The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 199

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 199
Fire
Episode 199: Heavenly Demon Tomb (4)
The moment the blow connected, my oldest brother’s head slammed into the ground.
No, not just his head. His entire body crashed into the earth.
Crash—
A body of flesh and blood shattered the stone ground beneath it.
The impact sent tremors through the passage itself.
“Brother!”
“Wh-what?!”
The remaining two cried out in shock.
Mincheol was equally stunned.
‘What? When did I become this strong?’
My physical abilities had surged far beyond what they were when I fled from Dok-an-gwi before.
Just as Mincheol had anticipated, the more I used the Heavenly Path, the greater my efficiency became.
More precisely, my body seemed to be adapting to the Heavenly Path itself.
‘But it’s still exhausting.’
Despite activating it only briefly, fatigue crashed over me.
The culprit was simultaneous consumption of both magical energy and physical stamina.
Yet paradoxically, my body felt brimming with power.
It was as though my entire frame had become a volcano burning with white-hot intensity.
I wanted nothing more than to unleash this overwhelming force right now.
‘But… isn’t he dead?’
Mincheol stared down at his oldest brother, now embedded in the ground, with an ominous feeling.
Even knowing he was an enemy, my aversion to killing hadn’t diminished.
Part of me wanted to check whether he was alive or dead, but I had to restrain myself.
We were still in the midst of combat. I couldn’t afford to show weakness before my enemies.
“What’s with that stupid expression?”
Mincheol spoke, his gaze fixed on the second and youngest of the Ganghyeon Three Villains.
“Do you want to end up like him—unable to even react before you die?”
Mincheol nudged his oldest brother with the tip of his foot.
In that instant, the eyes of the second and youngest widened in fury.
“What have you done to our brother!”
The one who appeared to be the second launched himself forward.
He was the smallest of the three.
In one hand he gripped a harpoon, while his other arm was wrapped tightly with steel mesh.
He looked more like a fisherman than a martial artist.
“I’ll pierce your organs and end you!”
The second unleashed a barrage of harpoon thrusts.
Clean, unwavering lines traced through the air in rapid succession.
It was so precise and swift that it seemed impossible for a single hand to wield such a weapon.
Yet something felt off.
‘Why is it so slow…?’
To my eyes, the second brother’s attacks appeared to move at 0.8 times normal speed.
It was as if he were moving through water.
‘It’s not that he’s slowed down—my senses have changed.’
The influence of the Heavenly Demon wasn’t limited to stats alone.
My senses and reflexes had been amplified as well. Thanks to this, I could see every attack with perfect clarity.
I could evade all his strikes with ease, even without using Black God’s Speed.
“You, you bastard!”
As I slipped past every attack by the narrowest of margins, the second brother’s face twisted in rage.
“Stop running around like a coward and face me!”
The second brother unwound the iron net he’d wrapped around his forearm and cast it.
Ten weights dispersed as the net spread wide.
Whether he’d learned some martial art related to net-throwing or not, even the simple motion carried a refined elegance.
The coverage was too broad to evade.
So I chose to intercept instead.
【Black God’s Speed activates.】
【Consumes 210 mana.】
In the next instant, the net flipped backward.
“What?”
Bewilderment flashed across the second brother’s face.
As if he couldn’t comprehend what had just happened.
He lowered his gaze from where he’d been looking.
His confusion only deepened.
“Your knee? When?”
Somehow, I had already raised one knee up to my chest.
The moment I activated Black God’s Speed, I’d lifted my foot and swept away all the weights attached to the net.
The speed was so incredible that the second brother couldn’t even register what I’d done.
‘Huh, what?’
I was equally shocked.
‘Why am I this fast?’
The moment I decided to sweep away the weights, all the movements were already complete.
To exaggerate slightly, it felt as though my body moved before my mind could catch up.
The amplified senses from the Heavenly Demon.
Combined with my explosively enhanced physical abilities—this was the result.
“You, you son of a bitch!”
The second brother thrust his trident forward.
In that instant, my feet blurred.
The next moment, the trident’s shaft snapped in two.
Crack—
The harpoon’s tip vanished. In its place, my extended leg took its position.
At that sight, the second one’s eyes widened.
“A, a kick? What, how is it so fast….”
My extended leg split into multiple trajectories.
Kicks arriving from different angles struck the second one’s body in rapid succession.
Boom-crash—
With each impact, the flesh caved inward. Muscle pulped, bone collapsed beneath the force.
“Cough!”
The second one’s head dropped low.
Unable to endure any longer, he fell to his knees.
I tilted my upper body sideways and thrust my foot forward.
My extended heel struck the second one’s solar plexus with devastating force.
Boom—
The explosive sound shook the air itself. The second one flew backward as if struck by a vehicle.
‘Oops.’
I hesitated.
Carried away by momentum, I’d attacked without restraint.
‘Did I just kill him?’
At that moment, a shadow fell across my back.
The youngest of the Ganghyeon Three Villains.
The largest of the three men raised both fists high above his head.
“Don’t bully my older brother!”
The youngest brought his fists down.
Though crude in form, the pressure was enough to make my shoulders tingle.
It was proof he’d trained in martial arts properly.
Of course he had. How else could one gain renown in the Murim without genuine martial skill?
‘I should dodge.’
By common sense, that was correct.
But my instincts were different.
My body, surging with power from the Heavenly Demon, acted otherwise.
I raised both forearms parallel and blocked the punch.
Boom—
The youngest’s fist crashed down onto my forearms. The already ruined ground shattered further.
The shockwave sent dust billowing throughout the entire passage.
“Ha, haha… Did you see, older brothers? I killed the bad guy who was bullying you….”
As the dust settled, my figure became visible.
Despite taking a direct hit from the fist, I stood with my back perfectly straight.
Between my upright forearms, my eyes blazed with fierce intensity.
“Huh, wha—?”
Bewilderment flashed across Maknae’s face.
【’Black Horn Bullet Form’ activates.】
【Consuming 140 mana.】
I stomped the ground with both feet.
My body rocketed upward as if an explosive had detonated.
The recoil sent Maknae’s fist flying backward.
“Ugh!”
Startled, Maknae let out a scream.
In that instant, I had reached the ceiling.
Just before touching it, I spun a full rotation.
My upper and lower body reversed positions.
Head down, feet up.
Inverted, I drove my heel into the ceiling, unleashing all my roiling power.
The recoil shattered the ceiling. Dense cracks spiderwebbed across its surface.
Simultaneously, I accelerated downward.
Boom—
The sound followed half a beat late.
My velocity had outpaced the sound itself.
Plummeting, I drove my heel down toward Maknae’s crown.
Crash—
Maknae’s head buried into the ground.
Shockwaves rippled outward from that point.
The ground undulated like water. The walls and ceiling trembled likewise.
That made three.
A colossal impact shook the passage.
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“….”
“….”
Wi Ji-yeon and Moon Yu-baek stood slack-jawed.
The impact they’d witnessed was simply staggering.
One sees only what one understands.
With his extensive experience in the martial world, Moon Yu-baek’s shock far exceeded Wi Ji-yeon’s.
‘Extraordinary.’
In truth, the Ganghyeon Three Villains were not individually exceptional martial artists.
They ranked among the strongest of the first tier, yet fell short of being called ‘genuine’ masters.
The truly renowned among the first tier approached the realm of perfection itself.
But the Ganghyeon Three Villains united were different.
Even the ‘genuine’ masters who glimpsed the realm of perfection could not afford carelessness against them.
At Moon Yu-baek’s level, he would not last even a quarter hour.
Mincheol had overwhelmed the Ganghyeon Three Villains entirely.
Some might argue otherwise.
Didn’t Mincheol dispose of the three before Ganghyeon Three Villains could even deploy their formation?
Since Ganghyeon Three Villains failed to demonstrate their true strength, it’s difficult to call this a complete victory.
However, Ganghyeon Three Villains were no ordinary martial artists.
Moreover, it wasn’t as though no one had ever conceived of the tactic of defeating them individually.
Many had attempted it, and every single one had failed.
To that extent, Ganghyeon Three Villains had grown accustomed to fighting as a unified trio.
Mincheol had utterly annihilated them regardless.
‘How could someone so young possess such overwhelming power?’
At that moment, Hwa-shin began examining each of Ganghyeon Three Villains individually.
Soon after, he muttered something under his breath.
“They’re still breathing.”
Moon Yu-baek felt goosebumps erupt across his entire body.
He unleashed such ferocious attacks and then checked whether they were dead or alive?
That action could mean only one thing.
‘He measures the strength of martial arts by life and death itself!’
Hwa-shin was likely disappointed that Ganghyeon Three Villains had survived.
It meant he hadn’t yet reached the level where he could kill an opponent with a single strike.
‘That attitude of treating human lives as mere whetstones for martial cultivation… how can one possess such cruelty!’
In his youth, Moon Yu-baek had witnessed many demonic cultivators, but few possessed such ruthlessness.
Yet there was no problem with this.
‘At last, a true demonic cultivator!’
Rather, it was something to welcome. For a demonic cultivator must maintain such an attitude!
Moon Yu-baek felt his heart race as a demonic cultivator for the first time in ages.
“Let us move forward again.”
At Hwa-shin’s words, Moon Yu-baek emerged from his reverie.
“Are you alright? You’re not injured anywhere?”
Wi Ji-yeon asked while examining Hwa-shin, her face and voice filled with concern.
“What do you intend to do about them?”
Moon Yu-baek asked something different.
As Hwa-shin had confirmed, Ganghyeon Three Villains still clung to life, however faintly.
To eliminate any lingering threats, it would be better to finish them off.
“If you command it, I shall sever their last breath.”
“There’s no need. They won’t survive long if left alone anyway.”
“Do you intend to leave their disposal to the other martial artists?”
The Heavenly Demon Tomb must be teeming with martial artists right now.
Would they spare the notorious Ganghyeon Three Villains?
The Orthodox Faction would certainly not, and even the Unorthodox Faction would seek to kill them.
‘So he shows no interest in weaklings already on death’s door… such arrogance! Truly befitting a demonic cultivator!’
Moon Yu-baek gazed upon Hwa-shin with eyes brimming with reverence.
‘Why is he suddenly acting so burdened?’
Of course, Mincheol was simply bewildered.
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It happened after Mincheol’s group had left.
“Gasp!”
One of the Ganghyeon Three Villains regained consciousness.
It was the eldest brother.
During the battle, Mincheol had grown accustomed to wielding Gaecheon in real-time on his body.
In other words, the attack he had first unleashed on the eldest brother had been the weakest.
Thanks to that, the eldest brother was the only one among the siblings who could regain consciousness.
“Why… why was I lying down? What… what happened?”
The eldest brother tried to push himself up but collapsed again.
When he looked down, he saw blood soaking his body.
“What… what is this?”
The eldest brother ran his hand through his hair. Blood came away thick and heavy.
But the greater problem lay elsewhere. His skull was caved in.
“Damn it… can this even heal? Am I… am I going to die like this?”
It was as the eldest brother was cursing.
Thud.
Footsteps echoed through the passage.
The eldest brother turned his gaze toward the sound.
“Who’s there! Reveal yourself!”
No answer came.
The eldest brother swallowed hard. The silence felt unnervingly ominous.
“Don’t play games with me! Come out now!”
Did it understand his words?
Something emerged from the darkness.
“…What?”
The moment he saw it, the eldest brother’s face drained of all color.
“That… surely not… no, that’s impossible… it can’t be here… no, no… don’t come! Don’t come!”
The shadow descended upon the eldest brother.
Screeeeeech—
Immediately after, a horrific scream that seemed to claw at the lungs echoed throughout the entire passage.

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