Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 204

"―!"

The sight of one hundred and eight men in gray being thrown back at once made the onlookers freeze.

In the middle of it all, Baekji stood.

Baekji, who had been looking at the fallen men in gray with an indifferent eye, turned his head.

At that, the old ancestor of Mingshan and the scholar in black received Baekji's gaze with hardened expressions.

"Is there no more? You didn't come to the Heavenly Mountains believing only in the 'One Hundred and Eight Demonic Prison Formation', did you?"

"..."

"If so, you will be disappointed. If you are not looking down on our sect, show me your next move."

At Baekji's words, the scholar in black was flustered and looked at the old ancestor of Mingshan. As the old ancestor of Mingshan nodded his head, the scholar in black raised his folding fan.

The men in gray, who had been surrounding like a wall, flocked towards Baekji.

"...?"

It was a formation that was too excessive to deal with one person.

The scholar in black, towards Baekji, cupped his hands and said, "It is a formation that has been applied from the 'Heavenly Net and Earthly Net'. It has not even been named yet. If this formation is broken... our sect will just retreat."

"Retreat?"

Baekji tilted his head.

"That's funny. Do you think I will just let you go?"

The scholar in black's face hardened.

"You are arrogant. I admit that your martial prowess is extraordinary. But, this formation..."

Baekji raised his hand and stopped the scholar in black's words.

"Shut up. Just unfold your formation."

Baekji glanced at the men in gray who were surrounding him tightly like a wall.

'It's a 'wheel formation'.'

It was a formation made of a whopping one thousand people.

Ten people formed a team, and between the walls of people, several paths were visible.

If he were to enter that path, he would wander through an endless maze and would collapse from exhaustion.

The wide square of 'Shi Fortress' was empty.

The 'Shi Fortress' and the martial artists of the Zhu family and the Hong family, who had come to support, formed a formation in the north and stood, and in the south, the 'Mingshan Sect' took its place, and they were confronting each other.

In the middle, Baekji was trapped in the formation.

"This is unfair! One against a thousand!"

With a sound that rang through the square, Quan Ma flew into the formation.

At that, the formation moved, and an invisible energy spewed out, and it deflected Quan Ma.

The flustered Quan Ma threw a punch, and it collided head-on with the energy of the formation.

Quan Ma tossed and turned in the empty air and fell outside the formation.

"This formation, once unfolded, cannot be exited from the inside. Of course, it cannot be entered from the outside either. Would it be called the 'Heavenly Net and Earthly Net' for no reason? For your reference... I intend to name the formation the 'Heavenly Net Soul Shattering Formation'."

The scholar in black said with a triumphant smile.

Then Baekji suddenly asked the scholar in black, "You seem quite proud. Were you a hanger-on of the Zhuge family?"

The scholar in black, Zhuge Wenqing's face hardened.

"As expected."

Baekji nodded his head.

"A member of the Zhuge family has come all this way to act as a subordinate of the old ancestor of Mingshan. Does your family know?"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Zhuge Wenqing, flustered, shouted and brandished his folding fan.

Go-o-o-o...

The formation moved, and the energy wavered. It was a completely different energy from the 'One Hundred and Eight Demonic Prison Formation'.

If the 'One Hundred and Eight Demonic Prison Formation' had operated the formation by sharing energy through the 'body-to-body internal energy transfer technique', the 'Heavenly Net Soul Shattering Formation' was a structure where each of the ten people formed a team and shared energy, and those energies formed mutual generation and mutual overcoming according to the principle of the five elements and circulated endlessly.

If one were to be trapped in the perfect circulation of energy emitted by a thousand people... no matter how much of an absolute master, one could not escape.

It was not called the 'Heavenly Net and Earthly Net' for no reason.

Lei Mo, who was on the other side, also noticed this and tried to lend a hand, but he only lost face.

As the formation moved, Baekji's figure, who was in the middle, was faintly visible.

The whirlwind of enormous energy had even distorted the field of vision.

Bi Jun-hua's heart was burning.

She was a descendant of the Bi family, who was renowned for her outstanding strategy in the sect.

Although the others did not know, she had roughly guessed the terror of the 'Heavenly Net Soul Shattering Formation'.

Ten people formed a team and formed a single trigram.

Since there were a thousand people, a hundred trigrams were formed.

Those trigrams formed the four trigrams of 'heaven, earth, water, and fire', and they attached to other trigrams and generated the energy of the five elements.

The energy spewed out by the trigrams formed by a thousand people formed an absolute realm that could not be broken, like the laws of nature.

It was clearly a 'heavenly net and earthly net' for catching an absolute master.

Nevertheless, Baekji stood with a leisurely look, as if he were out for a stroll, and was watching the operation of the formation.

"Kill!"

As the scholar in black waved his folding fan again, the energy of the formation became extremely severe.

As it changed from mutual generation to mutual overcoming, the energy of 'kill' exploded.

Even the 'Shi Fortress' martial artists who were outside the formation had to raise their 'protective energy' and to retreat from the 'killing energy' that was rushing towards them.

"Hmm. You've used your head quite a bit. I'm disappointed. To think you would use that good head to make such a formation."

Although Baekji nodded his head and muttered, the ones who were outside the formation heard him clearly.

The anxiety of the 'Shi Fortress' people, including Bi Jun-hua, subsided at Baekji's calm voice. As there was no sign of being pressed by the formation, a sense of expectation rose instead of concern.

On the other hand, Zhuge Wenqing's face hardened even more.

"Hmph! I will see how long you can put on a brave face!"

As soon as Zhuge Wenqing's words ended, the 'killing energy' that had been formed in the formation gathered and floated like a blade.

"Ah―!"

Even Quan Ma let out a cry of admiration.

To materialize 'killing' into 'sharp energy' with just the energy of the formation... he had unconsciously admired the unprecedented sight.

For someone like the 'Ten Demonic People', the boundaries of good and evil, as well as death, became blurred.

To surpass the 'life and death realm' meant to be reborn as a being that was not human.

That was why, regardless of friend or foe, he had admired the energy of the 'Heavenly Net Soul Shattering Formation'. At the same time, he felt his frame of perception of 'qi' changing.

Quan Ma, for a moment, blankly looked at the 'Heavenly Net Soul Shattering Formation'. He had entered the path of enlightenment.

Baekji was also staring at the 'Heavenly Net Soul Shattering Formation'.

The 'killing sharp energy' that was cutting through the empty air was not ordinary.

'Soul power! These crazy brats... they have put in soul power.'

No matter how strong the energy was, it was impossible to realize such a cold 'killing sharp energy'.

That 'killing sharp energy', which seemed as if it would cut a soul, contained the 'soul power' emitted by the nearly one thousand men in gray.

If he were to be hit by that energy, it was clear that his soul would be suppressed before his body was injured, and he would not be able to move.

''Heavenly Net Soul Shattering Formation'... it's a plausible name.'

At the same time, he became more curious about the relationship between the 'Mingshan Sect' and the Hyuk-ryeon family. It did not seem to be a simple alliance. Otherwise, the Hyuk-ryeon family would not have passed on the family's secret art, the 'soul weaving art'.

Without the 'soul weaving art', how could they draw out 'soul power'?

Baekji's gaze turned to the old ancestor of Mingshan.

He saw the old ancestor of Mingshan's gaze shaking anxiously.

'That brat, he's going to run away.'

He seemed to know that the 'soul spirit art' of the So family could suppress the 'soul weaving art' of the Hyuk-ryeon family.

Unlike Zhuge Wenqing, who was full of confidence, the old ancestor of Mingshan, who had been defeated by the Cult Leader, was clearly feeling anxious.

Baekji turned his gaze outside the formation.

Although he did not know what kind of person the old ancestor of Mingshan was, if he were to run away, he would need someone to hold him for a while.

Quan Ma first came into his eyes, but his gaze was distant.

A smile came out.

'He's a brat who is crazy about martial arts. To delve into enlightenment in the middle of a fierce battle.'

He thought that if he were one of the 'Ten Demonic People', he could be like that. They were people who would not hesitate to die to obtain a single thread of enlightenment.

Without being that crazy, one could not ascend to the 'Ten Demonic People'.

Baekji's gaze left Quan Ma and turned to the successors. It was difficult for them to handle the old ancestor of Mingshan.

At that moment... a person appeared in the arena.

'Lei Mo?'

Lei Mo, the 'Ten Demonic People' he had met while entering the Heavenly Mountains, had run.

After watching for a while, he had finally stepped forward.

Lei Mo's gaze first glanced at Zhu Tian-yang, the successor of his own family, the Zhu family, and then turned to the arena.

Lei Mo frowned as he looked at Quan Ma, who was lost in the 'Heavenly Net Soul Shattering Formation'. Then he examined the 'Heavenly Net Soul Shattering Formation' and his eyes flashed.

He also seemed to have noticed what the energy that had formed the 'killing sharp energy' was.

Lei Mo's gaze turned to the old ancestor of Mingshan and then he tilted his head.

He had expressed a question about the existence of the old ancestor of Mingshan.

'At least he's not an enemy.'

Although Lei Mo had had a match with the 'Soul Demon' of the Hyuk-ryeon family, he could not be completely trusted.

As long as the Hyuk-ryeon family was planning a rebellion, he had to check everything from the beginning and to move.

Among them, the most concerning was the whereabouts of the 'Bright Left and Right Emissaries' and the 'Ten Demonic People'.

Depending on how many of them had joined hands with the Hyuk-ryeon family, the sect would be in a situation of being split in two or not.

Baekji did not want to kill the masters of his own sect.

Lei Mo had passed Baekji's test without realizing it.

―That brat is the old ancestor of Mingshan. Can you catch him?

Lei Mo was so surprised by the telepathy that had entered his ear that he almost jumped.

A voice he could never forget.

It was the Cult Leader's voice.

"What kind of brat!"

Lei Mo, thinking that someone was impersonating the Cult Leader shouted, but he could not finish.

―Shut your mouth!

Lei Mo, for a moment flinched. 'Mouth'. It was a word that the Cult Leader would spit out.

Surprised, he looked around, and everyone was looking at him.

Since he had suddenly appeared and had shouted, it was natural...

"Elder Lei Mo!"

Shi Tal-in, who had just discovered Lei Mo, who had stealthily infiltrated, shouted.

Since Lei Mo, who was on friendly terms with Quan Ma, was treated as an elder.

"...How dare you come to our sect and cause a ruckus!"

How could it be so similar to the words that Quan Ma had spat out?

They were brats who had not even a speck of creativity.

Baekji, inwardly smiled and used telepathy. To be precise, it could be called a 'wisdom light mind word' rather than telepathy.

―When my grandson breaks the formation, the old ancestor of Mingshan, that brat, might run away. Block his path.

Lei Mo stood blankly and then nodded his head.

The distance to the old ancestor of Mingshan was about thirty 'zhang'. It was a distance that could be closed in an instant.

However... if that brat was really the old ancestor of Mingshan... wouldn't it be overwhelming for him alone?

Lei Mo did not think for long. Even if he could not burn him to death with his 'thunder art', he would be able to hold his ankle.

Baekji, after finishing his arrangements, raised his energy.

The 'killing sharp' of the 'Heavenly Net Soul Shattering Formation' was now woven tightly like a net and was about to rush in.

It was a net of 'sharp energy' where each and every thread was like a sharp saber.

As the 'sharp energy' crossed each other, the sound of sharp metal scraping was heard.

The net of 'killing sharp', which was slowly approaching, undulating as if it would attack Baekji at any moment.

Baekji looked at the net of 'killing sharp' and then said to Zhuge Wenqing, "Hey, next time you make a formation, try to mix offense and defense appropriately. That way, it will be more tense."

Zhuge Wenqing's face turned red.

Baekji had pointed out the only weakness of the 'Heavenly Net Soul Shattering Formation'.

Rather than attacking the one who was trapped in the formation, the 'Heavenly Net Soul Shattering Formation' was to drive him here and there and then to bind him at the last moment and to make him kneel.

The reason Baekji was so leisurely in front of the net of 'killing sharp' was because unless he attacked first, the activation of the formation would inevitably be slow.

"Shatter the soul!"

Zhuge Wenqing struck down with his folding fan.

At that, the completed net of 'killing sharp' attacked Baekji. Baekji took a step forward and stabbed with his precious sword.

Although he had just stabbed with his sword, 'sword energy' poured down from the sky like rain.

A technique similar to Mado's 'Heaven-Shattering Demonic Saber'.

As the 'sword energy' that was pouring down like rain clashed with the net of 'killing sharp'... surprisingly, the two energies disappeared without a trace.

Only the sound of the 'sharp energy' being extinguished was abundant.

The ones who had expected a huge shock when the net of 'killing sharp' and Baekji's 'sword energy' clashed opened their mouths wide at the unfamiliar phenomenon.

'Sharp energy' and 'sharp energy' were colliding... but they were disappearing without a sound...

"Wh-what... what kind of martial art is that?"

"How can that be! That's not martial arts!"

Even the masters could not understand what was happening and shouted without realizing it.

In that moment, the old ancestor of Mingshan's body soared into the empty air.

"Where are you going!"

At the same time, thunder struck from the sky. As Lei Mo followed the old ancestor of Mingshan and brandished both his arms, 'thunder and lightning' erupted in succession in the space.

At the same time, Baekji's voice rang through the square.

"Kneel!"

(End of Chapter)