Chapter 126.2

Goliath descended like a meteor, landing in front of Woo-jin. The ground collapsed, kicking up dust. Through it, Woo-jin saw Goliath’s bold smile.

“Is this your first time in the outside world?”

“Yes… Thanks for the tour.”

“Forget the thanks…!”

Goliath grinned.

Woo-jin understood it was his way of joking.

‘He’s taken damage too.’

Woo-jin noticed Goliath’s left fist twitching intermittently. He had clearly inflicted some effective damage.

Goliath’s right arm was unusable.

If Woo-jin could deal with his left arm, his chances of victory would increase significantly.
He found himself laughing at his own situation.

Had Goliath been in top form, how did he ever think he could win…?

Unlike in the original story, the Glutton’s ultimate skill, Heavenly Banquet Offering, had targeted Woo-jin instead of Goliath.

Had Woo-jin not fought Se-Ah, Goliath would have been invincible.

But he set all those thoughts aside.

Now, seeing a man burning through his final moments, Woo-jin’s chest swelled with excitement.

He felt himself aligning with Goliath’s joy.

Woo-jin extended the Lightning Rod, readying for combat once more.

“Stop dawdling and come at me.”

“Haha!! Of course…!”

*Boom!*

Woo-jin and Goliath charged at each other.

*Crash!!!*

They clashed fiercely, battling across the entire area.

Unique Ability: Space Domination’s Magic Technique Type 4, Celestial Thunderstrike, inverted the earth and sky, unleashing torrential lightning like a storm.

Unique Ability: Graviton Mastery’s Magic Technique Type 3, Gravity Reversal, flipped gravity in multiple directions, turning the battlefield into chaos.

They exchanged blows and parries, and the longer the battle continued, the landscape became unrecognizable.

*Rumble!!!*

A bolt of lightning struck down.

Woo-jin’s Iron Dragon Staff pierced into Goliath’s body. High-voltage electricity surged through Goliath, and the powerful shockwave slammed into his internal organs.

Goliath’s body was hurled, smashing through multiple floating pieces of ground before finally crashing into something. He coughed up blood but smiled defiantly.

*Whoosh!*

He charged toward Woo-jin once more.

*Crash!!!*

In the ensuing exchange, Goliath’s fist landed squarely in Woo-jin’s abdomen.

The gravitational wave burst forth, and Woo-jin felt his insides twist as he was sent flying.

*Whirr!!*

He soared across the air at tremendous speed, coughing up blood. For a moment, he lost consciousness but quickly seized his fading awareness.

Gritting his teeth, Woo-jin.

He kicked off floating debris and repeated spatial jumps, crashing back into Goliath.

*Rumble!!*

A barrage of Spatial Thunderstrikes targeted Goliath.

Massive rocks and debris, wrapped in gravitational waves, flew at Woo-jin.

*Fwoosh!!*

A massive rift overhead poured lava onto Goliath. The scorching lava covered Goliath’s body.

“Haha…! Feels warm! Like a hot spring bath!”

But Goliath was unfazed, as if merely showered by a stream of water.

Woo-jin couldn’t help but chuckle. It was an expected outcome.

This was what he expected from Neo Seoul’s strongest, so he stopped using natural phenomena as attacks.

*Rumble

!!*

The rift in the sky grew larger.

In the center area, he had to restrict the range, but now there was no need for such restraint.

Woo-jin unleashed his power without holding back.

The enormous rift blocked the sky and even cast its overwhelming presence over distant Neo Seoul.

From afar, the citizens watched in silent awe as the clash of magic between Woo-jin and Goliath unfolded.

*Bang!*

The descending ground, manipulated by Woo-jin’s Celestial Thunderstrike, was halted by Goliath’s gravity control and left floating in mid-air.

Woo-jin and Goliath stood on different pieces of floating ground, staring each other down.

“Huff, huff…”

Woo-jin caught his breath, glaring at Goliath. Se-Ah’s magic had spread further across Goliath’s body, leaving extensive wounds.

He was in a weakened state.

No, it was a condition where he should have already died.

But Goliath just grinned.

“You think you can defeat me like that?!”

Goliath stretched his broken right arm and his tingling left arm wide, shouting.

“I’m right here!! Come at me!!”

“…Alright.”

Woo-jin raised his right arm.

His heart pounded heavily.

As he pushed beyond his limits to use the Space Domination magic, the energy roared within him.

Feeling like his body was ablaze, Woo-jin surrendered to the sensation, closing his eyes.

He had already reached it.

He just hadn’t realized it.

The threshold of the 8th tier, simply waiting to be knocked upon.

“I’m coming.”

As he attempted to wield magic beyond his limits, Woo-jin’s body embraced it as if it had been waiting.

*Whoosh.*

The raging magic within him calmed.

A gentle, soothing magic enveloped Woo-jin like a warm breeze.

His skin began to glow faintly, like a deepening hue of color.

At last, Woo-jin opened his eyes.

His irises, a blend of blue and violet, shimmered mystically with the brilliance of his unique ability.

Goliath’s eyes widened. In that brief moment, he felt Woo-jin’s magic touch his skin, now stronger than ever.

“Kuhaha… HAHAHA!!”

Goliath burst into joyous laughter.

“Even in this moment, you’ve reached the 8th tier!! You continue to entertain me to the end!! Ahn Woo-jin!!!”

The 8th tier.

The realm of the Argonaut.

Woo-jin had now stepped into the same realm that Goliath had reached.