I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 301

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Chapter 301
301: The Heavenly Martial Arts Tournament (2)
Everyone had vaguely sensed that Baeryujin’s ancestor was a given, so they weren’t shocked, but they couldn’t help but wear bewildered expressions.
For Dohyun, Hanalin, and Jiyuchan, this figure was akin to a master, and for Hezway and Vera, he had been the stalwart tank who held back Davy Jones—so their feelings were bound to differ.
Since Baeryujin’s ancestor would undoubtedly be stronger than Baeryujin himself, everyone couldn’t help but feel tense.
And so.
“If we don’t win the championship….”
“It’s a dungeon, so we die.”
Dohyun answered Hezway’s words curtly, but then spoke with unmistakable confidence.
“Well, we just have to win the championship.”
Dohyun smiled with absolute certainty, and though his words and smile lacked any concrete basis, the entire Overseer Party could find reassurance in that expression of his.
After all, there had never been a single instance where Dohyun had failed after speaking with such conviction.
In any case, no further commotion arose, and Dohyun, Jiyuchan, and Hezway headed to the Participant Waiting Room, while Hanalin and Vera made their way to the Spectator Seating.
“Phew, you will win the championship, right?”
Though Vera had found some reassurance in Dohyun’s response, uncertainty still lingered, so she posed the question to Hanalin as if seeking confirmation.
Of course, Vera didn’t know what answer Hanalin would give, but she wanted to ask anyway and find some comfort in it. Hanalin, seeing Vera’s anxiety, nodded her head.
“Of course.”
“Phew, I’m so nervous.”
After hearing Hanalin’s words, Vera felt somewhat more reassured. She exhaled slowly and, unlike Dohyun, Jiyuchan, and Hezway, held the tablet displaying her assigned seat number and took her place in the Spectator Seating.
The murmuring of the crowd grew steadily louder as the main tournament was about to begin.
“The main bracket will be quite brutal.”
“Since it starts with the quarterfinals, it should finish today, but I really can’t say who’ll win.”
“Indeed. Though Yeom Je is formidable, he’s aging, so perhaps the rising Platinum Sword King, Cheon Ryuhee, will take the championship.”
“Come now, surely Yeom Je won’t lose?”
“And what of Yu Seongchang? Isn’t he on equal footing with Cheon Ryuhee?”
“Hmm, this will be difficult either way.”
As Hanalin listened to these conversations, she felt her nervousness deepen.
Every participant was clearly exceptional.
And hadn’t Hanalin herself felt it directly?
Though the 『presence』 each of them emanated might fall short of the transcendents she’d met recently, it was unmistakably the tier just below them.
Even if their stats were identical—or rather, even if Dohyun’s were higher—victory would not come easily. Just as Hanalin wore an expression of tension, wondering how it would unfold, a figure in a martial robe ascended the stadium and shouted.
-Now then! The 32nd Heavenly Martial Arts Tournament main bracket begins!!!
Waaaaaahhhhh——!!!
At the announcer’s words, everyone erupted in cheers, and then the announcer called out.
-Match 1: Seo Munhui of the Changnyeom Domunin versus Hezway of the Golden Generation! The match begins!!!
And so Hezway ascended to the stadium for the first match.
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Not long after entering the Participant Waiting Room, Hezway ascended to the stadium and, seeing her opponent, didn’t think it fortunate that it wasn’t one of those three from before.
The 『presence』 emanating from the opponent standing before her was clearly superior to her own. And this perception wasn’t unique to Hezway alone.
“Hmm, so you’re a junior.”
Watching Seo Munhui mutter with such confidence, Hezway offered no particular response.
Observing Seo Munhui, who wore an impressive curved blade with a blue scabbard, Hezway summoned a spear of light from the midair itself and grasped it firmly.
Fzzzzzzz.
Sparks of light scattered as if erupting from the void, coalescing into a single spear, and simultaneously Hezway drew upon her inner energy toward the spear of light.
Brilliant force wrapped around the spear, and once the spear of light was completed, studded with spear-force, Seo Munhui, regarding it as if it were trivial, murmured.
“So the junior has some skill after all.”
Smiling with considerable disdain, Seo Munhui drew his curved blade and similarly drew upon his inner energy, wrapping blade-force around the weapon.
The blue blade-force appeared to burn like flames, yet because the force was so meticulously controlled, even as it undulated like fire, it conveyed a sense of purity and cleanliness.
Though Hezway sensed that he was no ordinary opponent, she remained indifferent, gripping her spear, while Seo Munhui likewise grasped his blade and took a stance to begin his footwork.
And it was at that very moment when both seemed ready to burst forward toward each other.
-Begin!
The announcer signaled the start.
Paaaaang——!!!
With the signal to begin, Seo Munhui rushed fiercely toward Hezway, while Hezway remained motionless as if her legs were rooted to the stadium floor, drawing her spear-wielding hand backward as her waist and shoulders twisted along with it.
Witnessing this, Seo Munhui narrowed his eyes and thought to himself.
‘She employs the two-spear technique.’
‘A blade method that wraps like blue flames.’
Similarly, Hezway observed the approaching force like blue flames and thought.
Was it to prevent him from closing the distance?
Hezway immediately began moving the arm she had drawn backward.
The first to move was Hezway’s slender waist.
Her right waist, drawn backward, moved forward in a rotating motion, followed by her right shoulder, and finally her arm shot forward.
Then the spear of light, brimming with force, shed its spear form and became a flash of brilliance, hurtling toward Seo Munhui, enveloping him as a tremendous beam of light.
Radiant Dragon Spear
Third Form
Radiance
Seeing that spear, which became radiance itself and flew forward brimming with force, Seo Munhui opened his mouth in disbelief.
‘What in the——!’
The clear difference in 『realm』 that he sensed had led him to regard her as a junior and expect an easy victory, yet this single move shook that assumption to its core.
However, Seo Munhui had not merely accumulated 『realm』 through mere practice, and he swung his curved blade, which held the scattering blue blade-force.
Then, as if blue flames surged forth, a single blade strike shot out, and the blade strike undulating with flames cut through the flash of force.
Kwagagagaga———!!!
Whirrrrrr——!!!
As the flash was severed and split, the flash itself was incinerated, and the force clung to the surrounding ground like flames.
That blue flame-like force shot toward Hezway, radiating heat as if to burn everything around it.
Or more precisely, it shot toward where Hezway had been standing.
However.
“???”
Seo Munhui’s eyes rapidly trembled as he realized that though the blue flame-like force had engulfed where Hezway stood, there was nothing there.
As he looked around, wondering where she had gone.
Seo Munhui noticed the peculiar situation—the sun in the sky seemed obscured, yet the light remained unchanged—and lifted his head.
There, he saw it.
Hezeway stood with wings fully spread, aiming at Seo Munhui while wielding a spear twisted in a spiral shape, brimming with intense light and energy.
Radiant Dragon Spear
Fifth Technique
Spiral Light Spear
The spiral of light descended from sky to earth with the momentum to shatter all things, and a single beam of light infused with energy struck the stadium.
Kwaaaaaaaa———!!!
A sound like a waterfall crashing down echoed across the arena as the Spiral Light Spear, capable of shattering everything, bore down on Seo Munhui. He swiftly deployed his energy, forming a barrier with his protective energy and blade technique, yet he could not ignore the piercing power of the spiraling light spear.
Thwokwaaaaaaang———!!!
A massive shockwave that seemed to shake heaven and earth scattered in all directions, and as the impact reached not only the stadium but also the spectator seating, the audience gasped at the spectacular martial display from the very first match.
Moreover, seeing Hezeway, whom they were witnessing for the first time, perform so brilliantly left them astounded.
Though Seo Munhui’s reputation was overshadowed by famous figures like the Platinum Sword King and Yu Seongchang, he was nonetheless a formidable master who never failed to appear when discussing the strongest in this region.
That was precisely why the shock ran deeper.
“Huh?! That female warrior is quite impressive too.”
“I’ve never heard the epithet ‘Golden Generation’ before, but she’s remarkable.”
“To think Seo Munhui couldn’t keep pace.”
Just as the spectators said, Seo Munhui furrowed his brow and evaded to another section of the stadium, breaking through the rising dust.
Conversely, watching Seo Munhui’s retreat, Hezeway’s expression brightened slightly.
‘Damn.’
‘Perfect.’
Having read Seo Munhui’s carelessness and arrogance, Hezeway exploited that opening, and one could see that Seo Munhui’s left arm hung limp from the Spiral Light Spear strike.
Though he had sacrificed his non-dominant left hand instead of his right hand, which wielded the curved blade, losing the use of his left arm—even though it wasn’t his primary right arm—placed him at considerable disadvantage, so his furrowed brow was unavoidable.
Hezeway, observing Seo Munhui in this state, spoke quietly.
“You shouldn’t have let your guard down.”
“…You think I’ll just take that?!!!”
Crying out thus, Seo Munhui rushed forward, and Hezeway, in turn, summoned the light spear step by step, wielding spear techniques rather than throwing strikes to block Seo Munhui’s blade.
After hundreds of exchanges, the wound Seo Munhui had sustained initially grew increasingly severe, and the seemingly balanced momentum began to shift in Hezeway’s favor. After a few more exchanges, Hezeway’s spear point touched Seo Munhui’s throat, and he could only furrow his brow.
-Ahhh! Golden Generation Hezeway wins!!!
“”Waaaaa!!!””
“”Hezeway!!!”” “”Hezeway!!!”” “”Hezeway!!!””
Watching the spectators cheering for the victor Hezeway, she smiled with satisfaction, and observing this, Dohyun couldn’t help but chuckle.
[「Hezeway Paraksarl」has achieved victory in combat against an opponent of higher 「standing」, acquiring a slight amount of 「standing」.]
I smiled upon seeing Hezeway acquire new standing, but the problem came next.
After Hezeway’s match concluded, the announcer called the names of the next competitors.
And the one called was.
-Ahh! Why need words?!!! The Platinum Sword King Cheonryuhwi and Jiyuchan of the Overseer Party!!!
None other than a mirror match of the 「Platinum Sword King」.

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