Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 174

A hot haze rose from the heated sand. Two people dressed in black were running through such a hot desert.

A cold energy flowed from the two people, who had pale, dry faces as if they had never been exposed to the sun, and eyes with fixed pupils.

The energy, which did not seem to belong to a living person at all, was so cold and gloomy that it did not match the hot sandy desert.

Their two eyes were also peculiar, with their pupils shrunken to a point.

The pupils, which looked like they had been dotted, were fixed on the caravan in the distance. The way they ran at a constant speed on the desert sand looked as if they would not get tired even if they ran for days and nights.

As a figure soared from the caravan and approached, the two still ran at the same speed.

Thwack!

Baekji landed about ten 'zhang' away from the two.

The two people dressed in black, the 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts', finally stopped when a person blocked their way.

The two had a big height difference.

"The 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts'... the shorter one must be the 'Little Ghost'."

The 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts' looked at Baekji and then stopped. Although their dry, parched faces had no expression, their two eyes were looking at Baekji.

The dot-like pupils stared intently, and an ominous feeling arose on its own.

"I... am the 'Great Ghost'."

A gloomy voice stammered out from the shorter one.

It was Baekji who was flustered.

'Isn't he a 'jiangshi'?'

A 'jiangshi' has no intellect. So it cannot answer so clearly.

When Baekji examined the energy of the two, they were neither alive nor dead.

"They are ambiguous beings..."

A strong aura of an evil spirit flowed from the entire bodies of the 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts'.

Baekji recalled the demonic person's words that they had died more than fifty years ago.

But the 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts' in front of him now looked to be about seventy. If they had lived normally, they would have been well over a hundred...

"Where did a monster like this come from...!"

As Baekji was grumbling, the 'Little Ghost' shot out and stretched out his right hand.

"Eot!"

Baekji staggered at the strong suction force, as if he were being grabbed by the collar and pulled. It was a tremendous force.

Baekji frowned as he tried to push away the invisible energy by coiling his right hand.

The sticky suction force was an energy that was difficult to shake off. It strangely had the property of sticking to the opponent's energy.

As Baekji held out, the 'Little Ghost's' dot-like eyes shook for a moment.

Hwik―!

This time, the 'Great Ghost' stretched out his hand.

Energy swirled around his arm, and a gloomy sharp energy erupted.

Baekji struck the 'Great Ghost's' sharp energy with his left hand.

Ku-kung!

A loud sound as if it were piercing the sky and the ground erupted. Thanks to the impact, the 'Little Ghost's' energy was cut off.

At this, Baekji retreated about one 'zhang'.

'Hwat! The 'natural realm'? No... no. Something is different.'

The energy of the 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts' had surpassed the realm of humans. It was also different from the 'natural realm', which uses the energy of heaven and earth.

"What on earth are you?"

"..."

"Alright. I'll know if I fight you."

Baekji rolled up the sleeves of both his hands, kicked the sand, and ran. The 'Great Ghost' and the 'Little Ghost' spread out to the sides and rushed towards Baekji.

Neither Baekji nor the 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts' were at a realm where they had techniques. They did not even aim for the opponent's vital points.

Since the force contained in their hands was so enormous, if it just grazed an ordinary person, they would explode without even a trace.

Peo-peok―!

Baekji's arms moved dazzlingly, as if they were divided into several branches. At that, the hand gestures of the 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts' also became faster.

Kwang! Kwa-kwang!

Before Baekji's and the 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts'' hands could even collide, the energy and the energy first clashed in the empty air, and loud sounds erupted in succession.

"Oho? They're fast!"

The 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts' were as fast as Baekji.

Baekji lowered his body, and as if riding the wind, he grazed past the 'Little Ghost' and struck his abdomen.

Kwa-ang!

Although he had hit the skin, a loud sound as if he had hit iron erupted. The 'Little Ghost' was pushed back about one 'zhang', but he immediately kicked the sand and flew.

Peok!

While he was dealing with the 'Little Ghost', the palm of the 'Great Ghost', which had struck down, exploded on Baekji's back.

"Keu-a!"

Baekji, after his reincarnation, was hit by someone for the first time. Although his 'protective energy' was not broken, his back was numb.

"These brats?"

Baekji, who had been thrown forward five steps and had stopped, looked back and, 'ppadeudeuk', ground his teeth. His eyes were filled with a double flame.

In the meantime, the 'Little Ghost', who had come up from behind, tried to strike his head.

The 'Great Ghost' also flew to his face and threw a punch, aiming for his heart.

Baekji raised his left arm to block the punch that the 'Little Ghost' was striking down, and he spread his right palm to strike the 'Great Ghost's' punch.

Thwack! Kwang!

As soon as he deflected the 'Little Ghost's' punch, he leaned his upper body back, struck the 'Little Ghost's' solar plexus with his elbow, and kicked the 'Great Ghost's' groin with his right foot.

The elbow was blocked by the 'Little Ghost's' palm, and the foot that had kicked the groin was caught by the 'Great Ghost's' left hand.

The movements of the three, hitting, blocking, and striking, were like a flash of lightning.

If someone had seen it, it would have looked as if shadows that were, grazing were fighting.

Peo-peo-peo-peok―!

Baekji's fists pummeled the 'Little Ghost'.

In the meantime, the 'Great Ghost' struck Baekji's shoulder.

Kwang―!

Although it looked as if neighborhood gangsters were brawling, each punch and palm contained a sharp energy that would turn an ordinary person into fragments if they were hit.

'Ugh...'

Baekji, who had recovered from the impact, inwardly let out a groan. It seemed he would have to fight endlessly like this.

Baekji slipped to the side, threw a punch each at the rushing 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts', and then retreated about ten 'zhang' again.

Peok!

Although the 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts' each crossed their arms to block Baekji's sharp energy, it broke powerlessly as soon as it touched. It was a feint.

Baekji, who had bought some time, raised his left hand to the sky and spread his right palm towards the ground.

Then he rotated both his hands and then pushed them out from his chest.

Beon-jjeok!

A strong light erupted, and a white light, stretched towards the 'Little Ghost'.

Hwa-ra-ra-rak!

The fire energy of the sun wrapped around the 'Little Ghost' and burned.

"Keuk!"

For the first time, a twisted groan erupted from the 'Little Ghost's' mouth. The 'Little Ghost', who was wrapped in a white fire energy, held out, raising his 'protective energy'.

In the meantime, the 'Great Ghost' threw a punch. A sharp energy erupted like a storm from his fist, which was like dry leather, and a sound like the wailing of a ghost was heard.

U-u-u-u!

Kwa-a-ang!

Although Baekji barely managed to avoid it, a large pit was dug in the place where he had been.

Pa-a-a-ang―!

While Baekji was avoiding it, a sound as if something were exploding from the 'Little Ghost's' body was heard, and the fire energy of the sun that had been wrapping his body died down.

'This is no joke.'

Although he had drawn the fire energy of the sun and had struck the 'Little Ghost', it had been thwarted by the 'Great Ghost's' interference.

Baekji was at a loss. The 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts' were in perfect sync. It seemed there would be no end if he fought the two at the same time, but it was a situation where he could not just beat up one of them.

'Shall I just burn them all?'

The 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts' and the fire energy of the sun were polar opposites. But there was something that was bothering him.

―If you draw the principles of nature and use them as you wish, that is to go against heaven. If there is an action, there is a reaction... if the energy of going against heaven accumulates, at some point, it will become a 'calamity' and will return to you.

The Alliance Leader's warning.

Baekji himself was also feeling it. Although he had reached the 'natural realm' and could feel and draw the energy of all things, he was feeling an opposing energy accumulating inside him due to that act.

At first, it was faint, but now it was at a level where he could be conscious of it to some extent.

Baekji was worried that one day he would fall into a state of meditation like the Alliance Leader and would be neither dead nor alive.

Although he had somehow saved the Alliance Leader...

'If I fall into that state, who will save me?'

So he had to be careful and careful again.

As the tedious brawl continued, a strange thought suddenly occurred to him.

Although he, who had reached the 'natural realm', was numb in his internal organs from the successive impacts, the 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts' seemed to have taken no damage at all.

'What on earth are these brats?'

The feeling that they were neither alive nor dead was strange, but were they really on the border?

At that moment.

"I will help you!"

A clear voice was heard from somewhere, and a figure like a moon, half a 'zhang' in size, appeared in the empty air.

It was Wu Ha. Wu Ha, who had appeared at some point, stood with his arms spread, and above him, a sharp energy like a faint tray was spinning, forming a spherical shape.

'What is that... wasn't he in the 'true realm'?'

He had known that he had not yet reached the 'flower realm'... but to float a sphere of sharp energy so large and clear...

Wu Ha, with his arms spread, closed his eyes and muttered, "The 'Kunlun Plate' holds the center of the sky and illuminates all things... it will destroy the energy of demons and will make the life force of all things prosper!"

"Hey. You crazy brat! Open your eyes!"

Baekji, while striking the 'Great Ghost' who was rushing towards him, shouted at Wu Ha. The 'Little Ghost' was aiming for Wu Ha and was attacking.

At that moment, something shot out from the sand, and a light split the empty air.

'The 'Silent Saber'?'

He had told him to flee, but it seemed he had come after all. But...

Kwa-ang!

At the 'Little Ghost's' one hand gesture, the light was deflected, and the 'Silent Saber' was also thrown three 'zhang' away.

At that moment, from both sides of the 'Little Ghost', the sand soared, and Oh Jeong-ri and Seomun Jeong-ha swung their swords, aiming for the 'Little Ghost's' neck and feet.

The 'Little Ghost', as if he were annoyed, was about to wave his hand, but at the sharp energy that stretched out from Oh Jeong-ri's sword, he stepped back.

It was Oh Jeong-ri, who had risen to the 'flower realm' in one breath thanks to Baekji's 'Blood Exhausting Pill'. As he poured out the full energy that was about to explode, having just entered the 'flower realm', even the 'Little Ghost' could not take it lightly.

Kkang!

While the 'Little Ghost' was wary of Oh Jeong-ri, Seomun Jeong-ha, who was sweeping the floor, struck his ankle with her sword.

Seomun Jeong-ha was also a master who was looking at the 'flower realm'.

The 'Little Ghost' staggered and then let out a strange scream and struck the floor with both hands.

Ku-ang!

A gloomy, storm-like energy erupted, and Oh Jeong-ri and Seomun Jeong-ha were thrown back.

At that moment...

"The 'Kunlun Shakes the Heavenly River'!"

With Wu Ha's clear voice, the moonlight sphere floating in the empty air flashed, and a strong light erupted.

Although the light spread in all directions, there was no sound.

Wu Ha's moonlight sphere contained a 'divine energy'. The dot-like eyes of the 'Great Ghost' and the 'Little Ghost' shrunken to the point where they could not be seen.

"Keup!"

The 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts' let out an urgent groan and instantly retreated to a distance of about ten 'zhang'.

But the range that the moonlight sphere had spread was a whopping thirty 'zhang'...

As the 'Little Ghost' was about to jump again, someone grabbed his ankle. Baekji, who had approached at some point, was literally holding on to the 'Little Ghost's' ankle.

"Where are you going?"

Baekji looked up at the 'Little Ghost' and grinned. In the meantime, the energy of the moonlight sphere swept through the 'Little Ghost'.

"Keu-a-a-a-ak!"

A sharp scream erupted from the 'Little Ghost's' mouth. A sound as if something were exploding was heard from his entire body, and smoke flowed out of his seven orifices.

His 'seven ethereal souls' had exploded.

The 'Little Ghost's' physical body went limp powerlessly.

In the meantime, the 'Great Ghost' had fled far away.

"The 'Little Ghost', who has been with you for a lifetime, has been defeated, and you're running away without even looking after him. You have no loyalty!"

The 'Silent Saber', who had run up at some point, muttered as he wiped the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

Baekji, looking at the limp 'Little Ghost', said, "The 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts' have been dead for a long time. These brats are 'jiangshi' with only their spirit and ethereal soul left."

Thanks to Wu Ha's 'Kunlun Plate', Baekji was able to know the identity of the 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts'.

At that moment, he heard Seomun Jeong-ha's urgent shout.

"Taoist Wu Ha! Get a hold of yourself!"

When Baekji looked, Wu Ha had lost consciousness while standing. He had used all his strength to perform the 'Kunlun Plate', a secret technique of Kunlun.

"That brat is also crazy."

In Baekji's view, to perform the 'Kunlun Plate', one had to have reached the mid-'flower realm'. But Wu Ha, who was just knocking on the 'flower realm', had performed it... no, the fact that he could perform it was strange in itself.

When Baekji approached and examined Wu Ha, there was nothing particularly wrong.

"How on earth did you perform that?"

As Baekji tilted his head, the 'Silent Saber' said, "He ate something. There's a miraculous medicine that can raise one from the 'true realm' to the 'flower realm' in one go... there must also be a medicine that can produce the energy of the 'flower realm' once."

"Yes... as expected, Kunlun is a bit deep."

Baekji, looking at Oh Jeong-ri, Seomun Jeong-ha, and the 'Silent Saber', who had gathered, said, "I told you to run away... anyway, thank you. These brats were quite tough... I was having a hard time."

Everyone was silent.

In fact, they had followed because Wu Ha had run ahead first. If Wu Ha had died, it would have been to abandon their mission as guests of the So family, so they had no choice.

The 'Silent Saber' muttered, "I was originally... planning to come."

(End of Chapter)