Chapter 2687 – 2687. God’S Atlantis

I narrowed my eyes, looking at Roman.

The black aura flowing from Roman’s body, the Demonic Heavenly Energy. He was definitely using the Demonic Heavenly Divine Art.

‘Using the Demonic Heavenly Divine Art without any knowledge? That’s impossible without the system’s assistance.’

Roman used the Demonic Heavenly Divine Art after biting off my finger. It seems that what you get from eating isn’t just stats. You also get skills or traits.

‘It must be temporary. If he could get it permanently, he would be the strongest in Atlantis. Maybe he can only get one type of skill.’

Kwaaaaaaaah!

The Demonic Heavenly Energy flowing from Roman suddenly began to surge.

‘Did he convert nutrients or something from agility to mana? It wasn’t just usable for strength, agility, and stamina.’

Roman grinned, stretching his mouth to its limit.

“Ah, this feels good. It feels so good… Demonic Heavenly Divine Art. You had such an amazing skill and that’s all you could do with it? I can see how pathetic your divine seat thinks you are.”

Roman’s voice changed with each word. Old man, child, woman, man, and so on. Sometimes the voices mixed, and sometimes they sounded like a machine.

「The King of the Demonic Heavens shakes his head, denying Roman’s words. The King of the Demonic Heavens emphasizes that he is satisfied with the contract!」

Putting aside the King of the Demonic Heavens’ reaction, Roman’s eyes were strange. He seemed to be out of his mind with excitement.

Originally, Roman was the type to maintain a cool head and analyze the situation. But now, there was no rationality to be felt from him.

There was only one thing I could think of.

“Did you get consumed by the demonic nature of the Demonic Heavenly Divine Art? A strong guy like you couldn’t even last a few seconds?”

“Consumed by the demonic nature? Wrong. I’ve always had demonic nature. I just haven’t expressed it until now.”

“You’re talking nonsense.”

I could feel madness in Roman’s eyes.

“Haha! I’ll prove it by killing you!”

Roman stomped on the ground with all his might. The Demonic Heavenly Energy suppressed the entire space. Something was touching my blood vessels and invading me. But it could never invade me.

「The Demonic Heavenly Body (SS) resists the Demonic Heavenly Overlord’s Step.」

An unpleasant sensation, as if someone was grabbing my shoulder and pressing down.

“It’s quite unpleasant to be on the receiving end of the Demonic Heavenly Overlord’s Step.”

With one stomp, he seized the surrounding space. From the receiving end, it felt like I was suffocating. It was like being surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Demonic Heavenly Divine Art (天魔神功) Demonic Heavenly Overlord’s Step (天魔君臨步).

I countered the Demonic Heavenly Overlord’s Step with the Demonic Heavenly Overlord’s Step.

Space domination. The two energies began to growl and fight each other.

‘My energy is being pushed back a little.’

I raised the corners of my mouth. He had consumed far more mana than I had, yet he couldn’t overwhelm my Demonic Heavenly Overlord’s Step.

“My skill proficiency is higher. Well, I also have the Demonic Heavenly Body, so it’s only natural.”

“Oh, you’re so positive. Let me tell you the reality… nothing will change. You will die, and I will eat your corpse.”

Roman took a step forward. It wasn’t the Demonic Heavenly Overlord’s Step. He simply kicked off the ground and jumped. In that one step, he leaped dozens of meters and reached me.

Roman swung his sword.

[Using Flash (刹那). Remaining stacks: 6]

I barely managed to block the attack using Flash. But I couldn’t withstand the difference in power and fell backward.

“……”

My face contorted. I was overwhelmed by his strength and speed. It was extremely unpleasant.

‘He’s using the Demonic Heavenly Energy recklessly, enveloping his body. Did he use the Vajra Demonic Dragon? It’s not very efficient. …But with that enormous amount of energy, it doesn’t matter.’

I got up and pointed my sword at him.

“How many of the Nine Demonic Dragons can you use?”

“Oh, you still don’t know the essence of the Demonic Heavenly Divine Art. The Demonic Dragons are not important.”

Behind him, space rippled. There, I could see something very faint. I instinctively knew that it was a part of hell.

“Demons. Demons. Your master is here.”

Thud.

Roman’s Demonic Heavenly Overlord’s Step.

It was different from before. My whole body was crushed, and I knelt on the ground.

“You son of a bitch! How dare you…!”

“Hahaha. Hahahahaha. Hahahahahahaha!”

He laughed.

He just laughed.

Behind him, a mandala of hell began to form little by little. His presence filled the arena.

He was no longer Roman.

He was just a demon.

「The Filthy Gourmet is shocked!」

「He points his finger, criticizing the King of the Demonic Heavens.」

「The King of the Demonic Heavens bursts into laughter.」

「The Filthy Gourmet grinds his teeth and protests to the system.」

「Following the Filthy Gourmet’s request, the causality is checked. Causality is normal. There are no problems.」

「The King of the Demonic Heavens sponsors 10,000 AP.
 “Accept the demonic nature. Then you will win.”」

The King of the Demonic Heavens spoke as if tempting me.

“…Fuck off.”

The demon raised his sword. Pitch-black demonic energy clung to the blade, forming a huge blade. The blade’s purpose was only one thing: to kill me.

“Farewell. I will eat your corpse and inherit your name. As long as I am here, the name of the Demonic Heavenly One will never be forgotten.”

“You keep spouting annoying words. The last resort isn’t something only you have.”

Demonic Heavenly Divine Art (天魔神功) Heaven-Breaking Rampage (破天荒).

I shattered my own soul.

The broken and fragmented soul began to burn. A massive amount of demonic energy exploded from my body.

「The King of the Demonic Heavens doubts his eyes.」
「The Diligent Rest narrows his brow.」

I felt the overflowing power and slowly rose from my spot. My hair turned pure white and shot upwards due to the energy.

Was it a difference in worldviews? I didn’t become as overwhelmingly strong as I did in the [Ascension to Light] world. Compared to what I used in the [Ascension to Light] world, the efficiency was about 40%.

But it was enough to kill the bug in front of me.

The face of the guy who had been maintaining his composure all along became serious. He hurriedly swung his sword. I didn’t even need to block it with the Fire Lotus Flying Blades.

Clack.

I reversed the summoning of the Fire Lotus Flying Blades and grabbed the blade with my index and middle fingers. When I twisted my fingers, the blade wrapped in demonic energy shattered like thin glass.

“What the hell?! What is that power!!!”

“The current me is a Demonic Heavenly One beyond the Demonic Heavenly One, a Transcendent Demonic Heavenly One. I can only maintain this state for one minute for now… but it’s enough time to kill you.”

「The King of the Demonic Heavens is flustered.」
「The King of the Demonic Heavens sponsors 1,000 AP.
 “Transcendent Demonic Heavenly One?! What is that?!”」

I had no intention of kindly answering the King of the Demonic Heavens.

I grabbed Roman’s shoulder with one hand.

“You made me kneel, so you kneel too.”

I grabbed his shoulder and pressed down. Roman used his Demonic Heavenly Energy to resist as much as possible, but he couldn’t overcome my power using Heaven-Breaking Rampage.

“Kuaaaaaaak!”

In the end, his shoulder was crushed, and he knelt on the ground.

“This is for my left index finger that you ate.”

I kneed the kneeling guy’s chin. His body shot vertically into the sky.

I couldn’t wait for him to fall to the ground.

Demonic Heavenly Divine Art (天魔神功) Demonic Heavenly Overlord’s Step (天魔君臨步).

Space teleportation to the sky.

Below, he was still rising. I punched him in the head. He fell back to the ground.

“This was for my left middle finger.”

Demonic Heavenly Divine Art (天魔神功) Demonic Heavenly Overlord’s Step (天魔君臨步).

I appeared on the ground first and grabbed the falling guy’s neck.

“……!!”

Roman was on the verge of death. His chin was shattered, and the back of his head was caved in. The reason he wasn’t dead yet was because of Roman’s enormous amount of demonic energy. That demonic energy was keeping him alive.

“I admit it. To withstand two of my attacks in the Transcendent Demonic Heavenly One state. You are definitely strong.”

A swarm of flies flew towards me. It was Roman’s last struggle. The swarm of flies was shattered and disappeared by the energy wave before they could even touch my body.

“I’ll show you the true Demonic Heavenly Overlord’s Step.”

I threw Roman to the ground. Roman wriggled his body, trying to survive somehow. Did he have a recovery skill? I could see his body regenerating at a rapid pace.

“Demonic Heavenly Overlord’s Step.”

I stepped on Roman’s head, crushing it.

「The duel has ended.」
「You have won the duel.」
「You have acquired 11,086,207 AP.」
「You have acquired an SS-rank random reward box.」
「You have acquired a bonus stat of 3.」
「In 3 minutes, you will be moved to Atlantis.」
「The King of the Demonic Heavens rejoices and mocks the Filthy Gourmet!」
「The Filthy Gourmet screams and suspects cheating!」

The SS-rank random reward box that appeared in the air was put into my inventory. Instead, I took out the Nectar.

「Nectar
 Upon first consumption, all stats increase by 1.
 Enters an immortal state for 3 minutes.
 Removes diseases and curses.
 Heals all wounds except for congenital diseases.
 Rank: SSS」

What I focused on was that it entered an immortal state for 3 minutes. I had several Nectars, so it was okay to use one for experimentation. I could get more later.
Gulp.

「Your soul is rapidly disappearing.」
「It cannot be recovered.」
「You cannot enter an immortal state.」

I wasn’t disappointed.

‘As expected, the death of the body and the disappearance of the soul are treated differently.’

The scheduled death came.

[Death Resistance has activated. You will not die for the next 15 seconds.]
[Using Full Recovery.]

And the promised resurrection.

「The King of the Demonic Heavens is shocked. He is curious about your identity!」
「The Lord of the Heavens is curious about your identity!」
…….

Messages appeared that all kinds of divine seats, including the King of the Demonic Heavens and the Lord of the Heavens, were shocked.

‘Didn’t they know about Full Recovery? Ah, is it because it recovers even the soul?’

Of course, I had no intention of explaining my abilities to the divine seats.

「The Filthy Gourmet is convinced of cheating!」
「The Filthy Gourmet protests to the system.」
「The system is reviewing the cheating.」
「The system declares that there is no cheating.」
「The system warns the Filthy Gourmet.」
「The Filthy Gourmet bites his lip.」
「The Filthy Gourmet shows interest in you.」
「The King of the Demonic Heavens laughs at the Filthy Gourmet.」

3 minutes passed.

「Moving to Atlantis.」

There were two men there.

One of them was Rupert. He was sweating profusely, watching the big man’s every move.

He was a man with a buzz cut and a dirty impression. He wore a navy coat and had a greatsword on his back. There was a spiky tattoo on his exposed hand.

“Are you the Demonic Heavenly One?”

“…Banray.”

He was the leader of the Barclay Legion Union and the man called the strongest exile at this point.