The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 277

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Chapter 277

Episode 277.

Sword Master Cheonji-a.

In Demroc, she was a standout existence in many ways.

Her ranking of 7th already spoke for itself, but her presence went beyond that.

She was the only martial artist among the single-digit rankers.

-Martial artist? Who would play such a trash character?

-Late-game character sounds nice, but it’s just a Lightning Dragon Descent one-trick. What happens when Lightning Dragon is on cooldown?

-Mediocre as melee DPS, can’t tank, only fun for themselves, what’s good about it?

An unlucky class that was inferior to other classes in every role.

A Lightning Dragon Descent one-trick class with miserable performance when Lightning Dragon Descent was down.

A class whose only advantage was ‘the romance is insane, right?’

That was the perception of martial artists.

Until the Sword Master appeared.

‘The woman who changed the perception of martial artists. The first martial artist to master Lightning Dragon Descent to its limits.’

The only advantage that martial artists with unreasonable conditions had: speed.

Utilizing it to the extreme, she pressed forward faster than anyone else, literally at lightning speed—she was the lightning dragon itself.

At least in terms of speed, she had no rivals in Demroc.

Moving across the battlefield with such precise control at that speed that it seemed impossible, she was nothing short of a calamity.

‘Formation disruption, aggro management, DPS—whatever was needed.’

From a class that couldn’t properly perform any role to an all-purpose class that could fulfill every role.

Having perfectly transformed, she was a woman more suited for war than anyone else, which is why she was called the incarnation of the battlefield and avoided by all.

A style completely opposite to Ast, who bet everything on one strike.

‘She was incredibly troublesome to face as an enemy.’

But that was when she was the Sword Master.

When Demroc ended service and Godose was released, she was no longer the Sword Master.

She had returned as Cheonma, able to wield only the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

Though it was the unique mythical god class, her advantage was still speed.

‘Honestly, I thought she wouldn’t be as good as before…’

Whatever class Cheonma was, since she had mastered Lightning Dragon Descent better than anyone, I thought she would have become weaker.

Clang! Boom!

“That crazy bitch…!”

“Block her! Why can’t you stop one person!”

“Does that bitch have eyes in the back of her head or what? Why don’t sneak attacks work on her?”

“What kind of speed is that! How is that speed even possible?”

Watching Cheonma leap into the center and rampage wildly, Ast chuckled.

‘I was mistaken.’

Weaker than during her Sword Master days?

If the rankers from Demroc saw her current state, they wouldn’t dare spout such nonsense.

She was no less powerful than during her Sword Master days… no, she had actually become even stronger.

Crack- Snap!

Even when Cheonoechen guild members rushed at her in groups, they couldn’t handle her alone.

Even seeing them surge forward like waves, she didn’t retreat an inch.

She simply moved forward with noble bearing.

Thud.

Each time, two or three guild members collapsed like scarecrows with their solar plexus and faces pierced.

“Kill her!”

“Aaaaah!”

It was the same even when they attacked from all sides.

When swords flew from all directions, blocking her vision, she lowered her stance and threw a punch, causing a fountain of blood to erupt.

The guild members watching from right behind turned pale.

“Mon, monster!”

“That’s supposed to be a martial artist? How is that a fist? It’s a sword!”

“It is a blade hand.”

Her body was a weapon itself.

Her blade hands were sharp like keen swords, her fists were like heavy blunt weapons, and her feet were fierce like spears.

‘Her speed isn’t what it used to be, but… it’s definitely fast. Did she invest everything in speed?’

With that speed, such precision and near-omnipotent martial arts.

Her basic attack power seemed low due to investing in speed, but when the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was fully unleashed, it dealt powerful damage that compensated for the lacking DPS.

She had succeeded in maximizing her strengths while maintaining balance.

[Unique ability ‘Cheonma’ is confirmed.]

[Using signature skill Heavenly Demon Divine Art.]

[Heavenly Demon Divine Art’s mastery is confirmed at 7-star level.]

[Using 7-star Heavenly Demon Divine Fist.]

Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

It was thanks to the signature skill that only those who obtained the unique ability Cheonma from the mythical god Arrogant Ruler could use.

‘If we fought now, I’m not confident it would end in a draw like before.’

The Heavenly Demon Divine Fist performed with divine art that had reached 7-star level was that destructive.

“Damn it, what’s the White Horse Battalion doing! Just crush her!”

“They’re already on their way, you bastard!”

“The cavalry enters first, and we’ll join up with the Holy Knights.”

Neigh-!

Finally, realizing that close combat was hopeless, they switched tactics to cavalry and retreated.

No matter how strong she was, she wouldn’t try to punch when cavalry on giant white horses came charging in droves.

They planned to buy time and attack together with the Holy Knights.

“How truly ridiculous. How can every single thought be so foolish and petty…”

“Shut up. Winning is all that matters.”

“You’re just scared, so you’re running your mouth. Let’s see if you can still talk after taking a beating.”

“Taking a beating? From who?”

But at that moment.

Cheonma smiled coldly and stepped forward.

Then the earth was crushed.

Step, step.

As if gravity had increased several times over.

Each time she walked, an overwhelming aura pressed down on their bodies and the ground trembled.

[Using Heavenly Demon Dominion Steps.]

[Executing footwork that reigns above all.]

Destructive footwork with a different nature from ordinary movement techniques.

This technique for reigning above all was too ambiguous to even call footwork.

Despite its grandiose name, it had no special evasion techniques or flashy movements.

[Your mastery level is higher than your opponent’s.]

[Damage dealt is higher than damage received.]

[Heavenly Demon Dominion Steps succeeds.]

[You can use the next form of Heavenly Demon Dominion Steps.]

A technique that existed solely to move forward and crush with overwhelming momentum.

A terribly arrogant footwork where failure meant death and success earned qualification.

That’s why it was the most threatening footwork of all.

[Using Second Form, Crushing Fist that Pierces the Lesser Dragon.]

[Dash forward in a straight line at high speed to deliver a strike that ignores 80% of defense.]

[Direction cannot be adjusted.]

[When successfully piercing through the target’s body, an explosive shockwave is delivered behind the target proportional to the size of the penetration.]

Thwack!

Shot like a bullet, Cheonma’s figure became blurred.

When she finally appeared, her fist was touching the head of the white horse at the vanguard.

Kwaaang!!

[Successfully pierced through the target’s body, delivering a shockwave.]

[Those caught in the shockwave suffer unstoppable knockback and receive a mark.]

[While marked, damage taken increases by 50% and movement speed decreases by 50%.]

A technique combining burst damage and wide-area status effects.

There was no technique more suitable for the current situation than this.

Neighhhh-

“Aaaahhh!”

“We’re, we’re falling!”

Due to the unstoppable knockback, the White Horse Battalion that had been charging fiercely lost their balance and fell like dominoes.

Dozens of cavalry lost their effectiveness in an instant.

Rustle- rustle-

Then, as if they had been waiting, shadows sprang out and began tearing through the fallen cavalry.

They were the cultists of the Cheonma Sect.

Even when opponents thrust swords at them, they would thrust their necks forward and charge – they were no different from beasts.

“Damn it, block them! If we’re pushed back here, there’s no hope!”

“Tie down the Order of the Ten Saints! That’s our role!”

“Yes!!”

“This damn…!!”

The paladins desperately tried to intervene, but the tide of battle had already turned.

Moreover, unlike the beginning when this side was tied down, now the Order of the Ten Saints was tied down by Babylon, so they couldn’t provide proper assistance.

Thwack, kwaaaang!!!

Then Ast also leaped up roughly and immediately swung the Great Dragon Slayer’s mace.

Before those who had fallen could regain their balance, they were swept up in the shockwave again and fluttered like pieces of paper.

“Wow, this is the first time I’m seeing you fight here directly… That Kukkudakkukku guy would be quite envious, wouldn’t he?”

“You mean the Empress.”

Landing next to Cheonma and casually remarking, Cheonma chuckled and replied.

“Cheonma is an existence that must reign above all others. If I’m not reigning above someone, my true performance cannot be displayed.”

“…? Don’t you just mean you need to have forces?”

“That’s right.”

Then just say it that way, why twist the words like that.

Ast clicked his tongue at the unnecessarily pompous attitude but understood.

‘That guy could never do this job.’

He couldn’t imagine Kukkudakkukku, called the One-Man Army, creating forces.

Then a voice filled with shock came from beside them.

“Th, this doesn’t make sense… Why…?”

“Hm? Ah, that woman was there.”

It was Xiao.

She was standing there with her mouth agape, as if she couldn’t comprehend what was happening.

‘It’s only dozens of people. We have more forces, so why?’

Is it because there are two masters?

Even considering that, being pushed back this much didn’t make sense.

This side had overwhelmingly more troops, and they also had the Order of the Ten Saints. Meanwhile, the forces Cheonma brought were at most dozens of people.

Losing despite having nearly twice the troops could only mean one assumption.

‘…Am I this much weaker than those guys?’

Overwhelmingly so, at that.

Crack.

Xiao’s eyes trembled.

She had instinctively known it all along.

Though she hated to admit it even if it killed her, in terms of pure combat power, she was much weaker than Ast.

No, even aside from Ast, she would probably be on the weak side among the Top 10 Guilds.

‘…But this isn’t right.’

However, she hadn’t thought the difference would be this severe.

Panicked, she tried sending whisper messages to Demian, but no reply came.

Same with Leondo and Ahdeo.

‘No, why is no one answering! What the hell are they all doing right now!’

It made no sense.

This side had Cheonma interfering, so that was understandable, but that side had three masters – why wasn’t anyone responding!

Support should have arrived by now, even if they had already finished.

‘Did they abandon me? No, that can’t be. If they abandon me now, they’ll lose out too, right?’

Then what the hell was going on.

Were they actually losing? To just Kaiser and the Empress, those two?

Not knowing what was happening was driving her crazy.

Her insides were burning with anxiety when she clenched her fists.

“This isn’t the time to be spacing out.”

“That one has lost her will. It would be best to end this quickly.”

“…Ast.”

Ast and Cheonma had approached right in front of her.

Behind them, she could see several shadows that were like Cheonma’s limbs and Babylon’s guild members.

Swish.

Glancing behind herself, there was no one there.

It might be because all the forces had gone that way, but…

‘In other words, it means there are no guild members who show that much loyalty.’

Even in a situation where their master had to face two Top 10 Guild Masters, this side wasn’t even paying attention.

Feeling deflated, she unclenched her fists.

‘…It’s over.’

Now everything was finished.

Having caused this chaos, war had already begun.

And defeat in war didn’t mean simple defeat, but ruin.

The position she had achieved through all that effort would vanish pathetically.

“Ahh…”

As Xiao squeezed her eyes shut.

Ding-

A faint notification sound in the dark world like her future.

It wasn’t a reply to her whisper.

“Hm?”

“Huh?”

A message had appeared in front of Ast and Cheonma as well.

“…What is this.”

“What, what’s this. What appeared now?”

At their considerably flustered voices, Xiao cautiously opened her eyes.

At the same time, her eyes widened.

‘This is…!?’

It was a completely unexpected message.

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