The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 29

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Episode 29
A notification appeared across all of humanity.
The moment it went up, the chat exploded.
-Did anyone else see that notification?
-Yeah I see it too;
-Is this the right channel for player Lee Gang-han?
-What’s all this about Floor 11?
-What is this notification???
-Wasn’t this supposed to be over???
With far more viewers flooding in than usual,
the chat became utterly impossible to follow, message upon message cascading past.
And no wonder—the notification had appeared to all of humanity.
And with humanity’s first ascent to Floor 11 about to happen,
an endless tide of viewers pouring in was only natural.
And so Lee Gang-han arrived at Floor 11.
What he saw was:
“A door?”
An enormous iron gate.
-I think I’ve seen something like this before
-Oh yeah, it looks like the door from the tutorial’s Floor 10
-Ah, the one with the stars?
An immense iron door that clashed entirely with the Forest Path Map.
There was something oddly familiar about it.
According to the collective wisdom of the viewers, it seemed to resemble the door he’d seen at the very top of the tutorial.
‘Come to think of it, the tribal chief couldn’t open that door either, could he?’
Lee Gang-han turned to look at Karana, who’d ascended to Floor 11 with him.
“Karana, try opening the door.”
“Me? Understood.”
Karana stepped forward and attempted to pull the door open.
“Hmm?”
Even as she applied all her strength,
the door didn’t budge an inch.
“It won’t open?”
“That’s strange…… Is this even supposed to open? I don’t feel anything from it at all.”
The iron door remained utterly immobile no matter how much force she put into it.
This was eerily similar to what had happened with the goblin chieftain.
“Stand aside.”
Lee Gang-han stepped beside Karana and pushed at the door.
Creeeeak…
The door swung open without the slightest resistance.
“…What’s going on? How did it open so easily?”
“If the chieftain couldn’t open it last time, I’m guessing summons can’t get through.”
Lee Gang-han reasoned this way as he stepped inside the door,
but then—Ting…!
Karana, who’d been following after him,
“Eep!”
was unable to advance through the open doorway
and was bounced backward instead.
-Even then she goes “eep” lol
-Is she really that much of an orc at heart?
-But why can’t she get through?
-None of the goblins could get through during the tutorial either
-We were making fun of how the summons got shafted back then lol, saying justice was served, but
-Still, the Heavenly Demon just smashed them all with his fist…
The viewers, reminded of the tutorial incident as they watched the elf bounce backward,
while Lee Gang-han, meanwhile,
“Wait outside for now.”
said this to Karana and stepped fully inside.
Inside the iron gate.
The earth that had been dirt ground
Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh……
Marble tiles began spreading across the floor.
In the empty space, a massive star-shaped jewel materialized.
Gleam! Gleam!
The star flickered with brilliant light in countless hues.
Whirrrrr……
Then the color fixed itself to brown.
[Entering the core of Iron Tower No.4.]
[Destroy the core.]
[When the core is destroyed, Iron Tower No.4 will vanish.]
“The Forest Path Map disappears……?”
It seemed too easy.
Lee Gang-han’s first thought was that losing such a convenient map — easy to farm orcs on, abundant with resources — couldn’t be good, but then he reconsidered.
‘Still, an opportunity like this won’t come around often. I should destroy it this time.’
Iron Tower was already at stage five.
At this pace of leveling, there was a high probability he’d jump straight to Bronze rank the moment he cleared stage ten.
He was going to graduate from Iron anyway, soon enough.
Might as well destroy the core here and now.
‘First……’
Whoosh.
Lee Gang-han reached toward the star.
Crackle-crackle……!
Violent sparks erupted, blocking his approach.
Just like in the tutorial, it kept him at bay.
A stubborn star indeed.
But.
‘The tutorial said approach was impossible, yet this time there’s no such message.’
Unlike the tutorial, physical approach seemed possible this time.
Of course.
That’s why the message said to destroy the core.
‘Then, let me try force.’
Whoosh!
Lee Gang-han threw his fist straight at it.
Then.
Crackle-crackle-crackle……!
Current surged through his hand.
Crack!
His fist struck the star.
A single fissure split across its surface.
Then.
[The core activates its Self-Protection Device.]
Gleam! Gleam!
Light flashed from all directions.
Monsters began materializing one by one.
Orcs, and
wolves like those at the beginning of the Forest Path Map.
Every monster type found in this tower seemed to be summoning simultaneously.
“Not going to be easy.”
Whoosh.
Lee Gang-han withdrew his fist and struck the star once more.
Crackle-crack-crackle……!
Several more fractures spread.
Gleam! Gleam!
Monsters began summoning in a sudden surge.
-That’s a lot of them…?
-Can he handle that?
-Summon goblins right now
-Wait, can’t summons enter here?
-Oh right, that’s true
“Grrrrrr!”
Monsters threw themselves at Lee Gang-han, their eyes rolled back in frenzy.
Boom!
Lee Gang-han burst them apart with his left hand alone.
Yet his opponents paid no mind — even as their comrades exploded under a single punch, they pressed forward relentlessly.
They swarmed toward Lee Gang-han like a tide of madness.
‘It’s almost like a berserk state.’
Were they doing everything in their power to protect that star?
Lee Gang-han decided he needed to destroy that star quickly.
Which meant he’d have to go all out.
“Heavenly Demon Divine Art.”
To match pace with Karana.
The Heavenly Demon Divine Art he’d deliberately held back from using during the ascent.
As he activated it in earnest, Lee Gang-han thought he’d made the right call saving it.
He extended his fist.
Crash—!
Unlike before when it had merely cracked, the star now erupted with a deafening boom.
[Core damaged beyond 50%.]
[Self-Protection Device activated to maximum level.]
And with that.
Flash! Flash!
The marble chamber flooded with light.
Monsters began pouring out in torrents.
-Wait, can you even see the screen anymore?
-lol there’s a whole pack of monsters
-This is overkill…
-Can anyone even clear this without being a Heavenly Demon?
-Honestly, Heavenly Demon was the bare minimum just to reach Floor 11;
-lol other players don’t even get a chance to clear it haha
As the crowd watching the livestream groaned at the absurd spawn rate.
Boom! Boom!
Lee Gang-han, pulverizing monsters that rushed in from all directions.
His face darkened.
‘This is irritating. Really irritating.’
Even when they exploded under a single blow, more monsters surged forward with rolled-back eyes.
No matter how many he killed, there was no end to it.
Lee Gang-han considered whether there was a way to destroy them all at once.
Punches and kicks could suppress them, certainly.
But if he got dragged into a prolonged close-quarters battle like this.
The duration of his Heavenly Demon Divine Art might run out.
Especially.
‘This cursed star won’t give me time to break it.’
Ever since he’d shattered more than 50% of it.
The star seemed to have grown harder, more durable.
To destroy it, he’d need to concentrate and apply serious force.
But the orcs and wolves rushing in from every side were a nagging distraction.
Was there a way to wipe them all out at once?
Then.
[Sever the earth.]
A verse from the Heavenly Demon Divine Art suddenly surfaced in Lee Gang-han’s mind.
[Collapse the heavens.]
A technique incantation he’d learned.
* * *
The Divine Maiden had taught him the authentic verses of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art through direct instruction.
Within that scripture.
A considerable amount of technique forms were recorded.
Among the sections on the Heavenly Demon Divine Fist.
[Sever the earth and collapse the heavens.]
Such incantations existed.
When he’d first heard them, he’d thought the names of these martial forms were grandiose.
‘Somehow, this feels like it might work.’
That grand technique.
In this moment, it felt as though he could actually pull it off.
‘I don’t know anything about the flow of Qi or whatever…….’
Strange as it was, his mind had no grasp of it.
Yet his body seemed capable of ‘manifesting’ it.
‘Let me try once.’
The moment he decided to do it.
The tremendous power swirling through his body converged into his right fist.
His body obeyed his will instantly, without hesitation.
Lee Gang-han raised his fist.
Heavenly Demon Divine Fist
Severing Earth Collapsing Heaven
Boom!
As his fist struck the ground.
The marble floor split straight through.
-???
-Why’d he suddenly punch the floor?
-Did he lose it?
The viewers were bewildered to see Lee Gang-han smashing the ground so abruptly.
Crack-crack-crack……!
The entire marble floor fractured in unison.
Every monster’s movement halted at once.
“Ugh, ugh……?”
“Hiss…… hisssss…….”
Even the orc whose eyes had rolled back.
Even the wolves that had been drooling incessantly.
Could advance no further.
All collapsed at once, crushed flat against the ground.
As if something massive above were pressing down with immense force.
Splat! Splat!
Monsters bursting apart in unison.
“Ah…….”
From outside the door.
Karana watched with trembling eyes.
She had always known the Heavenly Demon was strong.
But she had never imagined it was this strong.
In a single punch.
Over a hundred monsters burst apart simultaneously……?
-Wow
-That’s insane;;;;
-Why does this guy seem to be playing a different game…
-Already broken, now even stronger ㄷㄷㄷ
-Is this the Heavenly Demon’s final performance today???
-Why doesn’t the U.S. government recruit this player?
Those who had initially mocked him for striking the ground.
Were left reeling by the result.
The Heavenly Demon’s martial prowess.
They had witnessed it countless times before.
But never had they seen such overwhelming force on display.
‘This actually works?’
Meanwhile, Lee Gang-han.
Tilted his head as he observed the power that Severing Earth Collapsing Heaven had unleashed.
He had used the strength almost by instinct.
And while it hadn’t reached the level suggested by the technique’s name—severing earth and collapsing heaven itself—
It had still produced more than enough power to be satisfied with at his current level.
‘I should memorize the true formula every day.’
Lee Gang-han thought this to himself.
Then, swiftly,
He lowered his fist.
“Then I’ll delete the Forest Path Map.”
-Will the Forest Path Map disappear if I break that thing?
-No, it can’t be. The Forest Path Map is too good to lose???
-Who cares if one Iron Tower Map vanishes
-Right, let’s just see what happens when we destroy the star
If the star shatters, Iron Tower No.4 disappears.
The moment the viewers heard this, a flurry of debate erupted in the chat.
‘Since I’ve come this far to Floor 11, I might as well destroy it.’
Whoosh!
Lee Gang-han’s fist struck the tower’s core head-on.
Then.
Flash… flash…!
The brown star.
Burst into brilliant, iridescent light, just as it had before.
And then.
Boom-boom-boom……!
It exploded outright,
and fragments scattered in all directions.
‘Finally shattered.’
Most of the shards vanished into thin air,
but the largest fragment flew straight toward Lee Gang-han.
Tap.
He caught it in his hand.
Sssshhh…….
The fragment of the star dissolved and was absorbed into his palm.
[You have absorbed the No.4 Core Fragment.]
A message appeared before Lee Gang-han’s eyes.
‘A core fragment, huh. What’s this used for?’
He waited for more details to follow,
but no further message about the fragment appeared.
Instead.
Ding.
[Announcement: Player Lee Gang-han has destroyed a tower core for the first time in human history.]
[Announcement: Player Lee Gang-han has achieved an A-Rank Achievement for the first time in human history.]
[Achievement: Destroy a tower core as the first of your race.]
A notification for clearing an A-Rank Achievement flashed across the screen.
‘Was there an achievement like this?’
Since no human had ever destroyed a core before,
he’d claimed this first-ever title.
Lee Gang-han took it in stride,
but then.
[For clearing a Difficulty A achievement, humanity’s Score acquisition will increase by 20% for six months.]
[All towers belonging to Iron Tower No.4 will be destroyed.]
“Oh.”
At the buff to Score acquisition
and the message that the towers would be destroyed, he gazed at it with interest.
Right.
The achievement itself wasn’t what mattered.
What mattered was what you got for achieving it.
But still.
“A 20% increase in Score acquisition is quite substantial, isn’t it?”
Lee Gang-han asked lightly.
-Yeah it’s pretty huge lol
-Absolutely insane bro all of humanity is benefiting
-This is crazy as hell lmaooo
-What are you all doing right now? Shouldn’t you be bowing to the Heavenly Demon?
-Hail the Heavenly Demon for ten thousand years!!!
-Hail the Heavenly Demon for ten thousand years!!!
With an achievement that benefited all of humanity,
the chat had transformed into a festival of reverence for the Heavenly Demon.
‘These humans only know how to praise with their fingers.’
Actually, I’d need to meet them in person and bow for the Heavenly Demon Divine Art cooldown to decrease.
What’s the point of spamming the chat like this?
When Lee Gang-han caught sight of the endless praise spam flooding the chat, he let out a quiet laugh.
-Guys, that’s not what matters here!!!
-??? Don’t ruin the mood suddenly
-We still need to spam more praise ㅇㅇ
-No wait, look outside!! The tower is being destroyed!!!
At the news brought by one viewer,
the endless praise spam that had been flooding the chat abruptly stopped.
-???
-Why is the tower being destroyed
-That’s nonsense ㄴㄴ
-Stop watching TowerTube and check the news!!! I’m telling you it’s real???
‘The tower’s been destroyed?’
Now that he thought about it, they had definitely said earlier that all the towers belonging to Iron Tower No.4 had been destroyed.
But it wasn’t just that the map disappeared, was it?
‘I should check this out.’
Lee Gang-han gazed at the place where the star had been shattered.
A portal had materialized there.
If he went through, this round would probably end.
“Well then, everyone—see you tomorrow.”
Lee Gang-han bid farewell to the viewers who were in the midst of uproar
and stepped into the portal.
Unaware of just how much
the Achievement he had cleared today would overturn the world.
The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower (Serialized)
Author │ Yeom Bi
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ⓒ Yeom Bi 2025
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