“!”
The sky turns red.
The magic array that severs the Ascetic’s fleshy spirit is about to claim the lives of everyone.
Falling together with fragments of the palace, I quickly unleashed around 500 units of Infinite Completion.
The situation was dire as the Law Technique of Spirit Separation had been cast.
Even if I subdued the Lord Jeokmuhyang nearby, there was a high chance the technique wouldn’t break.
If the Holy Power hadn’t been sealed, I would have only targeted the Archlord regardless of the spell activation…
‘Resurrection is tough. Not one or two…’
If the Holy Power were intact, I could resurrect hundreds or thousands, but currently, I was bound by a sealed Holy Power.
There was no immediate way to deal with death that even touches the soul.
‘First, I’ll break the spell.’
It was merely a ‘borrowed’ power, yet I successfully shattered the power of Junseon, consuming all 500 units of Infinite Completion in the process.
However, it was by no means insufficient to break the Display Case Practitioner’s spell.
Feeling the vitality drain from my body, I retrieved the hammer I had generated once again.
I extracted about 100 units of Infinite Completion from the hammer and spread them wide.
One of the techniques belonging to the Avatar Phase, with attributes of gold and thunder.
“Golden Thunder Enchantment.”
Zzzzzzzzh!!!
The multicolored Infinite Completions all turned golden, wrapping around the sky of the Lord Jeokmu-hyang.
They surrounded Jeokmu-hyang like a tightly woven net.
At the very least, I could survive the aftermath now.
[?]
[Oh]
[What’s that?]
[A net?]
[Wow]
[You totally wrecked the palace, lol]
[Wow]
[What did you do?]
[Omg, omg, omg]
‘Roar of Acceleration, Source of Explosion.’
Through thousands of overlaps, I shot up towards the sky like a single bolt of lightning.
The higher I went, the stronger the Spirit Separation’s grip on my flesh and spirit became, but it was all in vain.
KABOOM!!!
Since my strike hit the magic array first.
A large crack appeared in the Spirit Separation’s grip, producing a loud noise.
The once red sky began to gradually turn blue.
“This just won’t break.”
I applied quite a bit of force, yet all I managed was a mere crack.
Of course, it was a magic array with no clear shape, but 400 units of Infinite Completion were not something to be underestimated.
‘Is it already starting to absorb?’
Although I hadn’t yet torn apart the determination and Origin Spirit, the vitality and lifespan of the practitioners were slowly being sucked away.
There were likely a good number of practitioners within Jeokmu-hyang, so the magic array that absorbed that vitality must have become considerably solid as well.
The magic array that absorbed that vitality must have gotten pretty solid too.
I’ve consumed about 100 more, and now I’m holding the Infinite Completion hammer again, with roughly 300 left.
If I swing this a few more times, it shouldn’t be unbreakable.
“Then… should I smash it some more—?!”
[Huh?]
[???]
[Huh?]
[What the hell]
[Lily?]
Gravity is pulling me in.
I got sucked back in without resistance, and as I swung the hammer, the gravitational force pulling me dissipated like it was erased.
Once again grabbing the hammer, I focused on the magic array…
“!”
Crack!
A powerful attack struck my new position instantly.
It shattered and sliced like the front paw of a ferocious beast.
The impact was so strong that it tore a large crack in the space before it healed again.
‘The Record Phase probably won’t leave a shape anymore.’
A man dressed in a dazzling crimson outfit appeared in mid-air.
With red hair and eyes, and the ears and tail of a tiger, he seemed to be a practitioner from the Tiger Clan.
Above all, the power he possessed…
“It’s you. How dare you interfere with me.”
“Lord Jeokmuhyang.”
“I thought it was that Cheongjinryeong punk since he’s been acting so nonsensically, but it turns out it wasn’t him.”
Display Case grade practitioner.
This was the ‘Lord Jeokmuhyang’ I had been searching for all this time.
The mastermind behind this, who had unleashed Spirit Separation on his own residents.
[Oh, so that’s the Archlord?]
[Let’s kill him.]
[So damn cocky.]
[Seems kinda tough though.]
[Lolololololol.]
[Looks very manly.]
“I have to ask. Why are you doing this?”
“Huh? That’s what I want to ask you.”
“Did you receive orders from that Cheongjinryeong bastard? Or are you another Archlord hiding your identity?”
“I said that’s what I want to ask!”
You tried to turn all of the residents of your own territory into food, and you’re asking why I’m questioning this?
As I looked at Lord Jeokmuhyang with a baffled expression, he chuckled and shook his head.
“What’s so hard to understand? Eating and being eaten is the way of nature. And what I’m doing now is also part of that principle.”
“Usually, you don’t eat your own people.”
“Subjects are meant to dedicate everything to their lord.”
Not just their wealth and labor, but even their fields and lives.
[Lolololololol.]
[Huh?]
[He was just a crazy bastard]
[Let’s kill him]
“……”
“It’s done. It’s already begun anyway. No matter what you do, it’s something that cannot be stopped.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah. It has no meaning─”
Kwa-zhik!!
Using the Roar of Acceleration, I brought the hammer down on the Archlord’s head.
A hammer containing a whopping 300 infinities.
As the Archlord’s body burst, I transformed the hammer back into a spear.
The Lord Jeokmu-hyang, who was reconstructing his body somewhere over there, screamed in shock.
The gravity around him twisted, and the sky, which had regained its blue light, began to cloak itself in red once more.
The display case was at least on par with Ertarn.
Merely killing the ‘body’ wouldn’t be enough to subdue him.
If this continued, it wouldn’t be strange for the Spirit Separation to activate completely.
I twisted the spear.
Instead of the normally used Holy, all the infinities I had gathered were absorbed and woven into a single technique.
“Annihilation.”
The spear that erases everything pierced through Lord Jeokmu-hyang’s soul.
■
Kwa-a-a-a…
Somewhere high up in Jangmugye.
A colossal being, overlooking the five districts below, swallowed hard.
The disturbance had taken place in the fourth of the five mountains that had risen.
Commonly referred to as ‘Red Mist District.’
It was the place where the ambitious young Archlord, who had recently been promoted to display case, resided.
“Was it ultimately a foreseen event? I had expected it, but…”
Fights among the Archlords were extremely common.
The practitioners of display cases were those who had shed the form of mortals to become true “gods,” with a solid sense of their own “subject.”
Thus, the young Archlord becoming a display case meant countless checks and pressures from the other Archlords were imminent.
Of course, I had no intention of interfering with matters occurring in the district.
Managing the district was the role of the Archlord, and as long as the system was properly maintained, it didn’t matter to me.
As long as she didn’t cross the line, I had no intention of getting involved either, but Jeokho just crossed that line.
Specifically, he was about to cross it when someone stopped him.
“How bizarre… such a strange being.”
Jeokho was obliterated.
His soul was annihilated by a chilling, unidentified attack, and his remains no longer existed in this world.
Before long, the ‘tricks’ he had intended to perform would also vanish.
Now that Jeokho was dead, there was no longer a reason to worry…
“That child needs some attention.”
“I guess I need to take a look at my hand.”
As the long-time master of Jangmugye, Junseon felt like he couldn’t just leave it be.
Boom…!
A gigantic body started to peer down below.
■
[Wow]
[LOL]
[That was epic]
[Great Lily]
[Annihilation was insane]
[Good job]
[Annihilation was way too strong]
“Phew… It’s tough to do this without the Holy power.”
I sighed, lightly rotating my slightly creaky shoulders.
Facing the Display Case Practitioner in this state wasn’t an easy task.
If I had enough strength, I could simply swing the Hammer harder or suppress it with techniques from other Spears, but I had my limitations.
And that limitation was filled by ‘Infinite Completion.’
The role of Infinite Completion in unleashing strength beyond the Display Case level was significant, and I had just used up all of that Infinite Completion.
“If only I had the ease, I would have subdued it and shaken it down for information on why it happened and how to reach the level of the Marriage Device, among other things.”
Under normal circumstances, I would’ve been thinking of thoroughly shaking it down for information, but since Lord Jeokmuhyang was stronger than expected and time was short, I had no choice but to use Annihilation.
“If only I had the Holy power, I might cling to life in some way.”
It’s a shame, but still, the Display Case Practitioner wasn’t alone with Lord Jeokmuhyang.
Maybe I could find out something by visiting other Archlords?
I scanned the surroundings just in case Lord Jeokmuhyang hadn’t survived through some kind of magic, but fortunately, that wasn’t the case.
The mark of Spirit Separation inscribed in the sky had already disappeared.
[Lily is now Lord Jeokmuhyang?]
[Let’s go destroy the Archlords~]
[Who’s taking on Lord Jeokmuhyang now?]
[I’ll stand in the sky LOL]
[Archlord Lily, oh wow]
[What’s next?]
“Well… I guess if the Palace hadn’t turned to ruins, I would’ve tried finding something like a throne.”
Unfortunately, during the battle, the palace turned into a wreck, leaving nothing intact.
The aftermath of the battle sent everyone fleeing long ago, but once they realize the situation is under control, wouldn’t they come back?
“How am I gonna fix this?”
─There’s no need for that. I’ve already come down.
A massive mountain came descending from the sky.
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