Reverse Tourism

‘First, I need to create an opening.’

He Chen, adjusting his posture, made an arrogant gesture.

Bluffing to hide his disadvantage was essential.

“Then, shall I get serious, friend? Take care not to melt too quickly in my heat!”

He Chen wiggled his reversed extended index finger toward the White Sovereign.

Jiing-

Suddenly, the eye holes in He Chen’s full plate armor lit up.

The eye light, which started glowing red, turns from yellow to white, gradually tinting blue.

It indicates the temperature of the fire to be used now, the firepower like a gas range.

Hwaryururuk-!

He Chen was again engulfed in flames as if self-immolating.

This time, the self-combustion color was deep blue like a sapphire.

The color of the outer flame where combustion is most complete due to smooth oxygen supply, and is the hottest.

As of now, He Chen’s flame had upgraded to a blue flame exceeding 1,500 degrees Celsius.

Huuuung-!

A much hotter fire wind sweeps through the battlefield.

The desert, where a blazing hell-fire sea had already unfolded, burns even more intensely.

He Chen, who caused all these phenomena single-handedly, was a definitive fire demon.

“Never stop show!”

He Chen, concentrating absurd blue flame energy throughout his body, pointed.

Hwaaaak-!

Normal technique: Nightmare Fire Wind.

Each oxygen particle in the air transformed into a red ember and swept toward the front.

An absurd red fire wind was pushed toward the White Sovereign.

It was like pouring a furnace and creating a firestorm.

The target, the White Sovereign, was stained red.

“Kyu, shaaaak-!”

The White Sovereign stretched its neck and roared highly.

Chwaaaaa-!

A rectangular barrier made of water art unfolded in front of the White Sovereign.

It was as if a long full-body mirror made of water had appeared.

The fire storm collided with the tower shield of water.

Shwaaaa-!

Tremendous steam rose as fire and water met and evaporated.

The White Sovereign attempted a counterattack simultaneously with defense.

Kiriririring-

Mind swords made of deep blue magic power spread out around the White Sovereign.

A wave of swords unfolds in a fan shape, like a peacock spreading its magnificent wings.

Their number reached 1,000 blades, the same as the sword quantity handled by Tolga.

“Kyu, hwak-!”

With the White Sovereign’s sharp roar, the sword extremes all bent at once.

Hung! Kiriririring─────!

The White Sovereign’s sword curtain was vastly scattered.

Mind swords, each at a certain distance and interval, flew like fighter jets in formation.

He Chen quickly shot the fire raised in his fist to the ground he was standing on.

Hwaryuk!

He Chen’s form was lifted by the wave of flames that immediately bloomed like an explosion.

He Chen, riding the wave of flames, sped fiercely across the desert.

Kiriririring-!

Then, the direction of the mind swords tracking their target also changed.

Aiming precisely at He Chen’s back, they wildly bent their trajectories in all directions.

He Chen displayed a marvelous evasive maneuver, rushing between the sword curtain of mind swords pouring from all directions.

Suddenly, a great doubt bloomed in his heart.

‘That… isn’t that Tolga’s technique?’

He Chen raised his fist filled with fire energy high, and struck down hard as if punching.

Kwarrrrr-!

Normal technique: Hell’s Fire Thunderbolt.

The air in the sky suddenly burned and fell.

The oxygen lumps distorted by He Chen’s immense fire energy each had the form of thunderbolts made of fire.

The White Sovereign twisted its body in the sea of fire covering the surroundings.

“Kyu, iiiik-!”

Puhooook─────!

Impurities and sand streams were released from all pores of the White Sovereign’s body.

The overwhelmingly numerous projectiles meet the fire thunderbolts and cancel each other out.

This time, He Chen raised both hands as if cheering.

Kukwakwakwakwang-!

Special technique: Monstrous Bird Descent.

With a sound reminiscent of thunderous bombing, the mana in the atmosphere solidified into burning bird forms.

“Kyuooooo-!”

With a roar, thousands of fire birds were shot down from the sky to the ground all at once.

Following that, He Chen delivered a Superman punch with both arms.

Kurrrrrr-!

Special technique: Mad Dog Rampage.

The mana in the atmosphere solidified, forming countless burning dog pack shapes.

“Keokeokeokeokeong-!”

Thousands of fire dogs howled and rushed across the burning desert all at once.

Then He Chen extended his arms, crossing them.

Kwaaaaa-!

Area technique: Flame Tsunami.

A fierce sea of fire bloomed from the ground up to tens of meters high and rushed wildly across the land.

The birds in the sky and dogs on the ground, backed by powerful fire energy, grew vigorously and rapidly increased in size.

Firepower capable of easily incinerating dozens of villages and one city was super-concentrated on the White Sovereign.

Sand and blood rose in the mouth of the White Sovereign, placed under an all-directional attack.

Chwahaaak! Shwaaaa-!

Vast quantities of sand cannon and blood cannon were alternately fired from the White Sovereign’s mouth.

The White Sovereign, spitting blood and sand, abruptly flipped its body on the sandy field.

Then it rotated its body while rolling like a larva.

Kurrrrrr! Pushushushushu-!

A movement like breakdancing, rotating its body on the ground while shooting attacks in all directions.

With the exquisite counterattack, all of He Chen’s rushing attacks were canceled out.

Finally, He Chen raised his left fist and rotated his right hand.

Puuuung! Kurrrrrr-!

Anti-air technique: Scorching Whirlwind.

Check technique: Blazing Vortex.

A burning dragon-whirlwind rose around the White Sovereign, and a spiral vortex made of flames gathered.

The White Sovereign continued to perform novel defensive arts by casting various skills of desert monsters.

Light gleamed in He Chen’s eyes as he observed the White Sovereign busy with defense.

‘This is enough to divert attention! So he won’t anticipate my sudden action!’

He Chen exerted telekinesis with all his might.

Shuuuung-!

He Chen’s form was fiercely shot toward the White Sovereign.

It was toward the White Sovereign’s mouth.

Hwaryururuk-!

Immediately, the fire energy rampaging fiercely at the scene converged and replenished its master.

He Chen, like the kamikaze special attack of Japanese bombers in World War II, carried out a suicide charge betting his life.

“Kyuhwaaak-!”

The White Sovereign opened its mouth wide toward He Chen.

It was like a biscuit he was about to eat flying in by itself.

He Chen calculated the information he had researched before coming.

‘The weakness of worms is the hearts at the nape!’

As the distance between them dramatically closed, He Chen entered the White Sovereign’s mouth.

He Chen lit flames throughout his body with all his might.

Hwaryururur-!

“Kyu, hyaaaak-!”

The White Sovereign had essentially swallowed a fireball.

He Chen pressed against the White Sovereign’s palate with his left hand.

Flame conduction art that burns objects on contact was exerted.

“Not yet!”

Hwaaaak─────!

Immediately, the White Sovereign’s entire form burned blue.

It was like a white building burning.

“Kyuik! Kyaaaak-!”

The White Sovereign, engulfed in blue flames, immediately closed its circular teeth.

Kwassssss-!

Jaw strength that crushes tanks like tofu pounced on He Chen from all directions.

He Chen’s form was immediately compressed as if being squashed.

“Kuooooo-!”

The iron-armored human burning as if self-immolating, He Chen, raised his remaining right arm while enduring extreme pain.

Peoeoeoeong-!

With his right fist, he struck upward at the White Sovereign’s palate.

He aimed for the heart located at the nape of the worm.

Blood burst from the White Sovereign’s mouth.

“Kyuek! Kururururu-!”

The White Sovereign spat blood messily.

The burning biscuit that entered its mouth was burning it and aiming for its vital point.

Kwadeudeudeudeuk-!

The teeth from all around tightened even more.

He Chen’s full-body steel armor barely withstood.

The punches infused with fire energy continued.

Kwak! Kwaddeuk! Kwajijijik─────!

He Chen frantically delivered uppercuts.

“Die! Die! Please die! You crazy monster worm!”

“Kururururuk-!”

The hugely burning White Sovereign chewed on He Chen while spitting blood.

He Chen relied on his armor’s defensive power to target the White Sovereign’s weakness, its heart.

A situation where both were in a merciless pinch.

But the White Sovereign was at a greater disadvantage.

‘I’m winning!’

He Chen believed his gamble would work.

As long as his proud armor doesn’t break, he just needs to burn the White Sovereign or burst its hearts.

Kadeuk.

Suddenly, a cracking sound rang from He Chen’s right thigh.

A small fracture had finally been inflicted by the White Sovereign’s tremendous jaw strength.

“Kyurut.”

As if it had been waiting, the White Sovereign slightly opened its mouth and generated an electric field.

Patsutsutsutsu-!

The White Sovereign’s form, which had been burning black, was enveloped in a deep blue current.

Simultaneously, external air rapidly backflowed and entered.

The current poured into the gaps of He Chen’s armor along with the air.

Chachachachak─────!

“Kku, haaaak────!?”

He Chen let out a scream of pain as if his soul would depart.

Tremendous current pours into exposed skin.

He truly felt his sanity completely flying away.

The White Sovereign’s oral cavity was actually in a vacuum state.

But at the same time as making a hole in He Chen’s armor, the White Sovereign opened its mouth and inhaled external air.

As the outside air was explosively sucked in, the electric field that the White Sovereign was generating was also sucked in like a black hole through the crack in He Chen’s armor.

It ended up receiving an electric shock directly through the gap.

A principle similar to a kind of osmosis phenomenon.

It was an unexpected fatal mistake.

Patseu-!

‘Ah…!’

The storm suction electrocution stopped.

He Chen’s eyes turned completely white.

All internal organs were burned black.

The acts he had been committing happened to himself intact.

“Tup.”

The White Sovereign spat out the neutralized He Chen.

He Chen’s electrocuted form was spat out like chewed gum.

He Chen was no longer armored.

There was just a blackened roast.

Passssuk-!

“Ku, uk……!”

The ejected He Chen tumbled unsightly on the sandy field.

The texture of the skin, which had turned into charcoal, was dry and crumbly.

In fact, he could no longer feel sensation.

‘Me, who handles fire… getting burned.’

He learned for the first time that electric shock can also burn people.

In He Chen’s blurred vision, the blackened White Sovereign was reflected.

Siiiiing-!

A dazzling pillar of light rose to the White Sovereign.

A five-colored aura exerted with blue and golden holy power blooms.

The highest holy attribute magic recovery art, Recovery, was activated.

Siiing…

In the seven-colored radiance twinkling like broken glass fragments, the completely clean form of the White Sovereign was revealed.

Like hope named sprout sprouting from ashes left after burning, the White Sovereign completed a perfect resurrection.

There was no trace of the burn he had inflicted with his suicide attack.

There was only the majestic appearance identical to when first seen.

However, He Chen remained as blackened ash.

“In, sane……!”

He Chen’s mouth gaped open in shock.

The White Sovereign uses the powers of the beings it has predated.

Moisture gathered in He Chen’s eyes as he realized the truth.

“Ha, damn… dammit!”

He had been completely played.

While enjoyably playing with prey that could easily be crushed at any time.

While incidentally learning fire-handling combat methods.

The White Sovereign had been completely playing with him from the start of the battle.

It could have overwhelmed him immediately but didn’t.

Because if it ended too easily, it would be bland.

“Kyururururut…”

The completely recovered White Sovereign tilted its head.

With the settlement of the match, the worms that had risen on the desert horizon lowered their bodies.

Urrrrrung-

The worms all approached the White Sovereign at once.

He Chen was surrounded by giant worms looking down at him.

[How many worms were sacrificed today?]

Suddenly, Chinese was heard from the White Sovereign.

It was a very proficient Mandarin standard Chinese in a deep, dignified male voice.

‘A Death Worm speaks Chinese?’

The dying He Chen’s eyes bulged.

He wasn’t usually surprised, but this was a bit shocking.

Literally, it was a situation he had never imagined in his life.

[About 230… that’s the number of distress signals received.]

Tarkhan carefully answered in the same Chinese to the White Sovereign’s question.

The White Sovereign and Tarkhan conversed with collective telepathy.

It was deliberately for He Chen to hear.

The White Sovereign sighed softly.

[So we couldn’t save everyone after all.]

The moment He Chen invaded the Grabadra Sea, the worms desperately attempted to request rescue.

Intel worms that caught pheromones containing emotions of their kind attempted rescue.

The result was failure.

[I’m ashamed…]

[Enough. As long as you’re safe, and for the dead worms, we can just breed that many more. Regarding the punishment of the criminal……]

The White Sovereign’s heavy voice echoed like a sentence.

[Death penalty.]

Urrrrrung-

With that as the starting point, the Death Worms all rushed toward He Chen.

Worms resembling red intestines swarm messily.

He Chen was bitten by numerous Death Worms.

Kwadeudeudeudeuk-!

“Krak!”

He Chen, whose limbs and entire body were heavily chewed by Death Worms, was raised high.

The Death Worms that bit He Chen all swung their heads.

Huung-!

“U, aaaaak-!”

He Chen was tossed high into the air like a ball, as if being thrown in celebration.

Naturally, it was toward the direction where the White Sovereign was.

The White Sovereign immediately opened its mouth and pounced on He Chen.

Cruel teeth that can crush even tanks approach.

At the moment when a painful death rushed toward him.

‘I don’t want to die!’

An extremely contradictory thought flash ran through He Chen’s mind.

It was an extremely human reaction contrasting with the deeds committed throughout his life.

Kwachak!

The White Sovereign’s teeth bit down, and He Chen was crushed into a handful of blood.

It was the end of the legendary genius villain talked about in China.

Messages appeared in the White Sovereign’s view.

[Aptitude Predation has been activated.]

[S-rank Aptitude: Fire Mage has been acquired.]

[S-rank Aptitude: Telekinetic has been acquired.]

[S-rank Aptitude: Transformation Mage (Steel) has been acquired.]

A battle with an opponent stronger than Tolga.

As many as three S-rank aptitudes came in.

Each was a characteristic strong enough to use alone.

[You have obtained your first constitution. Access to new constitution transformation is now possible. Activation and deactivation are freely possible through the chanting of trigger words or manifestation of will.]

It was then that a message I had never seen before appeared.

‘What is this?’

The White Sovereign tilted its head.

Drawn by curiosity, the White Sovereign tried exerting the power.

[Steel Mode has been applied.]

Then the message changed.

Kadeudeudeudeuk-

With a metallic sound, a new change occurred in the White Sovereign’s body.