Chapter 488: Both a Great Sin and a Virtue, Savior of Evil Men
"It worked!"
At this moment, an obvious smile appeared on Ahn Jun-hyeon's face, mixed with the blood between his mouth and nose. The healing magic imitating Mercenary Tao's self-healing ability had been activated, and his injuries were rapidly healing.
He watched Mercenary Tao's figure sway a few times and then fall backward, the joy in his heart reaching its peak.
But in the next moment, that figure which had already fallen backward by forty-five degrees froze in thin air. Kaito Shirogane's legs bent, stabilizing his center of gravity at a completely impossible angle, and then he slowly straightened up bit by bit.
His signature cruel smile appeared on his face, meeting the eyes of the Reincarnator with heterochromatic pupils.
"Ha~ You actually fell for it?"
He could clearly feel that when the other party saw him fall, their heart rate increased, and their pupils dilated. That joy born from the marrow of their bones couldn't be concealed.
This Reincarnator who mastered such a rare ability was actually fooled by his clumsy disguise. This further confirmed to him that the other party's special magic, which seemed capable of copying his abilities, was not perfect.
Moreover, facing him, the other party was very nervous.
The smile on Kaito's face was cruel and malicious. His eyelids lowered, his pupils looking at the other party mockingly from under his lower eyelids.
Ahn Jun-hyeon felt a stinging pain in his spine, stimulated by this look. He had hidden in the dark, prepared to attack the unprepared Mercenary Tao in perfect condition, and even struck first with a killing move when the other party hadn't gone all out. Yet not only did it not work, it even made the other party reveal such an expression.
While feeling stung and humiliated, a trace of chill also flashed through Ahn Jun-hyeon's heart.
In the scalding will to fight, that trace of chill was so obvious. That was... fear.
[Instant Death Resistance (Low Priority): Produces an immunity effect against instant-death type abilities with lower priority]
Looking at the conspicuous resistance mark on his panel, Kaito looked down even more on the ability of the Reincarnator before him, which was probably deliberately imitating [Shinra Death Intent].
"What a half-baked ability."
Kaito walked towards the other party. Because the Transcendent Helix had entered the Second Stage, he was very sensitive to energy. Even without activating it, he could identify the attributes of most energies.
Just like this Reincarnator. Even though he was deliberately imitating his fighting style and indeed showed results,
Possessing "Haki," "physical attributes," and "Martial Arts Mastery" close to his own, and even replicating the instant-death attack of Shinra Death Intent to a certain extent.
But the constantly fluctuating aura on the other party's body was obviously magic power, not Haki, nor Qi.
He raised a finger, waved it, and shook his head.
"If you were willing to engage in a physical contest with me, I probably would still appreciate you very much. But you actually wanted to simulate that kind of attack to kill me directly..."
"Do you hate fighting?"
Kaito continued to step towards the other party, asking like this. But those slow steps made Ahn Jun-hyeon's pupils tremble constantly.
In the state of activating High-Tier Setsuna, where speed was elevated too fast, acting again at the speed of an ordinary human was an extremely difficult thing.
This kind of movement represented that Mercenary Tao's control over the ability of Setsuna and his own physical body far exceeded his imagination.
Before Ahn Jun-hyeon could speak, Kaito sighed somewhat dully.
"Because you can't do it, right?"
"Unlike me, all this power you currently possess is built upon the foundation of [Magic Power]. Even if you use Frieren's magic that conceals magic power, the limitation of the energy attribute makes it impossible for you to maintain this state for a long time..."
Ahn Jun-hyeon subconsciously took a step back. Mercenary Tao wasn't as crazy as he thought. In fact, his tone was calm right now, as if telling a story. Moreover, after only exchanging blows for a brief moment, he had already perceived the weakness of this magic.
Yes, [Copy Magic] couldn't be considered very perfect. Even though through various means, items, and abilities, he had already stacked his energy attribute to a terrifying value approaching forty points, touching the extreme value of the Second Ladder, he still couldn't maintain it for a long time.
Especially right now, replicating a powerful target like Mercenary Tao, just making the physical body this powerful was constantly and rapidly consuming the magic power in his body.
Simulating that instant-death attack consumed more than 20% of his magic power at once.
Kaito used his right index finger and thumb to indicate a distance. Then, seeming to feel it was inappropriate, he continued to pull them apart. After pulling the two fingers to their limits, he was still dissatisfied. He raised his left index finger, placed it alongside his right index finger, and continuously extended them towards both sides.
Ahn Jun-hyeon didn't understand why, only hearing Mercenary Tao continue unhurriedly:
"The gap between you and me is probably about this much, ha~"
In the light chuckle, there was no hypocrisy of pretending to be strong, only that undisguised unbridledness.
Ahn Jun-hyeon's mind suffered an impact, but in the next moment, the [Forced Calm] permanently active on his body refreshed once.
Buzz!
While Ahn Jun-hyeon turned into wind, he again swept up several tornadoes, rising towards the surroundings of the city.
In his view, his application of Mercenary Tao's ability to turn into wind was more flexible and superior to Mercenary Tao himself.
But Kaito just looked at this scene indifferently and continued to speak:
"Besides that magic power consumption, there is one more thing, which is... you completely haven't simulated my true essence~"
Hum!
The screaming sound of Qi rang out again. Ahn Jun-hyeon's heart stifled. He instinctively activated the wind-turning magic, his figure turning into a breeze falling downward. In the sky, it was as if a behemoth had flown past at supersonic speed.
With just a boom, several tornadoes shattered simultaneously, turning into fine air currents scattering to the surroundings.
Mercenary Tao stood in the wind, then spun violently. In the next moment, his figure also turned into wind.
Buzz!
An incomparably terrifying huge grayish-black tornado was born out of thin air.
The wind speed instantly exceeded the limit. Flying sand and rolling stones appeared immediately. The city blocks destroyed by the aftermath of their battle flew into the sky in the blink of an eye.
If the tornado he swept up was a flood dragon with a diameter of several meters, then this grayish-black tornado caused by Mercenary Tao at this moment was like a natural disaster.
Constantly spreading towards the surrounding blocks.
It wasn't that Mercenary Tao couldn't do it, but merely disdained to...
Ahn Jun-hyeon understood the other party's meaning, but he couldn't accept this reality. He continuously replicated the tough physical body of Mercenary Tao he had just seen. The cells on his body surface were rapidly strengthened, becoming tough, and his defense rapidly increased. At the same time, he raised his left hand, golden light lighting up on his fingertips.
Hum!
In the next moment, a golden light wave abruptly pierced through the huge tornado whose diameter had already reached hundreds of meters, hitting Mercenary Tao inside with a bang.
But Mercenary Tao raised his left hand in front of him, accurately blocking this strike, and looked at him with a cruel smile.
Ahn Jun-hyeon was startled in his heart and was about to turn into wind again.
"Ha!"
[World-Shocking Thunder Roar] had already erupted in front of him!
Mercenary Tao, appearing out of thin air, opened his mouth and roared, everything around exploding together.
Ahn Jun-hyeon only felt everything in his chest cavity vibrating. Fortunately, he had just replicated Mercenary Tao's physical body to enhance his defense; otherwise, he would probably have been directly shaken to death right now.
A new ability... This is probably some kind of sound or electromagnetic ability. The intensity is very high.
Ahn Jun-hyeon's mind constantly thought and rapidly analyzed this ability, attempting to replicate it.
But his internal organs and eardrums were already injured, and his thinking ability dropped at this moment.
When his eyes refocused, the character for [Kill] on that pink robe was clearly visible.
Kaito looked at the man who had already somewhat lost his combat capability, feeling exceedingly disappointed. He grabbed the other party's neck and said:
"I haven't even used stronger abilities yet, and you're already going to die?"
His fingers exerted force. In the next moment, the ink-black fingers pierced through the other party's tough skin.
A scarlet snake darted out from Kaito's left hand in an instant, piercing through the other party's body.
The characteristic of [Overkill Massacre] was activated. Just a tiny punctured wound instantly caused massive bleeding.
Ahn Jun-hyeon's brain began to turn chaotic, but his rich combat experience still made him instantly turn into wind and retreat backward, simultaneously activating concealment magic.
But a figure followed like a shadow. He had just broken away from turning into wind when he was grabbed by Kaito again.
Locked on by the [Gaze of Arrogance], even if he turned into wind, he couldn't break the visual lock.
Bang!
An intense force slammed Ahn Jun-hyeon into the ground, dragging him crazily across the shattered stone slab ground.
Kaito pressed the other party's head into the ground with one hand and rapidly charged forward using Eighth-Stage Setsuna.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Smashing through three buildings consecutively and crossing an entire block, Kaito stopped, still feeling unsatisfied. The Reincarnator under his hand had already begun to tremble.
Emerald green magic power constantly lit up, carrying out facial repairs. But in Kaito's view, the speed was at most intermediate self-healing, completely incomparable to his high-speed self-healing.
This was a magic with great potential, but... it was ultimately limited to this.
The largest faction in the Infinite Dimensional Space, the magic side—Kaito had encountered very few of them previously. Today, he realized that the abilities of this side could truly be called omnipotent.
It seemed as if any kind of ability could be cast through magic.
The other party, in essence, used magic to strengthen himself to a degree close to his own physical body, and achieved effects including various ability characteristics such as [Setsuna] and [Fairy in the Wind].
He lifted this man with heterochromatic eyes and said:
"You're a somewhat interesting guy. As a reward, I will let you die last."
Kaito then carried Ahn Jun-hyeon and first walked up to the woman who was severely burned all over from the explosion of her Colossal Titan transformation and whose two arms had been destroyed by him. He shattered her head with a Dodon Ray.
Then he easily found the invisible woman Yero, who had lost her eyes and ears and was left only with spiritual perception. As if deliberately demonstrating, he killed the other party with [Shinra Death Intent] by tapping her head.
Finally, in the center of the city, he threw a punch that smashed the entire head of the Colossal Titan along with Akira in the nape of its neck. That relieved laughter from Akira right before his death made Ahn Jun-hyeon's heart feel sorrowful.
"Scarlet Great Sin... You are a Sin Reincarnator..."
Ahn Jun-hyeon muttered. His self-esteem had been crushed by the overwhelming gap. He let Mercenary Tao carry him, watching him use his abilities.
He saw that every time Mercenary Tao killed a Reincarnator, a Scarlet Drop Card would definitely appear. Because he was hit by the Overkill Massacre ability, he finally understood Mercenary Tao's specialness at this moment.
Kaito shook his head. A white light also appeared on his right hand.
He added:
"Not just Scarlet Great Sin. Although you guys might not acknowledge it, I am also a Virtue Reincarnator~"
He then tossed Ahn Jun-hyeon aside, pulling his hands apart, one up one down, one front one back. The fluctuation of killing intent instantly covered everything.
[Raging Demon]!
He used this move to bury this magic-side Reincarnator.
[You killed Reincarnator VC90707830. Deathmatch mission progress updated]
[You completed the Deathmatch Mission]
[You obtained Special Title · Savior of Evil Men]
(End of Chapter)
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