Chibaku... what star?
Deep Sea King was momentarily stunned.
He hadn't heard what Naruto said, but Mumen Rider, standing in the green translucent spherical shield nearby, pressed his hands excitedly against the light barrier and exclaimed, "Chibaku Tensei (Earth Burst Heavenly Star), is this the 'Golden Flash's' ultimate move?"
Most heroes had ultimate moves.
Since Naruto's "debut," no one had ever seen him unleash any ultimate moves.
"Anyway, let's stop the rain first. This incessant drizzle is a bit annoying."
"Disperse."
There was no earth-shattering fanfare, just a simple word.
But the next moment, centered around Naruto, an unimaginably vast psychic power, like an invisible giant palm, pushed upwards and outwards!
Boom—!!!
It wasn't a sound, but a sense of shock produced by some energy burst.
The thick dark clouds that covered the city and poured down heavy rain were forcefully torn open, creating a massive circular gap by this extremely brutal mental power!
Not only that, countless raindrops falling from the sky, like transparent sharp swords, shot out in all directions, disappearing with a 'whoosh.' The previously wet city became incredibly dry, as if all the moisture on the surface of objects had been scraped away.
Within a ten-kilometer radius of the city, there wasn't a single drop of rain, not a single cloud!
Sunlight, like golden swords, poured down from the sky, illuminating the ravaged city below.
The sky seemed to have been forcibly wiped clean in one spot, revealing the clear blue sky and bright sunshine behind it!
The rain stopped.
The sneer on Deep Sea King's face completely vanished, replaced by shock and a hint of unease.
Although his power didn't immediately decline, re-entering his dry state, the environmental bonus that made him comfortable and powerful was gone!
"You—what did you do?!" Deep Sea King cried out, both shocked and furious.
Naruto didn't answer him. Instead, he looked at the ruins below, created by Deep Sea King himself—shattered concrete, twisted rebar, car wrecks, and the broken walls of buildings. This was a Dragon-level monster, capable of easily destroying a city.
"You enjoy destruction, don't you?" Naruto said indifferently, slowly raising a hand and pointing at the ruins below. "Then I'll bury you with the trash you created."
"CHI! BA! KU! TEN! SEI!"
Naruto raised his hand, palm facing upwards, and clenched his splayed fingers tightly.
"Buzz—"
A psychic power even vaster and more refined than the one that dispersed the clouds and heavy rain earlier, instantly covered the entire ruin below like an invisible tide!
The next moment, a scene that Deep Sea King, Mumen Rider, Mosquito Girl, and all the survivors in the shelter would never forget unfolded!
The incredibly heavy car wrecks, massive concrete blocks, broken rebar, and even a half-collapsing building—all these components of the ruins defied gravity, trembling and rumbling as they all floated upwards!
It was as if an invisible hand of God was using the city as a sandbox to create a destructive work of art.
Countless massive pieces of debris, as if attracted by a magnet, frantically converged towards Deep Sea King at the center.
The speed became faster and faster!
"What—what kind of power is this?!"
"You brat, what—what exactly are you doing?!"
Deep Sea King roared in terror. He wanted to dodge, wanted to smash the incoming debris, but the space around him seemed to solidify. Naruto's psychic power, which was restraining him, hadn't been withdrawn, leaving Deep Sea King unable to move.
Deep Sea King could only watch as huge concrete blocks, heavy car wrecks, and broken walls—like a meteor shower—continuously slammed into him!
"Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!"
"Rumble—!!!"
The sounds of impact and crushing were incessant.
Deep Sea King's form was instantly submerged by rocks and metal from all directions, and he could only let out pained roars.
He tried to struggle desperately, but it was futile; more and more debris continuously poured in!
In just a few breaths, a massive spherical mass of ruins, more than a hundred meters in diameter, with Deep Sea King at its core and composed of countless city ruins, impressively floated above the city, casting a large, dark circular shadow on the ground.
"Oh my god, what is that?"
"It seems S-Class Hero 'Golden Flash' has made his move."
"He easily trapped that Dragon-level monster."
Survivors continuously emerged from the shelter, looking up at the sky, seeing the giant sphere of ruins formed by the "Chibaku Tensei (Earth Burst Heavenly Star)" and exclaiming in awe.
The surface of the sphere was uneven, exposing rebar and metal, and it was still constantly contracting and compressing slightly. Inside, there were grating sounds and Deep Sea King's muffled, desperate roars.
Naruto floated in front of this massive sphere of ruins, his eyes cold, his clenched fingers continuously tightening!
He was increasing his psychic power output, and the surface of the giant sphere of ruins was already emitting a green glow.
"Crush."
"Crack—Rumble rumble rumble—!!!"
This massive sphere of ruins, as if gripped by an invisible giant hand, let out a thunderous roar and began to rapidly compress inwards at an terrifying speed.
A hundred meters in diameter—eighty meters—fifty meters—thirty meters...
The internal pressure reached an extreme!
Rebar was twisted and broken, concrete was ground into powder, metal was flattened into sheets, and Deep Sea King, at the very core, endured unimaginable pressure.
Deep Sea King's proudly tough body, hard scales, and sturdy bones were as fragile as paper in the face of the absolute power of psychic energy!
"No—!!!"
This was his last desperate cry, which then abruptly ceased.
When the compression stopped, all that remained in the air was a highly dense and hard mixed sphere of metal and rock, less than ten meters in diameter, seemingly forcefully fused from various materials.
Its surface was smooth, gleaming with a cold luster.
Like a planetary core, its weight was inestimable.
As for Deep Sea King, he had been completely crushed and annihilated at the very core of this sphere, leaving no trace of his corpse.
[Eliminated a Deep Sea King, EXP +900,000 points]
"Now that Deep Sea King, Subterranean King, and Sky King have all been eliminated, the 'Hero King's' mission is only to become the number one hero in the rankings."
Naruto's eyes flickered. With a wave of his hand, the incredibly heavy sphere slowly descended, like a giant tombstone, crashing onto an open space in the city center with a dull thud, embedding itself deeply into the ground, and making no further movement.
After a brief silence, all the survivors erupted in cheers, shouting Naruto's hero title.
"Solving more Dragon-level monsters should quickly boost my ranking."
Naruto clapped his hands, looked at the cheering crowd below, then used his psychic power to lower Mumen Rider. He then left with Mosquito Girl.