The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 60

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 60

Han Yu-sung clenched his fist with a satisfied expression.
Compared to his past life, it fell far short, yet it was a flow of power he had never experienced since his return.
Where did this strength originate?

[Red Hatchling (A) has accepted its destiny.]
[The corresponding dragon soul has awakened as Dragon Lord (EX).]

There was no need to explain.
An EX-grade dragon soul.
Literally, an existence beyond all standards.
The power stemmed from the Dragon Lord.

[Dragon Lord (EX)]
· Level: 150
· Strength: EX · Agility: EX · Endurance: EX · Mana: EX
· Growth Points: 300,000.
· Possessed Skills.
(1) Destiny of Kings.
(2) Dragon King’s Blessing (EX): All stats of contractor +150, Strength +50%, grants significant resistance to all elements.
(3) Wrath of the Crimson Dragon (EX): Contractor’s attack power ×5, all stats +50%, attack speed +30%, occasionally ‘overwhelms’ enemies.
(4) Inferno of the Crimson Dragon (EX): Contractor’s flame skill damage +100%, flame skill mana consumption –50%, range expansion +50%.
(6) Ancient Knowledge (EX): Contractor’s magic damage +150%, casting speed –50%, mana consumption –50%, range expansion +100%.
(7) Dragon Install (EX): The Dragon Lord’s power is transmitted to the contractor. The contractor momentarily obtains transcendent strength.
(8) Draconic Magic (EX): Only dragons, and among them only the chosen, can freely wield draconic magic.
(9) Dragon’s Scales (EX): Contractor’s defense and magic defense +100%.
(10) Manifestation (EX).
(11) Lord’s Blessing (SSS), Dragon’s Fear (SSS), …, ….
(12) Dragon’s Roar (A), Aura of Swiftness (A), Fury (A), …, ….

An endless status window.
It contained so many skills that reading them all was exhausting.
And those skills in turn became Han Yu-sung’s power.
Skills strengthened as the dragon soul awakened into the Dragon Lord, newly created skills, and the even more enhanced power granted by the ‘Dragon Soul Covenant Bearer.’
Though temporary in nature, it was strength sufficient for what lay ahead.

“W-why is Wei Hao here…?”
“What, what is that? A dragon soul? But, there’s no way such a dragon soul could exist….”

Enough power to instantly dispatch the Destroyers who muttered as though their souls had fled their bodies.

“Shall we begin?”
[The hour of slaughter is upon us!]

The moment Kakasha’s cry echoed, shadows erupted from all directions, binding the Destroyers’ limbs.
Then, scorching magical energy spread outward.

Whoooosh!

“Ugh, I can’t move… Aaaahhhhh!”
“Fire, fire! Help me!”

In that instant, countless infernos erupted.
The raging tempest of flames forcibly dragged the Destroyers toward it, consuming their bodies whole.
The Destroyers trapped within the maelstrom, their entire forms ablaze.
Han Yu-sung’s body vanished into shadow.
And when he reappeared, it was in the very heart of the enemy formation.

Halden Style Swordsmanship, Third Form.
Full Moon.

Slice—

As my blade traced the arc of the moon in a spinning rotation, the sword aura that rippled outward became a colossal vortex, severing the surrounding Destroyers in a single breath.
No matter how sturdy the armor they wore, it mattered not.
Their defenses were cleaved like paper, and the flesh beneath them suffered the same fate.

“Cough!”
“Impossible….”

Having dispatched the enemy near the door, I slashed upward at the ceiling.
The unleashed sword aura tore through the stone above, and countless boulders came crashing down, completely sealing the entrance.
As though to ensure no one could escape this place.

[Epic Quest, 【King’s Path】 completed.]
[The Trial’s content has been altered, and a new Battlefield is being formed.]
[Would you like to transition to that Battlefield first?]

A message materialized before Han Yu-sung’s eyes.
He shook his head with unwavering resolve.
There was no reason to do so—not yet.

“After I’ve slaughtered every last one of these wretches.”

The remaining Destroyers stared at Han Yu-sung with eyes mingled in shock and terror.
The moment he summoned his mana, an overwhelming concentration of it engulfed the sprawling Cavern.
And then.
Magic unfurled.

Boom!
Crash!

From the towering ceiling descended endless lightning—【Divine Judgment】.
And from the earth split asunder by 【Earthen Annihilation】, searing flames erupted skyward.
As the Destroyers’ agonized screams pierced the air, Han Yu-sung kicked off the ground.

“Gaaahhh!”
“No, this is unstoppable!”
“Don’t flee! We must protect Wei Hao first, or else—!”

A crimson tempest tore through the Cavern.
The blood-wind, lashing out in all directions with frenzied abandon, shredded the Destroyers blocking Han Yu-sung’s path.
I absorbed their blood, closing the distance to my target.

“Ugh, ack!”

The distance between myself and Wei Hao.
Closing the gap in an instant, I hurled a blood spear toward Wei Hao’s heart.
He gasped in alarm, crossing his gauntlet-clad hands defensively.
The blood spear and gauntlets collided.

Crack!

“…!”

Wei Hao’s gauntlets caved inward with a sickening crunch.

‘The gauntlets bestowed by the Lord…!’

Though Legendary in grade, they possessed special properties capable of reaching Mythic-tier effectiveness—were they not?
Their performance differed fundamentally from ordinary Legendary equipment.
For such gauntlets to shatter so completely in a single blow!

‘Power beyond imagination. The source of this strength….’

From that initial strike, an unrelenting barrage of blows descended upon me.
Fists that crashed down as if intent on obliterating not merely the gauntlets, but Wei Hao himself.
From their wake rose a blood-soaked wind.
I heard the sounds—the gauntlets shattering, skin tearing.
Flesh rupturing, bones within fracturing.

‘That dragon soul. That dragon soul… at this rate…!’

Wei Hao felt a sense of crisis unlike anything he had ever experienced.
The gap between his opponent and himself was overwhelming.
At this rate, death awaited. My entire body would become minced meat without even managing a proper counterattack.
A future not far distant. One to be faced within mere minutes.
Then.

“Krraaaaaaah!”

Wei Hao unleashed a lion’s roar and detonated his mana.
A shockwave erupted outward from his center, spreading like an explosion.
The earth buckled beneath the force—even Han Yu-sung, standing nearby, was hurled backward.
But it was meaningless. Han Yu-sung would close the distance again.
Yet it mattered not. This was sufficient.

“My Lord! In exchange for this sacrifice, grant me strength!”

It was his gauntlets that answered Wei Hao’s cry.
The gauntlets pulsed with dark energy. That energy settled into Wei Hao, spreading throughout his entire body, and demanded its price.
A vast quantity of coins, and the price of ‘life force’ itself.

“Gack—aaaaahhh!”

Pitch-black darkness engulfed Wei Hao’s entire body.
Simultaneously, his gauntlets absorbed the darkness and transformed.
Into a form far more massive and ferocious.
The result of Wei Hao’s sacrifice—his gauntlets had been reinforced to Mythic grade.
I felt an overwhelming surge of power coursing through my entire being.
My dark eyes fixed on Han Yu-sung.

Boom!

With a thunderous roar, I launched forward.
The speed was incomparable to moments before.
Even the Destroyers watching the situation were startled by the sudden transformation.
But Han Yu-sung remained expressionless.
A natural reaction.

Whoosh!

“…!”

No matter how much stronger I had become, it was still insufficient to face Han Yu-sung in his current state.
Closing the distance in an instant, I drove my fist forward.
My punch, moving at such terrifying speed that it scorched the very air itself,
was blocked with pathetic ease by a mere gesture from Han Yu-sung.
The reason was simple.

[Dragon Soul has activated 【Dragon Install】.]
[You have been granted transcendent power for a brief moment.]

If my opponent grew stronger, then I would simply become stronger still.
It was a response made possible by obtaining the Dragon Soul known as Dragon Lord.
A crimson aura, like blood, erupted from my body.
I felt immense power flowing through every fiber of my being.

‘To deflect my attack so effortlessly…!’

Wei Hao’s eyes widened in disbelief at the absurd situation unfolding before him.
The gauntlets bestowed upon him by the Lord of Darkness possessed a special effect.
By sacrificing offerings to strengthen the gauntlets to Mythic grade, they granted the wearer a temporary but formidable buff.
The conditions were stringent, yet with the buff active, he could effortlessly overcome opponents fifty levels his superior.
And yet his attacks in this empowered state—
were being blocked with such contemptuous ease!

“Uuuaaaaaaah!”

Wei Hao roared, unleashing a torrent of punches.
Countless martial techniques unfolded, and the intensifying black flames surged from all directions to crush Han Yu-sung, yet—
it was meaningless.
His frenzied fists couldn’t even graze Han Yu-sung’s collar.
Instead, a gale erupted in response.

Crack-crack-crack!

“Kaaaagh!”

Fists collided.
The blood wind that bloomed from Han Yu-sung’s knuckles tore viciously through Wei Hao’s body.

‘I… in this state, I…’

The fierce exchange continued.
Or rather, it appeared so on the surface. It was entirely one-sided.
With each clash of fists, Wei Hao’s form grew increasingly battered.

“This… this cannot be. This cannot be happening!”

An overwhelming disadvantage.
Not merely in raw power, but in combat prowess as well.

“Wei Hao, sir! Allow us to assist!”

At that moment, the Destroyers who survived 【Divine Judgment】 and 【Earth Shatter】 moved to aid Wei Hao.
They couldn’t discern how the situation would unfold.
But they understood one truth: if Wei Hao fell, hope died with him.
Yet the Destroyers had overlooked something crucial.
The Dragon Soul, now ascended to Dragon Lord, was guarding Han Yu-sung’s battle.

Roooaaarrr!

Dragon’s breath cascaded down upon the Destroyers’ heads.
The overwhelming inferno consumed them in an instant—not merely burning, but melting them away entirely.
Wei Hao’s pupils trembled violently at the sight.

‘An S-rank Dragon Soul? No… that can’t be right. This…’

It transcended that classification.
Wei Hao had once defeated a Guardian contracted with an S-rank Dragon Soul.
That Guardian had never wielded such overwhelming power.
This strength exceeded all standards.
Whether the Dragon Soul or the Guardian bound to it… both were beyond measure!

“Do you have the luxury of looking elsewhere?”
“Ghhack!”

Crack!

Han Yu-sung’s Blood Fang drove deep into Wei Hao’s left arm.
Unable to withstand the impact that shattered all limits, his left arm fractured.
No—fractured was too mild a word.

“Gahhh… uuugh…!”

His bones crumbled to dust.
Wei Hao gritted his teeth and ignited black flames. As he stamped the ground, they erupted outward in all directions from his center.
And in the next instant.

Whirl—

Wei Hao’s vision inverted.
A shadow erupting from the ground pierced through his knee, shattering his stance.
Han Yu-sung’s blade descended toward him, seizing the opening.
Wei Hao desperately wrapped black flames around his gauntlets, attempting to deflect the strike.

Crack-crack-crack!

The Moonlight Sword struck upward from beneath Wei Hao’s gauntlets.
The ferocious slash hammered against the armor, and the condensed mana detonated in an instant.
The gauntlets shrieked with a terrible, agonized wail.

Clang!

“What… what is this…?”

They shattered completely.
The gauntlets, their durability worn down through countless exchanges, had finally reached their limit.
My blade didn’t stop at destroying the armor—it carved clean through Wei Hao’s right arm.

Boom!

I stamped the ground and clenched my fist.
Despair flickered across Wei Hao’s face as he witnessed it.

“Damn… this… cursed…!”

Blood Wind Annihilation.

My fist, wreathed in crimson tempest, crashed into Wei Hao’s chest.
His armor crumpled instantly, and a devastating impact assailed his heart.
The unleashed blood wind followed, shredding his entire body.

Boom!

Wei Hao collapsed, his panicked eyes fixed upward at my approaching figure.
From his lips spilled a voice thick with disbelief.

“A monster… you’re a monster…!”

Crack!

That was the end.
The Destroyer, ranked first, died so helplessly.
Without any resistance, utterly one-sided.

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