Chapter 114: Since When Did I Need a Human's Pity?
King's fist landed squarely on Hellfire Flame's head. Boundless, berserk power instantly flooded his brain.
SPLAT!
With a dull, wet explosion, Hellfire Flame's head burst like a ripe watermelon. Red and white matter splattered everywhere.
His body, honed to perfection for ultimate speed, stiffened instantly before collapsing lifelessly to the ground.
"Hellfire! Damn it!"
Gale Wind, seeing his partner's head exploded in a single punch, was so terrified that he snapped his voluntarily broken neck back into place, staring in disbelief.
In this moment, fear outweighed the grief of losing his companion.
Too fast... That speed completely crushes ours... Is this guy really human?!
Just then, Gouketsu arrived in front of King. His massive fist created an ear-piercing sonic boom as it tore through the air. A strike combining martial arts technique and monstrous brute force aimed straight at the Strongest Man on Earth.
"Daring to be distracted by those two while facing my attack?! You are looking down on me, Gouketsu! Die! Monster Calamity God Slayer Fist!"
Just as Gouketsu's fist was less than half a meter from King's face, the fierce wind blowing his golden hair back, the Strongest Man on Earth finally looked up.
"Hm? Where did this ugly thing come from?"
Rather than Gouketsu's full-power strike, the first thing King noticed was his ugly face covered in red eyes.
With a casual punch, King shattered Gouketsu's armored arm into a mist of blood. Gouketsu was sent flying backward like a meteor, smashing deep into the rock wall.
After punching Gouketsu away, King spun around again. He threw several punches at the thousands of flames spewing from Monster King Orochi.
Instantly, the air in front of him compressed into solid shockwaves, crushing the sky-filling firestorm and extinguishing it mid-air.
In less than five seconds, King effortlessly neutralized the simultaneous attacks of four Dragon-level powerhouses without breaking a sweat.
Embedded in the rock wall, Gouketsu caused massive rocks to fall with every movement. His eyes were filled with shock.
How... why are humans this strong...
More than the physical pain, the mental trauma hurt Gouketsu more.
Facing his full-power strike, the human called King cared not about the power of the attack, but about how ugly he was!
For a martial artist pursuing ultimate strength and striving for the peak, this was the greatest insult imaginable!
Imagine dreaming of becoming a world-class scientist, studying desperately, climbing from bachelor's to master's to Ph.D.
Day after day, your hair falls out, and your hormones go haywire, making you fat. But you firmly believe your academic pursuit is correct.
Until one day, you meet someone acclaimed as the world's top scholar. After a passionate speech about your work, his first sentence isn't praise for your research, but:
"Where did you get such a big stomach? Did you swallow a pillow?"
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!! THIS IS TOO MUCH!!"
Gouketsu let out a furious roar. His massive six-meter frame exploded with power, pulling himself out of the rock wall.
His legs stomped against the wall, shattering nearly a hundred meters of rock behind him. Launching himself like a cannonball at King, he raised his remaining left arm.
"A martial artist's dignity cannot be insulted! Today, I will make you experience the ultimate martial arts of monsters! Monster Calamity God Slayer Fist!!"
Hearing the deafening roar, King covered one ear with a hand. His raised right hand burst with blinding golden light.
"Please. We're fighting here. Stop screaming. Who are you shouting for?"
Despite the casual complaint, King gave Gouketsu's full-power attack a sliver of respect.
For someone who challenged the legendary Monster King Orochi in pursuit of martial arts, only to be beaten into submission and turned into a monster, King didn't hold complete contempt.
He could have ended it with a casual punch, but now, King decided to give Gouketsu a dignified end.
Endless golden light gathered in his right fist, forming a dazzling miniature sun in the blink of an eye. He met Gouketsu's black-aura-wreathed fist head-on.
"IMPERIAL FIST!"
The moment they collided, an invisible shockwave swept wildly in all directions from their bodies.
In the next second, with a crisp shattering sound, Gouketsu's left arm was destroyed with crushing force. The violent golden energy surged upward through his body.
Gouketsu froze. In the split second before death, his dozens of eyes stared simultaneously at King, as if trying to etch this human's face into his soul.
So humans can be this strong...
If I'm not mistaken... King used martial arts just now.
Moreover, Gouketsu realized that the special fist technique King used was a level above his own Monster Calamity God Slayer Fist.
In their two exchanges, Gouketsu wasn't just crushed in power; the martial arts technique on his fist was neutralized by an even more profound skill.
As a Dragon-level Executive, Gouketsu wasn't stupid. In their brief clash, he sensed that King surpassed him in every stat.
Despite being able to crush him with raw stats, King still used martial arts. That explained everything.
Really now... Since when did I need a human's pity?
Gouketsu sighed helplessly in his heart. He watched as cracks spread rapidly across his body, and then he exploded into a mist of blood, dissipating into the world.
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