Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 254

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

Chapter 254

Two Faces (4)

Son Wukong waited for Bull Demon King to collect his emotions,

while quietly approaching Lee Hyeon’s side.

“By the way, did you leave Xuanzang behind somewhere? No, more than that…”

Son Wukong was receiving real-time updates on Lee Hyeon’s situation through the psychic link connected to him.

From Noegong and Grand Duke Pungdo being driven back after trying to block his path, to rescuing Xuanzang Tripitaka and extracting him from the Vajra Bracelet.

“Why do you keep bringing back bunches of strange guys hanging off you? What are these things now?”

Oh, and there was one more thing.

The things visible beyond the Golden Eyes of Truth.

[Brithra falls into contemplation about how to educate his temporary apostle who still hasn’t awakened from incubation.]

[Mahabali reviews the temporary apostle’s narrative and expresses satisfaction, finding it to his liking.]

[The narrative of 【Sahon】 dreams that it should slowly prepare to awaken.]

[The narrative of 【Snow Queen】 becomes extremely tense.]

Two more threads of fate connected to Lee Hyeon had extended.

Though they weren’t directly connected to Lee Hyeon, it was still obvious as fire who they were targeting.

Moreover, there seemed to be more that couldn’t be read clearly…

“Hey, did those people come because of me? They came because they liked my subordinates.”

“What are you scheming again in the middle—”

Son Wukong was thinking that he absolutely couldn’t let his disciple wander around outside anymore (?),

when the incident occurred right at that moment.

Whoooosh!

[The offering ritual begins.]

“…!?”

“…What’s that?”

Son Wukong and everyone’s gazes all turned upward.

A shared message appeared following the sky that was just beginning to clear up.

‘Wait, come to think of it, why hasn’t the Great Rift ended even though the war is over…?’

Just as Lee Hyeon’s spine was turning cold,

Pop!

Pop pop pop pop!!

“I-Irang!!”

“Y-Your Majesty! What on earth are you doing…! Gack!”

The heads of the 【Heavenly Court】 gods who had been held as prisoners suddenly began exploding like firecrackers.

[General Irang has been offered as a sacrifice!]

[Leijinzi has been offered as a sacrifice!]

The first to die were General Irang and Leijinzi, who corresponded to the Three Divine Generals.

They were all great deities. They hadn’t even been exiled.

“Aaaahhh!”

“Save me…!”

“D-Damn it! If it was going to be like this, I should have just fallen from heaven… fallen from heaven… Gack!”

“Sha Wujing!!”

“Gah! I don’t really know why this is happening either! The binding technique won’t obey me!!”

As the other gods died one after another, Sha Wujing desperately tried to withdraw the curse incantations that had been binding them, but somehow the restraints had already left his control.

Groooooo—

[The heavenly energy begins to scatter!]

[The Heavenly Gate rapidly restores itself. The Heavenly Gate connects coordinates to a region other than the Heavens.]

[Sufficient causality has been satisfied through the offerings.]

[Summoning begins!]

Dark storm clouds began gathering again in a whirlpool.

The difference from before was that they boasted a much larger size.

And the clouds were ash-colored rather than black.

Something was trying to wriggle out through the gaps in the clouds.

Just looking at it made one feel breathless.

Crackle! Crackle crackle!!

[An entity from the Outer Sea gradually reveals ‘part’ of its form■■!]

[■■’s ■■ ■■■■■■ ■■■ ■■■■■. ■■■■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■■ ■ ■■■■.]

[Error!]

[Error!]

[This entity is far beyond the interference domain of causality.]

[The narrative cannot be read.]

The sky… was breaking.

It felt like space was colliding layer upon layer as if filled with noise, then shattering pixel by pixel.

[Metatron, secretary of 【Malach】, frowns while watching the violently fluctuating scales.]

[The divine society 【Deva】 moves frantically, calling this madness!]

[The divine society 【Olympus】 worries that the Outer Sea will flow into the Heavens!]

…

[Brithra, leader of 【Daeva】, growls fiercely.]

[Mahabali, leader of 【Asura】, moves frantically somewhere to stop this situation!]

…

[Condemnation from all factions turns toward 【Heavenly Court】!]

[The divine society 【Heavenly Court】 halts the ongoing conflict. Signs of the Outer Sea boiling furiously have been discovered in Baeokgyeong.]

[Under Nezha’s command, Gwanseong Daeje and Jinmu Daeje, along with the 28 Constellations, frantically lead troops to try to resolve the situation.]

…

The Heavens were in complete chaos.

The layered messages that appeared collided with each other several times before shattering.

“Outer… Sea?”

Lee Hyeon had heard about it several times before, but his expression hardened at the appearance of this unknown entity whose details he couldn’t know.

It seemed to be the very existence that had been watching him while wearing the skin of Xuanhu Jinchuan…

The problem was,

‘It’s still watching me. Why?’

The Jade Emperor had summoned this unknown entity by sacrificing not only his own soul but also many gods of 【Heavenly Court】.

Contracts usually have obligations to fulfill if there’s a price to pay.

But that entity seemed far removed from such contractual content.

Even if it was impossible to know what the Jade Emperor had wanted, he surely must have begged to be revived, or pleaded to be seated in the position he was originally meant to occupy.

But that being showed no interest in such things, and only continued to send its will toward Lee Hyeon.

[■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■.]

The text was clearly all broken,

―The being of the Outer Sea finds the narrative and karma you possess amusing to behold.

Yet somehow Lee Hyeon felt he could read that message alone.

However,

Those like Son Wukong and the Bull Demon King seemed unable to read such gazes.

“Damn bastard, if you’re going to die then just die quietly instead of spreading that shit around!”

“Pushing it back won’t be easy. Youngest Brother, you stand at the front. I’ll somehow try to block ‘that thing’ from the vanguard. Instead, Second and Third will support from behind, and Master Four…!”

“Kekeke! Understood!”

The brothers moved in perfect unison according to the Bull Demon King’s instructions.

Their appearance didn’t look at all like those who had scattered long ago.

[The Seven Great Sages and Three Law Kings prepare to face the being of the Outer Sea!]

“Hey, you bastards from 【Heavenly Teaching】! You don’t want to all be offered as sacrifices, do you? Hurry and follow!”

“Ah, understood!!”

As even the gods of 【Heavenly Teaching】 who hadn’t yet been sacrificed gathered to make full preparations,

[【Heavenly Teaching】 assists the Seven Great Sages and Three Law Kings!]

[【Gehenna】 also prepares to face the being of the Outer Sea!]

Molec had also appeared at some point and was boiling up hellfire.

It was questionable whether these were the same ones who had been fighting to the death just moments before.

There was no place for Lee Hyeon, still merely a mortal, to interfere.

[Brithra kicks the 【Daeva】 dragons who refuse to wake from sleep, threatening to evict them from their rooms if they don’t get up soon!]

[The 【Asura】 demons following Mahabali are greatly inspired by the fierce battle about to unfold!]

‘…Just what is this being of the Outer Sea.’

A being that made friend and foe unite without distinction, and caused the logos of gods, demons, dragons, and giants to move regardless of faction.

But what made Lee Hyeon feel the Outer Sea was even more terrifying was

that what the Jade Emperor had summoned was clearly just ‘one’ individual entity,

and even that was merely a ‘part’ of it…!

Through the cracks of the broken Heavenly Gate,

‘Something’ was trying to somehow pry open the broken latch, break the hinges, and forcibly push the door open to appear.

Thud! Thud! Thud!!

With each collision, the entire sky was being distorted!

[A massive Distortion Zone occurs!]

[The spiritual pressure is tremendous. A considerable number of the dungeons composing the Great Rift are forcibly destroyed!]

…

[Agribor, who was tending to his garden, faints again with a thud.]

[Yarhibol lets out a deep sigh at his pathetic twin god’s behavior.]

[Yarhibol does his utmost to pour out all his divine power to prevent the Great Rift from collapsing!]

“It’s coming!”

“Everyone prepare!!”

The Bull Demon King returned to his massive original form and gripped Pangu tightly.

At that very moment,

Craaaack!!

With the sound of space being completely torn and crushed, an enormously sized ‘hand’ that seemed capable of covering the entire dungeon revealed itself.

The overwhelming presence it exuded was enough to dominate all the logos present and more.

It was like a scene where a being so gigantic its size couldn’t be measured was tearing a small hole toward this side and pushing its hand through.

[■■■ ■■■ ‘■■’■ ■■■■■!]

―The being of the Outer Sea reveals its ‘left hand’!

Again broken text appeared. And Lee Hyeon instinctively grasped its meaning.

It didn’t seem to be because of Noeancheongjeong.

He ‘just’ knew.

Lee Hyeon didn’t think deeply about this.

Because he could also tell the target of that ‘left hand’.

‘Me.’

No matter how much the Seven Great Sages and Three Law Kings, along with 【Heavenly Teaching】 and 【Gehenna】, joined forces, the battle with the ‘left hand’ would never end easily.

Perhaps it might ‘devour’ a considerable number of the logos here. Until it took him away, that ‘left hand’ would never retreat.

In that case…

『What are you worried about, child.』

Then, someone whispered in Lee Hyeon’s ear.

A voice that was small in volume but had a gentle resonance.

『Since the lamp that is you is right here, you need only move forward without fear and open the path.』

It straightened Lee Hyeon, who might have been suppressed before the tremendous spiritual pressure.

『I shall help you from the side, however inadequately, so that flame does not go out.』

‘Yes. I understand, Master.’

At that moment,

Whoooosh!

[The protection of Jeondan Gongdeokbul is with you!]

[Buddha light forms.]

Lee Hyeon was enveloped in golden radiance.

Even the blue-white lightning that had been protecting him until now transformed into Buddha light at this moment.

It was to the extent that one could even have the illusion of a Buddha appearing behind Lee Hyeon’s back, embracing him with both hands.

Step!

Lee Hyeon felt the touch of Tripitaka rising in one corner of his heart,

and took his first step toward the ‘left hand’.

* * *

Son Wukong gripped the Ruyi Jingu Bang tightly.

‘My divine power is starting to run out… Will this be okay?’

The strategy he and the Bull Demon King had exchanged through glances was quite simple.

While the Bull Demon King faced the ‘left hand’ at the vanguard with help from the Jiaoma Wang and Roc King, Son Wukong would somehow push that thing ‘outside’ the Heavens with his Fighting Victory Buddha’s Evil-Slaying technique.

And then lock the ‘door’ that crossed between the Heavens and the Outer Sea.

These were the two options, but… his first instinct was that it wouldn’t be easy.

Though he acted nonchalant on the outside, he had actually consumed considerable divine power fighting against the Jade Emperor and the gods of 【Heaven】.

Moreover, the divine power consumed while forcibly reclaiming his name was also significant, so his fatigue was overwhelming.

‘Besides, those 【Gehenna】 bastards are suspicious too. I absolutely can’t let my guard down until I know their true intentions.’

What was fortunate, at least, was that the rebellion led by Nezha seemed to have ended successfully,

thanks to which, the sacrificial offering that would have originally sacrificed all of 【Heaven】 could end at this level.

What if it had been the ‘right hand’ instead of the ‘left hand’, or if the ‘arm’ or ‘leg’ parts had appeared?

That would have been too horrible to even imagine.

‘So for now… I’ll give it a try.’

As Son Wukong swallowed dry saliva and watched Bull Demon King swing Pangu at the ‘left hand’,

‘…Huh!?’

Son Wukong nearly screamed when he suddenly spotted Lee Hyeon approaching them.

The guy who should have been staying back had appeared out of nowhere.

If he got hit by even a stray shot it would be terrible, so he was about to get angry asking what he was doing, but couldn’t bring himself to do so rashly.

Sha Wujing who belatedly spotted Lee Hyeon felt the same, as did Jiaoma Wang and Roc King, and even Bull Demon King.

“Kahkah! I was wondering where you had gone…!!”

Tears of joy flowed from Sha Wujing’s eyes.

Behind Lee Hyeon, another being was walking with leisurely steps accompanied by gentle Buddhist light.

A monk wearing blood-soaked Buddhist robes, his entire body covered in wounds and dust but with a gentle smile on his lips. No, a Buddha.

Jeondan Gongdeokbul.

The master of the four sworn brothers Son Wukong and also the youngest disciple of the great Buddha Shakyamuni, Xuanzang Tripitaka,

had finally revealed himself in this majestic moment.

“You damn punk! Couldn’t you hold back and made another Chosen One contract agaaaain!!!”

Son Wukong just cursed loudly from behind.

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