Thumbs Up, Level Up - Chapter 298

«They may not help those countries, Master.»

“That’s okay, I can threaten them. Either they do their job or they get first-row seats for a demonstration of my orbital bombardment. How is it going with Kunlun Mountain?”

«It is ready to roll.»

“Good. Send it out to China to hold off the dragon monster. I will go to the United States. Also, fire up all the orbital spears I have left and start bombing. We should attack the areas that do not have any civilians.”

«Myanmar and Thailand are already completely devoid of people in their capital cities. I shall take care of those first.»

“Good. Get to it.”

«I will do as you command, Master.»

Having relayed his orders to Cheok-Liang, Ji-Cheok threw the fennec off his neck and crossed space alone.

Now, he could see the boiling mass of flesh beneath his feet, firing its Mana Ray Cannons everywhere.

‘Man, that looks disgusting.’

Actually, it was more terrifying than disgusting.

The monster had eyes all over its body, and they were constantly swelling and multiplying. Along with the eyes, it had more mouths than he could count, ranging from human-like mouths to beastly mouths.

That was not all. The disgusting mass had a not insignificant number of wiggling limbs—just like the mouths, these limbs also belonged to a vast array of creatures. It carried no weapons, but its mouths were constantly spouting words in incomprehensible languages while spewing mana, and it was also using a variety of skills with its hands.

At a glance, it looked like one entity, but it was quite apparent to Ji-Cheok that it was not the case. As far as he could tell, this new Abomination was using tens of thousands of spells and skills at once. The bastard sure had a lot of mana.

Additionally, it was controlling monsters within a one-hundred-kilometer radius.

‘This is some crazy situation.’

There were no strategies or tactics, just simple control exerted in order to stop the monsters from fighting each other and only attacking humans, but even that alone made it ten times more difficult for humans to fight them.

‘How the hell are we supposed to kill that thing? Come on, Mr. System, if you want us to die this badly, just kill us already! That purple jellyfish was a powerful monster, but I think this one is even stronger!’

Besides, he was in the middle of a major metropolitan area, so he could not easily use the orbital bombardment.

«I have just destroyed the boss monster in Thailand with orbital bombardment, Master.»

‘Well, at least now we know that my orbital bombardment can kill these bastards, thank goodness.’

«Myanmar’s monster has also been silenced. The country’s Hunters are approaching the city, so it should be over soon as well.»

‘Good. You are doing a great job, Cheok-Liang. Now all you need to do is pilot Kunlun Mountain to help China.’

«Yes, Master.»

‘Then I will just have to get rid of that lump of flesh right? First…’

Roar!

Ji-Cheok gathered all of his mana and Qi within his body into one. Under the command of his indomitable will, this mass of energy flooded his swords.

Woong~

A sword of light, nearly a hundred meters long, appeared in his hands. The fleshy eyes of the monster turned toward him at once.

[Demonic Eye of Petrification is watching you.]

[Demonic Eye of Poisoning is watching you.]

[Demonic Eye of Slowness is watching you.]

[Demonic Eye of Weakness is watching you.]

[Demonic Eye of Enfeeblement is watching you.]

[Demonic Eye of Curse is watching…]

It started to attack with its Demonic Eyes!

‘Wait, what the hell? One Demonic Eye is enough to make you an S-Class Hunter, and I can’t even count how many eyes are looking at me right now!’

However…S-Class abilities were only that.

[Opponent’s attack has been blocked by Augmented Qi Armor.]

[Opponent’s attack has been blocked by Augmented Qi Armor.]

[Opponent’s attack has been blocked by Augmented….]

Ji-Cheok’s Mana and Qi were already beyond human levels. His Augmented Qi Armor, which had reached the level of divine armor, simply warded off all of the Demonic Eyes’ attacks.

‘Now It’s my turn! Here I go!’

“Heaven and Earth Limitless Strike!”

The Qi of Heaven and the Qi of Earth enveloped the two swords. As they intersected, an immensely destructive energy was created between them, something akin to the energy of the primordial universe.

On top of that, Ji-Cheok also used the Mind Sword.

He thrust his sword into the center of the giant fleshy body, which was already hundreds of meters in size.

‘Die! You monster!’

Rumble~

Its flesh split apart like it wasn’t even there.

Ji-Cheok had used his dual swords, each over a hundred meters long, to strike at the monster, and he had imbued them with the power of the Mind Sword, a cultivation skill of the highest class.

As a result, his Augmented Qi did not just fly at the monster, but actually crossed space and exploded inside its body. Then, as if sucked into a black hole, the monster began to shrink, torn apart and absorbed into a different dimension.

What seemed like a small mountain several hundred meters in height shrank to half its size in an instant, screaming in agony.

Boom!

Suddenly, it fired more beams from its mouths than Ji-Cheok could count.

Boom!

Wherever the beams hit exploded in a blaze of destruction. Hunters were scattered throughout the ruined city, each using their skills to protect themselves.

In the sky, a massive spaceship loomed.

The Sky Warlord rained down countless bullets, every single one of them imbued with mana. It was no wonder, since this giant ship was a masterful combination of Hunter skills, magic, and science. There was a possibility that the bullets were actually created using magic, just like how the ship had the ability to create water and food.

While Ji-Cheok was thinking about that, he noticed some of the beams flying toward him.

‘How dare you!’

Slash!

Boom!

Ji-Cheok slashed with his dual swords, and the beams exploded in midair. At that moment, he heard a voice from somewhere.

‘Wait, did you come here after you took care of Korea?’

It was Adam Bronze. He was contacting Ji-Cheok telepathically.

‘Of course, we had a bit of a problem dealing with a time-manipulating jellyfish.’

‘Which one do you think was stronger?’

‘Hard to tell, to be fair.’

At least this hunk of flesh did not turn back into its original form. However, given its terrible regenerative abilities, Ji-Cheok thought that this monster might be a little more annoying than the one he had just dispatched. Also, this monster was more aggressive than the jellyfish.

‘I am going to help you kill that thing, and when we are done, I want you to move either north or south to help other countries.,’ Ji-Cheok said telepathically.

‘I know I will, but I can’t promise you that others will do the same.’

‘You should be enough for now.’

The other Hunters did not even dare to attack the fleshy monster right now. The creature was too powerful for them.

The monster suddenly stopped glowing and looked right at Ji-Cheok, just like before.

‘It seems like that monster is fixated on me. I need you to take care of it while it focuses its attacks on me.’

‘I am reloading my weapons, so you need to wait a second. Besides, that thing is not the only monster here, right?’

Adam was right. The Gates kept opening, and monsters kept popping out from the air and the ground.

On the ground, Hunters and monsters were killing each other over the smashed remains of buildings. Most of the Iron Shields that the United States boasted about had also been smashed to the ground.

‘I guess those things are not quite as good as the Great Generals of Protection that I made.’

“Kiiiiieaaak!”

The chunk of flesh suddenly shifted into an elongated form, which was still a hundred meters tall even after Ji-Cheok’s attack. From its ‘back,’ wings unfolded.

Boom!

The monster jumped, and in a single leap, it found itself close to where Ji-Cheok was standing.

Roar!

Giant hook-like limbs protruded from its amorphous body and tried to grab him.

‘Wow, you are trying to use physical attacks because your beams and Demonic Eyes attacks didn’t work! Well, good luck with that!’

“One strike, hundred swords! Cosmic Fracture!”

He slashed at the creature’s legs with his Sword Art. Powerful mana flowed through all its limbs, but his sword still cut them off in one fell swoop.

The next thing he knew, something amazing happened. In an instant, the severed pieces took on the form of various monsters and charged at him.

‘You’re not that easy to kill, are ya?’

“Heaven and Earth Limitless Sword Wall!”

The Augmented Qi revolved around the dual swords, creating a wall. The monster minions that touched the wall were instantly cut to pieces and scattered in the wind.

Ji-Cheok rushed to the monster.

‘I’m gonna cut you into pieces!’

Rumble!

Ji-Cheok’s leap was abruptly interrupted. As the monster neutralized his Heaven and Earth Limitless Sword Wall, an immense telekinetic force pressed down on him from all directions.

The monster spread out like flour dough, then turned into a massive palm, trying to press down on Ji-Cheok!

‘This guy is so versatile! If that’s the case…’

“Let’s see what happens if I use some Likes to give some extra oomph to my Soul Telekinesis.”

It was a good thing that he could use his Likes everywhere.

Ji-Cheok instantly used 100,000 Likes to increase the power of Soul Telekinesis. The next moment, not only had he deflected the monster’s telekinetic attack, but he was also holding its entire body within a net of telekinetic power of his own.

‘Locked and loaded! Get out of there, Ji-Cheok!’

‘Good timing! Fire away!’

Ji-Cheok used the Steps of Hermes, instantly appearing in the air about a hundred meters away.

The next thing he saw was a pillar of pure blue light falling from the sky.

A beam of destruction, as wide as an apartment building, burned the fleshy monster clean through, reducing it to ashes.

Unfortunately, half of it was not touched by the beam and survived the attack. It immediately broke into pieces and scattered in all directions.

‘That bastard is trying to escape!’

As he was drawing his swords again, Ji-Cheok felt something flying toward them at high speed.

Boom!

It was a muscular man in skintight clothing.

The Titan pierced through one of the chunks of flesh, then released a wave of shockingly hot flames from his mouth, incinerating the flesh.

‘Wow, that guy can breathe fire…’

In the other direction, Ji-Cheok could see a beautiful woman also in skintight clothing. She was wearing a purple mask and she was using what looked like purple plasm to seize pieces of flesh and incinerate them.

Ji-Cheok knew who she was.

Purple Fire.

She was also a famous Hunter, one of the top-ranked Hunters in the United States!

The two of them caught the pieces of flesh as they were fleeing and destroyed them.

‘She’s also pretty strong!’

‘Is it over?’ Adam asked telepathically.

‘We just have to deal with the monsters that are pouring out, and that will be the end of it. I have to go elsewhere now. After you are finished here, I want you to help the neighboring countries.’

‘I will. I think we can defend the country no problem with the Hunters we have here.’

The Sky Warlord quickly rose to the sky.

As Ji-Cheok was about to go somewhere else, a cold voice stopped him in his tracks.

“Hey, you. Do not move!”

It was the Titan: a hero and a Hunter ranked in the top ten in the United States, a legendary being that had inherited the bloodline and power of the Giants.

“Is it urgent?” Ji-Cheok asked.

People were dying in the world right now. One second of his time was worth dozens of lives.

“You little arrogant—ARGH!”

The first punch was to the stomach, the second to the head, the first kick was to the balls, and the second to the jaw.

The Titan crashed on the ground, screaming.

‘That crazy bastard. What the hell is he up to? I’m trying to save the world here, I don’t have time for this kind of bullshit.’

Leaving the fallen Titan behind, he crossed the space.

He still had a lot of work to do.