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nChoi Han had an aura like this now too.

nThis was different from his sword aura, mana, or internal ki.

nThe Blood Demon felt this stronger than anybody else.

n“How is it, no, how did you-?!”

nShe had sneered while looking at the black yong and Choi Han jump into the vast blue aura.

nShe thought that this black yong, which resembled the white yong that had been gobbled up earlier, would suffer the same fate in this blue aura.

n‘This aura is created from the life force of hundreds of thousands of people.’

nThe pure lives that had died such wrongful deaths turned this like a swamp.

nIt sucked up anything that jumped into it, giving anything and everything the same suffering they had gone through.

nThis was because all of the lives within it felt wronged and cheated with their deaths.

n‘A human cannot escape once they are within this aura.’

nOne person could not defeat hundreds of thousands of people.

nThat was simple logic.

n“Why-”

nHow was it that such logic was being crushed in front of her very eyes?

nThe Blood Demon could not believe what she was seeing.

nThe images of what was going on that happened in an instant in other people’s point of views were moving in slow motion for her.

nBaaaaaang-

nCharging forward with the black yong, Choi Han looked like a tiny dot in front of this large tsunami-like blue aura.

nHowever, that black dot managed to cross through the tsunami.

nIt traveled slowly at first but eventually sped up.

n“How is this-”

nThe Blood Demon could see it.

nPure life force. Pure life force was the reason that those existences that suffered through such wrongful deaths raged and sucked in other lives in this swamp-like aura.

nAt first, those existences had attacked Choi Han.

nNow, they were withdrawing.

nNo, they were running away.

nThis aura looked large but it was made up of countless small life forces.

nThey were unable to defeat Choi Han.

n“How is that possible……?!”

nThe Blood Demon was basically screeching. Her eyes were full of rage.

nThis small black dot…

nTo be more specific, the black aura surrounding the black yong and Choi Han…

nShe was certain that this was created by Choi Han.

nHowever, the aura flowing out of him made her think of something.

nDragon.

nThis was extremely unsightly and minuscule compared to a Dragon’s aura, but… There were definitely some similarities.

nThey were both auras that released their presence.

n“Unbelievable!”

nHer relaxed face scowled to make her look like a devil.

nShe extended her hand toward Choi Han who had crossed the tsunami and was quickly approaching her.

nBlue blood was still dripping down her arm.

nThe Blood Demon had been burdened with the grudges and karma of tens of thousands of people as she took their life forces into her body.

nHer blood had turned from red to blue.

nIt resembled the tears of hundreds of thousands of souls.

nChhhhhhhhhhhh-

nChoi Han cut through the tsunami and appeared.

nHe then approached the Blood Demon.

nChilling blue aura fluctuated on her arms. They then took the form of a sword.

nThe Blood Demon was crying blue tears but she didn’t care.

nBoom. Boom.

nHer heart, her whole body felt as if it was thumping wildly.

nHundreds of thousands of life forces.

nIt was not easy to carry all of that inside a single person’s body.

nHowever, it was something she needed to do.

nIt was the only way for her to defeat a Dragon.

nShe looked at Choi Han and shouted.

n“How is it that you are able to imitate that of a Dragon?!”

nThe first time she went to Aipotu and lowered her head in front of a Dragon…

nThe Blood Demon had to kneel despite being a fellow leader of a Hunter household.

nIt was not out of her own will.

nDragon Fear.

nShe could not defeat the aura that Aipotu’s Dragon Lord was releasing, forcing her to face such indignity as she bowed her head.

nThe Blood Demon had contemplated for a very long time as to how she could overcome that humiliation.

nShe had trained and trained some more.

nShe continued to persevere with the hope that getting stronger would allow her to overcome a Dragon’s aura.

nHowever, she had to face the humiliation of bowing her head to the Dragon Lord multiple times after that.

nThat was when the Blood Demon realized it.

n“Ah, humans can never defeat Dragons.’

nUnfortunately, she was human.

nIn that case, what could she do?

nShe saw the jiangshis being created and figured it out.

nIf one person was not enough, couldn’t she defeat a Dragon with hundreds of people?

nThat thought led her to absorb the life forces of all those people.

nPiling on the purest of auras would one day put her on a similar level as a Dragon.

nWouldn’t that naturally allow her to release an aura like that of a Dragon?

nThat decision had been correct.

nAfter she had absorbed the life forces of ten thousand people…

nShe started releasing this blue aura.

nAfter absorbing tens of thousands, her hair turned white and she started hearing the screams of the people who had been wronged, but…

nHer aura became even stronger.

nAfter absorbing hundreds of thousands of people, her blood turned blue, but…

nShe thought that it was enough.

nThis is enough to be at the same level as a Dragon Lord. That was what she had thought.

n‘So why-’

nJust why-

n“Why did you come to possess such a power?”

nThe black yong approaching her… The man behind that black yong…

nHe managed to create something that she never gained despite training her martial arts over and over… Something that took her the grudges of countless lives in her body to earn.

nHe created it right here.

nRage and resentment filled her mind.

n“Why do you possess something that belongs to a Dragon?!”

nThe Blood Demon stepped forward.

nAs the sword with the black yong and the sword made of blue aura were about to clash…

nThe Blood Demon dripping blue tears made eye contact with Choi Han.

nThrough the black aura, the Blood Demon was reflected in Choi Han’s calm and still black eyes.

nThe Blood Demon saw the scowl on her face that made her look like a devil. She heard Choi Han’s voice.

n“This does not belong to a Dragon.”

nThe Blood Demon saw Choi Han’s face.

nIt was relaxed.

nHe looked as if there were no thoughts on his mind that he might lose.

nHe spoke calmly as if he was saying something that followed the logic of the world.

n“This is the life I have walked, it is a reflection of myself.”

nThis answer contained only certainty about himself without comparing him to anything or anyone.

nChoi Han did not have any reason to imitate a Dragon or to create an aura that resembled someone else’s.

nHe had simply accepted the life he had created and made up his mind to do so from here on as well.

nChoi Han extended his sword.

nThere were no reasons to make a complicated sword art or make large movements.

nThe blue sword that the Blood Demon was extending…

nThat sword had countless lives within it but that blade was unable to stop Choi Han.

nThe Forest of Darkness.

nThe numerous enemies he had faced in the past…

nSame as how none of them managed to destroy Choi Han…

nThese little lives…

nThese pitiful and unfortunate little lives could not stop Choi Han.

nHe moved his sword the same way he had moved it to pass through the tsunami, that thick swamp.

nThe blue auras that existed as individual pieces slowly created gaps.

nThe Blood Demon thought that they were running away, but that was not it.

nThis aura held the heart of someone who found them to be pitiful and unfortunate.

nChoi Han’s emotions were carried by his aura.

nThis was because his aura was a reflection of himself. An extension of himself would naturally hold his emotions.

nThe blue auras reacted after sensing the emotions within the black aura.

nAlthough the movements were subtle, they were using the strength of their hearts to create an extremely small hole.

nIt was as if they were creating faint gaps in these intertwined and tangled chains.

nChoi Han pushed his sword into that gap.

nHe used it to open the gap some more.

nCrack.

nSomething broke.

nChoi Han thought that it was a chain.

nThat chain breaking made the blue auras a little more free to create a path for Choi Han.

nIt was similar to how following hope in the darkness would create a path.

nChoi Han followed the path created by the blue aura, and…

nCraaaaaaack.

nA crack appeared on the blue sword.

n“!”

nThe devilish Blood Demon’s face became shocked.

nIt was to be expected.

nChoi Han’s black aura was extremely useless compared to her power.

nNonetheless, the black aura left its traces on the blue sword.

nA gap had appeared.

nOoooooooong-

nThe black yong opened its mouth through the gap.

nThis violent but more detailed than before yong started moving.

nBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang—

nThere was a louder explosion than ever before.

nThey heard a faint noise through the explosion.

nCraaaack-

nThey were cracks.

nChoi Han could see numerous cracks instantly appear in the blue aura.

nIt was as if the chains binding them down until now had disappeared.

nCrack!

nFinally, the aura was freed.

nHundreds of thousands of life forces split off into many directions.

nA portion went up to the sky, another portion to the area around them, and as for another portion-

nThey charged toward the chains that had been binding them down until now.

nThe blue auras gathered around the black yong.

nFinally, the black yong ripped the enemy apart.

n“Cough.”

nChoi Han’s sword had pierced through the Blood Demon’s stomach.

n“Ha, haha-”

nThe Blood Demon lowered her head. She saw the sword stabbed into her stomach as well as the blue blood dripping down from the injury.

nHowever, the thing that she saw first were the blue auras leaving her.

nCraaaaaaack-

nThis extremely small black aura breaking the chains made these life forces of the souls that had been wronged immediately escape the prison keeping them here.

nCraaaaaaack-

nThe Blood Demon’s skin started to crack.

nHer whole body started cracking like the ground during a drought.

n“Haaaaa.”

nShe sighed feeling futile.

nThat was the only way to explain it.

n“…Why-”

nWhy had it ended up like this?

nShe heard a calm yet cold voice at that moment.

n“I’m sure that the chains binding down each and every one of those lives could not be defeated by life forces weaker than them. That is how you put chains on each and every one of them to gather hundreds of thousands of lives into one. That combined power naturally had to be strong.”

nIt was Choi Han.

nHe did not attack the Blood Demon anymore.

n“However, that combined power is not yours. What belongs to you is only the chains. However, those chains were not that strong against me.”

nCraaaaaaack-

nNow that the life forces that the Blood Demon had tied down tightly were starting to escape, it could not be helped.

nThe Blood Demon’s body was crumbling.

n“Cough.”

nThe Blood Demon coughed up blue blood.

nHer whole body was roaring.

nThe hundreds of thousands of life forces embedded in her blood and body were running wild to escape her, as if they finally had the chance to do so.

nShe had not noticed it while taking away one life at a time and absorbing them, but it was difficult for the Blood Demon to win now that hundreds of thousands of them were charging at once. No, it was impossible for her to win.

nPlop.

nThe Blood Demon knelt down on one knee.

nChoi Han pulled his sword out. More blood poured out of her body. He looked at her with a calm gaze.

nThe light was slowly disappearing from the Blood Demon’s gaze.

nHer face was already full of cracks and blue aura was leaking out of those cracks as well.

n“In the end-”

nShe started speaking.

n“Are you saying that my foundation was not that strong?”

n“Yeah. No matter how much you borrow from others, it is still you at the center.”

nChoi Han could feel the auras in the Blood Demon’s body going berserk.

nThe Blood Demon would be finished soon.

nThere would be a large explosion at that time.

nThese cracks were too narrow for the imprisoned auras.

nChoi Han took a step back.

n“Haaaaaaaaa. Haaaa.”

nBlue aura flowed out every time the Blood Demon took a breath.

nThe aura was bursting out of the cracks on her skin as well.

nHer whole body was moving up and down.

n“Ke, kekeke!”

nSuddenly, the Blood Demon started laughing.

nShe raised her head.

nHer eyes were empty.

nHowever, Choi Han did not feel any pity. Regardless of her reason, the power she possessed was created by ruthlessly stealing from hundreds of thousands of lives. All of this was the result of her actions.

n“You.”

nLight unexpectedly returned to the Blood Demon’s eyes.

nChoi Han clenched the grip on his sword.

nHowever…

nPlop.

nHer left arm cracked until it fell off her body.

nEven more blue aura burst out of her.

nThe Blood Demon could not avoid her death.

nAs Choi Han recognized this fact, the Blood Demon looked at Choi Han and asked.

n“Is it Aipotu after us?”

nShe was asking if after the Black Bloods and Blue Bloods, it was the Purple Bloods turn.

n“…….”

nChoi Han did not respond.

nHe had nothing to say to his enemy.

n“Kekeke.”

nThe Blood Demon’s right arm also fell off.

nShe saw this and laughed before looking at Choi Han.

n“Even those mother**ing Dragons will suffer when they run into you and that guy who seems to be your liege. Haha-”

nShe was weakly laughing before her voice strengthened once more.

n“Let me tell you something very beneficial.”

nHer whole body was crumbling.

nHowever, Choi Han could not look away from her firm gaze. It seemed as if she was about to leave her last words.

nThe Blood Demon was feeling wronged and empty as she spoke with anger toward the fact that she was disappearing like this.

n“Dragons-”

nThe moment that Choi Han’s eyebrows slightly moved up…

n“Dragons cannot become gods.”

nDragons could become gods.

nThere was a blue explosion after that comment.

nBaaaaaaaaaang—–

nThe Blood Demon’s body was swept up in that explosion.

nShe did not stop talking even as she disappeared.

nChoi Han flinched as he watched.

nBeing the closest to her, he was the only one who heard this.

n“Dragons are the most insignificant creatures.”

n‘What?’

nThere was nobody to answer Choi Han’s question.

nShaaaaaaaaaaa-

nThe blue aura shot up toward the sky.

nIt actually looked beautiful.

nHowever, underneath it…

nNothing remained where the blue aura had been shooting up.

nAll they could see were the two arms that had caused the injuries on her own body so that she would bleed.

nThis was the end for the Blood Demon.

nChoi Han stared for a bit before his eyes opened wide.

n“!”

nHe urgently turned around.

nRuuuumble—-

nHe heard a noise in the distance.

nNo, it was not that far.

nIt was quite close.

nThe sky was roaring.

nShaaaaaaaaaaa-

nThe wind was getting rougher.

nThe sky above the sea was now completely dark.

nIt felt as if the darkness was pushing this way as if it was water.

n“What is this-”

nChoi Han subconsciously turned his head.

nHis eyes were looking for Cale.

n“Fuck!”

nCale was swearing as he quickly headed toward the destroyed Stairway to Heaven.

nHis gaze was focused on an empty spot in the air above the destroyed Stairway to Heaven.

nThe tenth floor of Stairway to Heaven…

nThe ten-sided formations on the ceiling and ground of the floor…

nThat thing was releasing purple light in the air and disappearing.

nCale couldn’t help but swear while looking at that formation.

n“Raon, flight magic!”

nHis body floated up.

nThe formation that had different designs on the ground and ceiling…

nThe top and bottom had switched.

nCale had accurately recorded the eccentric design of the formation.

nThey had been symbolic, but he had been able to tell, to a degree, what they were representing.

nThe formation on the ground showed the ground, mountains, and the sea.

nThe formation on the ceiling showed sky, rain, and clouds.

nNow, the top and bottom have been switched.

nBasically, the sky and the ground had been flipped.

nRuuuumble-

nCale got more cold sweats on his back as the rumbling in the sky got louder.

nSomething big was about to happen.

nHe needed to stop it no matter what it took.

nHe heard an awkward voice at that moment.

n– Mm. Cale, it looks like we will need to calm the sea?

nIt was the voice of the Sky Eating Water.

nHowever, for some odd reason, her voice was awkward but excited.

n“Fuck!”

nCale couldn’t help but swear after hearing that.

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