Chapter 210
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[Trantor – Asura]
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Chapter 210
Longinus’s God ughter.
To the eye, it was an all too simple stabbing.
The vigor that had gathered at the tip of the spear was now being absorbed into the spear itself.
The blood spear, glistening with a bloody sheen, was slowly extending towards the Iron Blood Cross.
Its movement, considering the enhanced physical abilities of Longinus just moments ago, wasughably slow, to the point where one might wonder if it was some kind of a joke.
‘Is this really the God ughter?’ one might doubt, but just when such thoughts arose.
“Kuk…!”
The physical form of Avatar dimir, extending the spear, was melting rapidly from the tips of his feet.
“… Is this your limit…?”
With that being hisst word.
Longinus, turning instantaneously into blood, was absorbed by the blood spear.
[All yers of the opposing team have fallen in battle.]
[The game will end soon…]
Subsequently, a message popped up indicating the opposing team had all perished, ending the game.
‘What? Over already?’
No way, is this a joke?
Seong Jihan was left dumbfounded.
He had anticipated witnessing Longinus’s version of the God ughter,
Only for it to be thwarted right in front of his eyes.
‘Nevertheless, the spear is stilling.’
Even with the disappearance of Longinus’s main body.
The blood spear was leisurely flying in his direction.
At a nce, it seemed far from what you’d call a spear capable of killing a god.
‘I’ll have to confront it, nheless.’
Before the game concluded, Seong Jihan decided to step forward himself.
However,
‘My body…’
When he tried to take a step, his body had hardened,pletely out of control.
And it wasn’t just Seong Jihan who had stopped,
‘…Even the system has halted.’
‘The game will end soon. You will be logged out,’ should have appeared, but,
The system messages… no further progress was made.
In a world that hade to a halt,
Only Longinus’s spear leisurely floated in the air.
‘Time stop… Does this have to do with his God ughter?’
Seong Jihan pondered, trying desperately to find a way out of the current situation by contemting inwardly.
There were many kinds of powers, including those with martial soul and void,
‘It barely moves at all…’
It was as if he had lost control.
Seong Jihan’s body was not responding.
At best, the only thing trying to move was the energy of Martial Soul and void.
Even though he tried his best to regte just that,
The slowly approaching blood spear was already drawing near.
And then,
Thud!
As the tip of the spear dug into the cross,
Ffft, ffft, fsshh…
A bloody mist rose from the point of impact.
And above it, faint purple letters appeared.
Not Korean, not English, they were entirely new characters.
‘…Why…can I read it?’
For some reason, Seong Jihan could read them without difficulty.
[Target conditions, partially met.]
[Extinction code activated.]
And as those letters disappeared into thin air.
Whoosh!
A huge hole was sted through the center of the Iron Blood Cross,
As the blood spear burrowed into the gap.
Thud!
And like that, the tip of the spear pierced Seong Jihan’s body.
Shwooosh…
The power flowing from the blood spear instantly erased his physique.
As this unfolded, one energy in particr seemed to resist dissolution, the energy of Martial Soul.
Pierced by the spear, Seong Jihan instinctively felt,
‘This power…pletely opposes Martial Soul. On the other hand, the void… it’s trying to use it for itself.’
The God ughter spear, erasing the energy of the martial soul but moving the void to its own will.
Initially, Seong Jihan had retained control over the void but,
‘No, I need to see how this works out.’
To see how the blood spear intended to utilize the void, he decided to follow its movement.
As the void merged, the blood spear inside him showed a peculiar flow.
‘Huh…’
Even as his upper body was sted more than half open,
Seong Jihan was preupied with analysing the movements of the blood spear.
The blood spear was nibbling away at Martial Soul in apletely new way,
Yet its movement held a consistent pattern.
‘Is this rted to the extinction code…?’
The term ‘Extinction Code’, which he could inexplicably read.
Intuitively, Seong Jihan realized that this peculiar flow suppressing Martial Soul inbination with the void was linked to the Extinction Code.
‘Good.’
Even as his body was being erased,
Seong Jihan was engrossed in analyzing the spear of God ughter.
[You will be logged out.]
When the time stop of the blood spear ended,
He could feel the flow of time returning.
‘What a shame.’
If only he had more time to analyse.
Even with his torso gone, leaving only his head and limbs,
Seong Jihanmented that he did notpletely understand the ‘Extinction Code’.
‘However… I did uncover something.’
Even with a gaping hole in the middle of his body,
Seong Jihan’s eyes were clearer than ever before.
The spear of God ughter.
It was worth experiencing
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Meanwhile, on South Korea’s Channel 0.
=Ah, both yers. What are they talking about… Unfortunately, we can’t hear them from the broadcast.
=Ah, yer dimir has created a spear with his hand! The blood is gathering at one point… looks like he’s preparing for a major move!
=yer Seong Jihan! Are you just going to stand by and watch?
As the conversation between Seong Jihan and Longinus was muted,
Their sh was being broadcasted.
-Today’s broadcast has been full of incidents;
-dimir is just standing there, gathering blood on the spear, it clearly looks like he’s about to use a killer move, why is Seong Jihan waiting??
-It’s a tradition to wait in situations like this lol
-No, he waspletely pushed back just now. Now is the chance to counterattack. What will he do if he misses out on a win?
People who couldn’t hear the conversation couldn’t understand why Seong Jihan was standing by.
However, such concerns vanished as soon as dimir’s body was absorbed by the blood spear.
-Huh??
-What’s going on. dimir… Why is he being absorbed by his spear?
-lol!! Failed ultimate skill?
-Look at that. Do you think Jihan had a premonition? He was waiting because he knew it.
-For real lol!! Why are there so many doubters? Seong Jihan has it all figured out, let’s just follow him lol!! I think Seong Jihan was just standing to experience dimir’s death.
To those unaware of the circumstances, it looked as if his premonition had been activated again.
=The game will now end.
=Korea… wins 3:1 against Russia!
=The final confrontation ended somewhat anticlimactically…
=But, what does it matter! Victory is what’s important!
As the broadcast concluded,
The scene where Seong Jihan was pierced by the blood spear amidst the halted world was not captured.
Could that be why?
“Wow, did you wait until the end knowing Mr. Jihan? Did you expect dimir to get absorbed into his weapon?”
“Your premonition is really amazing… Have you dreamed of anything good again?”
The yers approached Seong Jihan, speaking only of the premonition.
No one mentioned the scene that unfolded after the game ended.
“Premonitions aren’t something you can just have as you wish. You have to see more for what’s toe.”
Seong Jihan responded lightly to the yers,
“Coach. I’ll be heading home right away.”
He informed Coach Noh Youngjun that he was leaving.
“Right now? Even though there’s still the MVP interview…”
“Please handle that in my stead. After dealing against dimir, it made me think of something I need to train on.”
“About… training?”
“Yes.”
Noh Youngjun looked at Seong Jihan with a face full of dismay.
‘What kind of training demon is he?’
It was already the talk of the town that he’s always cooped up at home for training.
But should there not be a moment to at least make a victory speech?
“Is it because you don’t like the interview announcer, maybe?”
“No? I don’t even know who it is. I’ll be going now. See youter!”
“Why? Let’s go together.”
“I’m faster on foot.”
Whoosh!
With that, Seong Jihan vanished, using his shing Sky Thunder Steps technique.
Noh Youngjun watched him disappear, dumbfounded.
“…Sejin. Can you do the interview instead?”
“I guess if it’s for my brother-inw.”
Yoon Sejin nodded.
For anyone else, he might have hesitated, but if it was for his brother-inw’s sake, He would willingly stand in.
“Thank you. But, what training is so urgent?”
From the coach’s perspective, it was a relief to have a yer who strives to be stronger so autonomously.
But one also had to take breaks.
Noh Youngjun coach shook his head, preparing for the interview with Yoon Sejin.
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On the star of martial gods, Tusung.
“…He endured it.”
In the broadcast, Longinus, who had witnessed thest scene that was not captured, let out a disappointed smile.
Although Seong Jihan’s body hadpletely vanished except for his neck and limbs,
Which would have been almost certain death if it had been in reality,
[His whole body didn’t disappear in an instant.]
“….That’s right. Master. He resisted the power of the God ughter.”
Typically, if one were directly struck by the God ughter spear, their entire body would vanish immediately.
Yet Seong Jihan persevered until the time stop was lifted and time flowed anew.
Maintaining his physical form for an extended period.
[Not bad at all.]
Rarely does sentimente across in the voice of the Martial God, but a sense of satisfaction was detected.
[However, merely enduring is insufficient. He will need to show evolved strength.]
“…”
[Longinus, next time, I will permit you to use the spear against him. Bring out his limits.]
“Thank you, Master.”
The Wandering Martial God who typically did not allow the use of spears, Was permitting it freely against Seong Jihan.
Longinus bowed to the Martial God and then withdrew.
“Are you… alright?”
Beside him, walking with a vacant expression, Dongbang Sak made his way over. He approached Longinus, stroking his beard.
“Dongbang Sak, did you see it?”
“Yes. I too must test him through my avatar. I watched the game for reference.”
“Phew…”
Longinus let out a deep sigh.
“My spear being blocked by a mere human… Originally, I didn’t find the taste of victory appealing, but today, it’s even worse.”
“You destroyed his torso, didn’t you? If any more time had passed, the rest would have crumbled as well.”
“Dongbang Sak… Why are you doing this, knowing full well? He is human. When the spear touches him, his body should disappear instantly. Yet he endured it…”
“A human…”
At thementation of Longinus, Dongbang sak uttered in a significant tone.
“Do you really think so? Do you consider him a human?”
“What do you mean?”
Swoosh!
Dongbang Sak took out a bottle from his waistband.
“Let’s go inside to talk.”
He opened the bottle’s cork and,
Whoosh!
Dongbang Sak and Longinus were both sucked into it.
“Who on Tusung would hear us that we had toe in here…”
Longinusined, but Dongbang Sak replied quietly,
“Isn’t the Martial God listening?”
“…So he can’t hear us here?”
“Just for a moment.”
This bottle is immune to the gaze and ears of the Martial God?
Longinus looked around curiously, and then asked Dongbang Sak,
“Why should we avoid talking about whether Seong Jihan is human or not in front of the Master?”
“Well… It’s just my one-sided guess.”
Dongbang Sak nced around and then whispered softly,
“From what I see, that boy, Seong Jihan… might be a ‘kin’ to the Martial God.”
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[Trantor – Asura]
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