Chapter 275: Chapter 275
Chapter 275: Shanghai (3)
Merhen, Cedric, and even Vulcan.
Massive skeletons rose along with the three Legion Commanders.
Seeing that, Magenta's face hardened stiffly.
“……Dragon Tooth Soldiers?”
At that moment, the battlefield overturned.
The first to react was Merhen, floating into the air. Behind her, two Dragon Tooth Soldier Mages wearing black robes followed closely like shadows.
If they were ordinary summons, they would have stopped at merely executing the master's orders, but these were different.
They had perfectly synchronized their mana with the mana circuits of the absolute commander, Merhen.
Centered around Merhen and the Dragon Tooth Soldiers, massive geometric patterns began to be engraved on the ruins of Shanghai. It wasn't a simple magic circle.
It was a joint spell where three different magic circles interlocked like cogwheels, amplifying mana exponentially.
[Mage Dragon Tooth Soldiers and Merhen’s mana resonate!]
[Joint Magic Circle (SSS) is created!]
[Merhen enters ‘Rampage’ state!]
[Merhen absorbs the Dragon Tooth Soldiers’ mana!]
[Merhen understands Dragon Tongue!]
For an instant, Merhen’s lips moved.
The primordial language that could never be pronounced with human vocal cord structures manifested in the world.
[Dragon Tongue: Eternal Bind (SSS) activates!]
[Dragon Tongue: Inescapable Curse (SSS) activates!]
Magenta was flustered.
Absolute pressure as if the sky itself was collapsing and weighing down her shoulders.
Invisible chains tightened around her limbs, and even the atmospheric mana rejected her, becoming heavy like lumps of iron.
It wasn't simple magic.
This was close to ‘authority’ dominating space.
Magenta was astonished.
Dragon Tongue was something only wise Ancient Dragons who had lived for over ten thousand years could utilize.
‘In a gathering place of bugs …… a mage utilizing Dragon Tongue exists?’
This was outside of expectations.
She saw the figure of Kim Minwoo and the Dragon Tooth Soldier group rushing in like cannonballs.
Magenta’s face contorted like an evil spirit.
If moving her body is difficult, making them unable to approach is enough.
She opened her torn mouth wide.
Thick purple poisonous fog poured out of her mouth like a waterfall.
Breath of extreme poison melting everything it touched.
It was a wave of deadly poison where the asphalt floor melted like foam with a sizzling sound, and even the atmosphere rotted away.
The fog of death rushing in as if to swallow Kim Minwoo and the Dragon Tooth Soldiers charging straight ahead.
However, Kim Minwoo did not slow down.
He twisted the corners of his mouth as if he didn't even intend to dodge.
As if responding to that call, a small shadow popped up from Kim Minwoo's shoulder.
Along with a clear cry, Hayang spread its wings wide.
And an unbelievable scene unfolded.
The terrible poisonous fog spewed by Magenta, said to kill even S-rank Hunters upon contact, began to swirl and be sucked into Hayang's tiny beak.
Like a massive vacuum cleaner sucking up dust, the purple fog that blocked the view disappeared in an instant.
Magenta’s eyes grew wide as if tearing.
Her brain couldn't accept the fact that her toxic energy, practically her ultimate move, had degraded into food for a bird merely the size of a fist.
“Burp―! Kku. Kkukku!”
Hayang let out a satisfied burp and landed on top of Kim Minwoo's head.
The place where the poisonous fog cleared.
The legion of death had already arrived right in front of her nose there.
The Priest Dragon Tooth Soldiers in the rear raised their staffs. Holy light wrapped around the bodies of Kim Minwoo and the vanguard.
[Priest Dragon Tooth Soldiers cast ‘Fanatic's Blessing’!]
[All stats increase by 30%!]
[Status Effect Resistance is maximized!]
“You sons of b*tches―!”
Magenta swung her fingernails, but it was already too late.
Cedric’s spear struck down like lightning.
Magenta blocked the spear with her fingernails, but her weakened body couldn't withstand the shock and was pushed back.
Aiming for that gap, a Dragon Tooth Soldier holding a sword dug in. Magenta reflexively extended her foot to kick, but at that moment, the Dragon Tooth Soldier's bone joints twisted grotesquely.
The Dragon Tooth Soldier, who was a Swordsman, transformed into a Heavy Armored Infantryman holding a massive shield in an instant.
Magenta’s kick was blocked by the shield, making a dull sound.
It was a perfect transition between offense and defense, without delay between attack and defense.
A whip of fire flew into the flustered Magenta's flank. Vulcan’s whip completely wrapped around her arm and waist.
The Fire Demon’s heat began to fester her skin.
Kim Minwoo’s sword, filled with dissonance, passed by.
Her flank was gouged deeply, and a fountain of blood soared.
Her outer skin, harder than adamantite, was tearing away like a sheet of paper.
“What, easier than I thought?”
Kim Minwoo spat out casually.
That light sneer snapped even Magenta's remaining reason with a snap.
The shame of being trampled by mere lower-dimension creatures, and having her poison treated as food.
That was soon substituted with uncontrollable killing intent.
“I’ll kill you……. I’ll kill you all……!”
Magenta’s pupils rolled back to blood red.
To the extent of attempting a descent worthy of being called a waste of power on a lowly dimension that would be at best the lowest rank.
[Spider Queen Magenta descends her True Body!]
The earth screamed and split wide open.
Behind her back, a massive and hideous shadow far transcending human form surged up.
The humanoid body, which was merely a shell, was torn apart, and purple mana thicker than the abyss burst out like an explosion.
The shape of a terrible spider covering the sky.
The True Body of the true ‘Queen’ who had hunted countless lifeforms and collapsed countless dimensions over a thousand years was descending.
Even the surrounding air sank heavily like lead due to the suffocating pressure.
However, even before that overwhelming fear, Kim Minwoo didn't blink an eye.
Rather, the corners of his mouth twisted up deeply.
“Right, it should be at least this much. It was almost boring.”
Shadows and Gate explosion.
And even spider-type monsters.
Magenta and Hardronox must definitely be related.
So I will deal with her right here.
The undead horde began to rush toward the massive spider.
Streaming screen watched by the entire world.
The scroll speed of the chat window was running wild to the point where it was impossible to verify with the naked eye.
The fall of the Chinese side's world rankers.
Massacre of S-rank Awakened.
Liang Xiaojun's courageous spirit right before death, and the appearance of Kim Minwoo blocking the monster right before death.
It would be stranger if the reaction wasn't hot.
The broadcast screen transmitted worldwide zoomed in.
Piercing through the thick dust cloud, the man blocking the massive Spider Queen.
At that familiar silhouette standing with his black coat fluttering, the rampant chat window paused for a moment, then began to update at a crazy speed again.
[KimchiKing]: Hey, wait a minute. Isn't that Kim Minwoo?
[Hunter_Fan]: Seems right? Looks exactly like the face seen at the Planetary Alliance Treaty last time.
[FactChecker]: Fact) Correct. Ilsung Group's eldest son Kim Minwoo. Current ranking 157th.
[QuestionMark]: ??? No, why is a 157th ranker going there? Is he a suicide volunteer?
Question turned into criticism in an instant.
Especially the reaction of Chinese netizens, whose pride was scratched, was close to hysterical.
[RedStar]: Crazy b*stard! Get lost right now! Where do you dare to interfere?
[GreatChina]: Stupid guy is provoking the monster! What will you do if our brother Chen gets swept up and dies because of that!
[SichuanSpicy]: Korean, stay out! It is the affair of Great China!
Chen was already hung on the spider web in a faint state, and the other rankers were also hovering between life and death.
However, their cognitive dissonance, unwilling to admit defeat, was turning the arrow to the wrong place.
[GlobalWatcher/]: Where is the conscience of the guys above? Your heroes are all knocked out already?
[NoDiplomacy]: But didn't the Chinese government officially refuse support? Isn't that a violation of international law?
[Realist]: Screw that. Is this the time to argue about laws? If China gets breached here, the neighboring Korea and Japan will all explode too. And aren't you going to save the Thunder Emperor or the fallen rankers? Kim Minwoo made a good judgment.
Soon after, a jaw-dropping spectacle appeared.
Shanghai's sky flipped.
As Merhen gestured, the mana of the Dragon Tooth Soldier Mages resonated, tearing the atmosphere apart.
It was not simple magic.
Geometric patterns covering the entire city, massive enough to make the Oriental Pearl Tower look like a toy, were engraved in the sky.
A feast of blue flashes and complex formulas filling the field of view.
Not human language, but the absolute Dragon Tongue dominating space intruded into the battlefield.
At that moment, the arrogant Magenta’s complexion turned white like lime powder. Her red pupils shook as if an earthquake had hit, and her body trembled like a poplar tree under the overwhelming pressure.
The whole world watching the screen fell into astonishment.
[What is it? Did it work?]
[Is that magic circle size for real? It would show up on satellite photos too?]
[No, I knew she was good at magic but…… this is beyond imagination?]
A spectacle far transcending the category of common sense.
That was an authority closer to a disaster bestowed by a god rather than magic. While arguments went back and forth, the battle began and a massive poisonous fog spewed out from Magenta's mouth.
It was a poisonous fog that melted hundreds of S-rank Awakened with just a handful of breath. Furthermore, with that concentration and size…….
The faces of people worldwide watching the live broadcast turned pale. Some even closed their eyes tightly, unable to watch any longer.
However, the result was the complete opposite of expectations.
[PoisonLover]: Hey, crazy, where did all the poison go? It's disappearing?
[CleanMaster]: What is it? Did they float a vacuum cleaner in the sky? Does it make sense for that to be sucked in so cleanly? Lol
[Physics]: Scientifically impossible. For that much mass to disappear, gravity of a black hole level…….
[User88]: Cut the serious guy above. Just say Kim Minwoo's pet is awesome.
[ChinaNum1]: Isn't that CG? Blocking what even our brother Chen couldn't block? It's fake.
On the screen, Magenta struck down with her massive front leg.
It was that attack which pierced S-rank Tanker Zhang Wei's chest like paper.
The dust cleared, and an unbelievable sight was revealed.
No, the skeleton soldier he summoned was holding a massive shield and perfectly blocking Magenta's strike.
[ShieldMaster]: What was that just now? Did he block it?
[RankerAnalysis]: No, even Zhang Wei got pierced in one shot, how did he block that? Does it make sense?
[Unknown]: Zhang Wei got hit from behind though……. Anyway, I don't know what I'm looking at.
Astonishment did not end there.
Not stopping at blocking, Kim Minwoo's legion began a counterattack. A skeleton shot an arrow to burst Magenta's eye, and a knight holding a spear tore apart the spider's outer skin.
The monster, which the 20,000 S-rank Hunters couldn't even scratch, was screaming and retreating.
[HolyMoly]: Hey…… is this real?
[KoreaNo1]: Isn't he 1st, not 157th? Who calculated the ranking? Association dereliction of duty.
[Viewer123]: Look at the Chinese kids being quiet lol
[Silence]: Wow, my mouth just won't close. That's a Necromancer? The Necromancer I knew wasn't like that?
The chat window, which had been full of criticism, mockery, and suspicion, was soon plastered with pure awe toward overwhelming martial power. In the ruined Shanghai, amidst the center of despair, the three characters of the name Kim Minwoo were being clearly engraved in the minds of people all over the world.