Just as everyone was falling into despair, a slight distortion appeared in the air where Allen had vanished.
It was like a drop of ink falling into clear water, but the "ink" was a pure, unsettling color of chaos.
Without a sound, without warning, a barely perceptible energy fluctuation rippled out, then returned to silence, almost completely obscured by the terrifying energy vortex above the battlefield.
This fluctuation was too faint, so faint that no one, engrossed in resisting the Gods Avatar's pressure or lost in their own despair, noticed it. Even the indifferent Gods Avatar on the moon seemed not to cast a single glance.
However, the change had already begun.
In that empty space, the spatial fabric was subtly altering, imperceptible to the naked eye. But if there were someone with extremely acute perception present, they might have felt a chilling sense of incongruity—the "existence" there was slowly, stubbornly being "woven" back into reality by something.
Time passed bit by bit, and the energy vortex above grew even more violent, with thunder rumbling and an aura of destruction that choked everyone.
Finally, at the original location, a silhouette began to condense.
It was definitely not a human form.
Initially, it was countless twisted, writhing shadows, as if from the deepest nightmare. They struggled and converged, barely outlining a rough humanoid frame, yet filled with inhuman distortion and grotesqueness. Then, substance began to cover the shadows.
The first thing to appear was a layer of black, obsidian-like chitin, yet with a dark metallic sheen. They irregularly covered the body, forming a grotesque natural armor, with faint glimpses of dark red, lava-like energy conduits slowly flowing beneath the gaps.
Its torso was exceptionally tall, nearly three meters, with muscle lines that were not humanly smooth but rather explosive, sharply defined blocks, as if roughly piled up from the hardest rocks, yet containing terrifying power capable of shaking mountains.
A tail covered in barbs, like a dragon's spine, swayed slowly and unconsciously behind it, its tip glinting with a cold light that could easily tear through space.
Its arms hung to its knees, fingers long and slender, nails sharp as scythes, and the backs of its hands covered in the same obsidian chitin.
As for its head, it had no clear facial features. Its entire face seemed covered by a smooth, pale, featureless bone mask. Only where the eyes should be were two narrow slits, glowing with crimson light. There was no nose, no mouth, just an unsettling blankness.
On top of its head grew some twisted, broken-looking sharp horns, like a shattered crown, adding to its eerie and ominous appearance.
Overall, it looked like a demonic god sculpture from ancient mythology, representing destruction and chaos, exuding a cold, deathly, yet incredibly powerful aura.
It stood there silently, as if it had stood for millions of years, forming a strange contrast with the terror of the surrounding heroes and Monster, and the indifference of the Gods Avatar.
It made no move, only slightly tilted its expressionless bone-faced head. The two crimson, narrow slits indifferently swept across the struggling beings on the battlefield, finally settling on the withered figure on the moon.
There was no hatred, no anger, not even a will to fight.
Only an almost instinctive, cold lock-on.
Just then, the Gods Avatar's clasped hands seemed to pause slightly. The global natural disasters, which had been in turmoil, experienced a momentary stagnation, extremely brief, but undeniably present.
The giant energy vortex above the battlefield also seemed to slow its rotation by an imperceptible fraction.
For the first time, the Gods Avatar's featureless "face" slowly, very slowly, turned towards the ground.
It turned towards the Monster that had suddenly appeared, emanating an unusual aura.
That indifferent gaze, for the first time, truly "fell" upon an existence that was not Saitama.
On the battlefield, some more perceptive individuals, such as Bang, Blast, and Gyoro Gyoro, also vaguely sensed something unusual, feeling a cold, unfamiliar, yet unimaginably powerful aura suddenly appear at the edge of the battlefield.
They instinctively looked over.
What they saw was the silent, grotesque, and powerful figure of the Monster.
"What is that?!" Child Emperor exclaimed in shock. Having just experienced the shock of Allen's erasure, and now seeing a terrifying, never-before-seen existence suddenly appear, his brain was almost overwhelmed.
Drive Knight's electronic eyes scanned frantically: "Unknown life form! Energy signature cannot be fully captured, existence form is abnormal! Partially similar in nature to the Gods Avatar, but completely different in origin! Warning! Cannot determine if it is friend or foe!"
Sitch was on the verge of collapse in the command center: "Another one? What exactly is happening today?!"
The heroes instantly tensed up, instinctively adopting defensive stances. Having just suffered heavy losses, they truly couldn't bear another terrifying enemy.
The Monster were also agitated and uneasy.
Gouketsu, with his four eyes, vigilantly stared at the newly appeared Monster: "What is that thing? It feels so terrifying."
Black Sperm's countless small heads whispered: "Never seen it before!"
"It's not from the Monster Association!"
"Its energy is so strange!"
"Stay away!"
Centipede Elder twisted its body uneasily, Gums let out a threatening growl, Rover crouched low, and Ugly President bared its teeth, showing a wary expression.
The aura emanating from this newly appeared Monster made even these Dragon-Level Monster feel an instinctive discomfort and fear.
Tatsumaki, supported by Bang, struggled to look up. Her emerald eyes reflected the Monster's figure, and she paused slightly. The cold, deathly feeling made her extremely uncomfortable, and a strange, hollow sense of loss flashed through her heart, immediately replaced by greater vigilance: "Another problem."
Saitama also noticed the newly appeared Monster. He rubbed his bald head, looking at how the Monster stared at the Gods Avatar, and wondered, "Hmm? Is it here to help us?"
Genos immediately blocked Saitama: "Teacher, please be careful! This target cannot be analyzed; its very existence is abnormal!"
On the moon, the Gods Avatar silently "watched" the Monster on the ground.
The Monster also silently "looked back" at the Gods Avatar.
It was as if two beings from different worlds, with different rules, were engaging in a silent, first collision and probing.
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