Heavenly Demon Cultivation Simulation-Chapter 436: Reclaiming The Position (6)

“Is it because it’s a divine artifact? It’s truly impressive.”

While Seol-Hwi was contemplating the system’s worldview, the AI Jin-ga was joyfully admiring the Fire Dragon Blade.

The dragon-shaped hilt on the blade. Moreover, the dragon’s mouth encasing the blade gave the impression that it was sculpted by a god.

“Hey.”

“……”

“Hey.”

“Huh?”

Jin-ga belatedly responded to Seol-Hwi’s repeated question. His smiling face appeared as purely innocent as a child who had just eaten candy.

“Ah, is it my turn to ask now?”

“Yeah.”

“What level are you at now? Are you at the Peak God stage?”

“Maybe?”

“Of course.”

“What, doesn’t it bother you? Even with a higher level right in front of you?”

“Yeah. It’s fine. As long as I have this sword, I can easily overcome a mere level.”

He swung the Fire Dragon Blade skillfully, speaking with a confident tone.

“Do you have more questions to ask? It’s starting to get a bit tedious, you know.”

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“Then how about we exchange one last word each?”

“I don’t have anything else I’m curious about, so you ask away.”

“Oh, that’s fine with me.”

Perhaps because he was engrossed in the Fire Dragon Blade, Jin-ga’s attitude was endlessly gentle and generous.

Seol-Hwi thought it was a perfect opportunity and decided to ask a question he had pondered for a long time as his final inquiry.

“What exactly is a player? Are they people from reality who existed before entering the system, or are they beings drawn in from outside against their will?”

“I don’t know that either. What a player is.”

“……?”

“I have indeed thought about it like you. Anyone who has been a player would. For reference, my starting point was as a disciple of Elder Baek-hon. But I haven’t found an answer yet. Whether it was originally me, or if I was playing his role. Neither the Simulation nor the Creator gave me an answer.”

“Were you originally Imugi?”

Seol-Hwi quickly asked upon hearing his mention.

A disciple of Elder Baek-hon. He didn’t know how many there were, but he asked just in case.

“Oh. I guess so.”

“……!”

Seol-Hwi’s eyes widened at those words.

To think that Jin-ga was a player who entered Imugi’s life.

Reflecting on the trajectory of Imugi’s life, his leisurely and kind demeanor made sense.

Didn’t their first meeting begin with him leaving the main cult without affiliation and escaping to the Central Plains?

“If players are beings from outside rather than people who existed in reality…”

Imugi and Seo Ryeong.

And even Cheon Wol-seong before his eyes, all were bodies passed through by players.

Reflecting on such situations, one had to consider the possibility that the characters within the system might not be their original selves.

Only then did Seol-Hwi gain a deeper understanding of the Heavenly Demon Cultivation Simulation system.

Players consider themselves the owners of their bodies, but that might not actually be the case.

Of course, this applies to Seol-Hwi himself as well.

“Then where did I come from?”

Suddenly, he became curious about the reason for his existence. If he was not Seol-Hwi, then who was he?

But the pondering stopped there.

For Seol-Hwi, there was something more important than that.

The fundamental reason for his curiosity about the players’ existence.

It was necessary to predict the Creator’s future attitude rather than the existence itself.

Fortunately, a certain level of judgment was beginning to form now.

‘If I’m not the existence called Seol-Hwi, the direction to respond to the Creator is set.’

When the Creator cannot find the player in reality. If the player hides and anger builds up, he will definitely choose to turn back time.

Solely to catch the player.

Then, when time is turned back, can he immediately identify the player’s existence?

‘Unless the player enters the original body, that’s impossible.’

Even if he captures the past Seol-Hwi, it would be meaningless unless the player enters the character.

Of course, the Creator might have various methods that he hadn’t considered.

However, Jin-ga’s words brought a certain sense of anticipation.

‘A system that turns back time, even if I enter it, I won’t be annihilated.’

What he feared most in the past was that even if the Creator turned back the system, entering it might mean the annihilation of Seol-Hwi’s core self.

But thinking about it now, that too could have been an unfounded worry.

Simply because as a player, the essence of the character wouldn’t disappear.

“Well. Shall we start now?”

Jin-ga smiled brightly. He seemed to have perfectly grasped the essence of the Fire Dragon Blade, speaking leisurely.

“Of course. Before that, I think I should repay you for your kindness.”

“And what might that be?”

Seol-Hwi spread three fingers towards Jin-ga, who looked on with anticipation.

“Three moves.”

“……?”

“In the murim world, seniors often show courtesy by yielding three moves in a duel. Use that to unleash all the capabilities of the Fire Dragon Blade. I’m quite curious myself.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Jin-ga’s eyes changed subtly. It wasn’t an unsettling gaze, but rather one of disbelief mixed with a hint of anticipation.

The reaction was indeed favorable.

“If it’s such kindness, I won’t refuse. But since I can’t just accept the courtesy, I’ll specially teach you the techniques and activation methods of the Fire Dragon Blade. If you die here and acquire this in your next life, you should know how to use it properly, right?”

“You, you’re quite merciful, aren’t you?”

“Am I? Maybe I’m excited because it’s been a while since I’ve faced a worthy opponent.”

He quickly assumed a stance. Then, he raised his sword high and continued speaking.

“I’ll show you the Fireball technique first. To activate it, open the upper dantian, think of a martial art related to fire, and simultaneously imagine a circular sphere.”

“Open the upper dantian…”

Seol-Hwi felt that the method of using special skills was different from when he acquired the absolute weapon.

It was certainly worthy of being called a divine object of a higher level.

Whirr.

As Jin-ga took a stance with the blade angled, light surged from the blade.

A giant red spherical shape began to form in the sky as if the sky was bearing fruit.

“Wow…”

As large and small spheres like a red sunset covered the sky, Seol-Hwi couldn’t help but admire.

The infinitely grand and brilliant spectacle was captivating enough to instantly enchant anyone.

Bright red, vivid yellow, deep blue. Their sizes were haphazard.

“Look. This isn’t a joke.”

A massive fireball covered the sky. Once a certain number was reached, the creation of fireballs halted.

Then flames began to rise, forming a ring around the sphere.

The brilliance transformed into extreme pressure and fear.

In the center, a fireball much larger than a building was tinged with a purple hue.

It was the Third Ability known as Hellfire.

“This won’t just end as a simple commotion, will it?”

Seol-Hwi said with a surprised expression. With this level of power, the vibration alone seemed capable of awakening everyone in the cult.

“It’s okay. It’ll be over soon anyway. Alright, here we go.”

Swoosh.

As he swung the Fire Dragon Blade, the fireballs moved simultaneously.

Despite their size, their speed was incredibly fast.

Countless massive fireballs flew at a speed invisible to the naked eye, directly striking the place where Seol-Hwi was.

Grrrrrr——

The explosion was loud enough to temporarily deafen Jin-ga.

Even though it was midnight, the light that shone as brightly as day first flashed before his eyes, followed by the massive heat spreading in all directions.

Boom boom boom——Boom! Kuaaaawooong!

The heat and range of the explosions seemed endless.

Next, there was an extremely vast explosion, enough to create a mushroom cloud.

Even amidst all this, Jin-ga was calmly observing the scene.

With the protection of the Fire Dragon Blade, no heat could penetrate him.

The deafening sound continued not just once but dozens of times.

The ground didn’t just shake; it felt as if someone was grabbing it and shaking it like waves.

And the heat from the explosion was annihilating everything around it.

Goooo————

It took quite a while for the heat to dissipate. And the space that gradually revealed itself was complete ruins.

And there, a presence that seemed to have vanished without a trace…

“Hey there.”

…was waving a hand.

“Wow! Damn!”

In that absurdity, Jin-ga’s first reaction was laughter more than anger.

It was so absurd that it slipped out unconsciously.

“Did you block it?”

“No, I dodged.”

“Dodged?”

“Yeah.”

In the bewildering absurdity, Jin-ga was once again dumbfounded.

Then he burst into loud laughter.

“Wahaha! You really are something! To be alive after taking that.”

“Of course. I’m a Peak God.”

“Hahaha! Yeah, yeah. A Peak God. Damn it!”

Even at the absurd retort, Jin-ga nodded.

There was a reason for it.

He too had not revealed everything, which is why his confidence remained intact.

“This time, it will be a bit more difficult.”

Without hesitation, he immediately unleashed the special ability of the Fire Dragon Blade.

Seol-Hwi’s eyes narrowed as he watched.

Rumble.

The first thing created was the shaking of the ground.

Seol-Hwi thought it might be the aftermath from a moment ago.

Bang!

Suddenly, a massive pillar of fire surged in front of him.

‘This is…’

Seol-Hwi had seen this phenomenon before. It was the power displayed when Earth Demon fought the Creator in the past.

It was the strongest form of fire technique that could be drawn from nature.

Screeech.

That wasn’t all.

At that moment, the true form of the Fire Dragon Blade was revealed as the Hellfire that emerged from it.

It appeared as a dragon-shaped figure, breathing as if alive. This was the Third Ability.

“This cannot be avoided. It will chase you to the ends of hell.”

“It looks splendid. But how do you activate it?”

“After uniting the sword with your mind, infuse it entirely with extreme yang energy. Then, it transforms the energy within the sword into the energy of hell. The pinnacle of that form is this Fire Dragon.”

“Aha.”

In simple terms, it means that the Fire Dragon Blade converts the qi of nature into the Third Ability.

Indeed, without knowing the activation method, it was a power difficult to manifest.

“Here. Now take this too. The bluff of evading like before won’t work.”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Hellfire flooded in all directions, completely enveloping Seol-Hwi.

It perfectly blocked any retreat, as if intending not to give any space to escape.

The Fire Dragon generated there flew the moment the blade was swung.

‘Is it a spiritual being that follows energy?’

Seol-Hwi instinctively realized that the eyeless Fire Dragon was pursuing him.

At the same time, he seemed to understand the meaning of why it was said that the creature could not be avoided.

The Fire Dragon had the ability to pursue certain targets with internal qi, specifically those that breathed within the natural world.

“…….”

Despite this, Seol-Hwi, watching the Fire Dragon, took no action for some reason.

The Fire Dragon, flying in the sky, opened its mouth and charged straight at Seol-Hwi.

Fwooooosh.

As the Fire Dragon engulfed Seol-Hwi, a massive explosion erupted.

The range was limited, however.

Boom!

The pillar of fire that soared into the sky was incomparable to before.