Chapter 339

Chapter 339

Generally speaking, Monster Realms are for creating an environment advantageous to oneself.

For instance, Snow Ghost’s ‘Great Snow Landscape’ slowly freezes everything except Snow Ghost himself and the monsters under his command.

The longer you fight in that Snow Landscape, the more everything except Snow Ghost freezes, and ultimately only Snow Ghost can move. The moment warriors enter that Snow Landscape, they’re forced into a quick battle against Snow Ghost, so it could be called a battlefield extremely advantageous to Snow Ghost.

Though there are differences in degree, the same goes for other monsters’ Monster Realms.

It’s normal for the Monster Realm of a monster handling flames to show an environment like a blazing hell, and the Monster Realm of a monster that doesn’t suffer breathing difficulties makes the air density extremely sparse, sometimes suffocating people. In other words, it could be said that the raison d’être of Monster Realms is to meet opponents in an environment where only you are most advantageous.

Generally, Monster Realms are like that. Making yourself and your opponent move far from the same line. An environment that helps you not stand on the same line. That could be called a Monster Realm. However.

Looking at it from that perspective, Heukya’s Monster Realm was different enough to be called ‘heterogeneous’ compared to other Monster Realms. Because.

Heukya’s Monster Realm, ‘Sinseonggok,’ literally grants similar power to everyone who enters the Monster Realm.

‘Where is it?’

Desolate atmospheric sound.

At the strange wind sound digging into his ears, Geomseon, who half-opened his eyes, twisted his body while turning his gaze sideways in a state holding his sword. Black petals blooming from the air without any sound or sign.

‘This is……!’

Too close to avoid.

Swiiish!

Reflexively trying to swing his sword but realizing he couldn’t make it in time, Geomseon concentrated his mental strength to erase the flower and gasped deeply. A headache was attacking severely as if his head would cramp.

‘What an absurd Monster Realm.’

Sinseonggok.

Inside this place, ‘intelligent beings’ can do everything as long as their mental strength supports them.

Instantly increasing arms to six or suddenly becoming gigantic is commonplace. It’s possible to increase or decrease an opponent’s size with just a thought, even a small child can launch five hundred seventy million slashes in the blink of an eye, and you can even regenerate with just a thought even if half your body is blown away.

Looking at it this way, it might seem like everyone is invincible in Sinseonggok. If everyone can transcend the norm, superiority among transcendents wouldn’t exist. No matter how strong you are, it could be thought that it becomes meaningless inside here.

However, that’s not actually the case. Originally, imagining in detail and intimately what you yourself cannot do requires much mental strength.

Because there’s a limit to human mental strength.

-You’re enduring well.

It got smaller.

“……Tsk.”

Geomseon, who reflexively looked up, clicked his tongue at the massive attack covering over his head while inflating his body. A sensation like a corner of his brain being torn off. Mental strength being consumed massively.

‘Hehe, same conditions but disadvantageous?’

Kwaaaaang-!!!

Geomseon, who deflected Heukya’s tail, grasped the essence of this Monster Realm and burst into hearty laughter. Because he seemed to understand well why Heukya’s Monster Realm has this structure.

‘In this world, there aren’t many actions that monster cannot do.’

Inflating and shrinking the body. Increasing arms to several, walking the sky, tearing opponents apart just by looking.

Though impossible for ordinary warriors, for Heukya, a great monster who has lived tens of thousands of years, that wasn’t impossible.

Killing by shaking an opponent’s spirit with just a single spirit word would normally be very inefficient for Heukya. Swinging her tail to kill an opponent would reduce both power consumption and mental strength consumption more than doing that. But what about inside this Monster Realm?

‘The consumption cost is almost none.’

Because she can do it, she consumes almost no mental strength, and because she consumes almost no mental strength, she can use nearly infinite moves.

Literally an environment operating most advantageously for Heukya, who stands above ten thousand talents. If this environment isn’t destroyed, even if there were about ten more of himself, he couldn’t inflict even a scratch on Heukya.

“……Hehe. This is my first time facing such great hardship.”

-You seem relaxed?

“As if.”

Four Beam Sword Dance

Kwaddddddeuk-!!!!!

Front, back, left, right.

Geomseon, who erased petals blooming from all directions caught in his vision with one sword strike, stepped with True Angle while sending the faintly rising recoil into the air. Vision instantly accelerating.

A storm sweeps in.

From diagonal lines to straight lines, from vertical lines to horizontal lines, one point, waning moon, half moon, full moon. Crown, slash, break, absorb, thrust—all techniques that could be deployed with a sword flew toward Heukya carried on the wind. An attack so powerful that even the serene Heukya had to curl her tails and protect her body.

Knowing All Without Remaining Pain

Extract the extreme.

-Excellent.

Fwaaaaaaang-!!!!!

At the attack striking all at once, Heukya, who flowed a pleased laugh, deployed all nine tails at once to sweep away the attack and burst into laughter. The sight of Geomseon gasping for small breaths.

-Don’t you have a more outstanding attack? The consumption looks great.

“……Hehe, truly a monster-like being.”

-Extracting sword strikes to your limit. Truly impressive. But that’s as far as it goes.

If it’s within the line of what you can do, does mental strength consumption disappear?

While it’s true it lessens, it doesn’t disappear. What Geomseon just deployed was no different from a sword strike encompassing his entire life.

Geomseon extracts sword strikes so vast that even he himself has difficulty imagining them, weaving them into his own will. Normally it would be an attack where using it even once would drain internal energy making it impossible to continue combat, but inside this Monster Realm where literally ‘anything’ is possible, he wouldn’t collapse no matter how many times he uses it. As long as he can imagine, internal energy won’t dry up.

However, if internal energy doesn’t dry up, what about mental strength?

-I’ll send praise.

“…….”

-For a human, it was amazing mental strength. Just imagining the limit of what’s possible would overload a human brain. Being able to cross that line several times is worthy of respect.

Heukya, who spoke in a low voice, smiled faintly while covering her mouth with her tail and declared.

-But this is as far as it goes.

“This, far…….”

-My limit far surpasses your limit. If that attack just now was your best, you can’t give me even one wound.

Even if by one chance in a thousand, one chance in ten thousand, he succeeds in piercing Heukya’s defense and dealing damage to Heukya’s main body, it’s the same.

-Even if you succeed in splitting my body in half, before you recognize it, this Monster Realm will restore my body first.

No matter what contingency is applied, there’s no possibility of Geomseon winning against Heukya.

-As payment for entertaining me, I’ll grant you a comfortable death.

A moon rises. A black moon.

“Hehe…….”

Confirming dozens of black moons rising in the sky then gradually growing larger, Geomseon, who burst into hearty laughter, gripped tightly the sword in his palm. Powerlessness surging up.

‘Can I block it?’

His youth comes to mind.

It was this sensation when seeing numerous geniuses surpassing him too. Those who calmly accomplished what he couldn’t do, yet progressed further forward.

‘There’s no need to judge whether I can block it or not?’

It was like that then too.

He just did it before asking if he could. Even knowing it was utterly foolish, he raised his sword, and swung it once more before thinking. Because if he thought, he felt like he’d collapse.

‘This time is no different.’

Whether you can do it or not isn’t what’s important. Whether you must accomplish it or if it’s okay not to accomplish it is what’s important.

-You should at least know why you died when you go to the afterlife. This is called False Moon.

The world collapses.

Watching the black moon slowly falling downward, Geomseon, who drew up his main body’s internal energy, exhaled deeply and put strength in his palm to extract a sword strike. And.

-Farewell.

Just as the false moon was about to collide with Geomseon’s sword strike extracted like a ray of light.

“Can’t let that happen.”

A faint laugh flowed.

Annihilation Will Heavenly Calamity Technique

Empty Measure Empty Void

A shadow covered the moon.

“Am I late?”

“Hehe. Seems too late.”

“I was late because I had things to do, so I’d appreciate if you’d overlook it.”

“What’s there to overlook or not? It’s fortunate you came even now.”

At the sight of Ilryun appearing as if flying from the air, Geomseon, who wore a pleased smile, nodded, and Ilryun approached Geomseon and spoke in a low voice.

“Geomseon. We must endure.”

“Do you have something in mind?”

“You know this Monster Realm isn’t ordinary?”

“That’s…….”

“Inside this Monster Realm, that monster can display majesty close to a god. To handle that monster, we have no choice but to destroy the Monster Realm. However.”

“However?”

“As things are, we can’t destroy the Monster Realm. Because the core of this Monster Realm…… that monster is directly holding it.”

Fox bead.

Ilryun, who informed that what Heukya holds is precisely the core of the Monster Realm, exhaled deeply.

“To defeat that monster, there’s only one method. Destroying the Monster Realm’s core all at once with unimaginable speed and power.”

“……Will that be possible?”

“Beyond whether it’s possible or impossible, it must be done. And that’s not our role.”

Even if Geomseon’s martial arts are combined, even if Ilryun’s martial arts are combined, can even a wound be inflicted on that fox bead?

That’s not the case. No matter what warrior is brought, penetrating the current Heukya and inflicting a wound on the fox bead is impossible. Even if borrowing this Monster Realm’s characteristics.

However,

“There is a method.”

“…….”

“To implement that method, we must buy time.”

At the same time as speaking, feeling the heavy presences approaching from behind, he turned his gaze backward. Familiar forms already approaching from far away.

“Amitabha. Geomseon. Have you been well?”

“Daehwalbeol.”

“I’m late.”

“Taeag.”

The Central Plains’ peak, all the Talgatja gathered.

“It’s also the first time such forces are fighting together…….”

Looking at the faces exchanging greetings, Geomseon, who wore a bitter smile, nodded. Because there was no other method.

“Is that method certain?”

“It’s not certain.”

“Hmm.”

“But it’s the only method.”

“I understand what you mean. Hehe.”

There’s no choice anyway. Then there’s no choice but to do it, right? Just like what he’s done until now.

“How long must we endure?”

“Half a shichen…… no.”

That’s probably far from enough. The time needed to prepare a fatal strike is probably.

“One shichen from now.”

“…….”

“No matter what happens, we must hold onto Heukya.”

“Not an easy task.”

Even while receiving the help of techniques, he barely endured for a moment, and now it’s a shichen.

At Ilryun’s calculation, Geomseon wore a bitter smile and gripped his sword tightly.

“But we must try.”

I say it repeatedly.

A choice didn’t exist from the beginning.