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Chapter 37
Two blue Madillos blocked Kang Shin-hwa’s path as he entered the right route.
Kkudeudeuk. Kkudeudeudeuk.
Upon seeing the intruder Kang Shin-hwa, the creatures puffed up their armor-like scales, taking a defensive stance.
‘Using 5 explosive fist means I’m essentially fighting at full strength. I must end this quickly in a short battle.’
Time was not on Kang Shin-hwa’s side.
The very fact that a D- rank Awakener was attempting to face a semi-S- rank monster was ironic.
An ordinary D- rank Awakener wouldn’t have even been able to pierce a single scale, let alone wound the Madillo.
‘This is a collaboration created by my knowledge of the future.’
The conclusion was simple.
He had the knowledge to exceed his current capabilities by 200%, 300% beyond 100%.
This was the driving force that allowed him to fight, ignoring the overwhelming rank difference.
“Ha-up!”
Kang Shin-hwa shouted, leaping into the air.
His transformed legs possessed powerful propulsion that could burst out anywhere, anytime.
Whoosh!
The two Madillos, seeing Kang Shin-hwa suddenly suspended in mid-air, prepared to spray their toxic liquid.
Their toxin was highly poisonous and strongly acidic – an express train to the afterlife upon exposure.
‘Due to their thick neck muscles, the toxin’s path is predictable.’
Kang Shin-hwa didn’t panic and immediately descended.
“Quaet!”
“Kwiet!”
He saw the greenish-brown liquid flying towards him fiercely.
It was the toxic liquid.
“Heutcha!”
Kang Shin-hwa twisted his body forcefully, easily avoiding the toxin spray.
It flew exactly along the expected path.
By slightly adjusting the position of his shoulder and foot, he could nullify their attack.
Instead…
Woooung!
With a rough roar, the 5th explosive fist from Kang Shin-hwa, descending from its peak, struck between Madillo’s eyebrows.
Kwarreurung!
At the moment of impact,
The earth and sky vibrated, with thunderous sounds like lightning strikes overhead.
The Lightning Fist, the true fist.
Concentrating the essence of power at one point, a punch powerful enough to shatter everything!
The chain reaction occurred in an instant.
The lightning energy in the sword weakened the physical defense that had firmly protected the Madillo’s eyebrows.
Exploiting the suddenly reduced defense, a single fist completely crushed its target.
Kwadeuक!
“Kkeouk!”
The Madillo felt its entire facial bone structure collapse in a single blow.
Like tofu easily crushed by a fist, it scattered into hundreds of pieces.
“No matter how tough the body is, once the head breaks, it’s over.”
Kang Shin-hwa jumped onto the head of the staggering, eye-rolling Madillo.
While lower-rank monsters (F and E rank) typically die when they appear to die, higher-rank monsters tend to have a ‘thrashing’ phase before their life completely extinguishes.
Thus, one must never let their guard down until the life spark is completely extinguished.
Teoreup!
Kang Shin-hwa, now atop the creature’s head, transformed his right arm into a long sword-like shape.
Precisely targeting the path from the top of the Madillo’s head to below the jawbone.
Puuk!
He extended his right hand with full force.
The hide that would normally be impenetrable for an ordinary blue Madillo was easily pierced in this attack.
The hide had become soft and lost its resistance due to the 5 explosive fists and True Fist.
“Kheuk!”
One of the two instantly died, biting its tongue.
“Ooooh!”
Seemingly shocked by its companion’s death, the remaining Madillo, unable to contain its boiling rage, charged directly at Kang Shin-hwa.
Kuung!
Even before the collision, Kang Shin-hwa’s body had transformed into a hard state through his steel reinforcement talent.
Of course, steel reinforcement wasn’t omnipotent.
While it could protect the body, it couldn’t absorb all impact.
Kuung! Twoong! Kung! Kung!
“Keuuk, It’s brutal.”
Kang Shin-hwa flew for quite a while and then rolled awkwardly on the ground about three or four times.
It was exactly like a statue made of steel flying and rolling on the ground with a metallic sound.
Swish.
Soon Kang Shin-hwa regained his balance and released the steel reinforcement state.
It’s a truly useful ability, but it’s a talent that consumes an extreme amount of magical power and can’t be used for long.
‘I thought I had painstakingly increased my magical power storage capacity, but as expected, overpowering isn’t easy.’
Kang Shin-hwa checked the magical power total, which had already dropped to less than half after a brief battle, and thought.
But one thing was certain.
With the intention of unleashing maximum firepower and spreading his power, he could somehow manage up to S- rank.
Especially under the assumption that he precisely knows the opponent’s weak spot, he might even aim for a higher rank.
“Kuuk! Puuk! Puuk!”
Madillo, fully heated up, was stomping the ground with his back legs and preparing to charge again.
Directly colliding with it wasn’t pleasant even for an Awakener person with endurance.
In terms of instantaneous speed and pressure, it carried an impact equivalent to colliding with a 15-ton truck.
An Awakener person could endure it, but if an ordinary person had encountered it, it wouldn’t be strange if they burst like a balloon.
“Still, because I’m facing someone like you with a certain level, my body feels somewhat warmed up. As expected, I do have the fighting cock disposition.”
Kang Shin-hwa pulled up the magical power circulation again and prepared to engage with the remaining monster.
And
“Guaaak!”
“Here we go!”
The brutally powerful S- rank monster and the D- rank Awakener person collided in the middle of the path.
A wild storm raged from all directions, with thunderous roars and lightning flashes in an intense battle.
* * *
At that moment.
“Kang Shin-hwa come on! No, Kang Shin-hwa,! A baby Madillo has appeared, so this time you’ll directly… Huh?”
Jin Bo-mi, who was preoccupied with the battle against the dark Madillo, naturally called out to Kang Shin-hwa behind her.
The dark Madillo has A to S- rank strength, but the baby Madillo is around C- rank.
It was an ideal test subject to first test against Kang Shin-hwa.
But no one was there.
“Mr. Kang Shin-hwa?”
Kang Shin-hwa was nowhere to be seen.
For a moment, Jin Bo-mi wondered if Kang Shin-hwa might have been caught by a Madillo during the battle that she missed.
Of course, she didn’t think he would have made a mistake, but she was flustered because Kang Shin-hwa was invisible.
And then.
Kwakeuruung! Kguruung!
Instead of Kang Shin-hwa’s invisible form, a fierce roar burst from the right route.
Because the path was divided left and right, there was a blind spot, but she could instinctively tell it was a battle scene.
“Sister! Brother! Just a moment! Kang Shin-hwa is nowhere to be seen!”
“What?”
Ppat!
As soon as her words ended, Jin Bo-mi hurriedly moved towards the right route.
Right at that moment.
“Aah!”
A scream erupted from Jin Bo-mi, who witnessed the scene.
She had been imagining Kang Shin-hwa caught in the monster’s attack or in crisis.
But she was completely mistaken.
“Kkueoek!”
At the moment she was about to turn the corner and go inside.
A blue Madillo was flying towards her, spitting out thick saliva from inside the right route.
“Miss!”
Looking a bit disheveled, Jeong-hoon grabbed the collar of her suit and barely saved her.
And
Kooung!
“Kkuewek.”
The Madillo that flew from inside revealed white eyes and bit its tongue, collapsing on the spot.
It was a perfect knockout without even a chance for survival instinct to activate.
“Whew. My fist is tingling.”
Kang Shin-hwa appeared thereafter.
Smoke carrying heat was rising from his right hand.
“What? What happened?”
“Weren’t there no escapees outside?”
Seo Ye-hee and Yoon Tae-ho arrived subsequently.
This dungeon had been cleared dozens of times. They knew all the patterns related to monster appearances.
So if Kang Shin-hwa had stayed in place, absolutely nothing could have gone wrong in this dungeon.
Which meant!
Kang Shin-hwa had single-handedly cleared the right route.
After blowing out the smoke with his breath,
“Whew, whew.”
He took several deep breaths to calm his heart, which was overloaded with explosive magical power circulation.
And a little later, with a completely calmed voice, he continued speaking to everyone.
“Didn’t you hear earlier? I said I was going to earn my meal because watching was too boring.”
“Boring… You say, after facing an A+ rank blue Madillo alone?”
Jin Bo-mi asked back.
Instead of answering, Kang Shin-hwa pointed with his eyes in two directions.
He specified the locations of the blue Madillo inside the right route and right in front of them.
And
“First, I’ll definitely cut off its breath.”
Grabbing the still-breathing blue Madillo’s head, he
Puk!
Used his right hand formed into a hook shape to strike directly on its crown.
And roughly shook the hook left and right after driving it in.
“Keureuреuk.”
The blue Madillo died instantly.
With its brain completely ground without a chance to do anything, there was no possibility of breath remaining.
“No, how could you possibly kill two blue Madillo in an instant by yourself without even a chance to confirm…”
“Doesn’t this make our picture of us four taking down the blue Madillo look a bit strange?”
Jin Bo-mi and Seo Ye-hee spoke alternately with surprised expressions.
Jeong-hoon was carefully observing Kang Shin-hwa’s still-burning fist, and Yoon Tae-ho was checking the fallen Madillo’s condition.
There was no doubt that the two monsters were dead.
“It’s like using future power now. But I’m not omnipotent.”
Kang Shin-hwa continued to touch his still-tingling hand, occasionally soothing his intensely pounding heart.
Clearly, using the five explosive fist technique frequently was still challenging.
“Do you know martial arts?”
Seo Ye-hee, with her keen eyes, asked Kang Shin-hwa.
This was because of the clear wound between the Madillo’s eyebrows and the distinct fist marks on the abdomen of the one that flew over.
“I have some skills,” Kang Shin-hwa nodded.
While using martial arts with smooth movements like in his previous life was difficult, he could crudely utilize the core essence.
This was also because Kang Shin-hwa preferred efficiency-oriented attacks over flashy performances.
“Are you really D- rank?”
Jeong-hoon couldn’t help but ask.
Rank distinctions aren’t made without reason.
Just as 1 can’t be higher than 2, D- rank can’t be higher than C- rank.
While rank differences can sometimes be overcome due to compatibility, this is extremely rare.
However, from the moment they first met until now, Kang Shin-hwa had never matched his actual rank.
While Kang Shin-hwa himself didn’t care much about the discrepancy between his rank and skills.
“No matter how I think about it, Kang Shin-hwa’s skills are completely inconsistent. I hope you’ll honestly tell us your true skills. This is a heartfelt request.”
Jeong-hoon’s thoughts were the same as Seo Ye-hee, Yoon Tae-ho, and Jin Bo-mi’s.
The speculation had gone on long enough.
Now they wanted to hear directly from him about Kang Shin-hwa’s true power and realm.
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