Chapter 255
As the shape of the light sword, stretched out like a long piece of taffy, came crashing down on Seonghyun.
Seonghyun quickly moved his body.
Shadow Glide, as if pushing Seonghyun's back, quickly moved him from that spot, and the light sword crashed down, emitting light.
The sphere-shaped light erupted like a wave from the spot where the sword was embedded, sweeping across the surroundings as it spread out.
Kwagwaaaaaaa---!!!
An extraordinary power, but more than that, the light that had spread out in a sphere converged into one and flew towards Seonghyun like a flash of light.
Watching it, Seonghyun nimbly moved his feet and clicked his tongue.
It wasn't just that its power was outstanding.
It not only knew how to use its skills but also how to utilize them, even using combos between skills.
As Seonghyun dodged the incoming flash of light.
This time, it threw the sword it was holding in its other hand, and the flash of light rushing towards Seonghyun increased to two streams.
‘This is bad.’
Using Shadow Glide to increase his speed, Seonghyun's form multiplied, leaving afterimages.
Through the countless afterimages created, the two streams of light moved freely, accurately piercing and sweeping through the foreheads of the created afterimages.
The gap between the creation of afterimages gradually shortened.
And when the flash of light reached the end of the afterimages.
Seonghyun used his dark ego to activate two skills simultaneously.
With his left hand, he threw a spear made of twisted teal light as if grasping the empty air, and with his other hand, he drew a line in the air, shooting out blood to create and send a red crescent moon.
Kwadeudeudeudeuk---!!!
Seojeojeojeojeok---!!!
The teal javelin collided with the flash of light, each flying to pierce the other, and the blade of the red crescent moon revealed its crimson edge to cut down the flash of light.
However, as if not fully trusting his two attacks, Seonghyun quickly moved away from the spot, and just as he expected, the javelin and the blade eventually failed to pierce or cut down the flash of light and were instead pierced by it, penetrating the spot where Seonghyun had been.
Pyut! Pyut!
A chilling sound of penetration.
As Seonghyun frowned and looked at the spot.
. The flash of light that had pierced the floor returned to the Corrupted As's Fragment as if returning to its home.
The flash of light returned to the Corrupted As's Fragment, which was in the form of a lizardman-like snake beastman, and then became two swords, floating around the Corrupted As's Fragment.
Seeing the form of the twin swords, he thought it would come out for close combat.
But it was completely different.
‘Hoooo.’
Also, he thought it was just a healer because of its excellent healing ability.
But its combat ability itself was not to be trifled with.
He had planned to capture it, put its soul into a body, and carry it around like a bracelet in the form of a small snake to handle healing.
But it looked like he was going to be defeated before he could even catch it.
He was having idle thoughts.
But Seonghyun's expression was, as always, extremely serious.
‘This is not easy.’
Even if he had other familiars, it might have been different.
But he didn't have them, so what could he do?
Even as he was thinking this, the Corrupted As's Fragment began to move.
It floated in the air and, grabbing one of the light wings on its back with each hand, forcibly tore them off.
The two wings transformed into a pair of twin swords in the hands of the Corrupted As's Fragment.
A thought crossed Seonghyun's mind, and just as he suspected.
The Corrupted As's Fragment let go of its hands, and now four swords simultaneously became light swords and flew at Seonghyun.
Shuuuuuuu---!!!
Shuuuuuuu---!!!
Shuuuuuuu---!!!
Shuuuuuuu---!!!
Four light swords with long tails like comets flew through the air, drawing lines.
The four light swords, which seemed to embroider the air with light due to their long tails, were like comets, but their speed was faster than meteors.
More importantly, the four swords flew in a crane formation from different directions, as if to surround Seonghyun.
He couldn't use Shadow in the Darkness yet.
No, even if he could, it was too late, given that speed.
All he could do was counterattack.
Watching the incoming light swords, Seonghyun quickly stretched out his left hand and grasped something.
What appeared in the empty air was none other than a grimoire.
The Grimoire of Ruin, which recorded magic forbidden in this world, manifested and scattered light in all directions, and at the same time, the light gathered into one to form a single shape.
As various figures and geometric patterns bloomed in the air and merged into one.
A magic circle unfolded before Seonghyun's eyes.
What came out of the grimoire full of ruin was the great torrent that once almost annihilated humanity, 'Noah's Great Flood,' which was once again unleashed upon the world.
The magic circle that unfolded around Seonghyun, as if to turn all the air in the area into water, instantly transformed the surroundings into water and created a fierce wave, sweeping away the four light swords.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaa---!!!
No matter how fast the four light swords were, flying like meteors, they couldn't part Noah's Great Flood, and as they were all buried, the Corrupted As's Fragment flinched slightly.
Just a moment ago, there was empty air beneath its feet.
The moment it was flustered by the fierce flood that had risen to its feet and was about to fly a little higher.
A shadow emerged from the flood right under where the Corrupted As's Fragment was standing.
The Corrupted As's Fragment reacted as soon as it saw it and pulled another light sword from its wing and fired it.
But that shadow was not Seonghyun.
It was literally a shadow created by the Lord of Darkness.
As soon as it confirmed that it was a clone, the Corrupted As's Fragment looked around.
And it made eye contact with Seonghyun, who was casting a skill towards it from nearby.
It was a trap.
The moment it realized that and was about to draw a light sword from its wing again.
Seonghyun's skill was activated first.
The form of darkness slowly rising.
It felt as if the surroundings had become quiet in an instant, but only behind its back could it feel a presence.
Feeling as if someone's gaze was definitely on its back, the Corrupted As's Fragment slowly turned its head.
It was there.
A giant witch with a splitting grin, holding a teal needle and thread.
Kkil-kkil-kkil-kkil—
In that instant, the Corrupted As's Fragment's mouth was sewn shut with teal thread, and the two light swords that had been in its hands just moments before were gone.
The Corrupted As's Fragment tore off the threads with its power of purification.
Kwaddeudeuk!!!
A pain as if tearing flesh rushed in.
But it was fine.
It could regenerate anyway.
However, in that brief moment that the Corrupted As's Fragment was dispelling the Monarch's Gag Order.
Seonghyun used the Grasp of the Abyss.
The Corrupted As's Fragment, captured by the grasp extending from the abyss that could not be stopped by purification, widened its eyes. Seonghyun quickly appeared in front of it, grabbed the hero Hindel's sword, and activated Torrent of Blades.
Dozens of swift strikes, each building up stacks, and countless hands of death appeared, staining the sword black and letting out a wail.
Along with the Cry of the Black Sword, a reaper appeared and slashed the neck of the Corrupted As's Fragment with its scythe.
Kkieeeeeeeee---!!!
Sreuuuung---!!!
The reaper's scythe clearly cut the neck of the Corrupted As's Fragment, and the Cry of the Black Sword spread the wounds around.
But the Corrupted As's Fragment was still fine.
And as soon as the Grasp of the Abyss ended, the now six light swords flew at Seonghyun. Seonghyun did not stop there and used the Eye of the Abyss.
Bbeon---tteuk!
As it met the Eye of the Abyss that suddenly appeared in the air.
For a moment, the Corrupted As's Fragment was seized with fear and felt something appear before it.
It was none other than its own mate, the serpent of disaster that would swallow the world.
Apophis, the God of the Black Serpents, it saw the scene of him swallowing it once again.
Just before the illusion of fear disappeared as purification was activated.
Seonghyun summoned a Spectre of Fear using his dark ego.
Even if it was at a disadvantage in terms of affinity, he believed it would hold out for a while, and as the Spectre of Fear was summoned.
Apophis, the fear of the Corrupted As's Fragment, became a distinct entity and charged.
At that, the small white snake that had been quietly on the head of the Corrupted As's Fragment was startled and trembled.
-Saaak!?
It seemed the creature was also quite afraid of Apophis's appearance.
It was a shame, but it couldn't be helped.
The Spectre of Fear appeared, became a black snake like Apophis, and charged. The Corrupted As's Fragment momentarily lost its reason and fired all its light swords not at Seonghyun, but at the Spectre of Fear.
With a reliable tanker in place.
Seonghyun could catch his breath for a moment, and watching the various skills being fired at the Spectre of Fear, he shook his head as if fed up.
‘That’s incredible.’
How do I withstand that?
He had that thought, but he also had a plan.
As if seized by a great fear.
Or, toward the struggling Corrupted As's Fragment trying to shake off its trauma, Seonghyun used another skill.
Abyssal Lord of Fear.
With the effect of being able to absorb health and mana from enemies trapped in fear, he could feel all his stats rising.
This would be enough.
Seonghyun used his recovered mana and increased stats to take out the Tome of Ruin.
No, to be precise, it was different from before.
If the previous Tome of Ruin was the real thing.
This Tome of Ruin, unlike the last, was extremely thin and shabby.
It was the Record of Ruin, which could call forth skills recorded in the Tome of Ruin, so he pulled out the ruin recorded in his grasp.
Then, a lightning bolt shining with a chillingly pure white light was held in Seonghyun's hand.
As Seonghyun threw the chillingly pure white lightning, it shot towards the Corrupted As's Fragment, which was struggling to shake off the Spectre of Fear.
A lightning bolt that shot out, bleaching the entire world white.
The moment the Corrupted As's Fragment saw the lightning flying towards it, it could feel something was wrong.
The fact that its own power was significantly depleted.
Where was its power leaking from?
As it recognized this, the abyss squirmed from beneath the Corrupted As's Fragment and smiled greedily.
Watching the abyss smile as if it had eaten well, the Corrupted As's Fragment was gradually dyed in light like a canvas, and eventually, its very form was swallowed by the light.
Kwarururung---!!!
A belated clap of thunder.
And the pure white body that the Corrupted As's Fragment, which was located at that spot, had prided itself on was nowhere to be seen, turning to ash and crumbling away.
Even in that state, it was regenerating and gradually trying to maintain its form.
[The 『Corrupted Heart』 has been destroyed.]
[The healing power of 『As's Fragment, the Corrupted Serpent of Salvation』 is greatly weakened.]
A message appeared, and after that message, the creature's regeneration, which was trying to reform its shape, slowed down significantly. Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs N0v3l.Fiɾe.net It gradually failed to form its shape and became a pile of ash, unable to maintain the form of a snake beastman.
It gradually returned to its original state, the same pure white snake as at the beginning.
The creature that had boasted a pure white body.
Eventually, it could not withstand the force and collapsed forward.
Kuuuung--!
It dropped its heavy body.
And as the creature fell.
Something was glittering and descending from the empty air.
It was a crown made of black crystal, shining with a brilliant light that was quite out of place here, and that crown slowly descended upon Seonghyun.
As Seonghyun caught it, his eyes widened.
‘Huh???’