Chapter 79. Collision (2)
Black hair.
Pale skin.
The appearance of an ordinary Korean woman.
That was what Ha Mina looked like.
But now...
Her form distorted like computer graphics...
And her true appearance emerged.
"Haa..."
She straightened her curled body...
And brushed back her hair.
The black color changed...
Becoming brown-orange...
A shade reminiscent of fox fur.
Her previously plain features...
Changed completely.
She became a beauty possessing a seductive yet elegant charm...
A woman worthy of the phrase...
A beauty capable of toppling nations.
"You people really are cruel."
As she lowered her hand...
Even her clothes transformed.
The patient-like clothing she had worn inside the Church headquarters disappeared...
Replaced by a revealing oriental dress.
"I had so many plans."
"If things turn out like this..."
"They'll all be ruined, won't they?"
"Daji...!"
Lee Hyeonje's eyes widened.
"Lee Hyeonje."
"Is that really Daji?"
"It is."
"That's the Daji we sealed two years ago."
Lee Hyeonje answered Joo Minha...
Then bit his lip.
"Daji."
"Then what happened to the real Ha Mina?"
"Who knows?"
"Maybe she's buried in the backyard of the Church headquarters."
"Or..."
"Maybe she's inside my stomach."
Daji lightly touched the skin near her exposed navel...
And smiled.
"So you killed her."
"Ha Mina really was a pitiful woman."
Daji shook her head sadly.
"She was already born with a weak body."
"But those terrible Church people kept injecting her with drugs..."
"Making her health even worse."
"Apparently they sometimes kept her half-conscious..."
"And made her say whatever they wanted."
"The saddest part..."
"Was that even then..."
"She never lost her compassionate heart."
Daji covered her mouth with one hand...
And smiled with her eyes.
"That's why there was room for me to slip in."
"Daji...!"
The normally cold Lee Hyeonje...
Was filled with rage.
"What are you plotting this time?!"
"Hasn't my objective always been consistent?"
Daji whispered softly.
"Throwing the world into chaos."
"I've been doing the same thing for three thousand years."
"I'm nothing if not devoted."
"Talking with you is pointless."
Lee Hyeonje frowned.
"This time..."
"I'll execute you for good."
"Lee Hyeonje."
"Don't be like that."
"I used to be on the same side as Grand Preceptor Wen Zhong..."
"The Constellation you're contracted with."
"Can't we get along?"
"Ridiculous."
"My Constellation despises you."
"So cold."
Lee Hyeonje stopped responding.
"You all stay back."
He stepped forward alone.
"Not because you'd get in the way."
"Because it's dangerous."
Immediately afterward...
Lightning erupted from his entire body.
Thunder roared.
Electricity twisted through the air.
"Oh my."
"How frightening."
Before Daji could even finish speaking...
Lee Hyeonje moved.
He shot into the air...
While an enormous amount of lightning poured down onto Daji.
At a glance...
It looked like he was pouring the same amount of power on one person...
As he had used against the twenty-meter Jiaolong.
But...
"Mmm."
"How stimulating."
"Tingly."
Daji smiled...
And received the attack directly.
No.
More precisely...
She wasn't actually receiving it.
Lee Hyeonje's lightning never reached her body.
It scattered around her.
Was she maintaining some kind of defensive barrier?
"Haaaap!"
Lee Hyeonje continued releasing lightning...
While approaching Daji.
The enormous electrical storm obscured her vision...
As he moved behind her.
Lee Hyeonje formed the lightning gathered in his hand...
Into something resembling a blade.
He swung for the back of her neck.
"Are you trying to cut my hair?"
"I'd prefer someone with better skills."
The attack failed.
Daji reached out...
And caught Lee Hyeonje's blade.
Using only her thumb and index finger.
Effortlessly.
"Lee Hyeonje."
Daji spoke in a subtly seductive voice.
"Two years ago..."
"Several Eight Guardians struggled against just one of my fragments."
"Do you really think..."
"You can handle my complete form alone?"
"...!"
At that moment...
Light flashed between Daji and Lee Hyeonje...
As though an explosion had occurred.
"Ugh!"
Lee Hyeonje was thrown backward...
And landed on one knee.
Daji looked down at him...
And smiled seductively.
"Hehe."
"How cute."
"Daji...!"
Lee Hyeonje shouted furiously.
But Daji turned her head away.
"And you four..."
"Are you planning to just watch?"
"...!"
Seok Taejun and Lee Jukheon flinched.
Joo Minha bit her lip.
Right now...
Daji was toying with Lee Hyeonje...
One of the strongest Contractors in the entire Capital Region.
That alone proved...
Her strength was beyond what ordinary humans could oppose.
"What do you think, Kang Yujin?"
Daji looked toward him.
"Would you like to play with me?"
She slowly licked her lips.
"This is bad, isn't it?"
"Yeah."
"She just said she's in her complete form, right?"
"Looks like she merged all her fragments after escaping the seal."
"I didn't think she'd become this strong."
"Same."
"I never expected even Lee Hyeonje to be completely outmatched."
"Lee Hyeonje really has terrible luck today."
"He got beaten by Kang Yujin..."
"And now by Daji."
"Kang Yujin only won because Lee Hyeonje was holding back."
"Why didn't Lee Hyeonje bring his weapon?"
"If he had his weapon..."
"He wouldn't have been beaten this one-sidedly."
"He probably didn't want to provoke the Church."
"If Lee Hyeonje showed up carrying that thing..."
"They would've assumed he was starting a war."
"He normally leaves his weapon with his adjutant Seo Youngmi anyway."
"Either way..."
"If even Lee Hyeonje can't beat her..."
"How are they supposed to win?"
"I don't see a path to victory."
Geumgak frowned as he read the chat.
Everyone was shaken by Daji's overwhelming strength.
"But why is Daji that powerful?"
"Exactly."
"Historically..."
"She wasn't known as a combat monster."
"Nata should know best."
"He fought her directly before."
"That's true."
"Originally..."
"Daji wasn't that powerful."
A-rank Constellation "Prodigy with Three Heads and Six Arms" Nata began answering.
Three thousand years ago...
He had fought against the Shang side alongside Taigong Wang.
"Of course she was stronger than normal humans."
"But she didn't have that kind of overwhelming strength."
"She was fundamentally a monster specialized in seduction..."
"Not direct combat."
"Then why is she so strong now?"
"Think about it."
"Daji is a monster who's lived for three thousand years."
"Ah..."
"That's true."
"Given that much time..."
"Obtaining power like this wouldn't be impossible."
"Maybe she absorbed someone else's power."
"Maybe she used an artifact that amplified her strength."
"There are countless possibilities."
"Three thousand years..."
"That's almost impossible to imagine."
"Some of us existed three thousand years ago too..."
"But we weren't continuously active for all three thousand years."
"In that sense..."
"Daji really is a strange existence."
"Why was she so obsessed with staying on Earth for three thousand years?"
"She kept attaching herself to powerful people..."
"Then getting defeated later."
After the Shang-Zhou Revolution...
Daji supposedly split into multiple bodies...
And operated throughout the world.
Many evil nine-tailed foxes in history...
And seductive women said to have corrupted rulers...
Were believed to either have been Daji herself...
Or beings influenced by her.
"Brother."
"Do you remember the old madam of Apnyong Cave?"
"Of course."
Eungak's question made Geumgak think back.
"Back when we acted as the Gold-Horned King and Silver-Horned King..."
"We served that nine-tailed fox like our mother."
"That monkey bastard killed her."
"I know it's late to ask..."
"But do you think that old madam might also have been Daji?"
"I don't know..."
