Chapter 49: A Crimson Dragon Blotting Out the Sky
This battle was earth-shattering in every sense.
Their power was simply too overwhelming. To avoid destroying the planet's surface, they had ascended to an altitude of 10,000 meters, almost exiting the atmosphere.
Watching Saitama soar freely through the sky, King finally lost it.
Bro, did you forget that you can't fly?
Sure enough, with Saitama, there were no limits, only things you couldn't imagine.
Saitama had always been unable to fly simply because he believed humans shouldn't be able to fly.
But whenever he forgot that setting, he would inexplicably start flying.
They clashed again. After a stalemate lasting less than a second, Saitama's fist pushed forward with crushing force, turning King's entire right arm into a mist of blood.
The immense impact sent King tumbling uncontrollably through the air. Even using psychokinesis to slow himself down, he couldn't stop immediately.
Green light flashed. The right arm that had exploded into blood mist began to regenerate visible skin and flesh. Shattered white bones reassembled instantly.
Damn! This guy really did get a lot stronger!
Perhaps even Saitama himself didn't realize it, but his strength was increasing rapidly.
If in his daily state, Saitama's combat power grew by 1% a day, then in combat, it grew by 1% every second, and the rate of growth accelerated over time.
Once the Caped Baldy truly got serious in a fight, his power growth would reach a terrifying level—he could literally kill the version of himself from a second ago with one punch.
And now, although he hadn't entered a true state of hyper-excitement because Serious Punches were banned, his spirit was sufficiently aroused.
Before King could even stabilize his tumbling body, Saitama flashed in front of him. A fist expanded rapidly in King's pupils.
In that instant, extreme danger exploded in King's mind. Without hesitation, he burst forth with full speed, turning into a streak of light and retreating nearly a thousand kilometers in an instant.
The punch missed. Violent wind pressure swept forward, punching a hole through the cloud layer covering nearly half the planet.
If someone looked down at Earth from space at this moment, they would see the clouds covering the globe neatly parted down the middle, like a center-part hairstyle.
"Don't run, King!"
Watching King flee into the distance, Saitama shouted and gave chase at breakneck speed.
[Serious Series: Serious Chase]!
After all, the rule only said no Serious Punches. Other moves in the Serious Series were fair game.
Essentially, the difference between the Normal Series and the Serious Series was just how much effort Saitama felt like putting into the action.
For example, a [Normal Table Flip] meant flipping the ground with a little force, while a [Serious Table Flip] meant flipping it with a lot of force.
On the other side, King gasped for breath as he flew.
In just six minutes of combat, he had regenerated hundreds of times. The drain on his stamina was severe.
However, this was also where King was most devious.
Having finally disengaged from continuous combat, his stamina began to recover rapidly. The energy he had just spent was mostly replenished in the blink of an eye.
If put in game terms, it was like "out-of-combat stamina regeneration"—he just hadn't had a chance to trigger it while being punched.
Just then, a chill shot through his brain. Violent wind pressure, accompanied by ear-piercing sonic booms, assaulted his eardrums.
King's pupils shrank to pinpoints. Without a shred of hesitation, he turned toward the source of the sound and unleashed dozens of punches.
"Sekizo! (Evening Elephant)"
Dozens of air cannons pierced the sky, leaving white trails. Wherever they passed, space twisted, and heaven and earth trembled.
The energy contained within was enough to crush a Dragon-level monster into meat paste with a single shot.
However, a red-gloved fist effortlessly pierced through the combined barrage of air cannons and landed squarely on King's chest.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!
Like a falling meteor, King plummeted from the sky and smashed heavily into a forest below.
The moment he hit the ground, the immense kinetic energy carried by his body poured into the earth, instantly annihilating the surface for kilometers around.
Visible shockwaves swept in all directions. The shattered ground rose into the air along with countless uprooted trees. The entire forest was wiped out in a single impact.
In the center of the massive crater, King lay there, dazed. Faint green psychokinesis swirled around him, blocking the falling dust.
He looked down. There was a bloody hole in his chest large enough to see through. Aside from his arms still being attached by some skin and muscle, his entire upper torso had been practically blown apart.
Hiss... his attack power has reached this level already...?
King grimaced in pain. The gaping hole filled with new flesh and blood at a speed visible to the naked eye, restoring him to perfect condition instantly.
Since the Caped Baldy is constantly getting stronger, there's no point in dragging this out. Eventually, I might get one-shot by a Normal Punch.
In that case...
King staggered to his feet. Blood flowing from a wound on his forehead was evaporated by the crimson steam burning on his skin.
DOOM... DOOM... DOOM! DOOM! DOOM! DOOM-DOOM!!!
A slow, steady heartbeat exploded like thunder. It sounded like a roaring engine. Invisible sound waves rippled outward from King.
Heaven and earth trembled rhythmically with the beat of the King Engine. The air seemed to freeze, and gravel began to float into the air.
In the next second, the already blazing crimson vitality shot into the sky, rapidly taking form.
Dragon tail. Dragon body. Dragon head. Dragon scales.
A giant dragon, thousands of meters long and resembling a red mountain range, stood tall between heaven and earth. It let out a deafening roar at the bald head in the sky above.
Possessing the Gate of Death Physique, opening the Gate of Death again on top of it, and then stacking the ultimate move [Night Guy].
If King aimed this kick at the ground, the entire planet might explode.
This kick had thoroughly stepped into the realm of God-level.
"[NIGHT GUY]!!!"
The Crimson Dragon soared upward, blotting out the sky!
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