I can see the Emperor's stats-Chapter 153
intangible armor
“… … !?”
Julius, who was swallowed up by Hyeonmu's huge mouth, almost freaked out when he saw that his vision was instantly stained black.
However, soon the field of vision brightened and the surrounding scenery was revealed.
'Is this under the sea?'
Hyeonmu's body was completely filled with blue sea water. I couldn't find any internal organs even after washing my eyes, and I looked around and all I could see was blue sea water.
And the next moment, the notification window of the system popped up.
Tring!
[Absorbs the energy of Hyeonmu.]
Julius felt a cold chill through his bones. A wisp of cold energy began to seep into the crown of his head. The cold aura soon spreads throughout the body.
But that's for a while. Rather, the coldness changed to a refreshing feeling. At the same time, the water filling the surroundings began to be sucked into Julius.
Shaaaaa!
Tring!
I don't know where such space is in Julius' body, but most of the water that was filled to the point where I couldn't see the end was absorbed into his body.
The space that had been filled with blue seawater was covered with pitch-black darkness again. All that was left was a small lump of water surrounding Julius' body.
'Is it over?'
He blinked and as if answering, the next notification window rang.
Tring!
[Process the absorbed energy into divine power.]
"process?"
Quadruped!
"omg!"
Julius felt the pressure rapidly increase in the mass of water. The remaining water squeezed his entire body as if it were oppressive. Julius felt considerable pain, but his eyes widened as he saw what was happening to his body.
'This?'
Tring!
[Sabangshinki: You have been recognized as the owner of the Intangible Shingap (無形神甲).]
The mass of water surrounding Julius' body gradually became transparent and invisible. But it's not gone.
'indeed… Is this the armor?'
Currently, he was in the form of a thin, transparent membrane made of water covering his entire body. A transparent armor that compressed Hyeonmu's hand energy! That's why it's called the intangible glove.
When the armor is completed, a notification window pops up.
[You have absorbed the pure power of Hyeonmu. The characteristic Hyeonmu Gold Rain is created.]
[Four Gods: White Tiger Protector, Blue Dragon's Breath, Suzaku Hwaryeong Shin Gong, Hyeonmu Geumgangsugi]
[You have cleared the quest 'Hyeonmubidong'.]
[Achievements increase.]
[Hook!]
With the notification window, Hyeonmu sent Julius out of the body.
[With this, the infusion of the mantra has been completed.]
[Kak!]
Hwangryong also escaped from Hyeonmu's mouth with a soft sigh. However, he looks strangely tired, unlike before, when he was rampaging. When he asked why, he replied bluntly.
[I saved energy that is many times greater than what you accepted. It's strange that I'm not tired.]
Even though he was always talkative, he had done everything he had to do for Julius.
“First of all, thank you.”
Thanks to Julius, the yellow dragon snorted.
[joy! It seems that you have finally realized my greatness. Instead of such a greeting, think about finding another instrument.]
“Come to think of it, did you say that you are God of all fours? You mean there are three more of these?”
But what does the gathering of the Four Guardian Gods have to do with his lack of vessels? The answer was given by Hyunmu.
[The technique of using the energy of our Four Gods was originally created to deal with divine powers. If you don't have a divine instrument, it's difficult to exert even one-tenth of the original power.]
[And to fuse the four energies, you need all four of them.]
At the explanation of the two divine beasts, Julius nodded. In the first place, Sabangshinki and Sashinmu had an inseparable relationship. Perhaps there are other gods somewhere on this continent.
But there are a couple of questions here.
“By the way, what is the Chosen One I mentioned earlier and why are you guys giving me this kind of power?”
[…] … .]
“Can you tell me?”
[…] … .]
However, Hyeonmu was silent. Seeing how kind he was until just now, he might have told me, but he kept his mouth shut on this question.
[We cannot tell.]
When Huanglong also added his words, Julius gave up with a sad face. In fact, it wasn't even something I had guessed.
'If it was a question I could ask, Yellow Dragon would have answered it right away.'
Soon, Hyunmu's mouth opened again.
[Then, since all missions have been completed, I will return to the sea.]
[uh. bye. Goodbye next time.]
Huanglong replied in a half-hearted way, and Julius also tried to express his gratitude again.
[Oh, I forgot one thing.]
“Did you forget?”
Took!
Again, a black object came out of Hyeonmu's mouth. Seeing that, Julius tilted his head. Because the identity of the object was a person.
“That ice flame sword demon or something. Did you jump in together?"
[As expected, you are familiar with each other. The rule is to melt all but the chosen ones in my stomach... … .]
Hyeonmu spoke a terrifying story in a calm voice.
[This person is a bit peculiar. I felt the energy of the divine beast inside, so I kept him alive because there is a possibility that he may be an ally of the chosen one.]
“Thank you.”
Julius expressed his gratitude. That Ice Flame Sword Demon was definitely learning Suzaku Hwaryeong Shin Gong, one of the Four Goddess Dances. It was clear that Hyeon-moo, who knew that, had saved him.
[Then see you next time. I wish you all the best in your work.]
After finishing all his business, Hyeonmu dived back into the middle of the lake and slowly disappeared.
At the same time, Julius' consciousness flew through the air again.
Pod!
When he came to his senses, Julius was standing in the same cavity again, but there were no figures of Hyeonmu or the Yellow Dragon, and the Yellow Dragon Sword was back on his waist.
Then, in front of his eyes, a person in black clothes, slightly trembling, was lying down.
“… … .”
After thinking deeply for a while, Julius decided to wake up the Ice Flame Sword Demon. But at that moment, a sharp voice rang in my ears.
[be careful!]
Hey profit!
In an instant, a blue blade passed in front of Julius' eyes. The Bing Flame Sword Demon, who had thought he was down, suddenly got up and attacked like lightning.
In fact, he had already come to his senses since Julius was deep in thought. He is the best swordsman in the Demonic Cult!
His surprise was so fast that it was impossible to dodge it. However, what surprised me was the Ice Flame Sword Demon who made a surprise attack.
Ting!
With a light sound like the ringing of a bell, his sword, which had enormous power, was lightly blocked.
And the blade ricocheted off without touching a single fluff of Julius. At the place where the blade bounced off, there was a transparent ripple like a stone thrown into the water.
"This… no way?"
He glared at Julius with amazement and murderous eyes.
Julius started talking in a relaxed tone.
"Isn't it too much to swing a sword at a life saver?"
“Benefactor?”
“Who do you think you are alive for?”
"joy! It's just that you who let the enemy live are stupid.”
The Ice Flame Sword Demon frowned slightly above the hood that covered his mouth, then swung his sword like a gale again, aiming at Julius' entire body.
Flames blaze on his sword, which is operating the Hwaryeong Sacred Art of Master Job.
However, Julius did not draw his sword. This is because he wanted to test the power of the Shinki on this occasion.
Ting! Ting! Ting!
The sword split into three prongs and each aimed at the head, chest, and neck, but all bounced off.
“Quit!”
The Ice Flame Demon kicked his tongue and launched an even fiercer attack, but in vain.
No matter how sharp and fast the attack was, it bounced off with a transparent ripple the moment it approached Julius' body.
[Intangible armor - symbolizes the defense power of hyeonmu represented by the shell of a turtle. It protects the user from all external shocks.]
Julius was inwardly quite surprised.
'It's a great protection. Moderate attacks can't even pierce this armor.'
It wasn't just a protective shield. Julius lightly waved his hand at the Ice Flame Sword Demon Sword and went against it.
'Did you say it was a golden hour?'
Great!
When Julius concentrated the energy injected by Hyunmu into his hand, his hand was covered in cold air and froze.
Julius's hand, which emitted cold air, collided with the Ice Flame Sword Demon's sword, which was burning with flames.
Wow!
An explosion erupted, and thick steam rose.
“Ouch!”
Surprisingly, it was the Ice Flame Sword Demon that was pushed out. After being pushed back dozens of meters, he vomited a bowl of blood. Julius did not even use a sword and defeated him with the martial arts he had just learned.
"eww… … .”
The Ice Flame Sword Demon stole blood from the corners of his mouth and glared at Julius as if to kill him.
"It's definitely intangible armor!"
Julius' eyes lit up.
“Do you know the name?”
The Ice Flame Sword Demon's expression crumpled even more, as if he thought he was being teased.
“Then, is there anyone who doesn’t know about the Four Gods? Seeing that he obtained the Shingi, he seems to have known in advance, but he is a funny guy.”
'Anyway, it seems that the name of God of Origins is quite well known. Is it because it's where Lee Chung-moon worked?'
Julius knew it now, but even though the fire god was a legendary item, the information was quite widely known. And judging from the way the Ice Flame Sword Demon spoke, he seemed to know that there was a divine power here.
chuck!
He held out a hand.
“Hand it over to me. Then it will save your life.”
"why me?"
Julius shook his head. It was something I didn't even have to think about. Why did he have to vomit up what he ate?
“I don't know how you got the sacred spirit, but that's something the main school has marked! Your skills are definitely great, but I guarantee you that you will regret it once the school's pursuit begins.”
The Ice Flame Sword Demon tried to persuade him with a much more relaxed voice after reaping his life, perhaps changing his strategy.
"refuse."
“… … !?”
However, there was no way that such a threat would work for Julius. Rather, the ice flame sword demon almost fainted at his words that followed.
“You really have something to offer me?”
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
Julius spat out a word lightly.
“Zuzak!”
"what… … !?”
The ice flame sword demon was so shocked at the moment that he could not speak.
“… … .”
Soon after, he began to tremble.
“You guys… How did you know that?”
“… … .”
Julius didn't answer. He couldn't help it, because he would not believe it even if he said he knew it just by looking at it.
jump!
The ice flame sword demon suddenly widened the distance. As he raised his sword, a more intense murderous feeling was spreading from his eyes.
"Now I see you've been teasing me all this time!"
"what?"
"shut up!"
Although the words were harsh, the ice flame sword demon felt desperate inside. He was accompanied by Jeong Do-yeon, so I didn't suspect much, but now that I think about it, isn't he a suspicious looking guy?
'Chief, is he the one who sent it? You should have noticed from the moment you saw the blonde hair and blue eyes... … .'
Even at that moment, tens of thousands of thoughts passed through his head, but he thought there was only one way out here.
'I have to defeat him somehow and escape from here!'
Wow!
With desperate determination, he began to raise his jinki.
* * *
Meanwhile, Julius was looking at him with an absurd expression.
[Palace Jasper]
Current Status: Despair, Desperate
'Why is he doing that again?'
[be careful. It looks like that guy is going to make a last resort.]
Huanglong gave advice in a calm tone. When a yellow dragon does this, it is usually when it encounters a formidable foe.
'I'll have to take it down and interrogate it first.'
[for a moment!]
When Julius tried to draw his sword, the Yellow Dragon stopped him.
'why?'
[Take this opportunity to test your divine power.]
'Hasn't it already been used?'
Huanglong clicked his tongue.
[Tsk! That is not the true use of divine powers.]
'… … !?'
While Julius was talking with Yellow Dragon, the Ice Flame Sword Demon was ready. In the worst case, he intended to die with them.
His skill, Hama Gong, is a technique that combines two conflicting rare qi to create enormous destructive power.
Roaring!
The Hwaryeong Shin Gong he learned was the most outstanding qigong among martial arts that deal with firearms.
Saaa!
The coldness on his left hand is the Demonic Cult's minor magician! Excluding the Geumgangsugi of Hyunmumun, which disappeared a long time ago, it is one of the best martial arts among the Qigong of the Yinhan series.
When these two martial arts collided, there were few people who could receive the destructive power. Even in the Demonic Cult, would he hear that he is superior to the cult leader in terms of simple destructive power?
However, Hwangryong's evaluation was harsh.
[The operation method is complicated. After a long time, I was born with a good constitution, but only like that, Won.]
'huh? constitution?'
Julius was curious for a while, but first he had to subdue the enemy.
'Did I tell you to do this?'
After concentrating the memoirs received from Hyeonmu in one place, he blew them into the intangible armor. The results were astonishing.
Great!
He hadn't even let him out yet, but the cold frost around him was freezing.
"this guy! Let's die together!”
Kurrureung!
That moment! The Ice Flame Sword Demon rushed in and violently collided the two energies. Its power was incomparable to when the three-headed dragon's head exploded earlier. This is because he invested almost all his quirk in this attack.
Excellent sorghum!
In the aftermath, the entire cavity was shaken and stone dust fell. However, compared to the formidable momentum of the ice flame sword demon, all Julius did was just stretch out his hand.
'Did I say I could do it like this?'
Seruk.
Seeing that Julius stretched out his hand like a joke, the Ice Flame Sword Demon widened his eyes.
'what?'
But before he could think of anything else, he felt that the energy he had created with all his might dissipate like a bubble.
“… … !?”
So-so-so-so-so-so-so-so!
Terrible cold air poured from Julius's palm. The coldness had not swallowed the Ice Flame Sword Demon's attack and spread throughout the cavity.
And seconds later!
“… … .”
Julius blinked his eyes in silence. He did it because he couldn't believe it at all.
[You did pretty well for the first time. This is how to use Shinki.]
"ah!"
The yellow dragon's words brought Julius to his senses. This was the power of the Four Gods. Hyeonmu's sacred spirit, which governs water and cold, amplified the power of the corresponding qigong dozens or hundreds of times.
The results were as follows.
saaaa
The inside of the cave was still a space that ordinary people could not approach because of the mild cold.
The entire huge cavity, hundreds of square meters in area, was covered with frost and ice.
And in the center stood an ice statue. It was the Ice Flame Sword Demon. It froze in the same posture as when it was running.
'Isn't that dead?'
[joy! He's a guy with the energy of Suzaku, so he won't die like that.]
Chii profit!
As soon as he finished speaking, steam rose from the ice statue. The ice melted at a rapid rate, and the thawed ice flame sword Ma collapsed on his knees.
"omg… omg… What is your true identity?”
He tried to raise his head somehow to look at Julius even while breathing heavily.
"huh?"
However, upon hearing that voice, Julius tilted his head.
Originally, the Ice Flame Sword Demon's voice was that of a man with a gruff and muddy voice. But now... … .
“Were you a woman? But why did you dress up as a man?"
Before he knew it, the hood that covered his mouth had frozen and cracked. The thin and high-pitched voice that had changed was definitely not a man who had passed his voice. In addition, the face revealed when the hood was broken was too pretty to be considered a man.
But that... No, she didn't seem to have any intention of answering Julius' question. Rather, she cried out again in a voice full of resentment.
“More than that, what is your true identity!”
She was so upset that she was going crazy. The god he was aiming for was taken away by the wrong guy, and he was so full of melting ice that he couldn't even lift his hand.
If the opponent was a master hidden in the Demonic Cult to keep an eye on her, he would have no choice but to die.
When no answer came out, Julius was in an ambiguous situation. Judging by his appearance, he seems to have a hard time even opening his mouth by force.
But unexpectedly, Huanglong gave another clue.
[ah! Come to think of it, didn't that bastard like human females?]
'what?'
[As a test, show what you have learned. Then there might be a reaction.]
First, Julius tried to raise the blue dragon's breath. Among divine beasts, the blue dragon symbolizes wind and air! Seeing the wind-like energy rising up, the Ice Flame Sword Demon's eyes brightened slightly.
“Blue dragon's breath? Are you a master of the Jegal family?”
But then, seeing the aura that Julius created, she couldn't help but open her mouth. A ferocious beast-like aura ran through his body.
“Imperial Golden Army’s White Tiger self-defense machine!”
Lastly, when he showed the cool energy of Hyeonmu, the Ice Flame Sword Demon was trembling slightly before he knew it.
“The three martial arts of the investigation of Lee Cheong-mun! Then your true identity... … .”
“In the Jegal family, they say that the four gods are delayed, do you know?”
thud!
Upon hearing that answer, she hit her head on the floor. At that moment, the name seen by Julius changed.
“Hwang Seongsa’s royal court spirit sees the successor of the investigation!”
“… … !?”
'What about Hwangseongsa? Of the Hwan Empire?'
Julius was just as startled as she was. It was because it reminded me of an explanation about the intelligence organization of the East Continent that Zhuge Se had heard before.
* * *
It was the first time he accepted Jegal Sei as his subordinate and listened to the explanations of the warriors belonging to the Sasin branch.
“It is said that there are two major intelligence organizations in Moorim. There is the Jegal Sega’s Hyeonwoljeon and the opening.”
“Didn’t I say that there is an intelligence organization in Jujakmumun, which was not heard from before?”
"That's right. It's not well known because it's not a Murim faction... … .”
Jegal Unhyeon continued with a worried expression.
“There is no contact now, but there is Hwangseongsa, an intelligence organization directly under the imperial family. They are the eyes and ears of the imperial family.”
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