Bloodline is Everything - Chapter 220

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【Bloodline is a Thug Chapter 220】

220. Avatar Form (3)

-Avatar form? You’re telling me you’ve achieved avatar form? When in the world did you obtain such power!
Kwon Hyuk cried out in panic. His agitation was unmistakable.
-Did I not explain earlier? One can reach avatar form by overcoming anguish.
-Don’t spout nonsense! I’ve endured anguish until I was sick of it! And yet you’re telling me you obtained a power I never could?
-Uncle, do you know what kind of time I spent in Heukcheon?
From the very first day, I was scorned as the child of a traitor. Kwon Cheon, one of Heukcheon’s renowned masters, hunted me for my life. I had to struggle relentlessly just to survive.
-And recently, I learned the truth about my parents. What they endured. I realized what a wretched person I had been.
After witnessing the memories of the past through the vessel, no one knows how profound a shock I suffered. No one knows how deeply I fell into contemplation to overcome that trauma.
Thus, I had already satisfied the conditions for obtaining avatar form long ago.
I simply lacked the physical capability and skill to manifest it until now.
But that is ancient history. Now that all my stats have reached S-rank, I can wield avatar form freely.
-That’s absurd… There must be another reason! Otherwise, there’s no way to explain how you reached avatar form!
-Believe it or not, that’s your choice, Uncle. But how much longer will you keep rambling on like this?
Kwon Han-ul moved. The colossal dragon’s body writhed.
-I didn’t come here to have a conversation with you. I came to avenge the Chairman and my parents.
Kwon Han-ul’s killing intent blazed like wildfire. Kwon Hyuk swallowed hard.
-So let us begin.
-…Yes, that’s what I want too!
Kwon Han-ul and Kwon Hyuk charged at each other. Two dragons bared their fangs and claws.
-Roooaaarrr!
Kwon Hyuk attacked first, swinging his foreleg to strike Kwon Han-ul’s head.
But Kwon Han-ul merely staggered slightly, absorbing the blow with minimal impact.
Kwon Han-ul spun his body and lashed out with his tail, striking Kwon Hyuk’s nape. The scales protruding from the nape shattered, and flesh was crushed.
-Ugh!
Kwon Hyuk cried out and retreated. But Kwon Han-ul didn’t miss even that brief opening.
He lunged forward with ferocious speed, seized Kwon Hyuk’s head, and slammed it toward the ground.
-Let go!
Kwon Hyuk resisted, gripping Kwon Han-ul’s hand. But he couldn’t overcome his strength.
-Why did you hate my father? He followed you with genuine loyalty.
Kwon Han-ul repeatedly smashed Kwon Hyuk’s head against the earth. The entire world thundered with each impact.
-How did it feel when you killed my father? Was it enjoyable? Were you happy? Did you feel accomplished?
At that moment, Kwon Hyuk gritted his teeth. He mustered every ounce of strength and lashed Kwon Han-ul’s head with his tail. The instant his grip weakened, he swiftly broke free.
-Gasp! Huff! You were that curious about it?
Half his face was drenched in blood. Kwon Hyuk spoke, breathing heavily.
-I only did what my father and the Chairman taught me! Prove your worth! If you’re about to lose something, steal it first! If you’re going to lose, surpass them by any means necessary!
-An excuse.
Kwon Han-ul cut him off sharply, as if there was nothing more worth hearing.
-In the end, it’s what you did. You killed my father with your own hands, killed your own brother. Don’t dare make excuses after that.
Each word struck deep into Kwon Hyuk’s pride. He ground his teeth and pulled his magical power upward.
A Yeouiju appeared right before Kwon Hyuk’s face. The Yeouiju began to emit a red radiance.
-The son of a loser, and yet your mouth still works!
Kwon Hyuk’s magical power surged toward the sky. Dark storm clouds began to gather across the blue heavens.
Lightning flashed ceaselessly between the clouds. Strangely, the lightning was violet in color.
-Do you miss your father that much? Wait just a moment—I’ll kill you right now and reunite you with him in the afterlife!
The amount of violet lightning flickering in the sky grew steadily greater. The color deepened further.
-Strike down!
The sky flashed.
A thunderstorm crashed upon the ground.

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A thunderstorm—rain of lightning.
Every bolt concentrated upon Kwon Han-ul alone.
Having transformed into a dragon, his enlarged form made evasion impossible. He had no choice but to endure the catastrophic deluge of lightning.
At that moment, Kwon Han-ul drew forth his own Yeouiju. But it differed greatly from the others in many ways.
Unlike the jade or white Yeouiju, the one Kwon Han-ul produced was ink-black.
A Yeouiju suffused with deep, tranquil black radiance shone brilliantly.
【The ‘Wish-Granting Jewel’ unfolds its power.】
All the lightning bolts falling toward Kwon Han-ul began to converge at a single point. In an instant, the gathered storm formed a sphere.
The Wish-Granting Jewel’s power was added to the sphere. Then the sphere’s form began to transform.
A dragon composed of violet lightning began to circle around Kwon Han-ul.
-You… what are you doing right now!
Kwon Hyuk cried out in shock. Kwon Han-ul had completely seized control of the technique Kwon Hyuk had unleashed and made it his own.
The explanation is simple, but in practice it is far from easy. To seize a technique created through a legendary treasure like the Yeouiju?
In all his life, Kwon Hyuk had never witnessed such insane magical control.
-An ordinary Yeouiju couldn’t do this.
-What are you saying?
-This is the Black Dragon’s Yeouiju.
Kwon Hyuk’s gaze turned toward the ink-black Yeouiju. He muttered with an expression of disbelief.
-The Black Dragon? You don’t mean the Black Dragon that the ancestor supposedly encountered?
Kwon Han-ul did not bother to answer. Instead, he chose to demonstrate.
Flames began to rise around the lightning dragon. A flame dragon harmonized with the lightning dragon. Soon water droplets gathered, and an ice dragon was added to the ensemble.
The sight of three dragons intertwining was magnificent. But for Kwon Hyuk, standing as the enemy, it was far from that.
He felt the tremendous power emanating from the dragons coursing through his entire body.
Let’s see if you can withstand this.
Three dragons were unleashed. Simultaneously, they dove toward Kwon Hyuk.
Kwon Hyuk drew upon the power of the Orb of Harmony to shield his body. But the overwhelming force was far too formidable. The protective barrier shattered in an instant, and Kwon Hyuk had to endure lightning, fire, and water simultaneously.
Arrrgh!
Lightning penetrated to the marrow of his bones, fire set his blood boiling throughout his body, and water hammered his entire frame.
From a single attack, Kwon Hyuk was reduced to a battered wreck.
Gasp! Wheeze!
In the end, Kwon Hyuk managed to endure Kwon Han-ul’s assault. It was just as he lifted his head, gasping for breath.
The dark purple Orb of Harmony that Kwon Han-ul had manifested vanished. At the same moment, Kwon Han-ul’s form reverted from dragon back to human.
I’m not accustomed to it yet.
Kwon Han-ul spoke with an exhausted expression. At those words, color returned to Kwon Hyuk’s face.
It was undoubtedly because his own abilities were weak that he couldn’t fully control the incarnate form and the Orb of Harmony.
The incarnate form aside, the Orb of Harmony required a cooldown period after each use.
That meant Kwon Hyuk still had an opportunity to counterattack.
Then I’ll have to use something else.
The moment he thought this, Kwon Han-ul’s magical power erupted once more.
This time, it wasn’t the power of the Black Dragon Bloodline. It was a far more sinister and chilling magical force.
Something rose from where Kwon Han-ul had stood. Smaller than the black dragon, yet far larger than a human.
A body entirely crimson.
Six arms.
Each wielding a different weapon.
That form was….
Could it be the incarnate form of the Asura Bloodline….
Kwon Han-ul took his stance. The six arms moved into position.
Six weapons were swung simultaneously.
In that instant, hundreds of thousands of slashes engulfed Kwon Hyuk.

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My scales were shredded away.
The flesh beneath them was lacerated.
Muscle fibers were severed.
The blade reached bone.
The wounds split open and blood erupted in torrents.
A rain of blood fell across the entire world.
-…Ugh.
Not even a scream could escape. The slightest movement would tear the wounds wider, unleashing more agony and blood.
Then, Kwon Han-ul’s body reverted to its original form. From the Asura King back to human. Just like with the Black Dragon Bloodline’s incarnate form, he still couldn’t fully control it.
This was my chance.
Kwon Hyuk gritted his teeth and forced his body to move. Unbearable pain flooded through the wounds that covered every inch of my flesh.
Rage and humiliation ignited my primal fury. I swallowed the agony and lunged at Kwon Han-ul.
-Kwon… Han-ul!
A dragon spraying blood charged forward, its claws raised to crush Kwon Han-ul.
But before the claws could connect, Kwon Han-ul’s body vanished. In the next instant, something massive materialized before me.
A body that seemed composed of clouds, soft and billowing. Yet its size was extraordinary.
Even my incarnate form could barely reach its navel—the disparity was staggering.
The billowing giant clenched its fist. In that moment, a crushing pressure descended upon my entire body.
-…Could it be a superhuman bloodline this time?
Kwon Han-ul answered not with words but with a descending fist. Impossibly massive and impossibly swift.
The fist fell like lightning, driving into my back. My spine twisted and something shattered.
-Kugh!
I screamed. But before the cry could finish, Kwon Han-ul swung again.
An upward punch caught my jaw. My jaw joint and both rows of teeth crumbled simultaneously.
-Stop, stop!
I cried out desperately. But Kwon Han-ul paid no heed and swung his palm.
The giant’s palm struck my face with devastating force. My head was driven into the ground like a ping-pong ball.
-Ugh, ugh… ugghhh….
My body began to shrink gradually. In an instant, I reverted to human form.
“Cough, cough.”
Even as a human, the wounds remained. I was a broken mess, coughing up blood.
Kwon Han-ul stood before me. He too had returned to human form. But unlike me, he bore not a single wound.
“Damn it… I… Kwon Hyuk, reduced to this….”
I muttered bitterly to myself. All will had already drained from my eyes.
“Kill me if you’re going to. Or not—you’re the victor. Do as you please.”
Humiliate me or torment me. Whatever you wish.
I spoke those words with my body completely limp.
“I have one final question.”
“What is it.”
“Did you truly hate my father?”
“Ha, you ask the obvious.”
Kwon Hyuk shouted with a sneer.
“I despise him with utter ferocity. Even if I returned to that moment now, I would act identically! No—I would be far more thorough to ensure I left no lingering threat like you behind….”
“Father respected you.”
In that instant, Kwon Hyuk fell silent. His vacant eyes lifted toward Kwon Han-ul.
“Spouting nonsense to the very end. How would you possibly know that.”
“Exactly. I don’t know. But you would, wouldn’t you? Being Father’s only brother.”
In truth, I knew everything that had transpired in the past through the vessel. That is why I could speak with such certainty—that Father had respected Kwon Hyuk.
But I could not explain such facts to him in detail.
So I had no choice but to ask this way.
“In your mind, what sort of man was Father? One who hated and resented you?”
Kwon Hyuk remained silent for a long moment. Then he spoke with a bitter smile.
“Stop the nonsense and kill me already. You never intended to let me live anyway, did you?”
Kwon Han-ul asked no further questions. Instead, I clenched my fist.
Dragon Demon Energy condensed around my fist. I faced Kwon Hyuk, that tremendous power gathered in my palm.
“Then Uncle, I pray you fall into Hell.”
With those words, I drove my fist forward.
The explosion of Dragon Demon Energy consumed Kwon Hyuk’s body.
And so another life was lost.

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I slowly unclenched my fist. Then I exhaled deeply and breathed in.
“Kwon Han-ul!”
In the distance, others rushed toward me.
Joo Ha-yeon, the Black Darkness Corps, and even Kwon Seon-woo were there.
“Han-ul, you bastard…!”
Kwon Seon-woo, drawing near, spoke with a voice trembling with emotion.
“You defeated him! You’ve saved Heukcheon!”
At those words, I smiled quietly.
“Chairman.”
“Yes, speak!”
“I ask that you handle the aftermath well.”
The moment I finished speaking, I collapsed flat on the ground.
“Ah, I thought I would die from exhaustion.”

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