Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 143

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 143

Ritual (4)

 

 

 

[A massive amount of divine power seeps into your mana circuit!]

 

‘……!!’

Lee Hyeon felt his mind go dizzy for a moment.

He had prepared himself, but this wasn’t something he could endure just by being ready.

A massive tsunami of divine power.

Just standing before it made him feel infinitely small.

If he got swept away, it seemed like not even his form would remain.

It was just a single drop of blood, yet it was this intense?

Then just how enormous and gigantic must the main body be?

And Son Wukong who defeated such a Jade Emperor was…….

Especially within the Jade Emperor’s divine power, spiritual energy and magic power from sacrifices gathered for the ritual were mixed in chaotically.

“Zhang Yiiiiiiiiii!!”

Right then, Xu Changyou jumped down from the altar with a furious expression.

Claaaang!!

 

[The Jade Emperor looks at your sudden intervention with bewilderment.]

[The Jade Emperor shows displeasure and tries to interfere with you.]

 

A blizzard rushed toward them.

‘Queen.’

 

[The narrative of looks at you with hardened eyes.]

[The narrative of warns that this is on a different dimension from the boss mob grudges sealed before.]

[The narrative of asks if you can trust her.]

 

The Snow Queen realized what Lee Hyeon was trying to do and asked seriously,

‘I still hate you for killing my comrades. No, I probably won’t forgive you for life.’

 

[The narrative of nods, saying she understands.]

[The narrative of says she too will never forget you who harmed her vassals and people.]

 

‘But you’re my partner now. Once I trust someone, I trust them to the end.’

Lee Hyeon took a deep breath.

‘That’s my principle. I’ll be careful since I got burned badly four years ago, but it’s still a principle I can never abandon.’

 

[The narrative of smiles faintly.]

[The narrative of attempts divine power freezing!]

 

Whoooosh!

The Snow Queen’s thoughts were imbued into the divine power tsunami again.

The amount was overwhelming, but for her it was rather a welcome challenge.

 

[The will of ‘s narrative to rebuild the kingdom is strong. She first absorbs magic power from sacred relics related to herself among the divine power.]

[The narrative’s grade is elevated.]

[She has restored the ‘rising action’ part of the narrative’s structure!]

 

[The proficiency of ‘Sacred Relic: Banner of Bitter Cold’ greatly increases.]

 

The Snow Queen wisely tried to overcome the tsunami.

She first absorbed her old magic power that was the main axis of the ritual, and based on this, elevated her rank to attempt divine power freezing.

This was possible thanks to the Golden Headband’s assistance.

 

[You have realized the new additional divine authority ‘Absolute Zero’!]

 

Thanks to this, the divine authority that had enabled Xu Changyou to become a High Ranker was also created for Lee Hyeon,

and based on this, he completed the freezing and stuffed it deep into the banner.

Instead,

Lee Hyeon extracted only the minimum amount of divine power and flowed it into his mana circuit.

 

[‘Trait: Frozen Human’ is applied and the cooling system restarts!]

[Mana circuit overload calms down at rapid speed.]

[The shaking core calms down and fatigue decreases.]

[Fatigue level: 71, 70, 69…….]

 

This was enough.

To face Xu Changyou and the Jade Emperor.

Light burst from both his eyes.

Flash!!

However, it wasn’t the same hot lightning as usual.

Bitterly cold chill.

“Thaw.”

As he whispered like casting a spell, the sound of another switch in a hidden mana circuit somewhere in his body being pressed was heard.

Click!

 

[Your current health is below 30%. Conditions to activate cold blood state have been met.]

 

[Cold Blood]

Can be activated when health drops below 30%.

Regardless of previously acquired narratives, all magic attributes change to ice attribute, and you can use ‘s skills and divine authorities.

-Type: Trait. Amplifier.

-Origin: Fairy tale ‘Snow Queen’

 

The trump card that allowed him to use all skills and divine authorities possessed by the Snow Queen.

He could now bring out what he had kept hidden all this time.

And…….

‘The Snow Queen’s peak has become much higher overall due to absorbing the Jade Emperor’s divine power.

Even though she’s only recovered her narrative up to the rising action, she’s already recovered most of her original rank!’

 

[The narrative of the bursts into loud laughter, saying that almost all of her former power has returned.]

[The narrative of the advises that if her story is completed, it would be no less than the ancient dragon that is currently hatching.]

[The narrative of the expresses gratitude to you.]

 

Deep joy was embedded in the message the Snow Queen sent.

Lee Hyeon recalled four years ago.

The wall that had blocked him and the Thunder Unit.

The eyes of the queen who sat on the ice throne, looking down upon the world.

 

[‘Divine Authority: Cold Blood’ activates and assimilates with the narrative of the .]

[North wind and cold snow rage forth!]

[Additional functions of Absolute Zero are applied.]

 

Gooooo…!!

In an instant, a whirlwind of cold energy spread out with Lee Hyeon at its center,

“…!?”

He reached out his hand toward Xu Changyou, who had somehow approached right before his eyes.

Xu Changyou’s eyes widened.

Because Lee Hyeon had perfectly reproduced the power of Absolute Zero that he thought only he possessed.

Kwaaaaang!!

“…Kuk!”

Magic power clashing against magic power.

The blizzards collided and shot up into the air.

Though the power was similar, Xu Changyou gasped and staggered backward.

His right arm that had collided was frozen solid.

Though it soon crumbled to powder and scattered,

“What the hell did you do, Jang Lee Hyeon!!”

The Curse of Extreme Cold that had penetrated his body was incredibly powerful.

It was far more vicious than the curse he had been using before.

The curse… wouldn’t melt.

“Why are you surprised by just that much? Your core isn’t even frozen yet.”

But what came back was only Lee Hyeon’s rebuke.

“You…!!”

“But that’s strange? The toxicity is more vicious than before, but the pain should be no different from the previous version?”

Lee Hyeon spoke ambiguously while twisting his lips.

“Don’t tell me you’re in pain from ‘just’ that much?”

“…!!”

“That would be disappointing, Changyou.”

Whiiiiii…!

Lee Hyeon stirred up an even larger blizzard.

His hair color began to gradually change to silver like the Snow Queen’s.

Eyes as piercing as carved ice, a cold smile, and even a ruthless face.

“I still endured that for four years… I thought maybe you had easily broken the curse since you were so arrogant. But I guess not?”

“…You.”

“In the end, you were only this much after all.”

Paaat-

This time Lee Hyeon moved first.

He held no weapons in either hand.

Only the Banner of Extreme Cold was activated.

 

[The narrative of the upgrades the rank of ‘Banner of Extreme Cold’.]

[Cold Immunity (SS) is promoted to Cold Assimilation (SSS), granting dominance over ice attributes!]

 

“Shut up!!”

Xu Changyou, his face flushed with anger, threw off his crown and ceremonial robes that only hindered his movement.

Patseutseutsu-

At the same time, white transparent ice swords protruded from the tattoos embedded on both his hands.

They were Glass Swords.

The sacred relics that bastard had stolen from the .

 

[The narrative of the discovers her royal scepter and requests its retrieval!]

 

“Let’s see if you can still spout the same nonsense even after your mouth is torn apart!”

Deep anger appeared on Xu Changyou’s face.

Jjeoeoeoeng!!

The pair of glass swords vibrated violently.

As if representing his feelings.

 

* * *

 

Lee Hyeon’s provocation worked too well on Xu Changyou.

It was because of the inferiority complex he couldn’t erase even after becoming a High Ranker.

Even though he had become much stronger than Jet from four years ago,

Even though he had created Ping Xin on a much larger scale than the Thunder Unit,

He was still trapped in the time from four years ago.

Even when he accomplished and achieved things, the thought that he hadn’t won them through fair and square fighting with his own power tormented him.

Still, he had been able to console himself by watching Lee Hyeon’s life fall into ruin, thinking he was different from such a fool…

Lee Hyeon had now successfully made a comeback as if to show off. He had gathered his scattered comrades. He had solid backing too.

Trust,

Fame,

Background,

Power.

Not one of these was inferior when compared to Xu Changyou.

And now even attributes…

Xu Changyou had lived with pride in being the world’s greatest ice magic user.

He had resolved to hold an unrivaled position that others could never catch up to, possessing sacred relics from a 4-star dungeon.

But Lee Hyeon denied even Xu Changyou’s last remaining source of pride head-on.

Saying it was nothing but fake.

‘Still… still, at least in combat skills, I am…!’

Swaeeeeek!

The glass sword scraped across the ice before shooting up diagonally.

A bizarre yet fierce movement.

Lee Hyeon twisted his body trying to dodge the attack.

Got him.

Xu Changyou smiled coldly at that intuition.

Fortunately, he was confident in his combat skills and weapon techniques.

Even during his university days and Blue Thunder period, he had boasted much better grades than Lee Hyeon, and he hadn’t neglected training since then.

Moreover, the glass swords were strange weapons with very peculiar usage methods.

Just dodging one attack wouldn’t end it. Next, they could even be launched like projectiles.

Kwang!!

The glass sword’s true identity was ice.

Transparent ice was hard to perceive due to its barely visible form, and its extremely sharp tip made it easy to be struck by it stealthily.

So this glass sword should have pierced a hole in Lee Hyeon’s forehead,

“So this is a glass sword?”

“……!!”

The launched glass sword was caught in Lee Hyeon’s grasp.

There was no way to tell how he had perceived it.

It was a hidden technique that even Feng Jinghao hadn’t noticed.

“Back then I was too flustered to remember what shape it was… Thanks to you, I learned something interesting.”

Lee Hyeon gripped the dagger-sized glass sword in reverse and quickly slashed it toward him.

Zzzzzing!!

The glass sword that absorbed new cold energy became much harder than before, and its color was so transparent like glass that it was barely visible.

Swift cutting through everything.

It was an extremely exhilarating yet swift weapon technique.

Swish swish swish swish swish!

In an instant, Xu Changyou’s hands and feet became frantic.

‘…I’m…!’

Such a precise offensive that made him wonder if this was really Lee Hyeon.

Had he learned some high-level martial arts somewhere?

Even in terms of senses, Lee Hyeon had the upper hand.

Crack-

Then the glass sword Xu Changyou newly drew broke, unable to match the strength,

Thud!!

Before he knew it, Lee Hyeon’s glass sword was embedded in Xu Changyou’s left shoulder.

‘…I’m!’

Crackle crackle crackle-

At the same time, the Curse of Extreme Cold spread rapidly.

His mana circuits were on the verge of freezing. The terrible pain made his mind dizzy.

When even the specialty he thought he was better at than Lee Hyeon was denied, self-loathing, no, a sense of crisis crept up his spine.

Slice!

Whoosh-

Xu Changyou didn’t hesitate to cut off his left arm.

He was someone who absolutely couldn’t fall here.

More.

He had to climb higher…!

No.

He had to somehow surpass Lee Hyeon….

“Let’s end this now.”

In Lee Hyeon’s eyes that had turned cold as ice, Xu Changyou was no longer properly reflected.

Rather, he was looking beyond him.

At that moment, Xu Changyou realized.

He thought he had moved forward more than anyone else, but unlike himself who was actually trapped in time from four years ago,

Lee Hyeon, who he thought was still frozen in that time, was actually walking four years ahead.

That was what determined the fate of the two.

Thud! Thud thud thud thud!

In an instant, glass swords pierced various parts of Xu Changyou’s body,

The moment his joints and circuits all froze from the terrible curse,

Thwack!!

Finally, Lee Hyeon’s glass sword pierced his heart.

“…Cough.”

The Curse of Extreme Cold swept through once more. The already frozen magic power could no longer function properly, and his heartbeat gradually slowed.

“How… did you… manage…!”

Trapped in ice, Xu Changyou forced out his voice.

In his blurry vision.

Frost had formed on his retinas, making even Lee Hyeon’s figure in front of him hazy.

Xu Changyou recalled the fact that Lee Hyeon had lost his eyes in the Ice Palace.

Was he suffering the same fate?

That’s why he wanted to ask.

How exactly were you able to escape from that hellish time?

But the words wouldn’t come out properly, so he tried to force them out again,

“I was trapped too, in that time. Like you. No, much deeper than you. Because I was binding even myself.”

As if reading his thoughts, Lee Hyeon answered in a calm tone.

“But then…”

“You were alone, but I wasn’t.”

“…!”

Xu Changyou slightly raised his head as if struck from behind.

“Even when I fell somewhere and struggled, there were always people around me who would save me. But you didn’t keep such people around.”

“……”

“That’s the difference between us.”

“Ha…”

Xu Changyou let out a hollow laugh.

“The weak… ones’… pathetic… excuses…”

But he tried not to admit his mistakes until the end. With that mocking expression, the ice had already risen up to his chin.

Then, just before breathing his last breath,

Thwack!

Lee Hyeon struck his head with the axe he had retrieved.

Crash crash-

Like breaking glass, Xu Changyou’s body shattered into pieces.

“The weak one would be you, who died here.”

Lee Hyeon’s eyes watching his final moments were cold as ice.

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