Chapter 1022_Leveling Up Through Eating

Chapter 1022

 [Red Skull Coliseum.]

 [Bman’s attack power will increase by 7% inside the walls of Red Skeletons.]

 [You are trapped inside the Red Skull Coliseum.]

 [Anyone trapped inside the Red Skull Coliseum cannot consume any food, potion, or consumables made in advance.]

 [The Red Skull Coliseum will copse on its own after thirty minutes.]

 [However, if Bman’s HP drops below 40%, the Song of the ck Skull and the Red Skull Coliseum will end in advance.]

 These were the notifications that rang in Minhyuk''s ears. He was looking around the coliseum, which wasrger than he had expected. He was in a constant state of tension as he remained on guard against Duke Bman.

 ‘Duke Bman is the greatest reason why the Luvien Empire is what it is now.’

 Nerva was saying that he should never be the emperor. Still, it was true that Duke Bman was one of the contributors who made the Luvien Empire what it is now.As someone who loved wars, he purged all kingdoms and empires that went against the Luvien Empire one after another. Minhyuk even heard that he reaped the heads of more than a hundred monarchs of kingdoms and empires by himself. He was a human born to fight.

 “Let’s get this done quickly. I’ll have to kill Brod right after you.”

 Duke Bman did not perceive Minhyuk as a threat. After all, any dishes made in advance and ced in the inventory were made useless inside the Red Skull Coliseum. But that was not all. Duke Bman also possessed the artifact called the “Absolute One’s Breaker Ring.” It was a God-rank artifact that could ignore powers like barriers.

 Minhyuk did not know about this fact and said, “Let’s Have a Meal.”

 Minhyuk immediately tried to create an invincible barrier to find a way to respond to Duke Bman. But that was where the problem was. Duke Bman stood in front of the barrier for a moment before walking past it as if nothing blocked his path.

 “Shit…!”

 “ck Skull’s Grudge.”

 ck skulls appeared and mmed straight into Minhyuk.

 [The ck Skull’s Grudge has made you weaker.]

 [The first attack thatnds on your body willpletely ignore your defenses.]

 [The first attack thatnds on your body will have an additional 3,200% damage.]

 sh–!

 Bman swung his sword and shed Minhyuk.

 [Your HP has dropped below 81%.]

 Minhyuk’s eyes grew wide from shock. His HP dropped by nearly 20% with just a simple attack from Duke Bman.

 ‘From what I heard, he is known for being able to cast debuffs using the undead.’

 Duke Bman was not only a brilliant knight but also someone who could cast shocking debuffs. This was why he could be said to be a powerhouse who did notg behind Duke d.

 ‘I think it’s because of that ring? I don’t think my invincible body will be able to exert its power because of that ring.’

 Minhyuk had seen the skull-shaped ring on Duke Bman’s fingers sh with red light when he struck at him.

 Minhyuk quickly used Like the Wind and narrowed the distance between them to try and fight back. He dug in and aimed for Duke Bman’s heart as he cast Sword of Frenzy. But Duke Bman quickly twisted his body and avoided the attack. All the while raising his sword and cutting Minhyuk’s body down.

 sh–!

 [Your HP has dropped below 78%.]

 The damage Minhyuk received had significantly reducedpared to the first attack, but it was still surprising.

 ng– ng, ng– ng–!

 Duke Bman pressed forward and put heavy pressure upon Minhyuk. With Duke Bman attacking him closely, Minhyuk quickly triggered the Intangible Sword.

 Boom–!

 The power that would allow the sword to hit his opponent pierced Duke Bman’s chest.

 “Ugh!”

 Hundreds of invisible swords immediately followed it. Surprisingly enough, Duke Bman could evade the hundreds of invisible and intangible swords, which could ignore all defenses just by using his senses alone.

 ‘Isn’t he a monster?’

 At this moment, Minhyuk felt the same way when he was overwhelmed by Envoy Viel in the past.

 Minhyuk summoned Viel’s Puppet Doll and the Ego Chain Sickle and sent them toward the madly charging Duke Bman.

 nk, nk, nk–!

 Viel’s Puppet Doll was the most potent and most lethal weapon. When partnered with the Ego Chain Sickle, it could be said that their power could reach its peak.

 “You have many cheap tricks up your sleeve, huh?” Bman grinned. “It’s not hard to break a weapon with an ego equivalent to a child''s, you know?”

 Bman had encountered weapons like this hundreds, perhaps even tens of thousands, of times before. After shing des with Viel’s Puppet several times, Bman grabbed the puppet by the neck and mmed it on the ground.

 Bang–!

 He stomped on the puppet’s head before plucking the swinging chain sickle from the ground. The duke struck the chain sickle once and forced it to get stuck on the ground.

 Boom–!

 [Skull’s Restriction.]

 [The ck Skeletons neutralize Viel’s Puppet Doll and the Ego Chain Sickles.]

 Then, he summoned several ck skeletons. They moved to suppress the body of Viel’s Puppet Doll and prevented the Ego Chain Sickle from moving.

 ‘What the hell is this…?’

 In just ten seconds, Viel’s Puppet Doll and the Ego Chain Sickle were rendered immobile and disabled.

 ‘Do I have to trigger Cmity?’

 No, Minhyuk had a hunch that if he used Cmity right here and now, he would be the one beaten.

 ‘If I can cut down his HP below 40%, then the Red Skull Coliseum will copse.’

 That was the goal that Minhyuk had to go after. As that thought crossed his mind, he quickly triggered his Almighty Tool.

 Shwaaaa–

 Minhyuk threw the ingredients of the dish that he wanted to make in the air. At the same time, the Almighty Tool, which was a spat, turned into a basket on its own and caught all of the ingredients that he threw in the air.

 Thud–

 Then, he threw the Bizarre Cauldron out. The pair of Almighty Tools repeatedly changed their forms on their own and straightened the cauldron. Bman was quite shocked to see this scene.

 ‘I have never heard that he had this power before?’

 Tools that moved and cooked on their own? It was pretty fun. But he was confident that Minhyuk would die even before he finished cooking.

 Shwaaaaaa–!

 Minhyuk, hearing the crackling of the mes, tried to focus on Bman again.

 “ck Skull’s Final Attack.”

 Hundreds of ck skulls appeared and got sucked into Bman’s sword. Then, this sword soon struck Minhyuk.

 sh–!

 “Keuhaaaack!” Minhyuk groaned. But even at the moment that he was forced to fold and copse, he was still able tond a strike on Duke Bman. At the same time, beads made of blood were absorbed in his body and restored some of his HP.

 Bman was impressed by Minhyuk''s response to his attacks. He said, “It seems like I have to truly kill you here today.”

 The Minhyuk that Bman knew was nothing but a Food God. Yet someone, who possessed the Food God ss had that much power? There was also the fact that Minhyuk had not yet eaten any dishes as of the moment.

 Bman judged that if Minhyuk could eat his dishes, he would be stronger and better than him. But a brief look behind Minhyuk and he could tell that the dishes that those self-cooking tools were making were only likely to be finished after the walls made of red skeletons copsed.

 Shwaaaaaaa–!

 When he looked back at Minhyuk after taking that very brief nce, he saw that there were now two swords in the emperor’s hands.

 God’s Dual Sword Technique was a skill that could increase Minhyuk’s attack speed by as much as 70%. Not only that, it also had the power to increase the damage of Minhyuk’s skills by 1.4 times. And when he sessfullyunched a series of consecutive attacks, he could double the number of attacks he had released. In fact, God’s Dual Sword Technique was considered overpowered because of the increase in speed.

 Immediately after that, Minhyuk also triggered the ck Dragon’s Armor. The armor, which was created by a transcendental being, changed. ck scales appeared and began to cover his entire body.

 sh– sh, sh– sh–!

 Minhyuk gritted his teeth.

 ‘The ring does not get triggered every time.’

 Something would be neutralized whenever a red light shed from Duke Bman’s ring.

 Minhyuk danced around Duke Bman with his two swords and surprisingly overwhelmed the man. Blood spurted out of Bman’s body with every cut that Minhyuk made. But it did not take too long for Minhyuk to feel frustrated.

 Bman looked down at Minhyuk with a calm and expressionless face. It was as if he was looking at nothing but a mere novice.

 “An emperor must be strong.”

 This was Bman’s personal opinion. Minhyuk could not help but agree.

 “They should never be weak, like you, who only knows how to hide behind your vassals.”

 Despite the blood gushing out of his body, Bman was still smiling. Not long after, the blood that dripped down his body shook. Then, it got sucked back inside his body. Just like that, his injuries began to heal again.

 “...”

 “I have been drinking troll blood since I was a child in preparation to be an emperor.”

 That was right. Bman had wanted to be an emperor since he was a child, and his mother and father also wished for him to do so.

 Because of that, he had been enduring harsh and unbearable training since he was a young child. Several decades had passed since then. Fueled by the desire to stand at the highest position, not only did he endure harsh training for so many years, he even went so far as to sell his soul to the God of Death.

 This just went to show how much Bman wanted to be the emperor. And yes, he was fully prepared to carry the heavy weight that apanied such a title.

 “You bastard, do you think you have the qualifications to be an emperor?”

 sh, sh, sh–!

 Bman smirked as he watched Minhyuk swing his sword at breakneck speed. Minhyuk felt helpless and frustrated when the man before him continued to mock him.

 “You are weak. You only became an emperor because of your vassals.”

 Creak, creak, creak–!

 ck, ck, ck–!

 Hundreds of screaming ck skeletons appeared before getting sucked inside Bman’s sword.

 Bang–!

 Minhyuk, who used God’s Dual Sword Technique, could recover 90% of his HP. But with just one attack, it fell to less than 45%.

 “Urk!”

 Nevertheless, Minhyuk still stood back up. Not only did Bman imply that Minhyuk hid behind his vassals, but he also seemed to say that he was the only one deserving of bing an emperor because he had been working hard for his goals.

 Indeed. Minhyuk admitted that his path was rtively smoothpared to Brod or Spear God Ben’s paths. Perhaps Brod or Grandpa Ben were the ones deserving of his seat. But there was one thing that he was sure of.

 “Even so…”

 sh–!

 Minhyuk charged forward once again with his dual sword technique and began. He shed and hacked at Duke Bman, saying, “I have all the qualifications to be an emperor. And it''s far more than yours.”

 [Sword of Carnage.]

 [The Dual Sword Technique is still in effect!]

 [With the Dual Sword Technique, your sword’s consecutive attacks will be doubled!]

 [You can attack your enemy 76 times per second!]

 The effects of the Dual Sword Technique already doubled the consecutive attacks of the skill he had triggered. But he did not stop there. He also added another power to it.

 [Double Skill]

 [You have a 1.2% chance of triggering Double Skill. Upon triggering, the skill’s effects will be doubled.]

 [The system can no longer measure the extent of your power!]

 Itbined the Dual Sword Technique, Sword of Carnage, and Double Skill.

 ‘This is dangero…!’ Bman thought. But his thoughts were cut short. It was because Minhyuk had already gone past him.

 “Because I have also persevered and endured countless trials and hardships.”

 sh, sh, sh–!

 One second. That was the time it took for hundreds of shes to cut Bman’s body.

 “Keuaaaaaaaaack!!!” Bman screamed. This was the same person who did not even release a single groan when he was hit by Herakel’s club or Minhyuk’s attacks before.

 But then, a gigantic red skull rose to the sky.

 [Blood of the Red Skull.]

 [The Blood of the Red Skull restores 70% of your HP.]

 Bman’s body, which the attacks had ravaged, recovered once again.

 “No. A bastard like you does not have the qualifications to be an emperor! I am the one that is truly worthy of the emperor’s throne!”

 Bman truly believed this. He had dyed the battlefield red with the blood of his enemies just for this long-time dream. And now, his opportunity hade. He no longer wanted to fool around.

 Rumble–!

 “The Advance of the Skeleton Army.”

 Tens of thousands of ck skeletons floated above them before being absorbed by Bman’s sword. ytime was over.

 Minhyuk looked at Bman, who ran toward him and said, “No. I am the true emperor.”

 Then, with a cold and piercing re, he said, “Transcendence.”

 [You have activated Transcendence!]

 [You have gone beyond your limits and transcended to another realm!]

 [You have gone beyond your limits and transcended to another realm!]

 The notifications rang constantly in Minhyuk’s ears.

 [The buff effect of the “Spicy Braised Chicken” will not be in effect during the thirty seconds of the Transcendence’s activation!]

 [The Transcendence’s buff effects have now been applied!]

 [All of your stats have increased by 35%!]

 [All of your attack power has increased by 29%!]

 [All of your defensive power has increased by 36%!]

 [All of your skill levels have increased by +2!]

 [Your resistance to abnormal statuses has increased by 40%!]

 [Your total HP and MP have increased by 30%!]

 [Transcendence will remain in effect for thirty seconds!]

 A ck stream of energy appeared and enveloped Minhyuk’s body. Then, he used the Sword of Carnage, which he had saved using his Save Skill, and again cut Bman.

 sh, sh, sh–!

 With the increase in his stats and attack power, the current Minhyuk stood far beyond Bman. Seeing Bman endure the Sword of Carnage with gritted teeth, Minhyuk hacked and shed at the man with his sword carrying the symbol “Crazy.”

 sh, sh, sh–!

 Bman was bombarded by Minhyuk’s attack, which was immediately followed by explosions. Nevertheless, Bman tried to endure and remain on his feet.

 “I… will be an emperor… I want…”

 Bman was a lunatic. His desire to be an emperor had turned him into a madman.

 sh–!

 Bman copsed at the same time Minhyuk’s Transcendence ended. At the same time, loud cheers erupted in Minhyuk’s ears.

 “Duke Bman has killed the Beyond the Heavens’ Emperor!”

 “This is an achievement that will go down in history!”

 “The new emperor of the Great Luvien Empire has brought punishment upon the Beyond the Heavens’ Emperor!”

 The loud cheers made him frown.

 Thud, thud, thud–!

 Minhyuk looked at them with a cold and piercing re the moment the walls made of red skeletons crumbled and copsedpletely. He said, “What bullshit are you saying?”

 The ck Skull Knight Order troops and the Red Skull knights were all left dumbfounded by the scene in front of them.

 “Ugh…”

 The echo of Duke Bman’s groan indicated who the winner and loser were in the battle between the two.

 Meanwhile, Prince Cardin looked at the scene in disbelief. He thought, ‘How the hell…? Are you telling me that the Beyond the Heavens’ Emperor is really strong?’

 While they were left dumbfounded by the shock, Minhyuk also received a shocking notification.

 [The God and Knight has been triggered!]

 Minhyuk’s face grew ugly.

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Chapter 1022