### Chapter 364
The Master of the Rain’s Aftermath
To bring Deukiora down, Kraush needs to conquer three checkpoints.
First, the wall of jellyfish.
Among those jellyfish, there are some that continuously heal Deukiora.
As long as they’re alive, Deukiora will keep regenerating indefinitely.
Flap!
In this moment, Kraush broke through the first checkpoint.
He darted through the jellyfish wall, consistently scanning for those pesky healers.
And the moment he spotted them, he started slicing them down one by one.
“Kiieeeek!”
Deukiora, thinking Kraush was just rushing toward the Most Horrific Seed, realized its mistake and erupted with fury.
The healing jellyfish take three hours to recover.
With that countdown ticking, Deukiora’s infinite regeneration was now sealed.
Deukiora unleashed a barrage of laser beams aimed directly at Kraush—each beam filled with rage and destruction.
But Kraush dodged and parried them all, pressing onward through the jellyfish wall.
This only fueled Deukiora’s rage further.
‘Next up.’
Deukiora has seven lives.
That’s because there are seven back-up bodies hidden within the Rain’s Aftermath itself.
But there’s a catch with these seven bodies.
“You have to destroy them all at once; otherwise, it’s useless.”
The backup bodies are all formed from the rain that falls in the Rain’s Aftermath.
So, regardless of how many you break, they’ll just reassemble into raindrops.
Plus, even if Deukiora switches to a new body, it quickly regenerates again.
In other words, having seven bodies just means Deukiora is practically immortal.
‘Unless all seven are taken out at once.’
If that happens, the information etched in the rain about Deukiora crumbles, making it impossible for new bodies to form.
The seven forms share information to generate one another.
But no matter how skilled Kraush is, attacking Deukiora’s scattered forms in the rain all at once is impossible.
Thus, even if Kraush manages to hurt Deukiora, it could just switch to a new body at any time.
“But hey, your soul can only move along with the raindrops.”
A wicked grin spread across Kraush’s face.
Without the rain to carry his soul, Deukiora can’t change bodies.
“Kiik?”
At the moment Deukiora felt a sense of foreboding, Kraush directed his gaze towards the sky.
Suddenly, white flames began to swirl around Kraush’s body.
Deukiora’s lasers rained down once again.
But the power of the White Dragon surrounding Kraush diffused all of them effortlessly.
Kraush’s hair turned bright white, while his eyes took on a sinister red hue.
In a moment that shimmered with mystical light, Kraush swung his white flames towards the sky.
Annihilation Erosion!
The dragon howled as it soared into the sky, ripping apart jellyfish and shooting upwards.
The impact sent Deukiora flying along with the jellyfish.
The ascending white dragon soon reached the rain-soaked storm cloud.
It tore through the black clouds and obliterated them.
Moreover, the white dragon didn’t disappear; it left behind a residue of pure white flames.
This ensured the storm clouds wouldn’t regroup.
Deep within the Rain’s Aftermath, for the first time, a clear blue sky without a single cloud emerged.
Kraush stood on the remaining mud, having smashed every raindrop and jellyfish around him.
He then found himself face-to-face with Deukiora, who was floating there without raindrops.
Deukiora looked around in disbelief.
It never imagined Kraush would wipe out the storm clouds of the Rain’s Aftermath.
“Now your lives are down to just one.”
With those words, Kraush grinned maniacally.
Boom!
A thunderous clap echoed from afar, where no storm clouds existed.
Deukiora’s wings lost their vibrant colors, turning pitch black.
Even the jellyfish surrounding him darkened to a deep shade.
That palpable rage emanating from him was unmistakable.
‘The third checkpoint.’
Deukiora himself.
‘Here it comes.’
And then, Deukiora vanished.
Kang!
Kraush felt the impact of a clash against his blade, sending him reeling.
It was evident that this foe, faster than Kraush himself, was making its move without the aid of rain.
In Deukiora’s hand was a scythe-like sword.
But that wasn’t all Deukiora wielded.
As Kraush tilted his head back, he felt tendrils swish by on his left.
Swish!
So sharp were those tendrils that Kraush could hear the slicing wind.
If they touched him, a piece of his body would be severed in an instant.
Crackle!
Additionally, those tendrils flowed with powerful electrical energy—a deadly bio-electrical current ready to fry him if he made contact.
The problem? There were more than just a couple of those tendrils.
No matter how keen Kraush’s instincts were, he couldn’t dodge them all.
‘Guess I’ll use the White Dragon’s aura to block them.’
As Deukiora’s tendrils attacked from all directions, each one seemed to have a mind of its own, striking from unpredictable angles.
Clang, clang, clang, clang!
But the White Dragon’s aura, imbued with Kraush’s flames, defended against every onslaught.
Kraush’s instincts synced with the White Dragon’s power, accurately pinpointing the incoming tendrils.
It was the heavy blade version of the White Dragon’s aura.
Amid this, Kraush managed to deflect all of Deukiora’s attacks.
However, it didn’t stop there.
With every clash, Kraush’s blade absorbed more of the blue energy.
Blade Light.
It was a technique that built up strength every time it deflected an incoming attack.
As a result, with each collision with Deukiora, Kraush’s strength began to swell.
At first, Deukiora was clearly dominating.
Caught in a flurry of tendrils, Kraush could barely swing his sword.
But as the fight wore on, the tables began to turn.
Snip!
One tendril got sliced off.
Kraush had traded his White Dragon’s aura for a direct swing of his blade.
And it quickly became apparent that this wasn’t a fluke.
Snip! Snip! Snip!
The number of severed tendrils increased.
Even as Deukiora amplified the power and electrical output of the tendrils, Kraush remained unfazed, cutting down any visible tendrils.
Just then, as nearly half of Deukiora’s tendrils were gone…
Deukiora locked eyes with Kraush.
The deep red in Kraush’s eyes mixed with a glint of slaughter sent chills down Deukiora’s spine.
As the master of the Kingdom of Jeblam, Deukiora was used to being on top.
He was always the hunter and the ruler.
But now,
For the first time, Deukiora felt the gaze of a predator looking to devour him.
He instinctively took a step back.
If all his tendrils were severed, he knew he would be next.
But Kraush had no intention of letting Deukiora escape.
Kraush’s heavy blade surged forward, taking full control of the space around Deukiora.
Deukiora found himself restricted by Kraush’s very presence.
Even if he tried to run, there was no escape.
Kraush’s blade was directed at him from all sides.
Snip! Snip! Snip! Snip!
The sounds of Deukiora’s severed tendrils echoed in succession.
Deukiora’s tendrils rapidly dwindled.
He felt a lump in his throat.
Could it really be that a mere human was posing a life-threatening danger to him, not some other erosion species?
It was a reality he couldn’t accept.
The reaper of death cast its scythe upon Deukiora’s neck.
Fear etched deep within his soul.
As tendrils were being severed, his weapon began to chip away as well.
It became too much to handle against Kraush’s blade light.
“Kiiing!”
Deukiora screamed, launching a fury of scythe strikes towards Kraush.
Amidst that, blue flashes surged toward Kraush.
These were the same blue flashes that Deukiora had shot earlier.
Yet now, the output surged with all his might.
Feeling the danger of death pushed Deukiora to its limits.
Clang!
But Kraush’s blade met Deukiora’s scythe with a resounding clash.
And then, a cold grin emerged beyond the white flames.
“You dare challenge me to a power contest?”
How foolish of you, I’ll show you why.
As Kraush’s sword flared with white flames…
All that energy from deep within his core soared into his blade.
This white flame transformed into mythical fire, merging with his sword light and unleashing an overwhelming force.
Annihilation Erosion!
Two flashes of color—a blue light and a white flame—collided and erupted, engulfing everything in the vicinity.
As the blue flash and white flame wildly thrashed about, the two forces began to dissipate.
When the chaos finally settled, Kraush saw a melted puddle of raindrops before him.
“Phew.”
With that overwhelming force consuming the blade light, Deukiora vanished.
Yet, Kraush wasn’t unscathed.
His arm was charred black.
It was clear; the master of the Kingdom of Jeblam wasn’t taken down easily.
Deukiora’s final struggle had managed to pierce even Kraush’s body, reinforced by mystical energy and divine attributes.
Kraush, with his burned arm hanging limply, sank to one knee.
“Ebelasque.”
He barely managed to call that name as a shadowy figure emerged from the darkness.
A skeletal rat hurriedly approached Kraush, pouring potion onto his arms.
“Chirp! Chirp!”
Sizzle!
Thanks to the potion from the skeleton rat, white smoke rose from Kraush’s arm as flesh began to regenerate.
Though excruciating pain brought him back to reality, Kraush grit his teeth and endured it.
Once his arm had recovered to some extent, Kraush returned the skeleton rat to the shadows.
“Chirp.”
The rat looked at him with concern, but Kraush nodded reassuringly.
With that, he began to trudge forward.
The rain started to fall again.
The white flames left in the sky extinguished as dark clouds began to gather.
Boom!
Thunder echoed through the dark clouds.
It felt like a warning directed at Kraush.
Whatever you do, don’t come any closer.
But Kraush continued to march on undaunted.
Even as the rain rose to his waist, he didn’t flinch.
And then, finally…
Something caught Kraush’s eye.
On a puddle of blue raindrops beneath his feet…
A tiny tree was surrounded by a circular membrane.
That little tree, floating in mid-air, was rooted to the ground below.
It was the Most Horrific Seed.
Kraush raised his hand upon seeing the tree.
Then, he placed his palm atop it.
With a quick exhale, Kraush closed his eyes.
‘Black Hood.’
In that very moment, Kraush’s Black Hood activated.
The target was the Rain’s Aftermath.
What he was taking? The Most Horrific Seed.
Today, he erases the Kingdom of Jeblam.
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