"How is that possible?!" The black-robed man stared at Saitama—unharmed even while being swarmed by dark creatures and bathed in corrosive black fog—still advancing step by step. For the first time, the voice beneath the hood carried a trace of shock and uncertainty. "A mere mortal… actually able to ignore my master's dark corrosion?!"
He realized ordinary summons and spells couldn't stop this bald man at all!
"You forced my hand!" The black-robed man's voice suddenly became shrill and crazed. "For my master's glory! For eternal darkness!"
He viciously bit through his own tongue and spat a mouthful of blood essence—packed with powerful dark magic—onto the deep-blue crystal floating before him!
Hiss—!
It was like plunging a red-hot iron into cold water. The crystal shook violently, letting out a piercing buzz. The darkness wrapped around it surged instantly, writhing like a living thing. The black-robed man threw his arms wide, his body trembling as he chanted the final—and most forbidden—segment of his spell.
"Using my flesh and blood and soul as the guide! Using the ancient crystal as the bridge! I humbly invite my master's power to descend upon this body! Darkness—Fusion!!"
Boom!!!
The entire basement shook. The blood-red array on the altar erupted with blinding crimson light. The dark energy coiling around the crystal poured into the black-robed man like a breached flood.
"GRAAAAAH——!!!"
He let out an inhuman scream—pain and ecstasy tangled together. His body swelled like an inflating balloon. The ragged robe tore apart. His skin turned pitch-black and hardened into a shell-like layer. His limbs twisted and reshaped into massive beast claws covered in scales. His skull stretched, curved horns erupted from his head, and rows of fangs filled his mouth. Behind him, a pair of huge, tattered bat wings made of pure dark energy snapped open!
In just a few seconds, the skinny black-robed man transformed into a terrifying, half-human half-demon monster over three meters tall, radiating overwhelming evil. Its eyes became two burning masses of ghostly green flame, locking onto Saitama with pure desire to destroy.
"Ant! Witness my master's supreme might!" The fused black-robed monster—no, the dark incarnation—roared deafeningly, its voice grinding like metal on metal. It swung its enormous claw through the air.
Slash!
Five gigantic blade-waves made of pure dark energy tore through the air, carrying an aura that could annihilate everything, chopping straight down toward Saitama's head. Their power far surpassed anything before!
The five ripping black slashes crossed the space in an instant, shrieking as they descended above Saitama. Wherever they passed, even the thick black fog was forcibly pushed away and erased. The basement's solid stone walls were carved open with deep gouges just from the leaking energy.
This was a forbidden strike—fusing the dark crystal's power with the caster's life essence. It had enough force to flatten a skyscraper in a single blow!
Facing this terrifying attack, Saitama's eyes finally became completely serious. He could feel it—this monster in front of him was stronger than the scaled giant beast in the Sahara ruins, at the very least much stronger in attack power.
But he still didn't retreat.
At the instant the dark blade-waves were about to hit, Saitama took a deep breath.
That breath seemed to draw all the surrounding air into his lungs. Even the basement's dark energy trembled slightly.
Then he moved.
Still the same—drawing his fist to his waist. Still the same plain, unadorned straight punch.
(End of Chapter)
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