Chapter 47: Nothing But Battle Remains!
At this point, both of them were fighting fiercely.
Neither remembered the wager about the "ten-punch limit." All that remained was the exhilarating thrill of combat!
King threw a flurry of punches. Violent air cannons grazed the shiny bald head, tearing the air behind Saitama apart and creating near-vacuum pockets.
Saitama's eyes sharpened. Seizing an opening, he decisively smashed a fist directly into King's abdomen.
"Guh!"
King's stomach caved in. He was launched backward by the immense impact.
He dug his feet into the ground, carving out a trench over a kilometer long before finally stabilizing himself.
That really hurts, you bastard...
With that single punch, King's internal organs had been almost completely pulped. But the skill [Extreme Regeneration] was simply too broken; even with all his organs ruptured, repairing them took only an instant.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. The crimson steam around him erupted even more violently as he turned into a red streak of light, charging forward again.
Saitama hadn't felt this good in a long time. The smile on his face was even more excited than when he played video games, and his usually dead eyes were shining with light.
Aside from not using a Serious Punch, he had almost no restrictions in this fight. Even the so-called "ten-punch agreement" had been thrown to the wind.
How could Saitama not be happy to finally find an opponent who could trade blows with him?
It was like a lonely powerhouse sitting silently on a mountain peak, watching everyone else struggle at the foot of the mountain, feeling nothing but the solitude and desolation of the summit.
But suddenly, someone broke through the base, climbed halfway up the mountain, and looked at him.
In that moment, the loneliness and frustration in his heart transformed into excitement and joy.
Maybe this is... the battle I've been wishing for!
His vision blurred, and King's figure appeared instantly in front of him. A fist wrapped in crimson steam warped the space around it, smashing toward the shiny bald head.
Saitama spun, his waist driving the power of his punch. His left fist slammed viciously into King's wrist.
With the crisp sound of bone fracturing, King's wrist was instantly bent at a grotesque angle by the immense force. White bone even pierced through the flesh and poked out.
However, with a flash of green light, the broken wrist returned to its original state in the blink of an eye, looking as if it had never been injured.
King seized the opening created by Saitama's punch. He focused all his crimson vitality into his right fist and slammed it into Saitama's chest.
Majestic force penetrated the body, shattering the remaining ground behind Saitama. Layers of broken earth rose into the air along with a cloud of debris.
Despite landing a direct hit, King couldn't bring himself to smile.
This guy's defense is ridiculously high!
As the attacker, King felt it most acutely. Not a single one of his punches had caused any damage to Saitama. He hadn't even broken the skin.
King could summarize the current situation in one sentence:
He was like a normal person tirelessly punching a plate of super-alloy steel. And that steel plate was fighting back, smashing him into a bloody pulp every time it hit him.
Their eyes met, and they vanished simultaneously. Only the piercing sonic booms echoed in the air, followed by violent energy explosions erupting wherever they collided.
Invisible shockwaves swept the area, shattering the exposed bedrock again and again, forming another crater hundreds of meters wide.
Originally, this area was a vast desert. But under the clash between King and Saitama, the golden sand had been completely obliterated.
From a bird's-eye view, the desert was now scarred with over a hundred massive black pits. Even the remaining ground was covered in dense cracks. The scene looked utterly bizarre.
Fifty kilometers away, Genos felt the intense tremors from the ground again and nearly lost it.
Is your power too strong or what?!
Although he really wanted to watch, at a distance of 50 kilometers, even the [Telescopic Mode] of his mechanical eyes couldn't see anything clearly anymore.
City Z, Downtown Area.
A young man wearing black hakama pants, a red shirt, and a pompadour hairstyle walked carelessly down the street, carrying a shiny metal bat.
Despite looking like a delinquent, he was one of the 17 S-Class heroes.
S-Class Rank 15: Metal Bat.
Metal Bat was currently on his way to his little sister's piano recital. Thinking of his adorable sister performing under the spotlight with everyone watching, he couldn't help but smile.
Hehe, Zenko is the best.
As an ultimate sis-con, Metal Bat viewed his sister as his everything. If anything happened to her, he would go berserk on the spot.
Just then, a rumbling vibration came from the ground. The skyscrapers and the street beneath his feet began to tremble continuously.
Pedestrians around him exclaimed in surprise, grabbing onto nearby objects to steady themselves.
"What's happening? An earthquake? But the alarm didn't go off!"
"You still trust those disaster warnings? Earthquakes are normal. It'll stop in a minute."
"True. But with such a serious quake, I probably don't have to go to work. I can go home and rest for the day!"
Unlike the civilians who were relatively calm or even relaxed, Metal Bat was drenched in cold sweat.
He froze in place, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead. His eyes stared dead at the outskirts of the city.
Hey... this energy signature... are you kidding me? Who the hell is fighting out there, you bastards?!
Compared to ordinary people, as an S-Class hero, Metal Bat's sensitivity to energy was far superior.
Therefore, while ordinary people were just commenting on the sudden earthquake, Metal Bat could vaguely sense the terrifying pressure—a pressure so immense that it crushed any thought of resistance.
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