I Became a Mythical Hunter After Killing the Golden Goblin - Chapter 81

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Chapter 81. Demon Tribe, Damp Pit-Digging Worm—Deriachs
I was utterly bewildered. For the first time, I experienced how excessive shock could actually steal one’s breath away.
A martial art of Origin grade. Moreover, it was an integrated martial art—the kind that typically encompassed everything from foundational cultivation methods to movement techniques and sword forms.
‘What in the world is this?’
No matter how skillfully I combined and fused Lee Ji-yong’s abilities to create synergy, I had believed the ceiling was Legend grade. Even that was being generous.
Grades didn’t rise so easily, after all. Still, the grade itself would have been exceptionally high—this martial art was born from fusing and advancing nearly ten unique-grade skills at minimum.
Since it incorporated a Legend-grade movement technique, I had been certain of Legend rank. And indeed, the martial art I had created with my own talent and ability turned out to be Legend grade, exactly as expected.
Yet mythical power illuminated the first martial art I had ever created.
A hidden ability of the Infinite Celestial Meridian. An ability I had never imagined manifesting.
It was only because the Infinite had granted me martial talent that I dared attempt it at all, and it was fair to say that reaching the state of no-self was achieved with the Infinite’s aid.
‘Or was it simply my exceptional focus?’
Even before regression, there were times when I had touched the incomplete state of no-self during dangerous situations or moments of extreme concentration.
Of course, I couldn’t deny that the Infinite’s help was instrumental in reaching a complete state of no-self.
In any case, what should have been a Legend-grade martial art rose one grade as a reward for the state of no-self, and rose another grade through the Infinite Celestial Meridian’s basic effect, thus achieving Origin grade.
“Haha. This is utterly absurd.”
〚Stat: The imbalance of Pride grows even greater!〛
〚The power of Light (The Sun) has become too great!〛
〚Restore balance!〛
Knowledge organized in my mind was transmitted. By combining and advancing Lee Ji-yong’s abilities, the martial art with which I had defeated him felt like ‘nothing’—it was of such an incomprehensibly lofty grade and rank.
“Solar Divine Art.”
There exists a martial art I had originally planned to obtain next after my Mythic-grade profession. A hidden piece I had been considering since acquiring the Infinite Celestial Meridian.
‘That martial art is Legend grade, and only if I satisfy the conditions can I reach Mythic grade.’
Does this mean I have no choice but to learn two martial arts simultaneously? Or can I even learn two martial arts at the same time?
To correct the imbalance of Pride, I must learn that martial art—the one that could be called a darkness attribute.
Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
I could no longer continue my thoughts. I lifted my head and looked forward.
Standing behind Lee Ji-yong’s corpse, which had appeared before me at some point, was a demon applauding me. It was a demon resembling the Ma-in I had killed with Longinus.
【Remarkable. Truly remarkable. To think you’d find the Boss Room and defeat Lee Ji-yong in less than an hour. I knew he would lose, but I never expected him to fall so quickly.】
I furrowed my brow. I hadn’t accounted for that creature—there was simply no time to.
Lee Ji-yong had been far stronger than I anticipated. The skills he possessed and the stats he had grown through elixirs were more than enough to shackle me.
As a result, my body was now little more than a tattered rag.
My right arm twisted grotesquely and broken, my magical power completely exhausted, and my health significantly depleted despite nullifying fire-attribute damage through my authority.
I was in no condition to face that creature. Despair wrung a hollow laugh from me.
“This is driving me insane, truly.”
Did my laughter read as surrender?
【Kuhaha! Yes, a mere worm of a human should naturally despair and crumble before this body!】
〚Hero (Incomplete) Rank SSS- LV 216: Damp Pit-Digging Worm—Deriachs Incomplete Descent (Flesh Form—Nam Woo-i)〛
The demon—or rather, the demon that had descended upon the demon’s body—approached me with laughter.
I exhaled slowly and simply remained still, feeling the magical power of Pride (The Sun) recovering in that fleeting moment. Or should I now call it inner energy?
A soft sound.
Every time that creature drew near, my entire body bristled with dread. The ambient energy plummeted, and ominous sensations clawed their way to the surface.
Damp. Like tinnitus, the space around the creature was cold, humid, and foreboding.
【A mere insect dares kill my plaything and insult me? How infuriating.】
As if channeling demonic transformation, my entire body was consumed by black skin. My eyes split into dozens like a dragonfly’s, my teeth sharpened to daggers, and insectoid patterns crawled across my flesh.
Deriachs seized my broken right arm above the fracture with that hand.
【How dare you, wretched vermin!!!】
Rrriiiiip!
He tore my arm clean off. No skill involved—pure brute strength ripped my limb from its socket.
Hardly surprising. Even incomplete, this entity had achieved heroic-grade status, earned an SSS-rank evaluation, and possessed an astronomical level of 216.
Truth be told, even that level was diminished due to the incomplete descent. Perhaps one level per three sacrificed monsters?
No matter. I swallowed my severed arm whole, then—trembling with ecstatic rapture—hurled myself at the creature.
Solar Divine Technique
Fist Method
First Form
Black Spot Eruption
The corona’s power—hotter than the sun’s own heat—blazed through my fist. My inner energy proved insufficient; something fundamental drained from my core, leaving me hollow. Yet I did not stop.
【What?! You still possess such strength?!】
The demon tribe member recoiled in terror. I pressed closer, extending my fist relentlessly.
【Grraaah! Damp Pit!!】
Screeeech!
Space tore open. My extended fist was sucked into the chasm.
Crack!
As the pit sealed shut, part of my left arm was severed. Pain didn’t register—endure enough agony in succession, and numbness becomes your only companion.
I cannot hold on much longer. But this is enough.
“It works? So you’re not invincible after all.”
I needed to confirm two things: exactly how potent this incomplete creature’s power was, and whether my attacks could actually harm it.
【Krrrraaaaaahhhhh!!!】
The space buckled under the immense heat, warping and twisting before detonating. The demon tribe member’s upper body was engulfed in the inferno of the explosion.
Thud.
But this is my limit. Pushed to the absolute brink. Yet it’s enough.
“If I can just block the sacrifices…”
Its power will diminish further, and my chances of victory will only improve.
【You filthy, contemptible insect! I will tear you to shreds! I will devour every inch of your skin, every drop of your blood! And your eternity shall burn in the hellfire of eons, granting you torment without end!】
The creature emerged, its upper body charred and blistered with burns. It staggered in agony, yet its eyes burned with fierce brilliance.
I coughed up a mouthful of blood and lifted my head.
“Let’s try again, you bastard.”
With a bitter smile, I activated a single ability.
〚Rune: Time—Hourglass’s first ability activates!〛
〚Regression manifests!〛
〚The Hourglass of Time flips over!〛
The world rewinds. My severed arms reconstruct themselves, the depleted arrogance coursing back through my meridians, and reality shifts.
〚Regression to 1 hour ago has been completed!〛
My eyes snap open. I check my body. Perfect condition. I glance around. Still my house.
‘Less than an hour has passed.’
Traversing the Labyrinth and defeating Lee Ji-yong took less than an hour. Thank goodness.
I hastily open my status window to verify something, then exhale in relief.
“I can keep what I’ve obtained.”
That’s why I must have received the essence of a primordial grade. I breathe out in relief at the sight of The Sun Divine Art embedded plainly in my status window—but only briefly. The world shifts again.
They’ve arrived. I rise to my feet. No hesitation, no fumbling, no wasted time.
“Swift and decisive.”
I need to deliver death to these two bastards. Arrogance spreads through my entire body. The arrogance stat remains formidable. As if everything exists beneath me, the inner energy of The Sun Divine Art flows through without resistance.
Before the system constraints even appear before my eyes, my feet slam into the ground.
The Sun Divine Art (太陽神功)
Movement Technique (步法)
One Step – Swift (一步-快)
Corona Flare
Kwaaang!!
A massive explosion erupts beneath my feet as my body shoots forward at blinding speed. Unfamiliar with controlling such velocity, I crash into the opposite wall, but I don’t stop.
‘Time attack.’
Reach the Boss Room quickly, kill Lee Ji-yong, and eliminate that bastard Ma-in Nam Woo-i before he summons the demon tribe.
I roughly remember the path to the Boss Room. Explosions detonate beneath my feet in succession as my body surges forward, and before long, I encounter Lee Ji-yong waiting for me.
‘Judging coldly, Lee Ji-yong is C-grade.’
Regardless of how he achieved promotion to C-grade, his physical abilities are definitely inferior to mine. Moreover, his attribute—fire—cannot damage me.
Well, he was strong enough to take one of my arms, but that’s a future that no longer exists.
“You’ve come! You bastard!”
Watching him charge forward with eyes wide and fury blazing, I draw upon the inner energy of arrogance—The Sun.
This time, I have no intention of letting my guard down. I’ll end this with the first strike.
I track every movement of his frenzied assault, his reason half-lost to rage, without missing a single detail, then drive my fist in at the decisive moment.
A single strike (一擊). The same technique that dealt massive damage even to the demon tribe crashes into his chest.
“…Kugh!”
As if unable to believe it, as if this shouldn’t be happening, as if pleading for mercy, Lee Ji-yong collapses with desperate eyes.
“Pathetic bastard.”
Right… you should have known where to belong and where not to. How stupid and foolish to join hands with Ma-in?
Just because your meager, worthless pride got wounded. I have no more interest in wasting thought on this wretch.
I move forward immediately. Dozens of worms are already converging toward the Boss Room.
I casually pull bombs from my subspace and hurl them.
“Nothing’s more effective for mass slaughter than explosives.”
Kwaaang! Kwaaang! Kwaaang!
With three bombs, more than half of the worms heading toward the Boss Room past me meet their end.
“Without sacrifices, how will you descend?”
I continued pulling bombs from my inventory, sweeping away every last maggot, and even went so far as to set traps in advance before finally entering the Boss Room.
“This insane bastard? How is this even possible? How did you get here already?”
There, I found Ma-in consumed by shock and terror, astonishment and fury all at once.

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