I Became the Academy's Disabled Student-Chapter 328: 10th time (2)

『Kk─!』

His head was violently thrown back, as if it was going to tear apart. Even though he pulled back just before the impact, the dizziness was overwhelming.

The body, unable to endure the shock, was thrown backward. There was no time to fly freely.

His wide-open eyes scanned the front. The lowly incarnation's body. Adding experience and intuition, he read the crimson afterimages.

The afterimages were already right in front of him.

In an instant, an onslaught of attacks filled his vision. Now, with only two arms, the attacks were even more packed and sharper than when he had handled six.

The Warden of the Purgatory Tower extended both arms to meet the attacks.

He deflected the attacks. Slipping through the chaotic trajectories, he inserted his own attacks. A technique so precise that even a regular being wouldn't notice until their neck was severed.

Bang! It was like the attacks had no effect, as he was thrown back. His knuckles dug into his elbow.

『Ha!』

The Warden of the Purgatory Tower let out an admiring exclamation.

‘It's hard to keep up with this body.’

It wasn’t just his skill; the explosive increase in physical abilities was impressive.

Even in a maintained state. The body, enhanced by the flame, was pushed forward like a catalyst by the flames.

Ihayul, in a state of over-amplification, was now fast and strong enough that even the lowly incarnation couldn't keep up.

『Do you think you'll burn to death like this?』

Whirr! There was a price to pay. The right arm, becoming the focal point of the flames, began to burn. The scars of the past slowly began to etch into the skin again.

Ihayul’s flame was docile. The flame, which urged and devoured the user’s emotions, was calm.

For now, the restriction had been lifted. The flame blazed beyond the body’s endurance, increasing its output.

[You’re the only one dying, you bastard.]

『Such sharp words.』

The Warden of the Purgatory Tower smiled faintly.

The moment Ihayul tried to follow through, the crimson thorns filled the place where they stood.

“Ugh, aaah─!”

It was an attack from the 10th round, who had recovered from the initial chaos.

The thorns, now expanded in range, collapsed.

The melted thorns turned into a blood sea, from which new thorns burst forth, sweeping in all directions.

Repeated manifestation of the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea and the Interlinking Thorny Vines. It was simple but powerful warfare.

The surface of the blood sea brightened. Ssss! Steam began to rise and evaporate.

The 10th round tilted his head toward the source of the heat.

The sky. Ihayul, having jumped high into the air, clenched his teeth as he unfolded his circuits behind him.

The steady rotation and the wings of the sky activated. He abandoned the raging storm. Instead, he focused solely on drawing mana from the area.

The mana attached to the circuits and wings was slammed into the flame.

The sun rose in the sky. The right arm ignited. Ihayul raised both hands high, then slammed them down.

The flame, the sun, fell.

Sensing the danger, the 10th round raised his hands. The sun struck the circular blood barrier that rose suddenly.

Crunch! Along with the simultaneous lightning bolts that rained down from the side, the blood sea was largely annihilated.

The blood membrane that had barely held on collapsed under the shock.

At the same time, something burrowed into the gap of the collapsed blood membrane.

The 10th round, shaking as he recoiled, pulled a spear from the blood sea.

“Kraak?!”

Before he could raise the spear, his heel was driven into his skull. The 10th round’s head was forced into the blood sea, smashing into the ground.

The 10th round was not specialized in human combat, so he couldn’t properly react to Ihayul's speed.

But that didn’t mean there was no way to respond.

From the blood sea he couldn’t burn, countless thorns erupted from the 10th round, whose head was buried in the ground.

Even Ihayul couldn’t ignore these thorns. He quickly flew into the air to avoid them.

He narrowly avoided them. Even so, black veins from the blood-sealed vessels emerged on his skin, and blood trickled from his eyes.

True Blood Expansion Ability

Hemolysis (용혈溶血)

A venomous effect on blood that had undergone the expansion ability.

Ihayul, frowning, triggered his flame. The flame circulating within his body began to burn through the venom and the body poisoned by it.

Pain surged through him. It wasn’t just from his actions.

The scream his body was letting out. The body, which had grown somewhat, was now emitting red signals in response to the long-overdue pain.

‘Is there time to eat the Three Elements?’

He ignored it. The warnings were to be expected. Instead, he charged at the Warden of the Purgatory Tower, who was trying to escape.

A wave of thorns rained down from behind. The rising flame and lightning from the ground blocked the thorns, burning the blood sea.

‘The Three Elements are hard to use.’

The Three Elements had a long and noisy prelude. There was no way the 10th round and the Warden of the Purgatory Tower would wait for that moment.

Even if he finished charging, it would be hard to strike precisely.

The Three Elements were still underdeveloped. They were an ideal technique for large, slow-moving targets like a two-headed dragon, not for rapid engagements.

However, for instantaneous power output, nothing could match them. If an opportunity appeared, he would strike without hesitation, even if it meant bursting his arm.

‘Ready.’

If it was impossible, retreat would be the right choice. But it was possible. It was slim and dangerous, but it could be done.

So, he charged. Even in Shifnah or China, it had been the same.

If he hesitated and withdrew even once, he might never rise again.

Thus, he pressed on, even if it meant burning his arm, even if he had to offer his legs, even if his body’s lifespan was shortened.

Ihayul steeled himself again.

‘?’

It happened then. A cheerful chime echoed in his head. It had been quiet for a long time... No, for quite some time.

At the same time.

A line appeared in the sky. Horizontal and vertical, a square-shaped line was drawn, as if cut with a sword.

‘Huh?’

It was the wrong expression. What was drawn wasn’t the sky, but space itself. The cut space crumbled, and flames erupted from within.

The familiar flames caused Ihayul to open his mouth.

A figure descended through the flames, rummaging through the fire as if searching for something.

A crimson fortress landed where the blood sea had evaporated.

A solid, well-built body, hair and eyes as fierce as flames.

A red sword tightly gripped in hand, the Beacon Sword.

[Master of the Flames─ Bleh]

Hong Yeonhwa’s real father. The one currently the head of the flame, Hong Jinseon.

“......”

The suddenly appearing Hong Jinseon looked around and furrowed his brow.

The first thing he saw was his long-lost younger sibling and the strange figure standing in the sea of blood.

The next was... Ihayul, clad in extremely intense flames.

“You...”

Hong Jinseon’s previously calm eyes widened.

“...Son-in-law?”

[Yes, huh?]

The sudden, shocking address caused Ihayul, who had been sweating cold from the pain, to look bewildered.

In a filthy, even disgusting place, two people met.

Both were equally stunned, but there was no time to chat leisurely.

They simultaneously steeled their faces and turned their bodies. Ihayul poured flame from his right arm, and Hong Jinseon swung the Beacon Sword.

Whirr! The wave of thorns was destroyed by the flame, and the sword of Purgatory, aiming for Hong Jinseon’s neck, was deflected.

Hong Jinseon nodded as he cleared the attacks.

“Son-in-law, though it’s our first time meeting face to face, it doesn’t seem like there’s time for a leisurely conversation.”

[...Yes, yes]

“Is there something you need to do with someone more hideous than that son-in-law?”

Hong Jinseon raised the Beacon Sword and asked. He had barely glanced at the figure standing in the blood sea, which looked more like his daughter than his son-in-law.

[...Yes]

“Then go do your work. I too have unfinished business with that ugly one and the parasite inside him.”

[But...]

“Don’t worry too much.”

Flame began to slowly seep out from the Beacon Sword.

“Even though I am the head of the flame, I won’t be rolling around aimlessly. Trust me.”

His calm tone, filled with confidence, caused Ihayul to hesitate.

[...Yes, thank you.]

“Thank me for what.”

He nodded. From what he observed, Hong Jinseon’s ability was such that handling both of them simultaneously would be difficult.

[I'll quickly handle it and come to help.]

“Take your time.”

Ihayul shook off the burning sensation in his right arm and turned his body.

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.

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A truly unexpected situation.

He had only been looking for Hong Yeonjun, traveling through dungeons all over the world, when suddenly the ground split and he fell into a strange place.

At first, he thought it was a trap, but inside, there was a bloodthirsty stranger and a woman wielding immense lightning fighting.

And then... his long-lost younger sibling and a son-in-law he had never properly met.

He didn’t know the reason, but it wasn’t a loss.

Hong Jinseon checked his body’s condition and began to walk.

‘Rarely does a usable one appear.’

A strange voice came from the front. Hong Jinseon raised the Beacon Sword and asked.

“Of all the hideous ones, is there a worse parasite crawling inside?”

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‘Oh? What’s to differentiate between them?’

“No matter how hideous, it’s still flesh and blood. Even a parasite like you has hidden abilities.”

The Warden of the Purgatory Tower smirked. He seemed certain that it wasn’t Hong Yeonjun.

‘Yes. I’m making good use of this body. If I had known a better vessel would be born so quickly, I might have waited longer.’

The Warden of the Purgatory Tower mumbled as if lost in thought. Hong Jinseon’s face displayed a subtle relief.

The Warden tilted his head after spotting Hong Jinseon’s expression.

‘What is this? Relief? Reassurance? I don’t understand why your expression changed.’

For just a moment, the emotion on his face passed, but it quickly returned to a hardened expression. Hong Jinseon gripped the Beacon Sword tightly and raised his mana.

“Though the sin of sparing life may never be erased, I think a small excuse has been given for the hideous one.”

‘Sparing life? Why would that be a sin? It was just the strong overcoming the weak.’

“That’s why you’re a parasite. A vermin with no loyalty or sense of duty. To dare to burn my sister's body and consume my son-in-law's arm?”

Flame began to ripple across Hong Jinseon’s body.

[The Master of Space is manifesting the ability “Space.”]

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