Pamyeong was crouching down, taking a defensive stance.
White smoke was rising from his forearm that had blocked the fist force.
"……."
He looked down at his own body with a surprised expression.
Why wasn't the power that twisted fate working?
"What are you so surprised about?"
As if new stars were being born.
Behind Bu Eunseol, dazzling fist shadows rose into the sky once again.
Rumble, rumble.
The fist shadows emitted a pure white light like small suns, and destructive fist force was condensed at their center.
Vwoom.
As if feeling a sense of crisis, Pamyeong thrust out his twin palms.
Then, a purple sphere formed at the center of his twin palms.
He had drawn up the power that twisted, distorted, and reversed the trajectory of all approaching attacks.
Whoooosh―!
Hundreds of points of light simultaneously transformed into the shape of fists and rushed toward Pamyeong.
It was a meteor shower of fists that seemed capable of destroying the entire world.
Boom, boom, boom, bang!
The trajectories of the fist force curved and smashed into the ground.
The ground exploded, creating massive craters, and some bounced into the air, turning a rocky mountain tens of zhang away into dust.
However, that was only a tiny fraction of the hundreds of fist strikes.
Bang!
In the end, the fist strikes he failed to reverse or twist dug into Pamyeong's physical body.
Vwoom.
In that short time, he created purple protective astral energy.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The aftermath of the missed attacks alone shook the earth.
Pamyeong's body, taking a direct hit, was pushed back another three zhang.
Even while being pushed back and carving deep furrows into the ground, his speed did not decrease.
Crack, crackle.
Finally, the purple defensive barrier began to crack.
It was an impact as if hundreds of hammers were striking a steel plate simultaneously.
Pamyeong condensed the protective astral energy even thicker to fill the broken parts, but the speed of it shattering overwhelmed the speed of recovery.
Bang!
As the qi enveloping Pamyeong's body shattered explosively, his body disappeared as if swept away by a massive wave of fist force.
Flash!
Because the energy of the fist force was too strong.
That area was covered in a flash of light, and a pure white pillar of light soared into the sky.
When all the light finally disappeared,
Tap.
Pamyeong, who had been swept away and disappeared in the torrent of fist force, descended from the air again and landed opposite Bu Eunseol.
His high-quality attire was melted in places, and it was full of dust everywhere.
It was such a miserable appearance that one could not imagine the majesty of Pamyeong, who had knocked down Bu Eunseol without getting a single speck of dust on him until now.
"I can only see it now."
A mysterious radiance flashed in the pupils of Bu Eunseol, who was staring at Pamyeong.
"It was a super-sensation transcending limits."
There was no such thing as a power that destroyed fate.
Pamyeong possessed a super-sensation that transcended human limits.
With it, he could sense the minute tremors of the opponent's muscles, changes in blood flow, the body's reflexes, and the vibrations and temperature changes of the surrounding air.
He sensed millions of variables, and by twisting them, he caused unexpected results to occur.
For example, when Bu Eunseol unfolded a sword technique.
Pamyeong simultaneously read hundreds and thousands of sword paths.
And when Bu Eunseol exerted internal energy.
Through the faint vibrations digging into his whole body, Pamyeong figured out the qi circulation in advance.
Then, he slightly sent a single strand of true qi, causing the drawn-up internal energy to leak out into an unexpected acupoint.
"It is certainly an incredible ability. One that does not exist in the current martial world."
Bu Eunseol, with his arms crossed, nodded his head.
"Did you learn that from the True Demon as well?"
It might not seem like much when explained in words like this.
However, in order to exert such an ability, one must truly possess god-like super-sensation and body control.
Moreover, considering that Pamyeong was manipulating Wi Cheongun's physical body and not using the Soul Demon Dharma Energy……
One could guess that his actual martial prowess was at a level transcending imagination.
"Since you possess this level of power, it must be enough to raise a rebellion against the True Demon."
"Hehehe."
Although he had a somewhat surprised look, Pamyeong, who soon composed his expression, nodded his head as if regaining his leisure.
"Through Transcendental Unity, it seems you have temporarily gained a super-sensation like this Honorable Lord. But……."
His words did not continue.
Bu Eunseol had instantly narrowed the distance and unleashed his fist technique again.
Swoosh!
Even though he had clearly unfolded a fist technique, condensed force like a long sword soared up.
Every time he kicked the ground, huge pillars of fire soared.
Having reached Transcendental Unity, Bu Eunseol was truly displaying a majesty like a Martial God.
Boom, boom, boom!
Pamyeong did not dodge the pouring attacks but unfolded his fist technique equally to counter them.
Every time their fists entangled in the air, a thunderous roar spread out, and the vibrations of true qi spread up to dozens of zhang away.
As Bu Eunseol's super-sensation reached a level equal to Pamyeong's.
The mysterious ability to prevent the attack from reaching or to reverse it was no longer exerted.
Kaboosh! Boom, boom, boom!
The offense and defense continued endlessly, and Pamyeong retreated continuously.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
Changing his technique, Pamyeong poured out attacks, shooting out sword aura as fast as a finger wind that could not be seen.
However, the movement speed of Bu Eunseol, who was surrounded by a transparent light, was even faster.
Currently, Bu Eunseol's martial prowess was multiplied several times over, and he was even cloaked in Baekri Geomha's power, which blocked the enemy's strength.
As Pamyeong, manipulating Wi Cheongun's physical body without being able to use his soul-darkening magical vessel, there was no way he could possibly withstand it.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
Every time Bu Eunseol unfolded his fist technique, Pamyeong retreated continuously, and blood gradually began to flow from the corners of his mouth.
"This bastard."
The leisure had already disappeared from the face of Pamyeong, who had boasted loudly that he would be delighted if made to regret.
"Good!"
Thump!
Unable to block the pouring attacks, Pamyeong leaped into the air.
"I will turn you into dust!"
An intense light lingered on Pamyeong's two hands.
He was pouring out all the power he possessed to destroy Bu Eunseol's physical body.
And that movement…… was the moment Bu Eunseol had been waiting for all along.
'Now.'
Clang.
Along with a sword resonance like a dragon's roar, the Silent Tiger Soul Sword finally revealed itself from its scabbard.
Based on the Dao of Nature, a sword form of life capable of severing all forces that encroached upon another's physical body.
He had captured the very instant to unfold the Silent Tiger Soul Eclipse created by his father, Baekri Muha.
Vwoom.
Along with a resonance that shook space.
A golden rift spread over the blade of the Silent Tiger Soul Sword, which was as pitch-black as the abyss.
Soon, along that rift, a mysterious pattern bloomed.
The pattern, which seemed to be carved by transferring the nebula of the night sky, wriggled like the scales of a living dragon, flowed into the tip of the sword, and condensed into a single point.
Flash!
With a roar that shook heaven and earth, it exploded into a dazzling golden light.
"Ahhh!"
Instantly, a scream that sounded like a demon of hell vomiting out burst from Pamyeong's mouth.
At the same time, his entire body began to tremble violently, emitting dark red demonic qi.
Crack.
Pamyeong's body twisted and swelled, and he began to struggle.
It was as if the figure of the demon parasitizing the physical body as a host was screaming and being forcibly torn out.
"Keuuuggh."
Like flesh being seared by a hot iron.
The dark red demonic qi separated from Pamyeong's body and soared into the air in the form of a black shadow.
Just as Wi Cheongun's body was about to return to its original color,
Crackle.
The black shadow that was being torn out stopped its movement and inversely began to drag the golden patterns.
Bu Eunseol had captured the perfect moment, but.
Pamyeong's super-sensation was incredible, and he had ultimately twisted the trajectory slightly so that the Silent Tiger Soul Eclipse would not perfectly touch the body.
Sizzle.
Pamyeong, who had been crouching and spreading white smoke from his body, stood up again.
"So this…… was the hidden trump card you kept."
His skin had turned beyond pale, like a rock with black cracks.
From his two eyes, a red light like the abyss, devoid of any human emotion, bloomed.
"Even though this is not this Honorable Lord's physical body…… if I had been properly exposed, it would have truly been dangerous."
Vwoom.
At some point, a dark red blade was created in his hand.
Slash!
Then, dozens of red blades popped out of Bu Eunseol's body.
Using his transcendent super-sensation, he had thrust blades of true qi into Bu Eunseol's body.
Sizzle, sizzle.
However, as the blades of true qi touched Bu Eunseol's body, they melted away, sparking flames.
They were unable to pierce the body of Bu Eunseol, who had entered Transcendental Unity.
"You managed to dodge it."
Although his decisive strike had missed, not a single hint of regret was evident on Bu Eunseol's expression.
"Actually, I don't even need such a sword form."
With a low murmur,
Clatter.
Bu Eunseol threw his Silent Tiger Soul Sword, which was like an alter ego to him, onto the ground without any lingering attachment.
It was a sight unimaginable for Bu Eunseol, who cherished weapons like his life, passed down by his mother.
"Hoo."
Bu Eunseol, with a murderous smile like a beast that had unleashed its shackles, raised the corners of his mouth.
"Since I can just beat you to death."
Vwoom.
As he clenched his fist, a destructive storm of fist force was raging.
"Try blocking this, too."
Before he knew it, his fist shining in platinum precisely struck Pamyeong's Danzhong acupoint without an inch of error.
Kaboosh!
Behind Pamyeong's back, a massive platinum shockwave in the shape of a fist burst out, turning the entire rock wall behind him into dust.
Sizzle.
As Pamyeong stood perfectly fine,
"Not dead?"
Bu Eunseol snorted and once again poured out a fist force like a storm.
In an instant, Pamyeong glared with his eyes wide open.
He had thought that the other party had merely gained a super-sensation equivalent to his own.
Wasn't he dozens of times stronger than expected?
"In vain!"
Swish, swish, swish!
Pamyeong continuously poured out red blades like rain, but,
"Hmph."
Bu Eunseol dodged them leisurely and poured out attacks.
Boom!
Ultimately, Pamyeong was struck by Bu Eunseol's fist technique once again and retreated over ten zhang away.
"It seems you don't feel pain since it's a stolen physical body."
From Bu Eunseol's two fists, as he raised the corners of his mouth, golden and dark red lights mixed and surged up.
"If you can't feel it, I'll let you see it with your eyes."
Pamyeong's two eyes widened.
If he were to be hit by that fist like this.
He had a premonition that the disaster would strike not only Wi Cheongun's physical body but also his own original body.
"Wait."
Pamyeong spoke in a low and solemn voice, as if trying to forcefully protect his ruined dignity.
"This is not my physical body. Do you merely wish to kill someone like Wi Cheongun?"
As Bu Eunseol clenched his fist again as if it didn't matter, Pamyeong spoke again.
"I am saying this kind of physical body is nothing to this Honorable Lord."
"So."
Even while speaking, Pamyeong's pupils constantly rolled around.
He was continuously sensing the energy flowing from Bu Eunseol's body.
"I will come with my real body. How about that?"
"Your real body……."
At Pamyeong's words, Bu Eunseol's pupils began to flash constantly like brilliant jewels.
"You are stalling for time."
Vwoom.
At the very moment Bu Eunseol was about to strike Pamyeong with all his might,
"……?"
The dazzling radiance and the look in his eyes wrapping around his entire body began to return to normal.
From the start, it was not a perfect Transcendental Unity, and there was a time limit.
By not fighting with all his might and leisurely dawdling, he had ultimately wasted time.
"As expected, it wasn't a proper one."
Pamyeong burst into a sinister laugh.
His super-sensation could detect everything from the movement of tiny peach fuzz to blood circulation.
He had sensed early on that the power flowing through Bu Eunseol's entire body was gradually decreasing, and had intentionally stalled for time.
"You are truly dangerous."
Pamyeong immediately reached out his hand.
"Die."
Whoosh!
An absolutely unavoidable sharp and keen spear, the Kalpa-Breaking Sacred Halberd, flew toward Bu Eunseol.
Slash!
He moved with all his might, but ultimately, the spear of the Kalpa-Breaking Sacred Halberd deeply grazed past Bu Eunseol's shoulder.
As Transcendental Unity ended, he could no longer avoid Pamyeong's attacks.
"It is useless to just cleave the physical body."
As Pamyeong looked down at the immobilized Bu Eunseol and smiled faintly,
Squelch.
With a bizarre sound, Bu Eunseol's body trembled faintly.
Unfolding the Beginning Path Mind Sword that splits the spirit into two pieces.
It was to ensure that he could not attempt unity again by any chance.
'It's done.'
In an instant, Bu Eunseol's pupils flashed.
Pamyeong would not know even in his dreams.
That the moment he had been waiting for all along was exactly now.
* * *
Inside the secret room of the Martial Soul Society's Absolute Domain.
"A figure of Pamyeong's caliber will clearly sense the energy of Transcendental Unity."
Bu Eunseol, who was in secluded meditation at the time.
Spoke toward Baekri Geomha, who had a transparent form and was standing before his eyes.
"And even the fact that it is not yet perfect."
[Hmm.]
"Moreover, he will also guess that I am hiding a decisive secret art. Therefore, no matter how properly I capture the moment, it's highly likely that the Silent Tiger Soul Eclipse will not land a direct hit."
Pamyeong was a terrifying expert who had even raised a rebellion against the True Demon.
Though he could temporarily overwhelm him with Transcendental Unity, it was uncertain whether he could perfectly suppress him.
[So?]
As Baekri Geomha asked, Bu Eunseol calmly replied.
"He will definitely wait for Transcendental Unity to collapse. And then pour out a secret art that destroys the spirit so that I cannot even attempt unity again."
Conviction lingered in Bu Eunseol's eyes.
"In the end, the very moment Transcendental Unity breaks, the spirit is split, and Pamyeong is certain of his victory…… that will be the only chance to land the Silent Tiger Soul Eclipse."
For a figure like Pamyeong to be certain of victory meant.
It meant the time he believed he had trampled all possibilities and stood in an absolute position of superiority.
"So from now on, I just need to practice instantly deploying the Silent Tiger Soul Eclipse at the very instant the spirit is split."
* * *
Shaaaaa.
A brilliant five-colored light soared from Bu Eunseol's body to the ends of the sky.
It was a radiance as if the glow of dawn, the breath of the earth, and the light of the sea were intertwining at the same time.
The surrounding stones and soil, grass and flowers touched by that light caused a subtle pulsation as if regaining life.
The moment the Beginning Path Mind Sword struck and split the personality into two, he exerted the Endless Heavenly Light Art and simultaneously unfolded the Silent Tiger Soul Eclipse once again.
Clang, flash!
The Silent Tiger Soul Sword, which had been lying on the ground all along, emitted a brilliant radiance and dug into the middle of Pamyeong's forehead.
Crack.
As the tip of the Silent Tiger Soul Sword touched the middle of his forehead.
Pamyeong's skin cracked, and a pitch-black radiance bloomed through the gaps.
Kaboosh.
At the same time, a massive demon-god idol was created high in the sky.
Upon being struck by a power capable of destroying his physical body.
Ultimately, Pamyeong used the power of his primordial spirit, the Soul Demon Dharma Energy said to be on par with the True Demon.
Bang!
Bu Eunseol's body bounced into the air and then fell to the ground.
Sizzle.
White smoke rose from the entire body of the fallen Bu Eunseol.
Crunch.
At the same time, a hand flashing with black radiance popped out of the ground and was gripping his body.
Feeling uneasy even after stopping the Silent Tiger Soul Eclipse, he had restrained his body with a black grip created by the Soul Demon Dharma Energy.
"To draw out this Honorable Lord's Soul Demon Dharma Energy."
Pamyeong looked at Bu Eunseol, who was caught in the black hand, with a fed-up expression.
"You are…… stronger than the Seven-Finger Demon Blade in his youth."
Black blood was flowing from Pamyeong's mouth.
The reason he only used the Soul Demon Dharma Energy to dominate others' physical bodies was.
Because his original body was already severely ruined.
If he exerted more power than that, his physical body could no longer endure it.
However, as an energy threatening him surged from that young bastard's body, he ultimately activated the Soul Demon Dharma Energy, prepared for his physical body to be destroyed.
"If I fail to kill you today, it will become an eternal regret."
Crunch!
Strength slowly began to enter the massive hand gripping Bu Eunseol's body.
Crack, crack.
The sound of bones cracking flowed from the pressured body of Bu Eunseol.
A hand forged from the Soul Demon Dharma Energy could shatter even diamond into pieces.
Yet, despite a little bone-cracking sound, wasn't his body still perfectly fine?
"His body is this sturdy?"
An indescribable fear seeped into Pamyeong's eyes.
Vwoom.
As he raised his hand, a massive black sword formed from the Soul Demon Dharma Energy, tens of zhang in size, slowly revealed its appearance in the sky above.
"Die."
Rumble!
Along with a horrifying metallic sound, the black sword that dyed the sky pitch-black began to fall like a meteor.
Finally, the moment the tip of the sword forged from the Soul Demon Dharma Energy touched the middle of Bu Eunseol's forehead,
Vwoom.
The area around the Naohu acupoint, which used to feel cold, heated up like flames this time.
Was the seal slowly unraveling?
Soon after, the time of the whole world stopped, and his vision gradually blurred……
Memories he could never recall until now began to revive one by one.
―The entity known as the True Demon, possessing the Chains of Samsara, is ultimately…… like an entity with hundreds and thousands of personalities.
It was the voice of his father, Baekri Muha.
―Think about it.
If you create countless personalities, divide the mind into several zones, and create a personality with specific traits and abilities in each zone?
If those respective personalities process information separately, and freely fuse the results?
All things in the universe.
He would become a being capable of interfering with all objects and phenomena existing in the universe.
―Then, in the end, our family is…….
Baekri Geomha's eyes sparkled.
―To defeat the transcendent nemesis known as the True Demon, we are developing by mimicking his abilities, right?
At the young Baekri Geomha's words, Baekri Muha nodded as if praising him.
―You could say that.
―Then couldn't we divide the personality infinitely using the dharma gates Father taught me?
Baekri Geomha smiled brightly.
―Will, experience, emotions, and the method of operating qi differ according to the personality, right?
In other words, depending on which personality holds the initiative, even the exact same sword form.
Could be completely different, from the minute ways of using muscles to reaction speed and distribution of power……
―Absolutely not.
At Baekri Geomha's words, Baekri Muha spoke in a solemn voice.
―To continuously divide the personality is ultimately an extremely dangerous attempt to carve up one's own body. You must never make such an attempt.
'Baekri Geomha, this foolish fellow.'
Watching the faint memories flowing into his head, Bu Eunseol sighed inwardly.
Perhaps this guy attempted to divide his personality recklessly without listening to his father.
Ultimately, to rectify that, he must have created an integrated personality named Baekri Geomha.
'But why?'
If so, Baekri Geomha should be a more perfect and outstanding figure than himself.
Yet why had he become a personality like an immature child, as if his growth had stopped?
This truth would be revealed later on.
Through the ties made by the House of the True Demon, at the time when Baekri Geomha walked into the abyss himself……
But that was a story for a bit further in the future.
'It didn't necessarily have to be the Silent Tiger Soul Eclipse.'
Through the memories with his father.
Bu Eunseol, who finally realized how to perfectly suppress Pamyeong,
Flash!
Unfolded footwork like lightning, escaped from the black grip, and dodged the sword.
"The soul-darkening magical vessel doesn't work?"
By the time Pamyeong widened his eyes upon seeing him escape easily,
Flash!
Bu Eunseol, gripping the dropped Silent Tiger Soul Sword, unfolded the Waning Moon, Dawn Star.
Then, a massive cross-shaped sword aura rushed toward Pamyeong's face.
"Trifling."
He, who tried to reverse that sword aura with a sneer,
Thwack.
Failed to reverse the sword aura in time, creating a long wound starting from his right cheek, and even his ear fell to the floor.
"How……."
Pamyeong's eyes widened as if they would tear.
Transcendental Unity was already broken.
He had predicted and reversed the significantly slowed body reaction and sword form.
How could that insignificant sword aura land a direct hit on his face like that?
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