Chapter 140
Chapter 140
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 140
Chapter Title: Shattering Arc Anciel
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With a heavy roar, the third layer of Arc Anciel shattered.
“Urk!”
Vlad gritted his teeth.
He never imagined Shin Yu-hyun would pierce through to the third layer with his summons.
‘Not even the other Seven Arcs are here... how?!’
Ruber had spent ages guarding the sealed temple, so she wasn’t at her full peak strength.
But even so, he hadn’t expected her unique barrier, Arc Anciel, to shatter all the way to the third layer.
“I didn’t think you’d break through to the third layer. But can you really pierce the fourth?”
Yet Vlad didn’t lose his confidence.
Arc Anciel consisted of seven layers total, and the deeper ones had far greater defensive power.
“We’ll see.”
Shin Yu-hyun smirked at Vlad’s words and slammed Levatein into the ground.
Shhh.
Then, from the shadows, red entities began to emerge.
A being with crimson flame wings surged up from the shadows.
It was the Red General Ant, clad in red chitinous bio-armor.
“Another 5-star boss-grade summon?!”
Vlad’s face twisted in shock upon seeing it.
He hadn’t even dreamed Shin Yu-hyun could summon a 5-star boss-grade undead.
‘Ugh.’
Summoning the Red General Ant consumed a massive amount of mana.
But he could still hold out.
Chakra allowed him to wield far more mana than stamina or magical power alone.
With the Red General Ant summoned, Shin Yu-hyun issued his command.
“Destroy it.”
Roar!
Crimson flames erupted from both of the Red General Ant’s hands at Shin Yu-hyun’s order.
Fwoooosh!
Crimson flames shot out in a straight line from the Red General Ant’s hands.
Like a flamethrower.
The glowing green fourth barrier layer began to glow red hot from the Inferno Buster.
Crash!
Moments later, the scorching fourth barrier shattered like glass.
“N-No way!”
Vlad cried out in horror. He never thought the fourth layer would break too!
Only three layers remained now.
“Even if you’ve pierced the fourth, the next one will— ”
“Come forth.”
Shin Yu-hyun cut off Vlad’s anxious mutter.
Shhh.
Immediately after, massive entities emerged from the shadows.
A colossal scorpion-like creature over 10 meters long.
Kirrrk!
The enormous Death Stalker raised its giant pincers and let out a roar.
And that wasn’t all.
Beside the Death Stalker stood a massive white wolf like fresh snow.
Awooooo—!
Fluffy raised its head and unleashed a long, echoing howl from the shadows.
“More... summons?!”
Vlad stared at the Death Stalker and Fluffy in a daze.
Summoning even more boss-grade summons amid the nonstop barrier breaches—he couldn’t wrap his head around it!
“Let’s see how far you can hold.”
Shin Yu-hyun said with a smirk.
Right then,
Kiiiing!
Blue mana began converging at the tip of the Death Stalker’s tail.
Shuuuuaaaak!
The mana blast shot through the air, leaving a blue trail.
Boom boom boom!
The laser-like Scorpion Death Breaker began obliterating Vlad’s fifth barrier layer.
Small explosions rippled across its surface.
“Grrgh!”
Vlad clenched his teeth, straining to maintain the barrier against the summon’s assault.
Crack!
But in the end, even the fifth layer shattered.
“Damn it!”
Vlad scowled and shouted.
Only two layers left now.
Kiiiing!
Next, Fluffy opened its maw toward Vlad’s barrier.
Blue mana gathered before its mouth.
White frost began swirling around the blue glow.
Thud! Shuuuaaaak!
Soon, Frost Nova Breath hurtled toward the remaining barriers.
Crackle crackle!
Ice exploded across the surface of Vlad’s sixth layer.
Shatter!
The frozen sixth layer soon crumbled.
“Only one remains.”
“Not yet! The final layer won’t fall!”
Vlad screamed with a desperate, last-stand expression, pouring all his power into the barrier.
The sole remaining violet barrier boasted the strongest defense of all Arc Anciel’s layers—like an impregnable fortress.
Even as all of Shin Yu-hyun’s summons bombarded it, it held firm.
But,
“Time to end this.”
Shin Yu-hyun called forth his final summon from the shadows.
A pitch-black suit of heavy powered armor over 2 meters tall, rugged yet refined in design.
The Living Powered Armor before Shin Yu-hyun was slightly smaller than when he’d faced it as a boss in the Monolith Raid Dungeon.
Down from 3 meters to just over 2.
Whirr.
Its activation hum echoed as blue light traced along its edges.
Shin Yu-hyun then operated the smartwatch on his wrist.
Clank! Whirr.
With the system message, the back of the Living Powered Armor flipped open upward.
Perfectly resized to fit Shin Yu-hyun’s frame.
He stepped into the open rear.
Whirr. Clank!
As he did, it sealed shut. Equip complete.
Shin Yu-hyun tested his movements slowly.
Whirr. Click clack!
‘Moves perfectly.’
The heavy powered armor responded flawlessly to his will.
“Powered armor?!”
Vlad, watching from within the barrier, looked stunned.
Powered armor amplified the wearer’s physical abilities several to dozens of times over.
But that wasn’t the only reason for his shock.
“How do you even have powered armor? No ordinary tech could produce that...”
Vlad frowned at Shin Yu-hyun. Advanced tech was required to build it.
And that realization hit him—he didn’t truly know Shin Yu-hyun.
He knew he was human, but not the level of his dimension’s civilization.
“Has your dimension’s humanity reached the stars?”
“Not quite.”
“Not? Then how?”
“Raid dungeon reward.”
“Dungeon reward?!”
Vlad was skeptical even then.
But it made sense soon enough.
Dungeons connected to other dimensions, serving as crossroads.
Earth’s dungeons were the same.
They were buffer zones created by the Space-Time Management Bureau to block magic beast invasions.
But truly, they were spaces formed from various dimensions and timelines.
So Vlad’s thinking wasn’t entirely wrong.
“Doesn’t matter. You can’t break my barrier.”
Only the final layer left.
Vlad glared at Shin Yu-hyun and spoke again.
“Show me all your power!”
“Gladly.”
Shin Yu-hyun nodded, resolved to go all out.
To prove he was worthy of meeting Ruber.
“I’ll show you everything.”
He aimed Levatein at Vlad.
The over-2-meter Living Powered Armor made Levatein look smaller by comparison.
But it was no issue as a weapon.
Roar!
Black aura rose from Levatein, coiling it in black flames, making it appear even larger.
Shin Yu-hyun lowered into a charging stance.
And more.
Rumble rumble!
Mana erupted in an unprecedented surge of power.
The air and earth trembled around Shin Yu-hyun.
The Living Powered Armor amplified his abilities.
‘This should do it...’
Gripping Levatein tightly, he flashed a small smile.
He’d only used up to the fourth or fifth forms of Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship so far.
The later forms demanded immense mana.
But with the amplified mana from the Powered Armor and Overdrive...
Boom!
He kicked off the ground, leaping into the air.
A crater formed with the impact.
Arcing through the sky toward Vlad, he slammed Levatein down with his full weight.
Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship.
Secret Technique: Meteor Slash!
Kaaaaang!
The demonic sword Levatein struck Arc Anciel’s final layer with momentum to split a falling meteor.
Not only that—Levatein’s equipped unique skill activated too.
Black flames blazed ferociously from the blade, intent on annihilating Vlad’s final barrier.
Crack!
A fissure spread across Arc Anciel’s proud final layer.
“N-No...”
Vlad’s eyes widened in shock the moment he saw it,
Crash!
And the final layer shattered.
Booooom!
An enormous explosion followed, black smoke billowing up.
Shin Yu-hyun and Vlad vanished in the obscuring cloud.
But only briefly.
Whoosh.
Kairon’s wingbeats stirred a wind, slowly clearing the black smoke.
Shin Yu-hyun emerged in the Living Powered Armor.
And before him, Vlad faded transparently.
“To think you’d shatter my barrier...”
Vlad muttered wearily, looking centuries older in an instant.
Shin Yu-hyun looked down at him.
“Is this proof enough?”
“You broke my barrier. I’ve no more objections.”
His prized unique barrier, Arc Anciel, lay in ruins from Shin Yu-hyun and his summons. No reason left to block him.
“Take care of the lady.”
Vlad offered a faint smile toward Shin Yu-hyun before vanishing.
“I’d do that anyway.”
Shin Yu-hyun muttered at the spot where Vlad had been.
Creeeak.
Moments later, the massive temple doors leading to Ruber’s sealed chamber began to open.