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

Chapter 531 The World Will Become
"not good!"

Sykes was startled and activated his telekinesis to try to escape.

The next moment, the ground trembled, and the entire Monster Association rose upwards at an extremely fast speed.

Tornado's body glowed with a bluish-green light, indicating that she had overloaded her superpowers and lifted the Monster Association headquarters, which was thousands of meters high, from underground to the surface.

With powerful reinforcements arriving, Tornado had no more reservations. Her powerful superpowers enveloped her, and she burst through the ground, charging straight toward Psykos.

Sykes can be found in clear water, and so can tornadoes.

Psykos controls Gyoro Gyoro with her superpowers, but Tornado's superpowers are far stronger than Psykos's, and her skills have also improved significantly after learning from her battle with the telekinetic octopus.

Others can't detect the signals of her superpowers, but she can.

"It seems that Tornado has left you to me to deal with."

Shimizu looked at the giant snake, and the black warrior armor once again shone with a purplish-black light.

Without using dark energy, he might not be able to defeat the giant snake.

Looking around at the Dragon-level monsters and S-class heroes who were already engaged in combat, Orochi realized that the Hero Association had not sent out all its forces, which gave him a boost of confidence.

"Black Lightning? What a pity. Your strength is indeed great, and you have many methods, but unfortunately, too many of them rely on technology."

"What's wrong with technology?"

Shimizu instantly dodged the giant snake's attack, and with a backhand punch, using the powerful force of dark energy, blasted the giant snake away, creating a large hole in its body.

With Saitama around, he wasn't worried about anyone else getting hurt, so he could act freely.

The giant serpent raised its head, its metal mask shattering to reveal a hideous face formed of tentacles, with obvious surprise visible in its empty eyes.

How could he be so strong!

We have to work hard!

"boom!"

As flames roared up, the serpent's form underwent a dramatic transformation.

The earth trembled; the earthquake, centered on the Monster Association, shook the entire Z-City and spread across the entire continent.

A gigantic centipede-like creature, far larger and longer than Elder Centipede, coiled on the ground, its body covered in scales.

On its body and every limb, wriggles and squeeze out dragons and snakes, which look rather disgusting, yet also carry a strange sense of holiness.

"Why are there centipedes again?"

Shimizu watched as the giant snake and the dragons and snakes on its body lit up their mouths, and its chest also shone with light.

We need to carefully consider the angle and power, lest we accidentally blast a hole through the Earth.

next second.

The intensely hot breath, emitting a white light, collided with the purplish-black beam of light condensed from dark energy, unleashing an extremely powerful shockwave that overturned a large portion of the surface of Z City and continued to spread outwards.

Fortunately, this large area was uninhabited in Z City. After the Hero Association confirmed that the Monster Association was located underground, the rest of Z City mobilized immediately to evacuate the people and take refuge in shelters.

This shelter couldn't stop Dragon-level monsters, or even some peak Demon-level monsters, but at this distance, it was enough to block the residual aftershocks of the battle.

Therefore, Shimizu is not too restricted in her actions.

"Huh? What happened? Is my house gone?"

Saitama, who had just punched the Ugly President to pieces, stared blankly at the ruins of Z City below, then turned to look at Shimizu and Orochi, who were exchanging beams.

At his feet lay the corpses of several Dragon-level monsters from the Monster Association, including Gums and Natural Water, scattered across the ground. Black Sperm lay huddled in a corner of the rubble, clutching his head and trembling as he looked at Platinum Sperm's broken body.

"It's actually getting stronger during the battle? No, it's not just getting stronger, its tail has also penetrated into the ground, drawing energy from the earth's core."

Shimizu looked at the giant snake, not surprised by its fighting prowess.

Those with combat power above the dragon level are already capable of going toe-to-toe with god-level units, just like Shimizu and Tatsumaki before, whose combined efforts held off Boros for a period of time.

If I want to kill the giant snake, I reckon it will take some effort.

However, this guy is quite strong. If we don't kill him instantly, it's easy for him to drag things out and then, with his abnormal learning and evolution abilities, continue to grow stronger like a hungry wolf.

In that case...

Release Saitama!
Shimizu flashed forward, forcibly increasing his energy output, and forced his high-temperature breath back into the giant snake's mouth. He then instantly appeared at the bottom behind the giant snake.

"Saitama! It's all up to you!"

Shimizu and Saitama made their moves one after the other.

The former relied on the powerful force brought by dark energy to attack the giant serpent, forcibly pulling out its tail that had sunk into the ground and blasting its massive, city-sized body into the air.

While this attack wouldn't kill Orochi, and Orochi could quickly change tactics to defend itself, it was Saitama who launched the decisive attack.

"Continuous ordinary punches."

A fist wearing a red glove was thrown out in quick succession in that instant.

Shimizu felt a tightness in his chest and sensed an extremely strong threat. He activated his spatial power and quickly retreated.

He might be able to withstand those consecutive ordinary punches thanks to the burst of dark energy, but his armor would definitely be destroyed, and he would be seriously injured. More importantly, if the force field metal sphere containing a large amount of dark energy were also damaged, it would be troublesome.

Fortunately, Saitama's control over his power was extremely precise, and Shimizu's retreat was timely, so the continuous ordinary punches did not harm him.

If it were Boros, he could withstand a series of ordinary punches and even have the strength to unleash the Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon afterward, but this is Orochi, whose strength has not yet reached the level of a god.

Under a barrage of ordinary punches, the giant snake's resistance proved utterly futile, its body instantly shattering into countless pieces of flesh.

Shimizu clapped his hands together, once again gathering the Yin-Yang power of the Six Paths within his body, and released the Earth Explosion Star to gather the pieces of flesh together.

Orochi is not as strong as Boros, but in terms of self-healing ability, its upper limit may be higher than Boros'. It only needs a single cell to directly absorb energy from the substances it comes into contact with, assimilating them like cancer cells and regenerating rapidly.

Boros, on the other hand, relies on the energy he has accumulated on his own, which is why he is no match for Orochi.

Shimizu had no intention of reviving Orochi, nor did he intend to use Orochi's remains as a sacrifice to resurrect the Centipede Sage. The best method was for Saitama to deliver another punch, completely annihilating Orochi with overwhelming power.

Therefore, the amount of Yin-Yang power that Shimizu mobilized for this Chibaku Tensei was not much, not even as much as when he sealed Phoenix Man. The purpose was merely to gather the remains of the giant serpent.

"Saitama, give me another punch, I'm not completely dead yet."

Shimizu rushed towards Saitama, and casually stomped on a black humanoid tadpole, killing it instantly.

"Huh? They weren't all dead? It seems so. That's pretty impressive."

Saitama blinked and threw another punch.

"Special Move Series: Serious Punch!"

The Earth has once again been parted in the middle.

Saitama's expression was one of satisfaction; the frustration he had accumulated while playing the game Red Temperature with King was released with this punch.

Underground, Sykes, looking dejected, was captured alive by Tornado.

Although her superpowers possess destructive power comparable to a high-level Dragon, and her overall combat strength would at least rank in the upper-middle range among S-class characters, she was far from being a match for Tatsumaki and was easily defeated.

Although Psykos had prepared many trump cards, such as invading Orochi's body and fusing into a more powerful creature, or using the corpses of Orochi or other dragon-level or higher powerhouses as sacrifices and throwing them into the altar at the bottom of the Monster Association to summon the Centipede Sage with god-level combat power by borrowing the power of the gods, etc.

However, all of this requires the Orochi as a medium. Without the Orochi, Psykos is just an ordinary high-level Dragon-level esper, and one who only possesses such power thanks to the blessing of the gods.

Five or six years ago, during her high school years, Psykos's superpowers were not even as good as Fubuki's, and Fubuki's superpowers were barely enough to deal with even the lowest-ranking Demon-level monsters.

Shimizu planned to tell Blast about the underground altar of the gods and let him handle it.

Having fought against the gods for twenty years, Blast has extensive experience in dealing with everything related to the gods.

With the two threats, Garou and Orochi, dead, Psykos captured alive, and even the powerful Dragon-level monsters of the Monster Association eliminated, the situation has become much more complicated.

Those sent out to cause trouble will most likely be eliminated in the actions of the other S-class heroes.

Shimizu felt a slight sense of relief as he watched the wealthy father and son, who had been rescued by Genos, in the distance.

Even with the threat of the gods, after Homeless Emperor, Orochi, Psykos and other henchmen were eliminated, it seems that only the King of Ninjas is left. When he reappears, we can call on Blast and Saitama to take him down together.

Besides that, I should be able to calm myself down and honestly work on my kendo level.

He has a very high level of spiritual attainment; as long as he can see the path, he can keep walking on it and his steps are very fast.

There will be no bottlenecks, no need to spend ten years honing a skill, and no need to find any powerful opponents. With the two sword masters, Atomic Samurai and Nichirin, as well as other sword masters and the legacy of the past masters and grandmasters left by the Sword Saint Association, that is enough.

……

……

The outer higher-dimensional space of the Naruto world.

In a different space.

Shimizu stood with one hand behind his back, looking relaxed at the drastically changed alternate dimension in front of him.

The clouds stopped piling up and the overcast sky turned into a clear, sunny one.

Although there is no sun, Qingshui possesses sufficiently powerful energy technology and uses its own methods to mobilize energy, creating a sizable controlled nuclear fusion reactor in the sky as a substitute.

As the underwater mountains rose, islands appeared on the land, scattered like stars, filling the entire space.

Although land accounts for only 10% of the area, this proportion is actually quite appropriate.

An ecosystem suitable for life should have an ocean area that is between 70% and 90% of its surface.

There can be slight deviations, but if the proportion of ocean area decreases, it will lead to a drier climate, extreme temperatures, and the formation of extreme environments such as deserts, arid lands, glaciers, and ice fields, which are unsuitable for life.

If the elevation is too high, it will result in a small proportion of land, a lack of nutrients in the biosphere, and an unsuitability for the survival of a large number of mammals.

Over time, water will increase the land area to 25%, which is close to the optimal ratio.

However, although this alternate dimension looks quite complete now, it is still missing one last step before it can be upgraded to a world.

That is, life.

The emergence of life accelerates the evolution of the alternate dimension, indicating that the ecosystem has evolved to a very high level, enabling life activities to feed back into the ecosystem. Furthermore, it signifies that this alternate dimension has the ability to separate itself from other worlds, survive, evolve, and grow autonomously.

Just like a fetus, once it develops to a certain stage, it can separate from the mother's body and no longer need to draw nutrition from the mother's body. Instead, it can breathe and digest nutrients on its own.

This is the concept of innate and nascent soul that the extraordinary beings in the world of Under One Person pursue—it is not about turning oneself into a newborn or even unborn baby to prolong one's life, but rather about becoming a newly born world, an existence that is still an "infant" in the world.

Subsequently, life evolved into intelligent life, developed civilization, and civilization further developed technology, or other things such as magic, martial arts, and cultivation, forming different types of civilizations. This gave life the ability to further influence the environment, give back to the ecosystem, and drive the evolution of the world.

The world will also continue to grow in this process, becoming the world's youth and adults.

Of course, if those lives are willing to do so.

In a pristine world, where life lacks regulation, it might decline rapidly after reaching its peak, begin to degenerate, age, or even lead to its own self-destruction.

If we can pull through, then perhaps we will experience a revival, like the ebb and flow of the tide, and usher in a new recovery from the end times and the wasteland, starting a new round of exploration.

Or perhaps, this world was refined into its own by some exceptionally talented native inhabitant, or perhaps it was discovered and absorbed by other multiverse-level beings.

These multiverse-level beings, like true gods, would then manage this world in their own ways.

Of course, they may not put all their energy into this, but they will generally set up a faction to manage it.

Whether it's direct rule, colonization, or like the Otsutsuki clan planting trees and harvesting everywhere to develop their civilization, they basically won't let their world escape control or degenerate.

Even Shiba Inu, who is also a member of the Otsutsuki clan, can only leave this world and seek his own path in the multiverse after he has grown to a certain level and given up his physical body and energy.

"If I were to take that final step, and if the Otsutsuki god found out, he probably wouldn't agree. I'd have to do it secretly."

Shimizu took a step out and arrived outside the alternate dimension. Looking at the enormous boundary membrane, he lowered his head and pondered.

(End of this chapter)