Genius Regressor Makes Mythic Items

『At last, the final match to determine the strongest country in Asia begins!』

『Ah! Personally, I’m really looking forward to this.』

『Of course! It’s the final match that will decide the strongest country in Asia!』

The two hosts of Guk-A Channel spoke with highly excited expressions. And it was no wonder.

『Furthermore, after watching Kim Shimun’s recent broadcasts, it really feels like he wasn’t chosen as a representative for no reason.』

『That’s right. In fact, when Kim Shimun was first summoned as a representative, there was as much doubt as there was cheering.』

When the representatives of Korea and China were confirmed, wasn’t there quite a lot of talk about the two representatives other than Kim Shihyuk?

At the very least, Kamal Sook, the representative from Platinum, who was on the verge of advancing to Diamond rank, didn’t face much criticism.

『It seems to be because he just recently entered the Diamond rank, doesn’t it?』

However, it was different for Kim Shimun, who had just reached the Diamond rank.

『That’s right. For those who have followed his personal broadcasts, they would’ve scoffed at the notion of him being just at the entry-level Diamond rank.』

『Haha! That’s exactly right. Anyone who’s watched his personal broadcasts even once knows that there’s no reason to be suspicious of player Kim Shimun.』

『Exactly. Moreover, seeing his overwhelming performance in the preliminaries and up until now, he is definitely deserving of being a Diamond representative.』

『Absolutely. In fact, the current public opinion has completely changed from the beginning of the Continental representative selection!』

Through his performance in the matches thus far, Shimun completely turned public opinion around.

In fact,

『Even experts are cautious about predicting the winner against player Cheol Chunryu.』

『Foreign experts are the same. According to surveys, the majority predict that player Kim Shimun will win.』

『Wow! That means that the two representatives are almost equal in skill, doesn’t it?』

Cheol Chunryu, the Diamond representative of the Chinese continent. Compared to an emerging star from the Continental who was on the verge of becoming a ranker, the evaluations of experts for Kim Shimun were by no means lacking.

Most importantly,

-Please! Kim Shimun hyung! You have to win!

-If we win just one game, we’ll be the strongest country in Asia!

-When was the last time we held the title of the strongest since the previous association president?

-Exactly! You must win!

Isn’t this the final match to decide the strongest country in Asia?

Even if one disregards these data-driven aspects, the viewers earnestly wished for a victory.

-If we lose this, I’m seriously going to Ranker’s Palace.

-LOLOLOL LOL And what are you going to do there?

-You… okay?

-You’d get clubbed at the entrance LOLOLOL

Amidst all this interest, the two men were summoned to a weightless space.

Flash.

“This is my first time seeing you in person.”

“Likewise.”

Facing each other, Cheol Chunryu and Kim Shimun stood with a slight difference in stature.

『The final match begins now.』

『The location is ‘The Shrine of the Heavenly Mountain’.』

With the emerging message, the world transformed.

Sasa sssak.

A mountain range reminiscent of divinity, surrounded by clouds,

And a large stone altar that seemed to be the stage.

Observing his surroundings, Shimun muttered,

“Well, now.”

He chuckled.

“This is quite something.”

To which,

“What are you talking about?”

Cheol Chunryu, with an unaffected smile, Quickly tapped the air. Watching this, Shimun’s smile deepened.

“Your silence mode is on point. Well, it just means you’re that much on edge, doesn’t it?”

“What do you mean? I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“Don’t play dumb. Everyone can see that the Celestial Realm influenced the map selection. It’s quite pathetic.”

At those words, “…How did you know?”

Cheol Chunryu’s smiling face instantly hardened. Kim Shimun shrugged as if it was nothing.

“It’s obvious, right? You’re already getting full support from the Celestial Realm, and now, the map has been designated in their dimension.”

“Hmm. Now that you mention it, it is strange not to know.”

Cheol Chunryu nodded, deciding there was no point in playing dumb any longer.

“Considering that they’ve influenced the map of the Continental Championship, they must have invested quite a lot?”

“Indeed, they have. It also means that our guild leader is quite concerned about you.”

“Yeah, I got that impression from the guests their guild leader sent last time.”

Kim Shimun’s words trailed off, referring to the previous assassination attempt, which Cheol Chunryu was well aware of.

“…….”

Despite being muted, Cheol Chunryu’s face hardened. Kim Shimun smiled slightly in response.

“Perhaps they are more concerned about themselves than me?”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s exactly as I said. They’re investing like this to prevent me from defeating them.”

“…….”

Cheol Chunryu’s face hardened even more at Kim Shimun’s continuing words. Standing before a top-rank Diamond ranker, Shimun’s statement could be seen as highly arrogant.

“……Yes. You’re right, Kim Shimun.”

Instead of getting angry, Cheol Chunryu acknowledged it. This action made one of Kim Shimun’s eyebrows rise in interest.

“There’s nothing to be ashamed of. Not just me, but everyone at my level must think the same way.”

Cheol Chunryu laughed openly.

“Putting aside matters between you and our guild, people know just from your broadcast performance that you’re top-rank Diamond.”

“I’m hearing that for the first time.”

“Really? Didn’t Night Hunter say anything? Then again, he’s always hanging around that sword monster.”

Cheol Chunryu sniggered and took a step forward with his thick legs.

“Anyway, people in the know understand you’re not just at the entry-level of Diamond. So…”

Clang.

Cheol Chunryu took a large blunt weapon, which looked like a gourd, off his back and set it in front of him.

“I’ve prepared quite extensively.”

With a sinister smile, cracking sounds came from Kim Shimun’s body as he rapidly grew to two meters.

“That sounds exciting.”

With that, Shimun launched forward, leaving a faint trail of his light blond mane.

“I shall have a grand toast to you. Come at me!”

Beating his thick chest, Cheol Chunryu yelled boldly. Hearing this, Shimun tilted his head in confusion for a moment.

Buzz.

A fierce, demonic energy infused into Kim Shimun’s fist. As he unleashed a technique, supreme Emperor’s Demolition Fist, the fierce energy was suddenly stopped by Cheol Chunryu’s large hand.

Not only did he stop it, but the fierce energy, which should have shattered or destroyed everything it touched, seemed to be surrounded by invisible walls, emitting a furious sound as it remained still.

“He blocked it like this?”

Kim Shimun’s eyes widened, and he heard a voice in his ears that sounded both like and unlike Cheol Chunryu’s.

“Ha ha! It seems true; you really are the successor of that damned Heavenly Demon.”

When he lifted his head.

“There’s something strange. The Heavenly Demon Divine Art should have a single successor as a principle…”

From the thick face with spiky beard and sharp eyes,

“How come two people, including that woman from before, are mastering it?”

A mysterious light emanated subtly.

‘This is…’

And with the memories of his past life,

“Celestial energy?”

Kim Shimun immediately recognized that it was celestial energy. Was it unexpected?

“Oh? Boy, despite mastering the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, you can recognize celestial energy?”

Cheol Chunryu’s face, with its flowing subtle light, showed interest.

“Under normal circumstances, we’d discuss this over a drink in a pavilion…”

But the expression on his face quickly turned murderous.

“I cannot discuss matters with the successor of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.”

With those words,

Snap!

The Supreme Emperor’s Demolition Fist technique, halted by Cheol Chunryu’s hand, twisted.

“Moreover, if you released a great traitor of the Celestial Realm… no need to say more.”

Boom!

A powerful explosion erupted.

*

Dust billowed up. However, despite the powerful explosion, was it thanks to the dragon-like characteristics absorbed from the Nemean Lion’s skin?

‘Ha! This is…’

Kim Shimun, unscathed, let out a hollow laugh.

‘Something like the Myth-level weapon of Zhang Liqiu, or expected support from the Celestial Realm…’

Kim Shimun had somewhat anticipated the manipulation of the final match map, having seen such myth-level weapons and various support methods of the Celestial Realm in previous matches.

But.

“A suitable one…”

The emergence of a suitable individual, who could summon a ‘Constellation’, was completely unexpected.

‘Strange. In my previous life, Cheol Chunryu was just an average ranker. He wasn’t known to be a suitable one.’

Moreover, ‘Suitable ones shouldn’t appear until at least a year after the official arena opens… Why now?’

Such individuals should not appear on Earth, where the Continental Representative Battle had just begun. Indeed, it had never happened in his previous life either.

Was it only Kim Shimun who was surprised?

『Constellation Zeus mutters, ‘Hmph. A suitable one indeed…’』

『Constellation Black Goat grumbles, ‘Trying to influence the map, only for a suitable one to appear…’』

『Constellation Ra remarks, ‘Being in an official arena, it’s not that surprising. (Well, map influences aside, the suitability rate seems quite high.)’』

The unexpected appearance of a suitable one surprised many constellations.

『Constellation Odin sighs, ‘Can’t we also possess him?’』

『Constellation Heavenly Demon chuckles, ‘Odin, are you really a divine-king?’』

『Constellation Black Goat snaps, ‘Even if our child didn’t have the holy mark, could you at least try to possess him? Did you forget who he caught the attention of?’』

『Constellation Odin pouts, ‘I know! I’m just frustrated!’』

The reactions of the usually silent constellations poured in one by one.

Then,

“Oh, you resisted my grip and even know about suitable ones?”

The dusty air began to clear. The robust middle-aged man, filled with slight astonishment, became visible.

“The official arena has just started… The more I see, the more surprising it is. No wonder the divine-kings are paying attention.”

With widened eyes, he stroked his spiky beard.

Then,

“Hmm… I guess I can’t just end this roughly.”

He murmured to himself.

“I, Zhongli Quan, command…”

Cheol Chunryu reached out towards the massive gourd he had placed earlier.

“In the false Samsara (森羅萬象), the true Samsara (森羅萬象) shall unfold.”

With his words carrying an inexplicable celestial energy, the enormous gourd began to suck in the entire scenery of the ‘Heavenly Mountain Altar’ map in an instant, like a black hole of the universe.

Whoooooosh!!

Did it take just a second?

When Kim Shimun, sucked into the gourd, opened his eyes again, the divine scenery had completely vanished.

‘Here…’

Instead, with ominous thunderclaps resonating in his ears, a dark and sinister environment spread before him.

Rumble!

It felt as if black ink had been poured, disorderly painting the ground and every structure around.

But why?

‘Something… feels familiar?’

A feeling of familiarity and closeness. Kim Shimun quickly realized when he had felt like this before.

‘Right, it’s the same as when I fell into the other side.’

The feeling was exactly the same as when he had entered the void dimension in the past. But aside from the similarity in feeling, ‘But there’s no void anywhere here?’

The presence of the void was nowhere to be felt. Then, in Kim Shimun’s ears, “Welcome to the Inquisition Realm of the Celestial Realm.”

A middle-aged man, glowing white, with a big belly, spoke. It was the voice of Immortal Zhongli Quan.

“Let’s have a deep conversation, shall we? Ah! Yes. I need to know about your relationship with the Rakshasa Woman and how you obtained that Plantain Fan.”

Already reclining on the clouds that had somehow enveloped him, “I intend to strip every last bit of your soul, but it’s better to spill everything you can with your own mouth.”

With a light wave of his hand in the air, “It will lessen both the pain and the aftereffects.”

Paah!

Surrounding Kim Shimun, a group of people glowing white like Zhongli Quan appeared. Although not as splendid as the Constellation Erlang Shen, these individuals wore armors that were equally magnificent.

“The Divine Generals greet Immortal!”

“The Divine Generals greet Immortal!”

Each of the individuals, calling themselves Divine Generals, paid respect to Zhongli Quan with an extraordinary aura.

Contrary to the nickname Immortal, Zhongli Quan, with the demeanor of an emperor enjoying power, Lifted his chin towards Kim Shimun, as if to flaunt.

However, that was it.

“Hmm?”

The eyes of Zhongli Quan, who was immersed in arrogance, slightly narrowed. It was not without reason.

“… Really? So this familiar feeling…”

Celestial Divine Generals. Eight beings, whom even the most top-rank rankers of the official arena couldn’t easily approach.

Yet, the human Kim Shimun, who had just entered the official arena at the beginner level of Diamond, was muttering to himself in an incomprehensible manner.

“Is that really true? I’m busy, so if this is nonsense…”

Watching Kim Shimun, Zhongli Quan, in the most logical and rational way he could understand, concluded.

‘I see. Has he gone mad?’

“Tut, this is my mistake. I forgot how fragile mortal beings are, even temporarily.”

He clicked his tongue with a voice full of regret. But with eyes that couldn’t hide their sense of superiority, he gestured to the Divine Generals.

“Divine Generals, bring the criminal forward.”

“We obey the orders of Immortal!”

The Divine Generals, radiating an extraordinary aura, moved towards Kim Shimun.

“That means, this is all the remnant of the evil spirit, right?”

Kim Shimun’s voice grew stronger.

“And that Mammon, the 7th Demon Lord, died here?”

The mention of the unimaginable name caused, “Gasp!!”

“You vile creature! How do you know that name?”

“You have truly crossed into blasphemy and beyond!!”

To the shock of the Divine Generals, Zhongli Quan’s eyes widened in astonishment.

“How do you know that?”

Then, “So even if it’s a remnant, if I do this…”

Kim Shimun, as if drawing a curtain, waved his hand gently to the side.

Rumble!

The pitch-black world trembled.

TL’s Corner:

What the fuck’s happening? I understand shit. The immortal arrived, the divine generals, then Mammon got mentioned. Is someone talking to him?