Chapter 282

Chapter 282. Constellation Uprising (2)

─ And so, the ‘Golden and Silver Children’ tried to help us.

─ But Kang Yujin and I refused their help.

─ Because we decided to confront Taigong Wang directly.

Even though Golden Horn was on the verge of death...

he could still hear the voice clearly.

Nameless King...

Golden Horn lay collapsed on the floor, listening to the sound coming from the Observer.

Having betrayed Taigong Wang, he and his younger brother Silver Horn were being held here while waiting for their punishment.

“Interesting.”

A deep voice spoke.

The one guarding Golden Horn and Silver Horn was the S-rank Constellation ‘Great King of the Bull,’ the Bull Demon King.

Even he, who had once fought the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, almost evenly...

was one of Taigong Wang’s servants.

“To expose everything like this... I wonder how he intends to deal with the consequences.”

The Bull Demon King seemed genuinely intrigued.

“Prince Nezha should have gone with the others to stop him, yet the broadcast is still continuing.”

“What exactly is going on?”

As he spoke...

the Bull Demon King slowly approached Golden Horn and Silver Horn.

“What do you two think?”

"..."

“Can’t answer?”

Neither Golden Horn nor Silver Horn was in any condition to respond.

Standing before them...

the Bull Demon King snorted.

“Listen, you two.”

“I was ordered to keep you from doing anything suspicious until your punishment was decided.”

“No one told me I had to keep you alive.”

He bent down.

“You’re both barely alive anyway.”

“How about I just kill you here and go help Prince Nezha?”

"..."

“Heh.”

“No answer, so I’ll take that as permission.”

The Bull Demon King laughed and raised one massive foot.

With his overwhelming strength...

he could probably erase Golden Horn and Silver Horn just by crushing them underfoot.

"..."

Golden Horn wasn’t afraid to die.

The moment he betrayed Taigong Wang and tried to protect the Nameless King...

he had already accepted death.

Still...

there was one thing he regretted.

Nameless King...

The Nameless King was currently making a massive public revelation through Constellation Tube.

Golden Horn regretted that he might not get to watch him somehow turn the tables and defeat Taigong Wang.

“Then goodbye, small fry.”

The Bull Demon King’s enormous foot descended toward Golden Horn’s head...

“Small fry calling other people small fry?”

BOOM!

The Bull Demon King was blasted away.

"...!"

Golden Horn forced the last of his strength into raising his head.

A monkey stood proudly before him.

Sun Wukong...!

The S-rank Constellation ‘Buddha Victorious in Battle.’

The Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong...

one of the strongest Constellations...

had appeared in the Bull Demon King’s throne.

“B-Brother! Why...?!”

“Don’t call me brother, you damn cow bastard.”

Sun Wukong spat the words harshly.

“I was watching Constellation Tube and remembered how suspicious you acted before.”

“You’re one of Taigong Wang’s lackeys too, aren’t you?”

“So you came storming in because of that?!”

“Yeah.”

“I thought it might be true.”

“Looks like I was right.”

Then Sun Wukong looked down at Golden Horn and Silver Horn.

“Wow.”

“You two look terrible.”

Fourteen hundred years ago...

Sun Wukong had been the one to beat Golden Horn and Silver Horn when they were pretending to be demons in the human world.

But now...

it was thanks to Sun Wukong that they had escaped death.

“I’ll take care of everything!”

“Just wait a little!”

Sun Wukong shouted...

then turned back toward the Bull Demon King.

“Brother! Do you think you’ll get away with doing this?!”

“You think I’m the only one doing this?”

“The whole Spirit Realm has gone crazy!”

“W-What?”

“You think the Constellations would just sit still after seeing that video?”

“And more importantly...!”

Sun Wukong pointed at the Bull Demon King.

“Word’s already spread that your people, including Nezha, have been barging into thrones everywhere and threatening people!”

“Everyone’s pissed off now!”

"...!"

“And the fact that you’re acting like this proves the video is true, doesn’t it?”

“So of course they’re not going to stay quiet!”

Sun Wukong glared at the hesitant Bull Demon King and roared.

“You’re all dead today...!”


The Constellations had begun fighting back.

The moment Nezha realized it...

he shuddered again.

How did it come to this...?

It was backlash against the coercive searches they had carried out while trying to locate the Nameless King.

─ Is it true that the ‘Hero of the Heavy Shield’ broke into your throne?

─ I’m telling you! He threatened me while pinning me down with his shield!

─ That’s insane. Who does he think he is?

─ We can’t just let this go.

─ Find that bastard! Tear him apart!

─ Achilles, are you watching? Go beat some sense into your friend!

The names of the Constellations who had participated in the searches kept appearing in the Constellation Tube chat.

Some users were even reporting that they had already beaten those Constellations.

─ Me, Sun Wukong, just beat up the Bull Demon King. Who should I beat up next?

─ What?

─ Is that really Sun Wukong?

─ Yes, I am Sun Wukong. Really. Truly.

─ Judging by the way he types, it really is Brother Wukong!

─ Great Sage Equal to Heaven, beat them all up!

─ Smash Taigong Wang too!

“Damn it...!”

Nezha cursed and grabbed his head.

He had returned to his throne to assess the situation.

But things were getting worse by the second...

and he had no idea what to do anymore.

“You seem to be having a difficult time, Nezha.”

“Grand Preceptor Wen...!”

Wen Zhong spoke to him through the communication window.

“I called you earlier, but you didn’t answer.”

“What have you been doing all this time?!”

“Don’t tell me you’re thinking of betraying us too!”

“Calm down, Nezha.”

Unlike earlier, when Wen Zhong had been furious...

he now seemed almost amused.

“It appears the Nameless King is hiding somewhere while playing a prerecorded video.”

“Yes!”

“That treacherous bastard!”

Nezha ground his teeth.

“At this point...”

“we have no choice but to forcibly shut down the broadcast!”

“Can you?”

“Yes!”

“If the Supreme Commander notices what’s happening, he’ll do it immediately!”

“He can either do it himself or give me administrator authority over Constellation Tube!”

Nezha had already sent Taigong Wang a message requesting exactly that.

It didn’t seem to have been read yet...

but once Taigong Wang saw it, he would surely act.

“Hmm.”

“I don’t think that would be a good idea.”

“What?”

“That would probably backfire, Nezha.”

“What are you talking about?”

Nezha didn’t understand.

“It may already be late, but we still have to block the Nameless King’s channel and stop the livestream!”

“Do you really think the Nameless King wouldn’t have anticipated that?”

“What?”

“The Nameless King’s channel has the most subscribers on Constellation Tube.”

“But the channel ranked second, the ‘Leader of the Expedition,’ also has an enormous subscriber base.”

“Wait... don’t tell me...!”

“If you block the Nameless King, the Leader of the Expedition will upload the exact same video.”

“It’s prerecorded footage.”

“As long as they shared it in advance, they can do that as many times as they want.”

"...!"

“And if you block the Leader of the Expedition too?”

“Then another Constellation uploads it.”

“They could even upload it simultaneously across multiple channels.”

“Constellation Tube would become flooded with the Nameless King’s video.”

“T-Then...!”

Nezha shouted desperately.

“We shut down Constellation Tube itself!”

“Make it so no one can upload anything!”

“Hey, Nezha...”

“Do you really think the Constellations would stay quiet if you did that?”

“Ah...”

“That would be unprecedented censorship.”

“Even the Constellations who were merely watching from the sidelines would explode.”

Wen Zhong smiled.

“Could you handle that?”

“Ugh...!”

Nezha thought desperately.

But no matter how much he strained his mind...

he couldn’t find a solution.

“You should admit it, Nezha.”

“Ugh...”

“There’s nothing you can do anymore.”

“N-No!”

“That’s not true!”

Nezha shouted and looked at his Observer.

“I already sent information to Joo Minha in the Material Realm!”

“To Joo Minha?”

“Yes!”

“If the Nameless King returned, then Kang Yujin and Daji must have returned too!”

“They’ll be somewhere in the Material Realm!”

Joo Minha had been granted considerable authority as one of Taigong Wang’s agents.

Using that authority...

he should be able to locate Kang Yujin and Daji quickly.

“The Nameless King might be hiding in the Material Realm too!”

“We can capture him first!”

“And even if he isn’t there...”

“if we take Kang Yujin hostage and threaten him, the Nameless King will definitely reveal himself!”

“I’m disappointed in you, Nezha.”

Wen Zhong’s cold voice came through the communication window.

“You’ve fallen that far?”

“W-What did you say?!”

“Three thousand years ago, I don’t remember you acting like such small fry.”

“Though I suppose Taigong Wang and Yang Jian were always beside you back then.”

“Don’t insult me, Grand Preceptor Wen!”

“What?”

“Are you going to purge me too?”

Wen Zhong chuckled.

“Go ahead and try.”

“You’ll only make yourself even more pathetic.”

“You...!”

Nezha glared furiously at Wen Zhong.

But then...

his Observer emitted an alert.

“I-I don’t have time to waste talking to you!”

“I’m leaving!”

“Joo Minha contacted you, I assume?”

Nezha didn’t possess a Skill like [Avatar Descent].

But there was a hidden Gate in a remote corner of the Spirit Realm that allowed him to descend into the Material Realm.

Now he only had to go down...

capture Kang Yujin and the others...

and force the Nameless King to show himself.

He would have to leave the aftermath to Taigong Wang.

“Should I come too?”

“If you have no motivation, then stay here, Grand Preceptor Wen!”

Nezha shouted.

Then he left his throne without waiting for an answer.


The Nameless King had reappeared.

That meant Kang Yujin and Daji had returned too.

After understanding the situation...

Joo Minha immediately used the authority granted to him.

Normally, Joo Minha was an ordinary Contractor.

But in emergencies like this...

he could access part of Taigong Wang’s power as an agent.

Because it was a power that only opened in emergencies...

Alexei hadn’t noticed it at first.

Alaska.

After ‘sensing’ Kang Yujin’s location...

Joo Minha immediately ‘transferred’ there.

The frozen land of Alaska appeared before him.

Where is he?

Joo Minha looked around.

He had confirmed that Kang Yujin was somewhere nearby.

But to determine his exact position...

he still had to search visually.

Of all times, a snowstorm...

Frowning, Joo Minha continued searching.

Then he spotted a strange structure.

An underground U.S. military base?

It looked like an entrance leading below ground.

Fresh footprints surrounded the door...

showing that someone had passed through recently.

"..."

Joo Minha silently approached the entrance and extended a hand.

He sensed no presence from inside.

Even when he released a small amount of magic power...

there was no reaction.

Assuming there was no trap...

Joo Minha slowly opened the door.

At that instant...

something burst out from behind him.

Joo Minha immediately spun around.

The attacker had probably been hiding beneath the snow.

Lee Jukheon was charging toward him with the Yitian Sword in hand.

“JOO MINHAAAA!”

Lee Jukheon’s thrust...

now wielded by the fastest man in the Material Realm...

was something Joo Minha could never evade.

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