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Chapter 425

"...Hah."

Harmageddon let out a hollow laugh at the situation unfolding before his eyes.

It was absurd.

To think that he had foreseen his visit to the Divine Realm and even set up a device.

Primatos.

You interfere with me until the very end!

"Well, it doesn't matter."

He hadn't obtained the High God's will, but with its disappearance, he was now able to take control of this palace.

Harmageddon immediately seized control of the palace and grinned at the approaching angels.

"Come."

He would corrupt them all and make them his underlings. Thus, he would create a new Divine Realm and sit as its master.

Harmageddon reached out his hand towards them.

Then, an energy of light and darkness was released and engulfed the angels.

"Uwaaah!"

"Keuuuk!"

The angels dropped the weapons they were holding and clutched their heads in agony.

The hair of the pure white, noble angels began to turn black, and their eyes glowed a bright yellow.

"Good."

Harmageddon watched the angels being corrupted and smiled with satisfaction. He had not simply corrupted them, but had also placed a suggestion on them to obey him.

The angels who had completed their corruption knelt before Harmageddon.

"Now then."

Harmageddon turned his body.

All that was left was to sit on the throne in the palace and become the High God.

Of course, to become a perfect High God, he had to recover all the power left by Primatos, but the human who had the Virtues had disappeared.

It was obvious that the will, upon coming out, had forcibly moved that human.

But that was just a struggle.

Even if he had raised his status through the Virtues, it was impossible for him to stand against him, who could now wield the light.

What he had given to the Named was only a part of the light. There was no way they could stand against a human backed by the Seven Virtues and Janus with just a part of that power.

In contrast, he could wield over 90% of the light and had obtained a power comparable to the Virtues.

Perhaps because of that, he was relaxed, no matter what Primatos had planned.

"We greet our sovereign."

Harmageddon, with the corrupted angels at his back, entered the palace.

Fizzle—

Just then, a bolt of lightning struck down towards Harmageddon.

"Are you struggling until the very end? Kuhaha!"

Harmageddon threw his head back and burst out laughing.

In that moment, an arrow was shot towards Harmageddon's neck.

Ting—

However, the arrow could not pierce the protective barrier surrounding Harmageddon and was annihilated.

"Hmm?"

Harmageddon wiped the smile from his face and looked at where the arrow had come from.

A little distance away, a human was aiming at him.

The human, with the corners of his mouth lifted, released the drawn bowstring.

Swoosh!

This time, the arrow was shot with a sharp, piercing sound, and the shot arrow split into thousands of pieces and rained down on Harmageddon.

As expected, not even a slight scratch was made on Harmageddon's protective barrier.

"You're struggling until the very end."

Harmageddon's hands were the same as before; his left hand shone a bright, pure white, and his right hand shone black.

He was trying to forcibly take the human's soul.

But unlike before, the human was not in pain and drew the bowstring again.

"Do you think the same trick will work?"

The human sneered once and released the drawn bowstring.

'Ridiculous, he's spouting such nonsense and is going to shoot an arrow again?'

He didn't know what he had planned, but the soul harvesting wasn't working.

But there was no need to be flustered. He could neutralize any of his attacks.

Harmageddon scoffed and spread his arms wide.

In short, it was a taunt.

If you can attack, then go ahead and try.

"You'll regret it."

The human said those words and released the drawn bowstring.

Swoosh!

The arrow, shot with a piercing sound, aimed for Harmageddon's chest and struck the protective barrier dead-on.

Crack—

In that instant, the barrier was damaged, and the arrow that broke through accurately pierced Harmageddon's chest.

"Keuk!"

Harmageddon's eyes bulged as if they would pop out.

How on earth?!

But it was too early to be surprised.

His face contorted from the burning pain that he felt from his chest.

"This is what is called Blazing Heaven (염천

)."

The human said those words and drew the bowstring again.

Blazing Heaven?

He reached out his hand towards the human who was spouting incomprehensible words.

Something was terribly wrong.

If he just stood by, he would be defeated!

Then, the light and darkness that had settled in his body began to swirl and then went berserk.

"!"

Why is this happening all of a sudden!

"I told you you'd regret it."

The human grinned and released the drawn bowstring.

Swoosh!

This time, the arrow accurately pierced Harmageddon's thigh.

"Keuk!"

Harmageddon, struck by the arrow, lost his balance and fell.

At that time.

Each of the Archangels led their armies back to the Divine Realm.

Among them, Beelzebub was dragged along, bound and battered.

No matter how well he wielded the light, it was impossible for him to face the armies of angels alone.

"We have to help Hoon quickly."

"Let's hurry."

Michael took the lead and tracked Jeong-hoon.

The place where he was located was the palace where the High God resided.

An evil energy was felt from that place.

From the moment he unlocked the true power of the Virtues, Harmageddon was no match for Jeong-hoon.

'I was expecting a rather heated battle, though.'

The space of the Divine Realm distorting, the surrounding area being swept away, and so on. He had expected a close fight in the beginning, but because the man had been so careless, the battle that could be called the last was incredibly bland.

Jeong-hoon put Anima down and approached Harmageddon.

"Protect our sovereign!"

"Block him!"

The corrupted angels rushed at Jeong-hoon.

'Genesis.'

Jeong-hoon drew up the power of Genesis and released it upon the angels.

"Uwaaah!"

"Kyaaaak!"

The angels, engulfed in the energy, screamed on the spot, and the darkness quickly receded, and they regained their original forms.

Genesis not only healed but also purified, making them regain their original forms. However, because they had been consumed by darkness once, the angels collapsed as if their energy had been depleted.

"You'll be fine now."

Jeong-hoon said a word to the angels and approached Harmageddon again.

"Primatos! You son of a b*tch to be torn to shreds!"

Harmageddon cursed at Jeong-hoon, shouting the High God's name.

"You're quite a sight."

Jeong-hoon showed a cold smile to Harmageddon.

"A mere creation dares to defy me!"

"And what are you?"

"What did you say?!"

"You, who are being defeated by a creation, are going to seize control of the Divine Realm… Don't make me laugh."

Jeong-hoon brought the Holy Sword down on Harmageddon's right hand.

"Keuk!"

Through Fusion, he maximized his attack with Blazing Heaven to break through Harmageddon's absolute defense, and through Abyssal Flow , he threw his energy into disarray, making it impossible for him to control.

Harmageddon, who had no way of knowing the essence of the Virtues, could only tremble in pain and glare at Jeong-hoon as if to kill him.

"It's no fun, so let's just end it."

Jeong-hoon plunged the Titan, held in his right hand, into Harmageddon's solar plexus.

Stab—

Through Celestial Radiance, he saw through the flow of Harmageddon's energy and accurately pierced his vital point. To this was added the Virtue of the Deep Abyss annihilating Harmageddon's very 'existence.'

"Guuuh…"

Harmageddon's eyes rolled back, and he vomited blood from his nose and mouth.

'It's over!'

'Master!'

Mukho and Anima, who saw it, were certain of Jeong-hoon's victory.

'He succeeded.'

Tenebris also couldn't hide his joyful smile at Jeong-hoon's victory.

However, the expressions on Jeong-hoon's and Janus's faces were far from victorious.

"What is this? Why isn't his body collapsing?"

The power of the Virtues was engraved on the Titan. Therefore, Harmageddon's body, whose very existence had been shattered, should have turned to dust and vanished. But his body showed no sign of collapsing.

'It seems… he too had prepared something.'

"It seems so."

Jeong-hoon pulled the swords that had been stuck in the man's solar plexus and hand.

Then, Harmageddon's body floated up and vanished on the spot.

Jeong-hoon, who was in the midst of activating Celestial Radiance quickly swung the Holy Sword.

Clang!

A sharp metallic sound erupted, and Jeong-hoon's body staggered once.

'Did the Sins he possessed go berserk?'

The Seven Sins.

Before his regression, Jeong-hoon had collected all the Sin boxes and liberated Thanatos. However, after the regression, he hadn't seen a single Sin box, and the reason for that was because he had opened the gate to the Divine Realm.

'Strange. It should have been Uriel who disposed of Eskanon.'

He knew that Uriel had personally captured him and recovered all the Sin boxes. So how did Harmageddon come to possess those Sins?

'He made them by imitating the Virtues.'

'The Virtues?'

'Yes. I briefly looked through your memories without your permission, and you had opened a Sin box before.'

'So?'

Clang! Clang!

Jeong-hoon defended against Harmageddon's attacks while waiting for Janus's next words.

'The Sins you know were a test subject.'

'A test subject?'

'Yes. He split one of the God into seven pieces and sealed them. When the experiment was over, he just threw it away to another God.'

'And that was Escanon?'

'Correct.'

'Then what do you mean by it went berserk?'

'You can think of it as it going crazy to prevent you from annihilating him.'

In short, it was a last-ditch effort.

Jeong-hoon focused on Harmageddon, who was continuously attacking him. In his state of lost consciousness, only his instincts remained. If he hadn't unlocked the power of the Virtues, he would have been an opponent he couldn't handle.

Clang!

As he defended against another attack, black flames surged and engulfed Jeong-hoon.

However, Jeong-hoon, not flustered in the slightest, pushed the flow of the flames aside with a gesture of Abyssal Flow. Then, Celestial Radiance was activated, and Jeong-hoon's vision flashed. In a sensation where time seemed to slow down, Jeong-hoon thrust his sword.

Stab—

In that moment, the time of the Divine Realm stopped.

The Archangels and their armies who were trying to join Jeong-hoon also froze as if petrified, and the fallen angels also hardened like stone.

'What is this sensation?'

As Jeong-hoon began to wonder, the corners of Harmageddon's mouth lifted.

"Hehe, did you really think you would be victorious over me?"

He thought only his instincts remained after the Sins went berserk. But his eyes were still dyed black.

'Has he become an Evil God?'

He had wanted to seize control of the Divine Realm and become the High God, but he had knelt before Jeong-hoon and went berserk, which transformed him into an Evil God.

The once noble Divine Realm began to be tainted with evil, and the angels who had been restored by Genesis began to turn to dust and vanish.

Was the stopped time a trick of the Evil God Harmageddon?

'Horrifying! If that thing takes over this Divine Realm, all dimensions will be ruined!'

Tenebris shouted in a terrified voice.

Yes.

That was a disaster.

And the only one who could stop that disaster was Jeong-hoon, who was resisting with the power of the High God.

Jeong-hoon swung the Holy Sword he was holding.

Clang!

However, the Holy Sword could not cut Harmageddon and bounced off.

As a result, the boundary between Jeong-hoon and Harmageddon distorted, and a gap opened, and Harmageddon put his hand in it.

Crumple—

Then, the entire Divine Realm crumpled like a piece of paper.

"Yes. I was wrong. To think of stealing the Divine Realm that Primatos created. No. I will destroy it and create a new one, a place entirely for me."

So he intended to completely destroy the Divine Realm.

Jeong-hoon hastily swung the Titan towards his arm.

Clang!

However, the Titan could not cut Harmageddon's arm.

"It seems you were the one who was careless."

Harmageddon's mouth lifted into a grin that reached his ears.

[Translator - Kiteretsu]

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