The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player Novel - Chapter 322
Chapter 322 – Celestial Wrath
Complaining—
The sound of fire devouring burning branches, the scythe wrapped in flames cut through Artaros’ limbs.
Unable to react, Artaros’ body, which had died, went back in time and reassembled as if showing off.
“Quick. You’ve become faster and stronger than before. Should I thank the buffs your companions gave you?”
Artaros, who was babbling, instantly turned the surroundings into a white space.
“We’ve entered a null space.”
“No external buff applies in this space.”
“What’s happening then?”
“Where are we?”
“Why did the room turn completely white?”
“These… what is this message? No buffs are applied.”
“I have a lock icon on the buffs affecting me!”
“Me too!”
“The buffs are not applying correctly.”
Ignoring the bewildered voices of the people, Ryu Min opened his status panel.
Bless, Swift, Safety Barrier, Blessing of the Saint, Double Buff, etc.
All the buffs he had applied were blocked.
His stats had halved compared to before.
“Have you not experienced this before? Here, which I created, no buffs apply.”
“Of course.”
“Then, you should already understand that you can’t escape until I release you.”
“I understand. But what’s wrong with that?”
Even though the buffs became useless and they were trapped in a null space, Ryu Min’s momentum did not decrease.
“Anyway, if you can’t kill me, you have no chance of winning. Being trapped in a barrier like this means nothing. And…”
“The aura of death is activated.”
“All target’s stats reduce by 50%.”
In an instant, Ryu Min pounced on Artaros after halving his stats.
“Without buffs, what?”
Thud!
The scythe pierced completely through Artaros’ heart.
“Do you think you can defeat me?”
Artaros, who resurrected again, seemed a little surprised.
“It’s surprising. Even though the buffs were removed, you have become several times stronger than you were before.”
It was inevitable that he was strong.
After all, he accumulated his stats by killing Michael and the angels.
“I know you’re stronger than me. After all, you have been defeated 31 times in the past. And you have already died twice in a short time. It’s bitter to see that a 10% penalty has already been applied. But…”
Artaros’ eyes glowed purple.
“You gave me time to speak, which was your mistake…”
“Mistake, you say?”
Artaros, who opened his eyes in surprise, quickly turned his head back.
After moving behind with a teleportation skill, Ryu Min cut Artaros’ neck.
“Did you think I was going to slow down time again? But what now? I learned it only works if we look each other in the eyes.”
Even though Ryu Min had been affected by that skill during the last battle, he was not the same Ryu Min who had been caught once.
“After being caught once, I understood the essence of the skill. Basically, it doesn’t work if you avoid eye contact.”
If he knows the moment the skill activates thanks to the Rune of Future Sight, it’s not difficult to adapt.
“You could understand the essence of the skill after being caught once. You really are not a common human.”
Artaros, whose body regeneration was already complete, smiled as if praising him.
However, it didn’t take long for him to realize that it was not praise, but mockery.
“You can’t defeat me. Do you know why?”
Ryu Min cut Artaros as if he didn’t want to know the reason.
Even though he had died four times, he resurrected wrapped in a bright light.
“Because you are weak to human love.”
Artaros cast a spell.
He had already guessed what the spell was after reading his thoughts.
The massive area spell [Divine Wrath].
A spell that incinerates all living beings within a 100-meter radius.
“This guy is trying to kill the people around me because he can’t kill me.”
Ryu Min killed Artaros once more after understanding his intentions.
Even though the spell was interrupted, Artaros, who resurrected, was calm.
“I can continue chanting the spell even if I die in the process. And the same applies during the resurrection time.”
Clang! Clang!
Despite Ryu Min’s attempts, he couldn’t defeat Artaros.
During the three seconds he resurrected, during which his body was being rebuilt, Ryu Min couldn’t touch him.
“During these three seconds of resurrection…”
Clang! Clang!
“If I continue chanting the spell…”
Clang! Clang!
“Even if you kill me…”
Clang! Clang!
“You can’t stop my chanting.”
Even after killing him eight times, Ryu Min couldn’t stop Artaros.
He was preparing a skill to cast it.
With an anxious expression, Ryu Min shouted toward Christine.
“Now!”
“Receive the Divine Wrath.”
As soon as Ryu Min shouted, a light emanated from Artaros’ body.
The light expanded with an intensity that seemed to burn all living beings within a 100-meter radius.
Kwa-ah-ah-ah-ah!
The damage was so devastating that even the disappearance of all living beings within a 100-meter radius was not enough.
However…
“What’s happening?”
Artaros had no choice but to look around with surprised eyes.
“How…?”
There wasn’t a single person who died or remained standing.
A situation where he had to question his own eyes.
That’s when Artaros saw the golden light flickering and fading from the bodies of the humans.
And he understood.
“An area invincibility skill?”
That the priest’s maximum level skill, [Heaven’s Protector], had protected all the group members.
“Thank you, Miss Christine.”
“If you had arrived a little later, we’d be in serious trouble.”
People expressed their gratitude to Christine in different ways.
Ryu Min also praised her with a nod.
If his signal had come late or Christine had acted a little later, it would have been a disaster.
“But I only managed to save us once.”
Artaros would try again to use the area skill.
However, the Heaven’s Protector skill had a cooldown time of 60 minutes.
It couldn’t be used twice.
“I have to kill Artaros as many times as possible to stack penalties.”
Therefore, Ryu Min swung his scythe again.
Clang!
“Your intention is to kill me to minimize the damage of the area skill. Interesting.”
Even in the moment of his death, Artaros didn’t lose his smile.
“Anyway, you and your companions dying is only a matter of time. Don’t you know that too?”
Instead of responding, Ryu Min took Artaros’ life.
Even if he resurrected again, that was the only thing he could do.
Minimize his power by stacking penalties.
But that didn’t guarantee the safety of his companions.
“Artaros’ estimated stats are around 200 million. Even if I reduce his stats to 1%, I can’t guarantee my allies’ safety.”
200 million is 1 million even if the stats are reduced to 1%.
Players whose stats are only in the hundreds can’t withstand Artaros’ damage.
Even a brush would be fatal.
So why not keep killing him?
Why not reduce his stats to 0.0001%?
Of course, if other players weaken Artaros enough, he would no longer be a threat.
But Ryu Min, who had already calculated everything in his mind, was skeptical.
“To reduce his stats to 0.0001%, that is, to a millionth, I would have to kill him 122 more times.”
But, during those 122 times, could his allies stay safe?
Even if he killed him immediately after resurrection, he would have to wait 3 seconds due to the body reconstruction time.
In that time, he would have enough time to cast his area skill at least ten times.
“So there’s only one way.”
The moment he thought about how to stop Artaros’ spell, his second spell was completed.
“Disappear. Divine Wrath.”
At the moment the light began to radiate.
Boom!
Ryu Min kicked him and pushed him out of a 100-meter radius.
It was terrifying.
Kwa-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Even though the Divine Wrath was unleashed with enough force to melt all living beings within its range.
Fortunately, there were no players within the area.
“You took a hit. I was surprised you didn’t kill me on purpose despite having finished reconstructing your body.”
“…”
“But now you have no more opportunities. From now on, while your body reconstructs, I will cast spells.”
Ryu Min knew.
He could only push him once.
He couldn’t stop the spell while he was invulnerable.
“So, even if I can’t prevent you from staying alive, if I don’t kill you, you might approach my companions.”
It’s important to keep killing him as much as possible to keep them safe.
Then, to a certain extent, he could slow him down.
Although he couldn’t completely separate him because he could chant spells or move during the three seconds it took to reconstruct his body.
“So that’s the only way to attack him.”
Ryu Min swung his scythe and cut Artaros’ eyes precisely.
Even though he surely felt pain, he didn’t emit a single scream.
“Even if I don’t have eyes, I can know everything about your movements. Hiding from my sight won’t solve anything.”
Artaros was undoubtedly of a divine race.
There can’t be a divine being without the inherent ability of divine sight.
“Even if you cut off my wings, legs, it won’t do any good. Lifting my body only with magic energy is not difficult.”
Even if he cut off his limbs, he couldn’t stop him from moving.
The spells can’t be stopped even if you cut off the tongue, as they are not chanted with the mouth.
The best you can do now is kill him to buy time.
“Soon the third spell will be complete,” Artaros said as he moved closer to his allies.
Swish!
Barely finishing the invulnerability, he killed him immediately, but Artaros resurrected with a calm expression and chanted the complete spell.
“Divine Wrath.”
The third area spell was activated.
Unlike before, as it was cast while being invulnerable, pushing him was not possible.
Bang!
Before the skill activated, Ryu Min had already been thrown out of range.
Although his stats were high, he didn’t have strong enough defense to withstand the hit.
“Get away!”
Before Ryu Min could say anything, the people had already moved away from Artaros.
They were not foolish and understood they had to get away from the angel.
But not everyone acted that way.
“Ahhh!”
“Aaaah!”
Ten players who couldn’t get out of range disintegrated as they were consumed.
“Damn.”
Since they died without leaving a body, they couldn’t be resurrected.
Even if resurrecting them wouldn’t do much good, but still, those who had made it to round 20.
If they weren’t bitter, they were lying.
“How does it feel to see your companions die before your eyes?”
“Shut up!”
Ryu Min’s scythe cut through Artaros’ head.
The fallen head quickly returned to its place and its lips curved into a smile.
“I made you a prophecy.”
“I told you to shut up!”
“You will be here witnessing the death of all your companions.”
Once again, on Artaros’ fallen face was a rare smile.
“Mr. Black Scythe…”
As she watched Black Scythe fight the angel, Min Juri looked worried.
In fact, the situation was as one-sided as it could be.
Black Scythe simply overwhelmed the angel with his overwhelming power, over and over again.
“However, we still feel at a disadvantage. There is nothing we can do.”
Her own buffs had become useless.
The problem was that the angel kept resurrecting indefinitely, occasionally casting area skills.
“Even though Black Scythe is doing his best to kill him and prevent him from casting skills…”
The angel was reconstructing and moving a little while resurrecting.
At each such moment, the players who moved away to avoid being caught by the area skill had their limits.
“This white space is not that large. In the end, everyone will die.”
How could Min Juri help Black Scythe?
Would she continue to be powerless and only prolong her life by avoiding area skills?
At that moment, an idea flashed through Min Juri’s mind.