The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 79

Crack-

Craaack-

A heavy sound, like a hard stone cracking from the inside.

Along with that sound, an unpleasant sound, like scraping iron against iron, clearly pierced the ears of the two.

And the two could easily figure out the identity of these two sounds.

Because the answer was right in front of them.

The white cocoon at the end of the square, filled with wriggling spiders.

The cocoon was trembling as it slowly cracked, and from the cracks, blood-red eyes were burning like flames.

"Wow~ It seems to be very angry. By the way, the sound of it grinding its teeth is unpleasant."

"Well, it's natural for it to be angry. It seems that thing is the mother of the guys here, and you killed them all. In front of the mother, hundreds of her children, not me, but you."

Baek Hyun-woo, who was barely standing, looked at Lee Shin blankly, dumbfounded by his words.

"If you say it like that, does that mean the thing inside that cocoon will only kill me and spare you, hyung?"

"No, I just thought I wouldn't be able to say it if it wasn't for a timing like this."

Baek Hyun-woo let out a soft sigh, looking at Lee Shin who was smiling broadly as if he were genuinely enjoying himself.

"I may have gotten rid of a few hundred, but there are still close to a thousand left. They haven't come to their senses yet because of my attack, but if we don't move quickly, we'll soon be spider food together."

"That would be a bit troublesome."

"Then show me something quickly."

Baek Hyun-woo said, and sat down on the spot as if to say, 'let's see what you've got'.

"Yeah, yeah. I wanted to enjoy the afterglow a little, but it seems we're really out of time, so let's get moving. Ah, right, right."

Kugugugung--

Lee Shin, while sticking the pile of steel pipes he had brought in his inventory into the ground, looked at Baek Hyun-woo.

"The thing I'm about to do is also an indiscriminate technique that doesn't distinguish between friend and foe, just like what you did a moment ago, so try to survive on your own, okay?"

"...Hyung, are you perhaps sulking about what happened a moment ago?"

"Huh? What did you say?"

At Baek Hyun-woo's slightly awkward words, Lee Shin smiled lightly and cheerfully and said.

Pajijijijik---!!!!!

"Because you shouted so loudly a moment ago, my ears are a little numb, so I can't hear well."

Baek Hyun-woo, looking at the golden lightning that was raging more fiercely than ever, as if it were representing Lee Shin's heart, recalled what Cheon Yuhwa had said before.

'And that guy is surprisingly petty, so if there's something he doesn't like, he'll remember it and try to get revenge someday, so be careful.'

"I should have listened to Alice-noona."

Baek Hyun-woo said, but he looked at Lee Shin with sparkling eyes.

His eyes, looking at Lee Shin, were filled with clear expectation.

***

Baek Hyun-woo had killed hundreds of steel spiders with a single technique he had put all his strength into, and had put nearly a thousand steel spiders into a near-death state.

But that was only possible thanks to the characteristics of his aura, the power of his unique grade item, and the enclosed environment of the cave.

Lee Shin's current level was only that of a LV.2 second-rate martial artist. Although he had heard from Cheon Yuhwa that he could faintly imbue his weapon with ki, it was impossible for him to deliver a blow that would turn the situation around like Baek Hyun-woo had.

What was needed now was a technique that could attack as many as possible at once.

Normally, it would be impossible for a second-rate martial artist who could only strengthen his body through internal energy, but Baek Hyun-woo looked at Lee Shin with interested eyes.

Because he thought that if it was Lee Shin, he would show something.

"Hoo..."

Lee Shin lightly composed his breathing and focused the [Lightning] on one point.

'Legs, no, feet? But why is he focusing on his feet instead of his hands? Wasn't he going to throw the steel pipes next to him?'

As Baek Hyun-woo was looking at Lee Shin with a curious expression.

Hwiik-

Lee Shin pulled out all the steel pipes that were stuck next to him and threw them into the air.

The dozens of steel pipes spun in the air without hitting each other and slowly fell down.

Lee Shin, who was watching that from below, smiled with a pounding heart, exploded the lightning he had gathered in his legs, and swung his leg.

Pajijijik--!!!

An application of the Thunder Wood Line Step using instantaneous acceleration.

The top of Lee Shin's foot accurately kicked the end of the steel pipe that was spinning and falling, and with that impact, the steel pipe flew towards the ceiling like a missile.

But there was no time to catch his breath.

Lee Shin continued to kick the steel pipes falling from the sky and sent them flying towards the ceiling.

They were the weakest parts of the ceiling that he had examined.

"The ceiling!"

Baek Hyun-woo, who had finally figured out Lee Shin's aim, let out a small exclamation.

'I see! The reason he gathered his internal energy in his feet instead of his hands was because it was difficult to shoot the pipes strongly and continuously with his hands. Because he had to continuously impact the weak spots to make the ceiling collapse.'

But at the same time as he understood Lee Shin's thoughts, disappointment was cast in Baek Hyun-woo's eyes.

"But there's no way he can make the ceiling collapse just by impacting it with a steel pipe..."

After they had first discovered the cave, they had spun around here and there, but they had walked quite deep.

The walls here were reinforced with several layers of spiderwebs.

It was difficult to break it with a mediocre impact.

Pahang-!

"In other words, if it's not a mediocre impact, it can be broken."

Lee Shin, who had kicked the last pipe, muttered as he landed on the ground.

Kukwagwagwang-!

At that moment, the steel pipe that Lee Shin had first sent flying dug into the ceiling and exploded, and Baek Hyun-woo looked at him with a flustered expression.

Lee Shin smiled broadly and said.

"I happened to have a bead that fit perfectly into the hole of the steel pipe."

He applied the enlightenment he had gained from cutting down the trees to identify the weak points of the ceiling and attacked them.

But Lee Shin also knew well that simply sending a steel pipe was not enough.

So he had put the explosive beads he had received from Joker inside the steel pipes in advance.

The moment the steel pipe dug into the ceiling, the explosive bead would burst from the impact and make the ceiling collapse.

That was his plan.

"Well, in the end, I also relied on tools, but I didn't use a unique grade item like you."

"Haha... Ahaha!!!"

At Lee Shin's words, Baek Hyun-woo laughed out loud in disbelief.

He had thrown nearly thirty steel pipes into the air at the same time, and had accurately kicked each of the falling steel pipes to stick them into the ceiling, which was easily over 10 stories high.

Moreover, if he had put an explosive device inside the steel pipes, a mishap where an explosion occurred in close proximity to him could have happened.

To say such a thing after having the power and talent to draw out what he thought in his head, and the guts to believe in himself.

He couldn't help but laugh.

"Haa, I'm really your fan, hyung."

Baek Hyun-woo, composing his rough breathing from laughing, said to him, and he looked at Baek Hyun-woo as if to say, 'what a strange guy'.

Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang--!!! Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang--!!! Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang--!!! Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang--!!! Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang--!!!

"...But how do we escape from here? If we stay like this, we'll be crushed to death along with the spiders here."

Lee Shin, looking at Baek Hyun-woo whose face had strangely hardened from a strange sense of anxiety at the continuous explosions, smiled playfully.

"I told you. It's a technique that can't distinguish between friend and foe, just like what you did."

"Are you serious?!"

Lee Shin slung Baek Hyun-woo's body, which was about to go berserk, over his shoulder like a sack of rice.

Since he was not in a state to resist, Baek Hyun-woo had no choice but to obediently allow his body to be taken by him.

"Well, don't worry. I've thought of a way to escape."

"Oh, that's a relief. I also believed that you wouldn't be that reckless, hyung. So where is that escape route?"

Baek Hyun-woo smiled in relief, and Lee Shin also smiled kindly and pointed his finger at the place where the escape route was.

"Up there."

"...Yes?"

"If we step on the falling rocks and keep going up, we'll be able to break through the ceiling and go up to the ground. Even if that's not the case, at least the risk of being crushed to death like a bug here will disappear."

"...I should have listened to Alice-noona and avoided this hyung as soon as I saw him."

Baek Hyun-woo deeply regretted, but regret is always late.

Lee Shin looked at Baek Hyun-woo with the smile of a devil like an angel.

"Don't worry. I once saw a scene in a movie where they escaped from a collapsing underground ruin, and it was impressive. So I can probably do it."

"...Just in case, I'm asking, but you didn't do this because you wanted to try the scene you saw in the movie back then, did you?"

Baek Hyun-woo, who had come to roughly guess about Lee Shin in a short time, asked with a feeling of 'just in case'.

"Huh? Did I get caught?"

Lee Shin smiled broadly and said 'of course'.

"Haa~"

At that moment, Baek Hyun-woo couldn't hold back his sigh and gave up resisting, and Lee Shin, satisfied that Baek Hyun-woo had relaxed his whole body to make it easier to carry, put him down on the spot for a moment.

"Then, prepare your mind. I'll just say goodbye before it collapses properly."

Baek Hyun-woo shook his head as if to say 'do whatever you want', and Lee Shin took a small deep breath and activated [Madness].

At the same time, he changed all the internal energy in his dantian to [Lightning] and wrapped it around his spear.

10.

20.

30.

Thirty streaks of lightning were intertwined on the steel pipe he was holding, creating a brilliant radiance.

40.

He had reached the limit he could create on his own.

Kkyuuuuut--!!!

At that moment, Irhegue stood up from his seat, roared long, and added his strength to him.

Then, a new branch was created and began to intertwine with what he had created.

50.

The strongest blow that the current him could create, created by mobilizing all his capabilities.

"Oh..."

Even Baek Hyun-woo, who was next to him, was unconsciously impressed. The technique he was showing now was that powerful and had the power to captivate one's eyes.

Grin-

'With this, I should be able to see what color that guy's blood is.'

Kyuuu-

Lee Shin, satisfied with the finished product in his hand, took a javelin-throwing stance.

He extended the hand holding the spear back, connected the muscles of his whole body, and then twisted them into one.

Pajijijijijik--!!!!!

Like a wolf on a leash thrashing violently to break the leash, the steel pipe held in his hand shook violently as if it wanted to jump out at any moment and let out a thunderous roar.

It was a force that made his hand holding the steel pipe tremble and the skin tissue burn and fall off.

But even in a situation where his arm was being roasted in real time, he just looked at the crack in the cocoon with his eyes curved in amusement and finished aiming.

Was it just his imagination?

It seemed as if a red light was slightly shaking between the cracks.

Therefore, he smiled slightly and opened his mouth, playfully putting his wish into it.

"You must survive and come up to the top."

-Flame Lightning Divine Spear

-Lightning

-50 Branches.

Pajujujujuj--!!!!!

It was literally a small thunderbolt.

The thunderbolt he threw accurately dug into the crack of the cocoon.

Kkyagyagyagyagyak---!!!

It reached the boss monster that was inside the cocoon.

'That's why Alice-noona said that his personality aside, his skills were good.'

The boss monster inside the cocoon let out a scream filled with the pain and anger of its wound.

Lee Shin, hearing the roar full of killing intent, slung Baek Hyun-woo, whom he had put down on the ground, over his shoulder again.

Jjeojeojeojeok--!!!

At that moment, the ceiling began to collapse in earnest.

Seeing that, Baek Hyun-woo let out a small sigh.

"Haa, if it was going to be like this, what's the difference from attacking the cocoon when we first saw it."

"There's a huge difference."

Lee Shin said playfully with a smiling face.

"It's more fun for the one doing it, and more annoying for the one receiving it, to flick them off while looking them straight in the eye, isn't it?"

Baek Hyun-woo looked at him as if he had lost his words, and he, as if he had nothing more to say, kicked off the ground and got on top of the falling rocks, going up.

'I'll go first, so come out quickly.'

Leaving a short farewell to the boss monster.

(End of Chapter)