The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 80

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Episode 80
-Ruyi Jingu Bang?
-Could it really be the Ruyi Jingu Bang??? No way
-Silver Fox is summoning the Ruyi Jingu Bang too? Isn’t that completely broken?
-Lol the proxy really needs to hold back sometimes ㅋㅋㅋ
When you thought of Sun Wukong, the Ruyi Jingu Bang and the Cloud of the Extreme Heaven were the first things that came to mind.
Just as the viewers heard “Ruyi” and immediately conjured the image of the Ruyi Jingu Bang,
there came a whisper of motion.
What was summoned on Sun Wukong’s index finger
was a small metal staff the size of a chopstick.
‘So that’s the Ruyi Jingu Bang…….’
As Lee Kang-han fixed his attention on it,
there came a soft tap.
With the Ruyi Jingu Bang wedged between his index and middle fingers, Sun Wukong
angled the staff’s tip toward the front.
“Grow.”
And then,
it swelled with a rushing sound!
The Ruyi Jingu Bang expanded in the blink of an eye.
The massive iron staff blocked the view before anyone could react, and
crack, crack!
the sound of something being crushed forward continued without pause.
‘The part inside the fingers is still chopstick-sized…… but half of it has completely filled the forward space with the Ruyi Jingu Bang.’
With the Ruyi Jingu Bang occupying space entirely, Sun Wukong swept through everything ahead.
“Return.”
At his command to the staff,
it shrank with a soft, whispering sound.
The Ruyi Jingu Bang returned to its original size.
And the open expanse ahead
lay completely cleared, even the carnivorous plants swept away without trace.
-Wow, it’s all gone;
-Not a single man-eater left…
-Regeneration or persistence doesn’t matter—just crush it and it’s done
-There’s no room to escape when the Ruyi Jingu Bang fills the entire space;
-Is this… really Silver…?
When the viewers saw the power of the Ruyi Jingu Bang and expressed their shock,
“Then, I’ll leave the rear to you, human.”
there came a soft sound,
and blue vapors flowed from Sun Wukong’s body,
his form transforming back into the fox shape from before.
“Huff, huff…….”
Jeok-mi, returned to her original form, breathed in ragged gasps,
then collapsed onto the floor with a heavy thud.
Sun Wukong’s descent had clearly taken its toll.
Meanwhile, the fox turned her gaze toward Lee Kang-han.
“Uh, sir.”
“Yes?”
“Will you…… not kill me? You’ll keep your oath, won’t you?”
She reminded him once more of the oath he’d sworn with Sun Wukong.
-She’s quite the doubter ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Looking at it, the oath doesn’t seem to have any system-binding force?
-The way she keeps begging not to be killed—doesn’t that make you want to kill her? ^^
-Hog all the rewards ㄱㄱ?
-Nah, a person’s word is a person’s word—gotta keep it ㅎㅎ
Seeing the fox continue to beg for her life,
some opinions surfaced about whether it might be better to kill her once and for all.
“I keep my word.”
Lee Kang-han had no intention of killing Jeok-mi.
“Sniff sniff. Thank you. As befits a Record Breaker, you understand the value of honor!”
“I never considered killing a teammate in the first place.”
“Is that so? In our educational curriculum, that’s exactly what we’re taught to do in Cooperation Quests. I suppose humans don’t operate that way?”
“You were taught to betray your partners?”
“Betrayal is putting it rather harshly. It’s more about… finding the most efficient method, you understand!”
So their foundational strategy was to stab you in the back the moment a special reward appeared.
That’s why he’d asked whether she’d actually keep her word.
“I’ll honor what I’ve promised, so don’t worry. Let’s go.”
“Sniff-sniff. Yes, understood!”
Whoosh.
At Lee Kang-han’s firm assurance, the fallen fox sprang to her feet in an instant.
The energy radiating from her suggested that her collapse after the Descent had ended was nothing but an act.
Lee Kang-han chuckled softly and stepped forward.
Jeok-mi followed close behind him.
“By the way, Heavenly Demon, you mentioned being a Record Breaker—what record did you break?”
“Weren’t you already aware?”
“I only learned about it because the Great Sage mentioned it during his Descent~ A Silver like me couldn’t possibly know these things!”
The mention of Record Breaker came from
Sun Wukong’s words during the Descent, which he’d remembered in perfect detail.
“Just broke some fairly impressive records, that’s all.”
“Fairly impressive records wouldn’t make you a Record Breaker! Plus, you’re human but your Stamina exceeds fifteen, and you’ve shattered records on top of that…….”
Jeok-mi gazed at Lee Kang-han with eyes full of envy.
“When you think about it, the Tower’s system really is unfair, isn’t it?”
She grumbled about how unjust the current system was.
“Yet you yourself summoned Sun Wukong—that’s hardly a power available to Silvers, is it?”
As he said this, Lee Kang-han pointed at the Garden with his finger.
The path completely cleared by the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
The countless carnivorous plants that had once filled it were now shredded beyond recognition.
It was absurd for a player who’d unleashed such destruction to complain about fairness.
And yet.
“Sniff-sniff. I’m different~ I paid an enormous price to summon the Great Sage!”
Jeok-mi waved her hands dismissively, her tone dripping with genuine grievance.
“What price?”
“If the special reward turns out to be insufficient, I’ll revert back to being just an eyebrow!”
-Eyebrow?
-Her name’s Jeok-mi, so does that mean red eyebrow? Yikes.
-I had no idea the fox’s origin had to do with an eyebrow;
As the viewers began to understand the meaning behind Jeok-mi’s name from her words,
“Is the name Jeok-mi connected to eyebrows?”
“Yes! The Great Sage’s red eyebrows—that’s where I was born!”
The fox spoke candidly about the secret of her birth.
‘Born from Sun Wukong’s eyebrows?’
There was a sorcery technique Sun Wukong possessed where he’d pluck out hair to create duplicates.
So Jeok-mi was born in a similar manner?
“Then you’re saying you’re one of Sun Wukong’s duplicates?”
“Well…… I suppose not exactly. I was simply born from eyebrows that fell away—how could I be his duplicate?”
“……That’s how it works?”
“Yes! If I were a duplicate, I’d have to look like a monkey! But I’m only a fox. In our world, foxes are simply commoners.”
“Then what are monkeys?”
“Nobility!”
As she said this, Jeok-mi gazed at Lee Kang-han with longing in her eyes.
“I wish I were human and looked like a monkey…….”
-Wait ㅋㅋㅋㅋ the Heavenly Demon’s being told he looks like a monkey
-Those aliens are envying resemblance to monkeysㅋㅋㅋ
-I look way more like a monkey than the Heavenly Demon, can I get the nobility treatment too?
-I think I’d be royalty ㅇㅇ
Heh.
Lee Kang-han let out a dry laugh in response to Jeok-mi’s words.
In all his years, he’d never once been told he resembled a monkey.
But then.
‘This fox has been oddly favorable from the very start—could it be because I look like a monkey?’
Just as the mystery of what lay behind Jeok-mi’s subtle goodwill seemed on the verge of being solved,
[The owner of the Garden awaits you.]
[The Realm of Death unfolds.]
As the two of them walked through Floor 11,
a new system message appeared before their eyes.
‘The Realm of Death?’
Lee Kang-han had thought this tower’s main concept was poison.
Yet death seemed to be mentioned far more often.
Lee Kang-han paused mid-step.
Hisss…….
Black smoke gathered and rose like a wall.
And then, right before them,
[9]
the numeral 9, composed entirely of brilliant white light, appeared.
* * *
-9? What’s with that number?
-I thought we’d finish once Sun Wukong took the reins, but guess not
-Cooperation Quest must be harder to clear than a regular tower?
If it had been a regular tower,
the mission would have ended after sweeping away that carnivorous plant.
But because it was a Cooperation Quest, there seemed to be an additional stage.
“Nine…… what could it mean?”
“Hmm. Let’s get closer and see.”
“Yes!”
The two of them approached the wall made of smoke.
[You have proven yourself worthy.]
[Stage 1 trial passed.]
Before they could do anything,
Whoooosh…….
the black smoke dispersed and the wall vanished.
“Huh? What did you just do, Lee Kang-han?”
“Nothing. I just walked closer.”
“Hmm…… what is it? Did we step on thorns? Or is there a plant skill at play?”
While Jeok-mi furrowed her brow, spinning theories of her own,
Hisss…….
Beyond the vanished black wall,
a thick mist rose anew.
‘That poison gas again. Tiresome as ever.’
Following Floor 9,
the purple poison mist that had billowed forth when they first entered Floor 11.
But this time the mist wasn’t spreading chaotically—it had gathered like a solid wall.
And then, above it,
[Immunity]
the word appeared.
“I think I understand! It’s asking for the Immunity we got on Floor 9, isn’t it?”
“Let’s find out.”
Step. Step.
Before they could even take more than a few steps closer,
[You have proven yourself worthy.]
[Stage 2 trial passed.]
Jeok-mi’s deduction had been correct.
The purple wall vanished as it declared them worthy.
“Hehe. Easy~”
Jeok-mi shrugged her shoulders with a delighted grin.
-ㅋㅋㅋ Did you see her tail wagging?
-Totally adorable ㅋㅋㅋ
-Does that mean Jeok-mi got Immunity when Sun Wukong descended too?
-Admiring a monkey with that face… ㅠㅠ if we turned on BattleTube here, 10 million subs guaranteed
-I wish I was born there, I’d be nobility…
-This is why where you’re born matters ㅋㅋㅋ
As the viewers watched Jeok-mi’s pleased expression and showered her with affection,
Not long after.
Whoooosh…….
This time, a wall formed entirely of pure white mist rose before them.
[15]
“A number again? It went up by 6 from last time.”
The two still hadn’t figured out what the numbers meant.
But standing still here wouldn’t reveal the answer either.
Step. Step.
They walked toward the mist.
But this time, unlike before.
[You have met the requirements.]
[You pass Stage 3 of the test.]
Whoosh.
Lee Kang-han, hearing that he had met the requirements, passed through the wall, while.
“Huh? Huh?”
Ping!
Jeok-mi bounced back, unable to pass through the white mist.
“What? What’s this…… Why am I blocked?”
“It won’t work? But I was told I met the requirements.”
“What…… what’s the difference between 9 and 15……?”
Lee Kang-han could proceed, but Jeok-mi could not.
Jeok-mi clutched her head and pondered.
“Oh! Could it be…… Stamina?!”
She made a deduction.
“Stamina?”
“Yes! The poison on Floor 9 earlier was one that resisted through pure Stamina stats.”
“Mm. That makes sense.”
The thorn poison on Floor 9 was indeed a poison overcome by sheer Stamina.
Sun Wukong had said the benchmark was 15 Stamina at that time.
Here the wall and number match exactly.
‘But if I’m going to gain Immunity anyway, I’d need 15 Stamina, yet they’re making it a requirement again in Stage 3.’
Just as Jeok-mi had done.
This wall must be designed to block players who gained Immunity through tricks rather than pure Stamina.
Lee Kang-han tilted his head.
“You don’t have 15 Stamina?”
“No…… If I did, I wouldn’t have asked Sun Wukong for help back then.”
“Can’t be helped then. I’ll go on ahead.”
Lee Kang-han waved from beyond the wall toward Jeok-mi.
The fox girl waved back with a dispirited expression.
Then.
[‘Team Member 2’ cannot progress past Stage 3 of the Realm of Death.]
[‘Team Member 2’ is settling Stage 2 rewards.]
[2 Tower Cores from the world ‘Team Member 2’ belongs to will be randomly destroyed.]
As Jeok-mi’s challenge ended at Stage 2.
A message appeared saying 2 Tower Cores would be destroyed.
‘Wow. The rewards are insane.’
He’d certainly felt that Cooperation Quests were harder than regular towers.
But he didn’t expect that even stopping at Stage 2 would yield 2 Tower Cores destroyed.
When Lee Kang-han saw the message and his eyes widened.
“Wow!!! Lee Kang-han! Did you see?! 2 Tower Cores…… I don’t think that brow of yours will settle down!”
Her gloomy expression from moments ago had vanished.
Jeok-mi, standing beyond the wall, was now bouncing excitedly.
Then.
Flash!
Soon the fox girl turned to light and disappeared.
-She’s gone…
-What a shame
-But what’s this about 2 Tower Cores?
-She only cleared Stage 2, so what do you mean 2 Tower Cores? Are 2 towers actually getting destroyed???
The viewers expressed their regret at seeing Jeok-mi disappear.
He focused on the last story the man had told.
“Two Tower Cores from the affiliated world will be destroyed at random, Team Member Two.”
-Whoa, that’s crazy
-Then the Heavenly Demon is stage 3, so three?
-Let’s go further, quick! Heavenly Demon!
-Seriously, we gotta break this lol
The viewers watching Lee Kang-han couldn’t hide their excitement.
He had been destroying the tower for a while now, and things had stalled for several days.
But now with the chance for multiple cores to shatter again, their eyes were about to pop out of their heads.
‘Might as well take a look.’
Whoosh. Whoosh.
Alone now, Lee Kang-han
advanced swiftly using the Heavenly Demon Ruler’s Step.
But unlike before, when walls would appear after just a few steps,
even as he moved quickly inward with his lightness art, no walls materialized.
As he pressed on for some time,
-Huh?
-There’s something there!
-Yeah, there’s a number floating above it!
The viewers, even more excited than Lee Kang-han,
spotted something with the eye of a hawk.
‘Is that… a helmet?’
A black helm large enough
for Lee Kang-han’s entire body to fit inside.
And above it,
[20]
…those numbers floated in the air.
The Heavenly Demon Shatters the Tower (Serialized)
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