The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 55

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Chapter 55

A whopping 8%.

In fact, Ling Ling accepted the bet because she was certain of her victory.

‘Since he used Divine Power to remove the debuff, the task should be easy.’

On top of that, he easily lured the boss aside using the Brainwashing skill.

It was like clearing with cheat codes rather than clearing with pure skill.

Of course, even that should be evaluated as excellent.

Originally, this final round was focused on survival rather than completing tasks.

That’s why she considered allocating 2% instead of 1% Celestial Energy.

But that outsider wasn’t satisfied with 2% and proposed a new bet.

Wagering a whopping 8% Celestial Energy.

‘What a ridiculous fool.’

Ling Ling accepted the bet without hesitation.

To break that ridiculous arrogance of his.

Lv.180 Eerie Dark Street was only a 30-level difference, but the difficulty was like heaven and earth.

On top of that, she added conditions: no debuff removal, additional boss, and skill restrictions.

Since Celestial Energy wasn’t a reward given carelessly, these were very strict conditions.

Nevertheless, the outsider readily agreed.

‘His arrogance from getting Legendary grade ends here.’

Ling Ling snorted and sent the outsider to a Theme Dungeon that recreated the actual Eerie Dark Street.

And 2 hours later, Jung Hoon returned to the Settlement Office.

“I cleared it.”

“What did you say…?”

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[Lv.180 Eerie Dark Street]

I entered the Eerie Dark Street again, now 30 levels higher.

Vision was blocked, so the surroundings were pitch black.

Despite that fatal debuff, Jung Hoon calmly pulled out a bow from his inventory.

It was the Dragon Anima Bone Bow.

“Where is this place? We’re surrounded by gloomy bastards.”

As he gripped the bow, Anima floated around Jung Hoon in lizard form.

Since he wasn’t affected by status ailments, he had no trouble seeing his surroundings.

“Dungeon. Need to kill all those guys.”

Jung Hoon answered briefly and drew the bowstring.

Even though his eyes couldn’t see, his other senses were fine.

So he focused even more on those senses.

Thud.

Multiple footsteps heard through his sharp hearing.

Jung Hoon released the string he had drawn toward that direction.

Whoosh!

“Gah!”

The arrow flew in an arc and precisely pierced the Dark Knight’s vital spot.

These were enemies he had faced twice before.

Their build, the defensive equipment and weapons they wore.

This result was possible because he had memorized everything.

Also, the current arrow wasn’t an ordinary arrow.

It was an arrow made of Divine Power, like the one he used when hunting the ‘Priest (Evil)’ before.

Since the Dark Soldiers were also incompatible with Divine Power, they suffered fatal wounds from a single hit.

“Impressive skill. How can you establish a stable stance so quickly?”

Anima, who was watching from the side, couldn’t help but admire.

“If you experience life-or-death crises often, you naturally get faster.”

They say humans display superhuman strength when their desire to live reaches its peak.

And Jung Hoon had displayed such superhuman strength countless times.

“…You look like you’ve barely passed twenty, but you talk like an old man.”

During his dragon days, he had met all kinds of masters from around the world.

Human bastards who showed unbelievably high achievements for what they accomplished in their short lives of less than 100 years.

Jung Hoon in front of him gave off a similar scent to those humans.

It was truly curious.

Jung Hoon’s face still retained youthful features.

“Anyway, there’s no time to chat like this.”

Jung Hoon drew the bowstring again.

Excluding the blocked vision, he concentrated on his remaining senses.

[Martial Artist exclusive skill, ‘Strong Will’ activates.]

[You acquire the skill, ‘Sharp Senses (Rare)’.]

And Strong Will responded.

The blocked vision was due to the debuff.

Reading messages was still possible.

A hologram message appeared in the pitch-black darkness.

‘The learning speed is fast.’

The corners of Jung Hoon’s mouth turned up.

Sharp Senses was a skill that played an important role in advancing to Super Senses later on.

Although he couldn’t upgrade it to Super Senses due to late acquisition, it could be considered one of the skills that greatly helped Jung Hoon survive until the very end.

Whoosh!

The arrow was shot once again, and this time too it accurately pierced through the Dark Soldier’s vital point.

[Martial Artist exclusive skill, ‘Strong Will’ is activated.]

[You have acquired the skill, ‘Soul Arrow (Rare)’.]

And the newly acquired Soul Arrow.

‘Is it because I repeatedly hunted darkness-type monsters?’

Unlike before his regression, since this was his first time obtaining Divine Power, he was ignorant about the acquisition conditions.

Soul Arrow wasn’t simply an arrow made of Divine Power.

Soul Arrow was a completely different type of skill.

Unlike Divine Power Arrows, it couldn’t deal damage to monsters but instead temporarily incapacitated them.

It could be said to be a skill similar to Soul Blade, which James Marcus, the comrade who betrayed Jung Hoon, had used from the early days until level 150.

“Kek!”

“Human! Can you see us?!”

The Dark Soldiers who had been cautiously approaching shouted urgently.

The first time could be coincidence, but the second time couldn’t be.

“Attack!”

The Dark Soldiers all rushed toward Jung Hoon in unison.

[Your senses become sharper.]

Sharp Senses was an active skill, not a passive one.

Once the skill is used, all senses increase for 60 seconds.

However, once used, it cannot be used again for 60 minutes.

Jung Hoon placed Anima on his shoulder and then deployed Black Field.

[Black Field is activated.]

As the skill was deployed, the ground around Jung Hoon turned black.

[All stats are adjusted to 1.2 times.]

Despite being only Rare Grade, it had the overpowered ability to increase stats by 1.2 times.

At the same time, the Dark Soldiers’ stats decreased.

[Due to Black Field’s influence, all stats of monsters invading the area decrease by 3%.]

“Suddenly my strength…?”

“What… Kheuk!”

The soldiers couldn’t continue their words.

Jung Hoon began pummeling the nearby soldiers while deploying Myeongwang Fist Technique.

His ears’ hearing, his nose’s smell, the tactile sense that could feel the thick dark energy flowing from them, and the newly acquired hidden option of Sharp Senses – Superhuman Senses.

Of course, it was a very minute 0.0001% level of sensation, but that alone was enough for Jung Hoon.

“Kheuk!”

Jung Hoon’s fists pummeled the Dark Soldiers.

Of course, due to the extreme level difference and the sheer number of monsters, as time passed, scratches began appearing on Jung Hoon’s body one by one.

“Hey! Are you okay?!”

Anima, who had been watching the battle, shouted urgently.

‘I’m fine.’

[You use Lower Healing.]

Unlike before his regression, Jung Hoon was capable of self-healing.

The light scratches disappeared cleanly with a single use of Lower Healing.

Jung Hoon once again deployed Myeongwang Fist Technique and swept away the Dark Soldiers.

“Kek!”

“Kheuk!”

Only after dealing with even the soldiers at long range with Anima did Jung Hoon catch his slightly labored breath.

This theme dungeon originally had no boss monster, but instead each monster possessed combat power equivalent to a mini-boss.

The Eerie Dark Street that appeared in the event was a level 150 dungeon, but since all monsters’ stats were drastically lowered to around level 130-140, hunting was easily possible.

However, facing level 180 Dark Soldiers was not easy.

“Hmm, there’s still one guy left.”

Anima muttered with a serious expression.

The theme dungeon should have ended normally, but NPC Ling Ling had added a Guardian of Darkness to the Eerie Dark Street.

So he had to hunt that Guardian of Darkness to finish the dungeon.

Jung Hoon relied on all his senses except sight as he moved forward.

“Hey. You there.”

Just then, a familiar voice was heard.

Jung Hoon doubted his own ears that had just heard it.

‘Has Isaac come back again?’

Despite having sent him away, Isaac was still wandering around the Eerie Dark Street.

‘So just completing the task doesn’t mean I can get out.’

Somehow, Isaac felt a little pitiful to him.

To think there was a structure where he couldn’t leave even if he wanted to so badly.

But from Isaac, he heard an answer different from what he expected.

“I came to help!”

“What did you say?”

“When I escaped the street, I was alone in the white room…”

Isaac vividly recounted what happened at that time.

The place he arrived at through the portal was a white room.

NPC Ling Ling came out of that room and made a proposal.

Jung Hoon would enter the Eerie Dark Street again, and if Isaac opened the door and left, he would gain freedom.

However, instead of choosing to open the door and leave, Isaac threw a tantrum saying he wanted to help Jung Hoon directly.

So Ling Ling brought Isaac back to the street.

“Hah…”

Jung Hoon, having heard the story, was so dumbfounded that he couldn’t even let out a hollow laugh.

I went through all that trouble to get you out, so why did you come back?

No matter how much the level was lowered by the event, the fact that he gained freedom doesn’t change.

Since it’s a dungeon created by an event, after the event ends and he rises to level 180, it gets abandoned as a theme dungeon.

Since he escaped once, Isaac no longer had any reason to remain in the dungeon.

Even if the Eerie Dark Street was designated for the next event, it meant the task to make Isaac escape would no longer appear.

But why would he go through the trouble again?

“I’ll help with all my might, so let’s go out together!”

“…If you were going to do that, you should have helped earlier.”

Why leave the boss behind and act after the fact?

“I just came in though?”

Isaac tilted his head.

That’s when it happened.

A new hologram message appeared in the pitch-black dark vision.

[Time Limit: 20 minutes]

[Make NPC Isaac escape once more.]

[Upon clearing, Celestial Energy will be given at 5x increase.]

[Will you accept?]

Ah, so this is why they sent Isaac back to the street?

What a diabolical quest.

However, it wasn’t easy to refuse the reward that jumped from 4x to 5x.

Jung Hoon accepted the task without hesitation.

“Let’s go.”

Jung Hoon and Isaac headed toward the exit portal of the sewer once again.

And in front of that portal, the Guardian of Darkness was lurking.

[Lv.200 Guardian of Darkness]

The Guardian’s level was a whopping 200.

It was a boss 99 levels higher than Jung Hoon.

“I’ll provide cover, so use that skill you showed me earlier!”

Isaac rushed toward the Guardian of Darkness without even listening to Jung Hoon’s response.

‘I can’t use Brainwashing anymore.’

According to Ling Ling’s bet, Brainwashing couldn’t be used.

Clang!

“What kind of strength is this…?”

Unaware of this fact, Isaac clashed swords with the Guardian of Darkness and made a bewildered face.

Previously, their strength had been similar, but now the difference in power was too distinct.

His palm stung as if a massive boulder had struck down.

“Laughable!”

The Guardian of Darkness sneered and put force into the dual swords they were clashing.

Then Isaac clearly began to be pushed back.

“Kugh!”

“I’ll end this quickly!”

[Guardian of Darkness uses ‘Status Abnormality: Morale Reduction’.]

[Ability use failed.]

But unlike before, the ability use failed.

Bewilderment flashed across the Guardian’s face.

At the same time, his gaze turned downward.

Before he knew it, a faintly glowing arrow was embedded in his chest.

[Soul Arrow]

Enemies hit by the arrow have their abilities temporarily sealed.

‘The seal time is 5 seconds.’

After 5 seconds, the Guardian would manifest his abilities again.

He had to end it within that time.

Jung Hoon drew his bowstring once more.

[Black Field is activated.]

Black Field was activated as well.

Soon he released the bowstring he had drawn and shot the arrow.

The arrow shot with superhuman senses struck precisely into the guardian’s right eye.

One of the areas that cannot be trained no matter how much one trains.

“Kraaaagh!”

As its eye was pierced, the guardian screamed and writhed its entire body.

Jung Hoon quickly drew the bowstring again and released it.

This time it struck the guardian’s nape.

“Kreuuk! Human!”

However, its level was so high that it didn’t die even after attacking two vital points.

“You damn bastard!”

Then, Isaac raised his sword and stabbed the guardian’s side with a thunk!

“Damn bastards!”

The guardian’s struggling reached its peak.

Pshwook!

And then arrows were shot consecutively, all striking vital points.

Only after about 8 arrows were embedded did the guardian fall to its side and go limp.

[Level has increased.]

[All stats have increased by +1.]

[Bonus Stats +1 have been granted.]

As the guardian died, Jung Hoon’s level became 102.

It’s not easy to see level-up messages once you pass level 100.

It seems he was on the verge of level 102 while taking the secret medicine.

“Phew, thanks. Now I can sleep soundly with my legs stretched out.”

Isaac grinned.

In front of him, a portal was rippling.

“I’m more grateful.”

Because Isaac was there, he could subdue the guardian more quickly.

And he proudly claimed victory in the bet with Ling Ling.

Now it was time to return to the Settlement Office and collect the reward.

‘Shall we head back then?’

Jung Hoon and Isaac crossed through the portal.

The Return of the Greatest All Master (Serial)

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