The Return of the Legendary All-Master
Chapter 352

[Translator - Kiteretsu]

[Proofreader - Kyros]

Chapter 352

A glow enveloped Jeong-hoon's body and suddenly burst outward.

His body flashed brightly, illuminating the area around him.

[You have completed the quest.]

[You have ascended to myth.]

[You may now select a new class through your 6th Advancement.]

A new class?

As Jeong-hoon tilted his head in curiosity, a new message appeared in front of him.

[1. Divine Martial Emperor]

[2. Celestial Martial God-Emperor]

Was this based on his progress so far?

Without hesitation, Jeong-hoon selected Celestial Martial God-Emperor.

If Divine Martial Emperor focused on enhancements through divine power, then Celestial Martial God-Emperor must be an upgraded version of Martial Emperor.

If that's the case, then in the long run, upgrading Martial Emperor would be more beneficial than adding divine power.

‘Celestial Martial God-Emperor.’

[New power is bestowed upon you.]

[Congratulations! You have advanced to Celestial Martial God-Emperor!]

[You gain an additional 10% of divine energy.]

[Your Rank increases by 5 stages.]

[All stats increase by 1,000.]

[All skill damage increases by 20%.]

[Achievement unlocked! You have completed ‘Myth.’ You are awarded 1,000,000 achievement points.]

[A perk is granted.]

[Would you like to apply Celestial Martial Body? If applied, all body-related skills will disappear.]

A new perk was unlocked upon advancing to Celestial Martial God-Emperor.

‘Apply it.’

There was no need to hesitate.

[Perk is being applied!]

The body Jeong-hoon had attained up to now was the True Heavenly Demon Body.

Even including that and several others, none could compare to the Celestial Martial Body.

An immortal body on par with the Martial God's Strong Body.

He had now acquired the Celestial Martial Body.

[A perk is granted.]

‘Another perk?’

[Would you like to apply the Will of the Ten Thousand Battles Martial Emperor? If applied, Steadfast Will will disappear.]

This time, it was an upgraded version of Steadfast Will.

“I really like this.”

Jeong-hoon's lips curled into a smile.

Steadfast Will played a major role in helping him reach this point after his advancement to Martial Emperor.

Now that he could upgrade it, there was no reason to refuse.

‘Apply it.’

This wasn’t something to hesitate over either.

[Perk is being applied!]

[All skills obtained through Steadfast Will have been upgraded.]

Skill upgrade.

It wasn’t just a matter of rank increasing.

The ranks stayed the same, but the skills evolved as a whole to another level.

‘So this is what the 6th Advancement is like.’

Jeong-hoon blankly admired the upgraded skills.

Even so, the perks weren’t over yet.

[Would you like to apply the Wrath of the Martial God?]

The Wrath of the Martial God.

Was it a buff that raised stats, like Black Field?

Since there were no skills that would be lost, Jeong-hoon applied the perk without hesitation.

[Perk is being applied!]

[Stat limits have been removed.]

Huh?

Is that it?

More importantly, stat limits?

“Tenebris.”

<What.>

“They say the stat limit has been removed. What does that mean?”

<Exactly what it says.>

“Exactly what it says?”

<Yeah. It means the wall known as the stat limit has been broken.>

“There was a stat limit?”

That was the first he’d heard of it.

He hadn’t imagined there was even such a thing.

‘But that’s strange. If there’s a stat limit, why wasn’t I hitting a wall?’

All of Jeong-hoon’s stats were nearing the high 20,000s.

With all buffs applied, he could exceed 100,000.

Because of that, he assumed there was no stat limit.

<Ah, just so you don’t get the wrong idea, the stat limit is different for each individual.>

“Different?”

<Right. First, it’s determined by your potential, and then it can either expand or shrink depending on what class you choose.>

“Hmm, is that so?”

<It’s probably because the classes you picked had massive potential and created synergy, allowing you to keep growing. In other words, others likely hit their limits long ago.>

“I see.”

Jeong-hoon nodded in understanding.

“Hah, I didn’t think you’d have the ability to talk with spirits.”

The Martial God watching from the side gave a brief exclamation of admiration.

“He’s not a spirit. Just someone temporarily indebted to me.”

<Indebted? Hey! We’re comrades in the same boat. Say it properly.>

Tenebris protested like he was having a fit, but Jeong-hoon didn’t correct himself.

“Anyway, is that all there is for the 6th Advancement?”

“Heh, not yet.”

The Martial God snapped his fingers.

[You have acquired Divine Annihilation Chain Strike.]

[‘One Who Transcended Humanity’ has been upgraded to ‘One Who Has Reached Divinity’.]

[Title ‘All-Master’ has been granted.]

A new skill acquisition, an upgraded title.

And even a brand-new title on top of that.

“All-Master, huh. I really like the sound of that.”

“It suits you perfectly as you are now, doesn’t it?”

“Yes.”

“Huhu, then I’ll leave the rest to you.”

With those words, the Martial God turned into smoke and vanished.

At the same time.

Jeong-hoon had completed his 6th Advancement, but the others had not.

* * *

“Guh!”

Hajin let out a groan and hid between some rocks.

His body was covered in slash wounds.

His abdomen was especially bad—pierced through and gushing blood as he vomited it up—so he hurriedly drank a potion and splashed it over himself.

“Damn it, this is ridiculously tough…”

First, the Trial of the Flesh.

He didn’t know how the others were faring, but the restriction placed on Hajin was summoning.

A restriction as good as cutting off the hands and feet of Dark Lord Hajin.

To make matters worse, the opponent he had to face was a necromancer, and the undead under his command were so powerful that Hajin couldn’t even get close to the caster.

‘If only I could summon knights, I could have finished this quickly.’

The undead were frantically scouring the area to find Hajin.

He barely managed to hide himself, but it was only a matter of time before he was discovered.

‘Let’s try to find another way.’

Hajin glared at the necromancer who sat leisurely on a rock in the distance.

If he could just get close to that bastard, victory would be guaranteed.

‘Should I try using an item?’

He’d been too busy dodging the undead to even check his items.

Hajin rummaged through his inventory.

Before entering the 6th Advancement, he had spent all the points he’d gathered to buy up miscellaneous items.

There had to be something that could help him get out of this situation.

‘Found it!’

What Hajin pulled out was a talisman.

[Ink of the Wraith]

It was a talisman he’d bought for a pretty steep price.

Not an ordinary talisman—it was written with the blood of a spirit medium.

When used, it would allow him to temporarily control the enemy’s undead.

It was expensive and not used often, so it wasn’t a popular item, but Hajin had purchased three of them just in case.

“Found you.”

Just then, one of the undead spotted Hajin.

The bastard raised his sword and aimed to strike down at Hajin’s head.

But Hajin was a beat faster in slapping the talisman onto him.

“Grrgh!”

As soon as the talisman stuck to his forehead, the undead briefly writhed in pain, then lowered his sword and dropped to one knee.

“I greet my master.”

“Good. Protect me from the others.”

Hajin pointed to the other undead.

“Understood.”

The undead bowed deeply, then stood up again.

His once-empty eyes now glowed with a blue light.

The talisman's duration was ten minutes.

Within those ten minutes, he had to reach that damned necromancer.

The newly ordered undead turned around and charged at the ones swarming in.

Hajin drew his sword and followed close behind.

* * *

Having completed the 6th Advancement, Jeong-hoon stood once again in front of the portal.

Now it was time to stop the third destruction prepared by those bastards.

[Third Destruction: Would you like to enter ???]

Just like the second destruction, there was no way to predict what was lying in wait.

‘A Named One has stepped in... so it must be something serious.’

What kind of monster could be lurking inside?

<Are you sure you’ll be alright alone?>

“There’s no time to wait.”

The others likely hadn’t completed their 6th Advancement yet.

Jeong-hoon had finished his exceptionally fast, but the others hadn't.

There was no way to know how long they'd take, and the chance of failure was high.

<Hmm, fair enough.>

“Then I’m going in.”

As soon as Jeong-hoon signaled his intent to enter, the portal swallowed him.

His vision went dark and then lit up, and standing before him was an unfamiliar figure glaring at him.

<L-Lord… No, it’s Escanon.>

Baal stared wide-eyed at Escanon.

“...I didn’t expect you to show up here.”

Jeong-hoon examined Escanon with a surprised expression.

He had considered the possibility that Escanon might be lying in wait.

But he’d thought it more likely they'd meet after the third destruction, so the odds had seemed low—he didn’t think the guy would actually appear here.

With this, the entire episode becomes meaningless.

Because the bastard was going to die here.

“Never thought I’d see a creation this close up.”

Escanon muttered under his breath.

“Architect, why are you here?”

“Because you annoyed me.”

“Oh yeah? Then I guess I succeeded.”

“What?”

At the mention of the word "success," Escanon narrowed his eyes.

“The human who I thought was nothing but a mere piece in the game managed to piss off the Architect. Quite the success, isn’t it?”

“You bastard…”

“As a commemoration, I’ll at least let you leave behind a last will.”

“…”

Escanon was poised to charge at Jeong-hoon right away.

However, he couldn’t move easily, likely because he had judged that there were Named Ones and Abaddon behind Jeong-hoon.

<Seeing you on guard, it looks like you’re under some serious misconception.>

‘That’s right. He probably never thought I would have taken down Abaddon.’

Escanon must have thought that Jeong-hoon had joined forces with Abaddon.

‘Abaddon thought I was under the protection of a Named One, right?’

That’s why he had suggested a deal.

Jeong-hoon decided to take advantage of this.

“I made a promise with Abaddon. In exchange for helping me eliminate you, I agreed to give him a divine artifact.”

“You fucking bastard!”

Escanon shouted loudly, looking around.

If they had really joined forces, Abaddon must be hiding somewhere around here.

“Woah, calm down. You can’t sense Abaddon.”

Thanks to Tenebris, Escanon’s vision was obscured.

And Escanon, thinking it was the protection of a Named One, mistakenly believed it was the Named One doing this.

In other words, the fact that Abaddon couldn’t see him was because the Named One had allowed it.

“...Ha, so you’re really going to abandon me.”

Escanon suppressed his anger and asked.

“Yeah. I’m abandoning you.”

Jeong-hoon grinned and gave his response.

“Let me ask one thing. Who is the one protecting you?”

At that question, Tenebris looked at him with pity.

<Tsk tsk, abandoned, huh.>

‘Abandoned?’

<Yes. Apparently, this was personally set up by a Named One. So, the one who ordered that bastard to enter here must have been that same one who set this up.>

In other words, they sent him here without telling him anything?

‘This is the worst.’

Escanon was probably aware that Abaddon had died and lost the divine artifact.

<Be careful. Even though I’m blocking his eyes, he’s definitely keeping an eye on this place.>

‘Right.’

Jeong-hoon pulled out the Titan and aimed it at Escanon.

“I heard your will.”

Now, he had heard the will, and it was time to make him die in agony.

[Translator - Kiteretsu]

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