Chapter 1299

Chapter 1299

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Mixed” was a term that referred to two or more things coming together and forming one mixture. “Coexistence,” on the other hand, was a term that referred to two things existing peacefully together and helping each other out. Although it might feel as if the two terms were similar, they were two completely different concepts.

The God of Death was darkness itself. As the epitome of darkness, he painted the world black. Minhyuk was like light. He painted the world with a brilliant and blinding light. The two could never mix.

The God of Death finally smiled a genuine smile. Because his original body was skinny, the smile accentuated the bones on his face. The smile on his bony face looked hideous, terrifying anyone who witnessed it. Yet, the darkness felt it was worth it to make this one smile, directed to Minhyuk.

The world viewed the God of Death as the source of all evil and had always avoided him in fear. Minhyuk, the light, could not mix with him, but he could shine the brightest and most brilliant light if he were around Minhyuk.

The two smiled at each other. There was no need for any words.

At that moment, the God of Death suddenly recalled what Hella had told him before she crossed the River of Reincarnation. She had been looking at Minhyuk when she said...

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Louis. I don’t want you to feel lonely.

Louis immediately countered.

–

Compared to darkness, humans like the light. Those weak people—

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That’s not it. That’s not what I’m talking about. Just... when you’re feeling a bit sick, having a hard time, or feeling too much, I wish there’s at least one person who will come running for your sake.

Hella smiled as she caressed Louis’ cheek.

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I have lived for thousands of years for you.

She did it to make the desolate and dreary Hell beautiful.

–In those thousands of years, I have found something you haven’t found, you know?

She smiled playfully.

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The master of this place has changed several times. And there is something that none of them has ever done. Do it. Perhaps your world will change if you do.

Louis felt his heart thump wildly.

Bathump!

This was the first time he had felt this warmth and unfamiliar excitement.

Bathump!

The beating of his heart was both unfamiliar and terrifying. For some reason, he felt good.

Bathump!

Then, he realized something. He thought,

‘I see. I have a real heart.’

The God of Death looked like a human. However, as the ruler and owner of the dead, he was also considered one of them. Somehow, the heart in his chest that had not beaten for so long suddenly thumped wildly. His revived heart pumped blood that circulated through all of the veins in his body. His once dead cells had awakened, and the parts that had rotted had started to recover.

Bathump, bathump, bathump!

Amidst the turmoil that he was feeling...

[You are the only one who has chosen a different path from the previous generations’ Gods of Death.]

Sizzle!

As he heated up, he began to emit smoke.

***

Minhyuk remained unaware of the changes happening in the God of Death. Thinking Louis was nearing his end, Minhyuk hurriedly turned around to try to deal with the danger before him.

Meanwhile, Helenia’s face distorted in anger. She looked like an evil ghost waiting for revenge.

[The bodies of Helenia’s Soldiers have reached 21% completion.]

[In one minute, the process will be completed and Helenia’s Soldiers will be born to the world.]

“These men will bring your Beyond the Heavens Empire into the depths of despair.”

Helenia could never forget the day when she died in the hands of this man.

Her mana had started to flow back and grow heated. She gathered it in one place. It was the purest and most potent mana of all. She had prepared the ultimate magic that no one else could cast, just like that.

“I have been staying in the Abyss and waiting for this day. I have sharpened my blade and finally reached a new realm of mana and—”

“Did you think I was just playing around all this time?” Minhyuk said.

[Calamity Slayer.]

[You have triggered an Eight Pillar Disaster.]

[Warning.]

[Warning.]

[Warning.]

[White sword lights with a number that corresponds to the number of people recognized as your enemies will be created.]

[4,854,391 white sword lights with 100% hit rate will be created!]

Millions of white sword lights shot out from Minhyuk’s sword and soared to the sky. The sword lights fell like rain and struck every single one of Helenia’s Soldiers.

[Every successful hit of the white sword light will inflict an additional 2,900% damage.]

Helenia’s Soldiers could not escape from the ground and were quickly swept away by the countless sword lights that fell upon them. Because their bodies were less than 25% completed, even if Minhyuk only dealt 2,900% additional damage, it was still enough to eradicate them. They all burned into ashes that scattered and filled the skies of Hell.

[All of Helenia’s troops have been wiped out.]

[You have used Calamity Slayer. Your level will drop by three per the conditions for use.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

Helenia’s mind quickly settled down. She knew the young man would grow and develop, but this went far beyond common sense. Because of that, she believed that she had to be calmer and more rational than before.

She raised her hand and gathered the mana flowing through her veins before releasing it. It was incomparable to the mana that she had in the past.

“Storm.”

Rumble!

A vast tornado reaching the sky of Hell appeared and devoured everything in its path. The raging wind from the wild tornado left Minhyuk in tatters as it grew closer and closer to him. At that moment, Helenia saw two dice rising through the gaps in the tornado. The two dice were rolled and showed two numbers.

[God of Lightning.]

With a flash of light, Minhyuk rushed through the tornado and appeared before Helenia. However, the sword in his hand was blocked by a shield that appeared right in front of her.

Bang!

The sword swiftly changed directions and aimed for Helenia’s chin. Helenia hurriedly used Blink and separated from Minhyuk. Just then, hundreds of intangible swords appeared right before her.

Helenia read the mana flow and, immediately cast, “Dispel.”

Shwaaaa!

The hundreds of invisible and intangible swords disappeared and were scattered by the wind. At the same time, Helenia stretched her fingers and released a strong force using her mana.

“Great Diss.”

Just when she was about to sneer and mock Minhyuk, Minhyuk’s sword appeared right at her chest, carrying the black die-enhanced Destruction symbol.

Bang, bang, bang!

The sword carrying the symbol of Destruction slashed Helenia apart more than fifty times in a row. Meanwhile, Helenia’s Diss squeezed through Minhyuk’s armor and pierced his chest.

“Replicate.”

Once again, the Diss appeared and pierced through Minhyuk’s body.

[Your HP has fallen below 57%.]

Of course, Helenia was not unscathed. She was also left with severe injuries. After all, she had already used up much of her mana when she dealt with and killed the God of Death ten times in a row.

[Immortal Sorceress Helenia. Level 1,203]

Helenia had grown stronger than she was in the past. However, Minhyuk was no pushover. He had also become much stronger.

‘Back then, if Obren had not fused with him then...’

This man would have never been able to kill her.

“Transcendence.”

As Minhyuk held two swords in his hands, a black stream of energy exploded from within him. The power that he triggered made him not only stronger but also twice as fast as before. His speed had reached an unimaginable level to the point that he could easily follow Helenia as she used Blink to appear everywhere.

Bang!

Helenia cast an Explosion.

[Your HP has fallen below 34%.]

Surprisingly enough, Minhyuk could trigger the Transcendental Spear and pierce through Helenia’s heart during the gap between Helenia’s triggering of the skill and the explosion that eventually swept him away.

“Keuhaaaaack!” Helenia shrieked. She bent forward and vomited a mouthful of blood.

Minhyuk did not let the opportunity go. He appeared in front of her once again. However, Helenia was already waiting. She pointed her finger at his chin.

“Absolute Defense.”

Thankfully, Minhyuk was able to trigger the Absolute Defense. As the blue barrier surrounded his body, he hurriedly cast the Sword of Carnage. The ten-second skill casting was a very long time. However, Minhyuk believed that he had already caught her.

“You know...” Helenia whispered. “During my time in the Abyss, I have thought over and over about how I can neutralize your powers. The problem is that many powers in your possession are impossible to neutralize. So, I restructured my Pillar Disaster to allow me to neutralize your powers.”

Her words sounded ridiculous. Minhyuk believed that only Philip the Creator could create, restructure, transform, and adjust the Eight Pillar Disasters. Of course, the story would be different if the Eight Pillar Disaster were changed to be weaker than its original power.

The act alone inflicted huge penalties on her and weakened her powers. However, Helenia no longer held the grand dream of slaughtering mankind like she had in the past. The only thing she wanted to do right now was to kill and eradicate the Beyond the Heavens’ Emperor Minhyuk.

[Sparks of White Flames.]

[Warning.]

[Warning.]

[Warning.]

[This force cannot be stopped even with your Absolute Defense.]

[The Sparks of White Flames bloom, setting a single target ablaze.]

Shwaaaaa!

The Sparks of White Flames, which were transformed to target a single person, landed gently on Minhyuk’s body and melted the blue barrier that protected him. Then, it created flames that devoured Minhyuk from the tip of his toes.

[You will burn your enemy and inflict 1,000% additional damage per second.]

But that was not the end. As it slowly burned Minhyuk, it revealed an even more shocking power.

[The Sparks of White Flames will not disappear until the opponent has been killed twenty times.]

[Even after you have been forced to log out, your body will still be burned by the flames of the Sparks of White Flames.]

“...!”

[To extinguish the flames of the Spark of White Flames, you must force yourself to log out twenty times or kill the skill user, Helenia.]

According to a player’s experiment, the penalty would increase when someone was forced to log out ten times in a row. The twenty consecutive deaths this skill forced on him would drag Minhyuk to the depths of the abyss. Minhyuk’s level would drop by at least fifty levels.

Threatened by the effects of the skill, Minhyuk hurriedly raised his sword. He had to kill her right here and now.

‘Sword of Carnage.’

He tried to pass by Helenia dozens of times and cut her down. However, his legs had been severely burned by the flames, and his balance was broken. He hurriedly grabbed her shoulders to try to maintain his balance.

“WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Helenia cackled. Then, she whispered, “By the time you finish dying those twenty deaths, I will be able to trigger the Sparks of White Flames again. Then, I will find you again.”

“Absolute Monarch.”

Thud!

Minhyuk forced the arrogant Helenia down on her knees. Helenia’s eyes widened as she was forced to receive the heavy onslaught of the Frenzied Blade. As the attacks constantly landed on her, Helenia realized something. Minhyuk’s growth was so fast that it left Helenia terrified.

“You can now truly beat me...”

Minhyuk’s attacks constantly landed on Helenia, forcing blood to spurt out of her and her HP to go down the drain.

“The difference between you and me is that... you can’t reincarnate while I can.”

Helenia’s power of recovery could allow her to revive herself. If he could stop her from reincarnating, then this would be Minhyuk’s victory. However...

Minhyuk crashed to the ground. His legs had burned to a crisp and could no longer support him. As for the flames, they continued to travel up his body.

During that time, Helenia’s HP had slowly recovered. She said, “Your friendship is a tear-jerker. However, no matter how touching your friendship is, you saved no one. Whether it’s you or the God of Death, none of you will survive.”

She watched Minhyuk burn as she slowly raised her foot. If her foot landed on Minhyuk’s chest, his chest would be broken and crushed, and he would turn into ashes that would scatter with the wind.

But just when Helenia was about to put her foot down, an unknown power suddenly surged behind her. Her head snapped to look in the direction from which the power was coming.

[A new Pillar has been born to the world.]

[His awakening began when ‘he’ abandoned the stereotypes that shackled the God of Death.]

[He was born as the God of Death, but he has felt love and has learned the meaning of sacrifice.]

[In this false and pretentious world, he forged a friendship with someone.]

[All of the souls of the previous Gods of Death who had been obsessed by their stereotypical ideas about their own identity looked at him as he walked a different path from them.]

[All of the Gods of Death acknowledge his path.]

[He had thrown away the stereotypes.]

[He had cultivated Hell.]

[Perhaps he was different from them.]

[And he... deserves the power of the true God of Death, the God of Death who can communicate with the world.]

[The stereotypical Hell has been broken down. A new Hell is being created.]

A flower bloomed in Hell. And this flower bloomed right before the God of Death, Louis. At the same time, his legs, which had become bones, grew flesh once again. Even the hideous burn marks that littered his body recovered.

Then, another flower bloomed. This time, all of his hair that had grown messy and burned in some places recovered. It was even arranged neatly into a dandy hairstyle. At that moment, the true face of the God of Death was finally revealed to the world.

Another flower bloomed. This time, it brought life back to his eyes and made all the warts and dark spots on his face disappear. It was as if his face had been washed clean of impurities.

This time, a tree sprouted in Hell.

Flap, flap, flap!

A robe appeared and covered his body. It was no longer the black, ragged robe that he usually wore. The robe was white and had skeletons embroidered with gold thread. The black scythe in his hands burned until it turned white.

Then, another flower bloomed.

Shwaa!

This flower revitalized Minhyuk’s body and stopped his HP from falling even further.

[The name of the new Pillar is...]

[...Master of Life and Death Louis.]

The new Pillar, the Pillar of Life and Death, was born into the world.