Chapter 89: A Plain and Ordinary Punch
Sensing the human's Blood Qi rising like a vast sun before him, Boros's pupils suddenly constricted to the size of pinpricks, clearly realizing what King intended to do.
"Are you trying to launch a powerful strike while I'm regenerating...?" In the mind of an ordinary person, one would surely think of immediate defense or finding a way to dodge King's Night Guy technique.
But Boros was different. He was the Cosmic Overlord who traversed the Universe, a lonely powerhouse; he would never resort to dodging!
"In that case, bring it on!"
With his arm blown apart, Boros's entire body erupted with energy. As his hands regenerated, he channeled his power into the eye-like pattern on his chest.
In an instant, a violent blue energy beam burst forth with unrivaled power. It was similar in form to Genos's Incineration Cannon, yet its power was more than a hundred times greater!
Inside the massive Spaceship, the blue beam carrying destructive energy collided head-on with the thousand-meter Blood Qi Dragon. The resulting energy storm instantly tore through the Spaceship's hardened exterior, melting its internal structure layer by layer.
Many low-level combatants living inside the Spaceship didn't even know what was happening before they were swallowed by the energy storm in terror and despair, turning into dust.
As a direct participant, Boros saw it clearly.
He watched helplessly as the energy beam he released was sliced in half down the middle like a split stream the moment it collided with the red Blood Qi Dragon.
Furthermore, Boros tried to move his body, only to find that the space he occupied had been warped, making it impossible to move; he could only take the hit head-on.
"You can even warp space itself?! Is this your true strength, King?!"
Facing this kick capable of warping space, there wasn't a hint of panic in Boros's heart. Instead, he wore a smile of unprecedented exhilaration.
To be able to fight such a powerhouse, this trip to Earth was not in vain!
A second later, Night Guy struck Boros in the abdomen.
"Pwah!"
Blood sprayed from Boros's orifices, and his massive eyeball nearly bulged out of its socket. The internal structure of his body was kicked into a pulp.
The Blood Qi Dragon slammed directly into Boros. Though he resisted with all his might, his body couldn't stop being pushed back at high speed by the dragon.
In the process of resisting, Boros and King's figures smashed through layer after layer of the Spaceship's hull, eventually crashing right through the entire vessel and flying out to the planet's surface.
Finally, fine cracks began to appear on Boros's body, expanding at an extremely rapid pace. Mists of blood sprayed from every fissure.
The sheer, extreme force struck like an all-destroying tsunami, instantly blasting his powerful body into a mist of blood that filled the sky.
With only half an eyeball left floating in mid-air, Boros looked at his body, which had been kicked into a bloody mist, in disbelief.
"Such a powerful attack... I'm actually completely unable to withstand it... In that case!"
The eyeball spun violently, instantly restoring itself into a single large eye. The sclera turned completely pitch-black, while the pupil transformed into an eerie purple.
His extreme regenerative abilities erupted, and Boros's body, which had exploded into mist, was fully reconstructed in less than 0.1 seconds. His originally dark blue skin turned pink, and his body was covered in a dense network of black patterns.
A power even more terrifying than before condensed within his body, as if space itself was constantly trembling due to his presence.
The ground beneath his feet quaked under this immense energy, spiderweb-like cracks appearing continuously. Earth began to collapse because of Boros's current state.
[Meteoric Burst]!
Boros's gaze narrowed. In this state, even he, the Cosmic Overlord, could not maintain it for long. Like anaerobic exercise, it was extremely taxing on the body and would greatly shorten his lifespan.
"But if it's to fight you! I am willing to pay any price. This is the pure combat I seek!!"
"Haaaaaaagh!!"
Boros instantly turned into a pink streak of light, crossing thousands of meters in less than 0.1 seconds, and threw a punch flickering with electricity.
Having just delivered the Night Guy kick, King showed no signs of fatigue. Facing Boros's sudden punch, he immediately raised his arms to block.
And in the very next second, the moment King's arm and Boros's fist collided head-on, a massive energy shockwave surged through.
Hmm?
The clear sound of bone cracking echoed in King's ears. After taking Boros's punch head-on, his forearm bone had actually fractured, and the flesh on Earth was scorched.
It seems that in my Seven Gates state, I'm still slightly overmatched against Boros in his Meteoric Burst; his strength in this form is superior to mine right now.
With his Meteoric Burst activated, Boros far exceeded his previous speed and power. His figure darted through the world, the pink trails he left in the void forming a dense web.
With every pass, a barrage of heavy punches rained down on King. Even if King counterattacked, he would be suppressed by an even more formidable power.
"What's wrong! Have you lost the ability to resist?! I know you still have moves you haven't used! Use them now!"
Boros's interrogation rang in his ears. Amidst the continuous attacks, King slowly raised his head, and the steam rising from his body rapidly shifted from blue to a blood-like crimson.
"In that case, as you wish."
[Eight Gates: Death Gate] Open!!
A surge of Blood Qi powerful enough to suppress the heavens and Earth erupted. King's overall physical attributes increased dramatically, and the aura of danger he radiated reached its peak in an instant.
"Hahahaha! That's it! This is my greatest opponent! Come, King! Let's fight!"
Boros teleported behind King at a speed invisible to the human eye. Each punch carried enough power to destroy an area of several thousand meters, and he unleashed hundreds of such strikes in rapid succession.
At this moment, Boros was brewing a power within him capable of completely destroying the entire surface of the planet, but he chose not to let it erupt. Instead, he channeled all that power into self-augmentation.
At the very instant those hundreds of punches were thrown, amidst the crimson Blood Qi burning like fire, King raised his hand and landed a plain and ordinary punch on Boros's chest.
"Ugh-ah!!"
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