The three scars near King's eyes twitched uncontrollably, he said in a slightly frustrated tone: "Impossible, Saitama-kun couldn't possibly have died, he's so strong!"
Besides Genos, no one understood Saitama's strength better than King. He had been trapped in life-and-death crises many times; if not for Saitama, he would have definitely been crushed into a lump of meat.
It was also because of Saitama that he could maintain his position until today, sitting stably in the S-Class hero ranks without being discovered. It could be said, Saitama was not only his life's savior, but also the one who laid the first stone of his destiny.
Even his success in obtaining Shukaku and releasing his status as an ordinary person to possess real supernatural power now, could also be said to be because of Saitama. If not for that baldy, King wouldn't have reached this point. To him, although that crazy woman was strong, she absolutely couldn't possibly kill Saitama.
Bang also shook his head. He had a deep understanding of Saitama's strength.
Saitama's punch in J-City back then, which destroyed emptiness, left a very deep impression on everyone present.
Right at that moment, Shanks who was standing not far away suddenly furrowed his brows. He seemed to realize something, then suddenly turned toward here and shouted loudly: "Be careful!"
Tatsumaki and the others were stunned, just about to ask.
An extraordinarily large giant centipede suddenly appeared from behind everyone's backs. Sharp mouth organs and segmented legs opened and closed rapidly, producing strange sounds, then charged toward them all as if wanting to swallow them in one gulp.
Simultaneously, from its mouth spewed very large amounts of thick purple liquid, covering everyone. As soon as this purple liquid contacted air, it immediately produced strange hissing sounds and emitted smoke; clearly containing very deadly poison.
Everyone's faces changed drastically, Bang shouted angrily: "Elder Centipede!"
Among them, only Tatsumaki's mental power was strong enough because she was a telekinesis user, but her attention earlier had been diverted because she was talking with King and the others, so she was careless for a moment.
Meanwhile, Shanks who was a peak-level fighter in terms of Haoshoku Haki, had mental power that even exceeded Tatsumaki's, so he quickly sensed extreme malicious intent from close range.
Physical traces could be hidden, but the malicious intent and bloodthirst in Elder Centipede's heart were difficult to cover up, and that was his biggest flaw.
"Seeking death—!"
Bang was very angry. The clothes on his upper body suddenly exploded, revealing bulging muscles twisted like steel bars. His hair and beard stood upright. His entire body was enveloped by a thick black layer; that was Busoshoku Haki from the One Piece World.
Because Imu was captured, some basic power systems from the One Piece World had been obtained by the One Punch Man World. Rokushiki and the three types of Haki were no longer secrets in the New World.
Bang, who had extraordinary talent in physical martial arts, quickly understood Busoshoku Haki and had reached a high level in a short time; this speed was truly unreasonable.
His strength had risen to the next level. Reddish-colored Haki (Ryou) flowed within the thick black. He launched one punch; his fist tip compressed the air until that air was compressed and produced an explosion, spurting upward like a water stream.
The purple poison hit by that compressed air blast exploded to the surroundings. Poison droplets that fell on the ground, stones, and trees immediately produced hissing sounds accompanied by purple smoke; places hit by those splashes directly melted and corroded forming holes.
Everyone's expressions twitched; the poison level of this purple liquid was truly too strong. If a human body was hit by that spray, not many could withstand it.
Even Shirohige and the others who saw this scene from afar slightly frowned. Although their physiques were different from ordinary humans and added with Busoshoku Haki, they still weren't confident they could withstand that level of poison. This poison was equivalent to Magellan's power, the Chief Warden of Impel Down.
King also took action at the same time. Actually not him, but Shukaku who was attached to his body. The poison smashed by Bang didn't all scatter to the sides; there were some drops that fell right toward King's head.
King felt chills; he saw the horrifying condition on stones and trees earlier, and he wasn't sure his head was harder than stones. If this fell on his head, perhaps his brain would melt away?
Moments later, yellow sand immediately rose from the surrounding ground, quickly gathering to form a giant sand palm facing upward. Next, sand gathered again connecting to the palm's base; a giant monster completely consisting of yellow sand rose from the ground. That monster gripped Elder Centipede's head and pressed it forcefully to the ground.
Elder Centipede let out a shrill shriek, its body kept writhing, countless segmented legs moving stabbing-stabbing that sand monster's body. Holes appeared and sand scattered everywhere, but were quickly filled by newly appearing sand so it didn't injure the core part.
King's physical body was wrapped inside that giant monster, as if he was the core pilot controlling that monster.
"You have this kind of ability too!" King's eyes sparkled, feeling as if he was inside a video game.
In fact, King's fighting consciousness was very strong. He was invincible in fighting games and had repeatedly defeated Saitama until making that baldy rage helplessly. But because of his status as an ordinary human, he couldn't exert his fighting consciousness.
But now it was different. With the addition of Shukaku's power, this giant monster seemed to become a game character he controlled, or even his own incarnation. He could move it at will according to his wishes. This was the power system left by Kaiser: two entities in one unity, mutually sharing.
Shukaku also realized King's joy, so he handed over control of this sand monster's body entirely to him, while he himself was only responsible for strengthening power and repairing damaged body parts.
Under everyone's astonished gazes, this monster suddenly became very agile. Among its dodging and spinning movements, it perfectly avoided Elder Centipede's very dense segmented legs attacks. Although its body movements didn't appear large, the opponent's attacks couldn't touch it at all.
"As expected, he really is King!" Several S-Class heroes' gazes glittered. Even strong fighters from other worlds couldn't hold back their admiration.
This giant centipede had so many legs, and such dense attacks could be completely avoided by him. This showed that his fighting consciousness and body control had reached an extraordinary level.
"Amazing young man!" Praised Shirohige while laughing uproariously: "I'm curious whether he wants to become my son!"
Kizaru, Shanks, and Kaido were made speechless. Shirohige's habit of adopting children everywhere seemed difficult to change in a lifetime.
"Die—!"
Suddenly a thunderous shout was heard from inside the sand monster; that was King's voice. Next, an invisible force shot out from inside that monster's body and instantly struck Elder Centipede's body.
Elder Centipede's expression suddenly froze, its movements became stiff momentarily. And that brief moment was the deadly moment.