Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 41
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Episode 41
“… Thank goodness?”
Mujong chuckled as he recalled what Yeongsu had said.
“Yeah, that’s fortunate. At least if you fight me, you’ll die instantly and painlessly.”
Mujong clenched his right hand tightly.
Red petals began to form layers around the fist.
‘Five red lotus leaves, weeping flower.’
Five layers of petals condensed around Mujong’s right fist.
And then I tried to strike him with my fist, but… … .
“illustration.”
Cheek!
Hurrah!
Youngsoo was one step ahead and flicked the incendiary glove.
A large amount of flames and smoke covered the temple.
“This kid… … !”
The moment when the view is blocked like that.
Youngsoo quickly dug in and stabbed with his sword.
Skill ‘One-Point Strike’ activated.
“No way!”
Kaang!!
However, Mujong skillfully spread out his petals to block Yeongsu’s single-point attack.
‘How stupid, blocking your view and then coming into the enemy’s firing range?’
At the same time, Mujong swung his right fist, which had been condensing his strength.
The five petals that had been tightly packed spread apart, releasing an enormous shock.
Kwaaaaang!!
A shock strong enough to shake the earth’s axis and cause the ground to sink.
There was a strong bang that felt like an earthquake to the people inside the store.
The wild people were astonished.
“That crazy… … !”
“professor!!”
But what was more shocking was the Mujong side.
‘What the heck is that guy…?’
Because I saw an absurd sight.
This is the appearance of a leader who is not harmed even by a wide-area weapon that devastates the entire area.
“…What on earth have you done?”
“I’ve dealt with countless people like you who are so ignorant and push forward with their wide-area attacks.”
“This kid… … .”
The reason why Yeongsu was not caught up in Mujong’s wide-area attack was simple.
Because I avoided it.
To be exact, it was because the calculation of the attack range was completed before Mujong could even launch the attack.
For reference, the calculation of Mujong’s attack was much easier than that of other general wide-area attacks.
Because of .
Before striking, Mujong wraps several layers of flower petals around his fist to condense his strength.
There Youngsu’s calculations end.
Because they knew exactly how much power could be condensed into a single petal, and how much range would be destroyed when that condensed power was released.
Thanks to the experience we have accumulated over the past 50 years.
This was the first weakness of Hongryeon’s armor.
It is easy to calculate its power because of the number of petals visible.
Of course, it was a weakness that was only meaningful to an opponent with the level of vision of a young man.
Anyway, if the calculation was done like that, it would have been easy to avoid it.
Because you just need to be slightly outside that range.
Of course, the distance is quite far.
But for Salsu, who had mastered all sorts of light martial arts, distance was no problem.
Phew!
Yeongsu quickly closed the distance between himself and Mujong again.
At the same time-
Pubberbubung!
He set off a smoke screen all around, obscuring his vision.
“this guy……!”
Phew!
Mujong fired a blast of wind to disperse the smoke.
And at that moment-
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[Skill] ‘Chain Throwing Shot’ activated.
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[Skill] ‘Straight Shot’ activated.
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The iron needles Youngsu had thrown flew here and there.
Some have straight trajectories, some have curved trajectories.
An unavoidable throwing attack that hits all square and non-square points simultaneously.
If it was an ordinary player, it would have become a hive in an instant… … .
“No way!”
Hongryeon, 30-leaf bloom.
Kagagagang!
Thirty petals deflected all the flying iron needles.
But of course, that wasn’t the end of it.
Because Youngsoo himself still remained.
Shhh!
A blind spot in the field of vision, obscured by smoke and projectile attacks.
Youngsoo dug in sharply.
The tip of the sword is filled with pure murderous intent.
The flashing blade stabbed into Mujong.
And of course-
Kagagagang!
It’s blocked again.
When Mujong saw that, he shouted.
“You idiot, no matter how hard you cut, you’ll never be able to pierce my red lotus!!”
“…You still think that way?”
A sinister smile appeared on Youngsoo’s lips.
“You really have no idea what kind of situation you’re in?”
“what?”
Break.
At that moment, a thin crack began to spread across one of the petals.
Mujong was embarrassed.
This is the first time I’ve seen a situation like this since I got my hands on the glove.
“Wh, what… … !”
“What do you mean, you’re screwed?”
Pakang!
The petals were shattered.
A petal of absolute defense that did not even allow a scratch.
“how……!”
“No matter how solid the wall is, it will break if it is stabbed in the same spot dozens or hundreds of times.”
This was the best strategy to deal with the .
To stab and stab a single petal, a single dot on it, until it is completely destroyed.
To prevent the opponent from noticing that he was only stabbing one spot, Youngsoo had been spreading fire and smoke like that as a smokescreen.
Of course, this one-point strike method was not easy to use.
Because it was almost a feat to pick out exactly one of the countless petals that kept blooming and falling and attack it.
It was something that only Youngsoo could do, having memorized the shapes and sizes of a hundred flower petals and being able to distinguish them all during battle.
The petal that seemed as if it would never break broke.
But in other words, now only one sheet was broken.
Mujong thought.
‘Do you think you’ve won just because you broke one petal? I still have 99 petals left… …!’
Mujong summoned more petals to fill the space of the broken ones.
Red lotus, 50 leaves, in bloom.
Shhhhhhh!
Fifty large and small red flower petals surrounded the bell.
The mouths of the wild people who saw that fell open.
“Dozens of sheets… … ?!”
“If we keep doing that, there’s no point in breaking them one by one, right?”
But unlike the people inside the store, there was a smile on Youngsoo’s lips.
Because I knew what would happen the very next moment.
“You idiot. You should have just picked the petals and left with only your best skills.”
That moment.
Passs …
The bloomed flower petals began to fall and scatter here and there.
Like fish scales that have been cut by a knife.
“What… … !”
A cold sweat ran down Mujong’s back.
Only one petal was broken.
But why does this happen…?
“No matter how many petals a flower has, they all share one sepal.”
“…what?”
“If just one petal breaks and falls off, the other petals will fall off in a chain reaction. Didn’t you know that?”
This was the real weakness of Hongryeon’s armor.
If just one petal breaks, all the other petals fall.
Because he knew this weakness, Yeongsu was able to attack Mujong without hesitation.
“How do you… … !”
“You really didn’t know? Even though it was your own weapon? Whatever, it doesn’t matter. You’ll find out by now anyway.”
Shhh!
Yeongsu’s other hand stabbed Mujong once again.
Mujong quickly bloomed more petals.
But it was the same.
As soon as the flower bloomed, the petals fell off and scattered.
The flower petals that used to tightly surround and protect their owners have now become nothing more than hard, flat plates.
Now there were no petals to protect the bell.
A situation where he has to face Youngsoo purely with his own skills.
Crunch!
Mujong quickly changed into a different gauntlet.
3-star gauntlets, .
“Do you feel like you have an advantage now?”
Fight!
Mujong released his mana waves in all directions.
A faint wave that cannot shock or influence the opponent.
But with this, I was able to figure out Youngsoo’s mana status.
‘This sucks.’
The amount of mana accumulated in the body of the spirit he saw was pitiful compared to his own.
This was the skill of the Qigong class, .
And Youngsu also learned this skill.
‘You were a civil engineer. As expected.’
A class that specializes in martial arts using pure, attributeless mana, the Qigong Master.
Youngsoo muttered, holding one sword as a counterattack and the other as a counterattack.
“I’ve caught plenty of them, you guys who are engineers.”
“Not this time!”
Kaang!
As swords and gauntlets clashed again, a series of terrible clashes followed.
A battle that seemed equal for a moment.
But the victory went straight to Yeong-su.
Kagagagang!
Mujong began to be pushed back without mercy.
‘Why?!’
Mujong’s skills were among the best among martial artists.
I have never neglected my training, relying solely on the Hongryeon Gap.
In addition, the amount of mana he possessed was overwhelmingly greater than that of Yeongsu.
But it was being pushed back.
That too, overwhelmingly.
‘Why!!’
I couldn’t understand it at all.
Is your opponent using a powerful skill?
No, Youngsoo didn’t have enough mana right now.
So is it fast?
It was fast, but not so fast that I couldn’t keep up.
Are you strong?
No, the power was stronger on his side.
But everything about Youngsoo was accurate.
So creepy.
He avoided all of Mujong’s skills by just a hair’s breadth, and immediately attacked when he revealed even the smallest of weaknesses.
Every movement, every attack was exactly where it was supposed to be at the exact moment.
A knife sharpened to an extremely sharp point.
I couldn’t possibly believe that this was human swordsmanship.
Shukak!
Crunch!
wickedness!
“Ugh… … !”
In addition, the sword only digs into the seams of the armor.
The fight wasn’t over yet, but at this point, it was as good as certain that Mujong would be defeated.
‘no…….’
This couldn’t be happening.
I am the red lotus itself.
It doesn’t matter if I die.
But I can’t lose!
Phew!
A heavy wind of energy swept around Mujong.
The red petals that had been scattered around began to gather together as they were blown away by the wind.
And then it started to come together.
Yeongsu seemed to know what Mujong was trying to do.
“Are you going to blow yourself up?”
“They are trying to kill you.”
Kagagagagak!
The petals began to clump together, making a sharp cracking sound.
He was trying to make a bomb by combining his qi and flower petals.
Youngsoo asked.
“If that explodes, you’ll get hurt too.”
“But you will die.”
“That’s true.”
Yeah!
Youngsoo took out a knife from his inventory.
A greatsword of considerable size.
It was the very same greatsword that he had often used since he had obtained it in the garden of Count Candeley.
‘Not even a shield, but a greatsword?’
He didn’t run away from the huge explosion, didn’t raise his shield, and instead pulled out his sword.
I thought he was crazy, but it didn’t matter.
Because it just becomes easier to kill anyway.
“Detonate!”
Phew!!
Mujong released all the pent-up energy at once.
Accordingly, the red petals flew out in all directions like shrapnel from a grenade.
And just before those fragments hit your body.
Yeongsu aimed his greatsword at Mujong and activated his skill.
A skill I’ve never used before.
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[Skill] ‘Blast Smash Sword’ activated.
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Damn.
Cracks quickly spread across the once hard and smooth blade of the greatsword.
The cracks that spread began to split the once solid blade into dozens or hundreds of pieces.
And finally, the mana that had seeped through the cracks exploded-
Phew!!
The blade burst.
Hundreds of pieces of iron that had once been one in size flew violently.
This is the skill ‘Blast Smash Sword’.
A technique that injects mana into the blade and forces it to explode.
Although it was a risky skill to sacrifice an entire weapon, it was also a powerful and destructive skill.
Such a skill collided with the explosive death of Mujong.
Break!!
The two explosions collided, canceled out each other, and then dissipated.
The petals did not break, but flew away to a faraway place that I could not reach.
Despair appeared on Mujong’s face.
“… How can I use my skills with just a mere explosive sword… …!”
“The power of a skill varies greatly depending on who uses it.”
dump!
Mujong, whose mana was depleted by the skill just now, collapsed on the floor.
Youngsoo walked towards him and looked at the numbers above his head.
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[KP: 88]
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The enormous evil deeds were clearly revealed in numbers.
“You killed a lot.”
“buy…….”
Crunch.
Yeongsu mercilessly cut off Mujong’s head.
“Huh? What were you just trying to say?”
But there was nothing I could say with my head cut off.
“Okay, that’s fine.”
Swaaaah!
Yeongsu absorbed Mujong’s karma through karma robbery.
Yeongsu closed his eyes quietly as he felt his body being strengthened by one, no, three, layers.
The fatigue of the body itself was completely eliminated with this.
But I wasn’t in my right mind.
I’ve been fighting for so long that my mind has become too worn down.
My vision became blurry, my head started to hurt, and my once keen intuition was unravelled.
In other words, it was a situation where further fighting became virtually impossible.
And at that very moment, a new murderous intent flashed toward Yeongsu from afar.