Chapter 448

When the screen suddenly burst into white, the viewers had no choice but to get flashbanged on the spot.

These days, the system was engineered so you couldn’t get flashbanged like that.

It didn’t feel like their eyes were burning in pain, but they still exaggerated anyway and spammed chat.

-Aaagh, my eyes!!!!!!!

-Flashbang!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Ah, holy shit!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Aaaaarghhhhhhh

-My eeyeeeesss ????

-Isn’t that dead???????

-No, don’t kill him—fight already!!!!

Kyou’s lightning glare and the lightning that poured out dyed the world in nothing but white, and when that terrifying power erupted—where the massive crater had been, a single canyon was carved out and swept across the land in a long line.

Around that long canyon, everything was blackened as if it had been scorched, and seeing that burned terrain, people started yelling that there was no way he was alive.

But then.

A sound burst out from the complete opposite side of that canyon.

“Puhi-i-i-ing———!!!”

At the sharp cry of the horse, Kyou—having poured down that massive lightning—quickly prepared his defense.

And over that defense, a greatsword came swinging down.

It wasn’t that he heard the sound and blocked.

The moment that sharp horse-cry rang out, the greatsword had already been in motion, and the defense had been raised faster than sound itself.

And then—

Kwaaaahhhhhhhhhhhng————!!!

Kyou’s body, arm raised to block, couldn’t withstand the force of the greatsword and was driven into the ground, and the earth beneath his feet began to cave in with even bigger cracks ripping open.

From the massive shockwave, huge fissures spread through the surrounding ground as the shockwave swept the area.

Faced with power that easily surpassed even a magnitude-6 earthquake, Kyou frowned.

He had raised his arm and blocked, but—

because of that,

Swaaaahhh......

Ujeong, the Rain Essence, faded as if it were being erased, then vanished from that spot.

Right before it disappeared, it returned to Kyou’s subspace.

He’d tried to deal even a little damage while using the lightning strike,?but instead, he had no choice but to allow Kim Che-geon’s attack through.

If it was like this, the loss was far bigger.

So he’d dodged, then suddenly rushed him?

It was a perfect strike, aimed at the instant Kyou’s perception dipped for a split second while using the lightning strike.

He’d blocked, so his main body was fine, but losing Ujeong—one of his essences—was a huge loss.

Kyou’s face tightened.

And the viewers watching had no choice but to be bewildered too.

He’d clearly blocked, but Ujeong disappeared, and Kyou looked unhappy.

Of course they were going to be curious.

-????????

-What just happened????

-No, what’s the point of slow-mo ????? we still can’t tell;;;;

-;;;;;;Hold up, gotta go change my underwear;;;;;;

-Why are they trying to insta-kill from the start??????

-He’s insanely strong;;;;;

-Just that one hit would’ve sliced a double ranker, wouldn’t it????

-Right. So what happened????

Since everyone was so curious,?Seong and Helena stepped up to explain.

“That lightning-strike attack just now—Kyou was trying to make Kim Che-geon take even a little loss, but Kim Che-geon avoided it perfectly and counterattacked.”

“And in that counter, Kim Che-geon used physical force plus the black horse’s power—black magic—to land a fatal hit on an essence or spirit, so even though Kyou blocked, one of his forces—Ujeong—had to retire.”

Even then, some people still didn’t fully understand, but they could more or less follow it.

Of course, there were viewers who kept asking more questions, but they were deliberately ignored.

Because Kim Che-geon and Kyou were still fighting.

This wasn’t time you could spare for questions.

The screen started filming at ultra-high speed, and even inside that, Kyou and Kim Che-geon were faster than anything.

Paaahhhhhng———!!!

Kwaaaahhhhhng————!!!

Pajijijijijijiji————!!!

Every time Kim Che-geon’s black horse stamped the ground to run, the floor burst as if shells were exploding and the terrain bucked upward—and toward Kim Che-geon charging in like that, Kyou refused to give up distance and tried to trap Kim Che-geon with lightning and storm no matter what.

But when Kim Che-geon gripped the reins and twisted his body at the sight of blue lightning streaking in, zigzagging as it flew—the black horse understood his intent, leaned its body sideways, and used speed and inertia to avoid the lightning.

At the same time, it stepped on the bucking terrain it had kicked up itself, accelerated even more, and launched forward.

Paaahhhhhhhhh———!!!

A sonic boom—the kind that only appears once you surpass the speed of sound—erupted and everything around them surged, and Kim Che-geon charged at Kyou.

A savage momentum poured into the greatsword as it swung toward Kyou.

Kyou fired lightning at Kim Che-geon’s greatsword with the intent of landing it this time for sure.

And if Kim Che-geon dodged, he prepared a follow-up attack.

But—

even as Kim Che-geon watched the lightning coming at him, he kept charging in, and the lightning pierced straight through Kim Che-geon.

Guhk.

Kim Che-geon spat out blood on the spot.

But Kim Che-geon and the black horse didn’t stop, still charging straight at Kyou.

Kyou hadn’t even imagined Kim Che-geon would take that lightning head-on, so he faltered, quickly canceled the follow-up, and tried to stop Kim Che-geon somehow, but—too late.

In that brief hesitation, in that tiny pause—less than even 0.001 seconds—Kim Che-geon was faster.

A sword strike he swung with even that calculated.

The moment Kyou abandoned the attack and forced himself into defense—the sword strike came for Kyou.

Shhk—

With the sharp sound of cutting, Kyou’s left arm dropped.

He instantly realized it was too late to block and twisted his body to avoid it.

Normally, that left arm would’ve had Ujeong residing in it, but—

since Ujeong had already retired, he made the bold choice to give up his left arm.

Kim Che-geon didn’t panic at that and raised the reins, controlling the black horse toward Kyou as Kyou tried to ready a follow-up.

The black horse’s body spun in an instant—and its thick hind leg swung up and kicked Kyou square in the chest.

Kwaaaahhhhhhhhhng!!!!

A sound like the world exploding rang out as Kyou was blasted back so fast he couldn’t even leave an afterimage, flying to the far end of the canyon he’d created at the start and setting off a massive explosion.

Kuurrrrrrrrrr.

A vibration transmitted through the ground as if an earthquake were shaking it,?and far away, at the end of the canyon, a huge mushroom cloud rose.

Seeing that, the viewers had no choice but to gape.

-Holy shit????????????

-Kim Che-geon is overpowering him like this???????

-Isn’t he just winning overwhelmingly?????

-No, is this even real??????????

-What the hell is happening???????

-Kim Che-geon was this strong?????

-He’s not Almighty grade and that’s what he does??????

-What is that black horse????????????

-Wow, yeah, black really is something else.

-??????? Racism????

While they kept yelling like that, everyone fully believed Kyou had lost.

But Kim Che-geon had taken lightning too.

“Guhk. Ugh.”

The amount of blood he spat out wasn’t normal.

It hadn’t even been an attack you could call more than a poke,?but even though he’d braced himself and taken it, a full third of his health had been shaved off.

Even though Kim Che-geon, as a close-range type, had an absurd amount of health to begin with.

Seeing that, the viewers couldn’t help but marvel too.

So this is what a fight between masters looks like.

Unlike Embris and Reaper’s fight that lasted an hour, this had ended almost instantly,?but seeing that both of them had taken heavy shocks, that was what people thought.

But then—

-Huh? Why isn’t the Demon King saying the match is over???????

-Didn’t Kim Che-geon win?????????

-He won;;;; how does anyone live through that?

-A mushroom cloud rose like a nuke went off, how would he survive that???????

-Yeah, Kim Che-geon wins, right????

-Why isn’t he declaring it????

As the viewers pressed like that,

Helena—not Seong—clicked her tongue in irritation.

“Tsk. If it were over, I’d say it was over. It’s not over yet.”

At Helena’s words, everyone was confused.

In a situation like that, it wasn’t over?

As that thought spread everywhere—

the huge storm clouds that had been covering the area moved toward the end of the canyon and began descending to the ground like a massive cone.

At the same time, huge bolts of lightning struck ? NоvеIight ? (Original source) all around,?and wind as strong as a typhoon was whipping through.

-Uh?????????

-Uuuuhhhhhhh??????????

-D-Don’t tell me?????

-He lived through that???????

-How did he live???????????

-He lived????????????

-Insane;;;;;;;;

-Right!!! Kim Che-geon isn’t finishing it either—he’s tending to his injuries as fast as possible like he knows Kyou’s still alive.

Just like one viewer said, Kim Che-geon quickly reassembled his gear and used potions and various recovery items.

Of course, since potions had the trait of refilling over time, he couldn’t recover that much,?but it was still better than nothing.

Helena looked at Kim Che-geon and nodded as if praising him.

Seong watched Kim Che-geon closely.

And when all the storm clouds vanished as if they were being absorbed into the spot where the mushroom cloud had been—something began to rise from there.

Kwajijijijiji———!!!

Whiuuuuuuuuuuu————!!!

It was wrapped in lightning like a lightning god, and wrapped in a typhoon like a wind god.

As he rose with wind and lightning entwined around each other,?he immediately began to move like a bolt of lightning.

Kurrrrrrrrrrrrrng————!!!

And only after Kyou moved did the air start to tremble and thunder came crashing through.