A cruel, icy curve lifted at the corner of his mouth as dark energy surged around him like boiling flames.
"By the Abyss's command, I have come to… grind you to dust and reclaim the 'key'." He flicked a glance at the Heart of Pure Light in Saitama's hand. "Let this world hear the abyss's roar!"
A brand-new, unprecedentedly terrifying enemy had arrived. Battle was about to erupt!
Saitama tightened his grip on the Heart of Pure Light. For the first time, that face that always looked a little blank revealed an utterly serious expression when facing an enemy.
The instant Nazalor finished speaking, his attack was already underway!
He didn't even bother with extra movement—his cold golden slit pupils simply narrowed slightly.
Shk! Shk! Shk! Shk!
Dozens of razor-sharp blades made purely of dark energy—edges flickering with spatial-cutting ripples—appeared without warning around Saitama, Doctor Strange, and the Kmaal Guardian! As if alive, they shot in from vicious angles, carrying the sharpness to tear everything apart and a dark aura that could annihilate matter itself!
Fast. Ruthless. Absolute.
"Seraphim Shield!" Doctor Strange reacted instantly. Bringing his hands together, he summoned a golden hexagonal magic barrier that wrapped both himself and the Kmaal Guardian.
Clang-clang-clang!
The dark blades slammed into the barrier with shrieking detonations! The shield shook violently, golden light flowing across its surface as it barely held against the deadly ambush.
As for Saitama—his response couldn't have been more different.
He didn't even look at the incoming dark blades. He simply raised both hands casually, spread his fingers, and—
Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!
A blur of afterimages flashed, dazzling to the eye! The moment those space-cutting dark blades touched Saitama's fingers, they were precisely flicked away and slapped to pieces like fragile glass. Effortless. Almost leisurely—like he was swatting away a few annoying flies.
"Hm?" For the first time, a faint ripple of surprise passed through Nazalor's golden slit pupils, as if he hadn't expected Saitama to neutralize his attack so easily.
"Attacking Doctor Strange and them—what's that supposed to prove?" Saitama lowered his hands and looked at Nazalor. "Your opponent is me." With a casual toss, he threw the Heart of Pure Light to the Kmaal Guardian behind him. "Hold onto it."
Before the words even finished—
Saitama's figure didn't move at high speed.
He vanished.
In the next second, as if teleporting, he appeared right in front of Nazalor and drove a plain, straightforward punch straight at the faceplate of that shadow armor!
Unimaginably fast!
But Nazalor's reaction was just as terrifying. At the instant Saitama's fist was about to land, Nazalor's body bent backward in a bizarre, boneless fold, narrowly avoiding the punch's edge! At the same time, his right hand formed a claw wrapped in boiling dark energy and snatched toward Saitama's throat like lightning!
Saitama retracted his fist, shifted his body, and dropped his elbow down in one smooth motion—meeting the incoming claw head-on!
Boom!
Fist and claw collided with a heavy, thunderous impact. A visible shockwave burst outward from the two of them, pulverizing the solid stone floor into dust!
Nazalor was forced back half a step, ripples spreading across his shadow armor. Saitama also felt a cold, strange corrosive force surge up his arm—but his overwhelming physique dispersed it in an instant.
"…Interesting." Nazalor licked his lips, a flicker of battle intent igniting in his eyes. "Insect… you've got more bite than I expected."
(End of Chapter)
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