The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 103

The difference in level is not a small wall that can be simply ignored and overcome.

Level is used as the most important measure to gauge a player's level.

As that number gets higher, the gap between levels widens, and it gradually becomes a more and more unshakable indicator.

Because when the level goes up, the quality of the stats rises by one step, and it's natural that a 10% increase from 1000 is a bigger increase than a 10% increase from 100.

On top of that, at the stage where the level of entry is completely reversed, like LV.3 and LV.4, beginner and expert, the gap in level becomes even more pronounced.

The expert stage is the stage where one begins to seriously cast off the limits of a living being.

As such, the depth of enlightenment required is completely different from before.

So, if one doesn't have talent or a fortunate encounter, it's common to remain at LV.3.

In other words, to summarize simply...

Kagagagagang--!!!

It's originally absurd for a LV.3 to fight against a LV.4 for an hour and hold on.

"Hoo-woo~"

Tarka, who was holding the greatsword, was in a sorry state.

His entire body was covered in wounds as if scratched by small, sharp razor blades, and blood was flowing.

On top of that, there were large holes in some of his vital points, big enough for a child's fist to enter, and the skin tissue was blackened and dead from being seared by lightning.

"Heok..."

But even Tarka's appearance could be said to be relatively intact compared to Lee Shin's.

As he continued to walk a tightrope with his life on the line, Lee Shin's entire body was covered in wounds as if torn by a beast's claws, and in some places, the flesh was completely torn off.

His entire body was drenched in blood as if he had bathed in it, and the clothes he was wearing had turned into a blood-soaked rag.

A living corpse to the point where it was strange that he wasn't collapsing on the floor.

"Hoo~ What? Are you already tired and resting?"

Nevertheless, Lee Shin just smiled as if he were happy and rushed towards Tarka.

The simple thought of not giving him time to rest was revealed through his actions.

"Kuhahahahaha!!!!!"

Seeing Lee Shin's appearance, Tarka laughed like a madman.

The greatsword held in Tarka's hand is laid down so that it is parallel to the ground.

"As expected, my gut feeling wasn't wrong!!!"

Tarka's eyes captured the image of Lee Shin rushing towards him, stepping on lightning.

No matter how much he cut, he wouldn't fall.

He didn't feel like he would die.

It was to the point where he thought it was a mystery that such a creature could exist.

"As soon as I saw you, I knew instinctively! That you were a new enemy I had never seen before!"

Tarka's two eyes, looking at Lee Shin, embraced a green flame and burned fiercely.

He runs towards Lee Shin, who is running towards him.

Green fighting ki shimmered like water vapor over Tarka's running body.

"I've faced countless warriors while wandering the battlefield! I've swung my weapon with fighting as my companion, but I've never seen a guy like you!"

Woooong-

The greatsword, which contained Tarka's huge power, let out a heavy sword cry and was swung forward.

On top of it, the flame of green sword ki burned fiercely.

Hwoooong--!!!

A fierce blade wind rages and rushes towards Lee Shin.

Pajijik-

A hundred bolts of lightning stretch out from Lee Shin's spear and tear the blade wind apart.

It creates a path for one person to pass through.

A path so narrow that one has to bend their waist, and so dangerous that one would die immediately if they took a wrong step.

But Lee Shin stretched out his foot without the slightest hesitation.

"I've seen many guys who handle their weapons like their own bodies, but I've never seen a guy who handles his own body like a tool like you!"

The only path created in the gap of the storm.

Tarka swings his greatsword towards that place.

Hwareuk-

At that, Lee Shin creates a small opening in Tarka's greatsword, which is being swung from the side, with [Leaves].

Pajijik-

He unfolds the Lightning Flash Step and throws his body into that opening.

At that, Tarka swung his fist as if he had expected it.

"I've fought with guys who don't yield to pain and guys who can't feel pain, but there was no guy who lived as close to death as you!"

Hwareureuk--!!!

Just before Tarka's fist reached Lee Shin's face.

Lee Shin unfolded the Flame Leaf Returning Step and dodged Tarka's attack.

At the same time, Lee Shin dug into Tarka's embrace.

He had drawn out Tarka's attack until the very last moment and then created an opening by dodging it.

"I've fought with berserkers who only repeat destruction and slaughter, but even they didn't have a guy who exuded such a creepy killing intent as you."

Lee Shin tried to plunge his spear into Tarka's chest, but.

Kwa-aaang-!

He had no choice but to retrieve that attack due to Tarka's kick that followed.

He defended by retrieving his spear, but Tarka's attack was not the kind that could be blocked just by defending.

Lee Shin couldn't overcome the power contained in Tarka's kick and was thrown far away.

"So I ask."

Tarka looked at Lee Shin and asked.

"You, what the hell are you?"

"Keol-leok! Well...?"

Lee Shin smiled, even in a situation where several of his ribs were broken and pain washed over him just by breathing.

"I don't have much to say, but by the way..."

Swoosh-

Lee Shin swept back the hair that was covering his eyes and said.

"Aren't we still in the middle of a fight?"

"Kuhahahaha!!! That's right."

Tarka laughed like that and then suddenly spread the hand that wasn't holding the greatsword wide to the side.

"One time!"

"What?"

"Let's decide the winner of this fight with a single attack."

At Tarka's sudden words, Lee Shin's brow furrowed.

"What do you mean? Are you saying you're too tired to move any more?"

"Well, you could say that."

Tarka said, tapping his eye area.

"Because it seems like you don't have much time left to maintain your current state."

The activation of [Mad Dragon] and the physical enhancement due to [Madness].

He had seen through the fact that Lee Shin's body was slowly collapsing due to the backlash of those two.

"Well, that's not to say you're going to lose. Because guys like you, the moment they face death, they burn the remaining embers brightly and commit unimaginable acts."

Tarka said, and smiled brightly.

"If it were up to me, I'd want to fight to the death until I see that moment, but..."

Tarka pointed at the place where the orcs were gathered with his finger.

"As long as those guys are here, I can't risk my life as I please. Let's settle this with this one time when you can still go all out."

"...Tsk."

Lee Shin, who had heard all of Tarka's words, clicked his tongue lightly.

With Tarka making such a proposal, the fight to the death that Lee Shin had wanted had already ended.

'I should have pushed him without giving him a chance to say something like this...'

Lee Shin reprimanded himself for not being able to dodge the last kick and opened his mouth.

"One time. Until I attack once, you will continue to attack me."

"I will."

"If that one attack succeeds, it's my victory. If it fails, it's your victory."

"I understand. Thank you for listening to my unreasonable demand."

Tarka expressed his gratitude to Lee Shin, who had listened to his unreasonable demand, by beating his chest several times.

But Lee Shin's words were not over yet.

"And don't do it for fun like you have been, but do it seriously."

"...You knew that far?"

At Lee Shin's words, Tarka muttered as if he were surprised.

"Yes, so go all out with the intention of really killing me."

Lee Shin, with eyes shining so brightly that it was hard to believe he was in a near-death state, looked at Tarka and said as if he were chewing his words.

"Otherwise, I don't know what I'll do when I'm in a bad mood."

"...I will."

Tarka, who felt that Lee Shin's words were sincere, quietly nodded his head.

"Keep your promise."

Lee Shin raised his spear after saying that.

At that, Tarka held the greatsword he had been holding with one hand with both hands and rushed towards Lee Shin.

Hwoong- Hwoong- Hwoong-

The giant greatsword, as big as an adult man, moves lightly as if it were a short dagger.

At that, a rough and sharp storm, incomparable to before, raged.

Facing that, Lee Shin stretched his foot towards the storm of blades without hesitation.

The spear does not move.

He can only swing the spear once.

He couldn't use it to eliminate a check.

Thud-

Lee Shin's eyes sank.

Seeing the death that was right in front of him, everything that made up Lee Shin rotated fiercely.

The skin of his entire body is slashed, dyeing the wind red.

But it does not reach the muscles and bones.

He pierces through the storm, receiving only the minimum of wounds.

Death continuously tickles Lee Shin's neck.

Ignoring it, he looks for a way to reverse this situation.

What he has now is not enough.

He needs a new weapon.

But nothing came to mind.

A line called a limit, which he couldn't usually feel, was drawn, blocking Lee Shin's movements.

Grin-

So Lee Shin smiled.

The line called a limit, which he couldn't see even if he wanted to usually, was now clearly visible as he faced death.

Thud-

So he could overcome it.

The talent he had from the beginning and the experience Lee Shin had accumulated melted into one.

What he needed now was a skill that could overcome Tarka's overwhelming power.

Lightning and flames were not enough.

With that, he could not reach Tarka's life.

If both were not enough...

'I'll combine the two to complement each other's shortcomings.'

Hwareureureuk---!!!!!

Pajijijijik---!!!!!

A huge flame and lightning rage on Lee Shin's spear, which has escaped the storm.

Seeing that, Lee Shin raised his concentration to the limit.

Flames are rotation, and lightning is a straight line.

He makes the rotation huge and huge, and makes a part of the rotation into a single straight line.

He continuously connects the short, short straight lines to create a huge curve.

The moment the two created the same single shape in their respective ways.

Click-

As if a puzzle were being put together, the two merged into one.

Hwoooong-

The two, which had been fiercely asserting their presence on the spear yet never mixing, mixed into one.

Kiiing-

At that, Lee Shin poured out all the internal energy in his dantian.

Grin-

The sensation of a bomb that was about to explode at any moment on his hand.

At that, Lee Shin, in a blood-soaked state, smiled brightly.

"If you block this, it's your victory."

"You monster."

Tarka let out a hollow laugh and took his stance.

The green sword ki that had been continuously burning on the greatsword gradually reduces its size.

Tarka's muscles, which had been greatly swollen, contract and become smaller.

One blow.

He was going to put his strongest into the blow towards Lee Shin.

At that, Lee Shin smiled and took his stance.

Simply combining flames and lightning was not enough.

He needed a skill that could fully sublimate the power within it.

All the skills in his head melt and create a single form.

The most familiar stance to Lee Shin.

It was a thrust.

He stretches out one foot, twists and condenses the muscles of his entire body to the maximum.

And then he stretches out another foot, relaxes his muscles, puts all his remaining strength into the spear, amplifies it, and stretches it out.

Tarka also released his power and swung his greatsword with all his might.

The two's weapons clashed.

Kugugugugung---!!!!!

A huge sound and a tremendous shockwave swept through the area.

(End of Chapter)