The World of Sound - Chapter 150
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After leaving the room, Cheonhwa climbed over the wall without stopping.
The Black Alliance’s base was so large, but there was also a time constraint until the Black Alliance leader returned to find him, so there was a sense of urgency.
You might wonder why we climb over the wall when there is a main gate, but there are guards there anyway.
The more restricted the place was, the more important and influential it was, the tighter the security was, so people would climb over the wall and come in without permission.
‘It’s not as bad as I thought.’
Actually, I got permission.
Because the Black Pearl said that he could go anywhere.
However, the guards at the entrance would not open the way, and as a guest, I could not just knock them all down and go in, so I chose a simpler method.
Of course, they were closer to creditors than guests, but their positions were similar.
Every time he climbed over the wall, the formation worked and the machinery unleashed a fierce attack, but contrary to his boasts, it was nothing compared to what he had expected.
Unless they were using something like massive explosives, it was obvious that the machine couldn’t cause a natural disaster, and the basis of the formation was to twist the natural order.
‘There seem to be some pretty rare ones, but they’re all below expectations.’
When you reach the state of Hwagyeong, you can become one with nature.
It may vary depending on the internal energy and temperament you have acquired, but it is quite possible to read the flow of nature and entrust yourself to it and melt into it.
So, it was impossible to catch the master of Hwagyeong by twisting the flow of nature and using a method that went against the natural order.
There can be no system in which there is no living text, so the masters of Hwagyeong are those who naturally have the ability to read the flow and find the living text.
‘The performance of the formation is the same.’
Of course, in Cheonhwa’s case, he deliberately tried to get into the formation out of curiosity, with the expectation that he might gain some playfulness and enlightenment, but it was meaningless.
It was not something that could even catch a master of the Hwa-gyeong level, but it was confident that it could catch almost all masters below the Hwa-gyeong level, so although the effectiveness of the formation was diverse and difficult, it was difficult to inflict any damage on Cheon-hwa.
There was no need to waste time, because the moment he unfolded his free will, the power of the formation would no longer be able to harm him.
To be honest, there are probably only a handful of masters of Hwagyeong in the entire Central Plains, so it’s unlikely that they were aiming for the Hwagyeong level in the first place.
Still, since he was so confident, he had some expectations, but in the end, Cheonhwa wandered around the Black Magic Circle, only to be disappointed.
Since they were walking around in broad daylight, there must have been someone who witnessed them, but Cheonhwa took great care to muffle the sound and movement, and perhaps because he was overconfident in his formation and the performance of his machinery, not many people paid attention to the wall, so he was able to look around wherever he wanted without being caught.
‘I guess not.’
However, during this time, no waves from Asura were detected.
Since it was creating such unique waves, it should have been possible to sense it even if it was hidden, but the fact that Cheonhwa didn’t detect it even though he got close enough must have been interpreted as meaning that it wasn’t here.
‘I guess I’ll have to go around to each sect, which is annoying.’
The same goes for the treasure vaults of the Mengju War and the Black Sword Alliance.
I didn’t go inside to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings or problems, but I got close enough to shake off the sound and examine it, but it wasn’t found.
Thanks to that, my interest in the Black Sword Alliance has cooled down a bit.
I didn’t feel motivated at all, thinking that Jeongcheonmaeng would be similar, but I decided to take whatever the leader of the group would give me and quickly turn around, so I turned my steps toward the dormitory.
“Give up now, Hwansa. Before I tear your wretched body apart like your illusion.”
“You ignorant fool who only knows how to use a sword. Are you going to make me wander around in a dream for the rest of my life? No, it seems like you’re already wandering around in a dream. How dare you covet the throne of the king.”
In the meantime, I was able to witness a rather interesting sight.
A training ground located in a remote area that no one can access.
Cheonhwa was just moving to find a quick way back to her quarters, but there she met a group of men arguing and growling at each other.
Of course I don’t know who it is.
However, judging from their clothing and the level of internal energy they possessed, they seemed to have each occupied a fairly high position in the Black Alliance.
‘Is it already a split? It’s a mess.’
It seems like there’s already internal strife.
I heard that it’s been renovated now, but I don’t know if it wasn’t perfect yet or if it split right away.
However, one word they uttered grated on Cheonhwa’s ears.
‘King? Ah, so that’s it.’
Talking about the king’s seat or something.
Considering that their martial arts skills were each at their peak, it could only mean one thing.
The king’s nickname.
Among the Three Kings and Five Kings, he is fighting over who will take the currently vacant position of one of the five kings.
‘It’s useless.’
He looked serious and cautious, as if he was about to decide life or death, but Cheonhwa found that appearance truly pitiful.
This is because nicknames aren’t something you give yourself in the first place.
Especially the nickname King.
Since it is a nickname that only exists in the martial arts world and can only be obtained if numerous people acknowledge and mention that person and their power, there is no use in talking about it among themselves here now.
Even if it were immediately determined who was superior among them and announced to the world, the possibility of that winner being crowned king was extremely low.
There were several people within the Black Alliance who had the same power and influence as them, and above all, there were plenty of people within the Jeongcheon Alliance who had similar power and influence.
Unless they gathered them all together and held a tournament, it would be difficult to easily fill the vacant position of the Five Kings.
Or maybe something of that magnitude happens and someone shows overwhelming incompetence.
‘It’s annoying… I guess I’ll just hurry and go.’
Yet they growled as if they believed that by determining the superiority of the two, they could ascend to the throne.
But even so, it’s just a war of words, whether one takes the initiative or not.
So Cheonhwa thought about turning back for a moment, but it was too much trouble.
Why should I turn back because of those guys?
All I see is him screaming like a scared little dog.
So I hurried my steps and crossed between them.
“dastardly……!”
“Is this an ambush!?”
“… … Huh?”
Then, the guys reacted to that movement.
While they thought that it would be difficult to attack them easily, since they were Sapa guys, they thought that they could attack at any time and in any way, so when someone came between them, they thought that they were each other’s subordinates or doing something dirty.
So I just applied force impulsively without even checking properly.
One unleashed the power of illusion, the other unleashed the power of a ferocious river crossing.
“Hey, I’ll just pass by… … .”
Paat-
At that moment, Cheonhwa’s vision suddenly darkened.
It was the influence of the illusion displayed by the person called Hwansa.
An evil illusion that brought out the darkest memories buried deep within the target’s mind covered Cheonhwa.
– Cheonhwa. You must never, ever come out of here. Don’t even breathe.
Darkness. The sight in that memory was only darkness.
It was a distant memory, like something that had happened some time ago, I don’t know when.
Because of that, Cheonhwa felt that all of this was unrealistic.
Considering that the purpose of illusion was to confuse and destroy the opponent’s mind by making them perceive illusions as reality, it couldn’t be more strange.
– No matter what happens, we must protect it. We must not hand it over to them… … .
– Over there! Over there!!
That’s why he knew that all of this was an illusion, but that’s also why Cheonhwa couldn’t take any action for a while.
I felt as if I was out of my mind, as if I had an out-of-body experience and was looking at myself as a third party, and I was just accepting the situation, detached from the world.
An urgent yet warm voice, and the urgent voices of someone chasing after them.
Then, a loud thumping noise followed as they ran away, and then a short scream and all sound disappeared.
In that silence, the only thing that flowed faintly was the child’s small breathing and muffled sobs.
It was a cry that sounded like my own, heard in the darkness and not outside.
Squeak-
And after a while, the world found light again.
The sight that shook with the light soon revealed a cruel landscape.
A scene of bloodshed and massacre with many people dead.
‘This is… … .’
Only then was Cheonhwa able to understand this situation.
I realized that it was a memory that had happened a long time ago, that I had wanted to forget and lived with forgetting, that had been forcibly brought up.
– Hey, will you come with me?
Thanks to you, I was able to meet you after a long time.
I’m talking about that damn master who looked like a whirlwind at the time.
Jeokjeok-
Jeez-!
The moment I took a step forward while holding his hand, my world fell apart.
The illusion was shattered and Cheonhwa’s consciousness returned to reality.
Cheonhwa’s steps were not to fall into the deep swamp of illusion, but to break it.
Free of charge.
The illusionary energy was shaken off by the steps of the flower that spread it out.
The world was falling apart and it was enough power to face reality.
“Die!”
However, breaking the illusion doesn’t end there.
Because at the same time, a vicious bullet was fired right in front of his nose, ready to split him in two.
Normally, he would have destroyed the world of illusion and escaped before he fell into it, or immediately after, but he was momentarily possessed because the thing that bastard had touched was the most painful memory he had buried.
“… … I was going to do it, but why are you guys acting like this!!”
And because of that, Cheonhwa had a seizure.
Until just a moment ago, he had just tried to pass by without noticing, but now that he had shown her a past he didn’t want to face again, he had to repay her appropriately.
“!?”
Passussutt-!!
The two masters of the Black Sword Alliance who were aiming for the throne were startled at the same time by the chilling roar of Cheonhwa, who was full of murderous intent.
“Uh, how did I get my soul-destroying technique… …?”
“Crossing the river with just spirit?! Hey, who are you!”
Aside from the incredible experience contained within, the dogang that was confident that it could break and cut down anything was scattered and disappeared with a mere shout.
“Who am I, you little punk! What difference does it make?”
Cheonumshinkong
The Wind Chimes
Wind and rain
Instead of launching another attack, Cheonhwa roughly swung the wind chime at Myeolhondo, who seemed to be cowering, perhaps out of fear or confusion.
It was a blessing and a stroke of luck for him that he didn’t bring the brainwashing money because of its size.
I tried to quickly shake off the sword and dispel the invisible energy rushing in, but I couldn’t cut through the wind with the sword.
The wind energy that rushed in like a wave of the sword that the bastard was swinging struck my entire body in an instant, and the energy greatly stimulated my blood vessels and caused my qi and blood to flow backwards.
Beyond interfering with the internal energy supply, it pushed him to the brink of being possessed by a demon.
If he wasn’t a master of Taoism who valued strength and trained his external skills to the limit, then this move itself would have been life-threatening.
“Oh, I didn’t know the deceased. I apologize… …!”
Even the man named Hwansa was frightened by that sight.
Since the one he considered his rival was defeated with a single move, he intuitively felt that his opponent’s martial arts skills were at a level he could not match.
As expected of someone who uses the rather complex magic martial art of illusion, his mind seems to be quite quick, but of course, it was a story that would not make sense to Cheonhwa.
Rather than spitting out such words, it would have been enough to just bury his head in stone and beg for forgiveness, so Cheonhwa didn’t even respond to the guy and instead charged at him with his still scary face.
“profit!!”
Then, the illusionist seemed to think that he had no choice but to use his illusionary magic again.
I knew that someone who had once escaped from an illusion by their own power would not be easily caught in another illusion, but there was no way.
I was also confident.
Because I’ve already trapped such a skilled person in an illusion for a moment.
He used even his strongest and most powerful techniques without sparing any effort, but Cheonhwa had already stepped on the Mu Sang Bo.
Illusions and such could no longer reach him, so he could be called his natural enemy.
“This kid will do it till the end!”
Moreover, the trick further angered Cheonhwa.
I feel indignant that they tried to bring up the memory again, even though it no longer works.
That’s why I took out something other than the wind chime for him.
The resonance bell. The cone-shaped thing was pointed towards the ground, and Cheonhwa shook his wrist strongly, and the bastard’s world was shattered.
The illusionary formation that had spread across the area collapsed, and the sorcerer staggered as if he had been hit, but he paid no attention and swung the Resonance Guardian Bell once more.
I just broke the guy’s head.
“Ugh, ugh… …!”
Although it was a physical blow, the aftereffects did not extend to trauma.
As the resonance bell rang directly on the body of the bastard, all the illusionary energy that had filled its interior was scattered.
If he had been a little more determined and used his hand more viciously, he would have become a being that could no longer perform illusions.
Fortunately, however, Cheonhwa did not completely lose her mind.
Although he was completely wounded because he had the last word in his hand, he was able to avoid losing his life or martial arts skills to the point of completely turning his back on the Black Sword Alliance.
“Tch! That’s unlucky. You guys, don’t show up to me again. Then I won’t really show you any mercy.”
Brrrrrr-
So, Cheonhwa turned around, grumbling, leaving the two who were losing consciousness and unable to even answer.
Even though the two of them needed months of rest after just one move, their unpleasant feelings did not go away.
‘I think something happened again… … .’
Because the dark memories that had already surfaced once lingered in my mind as if there was still something left to say.
Cheonhwa returned to her lodgings without trying to remember or erase it.
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