Chapter 102 – Four Heretical Saints

Everyone sensed death with the appearance of Unchain.

If three 10-Star Rank Transcendent Awakeners were here, it wouldn’t even take a minute to massacre all the Mid-Rank Awakeners gathered.

Kwooooo-

The giant, grown so large that the celestial body-transformed Andrei could float up, raised its foot as if to stomp on Lee Hanseong’s group.

By the time Lee Hanseong perceived it, the giant’s sole was already descending upon them.

An overwhelming speed that left no room for struggle.

Thud!

Tightly closing their eyes in anticipation of the impending impact was the only resistance they could muster.

But the expected impact never came.

“Do not be rude, Arhat. This one is the successor chosen by our master.”

The Black Knight, who had somehow approached their side, had raised his sword and was blocking the giant’s foot.

“Ha, hahaha! Don’t make me laugh. Successor? Master? That’s beyond a misunderstanding. Who exactly are you mistaking as your master, Black Knight?”

Grrrrrrrr!

A contest of strength ensued between the Black Knight’s sword and the giant’s sole.

Just the aftermath caused cracks in space and shook the ground.

“A misunderstanding, you say? What do you mean?”

“The existence that one harbors is the same as our master, yet a different being. You should know that too, shouldn’t you?”

“What are you trying to say?”

The Black Knight expressed doubt at the words of the giant called Arhat.

Lee Hanseong was equally confused.

Mirinae certainly hadn’t denied her connection to Unchain.

Who would have thought Unchain itself would deny Mirinae?

“It seems our master has not yet awakened, so a shock is necessary.”

“Are you truly saying you will lay hands on the successor?”

“I won’t kill them completely. Repeating death and revival a few times should provide sufficient stimulation.”

Crackle-crackle-crackle-crack!

The Black Knight and Arhat began to clash in earnest.

The storm of Heart Swords unleashed with every slight movement and surge of momentum clashed with the Giant’s Celestial Body, enduring those Heart Swords with its bare form and rampaging.

* * *

Meanwhile, although the immediate fear of death lessened due to Unchain’s sudden internal conflict.

Since the topic of their conversation was Lee Hanseong, it was inevitable that suspicious gazes turned toward him.

“What on earth are they talking about? Guild Master, isn’t that right?”

“I understand what you’re worried about, but for now, I can only ask you to trust me.”

Although two Transcendent Awakeners were in conflict and temporarily excluded, there was still one more Transcendent Awakener from Unchain left, so there was no time for explanation.

-Kyahahahaha! I’ll kill them all!

The Fallen Angel, laughing madly, flew over and positioned itself above the promising candidates in the arena, summoning something.

A sinister premonition that if left alone, something would unfold that would kill not only Jin Yuseong and Park Seongcheol but all 32 main tournament participants.

“Six Directions Sealing Prison!”

Burning one of the lives he had refilled to ten after the Hundred-Man Slaughter, he deployed a Six Directions Sealing Prison centered on the Fallen Angel.

Whoosh!

Immediately after, a pitch-black light filled the space inside the Six Directions Sealing Prison.

The Black Radiance, expanding every moment, matching the speed of light.

Fortunately, that speed reached equilibrium, preventing it from affecting outside the Six Directions Sealing Prison.

But the power contained within that light, read by his Insightful Eye, was too dangerous.

“Impossible to resurrect, impossible to regenerate, impossible to recover, weakening, instant death…?”

If touched by that light, most of those who had entered the Celestial Sky Path would have died instantly.

In fact, it was impossible to completely block that light even with the Six Directions Sealing Prison.

Because the essence of that light was Authority.

It could only be blocked for a moment.

Soon, the Six Directions Sealing Prison would break.

Crackle.

Cracks began to form in the barrier of the Six Directions Sealing Prison.

An Gyeongseok, having likely read the destructive power in the Fallen Angel’s light, glared at Lee Hanseong with a serious expression.

“Did you bring us here to kill us?”

“If that were the case, would I have given you gifts before coming?”

Mentioning the shared Mythical Treasure Vessel and the increased Synchronization Rate reduced the suspicion in An Gyeongseok’s eyes.

“Then, is there a way to survive?”

“First, facing them head-on is impossible.”

Even if everyone here combined their strength, defeating one Fallen Angel was impossible.

It was as Lee Hanseong expected.

But then why bring guild members who couldn’t help?

It was because they too had a role.

“Six Directions Sealing Prison. Eight Gates Evasion.”

Vroom!

Just before the existing Six Directions Sealing Prison completely shattered, he burned another life to deploy a new Six Directions Sealing Prison while simultaneously linking it with Eight Gates Evasion.

Though primarily used to enhance himself by deploying Eightfold Annihilation, Eight Gates Evasion was originally a principle of formations.

Clack-clack-clack-clack!

The Eight Trigrams symbols appeared on the boundary layer of the Six Directions Sealing Prison, slightly extending the time the seal containing the Fallen Angel’s light was maintained.

‘That’s still not enough.’

Deploying Yang Will Divine Art, he overlapped the Eight Gates Evasion.

Clack-clack-clack-clack!!

The form of the Sixty-Four Hexagrams, multiplying the Eight Trigrams by themselves, appeared, strengthening the seal once more.

The speed at which cracks formed in the Six Directions Sealing Prison slowed significantly.

“With this, we’ve bought a little time.”

Only then did Lee Hanseong turn his gaze to the guild members and broached the matter.

“I don’t know much about Unchain either. One thing is certain: they intend to kill everyone gathered here, and we must stop that.”

“What can we possibly do against such beings?”

Even now, right beside them, the Black Knight and Arhat were still clashing, displaying their might.

They would merely be shrimp caught in a fight between whales.

At An Gyeongseok’s negative attitude, Kim Yul, who had suffered internal injuries from the Transcendent Awakener’s momentum, struggled to speak.

“Hoho. Mr. An Gyeongseok still doesn’t trust the Guild Master, I see. The Guild Master must have a way. Right?”

At the question bordering on Mad Faith, Lee Hanseong nodded.

“There is a way. You become devotees of the Constellation served by the Galaxy Guild.”

“So, behind the Guild Master’s comeback and rapid growth, there was a Constellation after all.”

At the mention of Constellation, An Gyeongseok finally nodded as if understanding.

“There’s no time. The seal on the Fallen Angel will soon break, so if you want to respond, you must choose now.”

Lee Hanseong pointed to the Six Directions Sealing Prison, now more than half cracked, urging a decision.

This was the reason he had brought the new recruits.

To compel them to choose Mirinae in the face of a life-threatening crisis.

“I’ve done it!”

“There’s no choice.”

The first to decide was Kim Yul.

Unexpectedly, the second person to step forward was An Gyeongseok.

Next, Do Junwoo pondered briefly before becoming a devotee of Mirinae.

Ziiing-

A feeling that Mirinae’s grade was knocking on the critical point arrived.

The causality, nearly filled since the Black Knight’s star came under Mirinae’s influence, was on the verge of overflowing.

“Healing, Protection. What do Mr. Gyumin and Ms. Minah think?”

After casting healing and protective holy arts on the guild members who had collapsed vomiting blood and waking them, he urged them to become devotees of Mirinae as well.

Shin Gyumin, who held great favor toward Lee Hanseong and the Galaxy Guild, readily accepted Mirinae, becoming a devotee along with his summoned beast, Thunder.

Ziiing!

Mirinae’s tremor grew stronger.

With a premonition that something new would arrive if just a few more gathered, his gaze turned to the last remaining devotee candidate, Seo Minah.

But as she considered Lee Hanseong her Oppa’s enemy, she didn’t seem inclined to easily become a devotee as he wished.

It even seemed she wouldn’t mind if everyone died here.

‘But it’s not that there’s no way to persuade her.’

Whisper-whisper.

Lee Hanseong brought his face close to Seo Minah’s ear and whispered something only she could hear.

“Is that really…?!”

Seo Minah, eyes wide with a mix of disbelief and hope, eventually relented and became a devotee of Mirinae.

The moment everyone in the Galaxy Guild became devotees of Mirinae.

Vroom!

[The presence of the Nameless Constellation becomes significantly clearer.]

[The Stigma 《Singularity Manifestation》 blooms.]

[All Stigmas have bloomed. Mirinae’s Innate Authority [Primordial Chaos] is restored.]

[The Gate of Primordial Origin opens.]

Mirinae, having regained her Authority and restored her True God grade.

Fwoosh!

Then, Mirinae’s projection transformed to match her restored grade.

Half of her jet-black hair dyed with Pure White Starlight, turning half-white, half-black.

It was a form that could be called half a Constellation.

“Ah. What a refreshing feeling.”

Having just regained her Authority, Mirinae was granted a momentary freedom, not yet heavily bound by causality.

For now, she could exert her influence without the constraints of causality imposed on Constellations.

Mirinae’s gaze swept over Yu Sehee and Lycan recovering in the spectator seats, Jin Yuseong inside the arena, and then Lee Hanseong’s chest.

[The Stigma 《Singularity Manifestation》 reacts with the <Fragment of ■■>.]

[Records outside the World Line connect to the present!]

Manifesting a new Stigma, she caused it to react with Mirinae’s fragment.

Vroom.

<Hammer of Radiance> rises from Yu Sehee’s embrace.

Vroom.

<Moon Shadow’s Necklace> hanging on Lycan’s neck vibrates.

Vroom.

<Golden Ring> worn on Jin Yuseong’s finger glimmers.

Thump!

And, the <Dark Heart> overlapping in Lee Hanseong’s heart beats.

“Connect.”

In that state, Mirinae declared.

[The Authority of Primordial Chaos fuses <Hammer of Radiance> with the 6-Star Spirit ‘Florence Nightingale’.]

[The Authority of Primordial Chaos fuses <Moon Shadow’s Necklace> with the Three-Star Beast ‘Lycan’s’ Stigma 《Myriad Fire Transformations》.]

[The Authority of Primordial Chaos fuses <Golden Ring> with the Seven Star Spirit ‘Andrei’.]

[The Authority of Primordial Chaos fuses <Dark Heart> with <Sword Demon’s Demon Armor>.]

The connection of records bearing similarity.

The new possibilities derived from it.

Fwoooosh!

[The 6-Star Spirit ‘Florence Nightingale’ sublimates into the 11-Star Divine Spirit ‘Seras’.]

[The Brilliance Constellation welcomes the manifestation of new Divinity with blessings.]

[The 2-Star Monster ‘Lycan’ transcendently awakens into the 11-Star Divine Beast Shikigami Wolf ‘Fenrir’.]

[The Lunar Constellation welcomes the manifestation of new Divinity with blessings.]

[The Seven Star Spirit ‘Andrei’ sublimates into the 11-Star Divine Spirit ‘Asta’.]

[The Golden Constellation welcomes the manifestation of new Divinity with blessings.]

[The Transcendent Divine Artifact <Formless Sword Demon Armor> is born.]

[The Darkness Constellation welcomes the manifestation of new Divinity with blessings.]

A transcendence skipping ordinary processes like promotion and awakening, leaping several grades at once!

Gooooooo!!!!

Yu Sehee and Jin Yuseong instantly became contractors of 11-Star Divine Spirits, becoming Mid-Rank Awakeners comparable to High-Rank Awakeners.

Simultaneously, based on that feat, they achieved Four-Star Awakening.

With the effect of Guarantee of the Righteous Will added, they reached 5-Star.

Fwoosh!

A lantern appears in Yu Sehee’s hand, a dark sword in Jin Yuseong’s hand.

They were their own Treasure Vessels, not Spirit Hero Treasures.

Meaning Divine Artifact awakening was possible if overlapped with Spirit Hero Treasures.

-Grrrr.

Additionally, Lycan gained the form of the Divine Beast Fenrir added to the Myriad Fire Transformations’ forms.

Regarding Fenrir’s form, the limitation of only up to two stages higher was completely gone, allowing complete transformation.

Now, they had reached such a high level that the Guarantee of the Righteous Will effect became utterly useless.

And Lee Hanseong’s Demon Armor was reborn as a Transcendent Divine Artifact containing the Authority to Divine Possess the Sword Demon’s Authority and grade up to 10-Star Rank the moment it was worn.

The Demon Armor itself granted the effect of contracting with the Sword Demon.

Clank!

As the changes ended, perhaps causality gradually began to bind Mirinae, as the white parts of her hair started flickering.

But with this one-time assistance, their side’s combat power met the minimum required to withstand the Heresy Four Stars.

“Finally, I can be of help too.”

Flutter- Fwoosh!

Yu Sehee, having Divine Possessed Seras, flapped her angel wings and flew toward the Fallen Angel trying to break out of the Six Directions Sealing Prison.

Crash!

And the moment the Six Directions Sealing Prison shattered.

Whoosh!

Yu Sehee summoned a lantern identical to her opponent’s and canceled out the light spewed by the Fallen Angel.

Since the Authority deployed by Unchain’s Fallen Angel originated from Seras, the Apostle of the Brilliance Constellation from a parallel world.

Even if Yu Sehee’s output was lower, her dominance over the Authority surpassed that of the Fallen Angel, who was merely contaminated by Seras’s memories.

‘The most fatal light from the Fallen Angel, Sehee can somehow block it.’

Since she didn’t need to block everything, just canceling the light directed at allies was sufficient, so blocking was possible even with lower output.

“Growl.”

Lycan, transformed into the giant wolf Divine Beast Fenrir, opened its mouth wide and deployed the Authority [Twilight Orb].

Crackle-crackle-crackle-crackle!

The Twilight Orb from Unchain’s side, which had already swallowed the Celestial Sky Path, and Lycan’s Twilight Orb collided, causing cracks throughout the entire sky.

‘Lycan’s Twilight Orb is being pushed back.’

The grade itself of Lycan’s Twilight Orb was higher, but the problem was that the other side had already deployed it in a swallowed state.

Unchain’s Fenrir, having absorbed the energies of the Heavenly Slaughter Demon Lord and Sun Star King contained in the Celestial Sky Path, had grown in size enough to ignore the grade difference.

‘But that’s the story when only Lycan deployed the Twilight Orb.’

Lee Hanseong could also use Twilight Orb.

Clank!

Wearing the Formless Sword Demon Armor, he deployed the Sword Demon’s [Formless Sword] with his grade amplified to the 10-Star level.

With the will to contain Fenrir’s Twilight Orb within it.