Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant-Chapter 466
Puk!
Heart Severance activated.
At the same time, he felt flesh being cut, and he even heard the faint sound of a tiny wound being made.
Sliiide—
The corner of Su-ho’s mouth lifted.
Yeah.
The answer was Heart Severance.
If the outer shell was too hard to pierce, then you just didn’t touch the outer shell in the first place.
Why did I learn Heart Severance?
The effect was definite.
As proof, Hercules was finally showing a proper reaction.
- Kehahahaha! So you’re finally showing some cute tricks!
He wasn’t just mocking him—he even praised it as a cute trick.
It wasn’t exactly praise worth anything since it wasn’t the real Hercules, but still, it had landed as an effective hit, and an effective hit meant it was the most usable attack he’d shown so far.
But that was all.
Su-ho’s brow furrowed again.
‘Heart Severance lands an effective hit, but the damage going in is way too small.’
Heart Severance was a skill that had evolved from Cross Severance.
But the underlying principle was similar for both, so all that had really improved was the attack power.
Either way, if you controlled your strength well, you could stab into the deepest part of the target no matter how thick the outer shell was.
That was why he needed the next step.
He had already cut enemies he couldn’t even scratch before with Diamond Cutter and Sky Cleave—now it was Heart Severance’s turn to evolve.
Of course, the process was the same as everything else.
Endless repetition.
And the time would be short compared to his past life.
Because Void Striking Style’s 7th Form was a technique he had already realized once in his past life.
‘It’s just that I kept putting it off because I didn’t have the environmental conditions to train the 7th Form!’
But now, he had an extremely good environment to train the 7th Form.
The Hercules replica.
Frequent ruler-grade Fear that removed all buff effects as a matter of course, and an overwhelming physical body whose very hide was so tough it could ignore even a fully buffed, enhanced Diamond Cutter.
But no matter how absurd its physicality was, it seemed it couldn’t have trained its insides and inner muscles to the same degree as its outer hide.
‘Still, it’s incredible. A fully buffed Heart Severance can’t deal a big blow to it.’
But if it was the 7th Form, evolved further than this, he could definitely take it down.
Kwooooooom!!
Hercules’s olive-wood club once again passed by Su-ho and detonated against the floor.
Terrifying.
Truly threatening.
Su-ho swallowed once.
He had spent endless time with countless enemies to level up his sword techniques, but the being before his eyes was, without question, the most threatening of them all.
But maybe because of that—
Even as cold sweat broke out, the corner of Su-ho’s mouth lifted faintly.
‘This is what thrill is.’
Su-ho’s sword swung once more.
[ Heart Severance is activated. ]
Slaaash!
The swung blade pierced through the ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) flesh of the Hercules replica’s forearm.
- Kehahahaha! It itches! It itches so much!
However, as if he’d been bitten by a mosquito, the Hercules replica scoffed and immediately counterattacked.
Kwooooooom!!
The club detonated.
This time as well, it didn’t touch Su-ho.
But Su-ho swung again.
Slaaash!
And once again, he succeeded in landing an effective hit.
- Fine! Let’s see who wins—let’s go all the way to the end!!
The Hercules replica swung the olive-wood club again.
It was the beginning of a very long fight.
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- You run well for a rat bastard!
It was the longest fight yet.
And because of that, Su-ho removed everything he had placed on the guy, including Enrage.
The more Enrage stacked up, the faster the guy’s attack power and movements became.
But separate from whether Enrage was on him or not, the Hercules replica grew furious at Su-ho, who kept slipping away annoyingly, and it raised its own attack power and movement speed on its own.
Kwooooooom!!
The Hercules replica’s olive-wood club detonated against the floor again.
Looking around, the entire world was full of craters.
All of it was the Hercules replica’s work.
Each time, Su-ho shifted the battlefield.
The arena was an endless, infinite place anyway, and if his foot so much as caught on one of those craters and he got hit by the olive-wood club, there was no bigger loss than that.
If he had to pick one fortunate point, it was that the Hercules replica had fewer skills than he’d expected.
- Uaaaaaaah!! You rat bastard!!
[ The Unknown Hero uses ruler-grade Fear. ]
[ Dragon Blood is activated. ]
[ Due to the Dragon Mind effect of Dragon Blood, the Fear is not applied. ]
[ Due to the effect of ruler-grade Fear, all buff effects on Players are removed. ]
Instead, the cooldown on ruler-grade Fear was short.
So it was fine.
Since his purpose was to evolve Heart Severance in the first place, extra buffs didn’t matter whether he had them or not.
Slaaash!
[ Heart Severance is activated. ]
Another Heart Severance bit into the Hercules replica.
He didn’t even know how many effective hits it had been already.
Honestly, he felt like he’d been landing Heart Severance on the guy for at least half a day, and at that point, it was natural to think the guy would have taken no small amount of damage.
But reality said not a chance.
Even if you stabbed a pine tree with a toothpick all day long, the pine tree wouldn’t collapse.
Still not letting go of hope, Su-ho swung again.
[ Heart Severance is activated. ]
Sgak!
Another Heart Severance.
But in that moment, Su-ho’s eyes widened slightly.
‘Huh?’
A slightly different feeling.
He had swung it so many times that only Su-ho could sense that tiny difference.
Maybe because of that, the corner of Su-ho’s mouth lifted without him realizing it.
‘Something big is coming.’
Thinking that, he swung once more.
[ Heart Severance is activated. ]
Sgeoeok!
The lifted corner of his mouth surged upward.
Because the feeling had come.
It was the moment Su-ho swung one more time.
[ Heart Severance is activated. ]
And then—
[ ■■ smiles at your tenacious effort. ]
At last, Su-ho was able to see the notification he had wanted so badly.
[ Your understanding of ‘Void Striking Style’ surpasses that of anyone else. ]
[ The system has fully acknowledged both your skill and effort regarding the Void Striking Style you have mastered. ]
[ As a result, your ‘Void Striking Style’ has now fully attained the qualifications required to advance to a higher realm. ]
[ ■■ nods at your growth and bestows a blessing upon you. ]
[ ■■’s Continuance takes root within the Void Striking Style. ]
[ Some information regarding the Void Striking Style has changed. ]
[ You have mastered ‘Void Striking Style, 7th Form – True Rend: Reverse Scale Severance (S+).’ ]
[ Your understanding of sword aura has increased further. ]
[ Your sword aura has grown stronger. ]
“Got it!”
Seeing the notifications pouring out, Su-ho was so overwhelmed that he even blurted it out loud as he wrapped himself in sword aura.
[ Sword Aura is activated. ]
The even stronger sword aura, now no longer like steam but closer to a liquid state, gathered and flowed densely along the Blood Sword.
At that moment, while Su-ho was still in exhilaration, the olive-wood club swung at him once again.
- Do you think anything will change just because of that!!
The Hercules replica was seething.
It made sense.
For all that time, he hadn’t been able to land a single truly effective strike, and even if the attacks were light, he had still been subjected to nearly hundreds of cuts.
Kwooooooom!!
But this time too, the guy’s club “treatment” pounded somewhere other than Su-ho.
And Su-ho was just as seething.
“It changes, you bastardaaaa!!”
Twisting his body to dodge the club “treatment,” Su-ho swung his sword with all his might.
[ Reverse Scale Severance is activated. ]
Flash!
Su-ho’s sword passed through the guy, stretching out behind him after slicing past his neck.
Naturally, there was no visible wound on the guy’s body.
But— 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
PukwAAAAAAK!!
A cutting sound clearly different from Heart Severance.
Not a tiny sound, but a crisp, bursting, explosive sound that made it obvious to anyone that it had dealt a fatal injury.
- Guhhhhhhk!!
It worked.
From the mouth of the iron fortress that seemed like it would never fall—the Hercules replica—an awful scream burst out.
The Hercules replica clutched at its own throat and staggered back.
‘With this attack, I finish it for sure!’
He had deliberately aimed for the neck, not anywhere else.
If he was going to cut, he wanted to cut the neck.
And Reverse Scale Severance had gouged deep inside the guy’s throat, and Su-ho immediately began his final preparations to end the fight.
[ Blessing is activated. ]
[ Holy Enchant is activated. ]
[ Mana Detection is activated. ]
[ Endurance is activated. ]
[ Enhancement is activated. ]
[ Blacksmith’s Eye is activated. ]
[ Sword Aura is activated. ]
[ Rage Mode is activated. ]
[ Foxfire is activated. ]
Full buffs wrapped around him.
And then—
[ Weakening is activated. ]
[ Seal of Pain is activated. ]
[ Enrage is activated. ]
[ Blessing of Rage is activated. ]
[ Curse of Rage is activated. ]
Su-ho also applied the final debuff comprehensive set to the guy.
And the Hercules replica sensed the end as well.
- Youuuuu!!
[ The Unknown Hero uses Hero’s Fighting Spirit. ]
From the few skills it possessed, it pulled out what it likely considered its final trump card.
Hero’s Fighting Spirit was a powerful buff skill that temporarily halted the damage it received and increased all stats by 300%.
However—
[ Due to the effect of Curse of Rage, Hero’s Fighting Spirit has been sealed. ]
- ......!
Hero’s Fighting Spirit did not activate.
It was because of the Curse of Rage effect.
When the option failed to trigger, the guy’s eyes widened like plates, and Su-ho’s mouth crooked upward.
“What perfect timing!”
At the same time, Su-ho’s sword swung.
[ Enhancement is activated. ]
[ Reverse Scale Severance is activated. ]
[ Enhancement is applied. ]
[ The power of Reverse Scale Severance becomes even stronger. ]
Reverse Scale Severance with Enhancement layered on top.
And the point it struck was none other than the fake guy’s heart.
Flash!
The sword, swung like a flash of light, gleamed, and Su-ho’s Blood Sword cut across the guy’s chest and drew out behind him.
PukwAAAAAAK!!
The sound of muscle tearing.
This was the sound coming from the fake Hercules’s heart.
- Gureoooooogh!!
No matter how much it was a Hercules replica, how could it endure the pain of its heart being torn apart?
A boiling sound of blood rang out from its mouth, and it collapsed forward while clutching its throat and heart.
Boom!
A heavy impact.
And at last, Su-ho was able to see it.
[ You have successfully slain the Unknown Hero. ]
[ You have leveled up. ]
[ All stats have increased by 1. ]
[ You have acquired 1 bonus stat. ]
[ You have leveled up. ]
[ All stats have increased by 1. ]
[ You have acquired 1 bonus stat. ]
[ You have leveled up. ]
[ All stats have increased by 1. ]
[ You have acquired 1 bonus stat. ]
......
The notification that he had slain the fake Hercules, and the countless level-up notifications pouring out.
And at the end of them, what appeared was—
[ You have successfully completed all tasks. ]
It was, naturally, the system’s guarantee that he had completed all the tasks.
“Uaaaaaaaah!!”
Su-ho screamed.
It was the moment he finally completed all twelve of Hera’s tasks.
