The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 140

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 140

The Wanderer and Blood Demon had opened a Difficult Realm.
And news that players from Korea and the United States were participating in that Difficult Realm spread rapidly.

[KRRAAAAAAAGH!]
[Hehehehe, so many worthy opponents to crush! Come at me!]
[Bullshit! You’re the one dying today, you old bastard!]

It couldn’t be helped—the Blood Dragon Throne was a broadcast Difficult Realm.

[Blood Demon’s Difficult Realm has commenced.]
[This Difficult Realm is being broadcast to Korea and the United States. You may watch if you wish.]
[Will you view it?]

Players from both nations, unable to contain their curiosity, accepted the broadcast.
Immediately, a battle unfolded before their eyes—fierce, brutal, and utterly merciless.

“Ugh… They’re fighting like that?”
“What, they’re fighting like death doesn’t even matter?”
“Did they gather only madmen obsessed with combat…?”

To players unfamiliar with the Difficult Realm’s conditions, it appeared that way.
It was a Difficult Realm where death was suspended, and the structure demanded eliminating enemies to complete the blood palace quickly—a situation that forced them to fight like the possessed.
Of course, setting that aside entirely.

[KUHAHAHAHA!]
[Cough… Kgh, kghghgh…!]

“These… these really are madmen.”

Every participant in the Difficult Realm was ferociously combative.
It was only natural—Blood Demon had carefully selected and gathered these individuals.
And within this chaos.
One player stood out most prominently.

[This madman, this monster…!]
[KUGHHHHHHHH!]

It was undoubtedly Han Yu-sung.
He was sweeping through the Difficult Realm, dispatching not only the visible monsters but also any participants who dared obstruct him.
In a sense, it was inevitable.
Han Yu-sung was a player specialized in one-versus-many combat.
Most of his skills, including Blood Storm Fist Technique, were particularly effective against multiple opponents.
That advantage was proving itself in this Difficult Realm as well.

“Looks like they’re giving extra rewards for clearing the Difficult Realm quickly, huh?”
“What? Weslor’s participating too… Wait, hold on.”

One of those observing Han Yu-sung tilted their head in confusion.
There was a rumor they’d heard not long ago.

“Wasn’t it said that Han Yu-sung contracted with the Blood Demon as his Lord?”
“Yeah, there was such a rumor going around.”
“But then why did he participate in a Difficult Realm like this? If he’s contracted with his own Lord, couldn’t he just receive sponsorship?”

There was virtually no information about the Difficult Realm called the Blood Dragon Throne.
However, it was known that the Blood Demon invited those who caught his fancy, observed their performance, and created this Difficult Realm to grant rewards accordingly.
That’s why it seemed strange.
Why would his own Lord push a contracted player into such a Difficult Realm and make him compete with other participants?
I understood that a Lord couldn’t distribute sponsorship carelessly.
That there were restrictions attached to it.

‘Still, there’s no need to create a Difficult Realm like this, is there?’
‘What if someone other than his sworn servant takes the prize?’

It was a question that naturally arose.
And that question led to one possibility.

“…Is Han Yu-sung’s contracted Lord not actually the Blood Demon?”

The rumor that Han Yu-sung’s contracted Lord was the Blood Demon had started among the Lords themselves.
The rumor then spread among players, and before long, it had become accepted fact.
But was it really true?
What if it wasn’t?

‘Han Yu-sung primarily uses blood, flames, and lightning…’
‘Which Lord did he actually contract with?’

The players gazed at the screen with eyes brimming with conflicting emotions.
Their gaze reflected Han Yu-sung’s skepticism and curiosity about the Lords.

* * *

Everything in sight falls. Everything dies.
Lost in a trance, I swept across the Battlefield, dispatching every monster and participant that came into view.
The blood spilled in the process was absorbed by the Blood Jade.
Simultaneously, it flowed into my body as well.

[By absorbing blood, the Spirit of Blood Ghost strengthens further.]
[Buff: Attack Power +70%, Defense –30%, Speed +20%, Blood-type Skill Range Expansion +50%, Spirit of Blood Ghost Skill Effect 1.5x.]
[Each time blood is absorbed, the skill’s duration increases!]

It was thanks to the activation effect of the passive skill, Spirit of Blood Ghost.
An activation effect that emerged when Spirit of Blood Ghost reached SS-rank.
A buff that grew stronger and lasted longer the more blood I absorbed.
There was only one drawback.

[The madness of the Spirit of Blood Ghost is consuming you!]

The penalties—reduced defense and encroaching madness.
The strange voice echoing in my mind was utterly grating.
But it didn’t matter.
Thanks to the effect of the Dragon’s Heart, I could suppress the rising madness to a manageable degree.
Above all, such voices were far too familiar to me.

“Insane! How is someone outside the Murim wielding such demonic arts…!”
“How many are you fighting alone, damn it!”

I stood within the Temple.
Dead monsters lay scattered across every surface, and the severely wounded Murim participants eyed me warily.
They unleashed their martial techniques at me in unison, but—

Whoooosh!

“Ugh, gaahhh…!”
“Damn it, the Blood Demon’s reward…!”

A blood wind erupted before anything else, sweeping through the Temple.
The participants vanished, sighing at the missed opportunity to claim their rewards.
The blood jade they had been holding transformed into a handful of crimson essence, which was absorbed into the blood jade I possessed.

[You have absorbed the blood jade from the defeated participants.]
[You have resolved the event, 【The Liberated Ones】.]

Events existed throughout the Blood Dragon Throne.
The reason I was in this Temple was because of such an event.
Of course, I hadn’t come knowing that events existed.

[Urgent Event: The Liberated Ones.]
[Monsters imprisoned within the Temple have been released. Eliminate all the monsters and seize the rewards rightfully yours.]

I had come because I sensed an unusual concentration of presences in the Temple, only for an event to suddenly trigger and monsters to pour forth.
And then participants who heard the commotion came rushing in.
It seemed events were triggered by visiting specific locations or structures.
And surprisingly, the event’s reward was….

[An 【Additional Function】 has been granted to the blood jade.]
[Additional Function: Attack power is enhanced by half of the completion rate.]

It was an additional function.
I checked the completion rate of the blood jade.

[Blood Jade.]
[A sphere faintly imbued with the essence of the Blood Demon. It possesses the ability to absorb blood and life. And it seems to be watching over you….]
[Completion Rate: 52%.]
[Additional Function 1. Attack power is enhanced by half of the completion rate.]

An effect that enhanced attack power by up to 50% had been added.

‘Not bad.’

Continuing to accumulate additional functions would prove beneficial.
The problem was.

‘The issue is that the completion rate is rising slower than I anticipated.’
[True enough. Haven’t you hunted quite a few monsters?]
‘Yes. And I’m not sure if it’s just my imagination, but….’

The higher the completion rate climbs, the slower the ascent becomes.
It feels as though there’s a ceiling to what I can achieve by simply hunting monsters.
It was in that moment of contemplation that Han Yu-sung paused.

[A participant has achieved over 50% completion of the Blood Jade.]
[The top five rankings for Blood Jade completion are now revealed!]
[1. Han Yu-sung. (52%)]
[2. Red Blood Ming (47.3%)]
[3. Hwa-wol (45.6%)]
[4. Jared (44.3%).]
[5. Weslor Bennett (44%).]

The list bearing the top five names materialized before me.
For now, I held first place.
Yet the completion gap among these five was not so vast, and the rankings continued to shift even as I watched.
It spoke to just how fierce the competition was.

‘I need to widen the gap. So much that it becomes impossible to close.’

Han Yu-sung assessed the situation swiftly.
Hunting monsters alone was too slow. Then the method must be….

[Benefits are granted to the top five!]
[You can now perceive the locations of nearby participants!]

To hunt the other participants.
A message appeared as though it had read my very thoughts.
No—this must have been the intention all along.

‘Eliminating a participant allows me to absorb their Blood Jade.’

The absorption rate is not 100%.
The criteria remain unclear, but the rate varies from participant to participant.
The highest absorption rate I’ve encountered is around 50%.
Even that surpasses the efficiency of hunting monsters alone.

[Hunting participants ranked higher would significantly increase my completion rate. It seems worth targeting, but the problem is that I’m not the only one thinking this way.]

Speed is what matters most.
My Blood Jade emitted an ominous light, and red dots appeared all around me.
Moving dots, in real time.
Those must be the participants in this vicinity, represented as points.
A decent benefit, but it’s not enough.

[Predator’s Senses detects the presence of enemies.]

But if I add one more skill to the mix, everything changes.
Predator’s Senses detects presence while simultaneously allowing me to gauge roughly how strong they are.
If I use both at once.

‘I can find and hunt down the participants with the strongest presence.’

Han Yu-sung kicked off the ground without hesitation.
A violent gale swept across the battlefield. I tore through the monsters blocking my path with a blood wind while tracking down the participants.
A participant with strong power. Even better if they’re in the top five.
Fortunately, I didn’t have to search long.

Kuuuuung!

A deafening roar shook the earth.
Han Yu-sung found the source of the roar and realized it emanated the strongest presence he’d encountered from any participant so far.
He immediately moved toward where the presence was felt.

“Damn it. Where the hell are these bastards?”

I found a man standing among the corpses of countless monsters.
A massive frame standing nearly two meters tall, two swords gripped in his hands.
A man with an irritable expression.

“Damn! This isn’t the time to be catching small fry. I need to find that Korean bastard and steal his Blood Jade…”

It was Weslor.
He was venting his rage while absorbing blood through the Blood Jade.
Han Yu-sung accelerated further, gathering magical power.
And in the very next instant.

Boom!!

“Ugh… Argh?!”

The blood scattered around Weslor exploded.
It was Blood Burst, enhanced by the Spirit of Blood Ghost’s effect.
The blood that hadn’t yet been absorbed detonated all at once, triggering a tremendous explosion.
Caught in the blast, Weslor groaned in agony while hastily deploying a defensive skill to shield himself.
But it was too late.

Crash!!

“Damn it!”

A sword aura descended upon Weslor.

Halden Style Swordsmanship, Fourth Form.
Annihilation.

Condensed mana erupted, cleaving through the defensive skill Weslor had deployed in a single stroke.
What followed was.

Extinction Flame.

A foot wreathed in flames that consumed all things came crashing down upon Weslor.
The impact was utterly unbearable. Weslor’s body lifted off the ground and flew at tremendous speed, crashing into the distant floor.

“Cough! Damn… you… what… bastard! Ugh!”

Weslor spat blood from his mouth as he pushed himself up.
Dust rose thickly, blanketing the surroundings. With irritable movements, he brushed it away and spotted the approaching figure.

“Weren’t you looking for me?”
“Damn you, Korean monkey…!”

Han Yu-sung, gripping his sword.
Upon seeing his face, Weslor snarled like a wounded beast.
His visage consumed by humiliation and rage.

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