Martial Arts Returnee’s Game Broadcast

Chapter 93

[Player mode]

The Hundred-Eyed Demon revealed its true form.
Unlike the previous battles which were centered around clashes of raw power,
this fight took a completely different direction.

<The Eyes of the Snake Hunting a Rat>
<The Eyes of the Tiger Hunting Prey>

The primal fear embedded in human muscles.
The fear on a genetic level, triggered by those eyes.
Ha Eun-eung’s body froze in response to the power emanating from those eyes.

“Now, it’s time. Make that human kneel before me!”

At the moment the Hundred-Eyed Demon shouted,
the elite soldiers who had been lying in ambush near the incinerator
suddenly revealed themselves all at once.

‘As expected, she’s the crafty right-hand of the Demon Queen.’

The Demon Queen.
Her follower, whom she had encountered in the arena finals,
turned the entire audience to her side,
disarmed the Silent Sword Master of his sword,
and tried to force him into submission without even fighting.

The Demon Queen,
one of the two notorious rulers of the Demon Capital,
was not only formidable in her own strength,
but also had a silver tongue capable of shattering the bond between the bastard prince and the Silent Sword Master.

‘A master of manipulating hearts with her words. She must have held back from using this skill, knowing it would be useless against my resolve.’

Knowing that trying to manipulate her would be futile,
she chose to fight with strategy and magic instead.
Among all the schemers she had faced,
this was the fastest to break her mental defenses and push her forward.
The Demon Queen trusted this demon so much that she personally entrusted her strategic stronghold in the human world to her.

‘She’s the one who installed the Power Restriction Zone. Looks like she can freely control the activation of the demon energy limits.’

In the blink of an eye,
the demon's eyes released a special power,
forcing a specific reaction as though it were close to telekinetic ability.

“This is Demon Eye Technique! Don’t look directly into my eyes!”

The half-demon’s shout seemed to invoke support from a powerful entity.

[Hehehe, it’s already too late. Now that you’ve made eye contact with both of my eyes, you won’t be able to move due to the paralyzing fear...]

Creak! Crack!
Screech!

The Hundred-Eyed Demon’s eyes widened.
Her anticipation of blood,
her excitement toward a new host,
became a frenzied slaughter.
The bodies of her subordinates were savagely cut down before her eyes.

<The Power of Destruction>
<Resistance to Demon Eye Technique>

The power of the Demon Eye Technique, which triggers physical reactions,
ultimately stems from energy.
The power to destroy the flow of energy itself, the Power of Destruction,
could tear through both the Power Restriction Zone
and the Demon Eye Technique as easily as tearing through paper.

‘But the efficiency of this power isn’t very good.’

That’s why Ha Eun-eung applied it just like the Hundred-Eyed Demon:
only momentarily.

‘It’s not uncommon to feel my body stiffen and my fear clutch at my heart, is it?’

The fear of death as an enemy’s sword hangs over your neck.
Martial artists always face this fear.

‘So, even if I can’t completely shake it off, that’s fine. I only need to loosen it just enough to move.’

Not a perfect Destruction, but a temporary release.
She broke free from the influence of the Demon Eye Technique for a brief moment, just enough to swing her sword.

[Hehe, hehehehe!]
[You can withstand my Demon Eye Technique even without completely breaking free?]
[The strongest swordsman of the human world, I’ll see how long you can maintain that arrogance.]

The Hundred-Eyed Demon’s eyes flashed erratically,
spitting out colored rays.

<The Eye of the One-Armed Man Who Cuts Off Arms>
<The Eye of the Limping Demon Who Cuts Off Legs>

The despair of lost limbs projected as hatred into the demon’s gaze.
Ha Eun-eung felt her posture falter,
fearing that her limbs might be severed at any moment,
and felt a sudden impulse to hide them from the Hundred-Eyed Demon’s gaze.
Her fear made her stance wobble.

“Now’s the time. The human swordsman is wavering.”
“We can’t miss the opportunity to kill a powerful opponent.”
“We’ll finish you off, human!”

The demons, seeing an opening, charged forward.
But just as Ha Eun-eung’s stance began to crumble,
she quickly regained her composure,
and the demons' bodies were soon shredded again.
But the Hundred-Eyed Demon wasn’t done.
It quickly unleashed another set of eyes.

<The Eyes of the Long-Term Prisoner in Solitary Confinement>
<The Eyes of the Dead Trapped in a Collapsing Cave>

In the darkness where vision could no longer be trusted,
her sight was forcibly degraded.
Beyond the stolen vision, sharp claws and blades
grazed Silent Sword Master’s battle robe,
leaving deep gashes in its wake.

[Did you find that difficult to handle?]
[I’m not foolish enough to let you use the same trick again.]

A difficult battle had begun.

2.

The Demon Eye Technique was used at just the right moment.
The compounded effect of multiple eyes with similar abilities.
And the demons under the Hundred-Eyed Demon utilizing these powers effectively.

"Isn’t this combo too good?"
"Whoa, there’s an insanely overpowered demon in the Garbage Heap."
"If I learn that Demon Eye Technique, I can use it until the end."
"Even if your control is lacking, can't you just win with sheer eye power?"
"Paralysis, fear, and vision deprivation... damn."
"He collected all the broken skills."
"I thought the difficulty wasn't too high, but now the Silent Sword Master is getting injured!"
"Is the difficulty being measured by how much you can injure the Silent Sword Master?"
Viewers began to feel the mounting tension.
While they used their powers,
the demons were sealing theirs,
with not just one or two powers,
but a hundred abilities from a hundred eyes,
freely combining and amplifying them to launch relentless attacks.
Such overwhelming offensive force was simply too much.

<SpeedMaster donated 100,000 won!>
"Even the highest-level players can be injured by a demon like this. It's definitely strong."

"Yep, Sensei, the human mode clear record-holder, confirmed it, right?"
"If Sensei admits it, then it’s definitely strong."
Even that strength was confirmed by SpeedMaster,
a top-tier streamer known for his exceptional physical ability!

<WhyNaManMoLa donated 10,000 won!>
"How do you know what the effect of those eyes is, though? Did the premium subscribers see 'Fear-inducing Eye' pop up?"

"It’s a sensory link—they’re feeling it together."
"Ahh..."
"Curious about the eye effects? These lunatics are really experiencing the debuff together."
"Stop playing with that, you guys."
"Why are you the only one doing something fun?"
"I tried the sensory link at 70% affinity, and now I can’t see the stream anymore... listening to the chat TTS instead..."
"LOL, seriously?"
"Are you an idiot? LOL."
"While others are experiencing 4D, you're enjoying the show like a radio broadcast."
"What’s a 'veteran'? More like a caveman."
"Radio is actually not that rare in survival games these days."
Just by experiencing the Demon Eye Technique through sensory link,
viewers felt extreme fear and discomfort.
Even without direct combat between powers,
the effect of the Demon Eye Technique had scared viewers so much that the number of sensory link viewers dropped rapidly.

[Are you still insisting on releasing yourself from this? The Demon Eye Technique’s curse is like layers of bandages.]
[You can remove one layer lightly, but as the layers build up, eventually you won’t be able to move.]
[Once you reach that point, hehehe... I’ll finally take that body... for myself.]

The boss used a unique strategy, attacking through the curse of her eyes.
With the power of her Hundred Eyes,
it wasn’t surprising when Ha Eun-eung was struggling.
The effect of Demon Eyes—100 curses from 100 eyes—attacked simultaneously,
exposing her to constant threats from multiple directions.
Enduring such an overwhelming assault from the Hundred-Eyed Demon and its elite army,
with no hope of maintaining composure, was too harsh to even contemplate.

"Isn’t something off here?"
"Hasn’t it been less than 3 minutes since the boss fight started?"
"How is she still holding up?"
Even seasoned ranking viewers, who were desperate to survive the sensory link challenge,
felt frustrated and dropped out.
But Ha Eun-eung didn’t falter.
She withstood the cruel trial alone.
It wasn’t because she was wasting the Destruction Power or using ineffective martial arts techniques.

‘Losing my body is naturally terrifying. But is the feeling of loss really like this?’

Even if she had lost her arm,
her experiences in the Martial World had prepared her.

‘Even in total darkness, the trackers of the central martial arts world would always follow.’

Experiences of exchanging sword strikes in the dark.
The countless moments in the Martial World,
withstanding every adversity,
her unwavering, well-trained spirit that didn’t bend in the face of any fear.

‘Compared to those painful moments, there’s no reason to be manipulated by this feeling.’

She had overcome this emotion before.
A minor, annoying constraint.
She was alleviating the fear with her mental strength.
Three layers? Four layers?
It didn’t matter.
She wasn’t the pampered daughter of some noble family
who went on comfortable outings to the martial world.
She had overcome harsh trials
that no other men dared to challenge.

Creak!
Thud.

With the last of the demons falling before Silent Sword Master’s sword,
the Hundred-Eyed Demon’s beautiful face twisted into an ugly grimace.

[Story mode]

[A hundred eyes’ curse. A hundred demons’ joint assault.]
[To overcome such an onslaught, a single individual... incredible.]
[Hehe. I can’t deny it.]
[I can see just how strong you are.]
[Honestly, I underestimated you.]

Despite hearing the title of the strongest swordsman in the human world,
the news was delivered by the defeated demons who had fled the demon world,
unable to even protect their queen.
They had overprepared for this one human,
yet in the end, their army was wiped out.

[It’s extremely difficult for any demon to defeat you.]
[And I, too, will be facing such difficulty.]
[So now, I’ll use something much more dangerous… Don’t hate me too much.]

The battle against the Hundred-Eyed Demon reached the second phase.

[My eyes... are not just in my arms.]

With the flutter of her clothing,
revealing her smooth body in beautiful curves,
the hundred eyes on her entire form focused on Ha Eun-eung,
staring directly at her.

"Wait a second."
"No, no, right?"
"This is so eerie..."
"Put some clothes on, what the hell!!"
"Stop! Stop it!!"
"Put your clothes on!! Close your front flap!! Tie your belt again!! Hurry!!"
With the viewers’ frantic cries,
[Naked exposure, pornography, and other sexual content detected.]
[A part of the female body between the waist and hips was exposed.]
[There is no 19+ restriction set.]
[Blind warning (1st occurrence) applied.]
[The stream will be blinded for 10 minutes.]

The Hundred-Eyed Demon’s power turned the stream to a black screen.