The shock wave of the nuclear blast spread with terrifying speed.
There was no time for Fenric to think—only the deafening roar of destruction rushing toward him in the blink of an eye.
Armament Haki—fully unleashed.
Fenric stood like a demon god in the night.
At the same moment—
Savage Charge—activate!
Savage Charge (Active): Launch a ferocious forward rush. For 5 seconds you are immune to all damage; your attack power ×3 during the charge.
The instant the skill took hold, a five-second invincibility buff wrapped around him, rendering him immune to all damage.
And then the shock wave struck, carrying with it the power to erase the world.
"HAAAA!"
Fenric was blasted away, his body swallowed by the inferno. The temperature was so great that all his clothes, even his hair, were vaporized instantly.
He was hurled through the air, the crushing wave carrying him for a long distance before finally releasing him. Behind him, the heart of New York was gone—leveled into a wasteland.
"AAAAHHHHH!!"
The invincibility faded, and searing pain tore through Fenric's throat in a scream.
The shock wave had passed, but the firestorm remained.
When a nuclear bomb detonates, it produces tens of millions of degrees in an instant and a pressure of millions of atmospheres. Though the peak lasted only a moment, the residual heat it left behind still reached thousands of degrees.
The ground burned. The air itself seemed to ignite.
Even with Armament Haki hardened to its six-hundredth level, Fenric couldn't resist such heat.
The missiles he had endured before had burned hot but passed quickly. This was different. This was purgatory made real!
The scorching radiation blinded him, while invisible rays assaulted his flesh. Alpha particles chewed through his skin like acid. Beta rays wracked his nervous system with excruciating jolts. Gamma rays—though less immediately painful—gnawed silently at his cells, the kind of wound that would linger and corrupt.
Pain beyond imagination. Pain that could humble even the boldest heart.
The legendary Eighteen Hells… perhaps they were nothing compared to this.
"ROOOAAARR!!"
Fenric's howl was more beast than man.
His psychic power burst forth, forming a barrier around him, blunting the radiation's worst assault. But still—his body screamed in agony.
He could return to the Samsara Space at any moment. With a single thought, he could escape and be healed instantly.
But Fenric refused.
He endured.
For the Super God Evaluation!
Minutes dragged by in torment. His once-firm skin blistered and aged before his eyes. His body, ravaged by burns and radiation, looked like that of a dying elder stricken with disease. His proud, youthful form was gone—replaced by something withered and broken.
Yet his eyes still burned with defiance.
"DEATH… ONE DAY, I'LL RETURN. AND WHEN I DO, I'LL REDUCE THIS WORLD TO ASH! NO MATTER WHAT FORM YOU TAKE, I'LL DRAG YOU OUT WITH MY OWN HANDS—AND THROW YOU INTO PURGATORY!"
He forced the words from his failing body, his voice trembling with rage and conviction.
Then he collapsed.
"System… send me back."
The words faded with his consciousness. His body vanished from the scorched earth.
And then, at last—silence fell.
Ding—!
"Congratulations! Samsara Player—Shura—
In the dungeon [Final Destination], you performed with excellence, surviving for 8 days, 2 minutes, and withstanding a nuclear explosion.
Your achievement has surpassed mission parameters.
Evaluation: SSS — Super God!"
The broadcast resounded through every corner of Samsara Plaza, the Dungeon Hall, and even the far-flung mission worlds where Samsara players were still struggling to survive.
A hush fell.
Then came the uproar.
"Super God evaluation… SSS?!"
The announcement itself wasn't what stunned them most. Shura had reached the Super God level before.
It was the words "survived a nuclear explosion".
The space erupted.
"Did I hear that right? A nuclear bomb?!"
"Holy hell—that's impossible! No one can live through that!"
"Remember Adam two months ago? He barely survived an ICBM strike, and the whole world called him the closest man to God. And now Shura survives a nuke?!"
"Impossible! When a nuclear bomb detonates, the heat is in the hundreds of millions, the center becomes a vacuum—everything in range turns to plasma! Nothing survives!"
"And yet Shura did."
"My god… this man is insane. He's my idol from now on!"
"Haha, poor Adam. The media called him 'closest to God'—but compared to this, he's just Shura's grandson!"
"Careful, if Adam hears that, his face will go green!"
The Samsara players laughed, jeered, and argued, but their awe was unanimous.
To survive the impossible—to endure what even gods should fear—this was the mark of Shura.
And the entire Samsara Space boiled with his legend once again.
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[Translator Note:]
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P.S. I'm asking this because I don't want the Webnovel readers to fall behind.
If this keeps up, we'll end up 100–200 chapters behind in a month or two!