Chapter 294:

Chapter 294:

“Today is a very lucky day for me. I’ve been looking forward to this moment for a long time.”

Yu-hyun frowned at the sight of the leaf blade that Do Kang Jun pulled out.

The blade was stained with blood, even though he had wiped it off a while ago.

It was not because he had failed to clean it properly.

The blade was absorbing the red blood that flowed from the corpses.

Was that blade a special weapon that had such a performance?

“It seems you have awakened a new ability.”

“Did you notice already? Well, there’s no need to hide it. It’s the ability I got recently.”

Do Kang Jun had no intention of hiding his ability.

He had obtained the power to kill someone and suck their blood to steal their strength after he got the fragment.

For that purpose, he had hunted collectors while concealing his identity whenever he had a chance, and gradually increased his power.

His level known to the association was 86, but thanks to the power of the fragment, he had easily surpassed level 90 by now.

‘It’s an ability that kills someone and absorbs their life to become stronger. It’s unpleasant in many ways, but it makes sense considering the opponent.’

Do Kang Jun had stepped on many people to get to this position.

And he had ruthlessly crushed and ruined the lives of those who might have reached his position.

The blood spilled by the victims had filled Do Kang Jun’s stomach.

The power he gained through the fragment was ultimately his footsteps that he had walked so far.

‘Did the fragment give him that power in response to his desire or his life?’

That meant that the fragment Do Kang Jun possessed was variable, and it belonged to the same category as the one Yu-hyun had taken from the cult leader.

The cult leader himself had boasted his power as a great miracle, spitting saliva in his mouth, but it was an ability that even Maxwell’s demon could not beat.

If it was similar to that level, there would be no big problem considering the user’s level.

He was relieved of his worry that some amazing ability might pop out.

“Are you laughing?”

Do Kang Jun twisted his face as if he was offended by Yu-hyun’s smile that came out without him knowing.

“Let’s see how you can laugh when your arms and legs are cut off.”

“That’s why I’m laughing.”

The other side still blindly trusted his level and did not understand how much this side was.

He did not even try, but he doubted if he could do it properly even if he wanted to.

So he had no choice but to laugh.

A weakling who deluded himself as a strong one, and was intoxicated by the thought of revenge from the start.

He could crush such a person in front of him and make him a laughingstock of countless spectators.

“How can I not laugh?”

Do Kang Jun had bright eyes that could recognize Yu-hyun in this dark darkness, but when he saw the smile on that man’s face, he had to blink his eyes without knowing.

Yu-hyun’s face was covered with dark shadows, and only his eyes and mouth shone white and drew a crescent moon, watching this side.

He felt like he saw such an illusion.

When he came to his senses, Yu-hyun returned to his original appearance, but the emotion he felt for a moment did not disappear and left an aftertaste.

Do Kang Jun frowned at the goosebumps on his arm.

‘Did I lose my momentum?’

He was a senior collector who knew that fighting was not only possible with strength.

Fighting ultimately involved momentum and mind as well.

If strength was pushed back, use skill, if skill was pushed back, use tricks, if even tricks were pushed back, use momentum.

If momentum was pushed back too, it was practically breaking his Divine Spirit and losing the fight.

Do Kang Jun did not want to admit that he was pushed back to that point.

He had become stronger.

Maybe he could win even if he fought with Munsin before losing his power.

“Just a teller like you!”

Do Kang Jun shouted as if he was kicking out of fear of admitting himself, and swung his leaf blade at Yu-hyun.

A sinister aura spewed out of the leaf blade soaked with red blood.

Red sword beams flowed out and tried to swallow Yu-hyun.

Yu-hyun lightly made a water knife with his right hand and flicked away the flying sword beam.

Bang!

Although it was not a strong hit, the sword beam lost its direction and swept across the thorn forest area.

“It’s nothing.”

“What...”

He had fired it as a deterrent, but it was not an attack that could be blocked by a light palm strike.

Adding to that, the provocative tone that looked down on this side made Do Kang Jun’s chest burn with fire.

The dragon, made of powerful energy, began to circle around Do Gang-jun like a whirlwind.

“Kraaaah!!”

Do Gang-jun realized that he would die if he stayed like this and immediately attacked.

Do Gang-jun scattered red energy in all directions.

The meteor-like energy bombardment left a trail and hit the dragon’s scales. Countless bombardments hit the dragon’s body, but the dragon absorbed Do Gang-jun’s energy as if to mock him and turned into a huge typhoon.

The trees in the forest were torn by the dragon’s scales and turned into dust, not to mention being uprooted.

The ground cracked and the earth touched by the dragon turned into sand, making the surroundings blurry.

Yu-hyun, who had been watching the scene, finally released the energy he had been gathering.

Malyonghoecheon

The black energy that made up the dragon reached its limit.

The shape of the dragon that had been rotating around Do Gang-jun collapsed as if dissolved in water, and soon turned into a giant whirlpool.

They say that the eye of the storm is the most calm and safe when you are in the center of it

But this was the opposite.

The whirlpool created by the dragon was a singularity where all destructive power was maximized at its center.

Anything standing there would be torn apart so much that it could not even leave a trace.

Kwagagagak!

The terrifying dark whirlpool spun fiercely and connected the sky and the earth.

After spinning for a while, it gradually lost its strength and faded away.

There was nothing left in the place where the storm had passed except for the horribly torn earth.

Do Gang-jun, and even his leaf blade, had all disappeared without a trace.

Yu-hyun, who saw the scene, took a deep breath that he had been holding.

‘Phew. Maybe it was too greedy to try to use even my will?’

He tried to use it as if he was squeezing his head, but he still couldn’t grasp the concept of will.

Rather, he used too much force to forcefully unfold his technique and his eyes spun.

The fruits of life and wisdom, and the body hardened by sweet dew, quickly recovered the exhausted power. But he couldn’t soothe his regretful heart.

He hadn’t been just playing for the last two months, but he felt like he would awaken his will later.

‘The important thing is not that.’

In the empty space where Do Gang-jun’s corpse had been, light rose up and soon turned into golden paper.

Yu-hyun deliberately relaxed his facial expression and pretended to be surprised.

The Divine Spirits who didn’t know the existence of fragments would think that Yu-hyun was reacting strangely while looking at the bare ground.

But the real ones would react differently.

‘I told Celine to check for any possible appearance, and even if she couldn’t, I’m sure I threw a bait.’

Yu-hyun naturally reached out and took the gold in his hand.

The guy was drawn to Yu-hyun even though he had lost his master, and soon absorbed into his body.

Yu-hyun clenched and unclenched his hand, feeling the power rising inside him.

‘I don’t know how many more I have to collect.’

Anyway, the first recovery operation was successfully completed.

And on top of that, he also avenged his boss.

***

“This is crazy.”

Agael, who was watching Yu-hyun’s video in Kwanzoja’s room, couldn’t close her mouth when she saw the huge storm he showed her.

She usually didn’t use harsh words when she was alone unless she was very angry, but this wasn’t because she was angry but because it was too absurd.

Agael’s eyes were glued to the monitor.

What Yu-hyun showed was not something he could get by simply becoming stronger as a teller.

It doesn’t matter how strong a teller becomes, because video is not done with power.

But if he gave up his protection and had that much power...

‘At this point, he’s just a one-man army.’

What’s more, Yu-hyun didn’t even wear that mask he showed her when he threatened her.

Agael had honed her eye for judging people as she climbed up to her position as an executive.

By now, she had lost her trust in her eye for Yu-hyun as an enemy, but she didn’t get everything wrong.

She judged that Yu-hyun’s four-eyed demon mask was not just for show.

That was his real power right now.

The fact that he made such a scene without using it meant that Yu-hyun had not yet shown his full power.

‘No. I can’t touch him. Never.’

The moment she realized that Yu-hyun’s threat was not just words but reality.

Agael couldn’t help but shiver at the chill running down her spine.