The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 314

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Chapter 314
Chapter 314
The warriors of the Expedition Party wielded their blades with desperate fervor.
Sand soldiers surged forward relentlessly.
Scarab cavalry, burning sand spirits, and the Giant Soldiers from the Pyramid itself.
Under normal circumstances, these enemies would have been formidable opponents to face head-on.
‘The Apostle didn’t prepare that meal for nothing!’
The meal Mir had prepared.
Or rather, something unidentifiable that resembled the calamity of the Desert itself.
The moment we consumed it, a surge of power emerged, allowing us to somehow contend with these enemies.
And then.
“Uooooo!”
“Power wells up from within!”
The instant Mir erected three flags.
The warriors felt their strength overflow, and they began pushing back against the enemies in earnest.
Everyone understood.
The source of this power was none other than Mir.
The Apostle of the Desert’s Three Deities.
“Mir protects us!”
“Let us advance with faith in Mir!”
“Uooooooo!”
As we continued to push back the enemies brilliantly.
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
“Grrrrrrr….”
“That is!”
“The Sphinx!”
“And that one—the Mummy King!”
“Heavens!”
At last, the King and Queen positioned at the far end of the enemy formation.
The Mummy King and Sphinx Queen began to move.
The Sphinx Queen alone was a far more formidable presence than the Sphinx we had observed from outside the Pyramid.
“Hwaht!”
The bandages unleashed by the Mummy King descended with ominous intent.
At first glance they appeared to be mere cloth fragments, yet their density was harder than steel—piercing even the ground beneath.
Kwang!
The claws wielded by the Sphinx Queen were equally devastating.
Both revealed overwhelming dominance as they assailed the Expedition Party.
Then.
“From this moment forward, I shall have you reposition to the locations I designate!”
Mir’s voice rang out.
“Yes!”
The Expedition Party moved without hesitation, following my commands immediately.
In this urgent situation, why would I order them to move in that direction?
What could possibly be the meaning of this?
Though questions naturally arose, the warriors emptied their minds and followed only my words.
It was a vivid display of just how strong their respect and loyalty toward me truly was.
The moment over a hundred warriors of the Expedition Party all took their positions.
Whoooosh!
I suddenly drew forth a certain tome.
And with it.
Boom!
A colossal formation pattern materialized beneath the warriors.
The instant that mystical pattern—incomprehensible even to the sorcerers—unfurled before them.
“Uooooh!”
The warriors felt their strength surge anew.
That was not all.
With so many combatants, both allies and enemies, coordination inevitably became tangled.
But once this formation took shape and the mysterious pattern emerged beneath them, their movements became far more fluid.
Enemy attacks could be deflected or evaded with precision, and they could swing their blades freely without fear of accidentally striking their own comrades.
With this, the warriors were able to effectively contain both the Sphinx Queen and the Mummy King.
And this.
“These insolent wretches…!”
The Pharaoh, displeased, began to rise from his throne of blackened bone.
* * *
After positioning all the Expedition Party’s warriors in their designated places.
The tome I had drawn was none other than.
[ One Hundred Eight Arhat Formation Grimoire ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Form : Tome
Grade : Legendary
Restriction : –
Description : A formation grimoire containing the combined techniques of the Shaolin Temple, known as the greatest coordinated formation in the martial world, performed by one hundred eight monks.
This was it.
The Shaolin Temple’s combined formation, the One Hundred Eight Arhat Formation.
I had positioned the warriors according to that grimoire and made them fight.
This formation, when the number of personnel matched correctly, became an excellent combined formation in itself, and above all, possessing this tome allowed.
– Using the unique skill of the ‘One Hundred Eight Arhat Formation Grimoire’, ‘One Hundred Eight Arhat Formation’.
I could systematically raise my allies’ stats significantly.
Adding buff magic cast upon the warriors to the maximum extent.
“Uooooh! We can do this!”
“Whether it’s the Mummy King, the Sphinx Queen, or nothing at all! We have the Apostle of the Desert Trinity!”
“For the Desert!”
“For it!”
The warriors began pushing back even the Mummy King and Sphinx Queen, who had been giving them trouble.
It was a bit precarious, but it seemed our victory was assured if things continued this way.
The moment I thought that.
“How dare you insolent fools…!”
From across the way, I heard the Pharaoh’s displeased voice.
The moment the Pharaoh rose from his throne.
Whoosh!
The Black Flame flowing from the throne burned even more fiercely.
Crackle!
The soldiers on the Chess Board.
Sand Soldiers and Scarab cavalry, and so on.
Black flames began spreading across all their bodies.
“Kraaaagh!”
“Kiiieeeek—.”
“Kyaaaagh!”
The Pharaoh’s pieces began screaming in agony.
But the black flames didn’t merely inflict pain upon the pieces.
Boom!
“Ugh!”
“These things, suddenly—!”
The pieces had grown stronger.
The Mummy King and Sphinx Queen were no exception.
Their combat power surged instantly, reaching a level that even the warriors comprising the One Hundred and Eight Arhats formation found difficult to handle.
And I immediately grasped the principle behind it.
“No more attacks! From now on, focus entirely on defense!”
“Yes, yes!”
“Understood!”
That Black Flame was burning away the pieces’ life force, granting them tremendous power in exchange.
Though I wondered if life force even existed for these pieces.
Perhaps it was burning through some kind of motive force the pieces possessed instead of life force.
“Luke, you could do that too?”
– It’s not a power I use frequently, but it is possible.
It clearly seemed to be Luke’s power.
I hadn’t known Luke possessed such an ability.
Then again, even if I had known, I doubt I would have used it.
An ability that burns through allies’ life force to draw out greater power.
How could I ever use such a power on my own allies?
However.
“Can I use this ability on myself?”
– It is possible, but that power is dangerous. Even I struggle to handle it properly.
“Hmm….”
Using it on myself shouldn’t be a problem, would it?
An ability that sacrifices stamina to increase combat power.
Such an ability was certainly worth using.
That’s what I thought.
– I don’t even know how to extinguish that flame in the first place.
“That’s all?”
Not knowing how to extinguish the flame itself.
That means once that flame ignites, my stamina will drain until I die, doesn’t it?
Still, from what I hear, control isn’t completely impossible, and it seems I’m simply unfamiliar with it because I don’t use the ability often.
‘I’ll have to practice once I get out.’
I felt the need to research this further.
Crash!
“Ugh!”
“Just hold the line!”
“Endure!”
The strengthened chess pieces attack the warriors.
The warriors, following my commands, operate the One Hundred Eight Arhats Formation as defensively as possible, blocking the pieces’ attacks.
This will work.
According to Luke’s words, even if we only defend, that black flame will drain the life force or power from the chess pieces on its own.
However, the true boss monster of the Great Pyramid.
The Pharaoh was not watching this passively.
“How insolent! Absolutely insolent!”
The Pharaoh, who had been sitting majestically on his throne watching the Chess Board.
Stepped down.
He began walking toward the Chess Board.
Soon after, he shattered even the rule that a grand master cannot directly interfere with the Chess Board.
“Did you truly believe you could win against me, just because I deigned to play with you!”
He stepped onto the Chess Board.
Then, raising sand around him, he prepared to attack.
At that moment.
“Luke, now.”
– Yes, Master.
[ Using Black Flame Transformation. ]
[ Borrowing the power of the Black Flame Dragon, Lucknir Desperate Ignoxtan. ]
I too lunged toward the Chess Board.
Just as I had experienced before, with the Pharaoh breaking the rules first, I could now enter the Chess Board as well.
The first thing I did upon entering the Chess Board was
“Grand Sorcerer!”
to seek confirmation from Azrael, the Desert’s greatest Grand Sorcerer.
Before assembling the One Hundred Eight Arhat Formation, I had requested this of Azrael and the other sorcerers.
“Preparations are complete!”
Its true nature was a colossal magical circle.
No, a sorcerous formation.
Azrael and the other sorcerers, even amid the fierce battle, moved simultaneously to construct the One Hundred Eight Arhat Formation while installing the sorcerous formation along the outer edges of the Chess Board.
The connected sorcerous formations stretched long along the Chess Board’s perimeter.
– Activating skill ‘White Fish Swimming’.
With confirmation received, I immediately sprinted toward the center of the Chess Board.
In other words, toward the heart of the sorcerous formation.
I completely ignored the enemy pieces.
During my movement, I encountered the Mummy King, and the Mummy King, burning with black flames, attempted to ensnare me by spewing bandages everywhere.
Whoosh!
My movement speed accelerated by Black Flame.
Combined with White Fish Swimming, a mythic-tier movement skill, I could dash past the Mummy King in an instant.
Various other attacks followed.
[ Dragon Fear ]
Kuoooooo!
With Dragon Fear, I momentarily froze the pieces’ movements.
Thus, moving at transcendent speed and surpassing everyone, I stood at the center of the Chess Board.
“Luke.”
I retrieved the item I had prepared through Luke’s subspace.
[ Sun God’s Idol Totem ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Form: Totem
Grade: Mythic
Restriction: Level 900 or higher, Intelligence 4,000 or higher
Description: An idol totem erected to honor the Sun God, known as the Great Desert’s supreme deity.
A sorcerer’s weapon—a totem.
Moreover, it was the idol totem of the Sun God, who had been called the Desert’s supreme deity during the First era.
I took that totem and
Thunk!
drove it into the spot that served as the center of both the sorcerous formation and the Chess Board.
In that instant.
– Activating the Sun God’s Idol Totem’s unique skill, ‘Solar Worship’.
The totem’s unique skill activated.
“Now!”
“Pour your power into the sorcerous formation!”
“Activate the sorcery formation!”
“Mir is performing the sorcery! Everyone, provide support!”
Positioned precisely along the outer edge of the sorcery formation to match the locations of the One Hundred Eight Arhats, the sorcerers simultaneously channeled their vital force toward the formation.
The vital force illuminated the sorcery formation and settled into the totem I had planted.
When the mana I pushed into it was added as well.
Whoosh!
The unique skill of the mythic-grade totem began to manifest properly.
A faint sunlight emerged from the ceiling.
That light consumed the sorcerers’ vital force and the mana I had pushed in, gradually expanding in size.
But as if this wasn’t enough for the blazing sun, I drew out another item.
[ Blue Eternal Crystal ]
Form: Mana Stone
Grade: Mythic
Restriction: Player Mir
Description: A rechargeable mythic-grade mana stone created by charging mana stones centered on the ‘Blue Evil God’s Mana Stone’ to enable reuse.
That’s right.
As I reached this point, whenever I had time, I attempted various methods to convert even the ‘Blue Evil God’s Mana Stone’ into an Eternal Crystal.
And as a result.
I succeeded in modifying even the Blue Evil God’s Mana Stone for recharging purposes, successfully creating this ‘Blue Eternal Crystal’.
Like other Eternal Crystals, the Blue Eternal Crystal could use the mana dwelling within the ‘Blue Evil God’s Mana Stone’ in rechargeable fashion, as much as needed.
Uuuuuung!
I pushed all the mana dwelling within the Blue Eternal Crystal toward the totem.
At that moment.
Crackle-crackle-crackle!
The sun on the ceiling, having consumed an enormous amount of mana through the sorcery formation and totem, began expanding in size at tremendous speed.

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