Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 218

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The Broken Ranker

 

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 218

 

Temple of Bel (5)

 

The power contained in Dueokshin’s fangs was incredibly intense.

 

Not only did the condensed blue-white lightning possess tremendous destructive force, but its sheer weight also made it devastatingly powerful…

 

Moreover,

 

Lee Hyeon was wielding such a terrifying weapon with incredible ‘speed’ as if it were nothing.

 

Even seeing it with his own eyes, his physical strength was unbelievably outstanding.

 

Claaang!!

 

“…!!!”

 

The moment Anwei blocked it with his claws, he instinctively realized.

 

He absolutely must not engage in a contest of strength with Lee Hyeon.

 

It was already difficult to maintain his stance with one leg missing.

 

He could barely handle such tremendous force right now.

 

His prized sacred relic, [Claws of the Predator], shattered completely and scattered into the air,

 

Thinking he might actually die if he stayed like this, Anwei pulled his body back at the last possible moment.

 

[Legend, ‘The Bird That Devours Children’ reveals its wings!]

 

Both arms instantly transformed into massive wings, accelerating his speed,

 

Whoooosh-

 

Boom!!

 

Rummmble…!!

 

Dueokshin’s fangs crashed into the ground.

 

All that lightning became pillars of light shooting up to the sky, then created an enormous sandstorm and lightning tsunami that rushed toward where Anwei was.

 

‘Damn it!!’

 

Anwei also thought it would be impossible to face this head-on.

 

The momentum had shifted too rapidly to Lee Hyeon’s side.

 

Clashing like this would only result in certain defeat.

 

Then he needed to create as much distance as possible to turn the tide back in his favor.

 

Fortunately, Anwei had something Lee Hyeon didn’t.

 

Wings.

 

Even with one leg missing, he could still perform free long-range attacks and gliding.

 

[Legend, ‘The Bird That Devours Children’ flaps its wings greatly and takes the form of a bird-man!]

 

Whoooosh!

 

Anwei spread his wings even wider and soared into the sky.

 

Meanwhile, his body underwent changes. Feathers grew on his body, and his tail extended long. A hooked beak sprouted from his mouth.

 

From high in the sky, Anwei tried to pinpoint Lee Hyeon’s exact location.

 

He should be near the dust cloud, so once he located him, he planned to attempt a counterattack,

 

‘Where the hell is he?’

 

Even with his greatly sharpened vision and observation skills, he couldn’t detect Lee Hyeon’s position.

 

At that moment,

 

Whoooosh!!

 

When hot wind reached even here, he startled and turned his head to the side,

 

“Where do you think you’re going?”

 

‘How did he already…!?’

 

Anwei found Lee Hyeon already at his location, grinning wickedly.

 

There was no time to figure out how Lee Hyeon had followed him.

 

The lightning contained in his fangs looked far more violent than before.

 

Screeech-

 

Anwei chose to flee again.

 

‘This won’t work. I need to completely escape this battlefield!!’

 

It would be great if he could escape outside the dungeon.

 

The problem was that Lee Hyeon had completely destroyed the Gate, which was the only exit, completely blocking their escape route.

 

‘That crazy bastard!! He blocked even their own way out just to trap us!?’

 

This was no different from committing an extremely insane act just to catch them.

 

However,

 

“I’m not sure where you think you’re going again.”

 

Sneer.

 

Lee Hyeon’s cold mockery pierced Anwei’s ears again.

 

Bang! Bang! Crash!

 

Screeech-

 

Lee Hyeon kicked off the air violently, chasing Anwei at high speed.

 

“You’ll end up getting caught like this anyway.”

 

“…!?”

 

‘This is impossible!!’

 

Only then could Anwei see how Lee Hyeon was chasing him.

 

Every time Lee Hyeon kicked off the air, spheres of condensed lightning exploded beneath his feet, propelling him forward.

 

He had heard hints that Lee Hyeon might have obtained the Somersault Cloud, but who would have thought he’d use it in such a way!

 

[Activating Dueoksini’s Swift Thunder!]

 

His speed was so fast that no matter how violently he flapped his wings, he was on the verge of being caught.

 

“Eeeeek!!”

 

Anwei bit down hard on his beak. Getting caught like this would only tarnish his reputation.

 

However,

 

“You won’t be caught quietly?”

 

Lee Hyeon still smiled coldly.

 

“Well, that’s fine too. But I wonder how long you can keep that up.”

 

[Stepping on Eodukseoni’s Steps to attempt stealth.]

 

Whoosh-

 

Suddenly, Lee Hyeon attempted stealth while still in motion, completely concealing his presence,

 

“Where? Where the hell are you!!”

 

Anwei tensely tried to detect Lee Hyeon’s presence, not knowing from where the attack might come.

 

He needed to do so to flee in the opposite direction.

 

“You damn bastard!! Stop hiding and come out… Gak!!”

 

Right then,

 

[Monstrous Pressure (SS) grabs the opponent and forcibly drags them down!]

 

An invisible giant’s hand suddenly grabbed Anwei and dragged him down to the ground.

 

“The guy who brought a crowd and then ran away with his tail between his legs when it didn’t work out sure has a loud mouth.”

 

Lee Hyeon appeared before such a guy and swung Dueokshin’s fangs.

 

Kwarrung-

 

Despite being a simple swing, it was such a violent axe technique that it even summoned the sound of thunder.

 

Anwei realized he couldn’t dodge here and twisted his body in midair to take a stance.

 

Feathers filled with magic power became rigid like steel as they clashed.

 

Crash!

 

At the same time, fragments of shattered wings scattered.

 

“…Kuk!!”

 

Anwei’s body shook violently as if it would break apart, but instead he clenched his beak tight and roughly kicked up with his remaining leg.

 

Given the size of the molars and their weight, his movements had to be large.

 

So his plan was to target the opening created after the axe technique.

 

Paaaat-

 

His leg technique that cunningly aimed for weak points was quite sharp. His leg had already hardened like that of an ancient bird, fierce enough to tear Lee Hyeon’s throat in an instant.

 

But this was a mistake he could only make because his judgment of Lee Hyeon’s changed combat style was incomplete.

 

Instead of retrieving the molars, Lee Hyeon let go of them and stepped back one pace,

 

‘He’s letting go of his weapon?’

 

As soon as the leg technique barely passed through where he had been, he kicked off the ground again and closed the distance with Anwei.

 

Hwaaaaak!!

 

“…!!”

 

As tremendous hot wind rushed right up to his eyes, Anwei’s face turned pale.

 

At the same time, Dueokshin’s fangs emerged from Kibisis.

 

It was like watching the precise sword-drawing technique of a master swordsman.

 

Flash!!

 

[Dueoksini’s roar erupts!]

 

Kururrrung-

 

Once again, his vision was covered by a tsunami of lightning.

 

Chwaaaaak!

 

Gagagagak!!

 

Dueokshin’s fangs instantly struck Anwei’s left ribs and drew a diagonal line up to his right shoulder,

 

“Kraaak!”

 

Blood burst forth as broken feathers scattered in the air. Fragments of his shattered right wing poured down to the ground.

 

Anwei screamed as he crashed to the ground.

 

‘Damn it… I can’t… I can’t die like this…!’

 

Anwei felt deep terror at the fact that he might really die without accomplishing anything.

 

So he barely managed to land on the ground with his one remaining leg.

 

He maintained his posture with a prosthetic leg made of concentrated aura, bent his now-restored arms, and thrust both palms forward.

 

The Eight Trigrams Palm he had steadily trained during his time in China.

 

Aura burst forth like palm wind as he tried to block the fang’s axe technique that had approached right before his eyes,

 

[Whirlwind (SS) forcibly switches positions with the enemy!]

 

…but a fierce whirlwind switched the positions of the two, causing the Eight Trigrams Palm to misfire.

 

This time Lee Hyeon was below, Anwei above.

 

“I told you, didn’t I? That I’m different from someone like you who’s all talk.”

 

“…!!!”

 

Flash!

 

The fangs became lightning once more and literally shattered Anwei’s palms.

 

Flesh and muscle were crushed, bones crumbled completely as fragments flew.

 

An assault so fierce that healing was unthinkable.

 

Anwei didn’t even have time to scream from the pain. His mind grew dizzy and he was on the verge of fainting.

 

The problem was,

 

Chwarrrreuk!

 

The assault wasn’t over yet.

 

The sound of chains clashing rang out like a bell.

 

The bell of the King of Hell announcing death.

 

Lee Hyeon had already grabbed the Ruyi Jingu Bang with his right hand and pulled the Dueokshin’s molars attached to its end.

 

The destination was above Anwei’s head.

 

A long shadow fell across his brow.

 

“Damn it, if I was going to be defeated like this… I shouldn’t have come to the desert in the first place…!”

 

Chwaaaaak!!

 

Dueokshin’s molars cut straight through from the creature’s head to his groin.

 

Thud!

 

Anwei’s bisected corpse collapsed pathetically.

 

It was the moment when Anwei and Swaeyonggi, who had shown outstanding performance as new players on the Middle East Front, were completely annihilated.

 

Thump, thump!

 

Lee Hyeon retrieved his molars and slowly approached the creature’s corpse, searching for something.

 

“Here it is.”

 

What he found in Anwei’s possession. It was a radio item.

 

Crackle!

 

Lee Hyeon used Snow Sapphire to instantly hack the item, then followed the built-in frequency to transmit his voice to the other side.

 

[You have acquired ownership of the item.]

 

[Successfully located the position of the uniquely connected frequency.]

 

“Your precious subordinates died one after another. May I ask how you feel about that, Ling Feng?”

 

Static.

 

『…Jet.』

 

Onma, who had briefly conversed via radio when they first crash-landed in the desert.

 

His voice had been confident then, but now it was closer to suppressed.

 

“If it’s you, you must have been watching the situation continuously through the eyes you planted on this side, right?”

 

『…』

 

“As you saw, you guys are no match for me in the end. You couldn’t beat me in China either and got chased all the way to Russia, did you think it would be different here?”

 

『…Your skill at running your mouth has improved amazingly while I haven’t seen you.』

 

Snort.

 

Lee Hyeon let out a light chuckle.

 

When provoking enemies, he had spoken while thinking ‘How would Son Wukong respond?’ and it seemed to have worked perfectly.

 

‘As expected of the Great Sage. The skill he used to single-handedly provoke the 【Heavenly Court】 hasn’t gone anywhere.’

 

『I’ll acknowledge your skill in defeating Anwei and Swaeyonggi. I’ll also acknowledge your skill in taking the Temple of Bel. After all, you completely seized the research institute from our hands.』

 

Onma growled with a coldly sunken voice.

 

『But what can you do with that? You closed even the Gate, which was the only exit, trying to block Swaeyonggi’s escape route. You locked the prison door yourself and threw the key into the gutter.』

 

“…”

 

『Trapped in a long-term unsolved dungeon that even the United States, Russia, and China couldn’t clear for decades, what do you plan to do,』

 

“Uhaaam.”

 

『…!?』

 

“Ah, sorry. I’m just so sleepy. Were you always this chatty?”

 

『You…!!』

 

Lee Hyeon yawned lazily mid-sentence and threw out a sneer.

 

Even though he couldn’t see the guy right now, it was obvious what kind of face he was making.

 

Being a prideful guy, his face would be red as a pepper like the war god Guan Yu.

 

“Did you already forget what kind of team I’m currently leading?”

 

『…You.』

 

“And that’s something I’ll handle myself. Shouldn’t you be worrying about what’s about to happen to you instead?”

 

For a moment, there was no response from Onma.

 

He had sensed something unsettling.

 

『You…. What the hell did you do?』

 

Crackle. Through the noise, suddenly some busy and chaotic sounds could be heard sporadically.

 

Lee Hyeon smiled.

 

Twisting one corner of his mouth.

 

“I sent a little gift to where you are just now. I hope you like it.”

 

『…!?』

 

“It’s much bigger and more magnificent than the bomber you sent me, so feel free to look forward to it.”

 

『…!!』

 

Before Onma could give any response,

 

the radio was completely cut off with a tremendous explosion sound.

 

Crackle-

 

Lee Hyeon threw the broken radio on the ground and turned his head to the side.

 

There, Michael Shepherd was already nodding with a brightly smiling face.

 

“Just now, we made contact with the main force. They said the missile bombardment was completed according to the coordinates Jet provided.”

 

He had thought it was just a simple bomber, but it was something even more impressive than that.

 

Pfft.

 

Lee Hyeon let out a light chuckle.

 

Because he thought Onma, no, Feng Jinghao would be so delighted that he’d go crazy and jump around.

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