Chapter 335
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 335
Chapter Title: The Vanishing Portal
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The portal is disappearing?
Tenebriss power had begun forcibly erasing the portal.
No, its not just erasing the portal.
It was forcibly expelling the dungeon that the bastard had claimed.
Jeong Hoon turned his head.
There, the vanished exit was regenerating.
Is this even possible?
To drive out Escannons influence when he couldnt even operate it properly.
Was it because it was a dungeon that Escannon had hastily seized from Arandals ownership?
No matter how impressive Tenebriss power was, it was strange that the designer himself, Escannon, was taken without putting up a fight.
Ill have to ask Tenebris about it later.
There was no longer any reason to approach Escannon.
Jeong Hoon turned and headed for the exit.
H-Hey! What the hell did you just do?!
Baal pointed at the vanished portal with a face full of shock.
What else? I forcibly erased it.
Thats not what Im asking! How did you do it?!
He had betrayed him, but Baal had once served that lord as his master.
A colossal being he couldnt even dare look up at.
And he had casually driven away such an existence?
How the hell had he done it?
He was dying of curiosity.
No point hiding it now that youve seen it.
Jeong Hoon scratched his head with a sigh.
He had planned to use this power only when eliminating Escannon if possible.
It was fortunate that he no longer needed to seek out Escannon right away, but with Tenebriss power exposed to all, there was no reason to hide it anymore.
Hide it?
Yeah. I told you I got nothing from the place where Tenebris was sealed, right?
So something did happen after all.
I obtained his power.
The power of an evil god?!
Jeong Hoon nodded.
Yeah.
Do you even know what kind of power that is and still took it?!
Whats the problem? If I didnt have this, Id be heading to Escannon right now. And a fight with slim odds wouldve started.
Well
Baal couldnt deny it.
Without this power, things would have gone exactly as Escannon wanted.
Whatever. I need this.
Think it over carefully. You might just be dancing to Tenebriss tune right now.
Doesnt matter.
It was because of this power that he could regress and grow this far.
Even if he was being played, Jeong Hoon had no intention of giving it up.
Understood.
Then lets move on.
Damn it!
Boom!
Punching the table shook the earth.
The man who struck it glared somewhere with eyes full of rage.
There was a mirror, and beyond it, a human was effortlessly cutting down transcendents.
What the hell is going on here?
As his rage subsided somewhat, questions arose.
How had he managed to steal a dungeon he had claimed?
He could understand the human suddenly growing stronger during the first annihilation.
Baal, that bastard betrayed me.
At a glance, it might seem like Baal had been defeated, but he couldnt fool his own eyes.
Baal had deliberately let himself get caught and stuck to the human.
He had anticipated it to some extent while watching Baal hand over things to the human under the guise of bets.
That the human was drawing a grand picture.
But it was still far from enough to challenge him.
He had certainly grown threateningly, but that was the extent of it.
He could now take down the lords without much trouble, but he was still sorely lacking against someone of Jeocheon grade like himself.
The problem was that he had rushed things after stopping the first annihilation.
What the hell did he get in there?
He had seen the human enter the temple.
But after the midpoint, he couldnt track where he went.
It was impossible in a temple he had personally designed unless someone intervened.
Thats why he had planned to intervene in the dungeon and forcibly summon him.
But that plan had failed spectacularly.
Why are you interfering?
A power capable of casually stealing his domain.
An existence that could blind the eyes of someone Jeocheon-gradeonly a Named could do that.
Escannon mistakenly believed a Named was protecting the human.
Escannon.
At that moment, someone spoke to Escannon.
Escannon slowly closed his eyes and replied.
What?
What do you mean, what? Something really interesting happened, so I came to see.
Damn bastard.
Escannons fist clenched.
Mind your own business.
Kukuku, I cant fathom how you let a mortal steal your domain. No pride?
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Im curious, you know. Just which human made you lose control like that.
Stay out of it.
Kukuku, cant do that. Im dying to know who could scratch the pride of the great Escannon.
Do what you want.
Slash.
Gaaahk!
The demon lord-grade transcendent Franz screamed as he collapsed.
That makes 113, I think.
P-Please spare me
Franz begged for his life in a way unbefitting a demon lord.
Guess you do value your life.
Jeong Hoon sneered as he brought Titan to Franzs throat.
P-Please Ill give you anything you want!
Its fine. Killing and absorbing you is the best reward.
Wait! Gurk!
Franzs words didnt continue.
Jeong Hoon had pierced his throat with Titan.
Using Star Absorption Technique.
Gaining experience.
All stats increase.
He then absorbed the experience and stats with the Star Absorption Technique.
Good. This pushes me past level 3,000.
Was it from continuously hunting transcendents?
His level surpassed 3,000, reaching 3,118.
All his stats exceeded 9,000, and his mana approached 11,000, having passed 10,000.
Isnt killing him a bit wasteful?
Franz had a variety of items for a demon lord.
If he had extorted them in exchange for sparing his life, it wouldve been a profit.
But Jeong Hoon had no such intention.
This isnt the time to haggle over gains.
Closing the abnormal dungeons, erasing penalties, and accumulating even a bit more of the Nameds power came first.
Hmm, so how much power have you accumulated?
Still a ways to go.
Tenebris had asked him to gather as much as possible.
That meant he didnt know exactly how much was needed to break the seal.
So he couldnt settle for this.
The subjugations continued, and before long, Jeong Hoon reached level 4,000.
And the second annihilation loomed.
Hoon!
Just before the second annihilation began.
Jeong Hoon reunited with everyone, including his mother.
Looks like you had success.
Seeing their bright faces, Jeong Hoon intuited they had succeeded in gathering all the energy.
His mother nodded and spoke.
Yeah. We all managed to reach 100.
Yes! Now we can challenge the heavenly power.
Jeong Hoon smiled and poured cold water on them.
If you fail, youll have to start over. So you have to succeed no matter what.
F-Failure resets it to 0?
Deok-gu asked back with a shocked face.
Yeah. Failure drops it to 0. So succeed for sure.
May I ask about the difficulty?
Pretty brutal? Its breaking through your limits, after all.
Whoa
Deok-gus face quickly turned serious.
They had barely reached 100, and failure meant repeating the process?
That was worse than death.
Wait so youre saying youll handle the second annihilation alone too?
Ha-jin, who had been listening quietly, interjected.
They had barely stopped the first one, and now the second was starting soon.
And Jeong Hoon planned to handle this one personally too.
No one else can.
But still
Want to see my level now?
Huh? Why your level Huh?!
Ha-jins eyes widened upon checking his level.
Last he saw, it was 795.
He had heard he leveled up a lot, so he thought maybe around 1,000, but what was this insane number?
Everyone, including Ha-jin, reacted the same.
Yeo Min-ji especially gaped, unable to close her mouth.
Wha wha 4,000?
Yes. I passed 4,000 while closing all the abnormal dungeons.
Jeong Hoon had closed abnormal dungeons not just in Korea but worldwide to level up.
The number of subjugations: 422.
The result of not resting a moment.
With Tenebriss power somewhat accumulated, if he hunted more transcendents in the second annihilation, maybe he could break the seal?
Hyung-nim what the hell happened?
Dont dig too deep. Anyway, what you need to do now is ascend to the heavenly realm.
Uh yes.
Deok-gu nodded slowly with a dazed look.
The rest of you too. Please finish it while I handle the second annihilation.
In truth, it didnt matter if his mother and the others didnt ascend.
After the annihilation, they had to face Escannon, and only Jeong Hoon could do that.
Still, empowering them was because the future was uncertain.
I feel sorry making my son shoulder everything
His mother patted his shoulder with a bitter expression.
Its fine. Ill wrap it up quick.
Jeong Hoon spoke confidently to reassure her.
His mother gazed at her son silently for a moment, then smiled faintly and nodded.
Yeah. Well definitely succeed and come back.
Yes.
Would you like to enter the Second Annihilation: ???
As expected, it was different from the second annihilation he had seen through Psyches pocket watch.
That one had shown Darkan.
The demon lord-grade transcendent and dragonkin Darkan.
But the second annihilation before him now revealed no information.
Escannons probably lying in wait.
You think?
Definitely. He tried to summon you and failed. His pride must be crushed.
Makes sense.
Unable to read information meant a high existence was hidden there.
As Baal said, Escannon might appear.
Whats your plan? Your odds are better than before, but it wont be easy.
Still gotta do it.
He had blocked Escannons intervention and gained about 1,000 more levels.
It would be a fight with better odds than before.
Entering.
As Jeong Hoon confirmed entry, the portal swallowed him.
His vision went dark, then brightened, and ahead waited not Escannon, but the transcendent Espada.
Espada? Why is that thing here?
Baal frowned.
Why? Who is it?
Not Escannon, but a lord like me. Annoying, but a few ranks above me. Rules one of the 12 demon realms.
I see. Not the one Escannon rules, then.
Right. He serves Abaddon, whos on par with Escannon.
Abaddon
A familiar name.
The transcendent who had instantly annihilated the Cheonhamun where Mokho resided.
That transcendents name was Abaddon.
No problem. Youre strong enough now to take him down easily.
With his current strength, Jeong Hoon could crush him even if he was a few ranks above Baal.
Then lets get started.
Jeong Hoon drew Titan and advanced.