Appearance of Dracon and Shin Yeongdo

Bai Lu stepped his feet slowly towards the East. The more he looked, the more strange this forest looked. In fact, some of the trees that he saw so many before, suddenly became few, and their leaves began to fall. The soil that he had seen before looked fertile, but now began to turn into a barren and foul-smelling soil.

"What kind of illusory forest is this? Why is this forest so strange?"

"You've come, Han Yuram!"

Feeling someone mention his name, Bai Lu immediately turned his head towards the source of the voice. As soon as he turned around, he found a snake-bodied giant that was both huge and tall.

"Who are you?" Bai Lu pointed at the giant with his sword then stared at it with the gaze of a cold-blooded killer.

The tall snake-bodied giant laughed so loudly that it sent a huge shock through this illusory forest, and his entire body shook.

"You've finally fallen into my trap, Han Yuram." The giant smiled slyly.

"So, this is your trap?"

The giant laughed again. He walked over to Bai Lu so quickly that Bai Lu, who was originally staring at the giant, immediately walked backwards to get away from him.

"I am Drakon, the giant who lives in this illusory forest. I've been waiting for you to come here for a very long time. I'd love to eat you," he said, laughing again, causing a huge shock to return every time the giant laughed.

"What do you want from me?"

The giant stared at Bai Lu's face with the gaze of someone who was starving. Its tongue stuck out long and almost hit Bai Lu's body. If he didn't move away immediately, perhaps his body would have been hit by the giant's long tongue.

"Hand over that crescent moonlight Hayeongsan sword of yours to me, then hand over that marvelous body of yours to me. Then I release your brothers."

"What? Are you crazy? You're holding my brothers captive?"

The giant let out a fireball of light from its mouth. As soon as the fireball light spurted out, Bai Lu could see clearly that Ling Fei, Lee Gon, Asahi and Yeongwan were his captives.

They were all bound by his snake body skin, with their bodies upside down and in an unconscious state.

"Let them go, Drakon! Or I'll make you unable to taste life again!" Bai Lu shouted emotionally and began to draw his Hayeongsan sword towards the giant.

"You want to see me eat your brothers don't you? It must taste so good! Not bad, it'll be my food supply for four months."

The drakon began to stick out its tongue again, making Bai Lu even more furious at the snake-bodied giant's words.

"You want to save them don't you? Give me your body and sword, then I'll release your four brothers."

"You!!!"

An emotional Bai Lu immediately attacked the Drakon as he drove his sword several times into the giant's body, with three times the usual foot speed.

While Bai Lu was battling with the Dracon, Kang Taeshin was stuck with a brown-haired old man in the corner of this illusionary forest. The two of them seemed to be arguing, causing a negative aura to spread around them.

"You're the ruler of this illusionary forest, aren't you? Shin Yeongdo, the illusory forest king who was expelled from the 4th Heavenly Kingdom for abusing your power. Am I right?"

The old grandfather smiled with a grin. He stared at Taeshin's face with his demonic eyes that were filled with anger as well as vengeance.

"Kang Taeshin, the intelligent young man who knows all about any knowledge on the face of this earth. The prime minister of judgment of the Ordio army, is that you?"

Kang Taeshin froze in place. His entire body trembled, his two hands clenched into fists and his aura heated up. His gaze was truly sharp and piercing. He did not expect Shin Yeongdo to know about his identity that he had always hidden.

Taeshin was so mysterious, not everyone knew about his true identity. Even Asahi himself did not know everything about him.

"You are quite famous in Ordio's army. I know a lot about you. From the incident 55 years ago, which shocked this universe, to the attack in Yeongdam forest 20 years ago that made the gods in the 7th heavenly realm flinch at what the Ordio army had done, including you."

Hearing what Shin Yeongdo said, Kang Taeshin looked even more furious.

"Kang Taeshin, don't forget, you are on probation. If you make even the slightest mistake, you can be sent to the Seongsakdong Judgment Realm. You will be tortured and judged by the Heavenly messenger gods. And, you won't be able to reincarnate again in the future."

Shin Yeongdo laughed with satisfaction. In fact, his laughter was loud enough to sound like he was satirizing and mocking Kang Taeshin. Hearing the sound of laughter, the emotional Taeshin immediately ran quickly to Shin Yeongdo and strangled his neck with full force.

"One more time you talk and comment on my life, I'll kill you viciously and mercilessly!" he snarled with a snarling voice and glaring eyes, with both eyeballs beginning to glow red.

"You won't be able to kill me, Taeshin. Because if you kill me, the lives of your friends and Han Yuram will be endangered," he said with a pull of his lip line that returned to a smirk, and with eyes full of satisfaction.

"You!!!"

Kang Taeshin punched Shin Yeongdo so hard in the chest that he fell back so far, and made his mouth start to leak thick droplets of blackish-colored blood.

"Don't play with the lives of my friends. Let them go, don't you hurt them!"

Shin Yeongdo smiled sarcastically. He spat carelessly and got back up by running at Taeshin and attacking his neck with the strength of his wrist.

Yeongdo elbowed Taeshin's neck with great force. Although he looked like a hundred year old grandfather, his strength was that of a young man in his twenties.

"You wanted to save your friends, didn't you? Then, what were you doing 55 years ago, Taeshin~shii?"

"Don't get familiar with me, you old man!" Taeshin shouted as he pushed Shin Yeongdo's body, causing the two of them to clash physically.

Irritated and full of rage, Kang Taeshin and Shin Yeongdo engaged in a fierce battle. Both strong and neither willing to budge, they put up a fight that was thrilling to watch.

Using only full strength with both hands, Taeshin and Yeongdo performed complicated and invincible hand movements.

"If you continue to fight me, then Han Yuram's life will be in danger, Taeshin!"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Han Yuram is fighting Drakon, a snake-bodied giant of mine who is notoriously tough and cruel," he laughed triumphantly.

"Damn you old man!"

Taeshin attacked Yeongdo again and pushed him backwards with the full force of his hands, causing the ground to crack under the pounding feet of Taeshin and Shin Yeongdo.

"Is this your real anger, Taeshin?"

"Don't mess with me, Yeongdo. Han Yuram will not be defeated so easily. She's a great swordswoman who is invincible. Have you forgotten, Han Yuram is an uju haneunim."

"Haneunim uju?" shouted Shin Yeongdo, looking surprised.

"Yes, and that means he can decide who deserves to die if he so chooses."

"That's never!!!" he shouted so loudly that a thunderclap could be heard booming and striking the land with a fire-like flash of light.