Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant-Chapter 406
Su-ho immediately refreshed his status window.
[ An Su-ho ]
Lv : 249
Class : Rage Crusader
Traits : ＜New Blood＞＜Hercules Candidate＞＜King of Ruination＞＜Power of the Sun＞＜Power of the Moon＞＜Guest of Greed＞
Strength (N) : 42
Mana (P) : 1
Sense (B) : 13
Leadership (N) : 68
Bonus Stats : 11
“Wow.”
A short but forceful exclamation.
Emotion was melted into it.
“To think I actually pulled this off before hitting Level 250....”
The entire word “Mana” embedded in the status window shone with a lustrous violet.
He’d barely obtained a single Purple-color stat in the late phase of the Great Upheaval; achieving it around the start of the mid phase now felt novel.
No—more than novel, it was thrilling.
'At this pace, I might fill them all with Purple before the late phase even arrives. No, more than that—I’m really curious what comes after Purple.'
What on earth came after Purple?
No human had ever reached that domain; he was intensely curious.
But he decided not to be hasty.
If anyone would reach it, it would be him anyway, and judging by his speed, he’d likely achieve it in the not-too-distant future.
After a brief deliberation, Su-ho invested all remaining bonus stats into Mana.
'All right, then—let’s really go.'
Before going out, he also checked the info on the Flame-Resistant Pills.
Upon consumption, they temporarily raised Fire Resistance by 5%; he planned to take them if the Bracelet of Flame Ward happened to be destroyed.
The moment a prepared Su-ho stepped out of the Subspace House—
Fwooooosh!
Amaterasu’s flames, which had been waiting for him, once again crashed over him.
“Wow.”
Like firing a flamethrower right in his face—Amaterasu’s flames swept over Su-ho like that.
Then something astonishing happened.
Just a moment ago, even breathing had been hard inside Amanoiwato, and yet now, even when flames blasted him head-on, it merely felt like meeting warm wind.
'I didn’t think the difference would be this big.'
There weren’t many in his previous life who reached 100% resistance in any attribute.
At a glance, system stats looked easy, but to reach the peak, you had to abandon the rest and pour in nearly everything.
'No idiot gives up everything else just to raise a single attribute resistance.'
Calmly, Su-ho summoned a blood blade, gripped it, and approached Amaterasu.
- HwaaAAAAAAAA!!
[ The Sun God Amaterasu Omikami uses boss-monster-grade Fear. ]
[ Dragon Blood activates. ]
[ Due to the Dragon Mind effect of Dragon Blood, Fear does not apply. ]
As Su-ho drew near, Amaterasu exhaled Fear.
Useless.
Su-ho then used one skill and raised his sword.
[ Cheongeunchu activates. ]
In that instant—
[ The Sun God Amaterasu Omikami uses Sun Slash. ]
Fwaaaaash!!
Sensing danger, Amaterasu used Sun Slash once more and shoved Su-ho back.
Spicy.
Still, since it was classified as a guard-type, the flames of Sun Slash were stronger than those of Scorching Zone.
But # Nоvеlight # that was all.
The damage felt in his body had upgraded from “warm breeze” at best to just “hot wind.”
In addition, Amaterasu’s Sun Slash could no longer push Su-ho away.
Thanks to the tremendous weight of Cheongeunchu.
Su-ho slowly raised his sword.
At the same time, he extended the length of the blood blade and poured out skills.
[ Rage Mode activates. ]
[ Weakening activates. ]
[ Enhancement activates. ]
He couldn’t use Fox Fire again yet.
But Rage Mode’s condition was filling the gauge, so he could use it again soon.
If he hit or got hit, the gauge filled—and here, flames poured without rest.
'Separate from whether I hurt, damage keeps stacking.'
Simultaneously triggering Weakening and Enhancement, Su-ho’s sword drew diagonally at once.
[ Cutting the Ring activates. ]
[ Enhancement applies. ]
[ The power of Cutting the Ring grows even stronger. ]
Shaaah!
A cleanly drawn swordline.
- KkyaAAAAAAAA!!
[ The Sun God Amaterasu Omikami uses Sun Slash. ]
[ The Sun God Amaterasu Omikami uses boss-monster-grade Fear. ]
[ Dragon Blood activates. ]
[ Due to the Dragon Mind effect of Dragon Blood, Fear does not apply. ]
Amaterasu once again flared, spewing guard skills.
But it was all useless.
Ignoring the searing heat washing over his whole body, Su-ho kept swinging his sword slowly with an impassive expression.
[ Cutting the Ring activates. ]
[ Cutting the Ring activates. ]
[ Cutting the Ring activates. ]
[ Cutting the Ring activates. ]
......
He didn’t even consider Steel Severance or Cloud Severance.
When cutting a transcendent like a divine-race monster, nothing beat Cutting the Ring.
So even if it took time, he used only Cutting the Ring, without fail.
- HwaaAAAAAAAA!!
Amaterasu raved.
Wounds carved by sword-tracks piled up in layers, and between them, along with halos of light, black flames spurted out.
Su-ho wasn’t swinging his sword mindlessly; like an archaeologist excavating artifacts on multiple fronts, he slowly carved Amaterasu down until the Sun Rune Susanoo had mentioned came into view.
'Where exactly is it supposed to be?'
Mana Perception was still active.
But with Mana Perception, he couldn’t see what he wanted.
Then—
'That?'
A place where halos of light and black flames were tangled.
Above it, grid-pattern squares had been cracking and marked for a while now, but throughout countless slashes, there had been no chromatic change there.
But the instant the last slash landed, the veiled weak point finally revealed itself.
A lone red grid square displayed amid the tangled halos and black flames—that was Amaterasu’s weak point... in other words, the Sun Rune.
'There it is!'
The opponent was a transcendent.
Thus, destroying the heart or brain wasn’t very effective.
Same for stabbing vital spots like eyes or the uvula.
In the end, destroying the core center would give the most efficient damage; Susanoo had said that was the Sun Rune, and if the Eye of the Blacksmith—which shows a target’s weak points—marked only that in red, then that could only be the Sun Rune.
Meanwhile, the black flames still raged.
They were trying, somehow, to heal the wounds, fill the flesh, and cover the Sun Rune.
Su-ho readjusted his sword grip.
- HwaaAAAAAAAA!!
[ The Sun God Amaterasu Omikami uses Sun Slash. ]
[ The Sun God Amaterasu Omikami uses boss-monster-grade Fear. ]
[ Dragon Blood activates. ]
[ Due to the Dragon Mind effect of Dragon Blood, Fear does not apply. ]
Sun Slash and Fear continued to pour out in repetition.
But the damage was much stronger than before.
A good sign.
A sudden surge in power was proof that Amaterasu, having had her weakness exposed, was bristling all the more.
Thanks to that, he had certainty, and Su-ho once more poured out skills.
[ Rage Mode activates. ]
[ Fox Fire activates. ]
[ Weakening activates. ]
[ Enhancement activates. ]
Fortunately, the cooldown had turned, so he could even use Fox Fire.
Su-ho overlaid the dispelled Weakening again, then lifted the blood blade high and used a skill.
[ Strike activates. ]
What he used was a thrust.
To hit the Sun Rune located deep inside most efficiently, a thrust was best.
[ Enhancement applies. ]
[ The power of Strike grows even stronger. ]
He wrapped even Holy Enchant.
So he didn’t think it wouldn’t land at all.
The instant the tip of the blood blade blasted into the red grid square—
- KyaAAAAAAAA!!
[ The Sun God Amaterasu Omikami uses Sun Slash. ]
[ The Sun God Amaterasu Omikami uses boss-monster-grade Fear. ]
[ Dragon Blood activates. ]
[ Due to the Dragon Mind effect of Dragon Blood, Fear does not apply. ]
Fwaaaaaaash!!
A higher scream.
A fiercer Sun Slash.
It was certain.
The red grid square was the Sun Rune.
Su-ho didn’t withdraw the driven blade; he left it rammed in.
Then he twisted the blade once more.
As those who use sashimi are wont to do—after stabbing, you twist once to inflict stronger damage.
- KyaAAAAAAAAAAA!!
[ The Sun God Amaterasu Omikami uses Sun Slash. ]
[ The Sun God Amaterasu Omikami uses boss-monster-grade Fear. ]
Amaterasu wailed in pain and tried somehow to shake Su-ho off.
But Su-ho had already changed the blood blade’s tip into a hook and fixed it firmly.
'Now is when it starts!'
He took a deep breath.
Then, gripping the sword in reverse with one hand only, he raised his other hand.
The screams and flames still spewed.
No matter how much Fire Resistance he wore, the hot gust blasting at point-blank range was hard to endure.
Pop!
In the midst of that, Weakening was dispelled.
It was fine.
It was common for a higher entity to dispel a lower entity’s debuff.
In addition, Su-ho no longer intended to attack Amaterasu.
Su-ho reached his hand into the red grid square—where black flames raged but the blood blade bit down tight.
Then he could distinctly feel it.
Amaterasu’s Sun Rune.
It felt like touching a solid stone lump.
With that, all preparations were complete.
Clutching the Sun Rune tightly, Su-ho used skills.
[ Enhancement activates. ]
It began with Enhancement. And then—
[ Recovery activates. ]
On Amaterasu’s Sun Rune, Su-ho used “Recovery,” which removed all status conditions, not an attack skill.
[ Enhancement applies. ]
[ The power of Recovery grows even stronger. ]
Fortunately, Recovery was a skill that could be enhanced.
Presently, when the enhanced Recovery was used on the Sun Rune, a sacred radiance burst between the black flames.
But nothing changed.
No matter how much an Enhanced Recovery it was, the one who had contaminated the Sun Rune was none other than Susanoo, a divine-race monster of the Triad level.
It was fine.
Recovery was a skill that stacked.
Unfazed by the pouring screams and black flames, Su-ho, like a mountaineer clinging to an ice wall, kept a firm grip on the blood blade and repeatedly used Enhancement and Recovery.
[ Enhancement activates. ]
[ Recovery activates. ]
[ Enhancement applies. ]
[ The power of Recovery grows even stronger. ]
Fwaaash!
Light sprayed.
- KyaAAAAAAAAAAA!!
[ The Sun God Amaterasu Omikami uses Sun Slash. ]
[ The Sun God Amaterasu Omikami uses boss-monster-grade Fear. ]
And screams and Sun Slash exploded in succession.
It was astonishing.
It was Recovery, not an attack skill—so why was she in such pain?
Su-ho didn’t care and kept using Recovery.
The reason he suddenly stopped attacking and suddenly poured on Recovery was simple.
To kill Amaterasu, Susanoo had indeed told him to destroy the Sun Rune—but—
'Tsukuyomi told me to purify and save Amaterasu!'
[ Enhancement activates. ]
[ Recovery activates. ]
[ Enhancement applies. ]
[ The power of Recovery grows even stronger. ]
Su-ho’s Recovery blasted once again.
