This punch looked no different in speed from the previous two—but the instant he threw it, the air around his fist seemed to warp slightly!
The fist struck the exact center of the sea beast's chest. There, a highly compressed, violently throbbing cluster of ghostly blue energy was faintly visible.
Crack—————BOOM!!!
First came the crisp sound of glass shattering, then the roaring blast of energy spinning out of control—
That was the source of its power!
Those unbelievably hard scales—scales that could absorb physical attacks—were as fragile as paper before this punch. The fist pierced straight through without the slightest resistance, directly smashing that energy core.
The deep-sea beast's massive body went rigid. The ghostly blue flames in its eyes instantly went out. Its entire body began collapsing from the inside, breaking apart into countless drifting wisps of black smoke and fragments, until it completely dissipated into the air—leaving behind only a faint burnt stench.
The whole cave fell silent.
The dark priest's chanting cut off abruptly, the fanaticism on his face turning into complete blankness and terror.
Namor and the guards were once again shaken by a punch that went beyond comprehension.
Saitama's gaze passed over the altar and landed on the dark priest who stood there, stunned senseless.
"Hey. Are you next?"
At that moment, the black smoke at the altar's center churned again, and the figure of an elderly man in luxurious Atlantean elder robes appeared. But his eyes were pitch-black with no whites, and darkness ten times thicker than the priest's coiled around his body.
"You ignorant insect—how dare you ruin the Master's plan again and again!" the possessed elder roared in an inhuman voice, thrusting both hands forward!
A jet-black shockwave—condensed to an extreme, enough to vaporize steel in an instant—shot toward Saitama like a flood of death. Wherever it passed, even space itself seemed to twist slightly!
Namor cried out, "Watch out! That's a highly concentrated energy attack!"
Saitama looked at the incoming shockwave. He didn't react much—just lifted his arm on instinct and put his seemingly ordinary white cape in front of him.
Ssshhh————!
A dark shockwave capable of destroying a battleship slammed into the cape… and it actually slid off to both sides like water striking a reef, dispersing in silence—unable to even make the edge of the cape flutter a little higher.
"What?!" The possessed elder and the dark priest behind him both blurted out in shock.
"Done?" Saitama lowered his arm and looked at the possessed elder. "Then it's my turn."
He took one step—and instantly appeared in front of the elder, throwing the same plain-looking Normal Punch.
His fist pressed into the elder's chest.
There was no sound of flesh being struck—only a crisp crack, like crystal shattering!
"GRAAAH————!!" A shriek that didn't sound human burst from inside the elder.
A twisted shadow made purely of dark energy was forced out of the elder's body by that punch! It struggled and contorted violently in midair, letting out agonized howls—but it quickly began to break down on its own, dispersing until it vanished completely.
The black in the elder's eyes rapidly faded, and his mind returned. He staggered weakly, only to be caught by Namor rushing up to support him.
"Your Majesty… I…" The elder's face was full of confusion and guilt.
"It's alright, High Priest. The darkness has left you," Namor comforted him, then looked toward the altar. As the energy entity vanished, the altar was still releasing black smoke, but the speed had clearly slowed a great deal.
(End of Chapter)
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