Chapter 100: Undying and Imperishable
"Welcome home."
With the greeting of the AI smart home system, King returned to his "doghouse"—one of the few places where he could completely relax.
After confirming that Genos hadn't followed him, King finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Great. That guy didn't follow me. Finally, some personal space."
King flopped onto his soft, large bed, spreading his limbs in a "大" shape without a care for his image.
Hiss... it really hurts...
Feeling the tearing pain all over his body, King grimaced.
In fact, he wasn't some saint who felt no pain. Regeneration after injury was often accompanied by excruciating pain.
Especially after opening the Gate of Death, every muscle in his body constantly transmitted sensations of tearing and agony.
To avoid being affected by pain during battle, King would use his vitality to compress his pain nerves, temporarily disabling his sense of pain.
But this trick couldn't be used for long. He could compress them for at most half an hour at a time; any longer would affect his nervous system.
From the start of his battle with Boros until he returned home, more than 20 minutes had passed, so he released the suppression on his pain nerves.
"F*ck! It hurts like hell!"
Every muscle in his body writhed. Countless muscle fibers tore and rebuilt, becoming tougher with each cycle of destruction.
He could feel a stronger power surging from his cells, constantly filling his robust body.
That's right. King had broken another layer of his limiter.
Breaking a limiter was something that happened either zero times or countless times.
Either you never broke it until you died, or once you broke it, subsequent growth became easier.
The nature of his battle with Boros was different from his spar with Saitama.
Breaking the limiter during the spar with the Bald Demon was purely because King got blown up too many times.
Hovering on the edge of death with every explosion allowed him to break the genetic shackles.
But in this battle with Boros, King gradually comprehended his own power. Through the combat, he fused with his body's potential, naturally breaking the second limiter.
Lying on the bed, staring at the white ceiling, the tearing pain couldn't affect King's thoughts.
Although the original story didn't describe it in detail, the reason Saitama became so powerful was likely that he broke a massive number of limiters through constant fighting.
When Saitama still had hair, he was just an ordinary person. But through life-and-death battles and relentless effort, he broke layer after layer of limiters, eventually becoming the invincible Bald Demon.
After all, just doing 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 10km run every day would at most give you a healthy body, not god-like power.
Right. Didn't the system send some notification when I killed Boros?
With a thought, the translucent blue data panel appeared before him.
He found the system notification history and clicked on the message from twenty minutes ago.
[Ding! Congratulations Host for successfully slaying the Universe Dominator, Boros. Reward: Stat Points x 5000.]
[Ding! Congratulations Host for the first kill of a "Dragon Above" level entity. Reward: Random Passive Skill x 2, Stat Points x 2000.]
Hm?!
Seeing these two rewards, King's eyes widened.
So generous? As expected of the EXP baby Boros!
Compared to the 7,000 stat points, the two new passive skills were what King valued most.
He subconsciously moved to open his status panel, but his hand stopped mid-air just before touching the blue interface.
"System, add 4,000 points to Strength and 3,000 points to Spirit."
Are you kidding? I have to add the free attribute points first, then open the status panel. That's the only way to feel the rush!
[Name: Chen Xiao (King)]
[Gender: Male]
[Abilities: King Engine, Extreme Regeneration, Precision Control, Energy Mastery, Soul Indestructibility, Adaptive Nature]
[Strength: 22,500]
[Speed: 17,000]
[Stamina: 15,000]
[Defense: 13,000]
[Spirit: 7,000]
[Note: The threshold for Dragon-Level is 1,000 in all stats.]
Looking at his pleasing stats, King nodded in satisfaction.
Not bad. I'm looking more and more like a stat monster.
His gaze fell on the skill bar, looking at the two new skills: [Soul Indestructibility] and [Adaptive Nature]. The detailed descriptions surfaced in his mind.
[Soul Indestructibility: When the Host's physical body is obliterated, the soul will wrap around the consciousness and detach from the flesh. Can be combined with [Extreme Regeneration] to reconstruct the physical body while in a soul state.]
Seeing this description, King bolted upright from the bed, his eyes filled with shock.
This passive skill surprised him immensely.
"Holy crap? Does this mean I basically have true immortality now?!"
Previously, King's body was indestructible as long as he had stamina to regenerate, but his weakness was his consciousness.
If King were killed instantly without time to regenerate, he would truly die.
For example, if the Bald Demon Saitama hit him with a Serious Punch, he would likely be dead for good.
But now, it was different. Even if his body was beaten into a mist of blood, King could reconstruct his body through his consciousness wrapped in his soul.
The first skill gave him such a huge surprise. What about the second one?
With excitement, King looked at the description of the second skill.
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