Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105 - Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140 - Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142 - Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170 - Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203 - Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208 - Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239 - Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263 - Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Chapter 282
Chapter 283
Chapter 284
Chapter 285
Chapter 286
Chapter 287
Chapter 288
Chapter 289
Chapter 290
Chapter 291
Chapter 292
Chapter 293
Chapter 294
Chapter 295
Chapter 296
Chapter 297 - Chapter 297
Chapter 298
Chapter 299
Chapter 300
Chapter 301
Chapter 302
Chapter 303
Chapter 304
Chapter 305
Chapter 306
Chapter 307
Chapter 308
Chapter 309
Chapter 310
Chapter 311
Chapter 312
Chapter 313
Chapter 314
Chapter 315
Chapter 316
Chapter 317
Chapter 318
Chapter 319
Chapter 320
Chapter 321
Chapter 322
Chapter 323
Chapter 324
Chapter 325
Chapter 326
Chapter 327
Chapter 328
Chapter 329
Chapter 330
Chapter 331
Chapter 332
Chapter 333
Chapter 334
Chapter 335
Chapter 336
Chapter 337
Chapter 338
Chapter 339
Chapter 340
Chapter 341
Chapter 342
Chapter 343
Chapter 344
Chapter 345
Chapter 346
Chapter 347
Chapter 348
Chapter 349
Chapter 350
Chapter 351
Chapter 352
Chapter 353
Chapter 354
Chapter 355
Chapter 356
Chapter 357
Chapter 358
Chapter 359
Chapter 360
Chapter 361
Chapter 362
Chapter 363
Chapter 364
Chapter 365
Chapter 366
Chapter 367
Chapter 368
Chapter 369
Chapter 370
Chapter 371
Chapter 372
Chapter 373
Chapter 374
Chapter 375
Chapter 376
Chapter 377
Chapter 378
Chapter 379
Chapter 380
Chapter 381
Chapter 382
Chapter 383
Chapter 384 - Chapter 384
Chapter 385
Chapter 386
Chapter 387
Chapter 388
Chapter 389
Chapter 390
Chapter 391
Chapter 392
Chapter 393
Chapter 394
Chapter 395
Chapter 396
Chapter 397
Chapter 398
Chapter 399
Chapter 400
Chapter 401
Chapter 402
Chapter 403
Chapter 404
Chapter 405
Chapter 406
Chapter 407
Chapter 408
Chapter 409
Chapter 410
Chapter 411
Chapter 412
Chapter 413
Chapter 414
Chapter 415
Chapter 416
Chapter 417
Chapter 418
Chapter 419
Chapter 420
Chapter 421
Chapter 422
Chapter 423
Chapter 424
Chapter 425
Chapter 426 - Chapter 426
Chapter 427
Chapter 428
Chapter 429
Chapter 430
Chapter 431
Chapter 432
Chapter 433
Chapter 434
Chapter 435
Chapter 436
Chapter 437
Chapter 438
Chapter 439
Chapter 440
Chapter 441
Chapter 442
Chapter 443
Chapter 444
Chapter 445
Chapter 446 - Chapter 446
Chapter 447
Chapter 448
Chapter 449
Chapter 450
Chapter 451 - Chapter 451
Chapter 452
Chapter 453
Chapter 454
Chapter 455
Chapter 456
Chapter 457
Chapter 458
Chapter 459
Chapter 460
Chapter 461
Chapter 462
Chapter 463
Chapter 464
Chapter 465
Chapter 466
Chapter 467
Chapter 468
Chapter 469
Chapter 470
Chapter 471
Chapter 472
Chapter 473
Chapter 474
Chapter 475
Chapter 476
Chapter 477
Chapter 478
Chapter 479
Chapter 480
Chapter 481
Chapter 482
Chapter 483 - Chapter 483
Chapter 484
Chapter 485
Chapter 486
Chapter 487
Chapter 488
Chapter 489
Chapter 490
Chapter 491
Chapter 492
Chapter 493
Chapter 494
Chapter 495
Chapter 496
Chapter 497
Chapter 498
Chapter 499
Chapter 500
Chapter 501
Chapter 502
Chapter 503
Chapter 504
Chapter 505
Chapter 506
Chapter 507
Chapter 508
Chapter 509
Chapter 510
Chapter 511
Chapter 512
Chapter 513
Chapter 514
Chapter 515
Chapter 516 - Chapter 516
Chapter 517
Chapter 518
Chapter 519
Chapter 520
Chapter 521
Chapter 522
Chapter 523
Chapter 524
Chapter 525
Chapter 526
Chapter 527
Chapter 528
Chapter 529
Chapter 530
Chapter 531
Chapter 532
Chapter 533
Chapter 534 - Chapter 534
Chapter 535
Chapter 536
Chapter 537
Chapter 538 - Chapter 538
Chapter 539
Chapter 540
Chapter 541
Chapter 542
Chapter 543
Chapter 544
Chapter 545
Chapter 546
Chapter 547
Chapter 548
Chapter 549
Chapter 550
Chapter 551
Chapter 552
Chapter 553
Chapter 554
Chapter 555
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Ongoing, Supernatural Status: Ongoing Alternative names: HR, 영웅; 회귀하다, ______
Total Chapters in book: 555
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
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Chapter 352: Chapter 352
Act 9
Without a doubt, this was an illogical battle.
Things might have been different if Su-hyeun brought out his everything and fought without holding back.
He would have been able to attack much faster and much more furiously, after all.
He could have used the Somersault cloud to continuously seal off the enemy’s movements, all the while hitting it with lightning bolts, and then strike rapidly with the Palm Leaf on top…
And then, by spreading the divine Flame everywhere to secure his territory and ruling over it, he could have continuously heated up the enemy’s body and create an advantageous environment for himself.
Besides this tactic, he could have performed a barrage of different magic spells or land a powerful impact force in an instant and so on.
However…
“It’s difficult to tell when its defenses will be overcome, so…”
Su-hyeun chose not to take such a gamble.
His opponent was a predator. It was on a whole other realm from the other creatures he had been fighting until now, the “preys.”
As such, there was simply no way that he wouldn’t contemplate what was to come.
“I figured out most of its attack and defensive power, as well as its speed. As for the Death Aura’s corrosive factor, that won’t work on me. Which means…”
The conclusion wasn’t hard to get to.
“In the end, it’s a protracted battle, isn’t it?”
Correct distribution of stamina and magical energy, and then, fight the drawn-out battle…
He aimed to continue hitting the enemy until that horrifyingly tough body broke down, and to achieve his goal, Su-hyeun had been staying at his highest level of concentration for half a day straight.
Crack—
Su-hyeun’s eyes caught the sight of a crack that appeared in the predator’s body.
That wound did not regenerate. It was not that hard to tell that the creature’s stamina had been depleted by a lot from how the predator wasn’t moving at all.
“That’s my opening.”
Su-hyeun extended his hand toward the predator. At the same time, a magic circle drawn out with black lines floated on his hand.
Chwa-ruru, chwa-ru—
[Chain of Darkness—Prey Hunting]
The magic circle devoured his magical energy and Death Aura to produce lengthy and thick chains.
They quickly extended out and tightened around the predator’s body. When the chains bound its arms and legs, as well as its torso, and even its neck, the creature suddenly began screeching out.
Kyah-aaaah—!
CLANG—
Along with that enraged howl, the black chains shook around violently.
Creeeak—
Clang, snap—
When the predator strengthened its arms and legs, the sturdy and thick chains simply snapped apart oh so easily.
It all happened in the blink of an eye. However, Su-hyeun took advantage of that brief moment and made his move.
CLANG—!
Kha-aaahk—!
For the first time ever during this fight, Su-hyeun’s sword sliced open the enemy’s Gyeol.
Crack—
The thin crack that appeared on the predator’s body opened up even further. It was the result of suffering the impact on its “Gyeol” while it had been exposed to accumulated damage.
Also, for the first time, Su-hyeun felt the correct sensation in his hand that was gripping the sword.
With that, he became certain. There was no reason to conserve his strength and fight a protracted battle anymore.
“Arise.”
Gugugugu—
Undead creatures began rising up all around Su-hyeun.
From Prince Nezha and Gluttony that had consumed the potions and became much stronger to the Chief Gatekeeper, Ouroboros, and Hydra, countless other undead revealed themselves in full, all the while looking almost like their original appearances.
Ruuuuumble—
[Flame—Land of Fire]
The desert was instantly enveloped in gigantic indigo-hued flames.
The sand particles were heated up by the scorching temperature, and smoke began rising up from the feet of the predator standing on them.
It showed no signs of suffering from the heat, but there was no way that it would feel fine while it was stuck in this environment.
The creature had already received quite a lot of blows by now. This heat would surely accumulate diligently within the creature’s body and, at a certain given moment, start cooking it alive from the inside.
Rumble—
Su-hyeun’s blade was heated up into a purple hue.
“Well then…”
Su-hyeun signaled with his hand. At the same time, Prince Nezha, Gluttony, and the other undead started moving forward.
Guwuaaaaahk—!
Gluttony’s massive mouth closed in to swallow up the predator. The latter didn’t move and simply seemingly stared at the incoming undead.
Swallow—
Gluttony successfully swallowed up the predator and tried to move its mouth to chew the creature but then…
Crunch, cruuuunch—
Spliiit—
The predator ripped open Gluttony’s lower jaw with its hands and emerged outside again. However, what waited for it was a huge shadow cast over its head.
“What…is…?”
Whoooosh—
Ka-booooom—!
The massive Yogoe Beating Mace descended on top of its head, but after slamming that weapon down, a faint little expression formed on Prince Nezha’s face.
It was puzzlement, and soon, the reason for such an expression revealed itself.
Creak, creaaak—
Bang—!
The Yogoe Beating Mace was lifted up again, but Prince Nezha wasn’t the one doing the lifting.
The truth was, the weapon had been pushed up from below.
“So… many…”
Whoosh—
Baaaang—!
However, the moment the predator shoved the Yogoe Beating Mace away, Su-hyeun’s sword flew in toward it instead.
Ruuumble—
Kya-aaahk—!
The purple-hued divine Flame entered the sliced-open crack of the predator. The creature screamed after the sword attack struck it dead-on, and the scorching heat entered its body.
Grab—
Su-hyeun powerfully grabbed the predator’s throat. He gripped so hard that the creature couldn’t even squeak out a sound before lifting up the predator in the air and slamming it straight into the ground below.
KA-BOOOOM—!
The desert sand exploded up.
The predator’s body that was stuck in the ground got buried under the falling sand. At the same time, the summoned creatures directly leaped into the crater where the creature was still buried.
Kyah-aaaaah—!
Crunch, ku-gugugugu—
Hydra spat out powerful toxins, while the Chief Gatekeeper swung its massive steel ball. Ouroboros slammed its tail down, while the Yogoe Slaying Sword’s crushing blow extended out to its target.
Lastly, Gluttony opened its giant mouth once more and tried to devour the predator. Its mouth had already fully recovered by then after absorbing Su-hyeun’s Death Aura.
But right at that moment…
Pu-haaaahk—!
Su-hyeun’s summons were torn into pieces and got blown away from the sand crater where the predator was buried in. Gluttony and Prince Nezha seemed to have managed to withstand the impact force somehow because they answered Su-hyeun’s will to quickly create a great distance from the creature.
Bang—
The predator’s figure floated up in the air.
Su-hyeun watched the creature from a bit of a distance away.
Countless purple-lines could be seen on its pitch-black body now. It reminded him of a previously sturdy vase about to shatter at any second.
“A little more push.”
Grip—
Ruuuumble—
Su-hyeun enveloped his sword in the divine Flame.
Whoosh—
Soon after that, hot winds blew across the ground covered in the divine Flame. The predator seemed to have sensed that something dangerous was afoot because it suddenly began dashing rapidly toward Su-hyeun.
“Rip that thing apart…”
Squeeeeze—
Su-hyeun held the sword with both of his hands. Huge roaring winds engulfed the flames and created a sharp blade.
Poooow—!
The predator’s figure rapidly closed in.
However, Su-hyeun wasn’t planning to dodge or block that.
The creature’s hand extended toward Su-hyeun’s throat. Even though he saw that, he didn’t deviate his sword swing from its original intended direction and pressed on.
“Palm Leaf.”
Puuu-hwaaaaak—!
Fwhooooosh—
The winds made the flames burn even more violently. The scorching conflagration became sharp blades that spun around like a tornado to stop the predator’s figure right there on the spot.
Creaaack, screeeech—
The predator’s extended hand slowly inched toward Su-hyeun. However, just before it could touch his throat, its arm faltered weakly to the ground.
“So…annoying…”
Whoosh—
Su-hyeun cocked his arm back, and a blue-lined magic circle materialized above his clenched fist.
[Earthquake—Tremor]
RUUUUMBLE—!
CRACK—!
Su-hyeun’s punch, along with the tremor focused on a single point, slammed into the predator’s head. Then, the monster’s body was powerfully flung away.
Fwhoooooosh—!
Gu-wuwuwuwu—
The predator flew away for several kilometers before crashing into the ground, kicking up an almighty dust storm. Su-hyeun blew at his numb-feeling fist and dusted it off.
“Man, that thing’s seriously tough, isn’t it?”
Shu-wuwu—
The divine Flame spread around the surroundings dissipated.
He sensed a distinct feeling in his fist. It was the shattering of a hard shell into bits, which had definitely been transmitted to his hand just then.
“With that much, maybe…”
Maybe it had died.
Logically speaking, it had to be dead. The bastard had already been weakened considerably, after all. On top of that, Su-hyeun had confirmed the changes to the creature’s body just now, too.
“Its whole body showed up as its weakness.”
Through the power of Sage’s Eye, he took a look at the creature’s Gyeol.
The Gyeol indicated where one should cut or hit to inflict the most amount of damage. Meaning, it didn’t matter where Su-hyeun hit the creature, his attack would still prove to be fatal. That was why he didn’t worry about where to hit and powerfully struck the predator in the head.
However, for some strange reason, he didn’t feel confident at all.
“Something’s still…”
Gu-wuwuwu—
Kyaa-aaaaaah—!
The first thing to shoot past Su-hyeun was an incredibly huge ripple of energy. He hurriedly raised his arms to block it, and a beat later, the predator’s loud screech resounded next.
“I knew it.”
That thing was still alive.
Not only was it sturdy but its vitality was also top-tier.
Unfortunately, out of the two guesses in his mind—”it must be dead from all those attacks,” and “it’s probably not dead yet”—the truth turned out to be the latter.
Su-hyeun dashed toward the predator once more, but when he stepped on the desert sand to fly forward…
“Uh?”
He came to a temporary halt because he discovered a huge black “matter” in the distance.
His expression crumpled instantly.
That previously small bastard was growing back in size, it seemed.
* * *
Flap—
Whoosh—
Ellid discovered the predator beginning to enlarge itself again, so he spread his wings and flew to where Su-hyeun was.
Miru accompanied the elder dragon as well after having been apart from Su-hyeun during the battle. Even though the red dragon had gone through giantification, it was still only about one-fifth of Ellid’s total size.
“You’ve arrived.”
“And you really won.”
“No, I still haven’t defeated it yet.”
While replying like that, Su-hyeun pointed at the predator in the distance.
The black matter taking on a truly bizarre appearance was grotesquely writhing around while still getting larger. Su-hyeun could tell that what they were seeing now was the true appearance of the gigantic predator that Ellid had mentioned earlier.
“No, you’ve won, judging from that thing’s state. That bastard is simply going on its final desperate struggle, that’s all.”
Gya-ooong—
Miru energetically nodded to say that Ellid was right.
Su-hyeun simply shrugged his shoulders as his reply, though. Even if they said that, in all honesty, he didn’t think it was already over.
“By the way, why did you guys come over here? Just like you said, I haven’t lost yet.”
“Well, that looked a little too dangerous, you see. I don’t think you’ll lose at this point, but even then, there’s a slight issue…”
While saying that, Ellid looked behind them.
The village was currently being protected by the solid wall of ice dozens of meters thick, as well as the magic circle Ellid had set up earlier, but the amount of energy gushing out from the predator before their eyes had already gone past the level of worrisome by now.
If and when such an intense amount of Death Aura was unleashed on all of the surroundings, then even though Su-hyeun and Ellid might be fine, the ice wall protecting the village could melt down in an instant.
“It seems that getting rid of that thing as soon as possible might be in our best interest. Even I can’t tell just by how much larger that thing will grow.”
“I was already planning to do so, anyway.”
“But I thought you were taking a break due to your fatigue? You’ve been staying still for a while now.”
“I wasn’t being still, actually.”
Rumble, grumbleeee—
Su-hyeun raised his head and looked up. “I was preparing that.”
“Preparing…?”
Ellid followed after Su-hyeun’s gaze and looked up as well.
Dark, murky clouds had drifted into the pitch-black skies. If this was any other time, Ellid would have dismissed them as simply regular clouds, but right now, he could tell that they were anything but ordinary.
Ellid quietly observed, “Now that I see it, the entire the sky has…”
The cloud cover had blanketed everywhere.
Just how far did this cloud cover extend to? These clouds densely covering the skies were rapidly churning and tumbling as if they were forming a typhoon.
“N—no, wait. They aren’t moving away.”
Rumble, Ku-rururu—
Ellid’s eyes progressively opened wider and wider as the clouds churned while letting out a furious grumble as if they were enraged right now.
“They are gathering above this guy’s head.”
Total Chapters in book: 555
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
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