The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player Novel - Chapter 326
Chapter 326 – The Weakness of Chaos
‘I might need to use it, so I better save one.’
After leaving a domain, Ryu Min looked around.
No one was attacking their own allies anymore.
Except for a few who had regained their senses thanks to the domain, most were unconscious.
‘Thanks to the life potion, no one is dead.’
Each one had a potion, so there was no problem reviving them.
However, the number of people was very small.
‘28 are unconscious, and only 44 are left…’
Although the force had been halved, instead of feeling pity, he felt skeptical.
‘Can we really defeat Chaos just because we have more people?’
Even if hundreds or thousands had survived, could they kill that existence in the sky?
The primordial existence called the god of gods?
Ryu Min did not believe it.
[You tried to minimize the damage by knocking out your allies. It wasn’t a bad decision. However…]
Wooong-
Seventy-two spaces opened in the sky, revealing dark red spears.
[Let’s see if you can dodge the deadly spears.]
“Everyone, dodge!”
Ryu Min shouted desperately, but the spears had already fallen.
Puk- Puk- Puk!
“Ugh!”
“Argh!”
“Ah!”
Descending at a dizzying speed, the spears pierced directly through the crowns of their heads and down to their groins.
The unconscious people couldn’t dodge and died with their heads shattered.
It was a gruesome scene, with countless people skewered in an instant.
However, not everyone had the same fate.
“Haa, I, I’m alive!”
“Me too.”
Some managed to twist their bodies and dodge, while others survived by using their summons as shields.
“Sa, Samdoyong…!”
“Krrrrrr….”
Seeing her three-headed summon die in her place, Yamti did not shed tears.
Simply enraged, she ordered an attack on the enormous eye.
“Harpy! Kill that bastard!”
The harpies took flight and directed their claws towards Chaos’s eye.
At that moment, the people watching the attack widened their eyes.
The harpies passed through the eye as if traversing a wave.
[Trying to attack me with such insignificant creatures… It’s ridiculous.]
Although only the eye was visible, it was clear that Chaos was mocking them.
[You cannot attack me. Rather, it’s more correct to say that your attacks cannot reach me.]
“A, an enemy that can’t be attacked…”
Despair spread like a cancer on the faces of the surviving players.
[Still, I congratulate you. I didn’t expect so many humans to survive the deadly spears.]
As Chaos said, there were certainly many people standing on the ground.
‘30 out of 72 have survived.’
For him, dodging at that speed was not a problem, but it was surprising that others had survived as well.
“Does anyone have a life potion? Please help this person!”
“I do! I have one!”
With the resurrection of the dead and the proactive actions of the people, the number of survivors increased.
Although the cooperation was pleasant to see, Ryu Min’s expression was not bright.
Because he saw no hope.
‘Resurrecting the dead is only a temporary measure. We are just buying a bit of time.’
But they couldn’t stop resurrecting them either.
There was nothing else they could do.
‘I must buy some time. Until I can figure out a way to overcome this situation.’
For that, first, I need an invulnerability skill.
Ryu Min hurriedly looked for Christine.
“Christine! How long until the cooldown for Protect Cell ends?”
“3, 30 minutes.”
“After…”
That number made him sigh immediately.
‘Hold on for 30 minutes to use the full invulnerability skill?’
Not even five minutes had passed, and more than half were already dead. How would they hold out?
Even if they did hold out, the time they would gain with full invulnerability would only be a few seconds.
‘Damn it. And we can’t attack Chaos.’
From what was seen with the harpy attack, attacks had no effect on Chaos.
The situation was truly desperate.
If they provoked that entity recklessly, it might launch an even more powerful attack.
‘We’re in a situation where we can’t do anything.’
However, since they couldn’t just sit idly by, the survivors attacked Chaos.
“Take this, bastard!”
“Die!”
Arrows, magic, throwing weapons, etc.
Those who could attack from a distance launched their attacks towards the floating eye, but it was useless.
Blinking like a hologram, the attacks simply passed through it.
[Didn’t you hear what I said? Your attacks are useless.]
Of course, they knew it was useless.
Even so, they didn’t stop attacking.
Because this was the only thing they could do.
‘Damn it, Chaos’s gaze has become fiercer.’
Seeing the sudden change in its gaze, Ryu Min had a premonition.
Chaos, annoyed, was about to launch its next attack.
‘I don’t want to provoke it, but there’s no other choice.’
He had thought of three possible methods.
Determined to try everything, Ryu Min rushed forward.
Meanwhile, Chaos frowned, annoyed by the attacks from the insignificant humans.
[Annoying humans. Die already.]
The death sentence was pronounced.
Once again, spaces opened in the air, and deadly spears appeared, one for each person.
Pshushushushu!
The spears descended like rain, mercilessly stabbing those who were left.
Some managed to dodge by anticipating the moment, but only a few.
“Ugh!”
“Argh!”
The thirty survivors were halved.
Among the dead was Seo Arin.
She had sacrificed her summon to save others, but couldn’t protect herself.
“Arin!”
Min Juri, who had survived thanks to the sacrifice of the spirit knight, hurriedly ran to her.
Fortunately, only her heart had been pierced, so the state of her body was relatively clean.
She used a life potion, and Seo Arin opened her eyes.
“Eh… Min Juri?”
“Are you conscious?”
“Yes. And the others…?”
“Thanks to you, Seo Arin. You saved us, me too. Thank you so much.”
“Ah, I’m glad.”
Seo Arin smiled briefly, but only for a moment.
Looking up, Chaos was opening a space again.
[It’s too early to be relieved. If I attack you once more, that will be the end. If I continue attacking, in the end, not one of you will be left alive…]
Chaos suddenly stopped its sentence.
It was to dodge the surprise attack from Moonlight Slaughter.
Kwakakakakakabang!
The impact was so great that it made the inside of the temple tremble.
But Ryu Min was secretly disappointed.
‘Not a trace, not a speck of damage.’
The boss room hadn’t collapsed despite the strike imbued with millions of stats, showing how solidly it was designed.
‘But you never know with just one attempt.’
Ryu Min’s eyes, glowing red, fixed on Chaos and the temple behind him.
[I said it’s pointless…]
Chaos stopped talking and projected a space.
Moonlight Slaughter, which had passed him by, struck the temple wall.
Once, twice, three times, four times.
Kwakakakakabang!
Kwakakakakabang!
Kwakakakakabang!
Kukukukukung!
He launched Moonlight Slaughter five times in a row, willing to destroy the temple if necessary.
However.
Only a few stones fell, causing no more damage.
‘Tsk, so I can’t escape by breaking the wall.’
Ryu Min’s first plan was to escape the boss room.
He tried to break down the walls in the hope of escaping, but his expectations were in vain.
However, he had achieved something important.
He had discovered Chaos’s weakness.
‘That guy. Even though he says the attacks are pointless, every time one hits, he interrupts what he’s saying.’
Could it be that Chaos becomes vulnerable to attacks when using skills or talking?
Is that why he intentionally interrupts his words before being hit by Moonlight Slaughter?
Based on that assumption, Ryu Min tried his second plan.
‘If this assumption is correct, I’ll be able to damage him.’
Ryu Min, with a body imbued with divine power, was the only one capable of hurting gods, so Chaos must feel threatened.
That’s why he projected a space to dodge before Moonlight Slaughter could touch him.
[Insolent human. Do you think your attack can reach me?]
“If it doesn’t reach you, why do you bother so much? Weird, right?”
[Your insolent attitude enrages me.]
“What did I do to make you act like that?”
[This insolence…]
Before Chaos finished speaking, Ryu Min’s scythe shot out like lightning.
Although it was a calculated strike to take advantage of the moment he spoke, Chaos reacted faster, and the scythe passed through him without causing damage.
[You interrupt my speech?]
“Did I interrupt it? You got scared and cut it yourself.”
[You discovered that I can’t phase-shift while speaking.]
It seemed that the phase-shift was an evasion technique.
[Even so, it’s useless. No matter how fast you are, I can evade 0.1 seconds before. That’s why I said you couldn’t reach me.]
“Really? Well, but…”
Ryu Min raised his scythe.
“…at least I can prevent you from attacking.”
Ryu Min, amplifying the electric current in his body, launched a series of attacks at an astonishing speed.
Shushushushushushushuk!
Rising into the air, he slashed Chaos’s eye hundreds of times, as if shredding it.
Chaos could only feel frustrated.
He had no chance to speak, busy evading with his phase-shift.
Shushushushushushushuk!
Shushushushushushushuk!
Despite the high-speed attacks, Chaos suffered no damage.
No matter how much the speed increased, Chaos evaded everything with his phase-shift.
‘So it’s true that he can evade 0.1 seconds before.’
Although all his attacks failed, Ryu Min smiled.
At least he had gained some time so the enemy couldn’t attack.
But Ryu Min had overlooked a crucial fact.
[Black Scythe!]
It was Artaros.
‘Damn. I should have taken care of him…’
Although his skills were sealed, his physical capability was comparable to Ryu Min’s.
If left unattended, he would end up massacring his comrades.
Ryu Min immediately used the Rune of Chains to immobilize his movements.
Charrararak!
Artharos, who had been waiting for a chance to move, was once again trapped without being able to do anything.
However, his action was not in vain.
The brief moment Ryu Min stopped to use the chains gave Chaos an opportunity to attack.
[Damned human! I’ll kill you right now!]
A space opened, and a much larger spear of mortality appeared than before.
If it hit, his body would be torn to pieces until unrecognizable.
But Ryu Min did not dodge that spear.
In fact, he prepared to receive it deliberately.
He did it to return it to Chaos.
[You have received a mortal attack.]
[The Rune of Resurrection activates.]
[You reflect the enemy’s attack.]
This was Ryu Min’s third plan.