The Return of the Legendary All-Master

[Translator - Kiteretsu]

[Proofreader - Kyros]

Chapter 319

After completing his class change, Hajin hurriedly tried to contact Jeong-hoon.

[Connection lost.]

A red message he had never seen before appeared, and his smartphone stopped working.

“What… what’s going on?”

Even after turning the phone off and on again, nothing changed.

The message stating that the connection was lost remained on the screen, and the device was unresponsive, as if broken.

Using the system to send a whisper yielded the same result.

[No response.]

When he attempted to send a whisper, a message popped up before disappearing in an instant.

“Shit.”

Hajin hurried back home and turned on his computer.

He intended to try contacting Jeong-hoon through the messenger app he had logged into.

Fortunately, the computer powered on quickly, but the problem was that the internet was completely down.

“No way… Why is this happening all of a sudden?”

At this rate, there was no way to reach Jeong-hoon.

<Why? Are you trying to relay what I said?>

At that moment, a chilling voice came from behind him.

Hajin shivered and slowly turned his head like a broken robot.

“Eek!”

He recoiled in shock, falling backward.

No wonder—Baal was standing barely a meter away from him.

Seeing those massive red eyes up close was enough to startle anyone.

<Noisy.>

“Y-you scared me.”

<I should commend you. You're the first to make my master move personally.>

Baal had accepted that despite humans scurrying about, he would merely observe.

This was why he had remained still even while others delved deeper into the truth.

But his master’s intent was different.

His master believed they had gathered enough power through their pursuit of truth and had now decided to act personally.

“What...?”

<Heh... Watch closely as your world meets its end.>

The moment Baal finished speaking—

Flash.

Kwaaaaaang!

A blinding light swallowed Hajin's vision, followed by a deafening roar that seemed to tear the sky apart.

Crash!

Glass shattered, and shards, along with a powerful gust, swept over Hajin.

“Ugh…!”

Covering his ears and tightly shutting his eyes, Hajin crouched down.

The vibrations rattled his entire body, and the stinging scent of dust filled his nose.

<Now then, human. What will you do now?>

Baal looked out the window with eyes gleaming with delight.

* * *

Jeong-hoon advanced forward while performing the Heavenly Demon Lord's Dominion.

On his back was Jang Dae-hwi, as his abilities couldn’t keep up with Jeong-hoon’s speed.

[Eliminate all monsters.]

The quest in Zone F was a monster sweep.

“Hyung, hold on tight.”

In Jeong-hoon’s hand was Anima.

He drew the bowstring and released it.

Fwish!

The arrow shot out and struck the distant monster’s head with pinpoint accuracy.

“Kehuk!”

The monster, with an arrow lodged in its head, collapsed on the spot.

Its massive body fell, toppling nearby trees as well.

The creature trembled violently before going limp and dying.

“Wow… That thing looked like it was at least level 500. How did you take it down in one shot...?”

“I’m level 795.”

“Even so…”

It looked like a boss monster—how could it go down in one shot?

“Hyung, I need to focus, so please be quiet.”

“Got it.”

Jang Dae-hwi obediently zipped his mouth shut.

Thanks to that, Jeong-hoon was able to concentrate on the hunt.

Once again, he drew the bowstring, aimed at a monster, and released it.

Fwish!

The arrow shot out and struck the monster’s neck with precision.

Then, a second arrow immediately embedded itself in its forehead.

The monster couldn’t endure it and collapsed, lifeless.

From that point on, it was an unstoppable onslaught.

Wherever Jeong-hoon passed, monster corpses piled up like mountains, and this continued until Zone F was cleared.

[You have completed the quest for Zone F.]

The zones spanned from A to G.

They had only just completed one zone.

‘I’ve already received two penalties.’

Jeong-hoon gritted his teeth as he thought of Escanon, who was likely watching with amusement.

Before the regression, Escanon had never interfered.

The fact that Escanon had intervened now could only mean one thing.

‘It must be because of me.’

His fist clenched tightly.

As the future changed, Earth's destruction had accelerated.

If he failed to complete all the zone quests here, the penalties would continue to accumulate, and everything would collapse in an instant.

Perhaps he had foreseen that a moment like this would come.

It wasn’t as shocking as he expected.

But still, he couldn’t stop the anger from rising within him.

I feel like I won’t be satisfied until I kill those bastards with my own hands — the ones who treat Earth and all its living beings like playthings.

“Hyung, let’s move quickly.”

“Oh, oh… yeah.”

Jang Dae-hwi could only nod.

Jeong-hoon’s expression was too terrifying for him to ask why.

“Yeah.”

Jeong-hoon increased his speed and crossed into Zone G.

* * *

Zone G presented a completely different quest from Zone F.

This time, it was to hunt a transcendent being.

“Hyung, it’s dangerous, so stay back.”

Jeong-hoon set Jang Dae-hwi aside and approached the transcendent.

‘He’s killed even the Incarnations.’

In that brief period, the transcendent had slaughtered all the humans.

It was someone Jeong-hoon was familiar with.

“Oh, a human. Hello.”

The transcendent grinned and waved at Jeong-hoon.

“Byulang.”

The moment that name was mentioned, the smirk vanished from Byulang’s face.

“And who are you to know my name?”

Byulang tilted his head, his gaze at Jeong-hoon chillingly sharp.

“Gulp…”

Jang Dae-hwi held his breath as he watched Byulang and Jeong-hoon.

Even from afar, he felt like he was about to wet himself.

“We’ve met before.”

“Met? I’ve never spared a human like you.”

“Is that so?”

Their previous encounter had been at the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.

Since it was a re-creation of a dimension that had already been destroyed, it made sense that the current Byulang didn’t recognize Jeong-hoon.

“I remember grinding my teeth, swearing to kill you.”

“You? Heh.”

“No, you.”

“……”

The more they talked, the worse it seemed to get.

Byulang swung his scythe widely.

At that moment, red and green cards appeared in front of him, spinning rapidly.

Having faced him once before, Jeong-hoon knew what those cards could do.

‘The red one reflects, and the green one absorbs.’

Without hesitation, Jeong-hoon threw a punch.

[Using Formless Fist.]

The Formless Fist activated, instantly shattering the cards.

Back during the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult incident, Jeong-hoon would have had to be cautious just touching those cards.

But now, Jeong-hoon had long surpassed Byulang.

So much so that he could crush the cards with sheer physical power.

“…Human, what are you?”

Byulang, who had just witnessed the card shatter right before his eyes, asked in disbelief.

“What the hell are you?”

“What else? A human who’s going to kill you.”

“This is ridiculous.”

Byulang attempted to swing his scythe again.

At that moment, Jeong-hoon shot forward using the Heavenly Demon Lord's Dominion.

In an instant, Jeong-hoon was right in front of Byulang and threw a punch at his face.

‘Underworld King Fist Technique, First Form.’

Byulang couldn’t dodge the punch and took a direct hit to his right jaw.

His head snapped to the left.

‘I’ll finish this quickly.’

Jeong-hoon prepared to end things fast by throwing his left fist toward Byulang’s solar plexus.

Just then, a green card appeared in front of Jeong-hoon, spinning rapidly as it blocked his punch.

‘This bastard… so he has the ability to hide cards too?’

It was slightly different from their encounter at the Heavenly Demon Cult.

“You should’ve just stayed down.”

Jeong-hoon muttered under his breath with a slight frown.

That’s when Byulang started laughing like a madman.

“Khuhuhu! Why do you think I’m able to dominate G Zone all by myself?”

“…You’ve been empowered.”

“Oh, you catch on quick.”

Byulang was at the Demon King level.

Normally, he wouldn’t be a match for Jeong-hoon, who stood on par with Sovereign-class beings.

But the fact that Byulang absorbed Jeong-hoon’s Underworld King Fist Technique with a green card meant he had received additional power from above.

“Ha… this is seriously pissing me off.”

“Pissed off? Why? Afraid the dimension’s going to collapse?”

Byulang provoked Jeong-hoon as he swung his scythe.

The green card’s absorption ability came into play.

It absorbed the damage from Jeong-hoon’s Underworld King Fist Technique, enhancing Byulang’s power.

Then the green card turned red, and Jeong-hoon’s face snapped to the left.

It had converted the absorbed energy and reflected it.

[True Asura has been activated. (Time limit: 180 seconds)]

At that moment, True Asura was triggered after Jeong-hoon met the conditions for both dealing and receiving a certain amount of damage.

‘Perfect. Looks like I’ve found the ideal opponent to test this on.’

[Phase 1: Entering the Asura state.]

As Phase 1 activated, two phantom arms appeared above Jeong-hoon’s shoulders.

These phantom arms replicated Jeong-hoon’s own hands and required conscious control, making them tricky to manage.

However, Jeong-hoon had prior experience with Asura, so he quickly adapted.

‘Left hand, the Shadow King’s Dagger. Right hand, Leviathan.’

The phantom arms grasped each weapon.

[Black Field has been activated.]

[All stats are amplified by 1.8x.]

[Due to Black Field’s effect, all stats of monsters within its domain are reduced by 15%.]

On top of that, the only buff-type skill activated was Black Field.

'Who knows what else might be in the other zones.'

And Byulang alone was more than enough.

When Jeong-hoon thrust his fist forward, the green card appeared once again and absorbed the attack.

Whoosh!

Seizing the opening, the phantom arm holding a dagger slashed at Byulang's right arm.

However, that attack was also blocked by a card.

'A rainbow color.'

The card was surrounded by a rainbow aura.

Back during the Heavenly Demon Cult incident, a rainbow-colored card had also appeared, but Jeong-hoon hadn’t been able to confirm its abilities due to time running out.

“I’ll show you my greatest ability.”

Byulang smirked and snapped his fingers.

In that moment—

Thud!

With a dull impact, Jeong-hoon’s body was flung back and slammed into the wall.

‘An invisible strike…?’

When did he manage to copy that?

Boom!

With a powerful tremor, the ground beneath Jeong-hoon’s feet shot upward.

The sky seemed to descend, and Jeong-hoon couldn’t even resist as he was hurled toward it.

‘Did he reverse gravity?’

He tried to adjust his posture in mid-air, but his vision spun again as gravity shifted once more.

As gravity reversed a second time, Jeong-hoon, who had been flung skyward, was now plunging back toward the ground.

“Try surviving this too.”

Byulang snapped his fingers repeatedly.

The ground distorted, and black fissures began to spread.

‘Spatial distortion?’

He was warping space to swallow Jeong-hoon whole.

Gravity control and spatial distortion.

For a Demon King-class opponent, Byulang’s abilities were certainly unique.

But they weren’t perfect.

Jeong-hoon remained calm and switched the weapons held by his phantom arms.

From spear and dagger to Anima.

“Now it’s my turn.”

The phantom arm pulled Anima’s bowstring, aiming at Byulang.

To be precise, it targeted the rainbow-colored card spinning in front of him.

‘Ultimate Arrow.’

The phantom arm released the bowstring.

Fwiiish!

“Hah, you think that kind of arrow can disable my card… huh?”

The arrow arced gracefully through the air, piercing directly through the card and embedding itself in Byulang’s chest.

The mocking smirk on Byulang’s face turned to shock.

[Dragon Void has been activated.]

Dragon Void — the ability to nullify all skills in an instant.

As Dragon Void activated, the card was torn in half and disintegrated.

The spatial rift that had been swallowing Jeong-hoon disappeared completely.

Landing safely on the ground, Jeong-hoon surged forward toward Byulang, stepping into the Heavenly Demon Lord's Dominion.

“I told you. It’s my turn.”

Now, Jeong-hoon was the one smirking at Byulang.

“You bastard!”

Byulang tried to summon a card again, but for some reason, it didn’t respond as if it had malfunctioned.

Thwack!

At that moment, Jeong-hoon’s fist drove into Byulang’s solar plexus.

“Urgh!”

Byulang let out a painful groan.

[Stage 2: Berserk has been activated.]

And with that, Asura advanced from Stage 1 to Stage 2.

The number of phantom arms increased from two to four, and his attack speed rose by 1.2 times.

“What’s wrong? Starting to get scared?”

Jeong-hoon’s mocking voice twisted Byulang’s expression in rage.

“Shut up!”

Gritting his teeth, Byulang glared at Jeong-hoon with bloodshot eyes as if he were ready to kill.

Hearing Byulang’s ragged breathing, Jeong-hoon’s lips curled upward.

“Just get lost already.”

The phantom arms now held a dagger, a spear, and Leviathan.

When Jeong-hoon thrust his fist forward, all the weapons activated their abilities, engulfing Byulang in an instant.

[Translator - Kiteretsu]

[Proofreader - Kyros]