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◈ I Made a Tier List the Transcendents Are Obsessed With ◈
Chapter 40: Species Rivalries
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It was the perfect excuse.
It was like someone slapping your cheek when you were dying to cry.
Lee Hamyung's challenge had nothing but upsides for me.
"Let's give it a try, then."
The question was, how much stronger had I become?
The quality of my mana and my talent for wielding it had improved through five rounds of cultivation.
I was curious how far that would take me.
So, over roughly four days, I raised my realm as quickly as possible.
"......That's fucking broken."
As the blond balding guy observed, though he got extremely angry when I called him that.
I was able to raise my Concept Magic from 4-Star to the 7-Star realm.
I could have pushed it higher, but unfortunately, I did not have enough time.
Lee Hamyung seemed ready to leave soon, since Judy had not shown herself.
So I immediately found him and kidnapped him to a field outside the city using my spatial ability ring.
"Very well! Whoever you are, as long as I achieve my goal, that is enough. I, Lee Hamyung, challenge you to a sparring match......"
And after some negotiation(?), I succeeded in reaching an agreement.
Just as I expected, he was so obsessed with fighting that it was not difficult.
He was at the peak of the Profound Realm.
In terms of realm alone, he was slightly above me, but I was confident I could win.
I could not be certain, but I could probably now fight above my rank, even against those who had reached the path of magic or the Life-and-Death Realm.
And so, the "sparring match" began.
"Mmgh!"
Rumbleeeeee!
With his mouth gagged, Lee Hamyung unleashed sword qi.
Blue blades materialized around him.
As though resonating with one another, the blades shared their energy and gave off a vicious aura.
He looked flustered, yet he was responding remarkably well.
What a sneaky bastard.
Whoosh!
I simply deflected the nearly silent rush of blades.
It was a simple veil of mana with no technique behind it. Yet the blades were pitifully knocked away.
Of course, Lee Hamyung had no intention of ending his attack there.
Following the rush of blades, he himself flew toward me.
A chilling sword aura gathered on his blade.
I responded more actively to the mass of qi swinging toward me alongside his uniquely domineering swordsmanship.
Crackcrackcrack!
Elemental infusion.
After testing it several times, I learned that I had relatively high affinity with lightning and fire.
With a bizarre current of mana where lightning and flame merged, I struck back at his sword blow.
Boom!
Lee Hamyung was thrown back by the recoil and crashed into the ground.
"......?"
I had not expected that outcome either.
Why was this so strong?
"Urk!"
Hey, it was not supposed to be this bad.
I approached him as he twisted on the ground, coughing up fresh blood.
"......What? Seriously, why are you so weak?"
"Cough! Ngh... Urgh!"
"Ah, shit."
Watching him cough up blood once more, I felt a little guilty.
"......Did I overdo it?"
"Just a little?"
Judy, who had come over at some point, gave her assessment.
For reference, Judy was the "protagonist" acknowledged by this world, so every one of her judgments and evaluations was undeniably true.
"Hmm, I overdid it just a little."
"Fu... Cough! Ngh......"
Lee Hamyung clearly had much to say, but it would not be too late to say it after treatment.
I began using the potions I kept on hand to heal his arm and solar plexus, which looked especially bad.
Gyaaaak!
Lee Hamyung even began foaming at the mouth from the pain, but it could not be helped. If I left him like this, he would become crippled.
A little pain now would be better for his future.
It was while I was nearly finished with the basic treatment.
"......Hmm?"
As I sensed the flow of energy up close, I noticed something strange.
He had clearly suffered injuries severe enough to call grave.
A few of his ribs were easily broken, and just looking at him now, there was no way to call him fine.
Yet the energy flowing through his blood meridians was unexpectedly clear.
And the shape of that flow matched almost perfectly with a certain description buried deep in my memory.
Combat-Sage Body!
Of course, it was not strong enough to make a "Special Constitution Strength Ranking" like Wendy's Spirit-Binding Heavenly Meridian Body.
Still, it was a constitution rarely found. One quite powerful Transcendent actually had this constitution as well.
"Oh ho."
I had already been considering a few plans.
At some point, Wendy and Judy would have to separate from me too, but I needed to take care of them throughout the entire process if possible.
But that would make it impossible to control everything I wanted.
To handle something like an External Incarnation, I would need to at least reach the ranks of the Upper Realm's powerful figures.
In other words, I needed someone I could freely put to work.
At that moment, an animation I had often enjoyed in my previous life came to mind.
It was a poaching-friendly show where wild demon beasts living freely were brainwashed into obedient underlings with a capture tool called a MonXter Ball.
'I will raise you well.'
Lee Hamyung.
Male, height 1.7 meters, weight 60 kilograms, peak Profound Realm.
Capture successful!
* * *
Usually, Transcendents did not feel much attachment to the species or dimension they belonged to, let alone small groups such as nations or ethnicities.
In other words, they did not care much about affiliations they had been born into without any choice of their own.
So, Transcendents generally felt attachment to places they had chosen and grown fond of.
On a larger scale, this could be a sect or school they had founded.
On a smaller scale, they often felt a stronger attachment to somewhere like the Transcendent Gallery.
-Pil123Win!
-Pil123Win!
-Pil123Win!
-Pil123Win!
-Pil123Win!
-Pil123Win!
-Velenhof) Everyone above this is Badas
ㄴThese fucking insane Hero bastards.
ㄴAre people at least mid-rank and above really doing this?
But there were exceptions.
The Heroes of the 11th-Dimension Reteim Empire, tightly united by comradeship, were one such exception.
-Seriously, ha ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴYou've got nothing to say, so it's just "ha ㅋㅋㅋ," huh?
ㄴForget it ㅋㅋ What can you even say to bastards with three fingers?
ㄴSure, cross-eyes ㅋㅋ
ㄴSure, hand cripple ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Do Seventh-Dimension bastards not get tired of fighting every damn day? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴNow that public opinion is turning against them, they're pulling the "both sides are bad" routine again ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴCut the bullshit. I'm Human, though?
ㄴYeah, a Walker pretending to be Human ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴIsn't that a Lizardman pretending? Stirring people up is Lizardmen's specialty.
ㄴFuck off ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
And then there were those from the Seventh Dimension, whose old grudges had not faded even after transcending because so many species wars and minor conflicts had piled up.
Which species was more superior and greater?
It was a topic that had to resurface periodically.
That was why there had been enormous backlash when Oz once posted a Seventh-Dimension species strength ranking.
It had only calmed down because the ranking had not compared species superiority, but only the strength of hegemonic factions.
Even then, it had burned fiercely for quite some time.
Now Oz had personally appeared in the Gallery.
And Oz had thrown out a topic bound to provoke every species' pride.
-This fucking topic is so over!!!!!!
-Ah, posts are already starting to go up ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Okay, I'll die.
Everyone could already foresee the chaos that would follow.
-I'm telling you, we need to get rid of these Humans <<< All those fuckers have is "numbers" lol.
ㄴIt has already been established that Humans are the foundational species of all races.
ㄴCut the bullshit. How many races look similar to, or exactly like, you guys? lol.
ㄴIs that why you get your asses kicked all the time? lol.
-Honestly, Genosis should just fuck off from the Great War Narrative......
ㄴElectronic thought-form bastards, seriously lol. Whenever there's a war, it's brainwashing, hypnosis, Click, their one trick.
ㄴOther races that learned hypnosis >>> Genosis, obviously.
ㄴNooo♥ The Genosis are the bestest......
ㄴHoly shit, they got brainwashed lol.
ㄴWhat? Is that for real?
ㄴYou think it is, idiot......
ㄴWaaah......
-Lizardmen? Honestly, I admit they're naturally strong. But aren't they just so fucking stupid that they lose every war?
ㄴIsn't losing deliciously part of the Grand Narrative too?
ㄴAh! Are you a genius?
ㄴIdiots lol. You guys get along so well. Are you Genosis?
ㄴYeah, I'm Drevan.
ㄴHey, you bad guys, why do you lie and say you're Drevan whenever anything happens? You're not Drevan.
ㄴThis one is definitely Drevan just from the way they talk lol.
ㄴFor real. Their speech pattern is basically a certificate of authenticity.
Amid the chaos of every Seventh-Dimension species fighting one another, the structure of the conflict was becoming clear.
And at some point, it began to grow increasingly sincere.
-Ah, seriously, want to throw down? Want to make a legend?
ㄴIf you're not scared, just come to Alpha4421.
ㄴI will, you fucker. Bring your people.
ㄴAre these lunatics really going to do it?
ㄴThey've lost their minds...... Oz, stop them already;;
ㄴOz isn't some precept inspector. How would Oz stop them? lol.
ㄴ"Hey, somebody go get the professor." lol.
Footnotes:
"MonXter Ball" is a deliberately censored reference to Pokémon's Poké Ball, fitting Jin's joke about capturing and raising Lee Hamyung.
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