Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 288

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

Chapter 288

Shedding Skin (5)

‘At least I’ve properly caught them in the first trap. Su-chan hyung did much better than I expected.’

Lee Hyeon read the aura emanating from Moon Su-chan and smiled with satisfaction.

Tiamat’s inheritance had taken root so well. It seemed he had successfully absorbed all of the Bloodflower Serpent too.

Now he had completely recovered to the point where external activities were possible. That fact made him so happy.

Moreover, how did he grasp his intentions so accurately and match them so perfectly?

Even after more than four years had passed, the two of them still worked together seamlessly.

Of course, even though they had caught the enemy in a trap, the real battle was just beginning.

The Prophet was a powerhouse that even High Rankers couldn’t handle carelessly. He absolutely couldn’t be taken lightly.

Moreover, considering that death wasn’t a concept for them, it would be even more troublesome.

Furthermore, this battle wasn’t simply about saving the 【Nest】 from the Prophet’s threat.

‘He has no confidence.’

Lee Hyeon firmly believed.

‘No confidence in losing.’

In his coordination with his hyung. In the power of the years they had spent together as brothers.

Lee Hyeon moved.

Whoooosh-

* * *

『This is!』

The Prophet snapped to attention the moment he saw the concentrated bombardment.

But it was already too late.

The relentless barrage of magic bombs and landslides swept away the Depths Battle Unit in an instant.

The madness of the Outer Sea?

Who cares about that.

Before the overwhelming power of nature, they had no choice but to be pushed back.

Moreover,

―ᚻ.

[‘Magic: White Tsunami’ is activated!]

The Snow Sapphire formed in the center of the sky began spinning madly.

Where brilliant white light spread, countless lightning bolts poured down like hail.

Krrrrrumble! Krrrumble! Krrrrrumble!

Rrrrrumble…!!

The hail not only cut off the breath of survivors who barely managed to survive the landslide,

but also mixed with dust to cause large and small dust explosions.

Dozens of waves generated on the surface swirled in the narrow canyon region.

And,

―ᛏ.

[‘Magic: Lightning Punishment’ explodes!]

Dozens and hundreds of lightning bolts that shot up to the sky gathered at one point to become an even greater lightning bolt.

『Zeusssssss!!』

An enormous pillar fell upon the head of the Prophet who had become the target.

An overwhelming sight as if Zeus had hurled the lightning in his hand toward the earth with all his might.

Kwakwakwakwakwa!

While part of the Prophet’s main body, which was several meters in size, was torn away and great flames arose,

“Warriors!!”

Finally, the hidden dungeon giants appeared.

Hela raised her magic power and let out a roar.

“Trample the enemies! Teach them clearly who we are!!”

“Waaaah!”

“Let’s kill them!!”

The dungeon giants poured onto the battlefield with tremendous battle cries.

The Depths Battle Unit died helplessly.

And….

Shriiiiek!

Lee Hyeon, armed with Perseus, fell upon the Prophet’s head with the sun at his back.

『Noooooo!!』

The Prophet was already half out of his mind.

He came to take the stigmata but instead fell into the enemy’s trap?

A situation perfect for receiving mockery from other Prophets.

He had to somehow tear these bastards to shreds and return to the Underworld with just the stigmata bearer’s head.

Kwaaaang!!

The weapon symbolizing Perseus, the curved sword Harpe, struck.

As expected, an attack packed with White Lightning.

Chaaaak!

The tentacles the Prophet had swung were cut off in an instant, reaching even the creature’s main body in the center,

『…!?』

“I was on guard thinking it was a Prophet. Is this all you amount to?”

Along with mockery heard through the plaster mask, lightning energy burst forth relentlessly.

Popopopopong!

Kurrrrr-

『Gah!』

The Prophet, who had been butchered in an instant, was roughly bounced back again with another explosion,

“Where are you looking?”

Just before the Prophet could barely regain his senses, this time the stigmata bearer’s voice came from behind.

Moon Su-chan had somehow stuck three daggers in and attempted an explosion.

[Dragonic Breath explodes!]

『Gaaaah!』

The Prophet simply couldn’t regain his composure.

With Lee Hyeon pressuring from the front and Moon Su-chan from behind, they butchered him relentlessly.

『You infidels… How dare!! The two of you conspire like this!?』

From the Prophet’s perspective, it appeared that Tiamat’s kin and the Sons of Zeus had secretly joined hands to oppose the Dijiang Sect.

“Rather than falling into the hands of untrustworthy beings like you, it’s better to participate in Zeus’s revival.”

Moon Su-chan casually threw out lines he had already coordinated with Lee Hyeon, thoroughly getting under the creature’s skin.

『I’ll bury you to the bottom of the Underworld!』

Massive tentacles fell toward Lee Hyeon and Moon Su-chan’s heads.

An attack that was difficult to block immediately.

The two people hurriedly retreated backward.

Bang!!

Then a massive tentacle of enormous size crashed down, so huge it seemed like it might collapse the canyon,

and as Lee Hyeon and Moon Su-chan tried to approach again to exploit an opening, the tentacle was suddenly absorbed into the ground at high speed.

The main body was entirely sucked in that direction.

“…!?”

“What’s this?”

“Dungeon Giants! Retreat!!”

Just then, Lee Hyeon let out a lion’s roar filled with magic power.

The Dungeon Giants and Oh Su-heon, Eom Gi-seon, and Kim Min-jeong, who were about to rejoin the battle, were startled and instinctively stopped their approach.

They could see disgusting gray liquid-like substance flowing along the ground.

At that moment,

Spurt! Swoosh swoosh swoosh spurt!

Thud thud thud thunk!

Thorns and tentacles burst from the ground, piercing the Depths Battle Unit.

Without distinction between survivors and the dead.

“P-Prophet…!”

“So we may return to our god’s embrace!”

“We offer ourselves to you!”

Despite being suddenly betrayed by the Prophet, they seemed very pleased to be in a situation where they could become martyrs.

Their souls and bodies were entirely sucked into the tentacles. Only empty husks remained, collapsed.

“…!!”

A scene hard to believe even seeing it with their own eyes.

And then…

Swirl!

The thorns and tentacles gathered in one place, instantly taking human form.

Though it was a gaunt frame, the face had eyes shining with madness.

“It’s not exactly a good vessel to use as a temporary body… but it can’t be helped. For now, I’ll have to make do with this.”

The man swept his gaze across the crowd with eyes filled with rage.

“What’s lacking… I’ll fill with your souls. Especially yours, bearer of the stigmata!”

Madness spread like wildfire.

[‘Magic: Lightning Strike’ erupts!]

Right then, Zeus’s lightning fell overhead again, but,

Bang!!

The man instead clenched his fist tightly and swung it in that direction.

The lightning shattered, fragments scattering in all directions, and thorns and tentacles burst from the ground again, targeting their group.

To anyone watching, it clearly looked like actions to absorb them and replenish his vessel.

“Focus on defense!!”

While the Dungeon Giants and Oh Su-heon’s group pushed back the tentacles,

Whoosh!

The man kicked off the ground violently and vanished in an instant.

Where he appeared was,

“Gi-seon! Behind you!!”

“…!?”

Right behind Eom Gi-seon.

“You seem to have the sturdiest vessel among them.”

Bang!

Kim Min-jeong’s magic bullet flew toward him at almost the same moment the Prophet’s hand blade reached Eom Gi-seon’s throat.

It was already too late for Eom Gi-seon to do anything.

Moreover, the creature didn’t seem particularly concerned about being hit by Kim Min-jeong’s magic bullet.

After all, even if his head was blown apart here, he could recover sufficiently if he could obtain better nutrients.

However,

Flinch!

The Prophet couldn’t strike deeper.

Because of a sensation that suddenly chilled his spine.

Whoosh!

Once again his form disappeared as if sinking.

The curved sword Harpe barely grazed past where the Prophet’s head had been,

“…You knew where I would appear…!”

“Hello?”

This time Moon Su-chan attacked the spot where the surprised Prophet appeared.

Crash!

The Prophet quickly raised his hand blade and barely blocked the surprise attack.

“How…?”

“Who knows?”

Moon Su-chan swung his other hand roughly with a relaxed expression, stabbing toward the creature’s chest.

Boom!

While the Prophet deflected this to the side, this time Lee Hyeon attempted to approach.

Swish swish swish swoosh!

Clash clash clash-

[‘Trait: Tujuan Style’ is applied, greatly increasing understanding of swordsmanship!]

Swordsmanship that was both dazzling and powerful to anyone watching.

Though he hadn’t yet awakened aura, the White Lightning infused in his blade was incredibly powerful instead.

Every time sword winds swirled, tidal waves of lightning surged.

Plus the cover fire from Snow Sapphire formed in the sky.

The Prophet instantly found himself in a 2-on-1 situation.

The problem was that the two’s coordinated attacks were extremely precise, like measured with a ruler, working together like meshing gears.

“These bastards…!!”

The Prophet tried somehow to separate them.

If he continued allowing their offensive, his side would be at a disadvantage.

Moreover,

‘When did they coordinate so well? No, even aside from that, how can they predict my movements so accurately? Do they have skills that predict the future?’

Lee Hyeon and Moon Su-chan possessed overly keen senses.

Beyond human level.

This could be considered on par with Outsiders, or even beyond that, from the Outer Sea.

That’s why the Prophet’s attacks weren’t working well.

Every time he tried to use magic power, it was blocked in advance.

Lee Hyeon, who had achieved 3rd Awakening and become completely accustomed to enhanced demon senses.

Moon Su-chan, who had absorbed the Bloodflower Serpent and awakened Outer Sea qualities.

The two were already gradually transcending human limitations.

But the biggest problem the Prophet faced was,

‘This vessel… is rotting moment by moment.’

The nutrients of the body composing the vessel were poor.

Despite clearly using the devoutly faithful Depths Battle Unit to create it, Zeus’s magic power and Tiamat’s breath were mixed with various other things, making adaptation difficult.

The vessel couldn’t properly contain the Prophet’s soul. Because of this, inspiration and neural synchronization were off, causing constant mistakes.

‘If I had at least recovered the stigmata, it wouldn’t have ended like this…!’

Of course, the Prophet had no intention of being helplessly defeated like this.

He was one of the most renowned monks in the sect during his lifetime.

He was a killing machine and ascetic who primarily trained in fist techniques to kill heretics and unbelievers.

If he could be easily defeated by such adverse conditions, he wouldn’t have received recognition from the underworld deities.

Kwaaaaaa…!

At that moment, sinister energy condensed in his tightly clenched fist,

“Fall back!”

Lee Hyeon and Moon Su-chan, sensing something was wrong, stopped their joint attack and twisted their bodies to the side.

At that moment, a fist strike roughly hammered through the air.

Kwaaaaang!!

“…!”

“…!!”

Lee Hyeon and Moon Su-chan turned around with hardened expressions.

Where the fist strike had swept through, the narrow canyon had disappeared. The upper portion of one cliff had been completely blown away.

Crack! Crackle!

Whooooo-

“Now I finally feel like I can breathe a little. I felt suffocated as if trapped in a narrow cage.”

The Prophet smiled menacingly while radiating his explosively increased magic power.

‘As expected… a Prophet is still a Prophet?’

Lee Hyeon’s eyes gleamed coldly as he looked at the being who had placed the Dijiang Sect at the top among the 13 Axis of Evil.

The spears and swords of the underworld deities that absolutely refused to die no matter how many times they were killed. He had tried to eliminate them before they could adapt to their possessed bodies, but it seemed it wouldn’t be easy.

“Right… If the vessel doesn’t fit, I have no choice but to crush you with greater and more overwhelming power.”

The prayer of the Prophet, who had regained his original majesty, filled the dungeon.

Even Lee Hyeon, who had achieved 3rd Awakening, and Moon Su-chan, who had been appointed as Tiamat’s Apostle, paled before him.

Hwaaak!

“This vessel can only handle my soul for about 5 minutes… I’ll slaughter you all within that time.”

Ding!

[‘Emergency Event: The Prophet’s Rampage’ has occurred. Eliminate the Prophet within the designated time.]

[If you fail, the dungeon will be corrupted by an unreadable narrative and become the Prophet’s prey.]

[Time Limit: 5 minutes 41 seconds.]

[The countdown begins.]

[00:05:41]

[00:05:40]

…

Just as the Prophet, having regained his true divine power, was about to kick off the ground forcefully,

“…You.”

Suddenly, the Prophet stopped his confident advance and halted his steps. His body instantly turned pale and his blood vessels swelled as if they were about to burst.

Snap, snap-snap-

Even the sound of something suddenly breaking.

The Prophet’s sharp gaze turned toward Lee Hyeon.

“What did you do to my body?”

“Phew! I was wondering when it would activate, and it’s finally working properly.”

“Right. It would have been trouble if it had been any later.”

And even Moon Su-chan’s relieved sigh.

Only then did the Prophet realize he had fallen into a second trap prepared beyond just this canyon.

‘Don’t tell me… they did something to the bodies I absorbed?’

The Prophet’s thoughts couldn’t deepen.

The collapse of his body was already accelerating before that.

Crack!

[The dormant Ruyi Jingu Bang has regained its function.]

[Energy Drain is occurring!]

“…!!!”

No, it wasn’t just his body. Even the Outer Sea’s magic power that his soul possessed began being sucked away somewhere at a fierce speed.

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