Black light surged up from the ground.
That black light swallowed the crimson pouring from the sky, and bared its fangs.
Kwa-rurung!
The powers of gods clashed.
And the crimson light, entangled by the black power, writhed violently as if telling it to stop.
But each time, the undulating black light swallowed the crimson light.
Kwajik!
If the crimson light tried to escape even a little, the black light tenaciously caught it.
It was as if grabbing hair and seizing the throat, choking the life out of the Star God.
It truly was a tremendous power.
The Star Gods doubted their own eyes.
[The Holy Grail master is flustered, wondering how a fledgling can have such power]
[The Two-Faced master tells them to keep their dignity and wait and see]
[The masters glare at the Holy Grail master, asking if they'd really be defeated by that level]
But that was only for a moment.
The crimson light stopped moving, and the Star Gods flinched.
[The masters protest to the Dark Star, telling him to get up]
[They ask, 'Surely you weren't really defeated?']
[The masters start getting anxious. They tell the Holy Grail master to quickly use his power]
[The Holy Grail master hurriedly tries to grant power to the Dark Star]
And that moment.
“It's already over.”
At those words, the Star Gods flinched.
But as if that wasn't the end, Lee Geon's eyes flashed.
[The Thirteenth Sense activates]
The Star Gods who had manifested as avatars flinched.
Fear, humiliation, anxiety.
As soon as Lee Geon used his ability, they felt as if standing naked before him.
And the moment Lee Geon's pupils narrowed like a snake's as he looked at Cancer,
Lee Geon disappeared.
And once again, he swung his scythe-like fangs.
This time, he aimed for Cancer's legs!
As if skillfully peeling a hard shell, the fangs moved.
Kwaang!
Finally, several legs were severed in pieces, and the Star God the size of a 100-story building collapsed.
It wasn't over with that.
Stepping on the severed legs and soaring up, Lee Geon raised the corners of his mouth.
His target was the eyes he had kept hidden!
Through the Thirteenth Sense, an intense crimson light blazed in Cancer's eyes.
It was the core.
And as if avenging the Sky's Punishment, the fangs gouged out Cancer's eyes.
Puhak!
At the same time, two glass bead-like things emerged from the torn flesh.
The crab's eyes, surely the source of a god.
[You have extracted the intact core of the Dark Star]
[It is the Star God's life]
[The masters are horrified]
It was a tremendous light and presence.
Teong!
The radial energy erupting from it was like a nucleus containing power on the verge of explosion!
And as that light spread across the world as if swallowing sky and earth, an amazing event occurred.
Kurrurung!
[A lord elsewhere reacts to the Star God's power]
[A lord-level shows strong interest]
[The monsters react greatly]
[The divine realm is greatly stirred]
[Thousands of gods are bewildered]
At that object, all the Star Gods without exception tried to seize it.
Because with that core, a power-up was possible in an instant.
Even without obtaining a holy city and sanctuary!
And though until now they hadn't thought to try because they couldn't kill each other's existence!
[The masters' eyes change]
[They rush to get it, saying they must obtain it]
The subordinate gods and holy cities also dashed swiftly.
But at that moment.
Kwaang!
As if saying 'Where do you think you're approaching?', a powerful wind pressure blocked their path.
A line was drawn on the ground.
And.
“Those who cross the line, I'll make them all the same.”
[……!!!]
With that, Lee Geon spun. Lee Geon's fangs bisected Cancer's body.
Kwajik!
With that, light instantly burst forth!
At the same time, the souls of nameless gods who had been devoured by the Cancer Star God scattered.
[The devoured souls are liberated]
[They express gratitude to the Serpent master]
[They say this is impossible]
[The souls who received the power of life say they will pledge loyalty to the Serpent Bearer]
Along with that, the shelled man the size of a 100-story building collapsed.
Kung!
At the same time, the crimson light inside the shell also became debris and soared into the sky.
And that was the complete death of a god!
The light that soared into the sky scattered like meteors and fell to the ground.
It was like a star or volcanic explosion.
[The divine constellation collapses]
[It is inscribed in the Bible]
With that brilliant death-light behind him, the calamity laughed.
It was utterly chilling.
The Star Gods, the subordinates.
Not one of them could open their mouth, their eyes, or anything.
Someone covered their mouth.
That wasn't all.
Teok!
The crab's core falling from the sky landed in Lee Geon's hand.
‘!’
And the moment the crab's core entered the calamity's hand, the Star Gods who had descended flipped out.
[The Star Gods are appalled at the sight before their eyes]
[They are shocked, saying something impossible has happened]
[Even more, they tremble, asking what that calamity has taken]
It wasn't just the Star Gods appearing as avatars who went into an uproar.
[The Full Moon master inwardly thinks it's fortunate that the Serpent Bearer is an ally]
[The Full Moon master looks at the Serpent Bearer with interest]
[The Gold Beast master boasts it's thanks to his fangs]
[No one listens to the Gold Beast master]
[The Blazing Lion master keeps trying to leave for some reason]
And in that situation, the one more flustered than anyone else was none other than Zhang Rui.
He had been burned by the flames and turned to charcoal, but he was still clinging to life.
As a saint who was closer to the Star God than anyone, he knew well what had happened to his Star God.
It was the collapse of the constellation.
At the same time, Zhang Rui said,
“You're crazy, if you destroy one constellation, what will happen... Ugh!! Ack!”
Lee Geon stabbed his eye with a carving knife as if telling him to shut up.
And perhaps because the Star God had vanished.
With the protection gone, Zhang Rui couldn't put up any resistance.
Instead, he was sucked into the black power flowing from the knife.
[You have absorbed this servant of Cancer]
And Lee Geon turned his head with a chilling gaze.
Before him were gods who had manifested as lightning.
“Now, it's the others' turn.”
When Lee Geon raised his weapon, the avatars were horrified.
Soon, the avatars released their transformations and flew up into the sky.
[The masters are enraged]
[They tremble, asking if they can be forgiven after doing such things]
[They say they will summon all gods and deal with the Serpent Bearer and even his subordinates]
But as if asking where they were running to, black light surged out from Lee Geon's body.
At that power, the Star Gods were terrified.
And perhaps because they were cornered, they tried to descend directly even if it meant losses.
[They say they will scorch the Virgo sanctuary, no, the Serpent Bearer's sanctuary]
[They tremble, saying that just destroying the sanctuary will reduce the Serpent Bearer's power]
If a Star God descends directly, it affects the environment.
No matter how strong Lee Geon was, it would be difficult to block all the Star Gods' invasions alone, and if the sanctuary were destroyed like this, only the Serpent Bearer would suffer.
But.
Lee Geon laughed chillingly.
“Alright, give it a try.”
At that fighting spirit, the Full Moon master who had been trying to help Lee Geon flinched for some reason.
[The Full Moon master says it's too dangerous beyond this]
[He tries to tell the Serpent Bearer to reduce his power usage]
[The Full Moon master urgently orders his saint to stop the Serpent Bearer]
At that, Hugo, having caught on, urgently called out to Lee Geon.
“Geon-ah!”
But Lee Geon, as if finding it noisy, gently pushed Hugo and Kevin aside and exerted his power.
[You exert the power of Gluttony]
Lee Geon's eyes turned completely black.
As the vicious black light threatened the Star Gods, the boasting avatars were terrified.
It was because of the fear of the Calamity God.
And.
[The frightened masters say they will stop the descent]
[They ask him to withdraw that power]
“Piss off, if you don't all want to die.”
With those words, vicious demonic power burst forth.
[Gluttony (SSS)]
[The masters are horrified]
[You have stolen demonic power]
[The masters flee in a hurry]
[You have stolen part of their divine authority]
[Experience points have greatly increased]
[The subordinates bow down, worshipping the greatness of the Serpent Bearer]
A tremendous flash swept through.
In the end, the masters were driven out of the sanctuary, their demonic power stolen.
At that sight, the Full Moon master and the Virgo subordinate gods were relieved.
It almost went in a bad direction with those Star Gods swarming in.
But amidst that, they looked at Lee Geon, who had driven out the Star Gods, with fear.
Most of them were already slumped, strength gone from their legs.
The enemy gods who had already lost their will to fight were the same.
[How dreadful.]
[How can he have such power...]
Well, it didn't matter.
Whether they were surprised or not, Lee Geon's subordinate gods, Il-nam and Yi-nam, moved urgently.
[Drive out the remaining enemies from the sanctuary!]
[Move the Cancer Star God's body to the master's storage!]
[Capture the remaining riffraff!]
Of course, even in that situation, Kevin was puzzled.
It was because of Lee Geon's actions just now.
‘It's not like Lee Geon.’
Of course, Lee Geon stealing the Star Gods' power and protecting the sanctuary was a brilliant choice. But it was that it was too provocative and aggressive for Lee Geon.
As if he was deliberately trying to drive the Star Gods away.
It's true that Lee Geon has the courage that doesn't know fear, but he wouldn't provoke enemies in a situation where others could be endangered.
‘Well, if it's a misunderstanding...’
But it was then.
“That idiot!”
Hugo, having realized something, hurriedly ran to Lee Geon.
The Virgo members were startled.
“Geon-ah! Geon-ah! Come to your senses, Geon-ah!”
Hugo called out to Lee Geon, who was standing frozen.
“Geon-ah!”
***
[Cheon Seongjae, Cheon Yoo-ha become saints of the Serpent Bearer]
[“If those two are saints, what about Lee Geon?”]
The inner room of the Sagittarius sanctuary.
Hugo frowned at a newspaper article.
The world was in an uproar.
[Cancer disappears from the divine seat]
[The annihilation of the subordinate gods of the crime constellations]
[Panic among the crime constellations]
And at the continuing breaking news, Hugo rolled up the newspaper.
At the same time, he lightly smacked the sleeping Lee Geon on the head with that newspaper.
“So, you like that the world is in chaos because of you? Huh? Must be nice.”
It wasn't a hard hit, but at that sight, Cheon Jiwoo gently grabbed his arm and said a word.
Well, it's not that she doesn't know her husband's feelings.
“Hey, why are you being mean to someone who collapsed from exhaustion? They say he overexerted himself on purpose to protect you and the subordinates and drove out the Star Gods.”
“Aigoo.”
Hugo struck his chest as if he didn't like that.
Indeed. Lee Geon had used too much power this time.
It was natural since he had destroyed a Star God, but the power of death itself is not ordinary power.
‘Moreover, his constellation scale and holy city were small, so his limit must have come faster.’
Anyway, Lee Geon sensed that his demonic power was running low, and he had also dealt with Cancer and gained power. So he deliberately drove out the Star Gods in an overbearing manner.
‘It must have been an extreme limit to the point of fainting while standing.’
Of course, he must not have wanted to show weakness to the Star Gods.
The fact that he never collapsed to the ground even in the extreme state of fainting. And even stealing the Star Gods' abilities in that short time was amazing, though.
‘In that situation, he could have used the Full Moon master beside him.’
Or he could have used himself.
‘He always tries to move alone.’
And he doesn't speak much about his pain.
Maybe that's why. Hugo looked at the fragment of the Sky's Punishment that Lee Geon had tried to take care of until the end.
Because it was an item Lee Geon cherished, he picked up every last piece even knowing it was hopeless.
But he still grumbled that he had picked it up for nothing.
“This guy came to hang out giggling even when he had a fatal illness. Later I found out and got really pissed.”
“Don't be like that. Lee Geon-nim is a Star God. As the head of a constellation, he must have a great sense of responsibility.”
As if being a Star God was the problem, Hugo muttered.
“What's so good about an existence that can't even die?”
“Huh? What did you just say?”
“No, nothing. Anyway, there's chicken in the fridge, right?”
“Yes, since Lee Geon-nim likes chicken, I bought about 50 of them...”
“That's far from enough. I'll buy 50 more and we'll make samgyetang together...”
That moment.
“Make fried chicken, you senseless bastard.”
“!”
Startled by the familiar voice, Hugo was surprised.
Lee Geon, boldly occupying the bed in the inner room, was texting someone.
And when he woke up, Cheon Jiwoo smiled, truly relieved.
“The kids went to buy pork belly, saying they'd grill it for you themselves.”
“Kya, look at that. The kids are full of sense, overflowing. Samgyetang? What's samgyetang? Just chicken soaked in water.”
Hugo raised his blood pressure.
“Before I feed you only the water skimmed from that chicken, eat quietly?”
“Forget it, you quit being a Sagittarius saint.”
Huh?
Flustered, Hugo's facial muscles twitched.
“This guy suddenly wakes up and says something out of the blue...”
At Hugo's expression, Lee Geon waved his hand as if annoyed.
Even explaining was bothersome.
“Ah, forget it, forget it. Just summon your Star God here right now.”
“What? Why our Star God...”
“I told you to summon him?”
“Even if I wanted to summon him, for some reason he keeps refusing to descend...”
At the same time, Lee Geon smiled disgustingly.
“Really? He refuses to descend?”
No sooner had the words fallen than Lee Geon reached out his hand.
At the ominous green light emanating from that hand, Hugo instinctively flinched.
He couldn't help it.
[Triggers God's Forbidden Act (F)]
[Severing Ties]
-Whether memories, ties, loyalty, or anything else, it cuts all relationships in the world.
-Cooldown: 15 days
That was a vicious skill that forcibly cuts the tie between a Star God and Saint!
It was a terrifying skill he had used back in Gemini.
And it was the moment he was about to use that skill on Hugo.
Kwaang!!
“!”
A tremendous light spread throughout the Sagittarius sanctuary.
Thanks to that, even Cheon Seongjae and Cheon Yoo-ha, who had arrived at the entrance, were startled.
And Cheon Jiwoo's eyes widened.
The color of Hugo's eyes had changed as he opened them.
It was a brilliant gold.
And perhaps because he didn't want to lose his saint.
[This wretched, damned Calamity God.]
The Blazing Lion master appeared.
(To be continued in the next episode)