# WebtoonLib — Solo Leveling #97

## Series
- title: Solo Leveling
- slug: solo-leveling-3f7061

## Chapter
- number: 97
- chapter_key: 97
- release_date: 2025-03-02

### Summary
The highly anticipated joint raid on Jeju Island has commenced, with the elite S-Rank hunters of Korea and Japan venturing into the ant nest while Sung Jinwoo remains with his newly awakened mother. Despite the hunters' confidence, the mission immediately descends into a horrific massacre. The formidable Japanese team, led by the nation's strongest hunter Goto Ryuji, is annihilated in an instant, decapitated with shocking speed and brutality by the newly emerged Ant King. The raid's sole S-Rank healer, Min Byung-Gu, is also swiftly executed, confirming the worst fears and death flags that preceded the mission. This sudden, overwhelming display of power completely shatters the hunters' battle plans, turning their strategic assault into a desperate fight for survival. The shocking slaughter of the world's top-tier hunters confirms the raid was a suicide mission from the start, creating a catastrophic stage for the absent Shadow Monarch, whose dramatic intervention is now the only remaining hope for the doomed survivors.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- The Japanese S-Rank team and Korean healer Min Byung-Gu are slaughtered by Beru, leaving the survivors in despair.

### Characters involved
- Beru — character
- Byung-Gu Min — character
- Ryuji Goto — character

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The highly anticipated joint raid on Jeju Island has commenced, with the elite S-Rank hunters of Korea and Japan venturing into the ant nest while Sung Jinwoo remains with his newly awakened mother.

### Spoiler summary
The highly anticipated joint raid on Jeju Island has commenced, with the elite S-Rank hunters of Korea and Japan venturing into the ant nest while Sung Jinwoo remains with his newly awakened mother. Despite the hunters' confidence, the mission immediately descends into a horrific massacre. The formidable Japanese team, led by the nation's strongest hunter Goto Ryuji, is annihilated in an instant, decapitated with shocking speed and brutality by the newly emerged Ant King. The raid's sole S-Rank healer, Min Byung-Gu, is also swiftly executed, confirming the worst fears and death flags that preceded the mission. This sudden, overwhelming display of power completely shatters the hunters' battle plans, turning their strategic assault into a desperate fight for survival. The shocking slaughter of the world's top-tier hunters confirms the raid was a suicide mission from the start, creating a catastrophic stage for the absent Shadow Monarch, whose dramatic intervention is now the only remaining hope for the doomed survivors.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Solo Leveling #97](/series/solo-leveling-3f7061/chapter-97)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/solo-leveling-3f7061

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