Chronicles of the Demonic Cult Conversion-Chapter 75 : Chapter 75

Chapter 75. I Said I'm Not That Guy.
“My Lord!”
Danmok Cheong hastily threw himself towards Jin Cheon.
The Seven Prodigies of the Divine Demon also tried to follow Danmok Cheong.
“Stop.”
Jin Cheon raised his hand to stop his subordinates from approaching.
“Even if we fight, we need to talk first.”
“But……”
“Just wait patiently for now.”
“Yes, My Lord.”
After sending his subordinates back, Jin Cheon faced the Hui Dragon Emperor.
“My name is Jin Cheon. I was taught by the Cult Leader of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.”
“How dare you use such petty tricks in front of me.”
An anger-laced voice flowed from the Hui Dragon Emperor's mouth.
“Did you think I wouldn't be able to touch you just because you mentioned that wench?”
“Not a chance.”
Jin Cheon shook his head.
“I heard you are a giant serpent who has lived for nearly a thousand years. Such a being wouldn’t fear the Cult Leader of our cult. It was merely a courtesy.”
“A trivial insect like you, I neither want to know nor need to know.”
“You only want revenge, is that it?”
“Of course. To kill you and appease my child’s soul……”
The Hui Dragon Emperor stopped talking and hardened his face.
His eyes.
The dragon eyes glared at Jin Cheon as if to pierce through him.
“You.”
“……?”
“Could you be that guy?”
“What guy?”
“The one who trapped me here.”
Even more anger was contained in the Hui Dragon Emperor’s voice than before.
“The one who trapped you……”
“A mere insect dared to deceive me and made me write my own name on that damn Divine Spirit Tree.”
“Ah.”
Realizing that the ‘that guy’ the Hui Dragon Emperor was talking about was the first Heavenly Demon, Jin Cheon nodded as if he understood.
“Sorry, but I’m not him.”
“Where do you spew such lies.”
“……?”
“Among humans, you are the only one with a body that can contain the true demon.”
A giant serpent that had lived for nearly a thousand years, the Hui Dragon Emperor seemed to have recognized that Jin Cheon possessed the Heavenly Demon’s Physique at a glance.
“What kind of trick are you trying to pull now?”
“I said I'm not that guy.”
“Shut up!”
The Hui Dragon Emperor shouted and began to stride towards Jin Cheon.
“There is no one who does not know that you have completed the Great Reincarnation Art!”
“Didn’t I say no?”
“Today, I will finally repay the debt.”
“……”
“The crime of trapping me here, and the crime of killing my child. I will take them with your life.”
The Hui Dragon Emperor seemed to believe without a doubt that Jin Cheon was the reincarnation of the Heavenly Demon.
“There’s no talking to you.”
Jin Cheon realized that conversation with the Hui Dragon Emperor was meaningless.
Even so, nothing would change.
Wasn’t the reason the Hui Dragon Emperor came here to take revenge on Jin Cheon's party for killing his child?
Even if he mistook Jin Cheon for the reincarnation of the first Heavenly Demon, the situation wouldn't change.
“Alright, come.”
Jin Cheon drew his sword like lightning.
Hwaaaaak!
Soon, a fierce demonic qi swirled and enveloped Jin Cheon.
Heavenly Demon Divine Qi, Demonic Lord, activated!
Given the opponent, it was an expression of his will to immediately undergo Demonification and fight with all his might.
“I will tear you to shreds, rip your flesh, and drink your blood.”
The Hui Dragon Emperor swung his sharp claws at Jin Cheon.
“Do you have an inner core too?”
Jin Cheon, not backing down, swung his sword in response.
Jjeong!
Jin Cheon’s sword and the Hui Dragon Emperor’s arm clashed, and a loud metallic sound echoed.
And…….
Jjaenggeurang!
Jin Cheon’s sword shattered into pieces, and its fragments scattered in all directions.
The destructive power contained in the Hui Dragon Emperor’s strike was so powerful that even Jin Cheon’s sword, enveloped in sword qi, could not withstand it.
***
Having lost his sword, Jin Cheon’s body momentarily staggered.
Not only did the shattering sword send fragments flying towards him, but the destructive power of the Hui Dragon Emperor’s strike was so immense that his body was momentarily paralyzed.
The Hui Dragon Emperor did not miss that opening and reached for Jin Cheon’s abdomen.
It seemed his intention was to pierce Jin Cheon’s stomach and pull out his intestines.
A moment of crisis.
“Hey! Snake head!”
The Blood Qilin’s Blood-Dyeing Hand struck down vertically on the Hui Dragon Emperor’s back.
Blood-Dyeing Hand.
A martial art called the number one claw art of the Demonic Dao and evaluated as being at the absolute pinnacle among all the claw arts of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
As such, its power was guaranteed to be able to easily tear through steel of considerable thickness like paper.
However…….
Kakang! Kangkang! Kagagang!
Sparks flew from the Hui Dragon Emperor’s back along with a metallic clang.
“Huh?”
The Blood Qilin, momentarily taken aback, wore a dazed expression.
The Hui Dragon Emperor’s back, struck by the Blood-Dyeing Hand, was not just fine but completely unscathed.
Through the torn robe, gleaming scales were visible on the Hui Dragon Emperor’s back.
Being a dragonman and not a human, his skin was made of dragon scales.
“A half-blood of the Sacred Blood Clan.”
The Hui Dragon Emperor glanced back at the Blood Qilin.
“How dare a trivial insect who has lost eternal life bare its fangs!”
“This is crazy……”
“You too shall not live an easy life!”
The Hui Dragon Emperor rushed towards the Blood Qilin.
“Ugh!”
The Blood Qilin could not properly receive the Hui Dragon Emperor's attack.
Kwang, kwaang!
Every time he blocked the Hui Dragon Emperor’s attack, an explosion erupted, and the Blood Qilin’s arm burst, splattering blood and sending chunks of flesh flying.
But the Blood Qilin did not yield to such wounds.
Surprisingly, the Blood Qilin’s wound recovery ability was unparalleled.
The torn-off pieces of flesh were restored in the blink of an eye, and his arm soon returned to its normal state.
‘Right, that’s how it was.’
Jin Cheon recalled the Blood Qilin from his time as the Blood Demon and inwardly nodded.
The Blood Qilin from the timeline where the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult was destroyed, no, the Blood Demon, was an immortal who was unfazed by most injuries.
The Blood Demon was a strange and powerful being who could instantly regenerate severed limbs in the blink of an eye and recover as if by a lie even if his head was smashed.
Although he eventually fell in battle against the Righteous Heavenly Alliance when even that mysterious regenerative power was exhausted, the Blood Qilin was a monster who didn’t need to worry about most injuries.
However, even that regenerative ability was nothing more than a drop in the ocean before the Hui Dragon Emperor’s overwhelming physical prowess.
The defensive power of the Hui Dragon Emperor, clad in dragon scales, was so formidable that the Blood Qilin’s attacks were completely ineffective.
“Here I come!”
Jin Cheon shook off the paralysis and immediately threw himself forward.
Kwang, kwaang!
The Heavenly Demon Fighting Soul Martial Art’s Heavenly Thunderclap Palm struck the entire body of the Hui Dragon Emperor, who was attacking the Blood Qilin.
“Keuk!”
A small groan escaped the Hui Dragon Emperor’s lips.
Unlike the Blood-Dyeing Hand, the Heavenly Thunderclap Palm seemed to have a destructive power that even the Hui Dragon Emperor could not withstand.
It was only natural, as the Heavenly Thunderclap Palm was a martial art that vied for the top spot in terms of destructive power among the arts that constituted the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.
Tuk, tuduk.
A few of the Hui Dragon Emperor's scales, struck by the Heavenly Thunderclap Palm, fell to the ground.
“You trivial insects!”
The enraged Hui Dragon Emperor roared and opened his mouth wide, letting out a lion’s roar.
It was not something like a sound art.
Fwoooooooooooooosh!
Crimson flames spewed out from the Hui Dragon Emperor’s mouth in a fan shape.
As expected of a thousand-year-old giant serpent, he could also breathe fire from his mouth.
“Dodge!”
“Ugh!”
Jin Cheon and the Blood Qilin hastily threw themselves aside.
They instinctively realized that if they were engulfed in the flames spewed by the Hui Dragon Emperor, they would be turned into charcoal on the spot.
***
While Jin Cheon and the Blood Qilin were dealing with the Hui Dragon Emperor, the rest of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult members were also continuing their arduous fight.
“Kill them all.”
The Ghost King of the Sea of Trees appeared with more Forest Killing Ghosts and ordered them to attack the martial artists of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
“I will face the Ghost King!”
“As you command!”
Wi Mu-rin entrusted the Forest Killing Ghosts to Jin Cheon’s Seventh Divine Demon Squad and the Blood Qilin’s Sixth New Demon Squad, and faced off against the Ghost King of the Sea of Trees.
“It is but a futile struggle.”
The Ghost King of the Sea of Trees, befitting his title as the king of the Forest Killing Ghosts, single-handedly pushed Wi Mu-rin back, personally demonstrating his strength.
“Keeeeuk!”
Wi Mu-rin was unable to launch a single proper offensive against the Ghost King's attacks and was constantly on the defensive.
Although he had reached a high level in sorcery, his martial arts skills were not up to par, so he was at a disadvantage in close combat.
Thus, the battle developed into a situation where it would not be strange for the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult's side to collapse at any moment.
Even though more than half of their power was sealed by the Divine Spirit Tree, the martial prowess of both the Hui Dragon Emperor and the Ghost King of the Sea of Trees was more than enough to overwhelm the military strength of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
But there was someone helping the precarious Heavenly Demon Divine Cult…….
“Do I really have to step in after all?”
The Fox Immortal of the Sea of Trees, who had appeared at some point, threw herself at the Hui Dragon Emperor.
Chwararak!
Gwaaaaaak!
Nine tails, which had sprouted at some point, elongated and wrapped around the body of the madly rampaging Hui Dragon Emperor.
Gwak, gwaaaaaak!
Her tails, shining eerily, were enough to render the Hui Dragon Emperor immobile.
“You sly fox wench!”
The Hui Dragon Emperor roared at the Fox Immortal of the Sea of Trees.
“Whose affair do you dare to interfere with!”
“I can’t help it either. I made a deal.”
“You made a deal?”
“He promised to erase my name from the Divine Spirit Tree.”
The Fox Immortal of the Sea of Trees said, pointing at Jin Cheon.
“Foolish wench! You would believe the words of a mere insect!”
“If I want to escape this tiresome place, I have to believe, what else can I do.”
The Fox Immortal of the Sea of Trees shrugged.
“You foolish fox wench! Do you know how we were able to destroy the formation of the Black Bamboo Forest!”
“What do you mean by that?”
“The seal of the Divine Spirit Tree will soon be broken! While the sorcerers are clinging to the Divine Spirit Tree and releasing the seal, how can you make such a foolish choice!”
“What on earth does that mean? Explain in detail.”
“Not long ago, human sorcerers came to us. They said they would release the seal of the Divine Spirit Tree on the condition that we do not attack them.”
“……!”
“The seal is being released well. The grand ceremony is in full swing even now, so there is no need for you to help those guys!”
Jin Cheon felt his mind go blank.
Judging by the conversation, it seemed that the sorcerers of the Demonic Devil Cult had approached the Hui Dragon Emperor and were now in the process of releasing the seal of the Divine Spirit Tree.
‘Dammit!’
If the Fox Immortal of the Sea of Trees were to change her mind here, Jin Cheon's party would be finished.
They were already in a precarious situation, and if the Fox Immortal joined hands with the Hui Dragon Emperor, there would be nothing they could do.
“So that’s what happened? I had no idea.”
The Fox Immortal of the Sea of Trees wore a troubled expression as if she had never dreamed of it.
“You should have given me a heads-up.”
“How could I tell such a story to a foolish fox wench like you? The reason we are trapped here is because you were deceived by that cunning bastard’s silver tongue in the first place!”
“It’s been hundreds of years. How long are you going to bring that up?”
The Fox Immortal of the Sea of Trees frowned.
It seemed that the Fox Immortal had some kind of history with the first Heavenly Demon.
“You foolish fox wench! Do you know who the one you are trying to help now is?”
“Who is it?”
“He is that guy’s reincarnation.”
“What, what did you say?!”
“Dokgo Seong! He is the reincarnation of the very same man who tricked you into writing your own name on the Divine Spirit Tree!”
“……!”
At the words born from the Hui Dragon Emperor's misunderstanding, the Fox Immortal's expression froze like frost.
Dokgo Seong.
That was the name of the first Heavenly Demon, and it was the only name that the Hui Dragon Emperor, who treated humans as trivial insects, remembered.
“Is that… really true?”
The Fox Immortal whipped her head around and glared at Jin Cheon.
Her gaze was a mixture of indescribable hatred and anger, enough to give chills to anyone who saw it.