## Chapter 1278 – An Extremely Ominous Being
“You goddamn psycho!!!”
They say a stick is the cure for a madman, but Kim Kat doesn’t think so. Madmen don’t need medicine. You just kill them.
Especially these cultists consumed by madness.
They justify their insane slaughter by believing in some unknown logic.
When Hitler massacred the Jews, the Germans considered it justice! Similarly, Leopold II and the Belgians believed they were doing what was right when they indiscriminately tore apart Congolese children, turning them into something like Congolese meat!!!
Their common trait is that they’re all batshit crazy.
Do you think giving Hitler and the Belgians medicine would cure them? And if they were cured, should we give them medicine to make them normal and let them live happy lives?
Absolutely not.
Kill them all.
ㅡBOOM!!!
Kicking off the ground.
Launching my body forward.
I don’t know what their goal is, but you just have to kill them. No one ever truly understood Hitler’s true goal. Even if you explained it, a normal person wouldn’t understand. That’s why that Dark Knight has to be killed here.
He’s a pawn of the Evil Lich.
If that thing starts rampaging…!
Even with me here, I can’t stop the damage from spreading! Countless people will die! I know because I possess the power of destruction!
If a bastard with that kind of power goes full throttle and focuses on destruction, it won’t end with just one country! It will burn and destroy everything, turn it to ashes, and still keep going…!
“I won’t let that happen.”
I resolve as I fly towards him. This time, I’m making the first move. If I don’t know what trump card he has, I’ll pressure him first and expose it.
Of course, these thoughts were just fleeting moments.
ㅡWHOOOOOOSHHHH!!!
Closing the distance while piercing through space itself, I burn the Heavenly Demon Divine Art I had already deployed to its limit, channeling that power into my fist.
“Heavenly Demon Shattering Palm.”
Extreme speed. My fist had long lost its shape. The fact that my intense fist, fired across time and space itself, is regaining its form means this.
It means it has collided with the target.
「ㅡTHWAAAAAAAANG!!!」
A white flash explodes violently. The target was the Dark Knight’s torso. But. I didn’t feel like I hit armor. Did he block it?
“Doesn’t matter.”
The first strike was successful.
Then I just have to follow up with a barrage.
ㅡWHAM!
Firing off the clenched fist on the opposite hand.
ㅡCRACKCRACKCRACKCRACKCRACKCRACKCRACK!!!
Dozens of blows per second are hammered in.
Each and every punch, imbued with the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, is fired indiscriminately to smash the `something` in front of me. I fill my fist with the will to destroy. The only goal is destruction.
Even while I’m hitting, he hasn’t done anything. Of course. My barrage is being hammered in `instantly`. It’s hard to respond. But he has a trump card. Like this thing I’m hitting right now.
ㅡShield.
The flash fused with darkness disappeared, and I could clearly see what I was hitting.
ㅡCrackle!
The spiky circlet on top of his helmet was glowing ominously. From the jewel embedded in the center of that circlet, a `shield` was being projected, as if a beam projector was emitting light and deploying a screen.
A semi-transparent black barrier was blocking the Dark Knight’s front.
ㅡCRACK!
ㅡCrackle!!
That barrier was cracking little by little as it was being hit by my Heavenly Demon Shattering Palm.
The circlet had the ability to create such a barrier. I’ll keep that in mind. Anyway, the fact that a mere circlet can withstand my punch this much is incredibly amazing. More than anything, it’s tricky. Because a large, square barrier has been created, lower attacks using my feet have been blocked.
Then what about the Dark Knight right now?
“Kuh-ooo…!”
With difficulty. Defending his face with one arm, ㅡWHOOSH! He raised the greatsword in his other hand high. ㅡCRACKCRACKCRACK!!! I coldly analyze the situation. I kept hammering the barrier with a barrage, reading his every move.
Like this, if the power is similar, the one attacking is ultimately at an advantage. That’s the ultimate truth I’ve learned from fighting all this time. Whatever it is, the one with the initiative is at an advantage.
And.
ㅡWHOOOOOOSHHHH!!!
His arm falls. The falling arm summoned a meteor. A meteor in the name of a huge blade. The blade of the greatsword, falling as if breaking through the atmosphere, contained extreme skill and technique.
That is destruction in the form of a sword.
It’s very difficult to read its speed. But there’s no need to. I just have to look at his posture and arm and dodge.
Stopping the barrage.
ㅡWHOOSH!
The right foot that was pulled back is deeply extended diagonally to the left, stepping on the ground. At the same time, I pull my left foot forward, rotating my body backward. An evasion step executed with minimal movement.
ㅡTHWAAAAAAAANG!!!
At the same time, the blade of the greatsword beheads the space right next to my shoulder and slams into the ground. ㅡCRASH! His greatsword fell while shattering the barrier. It looks like it would hurt a bit if I got hit, but if I don’t get hit, that’s all that matters.
Perfect.
My fist already contained rotational force from the step I just took.
“Die.”
The barrier disappeared, and I was able to penetrate closer to him with the step I just took. An arm bent in an L-shape. I strike the Dark Knight’s face with the fist at the end of it!!
ㅡCRACKLECRACKLECRACKLE!!!
“…!”
However.
This perfect attack failed.
The appearance of his face, or rather, his helmet, transformed, and black thorns shot out.
“Crazy.”
Not only that.
ㅡTHUD!
ㅡTHUDTHUDTHUD!!
Thick, conical black thorns sprout from the entirety of his armor! It felt like a hedgehog that had been compressed to its limit suddenly growing larger and scattering thorns in all directions!
His entire armor transformed into that!
Such a cheat-like armor that is both offensive and defensive!
ㅡTHWACK!
I couldn’t avoid the thorns that erupted at point-blank range. The dark thorns pierce through my skin. Thigh. Stomach. Chest. It’s stabbing in like getting acupuncture at a Korean medicine clinic. The muscles weren’t damaged, but the skin protected by the Protective Chi was pierced.
Is this the armor’s ability?
ㅡThudthudthud.
But that’s it.
Because the punch I slammed into his face went in while crushing the dark thorns that sprouted from the helmet. “Wilderness Blood Jade Hand.” Immediately spreading my palm, I grab his neck. It’s just that thorns sprouted from the armor. What does it matter? I’ll ignore it and kill him.
“Kuh…!”
“Looks like I’m better at techniques.”
ㅡGWAAAAAAH….!!!
I infuse even more intense power into the hand grabbing his neck…! But his neck was as hard as mine. It’s not easy to break. He was trying to push me away by gradually growing his thorns bigger, as if struggling.
ㅡPOKE…!
The dark thorns are being blocked by my skin. The durability of my body and Protective Chi make it possible. But if they come in a little stronger, they might reach my muscles.
Does the one who kills first win?
Then I’ll win.
And at that moment.
ㅡDEEEEEEENG.
ㅡDEEEEEEENG.
The two bells flying behind him shook.
ㅡCrackle!
ㅡCrackle!!
In an instant, black electricity was generated from the dark thorns he was emitting!!!
“You son of a bitch, I knew it!!!”
The intense pain I felt in that instant. There’s no need to think further. I had been constantly thinking about his trump card. Immediately letting go of his neck, I kick off the ground and launch my body backward.
ㅡWHOAAAAA!!!
A fierce sense of speed.
I instantly created a large distance between him and me. Of course, if he wanted to, he could come in less than a second, but if that happens, I can just dodge… No!!
ㅡSNAP!!!
“Owaaaah! You son of a biiiiitch!!!”
In an instant, I felt the intense pain from before again on my skin…! There shouldn’t have been anything wrong with my body until just now! When I checked, black electricity was surging from the places where I was stabbed by the thorns…!
“Heavenly Demon Angel Wing!!!”
ㅡWHOOSH!!!
Immediately pulling out my wings and deploying my power around me, the pain disappeared and his power attached to my body scattered… But. My skin is tingling. I instinctively realize. My movements have been `slightly` impaired.
He put a debuff on my movements?
This bastard is no ordinary opponent.
“…”
The Dark Knight was just standing his ground, taking a stance. Why isn’t he attacking right away? If it were me, I would have gone in right now? Is he charging up his power?
First, I need to shake off this debuff.
ㅡWHOOSH.
Using the power turned inward, I restore my body.
While doing that.
“So… the armor has dark thorns. And the circlet has a shield. The bells… add extra damage to his techniques?”
I open my mouth to provoke him.
“Right? Right? Your hand has been revealed, what are you going to do?”
It’s so cheat-like.
Of course, that’s not all he has.
But the important thing is that I’ve figured out three of his `methods`. I just have to modify my strategy based on the information I’ve learned in that way and keep clashing with him until I win. If I drag it out, I’ll win. Eventually, I’ll read all of his methods, and then I’ll win.
“Do you think that’s all there is?”
His voice was flat.
“This bastard. Looks like you got a lot of presents from your mom. There’s nothing uglier than that, you crazy mama’s boy.”
It was the moment I realized I had almost completely restored my body.
ㅡSNAP!
Black electricity sparked from under my feet. At the same time, ㅡWHOOOOSH!!! A bunch of black, ghostly hands were about to gush out.
“Heavenly Demon Sovereign Step.”
ㅡTHWAAAAAAAANG!!
Immediately stomping my foot, all the hands were crushed and pulverized. An attack from under my feet? A good method. And.
ㅡWHOOOOOOSHHHH!
ㅡWHOOOSH!!
Magic spears fly towards me. Looking at them, they are black magic spears generated from the bells. ㅡBOOM! Still stomping on the hands gushing out from under my feet, I step aside to avoid them. Nevertheless, I couldn’t avoid all of the magic spears flying in large quantities, forming a `barrage`.
ㅡBOOM!
ㅡWHOOOM!
I parry with my fist and swing my foot to smash the flying magic spears. The moment I swung a front sweep to smash the tenth magic spear.
ㅡWHOAAAAA!!!
Finally, the Dark Knight moved. He swung his greatsword greatly and flew towards me. His speed is similar to mine. He casts a binding spell, shoots out magic spears, and then comes in, aiming for the timing? He has combat sense.
But.
“The kick was a feint.”
The front sweep is a technique that sweeps the front with the sole of the foot. The moment my sole smashed the magic spear and went backward, I kicked the air with that foot.
ㅡWHOOOOSH!!
It’s the same technique as me kicking the air in mid-air and launching my body forward. Like that, my body was launched forward. Whatever the stance. I can apply everything and fight.
“…!”
The Dark Knight, who was flying while swinging his greatsword, urgently retracted his sword. The retracted sword is converted into a thrust. He charged at me with the tip of his sword forward.
ㅡWHOOSH!
Not only that.
A shield is projected from the circlet. It completely protects his body. However, only the blade of the greatsword he is holding is piercing through the inside of the shield and sticking out.
There’s no such thing as that kind of cheat.
So you’re going to trust that cheat and collide like this?
THANK YOU ! ! ! ! !
“Heavenly Demon Divine Art…!”
Aiming for that sword tip!!!
“Heavenly Demon Shattering Palm!!!!”
I fire a Heavenly Demon Shattering Palm containing the essence of the Zealot at one point!!!!
「ㅡTHWAAAAAAAANG!!!」
The fired fist is hammered into the tip of his sword. I push the blade as it is with the fist that went in. ㅡSNAP! The breaking blade was like glass. Like that, my fist completely grinds his sword as it goes in.
ㅡTHWAAAAACK!!!
I blow away his right arm and shoulder as they are.
“It’s over.”
He has lost his arm, so no matter what trump card he has, it’s useless. Thinking that, I was about to finish him off.
But.
ㅡDEEEEEEENG.
ㅡDEEEEEEENG.
The bell rang again.
And all of that was undone.
