Chapter 246
Chapter 246
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 245
Chapter Title: Dragon's Demise
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"......"
All traces of amusement vanished from Chernein's face. Icy eyes fixed on me as visualized mana blazed like flames across his entire body.
There was no pressure at all.
His mana was truly transcendent, but it hadn't reached the limit stat threshold. No amount of mana like this could ever pressure me.
'Still, no room for carelessness.'
Stats matter, but they're far from everything in battle. In truth, Chernein was a fully mature transcendent, and his gear consisted of transcendent weapons that couldn't be bought even if you sold several planets.
Kaboom!
I didn't even sense the lightning bolt that struck my body. Flawless mana control with no prelude whatsoever before the spell activated!
But I had Combat Foresight.
And Lightning Chakra that had reached the realm of heaven.
Slash!
I pierced straight through the lightning and brought my blade down on Chernein's head. A strike like a beam of light!
Crack!
Surprisingly, Hyperion—wrapped in layers of aura—was blocked by the pentagram barrier.
'Huh?'
I was inwardly startled. I'd put my full power into that instant strike, yet it was blocked so easily.
With 1,016 points of strength—enough to trigger city-scale earthquakes and tear dimensions apart—infused with vast internal energy to form a sword beam, and it still got blocked like that?
Chernein looked shocked too.
"What? Eternal Paradise shattered in one hit...?"
"Not one—two!"
Craaack!
I struck down again. The barrier held once more, but cracks spiderwebbed across it like bulletproof glass hit by a hammer.
The explanation's long, but all this happened in a flash. Still, Chernein's eyes locked on me. He was using magic to manipulate his personal time.
Rumble!
Four or five more lightning bolts slammed into me. Chernein's face twisted in fury.
"Impossible! Spirit King-level elemental power?"
"You're the impossible one. Even for an archmage."
Right now, I wasn't just immune to elemental magic—I could even control spells cast by others to some extent. In fact, I'd planned to absorb or reflect the lightning that hit me, but it landed anyway.
'At least no damage. Good enough.'
Shatter!
My next sword strike finally broke the barrier, and I closed in instantly to sever Chernein's neck.
Spluuurt!
Blood fountained into the sky! But in that moment, my Combat Foresight flared after so long—
'What?'
I crossed my arms in an X and curled into a ball. Dodging was impossible.
I'd glimpsed dozens of [futures] in that instant, so instead of risking a fatal wound with pointless movement, I chose to tank it in place.
Thud thud thud!
Eight blades that looked like transparent crystal pierced my transcendent flesh. Considering my body's durability, this was horrifying sharpness!
But Chernein, who reappeared about 100 meters back, looked pale as if he'd seen something unbelievable.
"Flesh that withstands the Dragon Emperor Sword?"
As he said, the crystal blades sliced my skin and muscles but failed to cut bone. They writhed viciously after penetrating me, but having lost momentum, they were trapped by my muscles and couldn't pull free.
"You're more skilled than you look."
"You mocking me?!"
Chernein raged, but I meant it sincerely. Especially an attack that disrupted my Combat Foresight—this was a first.
"Hoo."
I took a light breath as Chernein, now at a distance, gathered mana with a furious glare. The eight blades in my body were no burden at all.
Hummm—
A storm raged in my dantian sea.
The Emperor Class Allmaster's greatest weapon was, of course, the class trait and skill free swap. But the ability to acquire and use ALL passive and active skills was nearly as potent.
All stats at 999.
Agility at the limit let me stretch split seconds into up to tens of minutes of perception. Mana at the limit purified my sea's quality.
Mana power at the limit maximized true energy control, and Luck at the limit erased [errors] from all my actions.
And the result:
Great Vessel Late Bloom.
Extreme Light.
I could now use major techniques without logging in or out.
Crack! Crack! Craaaash!
Three barriers shattered in an instant, revealing Chernein's hardened face beyond.
Boom!
A black orb slammed into my chest. An attack that defied the laws of the world!
Combat Foresight read it, but I couldn't dodge. No matter how I moved, it would hit.
'Wow. Every kind of magic exists, huh?'
Absurd spell, but whatever.
I just took it and endured.
"...9-element immunity!?"
"Too bad. You figured it out right away."
I'd planned to bait a full elemental cycle, but I switched tactics and raised my sword again. My sea's true energy resonated, and immense strength gripped the world.
Great Vessel Late Bloom.
Heaven-Breaking Extreme Light.
Clang! Crunch! Crack! Slash!
A chain of barriers rose and shattered one by one. Chernein's right arm—still holding his staff—flew off. He'd barely deflected it; a split-second slower, and his body would've been bisected diagonally.
"You bastard—!"
But instead of screaming, Chernein bellowed in rage.
Flash!
His severed right arm and staff froze in midair.
Boom boom boom!
I charged, but dozens of dimension blasts exploded around me. My Supreme Will Body resisted the dimensional interference—no tearing apart—but the space distortion kept me from reaching my target.
"Secret Art Destruction! Apocalypse Revelation! End Bullet!"
Ting!
Three spells, but one projectile formed.
A pitch-black bullet that skipped the [process] entirely grazed my head at blinding speed. I inwardly sighed in relief.
'Good. Way more powerful than before, but... Combat Foresight works on this one.'
Meanwhile, Chernein growled at my casual dodge.
"You! S-rank or higher foresight user! How can a human have so many abilities...!"
"Ah~ Ever hear of privacy? You're digging too deep."
The guy's sharp—not your average idiot, though he looked and acted like one. Still, his magical prowess was the real deal.
Despite losing an arm, he didn't falter and chained spells.
And as I charged to interrupt—
Ting!
"...!?"
A pitch-black bullet grazed over my lowered head. Combat Foresight let me dodge, but otherwise, I'd have eaten it point-blank.
"Hmph! Secret Art Destruction! Apocalypse Revelation! End Bullet!"
"What the—?"
Ting!
I twisted my shoulder to evade. But then—
Ting! Ting!
"What is this!?"
The dodged shots curved back. Three pitch-black bullets now orbited me at light speed.
Chernein cackled maniacally.
"Hahaha! Savage inferior! Be crushed before my [Homunculus]! Secret Art Destruction! Apocalypse Revelation! End Bullet!"
He fired another black bullet. I dodged with Combat Foresight, but it didn't vanish—instead joining the orbit at light speed.
They struck when I showed an opening, deleting the [process] on approach.
"Tch."
Ting! Ting! Ting!
I dodged three this time. I tried charging Chernein, but a frontal bullet blocked me. As I swung to bat it away—
Clang!
The black bullet veered mid-flight, dodging my strike instead?!
'Transcendent weapon...!'
I grasped it instantly. Chernein wove three ultimate spells into one ultra-potent bullet. Even for an archmage, a failed attack would backlash—high-cost spell.
But that staff... it granted the spell [life].
A used spell gaining intelligence and mobility to assist the user until death! Without Combat Foresight, I'd have eaten every hit already.
'Man, if we'd fought back then, I'd have just gotten pummeled to death.'
Login/logout wouldn't help much either. The longer the fight, the more his spells would stack via the transcendent weapon Homunculus—prolonging my agony.
'Target Chernein, or destroy the transcendent weapon.'
Obviously, Chernein knew that too.
[Groooar—!]
A fierce roar heralded a golden dragon's emergence. Massive body. Scales tougher than any alloy—the universe's top-tier transcendent!
I scanned for the Homunculus. There—a thick ring coiled around his tail.
"What, this much?"
[This much? There's no 'this much'! Arrogant lesser being! I'll tear you apart and warn all bugs who tarnish the great dragon race!]
Roaring Chernein.
But contrary to his assumption, 'this much' wasn't my limit.
It was his floor.
Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting!
As Homunculus-animated black bullets rained from all sides—
"Over."
[Allmaster. Activate.]
[Trait change. Very Big Map (Myth) -> Divine Sword Emperor (Myth).]
[Trait change. Lord's Dignity (Myth) -> Sword God Unity (Myth).]
[Trait change. Master of Fate (Myth) -> Chaotic Blade (Myth).]
[Trait change. Converter (Hero) -> Thus Saith the Lord: No Place for Repentance (Myth).]
[Skill change. Spell Proliferation (Myth) -> True. One-Strike Kill (Myth).]
[Skill change. Super Roulette (Myth) -> Final Crescent (Myth).]
Light exploded from my eyes. My dark hair billowed richly to my waist, and blazing effects spread across my body.
The ultimate 1v1 set activated.
Insane abilities individually... but combined? Absurd cheat combo.
Boom boom boom!
Incoming black bullets shredded apart.
Whoooosh—!
Chernein, smirking at the explosion, froze.
[What... is this...!]
I raised my sword toward the panicking Chernein. He shrieked frantically.
[Golden Rampart! Chaos Boundary! Supreme Shield! Dragon God's Ga...]
Great Vessel Late Bloom.
Heaven-Breaking Extreme Light.
Crunch! Thwack!
My strike tore through rising barriers, dimensional warps, golden shields, transparent membranes—splitting dragon scales and bones, cleaving the massive dragon body.
Its endpoint: his dragon heart.
[...Guh.]
As the groan escaped—
Pop pop pop!
Whoooosh—!
The moment he took a mortal wound, dozens of unknown spells wrapped and solidified his body. Dimensions and time warped; golden energy severed him from reality.
His body even began rapid recovery inside!
"Oh, beyond just preventing death—full heal, huh. Impressive. But..."
Tremendous resources and effort in those emergency spells, yet instead of panicking for a follow-up, I stowed Hyperion in my inventory.
"Doesn't a heart hit count as critical?"
As I spoke—
[Shadow Twice.]
[Decisive Strike.]
[Confirmation Kill.]
[Final Shadow.]
[Angel of Annihilation.]
Craaaack! Kaboom! Whoooosh—!
Insane follow-ups pummeled his recovering body.
'This is with over half not even triggering. Especially zero magic ones.'
As a dragon, he had various immunities, but the rest disrupted his regen and dealt plenty of damage.
[Gr... Uhh...?]
Spluuurt!
All emergency spells shattered. Chernein, dragged toward another dimension, crashed to the ground. Blood cascaded like a waterfall from the massive gash across his huge body.
[Blood Diamond]
Using the Legendary class Bloody Knight's skill, I converted the gushing blood into skill resource and stored it in inventory. Chernein's body emerged from the blood pool.
As I approached, his eyes half-opened.
[How... how...?]
"What was that you said?"
I smiled down at the near-dead foe. Beating a member of the famed All-Dragon Corps without login/logout or transcendent weapons—total satisfaction.
"Tear you apart limb from limb... or something?"