I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 166

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Chapter 166
166: Celestials (3)
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Unaware of Dohyun’s thoughts and intentions, Ines prepared herself with the Pulse Sword firmly in hand. Watching her, Dohyun moved first.
Since this sparring match was meant to properly test the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique, I had no intention of using other techniques. Of course, Analysis was an exception—without Analysis, I wouldn’t have existed in the first place.
Thus, flames erupted from my two arms and two legs. Even as the crimson fire clung to my limbs, I felt no heat or pain, instead slowly savoring the flames as I clenched my fists.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique, First Form: Eternal Flame
An eternal flame manifested in the present world, and the moment it clung to Dohyun’s limbs, he moved first.
The initial movement was not particularly fast—merely a single step forward—yet his foot touched the ground with deliberate slowness, and in that instant, his form vanished completely.
After Dohyun disappeared, dirt erupted belatedly from where he had stood, and the impact of his movement flipped the ground entirely, as if a colossal pillar had erupted from below.
With such recoil from merely stepping forward, his speed was evident without needing to witness it directly. A velocity that would leave ordinary people unable to even catch an afterimage.
Yet Ines could perceive the crimson fist hurtling toward her with perfect clarity, and in that moment, a meteor-like crimson streak drew a long line through the midair, rushing toward her.
Though she had seen through Dohyun precisely, Ines’s expression tightened slightly.
‘Fast.’
I could read Dohyun’s movements and capture his speed with my eyes, but I couldn’t deny that it was fast.
Perhaps.
‘Faster than me.’
Judging purely by movement speed alone, it exceeded my own. He was clearly weaker before, but had he applied other techniques to focus on velocity?
With such thoughts, Ines swung the Pulse Sword forward as a probe toward the crimson, blazing fist hurtling toward her.
Fzzzzzzz———.
Whoooosh————
Plasma scattered through the midair, and the Pulse Sword, wielded with a sound like cutting air reminiscent of ‘that’ sword from movies, collided with Dohyun’s burning fist.
Boom———!
Though both appeared to have thrown light blows, the moment the Pulse Sword and Dohyun’s fist collided, a shockwave swept the surroundings and overturned the ground.
Crash crash crash———
The ground’s surface rose and shattered from the impact, scattering far from both of them in a manner that would draw admiration even from those who knew nothing. And for those who understood:
“To match the Captain’s Pulse Sword in power….”
“Quite the remarkable human.”
“Indeed… the potential of life isn’t determined by species superiority after all.”
“Hmm, such mana control. We who are born from mana are easily surpassed by this degree.”
“I mustn’t grow complacent.”
Several Celestials watched the sparring match with admiration. Among them was one observing uneasily—none other than Vera.
‘Ugh, he’s so strong, yet I was so careless….’
Vera remained trapped in the quagmire of self-reflection, yet her eyes captured every movement of Dohyun and Ines, and she swallowed nervously without realizing it.
The level of their sparring was so high that she couldn’t afford to blink for even a moment. For Vera now, there was no better textbook than this.
And learning wasn’t limited to just the Celestials. Hanalin and Jiyuchan, members of Dohyun’s Party, were equally engaged.
Watching Dohyun’s movements and Ines’s movements, they were deconstructing much. First, Dohyun’s martial arts, the flow and control of mana, and observing Ines’s swordsmanship movements and her mana control—slightly different from Dohyun’s—they were acquiring considerable knowledge.
As they all watched and learned from the sparring match, Dohyun paid no attention to any of it, dedicating himself entirely to this bout.
Focusing only on my fists and the forms of the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique, I concentrated on each punch and kick, feeling the essence of the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique.
First, I raised my fist and drove a straight punch toward Ines.
As a fist wreathed in flames that would not merely slice through the air but tear it asunder and incinerate everything came hurtling toward her, Ines raised her Pulse Sword and deflected the blow.
Thwack——!
Screeeech——!
Yet even as she blocked it, the heat seeped through the blade, and the impact proved too great to fully dissipate—she was driven back nearly five paces.
The punch carried far more force than the kick he had used against Vera before. But this was far from over.
In that instant, Dohyun ignited the Eternal Flame clinging to his feet, unleashing a torrent of fire. The heat and energy propelled him forward with sudden acceleration, and closing the mere five paces that separated him from Ines, he drove a devastating kick powered by the flames erupting from his feet.
Whoooooosh———!!!
A kick of extraordinary velocity screamed through the air. Though fierce, its sheer destructive potential forced Ines to quickly roll her head out of the way.
‘If I deflect this, I’ll create an opening.’
It wasn’t that she couldn’t deflect it—but the force behind this kick was such that deflecting it would surely shatter her stance. In this case, evasion was the only choice.
Ines rolled swiftly, lowering her posture to slip beneath the horizontal sweep of the kick from above, then swung her Pulse Sword to sever Dohyun’s remaining leg.
But in that moment, as his pivot foot touched the ground, a brilliant crimson light blazed forth.
‘Damn….’
By the time she realized it, it was already too late.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique, Third Form: Flame Shatter Destruction
The destructive flames that obliterated all things drove into the ground, and in that instant, cracks spiderwebbed across the earth, through which the flames of annihilation erupted in a cataclysmic explosion.
Booooom———!
Whoooosh———!
The ground split asunder, and flames erupted through the fissures. Caught in the blast, Ines was hurled outward at tremendous speed, yet no burns or wounds marred her body.
In that moment, she had wrapped herself in the ethereal wings sprouting from her back, barely managing to withstand the explosion. However.
‘My mana loss is catastrophic.’
That single defense had consumed a tremendous amount of her mana.
Though the Celestials were said to be born from mana itself, and each technique they wielded consumed vast quantities of it—making them undeniably effective—a swordswoman like Ines, who was not a Mage, could not easily replenish her mana reserves.
She recovered mana far faster than swordsmen of other races, but deploying her wings doubled the consumption rate, so she rarely used them. Yet that explosion had been so catastrophic that she’d had no choice but to deploy them or face disaster.
As Ines burst free from the explosion, Dohyun seized the recoil to propel himself forward at blinding speed, driving his fist toward her once more.
Ines saw it coming, assumed a ready stance, and swung her Pulse Sword to deflect the punch.
Then.
Thwack——!
Unlike before, the heat and impact were far more ferocious.
“…?!”
She had assumed this punch was identical to the first—same force, same power. But it was not. The force applied was the same, yet the punch’s destructive capability had intensified dramatically.
‘This is absurd…!’
It defied all logic, yet Ines could feel it happening in real time.
With each successive attack—punch, kick, punch again—the power grew incrementally with every exchange.
She wondered what manner of impossible martial art this could be, but there was no time for such contemplation.
The Eternal Flame, growing ever hotter, had now reached a temperature that even Ines could not ignore, and Dohyun wielded it with unparalleled mastery.
At his cruel smile, Ines felt a heat unlike any before—yet her spine ran cold.
“Here I come.”
At his courteous warning, her grip on the Pulse Sword tightened. And true to his word, Dohyun drove his fist toward her.
The first move: a punch.
A blazing crimson fist hurtled toward Ines.
The fist, drawing a searing, flame-like line through the air aimed at her head, rushed forward to shatter it, but Ines slipped her body to the side and evaded it.
Whoooosh—!
Boom——!
Watching the Eternal Flame fist explode in midair without even touching anything, Ines was relieved she’d dodged completely. She pivoted to Dohyun’s right, using the rotational momentum to grip her Pulse Sword short and attempt to slash at his right flank.
But in that instant, Dohyun also pivoted on his right foot, spinning left opposite to Ines, bent his left leg, and as he rotated, he extended that bent left leg toward her in a kick.
With no angle to escape, Ines felt a sudden alarm bell ring in her mind.
At the same moment, Dohyun’s left leg shot out like a flash of light in a straight line, flying directly toward Ines’s abdomen.
Boom——!!
A single kick so intense it shook the ground. It wasn’t even a technique—merely a simple kick—but the Eternal Flame, now heated up, carried more than enough power behind it.
The kick connected with her abdomen and exploded. Ines was sent flying backward, her sturdy legs resisting the push as she carved deep furrows into the ground while being driven back.
Screeeech——!
Unlike before when she’d only been pushed back five steps, Ines was now driven back dozens of meters. It demonstrated just how powerful that kick had been.
Pushed back, Ines furrowed her brow as crimson blood trickled from the corner of her mouth. Though she’d managed to deflect the full brunt of the impact somehow, the Pulse Sword she’d been gripping shattered to pieces.
The Celestials watching were all shocked that a blade made of Pulse itself could be shattered with such force, while Hanalin, Jiyuchan, and Vera were instead marveling at Dohyun’s meticulous reading of moves.
‘He threw the first move’s punch lightly again, letting her sense the power that had built up….’
‘…She read it, evaded, and induced a counterattack.’
‘And after inducing that, he landed his desired attack with perfect precision….’
One could hardly imagine move-reading more monstrous than this.
Only three of those witnessing it here had realized and were expressing admiration when Ines also realized it. She wiped the blood from her mouth and spoke.
“Impressive.”
“Thank you.”
“Then, I’ll come again.”
She didn’t say anything about not having been serious until now. But truly, Ines wasn’t thinking of this as a sparring match—she believed this was real combat—and just as she was about to rush at Dohyun, he used 『Analysis』 as if amused.
[You can acquire 「Mana Command [A]」 for 『3,000AP』.]
[Will you acquire it?]
‘Of course.’
In that moment, Ines detected a fragment of 『Analysis』 in Dohyun’s eyes, and her two eyes trembled.

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