Bloodline is Everything - Chapter 75

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【Bloodline is a Thug Chapter 75】

Chapter 75: Reversal (2)

A sneer crossed Ferdrans’s face at Kwon Han-ul’s provocation.
“Everyone says that at first.”
The black serpent elongated further, looming down at Kwon Han-ul from a height that nearly touched the ceiling.
“They all have seemingly clever countermeasures. Until they taste the poison, that is.”
Kwon Han-ul studied Ferdrans carefully.
He’d spoken provocatively, but he had no intention of simply sitting still and accepting the poison.
He trusted his Superhuman Bloodline and Robust Bloodline, but his opponent was a villain of Pandemonium.
Though from a different domain, this was someone who had reached the pinnacle of hunters. He couldn’t simply endure the poison of such a formidable foe.
“How long will you just keep watching?”
Ferdrans opened his mouth.
“Or shall I make the first move?”
The serpent’s head plummeted as he spoke, its jaws gaping wide as it lunged to bite Kwon Han-ul.
It was a simple attack, yet its momentum was extraordinary. The air itself seemed to be violently displaced in an instant.
Kwon Han-ul leaped backward with great force. The serpent’s head crashed into the spot where he had been standing.
In that moment, the ground crumbled to dust. The destructive power was immense.
“…Quite formidable.”
Before coming here, Joo Ha-yeon had explained this serpent to me.
Fission Serpent.
It was Ferdrans’s specialty and his ultimate weapon skill.
It generated serpents that divided endlessly. The snakes grew stronger in proportion to the user’s abilities. And they could utilize the user’s skills and items.
The fangs of that serpent were saturated with poison that Ferdrans had crafted.
A single bite meant the end. Even a graze was dangerous.
It was Ferdrans’s trump card to overcome the inherent weakness of poison skills—their short range.
“This skill can exert formidable physical force proportional to the user’s abilities.”
Ferdrans was not only a villain of Pandemonium but also a bearer of Superhuman Bloodline.
If that power was fully reflected in the skill, then this level of destructive force made perfect sense.
“Defending against it will be difficult.”
The black serpent withdrew its head from where it had been embedded. It let out a threatening hiss and charged again.
Kwon Han-ul clenched his fist.
This time, he didn’t dodge. Instead, he surged forward.
He drove his fist directly at the black serpent rushing toward him. Fist and serpent collided head-on.
A tremendous impact reverberated through my forearm.
Had it been yesterday’s Kwon Han-ul, the impact would have certainly shattered my forearm.
But today’s Kwon Han-ul was different.
【’Adamantine Qi’ protects your body.】
The black serpent began to rupture sequentially from its head. Black debris scattered in all directions.
“Everyone has a plausible plan, don’t they.”
I had only dodged just now to test the skill’s power once.
“Until I got hit.”
But the current Kwon Han-ul was no longer at a level to fear merely that degree of attack.
Despite the confident skill dissipating in a single blow, the smile that appeared on Ferdrans’ face remained unchanged.
That was when it happened.
“…Ugh.”
Severe vertigo struck Kwon Han-ul’s head. His vision darkened and strength drained from his legs.
A groan escaped Kwon Han-ul’s lips. The pain was that intense.
“Did you think the poison only resided in the fangs? How foolish. The serpent itself is the poison.”
The poison did not stop, spreading throughout Kwon Han-ul’s entire body. He could feel his body deteriorating in real time.
“I filled it with colorless, odorless neurotoxin. The moment you burst the serpent, the poison spread in all directions, and you inhaled it all without even realizing it.”
His vision turned black. Tinnitus filled his ears.
“Do you understand the difference in our levels now?”
No answer came. Yet Ferdrans felt rather satisfied.
“What’s wrong? You were talking so much just a moment ago. Now you’re keeping your mouth shut.”
Ferdrans let out a laugh.
“Now you understand? You are nothing but your bloodline….”
“Phew.”
Then Kwon Han-ul exhaled deeply and straightened his back.
“That’s genuinely painful.”
Kwon Han-ul moved his body this way and that. The muscles that had been rigid from the poison began to loosen with crackling sounds.
“…How is this possible?”
Ferdrans asked with a dumbfounded expression.
“Why… are you fine. You should be suffering for at least three hours.”
“I adapted to it.”
Kwon Han-ul spoke casually. At that, Ferdrans’ face contorted violently.
“Don’t talk nonsense! What kind of poison is this! It’s the poison I’ve researched my entire life! You adapted to that poison?”
Ferdrans’ reaction was more intense than anything seen before.
It had to be.
Poison was the field Ferdrans had chosen after abandoning his own bloodline.
It was not merely his specialty. It was everything to Ferdrans and could be called his pride.
And he was saying he adapted to that poison?
In less than a few minutes at that?
“What can I do if you won’t believe the truth.”
Kwon Han-ul clicked his tongue and turned his gaze away.
【’Vitality Blood’ detects extreme toxin!】
【Your body begins to collapse! Vitality Blood initiates detoxification!】
【The trait ‘Hundred Poisons Cannot Penetrate’ overcomes the poison!】
【Poison resistance permanently increased by 10!】
【Detoxification ability permanently increased by 10!】
The same message continued to appear endlessly.
It meant that Kwon Han-ul’s Healthy Blood had detoxified everything, and his stats had risen.
“…Very well. Let’s see how you adapt to a different poison.”
A black snake erupted from beneath Ferdrans’s feet.
It was far smaller than the snake he had created initially. But this time, there wasn’t just one—there were eight of them.
“This time, I’ll inject the poison directly into your body.”
Eight snakes rushed forward in unison, their jaws wide open as they tried to sink their fangs in.
“You didn’t learn anything from what happened to the first one?”
Kwon Han-ul intended to crush all eight snakes as they came.
He drew his fist back toward the snake at the front.
In that instant, a sense of dread flashed through his mind.
Kwon Han-ul reflexively twisted his waist. Venom pierced through where his head had been.
The venom struck the ground. In that moment, a massive hole was torn open in the floor.
It wasn’t melted by the poison. The hole was created by the sheer force of the venom’s ejection.
It was like a high-pressure water jet, not venom at all.
“Impressive reflexes. You dodged that attack.”
Kwon Han-ul shifted his gaze toward Ferdrans.
By then, Ferdrans had already created four more snakes.
One of those snakes had fired the venom at Kwon Han-ul.
“But how long can you keep dodging?”
The moment he spoke, eight snakes descended upon Kwon Han-ul.
He pushed off the ground and dodged to the side. Immediately, venom came flying again.
“Tch.”
If I attack the eight snakes rushing at me, venom comes flying.
If I focus on the venom, the eight snakes attack.
It was an incredibly annoying and irritating strategy.
“Shall we get more serious?”
Four snakes that had been spraying venom surrounded Kwon Han-ul. Then they unleashed venom from all directions.
From above, from behind, from the sides.
Venom came flying from every direction. Meanwhile, eight more snakes waited for their opening to sink their fangs in.
“Caught you.”
Twelve snakes now completely surrounded Kwon Han-ul.
His Genius Blood warned him of the danger.
There was no escape.
Even if I crush the attacking snakes with my fists, another snake seizes the opening and strikes.
Kwon Han-ul spoke, looking at Ferdrans through the gaps between the snakes.
“You certainly know how to use your head.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
Twelve serpents lunged forward in unison, their fangs bared.
As Genius Blood had said, there was nowhere to escape.
Kwon Han-ul summoned Dragon Horse Qi. Simultaneously, he clenched his fist and took his stance.
Superhuman Blood doesn’t affect mana—it only strengthens the physical body.
But it does reinforce the pathways through which mana flows, allowing one to withstand any reckless technique.
“Hah.”
Dragon Horse Qi gathered into my fist. I drove it downward with all my might against the ground.
In an instant, the released pressure and Dragon Horse Qi obliterated all twelve serpents.
“….”
Witnessing this spectacle, Ferdrans couldn’t help but utter a single phrase.
“This monster of a man…!”

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Ferdrans had never underestimated Kwon Han-ul.
From the moment he witnessed the attack that crushed the Homunculus in a single blow, he recognized Kwon Han-ul as an opponent requiring his full strength.
That’s why he unleashed the Hundred-Life Serpent.
Ferdrans rarely uses this skill. A trump card only holds meaning when revealed at the crucial moment.
“This monster of a man…!”
But in this moment, Ferdrans came to a realization.
Kwon Han-ul wasn’t merely an opponent requiring full strength. He was an enemy that could only be defeated by staking one’s life itself.
“Does this situation even make sense to you!”
It was absurd.
Kwon Han-ul wasn’t even a world-ranker, nor had he acquired three or more S-rank stats.
What about Ferdrans, then?
S-rank stats were merely the baseline, and he belonged to Pandemonium—an organization of villains.
Moreover, the techniques he employed were poisons capable of killing enemies several tiers above him.
By all logic, Kwon Han-ul should have been reduced to blood by Ferdrans’s poison long ago.
But what was actually happening?
Ferdrans was being pushed back. None of his prepared measures were working.
“Even Pandemonium doesn’t have anyone like you! This is impossible!”
Ferdrans clutched his face in his palms. He exhaled slowly.
He forcibly suppressed his agitation. Without doing so, it felt unbearable.
“…No. If I can just sink my fangs in once, I win.”
“I’m curious what you’re so confident about.”
Kwon Han-ul flexed his wrist as he spoke.
“Do you even have the confidence to land a strike?”
Ferdrans ground his teeth with a sharp sound.
“If one approach won’t work, then I’ll simply increase the numbers.”
Black swamp surged up from beneath Ferdrans’s feet once more. This time, thousands upon thousands of smaller serpents emerged.
Kwon Han-ul spoke with evident boredom.
“Can’t win through quality, so you’re resorting to overwhelming numbers?”
Ferdrans offered no further response. Instead, he sent thousands of serpents charging forward in unison.
The tide of serpents crashed over Kwon Han-ul like a tidal wave rather than mere creatures.
“Looks like I’ll need to sweep them all away before he learns his lesson.”
Kwon Han-ul summoned his Dragon Horse Qi once more. This time, he had a technique prepared.
That was when it happened.
Hundreds of serpents simultaneously spewed toxic mist. The sheer volume obscured his vision entirely.
Kwon Han-ul attempted to detonate his Dragon Horse Qi to disperse the poison, but he hesitated.
The Secret Shelter wasn’t occupied by just him and Ferdrans.
Mei Hong, Kwon Hu-don, and Takamine Ryoko were here as well.
While Kwon Han-ul could withstand the toxin, the others could not.
He was forced to employ a different technique instead.
Mystical Dragon Ascension Art
Flowing Style Wind Severance
Kwon Han-ul brought both hands together before his chest. He manipulated his magical power to draw the surrounding toxic mist inward.
Wind Severance was originally a technique that compressed aura and air to unleash a colossal cutting strike.
Kwon Han-ul compressed the toxins, then forced them into his own body.
“…Ugh.”
Though he had adapted to poison, this was still an arduous feat. Ferdrans’s toxin was far from trivial.
All the toxic mist vanished. In that instant, Kwon Han-ul saw the black serpents forming a wall around him.
“Was that your aim all along?”
The black serpents bit into Kwon Han-ul’s body from all directions simultaneously, so numerous that his form was buried beneath them.
At that moment, Dragon Fear erupted. Every serpent biting his body exploded in unison.
“A mere serpent’s fang cannot pierce through a dragon.”
Kwon Han-ul spoke while treading upon the remains of the black serpents.
Despite so many serpents having bitten him, not a single wound marred his body.
This was thanks to the Black River Set and Adamantine Qi.
“Is it over?”
At Kwon Han-ul’s question, a smile spread across Ferdrans’s lips.
“No.”
Kwon Han-ul reflexively lowered his gaze.
The remains of the exploded serpents were gathering together. Soon, they transformed into a colossal serpent.
Far larger than the one he had initially created, the serpent now loomed directly above Kwon Han-ul.
Before he could evade, the serpent’s coils wrapped around his body with crushing force that made his bones creak.
Fangs as long as a greatsword pierced his neck.
The Black River Set was breached. Even the Adamantine Qi protecting his skin could not withstand it.
The fangs sank deep into his flesh.
Immediately after, the black serpent transformed entirely into venom that infiltrated Kwon Han-ul’s body.

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“I’ll admit it frankly. You were a formidable opponent.”
Ferdrans approached Kwon Han-ul with an easy, unhurried gait.
“That’s absurd. Me—a villain of Pandemonium—feeling overwhelmed by some upstart like you who just gained notoriety?”
I was exposing my own weakness, but it didn’t matter.
After all, I was the victor. What did I have to fear?
“Do you know why I won and you lost?”
No answer came.
How could there be? The poison coursing through Kwon Han-ul’s veins was Toxic Purity—a poison I had cultivated with my own hands.
A single drop could transform an entire metropolis into a wasteland of death.
No matter how much poison resistance one possessed, surviving this was impossible.
“I have experience. You do not.”
Pandemonium is a world of survival of the fittest.
I had waged countless battles to earn my place in Pandemonium.
And even after becoming a villain of Pandemonium, I had to fight to maintain my position.
All of those battles had accumulated within my mind as pure experience.
“I have already grasped everything about you. How you fight. What tactics you employ. Even your nature.”
Kwon Han-ul was dying now. Perhaps he was already dead.
“It’s a shame I cannot make you my servant.”
Suddenly, a sound reached Ferdrans’s ears.
Kwon Han-ul was muttering something in a faint voice.
Ferdrans lowered his head and brought his ear close to Kwon Han-ul’s face.
“….”
“What did you say?”
“…don’t know.”
In that instant, Kwon Han-ul lifted his head. The poison had blackened his skin, and his entire body trembled violently.
Yet his eyes remained brilliantly clear.
“You… know nothing… about me….”
【Healthy Blood completely neutralizes the poison!】
【Poison resistance and detoxification exceed 300!】
【The trait ‘Hundred Poisons Cannot Penetrate’ has been elevated to ‘Ten Thousand Poisons Cannot Penetrate Body’!】
His skin instantly returned to its natural color. The trembling subsided.
At this sight, Ferdrans cried out in shock.
“You couldn’t possibly…!”
Kwon Han-ul did not wait for him to finish. He lunged forward and unleashed a punch.
Mystical Dragon Ascension Art – Basic Form
Tendon-Bone Style – Glacial White Insect Offering Fist
Dodging was already too late.
Ferdrans swiftly drew upon his defensive technique.
Thanks to his synchronization rate reaching 80%, he had mastered the means to control his defensive technique.
He concentrated all of his defensive technique into his abdomen. Kwon Han-ul’s fist pierced through that very spot.
“Impossible!”
Ferdrans roared. But the moment his defensive technique collided with the punch, something unbelievable occurred.
Kwon Han-ul’s fist shimmered with golden light, and his defensive technique shattered like an eggshell.
“What in the—”
Before he could even process his shock, Kwon Han-ul’s fist slammed into his entire body.

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