Martial God Regressed to Level 2

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Side Story 21

'There sure are a lot of monsters.'

The North Korean region had been neglected since the tutorial.

After entering the main game, the monster generation speed had increased, resulting in an explosive growth in their numbers.

'Even if I use Nothingness, it won't be a clean sweep.'

Even using Myriad Ghost Sealing Gods, Mount Tai Suppression, or Way of Immortals.

It seemed impossible to wipe out all the monsters that covered the land at once.

Of course, if he had enough power, he could occupy all directions by simultaneously using thousands of Myriad Ghost Sealing Gods attacks, like the previous Martial God did.

'I don't have that kind of power left right now.'

His Blue had increased to 4, but he couldn't unleash that much firepower.

Then.

'I need to use a martial art that can definitely clear them, even if it is a bit slower.'

And there was a perfect martial art for that.

Infinite Annihilation God

Dark Shadow Technique

Dark Soul Vortex

Swoosh.

When Seong Jihan pointed his finger towards the ground,

Shuuu...

Black vortexes began swirling on the ground.

At first, they weren't that big, so.

"Hmm...?"

"What did the Martial God do? Can you see?"

"No, I can't see anything..."

The players in the helicopter couldn't see it either.

Ssss...

As monsters on the ground were sucked into the Dark Soul Vortex one by one.

The size of the black vortexes grew, and they started to become visible to their eyes.

"A black hole...?"

"It's getting bigger as it devours the monsters...?"

As the size of the Dark Soul Vortex increased, so did the speed at which monsters were sucked in.

The black vortexes had grown to the point where it filled the ground below the helicopter.

And once the monsters became invisible,

"Whoa...!"

"Even the dungeon portals are getting sucked in!"

Even the dungeon portals that were generated near the border were sucked into the Dark Soul Vortex and disappeared.

This change happened in less than five minutes since the black vortex was created.

Seong Jihan looked at the vortex, which had nothing left to absorb, and said,

"Let's go."

Swoosh.

He slowly moved his finger.

Then.

The Dark Soul Vortex that was swirling on the ground began to move forward, following his finger.

A black vortex that grew on its own, swallowing everything in its path.

Seong Jihan created a path like that, and then,

Thump.

He sat back down in the helicopter.

"Now that the path is cleared, let's depart."

"Y-yes, sir...!"

Dududududu...!

As the helicopter followed the ever-growing Dark Soul Vortex.

"Um... Martial God, this person is asking if we will get sucked in as the black hole grows bigger?"

Yoon Seah, who had been whispering with Sophia, asked Seong Jihan.

"Are you the one translating?"

"Yes... there isn't a translator on the helicopter."

"Tell her to just speak directly. I can understand English too."

"Oh, you can understand English too...? I thought you only spoke Uncle's languages."

"Your uncle can speak English too."

"Huh? Uncle can speak English...?"

Yoon Seah's eyes widened in disbelief.

It was clear to see what Seong Jihan's image was like in her mind.

"I can control that. Don't worry about that."

"Ah. Okay..."

On the other hand, Sophia seemed flustered by Seong Jihan's answer.

She quickly lowered her head, avoiding his gaze.

It seemed that she was reluctant to talk directly to him.

'This reaction is refreshing.'

While Seong Jihan was looking at Sophia for a moment,

"Oh! Martial God...! If I knew this was going to happen, I shouldn't have brought a translator earlier!"

Christopher chimed in, trying to change the mood.

"So, we can just keep following that black hole?"

"Yes. But, normal dungeon portals are getting sucked in too, so we won't be able to stop at them."

“Ah, it’s fine...! Rather than struggling through that swarm of monsters to get to dungeon portals, we'd rather follow the black hole comfortably!"

So, the name of the Dark Soul Vortex is fixed as a black hole.

Seong Jihan nodded at Christopher's answer.

"Then let's go straight to the Abyss."

As he settled down in his seat.

Ssssssss...

The sound of the Dark Soul Vortex could now be heard even from the helicopter.

The American First players, unable to contain their curiosity, looked below and swallowed hard as they saw how big the Dark Soul Vortex had become.

Monsters and portals were being sucked in.

'If it keeps getting bigger like that, it might hit the helicopter...'

'The Martial God said he could control it, so it must be okay...?'

With that underlying feeling of unease, the Abyss exploration team continued forward,

"We're here."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Seong Jihan's words were barely out of his mouth when the Dark Soul Vortex disappeared, making everyone’s eyes widen.

He was completely controlling that huge vortex.

"Then, let's get down."

Swoosh.

The land that Seong Jihan was looking at had no monsters and only giant dungeon portals emitting an ominous light.

* * *

Giant dungeon portals were located at the east, west, south, and north positions of the Abyss.

Many people were drawn to Christopher's BattleTube channel to watch the first-ever attempt by humanity to enter those portals.

-This is the giant dungeon portal...

-This is humanity's first attempt at entering.

-Will we finally see Chris' exploration ability in action?

-I think it might take some time to clear the monsters here since they must be strong.

-No, seeing the Martial God's power, clearing monsters should be quick.

-The Sword King was really being given a break.

Seong Jihan transported the enormous Dark Soul Vortex, creating a path in an instant.

The people who had seen his power clearly on the live stream realized that he had been going easy on the Sword King.

And as people had predicted.

Thud. Thud.

As Seong Jihan walked into the dungeon portal.

The monsters around him exploded all at once.

These were large monsters that were four to five times the size of a human.

But they were all gone before they could even move.

-They're already all dead?

-It's a good thing that Barren only got his hair pulled out...

-If only the Martial God participated in BattleNet, there would be no need to worry :'(

Just as the viewers, having seen that power, were lamenting his inability to join the Space League.

Swoosh.

Seong Jihan turned towards Christopher.

"Use your exploration."

"Ah, okay!"

As Christopher used his exploration gift at Seong Jihan's words.

Flash...!

It looked like his eyes flashed, and then.

"Oh...? Is that it?"

He began walking toward somewhere.

Then, after touching the air a few times,

Ssss...

A large crystal of dark red light appeared.

"Huh? Is that the dungeon core?"

"It was discovered so easily..."

"The exploration ability is really effective."

"If we destroy that, the dungeon portal will disappear?"

The players were curious about the dungeon core.

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If that were destroyed and the portal disappeared,

It would be a historic moment for humanity since the beginning of BattleNet.

As their gazes shifted between Seong Jihan and the dungeon core.

"Did anything else show up on the exploration besides this?"

Seong Jihan asked Christopher that question.

"Anything else...? Please wait a moment."

He used the exploration again.

"Um... other than that, there's nothing else that can be detected."

Christopher said that only the dungeon core was found.

'There are no traces of Noona here.'

There were a total of four giant dungeon portals in the Abyss.

He had only been to one of them, so he would have to check the other three.

Seong Jihan nodded and extended his fist towards the dungeon core.

Then.

Crack...!

The dungeon core split apart in an instant, and the world distorted.

"Oh...!"

"It's outside!"

All the players inside came out.

"The dungeon portal really disappeared!"

"It worked!"

The players looked at the place where the dungeon portal was, amazed that the dungeon clearing method Seong Jihan had told them actually worked.

-Oh... when the dungeon core is destroyed, we actually come back outside?

-Huh? What, it's already over? I went to the bathroom...?

-Is clearing dungeons this easy?

-Clearing was so easy because of the Martial God :)

-Wow! Humanity is free...!!!

The viewer reaction on Christopher's channel was even more intense.

Chats saying that humanity had been freed from the threat of dungeons were continuously being posted.

It may not have sunk in yet because Seong Jihan finished it too easily.

But in reality, the dungeon portal problem was the biggest threat that humanity faced.

While the people were continuing on with the festival atmosphere.

"Let's go to the next portal immediately."

"Ah, yes, sir...!"

Seong Jihan didn't give the players time to be happy.

He immediately led them to attack the next dungeon portal.

After clearing the giant dungeon portal in the south and entering the one in the east,

"Exploration."

"Here, I found it...!"

They destroyed the east giant portal within one minute of entering it.

"Exploration."

They used the same method to destroy the north one, swiftly subduing three giant portals.

"Wow... at this rate, we might even enter the Abyss today?"

"The speed is insane..."

"We came as escorts, but we didn't do anything."

"There has to be times like this!"

The American First players cheered, happy that they might be able to go to the Abyss.

But Seong Jihan's expression wasn't so bright.

'If I don't find any traces of Noona here, I'll be in trouble.'

If the Witch of the Void wasn't in the remaining west giant dungeon portal, the clues to find her would be completely gone.

Then, finding her would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Making it impossible to complete the sub-quest.

'I should make him do more exploration here.'

Seong Jihan decided that he needed to work Christopher harder and entered the west giant dungeon portal.

"Huh...?"

"This one feels a little different than the other dungeons?"

The west dungeon portal they had entered, didn’t have a single monster.

“Are the monsters hiding? Why aren’t they visible?”

“They might be ghost-types, so let's be careful...”

Though there were no enemies, the players were more cautious of the situation.

As they were carefully examining their surroundings.

"...Martial God?"

Yoon Seah stopped walking and called out to Seong Jihan, who was standing still and looking blankly.

Then.

“Can you not see that?”

Seong Jihan pointed at the ground.

"No... Is there something there?"

Yoon Seah showed her confusion.

"The Martial God is pointing at the ground... can you see something?"

"No... do we need to use exploration? Chris, please use your exploration."

"Just a moment."

The other players couldn’t see anything either and only tilted their heads.

‘This is… the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams diagram.’

Seong Jihan frowned as he saw the pattern on the floor.

Dongbang Sak's Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams diagram, which was the origin of the Annihilation God Art and Heaven’s Chaotic Flow

Why was it here?

'Where...'

Swoosh.

Seong Jihan channeled his Blue energy and tried to erase the edge of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams diagram.

Ssss...

It seemed like it was being erased, but it regenerated again immediately.

'It has regenerative abilities. Then, let's use my full power.'

When Seong Jihan put in his full power, the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams diagram quickly began to shrink.

Once the pattern was completely erased by the Blue energy.

Shuuuuu...

"Huh?"

"What's that...?"

In the center of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams diagram that had disappeared, a Taiji symbol floated up.

And people started to recognize it.

'This is the sign of the Taiji Sword... I need to deal with this quickly.'

As Seong Jihan approached it to get rid of it,

Dddrr...

The Taiji symbol spun once backwards, grew rapidly, and swallowed Seong Jihan.

And at the same time.

"Wh-what...?"

After spinning backwards one more time.

Sophia, who had been watching from afar, was sucked into the Taiji symbol as well.

Even though there were many other people near the Taiji symbol, she, the farthest one, disappeared.

Ssss...

The Taiji pattern gradually faded.

"Wh-what... was that?"

"N-no! Why were the Martial God and Sophia...???"

Just as people were falling into confusion after seeing the two suddenly disappear.

Seong Jihan, who had been sucked into the Taiji symbol, was also facing a bewildering situation.

"Daddy!"

"...What? Daddy?"

Because in his arms,

A small child was clinging to him tightly.

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