Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 210

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The Broken Ranker

 

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 210

 

U.C.O. (7)

 

A few hours ago.

 

Lee Hyeon was rapidly crossing through the middle of the desert ravine.

 

‘These bastards are trying to divide and conquer us. I need to take out as many as possible before they can gather more.’

 

Fortunately, he had the Astrape Staff with him.

 

All he needed to do was float the Snow Sapphire in the air to quickly scout the surroundings, process the data with Gingoa, and set coordinates.

 

For short distances, he stepped on Dueoksini’s Swift Thunder, and for long distances, he used his spoils to leap through space.

 

As a result,

 

‘Found it!!’

 

He was able to locate the surveillance tower that was commanding them.

 

From the outside, it was painted with camouflage that blended exquisitely with the surrounding desert terrain, making it difficult to find easily,

 

but once he detected it, its shape became clearly visible.

 

[Leaping through space!]

 

Lee Hyeon instantly tore through space and attempted to enter the surveillance tower’s interior.

 

“What the hell…!!”

 

Hashad, who was watching this, looked as if he had seen a ghost.

 

The same face that dozens of monitors and screens were simultaneously displaying had suddenly appeared in the middle of the command center – of course he’d be shocked!

 

The problem was that this place had barriers constructed to guard against external infiltration attempts and spatial transfers.

 

[The external barrier has been partially damaged by strong lightning energy.]

 

[The defense system has been partially compromised.]

 

…

 

[The blocking wall system is activating!]

 

But even all of that was useless before the hot wind that Lee Hyeon unleashed.

 

“Block him!!”

 

“It’s an enemy attack! Protect Lord Hashad!”

 

The Mains urgently ran toward Hashad and threw themselves forward.

 

But this was a command center.

 

Most of the forces were stationed outside. Those inside were mostly doing monitoring or staff members commanding operations.

 

Naturally, they were relatively lacking in strength,

 

Whoosh-

 

Thwack!!

 

and weren’t agile enough to block Lee Hyeon’s swift offensive.

 

Dueokshin’s front tooth flew out first.

 

“Lord Hashad!!”

 

By the time the staff members turned around, the hand axe had already struck Hashad between the eyebrows.

 

The bastard’s end, staring blankly into space, seemed pathetically hollow.

 

And then,

 

Crackle!

 

Crackle-crackle-crackle!!

 

Blue-white electric current seemed to surge roughly over the hand axe,

 

Rumble-rumble-rumble-

 

Soon an enormous amount of lightning bolts extended out, blowing away Hashad’s corpse and turning the entire command center into chaos.

 

“Aaaaah!”

 

“Gaaaah!”

 

[Dueoksini’s Specter is rampaging wildly!]

 

Lee Hyeon took out Dueokshin’s molar and pushed through the surveillance tower as is.

 

If someone blocked his path, he cut them down; if there was a wall, he smashed it.

 

Crash-crash-boom!!

 

Rumble-rumble-

 

Eventually, the surveillance tower that couldn’t withstand it collapsed completely,

 

“Damn it…!”

 

“It’s Jet!! Shoot!”

 

Just then, the Mains who had gathered toward the surveillance tower upon hearing the commotion all aimed their firearms at him.

 

Whizz-whizz-whizz-

 

But it still wasn’t enough to catch Lee Hyeon.

 

Rat-tat-tat-tat!

 

Ping-ping-ping-

 

The hundreds of bullets fired from atop the armored vehicle couldn’t penetrate the collar woven from electric current.

 

[‘Sacred Relic: Somersault Cloud’ seeps into Dueoksini’s Collar to weave heavenly treasure robes!]

 

[Qingtian Lion’s bone armor adds blade-proof properties to the robes and Vajra Indestructible Body properties to the flesh!]

 

As long as he had the Somersault Cloud, and as long as he had Qingtian Lion’s bone armor,

 

Lee Hyeon was no different from wearing complete armor 24 hours a day.

 

Rumble-rumble…!!

 

Lee Hyeon never allowed them to gather together or form formations.

 

He pushed forward, and pushed forward again.

 

He trampled armored vehicles and smashed war chariots with his molars. He cleared away all the Hunters by throwing front teeth or drawing out the Ruyi Chain.

 

Crash-crash-boom!

 

Rumble-rumble-

 

Eventually, the main force including the surveillance tower was half-destroyed in an instant…

 

“Team Leader!”

 

Eom Gi-seon burst in midway.

 

His face looked somewhat urgent.

 

“Why are you so late?”

 

Lee Hyeon answered with a calm expression.

 

Hot air and acrid smoke.

 

Soot was flying around, but only Lee Hyeon was unusually clean, making it unnatural.

 

“Who says I’m late! I really ran here as hard as I could! No, more importantly, where did you crash-land to get here so quickly, Team Leader!?”

 

“Who knows.”

 

“…Ugh. That damn mysteriousness again? Seriously, you never speak straightforwardly.”

 

Eom Gi-seon made a groaning sound as he lowered his half-sword downward.

 

Clang!!

 

At the same time, a clear sword cry rang out as suddenly pure white light emerged over the half-sword, taking on the form of its original great sword.

 

“Aura Blade?”

 

“I completed it while training like hell with the Director this time. Doesn’t it look impressive? Heh! The color is brilliant too.”

 

Lee Hyeon nodded.

 

Aura was indeed known to be a technique that even excellent swordsmen found difficult to create.

 

[Aura]

 

A crystalline form that can only be born by condensing magic power to high purity and high density.

 

All living beings emit aura, the vital wind, centered around their ‘Psyche (soul)’. Ancient people believed that human consciousness creates subtle vibrations in the external world based on this.

 

Unified with each individual’s soul, its color, density, and properties naturally change according to emotions, beliefs, and memories.

 

-Origin: Religion ‘Ancient Greek Mystery Religion’

 

Particularly, the aura blade was the culmination of such aura techniques.

 

It seemed Executive Director Ho had really worked the guy to the bone.

 

‘His aura is much more stable now, and his sword has become sharper too.’

 

Lee Hyeon was beginning to quite like Eom Gi-seon now.

 

“Anyway, I need to show my worth this time. I have to restore the points that were deducted because of Team Leader, so please cooperate with me! And,”

 

Eom Gi-seon paused mid-sentence and grinned, showing his canine teeth.

 

“If you get a chance later, please spar with me too. As you can see, I’ve gotten much stronger. Now even Team Leader won’t be able to treat me carelessly.”

 

“You’re not trying to get revenge for spreading those rumors before, are you?”

 

“Of course that’s part of it! Do you know how much Min-jeong noona scolded me after that! I absolutely must get my revenge on Team Leader!”

 

Pfft.

 

Lee Hyeon chuckled lightly.

 

“If you can block that, I’ll accept your revenge match.”

 

“What are you doing again… That is!?”

 

It was right when Eom Gi-seon was about to say something.

 

Suddenly, a bomber tore through the sky attempting a steep dive.

 

It was a Su-24 series bomber that frequently appeared in desert operations. The aircraft was quite large.

 

Several shells were falling precisely toward them.

 

“These crazy bastards…!!”

 

Eom Gi-seon’s face contorted with rage.

 

There were still many survivors from the Sima Society here.

 

Yet they were starting a bombardment, which meant they didn’t care about survivors at all.

 

Indeed, it was a very demon-like attitude if it was demon-like.

 

But such bombardment was difficult even for Eom Gi-seon to defend against, so he was feeling dismayed about whether he should dig a tunnel to create cover when,

 

“See? It’s still hard to handle that much, right?”

 

A miracle occurred.

 

Bang!

 

Lee Hyeon suddenly stomped his foot.

 

Whoooosh!!

 

[Expanding Dueoksini’s Collar!]

 

As golden mist suddenly spread wide, Ruyi Jingu Bang burst out from the ground in succession.

 

“What are you trying to do? Are you going to shoot down those shells with that!?”

 

Eom Gi-seon’s tone suggested he doubted it was possible, but,

 

“Why would I bother with just the shells?”

 

“…!?”

 

“Wait here. I’ll show you the greatness of your team leader.”

 

As Lee Hyeon grinned wickedly, showing his canine teeth clearly, he became lightning and threw himself into the air.

 

Flash!

 

Crackle-

 

[Activating Dueoksini’s Swift Thunder!]

 

‘H-how can he do that…!’

 

Eom Gi-seon unconsciously let out an exclamation of admiration as Lee Hyeon was reaching the shells at incredible speed.

 

Stepping on Ruyi Jingu Bang a couple times, then stepping on Somersault Cloud condensed in mid-air, he was suddenly in front of the shells.

 

Behind the sight reminiscent of the legendary walking on air, Dueokshin’s fangs roughly tore through the void.

 

[Dueoksini’s roar explodes!]

 

Crack!

 

There was a sound as if space itself was being split by the wind pressure.

 

And then,

 

Craaack!!

 

Rumble-

 

Lightning bolts shot up diagonally, splitting all the shells in mid-air.

 

Even those that were quite far from Lee Hyeon, all of them.

 

“…!!”

 

As explosions and smoke spread instantly, it seemed like Lee Hyeon might get caught up in it, but,

 

Whoosh!

 

The black smoke was quickly pushed away and scattered by the golden mist,

 

Flash!!

 

Lee Hyeon was attempting a second leap while gripping fangs condensed with blue-white lightning.

 

“Th-that is…!”

 

“I-i-impossible!”

 

Not only Eom Gi-seon, but the survivors of the Sima Society also watched Lee Hyeon’s divine technique with shocked gazes.

 

The bomber drew a U-curve and attempted to climb again.

 

It looked like it had belatedly discovered Lee Hyeon and was trying to flee.

 

However,

 

Bang!

 

“…!!!”

 

Lee Hyeon had already landed on the aircraft’s wing after several more leaps.

 

The pilot inside the cockpit turned pale. At this moment, he felt like his beloved aircraft had become his coffin.

 

The bomber tried even aerobatic maneuvers to somehow shake off Lee Hyeon, but,

 

Beep beep beep!

 

All the machinery was malfunctioning, probably due to the electric field that had been penetrating continuously.

 

『Mayday! Mayday! The equipment isn’t working! The target is right in front of…!』

 

Craaack!!

 

Lee Hyeon roughly struck down with Dueokshin’s fangs, smashing both the glass chamber and the pilot together.

 

The moment he dropped from the aircraft without any regret, the bomber also exploded high in the sky,

 

Crackle!

 

Crackle!

 

[Lightning bolts fall in succession!]

 

The front teeth thrown in all directions simultaneously called down lightning, shooting down all the additional bombers, UAVs, and drones that had followed.

 

In the middle of this desert,

 

there seemed to be no one who could stop Lee Hyeon.

 

God of War.

 

If the god of war descended to earth, it would probably look like this.

 

“…!”

 

“…!”

 

“…!!”

 

The survivors of the Sima Society stared blankly at that sight,

 

and Eom Gi-seon let out a hollow laugh as he lowered his half-drawn sword.

 

“…How the hell are we supposed to beat a monster like that? Damn it. At this rate, it seems like the Commander will be in danger soon too.”

 

The thought of completing his aura blade and attempting a revenge match against Lee Hyeon now felt utterly reckless.

 

Thud!

 

Lee Hyeon had already landed on the surface.

 

Despite having fought such an intense battle, he remained pristine without even a small scratch on his collar.

 

As Eom Gi-seon tried to approach him, Lee Hyeon suddenly stretched out his hand with a stern expression to stop him.

 

Just as he wondered why,

 

at that moment,

 

Crackle.

 

『It’s been a while, Jet. How did you like the gift I sent? Since we met in a foreign land, I prepared something quite expensive.』

 

A stranger’s voice came through Lee Hyeon’s radio item.

 

Eom Gi-seon’s eyes naturally sank deeply.

 

English tinged with a distinctly Chinese accent.

 

He could tell instinctively.

 

This was an enemy.

 

‘Onma…!’

 

Ling Feng.

 

Feng Jinghao’s right-hand man.

 

“Chairman Peng must have a lot of money, huh? Or maybe he found good sponsors? The missiles that hit the US military transport, operating bombers – none of that would have been cheap, and paying the penalty fees on top of that wouldn’t be pocket change, right?”

 

Lee Hyeon brought the brooch close to his mouth.

 

Crackle.

 

『When it comes to catching the great Jet, pouring astronomical amounts of money is something I was already prepared for.』

 

“So you’ll keep throwing money at this?”

 

『Of course. I won’t stop until both Jet and Blue Thunder wither and die in this desert. You might have been the hunter in Tenjin, but this time,』

 

Crackle.

 

『we are the hunters. So look forward to it.』

 

Onma stopped the radio transmission after those words.

 

‘He’s trying to prevent me from tracking him back. So he was watching this entire fight after all?’

 

No wonder the combat unit Onma sent seemed too weak for his standards – it was apparently just a preliminary battle to confirm the exact combat specs of Lee Hyeon and the Thunder Unit.

 

Whoosh-

 

Bang!

 

Lee Hyeon threw his front tooth at a UAV that had been quietly hovering in the sky, shooting it down,

 

then turned toward Eom Gi-seon and said,

 

“There’s still no radio contact from Astra’s Garrison, right?”

 

“Yes. We’re only picking up local signals, and long-range communication isn’t working currently. The magic interference seems to still be severe. We’ll have to meet Chief Seo to know for sure, but establishing a hotline from our end won’t be easy either.”

 

“What the hell did they detonate… This kind of incident must be causing Astra a lot of trouble too. For now, we’re also moving toward the Palmyra Ruins.”

 

“Order confirmed.”

 

Lee Hyeon and Eom Gi-seon began walking westward.

 

“…”

 

“…”

 

“…”

 

However,

 

none of the surviving forces from the Sima Society could bring themselves to stop them.

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