A Hero Kills a Savior God

Ritsu Kageyama could only hear the ceaseless explosions tearing through the air before he saw impacts and blasts erupting everywhere.

Wails and terror from spirits rang out without end. Throughout New Seasoning City, vast smears of blood stained the streets and buildings. In that instant, he could not tell how many people had died from the shockwaves of those two fighters’ battle.

He clutched his head in agony, feeling as though the painful scenes from the past had appeared before his eyes once more.

"Why… why are you doing this to us…?"

A trace of resentment suddenly entered his voice, growing ever more intense.

Behind him, within the gigantic broccoli split by a crack, countless souls seemed to have been awakened as well. Scattered voices rose up, asking the same question.

"Why…?"

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Rather than fighting, Bai Cangshu was venting.

He enjoyed fighting all kinds of powerful opponents, but he utterly despised those who needed to invent all sorts of reasons and labels for a fight.

And among all such people, this guy before him—who had acquired the exceedingly rare power of Cosmo, even among spatial powers—disgusted him the most.

Always going on about being an "Ally of Justice," as though he had to stand on the side of justice before he could throw a punch.

He was a freak who wrapped himself in the delusions known as position and ideals, making battle completely joyless.

Bai Cangshu could tell that his opponent was in poor condition. His Cosmo was no longer as vast as before, and one of his arms had been severed. But so what?

Battle was the act of using asymmetrical advantages to harm one’s opponent.

Bai Cangshu repeatedly stomped through the air. As he continuously used Moonwalk, both his speed and the distance of his leaps became increasingly outrageous.

Bai Cangshu deliberately held Skylark by the head and smashed him into the surfaces of various buildings, then into the bodies of various spirits.

Before long, both of them were covered in purplish-red blood.

"Is this your so-called Ally of Justice? You’re drenched in the blood of all sorts of innocent spirits!"

He taunted Skylark.

Skylark gripped Mercenary Tao’s left arm with one hand, but no matter how hard he exerted his Cosmo, he could not crush this unusual arm.

Destruction at the atomic level could not affect this arm.

Splurt!

Another spirit was smashed apart. Amid the dying howl of the spirit, the monster’s blood entered his mouth and nose, carrying an overwhelmingly foul stench.

Boom!

A terrifying shockwave erupted through the spirit world once more. Like ocean waves, the violent shockwave swept in from afar in an instant, completely flooding the entire spirit world without leaving a single blind spot to hide in.

The two racing forward were likewise swallowed by the shockwave in an instant.

Bai Cangshu felt every joint in his body tremble. The violent impact twisted vast portions of his muscles and broke his bones.

The force of the aftershock alone severely wounded his body, despite his defenses far surpassing those of ordinary Reincarnators.

Splurt!

Skylark, who relied on Cosmo for defense, fared somewhat better, but blood still sprayed from his mouth and nose. Borrowing the force of the impact, he finally broke free from Mercenary Tao’s grasp.

Before he had time to consider where that shockwave had come from, Skylark swiftly flipped backward to widen the distance. He held one hand before himself as his Cosmo blazed, already assuming a stance.

He was going to unleash that strike again and defeat Mercenary Tao here!

Crack, crack.

Bai Cangshu’s bones and muscles rapidly recovered. He forcefully pulled apart the twisted flesh on his face. Pain of that level only made him more excited.

Bai Cangshu turned his head. His Mantra was fully activated, yet no movement reached him.

He could not hear it. He could not hear anything at all!

"Ha… so it really is that realm…"

As if he had not even seen Skylark assuming the stance of a Saint Seiya, Bai Cangshu stared into the distance as though possessed.

There, in the place where all sound vanished, monsters far beyond his comprehension were fighting!

Thinking of all his previous conjectures, Bai Cangshu’s thoughts surged.

Instant, activate!

With a thought, Advanced Instant activated once more.

Herculean Strike!

A massive phantom appeared. Constellations lit up one by one as Cosmo burst into flame, destructive force coursing through his one arm.

But the next moment, a powerful hand pressed against Skylark’s face once again.

Mercenary Tao’s figure had not even formed in Skylark’s pupils.

Bang!

Blood splashed, and the stench seeped into his nostrils.

Skylark’s pupils trembled. Whose blood was this? Mine? Or… Mercenary Tao’s?!

"Tier Eight~!"

Bai Cangshu’s voice drifted erratically, completely beyond his control. Two hundred and fifty-six times speed abruptly activated. Almost the instant he stepped forward, he felt the capillaries in both feet completely rupture.

The fibers in his muscles snapped as though they were elastic cords stretched beyond their limits.

That pain made Bai Cangshu’s adrenaline surge wildly.

Boom!

In an instant, he completely broke through the limits of speed, flinging blood and shredded skin behind him.

Omen of the Evil God, activate!

Though the abilities had been activated simultaneously, by the time the phantom of Omen of the Evil God appeared, he had already crossed several kilometers.

The scattered flesh, blood, and Achilles tendons vanished in an instant.

Skylark, held in his grasp, was like a battery. The Cocoon of Greed immediately began draining the other man’s life force.

As well as the Cosmo that was continuously battering the Left Arm of the King.

That power of Cosmo immediately condensed into a golden membrane around the Cocoon of Greed.

Faster. I need to go even faster!

At that moment, Bai Cangshu had nearly forgotten his goal of stealing Shigeo Kageyama’s divine kingdom.

He raced at extreme speed toward where the two were fighting.

Under Omen of the Evil God, Bai Cangshu’s thoughts were incomparably focused.

He knew very clearly that based on the information available, this battle was likely the crucial battle Eternal Destiny intended to use to shape the Black King, Saitama.

A true classical, archetypal hero would kill another living god who sought to save humanity by sacrificing himself, all in order to save the world…

Eternal Destiny intended to use this evil, absurd farce to stain Saitama’s flawless belief in heroism.

And it would be a darkness that even Saitama himself could not accept.

Saitama did not want to kill anyone, so Eternal Destiny would make him kill.

Saitama wanted to save others, so Eternal Destiny would make him objectively bring about the collapse of salvation.

Shigeo Kageyama wanted to save humanity and change the outcome of the world’s destruction. That was why he fought Saitama, and that was why… he would be killed.

Eternal Destiny’s plan was far more brilliant than Bai Cangshu’s immature Sharingan Genjutsu.

Even he would never have grasped the full scope of the plan had he not been unexpectedly dragged into New Seasoning City and met Ritsu Kageyama, as well as that so-called divine kingdom.

In this world, even the sages and others who helped Eternal Destiny carry out its plan likely did not know Eternal Destiny’s true objective.

Bang!

"Argh!"

The terrifying impact shook Skylark so violently that his clenched teeth were filled with blood. His teeth had already loosened, and the excessive speed made it impossible for him to breathe. Even his Cosmo was beginning to fail.

Damn it, I’m too weak…

Skylark realized that he was no match for Mercenary Tao. He felt some regret, but he did not regret becoming Mercenary Tao’s enemy. He only regretted not being strong enough.

Boom!

Another shockwave that swept through the spirit world erupted.

Empowered by Omen of the Evil God, Bai Cangshu crashed directly toward it.

As blood sprayed through the air, he finally saw it. At the end of the black-and-white world, everything had already collapsed. A pitch-black giant gripped Saitama, whose cape had been torn apart. Space, time, and color around them were all compressing toward Saitama’s body.

Boom!

So that shockwave had been the aftershock from the other party attacking Saitama’s body?!