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Boom!
Raon didn’t miss that second when Glenn’s sword clashed with the Heavenly Demon’s fist, and he fired the Blade of Requiem with all his might.
‘Damn…’
His head felt like it was going to burst. He had consumed too much aura and willpower, and even operating the Sword Control caused his mind to reel. The pain that ran through him made him want to stop immediately, but he endured it, remembering Evelyn’s tear-stained face.
“Your grandson…”
The Heavenly Demon, while blocking Glenn’s sword blow, noticed the movement of the Blade of Requiem and extended his left hand.
“You taught him wrong! Glenn Zieghart!”
‘Now!’
Raon unleashed Whispering Wind with the Blade of Requiem just as the Heavenly Demon was about to raise his hand. The sword technique that pierced through space and aimed for the enemy’s vital point ignored the Heavenly Demon’s defense and launched itself in front of his chest.
“Hmph!”
The Heavenly Demon, at the height of Eden’s absolute ruler, didn’t fail to catch the Blade of Requiem that had transcended space and held it with his hand.
‘As expected.’
However, he had perfectly predicted this situation.
‘If he couldn’t even block this, the name Heavenly Demon would be a joke.’
Knowing that he couldn’t penetrate the Heavenly Demon’s defense even with Whispering Wind, he had launched the Blade of Requiem from the beginning, instead of the Heavenly Drive or the Wooden Ring Sword.
‘Because I have one last resort.’
He could communicate with the vengeful spirits that dwelled within the Blade of Requiem. He asked for their help through his willpower and raised an invisible sword. The red vengeful spirits conjured a sword that wasn’t his, but was similar to Glenn’s.
The Soul Weapon that cuts the enemy’s soul. Following that noble and grand flow, he sharpened the blade of his heart along with the vengeful spirits.
‘Urgh!’
His head felt like it was going to burst, and his three energy centers seemed about to twist. He forcefully suppressed his throat, which was starting to fill with blood, and concentrated.
‘There’s only one chance.’
He had to observe until the end and attack. The soul sword created by him and the Blade of Requiem was small and weak. It might be difficult to cut even the soul of an ordinary person, but it was enough to cut the faint fragment of The Fallen’s soul. Raon resonated the Ring of Fire that was about to burst, raising his concentration.
‘There!’
He felt The Fallen’s soul in the inner pocket where the Heavenly Demon had put the Heavenly Demon Relic. Relying on his senses, he pushed the soul sword towards The Fallen’s soul. Bang!
Even the Heavenly Demon didn’t seem to know that he could create a sword capable of cutting souls. He simply watched, unable to think of defending himself, as the fragment of The Fallen’s mask shattered.
A scream that sounded like thousands of pieces of metal tearing apart erupted from within the fragment of The Fallen’s mask. Even The Fallen, who hadn’t uttered a single cry when he died, seemed unable to bear the pain of his soul. He screamed as if receiving retribution for manipulating countless people and then melted away.
“Urgh…”
As soon as Raon confirmed that The Fallen had turned into a gray mist, he collapsed on the spot.
‘It’s… the end.’
He had cut the last remaining thread of soul, so even if the Heavenly Demon was a god, he couldn’t revive The Fallen.
-You, crazy finisher!
Wrath looked at him with wide eyes.
-You’re truly insane!
He seemed surprised by the psychological warfare that had surpassed the Heavenly Demon, and patted Raon on the shoulder with his round hand.
-Aiming for that one gap! You’re out of your mind! Well done!
Wrath smiled brightly, seemingly genuinely impressed.
“You…”
The Heavenly Demon looked at him with a gaze filled with anger and bewilderment, as if his pride had been hurt.
“Cough!”
As soon as Raon met the Heavenly Demon’s gaze, he coughed up the black blood clot he had been forcefully containing.
‘This… this is truly my limit.’
He wanted to pull out the Blade of Requiem stuck in the Heavenly Demon’s claws, but he didn’t even have the strength to move a finger. Perhaps because he had exerted himself too much in his injured state, even breathing was hard for him.
“Did you teach him wrong?”
Glenn shook his head, smiling as if he was pleased.
“No, it’s my grandson who has grown better than anyone in the world.”
As his bold voice resonated like thunder, lightning bolts emerged, drawing a red line that split the sky and earth. The fearsome blow, as if carrying the wrath of a god, shattered the black fighting spirit and violently pushed the Heavenly Demon’s sturdy body back, causing him to fall to the cracked ground. Boom!
The red lightning bolts exploding underground spread endlessly, covering the earth as if announcing the end of the world.
“Cough…”
As soon as the Heavenly Demon fell underground, Raon coughed up blood again as he leaned on the ground. His physical condition was so bad that even the vibrations seemed to twist his insides.
“Are you alright?”
Larian had managed to approach behind him and supported his body. She used the mana of nature to undo the congested stagnant energy in his body.
“I’m… fine.”
Raon barely managed to nod.
“Really…”
Larian looked at him with eyes that seemed to say she couldn’t believe it.
“You’re a man who does what he says he’ll do! I’m impressed!”
She laughed out loud, looking at the empty space where The Fallen’s soul had melted away.
“I… just got lucky.”
Raon waved his hand, saying that it was luck, not skill, that had favored him.
“I could never have done this alone.”
He smiled faintly, meeting Evelyn’s eyes as she looked at him.
***
“R-Raon.”
Evelyn pressed her dry lips tightly as she watched Raon cough up blood while smiling.
‘The promise…’
Raon had promised to kill The Fallen again if he came back, but honestly, he thought it was just a comforting gesture. After the Heavenly Demon revived The Fallen, he had suppressed his emotions, thinking that he would have to give up killing him and accept it.
But Raon, as if determined to keep his word, entered the battlefield of the gods where Glenn and the Heavenly Demon were fighting, with legs that had lost all strength.
He advanced with eyes that seemed ready to rise again even if he fell a thousand times, and he split The Fallen’s soul protected by the Heavenly Demon with just a dagger. Seeing Raon, who didn’t even have the strength to walk, risk his life to kill The Fallen for her sake, the tears she couldn’t hold back began to flow. A sob escaped her.
Evelyn wiped away her tears and closed her eyes tightly to see Raon properly.
‘Mom…’
Was it because The Fallen had died? In that brief moment when she closed her eyes, her mother’s face appeared. Her mother, who had always appeared blurry as if she was shrouded in mist, smiled brightly at her as if to tell her that she had done well.
“Haa…”
Evelyn slowly opened her eyes, imagining Cela’s face. Raon nodded calmly towards her. Seeing his gaze, which seemed to say that he had kept his promise, tears began to fall again.
“Thank you. Thank you so much…”
For the first time, words of gratitude flowed from her heart, not from her head. All she could do now was offer sincere thanks.
“…”
Raon smiled calmly as if to say it was alright. Even though he couldn’t speak because he was bleeding from his mouth, the image of him accepting her gratitude made her feel even more grateful.
‘My life…’
Evelyn clenched her fist with the little strength she had left.
‘No, I will dedicate even my soul to you.’
She struck her chest where ten circles were spinning, engraving the oath of a Transcendent.
***
Boom! The Heavenly Demon rose from the deep rift that had been carved like a primeval cliff. He had a deep sword wound on his chest left by Glenn.
“Haa…”
The Heavenly Demon looked at Raon, paying no attention to the wound that had split his chest like a cannon.
“Hmm…?”
Raon let out a sigh as he looked at the Heavenly Demon’s sturdy body.
‘How can such a monster exist?’
It was unbelievable that he was fine even after receiving Glenn’s sword blow. His body and mind were as tough as armor.
‘No, it’s not that it had no effect.’
Although the Heavenly Demon had a body and willpower as tough as armor, his aura had noticeably diminished. It was certain that the wound had affected him as well.
“Impressive.”
The Heavenly Demon nodded as if he was genuinely impressed.
“Creating a sword that cuts souls, even if you borrowed the power of that cursed dagger.”
He curled his lips as he looked at the Blade of Requiem in his hand.
“I understand why he told me to take you with me. Your strength and talent are remarkable.”
The Heavenly Demon threw the Blade of Requiem at Raon’s feet, changing the anger in his eyes to joy.
“You… Cough!”
Raon tried to grab the Blade of Requiem that had fallen to the ground, but he coughed up black blood. His physical condition was so bad that even speaking was difficult for him.
“Stop looking.”
Glenn walked to the right, blocking the Heavenly Demon’s gaze on Raon.
“It won’t wear him down.”
He shook his head as if he wasn’t giving the Heavenly Demon a chance to look at Raon.
“A sword that can’t be separated from its master, huh? That’s a story no one would believe.”
The Heavenly Demon smiled faintly and threw the shattered fragments of The Fallen’s mask to the ground.
“The reason for your surprise attack was because of that grandson.”
He curled his lips as he stroked the wound on his chest.
“You tried to lay your hands on children who weren’t your level, so I just gave you the same treatment.”
Glenn shook his head as if he wasn’t embarrassed at all.
“I see.”
As the Heavenly Demon shook his head with a slight smile, the blood flowing from the wound on his chest began to stop.
“It seems like both you and I have changed a lot.”
The Heavenly Demon nodded and pulled out the Heavenly Demon Relic he had kept in his chest.
“Originally, the Heavenly Demon Relic was an object bound by the pact between The Fallen and me.”
He briefly ran his tongue over his lips as he looked at the Heavenly Demon Relic.
“Thanks to your talented grandson, I couldn’t keep my promise to save that bastard who begged for his life, so I must pay the price.”
The Heavenly Demon didn’t seem to be in a bad mood even as he spoke of paying the price. Rather, the way he curled his lips with joy seemed like the embodiment of arrogance.
“Price or whatever, you can’t touch Raon.”
Glenn shook his head, saying that he wouldn’t allow anything.
“It’s true that your grandson is remarkable, but not now.”
The Heavenly Demon moved his hand as if he wasn’t very interested in the current Raon.
“It’s certainly amazing to change the wheel of fate in the desired direction, but what interests me now is…”
He raised his finger towards Glenn.
“You, Glenn Zieghart.”
The Heavenly Demon let out a cold laugh from inside his helmet.
“I was thinking of exchanging a few blows and ending it, but since The Fallen is dead, we should have a proper fight.”
He put force in his fingers as if the previous clash had been a mere game.
“I’ll rise to the occasion.”
Glenn nodded calmly as if to say ‘come as much as you want’.
“It feels refreshing.”
As the Heavenly Demon rolled his shoulders as if loosening up, the atmosphere vibrated with tension. His movements were free but grand, as if they followed the principles of the universe. The Heavenly Demon pointed his left fist towards the sky and placed his right fist at his waist. The Unconquerable Stance. It was the stance of a supreme ruler who harmonized attack and defense, heaven and earth, yin and yang.
Employing the Unconquerable Stance, an immense pressure that seemed to condense a thousand years of time emanated from him. It felt as if the world held its breath just by watching. Ching! Glenn raised the Heavenly Tremor with a serene demeanor despite feeling the Heavenly Demon’s magnificent aura.
The silver blade established a sword stance pointing at the Heavenly Demon’s neck, burning with red lightning bolts as if to erase all the malice in the world.
Although it looked like a basic stance, Glenn’s presence as a swordsman distorted space and time, causing even the Heavenly Demon to ignore everything else and focus only on him. The Void of Completion. Glenn’s sword, which had reached the extreme, emitted an absolute aura that seemed to invade the realm of the gods, raising a clear light. Rumble!
As Glenn and the Heavenly Demon’s auras rose towards the heavens, a crack that seemed to split the world was drawn.
The two Transcendents raised their killing intent towards each other in the realm of transcendence that was gradually turning gray. Boom! In the suffocating moment of confrontation, the Heavenly Demon was the first to be unable to withstand the beat in his chest. The moment his fist moved, time seemed to stop and the flow of mana solidified. Crash!
The enormous wave of mana surging from the Heavenly Demon’s fist distorted the mana of nature. It seemed to go beyond simple destruction and give rise to chaos.
Rumble! It wasn’t a simple fist blow, but it seemed like he was trying to crush Glenn’s very existence with a fist tempered by his own soul. Whoosh! As if to counter the Heavenly Demon’s tyrannical aura that shook heaven and earth, Glenn’s presence began to grow fiercely.
The grandiose will blooming from his soul raised a noble aura as if erasing the chaos brought by the Heavenly Demon.
Ching! As Glenn extended the Heavenly Tremor towards the Heavenly Demon who was swooping down with his black fist blow, a red light that seemed to distort spacetime bloomed. The red radiation emanating along the blade was mysterious and vast as if it didn’t belong to this world.
It was the absolute sword that didn’t cut the enemy’s body, but the essence of their soul, driven by will rather than aura. The martial arts of two absolute beings who had followed different paths clashed head-on. Boom! The moment the red sword and the black fist collided, the space that formed heaven and earth shattered as if the principles of the universe had been distorted.
It wasn’t a simple martial arts competition. It was a clash of souls accumulated by supreme martial artists as humans.
Raon let out a dying exclamation as he engraved the clash between Glenn and the Heavenly Demon that seemed to shake his very soul into his eyes.
‘The colors of the two are different.’
Glenn had honed his sword to the extreme, sharpening the sword of his heart that cut the enemy’s soul, while the Heavenly Demon had accumulated the concept of martial arts, tempering a soul and body that wouldn’t break before anything. It wasn’t an exaggeration to call it a battle between spear and shield, but the spear could become a shield, and the shield could also become a spear.
Raon watched without missing a single moment of the fight between the two Transcendents that seemed to be writing a new myth, forgetting even to breathe.
Boom!
As the battle between Glenn and the Heavenly Demon reached its peak and darkness like an abyss bloomed between the two, golden flames ignited above Raon’s sunken eyes.
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