The Regressed Martial God Monopolizes Everything - Chapter 83

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Episode 83. Hooking (5)
A towering frame that stood a head above most men.
From the middle-aged body rippling with muscle across every inch came an aura that could only be described as compressed violence incarnate.
His bronze skin carried a strange heat to it, and his cropped hair lent him an even more formidable appearance.
The head of the Ten Guilds.
Chaemun-sik’s irises, catching the light and the spreading flames, had turned a burnished gold.
“So you’re Hyun-soo?”
At Chaemun-sik’s question, Jeong Hyun-soo nodded.
“That’s right.”
There was no need for either of them to stand on ceremony. Chaemun-sik didn’t bother to fault him for his casual tone.
If anything, he was impressed.
“I thought it impossible, but you really did make it here alone. Remarkable.”
Were the Kwangs guarding the Human Experimentation Laboratory really just ordinary hands?
When they attacked in force, they rivaled Master Rank. So he had stationed Kwangs in the laboratory.
“My mistake. I should have deployed Master Rank instead.”
“With all the construction work you have going on, how could you?”
Besides Iban, who possessed the Ultra-Regeneration trait, there were Song Gwang’s Master Rank hunters—the ones who scoured every corner gathering materials for his research into the Eternal Immortality skill.
“You know quite a lot.”
“You’ve been poking around quite openly, after all.”
“…No one could have leaked this.”
“How would you know?”
“They wouldn’t dare. If they got caught, they’d be dead—and if they talked, I’d make sure they wished they were.”
These were people who did unspeakable things in service to Chaemun-sik.
Naturally, he kept them on very short leashes.
Hostages—family, beloved ones, their honor—whatever bound them most tightly.
The more precious the leverage, the more such people suited Chaemun-sik’s purposes.
“I said, you couldn’t know.”
“How much do you know, anyway?”
“Want me to tell you?”
The supreme king of dominion himself.
Facing him now, after laying bare the secrets of such a man.
It was a position from which death was inescapable, yet Jeong Hyun-soo showed no trace of bluster or false bravado.
“A pity. It would have been fine if you carried my blood.”
Seeing Hyun-soo’s natural talent, his current strength, and that audacity layered atop—all combined—Chaemun-sik felt genuine regret. Hyun-soo let out a soft, bitter laugh.
“…What, so you could raise me well and then consume me?”
Chaemun-sik, who had maintained perfect composure until now, felt his brows twitch for the first time.
It was a question that pierced through to his true nature—something not even his subordinates knew.
“…Do you possess mind-reading arts?”
“Oh, so you want to experiment on me too?”
“I’ll think about it.”
Chaemun-sik saw no further need for words. Heat surged from him in waves.
Jeong Hyun-soo had to steel his resolve completely.
‘I could die here.’
But he had no thought of fleeing. Besides, there was nowhere left to run.
“Iban. I know you’re awake.”
“…!”
At Hyun-soo’s words, Iban’s eyes cracked open. He’d been lying there, as if asleep, positioned between Anna and Nikita to shield them both.
— This bastard will try to kill one of the two. Keep them safe no matter what.
Iban had expected to hear an order to help. This was nothing like what he’d anticipated.
— I know you doubt me, but just do your job. You don’t need to help me.
As soon as Hyun-soo finished speaking through Mana Voice, searing heat crashed down upon him.
A tempest of flames.
Heavenly Fist Scorching Wave Heart Method, Second Form.
Explosive Flame True Fist.
Chaemun-sik threw a single punch at Jeong Hyun-soo.
Crash!
The fist, launched from a light stance, tears through the air. The ground cracks apart, and the raging flames in the laboratory flare and split.
Before the direct strike can land, Jeong Hyun-soo leans his body back sharply and twists at the waist.
Boom!
A tremendous wave of force erupted outward. It was far more than mere wind pressure. The magical power packed into it carried enough force to strip flesh from bone.
Jeong Hyun-soo made no move to block. After twisting his center axis, he let the trajectory of the Flame Heaven Fist slip past entirely with the tips of his toes.
“Impressive.”
It seemed a choice to endure rather than meet the attack head-on, but Chaemun-sik could only marvel.
He’d witnessed Jeong Hyun-soo deflect a direct punch—his punch—without taking a hit.
Blood trickled down where skin had been torn near the cheekbone, but at such a young age, the reflexes required to achieve this were worth their cost.
Where else could you find someone not yet twenty who could slip Chaemun-sik’s fist clean through like that?
Yet Chaemun-sik was far from satisfied with mere admiration.
Crack!
A second punch came down. This time he’d calibrated the heat and impact to arrive in perfect sync.
Jeong Hyun-soo sought to escape the crisis with the Azure Spirit Myriad Phase Technique.
The Azure Spirit Flowing Class of the Azure Spirit Myriad Phase Technique.
Riding the current of energy like a swimmer, blue wind trails drew Chaemun-sik’s heat in their wake.
Jeong Hyun-soo concentrated his senses at his feet, letting the heat slip through as though he were skating across ice.
Whoosh!
Only afterimages remained, and where the trajectory of heat intertwined, azure light bloomed.
Chaemun-sik’s eyes shifted.
He brought both hands together, then deployed the third form of the Heavenly Fist Scorching Wave Heart Method—the Flame Dragon Shatter.
A crimson dragon’s form erupted from his fist, leaving a burning trail toward Jeong Hyun-soo.
“Breathe.”
Jeong Hyun-soo inhaled slowly. A single heartbeat stood at a crossroads of choice. Against a powerful and merciless opponent, such moments were everything.
Dodge with the Azure Spirit Myriad Phase Technique, or find another way.
Jeong Hyun-soo began rotating his hands slowly.
Return to Origin—the fundamental form of the Dark Heaven Return Origin Art.
His heartbeat reversed its rhythm, and his magical power began absorbing the external impact.
The destructive heat radiating from the flame dragon enveloped Jeong Hyun-soo’s body, but through the power of Return to Origin, that energy flowed inward.
Sizzle-crack!
Steam erupted from Jeong Hyun-soo’s entire frame. Not ordinary vapor—the scorching steam of boiling blood.
Yet Jeong Hyun-soo didn’t blink, instead dispersing the heat downward to the floor.
Boom!
The ground exploded, and the recoil sent Jeong Hyun-soo shooting upward. The flame dragon’s jaws, arriving too late, engulfed the spot where he’d stood.
“Well done.”
Chaemun-sik marveled at Jeong Hyun-soo’s improvisational technique.
He admired not only the bodily control such a feat required, but also the mental fortitude to remain composed even as flames consumed him—not a drop of sweat.
Of course, that admiration only fueled a far more devastating follow-up.
Suspended in midair, vulnerable. Chaemun-sik had no reason to let Jeong Hyun-soo slip away.
Every muscle in his body coiled. Drawing on that immense power, a savage punch crashed down on Jeong Hyun-soo again.
The fourth form of the Heavenly Fist Scorching Wave Heart Method—the Flame Heaven Fist, unleashed by Chaemun-sik.
His strike was no mere fist, but a layer of air explosively compressed into a raging inferno.
The blast swelled to fill the laboratory corridor, warping the passage itself with its terrible force.
Against such raw firepower, condensed enough to hold in one’s hand, there seemed no avenue for escape.
Was this, then, the limit of a Rookie’s spirit?
Jeong Hyun-soo stood firm before that maelstrom, as though resigned to his fate.
Then, abruptly, a message echoed in his ears.
[The King of Supremacy finds mockery in the title of Chaemun-sik.]
[The King of Supremacy’s Second Trial is now imposed.]
[Survive against Chaemun-sik.]
[Reward: A new Trait from the King of Supremacy]
[Upon accepting the Trial, the skill cooldown for Earth Star Instant Energy vanishes, and you may use it two additional times.]
Earth Star Instant Energy was a broken skill that multiplied Jeong Hyun-soo’s full strength six-fold, if only for an instant.
In his previous battle against the Radiant Wolves, he’d exhausted it and couldn’t use it again—but now he’d be granted three additional uses?
Beyond simply passing the Trial, it was an absolutely vital skill for survival.
“I accept, naturally.”
[The Second Trial begins.]
[Earth Star Instant Energy activates immediately. The two additional uses granted have no time restriction.]
Suddenly, his combat potential surged. Yet Jeong Hyun-soo’s anomalies didn’t stop there.
Thump.
His heart began to burn hot.
[…The Immortal King stirs from its long slumber.]
A fragment burning as precisely as a scar carved into flesh.
Jeong Hyun-soo recognized it—the Unkillable Coagulated Flesh he had swallowed before.
A situation where death loomed directly ahead. Did the Immortal King only respond when there was truly no choice but to die?
There was no way to know. But drawing upon the incantation of the Immortal Destroyer God Technique he’d memorized instinctively, Jeong Hyun-soo split his consciousness in two.
Whoooosh!
Then a blue wind swept through. Though he’d been granted the Earth Star Instant Energy, he felt no need for a direct confrontation.
After grasping the trajectory of the flame fist wind before him and the composition of its concentrated energy, he immediately deployed the Earth Star Instant Energy.
This was no time for hesitation or restraint. In this cramped corridor, even if he unleashed the Azure Spirit Myriad Phase Technique, there was no way to escape Chaemun-sik’s area of attack.
Crimson energy gathered at Jeong Hyun-soo’s fist. The Heavenly Tyrant Return King Martial Art. The condensed power of supremacy clashed against the flame wind.
Crash!
“…!”
Surprise flickered in Chaemun-sik’s eyes. Jeong Hyun-soo’s full power, amplified by the Earth Star Instant Energy, had grown stronger.
But that was the extent of it. Within moments, Jeong Hyun-soo was driven all the way to the end of the corridor.
Even as he was pushed back, Jeong Hyun-soo struck again and again.
Boom! Boom!
Boom!
Striking, and striking again.
With each blow, the burns on his fists deepened.
Each punch became a lever to endure, yet he couldn’t predict how much longer he could sustain it.
Iban was shaken.
‘What… what even is this person?’
He didn’t have Ultra-Regeneration like the others. Without even recovery, he stood against the flame wind without yielding—resisting with every ounce of strength.
As Chaemun-sik’s fists came again, Jeong Hyun-soo increased the frequency of his blocks.
If he lacked quality, he would compensate with quantity.
By that method, he was somehow managing to neutralize the pressure.
“Haah! Haah!”
Rough breaths poured from his mouth without pause. His body felt unbearably heavy—as though it weighed a thousand pounds.
[The effect of Earth Star Instant Energy has ended.]
Even as his consciousness began to fade, Jeong Hyun-soo didn’t miss the message reaching his ears.
[Activating Earth Star Instant Energy.]
He forced more power into his limbs.
[Severe burns across your entire body.]
[There is a problem with your Mana circuit.]
[Magical flow is not stable.]
Warning signals came without end. Yet in contrast, Chaemun-sik remained solid and unyielding.
Jeong Hyun-soo’s Spirit refused to break. Even as he made the best choices he could, yielding and enduring, Chaemun-sik’s admiration for such resolve only made his attacks more ferocious.
As time went on, it was Chaemun-sik who found himself in the disadvantageous position.
Because Jeong Hyun-soo appeared as though he’d abandoned any hope of survival, Chaemun-sik grew increasingly impatient.
At last, Chaemun-sik focused all his power into a single point and drove his fist toward Jeong Hyun-soo.
“Danger…!”
Unable to hold back any longer, Iban threw himself forward. Whatever else might be true, he felt that this man genuinely stood with his back turned to everything, shielding his siblings.
Splorch!
Half of Iban’s torso was pierced through. Though Iban possessed Ultra-Regeneration, in every other respect he was nothing more than a Hunter.
Chaemun-sik’s fist, having passed through Iban’s body, gained terrible momentum as it drove downward toward Jeong Hyun-soo.
“Oil. Summoning.”
“Krkk! Master! Finally, the tribe shall be liberated…hkkkk!?”
The moment Oil was summoned, he felt the overwhelming force of Chaemun-sik’s supremacy descending upon him.
“Master! What are you… Gaaaaaaah!”
Using a projectile’s reflexive defense, he tried to block, but Chaemun-sik’s fist shattered Oil entirely.
[Oil is being de-summoned.]
[You have incurred a Summoning Penalty due to the recoil!]
[Oil cannot be summoned for one week!]
[Your Trust Rating with Oil has sharply declined!]
[Half of your remaining Mana is restricted as a penalty!]
Even after destroying both Iban and Oil, Chaemun-sik’s fist was still intact.
Jeong Hyun-soo thrust his own fist toward that incoming blow.
A force that could not be avoided.
[Activating Earth Star Instant Energy.]
The Earth Star Instant Energy activated for the third consecutive time. The recoil from forcibly elevated Ability Stats knocked his consciousness away.
Along with that fleeting consciousness, Chaemun-sik’s fist struck Jeong Hyun-soo directly.
The colliding fist crumpled and caved in entirely, and Jeong Hyun-soo was sent flying as a mass of blood.
“No… this can’t…”
Iban despaired.
“Come here.”
Chaemun-sik looked none the worse for wear save for a faint weariness, and gestured toward Iban.
Iban, now fully recovered in the interim, found himself torn.
Jeong Hyun-soo, dying by degrees. Chaemun-sik, who would naturally use his family to coerce him.
Just beyond the sight of both Iban and Chaemun-sik, Jeong Hyun-soo’s fingertips twitched—barely, imperceptibly.
To be continued ▶
The Sole Devourer of Regression Martial God
Author
Cheon Ya
Publisher
Kim Seok-hwan, Choi Se-ra
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Grae Publishing
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Date of Publication
May 26, 2026
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