In Z-City's uninhabited area, on the outskirts, in the wilderness.
Three trident-like energy pathways tore through the crimson sky, and wherever they passed, the atmosphere was ionized, and space was scorched through!
The clouds along the way seemed to be erased by an invisible eraser, leaving three irreconcilable voids that led to the depths of the universe at the end of the visible horizon!
The angle formed by the three energy paths precisely enveloped Z-City's uninhabited area, and the violent energy aftermath roared past the city's edge, yet the city itself was fortunately undamaged in the slightest.
From a cosmic perspective, the surface of the blue planet was now branded with a shining letter "Y" radiating destructive light.
It was so massive that it could cover half a supercontinent!
"That was close… that was close…"
Saitama wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with a solemn expression; it wasn't from exhaustion, but from lingering fear.
He looked down at his uninjured fist, then at the horizon in the distance, which had been completely vaporized by the energy torrent, and said with lingering apprehension:
"If I had really dodged that just now, I'd probably have to bother finding a new place to move to…!"
Winning or losing didn't matter, but his house absolutely couldn't collapse!
"Han Sen, how about today we just…"
"Kotowaru (I refuse)!"
Han Sen's figure emerged from the distorted light and shadow. He preemptively interrupted Saitama, whose fighting spirit was retreating due to real-life concerns, his voice carrying an undeniable dominance.
"The battle has only just begun, Saitama!"
"Next, I just won't use external energy release moves."
What he didn't say was that even if Saitama hadn't been able to precisely blast the "gaia Thermal Cannon" into a "Earth Middle Parting Punch Youth Version" just now,
the Imaginary Divine Power field he had set up in advance at the edge of the battlefield would have been enough to silently divert that earth-destroying attack into the depths of the universe, much like a prism refracts light.
"Uh… that's fine too."
Saitama's first thought was whether this restriction would be unfair to Han Sen.
But then he thought of the intense collision just now, punch after punch, almost knocking his soul out, and he felt relieved!
For this man in front of him, who could contend with him head-on to such an extent, any form of underestimation would be an insult to this battle!
However, in the next instant, Saitama's pupils suddenly contracted.
He watched with his own eyes as the gravel and earth beneath Han Sen's feet collapsed under the surging spread of an invisible force field, silently turning into fundamental particles, as if their very existence had been directly erased by a higher-dimensional power!
Boom—!!!
An indescribably terrifying aura erupted from Han Sen's body like a geyser!
Dazzling and cool golden flames burst forth from every pore of his body, instantly enveloping him and transforming him into a burning Golden War God!
His aura, in a mere instant, had increased by dozens, even hundreds of times, and the power condensed to its extreme seemed to transcend the planet's carrying capacity!
His very existence caused even the Great Dao to be obliterated!
UR Ability, "Fusion Combination"—
"Golden Form," brazenly activated!
Integrating tens of trillions of cells' worth of high-density individuals, power, speed, defense, reaction… all basic attributes achieved an exponential surge at this moment!
But this was far from over!
He opened his right hand, and in his palm, a purple light sword, compressed and condensed from pure geocentric energy, slowly emerged.
The terrifying energy brewing around the sword body caused light to refract, and even the air became viscous and heavy due to the extreme high temperature and pressure!
UR Ability—
"Geocentric Light Sword"!
Han Sen's eyes were indifferent. He casually ran his palm over the materialized energy sword body, which could melt gold and steel.
His seemingly unprotected palm rubbed against the energy blade, sparking a series of dazzling destructive arcs and flashes.
The deathly blade techniques from Cutting King formed an instinctive muscle memory, and the sword light Han Sen casually swung was extremely fluid and dazzling.
"As a reasonable superpower user,"
He looked at the stunned Saitama, a playful curve on his lips.
"It should be very reasonable for me to use a tiny bit of superpower to assist in battle, right?"
Saitama: "…"
He had no objection to Han Sen's power surging again; in fact, he was even more excited deep down!
—Very good, this way, there's no need to deliberately suppress power!
Saitama didn't know that Han Sen could forcibly fight him to a draw, so he hadn't used his full strength.
Or rather!
Ever since he went bald, the only Monsters who could make him go all out were seen in his dreams; in reality, even those who could make him feel a surge of excitement were extremely rare.
The terrifying aspect of a Normal Punch was that each strike was precisely controlled to the extent that it could kill the enemy with one punch.
This matching mechanism, based on absolute strength, had almost no upper limit!
Why did the big brother who flew the spaceship remain so popular? Because he was one of the few Monsters in the original timeline who could take Saitama's unreserved Normal Punch and not die!
Saitama had ample confidence in his own strength.
But…
This sudden surge in coolness factor!
This casual wiping of the light sword, so effortless and cool!
This transformation effect, like something out of a tokusatsu show!
In an instant, an unparalleled mix of envy, jealousy, and hatred turned into tears of envy flowing down the corners of his mouth.
Damn it!
Why can superpowers be so cool!!!
He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the envy filling his chest.
It transformed into an even more intense gleam in his eyes, and he squeezed out a few words with all his might: "…Indeed, it's very reasonable for a superpower user to use superpowers!"
Before his words fell, the figures of the two disappeared from their original positions again!
This time, it was no longer a simple speed competition.
For a moment, the entire wilderness was completely engulfed by continuous roars like the Big Bang and chaotic erupting shockwaves!
Rumble rumble rumble—!!!
Countless "temporary mountains" were squeezed out of the earth's crust by the impact of violent forces, rising from the ground!
Only to be instantly flattened in the next, even more violent exchange of blows.
They turned into dust filling the sky, drifting into the distance with the violent air currents.
The seismographs in Z-City and several surrounding cities collectively emitted sharp alarms on the verge of maxing out at this moment.
The needles spun wildly, finally burning out completely in a series of sparks.
…
…
Hero Association Headquarters, A-City.
The highest-level Disaster Countermeasure Department was no longer in chaos, but had fallen into a deathly silence, as if the apocalypse had arrived.
"Alarm! Alarm! Detecting super-standard energy reactions covering the entire supercontinent! Energy source detected in Z-City, uninhabited area!!"
"Energy readings are continuously exceeding peak values! No, the term peak value is meaningless now! All our monitoring equipment is overloading and burning out!"
"Report! It's not an earthquake wave! According to urgent contact from the geological department, the crustal plates beneath Z-City are vibrating at a high frequency like a drum being repeatedly struck!"
"This completely violates all known laws of physics!"
"Mobilize all available satellites! Spare no expense! Get me the footage!"
On the huge main screen, the satellite footage was heavily pixelated due to intense energy and spatial interference.
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