The World of Sound - Chapter 213
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“Let’s play together!”
The brain is bouncing off.
But the energy emanating from it was no longer the simple power of brainwashing.
It’s nature.
It was the world at the same time.
It was a power so powerful that it put to shame the power of creation that had been unleashed before, and it was the power of the completed world.
The power of intense waves that transcend attributes and such.
As it struck, Asura finally responded to it.
He hurriedly dropped his sword and defended, then shook his sword in a mess and launched a counterattack.
“Oh, do you get it?”
The master, who had been dealing with Asura alone, raised his eyebrows at the sight. He nodded, expressing his sincere admiration.
“As expected of this body. To have brought such a dull and dull person here.”
“I guess I’m good!”
Not the talent of a genius, but his own outstanding teachings.
“… … I’ll finish both of you off!”
Asura unleashed a wave of power that was even more amplified toward them. Although his teasing words were annoying, he knew better than anyone that they didn’t have much time to relax.
So, it created a huge whirlpool of waves as if to blow them both up at the same time.
He drew out a black dragon-like energy and struck down a gigantic, unavoidable slaughter.
“This ignorant bastard… … !”
It was Danho Lake that hit it first.
The wind chime he plays has a very different feel from the fast-paced performances of Cheonhwa.
He took on the whirlwind of waves that struck like a hammer with a fast but leisurely, harmonious tone, and used the clear resonance of the resonance bell to inject power here and there.
Kuhwaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
However, Asura’s swordsmanship crushed even that.
It broke and interrupted the seemingly loose yet solid negative connection.
So he pushed them into a power struggle.
The two were of equal strength, but he decided that he would have the advantage if he clashed with full force.
Because Danhosu has already lost one arm.
Because it won’t be able to produce proper power.
“Ugh!”
His prediction came true.
As the two engaged in a power struggle, Danhosu gradually began to appear to be oppressed.
“It’ll be a problem if you ignore this!”
Cheonhwa took advantage of the gap and launched a fierce attack on the bastard, but he had already made his move.
Let’s start with the single lake first.
Not long after reaching the realm, he was able to withstand the relatively weak blow of Cheonhwa with his body.
The vortex of waves that had been swirling around his entire body was being cut away, and parts of his body were being torn off, but he didn’t care and kept pushing forward.
Tsk tsk- tsk tsk tsk!
As a result, the wind chime that had been emitting sound from the bosom of Danho Lake split. Unable to withstand the transmitted force and the crushing pressure, it shattered.
The same goes for Gongmyeonghojong.
I took the bastard’s blow in place of the wind chime, but I paid a heavy price for it.
It became crumpled like a piece of paper and could no longer serve its purpose.
“Damn it. I told you, you old man, you touch things a lot!”
Fortunately, Cheonhwa intervened and saved his life, but the situation was not good in many ways.
We managed to wound the guy, but that was it. Two of our most important instruments were destroyed.
Now that the Heavenly Sound has been unified, one instrument is enough to perform the Heavenly Sound Divine Art, but since each instrument has its own unique characteristics, the attacks are bound to become a bit monotonous.
In that situation, the guy pulled out his strength again.
It came rushing in one after another with even stronger waves than before.
“Take it!”
He quickly threw the Toryeonggo and the Holy Grail at his master and this time Cheonhwa stood up to him.
The destructive tone of the Brain Spirit Gold and the sharp jade sound of the Ice Spirit Jade Medicine collided with him, and the powerful beating of the Toryeonggo and the sharp resonance from the Holy Grail assisted him.
However, even that wasn’t enough to easily push away the bastard’s power.
It was not easy to stand up to the destructive power of the bastard even with the power of nature and the power of being one with the world.
Moreover, even when they had all the new items in perfect condition, the two were barely on par.
With two of them destroyed, the burden was bound to grow.
At that moment, I could feel the weight of the brain energy being lifted from my fingertips as I pushed it away with all my might.
If things continued like this, even the brain power could be destroyed.
‘If only the master hadn’t broken it… …!’
That’s why I naturally started to resent my master.
If the existing divine beings had been intact, if each had been able to play their music in perfect condition, the situation might have been different.
Then suddenly, a strange thought occurred to me.
‘But, is an instrument really necessary?’
It was a fundamental question.
It was an obvious idea that producing sound through an instrument could not be denied or questioned, but suddenly I thought it was strange.
Reaching the 11th level of Cheon-eum-singong and becoming enlightened and united with nature.
But, through unity with the world, didn’t it become possible to unleash any kind of energy regardless of the type of divine substance?
It was also possible to wield the power of a concept greater than that.
So then, is it really necessary to produce sound through this instrument?
Wouldn’t that be a foolish act that limits oneself?
‘If I could treat everything in the world like an instrument… … .’
The realization came like a bolt from the blue.
Things that could be done before reaching the 11th level of Cheonumsingong, or even before reaching the 10th level, have come to light in a new way.
How to unfold sound through all things, not just instruments.
Whether it’s hitting with a stick, punching, throwing stones, or even waving in the air.
He was the one who put sound and waves into everything.
In that sense, instruments were merely auxiliary means that helped produce the desired sounds and waves more easily.
‘Why was I so obsessed with playing an instrument?’
The moment he realized that, Cheonhwa stopped playing.
“You punk! What are you doing…?”
Thanks to that, Danhosu had to face Asura’s power alone, and he gradually started to lose, but Cheonhwa just blankly watched him and the waves of sword strikes he created.
Getting closer.
He pursed his lips as he watched the force approaching him as if it was going to split his head apart.
“Whew-.”
What causes it is a whistling sound.
At that moment, something amazing happened.
The sword strike that had been coming down with a sharp and sharp force was instead split in half.
“?!”
“!?”
It was an attack that even Cheonhwa and Danhosu could barely block.
Both Danhosu and Asura looked bewildered, unable to believe that he could dispel such power all by himself, and by just blowing a whistle.
But of course, I wasn’t completely flustered.
As if to check again, Asura swung his sword again.
“Could it be polarity?”
But this time, the lake didn’t stop him.
He just mutters with a slightly absent-minded expression on his face, which is unusual for him.
12 star polarity.
Because the move that Cheonhwa showed seemed like the final stage of the Cheonum Shingong that he had so desperately hoped and wished to achieve.
It is the stage where one goes beyond embodying and assimilating the power of all things into oneself, to becoming oneself and using the power of the world naturally as if breathing.
And that is the power of the real world, not the world that I created myself.
“That damn disciple. I guess I can’t use him anymore.”
And I was sure.
It is not known whether Cheonhwa actually reached the 12th star and the highest star as soon as he reached the 11th star, but at least he surpassed it.
It is also said that Asura will not be able to do anything to the heavens.
Taaak!
At that moment, Cheonhwa snapped her fingers this time.
The fear that Tanji had instilled in the people of the martial arts world in the past was now being engraved upon Asura.
I will die here, so the fear will not be conveyed to anyone else.
Passussut-
The swordsmen scatter.
I just snapped my fingers and it split in half and disappeared like a whistle.
That power, the waves scattered like dust, was returned to the world.
It’s a power that seems like it doesn’t belong to this world, but it can’t stay that way forever.
The moment it broke, scattered, and left its mark on the world, it too became a part of the world, and so it became the power of heaven again.
Becoming part of the universe made possible what was previously impossible.
“It’s no different.”
It was a power closer than I thought.
It was unfamiliar, but it was also a power in the world.
It was not this world, and now it was a force not unrelated to this world.
The door to the Demon Realm opened, and an exchange between the Demon Realm and the human world began.
They began to include each other, and as a result, Cheonhwa was able to fully accept this wave of power.
“Don’t be so arrogant, you little human!”
The moment he felt it, realized it, and understood it, Asura’s power exploded. He himself became a sword, and he unleashed waves more powerful than ever before.
He split the Heavenly Flower by unleashing a destructive force that consumed the surroundings and erased everything.
“What kind of person is this?”
But Cheonhwa faced the guy leisurely.
Without taking any stance to counter the bastard’s power, he murmured. No, he declared.
“It will be great.”
He said that he had already become one with the world.
“… … !”
At that moment, the guy started to change.
The black light that obscured the shape became blurred.
The solid waves that seemed impossible to remove were gradually released and evaporated into the sky.
“And in my world.”
Asura swung his sword while embracing the scattered energy.
As if he was going to strike before being hit, he focused all his strength into one point and shot it at Cheonhwa.
“There is no place for you.”
But it doesn’t reach.
Because all the energy was dispersed as if vaporized faster than it was shot.
“Oh my, this is ridiculous… … !”
Asura was shocked at the sight.
I had a gut feeling that I was already firing off an unstoppable force with all my might.
That you can’t win.
The fact that it is you who is disappearing.
“I will destroy the world… …!”
“That’s your opinion.”
Cheonhwa’s hand moved gracefully, touching the air.
He plucked the strings as if he were playing gold, and the world moved.
The world became an instrument, played, and produced sound.
A performance of harmony and tranquility.
It was a song of healing and recovery that comforted the listeners’ hearts and even calmed their boiling blood.
And like the sky, there was no place for him in it.
His presence did not fit with the tune.
So I deleted it.
It was erased.
Without leaving behind a single grain of energy, a single particle of flesh, or a single drop of blood.
Disappeared from this world, from the world as if it had never existed in the first place.
“How did you do it?”
Danhosu was truly amazed by Cheonhwa’s move that erased existence itself beyond energy and waves, and asked Cheonhwa.
I read that there was a huge will that even he could not understand.
“Shall I teach you?”
As a user of the Cheonum Shingong and a single person who was curious, Cheonhwa readily showed his willingness to grant him enlightenment.
“If you become my disciple, think about it!”
“This son of a bitch… … .”
Of course, I was half joking, and half sincerely wanting to get back at him for what he had done to me.
“gaga!”
At that moment, Bukgungyeon, who had come running, was held in Cheonhwa’s arms.
There was no one to interfere, as all the monsters that had crossed through the gate of the demon realm with him had disappeared.
“Kkiyuu! Kkiyuuut!”
“Woooooo!”
Brain and Moo-o also ran over a little late and rubbed his cheeks.
Ta-da!
“… … ?!”
However, the sense of relief that it’s all over is short-lived.
“Huh? Why is it like that?”
The gate of the devil’s realm.
It is not closed yet.
No, rather, it started to emit waves that were more intense than before.
“This is… … !”
And within it, waves began to pour out that were stronger and more intense than Asura’s, or even more powerful than that guy.
Even though Asura was destroyed, the size of the gate began to swell further.
“It’s not over yet?”
Only then did Cheonhwa realize it.
I could feel it.
Beyond the gates of the Demon Realm, there are beings more powerful than Asura.
That they began to watch the heavenly flowers.
“Should we try this?”
Cheonhwa smiled faintly as she felt the tingling waves.
Together we began to look beyond the gates of the devil’s realm.
The gate of the devil’s realm.
It’s not like there’s no way to close it.
As I focused on the waves it was emitting and looked closely at the forces, structures, and ideas that make it up, methods of exclusion naturally emerged.
It’s hard to be certain that it can be closed permanently, but it felt like it could be closed off for at least a few decades as a stopgap measure.
However, it does not happen immediately.
Closing the gates of the devil’s realm and reestablishing the boundary between the devil’s realm and the human world is not easy, but it is something that can be done.
But if you cut off the connection with it, everything disappears.
Although he could cut them off, reconnecting them was not an easy task for him, so he wondered if he might never again encounter those who made their presence felt from afar while he was alive.
That alone was a good thing and fortunate for the central government, but it was not the case for a single person.
That’s why I was worried.
How to do this.
“gaga……?”
I looked at Bukgungyeon, Noeryeong and Muoh, and the world again to organize my thoughts.
“Please borrow this. You won’t need it anymore anyway.”
At that time, it was the master who moved first.
Danhosu declared, carrying the Toreunggo and the Holy Grail that he had, and taking the Noreunggeum that Cheonhwa had by his side through Heogongseopmul.
“Master?”
“Since it has come to this, shouldn’t we finish it off? Those guys are enough on their own, so you stay here. You can close the door after I go in. And there’s no need to say hello. I’ll be going to the celestial realm anyway, so we’ll meet there later.”
He said that he would head beyond the gate of the devil’s realm.
He told me not to worry, because I would complete my final enlightenment there, attain the Way of the Immortals, and ascend to the highest level of enlightenment.
However, contrary to my confidence, it would not be an easy task.
Because the master has not completed the 12 stages of the Heavenly Sound Divine Art.
With that, it might be possible to defeat those who had revealed their presence in the Demon Realm as intended, but it was a dangerous thing to do.
He was a master who had shown such a monstrous appearance, and he might have obtained the starting point of the 12 stars with the techniques he had used, so now he was not worried about him even though he was stronger, and he did not think that he would be defeated and die, but seeing him say goodbye gave him a strange feeling.
“Then I’ll go… … .”
“Oh my. Are you trying to run away by yourself again? That’s impossible!”
The moment Danhosu was about to cross the gate of the Demon Realm alone, Cheonhwa suddenly blocked his way.
He stopped his master from leaving him behind as if he was running away in the middle of the night like that day.
“And the master is weak. How can you leave those guys to the lower class?”
“You?”
“gaga!”
He gave him a reprimand, not a scolding, saying that he could not entrust such a big task to a lower class, but no one did not know his intentions.
Danhosudo and Bukgungyeon looked at him in surprise, but Cheonhwa seemed to have already made up his mind and smiled faintly at Bukgungyeon and the two spirits.
“I’ll be back soon. It doesn’t suit my nature to give in to those kinds of people.”
He conveyed his intentions more clearly.
I will cross the gates of the Demon Realm with my master, defeat those who dare to provoke me, and return.
The world beyond the gate would be different from this place, and no matter how dangerous it might be, Bukgungyeon couldn’t bring herself to stop him.
Because he also knows that it is a sacrifice.
To protect oneself and the world.
“Hold this for now. I’ll come get it right away.”
That’s why, as the leader of the martial arts world, Bukgungyeon couldn’t bring himself to stop him.
But as a woman, I wanted to hold on to her.
As if he understood her feelings, Cheonhwa gave her the Ice Spirit Medicine.
He said he would come and pick me up as soon as he finished work.
The warm voice seemed to caress her head.
Bukgungyeon lowered her head, holding back tears, and Cheonhwa turned around, smiling brightly again at the worried Noeryeong and Muoh.
“Let’s go, Master.”
“Yes. You bratty disciple. I will soon catch up with your level and show you the greatness of your master!”
Like that, Cheonhwa crossed the gate of the Demon Realm first, as if he wasn’t going to hesitate any longer.
“Don’t worry too much. No matter what happens, I’ll definitely send that guy back.”
After that, Danho-su stepped into the gate of the Demon Realm a little late and sincerely reassured Bukgung-yeon.
And he too reached the magic realm with a deep smile.
“Whew. The welcoming crowd is so grand.”
“Huh. Even so, they’re just leftovers.”
The scenery of the magic place we arrived at was beyond our expectations.
It is unknown where in the Demon Realm they are, but tens of thousands of monsters surround them as if they are surrounded.
Those who seemed to be preparing to cross the gate of the devil’s realm and head towards the human world all revealed their malice and murderous intent when they saw the two.
He rushed in as if he was throwing his body in black.
“Okay, then.”
“Shall we start playing?”
The eyes of the two people who were scanning those guys met.
At the same time, he started playing with a happy smile.
***
It’s been three years since the end of the Great Battle of Jeongma and the monsters were released into the world.
The Asura Blood Cult, which had opened the gates of the Demon Realm and invited monsters, was destroyed, and even the Asura they had summoned was defeated. Only a small number of monsters were flowing out through the gates of the Demon Realm, and even those were dealt with immediately by the unmanned troops stationed at the Great Wall, but the Murim Alliance still could not be disbanded.
After crossing the gate, there was a need to detect, track down, and deal with the monsters who were hiding and living somewhere in the Central Plains, hiding their identities and living with humans, and a powerful entity was needed to control the chaos caused by them and mediate the numerous conflicts that arose as the power structure of the Central Plains was reorganized.
As a result, the map of the Central Plains martial arts world was redrawn.
New powers are rising, those who held onto the Central Plains until the end are recovering, and those who were greedy are falling.
Thus, he gradually found stability, but Bukgungyeon still maintained his position as the leader of the martial arts world.
Because the martial arts world needed her powerful strength.
However, even though she enjoyed that omnipotent power, her expression could not always be bright.
With a feeling of emptiness, whenever I had time, I would climb up to the roof of the Murim Alliance and look up at the distant sky.
Her only pleasure was to play the flute while sighing in the direction of the gate of the Demonic Realm located in the far distance.
There was no one who did not know that loneliness was the longing heart that longed for someone.
She also did not hide her feelings and expressed them in her jade-like voice.
Pee-.
The sound of the flute that I practiced intermittently spread sorrowfully throughout the headquarters of the Murim Alliance today as well.
“… … ?”
Then suddenly, Bukgungyeon felt something strange and raised his head.
It was clear that it was me who was playing, but it felt as if I wasn’t alone.
I stopped playing and looked around, but there was no sound.
Is it my imagination? Or have I finally fallen into a state of deep despair?
My mind became more complicated, but I couldn’t stop.
With that stuffy feeling in my heart, I blew on the ice spirit medicine again.
Peeeee-
The moment the performance began again, Bukgungyeon’s eyes began to grow wide.
Sarararak-
It was just an ordinary performance without any energy, but then flowers started to rain down from the sky.
‘Bing… … Hwa?’
Even though winter had passed, white snowflakes continued to fall, fluttering in the wind.
The sky was beautifully covered.
“gaga!”
Could this be the emergence of another monster?
No. Bukgungyeon could feel it in the white snow flowers covering the whole world. He could find it.
The random appearance I was longing for.
In a sky filled with white light, I spread my arms wide to find someone smaller than a dot descending.
And hugged.
Just like the day I left.
“I’m back.”
The evil spirit returned with a warm voice.
The heavenly flower is back.