"Kill me?"
Thinking he'd misheard, David Banner froze for a moment.
Then, he burst into uncontrollable laughter.
"Then let me take care of you first!"
In an instant, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and dove into the ground.
Pshhh!
Two enormous rock arms suddenly burst out from the earth, grabbing Saitama's legs.
Then, with a violent yank—
The ground collapsed and shattered!
Saitama was forcefully dragged underground, leaving only his bald head sticking out above the surface.
A gray figure slowly emerged from the soil, condensing into the form of David Banner.
One of his hands remained buried in the ground. As he slowly raised his arm, it quickly formed into a massive stone hammer.
"Kid, I'm not that foolish child Bruce. Going against me will never end well for you!"
Boom—!
The stone hammer, nearly ten meters wide, swung down hard toward Saitama's head. The earth shook violently!
The shockwave sent the surrounding debris shooting out like bullets!
Because he had absorbed the Hulk's power, David Banner's current strength was terrifying.
"Oh… so this… is your power?"
From within the ruins…
Came the extremely bored and uninterested voice of a certain salted-fish-like man.
David Banner's smile stiffened. His eyes widened in disbelief as he saw that bald head in the rubble—still gleaming smooth and unscathed… not even a scratch!
"Hiss—"
Impossible!
That strike just now could've smashed a heavy tank into a pancake!
And the rocks he controlled weren't ordinary stone, but specially chosen hard metallic ore!
"This kind of power! This kind of power!"
Shock was quickly replaced by overwhelming delight!
David Banner was almost trembling with excitement. Saitama's defense was even more absurd than Bruce's! If he could obtain it for himself…!
With that thought—
He instantly transformed into lightning, countless arcs of electricity binding Saitama.
The two shot off like a streak of white light!
Splash!
The lightning dove into a nearby lake. David Banner became water, slamming Saitama hard into the lakebed.
The lake's surface quaked with a muffled boom!
Ripples spread outward as tiny arcs of electricity crackled across the water! Even the lakebed began to sink under the force!
Power far beyond the Hulk's surged from Saitama into David Banner's body.
He let out a raspy, ecstatic scream.
"So strong! So strong!"
"Saitama! You're the strongest being in the universe I've ever seen! Even my foolish son can't compare to you—your power is perfect! Absolutely perfect!!"
The lake's surface exploded as two figures shot skyward—
The bald-headed Saitama, and David Banner, whose body was now a fusion of water, lightning, metallic ore, and stone.
They landed on opposite ends of the desert.
David Banner's excitement was beyond words. The growth he had just gained from Saitama was immense—far greater than anything he had absorbed from the Hulk!
That feeling of invincibility… incredible! Every cell in his body was brimming with power!
As for the bald-headed demon king…
He stood there, expressionless, staring at his opponent.
Under his gaze, the man's stats had already changed!
David Banner
Hero Class: Absorbing Man
Intelligence: 5
Strength: 6
Speed: 6
Endurance: 6
Energy Projection: 6
Fighting Skills: 6
Justice Value: -5
Attributes: Lightning (6), Metal (6), Earth (6), Water (6)
"You're really so 6666, David Banner."
Saitama scratched his head with genuine amazement.
The guy had actually gained so many extra attributes at once!
And because he had absorbed Saitama's energy, David Banner had clearly surpassed the Absorbing Man from the original storyline. All his abilities were now terrifyingly strong!
"Invincible! This is the power of invincibility!! True invincibility!!"
David roared with laughter.
He suddenly raised his hand, unleashing a tidal wave of lightning, stone, water, and super-alloy toward Saitama!
From afar, it looked like countless gigantic, ferocious serpents and dragons roaring in unison.
Rumble—!
Saitama was instantly engulfed in the dazzling barrage. Within a kilometer radius of David Banner, the ground was left covered in over a meter of fine dust!
"Submit to me! Be my eternal power source, Saitama! I will be the king of the entire world—no, the entire universe!"
Now over ten meters tall, transformed into a giant of lightning and rock, David Banner strode forward like a monarch, looking down at the bald hero buried in the dust and rubble!
He could absorb almost any form of energy and quickly fuse it into himself.
But he couldn't create power like Saitama's… or the Hulk's. That's why he needed to keep both of them under his control—as living "batteries"!
"After taking my full-strength attack, you probably can't even stand anymore…"
He slowly brushed aside the rubble beneath his feet, completely confident—
Until he caught sight of that… that blinding bald head.
It almost hurt his eyes!!
"So this is your full-strength attack?"
Saitama stood in the ruins, feeling oddly disappointed. He'd been hoping for an intense, satisfying battle—that was why he'd let the man absorb his energy in the first place.
But now… it seemed his opponent really wasn't up to it.
(End of Chapter)
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