Genius Regressor Makes Mythic Items

Chapter 19. Heavenly Demon Divine Arts (1)

TL: xLordFifth
ED/PR: The reader

[All participants have been matched.]

[The location is ‘The Abandoned Frozen Mine’.]

System panels that I was familiar with appeared.

However, the following system panel was not.

[Due to accumulated achievements and the measured MMR value of player Kim Shimun, there will be a change in regulations.]

[Starting from this arena, the ranking placement phase for player Kim Shimun will be concluded.]

‘What’s this now?’

Kim Shimun tilted his head in confusion after checking the message.

They decided to end the placement phase with this round?

Considering that it usually takes about 5 to 10 matches to be assigned a rank, it was a rather groundbreaking measure.

‘Well, it’s not that strange, though.’

Seeing the ‘accumulated achievements and the measured MMR value’ part made it understandable.

The rapid development speed and the refining of various mythic weapons.

Along with the experience of surviving the regular arena at level 1.

It felt a bit embarrassing to evaluate myself this way, but…

At this point, I was nearly a disaster in the lower rank sections.

Kim Shimun slowly nodded his head.

‘They want to assign me a rank quickly and expedite my growth.’

It was an assessment they made, deciding that further placement matches were pointless.

Galaxy Arena must want to hurry and send me to an appropriate rank.

‘Well, I do want to climb higher if I’m qualified.’

Until my regression, I had always been at level 1.

Now that my magic disability has been cured and I’ve gained formidable abilities.

It would be a lie to say I didn’t want to climb even higher as a player.

“Ah right, I should start the broadcast.”

The connection to this arena was made using the state-of-the-art private connection device given by Yujeog.

Therefore, activating the broadcast feature was possible.

Kim Shimun opened the options and activated the broadcasting function.

“There won’t be any viewers just yet…”

If I continue to show good performances, viewers will naturally start to show up.

Then, I’d gradually clear broadcast-related achievements.

‘ I’ll be earning a tidy sum of achievement points. Hehe!’

What should I refine next?

The rest of Heavenly Demon Divine Arts or the Obsidian Tablet?

Or a new item to refine?

While Kim Shimun was happily pondering these thoughts,

[Constellation Zeus has entered the broadcast.]

[Constellation Black Goat has entered the broadcast.]

[Constellation Heavenly Demon has entered the broadcast.]

A series of unbelievable notifications appeared.

“Huh?”

Kim Shimun blinked in surprise.

‘What? Constellations can participate in broadcasts too?’

Before regression.

I had never heard about constellations appearing in broadcasts of those who received their sponsorship.

Yet, here were constellations joining the broadcast?

Without any time to be surprised by the arrival of the constellations,

“ I’ll dig in!”

With a comment that one would hear in a mukbang broadcast,

Whoosh!

A fierce breaking of the air flew towards Kim Shimun’s face.

* * *

‘It’s over.’

In truth, there was nothing to say about it being over or not.

Despite receiving various penalties, including a decrease in abilities due to frequent missteps,

The penalty of 90% for a max stat of 10 and 90% for 100 was entirely different.

Additionally, wasn’t I once an aspirant for the diamond rank with some respectable skills?

‘This is why bullying is so much fun.’

With all the know-how, sense, skills, and items.

In this section, no one could beat DonKing.

Yes.

That’s how it should have been.

Thud.

“Hm?”

A custom-made knuckle Life Guild to fit DonKing.

Caught softly by the man in the hoody, his eyes did not waver in the slightest.

As proof,

“You’re quite fast.”

The eyes of the hoody who blocked the punch sharpened in an instant.

And before DonKing could even understand the situation,

Thump.

A punch digging into his solar plexus sent DonKing flying through the air.

Then,

‘Look at this? He dodged my attack so easily?’

DonKing, lightly dodging the punch and performing an aerial somersault to land, looked at the man in the grey hoody, Kim Shimun, with a mix of surprise and interest.

“Everyone. Isn’t that his signature move?”

-??

-What just happened? He blocked a surprise attack with his bare body and even countered?

-Aye, DonKing is just trying to make a scene for the broadcast again!

-What are you talking about? ‘ I’ll dig in’ is DonKing’s signature phrase for real.

-Exactly. Wasn’t that punch just now seriously legit?

The chat quickly filled with question marks.

DonKing casually cracked his neck and said,

“You don’t look it, but you can really throw a punch, huh?”

In response, Kim Shimun silently stared at DonKing.

Specifically at DonKing’s solar plexus.

‘He managed to dodge in that split second?’

Suddenly, he moved the area of impact to minimize the damage with a high-level technique called ‘Deflection.’ From the look of his gear, he seemed like a fighter. Even for a fighter specialized in using their body, deflecting a counterattack at that moment would have been difficult.

‘And yet, he dodged it purely with skill, not with the help of a special trait.’

This section was clearly a placement test. Isn’t it what people refer to as a abyss section? The deflection just now wasn’t something that could be achieved with a trait alone.

‘Moreover, the equipment he’s wearing is extraordinary….’

Kim Shimun’s gaze swiftly scanned DonKing. Soon after.

-Oppa? There are more people behind him.

‘Right, I felt it too.’

Kim Shimun’s gaze went beyond DonKing. Was it because his strength stat increased by 2 thanks to the spirit medicine? Or was it because of the 8 demonic energy and obtaining the Heavenly Demon Divine Skill? Kim Shimun felt the presence of three people hiding behind DonKing.

‘I didn’t notice the assailant’s surprise attack until it was nearly upon us.’

The presence of the three people hiding was easily detected. This indicated a significant difference in skill level between the attacker and those hiding. Moreover.

“Don’t worry. Even in the deep sea, there are those who will rise. He seems like someone who will rise.”

Even after a failed surprise attack, without the slightest panic, they communicated with ease, looking at the sky.

‘I have a rough idea now.’

Kim Shimun’s eyes grew cold.

Casually glancing behind DonKing, Kim Shimun said, “You’re a bus driver, aren’t you?”

“Oh, how did you know that?”

“It’s obvious.”

“You’re amazing. But…why are you so curt?”

“Should I show respect to someone who makes a living driving a bus for money?”

Bus drivers: The ones who engage in intentional defeat to harm players matched with them and by lowering their MMR, descend to a lower rank to take money in exchange for raising the rank of their. “passengers.”

They were among the players Kim Shimun despised the most.

Because. ‘Many players died in the official arena thanks to those guys.’

Players who raised their ranks by taking a ‘bus,’ not by their own skill. Naturally so. For a player who got a ride up, performing adequately in that rank was impossible, and in the official arena, where everything became reality, they were ruthlessly weeded out.

The problem was.

‘It’s not just them dying.’

Especially in dungeons or raid-type arenas that require cooperation, or demand it? It’d be a massacre for all players matched together. Because of the players who took a bus to raise their ranks, even the decent players ended up losing their lives.

Of course, the customers who even paid money to take the bus were a problem, but.

‘The driver is the bigger problem.’

It’s like the difference between a drug addict and a drug supplier. In Kim Shimun’s eyes, the bus operators appeared even more villainous.

With that unkind gaze, “Wow! The deep sea indeed has a different level of spirit. Knowing that I’m a bus driver yet still acting like this.”

-Lol, must be insane.

-Guess they’re making sense of the situation with the intelligence of a primate?

“Hey, ‘intelligence of a primate,’ that’s harsh. I’m just someone who will rise. Haha!”

DonKing shrugged with an exaggerated gesture, smiling pleasantly and even revisiting the chat’s derogatory comments. The intention was clear.

‘Annoyed, right? Come at me.’

A provocation. DonKing had figured out that Kim Shimun wasn’t just any abyss player from the counter earlier. However, winning in the arena wasn’t just about external factors.

‘I won’t lose if we face head-on, but it’s better to be sure.’

Disrupting the opponent’s pace by getting under their skin was also a skill. Moreover, he had to return the humiliation for daring to counter his surprise attack, being just a abyss brat.

However. “Coming into a lower match and resorting to such obvious provocation…”

Had Kim Shimun seen through DonKing’s intent? With a sneer, Kim Shimun approached.

“Playing so lowly, eh?”

“Oh! Is that so? But considering you’re talking…”

As Kim Shimun moved closer, DonKing’s smile grew broader.

“Seems like it worked on you? Are you upset?”

“Ah, not upset, but…”

Without stopping, Kim Shimun walked leisurely toward DonKing.

“My dear viewers just gave me a mission a moment ago, so backing off is a bit difficult, you see?”

“Puhahaha!”

Even as Kim Shimun got close enough to be within reach with a step, DonKing burst into laughter. He couldn’t help it.

“I didn’t recognize a distinguished person. Taking missions even in this rank division.”

Missions in BroSilGol Broadcasting? Even a passing dog would laugh at that.

-lololololol Just hilarious lol.

-Oh no! Our DonKing doesn’t have missions, what to do~.

-If there was a mission for catching such a guy, DonKing would be a billionaire by now lol. The chat burst into laughter along with DonKing. Yet.

“Seriously, taking on missions even in the placement section. Maybe I’m a bit…”

The laughter didn’t last long.

“Pretty impressive, aren’t you!”

Shimun darted forward with his fist, along with a sharp exclamation.

Naturally awaiting a counterattack, DonKing was quick to stretch out his arm in an attempt to counter but—

Crack.

‘What!’

DonKing’s eyes bulged in astonishment.

As if trying to catch a speeding truck with his bare hands.

Piercing straight through the hands that were reaching to grab the wrist and elbow for a counterattack.

Bam.

Shimun’s fist slammed straight into his chest.

Boom.

“Urgh!”

DonKing was smashed against the wall of the mine.

The wall cracked and broke, burying DonKing under a thick cloud of dust.

‘Good. That landed perfectly.’

Shimun smiled, feeling the solid impact on the back of his hand.

‘I thought it was just an obvious provocation… But he was indeed waiting for a counter.’

Had he just brushed it off, he wouldn’t have allowed such a clean hit.

Falling for the provocation and attempting a similar counter, he ended up taking a direct hit instead.

‘As expected, the psychology of those who make a show of turning buses is too predictable.’

Those who brag about their skills while pretending to massacre civilians.

The bus driver in front of him didn’t seem to deviate much from that category.

“My God!”

“DonKing-nim!”

Panicked voices echoed from behind.

They were the hidden guests.

Without giving them a glance,

Shimun was ready for battle again.

No matter the punch delivered with bone-melding and Heavenly Demon Divine Art,

‘With that equipment for a bus driver, there’s no way he’d go down that easily.’

Proving that point,

“This damned bastard!”

Cutting through the dust,

DonKing flew in with a spinning kick, cursing.

“Die!!”

Swoooosh!

True to a bus driver’s form, the sound from the kick was far from ordinary.

However,

Calmly watching,

Shimun once again drew energy from the Philosopher’s Stone.

Sssss.

Aggressive demonic energy traveled through Shimun’s circuit, extending to his right hand.

‘The path of demons is also the path of defeat…’

Following the technique absorbed from Heavenly Demon Divine Art,

The fierce demonic energy reached the tip of Shimun’s fist.

Whoosh.

With a faint ringing in his ears, it met DonKing’s shin.

And then,

Crunch.

“Aaaargh!”

The superior shock-absorbing leather armor and combat greaves seemed useless as DonKing’s shin snapped like a rotten branch.

Yet,

“The cursed scoundrel!!”

Seemingly inherent to bus drivers,

Even amidst the agony of his twisted shin, DonKing twisted his body to throw a punch.

Bang.

The air itself seemed to explode from DonKing’s punch.

Not just from the fist.

Bang. Bang!

His waist, shoulder, elbow—every part necessary for the punch exploded with air, adding force and speed to the rotation.

Shimun immediately recognized it.

‘A-class Trait, Ignition.’

A trait that instantly ignites energy to enhance strength and speed.

Ideal for warriors, assassins, and even archers—this high-tier trait could complement any profession.

‘So that kick had been amplified by Ignition as well.’

Though it had failed against the supreme martial art of Heavenly Demon Divine Art,

The kick had certainly showcased a power not usually seen at this level.

“Dieee!!”

Rooaaar!

With the help of the Ignition trait, the punch roared towards him with a tremendous blast.

‘Normally, dodging would be the correct choice, but…’

Even with Heavenly Demon Divine Art, one can’t bridge the gap in levels, stats, and items.

However,

‘I can’t afford to miss the mission.’

Knowing the nature of the Heavenly Demon’s constellation well, Shimun opted to flick his finger instead of dodging.

Flick.

The muscles intertwined with [Ogre’s Physique] writhed from his right hand to the tip of his arm.

Whoosh.

Shimun’s fist, no slower than DonKing’s, launched forward.

Within it, demonic energy refined by the technique of Heavenly Demon Divine Art surged wildly like a mustang.

Heavenly Demon Divine Art (天魔神功).

Supreme Emperor’s Demolition Strike (覇皇碎).

The moment Heavenly Demon Divine Art’s technique met DonKing’s punch,

The dim mine wailed deeply.