Murim Login - Chapter 401

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Chapter 401
A groan slipped between my lips.
“…Lei Fei?”
Wei Penghu’s only nephew, an S-rank Hunter secretly cultivated by China.
And the hero who vanished alongside a thousand Public Security Armed Forces Hunters on the day the Monster Wave erupted.
‘If Master Jin were to meet that child…could you bring him back?’
The elderly general’s earnest plea from before echoed in my ears. That must have been why my body suddenly went rigid.
– Wicked human! Come to your senses! That creature is no longer human—a fallen monster!
The Skeleton Warlord’s cry was an undeniable truth.
Among the monsters I had slain thus far were Hunters and civilians resurrected as undead, and Lei Fei was merely one of them.
The being before me now was not an S-rank Hunter who had died fulfilling his duty, but a Death Knight Lord commanding a legion of monsters.
And yet….
‘Something was different.’
Tremor, tremor, tremor!
– Hack, cough, cough. Shriek!
A body quivering in fine tremors and groans erupting intermittently.
Whenever the crimson eyes flickered like a traffic light, the pupils and irises that appeared were unmistakably those of a human.
I had never heard nor witnessed an undead bereft of sensation and reason, moving solely on the instinct to slaughter, exhibit such a reaction.
‘Could it be that the undead transformation never fully completed?’
If so…what was I supposed to do?
Right now, a single strike could end this battle and console the spirits of the fallen.
But then—was I killing a hero who had given his life to protect people, or a Death Knight Lord who had led a monster army in countless massacres and destruction?
“Damn it….”
My deliberation was brief.
There was no choice. The die had been cast, and he and I had already crossed a river from which there was no return. Against an opponent I could not subdue halfway, I had to end it now.
‘Rest well.’
Lei Fei, Death Knight Lord. Whoever he was, he could find peace now.
My Eight Celestial Palaces’ Divine Flame Annihilation Fist, unleashed with full power, would grant him a painless end.
Whoosh! Roooooar!
And in that moment, a single fist engulfed in azure flames advanced to bring everything to a close.
– My. Lord. Master!
A desolate voice flowed from lips stained dark crimson. As the flickering crimson eyes sharpened, tangible mana surged forth.
Crack! Boom!
Flame and darkness collide. The two mighty forces that crashed toward each other exploded with a tremendous shockwave.
Boom, boom, boom!
A deafening roar that numbed my ears. Repelled by the enormous recoil, I flipped my body and regained my stance.
The ground shattered and scattered in the blast, along with the remains of monsters.
From within the pale smoke that had overturned hundreds of meters in radius, a figure shrouded in darkness drew near.
– I am That Person’s most loyal servant.
Sssssssss.
From the desolate wasteland, darkness surges forth. It was the death aura that the slain monsters had harbored within themselves.
– The supreme commander leading the legion of the departed.
Whoooosh!
The swirling darkness is drawn toward a single entity. In that same instant, the half-shattered armor reconstructs itself, the fractured bones knit together, and crimson eyes ignite with ferocious intensity.
Recovery followed by a surge of power. The being, now brimming with far greater magical force, slowly raises its blade.
– By the lord’s command, I fulfill my duty.
Wrong. His true duty was to be humanity’s shield and guardian, but the hero who once sacrificed his life for others lost his memory and fell to corruption by the Arch Lich.
[Lv.140 Death Knight Lord]
Lei Fei no longer exists. The entity advancing toward me is nothing but a monster.
Then….
“I too must fulfill my duty.”
The moment those words escaped my lips in a low murmur.
Slash!
A blade radiating magical power descended toward my head.
* * *
Screech!
A hand’s breadth. The distance death had missed by.
Magical force sharper than ever before grazed my arm and cleaved the ground. Without a sound or debris, a stretch of earth spanning a dozen meters split apart like cheesecake.
Crunch!
Hearing that bone-chilling cutting sound, I extended my hand.
The scorching heat contained within the Divine Physician’s Palm collided with the blade that had already shifted its trajectory.
Boom!
A tremendous explosion erupted from our point of contact, sending a massive shockwave outward. Through the swirling dust, I glimpsed those burning crimson eyes.
“Try this on for size.”
– …!
The Extinguishing Flame Divine Fist fired like a cannon.
The creature’s eyes widened as it straightened its knees. A fist engulfed in flames collided with knees wrapped in darkness.
Crash!
The world shook. Propelled backward by the tremendous recoil, I caught sight of a building’s outer wall rapidly approaching my vision.
My feet touched solid concrete as I flipped my body in mid-air.
‘Flame Path Technique.’
I channeled my power through both legs. Concentration of force. Then detonation.
Crack. Boom!
The outer wall, receiving the full force and momentum from my feet, exploded outward.
Transformed into a streak of flame, I now existed in the empty space directly above the Death Knight Lord’s head as it steadied its form.
‘Inventory open, summon.’
A sturdy spear shaft materialized in my grip. The energy flooding my entire body surged through my fingertips and up to the spearhead.
Blue flame aura blooming in mid-air becomes the talons of a fire dragon, descending in a devastating strike.
The Fire Dragon Divine Spear’s first technique.
‘Heavenly Strike.’
A deafening roar echoed across the battlefield—
Scorching heat, intense enough to incinerate the very air itself, descended like lightning. The Death Knight Lord surged forward, his sword raised high, magical power swelling explosively to meet the descending spear.
A thunderous collision—
As the spear shaft shattered, a brilliant blue-green flash consumed my vision.
The Death Knight Lord absorbed the full weight of that immense force, and spider-web fractures spread outward from where he stood. In the next instant, the ground within a radius of a hundred meters collapsed inward.
The earth crumbled with a deafening roar—
A massive sinkhole, revealed only as the destruction settled.
Monsters caught in the wake of battle shrieked as they plummeted hundreds of meters into the abyss below.
The Death Knight Lord, using a falling ogre as a stepping stone, launched himself skyward and lifted his gaze toward me.
Toward me, standing motionless in the heavens.
‘Void Step.’
Another extraordinary ability granted only to those who had reached the pinnacle of mastery.
I felt the severe drain of my inner strength as I propelled myself upward by stepping on empty air. Before my feet could touch solid ground again, a whip-like torrent of magical power lashed toward my ribs.
‘Inventory open. Summon.’
A sharp metallic clash—
I succeeded in blocking the attack, but the price was steep: the spear shattered into countless fragments.
White Flame had already been thrown as a projectile earlier. The weapons stored in my inventory, though serviceable in quality, were little more than disposable in a battle of this magnitude.
But if I had dozens, hundreds of them, the equation changed entirely.
‘Inventory open. Summon.’
A piercing shriek, another collision—
‘Summon.’
The sound of shattering wood and metal—
With each exchange of blows, spear shafts snapped and blades shattered. Yet I pressed forward without hesitation.
My entire body had become an instrument of perfect clarity—sharp, silent, and precise. Every sensation told me what was happening now and what would come next.
‘Summon, summon—’
I wielded the spears in both hands like rays of light, crossing them in a devastating arc.
A sharp crack—
One spear shattered against his sword, but the other struck his ribs with full force.
A thunderous boom—
As he was driven backward, the earth itself trembling beneath the impact, I took a step forward.
Just one step. I was already before the Death Knight Lord. My forward momentum exceeded the speed of his retreat.
Crimson Flame Divine Spear, First Form.
‘Fire Dragon’s Tail.’
A piercing wail, blood spraying—
A fresh spear, drawn from my inventory in that instant, pierced through his obsidian armor and drove deep into his knee.
Though the armor had been reconstructed stronger than before, even the magical power it absorbed could not withstand the inner force condensed upon the spear’s edge.
‘There is no pain, but there is impact.’
Yet contrary to my expectation, the Death Knight Lord did not falter.
A grinding sound—
He severed the spear with his magic-infused blade and, rather than retreat, charged directly toward me.
A vicious slash!
Space tore open, and every hair on my body stood on end.
I thought I’d turned my head away in time, but a thread-thin strand of mana sliced past my earlobe.
A sharp, piercing cry!
With a searing pain, blood gushed from my half-severed ear.
Feeling the blood trickling down my neck, I extended my palm toward his face.
A burst of flame erupted as the Divine Flame Palm was about to detonate—
A thunderous boom!
Within the deafening roar, my eyes snapped wide open.
My palm, which should have blown his head clean off, was blocked by a gauntlet wreathed in pitch-black light.
‘What is this?’
I wasn’t shocked because my attack was blocked.
Crude as it was, what the Death Knight Lord had just demonstrated was a palm technique I recognized. And it took the form of the Divine Flame Palm.
‘This creature… it’s copying my martial arts.’
As I met the unwavering crimson glow of its eyes, a thought suddenly pierced my mind.
‘An S-rank Hunter secretly cultivated by China.’
I’d momentarily forgotten. The being before me, now reduced to a monster, was a genius chosen from 1.2 billion people—a secret weapon they’d desperately tried to conceal.
‘Impressive. Truly impressive.’
I marveled inwardly. And in that same moment, one certainty crystallized within me.
‘You cannot defeat me.’
If he was chosen from 1.2 billion people, then I was the sole existence among 7 billion humanity.
The blood I’d spilled crossing between the modern world and the Murim, the countless death lines I’d crossed—they had forged who I was now.
“Let us… end this.”
With those quiet words, I took a step forward.
My mind had never been more serene, my five senses never sharper.
A whistling sound!
As I twisted my head, the mana the Death Knight Lord unleashed in a burst narrowly grazed past me.
Feeling the scorching heat flooding through my entire body, I drove my fist forward.
A world-shaking boom!
The Death Knight Lord’s form wavered under the deafening impact.
It desperately tried to mimic the Golden Bell Shield to defend, but the Extinction Flame Fist pierced through its clumsy defense and struck its chest.
‘More.’
A whoosh, a dull thud!
‘More, more. More.’
Muttering to myself, I unleashed my hands and feet without pause.
Each strike infused with inner force collided with its blade, exploited gaps, and hammered relentlessly.
It wasn’t just the spear I summoned from my inventory. My fists, my legs, my elbows—everything that composed me was both weapon and shield.
A sickening crunch! A grinding sound!
As its wrist and gauntlet were severed, the formidable mana flickered like a dying candle.
The Death Knight Lord’s armor, unable to withstand the superhuman physical prowess that transcended human limits and the vast ocean of inner force, was slowly disintegrating.
Boom!
A single exchange of blows between us, bypassing all defense.
The system notification informed me that the durability of the Flame Dragon Armor had been depleted, and the armor enveloping his entire body shattered like glass.
Crack, crack, crack.
At last, his bare body was revealed. Pale skin dotted with livor mortis.
The crimson glow burning in the eyes of this undead form blazed fiercer than ever, as if announcing the end.
– I… I…!
But his cry could not continue.
Piercing through!
A transparent spear blade burst through the pale skin and erupted from his chest.
Drawing White Flame to me through Void Attraction, I gazed upon him and answered.
“Now rest… find your peace.”

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