Chapter 1278 – 1278. Pheromone Monster
It was the fourth day of Dark Hero Jupiter’s activities, and the time for the final showdown had arrived.
I confidently walked towards a famous luxury hotel in New York. People on the street were in an uproar, filming me with their cameras. Yet, they couldn’t dare approach me recklessly.
*Swoosh.*
I glanced at a passing beauty.
The blonde beauties shrieked and went wild.
“Kyaaaah! Jupiter!!”
“Look at me!!”
“I feel like I’m going crazy! Jupiter! I want to have your baby!”
I smirked.
They couldn’t hold back and rushed towards me. It was the effect of the pheromone-infused perfume. They genuinely wanted to get pregnant with my child.
“Everyone, please step back. I am here to meet Jack Taylor.”
My last task as Jupiter was to rescue Jack Taylor, who was being held at the luxury hotel.
*Beep beep beep!*
Police officers appeared with sirens blaring. They began to control the crowd. They glared at me but didn’t dare move rashly. It seemed they had received orders from above. After all, ordinary police officers would only be committing suicide if they attacked me.
At that moment, a female reporter with a microphone jumped in front of me. The logo of a famous broadcasting station was on the microphone.
“Mr. Jupiter! I’m from FKFK Broadcasting! Would you mind giving an interview?!”
The beautiful female reporter with long, black hair abruptly thrust the microphone forward. I smiled and placed my index finger on her lips. Her lips were soft.
“La. Ter.”
“…Ah.”
The reporter’s face turned red. The pheromone perfume had momentarily made her eyes glazed over. She trembled her thighs before chasing after me again. The police officers approached and stopped her.
I walked down the road.
The road was completely empty, as if traffic control had already been perfectly executed.
‘…Did they predict that I would come here?’
It was possible that information had leaked from Bluecad.
However, the police’s reaction was lukewarm, considering that. And I couldn’t sense any hunters who could stop me.
‘Perhaps, as Sophia said, the American Hunter Association is helping me.’
There was also the possibility that they were just using me. They might try to capture me after everything was over. It was a classic case of using someone and then discarding them.
I took out my smartphone and accessed the internet. I searched for the reason why the American Hunter Association wasn’t intervening.
‘The entire New York branch of the American Hunter Association is dealing with a large-scale dungeon gate that opened near Brooklyn… How coincidental.’
It was so blatant that I laughed.
I put my smartphone in my pocket and walked towards the hotel. It didn’t matter whether the American Hunter Association was planning to betray me or not. Once the job was done, I would return to Korea. Sophia’s safety would be the responsibility of the freed Jack Taylor.
Light poured down from the sky. I glanced up and saw a broadcasting helicopter hovering above. The situation was being broadcast live. It was within my expectations, so I wasn’t flustered. I lowered my head and headed towards the hotel.
I stopped walking on the asphalt road in front of the hotel. I felt a murderous intent that seemed to cut through my skin.
And immediately after.
A man jumped from the top floor of the hotel. The muscular man landed right in front of me. The asphalt shattered, and dust rose into the air. The man casually straightened his knees and stood up. He was a giant of a man, over 2 meters tall. He was dressed very casually in jeans and a white t-shirt. However, the aura he exuded was extraordinary.
“For a criminal to walk in so confidently… It’s the end of days, the end of days.”
I narrowed my eyes.
A muscular body over 2 meters tall, bald head, and a sun tattoo under his eyes. I recognized who he was. He was a member of Boshi that Sophia had mentioned before. He was also someone Sophia had told me not to encounter.
“Chad Lovell.”
A hunter known as Bloody Drake.
“You know me? Heh heh. Well, it would be stranger if you didn’t. This body is America’s new S-class hunter!”
Chad had become an S-class hunter two months ago.
“I’ve met S-class hunters before. They were all monsters. Their very presence was extraordinary. But I don’t feel that overwhelming presence of an S-class from you.”
“I’m not S-class? Hahaha. I wonder if you’ll still be able to say that in five minutes. I’ll make sure your body knows why I’m S-class.”
“Chad Lovell, Boshi’s toilet cleaner! Did you suck Boshi’s dick too? Otherwise, there’s no way a scrub like you would become S-class…”
Chad’s fist flew towards me. I reflexively raised both arms to guard.
Even though I had firmly braced my lower body, I was pushed back over 3 meters. Chad’s physical abilities surpassed mine. And this punch was probably not his full power.
“You’re weak for someone who talks so much. You’re just an A-class mid-tier at best. That’s all.”
Chad smirked. His confident face was irritating.
‘Lightning. Fall.’
Some of my mana disappeared, and lightning fell from the sky. The blue lightning struck Chad’s head precisely.
But Chad was unharmed.
His skin had changed. It was now a dark brown, rock-like hide.
‘Drake’s hide, an A-class boss monster… He used his transformation ability to instantly change his skin and counter the lightning.’
The reason he was called Bloody Drake. It was because he had the ability to transform into a Drake. The modifier ‘Bloody’ described Chad’s nature.
‘His skill is roughly top-tier A-class. He has the minimum power to be called S-class.’
Chad was ahead in physical abilities. So I had to counter with speed and technique. I summoned Stormbreaker and held it in my right hand.
“Slow, you idiot.”
I raised my head at Chad’s voice. The voice was clearly coming from above, but Chad was nowhere to be seen.
“Here.”
Chad, who had appeared behind me, kicked me. I was hit in the side and flew away like a skipping stone.
I gritted my teeth at the impact and moved my mana. I couldn’t just be on the receiving end like this.
‘Lightning…!’
Lightning struck towards Chad. Five times in total. It wasn’t just ordinary lightning. It was lightning infused with my mana.
“You know what? Drakes are so durable that they swim and play in lava. Your lightning can’t even leave a scratch on my body!”
Chad’s right arm transformed into a Drake’s tail over 10 meters long. He swung his right arm like a whip.
[Using Flash (刹那). Remaining stacks: 6]
I dodged Chad’s attack and summoned the Fire Lotus Blade in my right hand.
*Wham!*
The Drake’s tail hit the asphalt road. The asphalt shattered, and fragments flew everywhere. Chad chuckled and continued to swing his tail. He seemed to be swinging the Drake’s tail randomly, but if you looked closely, there was a method to it. It was Chad’s own whip technique, learned through combat experience.
[Using Flash (刹那). Remaining stacks: 5]
[Using Flash (刹那). Remaining stacks: 4]
[Using Flash (刹那). Remaining stacks: 3]
I used Flash in quick succession. This was the only way to approach him, avoiding the Drake’s tail that was being swung like a whip.
Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Lightning Flash (雷光).
I spun my body and slashed past Chad. The red lightning deeply pierced his side. Chad’s blood splattered on the ground.
I inwardly clicked my tongue. The wound he had sustained was shallower than I had expected. Still, I didn’t show it and taunted him.
“It seems even a Drake’s hide that swims in lava can’t stop my blade?”
Chad could transform his body into a Drake, but it was far inferior to the abilities of a real Drake. There was a limit to his transformation ability.
“You little…!”
He changed his Drake’s tail back into his original right arm and charged at me, attempting to engage in close combat.
‘You seem confident. I’ll play along.’
I swung my sword, and Chad threw a punch.
Blood splattered.
Most of it was from my body.
The difference in physical abilities was too great to counter with just technique and speed. There was at least a two-level difference. The fact that I wasn’t used to Thunder Heaven Style yet also played a big part.
The lightning-infused blade pierced Chad’s shoulder.
It was only about 1cm deep. But in this case, the fact that the blade pierced his body was important.
Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Ultimate Technique (極技) Sealing Lightning (封雷).
Red lightning flowed into Chad’s body.
“Kuh?!”
Chad’s Drake hide skin returned to his original human skin. It was the effect of Sealing Lightning, which temporarily sealed the opponent’s mana. This eliminated Chad’s troublesome defense.
Of course, this didn’t weaken Chad to the level of an ordinary person. Sealing Lightning only temporarily suppressed mana, it didn’t eliminate physical abilities.
[Using Flash (刹那). Remaining stacks: 2]
I used Flash like I did in the ‘Dark Moon’ world. I planned and prepared for the next attack in a slowed-down world.
Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Ten Thousand Lightnings (卍雷).
I modified the original Ten Thousand Lightnings into the Thunder Heaven Style.
Red lightning rotated around the Fire Lotus Blade. Thousands of lightning strands rotated, sweeping in all directions.
“Kuaaaaaaack!”
Chad screamed horribly and moved his hands. He grabbed the Fire Lotus Blade with both hands, pulled it out of his shoulder, and grabbed my neck, slamming my body into the ground mercilessly. I gritted my teeth and controlled the lightning. It had suddenly become a battle of endurance.
I was the one who couldn’t hold on. Chad’s Sealing Lightning effect wore off, and he was able to use mana again. His skin was covered in that disgusting Drake hide.
“Hahaha. I won.”
He laughed and lightly tossed me aside.
I was thrown on the ground like trash, unable to move my body. My legs were broken, and broken bone fragments were piercing my internal organs. My right arm was relatively intact, but I could barely hold the Fire Lotus Blade. I didn’t have the strength to get up.
‘Complete… recovery…!’
[Using Complete Recovery.]
My body, which had been like a corpse, returned to its best condition.
I got up. The wise decision would be to run away without taking risks. But I didn’t want to turn my back and run when I saw a chance to kill him. I would kill him here.
I summoned Stormbreaker. I combined it with the Fire Lotus Blade and held the great spear in one hand.
*Crackling!*
Red lightning permeated the great spear.
I threw the spear at Chad with all my might.
The spear flew like a literal bolt of lightning.
Chad changed his right arm into a Drake’s hind leg. The heavy hind leg, resembling that of a carnivorous dinosaur, kicked the lightning spear upwards. Stormbreaker soared into the sky, drawing a red arc.
I slowly walked towards Chad.
Chad laughed.
“Hahaha! I don’t know how a dying guy came back to life… But it’s perfect! There are cameras, and there are spectators! It’s the perfect scene for a public execution!”
Chad’s body swelled. His figure, over 4 meters tall, was a mix of a carnivorous dinosaur and a human. Someone who liked dinosaurs might be thrilled by the sight, but I only felt disgust.
“You reptile bastard…”
*Thwack!*
Stormbreaker, which had soared into the sky, fell to the ground and was embedded in the floor. Coincidentally, its position was between me and Chad.
Stormbreaker broke into small pieces. The blue-silver fragments flew towards me and attached to my body. The blue-silver fragments soon became solid armor.
*Kiiiiing.*
Stormbreaker responded to my will. I controlled five swords that had split from Stormbreaker with magnetic force and lined them up behind my back.
*Crackling.*
Red lightning crackled menacingly from the armor and swords.
Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Gale Lightning (疾風迅雷).
I grabbed one of the swords lined up behind me and ran towards Chad.
