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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“…Did you just threaten to kill me?”
“Yes.”
Li Chingwei nodded readily, looking at Vellus’s dumbfounded expression. Then, with a slightly apologetic look, she continued,
“I appreciate your efforts, but you’ve served your purpose. There’s no need to keep you alive any longer.”
Like a hunter discarding a hunting dog after the chase, Li Chingwei spoke of his disposal with chilling indifference. Vellus stared at her coldly, then said quietly,
“It seems I’ve been underestimated.”
“Not at all. I simply stated an objective truth: I believe I can kill you.”
[Princess? That is underestimating him.]
“Is it?”
[Usually, yes… ]
“Oh dear, I didn’t mean to offend you.”
Vellus’s face reddened, his patience finally snapping at being not only used, but also treated like a disposable pawn.
“Very well.”
He opened his law book and flipped through the pages.
“Try it then, Black Dragon bitch.”
“Gladly.”
As Vellus stopped at a specific page and Li Chingwei smiled sweetly…
“Assault confirmed. ‘Crushing Sentence, proposed.’”
[Princess, look out!]
Rumble!
An immense pressure, like a giant boulder, slammed into Li Chingwei. It was the ‘Judgment of Law’, a derivative skill of the ‘Rule of Law’, an unavoidable crushing force that had instantly killed countless warriors.
[…Huh?]
But Na-kyung stared in disbelief at Li Chingwei’s reaction, or rather, her lack of reaction.
Crack!
“Fifty thousand geun? That’s not very heavy.”
Li Chingwei simply stood there, unharmed, as if unaffected by the thirty tons of force, enough to crush a house. Only the faint cracks appearing at her feet hinted at the immense pressure. Vellus couldn’t help but ask,
“…What did you do?”
“I haven’t done anything yet.”
“You expect me to believe that? That you withstood my skill with your bare hands?”
“It’s the truth.”
Li Chingwei replied nonchalantly, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. She smiled sweetly at Vellus.
“Now that the games are over, shall we begin?”
She raised a hand and flicked her wrist gracefully, like a butterfly flapping its wings. Vellus instinctively dodged…
KABOOM!
…just as a section of the hallway, a part of the Leviathan’s inverted pyramid structure, crumbled as if struck by a giant’s fist.
It was a blow that would have buried him alive if he had been a fraction of a second slower. But it was only the beginning.
Bang! Boom! Crash!
With elegant hand gestures, like a painter’s brushstrokes, Li Chingwei unleashed a barrage of attacks, each one shaking the very foundations of the building.
She moved like a bird skimming the ground, her afterimages flickering between the explosions.
[Whoa…]
Na-kyung gaped at the scene.
With every flick of Li Chingwei’s wrist, the building exploded, shattered, and crumbled. Vellus darted through the hallways, dodging the invisible shockwaves. It was a display of power that even Na-kyung, a former high-level player, found terrifying.
“Ha, this is…”
Despite the spectacle, Vellus was far from amused. He was constantly on the defensive, dodging for his life.
Even high-level players would tire after using such powerful skills repeatedly.
Yet, Li Chingwei, who wasn’t even using skills but raw psionic power, showed no signs of fatigue, her attacks relentless.
“Very well, as you wish.”
Vellus abandoned his plan of counterattacking. Dodging another attack, he opened his law book with one hand and spoke,
“Property damage confirmed. ‘Aggravated Punishment, proposed.’”
Thwack!
Distracted by reading from his law book, he was a fraction of a second too slow, and Li Chingwei’s attack grazed him, sending him stumbling backwards.
But his skill activated, and the pressure crushing Li Chingwei intensified severalfold. It was no longer pressure, but a crushing force capable of pulverizing a truck.
“Now that’s a bit heavy.”
[…Princess, be honest. You’re using some kind of skill nullification ability, aren’t you? Right?]
But Li Chingwei didn’t even lose her smile, merely commenting on the increased pressure.
However, the *‘Rule of Law’ wasn’t completely ineffective.
Crack!
“Oh dear.”
[Eek?!]
While Li Chingwei remained unharmed, the floor beneath her feet couldn’t withstand the immense pressure and crumbled, sending her and Na-kyung, perched on her shoulder, plummeting downwards.
At this rate, they would fall all the way to the bottom.
‘…’
But just before they hit the floor below, a black mist appeared, cushioning their fall.
“How embarrassing. The Leviathan’s floors can’t even withstand this much weight. Shameful.”
As Li Chingwei sighed dramatically, Na-kyung screamed,
[Princess, behind you!]
“Too late.”
Vellus, who had just been sent flying by Li Chingwei’s attack, had somehow crossed the hallway and appeared right beside them. He swung his law book at her like an axe.
Whoosh!
[Unique Skill ‘A Law Book Is Not a Weapon’ activated.]
[When striking an opponent with the law book, physical damage is amplified by 970% of the currently active ‘Judgment of Law’.]
It was a fatal blow, concentrating the force of several hundred tons into a single book, capable of leveling a mountain.
‘…’
But Vellus’s face hardened. He had aimed for a blind spot at a perfect timing, yet Li Chingwei’s form shimmered like a mirage and dispersed into black mist, his attack hitting nothing but air.
“Looking for something?”
“…!”
He spun around, swinging his law book again, but Li Chingwei deflected it effortlessly with the back of her hand, then grabbed his wrist.
Vellus reacted swiftly, using his law book as a shield and then striking her with it. And so, the brawl began.
Whoosh, thud, crack!
He wielded the book like a hammer, a shield, a dagger… his unique fighting style, a bizarre yet effective mix of military combat and knife techniques, was enough to overwhelm even a Grand Duke-level player.
‘…’
Li Chingwei’s movements weren’t fast or sharp. She deflected his attacks with gentle movements of her hands, grabbed and twisted with fingers like a dragon’s claws, pushed and parried with open palms…
Her movements were slow and flowing, like a dance, elegant yet simple, devoid of any overt aggression. But as the fight progressed, it was Vellus’s face that contorted in frustration.
‘What kind of martial arts…?!’
Thwack!
His attack, aimed at her throat, was deflected by her hand, which seemed to be waiting for it. Her fingers reached for his neck, and as he blocked, her palm struck his chin.
He stumbled, and before he could regain his balance, her leg swept his feet out from under him, grazing his side.
It was like she could read his mind, anticipating his every move and exploiting every opening. And what surprised him most was the level of her skill.
‘This is the martial arts of a pampered princess?’
He hadn’t expected her to be a complete novice. The Seven Dragons Association had ruled the underworld for centuries with their martial arts and psionics, and she was their princess.
But she was still a sheltered princess, with little real-world combat experience, especially now, with her movements hampered by his ‘Judgment of Law’. That was why he had chosen close combat.
But he had miscalculated.
Aside from her bizarre resistance to hundreds of tons of pressure and her psionic techniques, her martial arts skills were on par with his, or rather, far surpassed his, both in technique and practical experience.
“Ugh…!”
Realizing his mistake, Vellus changed tactics. He braced himself for a counterattack and thrust his law book at Li Chingwei, a desperate gamble. She didn’t dodge.
Instead, she rotated her palm eight times, creating eight black handprints in the air, which then merged into one above her white hand. She struck Vellus’s law book head-on.
Crack!
The bones in his right arm, from his fingers to his wrist, elbow, humerus, and shoulder, shattered into dust, his body crashing through the wall behind him.
“You’re tougher than I expected. Usually, the entire arm is ripped off.”
“Ugh!”
Vellus, having crashed through five walls, coughed up blood, staring at Li Chingwei, who tilted her head on the other side of the wreckage.
He finally understood.
Throughout their fight, Li Chingwei had been holding a case and had a bluebird perched on her shoulder… She had been fighting him with only one hand, without even moving a step, a humiliating realization. He couldn’t help but ask,
“What manner of monster are you?”
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