The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 152

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Chapter 152
Chapter 152
The Green Stone Demon’s second phase.
Having shed its mineral form and transformed into a state of pure energy, the Evil God’s assault was, naturally enough.
– Die, wretched creature!
Whoooosh!
composed entirely of formless energy.
Calling it magic would be an insult—merely a simple discharge of raw power.
However, given that my opponent was an Evil God, even this “simple” energy discharge possessed devastating force.
The beam attack, formed by concentrating and releasing energy, had obliterated several golems standing behind me without resistance.
‘I can easily evade large-scale attacks.’
Major attacks posed no threat.
I had already memorized every attack pattern of the second phase.
The real problem was.
– This attack cannot be evaded!
That particular assault.
Rather than concentrating energy and firing it all at once like before, it transformed energy into hundreds of bullets and unleashed them simultaneously.
An omnidirectional area attack with no blind spots whatsoever.
The moment that attack—which made evasion itself impossible—began.
‘Now.’
Whoosh!
I charged directly toward the Evil God instead.
Naturally, the energy bullets collided with my body as I rushed forward, but.
[ Ether Blessing ]
The Ether Blessing set I wore was armor specialized in magical defense.
Its set effect also substantially increased magical defense.
While the initial energy beam might have been problematic, these minor attacks were easily blocked by the armor’s magical defense alone.
Thanks to this, I could close the distance to the Evil God even further, and.
The moment I effortlessly dodged the next pattern the Evil God had prepared, I drew a new weapon.
– Your crude and senseless attacks will no longer affect me!
Physical attacks were completely ineffective against the Green Stone Demon in its second phase state.
However, its magical defense was also quite formidable, making magical attacks equally ineffective.
As such, it was an exceptionally troublesome monster to face, but.
[ Ether Breaker ]
( Non-tradeable )
Type: Sword
Grade: Legendary
Requirement: Level 350 or higher, Intelligence 1,000 or higher
Description: A mystical blade imbued with the power of Ether. Through the pure flow of energy, it severs external currents and destroys energy itself.
I possessed exactly the weapon suited for an opponent in such a state.
– I activate the skill ‘Crimson Claw’.
Crunch!
An enemy that physical attacks pass through, and magic attacks fail to properly affect.
Green Stone Demon.
Its body crumbles like paper beneath the Ether Breaker I swing.
– Kyaaaaaaaaaagh!
A piercing shriek echoes through the cavern.
Regardless, I continue to slash my blade relentlessly.
I trust the magical defense of the ‘Ether Protection Set’ and ignore the trivial attacks.
I focus on dodging only the threatening major assaults while concentrating my offense.
The reason I’m doing this is simple.
‘Now is my chance.’
Though the Green Stone Demon’s second phase is troublesome, its total health pool is far lower than when it was in mineral form.
If I land proper hits, I can finish it much faster than the first phase.
With that in mind, I refuse to rely on a single weapon.
[ Soul Eater ]
( Non-tradeable )
Type: Sword
Grade: Legendary
Requirement: Level 700+, Intelligence 2,000+
Description: A blade that traverses the boundary between life and death. A cruel demonic sword that hungers for souls themselves, severing the very essence of the departed.
Holding the Ether Breaker in my left hand, I draw a new weapon in my right.
Soul Eater.
Primarily effective against spirit-type monsters like Wraiths or Specters, but it was perfectly suited for use against the Evil God before me.
Then.
Whoosh!
I begin to rapidly wield both blades in my hands.
Among weapon techniques, dual-sword mastery is said to be among the most difficult and intricate forms of swordplay.
But wasn’t I the one who, as a weapon master at First, even defeated the Golden Dragon?
To overcome my enemies by wielding as many weapons as possible.
I had necessarily trained myself to use two weapons simultaneously.
– Let’s see how long you can endure!
Waves of pure energy continue to assault me relentlessly.
I dodge the major attacks, but I ignore the minor ones, trusting my magical defense.
However, even with heightened magical defense, the damage is not entirely negated.
As the battle continues, injuries accumulate steadily across my body.
But what does that matter?
Briefly stepping outside the Evil God’s range, I.
[ Supreme Health Potion ]
I drink a potion down.
A health potion primarily used at the so-called max level of 1,000.
Given that I haven’t even reached level 300 yet, if I use this potion—
“Ahh.”
I can fully restore my health.
And while I had some distance between us, I began pulling out and drinking other potions as well.
[ Elixir of Mystical Power ]
I drank the elixir that boosts magical attack power, increasing the attack power of my two weapons, which are treated as magical attacks by default.
[ Blessing of Starlight Protection ]
A potion that greatly increases magical defense.
[ Troll King’s Serum ]
A potion that significantly boosts health regeneration.
I drank every potion that could help in the current situation, temporarily raising my stats dramatically.
The moment I finished doping myself up—
Whoosh!
I charged at the Evil God once more.
– Activating skill ‘Crimson Claw’.
I swung my twin blades.
Then—
Crack, crack, crack—
The Pillar, which had originally been the Evil God’s body.
Its shattered remains began slowly recovering.
That’s right.
The Evil God fights in its second phase, and after a certain time passes, it retreats into the recovered Pillar and continues the battle in its first phase.
Then when it breaks again, it enters the second phase once more.
And so the battle continues eternally.
During my time at First, I didn’t know this, so I had to repeat these two phases countless times to find a way to defeat the Evil God.
But now, I already perfectly understood its strategy.
‘Where is it?’
In that situation—
I wasn’t attacking the Evil God in its energy state without purpose.
The more I attacked the Evil God in its energy state and consumed its energy—
The more the Evil God’s health decreased—
‘That’ reacted more violently.
And—
“Found it.”
I finally discovered it.
Among the hundreds, thousands of fragments created when the Pillar collapsed.
Just one among them.
A stone fragment emitting an especially vivid green glow compared to the other debris.
It appeared no different from the other fragments, but that one—
The core.
The Evil God’s core.
Even though it’s called the Evil God, its structural essence is ultimately the same as a golem.
Just as a golem moves around its core and ceases to function when the core is destroyed.
The Evil God likewise has the Pillar erected around its core, and the energy flowing from the core takes the form of the second phase.
The problem is that finding the core is extremely difficult, but from experience, the greater the damage I inflict on the Evil God in its energized state, the more pronounced the core’s reaction becomes.
Having found the core, I.
Burst forward!
I charged ahead to destroy it before the core could reattach to the Pillar.
In that instant.
The Evil God, reading my thoughts and sensing the danger, began hurtling toward me.
– No, where are you going! Look at me! At me!
An unremarkable stone fragment.
That was the Evil God—the one that had endlessly scorned living creatures and strutted about with such arrogance.
The true identity of the Green Stone Demon.
A stone fragment that looked even more insignificant than a golem’s core.
Destroy that alone, and my battle with the Evil God would be over.
Of course, the Evil God, fully aware of its own core, would not let me charge toward it unimpeded.
It unleashed a barrage of total assault, pouring out all its energy at me.
I continued moving, evading every attack or summoning a magical barrier to block them.
– This cannot be!!
The Evil God moved directly.
Even if it hadn’t fully recovered its strength, a god is still a god.
It flew at tremendous speed and wielded claws of sharply refined energy toward me.
This was a blow difficult to block or evade, so as I paused to defend myself.
“Steel Rune, sortie!”
“Shield manifest!”
The golems of the dwarves who had rushed over desperately.
The Steel series positioned itself between the Evil God and me, illuminating the rune letters of the shield embedded in its body.
A magic-using golem that I had helped create.
As the three Steel Runes simultaneously deployed their shield magic.
Screech!
The first claw the Evil God had swung was blocked.
“Go now!”
“We’ll hold out however we can!”
The dwarves’ cries.
Even if the Steel Rune was strong, it would be difficult to hold back the Evil God.
“Thank you.”
I said so and charged toward the Evil God’s core.
Dangerous as it was, now was the time to trust the dwarves and run to destroy the core.
If I fail to destroy the core before the Pillar regenerates and the black flame ends, it will be impossible to defeat the Evil God.
With that thought driving me forward, I ran.
“Argh!”
Screams erupted from the dwarves behind me.
Not only had the Steel Rune’s shield magic shattered, but the Steel Rune Golem itself had been torn apart by the Evil God’s claws.
Yet the Evil God came flying even faster, raking its claws toward me.
“Mir, run!”
“Hurry!”
Next, the Steel Armor units—early models, essentially—intercepted the attack in my stead.
Even as an entity of pure energy, the Evil God could not simply ignore the golems and push through.
Though each Steel Armor shattered under a single blow, that sacrifice bought me one more step forward.
– Got it!
Still, the Evil God pursued relentlessly, raising its claws to strike.
– Activating skill ‘Black Serpent’s Shadow’.
I unleashed the movement skill I’d been saving, dodging the claws, and finally—the Evil God’s core lay before me.
Glowing an emerald green, trembling as if seized by terror, I reached the core at last.
“Luke, this is it.”
– Yes, Master.
The mythic-grade weapon I’d reserved for this very moment.
[ Storm of Annihilation, Yaghrush ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Blunt Weapon
Grade: Mythic
Requirements: Level 1,000+, Blunt Mastery Lv 80+, Strength 3,000+, Vitality 2,000+
Description: One of the two war clubs wielded by Baal, the Storm God, when he defeated Yam, the God of the Sea.
I drew the weapon and, with every skill and spell amplified to their maximum,
– Activating unique skill of ‘Storm of Annihilation, Yaghrush’: ‘Storm of Annihilation’.
I unleashed the weapon’s unique skill.
BOOM!!
The moment the club struck the core, a violent tempest erupted beyond mere physical impact, crushing the core beneath its fury.
A strike befitting a mythic-grade weapon—devastatingly powerful.
Crack!
Fissures spiderwebbed across the Evil God’s core.
But was the Evil God’s core truly so different?
Even with a mythic-grade weapon and all my strength behind the blow, the core refused to shatter.
– You dare think a pathetic creature’s attack could even scratch my core?!
The Evil God laughed mockingly and dove toward me with even greater speed.
But it didn’t matter.
From the start, I’d anticipated the core wouldn’t break in a single strike, which is why I’d drawn this weapon.
“Luke, next weapon.”
– Yes, Master.
And the next weapon I drew.
[ Expulsion Storm, Aimur ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Blunt Weapon
Grade: Mythic
Requirement: Level 1,000 or higher, Blunt Mastery Lv 80 or higher, Strength 3,000 or higher, Vitality 2,000 or higher
Description: One of the two war clubs that Storm God Baal wielded when he defeated Yam, the God of the Sea.
A weapon that forms a pair with Yagrush.
The second war club that reveals its true power only when used together with Yagrush.
With that war club.
– I activate the unique skill of ‘Expulsion Storm, Aimur’, ‘Expulsion Storm’.
Boom!
I brought the war club down upon the Evil God’s core once more.
With this strike, the cracks spread completely across the core, leaving it on the very brink of shattering.
Yet it had not completely shattered.
At that moment, the Evil God was certain of victory.
The core was one step away from destruction, but its claws were equally one step away from reaching me.
If I fell, even with the tattered core, it believed it could easily crush the Dwarf and recover its strength.
Then.
Boom-boom-boom-boom-crash!
The two storms born from the unique skills of Yagrush and Aimur began to resonate with one another.
These two weapons were a pair from the beginning.
Their unique skills were no exception.
Without any action required from me, the two storms merged into one.
– ‘Removal Storm’ and ‘Expulsion Storm’ fuse to activate ‘Great Tempest’.
Crack!
– No, nooooooooo!
The Evil God.
The Green Stone Demon’s core shattered completely.

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