I’m the Only One Who Can’t See Ghosts

41 – Fundamental Oath (5)

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The supernatural ability user known as Cheon Su Doryeong was taken aback.

Heavenly Ascension?

“I’ve heard of it before. It’s a phrase used to describe those who are born with a very special fundamental oath, who don’t use manifestation, activation, or sympathy, but instead bring down power from the heavens.”

Could it be that Yu Ha-jin, that man, was a user of Heavenly Ascension? Cheon Su used his Gong to defend himself, using the Gong of Returning to the Ear and the Gong of Defending the Body to turn all of his power into defense.

“Nothing is being activated? But the author is someone who even regards Supreme Beings as special.”

That’s why Cheon Su didn’t let his guard down.

However, even after the man shouted Heavenly Ascension, nothing happened even after ten seconds passed.

“What is this?”

Cheon Su stared at Yu Ha-jin.

Yu Ha-jin just lay Jin A-ri, who had fainted, in a safe place and stared at himself intently.

“What’s going on? Is there a trap? Did he lead me to activate the Gong of Defending?”

The Gong of Defending was a modified version of the Gong of Returning to the Ear. It focused the spirit realm generated from the Gong at the throat of the user to greatly increase their defensive power. But in return, the user had to make an oath not to leave the Gong.

“I fell for it. He has blocked my mobility.”

So Cheon Su closed his Gong. The manifested Gong disappeared, consuming a significant amount of spirit energy, and he had to wait for more than ten minutes until he could open another Gong.

“I won’t fall for it.”

Cheon Su looked at Yu Ha-jin.

Yu Ha-jin was still staring at him intently.

But still, nothing happened.

“What the hell is he doing?”

Conceding that his pace had been disrupted, Cheon Su tried to attack Yu Ha-jin in a methodical manner. The first attack as a clapping that resonates with the hands. Controlling the enemy’s hands.

However, Yu Haji’s hand did not move.

However, there was no trace of the celestial descent technique being activated.

There was simply nothing.

“As expected, it doesn’t work.”

Despite the enemy’s strong defense, Cheon Su remained unfazed.

Cheon Su was the lord of Hongdae.

When Cheon Su defeated Hongdae, it wasn’t through real estate investment.

Cheon Su was highly skilled in psychic battles.

So, he immediately prepared for a second attack.

The second attack was to attack the opponent with only the captured hand as a ghost. Originally, a shaman specialized in summoning other spirits that resonated with their own soul.

Therefore, they were greatly influenced by the environment.

If a shaman related to fire was in the middle of the sea, they couldn’t exert much power, and a shaman related to trees in the desert was much weaker than other psychics.

But when the environment was right, a shaman could exert much greater power than a sorcerer or an embodiment practitioner. And this was Cheon Su’s stronghold.

There were too many lost souls left in Cheon Su’s hands.

Cheon Su looked at the lost souls with a sneer.

“Well, well. Why aren’t the spirits appearing?”

But Cheon Su couldn’t see the lost souls.

He couldn’t see any ghosts, not even a single one.

Realizing the fact that he had turned into a culprit who hadn’t realized anything before the day of psychic awakening, Cheon Su fell into panic.

“W-What kind of technique is this?!”

Cheon Su looked at Yu Haji again.

Yu Haji merely stared back at him piercingly.

Finally, Cheon Su realized that he was being corroded by a strange negation that his sensory nerves had never experienced before.

‘If I look into those eyes, a strange negation builds up in my sensory nerves. That’s why my psychic abilities disappear. Dammit. If I had closed my eyes from the beginning, I wouldn’t have ended up in this situation.’

Cheon Su finally understood why Yu Haji was staring at him and closed his eyes. Then, he focused his energy on his eyes.

However, this negation was not easy to purify. Cheon Su had never heard of such a negation.

A negation that couldn’t be seen, blocked, or even sensed. If only it had revealed its presence clearly like extreme negativity, then he could have quickly run away. What kind of wickedness is this?

No, was it even a negation in the first place?

A negation that only negates psychic abilities without affecting the physical body.

It was impossible according to the principles of psychic abilities.

‘What the heck is that thing?’

A denial within a denial? A denial of enlightenment?

The word for denial here had different Chinese characters.

Cheonsu believed that this word had a strange resonance.

No matter how much he thought about it, this was not a simple denial.

‘Damn it, if I don’t purify this strange denial little by little, the obstacle of not being able to see ghosts will remain for a long time…’

That was the moment.

Cheonsu was struck by a left hook to the jaw.

In the moment of excruciating pain, Cheonsu opened his eyes again. When he opened his eyes, he met Yu Hajin’s gaze. Then, the denial began to penetrate beyond the optic nerve and infiltrate other nerves.

‘What will happen if this denial penetrates beyond the optic nerve and into the brain?’

The brain was an organ so important to psychic abilities that it was called the upper relay. It was an established theory in the academic community that if the brain is damaged, even if the soul is intact, there will be significant damage to psychic abilities.

But what if this strange denial were to penetrate the brain?

Would psychic abilities disappear, by any chance?

That was something that should never, ever happen.

You would become a criminal who loses enlightenment and wanders.

You will dance in the afterlife and never know what the afterlife is.

When his thoughts reached that point, Cheonsu squeezed his eyes even tighter. Even in the situation where Yu Hajin’s fist crushed all defensive techniques and annihilated Cheonsu’s body.

Of course, Yu Hajin’s fist was not the kind that one could close the eyes and dodge. So, Cheonsu tried to escape, but Yu Hajin was too fast.

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‘This fist, this speed. It is a force that can never come from an ordinary body. Using the power related to denial, can he also use psychic abilities? Does that make sense?’

In an instant, Yu Hajin stopped his attack,

And a sound of enduring pain was heard.

Cheonsu calmly assessed the situation.

When a straight hit his jugular, he almost went into panic when blood spurted, but Cheonsu was also a warrior who defeated Hongdae in a reverse. So, Cheonsu knew Yu Hajin’s level.

‘He stopped the attack? Why? Ah, I see. The stress on the upper relay was too much for him to maintain his abilities.’

Even though he had only used his abilities for a short time, it was too much for him.

‘Yu Hajin, the author, has finally realized his foundation just now.’

That statement meant that he could not maintain his abilities for a long time. And on top of that, Cheonsu said celestial descent.

He had heard from the torture document provided by the lord that the side effects that accumulate in the body of a psychic ability user who uses descent are much stronger compared to other psychic abilities.

Because the psychic abilities did not come from one’s own body, but from the celestial realm.

Cheonsu believed in that torture document and withstood Yu Hajin’s merciless fist. Three ribs were already shattered, and his right arm was completely destroyed, but he had to endure.

“Finally, someone who has taken their first step on the path of awakening pushes me this far, someone who can manifest the fundamental sanctuary? I wonder how much of a monster the author would become if they were to grow.”

No matter how much difference in talent there may be, a second-tier ability user could never defeat a first-tier ability user. This hierarchy was almost absolute.

But to think that someone at the very bottom of the ability users would push me, a first-tier user, this far. It’s truly unbelievable. Just how powerful of a fundamental sanctuary were they born with?

If this person were to gain a little more enlightenment and become a second-tier, no, a top-tier ability user, what would happen?

“Indeed, even if I have earned the wrath of the honorable. You must die here today.”

Cheonsu spat out a tooth that was half-fallen and spoke.

“As a clapper who responds to her hands and gestures, I pledge to kill that person here today.”

She made a vow to the heavens as an oath.

The heavenly fortune received was immediately converted into spiritual power.

The power to open the heavenly gate was barely filled.

At that moment, the closed gate that had locked shut began to be released.

“Heavenly Gate Manifestation, Unity of Heart and Harmony.”

Cheonsu immediately opened the heavenly gate.

Cheonsu’s heavenly realm began to fill the studio ceiling. The VIPs who had been watching their fight with interest were startled and ended up being caught in Cheonsu’s heavenly realm.

“Hey, Celestial Leader. What is this nonsense!”

“Do you know how much money I’ve given the boss? This, this is not happening to us all.”

But Cheonsu ignored such words and restored her damaged face, her eyes still closed. Of course, Yoo Hajin’s fist did not stop.

However, many VIPs blocked Yoo Hajin’s fist flying towards Cheonsu’s face with their hands. It was as if they were goalkeepers.

“I know that, Yoo Hajin.”

Cheonsu fully restored her face and regained her right arm, then spoke.

“There is a shaman who resonates with the soul more than a first-tier clapper. Ah, a shaman who has no weakness in the environment but can handle the soul better than a clapper. The world is truly unfair.”

Cheonsu said with a smile.

“The pinnacle of that shaman is when she enslaved eleven celestial bodies and single-handedly attacked the Trilateral Alliance. I thought the Trilateral Alliance would be destroyed that day. The sky with over ten celestial gates opening all at once was truly magnificent.”

And Cheonsu made a connection.

“I believe that scene is the pinnacle of strength. Taking others’ abilities as one’s own and covering one’s own weaknesses. That is the goal I pursue.”

In an instant, the VIPs began to form alliances. The VIPs, seeing their own hands forming alliances as they pleased, looked at Cheonsu in astonishment. Even as they fled, they formed alliances.

“Cheonsu, Cheonsu-nim. Please don’t do this!”

“Senior, please have mercy!!!”

“What is this alliance?”

But Cheonsu still had her eyes closed and couldn’t see their reactions. But since she made them form alliances using her full power, they would surely struggle and find it difficult.

“I believe that even the power that cannot be chased by the foot of that goddess is enough to kill you, a weakling. Goodbye. What a terrifying talent.”

And Chen Su closed his eyes, then unleashed the full power of the VIPs towards Yoo Hajin.

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The whitened vision returned once again.

My head felt like it was burning and my eyes felt like they were going to pop out.

Crazy, tears are even flowing.

“It hurts.”

Maybe I lost my mind for a moment because I saw something so infuriating.

I feel like I said something like a childish phrase from a supernatural novel.

I can’t remember it well.

“Ahh.”

Looking ahead, Chen Su, with closed eyes, was saying something.

“I believe that even the power that cannot be chased by the foot of that goddess is enough to kill the first stage of the practitioner’s enlightenment. Goodbye. What a terrifying talent.”

Goodbye?

Why is this sudden and irrelevant sound?

I looked at the sky beside me.

I didn’t see anything unusual.

There was nothing else except for the floating Iron Max Rock made of steel and concrete.

“What the hell?”

That rock suddenly flew towards me.

And it was really fast.

“Oh, sh*t!!!”

I’m done for.

I drew out my Black Chosun.