He struggled to block the Demon Lord and Yupae’s offense, saying that it would not happen.
It was a combined effort of two beings who are the best. One was Supreme Demon while the other was beyond Supreme Demon and also had power from a different world.
There was a limit to simply pushing away this with his exorcist power.
There were only two ways to counter this bizarre aura which consumed not just sword energy but also enhanced energy.
Destroy it with a higher level of martial arts or press down with similar energy...
When his mind went through everything, this insane thought passed through the mind of Seol-Hwi.
The Third Disciple, the Demon Lord’s trump card which drove her to her death.
Great Absorption Technique!
The power which the Soulless use, he had never even thought it could be different.
However, simply thinking about it, it was true that the Demon Lord and the Third Disciple had accomplished it, so it was obvious that when he thought about it, he also thought why couldn’t he also try it.
If only he could get it... I might do it.
Of course, it was not possible right away.
The reason why it had “Great” in its name from ancient times was because it required not just complex martial arts, but similar thoughts and a smart brain.
The way to deal with the energy was different, and the way to use it was to inflict damage on the opponent.
But right—
It cannot be so impossible.
Counter it. If it was a complex principle that could not be learned, then make the other person use it and experience it.
As the name implied, the technique and martial arts was meant to suck in the internal energy of others. If the pain through the body can be said to be experience, the system that looks down on the world will surely respond with a result.
Of course... this idea is closer to guess in a way, just a gamble.
Even so, he could not think of a better solution now.
So, he showed the Demon Lord an opening first. When he properly held his hand, he waited for the Demon Lord to use it.
“Great Absorption Technique.”
Crack!
Euk!
And Seol-Hwi felt a pain which was difficult to understand. The arts being used was not just sucking the energy from the dantian.
Through the arm which was being held, to the energy spreading in the body, he disrupted all the veins which were circulating the energy and was tearing them to pieces.
It was not just a technique, it was shaking the blood. As a result, it was a property unique to the method of sucking the essence of the opponent.
A little bit...
But even in the midst of that pain, there was something that made the eyes of Seol-Hwi shine, and thanks to the gamble he took, the system was ready to give him a decent reward.
<Understand the structure of Absorption Great Technique.> <You learned the martial arts.>
“Absorption Great Technique.”
After that, Seol-Hwi’s counter attack continued.
Crack!
He stretched his hand out to the stomach of the Demon Lord, and the internal energy of the entire body which got sucked away, was pulled back. But it did not end there. A completely foreign energy came through his hands and into the dantian.
Euk!
This was unexpected.
What Seol-Hwi expected was that his internal energy would not be sucked out anymore and that the Demon Lord’s energy would be drawn into him
But he overlooked the fact of this unknown energy residing within the body of the Demon Lord.
Crack!
To make matters worse, he could not come to his senses due to the aftermath of this unknown energy rushing in.
In the end, it was Seol-Hwi and not Demon Lord who had to step back first.
Puak!
“Uh. Uh. How...”
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Was it because the nature of the absorption was different from what he thought?
Originally the chance was to just stop the opponent.
“Kuak.”
Of course, Seol-Hwi could not move due to the pain. An energy that could not be controlled at all was running through his veins.
The energy twisting in his veins in the early stages was no different than the path through which the other worldly energy was moving.
However, as if the path was being flooded together, the means to control the energy was lost. Now, the situation was not just a mere experience, but a noticeable side effect.
He did not even control it, but the change of the realm moved on its own. And that was not all. The energy of the other world extended to the nature of Seol-Hwi energy.
Even Seol-Hwi could not stand it. Was it not an unexpected situation where the worst was happening in the worst situation?
Here was pain and hallucinations to the point of losing consciousness. As a result, an obvious harmony was being initiated.
I’ll die if I lose my mind now!
Seol-Hwi knew the current situation better than anyone. Whether his will would get broken or his mind was lost, or he gets possessed by something—
All of those would lead to immediate death. However, an increasingly unbearable situation was coming.
Just like death was approaching.
However—
8... 7...
The conditions which had been forgotten due to his anxiousness were lifted. And this time—
5... 4...
The restrictions that had been tying Seol-Hwi down until then came to an end.
3... 2... 1....
<Time Attack has ended.> <Endure 900 seconds. You have succeeded in the mission.>
He wanted to hold on, but it was not at a level that he could control and hold on and with the numbers disappearing, Seol-Hwi vision darkened and tried to lose consciousness.
Just in time, apart from that, this thing appeared before him.
<You can choose one of the three rewards for surviving the difficult challenge.> ▶You can escape from here. ▷Remove the bad energy within the body. ▷Proceed with the current situation.
“...!”
Looking at the choices, Seol-Hwi had a hunch.
The three rewards—
If the first of them was the way to keep his life safe, then the second was to be determined and fight the enemies.
But the third, if he could continue, this was a choice he did not understand. What was being given as a reward was now an extension to his hell?
It did not seem like it could be like that.
What was clear was that it would be the first choice which will be worth a lot more.
<Do you want to select ‘You can escape from here’?>
“...”
So Seol-Hwi made a difficult decision.
—to see the end.
Rather than doubting the choice to be a trap, he wanted to be able to not avoid real life decisions. The many choices he had been through, he learned a lot from them.
In the end, it was the general choice that didn’t want some higher reward now, but a better one later.
<You have chosen ‘Proceed with the current situation’?>
“Warrior.”
What he looked at when he opened his eyes was the hands of a boy on his head, Songhwa.
He was talking to Seol-Hwi with a pale face that had lost its blood and had a slightly detached look.
“This is the final choice I can make and pass on.”
“...?”
“...It will not be of much help. Just show the path in the end, and you will have to do everything yourself.”
Seol-Hwi did not understand. What was Songhwa saying?
Could it be that he would give him uncontrollable energy?
And this caught his eye. Somehow, the four energies stopped colliding and the setting of the state where everything was happening normally happened.
<Supreme Master [ON]> <Supreme Demon [ON]>
When he saw Songhwa again like that.
“I will rule the energy of the other world. If you can control these four energies, you will be able to rise one step higher than you are now. When that time comes...”
Cough
Songhwa smiled as he coughed up a spurt of blood.
“No one can hold against you.”
Right.
The intervention of Songhwa, who knew how to control the energy of the other world, to control it and make it his own.
It was to be a stepping stone to another level.
Right then.
<Supreme Master [ON]> <Supreme Demon [ON]>
On top of that came an unknown one.
<Profound Master [OFF]> <Profound Demon [OFF]>
One could experience a higher world than now...
It was the final stage that martial artists could reach.