Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 402

‘Damn it!’

With Susanoo rushing in so fast it was like the ground folded beneath his feet, Su-ho had no choice but to stumble back and hastily summon the Blood Sword.

Kaaang!!

Luckily, he managed to draw his sword in time to block Susanoo’s sudden strike.

Planting strength into his back foot, Su-ho regained his balance with practiced ease and locked blades with Susanoo.

As their swords pressed together and their faces drew close, Susanoo’s eyes flashed with that familiar gleam as he grinned.

— You’re still good, huh?

“Bullshit.”

Kaaang!

Su-ho shoved hard, throwing Susanoo off and opening the distance.

Then, right away, he cast his buffs.

[ Blessing is activated. ]

[ Holy Enchant is activated. ]

[ Mana Perception is activated. ]

[ Endurance is activated. ]

[ Enhancement is activated. ]

[ Eye of the Blacksmith is activated. ]

Seeing the swirling cascade of skill effects, Susanoo laughed.

— Yeah. You’ll have to pull out everything you’ve got again. Otherwise, you really will die this time.

Susanoo raised his sword.

[ Sea God Susanoo-no-Mikoto uses the Domain of the Sea God. ]

The moment he triggered his skill, an overwhelming surge of water burst outward from Susanoo in every direction.

The blood rivers and corpses of slain gods around them were swept up like a flood, dragged and drowned within the torrent.

‘Figures. Of course the Sea God’s domain would look like this.’

Still, if possible, the best tactic was always to twist the terrain to his advantage.

When the water reached his ankles, Su-ho lightly leapt.

[ Gyeongshinbo is activated. ]

At the same time, the Clear Flow Step option of Gyeongshinbo triggered, allowing him to skim atop the water’s surface. Following that path, Su-ho charged straight toward Susanoo.

To stop him from casting more skills.

— Haha, good call.

Realizing Su-ho’s intent, Susanoo laughed and swung his sword.

Then, from the surrounding sea water, a long water dragon leapt forth and shot toward Su-ho.

[ Sea God Susanoo-no-Mikoto uses Water Dragon Slash. ]

Shaaah!

The watery dragon-shaped form was called Water Dragon Slash.

It hurtled at Su-ho like a bullet train and crashed down, but Su-ho twisted his body deftly, sliding through the narrow gap between the surging waves as if surfing—avoiding the attack without contact.

— Hooh?

Even after evading the Water Dragon Slash, Su-ho’s speed didn’t drop in the slightest.

Perhaps because of that, seeing Su-ho’s agile evasion, Susanoo ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ smirked and raised his hand once more.

[ Sea God Susanoo-no-Mikoto uses Water Dragon Slash. ]

System alert.

This time, over ten Water Dragon Slashes erupted and surged toward Su-ho.

Now, there were no gaps.

In that perfect dead zone, Su-ho furrowed his brow.

But he didn’t stop running.

Instead, he flew.

Jumping high, Su-ho lingered in the air just long enough to draw every Water Dragon Slash’s attention.

The bait worked.

The dragons lunged for him all at once—just as they closed in, Su-ho kicked off the air again, forcing them to collide with each other.

Kwooooom!!

Boomboomboomboomboom!

The maneuver succeeded.

With that double jump, Su-ho blew apart several of the dragons. Closing the distance decisively, he swung his sword without hesitation and triggered his skill.

As his body spun forward, a sword arc burst forth.

[ Cloud Severance is activated. ]

[ Enhancement is applied. ]

[ The power of Cloud Severance intensifies. ]

The skill he used: Cloud Severance.

A long wave shot toward Susanoo.

Susanoo saw it and laughed.

Whoosh!

He swung his sword, Ame-no-Habakiri, like a conductor’s baton.

From it, a massive fan-shaped sword aura erupted, colliding head-on with Su-ho’s Cloud Severance.

Kwooooom!!

The two sword strikes clashed in midair, exploding in a tremendous blast that filled the air with thick smoke.

— Hah! This won’t do at all. You’ll have to try harder than that.

A taunting, mocking laugh from Susanoo.

Su-ho answered,

“I was planning to.”

At that moment—

Whoooosh!!

Through the thick smoke, a raging pillar of flame roared out.

[ Mini Breath is activated. ]

The furious blaze shooting diagonally upward was none other than Su-ho’s Mini Breath.

Unleashed in an ambush, the Mini Breath carried his full mana output—on the verge of reaching Purple—and its firepower was no weaker than a young dragon’s breath.

Kwagwagwagwagwagwa!!

The maximum-output Mini Breath exploded toward Susanoo.

Unfortunately, the attack never touched him.

Just like with Tsukuyomi, a transparent barrier flared to life, bursting with dark-red sparks as it absorbed the damage in his place.

Behind that shimmering veil, Susanoo frowned.

— For a human, you sure love imitating lizard tricks.

Su-ho didn’t answer. He simply kept firing Mini Breaths, one after another.

This was the longest, most powerful barrage of Mini Breaths he’d unleashed since learning it.

He exhaled as long as he could—and moments later,

Boooom!!

A massive detonation.

The transparent barrier couldn’t withstand it and finally blew apart.

‘Got you!’

Su-ho’s eyes widened.

He’d never believed the barrier was infinite or absolute.

If it were, that would be total balance collapse, and the system wouldn’t tune difficulty that way.

As expected, his prediction hit dead-on, and Susanoo’s eyes widened.

Just then, a black object flew straight toward Susanoo’s face.

It was the Guiyeong Spear.

[ Shadow Movement is activated. ]

Swish!

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