Chapter 251: Vampire

Episode 251

Yoo Jun-ho, who had been frozen in shock, rubbed his eyes with his hands.

‘Did I see that wrong?’

But when he opened his eyes again, the scene remained unchanged.

The ability users lay on the ground, unable to rise.

He took out a Mana stone from his pocket and channeled Mana into it.

“Get up, Allobon. Stop pretending and get up, now!”

Not only Yoo Jun-ho, but also Duke and the other clan executives with ability users were doing the same.

But none of the fallen ability users stood up.

They were all dead.

‘They’re all dead? From just one sword attack?’

Realizing the truth, he was in disbelief.

Kim Jinsung had only swung his sword once horizontally. The blade hadn’t even touched the ability users.

But how…?

It wasn’t just him and the executives.

Their subordinates, watching nearby, were also staring at Kim Jinsung in shock.

The silence was palpable, as if the air had been sucked out of the room.

A battle that could have decided the fate of both alliances had ended so anticlimactically!

The Eclat Alliance, watching from afar, had similar reactions.

Some were shocked, while others seemed to have expected it.

“…I wasn’t wrong about what I saw yesterday.”

Park Do-joon murmured, still in shock.

Next to him, Hong Hyeonjin nodded.

“That’s exactly the expression I had yesterday.”

Kim Jinsung had shown the same performance when he faced the Kashimar and Boogeymen ability users.

He had swung his sword horizontally, and the charging ability users had all fallen dead, as if their souls had been ripped from their bodies.

There were no visible wounds, just like the ability users lying before him now.

“I felt the same way.”

Park Do-joon continued.

“And I realized yesterday that the enemy can’t stop Kim Jinsung.”

He hadn’t agreed to let Kim Jinsung lead the charge for no reason.

He was convinced that no one in the world could stop Kim Jinsung after what he had witnessed.

“…Huh?”

Park Do-joon exclaimed in surprise.

Kim Jinsung, who had been standing still, suddenly leaped into the air.

He was descending towards the building where Yoo Jun-ho and the executives were gathered.

Yoo Jun-ho had a sudden thought.

‘When did he escape the magic circle?’

Kim Jinsung, trapped in the magic circle, shouldn’t have been able to escape.

Yet he had effortlessly flown towards them.

There was a reason for that.

▶ Skill Enhancement: ‘Nullify’ skill has been enhanced to ‘Perfect Nullify’.

▶ Skill Enhancement Cost: 10,000 beast karma Points.

▷ Perfect Nullify: When activated, all allies within a wide radius are freed from all status effects and debuffs. Consumes a large amount of Mana while active. The higher the user’s power level, the wider the range of ‘Perfect Nullify’.

Kim Jinsung had activated his newly enhanced skill, ‘Perfect Nullify’, as he approached the defensive line.

As a result, he was immune to all the status effects and debuffs from the magic circle.

“Let’s finish this quickly.”

Still flying with ‘Perfect Nullify’ active, he reached for the hilt of his sword.

“No matter what you do, you can’t block this attack.”

In an instant, he was at the window of the building where the executives were gathered.

He saw them.

Some were fleeing, some were panicking, and some were instinctively drawing their weapons to defend against him.

Amidst the chaos, he drew his sword.

*Crash!*

He crashed through the window and entered the building.

As he swung his sword horizontally at the executives, a notification window appeared.

▶ Fused Skill ‘Soul Slayer’ activated.

▷ Soul Slayer: A new skill created by fusing Astral Projection and Slayer skills. A full-force sword swing that cuts the souls of all living beings within a wide range. Consumes 75% of maximum Mana per use.

As he swung the sword imbued with ‘Soul Slayer’, he saw the life in the executives’ eyes rapidly fade.

Yoo Jun-ho and Duke, standing at the front, were no exception.

“Impossible…”

Duke couldn’t even finish his last words, his eyes wide open in disbelief.

The Master of Alpha Clan, once hailed as America’s greatest prodigy, died in such an anticlimactic manner.

He heard the sound of the executives collapsing.

But he wasn’t looking at them.

“…As expected.”

He spoke, looking at the one man who had withstood the ‘Soul Slayer’ attack and was still standing.

“You wouldn’t die so easily.”

He spoke calmly, looking at Yoo Jun-ho.

“Vampire, Yoo Jun-ho.”

“…Tsk.”

Yoo Jun-ho twisted his lips into a sneer.

“Now I see why the Allobon fell so easily. It was a soul-cutting ability.”

“Judging by your reaction, I guess you don’t have a soul?”

“Why ask when you know?”

He replied coldly, then returned to his usual voice and started clapping.

“First, congratulations are in order. Congratulations on conquering the New Continent, Kim Jinsung.”

“It’s not over yet.”

“No, it’s over. Who else can withstand your soul-cutting attack besides me?”

He wasn’t wrong.

With the acquisition of the overpowered ‘Soul Slayer’ skill, there was no one left in the Middle Realm who could defeat Kim Jinsung.

“Seriously, it’s so damn anticlimactic. I worked so hard to become the Master of the Korean Clan…

Do you know how hard I worked to become the leader of the Center Zone?”

Tears welled up in his eyes, filled with regret over the anticlimactic end to his efforts.

“Talent is everything in the arts. No matter how hard you try, you can’t beat innate talent. Right?”

“Isn’t that something you shouldn’t be saying?”

Kim Jinsung retorted.

“The contestants you killed in the Colosseum probably thought the same thing.

If only I had your overpowered ‘Vampiric’ ability, I wouldn’t have died so pathetically.”

“Oh~! I’m honored, Kim Jinsung. To be praised as an overpowered ability user by the strongest man in the world.”

Despite Yoo Jun-ho’s sarcastic tone, Kim Jinsung’s expression didn’t change as he adjusted his grip on his sword.

“Let’s wrap this up. If you have any last words, say them now.”

“Last words? Screw that. That’s my line.”

He began channeling his Mana to the limit.

“I’ll take you down with me, Kim Jinsung!”

He shouted, his eyes turning blood-red.

Blood tendrils shot from his body towards Kim Jinsung.

He dodged all the attacks and thought to himself.

‘Better safe than sorry. This guy also absorbs abilities like me.’

Vampire.

That was Yoo Jun-ho’s nickname, an ability user who grew stronger by sucking others’ blood.

In the Colosseum, he had grown stronger by drinking the blood of contestants and monsters.

For survival, he hadn’t hesitated to stab his benefactors in the back and drink their blood.

He had evolved into a monster with no equal by the end of the competition.

His innate ability and actions made him the perfect villain.

*Clang! Clang! Clang!*

Yoo Jun-ho attacked with all his might.

Kim Jinsung blocked the blood tendrils with his sword or dodged them, observing him closely.

‘He’s definitely strong. His physical stats are comparable to Hemingston’s.’

Having gauged Yoo Jun-ho’s power level, he attempted a counterattack.

His sword sliced through Yoo Jun-ho’s right shoulder.

*Slash!*

Yoo Jun-ho’s severed right arm flew into the air.

“Hah!”

But instead of despairing, Yoo Jun-ho laughed.

Suddenly, blood rain began to fall from the sky.

‘This is… Just like in the Colosseum…!’

Recalling a special scene from Yoo Jun-ho that he had seen online, Kim Jinsung instinctively leaped back.

It was the right choice.

*Sizzle…!*

The blood rain melted holes in the floor where it landed.

‘That’s it. Acidic Blood Rain.’

A skill that turned severed body parts into blood and dropped them with strong acidity.

One of Yoo Jun-ho’s specialties from the Colosseum, where he manipulated blood freely.

“Wow. You know my abilities too well.”

Yoo Jun-ho said, feigning disappointment.

“That’s why fighting Koreans is tough. They’ve all watched the Colosseum.

In times like this, it’s best to use the skills I learned here!”

As he finished speaking,

*Crack. Crack.*

A dull sound came from the corpses of the fallen executives.

Their bodies twisted into grotesque shapes, bones cracking.

*Pop!*

They exploded, flesh and blood splattering everywhere.

But then something amazing happened.

The scattered flesh and blood stopped mid-air and began moving towards Yoo Jun-ho.

They coalesced around him, forming a giant liquid monster.

“Kuhuhuhu…! Feel it!”

A mouth opened near the monster’s head, and Yoo Jun-ho’s laughter and voice echoed.

“The destructive power of the combined strength of the Center Zone’s strongest!”

He shouted and charged at Kim Jinsung with all his might.

His speed was on a whole different level than before.

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(To be continued in the next episode)