Chapter 165: Will You Continue to Uphold Your absolute evil?
At this moment, Garou had been burned beyond recognition, his entire body turned into a large lump of charcoal, looking as if it were coated with a layer of black skin.
"Can you still talk? Hey?"
King shook him a couple of times and found that although Garou didn't respond, he was still alive.
This kid is really tenacious... Even King couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration at this moment.
First, he endured a beating, then his whole body was nearly burned to charcoal, yet he still didn't die.
Rather than saying he didn't die, it would be more accurate to say that this kid was basically unharmed.
Although Garou looked utterly miserable now, within his body lay an immense amount of life force, seemingly hidden deep within his Foundation.
Unless killed with a single punch, this guy could continuously stimulate his life force and become stronger.
The crimson Energy from King's body slowly flowed into Garou's. Controlled by King, this Energy became gentle and full of vitality, continuously repairing Garou's severely damaged body.
The charcoal on his body slowly cracked, revealing Garou's smooth skin beneath the fissures.
Energy could heal others—this was a result King discovered through several experiments.
Ever since defeating Boros, the leader of the Dark Matter Pirates, he had occasionally tested his various abilities.
He had discovered some interesting minor uses, such as the Soul invasion technique he just used, and the fact that his own Energy could heal others.
Perhaps because King himself possessed the talent of Ultra-Speed Regeneration, his Energy, aside from its immense destructive power, also contained abundant life force.
Under the continuous healing of the Energy, Garou's breathing gradually stabilized, and his yellow pupils slowly opened:
"Where... am I?"
After a brief moment of confusion, Garou finally came to his senses, his eyes widening in shock as he looked at King:
"I'm still alive! Did we kill that damn God?!"
King nodded:
"That's right, you're still alive. That God has been expelled from your body and is powerless to invade this world again."
I see... Garou lowered his head in thought, only then noticing his surroundings, and he completely lost his composure.
This scene is full of glittering, sparkling lights... Am I freaking in outer space?!
He instinctively wanted to hold his breath because, based on the little knowledge he learned in school, there's no oxygen in space.
But then he realized he could breathe and noticed a layer of Energy Shield surrounding him, preserving some oxygen.
Garou felt a wave of weakness deep within his Soul and couldn't help but clench his fist.
Having experienced the power of the God's body and now returning to such a weak state, the stark contrast felt incredibly strange.
He shook his head and suddenly seemed to remember something, his tone tinged with uncertainty:
"By the way... where are we now? Is that glowing ball next to us the sun?"
The naive Garou thought that even if they had reached outer space, they were still within the Solar System.
Hearing this, King's expression also darkened slightly.
To be honest, even he didn't know where that bastard God had teleported them, but one thing was certain: this was definitely not the Solar System.
Fortunately, he had left an energy imprint on the Bald Demon King Saitama and could tear through space to return by following the energy trail.
In response to Garou's question, King shook his head:
"This is not the Solar System but a region very far from Earth. If we want to return normally, it would likely take a very long time."
Hearing this, Garou was immediately stunned.
We're outside the Solar System? How do we get back!
Garou tried hard to recall the little knowledge about the Universe he had learned in school.
It seemed the fastest speed was the Speed of Light, and even light speed was considered very slow in the Universe, taking about eight minutes just to travel from the sun to Earth.
And now they were in a region even farther than the Solar System... Didn't that mean it would take them a very long time to return?!
As if sensing what Garou was about to say, King cut him off in advance:
"If you're wondering how to get back, don't worry. I can tear through space and reach Earth directly through space turbulence."
With that, King decided not to waste any more time with Garou. He grabbed him, thrust his right hand into the void ahead.
With an explosive burst of power, the space ahead was forcibly torn apart by King's strength, revealing an irregular silver-white rift.
King closed his eyes, his consciousness probing the distant cosmic expanse, quickly locking onto an extremely faint energy trace.
Found it!
He grabbed Garou, who was protected by the Energy Shield, and leaped into the spatial rift.
Facing the knife-like space turbulence ahead, King didn't actively defend. Instead, after weakening some of the damage, he allowed the remaining spatial cuts to continuously ravage his body.
After enduring hundreds of cuts, the damage the space turbulence could inflict on King became negligible, leaving only faint white marks on his skin.
This way, he could allocate more energy to protect Garou, preventing the kid from being torn to shreds by accident.
The world spun around them. King could still handle it, but Garou, even with the protection of the Energy Shield, was already dizzy and seeing stars.
After charging through the space turbulence for nearly ten minutes, King's perception of the energy trace reached its limit.
It seems we've arrived... With that thought, King threw a punch, smashing another hole in the space above. He then grabbed Garou and rushed out of the space turbulence.
Looking at the azure planet before him, King floated in the void, a faint smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
Finally, we're back.
As for this guy... King looked down at Garou, whose face was pale and on the verge of vomiting, and asked:
"Will you continue to uphold your absolute evil?"
At this moment, Garou felt like a severely carsick patient who had just stepped off a long-distance bus, his stomach churning and waves of dizziness assaulting his mind.
Even so, hearing King's question, he forced himself to endure the dizziness and managed a smile:
"Of course! I, the great one, will uphold absolute evil! I will defeat other heroes and make them understand that victory in this world isn't reserved only for heroes!"
When Garou spoke, he deliberately emphasized "other heroes," excluding King, who stood before him.
It wasn't just because King had saved him, preventing him from being possessed by the God. There was another, more important reason.
He simply couldn't win. Garou had seen King's performance clearly in the Soul Space.
He knew that even if he mastered the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist to its Peak, even if he evolved through countless life-and-death battles, he could never defeat this monster.
After all, this was someone who could pummel a God into the ground.