Chapter 114: Since When Did I Need Human Pity?
King's fist landed solidly on Hellfire's head, and that incredibly fierce power instantly poured into his mind.
Bang!
With a dull explosion, Hellfire's head burst open like a ripe watermelon, red and white matter splashing everywhere.
That tempered, powerful body, which had achieved ultimate speed, instantly stiffened and then fell powerlessly downward.
"Hellfire! Damn it!"
Seeing his partner's head exploded by a single punch, Gale was so terrified that he snapped his neck back into place, his face full of disbelief.
At this moment, rather than grief over his companion's death, terror occupied most of his heart.
Too fast... Such speed is simply overwhelming us... Is this guy really human?!
Just then, Gouketsu arrived before King. His massive fist created a piercing sonic boom in mid-air, a strike containing both martial arts technique and Monster brute force aimed directly at the The Strongest Man on Earth.
"You dare to distract yourself by attacking those two while facing our assault! You clearly don't respect Gouketsu! Die! Hades's Divine Slash Fist!"
Just as Gouketsu's fist was less than half a meter from King's face, with the fierce wind from the punch even blowing his blonde hair back, the The Strongest Man on Earth finally looked up.
"Hmm? Where did this ugly thing come from?"
Rather than Gouketsu's full-power strike, the first thing King saw was the other's hideous appearance, with a head full of red eyes.
Saying this, King threw a casual punch. Gouketsu's arm, which appeared covered in brownish-black armor, instantly exploded into a bloody mist. He was sent flying backward like a falling meteor, crashing heavily through a rock wall.
After sending Gouketsu flying with one punch, King turned around again and threw several more punches toward the thousands of flames gushing from Monster King Orochi.
In an instant, the air in front of him transformed into a tangible shockwave, immediately crushing all the overwhelming flames and causing them to extinguish rapidly in mid-air.
In less than five seconds, King had easily neutralized the simultaneous attacks of four Dragon Level powerhouses, without even exerting much effort.
Gouketsu was embedded in the rock wall. Every movement caused a large amount of rubble to fall, and his eyes were filled with shock.
How can this be... Why are humans so strong... Compared to the physical pain, the wound in his heart at this moment was even more agonizing for Gouketsu.
Facing his full-power strike, the first thing that human called King cared about wasn't the power of the attack, but how ugly he looked!
For a Martial Artist who blindly pursued ultimate power and single-mindedly wanted to climb to the peak, this was a massive insult!
Imagine that you dream of becoming a world-leading research scientist, so you study desperately, climbing all the way from an undergraduate degree to a master's, and then to a doctorate.
During your days of constant study, you lose a lot of hair and gain weight rapidly due to hormonal imbalances, but you always believe that the academic path you are pursuing is correct.
Until one day, you meet someone known as a world-class scholar. After a passionate conversation with him, his first words are not of praise for your academic achievements, but a question he can't help asking:
"How did you get such a huge stomach? Did you stuff a pillow in there?"
"Aaaaaaaaah!! This is too much!!"
Gouketsu let out a furious roar. His massive body, over six meters tall, instantly exerted force, pulling himself out of the rock wall.
His legs pushed against the rock wall, shattering nearly a hundred meters of rock behind him in an instant. He charged at King like a cannonball, raising his remaining left arm.
"A Martial Artist's dignity cannot be insulted! Today, I will show you the ultimate martial way of a Monster! Hades God Killing Fist!"
Hearing the deafening roar in his ears, King couldn't help but reach out a hand to cover his ear, his raised right hand erupting with a dazzling golden light:
"Please, if we're fighting, let's just fight. Stop howling here; who are you shouting for?"
After a casual retort, he showed a sliver of respect in the face of Gouketsu's all-out attack.
King did not maintain a contemptuous attitude toward someone like this, who had challenged the legendary Monster King in pursuit of the martial way and was ultimately beaten and transformed into a Monster.
He could have finished it with one punch, but now, King decided to give Gouketsu a dignified end.
Endless golden light gathered in his right fist, forming an extremely brilliant small golden sun in the blink of an eye, charging straight toward Gouketsu's black-glowing fist.
"Emperor Fist!"
At the moment of impact, an invisible shockwave spread wildly in all directions from their bodies.
The next second, with a crisp cracking sound, Gouketsu's left hand was destroyed with overwhelming force, and the fierce golden energy surged upward.
Gouketsu stiffened on the spot. In the instant before death, his dozens of pupils watched King simultaneously, as if trying to engrave this human's face firmly into his Soul.
So humans can be this powerful... If I'm not mistaken, King was using martial arts just now.
Furthermore, Gouketsu realized that the special fist technique King used was superior in performance to his own Hades's Divine Slash Fist.
In the two clashes they just had, Gouketsu was not only crushed in terms of power, but the martial arts techniques on the surface of his fists were also neutralized by an even more profound technique.
As a Dragon-Level Executive, Gouketsu was no fool. In that extremely brief exchange, he could sense that all of King's stats far exceeded his own.
Despite being able to win through sheer stats, King still chose to use martial arts; that alone explained everything.
Honestly, since when did I need human pity?
Gouketsu sighed helplessly in his heart, watching as the cracks on his body expanded at high speed. Then, his entire being exploded into a mist of blood, scattering into the world...