Chapter 61. Mysterious Old Man (1/2)
Chapter 61. Mysterious Old Man
Gongson Chun Gi stroked his beard as he stared at his opponent. An old man with a feather fan. Gongson Chun Gi could feel that the man had immense pride based on the man’s arrogant voice.
But the strange thing was, Gongson Chun Gi had never seen the man in his life.
“Seeing how you are able to destroy the Dream Blood Butterflies (夢血蝶), you must have quite a bit of skill. Just who are you, old man?”
Zhuge Liang. He fingered the tip of his fan and smirked. It was as if he was astounded by the fact that Gongson Chun Gi even said such a thing.
“Ignorant fool. Who do you think you are, trying to judge me with just petty tricks?”
“Hoh? You seem pretty confident. That’s good.”
Gongson Chun Gi grinned in amusement. Who was this man? Why was a man like this even here in the first place? Quite a lot of questions floated atop his head, but he refrained himself from asking them.
The questions were something that had to be resolved at another time.
“You wouldn’t answer even if I asked you who you are nicely, would you?”
Zhuge Liang smiled, and nodded.
“Find out for yourself.”
Gongson Chun Gi grinned. That was just what he wanted. It should be alright to ask questions after defeating the old man.
“This is going to hurt, you know.”
Zhuge Liang flapped his fan leisurely as he responded to Gongson Chun Gi’s threat.
“Come.”
Gongson Chun Gi grinned like a child. This was just what he wanted. Moreover, he could feel the opponent’s immense pride from that answer.
Just who, just who under the heavens could show this much pride to him? Gongson Chun Gi could feel excitement from this new experience.
’This’ll be fun.’
Gongson Chun Gi was filled with interest. While it wasn’t as much as martial arts, Gongson Chun Gi really was confident in magic. It wouldn’t be a lie to say that the thing he was best at after martial arts was magic.
The Heavenly Demon Church has quite a lot of good magical techniques. They had an astronomical amount of it. Gongson Chun Gi, who read all of it out of boredom, knew about all the magical techniques the church possessed.
Gongson Chun Gi never had a proper teacher, however. That was because even if no one taught him how to utilize his techniques in a more useful manner, his strength already rivalled that of a first-rate.
‘For now…….’
What should he do first? Gongson Chun Gi could see that his opponent was very talented.
If he used a weak technique, he’d just be humiliated. He needed to use an extremely powerful technique that could overwhelm the enemy with a single hit.
Gongson Chun Gi thought about the technique he should use, but then frowned as if he had seen something. He stared at Zhuge Liang intently, and let out a small groan.
“Old man, could it be that you’re…….”
“Did you see something?”
Zhuge Liang’s arrogant eyes filled with surprise. What did he see? There shouldn’t be anything Gongson Chun Gi should be able to see here.
Gongson Chun Gi stared at the old man in front of him for a while with a frown. Soon enough, he scratched the back of his head and smiled.
“Interesting. To think I’d meet a person of the same calibre (同流) as me here.”
Same calibre. Zhuge Liang smiled when he heard Gongson Chun Gi’s words, and shook his head.
“Don’t be fooled. You are simply a second-rate (亞流). You look good on the outside, but that’s about it.”
Ta—
Zhuge Liang spoke as he lightly slapped his hand with his fan.
“Aren’t you going to come over? If you won’t, I’ll go first.”
“Che, old man, don’t try to tell me what to do. Even my teacher didn’t dare do that to me.”
Gongson Chun Gi grinned, and stretched out his right hand without any warning. It was as if he was trying to grab onto something.
It was a simple and light movement, but this move actually contained a tremendous amount of energy.
Pachichichi—
The air trembled slightly, and Gongson Chun Gi’s right hand disappeared into thin air. It was as if the hand fell into a shroud of fog and disappeared.
Zhuge Liang, who observed Gongson Chun Gi’s moves, became amused.
‘Petty tricks…….’
At that moment, the air in front of Zhuge Liang split open to reveal an empty black space resembling the entrance to hell.
“Let’s start off lightly, yeah?”
As soon as Gongson Chun Gi finished speaking, a giant blue hand appeared from the whole.
A giant hand that resembled those of a corpse. That hand tried to grab onto Zhuge Liang and make the man explode.
But…… When Zhuge Liang lightly flapped the feather fan, the hand exploded violently.
Guooo—!
A sound of a monster’s cry resounded from the hole, and the destroyed hand disappeared from the air.
“You’re pretty good.”
Gongson Chun Gi made a face of disappointment. He knew his opponent would be able to deal with his spell, but wasn’t this dispelled too easily?
He wouldn’t be able to measure the opponent’s power this way. Right then, Zhuge Liang opened his mouth.
“Stop showing me petty tricks and give me the real thing.”
“The real thing?”
“You’re going to get hurt if you don’t.“
At that moment, Zhuge Liang’s body began to emit a tyrannical aura. But Gongson Chun Gi wasn’t even fazed by this. Instead, he actually began to smile.
“Thanks for the advice. But do you really think you can take this on?”
“That’s my line.”
“Alright, then.”
Gongson Chun Gi nodded enthusiastically. He, too, knew that he wouldn’t be able to get his opponent without going all out.
“Think of this as an honour.”
Gongson Chun Gi raised his arms, and rubbed his eyes lightly. That moment, the world brightened around him.
“Demon Eyes (魔輪眼)……”
When Zhuge Liang said this in a quite voice, a giant red eye appeared above Gongson Chun Gi’s head for a moment, then disappeared.
“Pretty go…….”
Zhuge Liang looked down without finishing his sentence. He could feel something gigantic under his feet.
“Too late.”
Dududuk—!
The ground split in half all of the sudden, and rows of sharp teeth revealed itself within. Without any warning, the ground split apart widely.
“This is the end.”
Gongson Chun Gi became elated. The giant mouth that formed on the ground opened its mouth widely, and swallowed Zhuge Liang.
Crack— Grind—
The sound of bones breaking apart could be heard from the darkness of the abyss.
But Gongosn Chun Gi’s face, which had been staring at the ground for a while, slowly turned into a frown. He licked his lips and spoke.
“Damn, I got tricked.”
Gongson Chun Gi turned his head. When he did so, the space next to him swayed and revealed Zhuge Liang.
“As I expected, you were a practitioner of Pang Tong’s magic arts. But you are actually twice as strong as he was.”
Gongson Chun Gi scratched the back of his neck with a dissatisfied face. He then opened his mouth with an uninterested face.