A Bizarre Adventure Starting with One-Punch Man

Although the rules of the One-Punch Man world are chaotic, the division of strength has always been clear.

The correct ranking is—

Bald Level > God Level > Dragon Level > Ghost Level > Tiger Level > Wolf Level

Of course, the "mosquito-level" attacks against Saitama are an exception and are not included in this count.

With this understanding, although Qiao Sen claims to be inhuman, he doesn't act like a god in a childish way.

Gods are considered divine-level disasters that could lead to the extinction of all humanity. Even if a god-level monster created by a god is stronger than a bald man, he is still inferior to him.

After Saitama is bald, even the native gods of the One-Punch Man world will be nothing more than a punch away.

Everyone's overpowered, so it's absolutely impossible for Johnson to suddenly be inferior to Saitama.

Moreover, while the term "Herrscher Core" sounds impressive, it's actually just a more advanced form of power.

Just a toy.

Of course, only Johnson could say that. If it were anyone else, the "Herrscher Core" would be a powerful aid that directly addresses the level of rules.

For example, Little Tornado, who has already joined the ranks of the top powerhouses.

She's really tempted right now, but she's just too proud and habitually aloof.

Within Johnson's body, the newly formed "pseudo-Herrscher core" will naturally fill the void left by the disappearance of the Void Herrscher core, perfectly matching his heart.

The remaining authority of the Void Law Core was naturally incorporated into it, and the other powers that Qiao Sen possessed, which had approached the level of rules during several breakthroughs in restrictions, were also absorbed by it in turn.

"Power," "Speed," "Life," "Dimension," "Space-Time," "Mind," "Electromagnetism," "Creation"...

As Johnson's own power continued to fill the void, the rule structure of this newly formed "pseudo-Herrscher core" slowly evolved towards a higher level.

This evolution process may be long, but when it is finally completed, it will inevitably be upgraded into a brand new "Herrscher Core".

A "Herrscher Core" that is separate from the Honkai world and belongs exclusively to Josen.

Chapter 318 Honkai’s counterattack

As Tornado made her decision, she raised her little hand and eagerly reached for the seemingly harmless Void Core in front of her.

The moment the two made contact, time seemed to stand still.

The violent energy, full of corrosive and destructive power, transformed into a rapidly expanding expanse of white light, which suddenly erupted between the tornado's fingers like a supernova explosion pulse beam!

At that moment, it was as if another sun had appeared in the sky, and the vast expanse of intense light completely engulfed the tornado, Johnson, and even the entire "imaginary space".

——Where is this?

The moment the blazing white light burst forth, Tornado instinctively raised her hand to shield her eyes.

The rules of spacetime were disrupted by the energy of the singularity burst, as if a moment had passed, yet also as if hundreds of years had gone by.

Once her vision returned, Tornado lowered her hand and opened her eyes.

Suddenly, I realized that I was surrounded by nothing and was in a world made of pure white matter.

The green sky, the vast imaginary city, and Qiao Sen beside him all vanished in that instant!

Tornado paused, a sudden, inexplicable pang of pain shooting through her heart.

……

Within the "imaginary space".

The burst of white light, accompanied by a tornado, vanished. Johnson was somewhat surprised, but not flustered.

He could roughly guess that the activated "Herrscher Core" had probably learned from the lesson it learned when it faced him last time, and used its Herrscher authority to pull Tatsumaki, its next host, into a mental dimension that it had created.

Just like the "Phoenix Space" created by the yet-to-be-released Dragon-level monster "Phoenix Man" using a mascot costume as an anchor point.

At this moment, a series of bewildered roars echoed through the silent imaginary city.

The Honkai Beasts that Johnson had created to bolster his forces suddenly discovered that their consciousness link with the Herrscher had been severed.

It was only then that the group of "children," who were less than an hour old, belatedly realized what was happening.

Some of the bolder Honkai Beasts looked up and saw Josen hanging in the sky, their faces full of confusion.

Where is my dad?

—Your dad? Isn't that my dad? Where's my dad?!

—I don't know!

The riots began spontaneously from similar questions.

More and more Honkai Beasts discovered that they could no longer sense the "Herrscher Core" that governed them. The wildness and instinctive destructive desires that had been dormant in their consciousness gradually overwhelmed their rational defenses, and they roared angrily with bloodshot eyes.

Clearly, with their limited understanding, they completely recognize the "Herrscher core" and not people.

Roar--

Hissing and hissing—

ooh ooh-

Various roars came from below, and several hundred-meter-tall "tank-class" Honkai Beasts slammed into the surrounding buildings, attempting to charge towards Johnson!

"Oh ho, you guys want to rebel too?"

Qiao Sen's gaze fell down, and he couldn't help but chuckle as he opened his hand and pressed it down.

boom--

A terrifying gravitational field instantly spread across the entire city, and every single Honkai Beast causing trouble below was affected, all of them being suppressed and unable to move by a weight exceeding a hundred times their own weight.

"Wait here, your mom will be back in a bit."

After easily subduing the Honkai Beast horde that wanted to rebel, Johnson controlled the newly formed "Pseudo-Herrscher Core" within his body and mobilized its spatial authority.

Although the spatial rules contained within are far inferior to the original Void Law Core, with the support of Qiao Sen's vast energy computing power, this wisp of spatial authority operates incredibly smoothly, instantly connecting to the world origins of countless "imaginary spaces".

During this process, F-Zai's control over the fantasy cards was also demonstrated.

When F-Zai was first created, it was simply a set of elaborately crafted playing cards.

As a collection of fantasy cards, each individual fantasy card is a part of what makes F-Zai exist.

Although the Honkai consciousness of the replicated autonomous Naa appears to exist independently, it is essentially still the accompanying will within the "Herrscher of the Void" character card.

Even if equipped on intelligent beings other than Johnson, they cannot escape F-zai's absolute control.

Thanks to the intricate connections between Stands and their abilities, Johnson quickly located the mental dimension where Tatsumaki was located among countless sets of "imaginary spaces".

"found it!"

Qiao Sen sneered and clenched his fist.

He was laughing at the reckless and foolish nature of that collapsing consciousness, and at the lack of wisdom of Lu Hua Na.

The impulsive, destructive consciousness completely failed to consider the most fundamental issue.

His defeat was not simply because Johnson pulled him into his own consciousness first, but because the difference in their willpower was too great, which was the source of his failure.

This problem still exists between the corrupted consciousness and its next host.

Having confirmed this, Johnson did not rush to take action, but instead sent a portion of his will outside the dimension to observe quietly.

Lu Xiaobu: I love watching two women fight!

Qiao Xiaosen: Me too!

┑( ?▽? )┍

……

The dimension of a pure white soul.

Tornado felt a tightness in her chest, as if a piece of her heart had been ripped out with a knife, and a dull ache throbbed within her.

The most important part of her memory vanished as quickly as if it had been deleted from a hard drive. Tornado's pupils suddenly lost their luster, and a large number of images shattered and fell into darkness, disappearing without a trace.

She had no idea what she had forgotten; all she knew was that her once whole and fulfilling heart had fallen into an abyss and become empty once more.

--once again?

— Haven't I always been alone?

The thought flashed through her mind, and a cold light gleamed in Tornado's refocused eyes.

—Yes, since I've always been all alone, why would I be afraid of losing it?

Tornado gave a habitual snort, forcibly breaking free from her indescribable sense of loss with astonishing willpower.

The entire pure white world seemed to pause for a moment. The controller hiding behind the scenes seemed not to have expected that this seemingly petite girl would recover from the shock of losing her precious memories so quickly.

Deep within the dimension of the mind, a long-legged, white-haired creature with an indistinct face clenched its small fists, its teeth clenched tightly.

Humans... are fucking difficult to deal with.

In contrast, Tatsumaki, as the pinnacle of espers in the One-Punch Man world, quickly realized that she was in a vast mental world.

"Trying to break down my defenses in a place like this? What a joke!"

She suddenly remembered that there seemed to be an independent self-awareness within that exceptionally fascinating Honkai gem, and it seemed that everything before her eyes was its doing.