Chapter 259 : Emperor Engine (4k)
Mid-air, the once lustrous emerald figure fell powerlessly.
Tatsumaki's consciousness had completely plunged into darkness.
Without the protection of her psychokinesis, given her physical strength, falling from this height would surely mean death.
It was at this critical moment.
Boom!
A dark figure suddenly burst through the smoke and dust, leaping into the air.
A pair of incredibly thick arms steadily caught the falling Tatsumaki.
Thump.
Darkshine knelt on one knee, the ground beneath him shattering into a web-like pattern.
The wounds left by Strong Acid President were visible to the naked eye, but this did not make his movements tremble in the slightest.
He gently placed Tatsumaki on a relatively flat stone slab, his movements incredibly tender.
"Miss Tatsumaki."
Darkshine slowly stood up, his face filled with composure and resolve.
"Rest easy," Darkshine clenched his fists, "I'll take it from here."
He abruptly turned around, his gaze like a torch, locking onto the battle not far away.
"I'm coming to help you, Genos-kun!"
Darkshine roared, the muscles in his legs bulging, and the ground instantly exploded into two deep craters.
Thump!
He crashed into the battle like a human cannonball.
Golden Sperm noticed this astonishing aura and was about to turn around, but Darkshine's speed was faster than he imagined!
"Superalloy · Bazooka!!"
A heavy punch with a black sheen landed squarely on Golden Sperm's side waist.
Bang!!!
The air was pushed out, forming a visible sonic boom cloud.
Golden Sperm, who had been suppressing Genos, was actually sent flying by this unreasonable punch!
Rumble—
Golden Sperm's figure crashed through several dilapidated buildings, finally slamming heavily into a pile of ruins.
He quickly got up, an annoyed expression on his face, "One by one, are you all rushing to your deaths?"
Darkshine ignored his taunt, he strode forward, crossing his arms, and stood in front of Genos.
"Genos-kun, unleash your firepower! Leave all the defense to me!"
Genos looked at that broad back, the electronic light in his eyes flickered, then became even more intense.
"Understood!"
...On the other side of the battlefield.
The once arrogant Homeless Emperor was now miserably pinned to the ground.
Atomic Samurai's slash was too fast and too ruthless, severing his nerves in a blink of an eye, leaving him unable to move.
Around him, countless Black Sperm clones were trying to break through the blockade to rescue this Executive.
"Don't you dare take another step!"
Nichirin, holding her famous sword, along with Tenkei and Canmei, two Sword Saint Sect grandmasters beside her, formed an impenetrable barrier of sword energy.
Even if the trillions of Black Sperm clones merely approached this barrier, they would instantly be shredded into pieces.
Taking advantage of this gap.
Two figures emerged from the shadows of the ruins.
"Nice work, Uncle Atomic."
That was Child Emperor, and beside him was Zombieman, covered in blood but still smoking a cigarette.
His body hadn't fully recovered, with raw red muscle tissue exposed to the air, but he didn't care, just staring intently at the Homeless Emperor on the ground.
"We have some questions for you."
Zombieman squatted down, his battle-axe, though broken, was still pressed against Homeless Emperor's throat.
"Your power comes from that so-called 'God,' right?"
Child Emperor in his mech also pulled out the vajra with the strange patterns, pointing it at Homeless Emperor: "How much do you know about Him?"
Homeless Emperor had long lost his previous arrogance.
The fear of losing his power, the excruciating pain of his body being pierced, and the huge disparity of falling from the clouds into the mud, completely shattered his mental defenses.
"I... I don't know... I don't know anything..."
Homeless Emperor trembled, tears and snot smearing his face.
"I just couldn't find a job and thought human society deserved to die... then that voice appeared in my head..."
Zombieman frowned, spat out the chewed-up cigarette butt, and pressed the axe in his hand further, putting pressure on Homeless Emperor's skin.
"Keep talking, what did that voice say? What is His true form?"
Homeless Emperor felt the coldness of death at his neck and became even more flustered. He widened his eyes and continued:
"That power, capable of destroying everything with just a thought... it's definitely not something humans can possess! It's a miracle! It's a miracle!"
"Stop talking nonsense." Zombieman mercilessly raised his hand and slapped him, the crisp sound instantly swelling Homeless Emperor's face.
"Where is the guy who gave you power, now?"
"In... in..."
Just as Homeless Emperor was about to speak, a sudden change occurred.
His pupils suddenly dilated, his gaze piercing through the battlefield, fixed intently on the night sky behind the two of them.
In that dark night sky, on the bright full moon, a giant hand abruptly grasped the moon's edge.
Then came the head, the body... a blurry yet suffocatingly massive humanoid phantom appeared out of nowhere on the moon!
At this moment, the phantom maintained a half-crouching posture, slowly extending a finger, crossing space, and precisely locking onto Homeless Emperor.
"Ah..."
Homeless Emperor's face showed extreme terror, letting out a cry of alarm.
The moment that figure appeared, the vajra in Child Emperor's hand suddenly emitted a piercing alarm, its indicator lights flashing wildly, and its energy level began to load.
"What?!" Child Emperor was greatly alarmed.
And in Homeless Emperor's world, time seemed to stand still.
A grand voice exploded deep within his mind.
"Shut up!"
"I'm confiscating!"
"Your power, and your life!"
"No... no!!!"
Homeless Emperor suddenly let out an extremely shrill scream.
Under the horrified gazes of Zombieman and Child Emperor, Homeless Emperor's skin began to shrivel and wither rapidly.
It was as if some invisible entity had forcibly drained all his essence.
"Wait! Stop!"
Zombieman tried to reach out and grab him, but Homeless Emperor's body had instantly turned into a pile of dry bones and ashes, scattering with the wind.
The Dragon-level Executive, who had just possessed city-destroying power, thus vanished without a trace.
Leaving behind only a pile of empty clothes.
"This... is this His power?" Child Emperor felt a chill down his spine.
However, it was not over yet.
The energy bar on the vajra in Child Emperor's hand, which had slowed down with Homeless Emperor's death, surprisingly, after a slight pause, began to surge at an even faster rate!
In the blink of an eye, it passed halfway!
"What?!" Child Emperor realized something was wrong.
Rumble rumble rumble!!!
The entire Z-City, no, even the landmasses of several surrounding cities, trembled violently at this moment.
"What's going on?!"
In the center of the battlefield, Genos and Darkshine, who were fiercely fighting Golden Sperm, were also shaken unstable by this sudden change.
"Warning: Core temperature abnormal."
"Self-destruct tendency detected."
"Dr. Kuseno Safety Protocol activated: Forced hibernation."
"What?!"
Genos roared in disbelief, his internal energy core rapidly shutting down.
"Doctor, why is this happening?!"
He looked desperately at the sky, unable to even move a finger at this moment.
"Genos!"
Darkshine's eyes were bloodshot as he saw Genos fall.
At this moment, the Centipede Sage's giant centipede legs were stomping down like rows of towering pillars.
Evil Ocean Water also sprayed several high-pressure water cannons, each over a hundred meters in diameter, towards this area.
There was no escape!
Tatsumaki behind him was still unconscious, Genos had lost power, and the other heroes' fates were unknown.
"Hraaaah!!!"
Darkshine let out a roar.
He did not dodge, but instead crossed his arms, pushing his defensive stance to the extreme, forcefully blocking in front of Genos and Tatsumaki.
"Block it, damn it!!"
Boom!!!
Two destructive forces simultaneously struck Darkshine.
The earth shattered, and smoke and dust covered the sky.
When the smoke and dust cleared.
A huge crater appeared on the ground.
In the center of that crater, the black figure still stood tall.
Darkshine maintained his crossed-arm posture.
Behind him, the ground where Tatsumaki and Genos were remained intact.
Only... "Pfft..."
A large mouthful of fresh blood, mixed with fragments of internal organs, spewed from his mouth.
The bones in both his arms were completely shattered, and his once indestructible "Superalloy" muscles were now covered in horrifying cracks, blood flowing like a torrent.
He blocked it.
But he had reached the absolute limit.
His once sharp eyes were now unfocused.
"Everyone... hurry... escape..."
Darkshine's body swayed, finally unable to support itself, and fell heavily backward.
Thump.
This sound of falling seemed to announce the complete defeat of the Hero Association.
Even worse.
With Tatsumaki's collapse, the restrained Psykos easily broke free from her suppression.
Her figure slowly floated up, looking at the devastated battlefield, and let out a joyful laugh.
"Hehehe... what a grand fireworks display."
She looked at the chaotic battlefield from mid-air, her gaze subtly drifting towards Centipede Sage and Natural Evil Water.
Even she, being on the Monster side, had a deep sense of dread and solemnity in her eyes.
"We Monsters won." She declared triumphantly.
At this very moment.
Despair, like a tide, engulfed this battlefield.
The strongest Tatsumaki was unconscious.
The Sword Saint Sect was defeated.
Darkshine had fallen.
The other S-Class Heroes' fates were unknown.
And the enemies, besides the almost full-strength Golden Sperm, now included two terrifying Monsters capable of destroying continents—Centipede Sage and Evil Ocean Water.
As well as a newly freed Psykos.
"It's over..."
Genos looked at the giant centipede and the ocean that obscured the sky, and despair couldn't help but surface in his eyes.
Is it really going to end here?
Saitama-sensei, King-san... where are you?
Just at this moment of utter despondency.
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
A series of dull, powerful sounds suddenly echoed across the battlefield.
The sound wasn't loud, yet it seemed to possess a magical quality, clearly reaching the ears of everyone present.
Thump-thump! Thump-thump! Thump-thump!
The sound became more urgent, more resonant.
It wasn't an ordinary sound; it was war drums, thunder, the roar of an engine!
Finally, this sound even drowned out the wind, the waves, and Centipede Sage's roar, reverberating throughout heaven and earth!
Golden Sperm, who was about to launch its final attack, stopped its movements, a solemn expression appearing on its face.
"This sound is..." It stared intently at the distant smoke and dust, "That legendary man?"
Even the high and mighty Centipede Sage seemed to sense something, turning its gaze to a certain spot on the ground.
The waves of Evil Ocean Water also seemed to be intimidated by some aura, becoming calm.
Amidst the swirling dust.
At the highest point of a ruin.
A tall figure in a plain hoodie stood proudly, overlooking the entire battlefield.
Moonlight spilled onto him, casting a long shadow.
The fierce wind rustled his clothes, but it could not shake his terrifying aura that seemed capable of suppressing everything.
That was the being known as "The Strongest Man on Earth."
That was the nightmare of all Monsters.
Emperor Engine, roared across the battlefield at this moment!
King, has arrived!
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