I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 159

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Chapter 159
159: Stream Reaper Pirate Crew (2)
At Captain Kaelos’s command, the entire Stream Reaper Pirate Crew moved as one. Barcas, the tank, surged forward with an explosive charge, followed closely by Lian and Jerod.
Lian and Jerod had been moving in crisscross patterns behind Barcas, but in an instant, Jerod’s form blurred and dissolved into the midair, vanishing from sight. It was a near-perfect concealment technique for C-rank.
Similarly following behind Barcas, Lian suddenly produced several tools, clutching various traps in both hands before hurling them into the empty air.
Just like Jerod melting into the surroundings, the traps vanished into the midair like snow dissolving, leaving only the sound of their deployment.
Clang—click!
The metallic sound of trap mechanisms locking into place echoed out. Dohyun, along with Hanalin and Jiyuchan, watched them with evident fascination.
Though I’d fought several Villains and knew their capabilities well, the Dohyun Party had never encountered a Villain Party that fought with such systematic coordination before, which made this genuinely intriguing.
The true terror of the Stream Reaper Pirate Crew lay not merely in their individual strength, but in their cooperation so perfectly synchronized it was frightening. Such teamwork could overcome opponents with superior individual abilities—it was formidable enough to inspire genuine dread.
Rarely did anything surpass tightly interlocking cooperation as a means to elevate one’s own strength.
The Stream Reaper Pirate Crew charging forward with such coordination appeared considerably threatening, yet the Dohyun Party’s teamwork was no less impressive.
As expected.
Smirk.
As Dohyun smirked, Hanalin and Jiyuchan followed suit with subtle smiles of their own. We’d been curious about just how much stronger we’d become, and now a formidable pirate crew was attacking us? There couldn’t be a better practical opportunity than this.
Watching Barcas charge forward first, my eyes gleamed. Then the information about Barcas surfaced.
『Barcas』
『Trait: Savage Warlord [B]』
『Skills』
▶「Savage Burst [B]」
…(See more)
『Stats』
▶「Strength: 88」
▶「Agility: 79」
▶「Stamina: 86」
▶「Mana: 67」
※He is a Leoparcan (Jaguar Birdman).
※Hunters killed: 217
After skimming through the skills briefly and extracting only the most crucial information, I took my stance while watching Barcas charge forward, my fists blazing with flames, my expression one of genuine excitement.
The most important thing before throwing a straight punch—anchoring my lower body.
Boom—
As I stamped my true stance and drove both legs into the ground like driving nails, cracks spiderwebbed across the battlefield, and between them erupted an eternal, crimson inferno.
Even as the flames surged up, Barcas didn’t hesitate and didn’t stop his charge. The moment he reached me, my eyes and heart ignited with fire as I drove my fist forward, and Barcas’s descending axe fell at that same instant.
Barcas’s axe aimed to cleave my head in two, while my fist extended in a perfectly straight line. The target of my punch was none other than Barcas himself, and if this continued, my head would undoubtedly be split open.
Yet as if reversing that outcome in a single moment, the aura of Eternal Flame surged from my legs, traveled up through my heart, and eventually reached my arms. When it finally arrived at my fist, the flames erupted outward with explosive force.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique
Third Technique: Extinguishing Flame Shatter
The Extinguishing Flame that shatters all things destroyed Barcas’s stance. Immediately after, he was pushed backward, engulfed in the flames pouring from my fist.
The Extinguishing Flame Shatter of the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique had connected properly, but since the Eternal Flame hadn’t fully bloomed yet, its power was weakened. Barcas’s body was slightly singed as he was pushed back, engulfed in the flames, but it didn’t result in a fatal wound.
“Damn it.”
Barcas spat out a curse as he rolled across the ground, clearly finding the humiliation far more wounding than the actual damage. Being pushed back by a mere human’s attack had struck a significant blow to his pride.
However, the other crew members who witnessed it narrowed their eyes.
They realized these were no ordinary humans and heightened their vigilance several times over.
Among them, Jerod thought to himself.
‘He pushed Barcas back in a single strike.’
So he possessed considerable power. As Barcas was driven backward, wrapped in the Eternal Flame, Jerod—who had been melting away into the midair—seized the opportunity to ambush Dohyun.
As he thrust forward a blade black and lustrous as obsidian, aiming for Dohyun’s throat, a sword strike of intermingled white and gold cut across to intercept him.
Golden Sword First Technique: Flash of Gold
Jiyuchan employed Flash of Gold, the fastest of the Golden Sword techniques, reaching Dohyun’s side and blocking Jerod’s twin daggers.
Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang——
With a heavy metallic ring, the blades clashed and sent sparks flying, causing Jerod’s eyes to narrow.
He had known Dohyun, who had stepped forward first, was strong, but to see Jiyuchan—who had merely been observing from behind—display such movements left Jerod bewildered.
He marveled at Jiyuchan’s ability not only to block his attack but to launch a counterattack immediately after, yet Jerod withdrew calmly as if he had already anticipated this.
Jiyuchan moved to unleash another technique, but in that very moment, an ominous sound emanated from beneath his feet.
Click.
The metallic interlocking sound from when the trap had been set earlier.
At that sound, Jerod melted away like snow once more and escaped the area, while Dohyun and Jiyuchan swiftly retreated as well.
Just as all three had vacated the spot, an explosion bloomed a moment too late.
Boom——
Whoosh——
“Whew, those two dodged it besides Jerod?”
A massive explosion erupted, and Lian, who had set the trap, spoke in admiration. It was nothing for an assassin like Jerod to evade such a trap, but for Dohyun and Jiyuchan to sense and dodge it was honestly unexpected.
It required superior senses across all faculties to achieve such reflexes, so Lian spoke with considerable satisfaction, though his expression remained displeased.
The great explosion shook the ground, sending a powerful shockwave that reverberated throughout the surrounding area. Dust rose thick from the blast, and neither Dohyun nor Jiyuchan could escape it. In that moment, pristine white arrows pierced through the swirling dust.
Frost arrows, pure white and freezing the surroundings, flew toward Dohyun and Jiyuchan, yet both deflected them with remarkable ease.
Ting—
Ting——
Their rapid deflection caused their posture to waver in midair, and the instant their balance shifted, both Dohyun and Jiyuchan felt it simultaneously—the mana water composing this seafloor trembling.
The mana quivered and surged like waves, then that mana current shot forth like an ocean current, attempting to ensnare and capture Dohyun and Jiyuchan.
Unable to respond immediately due to their destabilized posture, Dohyun and Jiyuchan nonetheless wore expressions of perfect composure, as if trusting in something.
All members of the Stream Reaper Pirate Crew laughed at the sight of their expressions, finding them pitiful.
Whether it was Barcas, driven back by the Eternal Flame and rolling across the ground, or Jerod, whose attack had failed, or Lian, whose trap had come to nothing, or even Shira, who had just fired frost arrows from behind—all of them believed their captain could not possibly be overwhelmed.
What Dohyun and Jiyuchan trusted in was the Mage Hanalin positioned at the rear. That was precisely why they wore such confident expressions.
‘Curse your very nature as a mage.’
Kaelus, captain of the Stream Reaper Pirate Crew and possessor of a rare bloodline even among Leoparcan, was a Leoparcan born from mana itself—from ether.
In other words, manipulating and commanding mana was easier than breathing. Though a mid-tier species, Kaelus possessed extraordinary talent in mana control and mana dominion that rivaled even the higher tiers.
Thus he was certain he could capture both Dohyun and Jiyuchan in one fell swoop, and just as he created that mana current to ensnare them—
From the rear, that mana current froze solid in midair. Not frozen by ice, nor halted by magic.
Simply overwhelmed in mana dominion.
“What!?”
“The, the captain’s mana dominion was overwhelmed!?”
“That, that can’t be right.”
“By, by mere inferiors!?”
As everyone muttered in disbelief while staring at their opponent, Hanalin laughed mockingly and flicked her fingers, causing Kaelus’s brow to furrow.
Hanalin seized control of the ocean current Kaelus had created and hurled it toward him to ensnare him, while Kaelus conjured another current to block it.
Kwaaaaaaa———
Kuaaaaaaa———
Two vastly different torrents of mana collided, and a tremendous impact erupted in midair, scattering in all directions. As the currents clashed, Hanalin’s began to give ground incrementally, yet Kaelus’s expression remained tense.
It had to be that way.
‘…I cannot dominate it.’
Though Hanalin might be inferior in raw power, her dominion over the ocean current was far superior, allowing me to push back gradually but never to overwhelm her completely.
Looking at it objectively, Kaelus possessed far greater mana reserves than Hanalin, but in every other aspect—control, dominion, mana affinity—she held the advantage, making it impossible to overpower her. Realizing this, cold sweat trickled slowly down Kaelus’s back.
While Hanalin and Kaelus were locked in their contest of strength, the awakened crew members resumed their assault on Dohyun and Jiyuchan while also attempting to strike Hanalin positioned at the rear.
They instinctively sensed that if they could fell Hanalin now, victory would be theirs. But Dohyun and Jiyuchan perfectly sealed off those attacks, engaging them head-on.
The more this continued, the more anxious the Stream Reaper crew became, and their mistakes multiplied. Dohyun and Jiyuchan capitalized on this, pressing their assault against Barcas at the forefront, and his wounds accumulated steadily.
‘At this rate, we’ll lose.’
Watching the Dohyun Party’s momentum, alarm bells rang in Kaelus’s mind. And just as Kaelus felt this, Dohyun himself smiled wickedly, preparing to step forward.
‘They’re about to make their real move now.’
At that very moment, Kaelus shouted to his crew.
“Use Atavism!!!”

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