100 Floors All Master - Chapter 198

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

All Master of 100 Floors Episode 198

First Universe Quest (8)

Black Humans possess no particular special abilities.

They are simply fast, strong, and tough.

Even if ten thousand of them gathered together and were strengthened into one, that wouldn’t change. Only their power would increase exponentially.

Kwaaaaang!

The ground explodes where the fist makes contact. Even with all senses enhanced for evasion, it’s a barely manageable speed. Just allowing a single hit would cut his health in half.

That wasn’t all. It was so tough that even landing a counter was difficult to deal meaningful damage.

Buuuung!

A fist crushes through the air flying toward Kang Jun-hyeok’s face. He creates distance with Crack Movement. Without even a moment to catch his breath, he immediately draws his weapon.

Kaaaaang!

An intense collision sound spreads. Despite defending perfectly, the shock shakes his body and breaks his stance.

[Balance.]

He steadies his posture. He sharpens his senses even more, honing them to the extreme.

Kuuuung!

The Black Human thrusts out its fist.

He reads its trajectory.

The direction of force and all the aftermath that will follow – he grasps everything.

It was a power close to future sight.

It was the ability of Control Skills and Death Line Awakening.

‘Strong and fast, but simple.’

Without any particular technique, it just swings like a beast. Against such an opponent, no matter how superior in rank, evasion is possible.

Kuuuuung!

While avoiding attacks, he thinks quickly. The Black Human has a human form but is fundamentally a being from outside the Universe.

Ordinary vital points don’t exist.

Then where should he attack?

‘The neck.’

If he separates the Black Human’s body and head, its movement stops. Kang Jun-hyeok put strength into the hand gripping his dagger.

The air bursts as the Black Human flies toward him in an instant.

The power contained in that fist has the force to crush the earth and create waterfalls. Kang Jun-hyeok enhances his senses.

‘Head toward the right!’

With prediction close to foresight, he evades while thrusting his dagger.

[One Point Pierce.]

Kaaaaang!

An intense wave spreads. The Black Human’s body that took the counter is momentarily pushed back. Small cracks spread across its neck.

Kuuung!

The Black Human regains its stance and thrusts its fist again.

‘Right chest!’

But he can’t dodge perfectly.

[Repulsion.]

[Sword Energy Wind.]

He activates Repulsion and Sword Energy Wind simultaneously. He can’t block the Black Human’s attack, but he can twist its trajectory. While grazing past the fist, he roughly slashes with his dagger.

[Impact.]

Kaaaang!

More cracks spread across the neck. At that moment, the Black Human’s body staggers. A faint purple tinge appears on its black body.

‘Poison status ailment.’

The effect of Manbyeonggi, transformed by Duneshade’s tail, had been applied.

Since Black Humans aren’t beings of the Universe, poison normally wouldn’t work, but Tower skills were different. Its speed becomes noticeably slower than before.

Kuuung!

He doesn’t dodge the thrust fist but defends against it. The Black Human immediately chases after the flying Kang Jun-hyeok. Kang Jun-hyeok grips his dagger tightly.

Manbyeonggi’s first technique. Blazing Wind Thousand Slashes.

The amplified power strikes the Black Human’s neck. The cracks spread further.

“Even this won’t break it.”

Kang Jun-hyeok clicks his tongue. It was really damn tough. The Black Human thrust its fist as if in rage.

With his knowledge and experience, control, and the power of Death Line Awakening, he performs predictions close to foresight.

With Laws’ Judgment and poison slowing its speed, and the effects of Adversary, Victor Slayer, and Victor Massacrer titles raising all stats by over 10.

Despite all this, the gap was clear.

To deal meaningful damage, he too had to show openings.

Against ordinary beings of the Universe, there would be no chance of victory.

But he is a Player.

The Master of the Universe bestowed upon them the gift called skills. He uses that to cover his openings.

[Lost God’s Divine Radiance.]

Intense light illuminates the world. Even the great divine radiance doesn’t deal meaningful damage to the Black Human’s body. But it’s enough to slow its attack speed.

Kuuuung!

The fist strikes the ground, shaking the earth. Kang Jun-hyeok infuses internal energy and drives his dagger into the Black Human’s neck.

[Stealth.]

Chwaaaaak!

And he hides his body.

The Black Human, momentarily losing track of Kang Jun-hyeok, swings its fists wildly. The aftermath bursts out, destroying everything around.

But such purposeless attacks couldn’t reach Kang Jun-hyeok. Kang Jun-hyeok, who moved above to the sky, put strength into his feet.

Kwajijik.

Adding weight for another strike to the neck. The cracks spread further. While doing so, he places his hand on its body.

[Sixth Sense Exclusion.]

Flinch.

The Black Human, suddenly losing all senses, hesitates for a moment.

Kang Jun-hyeok doesn’t miss that opportunity and even summons Pixie’s magic box to sear its neck. And before 1 second passes, he quickly creates distance.

Against a superior enemy, he was attacking one-sidedly without allowing a single hit.

It was a miraculous battle. All Players watched in shock.

“My god…”

“To be able to move like that.”

He was toying with an opponent possessing such power and speed. It felt like watching a skilled matador.

And there was another reason they were amazed.

It was that Kang Jun-hyeok was actively using skills to respond.

“Stealth… I have that too.”

“I have Sword Energy Wind.”

“I have Thousand Pound Weight. So you can add weight like that to increase power. I only used it to brace my body and press down on the ground.”

Players believed that what mattered for climbing the Tower was individual talent. Sword techniques, and powers of the Universe like black magic.

There was a reason for this. Most top-tier Players were indeed those born with talent.

Not to mention geniuses of black magic like Touvalt, and Earth’s Players weren’t much different. Yu Jin-ha himself had innate talent for the sword.

Active Skills were merely convenient tools. Not one’s own power.

That was most Players’ thinking.

But now Kang Jun-hyeok was showing them something that shattered their thoughts completely.

He was actively utilizing various skills to face and respond to a superior enemy. Moreover, most of them were skills they possessed too.

“If that person can do that much…”

“Perhaps, we too.”

Even those without special talent could reach high levels using skills.

That belief and hope spread among the Players.

Touvalt was also watching the battle with admiring eyes. However, his direction of admiration differed from other Players.

‘Sword techniques, divinity, and magic.’

‘Swordsmanship, divinity, and magic.’

Each and every one of them was an outstanding power beyond his comprehension.

Kang Jun-hyeok was handling them all perfectly.

Not stopping there, he linked each power together. Using skills to fill gaps and weaknesses, drawing out his abilities to near perfection.

‘…I thought I was a black mage.’

He had believed without doubt that he could climb and conquer the Tower with that alone.

But Kang Jun-hyeok had shown him that was impossible.

When even such a powerful person handled various forces, what right did he have to focus only on black magic?

Touvalt gained a profound realization. And he became ashamed of his past self. To say he could climb the Tower with black magic alone. How arrogant and presumptuous those words were.

“…If he returns, I’ll have to apologize again.”

Kang Jun-hyeok would be victorious.

And he would return to them with dignity. Touvalt believed this without doubt.

[Jealousy’s Reverse Heaven Spear.]

As the spear filled with intense power struck the Black Human’s neck, cracks spread with a crackling sound. From the continuous attacks, the Black Human’s neck area was in tatters.

Just a little more pressure and he could destroy it. Kang Jun-hyeok stepped forward with this judgment.

At that moment, the Black Human’s movement changed.

Contrary to its previous mindless charging, it briefly stepped back to create distance. As if it had been waiting for Kang Jun-hyeok to approach.

Its attacks also changed from going all-out like before to delivering short consecutive strikes.

Kwagagagagang!

“Ugh!”

Kang Jun-hyeok twisted his body at the suddenly changed response. Fists struck his body in succession. The Players inside the barrier screamed.

“Kyaaaah!”

“What do we do!”

“Tsk.”

Kang Jun-hyeok clicked his tongue. Half his health had disappeared from that attack.

[Grace of Compassion.]

He recovered his depleted health with grace. Despite having a considerable opening, the Black Human didn’t charge in and was gauging the distance. Kang Jun-hyeok frowned.

“Did it learn?”

The Black Human’s intelligence was low and its learning speed was like a slug.

But it wasn’t completely absent. When battles dragged on, its responses would sometimes change accordingly.

He should have finished it before then, but it was tougher than expected so he couldn’t.

The Black Human was taking a defensive stance. With that approach, countering would be impossible. He too had to respond head-on, taking risks and using force.

He made his judgment.

The crack that had formed on the Black Human’s neck.

And the power he had expended.

And the answer came. Dangerous, but worth the risk. Kang Jun-hyeok relaxed his muscles. He recovered from fatigue with divine power and gathered internal energy to its limit.

His eyes turned red.

[Enhancement. True Ancestor Awakening.]

If he used True Ancestor Awakening with enhancement, he could barely reach the upper ranks of the second tier.

Chwaaaaak!

Blood spread in all directions. He dyed his entire body with blood to strengthen and protect his flesh. He stepped forward.

Kwaaaaang!

An intense fist collided with the Black Human. He gathered the blood that scattered from the impact.

Kwagang! Kwagagagagang!

The terrain was carved out and collapsed. The plains were scraped away creating cliffs. Aftershocks that would require redrawing maps covered the planet.

This was battle at the upper ranks of the second tier.

It was a realm close to the limit that ordinary mortals could reach. The watching Players gaped in amazement.

Kwaaaaang!

A fist struck Kang Jun-hyeok’s shoulder. The blood protecting his body burst out violently. He immediately transformed the burst blood into blade-like forms and struck the Black Human’s neck.

Jjeojeojeojeojeok!

Cracks spread through the neck and it began to wobble.

The Black Human was confused.

The being before its eyes was strange.

It was moving as if it knew everything. Step by step, like a woodcutter felling a great tree, it was calmly trying to kill him. Despite its low intelligence, the Black Human realized this was dangerous.

Then what should it do?

Run away.

[!!!!!!!]

The Black Human desperately burst power in all directions. Kang Jun-hyeok tried to endure but his body was forcibly pushed back as if caught in a storm. Kang Jun-hyeok realized the Black Human was trying to escape.

[Immovable Stance.]

Therefore, after enduring the surging intense power by activating his skill, he gripped his dagger.

[Concept Slash.]

He slashed the concept of ‘waves.’

[High-Output Gauntlet from Somewhere.]

And he detonated the gauntlet.

A path opened momentarily.

[Instant Acceleration.]

[Charge.]

[Reset. One-Point Pierce.]

For an instant, the Players lost sight of Kang Jun-hyeok’s body.

When his body appeared again, the dagger was embedded deep in the Black Human’s neck. Kang Jun-hyeok twisted the sword.

And he loaded that power once more.

Raging Wind Heaven Slash.

Jjeojeok.

The Black Human’s neck couldn’t withstand it and began to separate.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————