Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1176

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 61
20. The Legendary Divine Form (2)
While Popcorn and Almond clashed above.
A fierce battle raged on the ground below.
The two teams maintained their distance, continuing a poking formation—a barrage of long-range skills fired from afar.
A kind of bullet hell.
“Save Kkeom! Bontovi, block it!”
Almond’s tank-heavy team was mostly on defense.
The enemy was on offense.
“Fire! Kill them!”
Thud-thud-thud! Boom!
As the late game approached, ranged dealers grew stronger, so they were trying to settle the battle somewhat from this distance before engaging directly.
Clang-clang-clang!
Countless projectiles bounced off Bontovi’s shield.
“Ugh…! I need to save Kkeom…!”
With Balloon Gum dead, the only ranged divine form on this side was Chocosong’s explosion—putting them at a significant disadvantage in the poking phase.
“Boom-boom-boom-boom!!”
Kwakwang!
Kwang!
Every time Chocosong threw a bomb, she hit nearly 2 to 3 enemies, doing the work of multiple players.
-Boom-boom-boom
-Boom-boom!
-Explosions are art!
Was it because of this?
‘It’s evenly matched.’
Despite being 3 versus 4, both teams fought on equal footing.
Of course, this wasn’t simply because of Chocosong.
‘Actually, Almond is dealing with 2 enemies.’
Lan the Sniper, who possessed the strongest poking power among the enemies, was targeting Almond in the air with the divine form—that was the key factor.
There were two enemy ADCs.
Sniper Sharil and Lan.
Since Lan was targeting Almond, Sniper Sharil had to handle ADC alone, and the Mage divine form Igtan was filling the gap, but.
That wasn’t enough to cover Chocosong’s long-range barrage.
“Igtan! Igtan! Move forward and fire! Why are you only shooting at me, you maniac!”
Igtan was a divine form that dealt explosive damage at mid-range, not long-range.
“Where am I supposed to go, you fool!”
[Unable to Deploy]
Whoosh!
The Paladin’s excellent mid-range harassment made a poor matchup, so he couldn’t perform easily.
“I can’t move! I’ll turn into a porcupine!”
Letmi’s positioning is absolutely not at a local level.
Master-tier skill.
“What the hell is this Paladin doing solo?! How many people’s worth of work is he pulling off?!”
The enemies sense something different about her and let out frustrated groans.
-Scary scary scary
-The enemies acknowledge it lol
-Her playstyle really is different lol
-Damn
It made sense.
Letmi’s current skill level was perhaps beyond Master—Grand Master tier.
‘I have to win!’
This was a collaboration stream with major streamers, after all. I had to show my best here.
So Letmi was in a state of absolute concentration.
Crunch.
She bit her lip so hard it nearly bled.
“Huff… hah….”
The other team members were equally focused.
Especially Chocosong—this time she was determined to shed the eternal Silver curse, throwing bombs like her life depended on it.
Just as she’d said, perhaps this was her shiniest moment.
But was this still Silver-level concentration?
“Ugh… hah… h-hard….”
She was overwhelmed. Her rising heart rate caused actual sweat to pour down.
“W-why is this so intense….”
“Just a little longer, everyone!”
Boom!
Bontovi shields from the front, boosting morale.
“Balloon Gum’s respawning soon!”
Balloon Gum had respawned.
They’d managed to hold on until now.
Poof!
“I’m reborn! Let’s go!”
Huh?
Chocosong lets out an exasperated breath.
“What am I supposed to do about that?!”
-Lmaooooooo
-Lmaooooooo
-She’s on edge right now lol
-Balloon Gum’s personality…
-Lmaooooooo
-Shut up and go fight
-If you’re born, go back out and die again~
That’s what Ril is.
A game that turns even good people into demons.
That’s why winning is so fun, and losing feels absolutely terrible.
Because of that─
‘I have to win…! But when is Almond coming?’
Letmi had no choice but to look up at the sky.
In this current situation, four versus four wouldn’t decide anything.
No matter who I kill, they’ll just revive and rejoin.
In times like this, the position that charges in and wreaks havoc—Almond’s Rubisword—is crucial.
But Almond isn’t coming down.
“Wait, shouldn’t he be coming down by now? Don’t tell me he went off to level up alone again… This is insane.”
-Level up lmaooooo
-That’s too much lololol
-If he can level up here too, we gotta give him credit lmao
-lol
-Wow
Letmi’s jaw dropped.
The enemy team felt the same way.
“Insane….”
“Huh….”
“Wait, did Rubisword get flight ability?”
I thought Almond would go up briefly and come back down.
Kwang!
He activated Kang-sin’s power and was essentially engaging in aerial combat.
Of course, Rubisword had no flight ability whatsoever.
He kept launching six blades upward, alternating between them with Rubisword’s teleport while fighting the airborne opponent.
Popcorn was no pushover either.
Shifting between bear form in mid-air and then back to falcon form.
And through it all, Almond didn’t miss a single opening, striking with precision.
The speed was too fast to even follow with the naked eye.
-Wow…
-Celestial realm combat lol
-Insane
-What is this lololol
-Omg lolol
And then Popcorn unleashed Kang-sin’s power enhanced with a legendary rune.
〔Behold the power that exists only in legend!〕
Suddenly, music like a choir’s harmony echoed out.
Aaaaaaaaa!
“!”
The sky turned crimson.
The activation of the legendary Jujak’s divine descent spread its influence across the entire map.
The music changed, and the environment transformed.
Boom! Boom!
The falcon-shaped wings grew larger and larger, and the body stretched longer in places.
Whoooosh!
Blazing flames engulfed the falcon, transforming it into a phoenix that soared even higher into the sky.
That overwhelming pressure made it abundantly clear this was no ordinary divine descent.
[Legendary Divine Descent – Form of Jujak]
“…Is, is this real?”
Even Letmi, the Master, was so dumbfounded she could only mutter like this.
“Popcorn was the one who cracked the vault?”
Aaaaaaa!
The choir’s chorus ended.
Jujak fully stretched its body and spread its wings.

* * *
Meanwhile, Jello from a few minutes earlier.
“Bear form. Good. With this—what? A, a divine descent!? Almond’s divine descent! Aaaa!? Getting hit again? But flowing through as a bear! Waaah!”
Jello could observe their battle from the sky in the front row.
What surprised him most was that Almond was conducting aerial combat with the Rubisword.
But what surprised him even more was the supreme catharsis that survival combat provided.
“Huh? This, this isn’t the divine descent I knew?”
A Druid’s divine descent?
Actually, it’s nothing special.
It simply allows you to use the skills of another form.
In simple terms, you could have a bear’s appearance but use a falcon’s skills, or have a falcon’s form but use a bear’s skills.
Nothing fancy, but this unconventional nature catches opponents off guard—a fairly sophisticated divine descent.
Because of that, it has no real impact, a bland cold noodle taste. It only reveals its true value when used by masters.
But—
“This, this is way too spicy!”
This divine descent, at a level where the very sky splits apart, was utterly unbelievable as something from a Druid.
-Wow
-The legendary divine descent rush is insane lol
-Smells like vault cracking lol
-Isn’t it over when this comes out???
“Survival combat is just a one-trick rush build? Is there even a broken rune like this? Wait, this isn’t Ril!?”
For Jello, seeing survival combat for the first time and naturally witnessing the impact of cracking the vault for the first time, it was absurd.
Because the Ril he’d known until now was so different from this.
-Survival matches are fun, right? Keep playing them even after the tournament ends!
-This is what modding is all about lol
-Come visit the survival forums~
-The survival zombies are going crazy lol
-Gotta admit, Kang-sin’s transformation looks cool
-But wait, can they actually win this??
“The moment the vault turns, isn’t the game basically over?”
Whoooosh!
Jello muttered to himself as he watched the Jujak soar freely through the air, unleashing torrents of flame.
“No matter how strong Daegam is… I think he needs to escape. Or he’s going to die.”
He thought this battle would end in an instant.
“I have no idea what that Jujak’s skills are. But honestly, it just looks insanely strong. If that’s not strong, I’m calling Pollis. Isn’t that fraud? You design it like that and say it’s not strong? That’s consumer deception right there.”
-lololol fr
-lmaooo
-Right, it’s got all the flashy effects lol
-fr lol
Look at that massive, overwhelming form of the Jujak.
You’d believe it if someone said a final boss had appeared instead of a player.
Especially beneath the crimson sky, the image of that colossal phoenix spreading its wings and gazing down was reminiscent of cosmic horror.
Almond, by comparison, was just a tiny human figure.
“If I were Almond, I’d probably just dive down. Continuing an aerial duel with Rubisword seems impossible… huh?”
Crack!
Almond flashes forward.
[Blink]
Right in front of the enemy.
Regardless of the Jujak’s form or anything else, he charges in without hesitation.
“You’re doing this? Wait, you don’t know anything, right? Do you know the enemy’s skills? Daegam? I don’t even know them?”
-lololololololol fr
-Why do you always assume he won’t know lol
-It’s basically confirmed lol

* * *
Jello’s guess had been spot on.
There was no way Almond could know Jujak’s shapeshifting skill set.
This wasn’t the kind of skill you could see whenever you wanted.
‘What on earth is this?’
Almond was seeing it for the first time too.
He hadn’t even known about the vault-cracking mechanic in the survival match.
What he’d studied was Popcorn’s patterns, not the rules of the survival match.
Whoooosh!
Fireballs flew in with the flapping of Jujak’s wings.
It was overwhelming.
But—
‘I just need to focus.’
Almond had already sent one of his six swords behind Jujak.
‘Actually, it’s gotten sluggish.’
The enemy had become slower as its body grew larger.
Crack!
[Blink]
I blinked away.
Simultaneously, I spun and unleashed a sword slash.
‘First hit.’
Shhwaaaak!
‘Huh?’
This was where the problem lay.
I thought it had definitely connected.
But it wasn’t a hitbox.
I’d only split the flames apart—I hadn’t actually struck Jujak’s body.
‘A mistake…!’
Deceived by the inflated appearance of the flames, I’d failed to properly identify the hitbox.
Facing something you’ve never seen before meant even these details became problems.
Normally, the world forgave mistakes when you were doing something for the first time.
But in the world of competition, it didn’t work that way.
Especially not against a player like Popcorn.
A single mistake could mean instant death.
[Sphere of Fire]
Kwakwang!
I didn’t know what it was, but suddenly flames spread in a perfect circle around Jujak, and the impact struck me.
[Health 83%]
My health dropped.
Then Jujak’s head snapped around, and it unleashed a massive torrent of flame.
A flash of brilliance ignited in Almond’s eyes.
Crack!
[Rubisword]
A torrent of flame tore through the air, and Almond materialized behind Jujak’s head.
“!”
Popcorn attempted to flee with a flap of wings, but—
‘This is the hitbox, alright.’
[Spinning Strike]
[Blade Force]
Whoooosh!
[Health 73%]
Popcorn’s health depleted.
‘He landed that?’
Popcorn shifted strategies.
‘Then what about this?’
Whoooosh!
Jujak’s body engulfed in even more flames as it descended at high speed.
The sword’s approach would slow compared to this velocity, and creating distance would give Jujak the advantage—or so the calculation went.
However—
‘What?’
Shwoooosh!
The blade was right beside him, pursuing relentlessly.
‘It’s… following from that far away?’
Not merely pursuing—six blades ravaged the space around the colossal Jujak.
Whoooosh!
Crack!
The blades began striking Jujak directly.
‘Where’s the main body?’
Popcorn glanced back, only to find Almond spinning in circles as he plummeted.
Like a pilot who’d lost his parachute.
‘He’s controlling this while spinning like that?’
His vision was completely disoriented.
How?
Popcorn spread his wings again, unleashing a fan-shaped inferno.
Whoooooosh!
This skill possessed the ability to repel projectiles.
In other words, it was meant to knock the blades away.
Pop!
The blades scattered in two directions, evading the flames—some curving forward, others wheeling back toward his rear.
‘This is infuriating.’
Popcorn’s eyes tracked every movement of the swords, yet he found himself bewildered.
One of them—Swift, who was undoubtedly spinning in circles—would surely blink.
In that state, he would land a fully-charged spinning strike.
To execute such psychological warfare control with only fleeting glimpses of vision during a fall like that…
‘This is… almost like that person, isn’t it?’
He’d nearly reached that person’s level.
Then Popcorn recalled.
What would she have done here?
Swords encircling from all sides—which direction would she move first?
If he failed to catch this blink, he’d lose massive health in an instant; if he caught it, he’d gain a significant advantage.
Landing a flame strike on a burning target triggers a stun.
Get stunned in the air and it’s over.
‘Where… if it were you…’
She would target the blind spot.
The front is too easy to counter. Left and right are much the same. Ultimately, the back…
‘But that’s too obvious.’
If the opponent possessed both psychological warfare and reaction speed, the back would actually be a blunder.
‘If it were you…’
She only fights battles she wins.
For her, it was never a choice between front, back, left, or right.
After making it appear that way, she’d subtly shift the sword to emerge from a complete blind spot above or below—
‘Huh?’
Crack!
[Blink]
Popcorn blinked.
Because Almond had appeared directly in front, nearly close enough to touch his face.
‘Insane?’
Ah, he’d forgotten.
Almond wasn’t Jeon-ja-pa.
He wasn’t even a player like Jeon-ja-pa.
He was just Almond.
‘Then why throw multiple ones!?’
Whoooooosh!

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