Broken Ranker Devours Myths - Chapter 90

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 90

Peng Demon King (2)

 

 

 

The Peng Demon King was struck speechless.

A face he had searched for relentlessly over the past few years, yet could never find.

To think such a person would appear at this very moment.

Whether by coincidence or fate.

And he looked exactly the same as in the past.

His stomach churned.

“You said you were looking for me?”

Son Wukong smiled.

Now he truly looked exactly like he did in his memories.

“I…”

“I missed you.”

“…!”

The Peng Demon King was about to say something when,

「Kekeke, sorry to interrupt your reunion, but we should get out of here first. Senior brother.」

The baby turtle on Son Wukong’s head raised its head high.

Despite its tiny frame, it emanated a presence no less impressive than Son Wukong’s.

「Right now the steam is blocking outside view, but if this drags on longer, those bastards might notice.」

“I know without you chattering away beside me.”

Son Wukong held his hand blade straight and slashed diagonally.

Slice!

The ice chains that had been tormenting the Peng Demon King broke far too easily.

Swoosh.

Son Wukong caught the falling Peng Demon King in his arms.

A princess carry.

The Peng Demon King and Son Wukong’s faces drew very close.

“It’s been a while since this position.”

“You…!”

The Peng Demon King’s face flushed red.

Son Wukong chuckled and said.

“Let’s get out of here first and finish talking.”

As Son Wukong lightly kicked off the ground, Sha Wujing also quickly formed hand seals.

A gust of wind swept in, enveloping the three of them, and curse incantations activated to completely erase their presence.

They vanished from the sight of the Heavenly Realm, including .

It was the Peng Demon King’s rescue.

 

* * *

 

“…What the hell.”

Zhang Baien hastily jumped down from the stairs to the floor due to the lightning bolt that suddenly struck through the ceiling.

Rumble rumble rumble-

Burning rocks poured down from the collapsed ceiling, and sticky lava flowed down the walls.

Normally he should have sealed the hole in the ceiling first,

But Zhang Baien had no time to worry about that right now.

The lightning energy wafting from where the lightning bolt had struck

Was all too familiar.

Crackle! Crackle crackle!

Blue-white lightning flashing between the steam.

The face revealed along with the hot wind was,

“…Senior Lee Hyeon?”

“Long time no see, Zhang Baien?”

Lee Hyeon appeared with a grin, baring his fangs.

“But I wonder if I should say thanks for this, or tell you I never had a traitorous bastard like you as a junior. You still call me that though, don’t you?”

“……”

Zhang Baien pressed his lips tightly together.

He too was someone from a private academy and had been a member of Blue Thunder.

Though he had naturalized to another country long ago,

The habits still ingrained in his body seemed difficult to erase.

Moreover,

‘What the hell is that power…’

The lightning energy Lee Hyeon emanated made his skin tingle.

It meant he had regained a presence similar to when conquering the .

No, perhaps even greater than that.

“I heard rumors that you’d returned… but you’ve even overcome the Ring of Extreme Cold?”

“Well. What do you think?”

But Lee Hyeon only smiled instead of answering.

Zhang Baien’s mind grew complicated.

‘He really overcame the Ring of Extreme Cold? No. That can’t be. It’s a great curse from a 4-star dungeon. One powerful enough to surprise even multiple divine beings… A mere mortal couldn’t have completely overcome that.’

Zhang Baien was a close aide who had watched Seo Chang-woo struggle to control the Ring of Extreme Cold.

‘But what if he did? If he did, wouldn’t that explain why he can emanate such presence? What would happen if he overcame it?’

Conversely, what if he regained his presence without overcoming it? How should that be interpreted?

Not knowing the truth made it difficult to calculate easily.

 

-Jang Lee Hyeon destroyed Magic Dragon. He apparently humiliated Chairman Peng’s face too, so handle things carefully.

 

He recalled what Xu Changyou had said in a phone call a few days ago.

 

-Come on, hyung. Am I at the level to dine with Magic Dragon? I’m also now…

-Don’t say useless things.

-…S-sorry.

-Anyway, get your head straight. You think I gave you pure ice crystals for nothing?

-I’ll keep that in mind.

 

At the time, he was focused on capturing the Peng Demon King and didn’t pay much attention.

It seemed he had misjudged the priorities.

“Your stupid head must hurt a lot from all that thinking, right? How about it? You could rest if your head falls off. For old times’ sake, should I help you out even now?”

Zhang Baien’s face hardened.

Whatever the case, Lee Hyeon had appeared before him in perfect condition.

Given his personality of never fighting battles he couldn’t win, he must have deemed a fight with him worth attempting.

Which meant…

‘No way!?’

Zhang Baien flinched in surprise and raised his head upward.

Nothing could be sensed from outside.

It meant everyone had been annihilated.

For a moment, his spine went cold.

‘……In that brief moment while I was focused on the Peng Demon King?’

Moreover,

‘It’s gone!’

There was nothing where the Peng Demon King should have been.

It seemed it had fled when Lee Hyeon appeared.

Zhang Baien’s heart grew anxious.

At this rate, the entire mission would be ruined.

He had to prevent that at all costs,

Buuuuung!!

“You’ve grown quite a bit, Zhang Bai.”

 

[Dueoksini’s Rage erupts!]

 

“Now you can even daydream in front of me.”

“……!!”

Zhang Baien’s worries didn’t last long.

Before he knew it, Taotie’s Fangs had flown up to his crown and were dropping Lightning Bolt.

The power was no less than when it had appeared by breaking through the ceiling earlier.

Zhang Baien hastily crossed both arms and had to activate his Defense Skill.

 

[The myth, ‘Divine Palace of Silence That Freezes Even the Sky’ activates and erects ice walls!]

 

Zzzzzzzt!!

The moisture in the air rapidly froze, creating nine layers of solid ice shields.

Kwarrrrrung!

Lightning and the axe struck down upon them.

In an instant, seven layers of ice shields shattered,

Flash! Flash!

Kurrrrrung-

The lightning that bounced off in all directions became lightning bolts that pounded down like a barrage.

Kukung! Kukukung!

Kukukukukuku-

Kwakwakwakwakwa!!

This caused the remaining two layers of shields to be completely destroyed,

Shwaaaak-

 

[‘Fury Strike (S)’ activates to attempt a bull rush!]

 

Lee Hyeon charged at fierce speed, squared his shoulders, and delivered a body slam.

“Let me see your skills. How deliciously have you been drinking China’s water all this time?”

Kwaang!!

“Kuk!”

Zhang Baien was sent flying and crashed into the ice wall,

Kurrrung!

“……!!”

When he barely regained his senses, Taotie’s Fangs had already charged close and were rushing toward his face.

Zhang Baien hastily twisted his head to the side.

The axe barely missed and embedded into the wall.

“What’s this? You’ve only grown in rank, but you’re completely useless? Is that how Ping Xin taught you?”

It would be difficult to pull this out, so he tried to counterattack,

Zzzzzzzt!

“……!?”

But the axe’s power was so tremendous that cracks instantly spread along the wall.

And blue-white Lightning coursed powerfully through those gaps.

The cracks grew several times larger, drawing the lava flowing outside inward.

Gwalgwalgwal!

‘What kind of ridiculous!’

Just what kind of Axe Technique could completely destroy these thick ice walls that even froze lava?

Zhang Baien’s heart sank just from witnessing it.

It seemed Lee Hyeon hadn’t just regained his strength from four years ago.

In terms of raw power alone, he had definitely become stronger than back then!

Paaaat!

A head-on collision would be dangerous.

“Or are you just stupid?”

“Shut up!!”

Zhang Baien hastily increased the distance from Lee Hyeon while swinging the Dagger in his hand sideways.

He was primarily an ice-type cryomancer.

At the same time, he was also an archer who handled bows.

Pyupyupyupyupyut!

Ice arrows that had formed densely in the Sky poured down on Lee Hyeon like a downpour.

However,

Kurrrrrung-

 

[‘Fury Strike (S)’ activates to deflect all arrows!]

 

Shwishwishwishwishwik!

“The one who should shut up isn’t me, but you. You traitorous bastard.”

Lee Hyeon didn’t dodge them, but rather attempted a frontal breakthrough.

He became lightning and closed the distance with Zhang Baien while deflecting or destroying all the ice arrows with his two axes.

Tadadadadang!

Perperperperpuk-

And before long, Taotie’s Fangs were charging toward his nape.

“If you’re a traitor, why don’t you hurry up and die like one?”

“Damn it!”

Zhang Baien hastily leaned his upper body backward.

The axe barely grazed past the wall, but this time too the depth was so deep that the lava beyond was visible.

Kukukukukung!

Zhang Baien fled, and Lee Hyeon chased after him several times.

“Or do you run away like a rat because you’re a traitor? I guess that’s mainly what you learned at Ping Xin?”

Zhang Baien was truly having a hellish time.

Lee Hyeon’s constant nagging was one thing,

But despite clearly having a much superior rank, he had to keep running away.

No matter what Skills he activated, they were broken through head-on, and no matter how he changed the terrain, Lee Hyeon closed the distance without care.

Because of this, lava was gradually pouring inward through the cracks scattered throughout the Cavern.

Chasing the Peng Demon King?

Right now, it was difficult enough just to keep himself safe.

‘What the hell is going on? Did he really break the Ring of Extreme Cold? No, even if that’s true, this ridiculous power is…!’

Not knowing that the additional functions of the stats Lee Hyeon had accumulated to become a Ranker were ALL-SS grade, this was the only judgment he could make.

Lee Hyeon was already at a level where his abilities and potential alone should never be compared to those of the same grade.

It meant he was a monster who, even as a Ranker, could sufficiently face High Rankers.

Moreover,

 

[The ‘s narrative wants to destroy this damn place!]

 

This ice cavern originally belonged entirely to the Snow Queen.

With her revealing all the cavern’s weaknesses in detail, Zhang Baien could never have been a match for Lee Hyeon from the start.

No matter how high his ranking might be.

It was a natural enemy.

‘I need to find a way somehow…!’

But Zhang Baien’s such schemes kept getting interrupted midway.

Rumble!!

 

[Stack has accumulated.]

[Lightning will strike!]

 

Lightning bolts erupting from various places dangerously aimed for his throat.

This time too, he hastily left his position by forcefully pushing off the ground with his feet.

Lightning struck the innocent spot, spreading more cracks.

Now lava was even spouting from the ground.

Rumble-

There had been too much ice powder scattering since a while ago.

Evidence that the cracks kept worsening, making it difficult to withstand the pressure of the lava.

‘At this rate, it will collapse,’

Zhang Baien desperately wanted to find a way to restore the cavern in his sense of crisis.

Then he was struck by a thought.

‘Wait, it’s collapsing!?’

Zhang Baien looked up at the ceiling with a pale face,

“Isn’t it fine as your grave, Baien? Being buried alive seems like quite a good option too.”

His face contorted miserably at the sight of Lee Hyeon coldly smiling while raising his axe high.

“Are you insane!! Then you’ll be in danger too!”

“Only you will be.”

“What…!”

Zhang Baien couldn’t continue his words.

Lee Hyeon was already striking down his axe with all his might from the center of the crack.

Crash!

Flash!!

At the same time, a massive lightning bolt shot up toward the sky.

And,

Rumble-

Crack!

With the tremor, large and small cracks expanded further, connecting densely like a spider web with other cracks.

The ice cavern collapsed as it was.

Lava poured down like a waterfall, and the floor filled with the tide.

“You crazy bastard!!”

 

[The myth, ‘Divine Palace of Silence That Freezes Even the Sky’ activates ‘Sacred Relic: Fragment of Pure Ice Crystal’ to its maximum!]

[Ring of Extreme Cold begins.]

[The collapsing ice cavern begins to freeze again. Part of the ‘s narrative is revealed.]

[The Fragment of Pure Ice Crystal, having exhausted its effect, melts away completely!]

 

The reason Zhang Baien created such an ice cavern in the crater was not only to capture the Flame Demon King alive,

but also to secure a free range of activity.

No matter how much he had the Fragment of Pure Ice Crystal, diving into boiling lava to fight would be nothing short of insanity.

But this cavern suddenly collapses?

He would have to be swept away by the lava as it was,

and he had no confidence he could endure that while fighting Lee Hyeon.

So he reluctantly poured out all the remaining cold energy from the Pure Ice Crystal fragment.

Whoosh…!

Because of this, the fragment was completely wasted,

but the thickness of the ice walls became several times thicker than before, so now no matter how much Lee Hyeon rampaged, it wouldn’t collapse.

A blizzard raged violently. Ice marks stuck thickly along the wall surfaces, filling the cracks in an instant and expanding the size of the cavern.

However,

Crack-

Such thoughts were only momentary.

“…!?”

The ice marks layered over the cracks also broke identically, accelerating the collapse.

The bitter cold wind that should have swirled greatly along the cavern… was strangely being sucked into Lee Hyeon.

Not only the blizzard caused by the Pure Ice Crystal fragment breaking, but also the ice powder and cold air generated from the cavern’s collapse,

And,

Even all the magic power Zhang Baien was activating!

 

[Ring of Extreme Cold is being forcibly absorbed!]

[The myth, ‘Divine Palace of Silence That Freezes Even the Sky’ is breaking!]

 

Even the magic power flowing through his mana circuits was trying to be sucked in that direction…

Zhang Baien’s face turned pale in an instant.

“Wh, what! What! Wh, wh, what did you, you do!!”

The anxiety that the level he had achieved through years of effort might crumble.

Zhang Baien instinctively screamed,

“Well. I told you I don’t know, didn’t I?”

Lee Hyeon smiled coldly and struck his axe down to the floor once more.

Crash!!

The ice cavern was instantly dyed with blue-white lightning,

“N, no!!”

Rumble-

And collapsed just like that.

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