The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 375

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Chapter 375
Chapter 375
The Lava Imoogi’s Orb of Dominion.
Though I was using Dark Vision, unfortunately I couldn’t pinpoint its exact location.
I could only discern that the Orb of Dominion was positioned somewhere in the upper body.
And I wasn’t the only one who could see it.
“Mir, that light…”
“It’s the Orb of Dominion.”
Yul-ha had also noticed the existence of the Orb of Dominion.
However, the light from the Orb of Dominion seemed to spread more visibly than what I could perceive with Dark Vision.
In any case, now that I’d grasped the strategy.
“We’ll need to bait out its divine techniques to pinpoint the Orb of Dominion’s location.”
Now it was time to proceed with the orthodox approach.
I’d attempted to track the Orb of Dominion’s location through alternative methods, but it seemed no further shortcuts would work.
“Craaaaaack! Melt away, all of you! Become the final nourishment for my body!”
The first divine technique was to raise the skulls—byproducts created from accumulating malice.
The second divine technique summoned lava pillars.
And the third divine technique.
Boom, boom, boom, crash!
Created a lava wave.
A wave incomparably stronger than the lava wave it had created earlier by thrashing its body.
An attack that deserved the name “tidal wave” rather than mere wave was threatening in itself, and.
“Mir, the platform!”
“I’ll create a new one!”
The platform Yul-ha and I had been standing on.
Was completely engulfed by the tidal wave that hadn’t melted even in the Lava Lake.
At this, I urgently.
– I activate the 5-Circle water magic ‘Aqua Field’.
Using magic, I solidified the lava’s surface to create a temporary platform.
However, the Lava Lake had such high temperatures and violent turbulence that the temporary platform’s duration was extremely brief.
Meanwhile, the Lava Imoogi’s divine techniques continued to be deployed.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Various weapons forged from refined lava were shot toward us.
Slither, slither!
Snake-shaped forms writhing from lava lunged at us.
But what was most threatening of all.
Boom, boom, boom—!!
Was the second divine technique—the lava pillar.
As the Lava Imoogi’s power concentrated further into the lava pillar, the resulting explosion erupted.
The lava pillar was already threatening enough.
When it exploded, tremendous heat and lava erupted in all directions.
The closer to the Lava Imoogi, the more violent the blast became, so Yul-ha and I faced particularly severe threats.
Well.
– I activate the skill ‘Jade Stone Bastion’.
With the enhanced defense of Jade Stone Bastion, I managed to block the assault and continue our strategy, though barely.
There was no opening to counterattack, and simply enduring was already a struggle.
‘I can see it.’
The more the creature used its divine techniques, the more clearly I could pinpoint the location of the Orb of Harmony.
With each divine technique it unleashed, the Orb’s radiance grew more vivid.
Most critically, in the next moment.
“Roooaaarrr—!”
The instant the Lava Imoogi spewed lava toward us.
“Found it.”
I could locate it.
Its neck.
The aura of the Orb of Harmony radiated distinctly from the area where the uvula would be on a human—precisely where the thyroid cartilage and laryngeal prominence were situated.
It wasn’t just the aura.
Looking up closely as it fired its breath, I spotted a single scale protruding faintly near its neck.
The more divine techniques it used, the more it glowed faintly, as if burning with intensity.
That was its weakness.
“I’m beginning the full-scale assault on its weak point.”
“Understood!”
Team 1, holding the line behind us, was beginning to struggle.
Yul-ha and I were faring no better.
Given the circumstances.
[ Entering Black Flame Rampage state. ]
I activated Black Flame Rampage, igniting my body with black flames.
Determined to end this battle in this clash, I communicated the strategy to Yul-ha.
“Can you bait its breath attack?”
“Its breath… Yes, I understand.”
I hadn’t even given her a detailed explanation.
The moment Yul-ha nodded, she turned and rushed toward me instead of the Imoogi.
I read her intent and clasped my hands together, swinging them downward.
Thump.
The instant she stepped onto my hands.
Whoosh!
I hurled her skyward with tremendous force.
My enhanced strength from Black Flame Rampage combined with her exceptional stats as the top-ranked hunter of Second, sending her form soaring rapidly upward.
Flying in a sheathed state, she ascended until she reached the Lava Imoogi’s very maw.
“Haaah!”
Scrape—!
“Crash! Crash! Crash!”
I unleashed a blade strike at the Lava Imoogi through my footwork technique.
It was a deliberate, forceful attack—one that left a vivid wound on the creature’s horns, which symbolized its power alongside the Yeouiju.
Enraged, the Lava Imoogi lunged at Yul-ha.
Unable to escape in midair, she would be defenseless against its assault, so I rushed toward the creature while—
—activating my 3rd Circle earth magic: Rock Spear.
I hurled the spell toward her.
Rock Spear.
An offensive magic that launches stone spears, but she read my intention and—
Tap!
—stepped on the Rock Spear, using it to leap higher and evade the creature’s fangs.
After several more attempts, the Lava Imoogi grew impatient.
“Crash! Crash! Melt away!”
It unleashed lava toward Yul-ha.
In other words, it breathed its breath attack.
I’d seen this before—when the creature exhales, its neck necessarily stretches out due to its anatomy.
When that happens, the inside of its neck where the Yeouiju resides becomes exposed.
This moment was no different.
I was concerned for Yul-ha facing the breath attack.
‘But Yul-ha can endure it.’
After all, she was the Second’s top-ranked hunter.
Since she’d asked me to trust her, instead of protecting her, I—
Tap!
—leaped toward the Lava Imoogi’s neck.
From the moment Yul-ha leaped, I’d been climbing the creature’s scales, waiting for this instant.
Concentrating White Fish Flowing on my leap, I achieved tremendous jumping power and reached the creature’s neck in an instant.
‘There it is.’
It became even clearer now.
The scales gleaming with brilliant orange light right before my eyes.
The Yeouiju illuminating them from within.
But there was one problem.
‘I can’t find a gap.’
There were no gaps between the scales.
Normally, gaps inevitably form between scales, but—
—to protect its vital point, the neck scales were layered multiple times, completely blocking any opening.
Still, I had no intention of giving up.
[ Titan Tempest ]
( Non-tradeable )
Form: Hammer
Rank: Legendary
A legendary-grade hammer.
I drew forth the hammer bearing water and wind attributes, true to its name—Giant’s Tempest.
Next, the scales protecting the Orb of Benevolence.
Toward those scales shimmering with a soft orange glow.
Crash!!
I swung the hammer with all my might.
Naturally, this was a strike infused with Crimson Night Blood Claw and magic channeled through the Arcane Blade, topped off with the Titan Tempest’s unique skill, Giant’s Tempest.
From that blow.
Crack!
A faint fissure appeared in the center of the massive scale, as enormous as the Lava Imoogi itself.
Though the fissure was far too subtle.
‘It works.’
What mattered was that the attack was getting through.
However, this place was empty air.
I couldn’t remain suspended like this indefinitely.
Magic could be used, but to shatter the scales quickly, I needed to channel magic through the Arcane Blade to amplify the power.
So then.
[ Freya’s Hawk Mantle ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Form: Mantle
Rank: Mythic
I equipped a new item.
The mantle said to have been worn by the goddess Freya when she transformed into a hawk.
While it possessed the ability to transform into a hawk as the legend suggested, the mantle granted the function of hovering in midair simply by wearing it.
The equip level was high, so I couldn’t maintain it for long, but I had no intention of dragging this out anyway.
So in this window of opportunity.
– Activating skill ‘Crimson Night Blood Claw’.
Crack!
I continued swinging the Titan Tempest at the scales.
Each swing widened the fissure.
After several more strikes, a meaningful gap opened at the center of the crack.
At that moment, I immediately switched weapons.
[ Leviathan’s Bone Spike ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Form: Spear
Rank: Mythic
The mythic-grade spear I had once driven into the Black Worm God’s final weak point.
Leviathan’s Bone Spike.
– Activating skill ‘Black Insect Flash’.
The scales protecting the Orb of Righteousness.
I thrust the bone spike toward the crack running through its center.
Normally it wouldn’t have pierced through, but the crack had formed, and the Black Insect God had been greatly strengthened by the Purple Mechanical God’s dominion set.
Besides, wasn’t the Bone Spike of Leviathan a mythic-grade water-attribute weapon?
– Using the unique skill of ‘Bone Spike of Leviathan’, ‘Leviathan’s Hatred’.
And with the weapon’s unique skill on top of that.
Squelch!
The bone spike drove deep into the scales.
The spike itself was quite long, and roughly half of it had burrowed inside.
Unfortunately, even this wasn’t enough to shatter the Orb of Righteousness.
“KRAAAAAAAAAAGH-!!!”
The Lava Imoogi, mid-attack against Yul-ha with lava, couldn’t bear the massive impact and let out a scream.
Along with it, blood hotter than lava dripped from its mouth.
Sensing danger, the creature tried to ignore Yul-ha and attack me instead.
“That won’t do!”
Yul-ha, who had endured the lava the Lava Imoogi spewed forth.
She corrected her stance in mid-air.
Flash!
A streak of lightning shot toward the Lava Imoogi.
‘Lightning Strike.’
I knew this skill.
What she used now was the Swordmaster’s supreme attack skill, combining swift movement and assault.
Lightning Strike, a legendary-grade attack skill, was one I’d primarily used during my time in First.
Which meant.
Slash!
When her form, shot forth like lightning, reached the Lava Imoogi’s head.
A long sword mark appeared across one of the creature’s eyes.
“KRAAAAAAAGH! You barbaric wretches! How dare you wound the dragon body of one destined to become an Evil Dragon!”
She’d blinded one of its eyes.
The Lava Imoogi thrashed about in pain and rage.
Regardless, I swung the Titan Tempest like a hammer toward the handle of the ‘Bone Spike of Leviathan’ lodged in the scales.
Crack!
“KRAAAAAAAGH!”
The bone spike burrowed even deeper.
Through Luke’s dark vision and the sensation transmitted through the hammer’s grip, I could tell.
Just one more time.
One more swing and I could pierce through the creature’s Orb of Righteousness.
But did the Imoogi sense this as well?
“No! My thousand years! A thousand years of malice! I cannot let it end so meaninglessly!”
Before I could swing the hammer once more.
As the creature approached the Bone Spike’s tip, its orb blazed with the intensity of a sun.
But that was merely the beginning.
Light erupted from between the scales across its entire body, influenced by the orb’s radiance.
Within moments, that light transformed into something far more sinister.
Kwaaaang!!
A catastrophic explosion tore through the air.
An eruption reminiscent of a volcano’s fury.
Orange flames transmuted into scorching lava, seeking to incinerate everything in their path.
Yul-ha leaped backward in desperation before the devastating blast.
The Leviathan’s Bone Spike, which she’d driven nearly to the orb itself, was violently repelled.
Overwhelming power.
This was the moment when the Lava Imoogi’s malevolence—accumulated over a thousand years—erupted in full.
Though she’d poured everything into her assault, the Lava Imoogi’s strength had instead ascended to a new threshold.
The orb radiated with even more brilliant luminescence.
If it could survive this moment, it would surely transcend into a true evil dragon.
“Kraaaaaack! Barbaric wretches! Troublesome as you were, thanks to you I’ve drawn one step closer to ascension! As recompense, I shall melt your bones completely so you may achieve enlightenment!”
In that instant, the creature’s laughter erupted in satisfaction.
– Skill ‘Jade Stone Bastion’ activated.
“Phew.”
I barely managed to withstand that attack—a finishing blow in all but name—and released the shield from my grip.
It was a legendary-grade shield with a respectable item level.
Even with Jade Stone Bastion’s protection, the shield’s durability had been completely exhausted by that assault, its surface now melting away.
But it didn’t matter.
Uuuung—.
As a result of withstanding that attack.
The creature’s orb was now clearly visible to me through the exposed scales.
The moment I drew a new weapon.
“Wh-what! How did you endure it! This strike—released from the malevolence I’ve accumulated over a thousand years!”
The creature shrieked upon sensing my presence, a cry bordering on despair.
But I let its words pass through one ear and out the other.
“This ends here—!!”
Shing!
I swung my blade toward the brilliantly luminescent orb.

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