Chapter 162: Drastic Change (1)

Chapter 162: Drastic Change (1)

Crack!

The fingers of the green-armored wooden puppet gouge into my skull.

Inside the skull, within my upper dantian, my soul is felt being grasped by the puppet's hand.

Ugh...!

Flash!

At the same time, the teleportation array activates, and we begin to cross through space.

Whizz!

A beam of light flows, and we are transported towards the Human Territory.

However, I can't help but be horrified.

It's still following...!

Crunch!

The puppet holding my soul is using its Four-Axis stage cultivation to cross through space, following the teleportation itself!

Wo-woong!

My soul, it's being pulled out!

The problem isn't that my head is being grabbed.

Even if my head is cut off, it will grow back, but the puppet at the Four-Axis stage burrowed its circuits into my soul.

If this continues, my soul will be pulled out, leaving only my body to be transported, and without a doubt, I will wake up in the next life.

No, it's not the next life, but I could also end up captured by the Mad Lord....

That's the real worst-case scenario!Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

Damn whether it's Prince Seo or Crown Prince....

Crack, crackle!

While being enveloped in the light of teleportation and crossing through space, I grab both hands of the Four-Axis stage puppet that is still clinging on.

"I dislike both options...."

Zing!

Using my soul, I begin to take control of the puppet's circuit in reverse.

So just get lost...!"

Wo-woong!

Crack!

Gradually, my power pushes the puppet's hands away, and the puppet's body begins to be pushed out beyond the light of teleportation.

However, the puppet, with all its might, screams trying to push its body back into the light of teleportation.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

And when I push the puppet away with my own scream.

Boom!

From behind me, a thick hand and a thin hand.

Two hands grab the puppet respectively.

Its Oh Hyun-seok and Kim Yeon.

"Get lost!"

"Return to the Mad Lord!"

Oh Hyun-seok, with his brute strength obtained from body refining methods.

Kim Yeon, by connecting to the puppet through the Wonderfully Mysterious Innate Heart Canon, to gradually push the puppet away

In both ways, the two come to my aid.

Thump, thump, thump!

That isn't all.

"A mere plaything of the Mad Lord, you will not take my juniors...!"

Cheongmun Gyu, along with the senior brothers and senior sisters of Azure Heaven Creation Sect who are being teleported in the light with us, lend their strength.

Their thick forearms push the puppet away.

Finally.

Bang!

The puppet's hand falls from my head, and I squeeze out my spiritual power.

"Azure Wing!"

Kugugugu!

Three wings sprout from my back.

A blue vortex swirls around my right hand.

"Azure Wing Heavenly Shatter!"

Boom!

A vast light flings the puppet outward.

The puppet, created from the wooden man of the Four-Axis stage with green armor, finally falls out of the light of teleportation and flies off into the void.

Whizz!

And finally.

Flash!

We return to the main headquarters of the Human Race Grand Alliance, at the teleportation array in the Heavenly Human Island.

The short yet long mission against the Mad Lord has ended.

Swoosh

The night wind blows across the land

"You want to stay with Kim Yeon, don't you?"

"...Yes."

I don't want to send her to those dangerous sects.

"Hmm, but if those two sects make a fuss..."

"Then."

I look at Azure Tiger Saint and ask.

"Could you allow us to stay together for just 50 more years?"

"50 years..."

Hearing my words, Oh Hyun-seok, who is listening, looks shocked.

"What do you mean by 50 years? Would those two sects even agree to..."

"Well, fine. After all, she's someone rescued by people from the Azure Heaven Creation Sect, so keeping her for another 50 years, if they have any conscience, shouldn't be too objectionable."

"Master...?"

Oh Hyun-seok looks bewildered, not understanding Azure Tiger Saint's decision.

'It seems he still doesn't grasp the sense of time among cultivators.'

Azure Tiger Saint is over a thousand years old.

To an entity who has lived for more than a millennium, a mere 50 years isn't considered a long time.

"Ah... It seems I still don't quite understand the sense of time..."

"Hahaha, you'll get used to it soon. Anyway, if you're going to spend another 50 years with that child, Kim Yeon, we'd better have a good reason."

Azure Tiger Saint continues with a smile.

"Didn't I assign you two missions before, to chase after the devil and to spy on the Mad Lord?"

"Yes, that's right."

The devil was caught within five years. However, there was evidence that the devil attempted to summon a Blood Yin Realm's Star Shattering stage Heavenly Fiend, leading the Human Race Grand Alliance to hold the True Devil Realm accountable. The fear was that the devil could have inadvertently summoned a terrifying entity from the Blood Yin Realm.

The True Devil Realm is currently being targeted for invasion by the Human Race Grand Alliance using this incident as a pretext. You, along with Kim Yeon, will serve as the vanguard in the invasion of the True Devil Realm for the next 50 years.

"Invasion of the True Devil Realm..?"

Thus, I, Oh Hyun-seok, and Kim Yeon, following Azure Tiger Saint's proposal, became part of the expeditionary force invading the True Devil Realm.

True Devil Realm.

Secluded River Domain, a meeting place for high-ranking devils.

A place where a dark river of shadows flows.

A conference was being held in the Secluded River Castle, located beneath that river of shadows.

"One of your Horned Devils foolishly crossed over to the Bright Cold Realm, attempting to summon a Shattering Star existence from the Blood Yin Realm into the Human Territory!"

"Damn it! How was I supposed to know that the bastard was a spy for the Heavenly Fiends of the Blood Yin Realm! How am I supposed to counter the Blood Yin Realm's Fiends creating spies with all kinds of their bizarre and sinister devilish arts!"

"You must take responsibility! Now the despicable humans are using this as an excuse to declare war on the Devil Realm!"

"Those filthy humans. During the Bright-Devil Great War, other races from the Bright Cold Realm made countless colonies in the True Devil Realm, but they're the only ones who failed to do so, and now they're throwing a tantrum!"

Inside the meeting hall of Secluded River City, sinister devils exuding dark devilish energy are holding a worried discussion.

"This is not the time for us to be fighting amongst ourselves. Although it's said that the humans couldn't fight us directly during the last Bright-Devil Great War because they were supporting from the rear, thus failing to make colonies in the True Devil Realm... I've heard that humans are as vicious and cunning as the fiends from the Blood Yin Realm, a terrifying race."

"Right. Despite being able to speak and possessing intelligence, just because of being a different race, humans are known to grind up numerous races to make their elixirs."

"Such abominable beings!"

"The Devil Realm must unite to fend off these abominable humans. Otherwise, countless devils will be captured by human cultivators and turned into mere handfuls of elixirs!"

A horned devil from the Horned Tribe, leading the meeting, rallied the devils to unite.

After the meeting concluded, the devils left Secluded River City, each returning to their own territories.

Among them, a representative of the Horned Tribe, a mysterious devil clicked his tongue.

"Tsk tsk, the current state of the True Devil Realm is misguided. Its not even the Bright Cold Realm, but the Human Race of the Heaven Tribe that are invading, yet theyre all trembling like fools.

His appearance is somewhat human, but where humans would have ears and eyes, horns protruded instead.

Wo-woong!

The horned devil flew back to his territory, pulling out a storage scroll.

Inserting his hand into the scroll, he pulled out a heart-like object and crushed it in the air.

Wo-woong!

Darkness enveloped him, blocking the view from outside.

Then, a red chamber appeared before the mysterious horned devil.

"Halu (Governing Skull) of the Horned Tribe pays respects to Shattered Bell Esteemed One."

Whispers seem to emanate from beyond the red chamber.

The horned devil, Halu, inclines the horns on his ears to listen to the whispers.

Soon, the whispers translated into various pieces of information in his mind.

"Earth Tribe... Dragon King... Cooperation... Blood Yin Realm... Descent... Bright Cold Realm... True Immortal... Revival... True Immortal Realm Secrets... Infinite... Glory..."

Halu recited the information conveyed by the whispers and bowed to the red chamber.

After a while, the scene within the red chamber disappeared.

"I will not disappoint the Esteemed Ones expectations...!"

The veil of darkness that enveloped Halu lifted, and he looked in the direction of the Bright Cold Realm.

'If what the Esteemed One has said truly comes to pass, our Horned Tribe will enjoy infinite glory by following the Blood Yin Realm's lead and obtaining the coordinates to the True Immortal Realm. Then, we can overhaul this pitiful True Devil Realm that strains to appease the Bright Cold Realm under the name of our Horned Tribe...!'

The mysterious devil Halu smiles as he gazes at the purple sun rising over the True Devil Realm.

Translator Notes: Donated chapter by zzpy. Thanks for the support!

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