Chapter 11: Day 11

“whoops!”

The library turned into a mess.

Amidst the explosion that swept through, Outer Elder Baek Ah popped out, coughing up a mouthful of red blood.

Just what.

“What is this-!”

Outer Elder Baek Ah shouted as if he couldn’t understand.

As a Demonic Cultivator, she had a talent for Demonic Arts?

Yes.
He could understand that.

The magical power that she couldn’t accumulate until now.

No, since she was a Demonic Cultivator, it was Demonic Qi.
The fact that the girl had now accumulated Demonic Qi?

He could understand that too.

But.

‘What is this power!’

What Outer Elder Baek Ah couldn’t understand was the girl’s strength.

An overwhelming strength that couldn’t be thought of as a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage.

No, even a Demonic Cultivator.

He, a Golden Core stage cultivator, had suffered severe internal injuries from the blow of a girl who had just accumulated and begun to wield Demonic Qi.
Moreover, from the attack of a girl who was only at the Foundation Establishment stage.

‘Is it the power of that treasure?’

Cough cough.

Outer Elder Baek Ah, who was coughing up red blood mixed with pieces of internal organs, thought as he looked at the girl.

The mask the girl was wearing was no ordinary mask.

Nine and one.

One and nine, a treasure in which the power of a demon was dwelling.

Because of its danger, even the White Snake Gate chose to ‘seal’ it instead of ‘disposing’ or ‘recycling’ it.

But.

‘Even if she borrowed the power of the treasure..?

Outer Elder Baek Ah’s eyes sank heavily.

He acknowledged that the treasure was an unusual object, but even so, the girl’s strength was something beyond common sense.

“You seem to be thinking a lot.”

Flinch-.

When did she move?

No, when did she get so close?

Outer Elder Baek Ah, who had been thinking hard, slightly trembled at the girl’s voice coming from behind him.

He.

He, a Golden Core stage cultivator, had missed the movement of a mere Foundation Establishment stage Demonic Cultivator?

Even if he was not in perfect condition due to the internal injuries caused by the treasure and a surprise attack.

Nevertheless, for him, a Golden Core stage cultivator, to be caught off guard by a mere Foundation Establishment stage cultivator?

It was something that couldn’t happen.

And.

“It shouldn’t happen.”

Muttering in a suppressed voice, Outer Elder Baek Ah moved.

Tadat!

Outer Elder Baek Ah, who had distanced himself from the girl through a peculiar gait like a snake slithering on the ground, flicked his finger.

The magical power dwelling in his danjeon moved, and in accordance with it, a technique exerted its power.

It was the technique that had made him who he was now.

The technique that had allowed a mere cultivator named ‘Baek Ah’ to rise to the position of ‘Outer Elder’….

“Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art.”

The moment Outer Elder Baek Ah flicked his finger, the girl muttered at the six streaks of sword energy that shot towards her.

Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art.

A metal attribute technique, one of the techniques that exhibited the highest level of power among the techniques that a Golden Core stage cultivator could learn.

The sharpness of the sword energy created by Outer Elder Baek Ah could cut even a diamond like tofu.

But.

Kwagagang!

The moment the six sword strikes unleashed by Outer Elder Baek Ah touched the girl’s body, a huge explosion occurred.

Intense shockwaves spreading in all directions, and flames surpassing that shock.

The library, which had already been turned into a mess once, couldn’t hold on any longer and collapsed.

As if reminiscent of the levitation in martial arts novels, Outer Elder Baek Ah, who was standing tall in the air, looked down at the completely collapsed library with heavy eyes.

The White Snake Gate must have sensed the commotion just now.

Then, what he had to do now was simple.

‘The girl.
No, the Demonic Cultivator…….’

“You’re thinking of capturing me alive without killing me, aren’t you?”

Flinch!

Once again, the innocent and pure voice of the girl coming from behind.

However, Outer Elder Baek Ah’s body trembled once again at that voice, which had a hint of eerie madness.

He didn’t think the opponent was dead.

But.

“You’re unharmed.”

“I’m unharmed.”

At Outer Elder Baek Ah’s words, the girl, who was also standing in the air, answered with a grin.

“What did you do.
No, what did you learn.”

Outer Elder Baek Ah asked.

“Well.
Wouldn’t Uncle Baek know better than me??”

The girl answered.

Outer Elder Baek Ah closed his mouth at the girl’s answer.

Unfortunately, Outer Elder Baek Ah didn’t know exactly what the Demonic Art sealed in the basement of the library was.

At most, he could only guess the identity of the mask because it was so famous.

Only one person in the White Snake Gate knew exactly what the Demonic Art sealed with the mask was.

Only the Sect Leader of the White Snake Gate.

However, it didn’t matter.

He didn’t need to worry about how dangerous, bizarre, and heretical the Demonic Art that the girl had learned was.

What he had to do now was only one thing.

Until the cultivators of the White Snake Gate, who were approaching from all directions, arrived, he just had to buy time.

The girl also noticed that Outer Elder Baek Ah was just buying time against her.

She could tell just by looking at how he was deliberately avoiding conflict and just talking.

She also knew the reason.

‘The presences felt from all directions.
And they’re gradually getting closer.’

Numerous cultivators within the White Snake Gate were approaching this place now.

They must have sensed the sudden collapse of the library and the commotion caused by the clash between her and Uncle Baek.

Therefore, the girl had a question.

Why was Uncle Baek buying time against her?

Anyway, she.

“I have no intention of going anywhere.”

Why would she leave this place?

No, to borrow Uncle Baek’s thoughts for a moment, why would she run away from this place?

She was finally able to accumulate magical power.

Even if it was Demonic Qi.

And she had finally found her talent.

She was able to accumulate magical power.

She was able to find a talent that suited her.

Then, from now on.

“From my blessed body.
As a ‘disciple of the White Snake Gate’ with the outstanding talent and understanding of a one spiritual root user, that’s what I intend to do.”

As the girl spoke in a gentle voice, an indescribable madness erupted from her eyes.

It was the madness that had burrowed into the girl’s marrow for the past four years.

However, it was the madness that she thought had disappeared when she inhaled the black smoke that spewed out when she opened the wooden door in the basement of the collapsed library.

In the first place, the madness that had eaten into the girl’s marrow had not disappeared.

It just.
Under the guidance of the Demonic Qi that had taken root in the girl’s danjeon, it was embraced and gave the illusion that it had ‘disappeared’.

As if to prove it, the girl’s eyes instantly changed from those of a sage to those of a madman.

In addition, her presence changed drastically.

If the girl until just now was an innocent and pure girl.

Now the girl was.

‘A Demonic Cultivator swallowed up by the side effects of Demonic Arts itself!’

Conversation to buy time would no longer work.

Having quickly finished his judgment, Outer Elder Baek Ah moved.

“You-!”

Shouting furiously, Outer Elder Baek Ah flicked his finger.

Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art.

Six streaks of sword energy created by that technique cut through the air and stretched towards the girl.

The girl just slowly raised her hand towards the six streaks of sword energy stretching towards her.

‘She’s not avoiding it?’

The moment Outer Elder Baek Ah’s expression hardened at the girl’s strange behavior.

“Ah, could it be that you’re angry because I found my talent too late?
Because I accumulated magical power too late?
I’m sorry about that.”

So said the girl, flicking her finger.

In that moment.

Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art Alteration.

Twelve Demonic Fingers Sword Art.

From the flicked finger of the girl, twelve streaks of black sword energy erupted, colliding with Outer Elder Baek Ah’s Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art and dissipating.

It was something that the girl had created by altering the Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art in her own way.

And Outer Elder Baek Ah’s eyes widened to the point where they couldn’t widen any further at the sight of that ‘something’.

“What is this…!”

He couldn’t understand.

He couldn’t comprehend.

No matter how talented she was as a Demonic Cultivator.
No matter how talented she was in Demonic Arts.

Nevertheless, to tear apart and create a Demonic Art from a completely different cultivation method?

This was something that couldn’t happen.

And it was something that shouldn’t happen.

However, that impossible thing.

That thing that shouldn’t happen was unfolding right before his eyes.

Only then did Outer Elder Baek Ah realize how foolish he had been.

That girl.

No, to capture that monster alive?

No.

That monster had to be killed.

Before it grew any further.

Before it became any stronger, it had to be killed.

If that monster wasn’t killed now.

‘It will become a great disaster for the White Snake Gate in the future.’

Having organized his thoughts, Outer Elder Baek Ah drew on his magical power.

The magical power accumulated through the metal spiritual energy spewed out like crazy, and the surrounding air sank heavily around Outer Elder Baek Ah.

It would take about 30 seconds for the cultivators of the White Snake Gate to arrive.

During that time.

‘Even if I can’t kill her, I have to tie her down as much as possible.’

Even if it cost him his life here!

“Kuaaaap-!”

Outer Elder Baek Ah roared and flicked all ten fingers towards the girl.

Six Flicking Fingers Sword Secret Art.

Sixty Flicking Fingers Sword Art.

From Outer Elder Baek Ah’s ten fingers, a total of sixty sword strikes erupted and advanced towards the girl.

A sharp sound, and sixty sharp sword strikes approaching from all directions, leaving no room to escape.

The girl looked at Outer Elder Baek Ah, who had created those sword strikes, and said.

Just why.

“Are you trying to kill me?”

Really.

As if she truly couldn’t understand.

The girl spoke in a voice that seemed to contain a hint of sadness.

However, the action the girl took was vastly different from that tone, voice, and the emotion contained within.

Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art Alteration.

Twelve Frozen Demonic Fingers Sword Art.

The girl’s finger flicked, and once again, twelve streaks of black sword energy erupted.

However, it was quite different from before.

The twelve streaks of black sword energy created this time contained an extreme coldness that had not been present until now.

A total of sixty sword strikes created by Outer Elder Baek Ah.

A total of twelve black sword strikes with coldness, created by the girl.

The moment the two collided.

“Keo-heok!”

Outer Elder Baek Ah let out a painful groan.

The twelve streaks of black sword energy created by the girl had completely neutralized all sixty of the sword strikes he had created.

No, as if that wasn’t enough, the twelve black sword strikes cut through the air and pierced his body.

Heart, solar plexus, lungs, and so on.

The extreme coldness and Demonic Qi felt from the twelve sword strikes lodged in various parts of his body.

The most fatal was probably the danjeon.

Outer Elder Baek Ah realized that his danjeon, pierced by the sword strike created by the girl, was shattered, and all the magical power he had accumulated until now was disappearing without a trace.

“Monster….”

With a short, dying remark, Outer Elder Baek Ah’s body, whose life had been cut short, fell to the ground.

The girl who had killed Outer Elder Baek Ah, as if she didn’t even realize what she had done.

If I receive the support of the White Snake Gate, I can make up for the time I wasted, right?
Ah, first of all, please get me some food.
I’ve been eating only Byeokgokdan for four years, so I’m craving meat.
”

With eyes overflowing with dense madness, she looked at the numerous cultivators who had revealed themselves around her and said so.

“Ah, and can I eat Uncle Baek Ah’s heart?”