Broken Ranker Devours Myths - Chapter 78

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 78

Daylight Goblin (3)

 

 

 

“No…… don’t!”

For the first time, a look of urgency appeared in Executive Director Jeong’s eyes.

The Golden Headband was a medium connecting to the Underworld’s Fengdu.

And it was also a device that helped him, who was only a soul, freely control his dead body.

If he lost this, he would not only be unable to receive the Great Emperor Fengdu’s yin energy anymore, but would also lose control of his body.

What came after that…… he didn’t even want to imagine.

Paang!

Executive Director Jeong’s palm, wrapped in sulfur flames, struck Lee Hyeon’s abdomen.

However,

 

[Dueoksini’s Collar flutters.]

 

It wasn’t enough to pierce through the lightning armor worn over the Dokgakgwi Set,

and Lee Hyeon simply absorbed the shockwave as he gently floated into the air, then twisted his body and landed.

Holding the Golden Headband in one hand, he was smiling coldly.

Executive Director Jeong felt something in the corner of his mind snap with a click.

“I’ll kill you…… guk!”

Just as he was about to chase after Lee Hyeon,

 

[Using Strange Pressure (A) to forcibly pull the opponent!]

 

A gust of wind blew, and an invisible hand grabbed Executive Director Jeong and forcibly dragged him to where Lee Hyeon was.

Executive Director Jeong thought ‘oh no’ and tried to regain his balance somehow,

but—

Paaat-

Lee Hyeon was already dashing forward with his axe blade thrust out.

‘No…!’

Chwaak!

Taotie’s Fangs cruelly tore through the underside of his jaw.

With his face hideously contorted, his head floated into the air.

Thuk!

Rolling, rolling……

The guy’s head rolled carelessly across the floor,

Thud!

His gaunt body collapsed powerlessly to the ground and melted away.

From using the corpse too harshly, what little life force remained had disappeared, making it unusable.

“……!”

“……!”

“……!!”

Everyone watching the scene gaped in shock.

The High Ranker who represented Korea and symbolized White Burn.

Night Lamp Jeong Gyu-han was truly dead.

Passs……

 

[All sudden events have ended.]

 

The sulfur soldiers all scattered as smoke.

「Finally, I can rest…….」

「Ah. Thank you. Really…….」

Leaving behind lonely parting words.

“Ahh……”

“It’s really over.”

“Damn it. Yeah. I knew this would happen.”

Joy spread across the faces of A-Team and Z-Team.

“Team Leader Jang!”

Im Won-young also ran over with a happy heart.

Because the culprit who had made him part with his parents and grandmother in the past was finally dead.

However,

“Team Leader Im, could I borrow the Four Deaths Judgment Sword for a moment?”

Lee Hyeon was still staring at Executive Director Jeong’s head as if the fight wasn’t over yet.

Just as he was about to ask why,

 

[The Great Emperor Fengdu offers his apostle’s last remaining soul as sacrifice to attempt a new manifestation in the Lower Realm.]

[The Great Emperor Fengdu uses his myth remaining in the World of the Living to reveal his will once more!]

 

Kwarrrung!

Suddenly, dry lightning fell from the sky and struck down into Executive Director Jeong’s head.

“……!?”

Two Jangsan Tigers rushed forward to protect Im Won-young.

Clatter.

“Unpleasant. This feeling of dying.”

Executive Director Jeong’s face, which had been stained with pain just moments before, stirred.

But the tone and feeling were definitely not Executive Director Jeong’s.

“How can mortals possibly live with this kind of feeling?”

Executive Director Jeong’s head floated gently into the air.

At the same time, the surrounding air changed.

Sticky and making one’s skin crawl just from breathing it……

“Originally, humans live that way. In that process, they constantly reflect on themselves and train themselves.”

Lee Hyeon replied coldly as if it were nothing.

The Great Emperor Fengdu, wearing Executive Director Jeong’s mask, laughed.

Snort.

“Is that so. What useless endeavors. In the end, it’s nothing more than the pitiful struggles of mere insects.”

“What’s the reason that the great god of the Underworld has personally come all the way here after losing even his apostle? Did you want to preach to mere insects?”

A thoroughly sarcastic attitude.

The Great Emperor Fengdu narrowed his eyes.

“You…… are truly insolent. If this were the Underworld, I would have torn your mouth apart countless times and thrown you as food to the hell hounds of Avici Hell.”

Then he twisted one corner of his mouth with a bitter smile.

“But the insolence of one with skill has its own charm. I wondered why the Thunder Duke spoke of you with such spittle flying. It was for this reason.”

Im Won-young got the feeling that the Great Emperor Fengdu was quite pleased with Lee Hyeon.

The Thunder Duke he mentioned is also one of Magic Dragon’s legends.

In other words, both Thunder Duke and Great Emperor Fengdu had lost their apostles to Lee Hyeon.

Yet why did they seem to favor him more rather than hate him?

He wondered if there was something else he didn’t know about.

“I’ll cut to the chase. Put on that Golden Headband in your hands. We,”

Just as Im Won-young was pondering how to deal with Great Emperor Fengdu,

‘……What’s this?’

He saw Lee Hyeon secretly wiggling his finger.

As if asking for something.

Suddenly, he remembered Lee Hyeon asking to briefly borrow the Four Symbols Death Sword.

“Everyone is very interested in you. So just now, with the Emperor’s permission, has decided. If you……”

That was the moment.

As soon as Lee Hyeon received the Four Symbols Death Sword, he poured all his magic power into it and threw it without hesitation.

The Four Symbols Death Sword embedded deeply into the creature’s left eye.

Thwack!!

“……!?”

Looking at the creature’s eyes widened in shock, Lee Hyeon smiled.

“With pure yang energy that contrasts with you, plus lightning as an amplifier packed in, it should taste quite good.”

Before Great Emperor Fengdu could say anything,

 

[Dueoksini’s rage reaches its peak!]

 

Kwarrrrrung!!

The intense lightning energy that exploded from the Four Symbols Death Sword instantly shattered the creature’s head.

Thud thud-

“……”

“……”

“……”

Im Won-young and the other Hunters were left with their mouths agape.

Is this…… really okay?

While all the bewildered gazes focused on Lee Hyeon,

Lee Hyeon was dusting off his hands as if feeling completely refreshed.

Thud!

Then the Four Symbols Death Sword quietly pierced into the ground.

 

[Great Emperor Fengdu’s will is forcibly terminated.]

[Great Emperor Fengdu, toward you who brought him humiliation,]

 

The message ended there.

A desolate wind swept by.

“……Is this really okay?”

Im Won-young glanced up at the sky, wondering if divine punishment might come down.

Fortunately, no lightning bolt struck down like before.

“It probably isn’t okay. They came to scout me with good intentions.”

“Scout……?”

Im Won-young’s eyes widened slightly,

“This is the kind of person I am. Don’t let such talent slip away.”

Lee Hyeon threw out a light joke.

Pfft.

Im Won-young let out a chuckle without realizing it.

And……

Soon smiled brightly.

“Of course. That’s why Team Leader Jang is with us, isn’t it?”

 

* * *

 

Meanwhile.

Elsewhere, a celebration that wasn’t quite a celebration was taking place.

「Puhehehe! Did you see that, youngest disciple? So arrogant and haughty. Puhup! Acting all high and mighty only to get stabbed in the eye!」

「Kakkakkakka! It’s as refreshing as drinking a whole jar of cider!」

Son Wukong and Sha Wujing were rolling on the ground, holding their stomachs.

For them, this was extremely satisfying.

The creature that was obviously the Jade Emperor’s messenger or scout had been driven away with nothing but humiliation by the mortal he had so despised.

Moreover, the Four Symbols Death Sword was a treasure containing pure yang. With Dueoksini’s rage maximizing the yang energy……

Great Emperor Fengdu’s main body must have suffered considerable damage. Perhaps he even got a small wound around his eye.

「I wish I could have seen that pathetic sight directly!」

Son Wukong twisted up one corner of his mouth.

He could guess what kind of proposal Great Emperor Fengdu was trying to make to Lee Hyeon.

‘Obviously he wanted to say that would actively support him from now on, so he should reveal everything related to me.’

Their thought process was predictable.

‘Even if he said no, they would have planned to nurture him since he was good talent to recruit.’

probably didn’t have much suspicion about Lee Hyeon.

At least he hadn’t revealed any legends related to Son Wukong in the battle with Executive Director Jeong.

Though he used Golden Eyes of Truth, there were plenty of eye-related skills and authorities, so they couldn’t be certain,

And it would be difficult to think that the bracelet-shaped Ruyi Jingu Bang was actually the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

He had never used the 72 Transformations that Son Wukong was proud of, or Transformation Arts either.

‘Though his movements do carry traces of combat techniques…… none of them would recognize combat techniques.’

So likely judged Lee Hyeon as ‘decent talent.’

They would have seen the records left on heaven’s tablets, the affection Thunder Duke usually showered on Lee Hyeon, and his fighting spirit that didn’t yield even against Great Emperor Fengdu.

‘A Ranker actively supported by a group of gods…… Were they planning to raise him as a warrior god?’

For them, a god had personally offered to bestow grace upon a mortal, but that was blatantly kicked away.

‘No, this isn’t just kicking it away, it’s stabbing it with a knife and twisting it?’

Probably Great Emperor Fengdu, as well as all of , would be furious with Lee Hyeon.

For them, this would be an incomparably great humiliation.

‘They’ll make things very troublesome for that kid from now on.’

Son Wukong now looked at Lee Hyeon with strange eyes.

Lee Hyeon also had bad blood with the Jade Emperor, so it would be natural if expected,

But even though it was a proposal that should have been quite tempting, he showed no signs of hesitation at all.

‘If he had just sold me and the youngest to , his whole life would have been smooth sailing…… Maybe even a path to immortality could have opened.’

The clever Lee Hyeon couldn’t have been unaware of this fact.

But this meant his inner self was solid enough not to waver at such temptation.

At this point…… even Son Wukong had to finally acknowledge it.

「Kakka. You’ve finally made up your mind?」

The youngest disciple had somehow read his thoughts and asked with ghostly intuition.

Son Wukong crossed his arms and snorted.

「He’s showing pure and noble loyalty to this elder. Then responding to that loyalty is also a duty I should have as a god!」

「If that duty is too bothersome, should I take over this disciple?」

Instantly, Sha Wujing’s face turned sullen.

Why was he so reluctant to reveal his true feelings?

Couldn’t he just acknowledge what he should acknowledge?

As if revealing his true feelings would mean losing.

「Kaaak! I told you not to touch what I’ve claimed with my spit!」

「Or maybe I’ll just start the apostle appointment ceremony right away…… Oops!」

Sha Wujing quickly retreated from his spot as Son Wukong charged at him.

Son Wukong’s eyes were menacing.

「It seems today you too need to end up in the same sorry state as that Fengdu bastard before your respect for this senior brother can flourish again!」

「I never had any respect for senior brother to begin with?」

「I’ll tear that mouth of yours first!」

「But my mouth is already torn open?」

「Kaaaak!」

Son Wukong wanted to fix Sha Wujing’s insolent attitude first, as he wouldn’t concede even a single word.

「Really, such a dishonest fellow. What’s the harm in just giving a compliment? Does your butt turn red or something? Oh wait, monkey butts are already red, aren’t they?」

Of course, Sha Wujing had absolutely no intention of losing either.

Son Wukong chasing and Sha Wujing fleeing.

Today too, the two sworn brothers’ frantic chase unfolded.

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