Chapter 183
Chapter 183
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 183
Chapter Title: Bullshit After 13 Regressions
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Dragon God's Moon Blade: Dragon Cross Slash.
Grrr rumble—
Ju Gonghyeok's colossal body was sliced into four pieces.
Chunks of alloy, each nearly 100 tons, slid and fell away, exposing the vivid internals within.
The Dragon God’s eyes gleamed.
“There you are.”
The core hidden within the machinery, controlling the 23-meter flesh-and-blood form.
The crystal tube containing Gonghyeok’s brain came into view.
Surrounded by shock-absorbing organs and sloshing with green regenerative fluid, it was unmistakable to the Dragon God—this was Ju Gonghyeok.
“Not this time.”
Scorching oil climbed through the gaps in the Dragon God’s scales.
The Dragon God, engulfed in flames, twisted the crescent blade behind its back, utterly overpowering the pathetic, wretched Ju Gonghyeok.
The next strike would end him.
“Damn it, I can’t die like this again! Not this time, not after all this!”
Neither the Diamond Indestructibility of 『Evidence Heaven (SS)』 nor the Eight Thousand Machine Gods of the Overlord of 『Machine God Super Tyrant (SSS)』 could block the Dragon God’s strike.
At its peak, the Dragon God’s blow shattered Babel’s laws.
Even if the Dragon God wasn’t fully complete, that truth remained unchanged.
“Save me!”
Ju Gonghyeok’s scream echoed through speakers and photonic comms.
“Useless.”
The tip of the crescent blade traced a silver trajectory.
Crack!
The crystal tube shattered, green regenerative fluid bursting forth.
The surrounding heat vaporized it in an instant, filling the once-moist interior with superheated plasma and inferno flames.
Though the blade cleaved the crystal tube, the Dragon God let out a groan.
“Mm...”
His crescent blade was pinned down by a massive white metal lump.
It was a finger that had plummeted from the sky.
“Ally. Protecting Ju Gonghyeok.”
A colossal head 1,200 meters overhead transmitted via photonic comms.
The white Machine God, Gigalo Makina.
The Machine God’s hand pinned the Dragon God.
In the Machine God’s other hand was Ju Gonghyeok, teleported into its grasp.
[Emergency regeneration in progress.]
[Tungsten carbide alloy small android production, 47% complete.]
Gonghyeok raised the finger whose frame had just barely formed.
“...I’m alive.”
Gigalo Makina had swiftly extracted Ju Gonghyeok’s main body and was now fabricating a new one.
The massive Machine God turned its head toward Ju Gonghyeok.
“Ally Ju Gonghyeok. Dreadnought-class prosthetic regeneration will take 15 minutes and 47 seconds. Until then, I’ll provide a temporary body.”
“Yeah, thanks.”
“‘Thanks’ is not the appropriate word choice for the current situation.”
Gigalo Makina’s camera lenses glowed with an eerie red light.
“We maintain our alliance until we enthrone His Majesty ‘Heinrich,’ the Four Heavenly Kings, as Babel’s Demon King. Maintaining your combat effectiveness is a given.”
“Right.”
Ju Gonghyeok slowly rose.
Balancing precariously on his spindly metal legs, he stood at the tip of the Machine God’s finger.
In Gonghyeok’s optic lenses, he saw the Dragon God hacking away at Gigalo Makina’s finger, gouging chunks out of it.
“Where are you—!”
The Dragon God roared from the crumbling earth.
“Where are you hiding—! Ju Gonghyeok!”
Gazing down at the monstrous horror, Ju Gonghyeok said,
“Let’s kill it.”
“Agreed.”
Clank—
Gigalo Makina’s chest armor parted.
Sixteen concealed chest particle cannons gleamed menacingly, while shoulder containers revealed anti-materiel mass accelerators (A-M Kinetic Cannons), graviton disintegrators, quantum thunderbolts—the pinnacle of Machine God technology—one by one.
Photonic comms relayed Gigalo Makina’s command.
“Priority target: Refresh Dragon God coordinates.”
“All Machine God units. Fire on target in unison.”
Whummm—
The Super Tyrant bellowed in rage as it maxed out weapon output.
Every armament of the Super Tyrant and all Machine God barrels locked onto the Dragon God.
Amid the heating firepower, the Dragon God opened its maw.
“The dragon’s head...”
Blinding flashes seared its eyes, flames charred its tongue.
Yet the Dragon God murmured on.
“The dragon’s head knows no equal beneath the heavens, invincible across the world. It rivals gods in valor, peerless in divine might.”
The crescent blade’s tip melted and dripped onto the Dragon God’s forehead.
Even so, he recited the legend passed down through his clan.
“At last, even the gods above kneel before the dragon’s head, rendering it matchless in the celestial realm. Ascending to godhood himself, he seats his faithful comrades beside him—a gentleman’s virtue. Among the twelve ancestral gods, the Dragon God reigns supreme. Thus, the heavens of divine beasts closed, and the era of the twelve zodiac gods dawned...”
The roaring flames drowned his voice; no one heard his words.
The barrage lasted over an hour.
* * *
A single shot could shatter a planet: Planet Killer.
Even under a hail of quantum thunderbolts and antimatter missiles, the secondary dimension’s earth merely cratered massively.
In a normal dimension, the aftermath would’ve obliterated a solar system.
“Fuck. This thing just won’t die.”
Ju Gonghyeok, now reconstructed into a 20-meter frame, jabbed a sharpened rod into the half-charred Dragon God.
“That was enough firepower to wipe out one of the Four Heavenly Kings easy.”
Despite the full Machine God onslaught, the Dragon God lived.
Its extremities charred to coal, unresponsive and blackened, yet it clung to faint breaths.
Ju Gonghyeok marveled at the astonishing vitality.
“Impressive. Consider this payback for smashing my skull last time.”
Crackle!
The rod piercing the Dragon God sparked with tachyon pulse radiation and exploded.
The Dragon God’s barely intact body shattered into fragments.
Liang Xian, attending him, furrowed her brow.
‘Cruel.’
In her eyes, Ju Gonghyeok was a petty villain at best.
Exceptional in martial prowess, but arrogant to a fault, irritable, and disdainful of others.
He couldn’t tolerate the slightest insult, exploding at once, blind to others’ honor and efforts.
‘I admire his willingness to do anything to grow stronger, but...’
This fourth Ju Gonghyeok was little more than a morphed everyman turned villain.
Far from a great soul or a madman who shatters his own vessel.
Ignoring Liang Xian entirely, Ju Gonghyeok stomped the Dragon God’s fragments into pulp.
“Whew~”
With a sigh, coolant from each part vented as steam.
“Just die already. For fuck’s sake.”
“Ally Ju Gonghyeok, awaiting next orders.”
Ju Gonghyeok’s camera eyes swept 360 degrees in an instant.
Even if they weren’t primary targets, most beastkin were annihilated.
Only beastkin tangled with humans or the barely breathing twelve zodiac remnants remained.
Ju Gonghyeok checked the time.
‘17 minutes till mission end...’
Plenty to mop up the stragglers.
“Handle it yourselves. No need for me to micromanage.”
“Agreed. Relaying to Earthlings as well.”
Soon, the steel legions thundered across the earth.
They trampled half-dead beastkin and hunted the dazed survivors.
The Dawn Legion, cloned from Liang Xian, and the Twilight Legion, cloned from pre-mech Ju Gonghyeok, began scouring for remnants too.
“Cough.”
Amid the smoldering ash heap, the Monkey God coughed faintly.
Monkey God Ukou reached for his staff, but his fingers—melted away or shriveled—wouldn’t extend.
He forcibly tore open his glued-shut eyelids, but the hazy, fog-like vista felt unreal.
“So we all die the same.”
He recalled the ruined beastkin city.
One year ago, torched by that trash Ju Gonghyeok and Machine God weaponry—the southern capital.
The mushroom clouds and flames left corpses just like his now.
Crunch, crunch.
Footsteps through the ashes.
Ukou opened his parched mouth.
“If you’re the enemy, kill me quick. If kin, run. I can’t protect you anymore.”
The footsteps halted.
In Ukou’s hazy vision, white horns appeared.
“Dragonkin...?”
The figure shook its head.
“Then?”
“One who has something to receive from you.”
He lowered his head, pressing his horn to Ukou’s.
The horn glowed against flesh; Ukou felt his soul being drawn in.
And truly, what transferred was the ‘ancestral inheritance’ power from the shrine maiden.
Its meaning...
“Heh heh heh.”
Ukou let out a hollow laugh.
“Showing up now, huh.”
“Yes.”
“Take it. My fragment.”
Ukou’s breath ceased.
The ‘power’ of Horse God Badaan and Ox God Sabon was already secured.
Monkey God Ukou made eleven.
The horned man sought the final shard.
“Huh? What’s that?”
Ju Gonghyeok voiced puzzlement.
[Beastkin confirmed, database analysis.]
[Unknown, matches no beastkin 12 lineages.]
One beastkin ascended through the Machine God legions as naturally as flowing water.
[Additional deployment 30 units, incineration in 5 seconds.]
[Additional deployment 100 units, incineration in 17 seconds.]
[Additional deployment Dreadnoughts 28 units, incineration in 78 seconds...]
Machine God reports lagged continuously.
Slipping through steel titans’ ranks, evading a thousand hunters like mist.
Dazed beastkin awaiting death murmured unconsciously.
“Western Technique, Dawn Lake Mist Scatter...”
“Mysterious God’s, Thousand Guests Evasion March.”
The Mysterious God’s supreme art, akin to dawn lake mists dispersing.
Witnessing both supreme arts at once, beastkin blinked in awe.
In moments, he stood before Ju Gonghyeok.
Liang Xian gripped her sword hilt and demanded,
“Who the hell are you?”
The horned man replied without a glance.
“Guardian Divine Beast.”
Whispers from afar rippled through beastkin ranks.
“Guardian Divine Beast? He said Guardian Divine Beast?”
“No way, the legendary one?”
“The last tale was centuries ago...”
“Impossible! Why now...”
The Dragon God, reduced to a head, barely opened its eyes.
“When crisis befalls beastkin, the Guardian Divine Beast shall come. It’s as foretold.”
“Indeed.”
“I failed to ascend to the Super Dragon Realm, power of the Ancestral Dragon God.”
The Dragon God closed its eyes again.
“Even without fighting the divine war or losing the shrine maiden, it’s mere loser’s excuse.”
Crunch—
The Dragon God’s horn snapped off.
“It was yours originally. I return it.”
“Yes.”
His horn fused with the Dragon God’s, erupting in sacred light.
Horns thrust skyward, an aura warding off all comers swirled around.
“The zodiac gods’ heavens have closed. Raise a new one.”
The Dragon God’s last flesh crumbled to gray ash.
“Aaah~”
Zzzing—
Ju Gonghyeok’s laser incinerated the Dragon God’s remains.
“Tougher than a goddamn cockroach. And what the fuck are you?”
Chain Blades deployed from wrist to elbow.
Four meters of massive electric chainsaw blade.
Forged from eight SS-grade artifacts, with eight elemental attacks cycling along the teeth—a custom masterpiece.
“I’ll carve you up myself.”
Vrrr!
As Gonghyeok ignited the Chain Blades and stepped forward—
Clang!
Liang Xian’s sword blocked him.
“Stop.”
“Why! Liang! What’s the problem!”
She ignored him, glaring at the Guardian Divine Beast.
“That thing’s Dragon God-tier at minimum.”
“...What?”
Her words barely ended when urgent alerts blared from Machine Gods and the GM.
“Dangerous entity detected, threat level: Dragon God to Four Heavenly Kings estimated.”
[Trait - ‘Guardian Divine Beast (SSS)’ held, ‘Unreal God of Nothingness (SSS)’ held...]
Perfect plan.
Beastkin annihilation, victory in hand—then this freak shows up.
Deeply pissed, Ju Gonghyeok swung the Chain Blades.
“So what! We’ve got 10 minutes! With remaining forces...”
Boom!
True Step.
The Guardian Divine Beast stomped once; steel titans toppled, balance lost.
The ground surged like waves, crust shattering, dust blotting the sky.
Ox God Technique True Step: Earth-Shaking Heaven-Moving.
Bang!
As Gonghyeok barely regained footing, the Guardian Divine Beast thrust a vigorous fist salute.
“Inheritor of previous Guardian Divine Beasts Solgeuru and Gio. Foster son of Bear God Kisua.”
Ninth Guardian Divine Beast. Solbaragi.
From auspicious horns poured overwhelming aura as he declared,
“Steel Ju Gonghyeok, vengeance for your murder of my mother Bear God Kisua—paid now.”
Ju Gonghyeok ground his teeth and bellowed at max volume,
“Kisua? Who the fuck is that to bitch at me!”
Those were the fourth Ju Gonghyeok’s final words.
Liang Xian, Imir, Christina, Edgar, Surtr—all powerless to intervene.
Even Gigalo Makina and surviving Machine God firepower poured forth couldn’t stop it.
Under Guardian Divine Beast Solbaragi’s single fist, Ju Gonghyeok shattered to pieces.