Kang Ryun who had given Hua Ran the command to burn the Moonlight Castle down to ashes 1 year ago.GxrgP
Qyvu“Fuck… This feels shit.”B9o52i
btwKuCThe battle began.vneM
yjajD“Alicia. Stay back. Our base plan is the same as when we were going up against the King of Iron Mountain.”70dTV
JeGZ6R“…Okay.”7JZwz3F
9YnA4Korin and Alicia walked up to the battlefield. Jinhyuk was inwardly burning with fury when Yuhua tapped him on his shoulder.muMMZu1
88HpWK2“Hyuk. We have things to do as well.”osljD
Fbq****FsB
5rv6eEc– Kwaang! Kwagang!HXtgcq
5oE352AAlicia was baffled by the things happening before her.FRgiW
L1fgssNEven though his growth was exceptionally fast, the Korin Lork she knew had still been within the category of a ‘Knight’. Despite the ridiculous level of perfection and mastery he had over his techniques, there used to be a clear limit to his physical strength.OyU
SCzlw9Of course, she knew that he had a hidden technique called ‘Shura’. That explosive burst in power was so strong that even she could barely follow what was happening with her eyes. After all, it was an absurd ability that increased his ability by threefold at the cost of consuming thousands of Aura for a single minute of use.bN4i
mQS3r‘There’s something else?’dK3ciY
Wtp5However, Alicia’s eyes that could even gaze between the boundaries of the world spotted an exponential increase that was even greater than usual.9cP
VX24i2lThe amplification of his stats thanks to the Precept was beyond belief. Under the back-up of the Precept,〚I will save the world.〛, he was rampaging like a comet that just broke through the atmosphere.L6pa
LrpLv7In less than 1 second, he was hundreds of meters away and was pouncing from all sides. How many people would be able to hold off against him? Alicia wondered, because she was certain that she wouldn’t be able to last any more than 30 seconds. It was impossible for a human to withstand the overwhelming storm of meteorites.MEla
pQG8hLKorin was attacking with the mighty force of a meteor but… there was an inexplicable monster who could calmly block his attacks with no words to describe it.WPa1nS
ETkoThe most fitting word might perhaps be a ‘planet’. Even if Korin were to heat up the entire surface of the planet by causing a large explosion, it was nothing but a relatively big event in the eyes of the planet.xiIjEg
F2EDIt was no different from sitting inside a sauna.drmOJg
6FIKwHeavenly Yaksha Hua Ran.Ts7jST
lStEIt wasn’t an overstatement to call the living jiangshi with an Unbreakable Vajra Body, that allowed no blades to go through, as a planet.vFs8N
jWch7“Kuhk… Damn it…!”9awHDY
FRfdEven Korin, who was always rational during a fight, unconsciously let out profanities.v320R
cafRThat was nothing unusual though.ScPAoM
w7VAn attack after an attack after an attack. It had already been 1 minute and 20 seconds since the start of the battle. He was combusting forth with himself as the fuel and yet the opponent wasn’t even moving in the slightest.bbJUZed
cZzHe was the one who had to suffer more as the attacker. There was no way he could stop himself from swearing out loud at the face of such an unfair reality.mbZtAP
KcYj7Even after a successful attack, he had to run away immediately. Sticking to her for a second attack was not even a consideration.GVR
zKoNwBut despite him attacking as safely as possible without getting greedy for attacks, her following attacks were always a threat to his life.wlC
Dcl❰Demonic Aura: Poisonous Claw❱udp98h
Fc5ikeWIt seemed like such a light swing of her nails and yet it contained an unbelievably enormous amount of condensed aura behind it.qplAvfv
QNOU2Each of her swings sliced the ground apart like tofu.VLtq8c
C5kefOKorin Lork’s most powerful skills were casually blocked by her waves.EQoo4
AvyFWywThe sheer difference in strength;wC8teN
aMybThe amount of leftover aura;N9ylqZ
dLEHrOAnd the bodies they were born with. Everything about them was way too different.TFbYbA
29U“Mr. Korin… is already nearing his limit.”7Px8iwA
ponGetting grazed by Hua Ran’s inexplicably wide-ranged attacks was enough for bones to be crushed so Korin had to put in a lot more strength as the one avoiding those attacks.y2TlG
KEsHcIn other words, Korin Lork was overworking his body and was slowly crumbling down from the inside out.h9olkx
Um2“…”OQaBF
kaLPGOn the other hand, there weren’t any wounds on Hua Ran’s body. She was relying on her superhuman dynamic vision to block the attacks from a supernova, and was even fighting back and yet was showing no signs of running out of stamina.erj5cQ
uCwKorin was being completely overwhelmed. At this rate, it was questionable if he could even wear her down like their original plan.ihFIS
sgplbtB“Huu…!”ENngf
OJU0gkHe paused on the spot after having his ears sliced by the aftermath of a missed claw-attack. Despite knowing that his enemy would pounce at him the moment he stopped, he still halted his feet.04Qgo
giNXf“—!!”Qo1fl
YveIlHua Ran pounced forward. The shockwave caused by her kicking off the ground sounded like the roar of a beast.gjZgWJR
Q0LJ– Kwang!5saC7
62u0Her fist came flying down. Contending against that was the Demonic Arts of Trap and Stab.KBRN
9rPeN“Kuhhkk?!”4mDyzYJ
MxH4Veins popped all across his body. Like a man hit by a falling comet, his body got ripped just by trying to defend against her attack.0kc2
T19Demonic Arts of Trap and Stab—-!!VVmPD
Vz0QUsing the ultimate move of the Third Style of the Six Ways of the Spear, he deviated the path of Hua Ran’s fist. After missing its target, her fist crashed into the poor ground and caused an aftermath that resembled the explosion of a missile.AK9
SQZ– Kugagagak!v4hmiR
B59Zz0hPebbles and dust floated into the air. Korin jumped back to avoid it but the Yaksha did not watch him without doing anything.KDpdn2
VeK– Grip!muSUS
p4x4BsH“Shit…!”N0layjU
bUIIShe grabbed onto his ankle. In the next instant, his vision turned by 180 degrees and he was made to face the sky, as he fell on his back after drawing the outer line of a semicircle.OwVps
6NpH– Kung!1aBDZ
1HaFwc“Ugh…!!”PYM1A
riOHis organs got damaged just from that one attack. In fact, it was painful to the degree that he wondered if his organs had been shifted out of place or not.cj4q
DZTISUPHe was neutralized in just one move as the Yaksha raised a fist above his defenseless head. It was a crimson fist swelling with a horrendous amount of aura.oTJ6US
8at“Fuck.”JL15
svEUvThat would kill him. Regardless of his regeneration and whatnot, that attack was enough to erase his entire existence without leaving anything behind.p6h9S
5OPIt was right when Hua Ran was about to drive her right fist into him,7wgiz
api❰Domain Severance❱P6AMC
SZpk9THer fist was parried up with a screech. After blinking his eyes, Korin noticed that Alicia was standing in front with her back towards him.9LV
oFxkKEO“You…!”qo5
TbXUShe had been watching them fight from a distance until now. She didn’t have any skills that could allow her to close the distance of hundreds of meters in less than a second.uksFby
Hee“Don’t tell me you…!”LZbU
jwMnaKorin was shocked after realizing the only possible method she could have used.CRRohJ
4aTOThere was a skill that allowed its user to take a step forward in a suspended world. In other words, Alicia Arden, she…DpbOv
8AUO2“I understand… the plan but… I was worried you might die, Mr. Korin…”sMd
wG6wjShe had taken dozens of steps inside the Domain, just to block one attack.KnE
JwC– Pajik! Pajijik!68jo
9gdThe price she had to pay for that was atrocious.Tob8
gSG7Her entire body got sliced apart as blood spurted out from everywhere. The fact that she had taken dozens of steps inside the Domain had put a massive burden on her body, even more than Hua Ran’s attack.PWfNE
ZYMh22hAlicia’s body crumbled down to the ground. Korin barely supported her from falling down.q3QnU
lngRe“Haak… haak…!”1i9r3
5kOShe gasped for breath but the Yaksha wasn’t kind enough to wait for them.Npk4dX
wD1LDemonic Aura—CRzIv8D
9lHrEGThe Yaksha raised her arm once again in order to get rid of the cumbersome Alicia. In that instant, Korin used his Shura to its extreme limits to snatch Alicia away from her line of attack.BFJiLlu
AZb– Kwaang!R6W
bLcIkyThe swing destroyed the earth behind them and splattered rocks everywhere. The only downside to her ridiculous attacks was that each of her attacks created a cloud of dust that messed with her vision.e3E3ag
ySvHiding behind a pile of rubble, Korin carefully placed Alicia down on the ground.ZFvOzXy
hQHHl“Ah, you idiot. You should’ve just taken care of your own body. Why did you push yourself so hard?”dspCBc
Iic“Hehe… My body moved before I could even think…”VTz
1nSH“Open your mouth.”a6iNKt
QHVZHe quickly took out an elixir from his pocket. It was a specially-made elixir that he had prepared as the last resort but if he didn’t use it on Alicia right now, it wasn’t strange for her to die from blood loss or have a total paralysis for the rest of her life.RTrUaoW
fgjpOhB– Gulp gulp!d3A6wW
LDhThanks to the special medicine injected into her body, Alicia quickly regained her breath.eg1
bZ7gcI“Uahh… I, I thought I was going to die there.”ur5zK
dUTck4“…”eg7a
hhD0The original plan was to hold off as much as possible until Marie destroyed all the articles of the four perils. And using a small gap that would be created by that, they would do damage with Alicia’s Domain Severance, which boasted of 100% resistance penetration and use their hidden trump card.Mrv3S
NCORThat was the plan he had been keeping in mind ever since his return from Nazrea, but there were now 2 variables to his plan.p0eUrFm
Vnpi4POne was that Hua Ran was a lot stronger than he expected after being unsealed,hiAE9Fo
ojbAnd two was that Alicia had been wounded after trying to save him, who had been put in a volatile situation due to the first misassumption.PbWuF
4XyAUaq“Damn it…”1iKySH
T7XPRFortunately, her life wasn’t in danger thanks to the elixir, but after doing something as crazy as running through the Domain, Alicia was unable to participate for the rest of the fight.oY2d
DwPt7jD‘Is Senior Marie… not done yet?’nDG6
oLXAt this point in time, she was probably destroying numerous stone warriors and making her way to the second article after destroying the first. The problem was that they might not be able to last until she broke the third article.v2gkK9
wr5S“It can’t be helped.”4sX2Ut
rLPv“…Sorry.”sZc7fb
5E0vLCHe couldn’t blame Alicia for going against the plan though. If he allowed a direct attack from that fist, it was highly likely that he would have died on the spot despite his regeneration ability.PgGeOK
ZK2iKDP“There’s nothing for you to be sorry for. Thanks for saving me.”ZXsmHGI
mpraOUsing the cloud of dust as a cover, he placed Alicia down in a safer area. During the process, he ended up stumbling due to the deactivation of his Shura buff.GoD
ED7“Mr. Korin… Are you okay?”x7T
mzsV“No… I’m not okay.”So9
SxLFGHe had used up all the aura inside the Aura Core as well as his body. The consecutive fight against Sa Jinhyuk and Hua Ran had cost him way too much aura.yUiV
MmJDZFr‘Do I have to use Sebancia Duke’s core?’JzVR2s
wQC63Like a magic sword choosing its master, the demonic core he received from Sebancia Duke had been rejecting him the whole time.Rvu
xo39F2tIt would be possible to use it by force but… the power inside the Aura Core of a demonic nature was hard for him to withstand with his current body. Despite the back-up of the Precept, he still wasn’t confident.BBeP5Cb
ZzjV“Mr. Korin…”igBf
01GnEZThat was when Alicia spoke to him while gasping for breath, hoping that her sentence might help him in any way.6HB3V
AbK“Ms. Hua Ran… has never used her left hand until now.”C8g0kUf
ckqyZLzKorin had unconsciously glossed over it at the start, but noticed how implicative of an action that was.5P4
CgP“Hah…”bvwc
O6k7After realizing what that meant, he smiled despite the hopeless situation at hand. He stubbornly stood up, telling himself that he had no choice but to do this.3UpGbF0
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