Saitama’s Transformation

Eternal Destiny, emerging from the phase, looked somewhat surprised as well. He shook his head, spread his hands, and descended from the air.

"Sure enough, I’m still not very good at using that kind of power."

He irritably scratched his long hair, possessing none of a Supreme Expert’s "bearing." In terms of sheer presence, this Eternal Destiny did not even have the aura of the Sage.

But let alone Bai Cangshu, even Tatsumaki did not mock him at this moment.

The two of them had already witnessed the terrifying destructive force of a single finger strike from him, one that had nearly destroyed an entire city.

Someone with that kind of power could look as ridiculous as he wanted, yet no one could laugh.

The title Eternal Destiny was the most peculiar among the Mental Domain Supreme Expert titles, possessing two parts of authority.

The Authority: Destiny, which governed the power of fate;

The Authority: Eternity, which governed the power of existence.

In the eyes of many reincarnators qualified to compete for the title of Mental Domain Supreme Expert, Eternal Destiny was undoubtedly a high-tier Supreme Expert title.

But unfortunately, authority was not an ability. It was no longer like a game skill that could be used with a mere thought once one’s attributes were sufficient and they had learned it.

Authority was a more "metaphysical" kind of power, more profound and mysterious. If one could not understand it, its effects would be extremely poor.

Both of Eternal Destiny’s authorities belonged to the Concept System and were extremely difficult to comprehend. The previous two generations of Eternal Destiny had not displayed much dominance.

The previous Eternal Destiny had even been directly killed by the current Eternal Destiny in the Native World, who seized the Supreme Expert’s Crown through a non-spatial competition.

Eternal Destiny spread his hands, showing no intention of attacking anyone present. He knew very well that as someone who still retained the identity of a human, as long as he did not attack Saitama or directly commit any harmful act, Saitama would not kill him.

Bai Cangshu, however, sneered and suddenly spoke.

"Miss Tatsumaki, this guy put Miss Fubuki through quite a lot of torment. That fellow’s subordinates, tsk tsk… weren’t they trying to kill Miss Fubuki in front of me and lure you into the battle?"

Though Bai Cangshu, with his long hair flying, somewhat resembled Eternal Destiny at this moment, he was clearly far more uninhibited.

He could understand Eternal Destiny’s thoughts, but unfortunately, if Saitama did not act, Tatsumaki was not someone easy to communicate with.

Especially since… the Sage’s group had truly intended to kill Fubuki.

What Bai Cangshu did not know was that Eternal Destiny had indeed previously attempted to interfere with Tatsumaki and Fubuki’s perceptions to keep Tatsumaki from entering the Spirit World battlefield.

Tatsumaki possessed the combat strength to restrain Shigeo Kageyama and was an unstable factor that could affect the Black King Project.

At this moment, all the moves laid down earlier began to converge.

Eternal Destiny sighed and covered his face. He had already decided that in the next Supreme Expert competition, he would choose another Supreme Expert title and abandon Eternal Destiny.

This title was simply too difficult to use.

He felt this title was probably better suited for Go masters. It gave him far too little of a boost.

Bai Cangshu spoke to Shigeo Kageyama again.

"Wasn’t it this guy who had everything plotted out, causing Seasoning City to be destroyed? They call it fate, but actually…"

"Hey, hey, hey. Isn’t it a little inappropriate for the predecessor of Fatalism to say something like that?"

Bai Cangshu suddenly discovered that he had lost the ability to speak and could not continue talking.

Based on your mental attributes, you have received the following information:

You have been affected by an unknown reincarnator's Divine Word: Edict and have lost the ability to speak.

Divine Word: Edict?

Bai Cangshu was still in the Limit Break Spiral state, his thoughts moving at incredible speed. He constantly searched through settings that might relate to this ability while simultaneously predicting what Eternal Destiny intended to do.

Since he was unwilling to kill him and unwilling to let Shigeo Kageyama kill him.

At this moment, his only choice was to… banish him, then choose to fight Tatsumaki himself, allowing Shigeo Kageyama to continue fighting Saitama and return everything to its predetermined conclusion.

The next moment, Eternal Destiny slightly curled his finger and flicked it at Bai Cangshu. His eyes carried a calm expression as his voice sounded by Bai Cangshu’s ear.

"Don’t worry. I’m very good at controlling my strength. You won’t die…"

Bang!

Having been stripped of his ability to speak, Bai Cangshu had no way to warn Tatsumaki and Saitama. This deprivation did not merely affect speech; he could not use writing or any other form of communication either.

Bai Cangshu only watched Eternal Destiny’s movement. He raised both hands before himself, and in the next instant, a massive finger appeared out of thin air.

It instantly smashed down before Bai Cangshu.

The instant Bai Cangshu was blasted away, both Saitama and Tatsumaki reacted. One reached out to grab Bai Cangshu, while the other directly raised a hand and used psychic power to crush Eternal Destiny.

Eternal Destiny saw Mercenary Tao’s right arm explode, while his left arm remained intact and blocked in front of him.

"That arm is…"

He realized the extraordinary nature of Mercenary Tao’s left arm. In the next instant, Mercenary Tao’s smile was reflected without reservation in his pupils.

This guy really was…

He sighed, then formed a hand seal with his left hand. The massive finger appeared from the sky once more.

The atmosphere shattered with a thunderous roar. The intense combustion and explosions as the finger tore through the air instantly turned the sky into flames.

If he wanted to continue the Black King Project, remove Mercenary Tao, and hold Tatsumaki back, he would inevitably have to pay a price.

And that price was naturally…

The sight of a massive finger tens of thousands of meters long stabbing down from the sky made both Tatsumaki and Shigeo Kageyama turn serious. The devastation of this desert would be the least of it.

Z-City would certainly be wiped from existence.

At the same time, the destructive earthquakes and volcanic eruptions caused by that violent impact would spread to several nearby cities.

Neither of them could tolerate such an exterminating attack.

The phantom behind Shigeo Kageyama raised its hand. He was preparing to face the enemy alongside Tatsumaki.

But Eternal Destiny did not even look at the two of them. He only stared at that bald man.

Having done this, the price he had to pay was naturally facing Saitama…

Sure enough, Saitama frowned when he saw that attack.

While he had been distracted, Bai Cangshu had already been sent flying. But Saitama could see clearly that Mercenary Tao… was smiling.

Mercenary Tao would not die from this attack. That was obvious, but why… was he smiling?

Saitama lowered his head. Rather than attacking directly as Bai Cangshu and Eternal Destiny had expected, he fell into a strange silence.

What was he laughing at…?

Was something like this funny?

Saitama did not understand.

He was not stupid. He was merely too lazy to care or think at times.

But right now, these two people who had suddenly appeared seemed to be using him as some kind of "balancing tool."

Every action they took was meant to pull him into this…

"It’s kind of… boring."

Saitama raised his head, the expression on his face changing from desolation to indifference.

Eternal Destiny’s pupils contracted. At that moment, he felt the invisible Supreme Expert’s Crown above his head tremble.

He had never seen that expression on Saitama’s face before.

In a world that seemed frozen, Saitama slowly clenched his fist. Then, as Tatsumaki and Shigeo Kageyama slowly turned to look at him, he threw a punch into the sky.

Boom!

The finger tens of thousands of meters long shattered in an instant, and the sky rapidly shifted from deep blue to black.

Crack.

Eternal Destiny heard the sound of something breaking.

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