Naruto World. Forest Edge.
The Monster Association members led by Elder Centipede stared at the chaotic battlefield situation with grim expressions while hiding their respective presences.
Initially, their plan was to let those experts fight each other, then they would take advantage as a third party when the enemy was in their weakest condition. However, the changes on the field were truly beyond their expectations.
The appearance of Uchiha Madara, Saitama, and Otsutsuki Kaguya had turned their understanding of fighter strength in this world upside down.
How could there be people this strong in this world?
"Elder, the Bijuu have almost all escaped. Should we still attack?" Asked one member in a low voice.
"Silence!" Elder Centipede snapped instantly.
Now they no longer intended to fight over the Bijuu. This world was too frightening, they wanted to go home.
Just now, Kaguya's Tomogoroshi no Haikotsu technique accidentally penetrated the body of one of their minions. That subordinate directly vanished into dust on the spot without leaving even a trace of a corpse.
This made Elder Centipede break into cold sweat. Just a bit more, he might have ended up the same as that subordinate. He wasn't sure his body could withstand the power of those killer ash bones.
"Trash!" Asura Kabuto sneered in a cold tone, showing his contempt for Elder Centipede's fear.
Elder Centipede became furious: "If you think you're so great, go there! If you can complete the Chairman's task and successfully plunder the Bijuu from those people's hands, I'll give you this Third-Ranked Elder position!"
Asura Kabuto opened his mouth, but ultimately didn't dare to boast. His biological instinct told him that any fighter who had just fought at the battlefield's center wasn't an opponent he could face, especially that baldy and crazy woman.
(If I could prey on one of them, I don't know what stage I would evolve to...) Asura Kabuto stared with greedy eyes.
If that truly happened, perhaps even the Chairman in power would no longer be his match. He always prided himself as the monster with the highest growth potential in the Monster Association.
However, the situation's development was truly unexpected.
That strongest baldy and crazy woman apparently destroyed each other and suddenly disappeared from the battlefield's center. This made everyone freeze.
"Those two... died?" Black Sperm muttered while staring blankly toward the field.
"It seems... so..." Elder Centipede answered doubtfully.
However, Asura Kabuto who relied on his biological instinct sensed remnants of another strange existence's aura remaining on the battlefield.
Just now, everyone's consciousness seemed to be made dazed by some power; space and time briefly stopped for a moment. The space where those two people were seemed blocked, and someone else appeared then disappeared.
(Who was that person?) Asura Kabuto was shocked inwardly.
Being able to send away those two people whose strength was unreasonable so quietly, how strong was that strange figure? The answer had almost emerged in his mind.
Rank One of the Golden List!
Asura Kabuto indeed wasn't very smart academically, but that didn't mean he was stupid. The clues were so clear he didn't need to think hard. Rank One of the Golden List apparently interfered in this matter.
Asura Kabuto slowly retreated; he valued his own life quite much. Ordinary enemies he might not fear, but this was Rank One. Even that baldy alone already gave him an unmatched sense of crisis, let alone that mysterious Rank One figure who rarely showed himself.
"Good! Those two monsters are dead, our opportunity has arrived!" Elder Centipede instead became excited and suddenly stood up.
Those two were already dead. Although other fighters remained strong, they weren't strong enough to make him feel suffocated. If they fished in muddy waters, it wasn't impossible they could seize one or two Bijuu.
"Eat... eat..." A giant fat ball without facial features except a large mouth crawled up, disgusting drool flowing from its mouth.
This was an executive-level member of the Monster Association, Gums.
"All you know is eating!" Elder Centipede snorted. His cunning eyes swept the entire battlefield, considering from where they should best start their attack.
However, not a single person remaining on the field was easy to face. Whether it was the One Piece faction (Shirohige, Kaido, Big Mom, Shanks), One Punch Man faction (King, Tatsumaki, Bang), or Naruto faction (Jiraiya, Tobirama, Hiruzen). Their attention was all currently still occupied by the disappearance of Saitama and Kaguya.
Elder Centipede felt doubtful, but right now was the best time to conduct a surprise attack, especially toward the heroes from their own world. If he could utilize this opportunity to seriously injure them, then monster actions in the One Punch Man World would be far freer.
Although the Monster Association was strong, they were always suppressed by the Hero Association. If the majority of S-Class Heroes died here, then many cities in their world would become paradise for monsters. Thinking about this, Elder Centipede was tempted.
"Homeless Emperor, while it's now, kill them!" Elder Centipede pondered for a moment then turned toward Homeless Emperor.
That middle-aged man with long hair wearing a crown and tattered robe glanced at Elder Centipede and sneered: "Do you think I'm stupid? Why don't you go yourself?"
They had seen those people's strength from the darkness. Although Homeless Emperor had pride and confidence from receiving light power from "God," he didn't dare act rashly before so many experts. He felt that even the "God" who gave him power might not necessarily be a match for that baldy or crazy woman earlier.
Although the remaining people weren't as strong as those two monsters earlier, they were still top-ranked fighters on the Golden List. Once he moved, he would immediately become everyone's target. Although he had great power, his physical body was still an ordinary human's. He remembered the subordinate who died miserably earlier and still felt horrified.
"Trash, all trash!" Elder Centipede gritted his teeth. However, because the opportunity was right before his eyes, he steeled his resolve.
His entire body emitted light, shrinking into an old man figure, with thousands of small legs beneath his feet. He glided approaching the heroes from the distance very quickly and soundlessly.
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Tatsumaki and the others still stared at the sky, not yet fully recovered from shock.
They also wondered, where did Saitama and that woman go?
If they died, was there no corpse remains at all?
Did both truly perish from the collision of their respective powers?
"That baldy... couldn't possibly have really died, right?" Tatsumaki turned toward Bang.
Although she was annoyed at Saitama, she acknowledged his strength. After all, Saitama was Rank Three of the Golden List, how could he just die like that?
And die without leaving a corpse?
She found it hard to believe.