Chapter 124: Doing it Personally
Alternate Dimension.
Despite his reluctance to believe it, King now had to face the fact that the Bald Demon King, Saitama, had truly been exiled.
Not you, buddy! How did you end up like Kars!
Although he didn't believe that an exile of this degree could make the rule-transcending Saitama disappear completely, it would certainly take some time for the other man to slowly find his way back to Earth from the Universe.
Now that he himself was suppressed and bound by the shackles of time deceleration, although he could continuously adapt to the Seal and keep growing stronger, the speed was truly underwhelming.
In King's view, there was currently almost no existence left that could restrict God; humanity was truly facing a God-level Disaster this time, a disaster bestowed by God himself.
The only remaining hope of stopping God lay with the s-class rank 1, Blast, and his few teammates.
In the original plot of the redrawn version, the reason why the s-class rank 1 Blast had gone missing was that he had formed a team with several other equally powerful and like-minded teammates to silently stop God in other spatial dimensions.
Unless a crisis of human extinction occurred, Blast generally would not choose to make an appearance.
And since this crisis involved God personally taking action, Blast would inevitably appear to stop His actions.
Seeing Saitama in the light screen being exiled into the Universe, God came before King, maintaining a consistently haughty attitude:
"That bald human in whom you placed high hopes has been exiled into the Universe, a full light-year away from this world. You are powerless to change anything now.
Perhaps you think there is still a human who can use spatial abilities to turn the tide. If you have such thoughts, then I can only find you pathetic.
You call yourself the The Strongest Man on Earth and a hero of humanity. Then today, I shall let you see with your own eyes how the world you protect will be destroyed!"
As soon as the words fell, God suddenly spread His arms. Countless fused chaotic energies erupted from His body, and a sea of colors mixed from various hues instantly surged out of the Alternate Dimension.
In the real world, the ancient altar trembled violently, and a towering pillar of colored light rose from the ground, shooting toward the heavens.
This wave of energy, massive to the extreme, was immediately sensed by numerous powerhouses. They all found it unbelievable, with shock and terror flashing through their eyes to varying degrees.
Are you kidding me?!
Weak ordinary people could not feel the true power of that energy fluctuation; they only felt a mysterious sense of heart palpitations.
However, those among the stronger group felt as if their very Souls were being completely intimidated. Every cell in their bodies was screaming, as if heralding the arrival of death.
Watching God display His divine might, King tried to exert force again, but the stars behind him made it impossible for him to lift his head no matter what. The muscles and bones throughout his body were constantly shattering and restructuring.
For him, this was both a Seal and a process of Body Refining. Under the high-intensity pressure, King's body became stronger and stronger, and his Energy, which were constantly being suppressed and then exploding forth, gradually became tougher.
The time ahead can only depend on yourselves. I hope all of you together can hold Him off.
King felt helpless in his heart. He needed time for a Breakthrough of the Seal, and Saitama needed time to return from the Universe.
God had seized upon this bit of time they both needed, wanting to conquer the entire world in a blitzkrieg fashion!
He just didn't know in what way this fellow would invade.
If He still acted as before, bestowing power for others to do His bidding, then humanity would still have a glimmer of hope to block Him.
After all, there were some Above Dragon Monsters among humans, such as the s-class rank 1 Blast and the s-class rank 2 Tornado of Terror, Tatsumaki.
But if God were to act personally...
King stopped speaking and began to work even harder on the Breakthrough of the Seal on his body.
Then perhaps this time, it really is the moment of humanity's extinction... Meanwhile, at the edge of Z City.
The lollipop in Child Emperor's mouth fell directly to the ground as he stared blankly at the colored light shooting into the sky, his pupils suddenly constricting.
He had only come to the vicinity of Z City because of a mission, never expecting to witness the scene of the colored light pillar erupting.
"Impossible... this level of energy fluctuation... and the energy composition is extremely bizarre. What kind of Monster released this!"
Without the slightest hesitation, he opened the multi-purpose backpack behind him and took out various precision instruments to begin analysis and measurement.
As the data quickly emerged, Child Emperor's face grew increasingly pale, looking at the energy analysis results in disbelief.
"Are you kidding me! Why can't it be detected! I can't even manage to analyze the energy components!"
What on earth happened in Z City?!
Child Emperor's heart was filled with worry, but then he suddenly froze in place as three powerful existences stationed in Z City quickly flashed through his mind.
The currently famous One-Punch Man, the s-class rank 3 martial arts Grandmaster, Silver Fang, and the The Strongest Man on Earth, King.
If those three are there... they might be able to neutralize the crisis in Z City... Thinking of this, Child Emperor immediately sent the scene here directly to the Hero Association via live stream and informed them of the danger.
The Hero Association's reaction was also very swift. After detecting that this energy level far exceeded the Dragon Level, they immediately took corresponding countermeasures.
They immediately issued a mobilization order to all S-Class Heroes and launched a meeting to discuss the Rank of this disaster, as well as the evacuation of the public.
In an instant, all S-Class Heroes received a notice of emergency deployment to Z City.
When Metal Bat saw the crimson emergency summons and then saw his younger sister backstage giving him a thumbs up, preparing to go on stage to give a speech, his face turned green.
Why did it have to be at a time like this!
Even though he was extremely reluctant to leave, Metal Bat had no intention of staying there any longer. He grabbed his bat, turned, and ran out of the venue.
Meanwhile, in a dim laboratory.
A buck-toothed middle-aged man suddenly raised his head, his gaze piercing as he looked at the dense array of various screens in front of him.
"An emergency summons, is it? Child Emperor seems to have released a set of data. I should analyze it before making the next decision."
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