Infinite Evolution Hunter - Chapter 290

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Bae Na-young, Violet, Yang Sang-heon, Min-gi, and Amy stood facing off against Ji-seok.
“Four S-rank hunters who’ve transcended their limits have gathered. Even for you, this won’t be easy, will it?”
“…Wait, sister? Did you just leave me out?”
Yang Sang-heon protested, but Bae Na-young’s gaze remained fixed on Ji-seok.
Even among S-rank hunters, there were tiers. Yang Sang-heon had reached S-rank, but it was difficult to say he’d truly transcended it.
“Whether you’re S-rank or whatever doesn’t matter. I found you appealing and considered making you mine later, but since you wish it so, I’ll grant you death.”
Ji-seok cracked his neck side to side, then unleashed his domain in a violent explosion.
Normally, Ji-seok’s domain radiated a vibrant red, brimming with vitality, but now it was stained with dark magic—a sinister, blood-red hue.
The domain erupted outward in all directions, incinerating and obliterating everything it touched. The building they stood in was no exception. Unleashed from underground, the domain detonated through the upper floors of the four-story structure, scattering debris across the night sky.
This destructive force came from merely deploying the domain. It would have been fatal to any A-rank hunter or below, but the five gathered here possessed the ability to shield themselves with aura.
“I’ll kill you all! Insignificant worms!”
Ji-seok roared and charged forward, and the five didn’t hesitate—they rushed to meet him.
Yang Sang-heon and Jung Min-gi unleashed dozens of aura blade strikes, holding the front line, while Bae Na-young and Violet layered dozens of curses upon Ji-seok to diminish his abilities.
The blade strikes that pierced through the domain couldn’t even scratch Ji-seok’s armor, but the curses from Bae Na-young and Violet weighed down his body considerably.
In truth, Amy boasted the highest combat power here. When she returned from the Spirit Realm with her strength elevated, she’d wondered if it was she, not Ji-seok, who would save Earth.
But when the World Tree came under attack and she’d turned to stone, she couldn’t participate in the battle against the Administrator—a regret that still burned within her.
Wasn’t her acquisition of spirit transformation and the Spirit King’s power meant for this very moment? Wasn’t this the universe’s grand design?
“Now is my time to shine!”
Amy’s eyes blazed as she transformed her body into pure electricity.
Clad in a special combat suit with zero electrical resistance, Amy became electricity as pure as the Lightning Spirit King himself.
The world seemed to freeze. Yet watching others, debris, and aura move in slow motion, she knew time hadn’t stopped—only her perception had accelerated.
Amy surged forward. Electricity spread wherever her feet touched the ground.
She blazed through the gaps between the crescent-shaped aura strikes Yang Sang-heon and Min-gi fired at her.
The others couldn’t even track her with their eyes—and Ji-seok was no exception.
Amy struck the unresponsive Ji-seok repeatedly as she passed. Her speed was extraordinary, and with each blow, Ji-seok’s armor plating visibly peeled away, yet even so, her attacks fell short of being fatal.
“You insects!”
The coordination of the five was better than expected. They maintained distance while attacking, and the enraged Ji-seok took a direct aura blade strike before charging at Yang Sang-heon.
“Damn! There’s no easy target here?!”
Startled, Yang Sang-heon retreated while swinging his sword, but Ji-seok caught the blade with his bare hand and hurled Yang Sang-heon toward Jung Min-gi.
There was no delay in Ji-seok’s movements. The instant he threw Yang Sang-heon, he flowed seamlessly into unleashing a breath attack from his mouth at Bae Na-young and Violet.
“Ugh!”
Bae Na-young and Violet, who’d been rushing to support Yang Sang-heon, erected barriers and scattered.
Even as they did, Amy landed successive strikes, but they weren’t enough to stop Ji-seok. He showed no reaction to her attacks whatsoever.
“Something’s…”
The ease of her attacks unsettled Amy. But she saw Min-gi, who’d set Yang Sang-heon down, gathering power. She had to keep Ji-seok pinned until that technique was ready.
Amy accelerated further, pummeling Ji-seok’s entire body. Her speed increased, her power surged, and his armor plating fell away noticeably.
Now Ji-seok was completely engulfed in electrical discharge—to any observer, he looked like he’d been struck by high-voltage current.
“At this rate, I won’t even need Min-gi?!”
Confidence surging, Amy gathered power into her right foot and delivered a powerful kick to the back of Ji-seok’s neck.
Ji-seok, who had been standing still until now, spun around with the speed of lightning and grabbed Amy’s ankle.
“Huh?”
Amy’s acceleration ceased, and her time synchronized with that of the others.
“You’re quite fast, I’ll admit. But no matter how quick you are, familiarity breeds predictability. And your pattern was far too obvious.”
Amy had believed she was attacking Ji-seok randomly from all directions, but unconsciously, a pattern had emerged in her assaults. Ji-seok had silently matched each blow and committed the rhythm to memory. After all, none of her attacks posed any real threat.
Gripping her ankle, Ji-seok hurled Amy mercilessly against the ground.
“Ugh!”
After slamming her into the earth several more times, Amy lost consciousness and her spirit form dissolved.
The moment Amy went limp, Ji-seok tossed her toward Jung Min-gi. He had already sensed that something was gathering power.
“Tch! Your perception is as sharp as ever!”
Jung Min-gi released his gathered energy and unleashed a blade strike.
Though his power hadn’t fully accumulated, this was an attack capable of severing existence itself and cleaving through space.
The invisible blade passed harmlessly through Amy and flew toward Ji-seok.
The instant Min-gi released the strike, he spread both arms wide to catch the falling Amy, tumbling backward with her.
“Hmph!”
Even though the blade was invisible, Ji-seok could sense Jung Min-gi’s strike.
Raising his fist high, Ji-seok brought it down in a devastating arc, shattering the blade into fragments.
For a moment, space warped violently, but since his power hadn’t fully gathered, the distortion quickly stabilized.
“Fall back!”
At Bae Na-young’s command, the group retreated.
“You’re running away now?!”
“Is the magic circle ready yet?!”
[Coming now!]
Drones emerged from the open sky, arranging themselves in a circular formation, and between them, a magic circle dozens of meters in diameter was inscribed across the night sky.
It was an amplified version of the training magic circle Ji-seok regularly used, unleashing tens of thousands of times the normal gravitational force to crush him.
“Grrgh!”
Simultaneously, the curses of Bae Na-young and Violet overlapped, draining his life force.
“This much…”
As Ji-seok forced his power through, his muscles ruptured and regenerated. The newly grown muscle was tougher, denser, and infused with far more mana.
Ji-seok, who had nearly been forced to his knees, gradually straightened his body.
“Increase the output!”
Even against the curses of Bae Na-young and Violet, his resistance was growing, and Bae Na-young grew anxious.
[We’re already at maximum output!]
“If we lose him now, we won’t get another chance! Everyone, attack!”
Boom!
Bae Na-young dispelled her curse and conjured a mana hammer, bringing it down upon Ji-seok from above.
The drones unleashed a barrage of mana bullets at Ji-seok, while Yang Sang-heon and Min-gi released blade strikes.
“Haaah!”
Ji-seok endured every attack while radiating life force throughout his body to amplify his strength. His previously hunched spine gradually straightened.
“That’s completely unfair!”
Bae Na-young and her group were unaffected by the magic circle, but they understood its power all too well. Anyone trapped within it would be crushed instantly, let alone stand. To think they could endure while being attacked by S-rank Hunters? It was unimaginable.
“Whoosh.”
Red smoke billowed from Ji-seok’s mouth as he completely overcame the magic circle.
“ROOOAAARRR!!!”
At Ji-seok’s roar, his eyes burning crimson, the drones shattered and the magic circle crumbled into fragments of light scattered across the night sky.
Ji-seok rushed at the weakened Jung Min-gi and sent him flying with a single blow, then hurled Yang Sang-heon and Violet aside.
As Ji-seok turned to leave, no longer expecting further attacks, his feet suddenly stopped.
“Why are you crying?”
Ji-seok spoke without turning around. Bae Na-young sat collapsed on the ground, tears streaming down her face.
“Because I’m sad….”
“What could possibly make you so sad?”
“Because you don’t recognize me! You idiot! I’m your wife!”
“I have no intention of getting married. I’m going to enjoy myself.
“You have a child too.”
He flinched.
“What’s that supposed to mean? I didn’t create that child. I’m not the man you knew.”
“You’re the same person. Eat this. Then you’ll recover your memories.”
She held out the orb that Ji-seok had left behind before departing with The God.
“Don’t project your dead husband onto me! I’m a different person!”
He could have simply left, but for some reason, Ji-seok found himself unable to abandon this woman.
‘Why? Because she’s beautiful? She certainly is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. Her personality is rather crude, but that has its own charm.’
“You’re right. That’s not wrong. You don’t have our memories, and having the same genes doesn’t make you the same person.”
“Now that you understand, get—”
While Ji-seok’s attention was on Bae Na-young, Marbas descended from the dark night sky.
“It’s been far too long since we’ve sparred!”
As the Demon King with his massive weight and demonic energy fell, Ji-seok threw a punch at his jaw, but Marbas laughed and pinned him down with his body.
When the careless Ji-seok fell to the ground, Ban Adamant emerged from the earth and seized him by the waist.
They never expected to defeat Ji-seok in direct combat. All the attacks until now had been merely to create this single opening.
“Hold him down!”
Yang Sang-heon, Min-gi, Amy, and Marbas grabbed Ji-seok’s limbs.
Countless drones flew back in, and a newly formed magic circle descended from above, crushing down on Ji-seok.
“Ugh! No! I’m not that man!”
Even with this, Ji-seok couldn’t hold out much longer and began to struggle.
“Shut up. You’re mine.”
“No!”
Bae Na-young forcibly shoved the orb into Ji-seok’s mouth.
“Gag!”
Though he tried not to swallow, the orb dissolved and was absorbed into his body. The Ji-seok who had ascended to become The God had foreseen this situation from the beginning and entrusted the orb to Bae Na-young.
“Aaahhh… AAAAHHHHH!!!”
Memories melted into Ji-seok’s body, and the demonic energy and spiritual corruption within him burned away.
“Sister, Brother is okay, right?”
Yang Sang-heon and the others approached and watched Ji-seok carefully.
“Yes. He’ll be fine.”
Bae Na-young spoke as if chanting an incantation to herself. It was the orb Ji-seok had given her. It was clear he had given it to her for this very purpose.
Black ichor streamed from Ji-seok’s skin, and he continued to expel dark clots.
The process was far from smooth, and Ji-seok writhed on the ground in agony.
“Haah… haah…”
Ji-seok’s transformed face returned to normal, and the black ichor flowing from his body ceased, as did the retching.
“Brother?”
“…Yes. I’m back.”
Ji-seok lifted his head with difficulty, his face drenched in sweat, and smiled at Bae Na-young.
“Brother!”
Bae Na-young embraced Ji-seok tightly.
“I knew you’d come back. Brother.”
“You’re putting me to work the moment I wake up. Let’s have a drink later and catch up on everything we’ve missed.”
Yang Sang-heon and Min-gi, who had been tense in preparation for any contingency, sheathed their swords and relaxed.
“We’ll be going then~”
“Next time, we’re sparring one-on-one.”
Amy and Marbas also excused themselves to give Bae Na-young and Ji-seok time together.
“All of Metalim believed you would return, Lord. Please visit Mars next time.”
Everyone celebrated Ji-seok’s return. Violet, feeling she didn’t belong in this moment, silently withdrew.

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