Chapter 330: Overwhelming (2)
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Translated by Frog in the Well
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Jin So-myeong, who grasped the situation through Baek Gwang-il’s memories, drew his sword, and
unfolded the Annihilation Slash.
Slicing open the crack, the gap that existed between time and time, he closed the distance.
In a world that had lost its color, he thrust his sword toward the frozen Wi-ryeon.
It was a move meant to gauge the strength of the opponent, but…
Just before the tip of the sword pierced his forehead, he felt his mind and body being suppressed, and the state of the Annihilation Slash was forcibly released.
He vaguely intuited.
‘Is he at the level of an Asura race Dao Sovereign who has not used the Heart-Shattering Blood Glyph?’
Simultaneously with making his judgment, the frozen time began to flow.
In that split second.
“…!”
Wi-ryeon, whose pupils expanded to the limit, bent his waist backward and frantically released his magic power to slow down the speed of the sword.
Clang…!
Sparks flew as the forehead and the blade collided.
A resistance like splitting iron was felt from the blade digging into the skin.
The skin combined with his magic power hardened rapidly, appearing like high-rank steel.
Splat!
The blade that brushed past his forehead swept the void, and blood poured from the forehead split diagonally.
Unfortunately, it was slightly shallow.
Although the skin of the forehead was torn by a span, it only went as far as slicing the skin.
“You…!”
Wi-ryeon, whose face became bloodied in an instant, glared, but Jin So-myeong did not stop.
He extended his left hand toward Wi-ryeon, whose posture had become unstable as he bent his waist backward.
Hum!
The Innate One Qi that raced through his meridians gathered in his palm.
Before he could even blink, he completed the Chaos Sky Shattering Palm, even containing the cold Qi stored in the Primal Chaos Wheel.
The moment the dark red Chaos Sky Shattering Palm was dyed pure white.
Thump!
The palm that struck down like lightning battered the abdomen, and
Wi-ryeon, whose eyes widened as if tearing, plummeted just like that and crashed onto the ground.
Boom!
A massive crater was dug in the flat ground, and a cloud of dust surged.
Although Wi-ryeon, buried deep in the ground, was covered in pure white frost, Jin So-myeong did not lower his guard.
There was no way an Unity stage Dao Sovereign would end so easily.
Opening his spatial pocket, he poured out sixty-two lightning swords and immediately unfolded the Boundless Sword Sky.
Although control became more difficult the more lightning swords formed the sword array, it did not matter.
Even when fighting the Asura race Dao Sovereign, thirty-nine lightning swords had been his limit, but that was no longer the case.
As his realm rose, he became capable of controlling up to sixty-two lightning swords.
Simultaneously with the completion of the Boundless Sword Sky.
Roaaar!
Along with a monster shriek that shook the earth, a column of soil surged, and a crocodile with a body length of ten meters popped out.
It walked bipedally with thick legs, and its front limbs were strangely long.
It was a look as if a dinosaur and a crocodile were mixed.
“You look strange. May I ask what race you are?”
“How dare a damn bastard…!”
When Jin So-myeong smirked upon seeing the sinister gaze, the light in the eyes that was filled with killing intent grew even denser.
Of course, that state did not last very long.
The startled Wi-ryeon turned his gaze and looked at the lightning swords that had surrounded him before he knew it.
“A formation?”
Calm returned to his eyes that were dyed blood red.
Clang!
He closely watched the sword Qi being reflected by the lightning swords and splitting into two, and his eyes narrowed.
Had he grasped the characteristic of it growing stronger as time passed?
Killing intent flashed in his calmly settled eyes, and his hind leg muscles expanded rapidly.
Bang!
He appeared right in front of him as if teleporting and struck down his claw, an immense speed that did not suit his heavy build.
Was close combat his specialty?
It was an overbearing momentum, but Jin So-myeong did not back down. Since he was also confident in close combat.
Clang!
As the claw and the sword collided, a powerful shockwave arose.
A vast power was felt through the hummingly vibrating blade.
The tight balance was maintained for only a brief moment.
Crack!
The earth he was stepping on cracked in the shape of a spider web, and the ground collapsed entirely.
He had tried to fiercely press down with his heavy mass, but a ferocious energy was contained in the strike that seemed ordinary at first glance.
By the time Jin So-myeong realized that the opponent had concentrated the unique authority of the Unity stage on a single claw.
Screeech!
Sparks flew from the blade that bent as if about to break.
Simultaneously with twisting his wrist to shed the pressure, a sharp wind arose from the claw that brushed past his chest.
Retreating as if bouncing back, he swung his sword. Just as he struck away the wind that sought to split his heart and forehead.
Rumble!
The atmosphere that shook like waves and the scattering sand mixed, becoming a tsunami.
Power capable of turning even a mountain into flat ground was contained in every single grain of sand, bringing a natural laugh to Jin So-myeong’s lips.
‘Good.’
He had met a proper opponent for the first time in decades.
He had been disappointed seeing the other Void Refinement stage cultivators, including those of the Wa-oh Race, but indeed, an Unity stage was an Unity stage no matter how bad they were.
“Heh.”
He openly let out the laugh that suddenly escaped him.
Wi-ryeon’s gaze turned bizarre, but what did that matter to him?
Ignoring it, he took a step forward.
Unfolding the Heart-Shattering Blood Glyph, he burst his heart, and without stopping there, he even exploded his spleen.
As he burst two of his five viscera, his consciousness grew hazy for a brief moment.
He intuited that this was his limit, but he did not stop. Taking one step further, he even burst his lungs.
Ah.
It was hot.
The energy flowing along his meridians advanced to a vast realm.
He guided the power that surged so violently as to be uncontrollable into his sword.
Gathering his consciousness that grew drowsy by the moment, he brought down his sword and cleaved the pouring tsunami with a single slash.
“…!”
The eyes of Wi-ryeon, who had hidden in the tsunami to launch a sneak attack, widened dramatically.
Was he surprised?
Anything was fine. He fully contained the energy amplified by the Blood Wings and the Heart-Shattering Blood Glyph into a single sword.
Clang-clang-clang!
He exchanged dozens of bouts with Wi-ryeon who swung his long front limbs like whips.
The impact transmitted along the blade, the sharp wind that sought to tear apart his mind and body, and even the sinister killing intent brushing past his cheeks.
All of those became hot flames that tempered him.
How many times had he swung his sword in a state of self-forgetfulness?
Crack…
The wall blocking his path broke, and the power contained in every single fiber of his muscles expanded rapidly.
One step further, the peak of Rank 6.
His body, tempered in the midst of struggle, reached the very end of the Void Refinement stage.
And,
the offensive that he could only handle by obliquely shedding it became light.
“Hahaha! Good! Do more!”
“Crazy bastard.”
As Jin So-myeong parried every single claw thrust down like lightning from the front, Wi-ryeon’s gaze was dyed in shock.
Around then.
The sword Qi of the Boundless Sword Sky, which had rapidly multiplied in quantity, had already become a storm.
Clang-clang-clang-clang!
Exceeding the critical point, it filled the sky, and Wi-ryeon, with wide-staring eyes, gnashed his teeth.
Roaaar!
He shrieked like a wild beast and poured out massive magic power, the aftermath alone causing the earth to melt.
As the Unity stage Dao Sovereign exerted his full strength, the density of the energy soared rapidly.
Rumble!
The wind gathered centered on Wi-ryeon was compressed and became a barrier, bouncing off every single sword Qi of the Boundless Sword Sky that poured from all directions.
Simultaneously,
the wind gathered in the void became bullets.
Boom-boom-boom-boom!
Looking at the thousands of wind bullets pouring down like grapeshot, he intuited.
That now was precisely the turning point of life and death.
Just before the wind bullets that drew close to his nose blew off his head.
He unfolded a second Annihilation Slash.
The moment he sliced open the gap, the countless obstacles blocking his path lost their meaning.
Leisurely strolling amidst the wind bullets that threatened his life, he brought down his sword, and the wind barrier protecting Wi-ryeon was cleaved vertically.
In a world where not even silence flowed, he took one step further.
Whoosh!
Unfolding the simplified Lotus Moon Dao Realm to amplify his energy, he swung his sword toward the fully exposed nape.
The moment the blade harboring extreme sharpness touched the scales.
Clang……!
He was blown away along with an impact as if hit by a battering ram.
‘I couldn’t cut it?’
He ignored the tingling pain that vibrated his bones.
Kicking off the void to balance himself, he narrowed his eyes.
Unfolding the Lightning Insight Spell-Breaking Eye to the extreme, he grasped what had occurred.
‘Black fog?’
Examining Wi-ryeon’s scales closely, a very thin membrane was layered on the surface.
Judging by the shimmering black light, it seemed to be made by condensing the surrounding fog, and it was surprisingly sturdy.
To condense the fog and make it like armor. Thanks to that, his decisive strike had failed.
Just as the frozen time began to flow.
“…!”
The startled Wi-ryeon’s eyes were bloodshot.
Had he realized that he was almost killed without even perceiving it?
Roaaar!
He brandished his claws frantically like a wild beast that had lost its reason, and the wind that swept in response drew a massive vortex.
Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!
The vortex that rapidly increased in scale connected heaven and earth.
In that split second.
A massive amount of world Qi was sucked into the waterspout that connected heaven and earth.
Then, surprisingly, the waterspout composed solely of wind wriggled as if alive and spewed a sinister light in its eyes.
Growl…!
It became a wind dragon with its mane fluttering in the wind and every single scale vividly alive, looking down at the ground from high above.
Facing the overbearing pressure that seemed to be the embodiment of a heavenly punishment, Jin So-myeong smiled brightly.
‘This works out well.’
At a glance, it was a divine ability of immense power, but it was better this way.
There was something he had wanted to confirm since his fight with the Asura race Avici Dao Sovereign.
A potential newly discovered in the Secret Realm of the Mind.
A divine ability that could only be unfolded in the Lotus Moon Dao Realm state due to the requirement of massive energy.
Genesis .
The time had come to test that divine ability which had been difficult to replicate.
He believed it would be fully possible if he added the simplified Lotus Moon Dao Realm to the energy amplified by the Blood Wings and the Heart-Shattering Blood Glyph.
Meeting his gaze with Wi-ryeon, who had regained his leisure, perhaps believing in the wind dragon.
He focused on the divine ability engraved in his soul, the Secret Realm of the Mind.
At the same time, he contemplated.
When fighting the Avici Dao Sovereign last time, he had summoned the Limitless Nest. What should he summon now?
If his speculation was correct, Genesis was not simply a divine ability that summoned many swords.
It was bringing a certain possibility that the Secret Realm of the Mind would reach in the very distant future into the present reality.
Therefore, he was in conflict.
Which of the countless energies existing in the Secret Realm of the Mind he should summon.
In a brief moment.
He made his decision. Among the numerous energies in the Secret Realm of the Mind, he synchronized with a blindingly brilliant blue light.
The moment he consumed trillions of his Supreme Great Ability.
Crack…!
A bolt of lightning struck down from the sky.
A single deep blue line cleaved the crown of the wind dragon’s head, and the wind dragon that spewed overbearing pressure scattered to pieces. Utterly simply to the point of futility.
The moment the lightning that struck down while cleaving the crown reached the ground.
His spine went cold, and he instinctively unfolded the Yin-Yang Reversal to block the front.
And,
………………!
The world was filled with light.
A brilliant blue flash, enough to burn his optic nerves. No, lightning swept heaven and earth.
Burning heat.
Ferocious thunder Qi that pushed in like a tsunami swallowed his mind and body.
The Yin-Yang Reversal he had spread reactively had already vanished without a trace.
Rumble!
The blue thunder Qi that had permeated deep into his dantian before he knew it mixed with his Innate One Qi.
Was it thanks to the thunder Qi summoned by Genesis recognizing its master? Or was it thanks to the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body that raised his affinity to thunder Qi?
The thunder Qi that permeated his dantian was relatively gentle, but there was still damage.
Just by drawing close to the thunder Qi, a burning heat followed.
Guiding the pain that burned his mind and body into the Primal Chaos Wheel, he turned his gaze.
He checked Wi-ryeon’s state, and…
Crackle-crackle!
Wi-ryeon, wrapped in a blue flash, charred black.
He opened his mouth, but that was all. He could not even make a wheezing sound.
He brandished his front limbs or hands, trying to do something, but it was meaningless.
How many seconds had he held out?
Anger, shock, absurdity, unfairness, or disbelief.
The light in his eyes, which were mixed with all sorts of emotions, went out.
And at that moment,
his body, which looked intact except for being charred pitch black, crumbled down.
Rumble…
It collapsed starting from the hand extended forward, and unlike the outer shell which had been relatively intact, the inside was completely empty.
It had evaporated, unable to withstand the heat originating from a single bolt of lightning.