I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 167

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Chapter 167
167: Celestials (4)
The moment Ines’ eyes met Dohyun’s, she felt the illusion of her soul being read. Should I say she witnessed the inescapable laws of this world?
Ines didn’t know what Dohyun was doing, but the shock of losing everything left her momentarily dazed. However, as she quickly recovered from that shock, Dohyun was already smiling while looking at the text that had appeared before his eyes.
[You have acquired “Mana Decree [A]”.]
It was the skill he had wanted the moment he first saw Ines. The reason Dohyun obtained it now was because of another effect of the Analysis that had just stopped Ines.
To be precise.
‘Rather than an effect, it’s that people who can sense Analysis feel it and pause briefly.’
I had previously known that using Analysis on those who boasted considerable sensitivity to mana would slightly notice it, but I had just confirmed whether it could be utilized this way in combat as well.
So I had wanted to acquire it earlier, but I obtained it now. As a result, Ines’ body stiffened momentarily, and Dohyun rushed in, seizing that opportunity.
Blazing flames drew a crimson line through midair as they flew toward Ines. In that instant, Dohyun stepped into the first form of the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique.
With powerful flames surging through his legs, he stomped his true foot firmly into the ground.
Whoooosh———
The apocalyptic flames that would incinerate the world erupted from where his true foot struck, and Dohyun wrapped that destruction and eternal fire around his fist as he thrust it forward.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique, Fifth Form: Crimson Flame Collapse Tremor
Ines regained consciousness at the sight of Dohyun’s fist shooting forward like lightning, but it was already too late. By the time she came to her senses, his fist was already right before her eyes.
Boom———!!!!
A thunderous explosion erupted as Ines’ body was sent flying as if it were crumbling apart.
Simultaneously, with a sound like thunder, eternal and apocalyptic flames bloomed across Ines’ body.
Whoooosh———
Judging by this alone, Ines appeared to have suffered severe damage, but the sharp, piercing flames didn’t stop there—they attempted to pierce through her. However, rather than piercing through, the flames were blocked by something right before Ines’ face and couldn’t advance further, as a transparent pulse barrier manifested around her.
Fzzzzz——
Ines, who thought she had taken a direct hit, created a pulse barrier once more using ether. The mana consumption was extreme, but it was an unavoidable expense.
Seeing that she hadn’t taken even a scratch of damage, Dohyun wore an expression of “as expected” and rushed in once more.
The leg that had stomped his true foot crumbled the ground beneath it as he pushed off, and leaving that crumbling earth behind, Dohyun shot forward.
Dohyun, wreathed in crimson flames advancing faster than anything else, prepared the next form.
As friction with the atmosphere intensified the heat around Dohyun, the flames became like a single ray of light, burning his own body as he rushed forward, and Dohyun activated a form that could only be used when his speed reached its peak.
A form that could only be activated when flames became infinitely hot and hotter than any other flame.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique, Sixth Form: Extreme Flame Incineration
The fastest form of the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique unfolded, and flames that could even incinerate light rushed swiftly toward Ines.
It was a speed so fast that even Ines lost sight of Dohyun, but Ines was not one who had merely survived on the power of the Superior Race alone. Before her, vast amounts of ether coalesced into a single form, creating a sword similar to the one from before.
An arrogant form that burned light and becomes light itself advanced toward Ines, and in the moment the world became infinitely slow, Dohyun could see it.
Ines, moving alone with noble grace within the slowed world.
And that very Ines, gripping her pulse sword, slowly raised it and thrust the vast pulse toward a single point in midair.
Crack.
At first, ripples spread in all directions like waves on a calm lake, and as vast amounts of pulse began to be released from that single point, Dohyun could see Analysis sending out a warning.
Dohyun tried to quickly evade the crimson warning window that appeared after so long, but he was already caught in the momentum of his charge and could only fly toward that single point.
He tried to block it somehow, but there was no way to turn back a flowing river with bare hands.
The moment Dohyun flew toward the single point Ines had created, a vast amount of pulse was released from him, and thinking “so be it,” Dohyun used Extreme Flame Incineration to its absolute limit with all his power.
He had tried to stop midway, which slowed his speed slightly, but the form that had already unfolded was activated and collided with the vast pulse point.
And then unfolded Ines’s swordsmanship.
Celestial Sword Arts 8th Form: Pulse Singularity
The vast pulse condensed into a single point erupted as blue electrical current, unleashing plasma with the momentum to discharge everything around it, while my Thermal Extreme Differentiation consumed that blue light by burning brighter, swelling in size.
As the enormous blue pulse and the deep crimson flames collided, the space at their center bleached white in an instant, spreading outward in all directions.
And with it came the shockwave, delayed only by a heartbeat.
Boom————!
A shockwave as if the world itself were being remade swept across the area, and a massive chasm—a gorge that shouldn’t have existed before—was carved into existence.
The sheer magnitude of the Large Pit that appeared left everyone who witnessed it astounded, and as they rushed toward it, they found that just like me, battered and broken, Ines too had depleted most of her mana and couldn’t withstand the final impact, leaving her equally devastated.
As we watched to see who had won, both of us collapsed to the Ground almost simultaneously, and everyone gasped in shock at the sight.
“The… the captain…”
“Has fallen?!?”
“What?!”
“This can’t be…”
All the Celestials were astonished, and even Jiyuchan and Hanalin, who were in my Party, couldn’t help but be shocked.
Even though I had won the exchange, I had fought to a draw—honestly, it was impossible not to be surprised. Though I hadn’t been in the C-rank Zone for long, based on my combat sense and talent, I thought I could defeat opponents even stronger than myself.
Yet even I had fought to a draw. That’s why they couldn’t help but be shaken.
‘I thought Dohyun would win…’
‘I knew it was impossible, but…’
Intellectually, they knew. They understood that it was natural for me to lose, they truly did.
But why? Now that I had actually fought to a draw, both Hanalin and Jiyuchan felt as though a heavy stone had settled in their chests, blocking everything.
Setting aside those emotions for the moment, Jiyuchan and Hanalin rushed toward me in a panic.
Since I rarely fell in battle, they approached with worried eyes, but the injuries were fewer than expected. By the time Hanalin and Jiyuchan arrived, my wounds had already healed almost completely due to my superior regeneration.
“Phew, thank goodness.”
“Right. I forgot that guy has regeneration.”
At Jiyuchan’s words, I chuckled and replied.
“Whew, I thought I was done for.”
“You charged in knowing that.”
“But I learned a lot, didn’t I?”
I said that and laughed, and watching my laughter, both Hanalin and Jiyuchan realized something without knowing it themselves.
Ever since they decided to follow me, they couldn’t imagine me losing. So it was natural that they felt more frustrated by this draw.
But when they felt that even if I had lost—not just fought to a draw—I would have been unbothered just like now, they both felt oddly ashamed.
‘I need to become stronger so I won’t be ashamed.’
‘They’re strong. I’ll become strong too.’
Neither was speaking of mere physical strength. They meant the kind of strength I had just demonstrated—knowing how to lose gracefully and learning through that loss.
While both were reflecting on their own shortcomings, I was thinking of something else entirely.
‘That was satisfying.’
Though I hadn’t fully mastered the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique yet, by using it in actual combat and employing Analysis to refine it further, I had learned additional applications of Analysis as well.
It was a satisfying match. I thought this was insight that would be difficult to obtain even by spending 10 million points. In fact, Analysis was telling me exactly that.
As I recovered and stood up on my own, Ines also quickly rose from her side and shook her head as if fed up.
“You are truly remarkable.”
The Celestials, a Superior Race renowned for their swift mana recovery even when depleted, possessed exceptional regenerative abilities as long as mana remained—yet despite this, Ines rose quickly, her expression betraying a weariness at witnessing Dohyun’s regenerative prowess surpassing her own, despite him being merely human.
Ines smiled and spoke to Dohyun.
“This sparring match held profound meaning not only for you, Dohyun, but for me as well.”
“Oh?”
“I speak with sincerity, not mere flattery.”
At Ines’s words, Dohyun chuckled softly and nodded.
“Then I’m relieved. A sparring match where both parties learn from one another is truly the finest kind.”
“Now I understand that meaning, at least in part.”
Ines could only nod in agreement at those words.
Genuinely grateful, Ines reflected inwardly.
‘I should do more to care for him.’
Ines nodded, entertaining a thought that would surely have delighted Dohyun had he known of it.

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