Game
Thoughts
"Talking"
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I need to pull out all the stops!
"KAIO-KEN x20!" Gray roared, his voice echoing throughout the dying Monas as the red aura around him flared even higher, becoming denser as his power shot upward. His heart started beating quicker, exceeding a level safe for a normal person, or even a normal Saiyan, as his blood started to flow, his adrenaline skyrocketed, and his head throbbed a bit in pain. His body was vibrating lightly as a sharp pain shot through him, but the high level of his [Kaio-Ken] skill made it manageable.
It's not as much as before, but it's enough!
Gray's Ozaru transformation had offered more power, as while in theory the Ozaru multiplier, being 10x, added to the Kaio-Ken x10's multiplier could've resulted in a 20x power boost - but, instead, it was much more. The Ozaru's 10x boost increased his base greatly, which was then multiplied by the Kaio-Ken.
Now, his base stayed the same, but was simply being multiplied by 20 instead of 10. As a result, instead of the overwhelming over 500 trillion power level that came from the Ozaru plus Kaio-Ken combination, Gray was at a much more modest roughly 100 trillion.
If Boros was in peak shape, then I'd be fucked. But he's not.
Right now, as Boros was heaving, hunched over as his energy was dangerously low, and it looked like he could keel over at any minute, Gray didn't even think he was the main threat.
It's Garou.
Gray himself was exhausted from the intense battle, and he knew Saitama, for as invincible as he seemed, was starting to slow down a bit too - as evident by his somewhat heavy breathing. By comparison, Garou was fresh, having just entered the battle far after Gray and Saitama. He wasn't nearly as threatening as either Boros or Orochi, but with how low Gray's energy and HP were dropping, he would still be the biggest problem.
But there's no time to think. I need to quickly buy a Senzu-
Gray didn't even have time to finish the thought as Boros launched forward, undeterred by his powerup, as he looked more excited than anything. He blitzed in front of Gray, his arm cocked back, and his smile wide. The sight was pretty terrifying, as the man's body was starting to become unable to handle the Meteoric Burst - and as a result, there was blood dripping from his eyes and mouth as his insides were constantly torn apart but also regenerated immediately.
Too slow.
Gray leaned to the side, letting the powerful punch burst past him, and disappeared instantly - reappearing behind Garou as the martial artist launched towards him from the side. His leg lashed out, catching Garou off guard and sending him tumbling towards the lava-covered surface of Monas.
70,889,150 HP! (1,298,110,950/1,369,000,100)
Then, he spun around again, holding up his palm as he launched a straight Ki-beam forward, which collided with a blast of pink energy coming from Boros' chest. The two beams stalled out in the middle, but even with the Kaio-Ken x20, Gray knew he couldn't win against he alien with anything less than his Kokuyo. So, he spun to the side as Boros' beam overpowered his and streamed past him in a burst of power.
Gray huffed, only having a moment of reprieve as Boros floated across from him. A geyser of lava launched upward between them, the dying planet trembling violently as the constant blows added up. For just a split second, no one moved. Then, the geyser retreated down, and Gray blitzed forward.
He zipped toward Boros with a red trail burning behind him like a meteor, a Ki-coated and attack boosted punch lashing out - but colliding with Boros' open palm. The shockwave from the blow burst outward and unintentionally obliterated a massive chunk of rock that Psykos was tossing at Saitama.
Gray tried to yank his hand back, but Boros' hand clamped onto his fist - squeezing it so hard that Gray wondered if it would break for a split second. But then he had a much larger concern as Boros twisted his body, his leg moving abnormally as the joints within it snapped, but were then regenerated, and sent Gray hurling backward with a kick to the ribs.
-42,150,990 HP! (2,227,183,642/3,022,555,450)
Gray was sent launching through the air - and smashing straight through Orochi's form far behind him, which was a mixture of molten rock and pure lava, creating a spray of lava and charred flesh as the towering monster grunted in pain from the blow. He spun around to see where the attack had come from, only to instantly receive a follow-up punch from Saitama for his efforts.
"Where are you looking? We're the ones fighting, y'know?" Saitama muttered, his usually calm eyes actually glinting with excitement as he punched Orochi's face clean off, sending it skimming across the magma lake like a stone across water, until the ground snatched up and pulled it back into the planet.
Meanwhile, Gray groaned as he bounced across the burning surface as well, but caught himself mid-roll as he stabilized himself. He skidded to a stop just as Psykos, floating above with a bright, glowing orange body, held up her hands and fired what could only be described as a psychic cannon at Saitama. Gray smirked lightly as he saw the move - using [Instant Transmission] as Garou was coming running back at him, moving so quickly that it looked like he was dancing across the lava.
The normally fluid martial artist was caught off guard as Gray appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye - still crouched. Gray's fist shot upward in a brutal upper-cut, slamming into Garou's jaw from below and sending him blasting upward - into Psykos' blast.
75,120,970 HP! (1,244,011,550/1,390,250,700)
"You fuck- AGHHH!" Garou was swallowed whole in the dome of psychic energy, being knocked away and smoking from head to toe as his body became covered in burns.
This is the other thing we have going for us - they're uncoordinated!
Psykos and Orochi could work in tandem pretty well - as they were literally the same being at this point - but Boros and Garou were far from team players. They had never fought together, and Boros' brutal style, Psykos' long-range destructive blasts, and Garou's more flow-like martial arts were not working well together.
Gray's hands both moved at once - one launching a seemingly random Ki blast into the pit of lava nearby, while the other snapped up, his fingers moving quickly as he tried to buy a Senzu Bean from the shop, but he didn't have the opportunity. He had to change his attention as Boros crashed down from the sky like a pink meteor, slamming his glowing knee into Gray from above. Gray jerked up, blocking the attack with both arms, but the impact drove him halfway into the ground, magma surging around him like a tidal wave as the ground cracked.
"Come on! Let's fight until the end!" Boros howled, spitting out blood as his flesh peeled and cracked from overusing Meteoric Burst. His body was vibrating as his muscles tore constantly, then regenerated. Though his regeneration, despite being very fast, was starting to struggle to keep up with his falling-apart body as he became covered in layers and rivers of blood.
I won't have a chance to do anything until this bastard is out of the picture. He's just too damn fast!
Gray grunted, shoving upward as Ki coated his arms and forced Boros back into the air. Then, he erupted from the ground like a rocket - launching upwards at Boros with his fist cocked back.
Boros grinned widely as his own fist launched forward, aiming for Gray's face as Gray's fist was inches away from uppercutting him. However, Gray knew that trading blows in this situation would only hurt him - so, just as Boros' fist was about to make contact, he vanished with [Instant Transmission].
He reappeared far behind where he had been - and right behind Garou, as the martial artist had been lunging forward to attack him from behind. However, Garou was more cautious this time, and as he saw Gray disappear, his body flowed to the side and dodged his punch from behind.
Garou spun around, his leg lashing out in a roundhouse kick aimed at Gray's skull, but Gray countered - his body also flowing like water as he smirked from using Garou's own technique against him. That only pissed Garou off as his fists became a blur - or, more specifically, his whole body did. Punch after punch was avoided as Gray's body moved like water. A kick burst past him by just an inch, then a jab aimed at his gut, and then even a palm aimed at his face.
Unfortunately for Gray, his small revenge of pissing off Garou was short-lived, as Boros came blasting forward to join the battle. The alien blasted forward, his fist aimed for Gray's head from the other side, and he knew he couldn't dodge the onslaught of both men.
So, he didn't. He vanished with [Instant Transmission] - appearing next to Saitama as he was dodging a beam of psychic energy. As he vanished, Boros' punch continued forward - hitting the air where Gray's head had been, and then continuing forward into Garou's face. The martial artist was sent launching down, spiraling through the air, and directly into Saitama and Orochi's fight again - slamming through Orochi's torso just as he was mid-regeneration.
"I swear," Orochi snarled, his voice deep and annoyed, "if one more of you-"
He was cut off as Saitama's fist slammed into his face - obliterating his entire head again, and only pissing off the Monster King even more.
"STOP RUNNING AND FIGHT!" Boros' voice came booming down again before Gray had the chance to open his shop again, and a massive pink beam of Ki came launching downward at him.
That might be enough to destroy the planet - but it's also enough to destroy me!
Gray tensed, about to launch upward and to avoid the massive beam, when an arm roughly wrapped around his thick neck to put him in a headlock. Gray's eyes went wide as Garou appeared out of thin air - appearing in a literally instant behind him. He hadn't just moved fast, he had used-
Instant Transmission?!
Gray jerked his head forward, and his elbow smashed back into Garou's gut as he tried to free himself, but the martial artist just grinned widely as his hold didn't budge.
"Didn't expect that, huh?" Garou just spat out, spit flying from Gray's elbow.
When the fuck did this bastard learn to do that?!
Gray's eyes narrowed, his eyes shooting up to Boros as he was about to use [Instant Transmission] himself to avoid the massive beam.
I'll be in a bad spot, but it's that or tanking this-
"[Serious Table Flip]"
Luckily, Gray didn't have to make that decision as Saitama calmly placed both hands under the ground and lifted the entire battlefield. Yes - the entire battlefield.
A slab the size of a city flipped like a table, defying logic as the entire ground, regardless of craters of flowing lava, was flung upward as if it were a flat slab. It launched Gray and Garou skyward in different directions, and chunks of magma and debris followed, as if gravity itself had been turned off.
"Nice save," Gray muttered midair, flipping backwards and catching his balance mid-air.
Meanwhile, Boros' blast continued forward - slamming into the surface of Monas and cutting deeper into the planet. A massive shockwave burst through the planet as a huge crater shot outward, exploding in every direction, but Boros halted his attack before it could cut deep enough into the planet to fully destroy it.
Honestly, that's for the best. I need at least a second or two to prepare, or else I won't be able to get us all off of this planet.
And, as Garou was already darting forward again, snarling in annoyance, he wouldn't get that second right now.
This is a good time. If it works perfectly, I can completely fuck him up.
Gray vanished with [Instant Transmission] - appearing next to Saitama, and then instantly kicking backward as Garou copied his technique and appeared in front of him. Gray launched backward, dodging a punch aimed at his nose, and then flipped backward again as he landed in the middle of a very familiar crater.
Garou blasted forward without a care, his hands blurring as Gray's body flowed out of the way of the blows.
I need to be quick.
Gray's finger flicked upward, moving only a fraction of an inch as something behind Garou moved. The Ki blast that Gray had seemingly shot into a pit of lava without a reason came flying upward from its hiding spot, and then slammed into Garou from behind.
42,257,188 HP! (1,135,932,862/1,465,429,200)
Was his HP always that high?
Garou grunted, stumbling to the side slightly, and it was all the time Gray needed. He stepped forward, his Ki-coated and attack-boosted fist flaring forward and making contact with Garou's gut.
75,988,219 HP! (1,049,944,643/1,465,429,200)
In the fraction of a second before Garou was sent flying backward, his eyes went wide, and spit flew from his mouth.
Then, he was gone - rocketing through the air as shockwave after shockwave reverberated around him. Gray didn't let him off the hook, appearing above him in an instant as a two-handed hammer slammed into his back.
92,150,009 HP! (957,794,634/1,465,429,200)
Garou was sent crashing down to Monas again, but before Gray could follow up, he was forced to click his tongue in annoyance as Boros reached him - his fist slammed forward as Gray shot backward to avoid it.
Damn it! There's just not enough time with both of them!
Gray's breaths were becoming heavy from the fighting, and his Ki was dropping rapidly as he wasn't given even a second of rest in the fight.
Fuck. Saitama's got his hands full with the other two, but I need someone to distract them. Even if only for a few seconds!
And, as if the bullshit world around him had heard his thoughts, a voice suddenly spoke out.
"Need a hand?"
Gray blinked as the air in front of him shimmered, and then formed into a portal - one not too dissimilar from the ones he created with [Portal Creation] - and a fist came blasting out of it. The punch slammed into Boros' face as he was caught off guard, and the alien was sent skidding backwards with a hiss of pain.
Then, the portal expanded - widening as the fist turned into an entire body, and a figure stepped through.
"I'm not late, am I?" A large figure stepped out of the portal, and the fight on Monas suddenly flipped in favor of Saitama and Gray.
The number one hero, Blast, had arrived.
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Gray Tanaki:
[Saiyan S-Class Squad Captain]
Age: 18
Wallet: 29,780,150 Coins
Lvl: 26 (14,521,955/20,000,000 XP)
PL: 5.40 Trillion
Available Points: 0
HP: 2,227,183,642/3,022,555,450 (Kaio-Ken x20)
TKI: 1,177,890,115/4,411,933,698 (Kaio-Ken x20)
TMP: 40,022/107,285
STR: 15277
AGI: 16676
END: 19785
INT: 13700
CHA: 10945
LUK: 9795
KI: 22,150
MP: 14650
HREG: 10000
EREG: 9750
Skills: [Observe LVL 107], [Running LVL 124], [Determination LVL 104], [Ki Control LVL 105], [Ki Gun LVL 105]. [Ki Enhancement LVL 112], [KI Suppression LVL 102], [Ki Sense LVL 105], [Pushup LVL 112], [Punch LVL 123], [Kick LVL 122], [Jump LVL 125], [Flight LVL 140], [Prediction LVL 120], [Zenkai Boost LVL 77], [Cognitive Acceleration LVL 115], [Ah! Lord Freiza! LVL 100], [Mouth-Beam LVL 103], [Ki-Blade LVL 103], [Cooking LVL 80], [Ki Barrage LVL 105], [Ki Explosion LVL 105], [Ki Vision LVL 92], [Attack Boost LVL 126], [Swimming LVL 81], [Clothes Materialization LVL 88], [Seal of Weakening LVL 105], [Portal Creation LVL 115], [Lie Detection LVL 85], [Reflect LVL 115], [Instant-Transmission LVL 97], [Healing LVL 98], [Multi-Form LVL 87], [Gigantification LVL 80], [Tracking MP Blast LVL 85], [MP Conversion LVL 112], [Tracking Ki Blast LVL 80], [Kaio-Ken LVL 64]
Perks: [Gamer's Mind], [Gamer's Body], [Double-edged Sword], [Legendary Super Saiyan], [Perfect Ozaru], [A Cute Pawn], [A Humble Master],[Ladies Man]
Fighting Styles: [Boxing Style: Kolra LVL 5], [Fighting Style: Broly LVL 7], [Martial Arts Style: Garou LVL 2]
Party: [Tamari, Fubuki, Tatsumaki, Celia]
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AN: Sorry for the lack of chapters lately, I was dealing with some health issues. The updates will be more frequent now! The next one will be posted in a few days!
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