Chapter 268

268. Cadence (1)

God of battle.

Among the deities who accumulated bad ties while climbing the tower, he was uniquely unfriendly.

Is it because he has a personality that only works when he suppresses his opponent?

I had never had a good relationship with him before.

‘Perhaps the bad relationship with the god of battle is greater than the god of despair, fall, and madness.’

That’s why seeing the god of battle in person like this gave me a new feeling.

It was worth it.

The gap with the Godhead that I even thought I would never be able to overcome.

It was because they had crossed the gap that seemed impossible to close and reached the arena of the duel on equal footing.

[ .... ]

And.

「You will be unable to escape due to the effect of the sacred realm < Hell's Arena >.」 「

All means of moving outside of the sacred realm < Hell's Arena > are excluded.」

「The sacred area < Hell's Arena > is mutually In a 1:1 duel between the two, only one winner remains before it collapses.”

Now, I know that the bad relationship with the god of battle will come to an end here.

Reading the system messages that popped up in front of me at once, I raised my head.

The god of battle looked at me and smiled.

It’s like it’s not even funny.

[Khehehe! Even though you’ve killed my apostle, you still dare to come here... Are you really a fool? ]

It was as if he had seen a most delightful comedy.

Perhaps the god of battle thought I had come here without even knowing that I was in a trap...

it wasn’t like that.

I already knew that the god of battle would be preparing something here.

However, I entered here on my own volition.

‘It’s a golden opportunity to defeat the god of battle. It would be foolish not to come here.’

It was worth it.

A chance to deal with the Gods of Battle, who have bumped into each other again and again?

Even if you assume a certain level of risk, it is inevitable that it will end like this.

Even more so when you think of the divinity you gained from defeating him.

Even if he were to suffer damage, it would be right to defeat the god of battle right here.

So I wasn’t shaken by the words of the battle god.

[I already know that this is a trap. ]

And.

[ haha! Did you know that you came all the way here? There’s no such thing as an idiot...]

Within moments, the god of battle grinned.

[It’s not worth it. ]

As if to cut off his words, I immediately opened my mouth.

[God of battle. A prey like you came directly after a long time...]

And with a very deep smile.

[Isn’t it a waste to just let it go? ]

The god of battle frowned for a moment as if he was dumbfounded, and then continued.

[ ...under! Are you saying you’ve taken off the mortal t-shirt now? You sound cocky. ]

As if he heard a low-quality joke.

[But it’s true. ]

But I said it with a smirk this time too.

[This rotten bastard...! It’s a pierced mouth, and you can speak as you please...]

Watching the face of the god of battle decay, I continued talking as if I cut off his voice.

[ A formal divinity that earned each other formally. Then there’s nothing you can’t fight against. ]

And.

[Garbage is... a new chick that has just recently gained a new name.... Do you dare to say that it is equal to this body? ]

next moment.

[If so, let me know. Challenger Han Seong-yoon. How insignificant is your strength. And about what the years accumulated as a godhead mean. ]

Dark divinity flowed out like steam from the red skin of the god of battle and spread.

Deed...!

The power of the godhead weighed heavily on the air in the blink of an eye.

Perhaps from now on, it seems that they are trying to put pressure on this side in earnest...

I could see why the battle god was so confident.

Before I knew it, I felt tension running down my spine.

‘The power is so incongruous...’

It never reached the level of an ancient deity.

However, it is not an exaggeration to say that the standard level of godhood has already been exceeded.

The god of battle, to put it bluntly, stands on the borderline between an ancient deity and an ordinary deity.

And, as the god of battle said, it could be difficult for me, who had just become a god, to handle.

‘It must have been that it wasn’t unfounded confidence.’

But...

[Because this side isn’t that weak either. ]

It could be said that this side was similar.

There was a reason why he dared to enter the sacred realm prepared by the god of battle.

I immediately focused my thoughts on him and aroused the power of the myth that was dormant in my heart.

「Mythic < Reversal Hero > is activated.」

「All stats increase by +151.」

「Special buff < Matcher > is activated.」

This will greatly decrease.」

I think he assumed the power of the Dragon God, who can be said to be the original owner of the holy light...

[Yes. If it was the power of the Dragon God, that would have happened. But this is no longer the power of the Dragon God. ]

The Holy Light attributed to the divine < Transcendence > is now in a different state from the original Holy Light.

So the output is bound to be difficult to compare to the original.

Even though he responded kindly, the god of battle reacted quickly instead of continuing the story.

Before he knew it, he too had activated his divine authority.

「Divinity < Combat > is used.」

「It has been designated as the target of Divinity < Combat >.」

「By Divinity < Combat >, some of Han Seong-yoon’s stats are temporarily transferred to the opponent.」

Divinity < Combat > The power of the stats were taken without mercy.

I wasn’t too surprised because it was a divinity I had seen once while in the giant tree labyrinth.

Even if it was the transfer of some of all the stats, it was just a loss of about 10 of all stats in numerical terms.

However, the divine authority that followed did not.

「Divine < Eat > is used.」

「Divine < Eat > begins to support Divine < Combat >.」

「Due to Divine < Battle >, a portion of the challenger Han Seong-yoon’s divine power is absorbed by the opponent.”

Suhwaaaaa ...!

As soon as the god of battle stretched out his hand, some of the holy power condensed in the holy light was absorbed into him.

Perhaps that also seems like a perfect divinity for battle.

Now, at this point, it’s ridiculous.

‘It’s an openly fraudulent ability in continuous combat.’

Divine < Combat > and Divine < Eating > both have strengths in continuous combat.

To be able to bring the opponent’s power back to you as time goes by?

In fact, in a continuous battle, it is a power that is different from telling the tolerable opponent to die.

That’s why it was difficult to condense the power into the Holy Light any longer.

Even if I condense the power into the holy light like this, it would be like giving power to the enemy.

In response, I immediately stopped injecting power into the holy light and exploded it.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

A situation where the Holy Light was used without increasing the distance between each other.

Not only the god of battle, but I also have to deal with the damage, so the opponent probably didn’t know that it would explode at this time.

I could be swept away by the power of the Holy Light without any countermeasures.

However, thanks to the divinity he had newly acquired from a native deity, his worries were alleviated.

「Use divine < protection >」

「Consumes divine power to give out a protection

that excludes external divinities once .」 」

The moment the green light made up of the divine < Goddess > enveloped the body.

The explosion of holy light that had reached his skin was erased immediately.

However, the god of battle could not block the holy light.

The situation where he was directly hit by the holy light that became like a natural enemy due to Shinhwa’s < Enemy of Everything >.

So, the result was disastrous as expected.

Chi-Ik-!

[Turn it off...!! ]

I turned my eyes to the sound of meat sizzling, and the god of battle was there.

The god of battle dissipated the flesh-gnawing power of the holy light with a pained face and widened his eyes.

His eyes were so bloodshot that anyone could tell he was angry.

And that, too, while living a life that was more profound.

[It will rot...! ]

Then the god of battle roared and fired another divinity.

「Divine < Counterstrike > is used.」

「Divine < Counterstrike > quadruples the accumulated damage and sends it back to challenger Seongyun Han.」

「Divine < Counterstrike > deals an additional 10% of counterattack damage to challenger Sungyoon Han for 4 seconds. [ I

will definitely tear you to pieces and kill you!!]

Divine < Counterattack > was activated, and the shouts imbued with divinity soon turned into roars.

The god of battle roared like a beast, and at the same time, the roar soon became a single flash and fired.

But the sound of the shot never rang out.

The appearance of red flashes shooting as if they had transcended the speed of sound.

In response, I immediately activated the skill and focused my eyesight to see the red flash.

「The skill ‘Focus on Combat’ is activated.」

「The user’s concentration increases tenfold.」

‘This seems unstoppable.’

And right away, I was able to conclude the divine < counterattack >.

If you block that, you will be mortally wounded in return.

Even so, it was impossible to avoid it right away.

It’s a blow that almost fills up half of the < Hell's Arena > in the divine realm.

‘I’d rather hold out until the divine < Counterattack > ends.’

Even if it was a blow that originally should have been helpless, there was a way to withstand it.

It is also a means to survive without the slightest damage.

It’s nothing else...

「The black-and-white hourglass (S+) exclusive effect, ‘End Hour’, is activated.

」

「A 7-day cooldown is created for the ‘end of time’ exclusive effect of Black and White Hourglass (S+).」 The

Black and White Hourglass (S+).

Additional rewards obtained by clearing the 21st floor trials.

Use this to gain temporary damage immunity from all damage.