Chapter 482

“It’s beyond the demonic path. It’s not just the demonic path.”

Baek Li-jung’s eyes flashed.

“Demon and good are born from the Dao, and before those two were initially distinguished, they were not different. At the beginning of demon there is the Dao, and at the end of demon there is also the Dao [Beginning and End as One]! Demon and good are Not Different and Not Two! At their end lies the primordial Dao!”

Baek Li-jung howled with a low rumbling sound like a wolf.

Then who would dare say I’m walking the wrong path!

Piiiiing!

A poison needle flew toward Baek Li-jung’s philtrum at tremendous speed.

Pat!

Baek Li-jung caught the poison needle with his teeth. He looked at Jin Ja-gang who threw the poison needle with chilling eyes.

Jin Ja-gang looked at Baek Li-jung and said.

“I do.”

“This bastard… when a person is talking…”

Jin Ja-gang raised his voice powerfully and shouted as if rebuking.

“The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao! Even if there is Dao at beginning and end, the Dao has neither beginning nor end! The moment you put Dao in your mouth, it’s not Dao!”

Grrrrr!

Baek Li-jung made a sound of resistance rumbling from his throat. Baek Li-jung’s face was more twisted than before, gradually transforming into that of a beast.

Jin Ja-gang said.

“If not me, the Taoist would have said so. Or Venerable Woo-am would have said so.”

Baek Li-jung spat out the poison needle and smiled with killing intent.

Grrr. Wolf howls continuously sounded from his throat.

A desolate energy began flowing from Baek Li-jung’s body. The air became heavy and oppression was felt.

“I killed Woo-am and Haewol. And Zoroastrian Cult Leader, whom I was the only one to fear, was killed by you.”

Zoroastrian Cult Leader was above the Calamity Slaying Demon Spirit. As a Demon General Manifestation of the same demonic path, he possessed the only martial art that could suppress the Calamity Slaying Demon Spirit. He was the existence that the Calamity Slaying Demon Spirit devouring Baek Li-jung’s body, not Baek Li-jung, had feared.

With Yelu Huan dead and Zoroastrian Cult unable to eye the martial world, Baek Li-jung’s Calamity Slaying Demon Spirit had nothing left to fear.

Baek Li-jung shouted again.

“Now who will stop me!”

Jin Ja-gang poured out poison needles.

“I will.”

Baek Li-jung’s face filled with fury and was stained with demonic energy.

“You baaaaastard!”

Ping piiiiing!

Baek Li-jung lightly shook his body and avoided all the poison needles.

Jin Ja-gang struck first at Baek Li-jung. He leaned his arm back forcefully then extended it to launch Asura Scripture.

Jin Ja-gang’s Asura Scripture covered Baek Li-jung.

Baek Li-jung drew up the Calamity Slaying Demon Spirit’s internal energy and swung Heavenly Vermilion Sword.

Heavenly Vermilion Sword collided with Asura Scripture in a head-on contest of strength.

Kwagagagak!

The Asura Scripture trembled for a moment and hesitated. Heavenly Vermilion Sword was also the Baek Li Family’s treasure sword and didn’t lose to Asura Scripture.

As if to try with strength, Baek Li-jung added another hand and pushed while gripping Heavenly Vermilion Sword with both hands.

“Taaaat!”

Heavenly Vermilion Sword was completely swung. The light Asura Scripture crumpled against Heavenly Vermilion Sword and was pushed back. Asura Scripture struck Jin Ja-gang’s skin, making blood marks. Jin Ja-gang didn’t restrain Asura Scripture and in that state extended his hand to launch three poison needles.

Baek Li-jung twisted his arm to raise Heavenly Vermilion Sword. Heavenly Vermilion Sword’s sword energy struck away the poison needles and even sliced Jin Ja-gang’s chest. Jin Ja-gang leaned his body backward and kicked below the hilt of the sword Baek Li-jung gripped with his foot.

Tak!

Heavenly Vermilion Sword flew upward. Baek Li-jung leaped while tiptoeing and opened his palm. The bounced Heavenly Vermilion Sword returned to Baek Li-jung’s hand with void grasping. Simultaneously, with the opposite hand he deployed Roaring Song Splitting Wail Palm.

Urrrrrrr!

Jin Ja-gang immediately rolled his body sideways. The place where Jin Ja-gang had been was swept away tremendously as if covered by waves. Yet even while rolling his body, Jin Ja-gang didn’t stop throwing poison needles. Baek Li-jung swung the re-caught Heavenly Vermilion Sword to deflect the poison needles with sword wind. However, some poison needles seemed pushed by the sword wind then drew a large circle to return and lodge in the back of Baek Li-jung’s head.

The technique of Flying Thread Twelve Branches!

Instantly Baek Li-jung’s form split in two and the poison needles pierced through Baek Li-jung’s afterimage.

Pat. Baek Li-jung moved with Form-shifting Position Change and appeared before Jin Ja-gang. Since he boldly approached even though toxic fog surrounded Jin Ja-gang’s body, even Jin Ja-gang was slightly caught off guard.

Baek Li-jung kicked Jin Ja-gang’s foot to make him lose balance, lowered his body, then struck Jin Ja-gang’s chin with his shoulder. As Jin Ja-gang’s head tilted back, he stepped with advancing steps and twisted his entire body diagonally to strike Jin Ja-gang’s torso hard with his back.

Kwang! Jin Ja-gang flew an entire zhang instantly along with a blood storm.

It was an exquisitely connected technique. Jin Ja-gang received a shock as if his chest was being crushed. He was dizzy from suffocation. The blood poison that splattered from Jin Ja-gang’s body was also pushed with the wind and didn’t harm Baek Li-jung. However, even in the midst of that, Jin Ja-gang counterattacked.

Before he knew it, Asura Scripture was wound tightly around Baek Li-jung’s head.

Jin Ja-gang wrapped Asura Scripture in his hand, gripped it tightly, and pulled. Baek Li-jung’s head seemed about to split into several horizontal pieces immediately. Baek Li-jung spun Heavenly Vermilion Sword to wrap around the middle of Asura Scripture. He inserted sword energy and pulled to try to cut Asura Scripture. However, Asura Scripture didn’t break and was pulled taut.

When Jin Ja-gang pulled Asura Scripture forcefully, squeeak squeeak, harsh noise came from Heavenly Vermilion Sword. Jin Ja-gang shot out poison needles. Baek Li-jung kicked a small pebble with his foot to shoot down the poison needles midway. Then he shook his head to loosen the Asura Scripture tangled on his face and pulled his head out.

Jin Ja-gang retrieved Asura Scripture and leaped while shooting poison needles.

Poison needles shot with flash skill flew like light rays above and below Baek Li-jung. Baek Li-jung rotated his body diagonally and moved sideways to avoid the poison needles then poured palm force into the air.

Pang! Jin Ja-gang received the palm force with his body and fell toward Baek Li-jung as is, extending twin palms. Poison palm poured over Baek Li-jung’s head. Not only poison palm but Asura Blood dripping from Jin Ja-gang’s body was also threatening to Baek Li-jung.

Baek Li-jung tore one sleeve completely up to the shoulder, wrapped it around his hand, and drew a large circle in the air. Jin Ja-gang’s poison palm and Asura Blood scattered in all directions from the wind pressure.

Sss… hup.

Baek Li-jung held his breath then explosively released internal energy greatly.

Shhaaak! The sleeve gripped in his hand tore to shreds and swirled. The torn cloth pieces contained sharp internal energy and flew toward Jin Ja-gang like hidden weapons.

For Jin Ja-gang floating in the air, it was a difficult attack to avoid.

Jin Ja-gang instinctively pressed on empty air.

Void Explosive Force!

Pyoong!

Space exploded and the torn cloth pieces scattered completely.

Jin Ja-gang leaped down and stomped on Baek Li-jung’s head with his foot. Baek Li-jung raised his forearm to block.

Koong! The ground beneath Baek Li-jung’s feet sank about an inch and his feet got stuck under the pressure Jin Ja-gang brought down. As Jin Ja-gang fell, he rotated his body once from a low position and kicked Baek Li-jung’s chest with both feet. Baek Li-jung crossed both arms to block the feet.

Pyoong! Baek Li-jung’s feet left long traces on the ground and slid straight backward.

Baek Li-jung’s body shook. Just as it seemed his body was swaying left and right, it disappeared as if extinguished with a whoosh.

It was a movement whose type of lightness skill was difficult to identify.

Baek Li-jung’s body seemed to stretch long then flew to before Jin Ja-gang in an instant.

Arching Body Projecting Shadow!

Skill a level above even the Twin Swords of Zhongnan. Baek Li-jung stabbed the sword like lightning toward Jin Ja-gang’s chest. The sword tip was trembling finely.

Jin Ja-gang raised his eyes wide.

This is dangerous whichever way he dodges!

It was an ordinary move but strangely contained thick killing intent.

Baek Li-jung had cunningly mixed in a certain-kill move.

Jin Ja-gang also decided to make this the decisive moment.

Jin Ja-gang didn’t dodge but rather jumped forward, toward Baek Li-jung’s chest.

Pook.

Heavenly Vermilion Sword pierced through Jin Ja-gang’s left shoulder. The sword tip that passed through belatedly scattered sword energy and raised a whirlwind. Space was sharply sliced to pieces behind Jin Ja-gang.

It was Baek Li-jung’s variation that raised Hurricane Evil Destroying Sword one breath late. If Jin Ja-gang had leaped backward or dodged sideways, he would have been caught in Hurricane Evil Destroying Sword’s sword energy. However, by having the sword penetrate his shoulder, he passed the sword pole and made the sword energy raised by the sword pole explode entirely behind him!

Heavenly Vermilion Sword vibrated and blood spurted wildly from Jin Ja-gang’s shoulder. Jin Ja-gang extended his hand and gripped Baek Li-jung’s neck. Just twisting his wrist would break Baek Li-jung’s neck.

It was truly sharpness like a seasoned veteran who experienced countless battles taking the enemy commander’s life by giving up one arm.

A completely different method from when Baek Li-jung fought Namgung Rak just before.

Baek Li-jung didn’t let go of Heavenly Vermilion Sword and dodge. This is a fight between beasts. The one who retreats loses.

Blood vessels emerged on Baek Li-jung’s neck. Along with blood vessels, tendons prominently rose. The trapezius muscles of his shoulders and neck swelled tautly.

Drdrdrdeuk. The neck bones were pressured, the head tilted forward, and sounds like joints breaking came. Baek Li-jung pulled his chin to wedge Jin Ja-gang’s grip between chin and neck. The neck muscles became hard as rock. It was to the point Jin Ja-gang’s fingers couldn’t dig into the neck.

Baek Li-jung’s chin and neck squeezed Jin Ja-gang’s hand back.

Jin Ja-gang also put more strength in his hand.

It was a strange sight of chin and neck muscles and grip strength competing in power.

Creak creak.

A sound rang out that couldn’t be identified whether it came from Baek Li-jung’s neck or Jin Ja-gang’s hand.

Baek Li-jung’s face reddened, and tendons also emerged on Jin Ja-gang’s face.

Baek Li-jung pressed his chin with all his might and shouted.

Kiyaaaaaaah!

However, Jin Ja-gang’s Calamity Slaying Demon Spirit didn’t respond.

Baek Li-jung’s pupils shook.

Jin Ja-gang’s Calamity Slaying Demon Spirit is perfectly controlled!

Jin Ja-gang slowly raised his other arm. With Heavenly Vermilion Sword penetrating his shoulder, since Baek Li-jung still hadn’t let go of Heavenly Vermilion Sword, the lodged area was cut and blood flowed in streams. Yet he was raising his trembling arm little by little.

Though applying equal strength, that Baek Li-jung couldn’t move while Jin Ja-gang could move one arm meant Jin Ja-gang’s internal energy was slightly superior.

Baek Li-jung became desperate.

“Grrrrr…!”

He did his utmost while even making groaning sounds.

Crackle, crack!

Sounds like breaking came from under his chin. Jin Ja-gang’s fingers whose hand back was pressed twisted little by little and Baek Li-jung’s lips also burst. Blood formed between teeth and capillaries burst and seeped from the veins in his neck.

Jin Ja-gang’s face became bright red and he smiled with his arm completely raised.

Then in an instant he struck Baek Li-jung’s face head-on with his palm.

Crack!

Baek Li-jung pulled his neck from Jin Ja-gang’s hand at the last moment and twisted his body. He was struck on one side of his face.

Baek Li-jung knelt as if collapsing. His cheekbone cracked, half his face turned bright red, and bruises burst, swelling up puffily. It was fortunate he at least wasn’t hit by Asura Blood. His pupils shook severely and couldn’t focus.

Baek Li-jung let go of Heavenly Vermilion Sword and with his own hands stabbed the acupoint below his earlobe. His eyes’ focus quickly returned.

The sight of Jin Ja-gang raising his hand again came into view.

Crack!

Baek Li-jung who was struck on the head while kneeling fell face down as is.

Kwang!

His face was smashed into the dirt ground.

“Keeeok!”

Baek Li-jung’s pupils were engulfed in sudden fear. The energy of the Calamity Slaying Demon Spirit was rapidly weakening.