Chapter 952

C952

Zito smiled and licked his lips with his tongue.

The tongue soon extended like a serpent and wrapped around him, but it was quickly pierced and shredded by the thorns, and his entire body was covered in purple blood.

‘I felt it when I was fighting Lady Ayula, but he’s truly insane.’

Anyone witnessing this gruesome scene would feel immense pain, but Zito felt satisfaction at the sharp sensation of his tongue being torn and writhing.

[Jejeje, looks painful? But, you see, for me, it’s all pleasure. You’ll understand soon. Not only you, but the whole world will know.]

Just as Jin was about to respond, Zito lunged and swung his thorned axe.  Crunch-! The ground where Jin stood exploded, sending black debris flying in all directions.

The stones or earth that flew during the battle weren’t a concern for the Genesis Knight. However, Jin could instinctively sense something.

Zito’s residence, this gigantic subspace, was completely Zito himself.

Therefore, the fragments that had just sprung from the ground were each a piece of his flesh and could become a weapon.

Chiik-!

As expected, the fragments oxidized into a kind of poisonous mist around Jin, and when he tried to disperse it with his sword wind, they transformed into thorns.

Jin also concentrated his energy, intending to disperse the sword wind widely and deflect the thorns. A loud noise erupted as the blades clashed with the thorns.

[Your mental fortitude is truly remarkable. The mere fact of my weapon touching your body would cause tremendous pain, but it was even more thrilling to see your expression not change at all.]

The God of Pain.

Zito would undoubtedly have been known by that name if he had existed in the human world. Any form of ‘contact’ with Zito meant being enveloped in pain.

[However, your mental strength also has its limits. I wonder how many days you can endure while fighting me. One day? Two days? Three days?]

Zito showed no signs of considering his own defeat; he was merely curious how long the battle would last.

Not even the Genesis Knight can kill him.

Paellito had already demonstrated this in the past, and in Zito’s opinion, a significant problem with the artificial sun needed to occur for Jin to have the slightest chance of winning.

However, Ridolos is guarding the artificial sun. Since no problem with the artificial sun has occurred so far, Zito was confident that Visepps had probably already been completely annihilated.

[By the way, Paellito didn’t last even a day. But I suppose you’re better than that foolish guy, right? I’ll give you two days.]

The two thorned axes relentlessly pounded the ground. Jin had no choice but to keep his distance to avoid a direct clash between his sword and the axes.

Jin was used to fighting while enduring pain, but he needed to observe Zito while avoiding his attacks.

‘I need to seize the opportunity to end this in a single attack.’

He was sure that if the fight prolonged, he would inevitably lose.

Zito’s power would never run out here, and a decent sword can’t even strike him properly.

Furthermore, Jin had to dodge his attacks or deflect the debris more times than he could breathe. Of course, it would be unreasonable to deal with the ‘high-ranking immortal’ who has no restrictions.

[It seems you’ve been putting a lot of effort into getting rid of my flesh outside. But now, as you can see, those losses were insignificant. Like taking a few handfuls of sand from the desert doesn’t change anything. There is no mortal who can stand against me.]

“We’ll find out for sure if it was truly insignificant after the battle ends.”

Jin’s calculations were complete. Jin’s surroundings lit up as Sigmund imbued itself with a golden lightning bolt. Then, Jin swung his sword towards the sky, instead of Zito.

Sword of Legends, Golden Lightning Technique

Celestial Slash 1st Form

It was a golden lightning technique inspired by Paellito’s demon sword style.  Just like the day he shattered Ayula’s barrier in the Holy Kingdom, an enormous blade of energy split the dark sky in half.

The sky opened. Another darkness was revealed beyond the black sky, which was splitting as if a thin membrane was being torn.

That darkness was none other than the abyss of Hell. Zito’s residence existed beneath the abyss.

[Hey, I closed that because I didn’t want to show that thing. Are you going to open it just like that? It’s also harmful to you, you know? I don’t want you to get damaged before I can play with you.]

Of course, Jin didn’t think there would actually be an abyss there.

He simply thought it would be better to destroy Zito’s residence if possible. He also needed to create an area where he could unleash the golden lightning.

‘Judging by his reaction, it seems the darkness above the sky had nothing to do with Zito’s power.’

Zito trembled as if he had no intention of hiding the fact that he hated ‘the abyss.’ That place is the domain of the witch Heluram.

Soon, Zito tried to close the sky again. However, Jin, having executed the Celestial Slash once more, was prepared to unleash the golden lightning.

The golden lightning gathered like a swarm of clouds and covered the abyss. He was turning Jito’s sky into Jin’s sky.

Sword of Legends, Golden Lightning Technique

Celestial Slash 2nd Form

A flash of sharp light momentarily covered Zito’s vision.

Of course, as he is an immortal being, he could replace his vision with insight at any moment. However, the fact that he momentarily lost physical sensation was surprising.

It was something that even Paellito at his best couldn’t achieve. He also split the sky with the Celestial Destruction Slash, but immediately gave up trying to attack when faced with the abyss.

‘Is it because of Solderet’s protection? Come to think of it, he doesn’t seem to be affected by the abyss at all.’

Zito was also surprised to see Jin completely unaffected by the abyss, even after looking at it.

[Jin Runcandel, I already held you in high regard, but you’ve proven to be even more incredible…! To think you come out unscathed even after facing the witch’s abyss.]

“Why are you still rambling? Prepare to be struck by lightning, it’s going to be exciting.”

[Kyahahaha!]

Thousands of golden lightning bolts rained down. Several thorns on Zito’s body shattered with each lightning impact.

The numerous pillars standing in the subspace were also breaking. The souls bound to those pillars shattered like glass and scattered somewhere as the pillars broke. The suffering beings found their peace and died.

Sometimes, the regeneration authority automatically leaves a golden mark where the soul and life were. Most of them seemed to disappear without leaving any mark.

Normally, he might have considered the differences, but now was the time to focus entirely on the battle.

Jin amplified his Light Heart and began executing the Celestial Slash 2nd Form more ferociously. Already there were more enormous and menacing lightning bolts falling than the Sword of the Reign of Legends he used before achieving Genesis Knight.

The lightning fills the place layer by layer, and Zito’s body is being indiscriminately destroyed within it.

Zito was screaming with joy at the pain he was feeling from someone else for the first time in a long time. Jin, on the other hand, was increasing the power of the Light Heart because he didn’t want to hear that scream.

“Something like that is also a god?”

He had to inflict such terrible damage on Zito that he wouldn’t be able to enjoy it.

However, Jin unleashing thousands of golden lightning bolts on Zito wasn’t a one-sided attack, as it might appear on the surface.

As Jin had already experienced at the beginning, anyone facing Zito here would suffer pain in some way every time they made contact with him.

This was also the case when energy clashed with energy instead of weapons. Even now, the entire subspace was filled with golden lightning, so Jin had no choice but to lose his mental strength just as rapidly.

Jin didn’t show it on his face at all. He had a calm face, like when he was meditating before.

But he had to push away the authority of pain that was constantly penetrating him. He felt as if Zito’s thorns were pricking every inch of his skin.

“I have never lost even once in inner warfare. I wonder if you can do the same, Zito.”

[Pffft… Kkekekeke! The more you resist, the more I look forward to it and the happier I get. Even if everyone is exhausted from the pain I spread and falls asleep, you will remain conscious and entertain me forever.]

Jin intensified his Light Heart once more.

The subspace had already lost its original form and had become a black desert. Zito was on his knees with the thorns all over his body broken.

He seemed to barely stay alive leaning on two thorned axes stuck in the ground. However, it was simply a posture he adopted to enjoy the pain, and he wasn’t actually in crisis.

He could directly see Jin’s thoughts.

[You probably want to seize the opportunity to kill me with one blow, Jin Runcandel. And you probably have the means to do so.]

Sun Splitter and the complete Sword of the Reign of Legends.

After being sure he could kill Zito with one blow, Jin judged that only those two swords could accomplish that task.

However, even after achieving Genesis Knight, it’s impossible for Jin to execute the Sword of the Reign of Legends with the same power as Vahn at his best.

Although the Sun Splitter wasn’t yet complete, it seemed it would be enough to land a significant blow on Zito. Jin felt it even more clearly when facing Zito directly.

It wasn’t stronger than the Solderet he had created through his meditation. Jin had defeated that Solderet, so defeating Zito wouldn’t be too difficult.

[However, I have no intention of giving you that opportunity. It’s true that I value you highly, but allowing that would be foolish, wouldn’t it?]

Zito slowly began to rise.

Jin didn’t strengthen the golden lightning of his Celestial Slash any further. He needed to control his power because expending too much energy on the Celestial Slash at this moment could leave him with insufficient stamina to deal with potential variables in the future.

Above all, the main reason was to conserve energy for the Sun Splitter. Ultimately, the key to this battle is to cut Zito with the Sun Splitter at the right moment.

[Whew! Now that this has been quite enjoyable so far, let’s begin the real game. This is actually a very simple fight, Jin Runcandel. In the end, the difference between victory and defeat depends on who can endure better between you and me.]

Before he knew it, Zito had reformed his body behind Jin. All his broken thorns had completely regrown, and all his open and burst wounds had healed and looked fine.

[You said you’ve never lost in inner battle, right? However, Jin Runcandel, this isn’t our inner world; it’s reality. No matter how well you block the pain penetrating your insides, it’s meaningless if you can’t kill the true self. Keke…!]

Zito smiled as he brandished his axes. A thorn from the axe grazed Jin’s cheek as it passed.