Chapter 391 (2/2)
That voice sounded as if it was ardently wishing for something—as if it wished for someone to hear its voice.
Su-hyeun opened his eyes and pointed to the side, “That way.”
“Eh? You mean, over there?!” Luslec cried out in shock.
However, that was because the direction Su-hyeun pointed at wasn’t up but the “wall” of the World Tree’s trunk.
“Not sure what’s what, but let’s go! Little bro!”
Sun Wukong didn’t seem to care about minor stuff like that. He was thinking that Su-hyeun wasn’t planning to kill himself in the first place, so they should just trust his intuition in times like this.
“W—what are you even thinking here?! Let me know first at least before trying something!” Luslec cried out again.
“Let’s break through.”
“Sorry?!”
Shruuuung—!
Ruuuuumble—!
Su-hyeun unsheathed his sword and then wrapped it in the divine Flame. At the same time, the Palm Leaf responded to his will, and a massive storm was condensed on the sword to create a violent vortex of winds.
Swiiiiiiish—!
Without hesitation, Miru flew toward the direction Su-hyeun pointed at with every ounce of its energy.
Luslec groaned deeply before driving his magical energy to his hands once more. On the other hand, Sun Wukong was happily smirking away, “I knew it. It’s so much fun hanging out with you, little bro!”
Creak, gigigigigi-gik—!
Dao energy concentrated on the Ruyi Jingu Bang that Sun Wukong held in his hands. He pointed the tip of his polearm at the main body of the World Tree and sucked in a deep breath as if he was preparing to explosively unleash all of his stored-up power. “Get bigger…”
“How are you even going to break that…?!”
[Clone – Ruyi Jingu Bang]
[Necromancy – Soul Integration]
[Flame – Palm Leaf – Explosion Style]
The enlarged Ruyi Jingu Bang, the black aura taking on the shape of a huge skull, and the sword wind fired off from Sun-hyeun’s sword flew into their target all at once.
Ka-boooom—!
Sa-aaaaah…
Ruuuumble… Ka-gagagak—!
Ten Ruyi Jingu Bangs viciously pounded on the World Tree’s bark, while the aura of concentrated souls caused the Tree’s surface to melt and rust, and finally, Su-hyeun’s sword wind transformed into a typhoon wrapped in flames to repeatedly slash at the same spot.
Ruuuumble…
Slash, slice—
Fwhooooosh—!
A huge flame billowed from the side of the pillar-like World Tree’s trunk. Its surface was being scorched black.
“What? The false World Tree is being burned?” Luslec’s eyes went wide open.
He couldn’t help but wonder what the plan was when Su-hyeun obstinately chose to go straight forward. But to think that the false World Tree’s trunk would actually catch fire, even if his and Sun Wukong’s attacks had weakened it somewhat beforehand.
Not only that but the sword wind from Su-hyeun left behind a considerably deep sword gash on the bark as well.
“Miru!”
Grrrrrrr—!
Split—
For the climax, Su-hyeun called out to Miru, and the red dragon opened its maw wide to amass a huge amount of magical energy in there. No, more correctly, Miru had been gathering magical energy in its maw for a while already even before Su-hyeun had said anything.
[High Breath]
Ruuuuumble—!
The powerful Breath fired from Miru’s mouth poured straight on top of the World Tree’s burnt-black trunk.
KA-BOOOOOM—!
The surface of the trunk exploded and crumbled, and at the same time, a bright light shone from the open gap to reveal a wide-open space beyond the bark.
“Euhk…”
“Huh? What’s wrong?”
“What’s this? Little bro, you have a migraine?”
When Su-hyeun frowned deeply and held his head with his hand, Luslec and Sun Wukong quickly walked up to him in surprise.
As expected, he might have pushed himself too much.
Su-hyeun hurriedly waved his hand to assuage their concerns, “No, it’s nothing major.”
It wasn’t as if his head was hurting. No, the voice had gotten so loud that he was reflexively trying to cover his ear for a moment there.
“It hurts. It hurts so much!” The World Tree’s screaming became so much louder than before, and it only became even louder once they entered the trunk of the Tree itself, which was understandable, considering that from the World Tree’s perspective, it would have felt like a hole had opened up somewhere on its body.
“What do you want from me when this is the only way…?” Su-hyeun groaned at length.
This damn World Tree was acting like a child, and Su-hyeun’s ears were hurting from all that screaming, which made it harder for him to focus.
He took a little time to calm his numb hearing and then scanned his new surroundings. There was a cave-like empty pathway found inside of the World Tree, and a variety of colored lights came from several spots on the walls. Therefore, securing one’s vision proved to be not an issue.
The cave was so massive that its end couldn’t be seen, while the ceiling was tall enough to seemingly touch the sky outside.
Luslec also stepped inside, only to mutter with a grave expression on his face, “You know, it kinda feels like we’ve entered somewhere we shouldn’t have.”
On the other hand, Sun Wukong’s face showed how excited he was right now. He gripped the Ruyi Jingu Bang even tighter and cried out in pure excitement, “Yes! This is it!”
No one had seen Sun Wukong acting this excited before.
As for Su-hyeun’s reaction, his was far closer to Luslec’s rather than Sun Wukong’s, who welcomed any and all forms of fighting. “Well, this is…I can’t even guess how many of them are here.”
Wiggle, wriggle…
Countless parasites and a gigantic insect that looked like their “mother” that was seemingly commanding them all greeted them. Su-hyeun looked at all these creatures and tried to calm the nauseating feeling rumbling in his stomach.
“It’s been a while since I fought against monsters, but even then, this would be my first time seeing a sight as disgusting as this one,” he said.
“Wait, are you scared of insects?”
“No, not scared but more like disgusted. They are repulsive, too.”
“Ah, that. I think I know a saying to match your sentiment.” Luslec furrowed his brow as if he was slightly confused about something and then spoke up, “You don’t avoid sh*t because it’s scary but because it’s dirty? Was that it?”
“Where did you even hear such a saying?”
He laughed, “I studied a bit, you know.”
Could it that the old adages were also recorded in the myths? Su-hyeun stared at Luslec with a puzzled face.
However, the latter was already preparing to fight while scanning all the parasites that were practically overflowing in their surroundings.
Su-hyeun’s own attention shifted over to the parasites that were gradually closing in on them.
He suddenly felt a bit apologetic for finding the World Tree’s screaming quite annoying after setting his eyes on all these parasites that filled up the Tree’s interior.
“I guess there’s a reason for its torment, then,” he thought.
Just how badly was the World Tree suffering from this many parasites?
Shu-wuwuwu…
“Hold on for a bit longer,” he silently communicated to the World Tree as the prana that was slumbering away below his navel area began circulating when he willed it.
As he lightly jumped off from Miru’s head to land near the parasites, a different type of vitality was already manifesting within his body. However, he wasn’t conscious of it yet.
“We shall completely exterminate every single one of these creatures soon enough.”