Overgeared

Grid was intimidated by Maru. Maru’s stats might be worse than Garam’s, but his technical level was higher. So Grid felt a pressure comparable to the first time he met Garam.

He admired Old Sword Demon lasting 10 minutes against Maru, but simultaneously, he felt frustrated.

‘It will be hard if I’m caught by him even once.’

If it wasn’t for the resurrection of the red phoenix, Maru would’ve been stronger than Garam. There would be no chance of winning then. Grid had consumed so many skills in his previous fights that there was a high probability of losing even if his health was 100%.

Due to the land that was fluctuating like waves, Grid struggled to regain his balance. The harsh storm interfered with his senses, but he barely escaped by relying on his transcendent status. He ignored the thunderbolts that fell toward his body and quickly raised his concentration.

‘It is best to borrow Mercedes’ power to increase the chances of winning.’

The fraudulent nature of Keen Insight had already been proven. It was the power to contemplate the target’s thoughts and actions, forcing fate. Its absolute power had been fatal against Garam.

‘If Keen Insight is implanted in my body, I’ll be able to avoid the attacks while striking at Maru’s weaknesses.’

First, Grid had to take the initiative. He had to deal as much damage as possible and buy time for Old Sword Demon and the high rankers to recover. This was the first step. Grid was planning for a long battle, only to become startled. Maru, who had been standing in the distance, bent his knees and narrowed the distance in an instant.

‘A long fight is bullshit!’

Grid seemed to be falling behind right now.

[You have suffered 190 damage.]

[You have suffered 257 damage.]

[You have suffered 231 damage.]

[You have suffered 305...]

The closer that Maru got, the more the ground shook. The storm became so intense that it was hard for Grid to regain his senses despite relying on his transcendence. The number of thunderbolts falling on his body increased rapidly, and the overlapping damage became a burden.

‘Shit!’

This was it. It was the real prestige of the yangbans. Grid faced Maru, who used three breaths to improve his stats, and felt that the fierce battles against Garam where he had suffered were passing by like a lantern. Feeling nervous, Grid hurriedly attempted to use Request to Stand With Me. It was at this time that...

[You have assimilated with the breath of the White Tiger and entered the Earth God state.]

...a skill, which occurred with a very low probability when stepping on the ground, was triggered in a timely manner. This was a timing that could only be interpreted as the help of the good luck stat.

[Three skills are activated.]

Grid had already become accustomed to the use of Earth God. He used a skill even before the notification window gave the explanation.

[Earth’s Embrace has been triggered.]

[All targets in a radius of 10 meters will be petrified for 10 seconds. The petrified target will be immune to all damage.]

Earth's Embrace—it was a skill with a warm name that didn’t match its terrifying effects. It seemed that the white tiger originally used this skill to protect humanity.

“Item Combination.”

Grid glanced at Maru’s fist that had stopped in front of him in a mocking manner and used his skills sequentially. Following Blacksmith’s Rage and Quick Movements, he combined two swords together to gain the maximum attack power. Then his plan changed. “Request to Stand With Me.”

Virtue is requesting

to

Free Farming Style ultimate technique, ‘Pounding

be temporarily changed to pure

consumed when using a skill is sword energy, it will be replaced by the consumption of

attack power of the skill will increase by 20% and the hit

The petrification meant Maru would be unprepared and would allow the next attack. It was much more efficient to launch an ultimate blow than to engage

[Pounding Mortar]

the mortar made of pure energy

a probability of ignoring the target’s defense. It will ignore a minimum

damage to enemies around the target, and there will be a probability of ignoring their defense. Ignores a minimum of 10% and

three-stage hit

1,000

Time: 1

‘A three-stage hit?’

it was revealed why Piaro relied on Pounding Mortar instead of Fated to Perish during every important moment. The attack coefficient of Fated to Perish was higher than Pounding Mortar due to its nature of instant death, but Piaro liked to use Pounding Mortar even if the target wasn’t immune to instant death. There was only one reason for that. It was because the maximum damage of Pounding Mortar went

created such a powerful

the previous generation, Piaro had yet to fully mature, but he would one day surely be reborn as the

an unexpected notification window popped up in the vision of the

Matchless Heart Technique that you have learned has

“...!”

and Piaro had created his Free Farming Style based on it. Meanwhile, Biban’s swordsmanship and his Matchless

synthesized the information. ‘Is the

was just a theory. It could even be a rumor. Biban’s Matchless Sword might

of the Matchless Heart Technique has increased the attack power of Pounding Mortar by 1200%, and the effect of ignoring defense

launched by Grid was much greater than Piaro’s pure energy. It was enough to scatter the storm in the area and completely penetrate the sky, making it look impure in Maru’s eyes. He believed it was a blasphemy to damage the sky, which was

guy... What

of the power of the white tiger. He seemed to reproduce a power that Maru was only capable of reproducing by borrowing the power of the black tortoise. Maru wondered if it was pure talent or a blessing. In fact, Grid

level similar to Mir with his

one, but he was the most talented one among the yangbans. He was so perfect that rumors circulated he was the most perfect yangban Hanul had created. Despite the lack of faith, he had set foot into the realm of a god. Humans weren’t comparable to him. However, at this moment, a human was showing a greatness reminiscent

it. He couldn’t admit that he was inferior to a human. It felt like he would forever move away from

of destruction rose from him. It was designed to destroy the stone that caused his

‘A success!’

felt joy. The turtle standing among the humans emitted a red glow. The energy of destruction that Maru operated disappeared like it

‘The black tortoise!’

the ego of a god

in his head finally emerged from his mouth. The war of nerves with the black tortoise was meaningless because the petrification was naturally removed. Fortunately, the

‘What?’

chill went down Maru’s spine. Once the senses of his petrified body were revived, it was possible for him to measure the total amount of

‘Zeratul’s spear?’

War God. Maru reflexively chose to evade. He didn’t even think of confronting that huge power head-on. However, he couldn’t take a single step. It was because Grid coordinated the time at which Pounding Mortar

“Kuoock...!”

above his head were crushed. Unable to bear the weight, his waist twisted, and his knees were bent. Maru started bleeding all over and tried to endure with gritted

over. The ground was crushed again by a larger weight. It was the aftermath of the three-stage

[Critical!]

the title ‘Death in One Shot!’ has been activated, adding 40%

target has

has received 38,820,100

has received

target’s arms, shoulders, back, and legs