I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 233

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Chapter 233
233: One Dohyun, Two Dohyun, Three Dohyun!? (3)
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The Plague Lord gazed down at his borrowed body before the duel commenced, a subtle examination of his new vessel.
Such a magnificent form—though different in gender, he trembled with awe, recognizing it as a superior “vessel” compared to his original body.
Many mistakenly believed clone techniques created mere illusions, but Dohyun’s method differed fundamentally. The Mifu Tribe’s cloning technique achieved perfect soul division, making the physical body essentially identical to the original.
Of course, the clone would dissolve if the allotted mana depleted or damage exceeded the granted reserves.
Dohyun had embedded two self-aware entities—Ruin’s Dragon Solvent and the Plague Lord—into such a clone.
Having obtained a body after so long, the Plague Lord tested his limbs briefly, nodded in acknowledgment, and loosened his muscles as if already acclimated to his new form.
“….”
To use an analogy, it resembled necromancy—breathing a soul into an empty vessel.
Thus, both entities possessed their own consciousness and inhabited bodies identical in performance to Dohyun’s.
Though one might expect them to succumb to corruption upon obtaining such a body after so long, only their consciousness had been implanted; their originals remained bound to Dohyun’s form, a fact they understood well.
They recognized they could not act entirely of their own volition.
And.
“….”
Even without such constraints, the Plague Lord harbored no desire to toy with Dohyun’s body. Having already witnessed the “vessel” dwelling within him and the “Analysis” that composed it, rebellion was unimaginable.
The Plague Lord simply sought to fulfill the commands given to him.
As the Plague Lord moved first, Hanalin and Jiyuchan simultaneously sprang into action in response.
Whoosh——!
With a light push against the ground, the air shattered, and the atmosphere compressed so violently around the Plague Lord’s trajectory that it became palpable.
Jiyuchan stepped forward to meet the Plague Lord’s explosive advance, raising his combat blade.
Setting aside the nature of fighting a clone, this was a sparring match within the Safe Zone, so all parties agreed to use real combat weapons. This proved far more practical for actual battle, and besides, since they were fighting a clone, Hanalin and Jiyuchan could eliminate the Plague Lord without consequence.
Despite these circumstances, the Plague Lord paid them no mind, observing Jiyuchan’s sword strike before lightly arching his back to evade the blade.
Simultaneously, he extended his arm while leaning back, rotating his body as if performing a backflip, and his kick struck Jiyuchan’s jaw with devastating force.
Crack——!!!
A sharp sound rang out, and Jiyuchan’s body jolted, but in that instant, his free hand shielded his jaw. The impact was so powerful that smoke rose from his palm where the Plague Lord’s foot connected.
His hand tingling, Jiyuchan grimaced and shook out the numbness, then charged forward again. Seeing this, the Plague Lord casually flicked his hand and drew a spear from his bracelet.
As a clone of Dohyun, the Plague Lord possessed duplicates of all his equipment, including the single-horned spear of Dokgakgwi, which he now wielded.
In that moment, a deep purple liquid began to drip from the dropper-like pointed tip of Dokgakgwi’s spear, and the instant Hanalin, waiting in reserve, witnessed this, she swiftly unleashed her magic.
Whoooooosh——!!!
A powerful gust erupted, and wind blades materialized in midair, rushing toward the Plague Lord, but he remained unfazed, thrusting the spear forward.
Then.
Splooooosh——!!!
Viscous liquid sprayed forth, blocking every wind blade that approached, and the sticky barrier proved impenetrable.
Witnessing this, Jiyuchan quickly deployed a water membrane from his newly acquired ring, while Hanalin conjured a magical barrier to neutralize the poison.
“….”
“A clone of this level….”
“…is formidable.”
Hanalin and Jiyuchan murmured as they observed the Plague Lord calmly defending, unable to ignore the unsettling sense that something was amiss.
While they hadn’t exchanged many blows, Hwang Hana was certain of one thing.
“This isn’t Dohyun’s style at all.”
“The movements are oddly feminine.”
“….”
The Plague Lord couldn’t help but nod firmly as he observed the companions his master brought along. Two vessels whose capacity was indeed slightly larger than his own. But as things stood, they fell a bit short.
With that thought, the Plague Lord wielded his spear lightly, as if resigned to the situation.
From the tip of the spear as it swung, a deep purple liquid sprayed forth, drawing a long arc across the ground. And where the liquid touched—
Ssssshhhhhhh———!
The ground corroded from the potent toxin, and seeing this, both Hanalin and Jiyuchan began to tense.
With poison of that magnitude, even in a Safe Zone, excruciating pain was certain to follow, so they couldn’t afford to be careless.
The moment they resolved themselves, a single-horned spear shot toward Hanalin.
Sheeeeek———!!!
Tearing through the air like a deep purple flash of light, the spear hurtled toward Hanalin, who quickly deployed magic to intercept it, having already braced herself.
Booooooom———!!
From the protective magic that collided with the spear, an explosion-like shockwave rippled outward, and the deafening sound disoriented Hanalin’s ears.
Eeeeeee——————
As tinnitus suddenly struck from the overwhelming noise, Jiyuchan moved to cover Hanalin and attempted to block any further attacks from the Plague Lord—but his judgment was wrong. The Plague Lord’s true target had been Jiyuchan all along.
Having sealed Hanalin’s interference, the Plague Lord rushed at Jiyuchan.
Jiyuchan, seeing the Plague Lord materialize before him, confirmed he had no weapon at hand and raised his sword to counterattack.
But by then, the single-horned spear was already in the Plague Lord’s grasp as he closed the distance, and in that instant, Jiyuchan recalled the effects of Dohyun’s single-horned spear.
Click, crackle.
Watching the legs attached to the spear retract back into it with a sound like an insect’s exoskeleton writhing, Jiyuchan’s expression darkened, and the Plague Lord thrust his spear toward him.
As the spear, stained with deep purple liquid, shot toward Jiyuchan like a projectile, he hurriedly deployed the Golden Sword’s most formidable defensive technique.
Golden Sword Eighth Technique: Golden Mirror Fortress
The sword Jiyuchan wielded transformed into a golden mirror, becoming a fortress, and seeing this, the Plague Lord snorted dismissively before channeling force into his thrust.
Then—
Plague Lord Style
Cheongmyeong Jichang
Second Technique
Cheongmyeong Flash
His original poison and plague merged with the deep purple toxic aura, combining with the second technique of Cheongmyeong Jichang, Cheongmyeong Radiance.
Thus, a piercing strike like a single beam of light unfolded from the Plague Lord’s grasp, and the irreconcilable fusion of Cheongmyeong’s essence and plague energy collided with the Golden Mirror Fortress.
Booooooooom———!!!
As the Golden Sword’s Golden Mirror Fortress collided with the Plague Lord’s Cheongmyeong Flash, was it because there hadn’t been enough time to forge it into platinum sword energy? An ominous sound began to emanate from where the Cheongmyeong Flash made contact.
Crack.
Crackle.
Crackcrackcrack——!
The fractures spread wider, and the Golden Mirror Fortress, which had always protected Jiyuchan, crumbled in an instant.
Clang———!!!
As the Plague Lord’s Cheongmyeong Flash claimed victory, Jiyuchan belatedly raised his sword to defend, but it was already too late.
Thud!!!
The single-horned spear pierced straight through the Golden Fortress and nearly penetrated Jiyuchan’s heart, but the water barrier he had activated earlier blocked its path.
After shattering the Golden Fortress, the spear lacked the force to completely break through the water barrier. Jiyuchan recognized this opening and immediately activated the helmet’s function he had just obtained.
Whoooooosh——!!!
A fierce, high-pressure, superheated gas erupted forth, pushing the Plague Lord back in an instant. Fearing burns from the scorching gas, the Plague Lord retreated while wrapping itself in a toxin-forged defensive barrier in that brief moment.
As the Plague Lord withdrew, Hanalin’s magic, belatedly unleashed, shot forward—but the Plague Lord had already vacated the area by then.
Hanalin’s magic struck the spot where the Plague Lord had been, but it accomplished nothing. Jiyuchan also retreated to avoid being caught in the spell.
Distance had been created between them, yet Jiyuchan’s expression remained grim—and Hanalin’s was no different.
The Dokgakgwi’s single-horned spear had briefly incapacitated Hanalin first, then targeted Jiyuchan with such precision. As they grasped this, both Hanalin and Jiyuchan murmured.
“…How is this….”
“The clone… seems even stronger….”
Reflecting on it, they tried to recall if Dohyun had ever sparred with them this tactically before, but both could only shake their heads.
At the same time, they thought.
‘…If we can’t even defeat this clone….’
‘…then we’re nothing but a hindrance to Dohyun.’
The possibility that this might actually be true made Hanalin and Jiyuchan’s expressions grow far more serious.
They had never thought it would be easy, but now, seeing the considerable gap between themselves and Dohyun, they were about to engage in combat with true resolve.
Boom——!!!
A massive impact shook the entire building from right beside them. When Hanalin, Jiyuchan, and even the Plague Lord glanced over, they could see Dohyun, battered and broken, being hurled backward from the explosion.
The extent of damage he had sustained was enough to have dispelled a clone, so they could tell that the figure being thrown was indeed Dohyun himself.
Watching Dohyun bounce across the ground and tumble backward, Hanalin and Jiyuchan thought.
‘…The clone is stronger….’
‘…than Dohyun himself?’
Sensing something had gone wrong, both turned their rigid gazes back to the Plague Lord, which merely shrugged its shoulders and charged at them again, spear in hand.
And that speed was so far beyond anything they had witnessed before that Hanalin and Jiyuchan understood.
‘This clone!’
‘It’s going to push even harder!’
Having seen Dohyun hurled backward, the Plague Lord decided it could afford to go harder, and Hanalin and Jiyuchan felt it immediately.

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