The Heavenly Demon Who Reigns Chapter 164 : The Master of the Ten Thousand Year Ice Valley

Woong-

A chill condensed to the extre was quietly flickering in Seol Baekmyo's hand.

Although it looked calm now, if Seol Baekmyo were to use a trick even a little, this chill would instantly turn into a ferocious beast and attack Cheon Myeong.

"Is that the Ice White Divine Palm?"

Cheon Myeong asked, looking at Seol Baekmyo's hand.

Then, while maintaining that state, Seol Baekmyo answered with a chilly voice.

"...That's right."

"Seeing that, it seems the treatnt went well."

Cheon Myeong said that and smiled lightly.

To smile so leisurely in this situation.

Since Seol Baekmyo was very serious now, Cheon Myeong's words and smile sounded sowhat unpleasant.

And at that mont, the smile on Cheon Myeong's lips disappeared.

"Still, you must rest for a few days. So please withdraw your energy and lower your hand."

"If you swear that you will not go inside, I will withdraw my energy."

"..."

"If you don't... you will have to be prepared to fight ."

Seol Baekmyo's words were sincere.

She would prevent Cheon Myeong from entering the Ten Thousand Year Ice Valley, even if it ant using force.

Of course, although there was the reason that outsiders were forbidden from entering that place carelessly, in fact, the biggest concern was that if Cheon Myeong were to go inside, he would not be able to return alive.

'I can't let my benefactor die.'

If she couldn't stop Cheon Myeong here, she would regret it for the rest of her life.

Seol Baekmyo thought so and raised her energy even more.

Woong-!

An even more powerful energy from Seol Baekmyo's hand.

Cheon Myeong watched her silently and soon opened his mouth quietly.

"I have no intention of fighting you, Young Palace Lord."

"...The sa goes for . So please tell that you will not go inside."

"I can't do that."

A firm answer.

Seol Baekmyo could not understand why Cheon Myeong was so insistent on entering the Ten Thousand Year Ice Valley.

"Why... so much..."

"There might be sothing in here that I might have to risk my life for."

"..."

"So I'm sorry. I think I have to go in here no matter what."

Cheon Myeong said that and bowed his head to Seol Baekmyo.

Swoosh-!

At that mont, sothing that passed by Cheon Myeong.

A streak of light like a flash of lightning collided with the rock behind him without hitting Cheon Myeong, with a very narrow margin.

Crack-

The rock froze in an instant.

Of course, although that rock was already frozen, now sharp ice crystals were extending in all directions on the surface of the rock.

Swish-

Cheon Myeong turned his head to the back and looked at the frozen rock without a word.

A shape as if a flower made of ice had blood on the rock.

Although that appearance could be said to be quite beautiful on the outside, if what was frozen was a person and not a rock, it seed that one could never think so.

'Is that the Ice White Divine Palm?'

This was the first ti Cheon Myeong had actually seen the Ice White Divine Palm.

To think that it could freeze an object so far away in an instant.

As expected, the rumor that there was no martial art that could be compared to the Ice White Divine Palm among the yin arts did not seem to have co out of nowhere.

"Next ti, I will hit you."

At that voice, Cheon Myeong looked at Seol Baekmyo again.

In the palm that Seol Baekmyo was holding out, the energy was flickering a little more violently than before.

As if she would hit Cheon Myeong directly next ti.

It was a sight that matched the words Seol Baekmyo had said to Cheon Myeong.

'He must have given up now.'

In fact, she didn't want to go this far.

No matter how much she had intentionally missed, how could she be at ease with the fact that she had attacked her benefactor?

However, since it seed that she would not be able to change Cheon Myeong's mind if she did not do this, Seol Baekmyo hardened her heart and perford the Ice White Divine Palm on Cheon Myeong.

'Please... please stop and say you'll co back.'

Looking at Cheon Myeong, who was standing silently towards her, Seol Baekmyo prayed that in her mind.

However.

Despite her earnest wish, as Cheon Myeong turned his back, an exclamation of regret ca out of Seol Baekmyo's mouth.

"Ah..."

Cheon Myeong was moving away.

Cheon Myeong, who was just walking into the Ten Thousand Year Ice Valley without saying a word.

In the end, Seol Baekmyo's body trembled with the thought that she had not been able to stop Cheon Myeong.

"No... it's not too late yet."

Seol Baekmyo muttered that and reached out her right hand towards Cheon Myeong.

At the sa ti, the energy concentrated in her right hand.

Since it had not worked on Cheon Myeong even though she had warned him, Seol Baekmyo realized that she could no longer just warn him to stop him.

Woong-!

Seol Baekmyo directed the fiercely flickering energy, as if it would pop out at any mont, at Cheon Myeong.

Now there is no choice.

The only way is to attack Cheon Myeong and prevent him from entering that place.

If he enters the Ten Thousand Year Ice Valley, Cheon Myeong will surely die. So it would be for Cheon Myeong's sake to freeze at least one of his limbs and forcibly stop him.

'Young Master... please forgive .'

Forcibly fixing her trembling right hand, Seol Baekmyo looked at Cheon Myeong.

Cheon Myeong, who was walking into the Ten Thousand Year Ice Valley even at this mont.

If she delayed any longer, she would no longer be able to stop Cheon Myeong.

However.

Swish-

In the end, Seol Baekmyo could not attack Cheon Myeong and lowered her hand.

At the sa ti, the energy that disappeared from Seol Baekmyo's right hand.

That ant that Seol Baekmyo no longer had the intention to attack Cheon Myeong.

'I can't do it...'

She had made a promise to not hesitate to attack if it were to save Cheon Myeong.

However, when such a mont ca, Seol Baekmyo's promise collapsed.

How could she attack the back of the person who had saved her life?

If Cheon Myeong had at least counterattacked, she would have been able to alleviate her guilt a little, but far from counterattacking, he was showing his back so defenselessly, so her guilt only grew.

"..."

In the end, can't she save Cheon Myeong?

Seol Baekmyo thought, looking at Cheon Myeong's back, which was moving away even at this mont.

"...No."

She couldn't stop Cheon Myeong.

Then would she just watch Cheon Myeong go inside?

Even if she couldn't stop Cheon Myeong, Seol Baekmyo rembered what she could do for him.

Pat-

As soon as that thought ca to mind, Seol Baekmyo ran to where Cheon Myeong was.

"...Young Palace Lord?"

Seol Baekmyo, who was now walking side by side with Cheon Myeong.

As Cheon Myeong stopped his steps, discovering her, Seol Baekmyo also stopped her steps a little ahead.

And unlike before, Seol Baekmyo looked at Cheon Myeong with a very refreshed face and said.

"I will go with you."

"...What do you an? Didn't I just say that you should be resting, Young Palace Lord?"

"I have thought of a way to repay your kindness, Young Master, in my own way. And this is the conclusion I have co to."

Seol Baekmyo did not know for what reason Cheon Myeong was trying to go inside.

However, when Cheon Myeong had said that he might have to risk his life, she could at least tell that the reason was very important to Cheon Myeong.

"It's not that the inside of the Ten Thousand Year Ice Valley is definitely safe just because I go with you. Still... I know this place better, so I will be able to be of help to you, Young Master."

"..."

"In fact, it would have been best if you hadn't gone inside, Young Master... but I have lost to your stubbornness."

Seol Baekmyo said that and smiled lightly.

Cheon Myeong, who was watching her silently. And with a light sigh, he said.

"You are also quite stubborn, Young Palace Lord."

"Is that sothing you should be saying, Young Master?"

"..."

An awkward silence.

At Seol Baekmyo's question, Cheon Myeong did not give any answer and moved his steps.

Hmph-

Watching him, Seol Baekmyo followed behind Cheon Myeong with a light laugh.

But the two, whose positions had beco similar.

Now, Seol Baekmyo was no longer behind Cheon Myeong but was walking side by side with him.

***

Whoooosh-!

Everywhere was white.

As Seol Baekmyo had said, from the mont they had entered the Ten Thousand Year Ice Valley, it could be said to be a hell of snow.

Although the extre cold and the snow that was piled up so much that one's feet would sink in were also problems, what was making Cheon Myeong the most troubled was the blizzard.

A blizzard that was raging fiercely, covering all sides.

Because of that, his field of vision had narrowed, so even for Cheon Myeong, his speed of progress couldn't help but slow down.

"Baekjo, do you know which direction it is?"

"Peep..."

"No, don't just stay inside because it's cold, co out and find out for sure!"

"Peep, peep!"

"What...?"

To say that he can't know the direction more precisely than this.

Thinking that Baekjo was being lazy because it was cold, Cheon Myeong forcibly pulled Baekjo out of his bosom.

"Peep!"

As soon as it ca out of Cheon Myeong's bosom, Baekjo had to directly face the fiercely raging blizzard.

Baekjo, which turned even whiter as snow began to pile up on its already pure white body.

Cheon Myeong put Baekjo, who was so cold that it couldn't say a word, back into his bosom.

"Peep...!"

If it had been outside for just a little longer, it would have beco an ice bird, not Baekjo.

Only after entering Cheon Myeong's bosom did Baekjo's frozen mouth begin to move again.

"Are you feeling a little better now?"

Cheon Myeong asked Baekjo, who had co back from the dead.

"So focus a little more and look. If you don't get a grip, we'll all freeze to death."

It was not a joke.

Although there was still so leeway now, if they were to wander around any longer, even Cheon Myeong would not be able to endure this cold.

Since Cheon Myeong felt that sense of crisis, he had no choice but to urge Baekjo on, even if it ant using a rather rough thod.

"Got it? Our lives depend on you."

"...Peep."

As if it had felt the seriousness in Cheon Myeong's voice, Baekjo also began to concentrate again.

And after a while, Baekjo stuck its head out of his bosom and said to Cheon Myeong.

"Peep, peep."

"...I see."

Hearing Baekjo's words, Cheon Myeong muttered with a serious face.

Perhaps because the destination was very close, it seed that Baekjo could not pinpoint the location more precisely than this.

Seeing that such an answer ca out even after doing this much, it seed that he would not be able to get a good answer even if he urged Baekjo on any further.

It seed that another thod was needed rather than nagging Baekjo.

'It seems I'll have to search this area myself from now on.'

Although it seed that he would have a rather hard ti because of the blizzard, he couldn't think of any other way.

In the end, Cheon Myeong decided to search this area indiscriminately and turned his head to where Seol Baekmyo was.

"Young Palace Lord, from now on, it seems..."

Seol Baekmyo, who was bowing her head with a face full of so worry.

Discovering that, Cheon Myeong stopped his words with a puzzled face.

"Young Palace Lord?"

"Ah... what did you say?"

"..."

Since entering this place, Seol Baekmyo had been showing a look of anxiety, as if she were being chased by sothing.

To be precise, from the ti the blizzard had begun to rage strongly.

Thinking that Seol Baekmyo was hiding sothing, Cheon Myeong finally asked about it.

"Young Palace Lord, what have you been so anxious about since a while ago?"

"That's... no, I think it's still okay."

"...Still?"

It was then.

Suddenly, a roar from above.

Since the sound was very loud, as if thunder were striking, Cheon Myeong reflexively looked at the place where the sound had co from.

'What is it?'

It seed there was sothing above.

Sothing standing on a cliff that seed to have been carved out.

However, because of the blizzard, he could not confirm exactly what it was.

"I-ice tiger...!"

At that mont, Seol Baekmyo's trembling voice was heard from the side.

At the sa ti, a blizzard that began to rage even more strongly.

Cheon Myeong covered his face with both his arms and kept his gaze fixed on the top of the cliff.

"...!"

At that mont, in the blurry vision, Cheon Myeong could confirm the existence on the cliff.

A gleam of light that was clearly flashing even in the blizzard.

A giant tiger was looking down at this side, as if it were the master of this place.

(End of Chapter)