Ranker’s Return

agic power left,” Ryan agreed with Sergei.
Simultaneously, he called his team members over to get a grasp of the situation. The players from each team gathered together and formed an assault team to occupy the inner office.

“isn’t it time for the main character to appear?” Hyeonu finally showed up at this moment. He walked forward with the Mysterious Sky Sword on his shoulder, still sheathed.
Purple energy escaped from Hyeonu’s body in an instant.

‘Area Proclamation, Fighting Energy Emission, Twilight Reproduction.’

The purple magic power was used for three skills at the same time.

The magic power used for Area Proclamation quickly covered the ground and bound the attackers’ feet, while the magic power used for Fighting Energy Emission extended like tentacles and limited the attackers’ stats.
In addition, the energy that soared into the air turned the sky purple, limiting the players’ stats once again.

The players on the offensive side felt their bodies becoming heavier and less powerful, like they had fallen into water. Hyeonu removed the Mysterious Sky Sword from its sheath and swung it at his opponents. The moment the Mysterious Sky Sword struck the ground, the earth cracked, and bits of it soared into the air.

The melee classes reacted quickly and moved through the air or to spots on the ground that were still unaffected.
Additionally, the priests and magicians used a series of shields to prevent dirt and stone fragments from attacking them. Despite the failure of his attack, Hyeonu was smiling.
Some of the players who saw that felt it was strange, but they soon realized the reason for his bright expression.

“No!” Mascherano shouted.

However, the situation had already become the worst-case scenario. The melee classes had scattered to avoid Hyeonu’s attacks. Yet the priests and magicians were only gathered in one spot.
They were the ones who had saved the most magic power, but they didn’t have the skills to protect their bodies.

A purple bear—the magic spirit—flew toward the magicians and priests. Simultaneously, the magic spirit grew dozens of times larger. The giant magic spirit quickly swung its paws, and a purple beam of light shot through the air along the trajectory of the magic spirit’s strike.

Blood burst from the bodies of the priests and magicians. Those who remained created shields and used attack magic, but it was all pointless before the magic spirit’s overwhelming firepower. Against Hyeonu who had all types of buffs on him, this was just a meaningless struggle.

“Hah…” the players who lost their priests and magicians in an instant sighed.
This was the result of avoiding Hyeonu’s attack without thinking about the potential aftermath.

Hyeonu’s next choice wasn’t to wield the sword but to speak: “It has been over 15 minutes.
It is already meaningless for some of you to continue fighting.
It will be meaningless for the rest of you soon…”

Some of the players’ expressions changed upon hearing those words; they knew what Hyeonu meant. The fact that this match had already gone on for over 15 minutes meant the rankings of some teams were already determined. In fact, this didn’t make any difference.

Hyeonu’s words were nothing more than wordplay since first place had been decided from the very beginning. It wouldn’t happen, but the other teams couldn’t finish first even if Crescent Moon had a worse record than JT Telecom.

The players knew it and weren’t swayed.
Some were agitated for a moment, but they quickly restored calm to their minds.

“Of course, what is the use of saying this now?” Hyeonu smiled again and waved the Mysterious Sky Sword.

Then he stepped on the cracked ground and ran forward with elegant yet stealthy movements. He was using Mysterious Sky Steps. Hyeonu appeared in front of Mascherano in an instant and swiftly slashed downward with his sword, colliding against Mascherano’s fist. Mascherano was unable to offset Hyeonu’s attack power and flew backward.

The magic circle and Fighting Energy Emission had a great impact on his stats. In fact, the damage to his combat ability was more severe than he’d expected. Hyeonu fired a purple pure energy at Mascherano, who was flying away. Nevertheless, the purple pure energy burst in the middle and failed to reach its target. It was destroyed by the pure energy Aike had fired.
Despite that, blood gushed out of Mascherano’s body like a fountain. A small fist had pierced his chest.

“Magic spirit…” Mascherano murmured.

The fist belonged to the magic spirit. Hyeonu had moved the magic spirit and finished off Mascherano stealthily. The shot of pure energy had been a gimmick; the real threat had been the magic spirit. Hyeonu’s next goal was the huge man, Karelin.
The players who saw Mascherano die noticed what Hyeonu was aiming for.

“He is dealing with those who don’t use weapons.”

In other words, Hyeonu was adjusting the spacing.
He was eliminating those who were at a close distance to him.

“Just go for it!” someone shouted loudly.

That shout triggered everyone to rush toward Hyeonu. Nonetheless, Hyeonu simply used Mysterious Sky Steps to move leisurely between the players and then jump at Karelin. Karelin used a charging skill the moment he saw Hyeonu appear in front of him. Surrounded by a gray light, Karelin shot toward Hyeonu like a bullet.

Hyeonu kicked off against the ground lightly to avoid Karelin’s attack. Then he fired pure energy at Karelin who was now passing by instead. It wasn’t just Hyeonu who shot out pure energy though. The other players also shot their pure energies at Hyeonu who was suspended in midair.
Hundreds of colorful pure energies filled the air and rushed toward Hyeonu.