Not A Regressor - Chapter 180

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I Am Not a Regressor Chapter 180
Living Armor (5)
-Ding!
[You have successfully absorbed the Stigma of the Toad Constellation!]
I swept away the blue message window floating before my eyes and drew upon the power of the constellation that had newly taken root in my heart.
My skin transformed, becoming bumpy and warty like a toad’s.
The grotesquely swollen muscles of both legs bulged so tightly against my pants that they threatened to tear.
‘I’ll need to adjust this with my transformation.’
My hideously contorted skin returned to its original appearance, and the taut leg muscles contracted back to normal.
Using the Toad Constellation, I felt a fierce, overwhelming power surging through my already superhuman body.
‘This is excellent.’
It was a simple effect—pure physical enhancement.
But precisely because of its simplicity, I realized it could be applied versatilely across numerous situations.
Stigmas like the Owl Constellation or the Sea Horse Constellation were difficult to use freely in front of others.
“Shhhhiiieee…”
An eerie sound reached my ears.
I looked down at the demonic beast clad in pitch-black armor.
‘Actually, saying it “wore” the armor isn’t quite accurate.’
That black armor was the demonic beast’s body itself.
Inside it burned only a ghostly blue flame, like will-o’-the-wisps.
‘The Toad bastards were swept away far more easily than I expected.’
Still, compared to the beginning, the intensity of the flames pouring from the armor’s seams had diminished considerably.
I channeled mana into the communication orb and sent a signal to Isabella and Lee Woo-hyuk.
I drew a sharp breath and gripped my spear tightly.
I had succeeded in draining the prey’s stamina.
So then.
“Alright, now for round two.”
Boom!
I leaped high using the jumping power of the Toad Constellation.
I activated the Owl Constellation’s stigma as I reached toward the Living Armor.
-Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!
Lightning feathers poured down like rain.
“Shhhhiiieee…”
The Living Armor lightly swung its spear toward the cascading lightning feathers.
The ghostly blue flames incinerated the barrage of lightning feathers.
“Give… me… back.”
Those ghostly blue eyes gleamed with murderous intent.
An eerie voice emanated from within the Living Armor’s helmet.
“Give… me… back… my heart.”
“That’s my sister’s, so I’m afraid I can’t return it. How about this instead?”
I raised my middle finger toward Living Armor.
There was no way Living Armor could understand what that gesture meant.
“Shhhhiiiiek.”
But the creature clearly grasped that I had no intention of surrendering my heart so easily.
Living Armor let out an otherworldly shriek and gripped its spear tightly.
The faint blue flames blazed ferociously once more.
Boom!
Living Armor kicked off the ground violently and soared high into the air.
In an instant, it leaped dozens of meters upward and thrust its spear downward.
“Ugh!”
Clang!!
I used Bright Lightning to shift my direction mid-air and fired my wire launcher.
Six strands of wire shot from the Wire Shooter, wrapping tightly around Living Armor’s plating.
“Explosion Thunder.”
Crackle crackle crackle!
A torrent of blue lightning surged through the wires, slamming into Living Armor with devastating force.
“Shhhhiiiiek.”
A deafening roar echoed as Living Armor’s armor dented slightly—but that was all.
As if it hadn’t been attacked at all, it let out that bizarre sound and seized the wires wrapped around its body.
Whoosh!
Living Armor pulled the wires with terrifying strength.
Before I could be dragged toward it, I poured mana into the shooter and severed the wire strands.
“Shhhhiiiiek!”
Living Armor raised its spear high and brought it crashing down toward me as I fled backward.
Rumble rumble rumble!
With a sound like thunder, dozens of containers stacked on the cargo ship scattered in all directions like pebbles.
“Damn.”
This is supposed to be a weakened state?
“I thought it was strange how easily that Toad bastard went down.”
To be honest, Juan’s skills weren’t particularly impressive.
At best, he was comparable to the Owl King.
But no matter how I looked at it, seeing the Black Star Society’s executor fall as pathetically as some street thug getting trampled by a Hollywood action hero made Living Armor’s power truly awe-inspiring.
‘This situation has gotten complicated.’
I hadn’t hoped for mutual destruction, but I’d at least expected it wouldn’t have this much strength left to thrash about.
‘Or perhaps that’s not it either.’
I observed Living Armor’s movements with calm precision.
“Shhhiek, shhhiek, shhhiek.”
After unleashing that massive attack, Living Armor was breathing heavily and couldn’t continue its assault properly.
Definitely.
This was the perfect opportunity to kill that monster.
“Ugh!”
Rumble, rumble!
Kwon O-jin darted through the air, evading the relentless barrage of attacks unleashed by the Living Armor.
As I continued to drag out the battle, steadily depleting the Living Armor’s stamina to its limit.
“Kwon O-jin!”
“Reinforcements have arrived!”
Isabella and Lee Woo-hyuk had reached the cargo ship.
They drew their weapons while observing the Living Armor rampaging with enough ferocity to split the massive cargo ship in two.
“What happened to the Black Star Society?”
“That monster killed them all.”
“…That creature did this alone?”
Lee Woo-hyuk’s eyes widened in shock.
Kwon O-jin nodded and took his position beside Lee Woo-hyuk.
“If it recovers its stamina, it will become far more difficult to capture.”
“We need to press the attack with everything we have right now.”
Lee Woo-hyuk nodded and raised his sword.
The constellation mark of Leo blazed with light as sharp winds, like the claws of a beast, coiled around his body.
“Aries of the Constellation, bestow upon your young lamb the light of healing.”
Golden radiance flowed from the tip of Isabella’s staff, seeping into the bodies of Kwon O-jin and Lee Woo-hyuk.
“I shall take the vanguard!”
Lee Woo-hyuk charged forward first, swinging his blade.
“Wind, obey me!”
Whoooosh!!
A sharp gust of wind spiraled around the sword’s arc.
From below to above.
He stomped fiercely and drew the blade upward in a slashing motion.
“Overwhelm it!”
The light of the constellation mark enveloped the sword as nine patterns materialized.
The ninth wind—the great gale.
A tempest that rushed like a tidal wave, howling from all directions, crashed down upon the Living Armor.
“Shrieeek!”
Clang! Clang! Clang-clang-clang!
The Living Armor staggered back a step, swinging its spear in response.
With a deafening sound like a hammer striking thick steel plating, a long fissure appeared across the Living Armor’s armor.
‘Is Lee Woo-hyuk really an 8-star?’
I let out a brief exclamation of admiration as I watched Lee Woo-hyuk press the Living Armor back.
Of course, most of the Living Armor’s stamina had been depleted from the battle with the Toad Faction, which explained this situation.
But even accounting for that, Lee Woo-hyuk’s abilities had already transcended the realm of an 8-star.
‘He’ll reach 9-star before long.’
That was good news.
The stronger the hunting dog becomes, the more effectively it can tear at the throat of the Black Star Society.
“Charge.”
Kwon O-jin supported Lee Woo-hyuk as well, unleashing a barrage of attacks against the Living Armor.
Noticeably weakened compared to when it had first obliterated the Toad Faction, the Living Armor staggered backward under the combined assault of Lee Woo-hyuk and Kwon O-jin.
Crash! Crunch! Snap!
With each successive blow, the black armor crumpled and warped.
The fierce blue-green flames that had burned so savagely began to lose their intensity.
“Huff! Huff!”
“Just a bit more pressure and we’ll finish it!”
Lee Woo-hyuk and Kwon O-jin continued their relentless assault on the Living Armor, their breathing ragged and heavy.
But then.
“Ugh.”
A brief groan escaped Kwon O-jin’s lips.
An intense pain radiating from his left chest spread like poison through his body.
‘Damn it.’
Internal injuries that hadn’t fully healed since the battle with Deneb’s apostles.
They were holding me back.
I was managing to move thanks to Isabella’s buffs, but as time passed, the impact of my internal injuries grew increasingly severe.
“Haa, haa.”
My breath came in gasps, rising to my throat.
Along with the sensation of my mana circuits twisting, I felt the mana coursing through my entire body spiraling out of control, raging wildly.
While I could endure the pain, there was nothing I could do about mana running rampant like this.
‘Should I use an elixir?’
The moment I moved my hand to retrieve an elixir from my pocket.
“Danger!”
Whoosh!
A blue-green spear swung down toward Kwon O-jin.
Lee Woo-hyuk urgently stepped in front of him and caught the spear.
“Cough!”
Boom!
Lee Woo-hyuk’s body was sent flying backward, tumbling across the ground.
A mouthful of dark red blood spilled from his lips.
The Living Armor, having knocked Lee Woo-hyuk away, reached toward Kwon O-jin.
“Get away from Kwon O-jin!”
Isabella thrust her staff toward the Living Armor.
Golden radiance erupted from the staff’s tip, pouring down upon the Living Armor.
“Shrieeek!”
The Living Armor let out a pained cry as the light infused with the power of Dispel struck it.
But it only paused for a moment.
The Living Armor pressed close against Kwon O-jin and swung its spear in a wide arc over its shoulder.
Kwon O-jin urgently raised his spear, blocking the blue-green blade.
“Cough!”
Crack!
Kwon O-jin’s spear bent like taffy, and a dizzying impact crashed down upon him.
Bouncing back like a stone, Kwon O-jin tumbled roughly across the ground.
“Hack! Hack!”
Dark crimson blood poured from his mouth, soaking his chest.
“O-Kwon O-jin!”
Isabella rushed toward Kwon O-jin, collapsed on the ground, her expression one of shock.
She knelt down and embraced him, his ragged breathing and groans filling the air.
….
Dark crimson blood traced down Kwon O-jin’s jaw, staining his chest.
Isabella’s eyes, gazing down at his pallid, drained expression, turned ice cold.
The sapphire-blue light that had shone in her pupils vanished as if night had fallen.
“That worthless hunk of scrap metal dares….”
Her lightless eyes fixed upon the Living Armor.
A thick, metallic scent of blood emanated from her.
Isabella lightly wiped the blood trickling from Kwon O-jin’s mouth with her finger, then extended her tongue slightly and licked the blood-stained hand.
A dark crimson aura began to shimmer like heat haze from her body.
Buuuuuuuuuuung!!!
A heavy engine roar echoed from the harbor.
Kwon O-jin, cradled in Isabella’s arms and gasping for breath, turned his gaze toward the harbor.
A massive motorcycle was speeding between the containers.
‘What?’
Kwon O-jin squinted, watching the rapidly approaching motorcycle.
Screeeeeech!!
The motorcycle skidded to a halt, leaving a long scratch across the ground.
A woman with a model-like, sculpted figure removed her helmet and hurled it aside.
Long reddish-brown hair whipped like flames in the wind.
“What are you doing running around like that, leaving your sister behind, you bastard?”
Ha-eun clicked her tongue, tsk, as she looked at Kwon O-jin cradled in Isabella’s arms.

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