Chapter The Demonic Cult Instructor Returns Chapter 234

Chapter 234

The old man wearing a bamboo hat raised his head.

He let out a murky laugh.

“Klkl. Who might this be? I swatted down a buzzing fly, and here comes a familiar face chasing after it.”

“Seol-baek…!”

Sa Bigang narrowed his brow and glared at Seol-baek.

To think he would encounter Seol-baek in a place like this.

Sa Bigang turned his gaze to look at the masked figure who had been fleeing.

His head was blown apart, dead on the spot.

‘So Seol-baek and that masked figure weren’t working together?’

If that were the case, then that masked figure would have no connection to the masked figures who had saved Seol-baek that day.

Then who exactly was he?

While glaring at Seol-baek with these questions, Sa Bigang flinched when he saw what was in his left hand.

A blood-soaked man was being held in Seol-baek’s left hand.

Seol-baek, who had been carelessly gripping the man’s hair, followed Sa Bigang’s gaze to his own left hand and grinned wickedly.

“Ah, this. Come to think of it, this fellow claimed to be your disciple, didn’t he?”

Seol-baek raised his left hand high.

Chu Ryang, held by his hair, dangled limply from his grasp.

But something was wrong with his condition.

Not a trace of life could be felt from Chu Ryang.

Seol-baek lifted the corners of his mouth as he spoke.

“He was making a fuss without knowing heaven from earth, so I gave him a little lesson, and wouldn’t you know it, he died.”

“…!”

Sa Bigang’s expression hardened cold as ice.

As if finding that reaction amusing, Seol-baek sneered.

“This fellow said something interesting. That his master would surely avenge him. That no matter where I was, he would find me. And it was true, wasn’t it? I didn’t expect you to find me this quickly.”

“……”

“Indeed, the bond between master and disciple is remarkable. Klklkl. Now then, shall we have our little chat?”

Having finished speaking, Seol-baek hurled the Chu Ryang in his hand away.

Kudangtang…!

Chu Ryang, who had fallen carelessly to the ground, slid all the way to Sa Bigang’s feet.

Chu Ryang’s eyes, bulging emptily, seemed to express that he simply couldn’t accept his own death.

Sa Bigang bent one knee and sat down, placing his hand on Chu Ryang’s neck.

There was no pulse.

“You did well. Rest now.”

Sa Bigang closed Chu Ryang’s eyes and stood up.

Seureureu-reung.

With coldly hardened eyes, he drew Veritas and glared at Seol-baek.

“Abandon any thought of dying peacefully.”

“Klkl. Your love for your disciple is truly exceptional.”

“Even when a dog you’ve raised at home dies, your heart aches.”

Pat!

Sa Bigang vanished from sight.

In an instant,

Jjeoeng!

Seol-baek blocked Veritas flying at him from right in front of his face with his sword.

Chwaaaaas!

Pushed back, Seol-baek grinned wickedly.

“Do you always fight the same way?”

“If it’s an opponent that warrants it.”

“Then you’ve misjudged your opponent!”

Paaat!

This time it was Seol-baek’s figure that disappeared.

It wasn’t magic.

He had rushed forward at tremendous speed.

Shwiiiiis!

Jjeoeng!

Once again, a thunderous friction sound rang out.

Peong! Papapat!

As the two men’s sword lengths clashed against each other, their hands became wildly entangled.

Dazzling movements that would be hard for an ordinary martial artist to follow with their eyes flashed by in an instant.

Paang!

Once again, as their energy exploded, the two men slid apart, creating distance.

Whiiiing!

As if announcing a respite between the fierce battle, a gust of wind passed between the two men.

Seol-baek chuckled.

“You truly are remarkable. Just how are you able to use such martial arts? For someone so young.”

“I’ve lived longer than you.”

Seol-baek’s eyes widened as he stared.

He seemed too normal to be called crazy, and his expression was too serious to be considered a joke.

He shook his head from side to side.

“You certainly are an incomprehensible person.”

“There’s no more arrogant thought than believing you can understand someone.”

Sa Bigang slowly moved his steps with coldly hardened eyes.

Meanwhile, Seol-baek pulled something from his breast.

‘A scroll?’

Sa Bigang slightly furrowed his brow.

Just like last time, what Seol-baek had pulled out was a Magic Scroll.

But…

‘Three sheets at once?’

As if reading Sa Bigang’s thoughts, Seol-baek tore at the corners of his mouth as he spoke.

“Be on guard. As you can see, this time I’ll be using three sheets at once.”

Sa Bigang slightly furrowed his brow.

‘Is that possible?’

Seol-baek didn’t understand the properties of Aura well.

When you tear a scroll and temporarily absorb a massive amount of aura, it certainly creates a kind of internal energy enhancement effect.

However, fusion with existing internal energy is an entirely different matter.

That’s why even when tearing scrolls, you have to tear and use them one at a time.

Hadn’t he suffered problems last time from over-absorbing aura?

But this time, three sheets at once?

‘What’s he plotting?’

Meanwhile, Seol-baek was confident.

He recalled the words of the masked figures who had freed him.

“We’ll give you scrolls. You should be able to use up to three sheets at once. We’ve cast a great technique on you.”

At first, he was skeptical.

When he asked what kind of great technique it was, they didn’t answer.

However, they said one thing was certain.

They had strengthened his body so that using three scrolls wouldn’t strain him.

There’s no kindness in this world without a price.

But they had demanded a clear price.

“Your life is in our hands anyway. If you want to take the antidote, eliminate Sa Bigang. If you don’t, that strengthened body will eventually become a corpse.”

The answer was predetermined.

Eliminating Sa Bigang.

Fortunately, that goal was deeply connected to personal revenge as well.

There was no reason to refuse.

“Now then, let’s do this properly.”

Buuuuuk!

Finally, Seol-baek tore apart the three overlapping scrolls.

Instantly, golden energy poured out from the three scrolls and seeped into Seol-baek’s nostrils.

“Seueueupeup, haah!”

A moment later,

Tstsststut…!

Golden stripes appeared on Seol-baek’s body and his pupils glowed yellow.

Soon after, clear demonic script appeared on his forehead.

Sa Bigang frowned.

‘Non-attribute aura.’

Neither possessing cold nor heat.

But since he had used three scrolls simultaneously, an enormous amount of aura must be churning inside his body.

Normally, he would have writhed in pain and lost consciousness…

“Haaaaak!”

Seol-baek exhaled long and lifted the corners of his mouth.

“Huhuhuhuh! I’m overflowing with power!”

He felt the aura spinning along all the blood vessels in his body.

It was indeed different from last time.

When he had used a scroll in the valley before, he had felt the aura and internal energy tangling with each other and conflicting.

He had managed to harmonize them well and digest them, but the sticky feeling unique to aura was something he could never get used to.

Hadn’t he almost destroyed himself from being unable to handle the excessively overflowing aura?

But now it was different.

Aura flowed like a river along all the blood vessels in his body.

The sticky feeling was gone now.

Just like the pure energy internal power he had accumulated in his dantian long ago, the aura was also freely circulating through his Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

His body was light as a feather, and his hands overflowed with strength.

“Kahahahahaha!”

He burst into wild laughter toward the sky.

Even the birds in the distant forest fluttered up in flight, and the sound rang out thunderously enough to shake heaven and earth.

Sa Bigang clearly realized that there had been changes in Seol-baek’s body.

‘What happened in to him?’

Normally, he wouldn’t be able to digest three scrolls like that.

No matter how much of a transcendent master he might be, using three scrolls at once was reckless.

But Seol-baek showed no signs of problems whatsoever.

“How long will you stand there dumbfounded!”

Seol-baek let out a roar, then,

Spot!

His figure vanished without a trace.

“Over here.”

Seol-baek, who had appeared behind him, swung his sword down.

Sa Bigang immediately turned Veritas behind his back to block.

Jjeoeng!

“Keuut!”

Sa Bigang slid back and barely managed to stop.

Suaaang!

This time, aura sharp as a blade flew directly toward Sa Bigang.

That power was like sword energy.

Kwaang!

With an explosive sound, Sa Bigang was pushed back once again.

Seol-baek’s attack didn’t end there.

Shukwang! Kwaang! Jjeong!

With continuous attacks, he constantly drove Sa Bigang into a corner.

Sa Bigang didn’t just take it lying down either.

Shwipapapapat!

Veritas wildly slashed through the air, and each time, Seol-baek either dodged by moving his body this way and that or clashed swords with him.

Seol-baek was certainly in a state incomparably stronger than last time.

Though they exchanged dozens of moves, victory wasn’t easily determined.

Just when Sa Bigang seemed to be pushed back a little, somehow Seol-baek would be stepping backward.

If Seol-baek’s fast and strong movements could be compared to a bee, Sa Bigang’s flexible and soft swordplay was like a butterfly.

When the bee stung fiercely, the butterfly avoided attacks by swaying like gentle waves.

Kwakwakwakwaang!

The surrounding ground was gouged out in places, and large trees fell with cracking sounds.

How long had they waged such a fierce battle?

“Haaas!”

Sa Bigang let out a battle cry and charged forward gripping Veritas.

Sa Bigang, who had been responding with consistently soft variations, suddenly changed his approach and struck fiercely.

Seol-baek quickly raised his sword.

“Don’t get cocky!”

Shwiiiiis! Jjeoeoeng!

The sword points of both men met exactly, and thunder rolled.

The next moment,

Jjajajajak, kachaang!

Seol-baek’s sword blade shattered completely.

Though the power they had poured into each other might be similar, when comparing the superiority of the weapons containing that power, Veritas was overwhelmingly superior.

The moment Seol-baek’s eyes widened,

Chyuaaaak!

Veritas passed by, cutting a long gash in Seol-baek’s arm.

“Keuuuk!”

Sa Bigang didn’t miss that opportunity and whirled around, extending his hand.

“Magma Blast!”

Instantly, fireballs condensed from scorching heat fired consecutively toward Seol-baek.

Shwaang! Shwaang! Shwaaang!

“Keus!”

Seol-baek quickly crossed both arms and deployed his protective energy.

Kwakwakwaang!

When he blocked the third fireball, his protective energy completely shattered, and the fourth fireball exploded on both his arms.

Peoeong!

“Keuaaak!”

As Seol-baek screamed and was blown away, Sa Bigang immediately cast his next magic.

“Sonic Vibration!”

This summoned a sphere of vibration created at sonic speed.

Suaaaaang!

As the sphere flew at him, Seol-baek’s eyes widened and he extended his palm.

But that was the worst choice.

The moment his palm force touched the sphere,

Shwasasasasasak!

The air vibrated strongly and began tearing Seol-baek’s right arm to shreds.

“Keuaaaaak!”

The moment Seol-baek quickly deployed his protective energy and jumped back,

Shwiiiiis!

Sa Bigang charged into his embrace at terrifying speed.

In an instant,

Puuuuk!

“Kkeueok…!”

Seol-baek’s mouth fell open and his eyes widened.

Veritas, embedded in his abdomen, absorbed the gushing blood gulp by gulp.

“You damn… bastard…! Puuuuus!”

The next moment, Seol-baek spat blood like a fountain.

Suaaaaak!

Sa Bigang pulled out Veritas and immediately swung his sword to strike Seol-baek’s neck.

But then,

Kaaang!

A sharp metallic sound.

Sa Bigang furrowed his brow and looked at the tip of his sword.

Surprisingly, Seol-baek had raised his hand to block Veritas.

Not only that, but his hand was strangely transformed.

Like a beast’s paw.

‘What is that…?’

Kadeudeudeuk…!

The next moment, Seol-baek’s body began to bend strangely and gradually transform.