In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 513 Explosion Appears
City A.

The enormous interstellar spaceship that had enveloped the entire city of A finally crashed into the mainland after a battle between four exceptionally powerful individuals.

With terrifying power, City A was destroyed.

This continent is extremely vast, and the city is the largest administrative region, almost equivalent to a medium-sized country in other worlds.

City A, located within the supercontinent, is the largest of all cities.

The destruction of City A had a huge impact on several surrounding city clusters.

The three powerful beings, all at the dragon level or above, possessed the strength to shake and destroy the entire continent when they unleashed their full power, with Boros being even more formidable.

If the battle hadn't taken place aboard that enormous spaceship, this continent would likely be ravaged—as an interstellar warship capable of long-term voyages in the vast universe, its materials are extremely robust.

"Damn it...this guy is really a pain in the neck."

Metal Bat spat and glared fiercely at Boros. Although his aura was growing stronger, his body swayed precariously, as if he would collapse at any moment.

The tornado was teetering on the brink of collapse.

Although she is strong, the endurance of her superpowers is also linked to her mental and physical strength. In the process of fighting Boros, the pressure she endured was even higher than that of Shimizu, so she was naturally about to give up.

It could even be said that his superpowers have almost completely dried up, and not a single drop can be squeezed out.

"It's been a long time since I've had such a thrilling battle, but the three of you are still a little lacking. You're not the kind of opponent I've been waiting for."

Boros also caught his breath, but quickly recovered and looked at Shimizu and the other two with excitement.

He hadn't had such a satisfying fight in years.

"Next, to show my respect for the three of you, I will unleash all my energy at once, unleash my true strongest form, kill the three of you, and destroy this planet in one fell swoop, forcing out the one who is truly my equal."

Boros looked serious, and the pink on his body gradually faded, replaced by a deep and mysterious black.

A deep, powerful heartbeat sounded, and an even more terrifying atmosphere than before spread, making people feel suffocated.

Even between a single blow that destroys a star, there are differences in skill level.

Destroying the moon is a planetary explosion, and destroying the Earth is also a planetary explosion. However, the former's volume is only 0.02 times that of Earth, and its mass is only 0.0123 times that of Earth. They are not even in the same order of magnitude.

However, seeing Boros's attitude, Shimizu breathed a sigh of relief and even seemed to be planning to stop there.

"Hey! Even though this guy seems unusually strong right now, Black Lightning, you're not planning to give up, are you?"

Metal Bat, holding his weapon, stood beside Shimizu and shouted a warning.

Tornado maintained a posture as if she was about to collapse at any moment, but she also looked at Shimizu with disdain.

"Who said I was going to give up? It's just that we won't be needed anymore."

Shimizu patted the metal bat on the shoulder and pointed behind him.

Tornado immediately turned around with delight, but upon seeing that the newcomer was a bald man who looked like a nobody, her expression immediately turned to disappointment.

She thought the person who came was her mentor and father, who had saved her life and led her to the path of heroism, establishing her own beliefs.

"Who is he?"

Metal Bat curiously voiced the question that had been on his and Tornado's minds.

"Bald cape hero, or you can call him One-Punch Man."

Shimizu smiled slightly, nodded to Saitama who was walking over, and then pointed at Boros.

Compared to the others, Boros was the one who could most directly feel Saitama's power.

This is a fundamental difference in level.

"Very well, you've finally arrived. The energy you possess is more unfathomable than the combined power of the three of them. You must be the opponent I've been waiting for for twenty years! Tell me your name, my opponent!"

"What do you mean twenty years? I wasn't even in elementary school back then."

Saitama scratched his bald head, looking puzzled, but still spoke loudly:

"My name is Saitama! You're the one who turned Genos into modern art and destroyed City A, right?"

"Yes, it's me! My name is Boros, your opponent!"

I can see the loneliness and desolation in you, and so can I. I've been invincible in the universe for too many years, which is why I came to this planet to find you. Just now, I was even planning that if you still refused to show up, I would kill those three in one fell swoop and destroy this planet to force you to show yourself.

"Perfect timing! I've already brought out my strongest form. Let's settle this with our full power!"

Boros's aura surged, and streams of dense, almost black energy converged, aimed at Saitama.

The heartbeat was deafening, far exceeding that of the so-called "Emperor Engine," and could still be clearly heard even hundreds of miles away in City A.

"Destroy an entire planet with a single blow? It seems I'll have to go all out for something like this!"

"Collapse Star Roaring Cannon!"

"The ultimate move, the Serious Series: A Serious Punch!"

Endless light and heat appeared, and the surging shockwave swept across the ruins of City A, even causing noticeable tremors across nearly half the continent.

Terrifying energy pierced the sky, broke through the atmosphere, and caused the Earth to part in the middle.

Shimizu reacted quickly, turning around and pinning Tornado to the ground, shielding her with her body.

Metal Bat is at least a hero with a tanky build, and his defense has now increased to a level above Dragon with his momentum. Meanwhile, Tatsumaki, who barely has the strength to use her superpowers, probably has a defense that is even weaker than a Demon-level monster.

If no one had stood in front of her, she probably would have been finished.

The intense light and heat gradually disappeared.

As the commotion subsided, Saitama maintained his fist-pumping stance, his red glove shattered, and wisps of smoke rose from his fist.

Boros's imposing aura had vanished, and his body had turned from black to gray. His aura was weak, clearly indicating that he had suffered a severe injury, but at least he was still standing.

In the original timeline, he was injured by Saitama's ordinary punch, and then his body was almost destroyed by a series of ordinary punches before he recovered and withstood the serious punch.

At that time, Boros was still barely alive and could exchange a few words with Saitama, but he was practically ashes.

Although Shimizu, Tornado, and Metal Bat also inflicted great damage on Boros, forcing him to reveal his trump card before meeting his so-called "opponent," at least he wasn't blown to pieces and turned into blood foam before recovering, so his current condition is somewhat better.

But in reality, he went from having only half a breath left to barely clinging to life, and he was still able to stand up; he didn't die on the spot.

If Boros were given the opportunity to replenish his energy, he could still recover, but the amount of energy required would be enormous and would take a very long time.

The premise is that he has that opportunity.

"You're really strong!"

Saitama's eyes lit up as he looked at Boros, who was still standing and hadn't died, but he quickly felt a little disappointed.

Even such a powerful monster was rendered helpless after blocking one of my serious punches, unable to withstand a second blow. In that case, who in this world could possibly give him a proper, satisfying fight...?

"Can you get up now? You pervert!"

Tornado's face flushed slightly as she whispered to Shimizu, glancing down at him.

In the battle with Boros, Shimizu's nano-metal particles were almost completely depleted, leaving only enough armor to barely cover his upper body.

He swallowed countless high-energy capsules.

So he accidentally bumped into Tornado, who was wearing a high-slit black trench coat.

"Ahem! Well, let's deal with Boros first."

Shimizu climbed off Tornado with a serious expression and said.

"thump!"

Metal Bat watched as Saitama severely injured the despair-inducing Boros with a single punch, while he himself remained unharmed. Knowing he was safe, he finally collapsed to the ground, unable to hold on any longer.

"Um... but before that, let me give the metal bat some first aid."

As she spoke, Shimizu reached out and placed her hand on the metal bat's wounded body, activating a medical ninjutsu to repair its injuries.

Metal Bat's current condition is no better than Boros's after taking a serious punch from Saitama.

"I lost... I finally... lost."

Boros looked at Saitama with a dazed expression.

He still had that shiny bald head, and that silly, goofy expression. Apart from the torn red boxing glove on the hand he was using to throw a punch, he was completely unharmed.

Boros could also sense that the punch he threw at Saitama hadn't caused him much damage at all.

In the past, he had always appeared calm and collected after easily defeating his opponents.

"But... this wasn't an equal battle at all. Clearly, I was the one who was being crushed. The prophecy... was lying to me!"

"Prophecies are just unreliable and deceptive things. How could anyone say that something will come true 100% of the time?"

Saitama picked his nose and said.

“Saitama is right. Time is inherently complex. The past and present have a fixed linear relationship, but the future always has infinite possibilities. The stronger you are, the greater your influence on the world, the heavier your share in time, and the more likely you are to change things.”

Shimizu responded to Saitama's words by removing his hand from the metal bat.

Metal Bat is now out of danger. With his strong physique, he only needs to get proper nutrition and rest for a while to recover fully without any lasting problems.

"Boros, you no longer have the power to change your future."

Shimizu looked intently at Boros.

Most of the energy from the several arc reactors on his body was used to power the pyrothermal core and other energy cores, but not all of it was left.

Furthermore, Shimizu's remaining chakra was mostly restored when she took the high-energy capsule, and she still possessed more than 80% of her fighting power.

While Boros isn't entirely without any fighting power, and even ordinary Demon-level monsters would still be easily killed by him, a Dragon-level being would also be capable of killing him.

He is dead!

"The victor is king, the loser is villain. There's nothing to say. Saitama, you are a stronger opponent than me, and the only one qualified to kill me. Come and do it!"

Boros spoke frankly, with a touch of magnanimity on his face.

Before his death, he had a satisfying fight and was defeated by an opponent stronger than himself. For Boros, his death was not a loss.

"Saitama, let's do it. Don't be fooled by his seemingly righteous appearance. Don't forget that if you hadn't come, he would have blown up the Earth and killed all of humanity."

Shimizu looked at Saitama and said.

Just then, Shimizu suddenly turned around and looked at the distance.

The space rippled, and a dark spatial portal appeared, from which emerged a man wearing tactical goggles and a high-tech combat suit.

Upon seeing the newcomer, the weak duck, Tornado, sitting on the ground, was overjoyed.

"blasting?"

"Ah, it's Little Tornado. I just received a message from Sitch saying that a god-level monster threatening all of humanity had appeared here. Now it seems the battle is over? I didn't expect it to be someone I knew."

Blast glanced at Tornado, then looked at Boros.

"An acquaintance? Do you know him, sir?"

Saitama looked at the explosion.

"It was him in another parallel universe, whom I met in another dimension. In that world, after being defeated by him, I lost my powerful spatial ability to fight against the gods. After being invaded and destroyed by the gods, I was stranded in another dimension, where I met him. After a fight, he joined my team to fight against the gods together."

Blast looked at Boros with a smile.

Boros was taken aback.

"So, you're actually my opponent? And you'll be defeated by me?"

"Not necessarily. The same individual in different parallel universes will have different strengths. At least in that parallel universe, you are slightly weaker than me."

Blast sized up Boros, seemingly trying to figure out how to recruit him.

Those he could recruit into his team were all super-strong individuals from various parallel universes. They were either like Boros, possessing strength above the threshold of godhood, or powerful beings above the dragon level with strong spatial abilities, capable of leveraging the advantages of spatial abilities in other dimensions.

Blast, who possesses both god-level strength and powerful spatial abilities, is the captain of that god-resistance squad.

"Do you have the ability to travel through parallel universes?"

Shimizu watched the blasting.

The explosion explained:
"Yes, but that would be too costly. I would never do that in most cases. So I usually fight in parallel spacetime gaps, which also makes it easier to observe any anomalies in the world that may be related to external spacetime."

Is that really possible?

It seems that the spatial ability of the explosion has reached an extremely astonishing level, strong enough to break free from the constraints of time and space on the present space.

"By the way, Boros, who defeated you?"

Boros curiously observed the people present, his gaze mainly focused on Shimizu and Saitama.

He knew Tornado's strength very well, and Metal Bat had already hit the ground. Only Shimizu and Saitama seemed to be in good condition.

However, as a god-level powerhouse on par with Boros, he quickly focused his attention on Saitama.

(End of this chapter)