Broken Ranker Devours Myths - Chapter 60

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 60

Z Team (7)

 

 

 

The Chaos Demon King reached out his hand and helped the guard captain to his feet.

“You’re in quite a state.”

“My King…! I have shown you an unseemly sight.”

“No. You have done all that was your duty to do.”

The Chaos Demon King shook his head calmly while resting his great sword halfway on his shoulder.

An attitude as if he were truly the master of this small kingdom.

The Chaos Demon King turned his gaze back toward Lee Hyeon.

“Your atmosphere has changed quite a bit in the meantime. You’ve developed more of a warrior’s eyes.”

He seemed to have already noticed Lee Hyeon’s transformation.

It was remarkable perception.

Well, that’s probably how he was able to inherit the techniques of one of the Seven Great Sages and create his own unique skill.

“Did you discover the secrets of this world based on the karma of the Monkey King over there? How astute. Indeed, worthy enough for the Monkey King to make you his apostle.”

Swoosh.

Lee Hyeon did not answer.

He simply took his stance again.

“Haha. That’s right. What need is there for more conversation between us.”

The Chaos Demon King lowered his great sword and infused it with magic power.

Whoooosh!

Then flames blazed up like hellfire.

“Let’s see this through to the end.”

Bang!

The Chaos Demon King kicked off roughly, shattering the ground beneath him.

Lee Hyeon also took his stance.

No more conversation was needed between the two.

 

[Fire lightning pours down!]

 

As if he had teleported, the Chaos Demon King instantly arrived before Lee Hyeon and swung his great sword.

Whooooom!

The great sword was like something pulled from a hot furnace, no, like something forged from fire demons.

With each swing, it poured out intense fire lightning repeatedly, trying to trap Lee Hyeon in a prison of flames.

Crash! Bang!

 

[Fury Strike (A) grips the wild dance!]

 

Each time, Lee Hyeon struck back with his axe, not wanting to lose, bursting with fighting spirit as he pushed back with strength against strength.

Dance of Shiva.

Mahakali.

The fighting method said to have trained the great warrior gods of .

Each of Lee Hyeon’s movements seemed as smooth as if he were dancing,

Yet each axe strike persistently targeted weak points, trying to cut off his opponent’s breath.

Moreover, explosions poured out each time the axes collided,

 

[Stack has accumulated.]

[Lightning strikes down!]

 

And dry lightning that could fall from the sky at any moment.

Rummmmmble!

Craaaaaash…!!

But the Chaos Demon King was absolutely not being pushed back either.

The techniques he had learned from another Great Sage were also at no ordinary level.

Crash!

Rummmmble-

The collision of dark red fire demons and blue-white lightning.

“There’s no place for us to enter…!”

“Everyone fall back! Instead, just maintain the encirclement so he can’t escape!”

“Don’t interfere so the King can focus on the fight!!”

The Monkey Soldiers realized there was absolutely no gap for them to squeeze into,

And prayed for the Chaos Demon King’s victory while maintaining maximum distance to avoid disrupting the battle.

Then,

Several of them suddenly realized something strange.

“…The King is,”

“Smiling?”

The Monkey Soldiers looked bewildered for a moment.

The King they had served all this time was someone who rarely showed emotion.

Of course, he would let out bitter laughter at absurd mistakes, or shed tears at the deaths of his people,

But he always maintained a calm attitude, lost in ennui.

He had never revealed his emotions so intensely like this.

Ecstasy.

The Chaos Demon King was truly enjoying this situation.

His eyes, which had been flickering with madness, were slightly curved.

“Haha!”

Right then, the Chaos Demon King suddenly burst into loud laughter.

Slash…

The axe blade grazed past his right cheek, drawing blood.

It was a situation where he could have died,

But he was actually enjoying such stimulation.

“Hahahaha!”

Mad laughter echoed.

“Hahahahaha!!”

Bang!

The Chaos Demon King kicked off the ground again and pressed Lee Hyeon. Fire lightning and lightning collided.

As if they had made a promise, both turned their weapons aside and attempted shoulder-first body slams.

 

[Fury Strike (A) attempts a bull rush!]

[Boss Monster deploys ‘Flame Charge’!]

 

Crash! Bang!

As shoulder met shoulder, blue-white lightning and dark red flames shot up into the sky once more,

The two rotated their upper bodies again, clashing axe against greatsword.

Thud!

It was just a hair’s difference, but the Demon King of Chaos was pushed back.

The power struggle that had been evenly matched was now slowly tilting in Lee Hyeon’s favor.

The result of the divine power granted by the Ruyi Jingu Bang providing efficiency to his movements and magic power.

It was only a handful,

But with just that, Lee Hyeon was already leaping to become an existence with a different caliber than before…

 

[Intelligence increased by 3 through the Ruyi Jingu Bang’s divine power.]

[Intelligence coefficient exceeded 100, recording triple digits.]

[Additional function added to intelligence stamina category. Connected with ‘Trait: Frozen Human’.]

[‘Additional Function: Blue Reason Misperception’ has been unlocked!]

 

[Blue Reason Misperception (SS)]

Blue reason erases the noise of emotions. It doesn’t stop at piercing through truth, but induces errors in others, twists the framework of design, and weaponizes logic itself.

-Effect: Causes 3 seconds of confusion to patterned skill targets. Grants ‘Error Injection’ status with certain probability during combat.

 

If Golden Eyes of Truth was the eye that sees truth, Blue Reason Misperception was the brain that snatches away the opponent’s intelligence.

It was a function that maximized Lee Hyeon’s original proud combat instincts,

utilizing enemy mistakes or reading and intervening in battlefield design errors to flip the situation.

Crash crash bang!

Thanks to this, Lee Hyeon could sharpen Fury Strike even more to induce gaps in the Demon King of Chaos, and pour out attacks by digging in more persistently.

Swoooosh-

The Demon King of Chaos’s left side was deeply split as a fountain of blood spurted out.

And…

Lee Hyeon was quickly managing the changes within himself.

He had awakened all additional functions of the 6 stats.

All at SS grade too.

 

[Successfully unlocked additional functions for all status categories!]

[Strength: Snow Soul Arm Strength (SS)]

[Agility: Cold Wind Clone (SS)]

[Stamina: Extreme Cold Body (SS)]

[Magic Power: Ice Jade Heart (SS)]

[Intelligence: Blue Reason Misperception (SS)]

[Dexterity: Auspicious Play (SS)]

 

[Successfully unified all additional functions to SS grade. You have achieved an outstanding Achievement.]

[Your Achievement begins to be recorded as .]

[As a reward, all stats increase by 10.]

…

 

[Logos seeking extreme strength are watching you.]

[Logos seeking overwhelming agility are watching you.]

[Logos worshipping infinite stamina are watching you.]

…

 

[‘s epic is strengthened.]

[All possessed skills increase by one grade.]

…

 

[Your Achievement begins to be recorded in the . From now on, all Logos can observe your changes.]

[Logos are great beings who ascended to heaven by completing their own epics composed of introduction, development, twist, and conclusion.]

[From now on, you may receive their support by being chosen, or receive apostle proposals.]

[Build good relationships with them.]

[Or if you don’t want to publicize your Achievement, ‘private’ setting is also possible. Would you like to do so?]

…

[You have selected private setting. Your Achievement will now only be partially exposed on the .]

…

 

[Your name has been engraved again on the previously omitted .]

[Congratulations! You have successfully returned as a Ranker.]

[You possess abilities far superior to before. As a reward, all ability values improve by 10.]

…

 

[Your current ranking recorded on the is (Private)!]

 

Ranker.

The reason outstanding individuals among Hunters were called that was precisely this.

They were given the opportunity to have their names listed on the tablet overseen by celestial Logos, simply put, the ‘ranking system’.

Great beings like gods, demons, giants, and dragons could look at such tablets and choose apostles who could represent their will on the surface.

However,

‘That’s utterly pointless to me.’

Lee Hyeon was already inheriting the karma of Journey to the West, including Son Wukong.

 

[All public items have been set to ‘private’.]

 

So he didn’t want to expose his activities as much as possible.

 

[The Logos who were showing interest in you express displeasure.]

 

He just brushed it off with an attitude of ‘what are you going to do about it’.

Lee Hyeon was already overwhelmed just managing the abilities additionally granted to him.

His changed body, elevated caliber, sharpened senses.

And,

 

[The Ruyi Jingu Bang is beginning to acknowledge you little by little.]

[The amount of Ruyi Jingu Bang’s divine power you can accommodate has increased.]

 

Even Son Wukong’s divine power.

Lee Hyeon contained all of those things in Fury Strike,

 

[Dueoksini’s Rage erupts!]

 

And swung it fiercely.

Grrrrrumble!

Dueoksini’s fury, which had risen to S+ grade as a reward, exploded.

“Pahaha! Hahahaha!”

Laughter wouldn’t leave the lips of the Demon King of Chaos who had been pushed far back.

The tide of battle had already tilted decisively toward Lee Hyeon.

No matter how much power he possessed as a high-ranking Ranker, it was difficult for him to handle Lee Hyeon, who had already been strong enough to rival Rankers even before becoming one himself.

But even as he became a tattered mess, even as blood poured endlessly from all over his body,

he never stopped laughing.

As if he felt refreshed.

As if this situation was incredibly enjoyable.

In that sight, Lee Hyeon caught a glimpse of himself.

When he first entered a dungeon after being freed from the curse.

When he couldn’t stop laughing despite suffering many injuries against the Yellow Wolves…

The Havoc King must feel the same way.

At this moment, he must have completely escaped all restraints and found his true meaning.

The hot wind of the battlefield, the ecstasy, the madness must have awakened his senses that had been sleeping until now.

“…….”

“…….”

“…….”

The Monkey Soldiers fell silent.

The citizens who had arrived late after hearing the commotion were also quiet.

They were watching their king who had found happiness.

And then,

Thud!

Crack!

Lee Hyeon and the Havoc King dashed toward each other again.

Now it was time to end this.

 

[Activating Dueoksini’s Swift Thunder!]

 

Crackle—

“Come! Descendant of the Monkey King! Show me how you will kill me! Show me what you will use to defeat me and claim this Flower Fruit Mountain!!”

Lee Hyeon gripped his axe tightly.

His opponent was a warrior who found meaning in battle.

He was the same type as himself.

Then he had to show respect for that.

‘With overwhelming power,’

There happened to be just the right thing.

‘I’ll crush him.’

Something to show the master of Flower Fruit Mountain, the king of monkeys, the great warrior who had found his purpose.

 

[‘Sacred Relic: Golden Eyes of Truth’ uses its newly acquired function ‘Memory Search’ to rapidly scan through stored images.]

[Scanning…….]

 

Countless images flashed past above his eyes in an instant.

Then it stopped at one place.

Click!

 

[Scan complete.]

[Recalling all the traces left on the walls, ceiling, and ground seen in the Water Curtain Cave.]

 

Countless scenes seen in the Water Curtain Cave layered upon each other.

Long ago.

The traces of training from when Son Wukong of the past became the Monkey King, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and then the Victorious Fighting Buddha.

They connected into one great line and were intensely carved into Lee Hyeon’s mind,

From the crown of his head to his cervical spine, from his cervical spine to his mana circuit, from his mana circuit to his fingertips, from his fingertips to his axe,

something was transmitted.

 

-It is called the Fighting Style (鬪戰流).

 

-A technique I awakened in my later years by combining various arts and skills.

 

And then,

Krrrrrrrumble!!

Along with a streak of blue-white lightning that emitted tremendous luminosity, the Fighting Style crossed the world for the first time,

tearing through the lightning bolt,

and splitting the Havoc King’s body apart.

Swoooosh!

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