Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 130

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 130

D-DAY (5)

 

 

 

30 minutes ago.

 

Xu Changyou was in a recovery room specially prepared at the central base, treating his injuries with his upper body bare.

“Chairman Peng, that fucking bastard. How dare he put something like this in my body?”

Xu Changyou’s complexion was pale.

Someone who was originally fair-skinned had become even paler.

It was like the complexion of a dead person.

Conversely, his left chest, right abdomen, and the back of his neck where he had deliberately wounded himself to remove the Samsi parasites were blackened and dead.

They were rotting like a corpse, giving off a foul stench.

Pus was also flowing down.

If left like this, flies and maggots would swarm.

These were the aftereffects of forcibly removing the Samsi parasites.

At the time, he had lowered his body temperature to the minimum to remove them with as few aftereffects as possible,

but it seemed it wasn’t perfect after all.

 

[The Jade Emperor looks at your body with indifferent eyes.]

[The Jade Emperor advises that one must know how to govern even death to earn the right to wear a crown.]

 

Xu Changyou twisted his lips as he looked at the message that appeared below his retina.

“If you’re so concerned, why don’t you give me an elixir of immortality before nagging? I’m getting annoyed to death just listening quietly.”

 

[The Jade Emperor clicks his tongue, saying that one who seeks to wear a crown is frivolous.]

 

Xu Changyou only glared at the message with fierce eyes, not bothering to give any particular response.

The Jade Emperor had always been like this.

Pressing him to rise higher, mocking him for only being able to accomplish this much…

It was the same during his Thunder Unit days.

While under Lee Hyeon and being closest to Lee Hyeon, it was also the Jade Emperor who kept inciting him when he harbored feelings of inferiority.

That’s why the incident at the happened.

While watching Lee Hyeon fighting with the Snow Queen, the Jade Emperor whispered sweetly like a devil.

Now is the time.

Now you can pull down that guy who always stood above you.

Click.

Something inside him changed at that moment.

So he fled to China with the Sacred Relic, and there he lived doing whatever he truly wanted.

 

[The Jade Emperor sneers that if you had properly dealt with Lee Hyeon during the past 4 years, you wouldn’t have been driven to this situation.]

[The Jade Emperor says that weeds must originally be removed from the roots.]

 

Sneering?

One of Xu Changyou’s eyebrows twitched.

Then he twisted his lips in the same way.

“I heard you failed when you tried to win over Jang Lee Hyeon by using the Wind Emperor during Executive Director Jeong Gyu-han’s time… You’re not taking out that frustration on me, are you?”

 

[The Jade Emperor glares at you with cold eyes.]

 

“Or are you getting anxious because one Logos that you thought was dead suddenly woke up recently?”

 

[Anger fills the Jade Emperor’s eyes.]

 

But Xu Changyou openly snorted.

“Did you think I wouldn’t know? Thanks to your radiance, there are so many people here who tell me various facts.”

In the Central Hero Committee, there were many people who treated him well simply because he was the Jade Emperor’s apostle.

‘They don’t know that an apostle is nothing more than a slave.’

His mockery deepened.

It was close to self-derision.

“So don’t look at me with those eyes. You were the first to stab me in the back, Your Majesty.”

 

[The Jade Emperor briefly issues an order to leave, saying that a monarch is merely ruthless.]

 

The message exchange with the Jade Emperor was cut off midway.

Xu Changyou didn’t care anymore either.

Even if the conversation continued, they would only end up fighting each other.

Besides,

‘I never trusted this bastard anyway. In the end, the world is a place where you have to endure alone.’

Xu Changyou knew why the Jade Emperor, who had shown almost no interest in Lower Realm affairs until now, was suddenly showing strong obsession with Lee Hyeon.

‘Great Sage Equal to Heaven… He woke up recently, didn’t he? The Ulleungdo incident with the Bull Demon King and all, he must want to confirm what connection Jang Lee Hyeon has with Great Sage Equal to Heaven. Ha! By whose permission?’

Xu Changyou’s eyes gleamed with a sharp blue light.

That guy was his.

He had no intention of letting anyone take him away.

And…

There weren’t many days left until Lee Hyeon would come looking for him.

So for now, he planned to focus only on treatment.

“Only about ten pills left? I’ll have to go get more soon.”

Xu Changyou took out the elixir he had received when parting with Lu Chen.

The gifts Lu Chen had given when they agreed to join hands.

He said he had manufactured them himself?

He said they contained the energy of an immortal who heals the sick.

The effect was certainly good.

 

[Shepherd’s Healing Pill]

A recovery elixir touched by the hands of the Barefoot Great Immortal, who helps people in distress and delivers healing herbs or potions to the sick.

Not only purifies wounds but also heals mental suffering.

-Type: Healing medicine.

-Source: Legend ‘Water Margin’

 

However, it seemed unable to resolve the side effects of the Samsi parasites.

The same went for attribute domination.

But it was fine.

I can just use that to my advantage.

Crunch!

Xu Changyou irritably chewed and swallowed two pills.

 

[You have consumed Shepherd’s Healing Pills!]

[‘Divine Authority: Attribute Domination’ activated to utilize the collision between medicinal effects and toxins. Attempting physical transformation.]

 

Crack! Crackle!!

Expelling toxins and healing wounds.

“Haah.”

And finally, a long sigh at the end.

All the impurities that had been tormenting him were mixed within that breath.

Instantly, the foul-smelling wounds visibly healed.

No, rather, much stronger muscle fibers were tightly woven together, looking like even a blade couldn’t penetrate them.

His pale complexion was the same.

Color had returned to his face and his mana operation became smooth.

Just as he was about to test his newfound toxic and curse attributes in addition to his ice attribute,

Boom boom boom!!

Suddenly the entire base shook.

At the same time, tremendous explosions could be heard from outside.

“…What?”

Xu Changyou frowned as he tried to check outside the window,

Weeeeee!!

An ear-splitting siren blared.

And,

Clatter!

“Emergency situation, Captain! Right now outside, Qinglei (Blue Thunder) and Astra are launching a surprise attack…! Gasp!!”

The subordinate rushed into the recovery room but hastily covered his nose and mouth with his arm.

The recovery room was a space where one couldn’t breathe carelessly.

Thick frost had settled along the walls, and through the white mist, terrible stench and toxins were heavily mixed.

It was so terrible that just breathing wrong could cause one to faint.

From within the eerie mist,

Xu Changyou’s eyes flashed sharply.

“Blue Thunder, came?”

“Y-Yes! The operation date the MSS (Chinese intelligence agency) informed us about was at least 4 days earlier, so our response was delayed!”

“Korea wouldn’t have that capability. America? They deceived us quite well.”

“We were closely monitoring White Burn in Korea as they began large-scale mobilization, but we never expected they would dispatch only such a small force. I’m sorry.”

“You have nothing to be sorry about. This must be one of Jang Lee Hyeon’s tactics too.”

Xu Changyou smiled lightly as he stood up and put on the shirt he had hung on the wall.

He realized this was the decapitation tactic that Lee Hyeon and the Thunder Unit used to favor.

A tactic the Thunder Unit, always short on manpower during missions, would employ to reduce casualties and achieve quick victories.

Enemies would roughly anticipate this, yet always fall victim helplessly.

The Thunder Unit’s surprise attacks led by Lee Hyeon were always sharp like an awl and keen like a blade.

“That guy has always been cunning long before executing operations.”

The subordinate unconsciously swallowed dry saliva watching Xu Changyou.

‘He’s become… even more terrifying…!!’

Xu Changyou hadn’t simply focused on treatment all this time.

If complete recovery was difficult, why not utilize the toxins more actively instead?

Feng Jinghao had strengthened his body with substances secreted by the Three-Time Nine Insects. He got the idea from this.

So he actually enhanced the Three-Time Nine Insects’ toxins with Attribute Domination.

Instead, he supported his collapsed body’s immunity with the medicinal effects of Shepherd’s Healing Pills.

Thanks to this,

his prized Ring of Extreme Cold was now beginning to enter a new stage…

 

[The properties of Three-Time Nine Insects and Shepherd’s Healing Pills have been added to ‘Ring of Extreme Cold’, causing partial changes in mana attributes!]

[‘Ring of Extreme Cold’ has been upgraded to ‘Domination of Extreme Cold’.]

 

Hiss—

Xu Changyou was much more chilling and sharp than before.

Although he had significantly shortened his lifespan because of this, he didn’t care at all.

‘I just need to become stronger accordingly. If I become a top ranker, I won’t need to worry about such lifespan concerns anymore.’

Xu Changyou had even more reason to devour Lee Hyeon.

Fortunately, his target seemed to have arrived earlier than expected.

While his subordinates were clearly flustered by the surprise attack that came too quickly, Xu Changyou was delighted.

“Where is Blue Thunder? Since old colleagues have come after so long, we should at least have a reunion.”

As the subordinate was about to answer, suddenly two people slowly walked toward the door.

Step, step!

“No, before that, don’t we have something to discuss, Captain?”

“Right, right. We need to finish settling accounts before leaving. Otherwise, there’s no reason for us to be here, right?”

One was wearing a black robe pulled over his head and holding a staff with a skull, making it difficult to guess his appearance,

The other had a cigar in his mouth and wore a fedora pulled low, giving off a strong old-school mafia vibe.

They were respectively the leaders of the Underground Cult and City Cartel who had recently visited China for deals with the Central Hero Committee.

‘Mark of the Abyss’ Artyom Bakhodan.

‘The Smiling One’ Lucas Montenegro.

Both were skilled individuals holding high positions in their respective organizations.

Tap!

Artyom tapped the floor with his staff and spoke.

“Let me first state our cult’s demands. Our cult needs the Mountain God’s tail fur. A believer at White Burn told us that Jet seems to have learned the Tiger King Style from the Mountain God. Therefore, we demand his custody.”

“We expect that Gwiroae, who closed the Goblin Market, definitely has some connection with Jet. No, we already have evidence of their relationship. Since he tarnished our cartel’s reputation, we want punishment.”

Lucas continued with a twisted smile.

“Negotiations with the Underground Cult went well. Since our cartel only wants information about Gwiroae’s whereabouts, we agreed to hand over Jet’s corpse to the cult after punishment.”

“The cartel has agreed to actively cooperate with our cult in conducting this holy war. What does the committee plan to do? Negotiations have been too delayed because you’ve been too focused on treatment.”

Rumble!!

Artyom looked out the window with gloomy eyes.

The explosions were gradually approaching this way.

This meant Z-Team’s offensive was much fiercer than expected.

If the Underground Cult and City Cartel withdrew here, there could be a gap in military strength.

But both wanted Lee Hyeon’s life.

Whether to stop White Burn or to restore their honor.

Xu Changyou didn’t like how these guys had already reached agreements among themselves and were unilaterally notifying him,

‘This actually works out well. This way I can make the situation even more interesting.’

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed in his mind.

“Good. If it’s possible, by all means.”

“Hmm…”

The consent came too easily.

Lucas looked at Xu Changyou with suspicion, but he only smiled.

“Why? Not confident? Well, the cartel did get thoroughly beaten by Jet before, right? Are you scared you’ll stick your head in the shit bucket again this time?”

Instantly, Lucas’s face contorted hideously.

Then he dropped his lit cigar on the floor and crushed it with his foot.

“Those words… normally I would have shoved lead bullets into your skull first… But I’ll take it as agreement and leave now.”

Lucas twisted his lips crookedly and turned his body in the opposite direction.

Artyom also nodded slightly with gloomy eyes and left the room.

“Boss, will you be alright?”

A subordinate who had been quietly watching the situation carefully called out to Xu Changyou.

Xu Changyou smiled.

“What wouldn’t be alright?”

“But…….”

“Those guys can’t catch Jet anyway. So we just need to do what we have to do.”

For a moment, his eyes gleamed coldly.

“Bring the Heavenly Sky Road. I just thought of something fun as a reunion gift for my friends. I need to make a quick stop somewhere first.”

“A place to stop by, you mean……?”

“Where else would there be to stop by around here?”

Xu Changyou said coldly.

“I need to pay a visit to the Rain Fusion King.”

“……!!”

 

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Xu Changyou moved with only a small number of subordinates he could trust.

Because of that,

he failed to notice.

That behind where he had left, a cold breeze was following like a tail…….

 

[The Iceberg’s Guard ‘Samiin’ is tailing the target!]

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