100 Floors All Master - Chapter 188

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 188

42nd Floor. Loser of the Great War. Wretched Assassin (2)

Kang Jun-hyeok had defeated five first-tier powerhouses simultaneously on the 39th Floor without much difficulty.

There was such a gap between each tier. The higher you went, the more severe this gap became. If the difference between first-tier and second-tier was 1 to 10, then the difference between second-tier and third-tier could be said to be 10 to 300.

“Tch.”

Rocktia lightly steps forward. Despite being on an empty plain with no obstacles, he loses sight of that movement. Kang Jun-hyeok clenches his fist.

[Lost God’s Divine Radiance.]

Intense divine radiance devours the space. The heat that arose burns the bricks and raises the temperature.

“Uwaa!”

Rocktia recoils in shock. Her body wavers. Like a shadow crawling along the floor, she becomes faint as if drawing an illusion.

Kang Jun-hyeok’s eyes widened.

‘She dodged the divine radiance?’

Lost God’s Divine Radiance was a wide-area attack. There should be no room to dodge anywhere, yet Rocktia succeeded in perfectly avoiding it. He couldn’t even grasp how she did it.

“Pure divine radiance? You don’t look like a follower of God though.”

Rocktia muttered curiously and charged again. An attack that couldn’t be seen or reacted to. Therefore, Kang Jun-hyeok activated a skill.

[Block.]

The Block skill that allowed him to block attacks beyond his capabilities. Indeed, his body moved to respond to Rocktia’s attack.

But Rocktia’s wrist swayed in a bizarre form. She casually broke through his defense and deeply embedded her dagger in his shoulder.

Even Block couldn’t stop it. Kang Jun-hyeok quickly pulled out an orb and threw gems.

Kwagagagagang!

The gems exploded all at once, sweeping the area. But Rocktia had already created distance.

“Magic that doesn’t need casting? What is this now?”

Rocktia stepped forward again with a bewildered face. The moment she charged at him, Kang Jun-hyeok raised his finger.

[Judgment of Law.]

“…Ugh!”

All of Rocktia’s speed decreases by 20%. As her senses were momentarily disrupted, Rocktia panicked, and Kang Jun-hyeok didn’t miss that opening.

[Instant Acceleration.]

Kang Jun-hyeok’s speed increases. With debuff and buff overlapping, the gap between them was drastically reduced. On top of that, he drew up his internal energy to strengthen his body.

Kaaang!

As a result, Rocktia defended against Kang Jun-hyeok’s attack for the first time, when she had been dodging or catching all of them until now.

Kang Jun-hyeok pressed even harder. Rocktia couldn’t respond immediately. Judgment of Law slowed not just physical movement speed, but even the speed of thought and judgment.

That divine authority was not something even she could ignore. It was inevitable that it would take time to adapt to her slowed speed.

About 10 seconds or so.

“I’ve adapted.”

Chwaaaaak!

Rocktia’s body brushes past Kang Jun-hyeok. The dagger slices his throat and his health becomes 0.

Kang Jun-hyeok, who recovered by drinking from the spring, attempts the confrontation again. This time he waits until the attack gets close before activating Crack Movement.

“Ugh!”

Kang Jun-hyeok’s body gets sucked into a crack without any warning.

Rocktia’s eyes widen. Kang Jun-hyeok quickly thrusts his sword from behind.

Chwajajajaak!

But it was Kang Jun-hyeok who got sliced.

Rocktia’s body instantly moved behind him and tore his entire body to shreds.

“Ha.”

Kang Jun-hyeok bursts into laughter.

He had already died nearly ten times. In contrast, he hadn’t been able to land even a single blow on her. He knew better than anyone that the gap between tiers was large, but experiencing it after so long made him laugh.

But it was actually Rocktia who was more surprised.

“What are you?”

Her eyes looking at Kang Jun-hyeok contained the emotion of seeing something bizarre.

Manbyeonggi’s martial arts were closer to divine authority than technique. All warriors in the universe coveted his martial arts, and she was no exception. But no one could handle his martial arts.

Yet Kang Jun-hyeok was wielding Manbyeonggi’s martial arts.

That alone was amazing, but he even wielded pure divine radiance. On top of that, he was handling the divine authority of the God of Law.

“You don’t even look like a follower of the God of Law, so how are you handling that?”

Crack Movement went without saying. For a being of the universe to handle the Victors’ divine authority. She got goosebumps momentarily and her response was delayed.

She couldn’t understand it, couldn’t know it. Even to Rocktia, who had lived for eons, Kang Jun-hyeok was an unknown existence. Kang Jun-hyeok spoke calmly.

“You extremely compressed your aura to strengthen your body. That’s how you increased your strength and speed. And you use strange footwork to confuse vision and target blind spots. Am I right?”

“You figured it out well? That’s correct.”

“It’s just a simple guess.”

Rocktia’s movements couldn’t be grasped even with Observation skills. It was information he figured out through pure experience. Rocktia fiddled with her dagger.

“Excellent, amazing. Unbelievable.”

But that was as far as it went.

He couldn’t reach her.

“He will become strong. He’ll climb the Tower and before long have power incomparable to the likes of me.”

Rocktia could be certain.

Kang Jun-hyeok would become stronger than her before too long.

Beyond reaching the third tier, he would ascend to an even higher realm.

“But not right now.”

No matter how special a power he possessed, the current difference in strength couldn’t be helped.

“Couldn’t you just do it moderately and clear? This much is enough.”

[No.]

Manbyeonggi lightly refused.

[This guy won’t be satisfied with that. Isn’t that right?]

“Of course.”

Kang Jun-hyeok, who drank from the spring, took his stance again. Rocktia made an ambiguous expression.

“Having confidence is good, but… it still won’t work.”

[Why do you think that?]

“Because he lacks pure strength. The only possibility would be to target gaps or weaknesses, but I’ve grasped most of his power.”

No more surprise attacks would work. At that answer, Manbyeonggi laughed.

[That’s right. You’ve grasped most of this guy’s power. But the same goes for this guy.]

“What?”

[You’ve figured it out, haven’t you.]

“Roughly speaking.”

Kang Jun-hyeok answered.

‘Physical enhancement using aura.’

She strengthens the body itself to an extreme degree. That strength and speed were at a level Kang Jun-hyeok couldn’t handle.

‘But she can’t use wide-range power.’

She didn’t use drawing out aura or shooting sword energy. She was an assassin. It meant such utilization of power wasn’t necessary.

‘And therefore, she’s not sturdy.’

She had only drawn up the body’s strength and speed, but the durability itself seemed ordinary. A typical third-tier powerhouse should be able to take Lost God’s Divine Radiance with their bare body without taking major damage.

But she recoiled in shock and dodged.

It meant he could wound her with his power.

He thinks. He judges. He plans. He conceives.

And at the end of it, he reaches an answer.

It’s possible.

Kang Jun-hyeok grips his spear.

“Then let’s try once more.”

“Hmm. If you insist. I’ll keep you company until you give up.”

Rocktia swung her dagger with an expectationless face. Kang Jun-hyeok put strength into his legs.

Thud.

His body charges toward Rocktia.

Disappointment crossed Rocktia’s face.

‘What was I thinking.’

It was no different from before, an utterly ordinary attack. She planned to lightly graze past and slice his throat. At that moment, Kang Jun-hyeok put strength into his feet.

[One-Point Pierce.]

Kwaaaaang!

His body charged forward, surpassing the speed of sound.

The power contained in that spear tip was something even Rocktia couldn’t ignore. After a moment’s consideration, she tried to grab the spear shaft like before.

At that moment, Kang Jun-hyeok put even more strength into his arm.

[Reset. Enhancement. One-Point Pierce.]

Even stronger power gathered in the spear.

Rocktia’s expression changed. She couldn’t catch that. She quickly moved her feet and dodged outside the range.

[Spear Throwing.]

[Spear Throwing.]

Pababapark!

At that moment, two spears flew toward her in succession. She tried to move her body to dodge, but the spears aimed precisely at her. Finally, she clicked her tongue and swung her dagger to deflect them.

[Crack Movement.]

Chwaraek.

And Kang Jun-hyeok moved behind her.

Rocktia twisted her body. She kicked away the flying spear shaft with her foot and stabbed at Kang Jun-hyeok’s waist with her dagger. It was a perfect response, a natural movement that flowed like water.

And Kang Jun-hyeok knew she would respond that way.

[Lost God’s Divine Radiance.]

Kiiiiing!

Intense light illuminated the world.

Rocktia was startled and threw her body backward. She showed strange movements and perfectly avoided the light.

[Sword Energy Wind Blade.]

[Charge.]

He charged toward Rocktia along with sword energy. Rocktia gritted her teeth. With a serious face, she cut through the sword energies and tried to slash Kang Jun-hyeok.

[Balance.]

At that moment, Kang Jun-hyeok’s body stopped. The dagger cut through empty air. Kang Jun-hyeok thrust his spear as is.

[Thrust.]

Kaaaaaaang!

“Ugh!”

Rocktia hastily defended against the attack with her dagger. Kang Jun-hyeok stepped forward even more.

[Impact.]

Kaaaaaaang!

A powerful shock occurred between the clashing weapons.

Rocktia’s posture reflexively crumbled. Rocktia staggered and hastily created distance, but Kang Jun-hyeok quickly rushed in.

“Wait… damn!”

Rocktia quickly racked her brain.

Respond.

Read.

Judge.

In battles between experts above a certain level, combat wasn’t simply a contest of strength. It was closer to a more sophisticated numbers game of reading and predicting each other’s next actions to respond.

That was being read.

Kaaaang!

“Kugh!”

Kang Jun-hyeok completely grasped and responded to her responses and movements. Being pushed back in the numbers game, her breathing began to be stolen.

‘…Am I being read?’

A numbers game was an action to stake each other’s cards and occupy an advantageous high ground.

Naturally, experience was most important.

And she was a loser.

Her youthful appearance was only external. In martial arts terms, she had reached the realm of rejuvenation. Her age exceeded two hundred years and she had experienced countless battles.

But now she was being pushed back in the numbers game by Kang Jun-hyeok. Though he was clearly an inferior opponent, he was pressuring her using all kinds of techniques.

That meant one thing.

It meant Kang Jun-hyeok had experienced more battles than her.

“Ugh!”

She reflexively swayed her body at the thrust spear tip. An incredibly strange movement was drawn. In an instant, dozens of blades grazed past Kang Jun-hyeok’s body.

“Whew!”

She barely succeeded in bringing down Kang Jun-hyeok, but she wasn’t relaxed at all. Kang Jun-hyeok had a very calm face.

“This kind of response is also possible. I should remember this.”

“…You. You. What are you.”

Rocktia’s face looking at Kang Jun-hyeok contained shock. Kang Jun-hyeok answered lightly.

“I’m a Player.”

A smile was on his face.

Rocktia was strong.

She was an expert of the third tier.

Even if he gave his all, she was an opponent with little chance of victory.

And he could have endless duels with such an opponent without the crisis of death.

‘This worked out well.’

Until now, there had only been opponents he could defeat if he fought well. Thanks to that, his senses had been getting quite dull, but she was a sufficient opponent for rehabilitation training.

“I’m going again.”

Kang Jun-hyeok looked at her.

The sensation that everything was being read.

Rocktia was genuinely getting goosebumps.

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