Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 199
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The Broken Ranker
Devours Myths
Chapter 199
Teeth of the Two-Headed God (9)
[You have entered the Event Dungeon.]
Splash!
Lee Hyeon felt as if he was being submerged in water.
At that moment,
Whirrrrr…!!
The Golden Headband that was already operating above his head began spinning even faster.
A brilliant white-hot incandescence.
It looked
similar to the halos that Raphael and the Angel Legion wore on their heads.
[‘Sacred Relic: Golden Headband’ is activated to strengthen consciousness and protect the mind from external intrusion.]
[Somersault Cloud is deployed to protect the body as much as possible.]
Lee Hyeon protected his mind using the Golden Headband and Somersault Cloud, just as Son Wukong had advised him beforehand.
‘By the way, is this place… the deep sea?’
The pitch-black ocean depths.
Breathing was difficult, but it became much easier once he regained his demon senses.
「You are… who…」
「Human…? Are you human…?」
「But… this place… is somewhere humans cannot come… What are… you…?」
Lee Hyeon realized that dozens of monsters were surrounding him, watching him.
Each one had eyes steeped in madness or demonic nature.
‘These are the lower entities that make up the Demon King.’
Right at that moment.
Ding!
[Dungeon ‘Abyss of the Demon King’]
[You have entered the subconscious world of the Corrupted Great Demon King, who failed to complete the first trial and fell into madness due to an explosion of demonic nature.]
[The Demon King was originally a demon lord created from the fusion of countless monsters and demons.]
[He always harbors subconscious anxiety about being incomplete, constantly starving with hunger.]
[From now on, survive the Demon King’s hunger and eliminate the cause of the demonic nature.]
[Achievement Conditions]
1. Survival.
2. Eliminate the cause of demonic nature.
[Upon Success: Qualification as a Disciple acquired.]
[Upon Failure: Death.]
‘Do I have to defeat all these monsters?’
Lee Hyeon pondered for a brief moment.
However,
‘No. That would waste too much time. Even setting aside mental strength, my physical strength might not last until then.’
Crunch, crunch-
The iron core of Sangbosimgeum-pa was still gnawing at his body.
Once complete, it would bring growth significant enough to be called a transformation,
but for now, he couldn’t afford to drag this out for too long.
‘The time I can endure here is roughly… around an hour?’
Right as that thought ended,
[The Golden Headband firmly establishes a mental barrier to avoid being swept away by demonic nature. However, due to fatigue issues, it will be difficult to endure long in this dungeon.]
[Current Fatigue: 71]
[If a certain amount of time passes, fatigue may exceed 90, risking a near-death state.]
[Maximum safe time is 1 hour.]
[Time attack begins.]
[01:00:00]
[00:59:59]
[00:59:58]
…
It seemed the Golden Headband had displayed a message so he could intuitively see the remaining time.
He thought this was actually better.
From now on, he just needed to keep running without stopping.
‘A way to avoid dealing with all these monsters…’
Lee Hyeon quickly scanned the monsters and then
spotted large monsters shaped like humpback whales or megalodons, his eyes sparkling.
‘That’s it.’
Lee Hyeon’s lips twisted into a wide grin.
[Using a fragment of Astrape!]
Snow Sapphire emerged from Kirishisu and burst with brilliant white light in the air.
A compressed form of the Astrape Staff to enable convenient magic use when employing Dueoksini’s fangs.
―ᛇ.
Instantly, rune characters appeared above the sapphire,
Crackle! Crackle-crackle!!
[‘Thunder Whale’ is summoned!]
Rummmmmble-
Blue-white lightning bolts stretched out in all directions from Lee Hyeon, along with the Somersault Cloud.
Since he used his magic power with full force, a white whale of tremendous size was born, incomparably larger than what he summoned as Gwiroae.
「Th, this is…」
「Wasn’t he… human…?」
「The same as us… a demon… But much more… terrifying…」
The moment he sharpened his demon senses to their peak,
the monsters began trembling and started avoiding the Thunder Whale one by one.
[‘Trait: Battle Style’ is applied, opening demon senses to maximum. Beginning to take on demonic nature.]
[Demons recognize you as one of their kind.]
[Demons pushed back in the hierarchy flee in droves.]
[Large demons show deep interest in your Thunder Whale.]
…
[You have successfully completed the first achievement condition.]
‘Let’s go. Down below.’
Kuuuuuung…!!
The Thunder Whale carrying Lee Hyeon began vigorously flapping its fins.
* * *
Lee Hyeon dove down into the deep sea for quite some time.
‘So many monsters have merged together. I never expected such diverse species to be mixed together like this.’
Lee Hyeon realized that what he had seen in 【Jack and the Beanstalk】 was only a very small part.
There were truly countless sea beasts and sea kings existing here.
If Lee Hyeon had continued fighting without disguising himself as a demon?
He probably wouldn’t have made it even 10% of the way down before the time limit ended.
‘Moreover, the deeper I go toward the seafloor, the more monsters there are with terrible stench.’
Those monsters usually had madness gleaming in their eyes.
It meant they were steeped in demonic nature.
It seemed the Bull Demon King’s condition was more serious than he had expected.
‘Even after drinking the holy water that Raphael brought, it’s still this bad? Just how serious was the demonic nature before that?’
It felt miraculous that the Bull Demon King had somehow managed to regain consciousness intermittently in this state.
And….
[00:18:27]
‘Is this the place?’
After descending for a long time, Lee Hyeon was finally able to reach the bottom.
‘…As expected, it’s a mess.’
But the scene in the deep sea was much more horrific than he had anticipated.
First, the stench was so severe it had turned into toxic gas.
On the pitch-black polluted seafloor, large and small thorns formed a forest, and countless monsters were dying while pierced by the thorns.
Energy Drain.
It seemed to be draining the energy of normal monsters and continuously producing monsters steeped in madness.
And at the center of it all,
A rock column boasting tremendous height stood silently.
Something huge and round was embedded in the very center, remaining silent. It looked like an ‘eye.’
The eye of a giant lost in deep slumber.
[Combat Sense (S+) rings out a harsh warning!]
‘That’s it.’
Lee Hyeon could instinctively tell that it was the demonic nature implanted in the Bull Demon King, the Bull Demon’s Killing Intent.
However,
What caught Lee Hyeon’s attention most was the rough lightning scar running across the center of the giant eyeball.
He could feel a familiar scent of magic power.
‘Thunder Jar…. Is it connected to the Bull Demon King’s left eye?’
Thunder Jar.
A magic that had been used on the Bull Demon King by improving the sealing device ‘Light Jar’ that Raphael had used when sealing the Bull Demon King.
When he had directly struck the Bull Demon King’s consciousness at that time, it seemed a scar had remained here as well, which appeared to be another consciousness or avatar.
In that case, he needed to be even more careful in handling it.
‘I need to destroy that demonic nature in one blow. Otherwise, it might only cause adverse effects.’
Of course, destroying it wouldn’t be enough.
After destroying it, he would need to drive all of Sangbosimgeum-pa’s iron core deep inside.
Even that alone was extremely difficult,
But Lee Hyeon didn’t hesitate and poured magic power into Dueokshin’s molar.
Pajijijik!!
Kurrrung-
[Somersault Cloud takes on the nature of cumulonimbus and supplies lightning energy to its limit.]
[Dueoksini’s Thunder Breath (SSS) reveals maximum heat!]
The giant axe blade instantly turned blue-white.
Just as he was about to strike it down forcefully,
Flash!!
The Bull Demon King’s eye that had been closed until now opened.
『You’ve finally come. I was waiting.』
A rough telepathic voice echoing in his head.
He could feel a ferocious intent.
‘…A trap!!’
Kukukukuku!!
Paat! Paat! Paaaat!
The thorns that had been hunting monsters throughout the seafloor aimed at him.
Lee Hyeon clenched his teeth and struck down with Dueokshin’s molar.
A pillar of blue-white light drove straight into the seafloor.
[Dueoksini’s roar explodes!]
Kwarrrrung!
Kwakwakwang! Urrrrung-
Kwakwakwakwa…!!
The thorns that had been targeting Lee Hyeon were completely annihilated.
At the same time, following Lee Hyeon’s command, the Thunder Whale also self-destructed, creating violent whirlpools that turned the surrounding area into ruins.
「This is… I can’t get close….」
「Dangerous…!」
The monsters that had been trying to approach were also blocked by the currents, cutting off their access.
[Activating Dueoksini’s Swift Thunder!]
Between Lee Hyeon and the Bull Demon King’s eye, a straight path formed, albeit briefly.
Paaaat-
Lee Hyeon stepped on the Somersault Cloud and used the explosion as propulsion to rush fiercely toward the Bull Demon King’s eye in one breath.
Kwang! Kwang! Kwang! Kwaang!!
The Bull Demon King’s pupil moved incessantly.
Each time, an enormous amount of demonic energy swirled, causing explosions wherever Lee Hyeon passed.
There were even curses meant to bind his ankles.
『I thought that if it were you, who resembles our youngest, you might jump directly into this place to solve Bokhe’s problem. And you really came.』
Shriiiiiek!
Lee Hyeon reached the Bull Demon King’s eye in an instant.
Even until the moment the axe blade was about to make contact.
The Bull Demon King didn’t blink even once.
『I thought it might be worth having a conversation with you at least once.』
Crack!!
The axe blade dug straight into the Bull Demon King’s eye.
Rummmmmble-
Kwakwakwang! Kwakwakwakwakwang!!
At the same time, a web of lightning instantly spread throughout the entire eyeball.
Crackle-
Crash!!
The Bull Demon King’s eye shattered miserably like pottery. The demonic energy that leaked out through the cracks swirled and was completely absorbed by Lee Hyeon.
『I have no intention of harming you. If I did, I would have caused you trouble from the moment you were first devoured by Bokhe. I simply… had something I was curious about and wanted to ask.』
It was an ocular technique.
The Bull Demon King’s eye, the Soul Radiance Evil Eye, was called one of the most formidable demonic eyes in the demon world, rivaling Son Wukong’s Golden Eyes of Truth.
[Soul Radiance Evil Eye ]
An eye with the characteristic of piercing through the mental image of what it observes and manifesting the desires and fears within.
In other words, it thoroughly distorts the target’s mind through the act of ‘seeing.’
-Type: Divine Authority. Demonic Eye.
The Bull Demon King had used this eye to imprint malicious emotions like fear and malice into the collective consciousness of the Jiaoma Wang…
And now,
It was trying to gradually corrupt Lee Hyeon.
Whoooosh!!
[The Bull Demon King is attempting to corrupt your Golden Eyes of Truth.]
[Part of the Golden Eyes of Truth is being eroded by the Soul Radiance Evil Eye.]
Lee Hyeon’s left eye, which had been glowing dimly with the Golden Eyes of Truth, was gradually being consumed by a red light.
An eye of the same color that had been eroding the Jiaoma Wang’s subconscious world.
The Soul Radiance Evil Eye had completely transferred from the Jiaoma Wang to Lee Hyeon.
Lee Hyeon’s body staggered for just a brief moment.
And then…
『You, the scent emanating from you is not ordinary, do you know,』
“What should I do?”
Lee Hyeon, who had seemed to droop slightly downward, suddenly raised his head up.
Blood vessels swelled as if they were about to burst, but he wasn’t in pain and was actually smiling.
A deep, profound sneer.
“I’m not curious about you at all though.”
At that moment,
Crack!!
The iron core of Sangbosimgeum-pa pierced through the Soul Radiance Evil Eye.
“But I’ll make good use of the gift you gave me.”
[The first trial has torn through the second trial!]
[The Thunder Jar has been reactivated. Beginning to seal the Bull Demon King’s demonic nature.]
[Sealing location: Left eye.]
…
『Aaaaagh! What! What are you trying to do!!』
Crack! Crackle!!
Electric current that started from the left eye instantly spread in all directions.
At the same time, lightning marks were carved into the left eye once again.
[Using the Super Recovery of the Ruyi Chain to rapidly restore the destroyed left eye.]
[Forcibly confining the Soul Radiance Evil Eye within the Golden Eyes of Truth. The two demonic eyes begin to merge.]
[Intense resistance occurs.]
…
[The Thunder Jar enhances the characteristics of Sangbosimgeum-pa to ignore the resistance of the demonic nature.]
…
[Sealing in progress.]
[1, 2, 3%…]
『This damn bastard again…!!』
The Bull Demon King’s terrible shriek struck Lee Hyeon’s ears.
Kukukukuku!!
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