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Chapter 351
‘Trial of the Flesh?’
What a joke.
Jeong-hoon had no intention of dragging out this fight.
True Heavenly Demon Fist.
He had modified all his skills through the Genesis Device.
[True Heavenly Demon Fist (2-Star)]
- Proficiency: 50%
- Increases fist damage by 30% (stackable)
- Increases damage reduction by 25% (stackable)
- Grants invincibility for 10 seconds upon first use
- Nullifies all of the target’s skills upon first hit
The additional effects granted at 2 stars were 10 seconds of invincibility and skill nullification.
Jeong-hoon leapt forward using the Heavenly Demon Lord’s Dominion and began striking the fallen Martial God.
The man struggled, but Jeong-hoon was currently in an invincible state for 10 seconds.
With the Martial God’s Invincible Body nullified, he was no match for Jeong-hoon, and before long, his arm dropped to the ground.
‘It’s over.’
[You have subjugated the Martial God.]
With the subjugation ssage, the surrounding scenery quickly shifted and returned to the form of the temple.
Tenebris was genuinely impressed.
All the battles he had seen from Jeong-hoon so far had been fought with the Titan at the forefront.
So he hadn’t been able to gauge what level of martial arts Jeong-hoon could actually use, and that’s why he’d explained the opponent’s abilities in detail.
But it hadn’t been a close fight—it had been a complete crush.
Had he known, he might’ve stayed out of it.
He felt a bit embarrassed.
“No, I was able to finish it more definitively because you told .”
“Yeah. Thanks.”
Tenebris scratched his cheek with an awkward smile.
Baal looked at him with eyes full of disbelief.
Tenebris, once a Nad being, was blushing this much just from a human’s word of thanks?
Baal quickly bowed his head.
Damn it.
This kind of favoritism is seriously ssed up.
“You’re being noisy. Quiet down.”
Jeong-hoon gestured for them to be quiet and approached the statue.
An exclamation mark was blinking above the statue.
[You have completed the quest.]
[You may now proceed with the Class Advancent Quest: Myth (2/2).]
The 6th Class Advancent.
The first quest was now complete.
Only the final, second quest remained.
[Class Advancent Quest: Myth (2/2)]
– Requirent: Clear Class Advancent Quest: Myth (1/2)
– Reward: ?
– Description: You have proven yourself worthy. It is ti to ascend to the unknown realm.
Jeong-hoon imdiately accepted the quest.
Just like with the first quest, the terrain and surroundings began to rapidly change.
[Pass the ‘Trial of Conviction.’]
Stage 2: Conviction.
[Manifesting ‘Judgnt of the Soul.’]
‘This place…?’
If the first stage was an arena, this ti it was a tribunal.
‘My heart?’
‘How does it work?’
‘Emotions…’
As Tenebris finished speaking, Jeong-hoon’s vision went dark.
[Beginning ‘The Past.’]
Jeong-hoon quietly closed his eyes.
The Trial’s trial was horrific.
The first was the past.
Would it show mories from before his regression like during the Fist King’s trial?
That was his expectation, but it was completely off.
The past it showed was from after Jeong-hoon had regressed.
Through that journey, Jeong-hoon experienced explosive growth, but as history changed, many others’ lives changed as well.
It was only natural.
Since Jeong-hoon walked a different path than before his regression, history itself had shifted.
What the past showed were the people who t tragedy because of that altered history.
Through their perspective, he was forced to face the dreadful reality of the world after materialization.
Of course, Jeong-hoon calmly faced that past and the regrets it brought, and endured them.
[Ending ‘The Past.’]
The past concluded, and Jeong-hoon opened his closed eyes.
[‘Rage’ surges.]
[‘Hatred’ surges.]
The trial was not over yet.
Countless wraiths appeared before Jeong-hoon, surrounding him.
“If only you hadn’t gotten involved!”
“You bastard… because of you, my parents died!”
They shed tears of blood as they hurled curses at Jeong-hoon.
“So what.”
Without a flicker of emotion, Jeong-hoon drew Titan.
Unlike the trial of the body, there were no restrictions except for ntal debuffs.
“Kuhuhu, so this ti you’re going to kill us?”
“I’ll curse you for the rest of my life. I’ll keep cursing you until you fall into hell!”
Ignoring their wails, Jeong-hoon swung Titan wide and cut down the wraiths.
Rage and hatred tried endlessly to consu him, but Jeong-hoon, far from being devoured, slashed them down with the resolve to devour them instead.
Eventually, after a long while, not a single wraith remained.
‘I’ll return everything.’
To the ti before getting dragged into the ga.
Back to that ti, to live an ordinary life.
Jeong-hoon closed his eyes, making that promise to them.
As he closed his eyes, Tenebris’s voice rang out.
When Jeong-hoon opened his eyes again, the statue appeared.
Beside it, Tenebris and Baal were staring intently at him.
“What are you staring at?”
Jeong-hoon let out a small laugh at Tenebris’s words.
The second trial was one that Jeong-hoon had to overco alone.
So even if Tenebris wanted to help, his voice couldn’t be heard.
“How would you help if I couldn’t hear a thing?”
Tenebris tilted his head in confusion.
“Looks like your mory has so holes in it here and there.”
Tenebris responded blankly, as if shocked by Jeong-hoon’s jab.
“So you’re saying I’m wrong?”
“That could be it.”
Jeong-hoon nodded vaguely and turned his gaze back to the statue.
An exclamation mark was blinking above the statue.
[You have completed the quest.]
Quest complete.
Now it was ti to finish the 6th Class Advancent.
But what was this?
Even as ti passed, nothing changed.
Jeong-hoon frowned and looked toward Tenebris.
“What’s going on right now? There’s no change at all.”
Tenebris answered mockingly while picking his ear.
Apparently scared of Jeong-hoon’s glare, he looked away and avoided eye contact.
“If you don’t tell , I’ll rip you in half.”
Ha, look at this?
Looks like this won’t work.
Jeong-hoon had been trying to go easy on him since he’d been helpful, but—
“Okay. From now on, you’re on your own.”
Tenebris tilted his head.
“From now on, you handle things yourself.”
“I’m not going to ask you anything anymore. And don’t expect anything from either.”
Tenebris shouted urgently.
The reason he clung to Jeong-hoon—
It was to take revenge on the Nad bosses who made him like this.
“So what. Anyway, things aren’t going to go the way you want.”
Jeong-hoon turned his gaze back to the statue.
‘Why the hell can’t I complete the 6th Class Advancent?’
Was there so other condition?
As Jeong-hoon fell into thought, Tenebris cleared his throat and subtly pointed at the statue.
“……”
Jeong-hoon ignored him and kept thinking.
‘What could it be?’
Then Tenebris stomped his feet and declared surrender.
“…Hmph.”
“Admit it. Your mory’s crap.”
“Admit it?”
“Okay.”
Jeong-hoon swung Titan wide and sliced the statue at the waist.
Though it had looked solid, the statue was cut easily, and above its lower half, a new question mark appeared.
[Class Advancent Quest: Martial God]
-Requirent: Class Advancent Quest: Myth (2/2) Cleared.
-Reward: 6th Class Advancent
-Description: You are qualified. Claim your power through the Martial God.
Was there still sothing left?
Jeong-hoon tilted his head and accepted the quest.
Then, above the statue’s lower half, an old man slowly appeared.
“Hooh, it’s been a long ti since I’ve seen a human.”
“Are you the Martial God?”
A puppet of the Martial God, encountered during the Trial of the Flesh.
“That’s right.”
The Martial God nodded in affirmation.
“…Why did you personally co all the way here?”
“Why else? To grant you strength.”
“Then please grant it quickly.”
“You’re quite the impatient one.”
“I don’t have much ti.”
He needed to finish the 6th Class Advancent and stop the third cataclysm.
But as if he didn’t want to let Jeong-hoon off that easily, the Martial God held back from granting the power.
“Ah, my body’s a bit stiff. Mind coming over and loosening up?”
“Shall I cut it off for you? That way you’ll never feel stiff in that body part again.”
“You… your jokes really aren’t funny.”
“Does it sound like a joke to you?”
Jeong-hoon’s mouth smiled, but his eyes were nothing short of murderous.
I said I don’t have ti.
You son of a bitch.
“Ahem, fine. Just put the sword away.”
“Yes.”
The Martial God raised both hands in surrender, and Jeong-hoon obediently returned Titan to his inventory.
“Seriously… what kind of martial artist swings around a sword? Look at that—your cut through the waist was perfectly clean.”
“I’m good with anything.”
“…Ha. Are you even a martial artist?”
The Martial God looked Jeong-hoon over with disbelief in his eyes.
He had watched closely as Jeong-hoon passed the trial.
How he instantly defeated the puppet modeled after the Martial God himself.
And the strength of will to match that ability.
The one who ca before had been impressive as well, but this one was in no way lacking.
“Isn’t it obvious?”
“That’s exactly why I’m saying it. Aren’t you a mutant wearing the skin of a martial artist?”
“A mutant, huh… So the one who ca before was a pure martial artist?”
“Of course. He reached the Supre Realm in a human body.”
“Really?”
Jeong-hoon tilted his head.
He didn’t know what level that ‘Supre Realm’ was supposed to be, but even with that power, the guy hadn’t been able to finish the ga?
“I don’t know what lies at the end of the path you seek, but reaching it will be incredibly difficult.”
“I’m aware.”
“And you still want to move forward? With this level of power, you could take a much easier path.”
The easy path the Martial God spoke of was surely becoming a Transcendent.
“I’d rather die than take the easy path.”
Jeong-hoon answered with a serious face.
That answer seed to please the Martial God, who raised one hand and stretched it forward with a smile.
“Good. That’s the spirit of a true martial artist. I hope you achieve your goal.”
“Yes.”
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