Chapter 132: You Look Like a Stray Dog!
"Hmph! Courting death!"
Flashy Flash's eyes were cold as ice. Since the monster before him dared to provoke him so openly, he would see how it liked being diced!
In the next second, under Diamond Sperm's mocking gaze, Flashy Flash twisted his wrist. His blade slashed toward the monster's neck at a velocity that defied logic.
"Flashy Slash!"
In the span of a single heartbeat, Flashy Flash relied on his extreme speed to land dozens of strikes on Diamond Sperm's neck.
A massive shock of recoil traveled up the blade. Flashy Flash's palm went numb, and a sense of dread filled his mind.
This kind of feedback only happened when a blade struck something impossibly hard.
Could it be...
CRACK!
The sound of shattering steel echoed. Flashy Flash's eyes widened in disbelief as shards of his blade scattered through the air like falling butterfly wings.
He had swung at Diamond Sperm's neck—so why was it his sword that broke?!
Looking closely, Diamond Sperm's neck, shimmering with a brilliant luster, didn't even have a faint white scratch on it.
"Too weak, too weak! Human, is speed the only thing you have to offer? What a pathetic creature."
As he spoke, Diamond Sperm threw a punch. The fist, carrying immense power, created a series of sonic booms. Its speed exceeded the limits of the human retina.
Even Flashy Flash couldn't see it clearly. He could only rely on his raw danger instinct to tilt his head to the side, narrowly avoiding having his skull detonated.
The fist grazed his cheek, severing several strands of his flowing golden hair. Flashy Flash flickered, turning into an afterimage that reappeared behind Diamond Sperm. He launched a vicious kick.
"Flashy Kick!"
"Too slow!"
Diamond Sperm sneered. The flexible antenna on his head whipped through the air, leaving a blue trail, and struck Flashy Flash precisely on the knee.
In his eyes, Flashy Flash's "teleportation-like" speed was as sluggish as a snail.
"ARGH!"
Flashy Flash let out a cry of pain. Amidst the spray of blood, a red line burst across the junction of his calf and thigh. The entire leg was severed instantly, hanging on by only a thin strip of skin and muscle.
I can't engage him in close combat... His melee capabilities are too overwhelming... I have to put distance between us first!
With that thought, Flashy Flash used his one good leg to retreat rapidly, simultaneously activating a secret ninja technique.
"Fifteen Flash Burial!"
In an instant, Flashy Flash blurred. Fifteen identical afterimages split from his body, all fleeing in different directions at the same top speed.
Looking at the fifteen clones, Diamond Sperm didn't give chase immediately. Instead, he struck a pose where he stood, radiating casual arrogance.
"My, my... just a bunch of parlor tricks. Weak! Pathetically weak! Is there no one stronger?!"
The moment the words left his mouth, Diamond Sperm stepped forward. The ground detonated under the impact of his launch, spiderweb cracks spreading across the asphalt.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!
He transformed into a streak of azure light. In less than 0.1 seconds, he smashed through every single clone, closing in on the real Flashy Flash.
Alarm bells shrieked in Flashy Flash's mind. He pushed his body to its absolute limit, trying to outrun the monster whose speed far eclipsed his own.
However, Diamond Sperm wore a wicked smirk. During the chase, he pulled up right alongside Flashy Flash, assuming a lazy, side-lying posture in mid-air:
"Going to kneel on your own?"
Damn it!
Bloodshot veins filled Flashy Flash's eyes. The monster's mockery was a direct assault on his pride as a ninja and an S-Class hero.
But the continuous, throbbing pain from his mangled knee served as a warning. He couldn't afford to be impulsive. This monster's stats were simply in another dimension.
Suddenly, without warning, Diamond Sperm threw a punch. Flashy Flash, who was maintaining his top speed, couldn't adjust his posture in time.
With the sound of shattering bone, Flashy Flash was sent flying backward. He smashed through a skyscraper, piercing through the entire floor before coming to a stop.
Chunks of concrete rained down, burying Flashy Flash in a pile of debris and thick dust.
For a moment, the world went silent.
"Hah... hah..."
Flashy Flash gasped for air, his vision blurred. His consciousness flickered, on the verge of shutting down.
He had just taken a direct punch from Diamond Sperm. His left arm was now twisted like a pretzel; the bones inside were crushed into a powder finer than the sugar frosting on a rice cracker.
Combined with his bleeding knee and the internal damage to his organs from the shockwave, Flashy Flash's condition had reached a critical limit.
I need a plan. I have to use these ruins to recover a bit of stamina.
Should I continue the head-on fight?
Flashy Flash shook his head, rejecting the thought. A head-on clash was suicide. His current state was proof enough of how foolish that idea was.
The monster's every stat far exceeded his own. He was crushed in his proudest attribute—speed—and his own attacks couldn't even scratch the monster's defense.
Moreover, he could sense that Diamond Sperm hadn't even gotten serious yet. If he had used his full strength, Flashy Flash would have been a red mist by now.
Should I set a trap?
Flashy Flash scanned his surroundings. Nothing but useless concrete. The only thing remotely hard was some snapped rebar.
Impossible. These ordinary materials can't hurt that monster. A trap is only useful if it has lethal stopping power.
Should I keep running and wait for backup?
Recalling the state of the battlefield as he fled, he knew that was a long shot. Every S-Class hero nearby was locked in their own desperate struggle. The other four enemies were equally powerful, making it impossible for anyone to break away to save him.
This is a disaster...
The rhythmic, agonizing pain kept him from losing consciousness, allowing him to focus on recovering what little energy he could. He manipulated the muscles in his limbs to tighten, restricting blood flow to achieve a basic tourniquet effect.
Just then, a thunderous explosion came from above.
CRASH!
The concrete ceiling above him was blasted apart. Bathed in the sunlight, shimmering with a brilliant diamond luster, Diamond Sperm looked down at the broken Flashy Flash lying in the rubble.
"HAHAHAHA! Look at you! You look just like a stray dog!"
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