Right after that, another agile shadow dropped from above — as graceful as a black panther — landing silently from the high water tower.
It was Natasha Romanoff.
On the opposite side of the street, higher up on the edge of another rooftop water tower, Clint Barton appeared, bow already drawn and ready.
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s elite agents could no longer remain mere observers.
Saitama glanced at Captain America, thought for a moment, and said honestly, "Yeah… the supermarket discounts end at seven, so if we could finish this quick, that'd be great."
Steve Rogers, the Captain of America, stared at Saitama's serious expression and that very earnest concern about the supermarket's closing time, momentarily at a loss for words. But the battlefield changed from second to second; he had no time to dwell on it.
The purple flame lizard had clearly been completely enraged by Saitama's last heavy punch.
It snapped its deformed jaw back and forth, a magma-like gurgling rumble echoing from its throat. The purple flames engulfing its entire body suddenly grew wild and explosive — no longer flowing like thick liquid, but spraying sparks like a high-pressure flamethrower.
Its burning eyes locked onto Saitama, and the newly arrived Steve and Natasha.
In those eyes, there was nothing but pure, unfiltered desire for destruction.
"Watch out! It's about to go for a big move!" Hawkeye Clint shouted a warning from above.
"ROOOOAR!!!"
With a heaven-shaking roar, the monster's thick hind legs tensed, muscles knotting like two erupting purple volcanoes before it slammed both feet down onto the ground.
Rumble——!!!
This hit was far more powerful than any of its previous movements.
With its massive claws as the center, more than a hundred meters of solid street shattered and sank like a cookie smashed by a hammer!
A shockwave like a land tsunami blasted out in all directions, carrying chunks of concrete, rebar, and semi-molten asphalt.
And that was only the beginning.
"Watch your footing!" Natasha cried, her body spinning like a top as she slipped past the first brutal tremor.
Steve reacted just as fast. He raised his shield — clang! — and smashed aside a huge slab of concrete wreathed in purple flame that was whistling straight toward him.
The impact sent a numbing jolt up his arm and forced him to skid back two steps.
And just as they were dealing with the shockwave and the flying debris, the real killing move arrived.
Zzzzzzz——!
With an ear-splitting screech like metal being torn apart, countless razor-sharp spikes of rock, gleaming with deadly purple-black light, burst up from the cracked ground like a forest of poisonous mushrooms.
They covered half a city block.
Each spike rose several meters high, its tip razor-pointed and shining with that eerie purple-black energy. Their hardness was clearly far beyond ordinary stone, and from the moment they appeared, they radiated an intense field of scorching heat and corrosive energy.
"Damn it!" Steve's pupils constricted.
The angles of those spikes were so viciously precise that they sealed off every path of escape around him in an instant.
He had no choice but to leap upward, shield held tight beneath him to guard his torso, both feet kicking off the side of a slanted spike to redirect his momentum and narrowly avoid a fatal skewering.
Natasha's situation was just as dangerous.
She was standing near the very center of the spike field, with stone lances lunging toward her from every direction like a thorny forest closing in.
Black Widow's astonishing flexibility and combat instincts erupted into full display.
She bent back until she was nearly parallel to the ground, dodging two spikes thrusting at her from the front. Then, with a snap of her ankles, she spun upward like a ballerina, the sharp heels of her boots tapping precisely against the sides of two rock spikes lunging for her midsection.
Using the rebound, she twisted through the narrow gap between two massive stone spears and alighted lightly on the angled tip of another spike, using it as a temporary foothold to catch her breath.
Her uniform had already picked up a few charred scorch marks.
(End of Chapter)
[Check Out My P@treon For 20+ Extra Chapters On All My Fanfics!!]
[[email protected]/Draumel]
[Thank You For Your Support!]