Chapter 156
Chapter 156: Final Battle (3)
"Ghk."
The supercooled hail fragments and the aftermath of [Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 1st Formula Break]'s tremendous force energy assaulted Dong Bong-soo's entire body.
Dong Bong-soo tried to condense the Super True Energy Field around his body as much as possible to protect his flesh, but it was insufficient.
In a state of having taken tremendous damage, he pierced through the apex of the layered and stacked hail vortex and flew up to an even higher level. Though he'd taken major damage, he'd at least succeeded in escaping the Absolute Extreme Yin Domain.
However, it was still too early to feel relieved.
Fist-sized hail was still pouring down from the sky like a rain of arrows.
Whirrrrr-clatter.
[Demon-Expelling Annihilation Wheel Sword] containing the sword wheel moved through the void as fast as photons traversing a vacuum. Dong Bong-soo was repeatedly unleashing [Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 1st Formula Break].
Boom!
One hailstone exploded.
Boom!
Two hailstones exploded.
Boom!
Three hailstones burst apart.
...
..
.
Countless hailstones shattered in a chain reaction.
The wondrous use of [Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 1st Formula Break].
An explosion that wouldn't leave even a speck of dust occurred within a radius of about ten meters around the struck target. Of course, those explosions also dealt no small damage to Dong Bong-soo like before.
"Grr."
Dong Bong-soo growled lowly.
His entire body ached as if ground in a crusher. But thanks to that, he wouldn't need to worry about the hail pouring from the sky for a while.
Without even having time to properly control his damaged body, he looked down toward the ground.
Yeon Yeong-ha was looking up.
Her eyes and Dong Bong-soo's met across the void.
Was she surprised? Her transparent pupils wavered.
It might be instinctive awe toward Dong Bong-soo who had escaped a quagmire impossible to break free from.
Anyway, the moment that brief wavering ended, Yeon Yeong-ha's shoulders flinched.
Whoosh.
"......!"
She disappeared.
Just like when Dong Bong-soo used [Footwork], she vanished from that spot.
Simultaneously, Dong Bong-soo actually used [Footwork] to teleport to the empty space below.
Bam-bam-bam.
How on earth did she do that?
Right when Dong Bong-soo disappeared.
Yeon Yeong-ha appeared right in front of where Dong Bong-soo had been and was clawing at the void with her sharp nails.
Having moved down, Dong Bong-soo looked up and saw that sight.
'Did she move by riding ice particles?'
He wasn't certain, but he thought he saw her afterimage very briefly in the shattered hail fragments. He speculated that she'd sprung out from those hail fragments.
He didn't think it made no sense. The fight itself already made no sense.
Hummmm—
Dong Bong-soo's [Demon-Expelling Annihilation Wheel Sword] began rotating at ultra-high speed. And he immediately plunged the sword wheel straight into the hill made of hail that remained below.
Grrrrrrr.
The hill collapsed in an instant.
An enormously large chunk of ice crumbled down, but not a speck of dust rose. The ground was already frozen solid. It wasn't an environment where dust could possibly fly about.
Only a large quantity of ice powder roamed the void.
Thud.
Dong Bong-soo landed on the icy ruins he'd created, scattering ice powder.
Yeon Yeong-ha looked down at him from high in the sky.
In just a brief moment, their positions had completely reversed.
Thud thud thud thud thud.
Passing by her side, new hailstones began descending to the ground, piercing through the hail that had been shattered by [Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 1st Formula Break].
Ba-ba-ba-ba-bam-
As her hands drew strange patterns, the hail's speed increased several times over.
Along with that, Yeon Yeong-ha also plunged rapidly toward where Dong Bong-soo was. She looked like a White Demon leading small ice stones. The destructive power when she reached the ground was now roughly understandable even without experiencing it.
Precisely, it couldn't be known.
One could only guess that it possessed unprecedented tremendous force.
Dong Bong-soo made a decision immediately.
To use a new skill.
[Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique] is a skill bundle consisting of a total of 3 formulas.
He'd already confirmed the first Break, and now it was the turn of the second 'Illusion.'
[Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 2nd Formula Illusion Lv.1 Proficiency: 0%]
Though Illusion Evil was known as a master of Illusion Arts, his Sword Arts alone were also worthy of being counted among the Ten Absolutes Under Heaven.
The epithet Illusion Evil actually originated from this sword technique of his. In contrast to his sword technique that shattered Illusion Arts and Evil Arts, by reaching the pinnacle of Illusion Arts and Evil Arts, his original name and epithet were forgotten and he became Illusion Evil.
Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 2nd Formula Illusion is the pinnacle of Illusion Sword, placing reality within emptiness and emptiness within reality. The Illusion formula of the Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique, with countless emptiness and reality intertwined, shatters the enemy's emptiness and reality without leaving even a trace.
Tester-exclusive skill.
※ This skill is a Multi-Targeting technique and if you're not careful, it will affect the player and their allies as well.
"'If you're not careful, it will affect them.'"
Having already taken tremendous damage from being swept up in the 1st Formula Break, he couldn't help but be concerned about that phrase 'will affect the player and their allies as well.'
However, he had absolutely no intention of not using the [Skill].
No matter how much he thought about it, without understanding the newly acquired skills, he felt he could never defeat that monster. Besides, no other way to block that attack came to mind.
If he used [Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 1st Formula Break] incorrectly, even if he succeeded in killing Yeon Yeong-ha, it seemed he'd end up dying as a result anyway.
[Please designate targets. Targets are......]
The moment Dong Bong-soo decided to use [Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 2nd Formula Illusion], the system instantly activated rapidly and red dots were marked on all objects reflected in his pupils.
Dong Bong-soo's eyes recognized Yeon Yeong-ha as well as the hailstones pouring down to the ground one by one.
And the moment that task was completed.
[Demon-Expelling Annihilation Wheel Sword] extended toward the sky.
Fwoooosh-splinter!
Hundreds of holograms of Demon-Expelling Annihilation Wheel Sword containing the Ultra Rotation Sword Wheel appeared in front, behind, left, right, and above the real [Demon-Expelling Annihilation Wheel Sword].
Then they flew all at once toward the targets designated earlier.
Babababababoom!
With just one move, the hailstones shattered into pieces and scattered in all directions.
The holograms that remained after destroying the hailstones immediately poured toward Yeon Yeong-ha all at once.
They were called holograms, but they were things with effects no different from real swords.
Illusion swords yet not illusion swords.
"......!"
Clack-clack-clack!
Yeon Yeong-ha extended her claws to block the hologram swords, but strictly speaking, holograms were phantoms. Though she couldn't understand it, this was the pinnacle of illusion swords standing on the boundary between the system and reality. That was precisely [Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 2nd Formula Illusion].
Her eyes wavered as much as when Dong Bong-soo had pierced the ceiling of the ice mountain with [Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 1st Formula Break] earlier.
Right now, she had no way to block those dozens of illusion swords.
She had no choice but to be struck directly.
But right at that moment!
Yeon Yeong-ha's body split apart as if being torn to shreds or like dissipating smoke. Then she immediately hid by being sucked into the shattered hail.
The illusion swords instantly lost their target and scattered in the void.
"As expected."
Dong Bong-soo's head and sword were still pointing toward the sky,
And the hail fragments scattered like powder were all reflected in his pupils. His eyes swept over the sparkling surfaces of those hail fragments without exception.
Soon he could find another pair of eyes hiding inside, watching him.
Yeon Yeong-ha.
A monster.
Yes, a complete non-human who dominates Yin.
She had hidden among the crumbled hail fragments to avoid [Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 2nd Formula Illusion].
If she wanted to, she might be able to instantly teleport into any of the ice fragments scattered on the ground. This was all reality and all feasible. No, it would have been.
This space was still largely hers.
However, the fact that she didn't immediately teleport to Dong Bong-soo's side like before but instead hid in the ice up there suggested many things.
It meant that now Dong Bong-soo's—his—domain was expanding. This vicinity, at least this area, must have become his domain alone.
The corners of Dong Bong-soo's lips curled up slightly, and Yeon Yeong-ha, who had hidden in the hail fragments, fell toward the ground at tremendous speed.
At that moment, the illusion swords that had been targeting Yeon Yeong-ha, having lost their target and wandered, began falling toward where Dong Bong-soo was along with the hail fragments.
Ultimately, [Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 2nd Formula Illusion] was plunging like a shot arrow to attack the player who had unleashed that technique.
[※ This skill is a Multi-Targeting technique and if you're not careful, it will affect the player and their allies as well.]
"I was careful, but it seems to have been of no use."
The Super True Energy Field around Dong Bong-soo surged again and the Super True Energy Wave boiled over in a frenzy. This made it certain. At least this vicinity was definitely his domain.
Thwack, thwack, thwack.
The ice fragments scattered on the ground rose up all at once and soared toward the sky in unison.
Simultaneously, Dong Bong-soo's sword rotated at ultra-high speed once again.
Tap.
He leaped toward the falling hail while raising the Ultra Rotation Sword Wheel.
Hummmm—
His sword extended toward a certain point where Yeon Yeong-ha was hiding.
The crazed sword wheel shot forth containing vicious Evil Energy.
[Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 3rd Formula Evil Lv.1 Proficiency: 0%]
Though Illusion Evil was known as a master of Illusion Arts, his Sword Arts alone were also worthy of being counted among the Ten Absolutes Under Heaven.
The epithet Illusion Evil actually originated from this sword technique of his. In contrast to his sword technique that shattered Illusion Arts and Evil Arts, by reaching the pinnacle of Illusion Arts and Evil Arts, his original name and epithet were forgotten and he became Illusion Evil.
Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 3rd Formula Evil is a sword formula based on the principle of suppressing wickedness with even greater Evil Energy. It has fatal problems as it gathers the Evil Energy of the universe to the maximum degree to unleash it. Though it's meant to shatter Evil, Evil is merely Evil and cannot become righteousness. However, it can completely annihilate the opponent's Evil Energy.
Tester-exclusive skill.
※ This skill immediately converts to Random Automatic-playing mode upon use. Please deliberate carefully before using this skill.
[Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 3rd Formula Evil] and the afterimages of [Illusion Evil-Breaking Sword Technique 2nd Formula Illusion].
And Dong Bong-soo and Yeon Yeong-ha.
The collision of those two non-humans shook the Murim Alliance once again.
"Let's see what kind of penalty this one has...... show me."
Claaang!
Dong Bong-soo's voice, unclear to whom it was directed, was soon buried in the sound of the clash and disappeared.