Chapter 24: Day 24

“How long do we have to keep doing this?”

“The movements of the other sects are unusual!”

“We need to stop this right now!”

Four. No, including Black Bear, there were only five executives left in the Black Mountain Sect. Black Bear looked at the other four executives who were shouting at him with a complicated expression.

He didn’t like doing this crazy thing either.

No, if he could, he wanted to stop this crazy thing right now.

The Black Mountain Sect was a dark sect, but there was still a line.

However, the actions they were taking now under the orders of the new owner of the Black Mountain Sect, Cheon Seo Ah, far exceeded that line.

If they made one wrong move, it wouldn’t be strange if Zuhang itself moved to erase the Black Mountain Sect without a trace.

And in fact, there were signs that this was slowly happening.

But.

“It’s the Sect Leader’s order.”

Black Bear said in a heavy voice.

What power did he have to disobey Cheon Seo Ah’s orders?

If he showed even the slightest dissatisfaction in front of that monster, his heart would be ripped out while he was still alive, or he would become an ingredient in that crazy experiment in the basement.

“Brother!”

“If this goes on, we’ll all die!”

At Black Bear’s words, the executives reacted fiercely.

It was the new Sect Leader’s order, but if this went on, they would all really die.

No, that monster who was acting like the new Sect Leader and giving crazy orders would obviously not die.

That’s why she could give such orders, right?

But. But what about them?

Right now, all the dark sects in Zuhang, except for the Black Mountain Sect, were aiming their blades at their lives, waiting for an opportunity.

In addition, many of their subordinates had already fled to save their own lives.

Even the subordinates who remained now might flee at any moment, or even betray them and aim for their lives!

“Alright, I’ll talk to the Sect Leader myself.”

In the end, unable to hold on any longer, Black Bear said that and got up from his seat.

The four executives looked at the back of Black Bear, who was disappearing beyond the closed door, with hardened expressions.

If.

Although there was a nine out of ten chance.

If that crazy new Sect Leader really didn’t withdraw the order.

‘I’ll have to run away.’

‘Of course I have to run away.’

‘There’s no loyalty worth risking my life for anyway.’

The moment things went wrong, they were full of thoughts of abandoning the Black Mountain Sect without hesitation and running away.

Meanwhile, Black Bear, who had left the conference room and arrived at the basement.

“Sect Leader.”

“Hmm? What is it? I told you there’s no need to bring any more ingredients today.”

A basement filled with a terrible corpse poison.

In that place where just breathing would rot your lungs, Black Bear’s expression hardened even more at Cheon Seo Ah, who was sitting there with a very casual expression.

When he stood in front of Cheon Seo Ah, his mouth wouldn’t open, as if his determination on the way to the basement was in vain.

But still, he had to speak.

Not for everyone.

There was no loyalty or meaning for that.

He had to speak, even if it was just to save his own life.

So, just as Black Bear, who had renewed his determination, was about to open his mouth.

Aaaaaaaagh-!

Kill them all!

Erase the Black Mountain Sect that threatens all the dark sects of Zuhang!

Through the passage leading to the basement, loud shouts and screams could be heard.

At that sudden situation, Black Bear’s expression was filled with bewilderment, and Cheon Seo Ah’s expression contorted.

What they had feared had happened.

He thought there was still some time left, but Black Bear hadn’t expected the dark sects of Zuhang to move so quickly.

It seemed that the subordinates who were attacked were desperately resisting to save their lives, but that wouldn’t last long.

Should he run away now?

Or should he cling to this monster?

Just as Black Bear was looking at Cheon Seo Ah again with a complicated expression.

“These f*cking bugs…!”

Cheon Seo Ah muttered with a distorted expression like an evil spirit.

A sinister aura swirled around her, and an unmistakable madness flickered in her eyes.

At that moment, Black Bear realized.

Ah. That’s right.

From the beginning, I.

‘I had no chance of surviving.’

From the beginning, the reason that monster, who had madness that humans couldn’t handle, was keeping him alive was very simple.

She just needed a tool to take care of the chores.

To kidnap people. Another tool to move the Black Mountain Sect, which was just a tool like himself.

“Ha, haha.”

A hollow laugh escaped Black Bear’s mouth.

At some point, the monster had disappeared without a trace.

Even though he was clearly looking with his own two eyes.

And even though he hadn’t taken his eyes off her for a moment, even though he hadn’t blinked, the monster had disappeared.

Now was the chance to escape.

But Black Bear didn’t run away.

Just.

“Karma… Yes, this is all karma for what I’ve done.”

He just muttered that and remained in the basement full of corpse poison.

Die!

The moment Cheon Seo Ah left the basement, a bug she encountered swung its sword.

The blade, moving like a skilled snake catching its prey, aimed for Cheon Seo Ah’s neck.

Cheon Seo Ah’s brow twitched as she watched the movement of the blade from start to finish.

“I have a bit of a bad relationship with ‘snakes’.”

Whoosh-!

Cheon Seo Ah’s hand moved as she whispered.

Just like the blade, Cheon Seo Ah’s hand also showed the strange movements of a snake.

At that, the opponent who swung the sword at Cheon Seo Ah was bewildered, and Cheon Seo Ah’s hand snatched the blade.

Crack!

She broke it so easily.

The shattered pieces of the blade scattered in all directions.

Could it be that he didn’t expect her to break the blade with her bare hand?

As bewilderment mixed with the distorted expression of the owner of the broken sword, Cheon Seo Ah moved again.

Thud.

The moment she took a step, Cheon Seo Ah’s figure appeared behind the bug that had swung the sword.

At the same time.

Thud!

“Ugh!”

The bug, who spurted out red blood from the hole in his chest, collapsed with a short groan.

Cheon Seo Ah glanced at the bug that had become a cold corpse and grinned.

Yes.

“I was an idiot.”

To use bugs to catch bugs and make a new Thousand Spirit Corpse Poison Pill.

To use bugs to find a vagrant.

She was an idiot to think that.

She didn’t need to do that in the first place.

She should have done this from the beginning.

From the beginning.

“I should have devoured everything in this city.”

What if there was a vagrant in this city, and what if there wasn’t?

If there was, it was good.

If there wasn’t, it was just a little disappointing.

From the beginning, she didn’t need to consider the circumstances of other bugs.

No, more than that, she didn’t have time.

So.

“I’ll make a gamble.”

A gamble. Yes, let’s make a gamble.

After devouring all the bugs in this city.

Let’s make a gamble with them.

After all, she was a Demonic Beast, wasn’t she?

There was no way she could break through her cultivation level in the normal way.

So, let’s make a gamble.

Devour the hearts of all the bugs scattered throughout the city.

And by sucking their souls, let’s try to control the rampage of the Thousand Spirit Corpse Poison Pill and break through the cultivation level.

At least a few thousand. At most, close to ten thousand bugs.

Among them, there must be a bug with a useful constitution.

If there was even one such bug, the probability of the gamble succeeding would also increase.

Yes. Let’s do that.

And as a start.

“I’ll devour all these bugs that ruined my work. What do you think?”

Creak.

Creak-.

Cheon Seo Ah’s neck turned at an angle far beyond the range allowed by human joints.

At the same time, her eyes, filled with overflowing madness, looked at a certain place.

“How long are you going to hide like a rat?”

Tsk.

As soon as Cheon Seo Ah’s words, which were uttered as if annoyed, ended, the sound of someone clicking their tongue echoed in the air.

At the same time, the floor that Cheon Seo Ah was looking at stirred, and a snake emerged and transformed into the shape of a human.

A snake that turned into a young man with a very ordinary appearance, the kind you could find anywhere.

But that was only when viewed through the eyes of ignorant ordinary people, who were no different from bugs.

In Cheon Seo Ah’s eyes.

“Disgusting.”

The appearance of an ordinary young man became blurred and disappeared.

In its place was something in the form of a hideous mixture of a snake and a human.

All over its body, something like snake scales protruded.

Its eyes were like those of a snake, and the shape of its face was also closer to that of a snake than that of a human.

That abomination hissed, looking at Cheon Seo Ah with displeasure.

I thought it was just a deviation of a wandering vagrant. To think it was a Demonic Beast.
A child. A child. A wandering Demonic Beast.
Why are you rampaging without knowing your place?

At the abomination that hissed like a snake, Cheon Seo Ah chuckled.

It was acting as if it was some kind of big shot, giving a lecture.

But it didn’t matter.

She didn’t need to pay attention to what it was saying.

Judging from the aura it was emitting, it was clearly at least a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage.

“If I take your heart and soul, it will be much easier to break through my cultivation level.”

A lowly Demonic Beast dares.

The snake-human and Cheon Seo Ah, who said that to each other, moved at the same time.