Chapter 340
Chapter 340
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 340
Chapter Title: Void (1)
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The clash between the two entities was truly terrifying, but visually speaking, it was almost laughable.
One resembled a cute quokka-like animal, while the other looked like a panda.
Under normal circumstances, Rokan might have watched their playful scuffle with amusement, regardless of the power involved. But right now, he didn't have time.
Should he break through or go around?
A quick glance at the battle's aftermath suggested it would take a while to circle back. And who knew how far he needed to go in this situation?
He still had several vials of Chaos Potion left, and he'd brought the Jewel of the Heavenly Barrier to withstand the Void. But anxiety was inevitable.
‘Break through.’
In the end, Rokan made his decision. He would pass between the two mid-battle.
The shockwaves alone could kill any amateur, but Rokan's situation was different.
If needed, he could force his way through using his immortality effect.
Gritting his teeth, Rokan dropped to the ground at their feet, caught his breath for a moment, then broke into a full sprint.
“Full Sprint!”
He poured out his hoarded mana without hesitation.
Movement skills from various classes activated in sequence, leaving afterimages as his body shot forward.
“Ugh!”
Boom! Boom!
Each time the creatures stomped, shockwaves battered his body again, but he gritted his teeth and charged on.
“Damn it!”
Just as he passed under them and tried to escape the combat zone, the quokka, struck by the panda's fist, toppled over.
The impact shook the earth like a collapsing mountain.
And worst of all, it was heading right toward his escape route.
Boom!
He flung himself aside and barely avoided being crushed under the falling quokka, but the damage was severe.
Whether due to their Void nature or some inherent trait, their attack power and the resulting shockwaves felt even stronger than those of other Level 450 powerhouses he'd faced.
“Stealth…….”
But Rokan responded calmly.
Thanks to the Chaos Potion, his presence hadn't been detected yet. Rather than revealing himself, he opted for stealth to avoid getting caught in their fight.
If only that damned panda hadn't swung a bamboo stalk that appeared out of nowhere.
“Berserk!”
The flexible bamboo struck the quokka's body, bent dramatically, and whipped toward Rokan's position.
He quickly activated Berserk to block it, but the damage was immense. His health plummeted, and a massive crater formed where he'd stood.
Rokan's guarded body was hammered into the ground like a nail.
“Urgh!”
Using up Berserk so soon was regrettable, but he couldn't go on a rampage like usual. Activating Gale Incarnation would sharply reduce the Chaos Potion's effect.
That's why he'd used Berserk in that moment of crisis.
Thanks to it, he endured but was still pinned down. Counterattacking was out of the question.
To achieve his goal, he couldn't afford to linger here any longer. Once Berserk's duration ended, the backlash would hit.
Slower movement would delay his arrival and make dodging obstacles harder.
So he burst out of the surrounding earth like it was shattering and tried to exit the combat zone again.
“Nias!”
Hop!
At that moment, the giant quokka flipped over and leaped. It soared as if piercing the sky, then plummeted toward the panda.
“You bastards!”
Kuuuuboooom!
An enormous shockwave erupted with it!
The height of its jump unleashed a massive impact that swept across the ground, the panda, and Rokan.
The direction aligned perfectly with his path, flinging him even farther than before he'd hidden.
Seeing his health drop by more than half, Rokan gritted his teeth.
His eyes rolled back in fury.
“Gale Incarnation, Full Body Supremacy, Blood Awakening!”
He could hold back no longer and unleashed his full power.
Tilt?
The panda and quokka both turned toward Rokan's location simultaneously.
But they hadn't fully detected him. He still had the Chaos Potion's protection.
They sensed something like a ghost but couldn't pinpoint his form.
Rokan seized the opening.
“Weapon Awakening!”
He awakened the demonic soul in his Demon God's Fang Belt and charged at them.
[Cannot awaken Demon God's Fang Belt due to the Void's influence.]
[Warning: Forcibly invoking divinity may make you a target of the Void.]
“Damn.”
The Void prevented the Weapon Awakening, canceling it automatically.
An unknown warning followed, but he had no time to check it.
As a makeshift, he awakened the demonic soul in his Gale Battle Axe and smashed it down on the panda's crown.
“Gale Slaughter!”
Splat!
The panda boasted thick hide with exceptional defense, but it couldn't fully block Rokan's attack, which unleashed over a dozen slashes in an instant.
A wound opened on the panda's head, which had shown no scratches even in battle with the quokka. Rokan relentlessly targeted the same spot.
“Critical Onslaught, Bleeding Strike!”
Skills that widened wounds and induced bleeding dug into the gash.
The white panda's head stained with blood, the wound gaping to expose its white skull.
“Digdog, Rider of Legends!”
He wanted to finish it off, but his skills had tangled up.
Having unleashed every skill he could pour out in a burst, he couldn't deliver the killing blow. So Rokan resorted to a trick.
Summon Digdog!
The evolved Digdog, empowered by Rider of Legends, burrowed into the panda's skull.
Its saliva, which softened even ores, drenched the exposed bone, and its thick claws crumbled the structure.
“Grrraaah!”
The panda thrashed to shake it off, but it was futile. Digdog, now deep in its brain, gnawed relentlessly. The panda began slamming its own head into the ground in self-harm.
Kyu?
The quokka looked baffled. To it, the panda seemed to be going berserk on its own.
But that hesitation proved fatal.
Rokan, having left the panda to Digdog, prepared his deadliest strike.
“Super Transcendence.”
Its agility and jumping power might let it dodge easily.
But right now, it wasn't aware of him at all.
Rokan threw everything he had at the defenseless quokka.
Kuuuoooooo.
The condensed power exploded. A force neither of the Heavenly God, Demon God, nor human—devoured everything.
Mana, even the Void itself.
Like a ravenous black hole, it sucked in all it touched, erasing everything.
Annihilation.
But was the power insufficient? It couldn't fully consume the quokka's writhing body.
Half. Exactly half vanished as Super Transcendence faded.
“Hah.”
The quokka's cute form was grotesque now, twitching with half its body gone.
But what was truly horrifying was that it stared straight into Rokan's eyes.
“Damn.”
No system notification was needed; Rokan knew. The Chaos Potion had worn off.
Gale Incarnation's giant form had thinned the potion on his skin rapidly.
Sensing this, Rokan rushed at it for the finisher.
[The Heart-Eating Demon devours the Void Quokka's heart.]
[Absorbing the power dwelling in the target's heart and soul.]
The Heart-Eating Demon for the kill. It would die on its own, but wasting the extra heart absorption slot from reaching Grand Master was a shame.
Yet the absorbed power wasn't the quokka's.
“Huh?”
[Absorbing the power of the Void.]
[The Void's energy takes root in your body.]
The Void. The Heart-Eating Demon had devoured the Void's energy itself.
Rokan, who had hoped for its jumping ability, looked bewildered.
Suddenly gaining the Void's power sparked subtle fear due to its unknown nature.
[The Void's energy melts into your blood.]
[Warning! The Void's energy covets your mind and body.]
[Title Unyielding Will negates all effects.]
[The divinity within you resists the Void.]
[The Heavenly God's power resists the Void.]
[The Demon God's power resists the Void.]
Soon, agony erupted inside him.
He had to resist desperately as the Void tried to seize his mind and body.
The thrashing panda nearby? It was irrelevant now. Facing potential consumption by the Void left no room for thought.
His health was already plummeting toward zero, with infinite mana feeding in his stead.
But that wouldn't last.
Rokan sensed that when Gale Incarnation ended, his very existence would be devoured by the Void.
“Chaos, Chaos Potion……!”
As he rolled on the ground, one idea surfaced.
Chaos Potion.
Could using it—the thing that blocked the Void's corrosion—suppress this pain? Control and expel the Void from within?
It was a long shot with nowhere else to turn. The Jewel of the Heavenly Barrier blocked external Void but not internal assault.
Gulp gulp.
It was all or nothing. He had to try everything.
So Rokan chugged every last Chaos Potion.
Its intended use was topical, but that wouldn't suffice against the rampaging Void inside.
[You have consumed Chaos Potion.]
“Gah!”
Wrong choice? The agony intensified.
Previously, his divinity, Heavenly God's power, and Demon God's power had fought the Void. Now Chaos attacked them all.
Weak but astonishingly, it absorbed every assault.
Growing stronger with each hit, it eventually devoured them all.
Chaos. Why did this unknown force feel familiar?
Even in pain, Rokan's clear mind soon realized why.
It resembled the unprecedented energy from Super Transcendence.
The fusion of Heavenly and Demon God powers, once imperfect, was transforming into something complete within him.
‘Is it annihilating?’
Fear gripped him suddenly.
Death was inevitable anyway, but the dread of his body disintegrating made him clench his fists until they bled.
Then, in an instant, all pain vanished like it had been washed away.
[You have acquired the power of ?.]
The system alert was brief. And quickly followed.
[Level up.]
[Miraculous feat! You are the first to defeat a Void spawn.]
[Acquired title ‘Void Hunter’.]
[You are the first to acquire this title.]
[Impossible feat! You are the first to harbor the Void's power within.]
[Acquired title ‘Embracer of the Void’.]
[You are the first to acquire this title.]