novelraw Chapter 86
Chapter 86
After popping the Jewel Spider's brain and sending it on a vacation to heaven, and driving out the poison that had spread through his body, Lee Shin slowly recovered.
While doing so, Lee Shin rolled his eyes to check the various changes that had occurred as his level had risen.
First, as he reached LV.3, both his stats and skills had grown by one level.
As he was checking his stats and skills, one skill caught his eye.
[Mad Dragon]
-Unique (Growth Type)
-You have created a new form of mental life form by combining your self-divided ego and skills. This shares a part of your ego and at the same time has its own perfect personality. This mental life form will now grow by accumulating experience with you.
After checking the general information about the skill, Lee Shin ate the snack next to him and thought to himself.
'I want to test the performance of the skill a little... When I arrive, I should provoke Yeonhwa and ask him to fight. He'll be annoyed with me because of the factory incident, so if I scratch him a little, he'll easily come over.'
Thus, after arriving at the [Wonderland] guild master's office, Lee Shin challenged Yeonhwa to a fight.
"Hmm, is this what it feels like?"
Now, he was experimenting with [Mad Dragon], which was his original purpose.
[Mad Dragon] was a skill with two states, a passive state and an active state.
Normally, in passive mode, Irhegue would stay still and assist with Lee Shin's mental tasks.
And now was the state where [Mad Dragon] was switched to active mode.
Lee Shin lightly blinked his eyes to check the state of his changed eyes and moved his body to check his physical condition as well.
'Hmm, so this is what it feels like to be one with Irhegue. I imagined a draconian-like appearance, but it doesn't seem to go that far.'
On the physical side, the density of his muscles had increased, and at the same time, his teeth and nails had become sharper.
'It feels more like my body has become like a beast's rather than my strength has gotten stronger.'
But the biggest change was none other than both eyes.
He could feel that his overall vision had improved.
But the sensation Lee Shin was feeling now was not enough to be summed up by just saying his vision had improved.
It seemed more accurate to say that he could now use his eyes at will, like his hands or legs.
'It's a strange feeling.'
It was as if various modes, like a camera, had been created in both eyes.
Not only could he widen or narrow his field of vision as he wished, but it seemed possible to raise his kinetic vision to the limit if he put his mind to it.
As Lee Shin was adapting to his new toy by closing and opening his eyes a few times.
Hwioo-
[Madness] was activated, strengthening his body and at the same time wrapping him in its unique aura.
'Hmm, it seems the skill name wasn't [Mad Dragon] for nothing. Even if I activate [Madness], I can last much longer with this body. The maximum and minimum output of [Madness] also seem to have increased.'
As if he had become a different person from a moment ago, his whole body was overflowing with power.
But the biggest change was not on the physical side, but on the mental side.
Hwoong-
Lee Shin lightly swung his spear in the air for a moment.
It was different.
Even though it was just swinging the spear from top to bottom, the sensation he felt was completely different from beginning to end.
No, to be precise, the sensation was the same.
It was just that the amount of information he was receiving with his whole heart had increased overwhelmingly.
'Compared to my normal state, the speed of receiving and processing information has become incomparably faster. Even in the simple motion of swinging a spear, so much information comes in.'
There were still many things he didn't know.
"Well, I asked to fight to find out various things in the first place, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
"I don't know what nonsense you're talking about, but I'll admit that you've become more annoying than before."
"Even if you praise me like that, I don't have much to say."
Tsk-
Yeonhwa clicked his tongue in annoyance, but he calmly observed Lee Shin's appearance with both eyes.
'Is it a physical enhancement that wraps around that strange aura he usually has, with physical transformation added? No, looking at that guy's expression, it seems there's something else. By the way...'
When Lee Shin activated [Madness], ordinary people would feel an unknown fear and mental pressure.
But people like Yeonhwa, who were used to the aura that Lee Shin emitted or had strong mental strength, were able to resist the aura flowing from him.
But now, that was not working well.
Yeonhwa, feeling a slight goosebumps on his skin and his whole body stiffening with a subtle tension, smiled faintly.
The fact that he was nervous, that itself felt fresh.
"When you got cut like that a moment ago and got up as if nothing had happened, I vaguely thought you weren't human, but now you really don't look human."
"Really? Isn't it kind of cool?"
Lee Shin muttered lightly and gripped the spear with both hands, pouring his internal energy into it.
Hwareureuk--!!!
Pajijik--!!!
From the part held by his left hand, [Flames] flowed out and covered the spear blade, and from the part held by his right hand, [Lightning] flowed out and covered the spear shaft.
Lee Shin smiled lightly, seeing the appearance that was as if a weapon from mythology had appeared in reality.
'Hmm, so this is what it feels like to create [Flames] and [Lightning] at the same time? But what was originally difficult is now possible with ease in this state. Is it because my head is spinning faster?'
Hwoooong-
Lee Shin swung the spear, which was wrapped in flames and lightning, in a circle as if drawing a circle in the air.
Hwareuk-
Then, red leaves spread out from the center of where Lee Shin had spun his spear in the air, decorating the air.
Kung-!
As he struck the ground hard with the tip of the swinging spear.
Pajijijik-
As if a hole had been made in a cloud that had gathered lightning, numerous lightnings shot out from the ground, intertwined into one, and then spread out in all directions at the end.
Flame Lightning Tree.
The symbol of his martial arts appeared in the world for a brief moment.
"Haha..."
Kim Jae-hyun, who saw that, was astonished and his mouth fell open.
"What kind of internal energy control is that... no, more than that, is that even possible for a human?"
Although Kim Jae-hyun had not learned martial arts, he had some basic knowledge.
If one contained a specific something of nature within their martial arts and that internal energy was pure, flames could flow out or lightning could shoot out, just as Lee Shin had done.
Because it was a kind of trace.
Lee Shin's [Leaves] and [Branches] were to mix spear ki with such flames and lightning and turn each of them into a spear.
But this scale was clearly beyond the scope of common sense.
To think that he could create a tree of a similar size to a person by controlling his internal energy to create flames and lightning was something Kim Jae-hyun had never even heard of.
"Hmm, I think I've got the hang of it now."
But Lee Shin, the one who had created that miracle, just showed a small smile while looking at the result next to him.
"Now, then..."
Hwoooong-
Lee Shin declared, pointing his spear at Yeonhwa.
"Shall we start again? From now on, I'll dismantle your martial arts from beginning to end, so be prepared and come at me."
Chuckle-
"If you can, then try it."
Yeonhwa answered Lee Shin's declaration of war with a smile.
That smile was the smile of a king welcoming the appearance of a challenger who would relieve the boredom of the tedious peak.
Woong-
At the same time as Yeonhwa smiled, a strong yet subtle scent of lotus flowers spread out from the center of him and dominated the surroundings.
Yeonhwa took a step.
Then, the ground turned into a lake, and a circular ripple was created from the center of where he had stepped.
At the same time, the stem of the lotus flower that came out of Yeonhwa's hand, which was holding the sword, wrapped around his arm, body, and legs, and grew.
Hwoong-
It bloomed several lotus flowers.
A lake with purple lotus flowers blooming.
"Hmm, so that's the mental image that forms your martial arts. But it seems you have a similar skill to me."
Lee Shin was slightly impressed, seeing Yeonhwa who had created a similar form to the Flame Lightning Tree he had created.
"Skills are not your exclusive property."
"Hmm, so there's still a lot left to draw out your full power..."
Chuckle-
"Interesting. Isn't it better for the goal to be high?"
"I agree."
At the same time as they finished their conversation, the two swung their weapons at each other.
Toong- Toong- Toong-
From the place where Yeonhwa's foot touched, circular ripples continuously spread out.
Chwararararak---
Lee Shin, seeing the ripples that were waving and approaching him, opened thousands of books in his mind.
If Yeonhwa had created a single sword by training in martial arts in Pantheon.
'Hoo-woo.'
Lee Shin had created a huge library by collecting a lot of information.
Jjiiik-
The pages of the books that were fluttering in Lee Shin's mind were torn, and each of them turned into a scalpel to dismantle Yeonhwa's martial arts.
Lee Shin's eyes, sparkling like a mad scientist facing a test subject, looked at Yeonhwa's martial arts.
'He creates a wave using his footwork. Like my [Leaves], those also have some physical power, and is he using that wave like a bat's ultrasound to find my location?'
Lee Shin continued to think without stopping and tried to dig into Yeonhwa's martial arts one by one.
Hwareuk-
The fully bloomed red leaves were drawn along the trajectory of the spear and collided with the wave that was trying to cover him.
"The reason my leaves were pushed back at the beginning was because the power of my leaves was insufficient. Then, if I gather the leaves instead of spreading them and then rotate them more strongly."
Paang-
"Ripple Step, broken."
Lee Shin muttered with a broad smile.
In terms of the level of martial arts and simple martial studies, Yeonhwa was one step ahead.
But in terms of understanding various martial arts and how to utilize them.
In other words, in terms of overall combat sense, Lee Shin was superior.
Kagak- Kagak- Kagak-
"Ha."
Yeonhwa, who had realized that, let out a laugh that contained various emotions that he himself could not fully understand.
He dismantles the enemy's martial arts based on the various martial arts contained in his head.
He grows by eating the dismantled enemy's martial arts and making them his own.
Even his simple combat sense was overwhelming.
At this moment, Yeonhwa realized what his future self had been thinking.
'The future me...'
Swoosh-
'I must have thought that this guy in front of me was more of a monster than the countless monsters that Cheon Yuhwa had talked about.'
But Yeonhwa just smiled and swung his sword.
If Lee Shin was a genius beyond common sense, then Yeonhwa was also a genius beyond the common sense of others.
If there was a guy who was trying to eat him and go up, then he just had to eat him in reverse and trample him so that he couldn't come up.
Kagagagak--!!!
The moment he thought that, Yeonhwa's sword changed.
He persistently and again persistently aimed for Lee Shin's opening and thrust his sword at it.
At that, Lee Shin responded with a smile and swung his spear.
Kagagagak--!!!
The clashed weapons bared their fangs fiercely to eat each other.
Kim Jae-hyun, watching the two fight, recalled the video that Cheon Yuhwa had shown him before.
The appearance of the two fighting in the future.
Lotus flowers bloom and leaves scatter.
Branches sway and lotus stems entangle.
Watching the two fight, he was slightly relieved inside.
The two in front of him were eating each other as nourishment and were eating their future selves at a much faster rate than Cheon Yuhwa had expected.
(End of Chapter)