The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 443

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Chapter 443
Chapter 443
The Chinese Team was one of the strongest contenders for the championship at the Second World Tournament.
The moment the match began.
“Head for the center!”
They sprinted toward the center.
Given the nature of this competition, it was certain that the most powerful boss monster—the one granting the most points—would be located at the map’s center.
Fortunately.
“We’ve got a good position.”
“Luck is on our side!”
The Chinese Team’s starting location was quite close to the center of the Island.
Thanks to that, they could reach the Island’s center faster than any other team.
And as expected, they discovered the boss monster of Monster Island.
“Mountain Grizzly!”
A boss monster in the form of a bear as massive as a mountain itself.
Mountain Grizzly stood its ground.
Its sheer size was overwhelming to behold, and its ferocious appearance was equally intimidating.
That was problematic enough, but the real issue was.
“Damn, there are way too many.”
The monsters scattered around that boss monster.
Grizzly Guards protecting the boss monster.
Stone Bears and Giant Bears spread across all directions.
There were far too many monsters.
So for now.
“Let’s clear the surrounding monsters first while drawing the boss monster’s aggro as little as possible.”
“Understood.”
“Let’s go!”
We had to deal with those creatures first.
Even facing Mountain Grizzly alone would be quite difficult with just five people.
If those other monsters joined in the attack, we’d have no chance whatsoever.
Still, since they were all among the top five strongest in China.
The plan proceeded smoothly.
They hunted the smaller monsters, and above all.
“Wait, another team is coming?”
“Actually, that works in our favor. Let them draw the monsters’ attention while we prepare to strike the boss.”
“Perfect.”
By utilizing the other teams, they cleared the monsters rapidly.
Then.
“ROOOAAARRR!”
They immediately began their assault on Mountain Grizzly.
Only five of them, but these five were selected as representatives from 1.4 billion Chinese citizens.
They quickly cleared the surrounding monsters and methodically worked through the Mountain Grizzly.
Of course, the Mountain Grizzly proved far stronger than anticipated.
“This is going to be cutting it close, isn’t it?”
“What should we do? Should we give up and just hunt regular mobs instead?”
Yet they managed to overcome the Mountain Grizzly admirably.
In the midst of their struggle, someone checked the current standings in case they failed to defeat the boss.
“Good. Thanks to our solid hunting at the start, we have some breathing room.”
It was still manageable.
Even if they couldn’t defeat the boss monster, they could barely pass.
It demonstrated just how exceptional the Chinese Team’s hunting had been.
After checking the rankings, the man scrolled down to briefly glance at the lower standings.
“What? The Korean Team is in last place?”
“They’re at the bottom?”
“Kahahaha! They chose the outer region, so there must have been no monsters!”
“How foolish.”
The Korean Team was indeed running dead last.
They wanted to mock them further, but now wasn’t the time.
“Kuoooooo!”
They themselves weren’t confident they could defeat the Mountain Grizzly within the time limit.
Still, they were barely managing to overcome the Mountain Grizzly.
Thud!
“…What?”
“What is that?”
A strange pattern appeared above them.
They recognized what that pattern was.
The arrogant Korean Taegeuk symbol.
No, looking more closely, it was slightly different.
This was the Taegeuk pattern symbolizing the circulation of yin and yang, well-known even in China.
Surrounding it were the Eight Trigrams patterns.
But then.
“Insane…”
The scale was absolutely enormous.
An immensely massive Eight Trigrams Taegeuk pattern completely covered the sky.
It appeared that this pattern had engulfed the entire sky above Monster Island.
And in that moment.
The Chinese Team’s leader instinctively sensed something ominous and shouted.
“Duck!”
The Chinese Team had indeed built solid teamwork.
Moreover, they held deep respect for their leader.
So, instead of asking unnecessary questions, I bowed my body down right away as the leader instructed.
At that moment.
Whoooosh—!
They felt it.
An enormous aura sweeping past over their heads.
What in the world was happening?
Could it be the work of another team?
No, that couldn’t be.
This was beyond user-level power.
It wasn’t something merely five users could possibly create.
Perhaps it was some kind of calamity included in the Monster Island competition?
But if it were a calamity, the eight-trigram Taegeuk pattern didn’t make sense.
In a tournament where participants came from all over the world, not just the East, why would there be any need to display the eight-trigram Taegeuk pattern and cause a calamity?
Swallowing hard with those thoughts, they
noticed the eight-trigram Taegeuk above their heads had vanished and slowly raised their heads.
What appeared before their eyes was
Fwoooosh—.
“What is this….”
Monsters disappearing.
Grizzly Guards, Giant Bears, Stone Bears, and more.
The powerful monsters surrounding them were turning to dust and scattering away.
Not just one or two, but every monster that came into their view was doing so.
At that moment.
“Mountain Grizzly—!”
The leader urgently raised his head further.
The monster they had been hunting.
What had happened to Mountain Grizzly?
I worried that Mountain Grizzly might also disappear from this calamity.
“Thank goodness….”
Perhaps it was because it was, after all, the boss monster of Monster Island?
Mountain Grizzly was still alive.
However, it was barely alive.
Literally on the brink of death.
Having taken an enormous blow from the calamity just moments before, it was covered in wounds with blood streaming from its body.
Only through transcendent willpower befitting a boss monster was it managing to keep itself upright.
It seemed like it would collapse with just a light touch from the side.
Relieved by this,
“H-hey, over there!”
“W-what?”
“Damn, that bastard!”
“Run! We need to strike first!”
They could see it.
A familiar face from behind.
The player who led the Korean Team to first place in the preliminaries.
Drawing back a bowstring aimed at the Mountain Grizzly.
* * *
A collaboration between Tae-ryeon and me.
The Eight Trigrams Taegeuk Formation, deployed across all of Monster Island, revealed itself only after draining the mana of the crimson crystal down to the last drop.
‘Magnificent.’
The Eight Trigrams Taegeuk Formation.
As that colossal pattern covered the sky, an overwhelming sense of grandeur washed over me.
It was as if that immense Taegeuk Formation were the eyes of some indescribable entity, gazing down upon this place with those very eyes.
The moment the Taegeuk at the center of the Eight Trigrams Formation rotated half a turn.
Click.
Whoosh—.
The monsters began to vanish.
I’m not talking about one or two creatures.
Every single monster on Monster Island was disappearing.
This was her secret technique.
The result of deploying the Eight Trigrams Taegeuk Formation across the entire island.
The other players, sensing the danger of the Eight Trigrams Formation, either deployed defensive magic or crouched low in response.
‘It doesn’t harm users.’
The Eight Trigrams Formation I had deployed now was not a cruel technique meant to kill users along with everything else.
There were three forms of the Taegeuk Formation she could manifest.
Amplifying the negative energy in the Taegeuk Formation to attack only people.
Amplifying the positive energy to attack only monsters.
Or activating both energies to attack both targets.
However, using the third method would halve its power, so I amplified and manifested the positive energy to eliminate only the monsters.
As a result.
The Eight Trigrams Taegeuk Formation could eliminate only the monsters, sparing the users.
Immediately after.
[ 1st Place: Korea ]
We, who had been languishing in last place on the rankings, instantly claimed the top position.
And with an enormous gap separating us from second place at that.
But I wasn’t satisfied with that.
Because one monster still remained right before my eyes.
“Mountain Grizzly.”
The boss monster of Monster Island.
It had survived the Eight Trigrams Taegeuk Formation.
Though barely—it still clung to life.
It looked like it would collapse with just a tap.
Since it was a monster someone else had been hunting, normally I wouldn’t dare touch it, but.
‘Not now, though.’
Right now, we’re in a competition.
I could even see the Chinese Team hiding nearby, ready to steal the final blow just before Mountain Grizzly fell.
Besides, it was Tae-ryeon and I who put Mountain Grizzly in this critical state with our ‘Eight Trigrams Taegeuk Formation’ in the first place, wasn’t it?
We had every right to finish it.
And so.
[ Deer God’s Horn Bow ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Bow
Grade: Mythic
Requirements: Level 600 or higher, Bow Mastery Lv 60 or higher
Description: A bow crafted from the horns left behind by the great Deer God, whom the natives of a remote island revered and followed.
I immediately drew the bow toward the creature.
I pulled back the bowstring.
I infused the arrow with magic.
– Activating skill ‘Silver Bird Soul Chase’.
Twang!
I released the bowstring.
The arrow flew swiftly through the air.
“No, no, nooooo!”
The Chinese Team and the other teams preparing ambushes alike gasped in shock at my attack and rushed toward Mountain Grizzly.
But no matter how much this was a game, they couldn’t move faster than an arrow.
Thunk!
“Kuohhh….”
My arrow lodged itself in Mountain Grizzly’s heart.
There was no way Mountain Grizzly, clinging to life by a thread, could survive with an arrow piercing its heart.
Boom.
Finally, it could endure no longer and collapsed to the ground.
“No!”
“Aaaahhhhh!”
Screams echoed up from below—two teams crying out.
Probably because they’d lost the final blow on Mountain Grizzly.
Well, it didn’t matter.
Before they could even voice their complaints.
[ All monsters on Monster Island have been defeated. ]
[ The first match of the main tournament, ‘Monster Hunter’, ends early. ]
The match ended early.
First place was, naturally.
[ 1st Place: Korea ]
Korea.
My vision fading along with the moment.
Yet it felt wasteful to leave all those fallen monsters scattered below.
Even though they granted no experience or items, I wondered if perhaps this might be possible.
“Luke, can you consume them?”
– Of course.
I gave Luke the order.
[ Luke has consumed ‘Mountain Grizzly’. ]
Luke began devouring the boss monster along with the rest.
[ Luke has consumed ‘Grizzly Guard’. ]
[ Luke has consumed ‘Stone Bear’. ]
[ Luke has consumed ‘Giant Bear’. ]
….
He incinerated and devoured even the monsters that had already turned to dust and vanished.
The Eight Trigrams Taegeuk Formation was a technique I used together with Tae-ryeon, not one she wielded alone, so it appeared all the monsters were credited as ones I had defeated.
The sheer number of fallen monsters was staggering.
Black Flame burned across the entire Monster Island.
With this.
[ Exiting. ]
The first match of the main tournament ended, and the connection terminated.

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