Episode 99. The price of becoming stronger
“Huh?!”
“what?! “I suddenly became stronger again!”
“Have you been hiding your powers all this time? That doesn’t make sense… ?”
“What kind of ability is this… ?”
The audience was surprised to see Shinwoong becoming noticeably stronger once again, while at the same time whispering with puzzled expressions.
The VIPs who were watching the game did the same.
‘Nonsense!’
In particular, Hong Hyun-jin had the most astonished expression.
‘What on earth is that skill? Why do you keep getting stronger?’
Born as the eldest daughter of the fourth generation clan, she grew up watching hunters with various skills and characteristics from a young age.
However, I have never seen a hunter with the ability to become stronger by continuously using the same skill.
Doesn’t it make sense that such a deceptive ability exists in the first place?
‘I’m not the only one who’s surprised, right?’
Hong Hyun-jin looked around at the other clan masters sitting in the VIP.
As expected, everyone seemed to be in the same state as her. Everyone was talking with shocked expressions or constantly contacting each other on their smartphones.
Even Oh Byeong-guk and Kang Kyung-kwon still couldn’t erase the surprised expressions on their faces.
They weren’t the only ones surprised.
“… Something like that was possible… ?”
Even Jang Seung-wook, the vice president of the Colosseum, was looking at Shinwoong with a blank expression and asking that question.
Baekjun could not answer those words. It was also the first time in his life that he had seen a situation like Shinwoong’s.
‘If we could further strengthen our physical capabilities without limitations… .’
Baekjun felt a chill go down his spine without even realizing it.
At that point, it’s not the program that’s the problem, but a situation where you have to desperately hope that people don’t jump into the audience to escape.
But soon he shook off the thoughts that came to his mind.
‘That doesn’t make sense. That would be impossible. ‘There must be some condition or price.’
Baekjun looked at Shinwoong as if glaring.
How on earth do you continue to strengthen your physical abilities?
‘… I’ll have to ask Master Yong about this later.’
Even the experienced Baek Jun found it difficult to give an answer. In this case, it is best to ask Yong Han-gil, the master of the Korean Clan who lives in the New World.
This is because in a new continent where all kinds of awakened people gather, there may be such a case.
“Wow!!”
“oh my god!”
“How many people is that… ?!”
At that time, the cheers of the audience suddenly came out.
Looking at the stadium, Kim Jin-seong, whose number had already increased to 10, was attacking Shin-woong with a siege.
Shinwoong, who had easily cut down the clones just a moment ago, was unable to easily gain the upper hand when as many as 10 people launched a joint attack and appeared to be focused only on defense.
“Kim Jin-seong is also amazing. “It’s not easy to create 10 alter egos like that at once.”
Baekjun nodded as if he agreed with Jang Seung-wook’s words of admiration.
Although they didn’t yet know what Shinwoong’s abilities were, they were both knowledgeable about his alter ego skills.
They knew very well how much mana it takes to create one clone and how difficult it is to control it.
“That kind of opponent, Kim Jin-seong, is not easy to beat in the preliminaries. This is… .”
Jang Seung-wook shook his head with an expression of disbelief.
Baekjun also had similar thoughts.
‘No matter how you look at it, it’s too bad to drop those two from the preliminaries.’
He turned his head to the side and looked at bin Nasir.
I could see him fully immersed in the game with his fists clenched.
‘… In that situation, there is a very high chance of being deceived.’
Baekjun looked back at Jang Seungwook and asked in a low voice that only the two of them could hear.
“The plan is okay, right?”
Jang Seung-wook nodded slightly without saying a word.
Wow!
At that time, the sound of deep cuts in flesh was heard.
Looking at the stadium, the head of one of Kim Jin-seong’s clones was flying away, separated from its neck.
The audience was also able to see the image immediately transforming into the small head of a scarecrow.
However, another alter ego was created immediately.
As soon as the alter ego was created, it filled the empty space of the deceased alter ego.
So the combined attack of the nine self-immolators and Kim Jin-seong began again.
A siege from all sides.
However, Shinwoong blocked all the attacks without allowing them even once.
As if that wasn’t enough, he even counterattacked from time to time, inflicting fatal blows on his clone.
‘It’s really amazing.’
Kim Jin-seong could not help but be surprised by his incredible movement speed and offensive power.
If they hadn’t used the recovery skill to summon their clones on such a large scale, they might have been defeated a long time ago.
‘I can’t cause any damage like this.’
Jinseong Kim was increasingly realizing that it was meaningless to attack by increasing the number of self-immolations.
It was time for another new variable.
‘The skills I had before are useless. Shinwoong needs a new, unexpected skill.’
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I had already used all the skills I had while fighting with my clone.
However, there were no skills that worked properly for Shinwoong.
‘Is it just strengthening skills?’
Jinseong Kim took a step back and began to think about which skills he should strengthen.
‘Shall we strengthen the Diamond Buddha? … no. Shinwoong knows how to cause direct damage to the body.’
Now skill enhancement can only be used once. This was because there were less than 15,000 points left.
In order to strengthen it, you need to find the most efficient skill and strengthen it.
Kim Jin-seong, who was pondering for a while while swinging his sword while flipping through the notification window,
‘… ‘This would be good.’
After making up my mind, I took a further step back and used skill enhancement.
Shinwoong, who saw that Jinseong Kim was far away, dug into the gap as if he had been waiting.
Wow!
That was when he cut off the head of another clone.
Suddenly, a huge shadow began to appear in front of Shinwoong’s eyes.
“… … !”
Shinwoong’s eyes widened and his head gradually lifted upward.
The appearance of a huge plant monster that instantly covered the ceiling of the stadium.
It was a very familiar monster to Shinwoong.
‘Porginay!’
Porginae, who became a hot topic when Kim Jin-seong defeated him alone in the first round of the preliminary round, suddenly appeared in the center of the stadium.
“Wow?!”
“Aaaah!!”
“Po, po, Porgyneida!”
“I’m sure Kim Jin-seong didn’t transform into that… ?”
“Ooh, we’re safe, right…” ?”
That’s when most of the audience looked at the huge figure of Porginae with faces filled with fear.
‘I don’t want to turn into a monster like this.’
That’s what Kim Jin-seong, who transformed into Porgynay, thought to himself based on the audience’s reaction.
However, this was the best option for Kim Jin-seong to win against Shin-woong.
▶ Through skill enhancement, ‘Animal Transformation’ is strengthened into ‘Creature Transformation’.
▶ 10,000 Vis Crimea points were used to enhance the skill.
▷ You have transformed into ‘Porginay’.
▷ ‘Blinding Powder’ and ‘Sleeping Powder’ skills can be used.
▷ All abilities increase significantly.
Jinseong Kim cleared away all the notifications that appeared in front of his eyes.
‘Now, shall we experience the power of the strongest plant monster?’
He then gave the order to attack all of the self-immolations.
Kim Jin-seong also began swinging plant stems at Shin-woong.
thud! thud! thud!
The stems of huge Porgynei plants began to grow one after another toward the spot where Shinwoong was standing.
Shinwoong nimbly dodged it, but the attack was heavy enough to cut the spot deep.
It was then.
Wow!
Shin Woong soon allowed the self-immolation of Kim Jin-seong, who was surrounding him, to attack.
Blood flowed from the long cut on his thigh, but Shinwoong paid no heed and fought back right away.
When he cut off the head of the clone that attacked him, numerous stems flew towards him again.
It was so fast that there was no way to avoid it.
Shinwoong had no choice but to raise his sword and block the attack.
Kaga-ga-gang!
‘Tsk… !’
Shinwoong, who blocked successive attacks, had no choice but to take a long step back while gritting his teeth.
The power contained in each stem attack was that strong.
‘… ‘Every attack contains the state of divine energy.’
Every single stem that hit was formidable.
Shinwoong glanced at the huge Porginae in front of him.
There were still over a hundred stalks of Porgynei waiting to attack him.
‘Let’s quickly sort out the self-immolation first.’
Shinwoong decided to quickly deal with the clones around him that were interfering with him.
Shinwoong, who twisted his body to avoid another stem attack, ran to the right and attempted to cut down the clone on that side.
But it failed spectacularly.
‘… … ?!’
It was because something suddenly tied his legs together.
When I checked, I realized that the thick roots of Porgynei had come up through the ground and were wrapping around both of his ankles.
Shinwoong quickly swung his sword, cut off the root, and then flew to the side.
but.
Wow!
In the nick of time, his left forearm was cut by an attack from the clone on his right.
‘shit… !’
Shinwoong gritted his teeth.
In a situation where it is difficult to avoid stem attacks, we now have to pay attention to the roots that may sprout from the ground at any time.
It was then.
‘… hmm?’
The appearance of unknown powders suddenly falling from the sky.
The moment they touched Shinwoong’s body, his vision suddenly became dark and he began to feel drowsy.
‘Garuda is in abnormal condition!’
Shinwoong instinctively used his abilities.
Shinwoong regains his normal state of mind as soon as a white light emanates from his eyes.
At the same time, he turned his body to the side and raised his sword.
Kaga River!
I barely managed to block attacks from two roots and one clone.
He was about to counterattack immediately, but he felt his eyes turn dark again and he felt drowsy.
This was because of the sleeping powder and blinding powder that had already covered the entire stadium.
‘Damn… !’
While gritting my teeth, I had no choice but to use my abilities again.
This time, his eyes emit white light.
However, unlike before, this time the pupils were quite bloodshot.
‘… ‘I can’t last much like this.’
Shinwoong soon felt danger signals being sent throughout his body.
If I continued to use my abilities to recover from abnormal conditions in this state, it was certain that my body would soon reach its limit.
‘then… .’
When Shinwoong was hesitant about what to do, he jumped away again to avoid the stem attack.
The audience watching was all amazed by the overwhelming appearance shown by Forginay.
“and… !”
“I think I know why Porgynei is the strongest plant monster… .”
“Aren’t you saying Kim Jin-seong took down that thing by himself?”
“amazing… . I’m trembling right now because I’m scared to even see that monster… .”
“But Shinwoong is holding up well too?”
Pow!
“… uh?!”
At that time, Shinwoong, who had been holding on well, finally allowed the main attack.
Shinwoong, who was hit hard in the abdomen, flew to the end of the stadium and collapsed with a heavy sound.
“Ugh… !”
Shinwoong immediately got up and couldn’t hide his pained expression.
That was because all of the ribs on his right side were broken.
All of Kim Jin-seong’s remaining clones rushed towards Shin-woong, who was bleeding from his mouth due to the wounds.
At the same time, Kim Jin-seong, who transformed into Porgynei, swung his stem towards Shin-woong.
‘We have to finish now!’
Kim Jin-seong swung the stems as if he would not let go.
His clones, who had already reached the corner, also raised their swords towards Shinwoong.
at that time.
“Aaaah!!”
A loud shout came out of Shinwoong’s mouth.
At the same time, Kim Jin-seong saw the light emanating from his eyes and shouted inwardly.
‘No way again?!’
Chop clap!
Soon, the heads of the clones who were swinging their swords at Shinwoong all flew into the sky, which caught the eyes of Kim Jin-seong, who had transformed into Porgynae.
The scene that came next was,
“Hmm… !”
It was Shinwoong, with numerous streams of blood flowing from his mouth and his eyes visibly stained with blood.
Shinwoong used his ability once again.
(Continued in the next part)
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