I Just Subscribed and It’s the Best Hunter of All Time - Chapter 158

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#Chapter 158.
Light spread across the ground in rippling waves.
I didn’t know exactly what it meant, but something felt deeply wrong about it.
A feeling that leaving it alone would be a mistake.
Those nearby shared the same instinct—Berka and the mysterious man both scanned their surroundings with grave expressions.
“Kraaaaaahhh!”
Simultaneously, the beasts let out agonized screams.
The Annihilation Formation, given its scale, wouldn’t activate instantly.
But the Demon Race was confident they could complete it before their enemies moved.
After all, these humans wouldn’t know what the Annihilation Formation was or how to stop it.
Even if they did, they’d have to tear through the countless beasts here and eliminate every Demon Race member channeling the formation to prevent its activation.
It was unfortunate to sacrifice all the beasts they’d painstakingly gathered, but if it meant eliminating such formidable humans, it was a worthwhile trade.
But their assumptions were wrong.
“Something’s off about those things.”
“At least it’s certain those bastards are the epicenter of the mana.”
I felt the demonic power spreading across the ground at terrifying speed was anything but normal, and I’d already pinpointed its source.
“Whatever it is, we can’t just leave it alone.”
Without clear evidence of what it was, I wasn’t the type to let enemies do whatever they pleased.
“Wait, hold on!”
Ignoring Berka’s protest, I pushed through the beasts toward the source of the mana.
“Kraaahhhhh!”
The beasts naturally tried to stop me.
Suffering from the formation’s effects yet driven by instinct, they attacked the approaching threat.
Crackle, crackle, crackle!
But I surged forward through the beasts, my entire body wrapped in electricity.
With electrocution occurring simply by proximity and my reaction speed enhanced by the divine technique, nothing could stop me.
And I wasn’t the only one tearing through the beasts.
Rumble, rumble, rumble—!
The Great Sword Wielder also began advancing in sync with me.
He wasn’t moving based on any clear logical reasoning either.
Simply because something felt wrong, he moved to verify it.
Crash, crash, crash—!
As the two of us literally swept through the beasts in our charge, the Demon Race felt profound terror.
About ten minutes remained until the Annihilation Formation’s activation.
For a magic circle of such enormous scale to unfold in merely that timespan was a remarkable feat.
The problem was that five minutes seemed sufficient for the enemies to reach them.
“What do we do?”
“Are those things really monsters?! Even for beasts, how are they moving so effortlessly?!”
The Demon Race fell into chaos, their voices overlapping in panic.
They had no choice.
From their perspective, Jung Han-sung and the Greatsword Man were enemies far beyond standard classification, and their methods of action defied all expectations.
Above all, the distance between them was shrinking with each passing moment. At this rate, they would arrive directly at the headquarters where the leadership gathered and sweep away everything along with those demonic beasts.
Ultimately, the highest-ranking Demon among them made a different decision.
“Abandon the Annihilation Formation! Concentrate your power here instead!”
“The Annihilation Formation?”
“At this rate, we’ll all die before we can even complete it! Move quickly!”
The hesitant Demons began moving frantically at their commander’s urging.
They adjusted the Annihilation Formation that had originally been prepared as a contingency, restructuring its composition.
The change became immediately apparent through the phenomena that unfolded.
Uuuuuuuung―!
The cluster of light that had been advancing as if to consume all the ground where the demonic beasts stood came to a halt.
Instead, the light radiating from the cluster began to intensify steadily.
“Gaaaaah!”
“Kiiiiiii!”
The demonic beasts standing upon it writhed in agony, their bodies contorting.
Crimson light spread from their bodies and was drawn back down into the ground.
The gathered crimson light reversed its course and flowed toward the center, where it was absorbed by the Demons standing at the heart of the formation.
“Ughhhh.”
“Hold on. Don’t let the power consume you.”
The Demons struggled against the intense energy being drawn into their bodies while fighting to maintain consciousness.
If they lost consciousness, they would become mindless monsters raging out of control.
And by then, Jung Han-sung had reached the center and was observing everything clearly.
―Looking at it this way, I can’t tell who the real monsters are. Usually, humans fear the Demon Race, but this…
At Onyx’s casual remark, Jung Han-sung lightly cut through a demonic beast blocking his path and replied.
“They’re probably just panicked. Besides, whatever they’re doing doesn’t look ordinary either.”
It would be foolish to grow careless simply because the current situation was overwhelmingly in our favor.
After all, wasn’t the reason they moved so hastily because the enemies were preparing something unusual?
So they needed to attack as quickly as possible before the enemies could execute their plan.
Craaaaaash―!
Just then, the Greatsword Man who had reached nearby struck down lightning ahead and swept through the demonic beasts once more.
Thanks to that, the path forward opened completely.
Jung Han-sung ran without hesitation along the cleared path and soon came face to face with the Demons surrounded by blood-red light.
The Demons still showed signs of panic, but as Jung Han-sung drew near, they began responding swiftly.
“Gather in the center! We’ll sweep them away and activate the formation properly again!”
Jung Han-sung clearly committed the face of the Demon shouting in a loud voice to memory.
‘That one must be the highest-ranking.’
If I bring him down, the others will fall into even greater chaos.
But if I target him openly, they’ll try to block me, so Jung Han-sung aimed for the left flank instead.
Kwaaaaaang―!
As Jung Han-sung approached at high speed and swung his blade, the Demon trying to block it was sent flying along with the sword he was holding.
An overwhelming difference in power.
Yet the expression on my face as I swung my blade was far from satisfied.
‘Something sticky is clinging to me.’
The moment my sword clashed with the Demon’s.
The crimson aura that had enveloped the creature’s body partially transferred to me, bringing with it an unsettling sensation.
It wasn’t a drastic change, but I could feel my body growing subtly heavier.
“Keep attacking―!”
The Demons paid no mind to their comrade being sent flying so pathetically, continuing to rush at me relentlessly.
As I swung my blade to meet them, I caught sight of the Demon I’d sent flying earlier rising back to its feet.
Both of its arms had been shattered, yet they were now completely restored.
Clang, clang, clang―!
With each successive clash of blades against the Demons, I began to discern several critical facts.
The more I exchanged blows with them, the more of that crimson light transferred to me.
And the Demons displayed an uncanny regenerative capacity.
This was a trait I hadn’t observed when I’d cut down those Demons hiding among the demonic beasts earlier.
There was only one difference between those Demons and the ones I faced now.
The crimson aura enveloping their bodies.
‘Are they casting curses while simultaneously granting themselves powerful regeneration?’
A remarkably potent effect.
Yet I sensed this wasn’t the end of it. The ominous aura I felt was far too foreboding for that.
Boom―!
At that moment, the Greatsword Man, who had been equally busy slaughtering Demons on his side, joined me.
He took position beside me and spoke.
“We can’t afford to drag this out.”
“I agree.”
Though we weren’t exactly fighting half-heartedly, the sense of dread only intensified as we cut through the Demons.
The feeling that something beyond merely slaying a few Demons was approaching.
So I spoke to the man beside me.
“First, let’s take care of that commander.”
“Right. I’ll keep the rest of them occupied.”
The conversation ended there.
Crackling!
The man raised his blade and immediately unleashed lightning in all directions as he charged toward the Demons.
Moving like a bulldozer, the Demons hastily gathered to block his assault.
And I seized that opening, rushing toward the commander who stood surrounded by other Demons at the center.
The commander, seeing me charge forward, gripped the staff in both hands tightly.
Instead of issuing orders to the other Demons like before, it was chanting something―an incantation.
Hummmm!
I watched as the light enveloping the other Demons’ bodies rippled in response to the commander’s chant.
During the brief combat, it appeared the creature had been preparing something else.
Crackle!
I rushed toward the commander, unleashing my divine technique once more.
Lightning spread throughout my body as time began to flow sluggishly.
In truth, my perception had shifted, but the result was much the same.
Whoooosh—
The Demon’s blade, meant to block my approach, crept forward at an agonizingly slow pace.
I ducked my body lightly downward, evading the strike.
Then an arrow came flying at my flank.
Clang!
I deflected it easily with a sweep of my blade.
The spikes erupting from beneath my feet—I leaped over them. The ice rain falling from above—I simply accelerated through it.
Dismantling every attack with ease, I surged forward in an instant and soon reached the commander.
I watched the commander’s face contort in real time.
Clang—!
My blade and the commander’s staff collided head-on.
Any other Demon would have been unable to withstand the impact and sent flying backward.
Yet, remarkably, the commander blocked my blade without difficulty. It was as if he had absorbed all the force.
The surprises did not end there.
“I offer this lowly servant as a sacrifice!”
Within the slowed time, the commander’s voice rang out with crystalline clarity.
Whoooosh!
A crimson light erupted from the Demon commander’s body, consuming him entirely.
Boom—!
Sparks burst forth and spread to the other Demons’ bodies, engulfing them all.
The Demons consumed by flames shrieked before turning to ash in an instant.
There was no need to ponder what this meant.
Uuuuuuuuung—!
The red light scattered throughout the area converged toward where the Demon commander had burned, and a pillar of light shot upward from that spot.
It was an impossibly dark and viscous radiance.
Clearly, the Demons’ situation was far from favorable.
Caught off guard by the unexpected reversal, they attempted to deploy an annihilation formation, but I and the Greatsword Man disrupted it.
They tried to gather that energy and block it, but that too failed.
Cornered by successive failures, the commander ultimately sacrificed himself and the other Demons’ lives to activate a final measure.
Rumble!
What emerged from the pillar of light was a giant engulfed in flames.
It radiated a terrifying aura, and with each breath, lethal toxins flowed forth.
But what truly shocked me was something else.
[Objective has changed]
Immediately after the Demons were incinerated, a message appeared before my eyes.
[Objective: Endure against the Demon God Incarnation]
[Time Limit: 30 minutes]
It was a message announcing the change in objective.

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