My Skeleton Soldier Is Strange - Chapter 205

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Chapter 205
The Demon’s eyes flashed a brilliant crimson.
He extended his hand toward the orb rotating slowly through the air.
“Swallow this sphere.”
The Demon’s voice resonated with an otherworldly timbre.
At those words, Kim Jae-beom nodded without the slightest hesitation.
“Very well.”
A resolute and spirited affirmation came in response.
Kim Jae-beom unhesitatingly reached out and grasped the crimson sphere. Within his palm, I felt a peculiar vibration and heat.
And without hesitation, I placed the sphere into my mouth.
A gulp.
An alien sensation coursing down my throat.
In that instant, something went terribly wrong with my body.
“Ugh….”
Accompanied by a searing pain, cracks began spreading across my skin.
Crimson fissures rapidly propagated across my flesh.
And from those gaps, an intense radiance burst forth.
“This is….”
Confronted with an unbelievable sight, I held my breath.
I stared in a daze at the brilliant light pouring from my own body.
That very moment.
Rumble…!
The ground began to tremble.
Marble pillars shook and collapsed.
Debris cascaded down from the ceiling.
The entire Red Temple was crumbling.
Yet Kim Jae-beom paid it no mind.
My gaze remained fixed upon my own body.
Because my form was undergoing a gradual transformation.
A thunderous roar….
Accompanied by a deafening boom that shook the surroundings, my body expanded to tremendous proportions. My height surged to several meters in mere moments.
Muscles bulged and rippled, while my skin transformed into a pale, marble-like pallor.
Enveloping my enlarged form was an grotesque ensemble.
A jet-black robe draped across my body.
A cape of shimmering crimson radiance settled upon my shoulders.
Demonic horns sprouted from my forehead.
I had completely shed my human appearance.
I slowly raised my arms, extending them toward the Sky.
A piercing shriek―!
Radiance poured forth from my arms.
Crimson flashes surged through pale skin, racing along the veins with terrifying velocity.
An eerie, ominous light flowed swiftly down my arm.
Crack! Boom!
Lightning erupted outward, tearing through the frigid air.
Undulating scarlet bolts of electricity stretched in all directions at a horrifying speed.
The lightning tore across the void.
“Incredible…”
Kim Jae-beom let out an exclamation upon witnessing the spectacle before him.
He could not conceal his exhilaration at wielding lightning with such absolute freedom and control.
“So this is the true power of Count Heltema.”
Muttering to himself, he opened his palm to gaze upon his own strength.
A chilling smile spread across Kim Jae-beom’s lips as he followed the brilliant scarlet lightning.
Now coursing through him was a power beyond imagination.
The moment he seized the Demon’s strength, Kim Jae-beom ceased to be human.
A being of destructive force.
The heir to Count Heltema and lord of darkness.
Merely by wielding lightning, he now appeared as an incarnation of evil transcending divinity itself.
The Demon raised his hand toward Kim Jae-beom and spoke.
“Not yet.”
His low voice cleaved through the emptiness.
And then it happened.
The Demon’s body began to expand once more.
Crimson flesh swelled at a rapid pace.
In an instant, the Demon had transformed into something far more colossal than before.
The intense, blazing light enveloping his entire form was overwhelming.
Roooaarrr!
With a piercing howl, the Demon unleashed tremendous power from his body.
The surge shook the surroundings violently.
The Demon watching this spectacle burst into laughter.
“You must defeat me to achieve true awakening!”
That was when it occurred.
Shhiiing—!
Massive, sinister blades materialized in the Demon’s hands.
The crimson-wreathed blades radiated an aura of dread.
Whoosh!
In a flash, the Demon swung his blade toward Kim Jae-beom.
Swift movement. The blade tore through the air in the blink of an eye.
A whistling wind accompanied the ferocious slash.
Screeeech—!
Sensing the danger, Kim Jae-beom quickly threw himself out of harm’s way.
He leaped lightly into the air, swiftly creating distance between himself and the Demon.
“Hmm….”
Kim Jae-beom faced the Demon with a light smile playing across his lips.
He hardly appeared weak enough to fall to such a simple attack.
Uuuoong―
With a sound that resonated through space itself, Kim Jae-beom extended his hand.
In the next instant, something materialized within his grasp.
A weighty staff forged from steel.
A weapon that floated weightlessly in the void, radiating brilliant silver light.
“Shall we see a true contest of strength?”
Murmuring the provocation toward the Demon, Kim Jae-beom gripped the steel staff with unwavering resolve.
Whoosh!
Kim Jae-beom charged toward the Demon at tremendous speed.
The steel staff in his hand cleaved through the air as he swung it with devastating force.
The weapon carved through empty space.
Shhiiiik―!
Lightning erupted from the steel staff in brilliant flashes.
Electrical current surged outward, spreading in all directions.
The lightning bolts relentlessly surged toward the Demon.
Boom!
With a deafening roar, the lightning engulfed the Demon’s body.
An embrace of searing flames.
The Demon’s form wavered indistinctly, consumed by crimson radiance.
“Kuooo!”
A cry of agony tore from its throat.
The Demon, bleeding crimson from wounds across its entire body.
Yet even those injuries were fading in an instant.
Radiating dark energy, the Demon lunged ferociously at Kim Jae-beom.
Shwik! Shwik!
The moment the lightning vanished, the Demon’s blade came hurtling through.
A colossal sword wreathed in crimson energy flew toward Kim Jae-beom at terrifying velocity.
Clang!
With a sharp metallic cry, the two weapons collided.
Sparks scattered in all directions.
When the steel staff and the Demon’s crimson blade clashed, a tremendous shockwave rippled outward.
The ground trembled, and debris scattered like shrapnel.
Amid the tense standoff, the two powerhouses pushed against each other, locked in stalemate.
Two bodies colliding, radiating scorching heat.
Fated rivals exchanging burning gazes.
The brutal hand-to-hand combat continued, emanating lethal intent.
Crack!
The two weapons collided once more, producing a violent, resonant clash.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The steel staff and the Demon’s crimson blade struck together ferociously, unleashing a deafening roar.
With each collision, brilliant white sparks erupted in all directions.
Amid the blindingly intense light, Kim Jae-beom and the Demon refused to yield, driving relentlessly against one another.
The deadlocked exchange seemed endless—a clash where victory remained impossible to discern.
Yet in that moment, something unexpected transpired.
Whoosh!
The Demon hurled both blades he wielded with reckless abandon.
The blades embedded themselves in the ground with a heavy thud.
Shattered hilts and cracked blades scattered across the wasteland.
The Demon abandoned his weapons entirely, clenching his bare fists with fierce determination.
Shhhhh—!
From the disarmed Demon’s two fists erupted a blazing crimson aura, burning with primal intensity.
Radiating scorching heat, he hurled a massive fist toward Kim Jae-beom.
The Demon’s punch whistled through the air, cleaving it asunder.
His strike hurtled forward at a terrifying velocity.
“Excellent!”
Unable to conceal my excitement at this unexpected turn of events.
With a provocative smile, I too discarded my steel staff in one fluid motion.
The silver staff crashed to the ground with a thunderous clang.
My weapon tumbled across the earth, kicking up dust.
It seemed to carry the meaning of a challenge issued.
Thud! Thud!
Instinctively, I unleashed my own bare fists toward the Demon.
The two titans now engaged in pure combat, relying solely on their own strength.
Fists flew without mercy, strikes landing squarely on face and body.
Heedless of the excruciating pain that tore through flesh, we hurled ourselves at one another.
The two of us exchanged blows in the blink of an eye.
Boom! Crash! Thud!
Each massive blow detonated with explosive force.
Our unarmed exchange became far faster and more savage.
Bodies crumbling as blood poured from our faces, roars and screams tearing at the air.
Amid the chaotic maelstrom of it all, we fought without yielding an inch.
The extreme clash intensified relentlessly.
Crack! Boom!
Fists imbued with bestial power battered our bodies mercilessly.
Against the backdrop of the shattered Temple ruins crumbling and disintegrating, our struggle knew no end.
Then it happened.
A strange phenomenon manifested across Kim Jae-beom’s hands.
Shiiing—!
Light began erupting from his palms.
The radiance that started at his fingertips spread across the backs of his hands and wrists, engulfing his entire arms in brilliant luminescence.
Both of Kim Jae-beom’s fists blazed with a scorching, incandescent glow.
The sight was so awe-inspiring and terrifying that it seemed capable of overwhelming the Demon itself.
“Uuuaaargh!”
With a fierce battle cry, Kim Jae-beom drove his crimson-glowing fist directly toward the Demon’s face.
The punch tore through the air, wrapped in a scarlet aura that poured from his hand as it hurtled forward.
A strike imbued with amplified power.
At tremendous velocity, it found its mark against the Demon’s face.
Crack!
With a massive impact, Kim Jae-beom’s fist slammed directly into the Demon’s jaw.
In an instant, the Demon’s head snapped violently backward.
The sickening sound of shattering jawbone echoed vividly through the air.
Blood sprayed from the Demon’s mouth from the sheer force of the blow.
The impact sent the Demon’s body reeling backward, staggering uncontrollably.
Wracked with excruciating pain, the Demon let out a pained groan.

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