Bloodline is Everything - Chapter 202

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【Bloodline is a Thug Chapter 202】

202. The Absolute (1)

Kwon Jun-yeol and the Heukcheon Team departed with Kwon Myung-woo in tow.
Though my original target, Kwon Myung-woo, was slipping away before my eyes, I couldn’t move. Kwon Han-ul was far too much of a nuisance to ignore.
“I’ve always wondered how the Flowing Water Sword died. Now that I see it firsthand, I understand.”
Mei Xiao spoke while studying Kwon Han-ul.
“To grow this formidable in such a brief span of time… That man’s words about you possessing a power that transcends human reason were accurate.”
“That man? Are you referring to Azet Hermes? While we’re at it, let me ask you one thing. How did you come to join hands with Aion?”
“Now hardly seems the time to concern yourself with such matters. Shouldn’t you be focusing on how to survive this very moment?”
Mei Xiao’s laughter spilled forth in response to Kwon Han-ul’s question.
“No matter how I think about it, the audacity is staggering. To dare claim you’ll face us both simultaneously. Don’t you agree?”
“Yeah, cocky as hell, this bastard.”
The reply came from behind Mei Xiao. The Dragon Slayer, who had been sent flying after taking a direct blow to the solar plexus from Kwon Han-ul, was rising to his feet.
“Damn, this is humiliating.”
The Dragon Slayer grumbled irritably, brushing dust from his clothes with sharp flicks.
He had taken a direct hit to the solar plexus and remained unscathed. More than that—he seemed utterly unfazed by the impact.
“You should have been more careful. Kwon Han-ul is no longer someone you can afford to underestimate.”
“It’s nothing more than a cat’s scratch.”
The Dragon Slayer snorted derisively and walked to Mei Xiao’s side.
“Listen here, Heukcheon’s worm. I’ll tear you apart with these hands myself.”
The Dragon Slayer’s aura radiated outward in all directions. In that instant, I felt as though a mass of iron was pressing down upon my body.
【You have entered the influence of ‘Enemy Dragon Star’!】
【All stats decrease by –30%!】
【Stamina and mana are reduced!】
It was a world of difference from when we had met in Babel’s party.
The Dragon Slayer’s Enemy Dragon Star, unleashed with genuine killing intent, suppressed all of my power.
“My, do you think I won’t even need to join in?”
Mei Xiao straightened her longsword. Aura began to bloom from the blade’s edge.
Crimson aura spread like wildfire, reaching toward the ceiling. Unlike the fierce, roaring aura, her momentum remained utterly composed.
Rather, it grew increasingly serene.
Not crude or tyrannical. Instead, her presence became almost imperceptible. Despite standing before me, she seemed as though she might vanish at any moment.
“Two of you fighting me at once. Now that’s an honor.”
I spoke, regarding them both.
One was the Dragon Slayer, said to be the natural enemy of the Black Dragon Bloodline.
The other was Mei Xiao, once the commander of the Assassination Unit.
With all my senses sealed by Enemy Dragon Star, I had to evade Mei Xiao’s blade?
There was no situation more horrifying than this.
“With both of you welcoming me so warmly, I can’t just stand idle.”
Kwon Han-ul summoned his mana as well. He chanted while activating the power of the Black Dragon Bloodline.
“Dragon.”

【The power of ‘Phantom Beast Blood’ is being manifested.】
【’Black Dragon Blood’ and ‘Phantom Beast Blood’ are resonating with each other.】
【The power of ‘Phantom Beast Blood’ is being transformed!】
【The power of the ‘Black Dragon’ manifests in this place!】
【A half-incarnate form is being realized!】

A black tempest erupted.

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Mana swirled like a raging whirlwind.
The displaced air sent debris scattered across the ground flying in all directions.
Soon the tempest tore apart, and something emerged from within.
A body covered in sharp scales.
A tail swaying from behind.
Horns sprouting from the head and a third eye revealed as the forehead split open.
The moment Mei Xiao and Dragon Slayer saw that form, they understood.
This was humanoid in shape, but not human. It was a being of a far higher dimension.
“…A half-dragon.”
From the moment the half-dragon revealed itself, the atmosphere shifted.
The overwhelming presence that Mei Xiao and Dragon Slayer had filled the space with was pushed back. In its place, the aura of a dragon took hold.
“I finally see with my own eyes the power of the true bloodline that has shaken the world.”
To take revenge on the Kwon Family, Mei Xiao had gathered vast amounts of information.
Among all of it, what interested her most was the true bloodline power that Kwon Han-ul wielded.
A power that temporarily grants the strength of a dragon.
Using that power, Kwon Han-ul had defeated formidable opponents far superior to himself.
“It’s truly remarkable.”
The power Kwon Han-ul was now displaying was so extraordinary that even Mei Xiao found herself genuinely in awe.
“But you haven’t forgotten who stands here, have you?”
Though Kwon Han-ul had unleashed the dragon’s power, Dragon Slayer stood on this side.
With his power as a dragon slayer, no matter how formidable the true bloodline’s ability was….
“…Wait?”
Suddenly, Mei Xiao noticed something strange about Dragon Slayer’s expression.
Shock, astonishment, denial.
Negative emotions were etched across his rigid face.
“This… this can’t be happening…!”
Dragon Slayer finally erupted into a shriek of desperation.
“How… how is this possible…! My power… the Crimson Dragon Star is fleeing from you!”
Mei Xiao wouldn’t be able to see it. But Dragon Slayer and Kwon Han-ul could.
【The ‘Crimson Dragon Star’ is weakening!】
【The dragon’s power cannot be suppressed!】
“This… this can’t be…!”
In that instant, Kwon Han-ul moved.
Black lightning tore through space and swept Dragon Slayer away.
Dragon Slayer, struck in the solar plexus just as brutally, flew backward.
That was when it happened.
The moment Kwon Han-ul kicked Dragon Slayer away.
In this fleeting gap where consciousness had grown dangerously lax.
Mei Xiao swung her longsword at Kwon Han-ul’s throat without warning or sound.
But the instant she unleashed the blade, Kwon Han-ul moved first.
As if he’d anticipated it all along, he drove his fist into her abdomen before she could complete her strike.
“…!”
The impact struck her like a shell piercing through flesh—not merely a punch, but something far more devastating.
Mei Xiao’s body skidded backward. She drove her longsword into the ground to arrest her momentum.
“Cough…”
Scalding blood rose from deep within her body. Mei Xiao spat out a mouthful of crimson.
-Blood Assassination Sword Masters. Did I tell you to contemplate how to survive against me?
Kwon Han-ul’s voice echoed through her mind as he stared at her.
-I’ll return those words to you instead. You should be the one contemplating how to survive against me.
The moment those words reached her ears, Mei Xiao’s laughter burst forth before her rage could.
She had always been the strong one. Never in her life had she heard such words.
And to hear them from such a young brat, no less.
What made it worse was that she couldn’t refute a single word.
“I really can’t stand the Heukcheon Bloodline. Your arrogance makes me want to tear out your tongue.”
But her pride wouldn’t allow her to retreat.
Mei Xiao pulled her sword free from the ground. She straightened it and spoke.
“This time, let’s do this properly.”
That was when it happened.
An explosion erupted from one of the walls.
Kwon Han-ul and Mei Xiao turned to look in shock.
It wasn’t a simple explosion. Mana burst forth with the blast, transforming into a tempest that swept through the space. Debris touched by the mana crumbled to dust.
“Mei Xiao! Don’t touch that one!”
Dragon Slayer’s voice erupted from within the maelstrom, seething with fury.
“That damned bastard is mine to kill!”
Dragon Slayer screamed with a vicious expression.

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A wounded beast is dangerous.
But far more perilous than that is a beast whose pride has been shattered.
The Dragon Slayer was precisely that.
I had underestimated Kwon Myung-woo, believing the matchup favored me, only to be overwhelmed. I had done nothing but flee from his relentless assault. In the end, I owed my life to Mei Xiao.
That alone had dealt a grievous wound to my pride. Rage seeped through the cracks, nearly unbearable in its intensity.
And yet.
“Kwon Han-ul!”
Even when facing the First Master of Heukcheon, my fury had never burned this fiercely.
“How dare you lay hands upon my body?”
To allow an attack from a mere whelp so far beneath me?
“I shall split your head and torso asunder this very moment!”
And twice upon the same spot at that?
“Stand right there and wait!”
I drew a massive iron club from the subspace.
I kicked off the ground and charged toward Kwon Han-ul, swinging the club in a straight line toward his head.
Kwon Han-ul retreated and evaded the club. It struck the earth instead. The entire ground crumbled, and dust billowed upward in thick clouds.
“Do not flee!”
But the Dragon Slayer burst through the dust immediately after, swinging the club relentlessly at Kwon Han-ul.
-Very well, I shall grant your wish.
In that instant, Kwon Han-ul, who had been retreating, instead kicked off the ground and surged forward.
He met my horizontal swing with an identical punch. With a resounding crack, the club shattered.
He closed the distance to my shocked form and drove his fists twice into my ribs. The pain buckled my body.
He drove his heel upward into my lowered jaw.
My face was crushed from below. My massive frame soared high into the sky.
Just as Kwon Han-ul moved to finish me, Mei Xiao appeared from behind and thrust her blade toward my heart.
In that instant, my tail deflected the blade’s tip. Simultaneously, I spun my body and swept my elbow.
“So that tail isn’t merely decorative!”
Mei Xiao arched her back to evade the elbow strike. She swiftly recovered her blade and brought it down in a vertical slash toward Kwon Han-ul.
Though I had assumed a semi-transformed state, Mei Xiao’s aura was far from negligible.
Kwon Han-ul twisted his body to avoid her slash, extending his fist whenever an opening appeared.
Her blade cut through empty air multiple times, and his fists, fired like bullets, pierced through empty space repeatedly.
After exchanging blows with Kwon Han-ul countless times, Mei Xiao sensed something peculiar.
His movements were gradually changing. It was as though he were reading her actions in advance and responding accordingly.
“…You couldn’t possibly…?”
Before she could finish, Kwon Han-ul lunged forward. He struck her longsword with his elbow, sending it bouncing to the ground, then drove his palm into her chest with tremendous force.
A sound like a drum rupturing echoed out, and Mei Xiao’s body shook violently. The impact reached all the way to her heart.
“Gack!”
Mei Xiao let out a scream as she flew backward. This time, she couldn’t stay on her feet. She crashed to the ground face-first, groaning in agony.
“Ugh, ugh-khhhhh!”
A scream suddenly erupted from somewhere in the distance. It was the cry of the Dragon Slayer, who had been knocked unconscious by a kick to the jaw from Kwon Han-ul and was now coming to.
Blood Assassination Sword Masters Mei Xiao and Dragon Slayer.
Two absolute beings gasping for breath, yet still rolling across the ground.
Kwon Han-ul spoke softly, staring at a sight no one in this world would believe.
-Surely this isn’t the end?

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