However, just as Asura Kabuto was laughing uproariously and about to swallow the Asura Heart into his belly to perform fusion, a thin and dry hand pressed down on his head, while the other hand gripped that Asura Heart.
Asura Kabuto was stunned. He looked up and saw a wrinkled old face with a flat expression, but his eyes were filled with an extremely thick bloodthirsty aura.
"Elder Centipede!"
A flash of unease and fear crossed Asura Kabuto's eyes, but he wasn't too intimidated. Although he knew his opponent's strength was very great and was an entity that also made it onto the Monster List, his own ranking was higher than Elder Centipede's. He was very confident in his abilities.
Although Elder Centipede was a peak Dragon-level entity, Asura Kabuto wasn't necessarily inferior to him.
"I'm very interested in this Asura Heart. How about you give it to me?" Elder Centipede said expressionlessly, staring at Asura Kabuto with a very strange gaze.
All the monsters present watched this scene with excited expressions. They really enjoyed this kind of spectacle; it was very thrilling, and besides, they weren't the ones getting hurt. This character trait of enjoying watching chaos unfold was the essence of the Monster Association.
"Elder Centipede, I've long disliked seeing this insect. He arrives and immediately becomes a senior executive, on what basis? Kill him! Quickly kill him!" Black Sperm shouted provocatively.
Homeless Emperor also nodded: "This person is indeed too arrogant. Who knows if he'll stab us in the back when we're carrying out missions later. Better to finish him off now."
Asura Kabuto's forehead was filled with annoyed black lines.
What does this mean? Did he just become public enemy number one?
Suddenly...
*THWACK!*
A loud thudding sound was heard. Black Sperm's entire body was immediately slammed into the ground. His body was crushed and rotted, almost on the brink of death.
"Elder Centipede, you... what do you mean?" Black Sperm stared in horror at one giant, sharp arthropod leg extending from Elder Centipede's belly, which had pierced through and pinned his body to the ground.
"Try saying that again, who did you call an insect?" Elder Centipede's face looked very grim.
"..."
Damn it!
Black Sperm almost vomited blood. When he mocked Asura Kabuto, he forgot that this Elder Centipede was fundamentally also an insect—an extremely terrifying giant centipede!
"Elder Centipede, that's not what I meant," Black Sperm immediately begged for mercy. This big boss must not be offended.
"That's right, that's not what he meant!" Asura Kabuto suddenly said.
This made the other monsters bewildered.
Does this person have a problem with his brain?
Why is he defending Black Sperm?
That person had just tried to trap him, how could he be so patient?
Black Sperm and Elder Centipede also turned around, not understanding the situation.
Asura Kabuto continued: "What he means is, he wasn't targeting you, but rather... everyone sitting here is trash!"
As soon as those words came out, Black Sperm's face immediately turned pale green. When did he ever say something like that?!
"I didn't—" Before he could finish his sentence...
*CRACK!*
His body was immediately lifted high, another arthropod leg extended out and slashed his head flying off in an instant.
"Hand over that Asura Heart!" Elder Centipede naturally knew this person was provoking, but he didn't care.
Previously, his mood had been very bad because his offspring was killed for no reason. He had even transformed into human form and gone to the human city to carry out a massive slaughter, almost provoking Saitama to come, which made him flee helter-skelter back here.
Now the Golden List announced new information: the Bijuu in the Naruto World received a new power system from the First Rank. The Monster Association chairman had ordered them to participate in fighting for it.
With Elder Centipede's current strength, trying to seize Bijuu from the hands of big bosses from other worlds was the same as suicide; he was aware of that. Therefore, he was very thirsty to become stronger. The Asura Heart that Asura Kabuto obtained would give him a great boost, so naturally he wanted to seize it.
"Aren't you afraid of being punished by the Golden List?" Asked Asura Kabuto while narrowing his eyes.
Elder Centipede laughed coldly: "As long as the Golden List reward has fallen into your hands, then seizing it won't be a problem. Do you think I'm as stupid as that Imu? Moreover, you're not part of the Hidden Expert List, so you don't have a protection period. Hand over the Asura Heart, and I'll let you live!"
Asura Kabuto wasn't a kind person. He grinned terrifyingly, the wings on his back vibrated producing a sharp buzzing sound. Suddenly he lunged toward Elder Centipede above him: "Then just try to take it if you can!"
Elder Centipede's face became very fierce. From all over his body, arthropod legs suddenly grew very densely, transforming into giant thorns that stabbed sharply toward Asura Kabuto's head.
*WHOOSH!*
Asura Kabuto was very fast. With one flap of his wings, he had already shot away from Elder Centipede and disappeared from his spot. When he appeared again, he was already ten spear-lengths away.
Elder Centipede let out a shrill shriek. He even broke off two of his own arthropod legs to use as swords in his hands. He opened his mouth and roared, spewing hot blazing red mist.
"DIE—!" Asura Kabuto had also lost his mind. He let out a roar that shook the sky. The hot red mist that was charging attacked as fast as lightning, but suddenly vibrated violently as if struck by an invisible wave.
The ripples of that mist surged forming circles of hot air that instead turned back to attack Elder Centipede himself.
A sound wave attack!
Elder Centipede was startled. When that sound wave hit, his head buzzed and the world felt like it was spinning. Fortunately, the direction change of the red mist earlier gave him a timely warning. As a centipede that had evolved, he wasn't unfamiliar with this type of attack and already had experience.
His arthropod legs vibrated like water ripples, tapping his hard shell with a strange frequency rhythmically. Amazingly, he managed to synchronize that vibration with the sound wave, thus neutralizing its impact.
Seeing Asura Kabuto take advantage of the sound attack to charge forward, Elder Centipede immediately swung the arthropod leg he had broken off to defend.
*CLANG!*
Both were insect-type monsters that had exoskeletons. The collision between them produced a loud metallic clanging sound. However, suddenly from Asura Kabuto's mouth a very sharp proboscis extended, stabbing toward Elder Centipede's head at a very unique angle.
Elder Centipede didn't expect Asura Kabuto had a trick like this. He broke into a cold sweat and immediately tilted his head with all his might to dodge.
However, as if already knowing the future, Asura Kabuto's sharp proboscis turned in mid-air and pierced straight through one of Elder Centipede's eyes!
"ARRGGHH—!" Elder Centipede let out an extremely agonizing scream.
His body instantly transformed back to its original form; a giant thousand-legged centipede writhing and swelling tremendously. His body rampaged wildly, and in an instant, dozens of surrounding monsters who didn't have time to dodge were directly crushed into meat pulp.