Chapter 925

## Chapter 925

Once again, Jin attempted to elevate the lightning energy of the **Light Heart**, but the result was the same. For the first time since he gained recognition from the Tribe of Legends, he experienced as if his lightning energy had completely disappeared.

After a moment, the **Light Heart** lost all its light and turned dark.

‘Is it possible that the lightning was blocked when Bascala grazed my cheek?’

Jin adjusted his posture with a serene expression, but in reality, he was struggling to find the right words.

He was stunned to realize that the power he had always believed to be completely his own was, in fact, an authority granted by the Tribe of Legends. Moreover, Paellito had effortlessly blocked that power.

Jin’s companions were also beginning to notice the problem he was facing.

Losing the lightning energy meant he could no longer use his most powerful sword technique, the **Sword of the Reign of the King of Legends**. There was a high possibility that he could no longer create variables through the **Sword of the Reign of the King of Legends**.

“…You deliberately blocked the lightning now, didn’t you? You did it to catch me off guard.”

“How does it feel to be an ordinary human after so long?”

“The fact that the lightning energy has momentarily disappeared doesn’t mean I’ve become someone else.”

Paellito scoffed.

“I’ll see if that’s really the case.”

Clang!

Dante’s blow barely grazed Paellito’s nose. At the same time, Hedo tried to cut Paellito’s back, but he had already turned around and kicked Hedo.

Murakan couldn’t find time to use the True Manifestation of Shadows.

A barrage of black chains and purple spears, coming from a shield imitating the **Shadow Energy**, assaulted him, in addition to Paellito’s sword energy relentlessly pressing against Murakan.

‘Damn it…! At this rate, I can’t properly support the boy. If this demonic monster is so powerful even after brainwashing, how the hell was he before?’

To the naked eye, it seemed like the four were pressing against one, but in reality, it was the other way around. It was Paellito who was constantly pressing against the four.

Jin and his companions realized that Paellito had no openings. Even when they tried to exploit a small opportunity, their attacks never succeeded, and Paellito always managed to break through Jin’s defenses.

Jin felt like he was in a one-on-one fight. Every time he shifted his view to follow Paellito’s movements, he couldn’t see his companions anywhere.

It was like fighting someone in a dream.

His body became heavier with each passing moment. Every time he faced Paellito’s murderous intent, he felt as if dozens of snakes were writhing inside him, ready to bite his organs and skin at any moment.

‘Is it possible that Bascala has the ability to drain stamina? The speed at which my breath is running out is too fast…!’

Pant, pant!

With every breath, his throat felt rough. Jin felt as if his throat was clogged, and an unpleasant metallic taste scraped his nerves.

A strong body that could fight for consecutive days, executing **Final Movements** and secret techniques, had quickly become exhausted. It felt as if a disease he had never experienced in this life was tormenting his body.

Paellito’s sword, which was embedded in Jin’s field of vision, moved much faster than before. In reality, it wasn’t the sword that had become faster, but Jin’s reaction speed had slowed down accordingly.

“Ugh!”

Clang!

In a short time, Jin leaned forward and spat out blood.

**Backflow.**

The aura inside Jin’s body became unstable due to the backflow. No matter how you looked at it, Jin wasn’t finding it easy to hide his panic. His body, which had pushed its limits several times, was crumbling in this short battle.

Soon, Jin understood the reason.

‘It’s because of the **Light Heart**…!’

The **Light Heart** wasn’t just a container for lightning energy.

Clearly, it was one of the parts of Jin’s body. Since one of the two hearts that usually sustained his body had completely lost its function, the drastic loss of stamina was inevitable.

Fortunately, it ended in stamina depletion. If the **Light Heart** had been transplanted to affect more aspects of Jin’s vital organs, the battle would have already been over.

“Do you still believe that Jin Runcandel is Jin Runcandel even without the **Light Heart**? Feel it; that is your reality. When the surplus of power disappears, you are just a human swordsman.”

Thwack!

Paellito’s thrust sent Jin flying far away across the plain. Before Jin could touch the ground, demonic energy emerged like icicles from the ground where he was about to land.

The demonic energy unleashed itself on Jin’s clothes and skin. While there were no serious injuries, blood splattered all over his body, and due to stamina depletion, Jin couldn’t help but notice the magnitude of the bleeding.

And, moreover, the Netherworld Sword interfered with his senses again.

“Just a human swordsman.”

Whoosh!

Jin spat out blood and switched his sword to Bradamente, a sword primarily used when unleashing the **Shadow Sword**. However, just like Sigmund, Jin couldn’t imbue Bradamente with **Shadow Energy**.

The **Shadow Energy** simply briefly surrounded the sword and dissipated like papers scattered in the wind.

‘…As expected, the **Shadow Energy** is also blocked.’

Since he had already anticipated it, Jin wasn’t as flustered as he had been with the **Light Heart**. Moreover, the **Shadow Energy** didn’t directly affect Jin’s physical condition like the **Light Heart** did, so the problem of stamina depletion wasn’t aggravated.

However, the backflow had already begun.

Jin’s companions knew that he needed time to recover from the backflow. They couldn’t afford to have Paellito keep targeting Jin like this.

Therefore, his companions had to prepare for more dangerous moves, even at the cost of suffering injuries. But Jin excluded Murakan from that plan.

“Murakan! Don’t do it; if you come into contact with Paellito’s sword, your **Shadow Energy** will be blocked.”

Unlike his usual self, Murakan immediately followed Jin’s advice.

Now was not the time to shout proudly, like “I couldn’t do that as a guardian dragon.”

If he lost his **Shadow Energy** now, the battle would become even more challenging.

Moreover, not only Ayula’s damaged protective barrier and Talaris’ shattered ice shield were visible in the sky.

Another, larger fracture was forming next to the fracture from which Paellito emerged. It was larger than any fracture that had appeared in the human world so far.

Demons would emerge from that fracture.

The demons, who tore apart the people of the Holy Kingdom and killed those who tried to protect them, and sought to take away what humanity wanted to safeguard, would descend in greater numbers from this new fracture.

“It’s probably because of Zito’s Eye.”

“Yes, Ms. **Quikantel**. According to the information provided by Visepps, the strongest beings in the True Demon World currently are Paellito, who is presumed to be the Genesis Knight despite being brainwashed… and next are Ridolos and Videluce. Zito will undoubtedly order them to retrieve his eye.”

Originally, the alliance didn’t believe that Zito would send only Paellito. They expected the two demons known to be on par with Paellito to also invade with their troops.

Even to prepare for that, Murakan’s **Shadow Energy** had to remain intact. Among the alliance members, no one could more efficiently prevent indiscriminate slaughter than Murakan.

“Damn it! Dante, aim for his body!”

“Ahhhh!”

Dante instantly gathered all his strength to unleash ten beams of the **Heaven-Splitting Sword**.

Among them, nine were neutralized by the demonic energy and Ayula’s duplicated spears. One of the spears grazed Dante’s side. Even as his own body was cut, Dante raised another whirlwind of **Invisible Sword Wind** to protect Jin once more.

Even Paellito couldn’t perfectly predict the **Invisible Sword**. The last **Heaven-Splitting Sword**, enveloped in the **Invisible Sword Wind**, finally stabbed Paellito in the back.

“Ugh, ugh…!”

Dante felt dizzy as he dodged the spear flying towards him, and while struggling, he confirmed that the **Heaven-Splitting Sword** had hit the target perfectly.

However, the **Heaven-Splitting Sword** didn’t pierce through Paellito’s back. Paellito’s posture momentarily collapsed, and blood splattered from his cut back, but the wound wasn’t deep.

Meanwhile, Hedo lunged at Paellito. He had created a massive sword like a wave, covering Paellito’s front.

First, the sword storm swept Paellito away like a hurricane. The debris and blood gushing from Paellito’s body momentarily blocked his vision, and Hedo took advantage of the moment when his vision was completely blocked, unleashing all his strength.

The impact was so strong that Hedo’s sword energy and the formless **Invisible Sword Wind** scattered in all directions, and a deafening roar echoed everywhere.

Immediately after his vision cleared, Hedo faced Paellito’s red eyes fixed on him. He saw Paellito blocking his sword with Bascala.

“You must have been proud of your strength.”

“Ugh!”

“I guess it’s because you were lucky to be born with the power of the sun god. Today, I will kill you and eliminate one of the disorders left behind by the old order.”

The power of the sun god fragment was undoubtedly an authority, but it couldn’t be blocked by Bascala’s power. You can’t extinguish light with light.

Paellito frowned as if he was disgusted. It wasn’t that he couldn’t reduce Hedo’s strength with Bascala, but he was disgusted that Hedo dared to face him directly with the power he had obtained from the sun god.

Crackle…!

A primitive power struggle broke out, and it didn’t take long for the results to become evident.

Hedo began to stagger backward.

The giant who had never been pushed back in a power struggle, not even once, was now trembling, grinding his teeth, and sweating profusely. Every joint in his body was throbbing wildly.

“Urggh…!”

“I will destroy the power of the sun god that hasn’t even awakened yet.”

If Hedo had persisted a little longer, his arms would undoubtedly have given way.

However, recognizing the difference, Hedo immediately withdrew and took a defensive posture. Naturally, the moment Hedo lost his balance, Paellito launched his sword towards Hedo’s neck.

Dante was already moving to help Hedo, but Paellito was faster. Hedo, in an unstable posture, managed to parry with Bascala, but it cost him his sword, Boulder.

Then, Paellito threw Hedo’s sword away, and just as he was about to stab Hedo in the heart…

Beep…!

Suddenly, Paellito felt a ringing in his head and lowered his sword. His eyes, as if they had looked directly at the sun, burned with pain. Of course, such pain couldn’t overwhelm Paellito, but it was there.

What had blocked Paellito was a legacy left by a Magician who had resonated his name long ago.

Chenmi’s Flash Cannon. Jin had suppressed the backflow and suddenly launched the Flash Cannon in front of Paellito.

Paellito raised his demonic energy, as if in disbelief, and confirmed Jin’s position. Jin was standing in front of Hedo, who was exposed to the Flash Cannon.

“Are you trying to blast me to death, Jin Runcandel?”

Jin steeled himself, ready to face the Demon Sword without **Shadow Energy**, without lightning energy, and without his sword.

“Paellito. I’m not just a human swordsman; I’m a magical swordsman of the Runcandel clan. So, if we go by your words, this would indeed be my teeth, not my gums.”

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