After a while, I felt that the black liquid was moving a little faster than before, as if it had noticed that their attacks and the defense barriers had disappeared.
Of course, I could be mistaken, but it didn’t matter to me because I was in the real world, not in the game.
I’m extraordinarily strong within Revival Legend. It was just a fact. If you stopped 100 people and asked them who was the strongest player on earth, they would all say it was me. But the truth was I was even stronger in reality compared to within Revival Legend.
For I won the ‘Strongest Player Selection’ event before the 40 regions were merged into one, as well as the King of Kings event for the strongest player after the merger.
In addition to that, I also won 1st place in the previous ‘Reach the 1800 level Hunting Ground First’ event. And the total of the coins I obtained at that time was 70,000.
Moreover, I gained quite a bit of other items while hunting.
I didn’t have to hoard my coins, so I kept using them to the point that my current reality actualization rate was a whopping 107%. Of course, some might look down on only a 7% increase from 100%. But even 1% had an enormous effect, given my level. So 7% was literally huge.
Anyway, I had those with low morale at the 1st defense line retreat to the 2nd defense line without any hesitation. Actually, I would find it cumbersome if they stayed around me.
I had no intention of letting the black liquid spread slowly, so I immediately began to attack by making an ice terrain that would upgrade my attack power simply by being on it.
“Ice Field! Multiple Thin Ice!”
Pasasasasak!
I used Ice Field and Multiple Thin Ice far in front of me instead of having it surround me like I did when I herd hunted.
It was enough for me to put my feet slightly on the ice terrain because my target was the black liquid that gradually kept spreading.
The moment when the ice terrain was created, the black liquid started bubbling as if it had touched boiling water, with numerous appearing and disappearing.
That was what was happening right now before their eyes.
Bubble! Bubble! Bubble! Bubble!
Of course, it was certainly not surprising enough to make them tremble because the bubbles were the size of fingernails.
And there was no sign of black energy, regarded as the essence of the black liquid, coming out anytime soon.
But I haven’t even started the real fight yet, so they didn’t feel disappointed.
Obviously, Ice Field and Multiple Thin Ice were no more than the skills that signaled the start of the fight, not my real attack.
So I immediately opened my mouth.
“Blizzard! Ice Tornado!”
Puck! Puck! Puck! Puck!
Wheeeeeeeeeng.
Except for the level 9 Ice Breath that I acquired most recently, those skills were like my strongest one-two punches. Since I had to confront the black liquid that had already spread widely, I started attacking it with AOE skills.
Even though they were a bit inferior to Ice Breath, they were still very powerful skills.
Bubble! Bubble! Bubble! Bubble! Bubble! Bubble!
There were more bubbles than before and they were far bigger. Each time they burst, black energy spewed out of them. So much so that the black liquid suffered a great deal if the black energy was really its essence.
Anyway, I kept a close watch on Blizzard and Ice Tornado, which kept inflicting damage on the black liquid because it might be possible to see a completely different situation unfold after the attack. Of course, I didn’t just stand idle while watching it.
“Pouring Hail! Ice Ball! Ice Bolt!”
Puck! Puck! Puck! Puck!
From time to time I turned to AOE skills, and Ice Ball and Ice Bolt that no longer had a cooldown because I kept a proper balance of my skills for an emergency like this.
At that moment, the black liquid started moving.
Moving forward like before? Or backward?
Of course, I may have been mistaken, but then the black liquid moved again.
This time I could confirm that it moved backwards.
And I wasn’t the only one who confirmed it.
“Wow!”
“That black liquid is moving backwards now!”
“Juyoung Hong! Juyoung Hong!”
Those on standby at the 2nd defense line far away from the black liquid were watching the black liquid spreading gradually in fear. But when I made the black liquid move backwards the moment when it was about to break through their defense line, they shouted for joy.
Nonetheless, I kept attacking it because I was confident of the effects of my skills.
And those behind me didn’t just watch me blankly without doing anything. Moreover, they were not here just to cheer for me.
“Everybody, help Juyoung Hong!”
“You don’t have to take the lead. Just attack from behind him! You don’t have to attack a lot. Just attack once! That’s enough.”
“Got it!”
“Understood!”
Anyway, it was clear that I had seized the moment to fight back the black liquid.
So those who retreated joined me, and they were actually helpful this time.
In the end, we ended up succeeding in making the black liquid retreat faster than before.
Even though it took a bit longer than I thought, we made the black liquid move back as far as the main base of the old Talagapa Guild where it first appeared.
Obviously, the black liquid moved backwards as slowly as it moved forward.
But when it got closer to the stronghold of the old Talagapa Guild, which had been transformed into a deep pit after being struck by hundreds of black lightning, it went into the pit as fast as if it was sucked into it.
At the same time, an eerie voice echoed.
[Man, this is ridiculous!]
It was a strange and eerie voice echoing from the deep pit.
The black liquid reappeared, followed by that voice.
But this time it reappeared in human form, not as a liquid.
Thud!
It was a black liquid man that appeared to be about 5 meters tall.
I was not sure if I could call him a human, but he seemed to be somewhat human because he had eyes, a nose, and a mouth on his face like a typical human being, and he had limbs as well.
Of course, he didn’t look like a normal human at all right now.
Anyway, the black liquid man who appeared by lifting himself out of the pit looked around and spoke by opening his mouth.
[Oh my…I don’t see anybody with the mark. How was I stopped then?]
Having heard it, they began to whisper among themselves, wondering what he meant by the mark. But I thought I knew what it was.
As a matter of fact, something like a mark was forcibly given to anybody who achieved 100% reality actualization rate as if to certify they achieved it.
If the roots hadn’t taken it from me all of a sudden, I would have had black tattoos called the mark all over my body, starting off with my forehead.
[This is really embarrassing. I’m so embarrassed I can’t say anything. But there are so many who witnessed it…]
The black liquid man just murmured to himself like that, shaking his head as if nothing happened, even though he was surrounded by hundreds of thousands, including me and those watching me on the outskirts.