The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 305

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 305

– Kuuaaaaaaah!

Slayer unleashed a furious roar that shook the very air.
Crimson energy surged from his form, cascading across the sprawling Forest like a tidal wave of malice.
Where that blood-red aura touched the earth, it erupted with terrible force.

[Slayer has established the ‘Butcher’s Boundary’.]
[The Forest is sealed. Furthermore, those trapped within this boundary cannot escape beyond it unless Slayer is defeated.]

A message appeared that no one had anticipated.
Dok-go Cheon and Helud found themselves doubting their own eyes in that instant.
‘Butcher’s Boundary’—a barrier that prevented anyone from leaving the Forest.
It was an effect that could only inspire dread.
And Han Yu-sung felt the same shock wash over him.

‘Hmm, this is better than I imagined.’

What I had expected was merely preventing Dok-go Cheon and Helud from escaping the Forest, trapping them here.
But he had created an entirely separate boundary around the area.
It was a pleasant miscalculation on my part.

“Things just became considerably easier.”
[Certainly, I’ve now ensured those wretches cannot flee. The problem is….]

To accomplish this, I had summoned a monster.
A creature of overwhelming stature, Slayer exhaled breath reeking of blood and carnage.
His gaze was fixed upon a single point.
Needless to say, it was Han Yu-sung.

– Krrrhhhhhh….
[That beast is desperate to end your life.]
“I know. You seem rather pleased about it, don’t you?”

Kakasha found this situation quite entertaining.
Han Yu-sung, Dok-go Cheon, Helud. And now Slayer was drawn into the mix. A four-way battle.
As a spectator, there was no way not to enjoy such a situation.
Especially since I didn’t believe my Oath-taker would lose.
On the other hand.

‘What in the world… a boss monster…’
‘Did that man discover it? I don’t know how he managed it, but of all times, why now, at the most troublesome moment!’

Helud gnashed his teeth.
The appearance of the boss monster, the Slayer itself, wasn’t necessarily bad.
If used skillfully, it might turn the situation in his favor.
If he could seize an opportunity to eliminate that creature, all the better.
It would become a trump card capable of completely reversing the situation.

Crackle-crackle-crack!
“Ugh!”

That’s what I thought at first.
Before seeing the blood-red boundary that encircled this entire area.
Dok-go Cheon struck the boundary with a sword slash infused with full power. Countless sword qi he unleashed shot forth with the momentum to destroy the boundary, but.
The boundary received all those sword qi and remained unbroken.
More than that—it didn’t even sustain a scratch.

‘If even my sword qi can’t penetrate it, then… it cannot be destroyed.’

Dok-go Cheon felt a chill run down his spine.
Unlike other Martial Arts World practitioners, he didn’t consider fleeing shameful. He had even mastered a light technique specialized in escape.
If he pushed that technique to its limit, he could escape from any enemy. Even if that enemy were Han Yu-sung, it would make no difference.
But.

‘…Have I been cornered in a situation where escape is impossible?’

A situation that completely blocked off the option of retreat?
No matter how exceptional one’s light technique, if all escape routes were sealed off, how could one possibly flee?
Only one option remained.
Kill everyone in this place.

– Krraaaaaaaa!

The moment Dok-go Cheon recalled that thought, Slayer moved.
His target was singular and absolute: Han Yu-sung.
He unleashed a murderous roar that debuffed his enemies, then kicked off the ground in a devastating charge.
The speed was extraordinary.
Even Dok-go Cheon and Helud perceived it a fraction too late.

Kwaaaaagh!

– What the—?!

Yet what came next was even more astonishing: Han Yu-sung’s response.
Slayer bore down with overwhelming speed that belied his massive frame.
In that instant, Han Yu-sung’s form blurred and vanished.
Slayer exhaled a sound of confusion as his target slipped away.

Shuuuck!

“Ugh, gah—!”

A scream erupted from an entirely unexpected direction.
It was Helud.
Helud, who had been channeling his healing in the chaos, stared down at his own body in disbelief.
A blood-soaked fist had pierced straight through his heart.
Han Yu-sung’s fist—the very fist that had been defending against Slayer’s assault.

Kwaaaaaaah!

“When did you—argggghhhhh!”

The blood wind condensed within that fist erupted forth.
Helud shrieked as the gale tore through his entire body.
Yet even as agony consumed him, he clawed for consciousness and fixed his gaze upon his enemy.
Han Yu-sung stood mere inches away—this was his chance.
Helud drew upon every ounce of demonic power within him.

Whoooooosh!

“I’ll kill you! Human! Kraaaaaaagh!”

Hellish flames erupted across Helud’s entire body, shimmering with malevolent intensity.
A conflagration that incinerated the very air and reduced everything it touched to ash.
It was as if I were witnessing the inferno of the underworld itself.
With such devastating firepower, that human could not possibly survive.
Helud made this judgment, and it was an entirely sound one.

“What…?!”

Had the opponent been anyone other than Han Yu-sung, it would have been so.
The overwhelming conflagration consumed Han Yu-sung entirely. And the hellish inferno I had summoned would have incinerated every inch of his body.
But it did not.
The flames I unleashed could not burn Han Yu-sung.

“You were unlucky, demon.”
[Fool. Did you truly believe such trivial flames would work against the Apostle of the Master? How pathetically weak your fire is!]

The reason was remarkably simple.
Because the opponent was the Apostle of War.
Due to Kakasha’s flame-specialized nature, Han Yu-sung possessed inherent resistance to fire.
And beyond that, the Heart of the Dragon.
The resistance Han Yu-sung wielded through Dragon Transformation was.

“You chose the wrong opponent.”
“Ugh…!”

Sufficient to withstand even the hellfire of a demon who had ascended to the rank of Count.
A blade surged upward, crackling with thunder, and descended upon Helud’s head, cleaving his entire body asunder.
Helud perished instantly and began to dissipate.

WHOOOOSH!

In that same moment, a colossal wave of force surged toward Han Yu-sung.
It was a sword aura unleashed by Dok-go Cheon.
Han Yu-sung had exposed an opening while contending with Helud, and Dok-go Cheon seized that gap to unleash the aura.
A sword aura of overwhelming density and magnitude—incomparable to anything displayed thus far—bore down upon me.

‘Formidable and swift.’

Upon witnessing the colossal wave of sword energy, Han Yu-sung acknowledged it without hesitation.
The power contained within that sword energy was extraordinary. Its speed was equally formidable—a velocity like lightning that defied belief, despite its overwhelming density.
Now, with a gap exposed after eliminating Helud.
There was no way for Han Yu-sung to block that sword energy without taking damage.

– Krraaaaaaagh!
“This bastard…!”

Of course, I had never intended to block it in the first place.
With a bestial roar, someone thrust themselves between Han Yu-sung and Dok-go Cheon.
The Slayer—a monster intoxicated by slaughter.
It transformed the skeletal wings erupting from its back into blades and channeled power through its four pairs of arms.
A crimson aura reeking of blood gathered in the creature’s hands.
The Slayer, having summoned such tremendous force, had but one target.
Han Yu-sung, whose back was exposed.

Cracklecracklecrackle!

– Grraaaaaahhh…!

The Slayer lunged to pierce Han Yu-sung’s back, and in doing so, naturally positioned itself directly in the trajectory of Dok-go Cheon’s sword energy.
Dok-go Cheon’s eyes widened at the unbelievable sight.
The colossal wave of sword energy he had unleashed crashed down upon his target.
Not Han Yu-sung as intended, but the Slayer.

“You senseless, irrational beast!”
– Krrgh, hhhhh…

Dok-go Cheon roared with fury.
It had been a strike released at the perfect, unavoidable moment.
Yet this utterly foolish monster had blocked it with its own body.
Beyond the rising dust, the Slayer exhaled ragged breaths.

‘…Since it has come to this, I will exploit this situation.’

Dok-go Cheon assessed the situation swiftly.
That blow had contained his full power—intended to eliminate Han Yu-sung in a single strike or drive him to the brink of death.
The Slayer, having taken that attack, would not emerge unscathed.
It surely suffered grievous wounds.

‘Now, I kill that monster.’

Dok-go Cheon gripped his sword once more.
A cyan blade aura flowed from his weapon.
Simultaneously, true energy gathered in the void, beginning to take the faint form of a celestial sword.
With Han Yu-sung and Slayer now gathered in the same place.
I would plunge both of them into chaos and finish this in one stroke.

Kurrrrrrrr!

The earth trembled beneath the weight of Dok-go Cheon’s blade aura.
Soon, the dust that had engulfed Slayer’s surroundings settled.
He seized the opening without hesitation, attempting to unleash a barrage of consecutive strikes—

“What…!”

But he had no choice but to halt his movements.
It was because of Slayer’s appearance revealed beyond the settling dust.
As if Dok-go Cheon’s blade aura had dealt no damage whatsoever.
That pristine, unscathed form forced him to stop.

– Kahaaaaaaa…
“My blade aura… didn’t work?”

Dok-go Cheon muttered in disbelief.
To be precise, it wasn’t that it didn’t work at all. Looking closely, he could see wounds covering Slayer’s entire body.
The problem was that they were barely more than surface scratches.
A blade aura infused with full power. Enough to dispatch most boss monsters.
Even if this was a special Battlefield.

– Kraaaaaaa!
“Ugh!”

How was it possible for it to emerge unscathed like this?
Slayer unleashed a furious roar, and the crimson aura gathered in his hands dispersed in all directions, transforming into countless spheres.
Those spheres shot toward Dok-go Cheon in unison.
Dok-go Cheon withdrew his sword and immediately assumed a defensive stance.

Kwaaaaaang!

The sword barrier Dok-go Cheon raised collided with the blood-red spheres, and a violent explosion erupted that shook the earth.
The Slayer, having counterattacked Dok-go Cheon, turned his head.
The one he needed to hunt now was not that man.

– Kugh…?

Han Yu-sung. I needed to hunt the one who awakened me.
But I could not see his form.
In the eyes of the Slayer who turned his head, there was nothing but an empty clearing.
The moment I tried to pursue his whereabouts, a scream pierced the air.

Crash-crash-crash!

“Krraaaaaaagh!”

The scream came from the Rear.
The Slayer turned his head once more.
What his eyes beheld was a human writhing in agony—Dok-go Cheon, swept up in a wave of sword energy as vast as a tidal surge.

“An interesting technique you employ.”
“You… how…!”

It was not Dok-go Cheon who had conjured that wave, but Han Yu-sung.
Dok-go Cheon’s eyes widened in disbelief. How could it be otherwise, when the man wielded a technique identical to his own?
Had he learned it through Geomson, like a Heavenly Swordsman?
No, that was not it.

[Through the effect of 【Sword Saint】, you have mimicked the sword technique deployed by your opponent.]

It was the effect of Sword Saint, the passive skill Han Yu-sung possessed.
Dok-go Cheon, ignorant of this, could not fathom what was happening. Yet one thing was undeniably clear.
He had to break free from this predicament.

“Kugh, kraaaaaaagh!”
– Kuhaaaaagh!

Dok-go Cheon steadied himself, desperately preparing a counterattack.
The Slayer, having spotted its target, took a stance to strike at Han Yu-sung.
Different enemies were simultaneously attempting to attack Han Yu-sung.
For anyone else, this would have been a desperate, life-or-death situation.
But for Han Yu-sung, it was precisely the moment he had been waiting for.

A resonant boom echoed through the air!

Amid a torrent of sword energy and crimson spheres pouring down,
Han Yu-sung stepped into the True Stance. With a thunderous roar that shook heaven and earth, an overwhelming demonic force erupted from his body.

“What… what is this?!”

And in the next instant, everything froze.
The sword energy Dok-go Cheon had unleashed, the spheres the Slayer had fired—
Both became entangled with each other, merging into one, and soon converged completely toward Han Yu-sung’s fingertips.
Han Yu-sung smiled faintly and stepped into the True Stance once more.

Reverse Heaven.

Then Han Yu-sung’s fist struck through empty space.
And—

A devastating explosion tore through the air!

An overwhelming force shook the Forest itself.

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