Chapter 197: Evenly Matched
"Breath of Light, Third Form."
Within the dazzling radiance, Satoru Suzuki held his sword in one hand.
"Roaming!"
His figure shot forward like an arrow leaving the string.
In an instant, he arrived before the Monster tide. The sword in his hand moved like death's scythe, sweeping through the stitched corpses and severing heads in the blink of an eye.
Behind him, the three heroes stared in shock.
Lightning Max could not help speaking first.
"Is that really Mumen Rider from B Class? How can he be this strong?"
Stinger watched Satoru cut through the Monsters as if nothing could stop him and curled his lips.
"Who knows what the Association was thinking."
He glanced at the endless stream of Monsters.
"So, should we leave first?"
Death Gatling refused without hesitation.
"If you want to go, then go. I'm staying."
Seeing the determination in his eyes, Stinger and Lightning Max had no choice but to remain beside him.
Unlike the three of them, Sonic, who stood on the rooftop above, immediately noticed something unusual.
Especially when he looked at the sword techniques Satoru Suzuki was using below.
That was clearly Total Concentration Breathing.
Although the sword was slightly different from his own, the feeling it gave off was unmistakable.
Sonic's gaze turned cold.
Inside his mind, he questioned, "Asuramaru, what is going on?"
Hearing that, Asuramaru remained completely unhurried.
He had already prepared an excuse in advance.
"That's right. The person below is also a Sword Master recognized by me."
After receiving that confirmation, Sonic did not show any intense emotional fluctuation.
He only asked coldly, "Why?"
Asuramaru began his deception in a calm voice.
"To me, this is merely a way to pass the time."
His tone was casual, as if none of it mattered.
"You are both my Sword Masters, but only one of you can obtain my true power."
"How do I obtain your full power?"
Sonic's killing intent erupted.
"Do I have to kill that guy?"
"Of course not."
Asuramaru explained patiently, "Perhaps you don't know this, but in the near future, an overlord of the universe will come to Earth."
"Whichever one of you defeats him first and allows me to feel enough entertainment will obtain my full power."
After a slight pause, he continued, "Of course, you can also make the other party submit to you without using force. If you succeed, I will likewise give you his share of power."
It was all for entertainment.
For an immortal deity, this reason sounded perfectly reasonable.
Sonic, who had been radiating killing intent, finally released the hilt of his sword and crossed his arms instead.
"An overlord of the universe, huh?"
His eyes narrowed.
"Who is stronger? Him or Saitama?"
He truly could not go three sentences without mentioning Saitama.
Asuramaru answered without hesitation, "Saitama is much stronger, but that overlord is still not an opponent the current you can compare to."
"I don't care."
Sonic's expression was extremely firm.
"If it's someone Saitama can defeat, then I can defeat him too."
If he could not beat Saitama yet, did that mean he could not beat some so called overlord of the universe either?
As he spoke, Sonic looked down again.
In just this short period of time, Satoru Suzuki had already slaughtered half of the Monster tide below.
His strength was climbing rapidly.
In only a few moments, he reached high Demon level.
But this also successfully drew the attention of the mastermind behind the portal.
The portal, which had originally been only ten meters wide, suddenly expanded to hundreds of meters.
From within the dark gate that pierced the sky, an enormous figure slowly stepped out.
It looked like a huge stitched together monstrosity.
A pig headed Monster made from countless pieces of skin, flesh, and bone.
In its right hand, it held a massive pitchfork.
In its left, it gripped a pitch black bone cleaver.
Standing there, it looked down upon all living things.
Its crimson eyes swept across the people below, who seemed no different from ants.
Then it prepared to swing the bone cleaver down.
At that moment, an army arrived from behind to provide support.
Artillery fire rained down on the massive Monster without pause.
But to it, those explosions were no different from an itch.
Even so, they did succeed in drawing its attention.
The bone cleaver shifted direction and slashed toward the army.
In an instant, scorching hellfire erupted from the weapon.
Everything in its path was erased.
When the dust settled, everyone finally saw what had happened.
The place where the army had been was completely leveled.
The surrounding urban area was gone as well, as though an enormous chunk of the city had been wiped clean from the map.
A single slash had flattened everything across dozens of miles.
Seeing this scene, Lightning Max and the other two were shocked into silence.
Similar disasters had happened in the past.
But this degree of destructive power was different.
Without a doubt, this was Dragon level.
A being capable of destroying a city with a casual swing.
Below, Satoru Suzuki's eyes nearly split from rage.
Fury burned in his chest.
"To have killed... so many innocent lives..."
His fingers tightened around the sword hilt until they turned white.
This was the first time in his life that he had felt such anger.
Unlike him, Sonic stood on the rooftop with the corners of his mouth curling upward.
He could no longer wait to hunt this Monster.
Although that slash just now had covered an enormous range, its concentrated power was not as terrifying as it appeared.
More importantly, Sonic had a premonition.
As long as he killed this thing, he could break through again.
When the aftermath of the slash finally subsided, the city broadcast rang out once more.
"Citizens, please evacuate immediately. The current disaster level has been raised to Dragon level."
"All citizens, please evacuate to nearby cities immediately. The Association has dispatched S Class Heroes to the scene."
As the broadcast ended, the pig headed Monster turned back toward the people below.
Its voice rolled across the city.
"I am the Underworld King, Pluton!"
Its nostrils flared, and its crimson eyes burned with contempt.
"You humans, who only know how to gorge yourselves and endlessly produce waste, disappear into the abyss of the underworld within my nostrils!"
The moment those words fell, a figure appeared before it.
Sonic held his sword with both hands.
Endless darkness coated the edge.
"Breath of Darkness, Fifth Form."
The darkness rose like a curtain swallowing the sky.
"Sky Curtain!"
A vast shadow swept toward Pluton.
Seeing this, the Underworld King retreated with surprising speed, then thrust its trident forward.
Despite its massive frame, its movements were unbelievably fast.
The sword and trident collided.
The shockwave that erupted between them was enough to sweep away everything nearby.
After a brief stalemate, the two sides stepped back.
Sonic hovered in midair, staring straight at the colossal Monster in front of him.
Underworld King Pluton also looked at the human before it with a serious gaze.
"Who are you?"
Sonic raised his sharp sword.
The sword split into fragments and stretched outward as his killing intent chilled the air.
"The man who will kill you."
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