Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 299

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

Chapter 299

Blood Pact (9)

[‘Sacred Relic: Yeo-ui Swae’ greedily devours Perun’s thunder god power!]

[Yeo-ui Swae reveals its predator’s instinct and thrashes wildly.]

[Myth, ‘Thunder God of the Oak Tree’ violently resists.]

…

[The epic of Cheon Do-ggaebi mocks the opponent’s lightning.]

Flash! Flash!

Oleg felt as if countless sparks were flying before his eyes in an instant.

‘What the hell is this…!!’

His magic power, which had been violent yet magnificent like the great sea, was being completely sucked into this absurd chain.

The magic power of Oleg Perunov himself, apostle of the chief god Perun who was also the leader of the divine society, 【Pravi】!

‘This… is not just some ordinary sacred relic!!’

Oleg belatedly recalled what the intelligence agencies of various countries around the world had been speculating about regarding Jet’s heritage.

‘Originally, it was known as something like a dokkaebi… a goblin-like creature from the Korean Peninsula. But recently there were reports that he seemed to have gained an even greater divine status.’

Jet was no longer simply a ranker representing just a region.

An existence who could change the direction of battle lines and even determine the hierarchy of nations.

Or an existence classified as capable of influencing continental or civilizational units.

He was being regarded as having reached the ‘Dominion’ level, surpassing the Prime level.

Above this, there were only the grades of ‘Pinnacle’ and ‘Transcendent’….

As a result, detailed analysis became inevitable, and Russia’s intelligence agency, the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), had produced many reports about Lee Hyeon.

The conclusion reached in the process was one.

―Great Sage Equal to Heaven Son Wukong has appeared.

The heritage that China’s Central Hero Committee had been desperately trying to find,

no, that the Dark Side of the Moon had been striving to obtain, had been taken by Jet.

‘If that’s true, then it makes sense that he clashed so violently with the Committee. And why the expelled Chairman Peng was so desperate to target Jet…!’

Although Russia had joined hands with the Dark Side of the Moon, they weren’t privy to their deepest inner workings.

They operated as a truly thorough cell organization, with an inner circle that even the leadership couldn’t peer into unless they were blood relatives.

However, being close to them meant there was bound to be information that leaked out,

and based on this, Oleg Perunov had reached the conclusion that Lee Hyeon’s heritage was ‘Son Wukong’.

―Son Wukong.

A divine being that almost no one, East or West, was unfamiliar with.

Even ordinary people, though they might not know mythology well, had heard the name at least once—such was his greatness.

And the sacred relic that symbolized him was the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

‘Originally said to have been used by creator gods like Pangu and Yu… A sacred relic that was even said to have defeated and sealed demons!!’

Not all sacred relics were the same.

Their power inevitably varied greatly depending on the status of their owner or the myths in which they were passed down.

Moreover, if it was a treasure that had vanquished countless demon kings and evil gods in 【Journey to the West】, its prestige needed no verbal expression.

Oleg had an intuition that this chain might be the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

Though its appearance was different, that could easily change depending on the favor bestowed by the guardian deity.

‘Damn it!’

In that brief time, Oleg Perunov quickly made all those thoughts and judgments.

If this really was the Ruyi Jingu Bang, it was as good as over from the moment he offered his shoulder.

It probably wouldn’t come off easily either.

Then….

‘I have no choice but to force it!!’

For the first time since becoming a top ranker, Oleg felt a sense of crisis.

It was an emotion he hadn’t felt even when battling Logan Redsky or Lu Wucheng on the Middle East Front.

“My blood seems quite sweet, youngster. But you’re a hundred years too early to take what’s mine.”

However, Oleg responded as if enjoying himself and roughly struck his chest with his fist.

Kwaaaaang!!

[Myth, ‘Thunder God of the Oak Tree’ activates ‘Authority: Thunder God’s Judgment’!]

[Lightning is supplied to every part of the body according to the pulsation flowing through blood vessels.]

[Magic circuits are overheated to the extreme!]

Such a tremendous shockwave that one might wonder if his heart would shatter.

But thanks to that, the residual magic power, divine power, and lightning that had gathered in his heart all exploded at once.

“…!!”

A discharge close to self-destruction to forcibly repel Yeo-ui Swae.

The entire Anga began to ‘evaporate’ as it was engulfed in red light.

Kururururung!!

Tsk.

Lee Hyeon clicked his tongue lightly as if disappointed and created distance from the guy.

Kwakwang! Kwakwakwakwang!

The red lightning storm was no longer satisfied with just piercing the ground, shooting high into the sky and spreading throughout the entire vineyard.

Kururururung…!

* * *

Urururu-

Kwakwakwakwakwa!!

Whirlwinds made of black smoke, flames spreading in all directions, lightning bolts shooting up incessantly.

At this tremendous spectacle as if volcanic lava had erupted,

Zarya’s agents who had been engaged in combat across the wide farm urgently hit their radio communications.

Chiiik.

『What is this…!』

『Com…mander… what’s happening…! This lightning is…!』

『…trans…mission… cutting…!』

『…der…!!』

Chiiiiiik.

The magnetic field created by the lightning storm was also a magic field, so it served perfectly as an EMP.

All radio transmissions that had been constantly delivered from the command base to Zarya’s agents were cut off.

Because of this, the agents wandered for a moment, unable to receive orders.

They had trained response abilities for such crisis situations, but usually it was mostly evacuation or retreat.

But now they couldn’t do that.

The place where the lightning storm struck was the direction where Oleg was.

Confusion arose over whether they should go to protect him or continue dealing with Lee Hyeon’s group they had been fighting.

On the other hand, Lee Hyeon’s group was different.

‘That explosion is….’

‘Anyway, why is there never a quiet day wherever that human goes.’

‘Same as always.’

‘As expected, these guys are wavering. I was already worried about our numbers, but this should be enough!’

They each had different missions assigned to them, and they trusted each other.

The belief that they would definitely succeed.

The conviction that Lee Hyeon would never be defeated.

That clear difference,

ultimately created opposite results.

Kururururung-

Lightning sparked from Lee Hyeon’s eyes.

Through the gaps in the lightning storm that engulfed the vineyard.

The heightened senses of the demon, no, the inhuman being, along with Neuan Cheongjeong, precisely located that point,

‘Reverse Lightning.’

[‘Sacred Relic: Golden Headband’ spins fiercely, accelerating thought speed to its ultimate limit!]

[A time difference occurs between the external world and the inner world.]

Wiiiiiiiing!!

The Golden Headband spun fiercely like a halo, pushing his thought speed to the extreme.

Thanks to activating it for long periods in Hokma, it had become a very familiar sensation,

but there was exactly one thing that had changed from before entering Hokma.

In the stopped time, it wasn’t just thought that was free anymore.

Physical senses could now synchronize with this as well.

All of his body’s neural systems, amplified to maximum, had gone beyond merely keeping up with his brain’s signals to the point where complete reversal was possible.

Normally this would be an impossible physical law, but it didn’t apply to Lee Hyeon.

That was the mystery.

Because he was inhuman.

[‘Divine Authority: Noeya-cha’ responds to the Golden Headband and steps into stopped time!]

[Accelerates the nervous system’s electrical signals to the extreme.]

Flash! Flash!!

Lee Hyeon felt sparks flying as all his neural pathways from his spinal cord through his central nervous system to his peripheral nerves,

connecting to Jeon-sin Baek-hae, became completely overheated.

White heat now occurred not just from the Golden Headband but throughout his entire body.

He had surpassed the level of madman or even inhuman to become a true Noeya-cha itself.

The form of Noeya-cha that had formed behind his back settled over Lee Hyeon’s body.

As if he were wearing armor.

Unity.

It was complete oneness.

[Activating Cheon Do-ggaebi’s Trust!]

Bang!

Screeeeech-

Lee Hyeon placed the Somersault Cloud under his feet, then roughly stepped on it with his heel and charged straight forward.

He slipped through the waves of the lightning storm like sliding.

Dueokshin’s vicious fangs, wrapped in heavily condensed lightning, traced a heavy trajectory.

“Interesting!! Yes. It has to be at least this level to be worth fighting!”

Oleg’s fist met the blade of the fangs head-on.

Though his magic power was nearly depleted from releasing lightning all at once, he had cut off all pain sensation and was surrounding himself with a lightning storm using magnetic fields.

[The myth ‘Thunder God of the Oak Tree’ draws in fragments of lightning scattered around!]

[An electromagnetic field has been formed.]

Kwarururung!

When the two massive forces collided, the ground was completely overturned. Pillars of fire shot up to the sky several times.

‘He’s strong as expected. But,’

Lee Hyeon forcibly swallowed the blood pooling in his mouth.

‘I’m strong too.’

Flash!!

At the same time lightning sparked from his eyes, he swung his fangs horizontally with full power once more.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Kwang!

Pububububung!!

Oleg’s knee, kicked upward, collided with the axe blade.

Lee Hyeon twisted his body and kicked up with leg techniques like drawing a sword.

A spirited movement different from swinging the heavy axe.

Leaf Tiger Horn.

The killing technique that Executive Director Ho had once created to defeat Mo Jeong-gyeon was reproduced in identical form.

No, it was identical to the real Leaf Tiger Horn yet slightly different.

Only the exterior was similar, while the interior was composed solely of Reverse Lightning’s lightning energy and his martial theory.

‘Thunder Dharma Drum.’

Lee Hyeon revealed his self-created martial art without reservation.

A dizzying offensive that utilized the giant axe while not shying away from close combat.

Whether the distance was long or short, Lee Hyeon was already no different from a terrifying weapon himself.

And wherever the sonic boom that tore through space struck, explosions large and small always occurred.

Kwaaaaang!!

‘What the hell is this…!’

Oleg Perunov’s eyelids twitched for the first time.

The rumble of thunder once again traveled up Oleg’s arm and struck his magic core directly.

Lightning Fist.

The more he exerted full power, the more vicious the wedge that would burn his blood vessels.

At first, he could dismiss such foreign matter as nothing, thinking he’d just get a little hurt,

but with such wedges driven into various parts of his body several times, it was driving him mad.

Especially those driven into vital points made even his pain-blocked mind dizzy…!

An unfamiliar and bizarre internal injury he was feeling for the first time.

‘This bastard.’

He couldn’t think of any proper way to shake this off.

‘He’s strong.’

Waves, lightning, and hardness too.

The martial art that utilized all of these was Thunder Dharma Drum.

Chwaaaaak!

Right then, Dueokshin’s vicious fangs scraped across Oleg’s chest.

“…!!”

As if a wild beast had randomly chewed on it, rough burn marks remained on Oleg’s upper body.

Scars where even blood didn’t spurt due to the high heat. Or burn marks.

But the bigger problem was,

‘Magic power… there’s none left at all.’

There was almost no lightning left to draw in from outside with magnetic fields.

What little remained had been absorbed by the Noeya-cha covering Lee Hyeon.

[Cheon Do-ggaebi spits out the lightning it had been chewing on, complaining that Perun’s narrative tastes bland!]

Oleg discharges while Lee Hyeon charges. In this situation, it was clear as day who would benefit if the battle dragged on.

‘He said he’d tear through my belly and come out. He really did it.’

Oleg could no longer deny Lee Hyeon’s worth.

As an equal who could match him, or someone qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

Of course, in terms of ‘true’ skill and mastery, he who could even glimpse transcendence was far superior,

but the compatibility difference and combat style favored the other side. Lee Hyeon knew how to ‘devour’ his opponent’s myths.

‘In that case.’

Oleg squeezed out his last remaining strength.

Crackle!

‘I have no choice but to bet everything on this one move!’

[The myth ‘Thunder God of the Oak Tree’ activates ‘Divine Authority: Perun’s Axe’!]

Oleg spread his hand wide. Then the red lightning flowing along his forearm condensed into a spiral shape.

The moment he gripped it tight,

Crackle!!

Red lightning burst out between his fingers, taking the form of a hand axe.

A finishing move that would crush—no, explode—everything it touched.

Lee Hyeon prepared a new wedge before the crimson tidal wave.

—Evil Immediate Beheading.

The secret technique of Tujuan Style, finally completed through the mental cultivation of Reverse Current and the martial arts of True Dharma Records,

shot vertically from the ground to midair along with Dueokshin’s molars.

Grrrrowl…!

The vicious teeth mercilessly tore apart not only Perun’s axe but also Oleg Perunov’s right arm.

Crunch!!

At that moment, his right arm flew up whole along with his shoulder,

Whoosh!

and the form of Noeya-cha emerging from Lee Hyeon’s body opened its maw wide and devoured it in one bite.

Crunch!!

[Cheon Do-ggaebi’s narrative devours part of Perun’s myth!]

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