Chapter 397: Hero Kills the World-Saving God
[Ritsu Kageyama] only heard cracking sounds appearing constantly in the air, followed by various collisions and explosions.
The wailing and fear of Spirits appeared constantly. In [New Seasoning City], large pools of blood appeared on the streets and buildings. He couldn't distinguish how many people were killed by the shockwaves of the battle between those two in this instant.
He clutched his head in pain, feeling as if the painful scenes of the past appeared before his eyes once again.
"Why... why do you treat us like this..."
A trace of resentment suddenly appeared in his voice, then became more and more intense.
And behind him, inside that huge broccoli with a crack, many souls seemed to be awakened at this time. Scattered voices appeared, asking the same question.
"Why..."
...
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Kaito Shirogane was venting rather than fighting.
Although he liked fighting various powerhouses, he extremely detested those who had to find various reasons and titles for fighting.
Among all such behaviors, this guy before him, who obtained the extremely rare [Cosmo] power in the Space, was the one he disgusted the most.
Always muttering about "Ally of Justice," as if one must stand on the side of justice to throw a punch.
This was a freak wrapping himself in the delusion named stance and philosophy, making the battle completely devoid of pleasure.
Kaito could see the opponent was in bad condition. The Cosmo was no longer at the previous scale, and an arm was broken. But so what?
Fighting was an act of causing damage to the opponent through asymmetrical advantages.
Kaito stomped his legs constantly. In the continuous execution of [Moonwalk], his speed and jump distance became more and more exaggerated.
Kaito deliberately pressed [Cloud Lark]'s head, smashing it against various building surfaces and spirit bodies.
A moment later, both were covered in purple-red blood.
"Is this your so-called Ally of Justice? You are covered in the blood of various innocent spirit bodies!"
He mocked Cloud Lark.
Cloud Lark grabbed Mercenary Tao's left arm with one hand, but no matter how hard the Cosmo exerted force, it couldn't crush this special hand.
Destruction at the atomic level couldn't affect this hand.
Squelch!
Another spirit body was smashed. Amidst the dying howl of the spirit body, this monster's blood entered his nose and mouth, the stench extremely heavy.
Boom!
The Spirit World emitted a terrifying shockwave again. The violent shockwave swept instantly from the distance like a wave. This shockwave completely submerged the entire Spirit World; no blind spot could be used to hide.
The two rushing forward were also swept by the shockwave in an instant.
Kaito felt all his joints shaken once. The violent impact twisted his muscles largely and broke his bones.
Just the impact of this residual wave heavily injured his body, whose defense far exceeded ordinary Reincarnators.
Pfft!
Cloud Lark, relying on Cosmo for defense, performed slightly better but also sprayed blood from his nose and mouth. Borrowing this impact, he finally broke free from Mercenary Tao's hand.
Without time to think about where that impact came from, Cloud Lark did a backflip quickly to pull away distance. Blocking in front of him with one hand, Cosmo burning, his stance was already deployed.
He wanted to strike that blow again and defeat Mercenary Tao here!
Crack, crack.
Kaito's bones and muscles recovered rapidly. He forcefully unfolded the twisted flesh on his face. That level of pain would only make him more excited.
Kaito turned his head, [Mantra] fully activated, but no movement came.
Can't hear, can't hear at all!
"Ha~ indeed that realm..."
Kaito seemed not to see Cloud Lark posing in a Saint stance. He looked into the distance as if possessed.
There, in the place where all sounds disappeared, monsters far beyond his comprehension were fighting!
Thinking of various previous guesses, Kaito's thoughts surged.
[Setsuna], activate!
With a thought, High-Rank Setsuna activated again.
[Strike of Hercules]!
A huge phantom appeared. Constellations lit up one by one. Cosmo burned loudly. Destructive force flowed from the single arm.
But in the next moment, a powerful large hand pressed on Cloud Lark's face again.
Mercenary Tao's figure didn't even condense in Cloud Lark's pupils.
Bang!
Blood splattered; the stench penetrated the nasal cavity.
Cloud Lark's pupils trembled. Whose blood is this? Mine? Or... Mercenary Tao's?!
"Eighth Turn~!"
Kaito's tone was erratic, completely uncontrollable. 256 times speed activated abruptly. Almost at the moment of stepping, he felt the capillaries in his feet shatter completely.
Fibers in muscles also snapped like elastic ropes stretched beyond the limit.
That pain made Kaito's adrenaline secrete violently.
Boom!
He broke through the extreme speed instantly, leaving blood and shattered epidermis behind.
[Omen of the Evil God, Activate!]
Clearly used simultaneously, but when the phantom of Omen of the Evil God appeared, he had already crossed a distance of several kilometers.
Scattered flesh, blood, and Achilles tendons disappeared instantly.
Cloud Lark, pinched in his hand, was like a battery. [Cocoon of Greed] immediately began to absorb the opponent's vitality.
And that Cosmo constantly impacting the [King's Left Arm].
The power of Cosmo immediately condensed a layer of golden light film outside the [Cocoon of Greed].
Faster, I need to be faster!
Kaito almost forgot his purpose of stealing Mob's Divine Kingdom at this moment.
He ran at extreme speed towards the place where the two were fighting.
Kaito's thinking was incredibly condensed under [Omen of the Evil God].
He knew very well based on existing intelligence that this battle was probably the key battle for [Fate Eternal] to shape [Black King · Saitama].
A true classical, original [Hero], to save the world, killed a living god who wanted to sacrifice himself to save the world...
[Fate Eternal] wanted to use this evil, absurd prank to blacken Saitama's flawless concept of [Hero].
And it was darkness that Saitama himself couldn't accept.
Saitama didn't want to kill people, so he would make Saitama kill people.
Saitama wanted to save, so he would make Saitama objectively cause the collapse of salvation.
Mob wanted to save the world and change the ending of world destruction, so he would fight Saitama, and so... he would be killed.
[Fate Eternal]'s plan was much cleverer than Kaito's immature Sharingan illusion.
Even he, before being accidentally pulled into [New Seasoning City] and seeing Ritsu Kageyama and the so-called Divine Kingdom, couldn't know the full picture of this plan at all.
In this world, probably even people like [Sage] who helped [Fate Eternal] execute the plan didn't know Fate Eternal's true purpose.
Bang!
"Ah!"
Cloud Lark's teeth were shaken full of blood by the terrifying impact. His teeth were already loose. The overly terrible speed made him unable to breathe, and his Cosmo began to be unsustainable.
Damn it, I'm too weak...
Cloud Lark realized his power was inferior to Mercenary Tao. He felt some regret in his heart at this moment. He didn't regret being enemies with Mercenary Tao; he only regretted not being strong enough.
Boom!
Another shockwave sweeping the Spirit World appeared.
With the enhancement of Omen of the Evil God, Kaito crashed over with a boom.
Amidst spraying blood, he finally saw that at the end of the black-and-white world, everything had collapsed. The pitch-black giant pinched Saitama with a broken cape. The surrounding space, time, and colors squeezed towards Saitama's body together.
Boom!
That shockwave turned out to be the residual wave produced by the opponent attacking Saitama's body?!
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