The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 121

If I were to see Santa on Christmas, it would surely feel like this.

Lee Shin thought to himself and placed a hand on his chest.

His brain, stimulated by the sight unfolding before his eyes, showed movement and speed incomparable to usual, like a sports car with the accelerator pressed down.

His heart beat loudly, spreading blood heated with excitement throughout his entire body.

The internal energy in his dantian stirred, and his sharpened senses stretched out as if to pierce through space.

Even with his eyes closed, he could feel it clearly.

Cheolkeok- Cheolkeok- Cheolkeok-

That a number of gun muzzles, easily exceeding ten thousand, were aimed at him.

He could hear the noisy chatter of the [Dawn] guild members surrounding him, but it was only grating, so he just ignored it.

He just thought that if they had the energy to shout like that, he wished they would use it to move their fingers.

What he wanted was to eat [Dawn] at the perfectly cooked moment.

Wasn't that why he had tried so hard and endured, breaking only floors and walls and not causing any casualties, until everyone in the guild house had arrived?

This was the moment he had endured and endured for.

Was that why?

Seeing them gathered before him like this, it was slowly becoming hard to bear.

So Lee Shin expressed his feelings with a light gesture.

Kkattak- Kkattak-

A gesture that meant 'stop the nonsense and hurry up and come at me.'

"Th-that bastard!"

"How dare he provoke us in this situation?!"

"The order to kill has already been given! Just kill him!!!"

At that, the [Dawn] guild members became enraged and pulled the triggers they had hooked on their fingertips.

Tadadadadang-!!!

A baptism of bullets pouring down from everywhere except the floor.

A number of bullets so great that it filled the entire space they were in came at him like a storm.

The pinnacle of violence created by human technology.

Grin-

Facing it, Lee Shin smiled brightly.

Lee Shin's eyes, curved like a crescent moon, shone sharply with different colors, and at the same time, his hand moved, and the spear shook as if in full bloom.

-Flame Lightning Tree God Spear

-Flame

-Three Hundred Leaves

Red leaves spread out along the trajectory of the spear's movement and collided with the bullets.

The bullets that collided with the leaves mixed with materialized ki were tilted askew, deviating from their original trajectory and colliding with other bullets.

Kkang- Kkang- Kkang- Kkang- Kkang-

Like dominoes falling, the 300 bullets with twisted trajectories knocked away other bullets one by one, creating a gap.

But the gap was quickly filled.

Three hundred bullets had been twisted, and a thousand bullets had moved, but those were merely the outermost shell.

Behind them, nearly 9,000 bullets were pouring in every moment.

'Even though I mixed in spear ki, the [Leaves] can only do so much as to twist the trajectory. In that case…'

Pajijik-!

The flames that had been burning at the tip of the spear died down, and a golden lightning revealed itself.

-Flame Lightning Tree God Spear

-Lightning

-Three Hundred Branches

Fixing his left leg as an axis, he kicked the ground hard with his opposite foot.

He spun like a top and extended his spear.

Pajijijik-

The target was the bullet at the very front.

Lee Shin's spear, wrapped in lightning mixed with spear ki, bent and bent, cleanly splitting about 10 bullets in its path in half.

It wasn't particularly surprising.

Although their bullets were strong enough to easily pierce through a decent steel plate, Lee Shin could originally swat away bullets of that level with his bare hands.

On top of that, he had now activated [Frenzy] to enhance his physical abilities and [Mad Dragon] to enhance his sensory perception as well.

A mind that could sense and accept everything happening around him, and a body that could react instantly to such a mind.

It gave Lee Shin the leisure to look at the scene before him and think.

'This won't work.'

Thanks to that, Lee Shin was able to assess himself.

If he continued as he was, he wouldn't be able to overcome the storm of bullets, and the bullets that followed would pierce his body.

Even now, the [Dawn] guys were stubbornly firing their guns, as if they had no intention of letting go of the opportunity they had seized.

This was different from the fights he usually had.

It wasn't a contest of who could break the enemy first.

Kaaaang-

It was a fight to see how long he could last.

As he clearly recognized that once again, some of the strength naturally left the hand holding the spear, and his posture became more concise.

So that he could extend his spear faster and more accurately towards the newly changed target.

Pajik-

The spear, which had returned to Lee Shin's grasp at some point, extended once more.

There was no brilliant radiance created by dozens of lightning bolts intertwining.

The spear contained only a single bolt of lightning.

But this was enough.

The trajectory of the spear, which had been extending in a straight line, suddenly bent.

At that, a hole was created in the rain of bullets that had been filling the air, as if sweeping the ground with a broom.

This is it.

Lee Shin raised the corners of his mouth at the feeling of certainty he had now, and once again, he thrust his spear faster than before.

The spear, containing only a single strand of lightning, continuously extends, bends, and bends again, pushing away the bullets.

In the short time of about 5 seconds, Lee Shin's body rotated once.

Retrieving the spear that had been extended nearly three hundred times in succession during that short time, Lee Shin waits for the result he created with a curious face.

The wall of bullets, which had shown no gaps, attacks Lee Shin with holes punched through it.

Psst-

But the bullets only grazed him and did not inflict any damage on Lee Shin.

"Hm?"

In the midst of that, Lee Shin felt a few bullets strike his body, but there was no particular impact.

By Lee Shin's standards, it was a wound that might as well not exist, and even that was immediately healed by [Regeneration].

But Lee Shin raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

He had only expected the bullets to graze his body at best, but it seemed a few had slipped past his expectations.

Something was lacking, or he had made a mistake.

He liked that confusion.

There was no fun in walking a path where the outcome was clear and did not deviate from expectations.

Could he succeed next time?

He wanted to challenge it again.

Reacting to Lee Shin's heart, the internal energy in his dantian naturally moved, and the spear rose.

In the same spot as before, with an indelible smile on his lips, he waits for the next attack.

He had no intention of dodging.

It was safe to say that Lee Shin had come all the way to Japan to enjoy this thrilling game.

"Damn it, what is that monster!"

"Again, shoot again!"

Tudadadada-!!!

Facing the endless shower of bullets, he swings his spear without rest.

And at the same time, he pondered how he could overcome this situation.

The flame has a wide area, but it lacks power and disappears quickly after deflecting a single bullet.

The lightning has the power to knock away many bullets, but its area is narrow, making it difficult to wage a defensive battle against bullets pouring in from all sides like now.

So what would be the best way?

The answer is simple.

If using each of the two separately is not enough, then he just needs to use both of them.

Hoo-eup-

He recalls the time he fought with Tarka.

He already knows the direction.

And now, he also had a way to supplement the incomplete parts of that time.

A new environment.

A new experience.

A new stimulus.

All of that mixed with Lee Shin's talent and poured out numerous inspirations.

A child becomes an adult by gaining experience.

For a tree to grow, it needs soil full of nutrients, where a corpse is buried.

In Lee Shin's mind as he swung his spear, the blurry images began to be engraved more and more clearly.

And so, one minute passed.

The steel shower still pours down without cease.

Lee Shin faced it with hazy eyes and thought.

That the sight of the steel shower, glittering and continuously pouring down, was fascinating.

And he thought again.

Seuk-

Then the sight of it breaking would surely be fascinating as well.

Lee Shin looked at the shower and swung his spear.

Dugeun-!

His heart beat loudly.

Many enemies and a disadvantageous situation.

'The feeling of breaking the confidence they have because they are many, all by myself in a disadvantageous situation, will surely be thrilling.'

As if waiting for such a silly thought, the internal energy in his dantian moves and answers.

Lee Shin's spear is dyed with flame and lightning.

What had vaguely appeared in the battle with Tarka before sublimates into a complete technique and reveals itself at the tip of the spear.

-Flame Lightning Tree God Spear

-Flame Lightning

-Manifestation

Kuoooo-

A tree of lightning that scatters flames reveals itself and swallows the downpour of steel.

Watching that scene, Lee Shin smiled.

And the [Dawn] guild members, without realizing it, stopped pulling their triggers and took a step back.

They felt it.

That with the weapons now held in their hands, they could not face the enemy before them.

'Now they're useless.'

Looking at them, Lee Shin stomped his foot hard.

Kwadeudeudeuk-

"Ugh! What is this!"

"What, what is it! The floor!"

"Be careful!"

Jjeojeojeok-

From the spot where Lee Shin stomped, spiderweb-like cracks spread, and even the ceiling above began to crack.

"Now, shall we start for real."

Sneering at the [Dawn] guild members who were flustered and didn't know what to do, Lee Shin took out a pouch from his inventory.

The reason Lee Shin had thrown spears in the basement was not simply to gather the [Dawn] guild members to where he was.

Another purpose.

It also served as preliminary work for destroying the building.

"From now on, you'll have to dodge well."

Lee Shin smiled wickedly with Joker's special explosive orbs, whose performance had become even more monstrous, in his hand.

The [Dawn] guild members, realizing that Lee Shin was about to do something, tried to move hastily, but it was too late.

Kwagwagwagwang--!!!

The pillars supporting the weight of the basement broke, and the ceiling began to crack in earnest.

Watching the humans in disarray amidst the collapsing debris, Lee Shin recalled the memory of fighting the Jewel Spider and kicked off the ground to go up.

"Hm?"

While going up like that, Lee Shin felt something catch his senses and turned his head.

"The guild house is collapsing! Hurry and escape!!!"

"Damn it! What is this sudden disaster!"

In the midst of the collapsing debris, a few people were momentarily escaping somewhere.

Judging by their attire, they seemed to be researchers.

'It seems only the combatants came down to catch me. Well, there would have been no reason to give guns to the researchers too. By the way…'

Lee Shin smiled with interest as he recalled what he had seen just now.

"Where are those guys going, and what are they taking?"

The corners of the muttering Lee Shin's mouth had risen at some point.

He thought again.

He was glad he came to Japan.

For so many interesting things to be happening.

Lee Shin praised himself for having accepted Cheon Yuhwa's proposal in the past and kicked hard off the falling pile of debris.

Lee Shin's steps naturally moved not towards the escape route he had originally planned, but towards the door through which the figures who looked like researchers had just exited.

'Well, I have more time than I thought, so it should be fine to be a little late. I know the meeting place well.'

And so, Lee Shin, who had stepped on and kicked away the debris, easily arrived at the door and moved quickly to catch up with the researchers.

And on that day, Japan's mouth fell open in shock at the news that the Tokyo Dome, one of their proud architectural structures, had collapsed, and they were once again astonished by the existence of the suspicious facility that was revealed beneath it.

And so, that day became a memorial day when a dream a person had cherished since childhood came true, and a memorial day when countless Japanese citizens lost their trust in the government.