The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 217

VIAAAAA--!!!

BEHAAAA--!!!

The two monsters roared fiercely as they watched Lee Shin fall from the sky.

Their roars were filled with extreme anger towards Lee Shin, who had stolen what was theirs.

At their angry roars, the red forest that had been holding the two began to slowly lose its power and wither.

Merlin and Oz, unable to withstand the roar filled with magic power, had collapsed, and the magic began to unravel.

At that moment, the two noticed that the power of the trees that had been taking their strength had weakened and created magic power.

The red forest that had been enveloping their bodies was cut by the water's sword and torn by the rocks, falling to the ground.

The two, who had regained their freedom, looked at the sky as if they had read each other's minds and used their authority.

Kuuung--!!!

Behemoth stomped the ground hard with its massive legs.

The ground shook, and huge walls and awls soared up one after another.

They piled up and up, and in an instant, they created a huge tower.

Seeing that, Leviathan swung its tail, which had been submerged in the seawater.

Shreureureuk--!!!

A huge water snake that had come out of the split gap spiraled up the tower that Behemoth had made.

Its speed was so fast that it looked as if a stone serpent and a snake made of black seawater were ascending to heaven side by side.

Their purpose was clear.

It was only the magic stone of Ziz held in Lee Shin's hand.

'It'll be a hindrance if I keep holding it, so I should put this in my inventory for now.'

Seeing that, Lee Shin put Ziz's magic stone into his inventory as if mocking them.

Hilkkeum-

Lee Shin rolled his eyes lightly while holding [Yagong] in his hand.

The three mages seemed to have fainted from the side effects of using magic to their limit.

The other five seemed to be conscious, but they were literally lying on the floor, barely gasping for breath.

It wasn't that he was blaming them for being incompetent.

On the contrary, Lee Shin's eyes had sparkled when he saw their appearance while flying through the sky with Raven's help.

Because the way they had scraped together everything they had in a crisis and surpassed their limits was more than what Lee Shin had expected.

Grin-

"Since I got to see something fun thanks to you, it's only polite that I show you something without holding back, right?"

Lee Shin, who had muttered that with a wide smile, stomped his foot hard.

Lee Shin's legs stepped on the clouds, adding more speed to his falling body.

Feeling his body accelerating more and more, Lee Shin added strength to the hand holding the spear with his sharply opened eyes.

Before he knew it, the two snakes had come right in front of Lee Shin, opened their large mouths, and were trying to swallow him whole.

-Flame Lightning Tree Spear Art

-Lightning

-Seven Hundred Branches.

Seeing that, Lee Shin swung his golden spear.

The lightning streaks that were shining on the swung spearhead tore through the air.

Kwaddeudeuk--!

It splits the heads of the giant rock snake and the poisonous sea snake in half.

'He's gotten stronger. It's only natural since he must have been treated by those two after a fierce battle, but… what is this feeling?'

Yeonhwa, who had seen Lee Shin's blow from afar while lying down, narrowed his eyes slightly.

If he were in perfect condition, he could do that much as well.

But Yeonhwa's martial talent screamed that there was something different about Lee Shin's spear.

Yeonhwa's eyes naturally narrowed.

He didn't know the reason, but he felt that it was insufficient to simply describe Lee Shin's attack a moment ago as 'cutting'.

What was contained in the swung spear was different.

Lee Shin, who had neutralized the two's attacks with a single swing of his spear, continued to step on the clouds and accelerate his body.

Lee Shin's surroundings were filled with red clouds, and they gave him strength.

VIAAAAAA--!

Seeing Lee Shin, Leviathan swung its tail, clad in black seawater, and struck him.

In front of the huge tail clad in a deadly poison that would rot the flesh if it touched even a little, Lee Shin smiled and swung his spear.

And Yeonhwa, seeing Lee Shin's single move, realized what he had felt a sense of unease from.

Lee Shin was not performing a martial art right now.

He was just swinging his weapon and using his martial art according to his instinct for slaughter, just as a beast hunts.

Until now, the Lee Shin in Yeonhwa's mind was a being with a martial talent comparable to his own, no, in some ways, even superior.

But at this moment, Yeonhwa realized.

That for Lee Shin, the talent for martial arts was just a side branch to another talent.

Seogeok-

Lee Shin's true talent was in killing something.

Yeonhwa, seeing Lee Shin smile as if he were truly enjoying himself as he cut off Leviathan's tail, muttered to himself without realizing it.

"Heavenly Killing Star… is that what it is?"

A being who carries both the blessing and the curse of the heavens and is destined to take lives.

The moment that thought reached him, Yeonhwa understood why his past self had shown such caution and interest towards Lee Shin.

Yeonhwa opened his blurry eyes wide and tried to capture the image of Lee Shin reflected in them.

At first, he was clearly ahead.

But now, Lee Shin was ahead of him.

So this time, it was his turn to devour Lee Shin.

Yeonhwa opened his eyes wide to eat and eat, make it his own, and grow faster to land another blow on Lee Shin.

Lee Shin, while exploding the deadly poison, cut off its tail and got on top of Leviathan's body.

Pajijik--

The Lightning Wood Immortal Step unfolded on top of Leviathan, and Lee Shin's figure moved like lightning.

Simultaneously with kicking the scales with his legs, Lee Shin swung his spear and split the gap between the scales on the floor.

As the scales were peeled off and the flesh was split, Leviathan, in pain from the wound being seared by lightning, caused a tidal wave and struggled violently, trying to shake Lee Shin off.

But Lee Shin, in a truly critical moment, escaped into the air and continued to avoid Leviathan's attacks by stepping on the clouds.

At the pain that made his brain tingle, Leviathan's remaining eye flashed and it looked at Lee Shin.

It was Lee Shin who had taken the magic stone, and it was Lee Shin who was giving him this pain.

Although Lee Shin didn't have the magic stone in his hand right now, Leviathan, who saw that, guessed that Lee Shin had hidden the magic stone somewhere on his body.

Therefore, Leviathan tried to achieve two goals at the same time by biting and swallowing Lee Shin whole.

Kkuguguk-

Its whole body's muscles were tightly condensed like a spring before jumping, and then it was shot at Lee Shin, who was stepping on the clouds, as if it were bouncing.

A huge mouth filled with thousands of sharp teeth that could easily tear a human body opened, aiming for Lee Shin.

Looking at that transcendent sight, Lee Shin, instead of retreating, smiled brightly, truly happy that the line of death had come before him.

Because it was a chance to make the experience he had had in the angel's cocoon his own.

Hwooo-

He exhales as if letting out the air in his lungs, lowers the corners of his mouth that had been raised, and slightly relaxes the strength in his eyes.

In that state, his pupils look at the target accurately.

Lee Shin, in that state, held [Yagong] and recalled the memory from a little while ago.

He recalls the moment he had plunged his spear into the neck of the killing intent that had been rampaging after receiving power from an unknown being.

Seuk-

Slowly, the sensation of that time revives, and his body moves.

The killing intent, which had been subdued but not completely made his own from the previous battle, slowly raises its body.

Lee Shin fully accepts that killing intent and stares at the target, Leviathan's neck.

Killing intent is, after all, a strong will to kill something.

Therefore, Lee Shin wished in his heart.

Kill.

Purely, only that one thing.

He swung the spear, imbuing it with that will.

Woong-

Simultaneously, the internal energy that had been crouching in his dantian began to move.

It wasn't that the internal energy was moving at Lee Shin's command.

The internal energy that had been sleeping in his dantian had naturally raised its body in response to the huge will.

The two strands of materialized internal energy wrapped around the spear.

The internal energy that had been wrapping around the spear gathered at the spearhead, and then it shone brightly at one end of the spearhead.

Seueueu-

From there, two strands of thread are created.

The two strands of thread twisted around each other, became one strand, and complemented each other's lacking parts.

As the spear was swung, a single strand of thread swayed.

The thread of internal energy, with two colors each, swayed gracefully in the air.

Why was it?

As if someone had forcibly taken its gaze, Leviathan's angry pupils moved, following the red thread among the two.

Therefore, Leviathan could see clearly.

The sight of the two strands of thread that had extended from the tip of the spear getting caught on its neck, and the sight of the thread of internal energy that was caught on its neck digging into its neck.

Normally, it would have been impossible for Lee Shin's strength to cut Leviathan's neck in one go.

That was impossible even now, after his level had risen and he had received power from an unknown being.

But at this moment, for a time close to an instant, it was possible.

If he used all his strength to endure for a moment and used the force generated by Leviathan rushing at him with all its might to his advantage.

Seogeok-

Even with Lee Shin's strength, he could cut off Leviathan's neck.

Simultaneously with Lee Shin cutting its neck, Leviathan's neck fell to the ground, and Leviathan's body, which had been stretching to the sky, slowly tilted.

For Behemoth, that was a great opportunity.

The opportunity to eat Leviathan's body, recover its stamina, and fight again.

But Behemoth, instead of approaching Leviathan, retreated backwards.

"Irin, take out Leviathan's magic stone."

"Okay."

It had felt fear.

From Lee Shin, who had taken Ziz's heart and cut off Leviathan's neck.

"But oppa, are your arms okay?"

Irin asked, handing over Leviathan's magic stone, which she had collected with her shadow.

Lee Shin's whole body was slightly twisted from the shock of taking Leviathan's immense power all at once, and both his arms were completely crushed, to the point where it was difficult to even recover them with [Regeneration].

"Somehow."

"…Wait a moment."

Irin, who had said that, placed her hands on Lee Shin's arms.

Then, the shadow that had come out of Irin's hands set Lee Shin's bones and then wrapped his arms like a bandage.

Lee Shin thought about whether to stop her or not, but since it seemed she wouldn't listen even if he did, he just left her alone and looked at Behemoth.

If we're just talking about compatibility, Behemoth was a creature that was at the extreme opposite of Lee Shin.

Grin-

But Lee Shin didn't particularly care.

Because right now, Lee Shin's head was full of heat.

BEHAAAAA--!!!

Behemoth, as if in a desperate struggle, slammed its huge nose hard at the spot where Lee Shin was.

In response, Lee Shin swung his spear, which was imbued with two colors.

As a result, a huge cloud of sand arose where Lee Shin had been, as if a meteorite had fallen.

"Hey, you elephant bastard. My younger sister ate dust because of you."

Behemoth's proud nose was half-cut and was pouring out blood.

BEHAAAAA--!!!

Behemoth's scream rang out.

At that, Lee Shin laughed out loud as he looked at Behemoth.

Was it because of the effect of the skill that had changed from [Ghost] to [Killing Ghost]?

Lee Shin now felt that the skill was not only draining Behemoth's strength, but that the drained strength was being transferred to him.

"I think I can enjoy this much more than I thought!"

Lee Shin said that, concentrated [Regeneration], held the spear with his right arm, which was about half-healed, got on top of Behemoth's body, and swung his spear.

His arm screamed, but he ignored it and continued to move.

The current Lee Shin literally had to become a killing ghost.

A killing ghost that doesn't know pain and doesn't know fear.

Because that was the only way he could seize this opportunity.

Behemoth resisted fiercely, as if it had no intention of being beaten quietly.

Hundreds of huge rocks are poured out from the ground, aiming for Lee Shin.

Lee Shin dodged all of them, but an anomaly occurred there.

The huge rocks, which would have been aimed at Lee Shin, changed their shape as soon as they touched Behemoth and spread wide.

On top of Behemoth's skin, a tough armor of rock is created.

Of course, the other two could also do something like wrapping their bodies with the power of the attribute they controlled.

But due to the nature of wind and water, if they didn't concentrate their power, it would continue to scatter, so the consumption of magic power was severe, and it was impossible to continuously cover their huge bodies.

But Behemoth was different.

Just as a little bit of soil gathers to become a stone, and a stone becomes a rock, and a rock becomes a mountain, the rocks piled up on Behemoth's body and showed no sign of falling.

It was an armor that protected Behemoth and at the same time an awl that was aimed at Lee Shin.

BEHAAAAAAA--!!!

What Behemoth had chosen was a head-on battle where they would clash their powers.

"Hoo, how should I kill this one?"

And Lee Shin gladly accepted Behemoth's challenge.

(End of Chapter)