Tearing the Gate Apart - Chapter 99

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Episode 99.
There was a separate way to break through a boss mechanic.
Normally, you’d just hammer at it endlessly until you figured it out.
But what if you had overwhelming power?
What if you could smash anything to pieces?
Then there’s no need for all that, is there?
Ha Gyeong recalled some wise words he’d heard once.
‘If the body’s strong enough, the mind doesn’t have to work so hard.’
He fixed his gaze on the barrier wall before him.
It looked to be about five meters thick.
The Dead Zone was best for blasting things away.
But its range was too narrow to be useful now.
Ha Gyeong chose something rougher and more lethal.
‘Thanks to Father, I can skip the thinking.’
A grayish-white sphere had gathered at his fist.
It looked far cleaner and more transparent than before.
His 5-Stage Refining ability had affected the Bung Cheon Fist as well.
Ha Gyeong planted his lower body firmly.
Then he drove a heavy punch straight at the barrier wall.
Whoosh! Bang—!
With a thunderous roar, the Bung Cheon Fist tore through the wall.
The tremendous force that transferred through it
sent the entire barrier wall shaking violently.
Ha Gyeong instinctively lowered his stance.
‘Is it going to collapse? No, it won’t.’
He was ready to bolt if needed.
Fortunately, no collapse occurred.
As the thick dust settled, the spot he’d gouged through was revealed.
“Just as I thought.”
Ha Gyeong broke into a satisfied smile.
The five-meter-thick wall had been bored clean through.
Beyond the spacious hole, he could see the Split Blader’s feet.
He immediately shouted to his teammates.
“Come back!”
“Huh?”
The melee dealers who’d been preparing to go around the barrier wall froze.
They stood caught between Ha Gyeong’s order and their own judgment.
Usually they chose the latter.
Anyone doing dungeon raids in the Bottomless Abyss was a veteran, after all.
And top-tier Awakened Ones tend to have strong pride.
But the melee dealers all changed direction in unison.
They’d decided to follow Ha Gyeong’s command.
‘Did that actually work?’
When the teammates finally converged, they gasped in astonishment.
“Insane! How the hell did you manage that?”
“Even heavy machinery to bore tunnels couldn’t do this.”
“Ah! That tremor just now came from here!”
“Coming here was worth it. We saved ourselves a lot of trouble thanks to you.”
The teammates filed through the hole, each offering a word of praise.
Ha Gyeong stood there looking bewildered under the barrage of compliments.
Then Rokan yawned lazily and spoke.
—Yaaaawn! Just enjoy it. Sometimes you need to let yourself be a little arrogant.
“You’re one to talk.”
—I can’t manage it. This life of mine is already ruined.
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
—I mean this life is hopeless.
“You’re not wrong there.”
—And whose fault is that!
“Your own doing. If you hadn’t invaded in the first place, none of this would’ve happened.”
—Ugh.
Ha Gyeong’s jab made Rokan groan.
Though to be fair, he wasn’t entirely wrong.
Of course, one had to be wary of arrogance.
It damaged your reputation
and became an obstacle to growth.
But composure was necessary.
After all, thanks to Ha Gyeong, they’d bypassed the Final Boss’s mechanic entirely.
‘Enough overthinking. Let’s move.’
Through the hole, he could see his teammates fighting the Split Blader.
Since the back line hadn’t arrived yet,
the situation didn’t look good.
The tankers were taking turns defending,
but it felt like they’d collapse any moment.
Ha Gyeong stopped walking.
‘Right—the back line must be heading here now because of the barrier wall.’
Normally, he could alert them immediately by radio.
But the Whisper didn’t work in the Tracking Abyss.
Ha Gyeong fell into thought.
‘If I go back to escort the back line, the situation right in front of me is too precarious. What do I do?’
It was also difficult to send a single melee dealer.
You can’t just yell a teammate out of an ongoing fight.
But then an idea occurred to Ha Gyeong.
“Oh, right. This guy.”
He immediately reached into the hood of the cloak.
Rokan was dragged out kicking and screaming.
—Ugh, what now!
“I need you to do one thing with me.”
—What?
“Bring the back line teammates over here. You can do that much, right?”
—Why do I have to be the one?
“…….”
Ha Gyeong simply stared at Rokan.
The meaning was simple.
This isn’t a request—it’s an order.
You don’t have a choice.
Sensing Ha Gyeong’s intent,
Rokan stammered out his response.
—W-well, if that’s how it is… fine. I’ll be right back.
“Do it right.”
—Roger!
True to his nature as a former Veil Lancer,
Rokan’s movements were swift.
At that speed, the mission would be over soon.
Ha Gyeong joined the fight with a slightly lighter heart.
‘No ranged dealers right now, so let’s focus on holding the line.’
The Split Blader’s movements were sluggish.
Its frame was simply massive,
and it carried tremendous weight.
But its attack power was overwhelming.
Whoooosh—! Crack-boom!
Just by raising its blade and striking down,
the entire Boss Nest shook.
The impact was so tremendous that even Ha Gyeong staggered.
‘If I hadn’t deployed the Wall Current Shield, I’d definitely have been knocked over.’
He pressed himself against the ground, taking in the surroundings.
All the front-line teammates were sprawled on the floor.
Meanwhile, the Split Blader casually drew its sword again.
The last strike was barely a basic attack.
It was already preparing the next one.
The teammates’ eyes grew distant and hopeless.
“Damn it, again?”
“W-we have to dodge…….”
“Paralysis has locked up my legs!”
At someone’s cry, Ha Gyeong’s gaze snapped toward them on instinct.
He checked the system message to confirm they were really paralyzed.
But no information appeared.
That meant only Ha Gyeong could move freely.
‘The Wall Current Shield. This is bad.’
If the enemy’s attack landed again, disaster would strike.
His teammates were currently paralyzed.
Normally healers would break the effect.
But there was still no sign of the back line.
Ha Gyeong moved immediately.
‘I have to block this somehow.’
Meanwhile, the teammates were writhing frantically.
Trying any way they could to break free from paralysis
and dodge the Split Blader’s attack.
But they were all just thrashing about.
Not one of them could move properly.
Soon desperate voices erupted from all directions.
“When’s the backup coming?”
“I’m losing it. Even self-immunity skills aren’t working!”
“The status abnormality level is insanely high. Please, somebody move!”
Then the Split Blader’s blade descended.
Faster and more powerful than before.
It meant to take advantage of this opening and finish them all.
As the enormous tens-of-meters-long blade fell,
a sharp metallic shriek tore out with the shockwave.
Swoooosh—! Clang-crash!
The Split Blader’s attack veered diagonally downward.
It narrowly missed the spot where the teammates lay
and drove into the ground with a deafening boom.
Then Ha Gyeong appeared, leading silver forms behind him.
‘Glad I used the Core Belt. Almost didn’t have enough strength.’
Had his strike been any weaker, a few of them on the edge would have died.
As soon as he landed, the teammates cheered.
“The Immortal saved us again!”
“Please, just start one religion. We’ll all join!”
“Waaah! Thank you!”
Some of the teammates even shed tears.
That had been a truly critical moment,
and Ha Gyeong had saved their lives twice over.
He kept his gaze fixed on the Split Blader as he shouted.
“Save the thanks for later. First, break free from the paralysis.”
“H-how?”
“Slap your legs. The recovery time will speed up.”
“Got it!”
Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!
The sound of teammates slapping their thighs echoed everywhere.
But they still couldn’t get up quickly.
The Split Blader was preparing to attack again.
Ha Gyeong glanced back at the hole he’d just bored through.
‘We can’t fight right now. We have to retreat.’
Once the back line arrived and dispelled the paralysis, they could at least try something.
Ha Gyeong immediately grabbed his teammates’ legs.
Then he began spinning and flinging them.
As if he were playing curling.
The Liquid Cores also mimicked Ha Gyeong’s actions.
Whoosh! Whoooosh!
Teammates slid across the floor one by one and slipped through the hole.
Thanks to his quick movements, he managed to send about half of them.
Then he grabbed someone else,
and a carefree voice came through.
“Hey, hey! Bro. This body’s precious, so handle with care.”
“Is this really the time for that?”
“How about a three-cushion throw? That’s a request.”
“That’d just be rougher handling, wouldn’t it?”
“It’d be cool if I bounced in. I can take that kind of hit.”
“Are you joking right now?”
“If you can’t avoid it, enjoy it. Don’t you know?”
“Ugh!”
Ha Gyeong threw the person one last time, hard.
Whoooosh—!
Thanks to the armor and smooth floor,
the man shot forward faster than anyone else.
Bouncing off the wall just as desired.
Thud-bounce!
“Woohoo!”
Watching the delighted man cheer, Ha Gyeong shook his head slowly.
He really was hard to understand.
Just then, the Split Blader’s attack came down.
Whoooosh—!
Ha Gyeong predicted the blade’s arc
and cleared the teammates within its strike radius first.
Thanks to that, most of them escaped danger.
But a few still remained.
He immediately launched himself forward with the Liquid Cores.
“This is really a handful.”
Though he grumbled, his movements were relentless.
His teammates certainly didn’t want to be sprawled on the ground.
But with no back line support, this was the situation.
This time, too, Ha Gyeong aimed to strike the flat side of the blade.
To change its trajectory and save the teammates.
But right then—
[Split Blader deploys Burst Slash]
An ominous system message appeared.
Immediately after, a massive beam of light erupted from the Split Blader’s blade.
Ha Gyeong couldn’t help but curse.
“Damn it.”
He’d already anticipated the Split Blader’s skill power.
If even basic attacks hit that hard,
skills had to be absolutely catastrophic.
The problem was the impossible angle from which it curved in.
Ha Gyeong instinctively understood.
‘This attack was aimed at me from the start. I can’t parry it from the side.’
Then the only options left were direct confrontation
or finding some way to dodge.
But the latter had little chance of success.
It’s not easy to evade an attack that curves like a guided missile.
Ha Gyeong decided to make his gamble.
‘All right. Let’s do this.’
[Kin Predation skill target locked]
[Objective: Split Blader]
Whine—!
First, he pulled in as much of the enemy’s Abyss Energy as possible,
then deployed the True Soul Slash infused with Compression.
A fifteen-meter translucent disc materialized.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t see the projectile amplification effect of the Crimson Edge.
The enemy’s skill had already closed in.
Ha Gyeong immediately swung his blade.
Clang-boom—!
“Ugh!”
A thunderous explosion erupted with brilliant light,
and Ha Gyeong let out a harsh groan.
Tremendous recoil shot through his entire body.
It was a situation that would break anyone’s will to fight.
But he continued without hesitation.
‘The Artifacts will hold the line. I just need to push through.’
[Responsive Magical Armor activated]
[Spirit Calling Cloak activated]
Whoosh!
Crimson flames wrapped around Ha Gyeong’s entire body.
But at that very moment,
an intense pain came along with an unexpected system message.
[Magical power transmitted from Responsive Magical Armor causes energy interference]
‘W-what? What is this?’
Gate Ripper
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