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"This is insane…"
"A human body, made of flesh and blood, taking that kind of world-shattering shockwave head-on… and not even budging? Not a scratch?!"
"That body can't belong to any carbon-based lifeform!"
"I need all of his biological data! Every last bit of it! Damn it, I want it so badly I can't stand it!"
Child Emperor's low, feverish muttering was swallowed by the collective shock of the other heroes. No one noticed the wild obsession flickering in the young genius scientist's eyes.
Far beyond Earth, deep in the sea of stars—
A massive warship bearing the banner of the Dark Matter Thieves hung in the void. The live battlefield feed trembled across the bridge.
When they saw their supreme leader, Boros, unleash a full-force, rage-filled strike against that bald-headed man—only for the bald guy to stand there like he'd just been lightly tapped—all the pirates froze as if struck by a high-voltage current.
"Lord Boros, we should change course! Abort the approach to Earth!"
"That monster is absurdly strong! He can't be the prophesied rival you've been searching for!"
The subordinate didn't even finish speaking before Boros' furious roar tore through the bridge, reverberating like a shockwave.
"Silence! You miserable lowlife, what nonsense are you spouting? Full curvature engine! Maximum speed! We're heading straight for Earth!"
At that moment, Boros' heart pounded in the vast, silent darkness of space.
The warrior's soul within him was blazing.
Watching the screen, staring at that unbearably plain bald man, Boros felt something he hadn't felt in ages—pure satisfaction.
They hadn't even met in person yet, but the near-explosive rush of anticipation coursing through him was impossible to suppress.
The scene shifted.
Saitama's voice carried a kind of disappointment so heavy it seemed capable of freezing even a cosmic overlord. Boros fell into sudden silence.
His solitary eye locked onto Saitama's face.
And there it was, plain as day.
Annoyance.
Was this bald man… bored?
Disappointed in how weak his opponent was?
For the first time in his life, Boros' mind went completely blank.
He couldn't even remember when it had started—was it since the day he was born, or after he ascended to the throne as the supreme ruler of the universe?
Never. Not once.
No being had ever dared to show contempt under the gaze of his all-seeing eye.
And yet now—
He, the absolute ruler of the cosmos, had managed to disappoint a monkey from Earth.
Those few seconds of silence felt like someone had pressed pause on time itself across countless universes.
Every living being watching the broadcast felt their hearts seize tight, clenching painfully in their chests.
Then—
A column of blue-violet energy ripped through space, blasting upward as though it meant to pierce the very ceiling of the universe.
The air shrieked under the crushing force of the energy. Violent shockwaves spread outward from Boros in a sweeping surge.
He planted his feet wide, stance solid and heavy. Veins bulged along his arms as both fists clenched tight. His muscles swelled like carved stone, coiled with explosive power.
"No!!!!!"
"The curtain's only just risen on this fight!!!"
"There's no way—no way—I'll let my destined rival feel bored!!!"
Around him, violet energy compressed to its absolute limit, folding in on itself like a collapsing star.
At last, that terrifying power condensed into a bizarre spherical core.
Black-violet lightning crawled across its surface like twisted veins, writhing and snapping.
Boros' deep blue skin was bleached into a cold, metallic pallor by the sheer force surging through him. Countless black, hellish markings spread over his body like spiderwebs, devouring every inch.
The whites of his eyes and the center of his chest were swallowed by pure darkness. Only his pupil and the energy core embedded in his chest shone, blazing with a light that promised annihilation.
Boros crouched low, fingers gouging deep into the alloy floor beneath him.
The violent fluctuations of power made the colossal warship—larger than a mountain—scream in agony.
"METEORIC… BURST!!!"
His roar sounded like the prelude to a dying star.
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Naruto WorldKonohagakure
"What… what kind of form is that? Even the true manifestation of a god wouldn't look more terrifying!"
Even Sasuke Uchiha, famous for keeping a cool head no matter what, felt his breathing hitch under the pressure radiating from Boros.
Beside him, Naruto Uzumaki erupted in a cloak of crimson chakra. Yet both Naruto and the being sealed within him were shaken to the core by the savage might on display.
Within him, Kurama let out a low, uneasy growl. "Even the old man Sage of Six Paths… his power might pale in front of that monster."
In Kurama's memory, the Sage of Six Paths and his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, represented the very ceiling of power.
But now, watching that one-eyed being unleash his full strength, even this ancient tailed beast began to wonder whether the Sage himself could win.
If even the Nine-Tails felt awe, the so-called elites of the shinobi world were left utterly speechless.
The suffocating pressure pierced through dimensions, freezing every ninja to the bone.
Even Nagato—once self-proclaimed god and master over life and death—felt a long-forgotten fear claw up from the depths of his soul.
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One Piece WorldMarine Headquarters
As the Navy's highest military power, Sengoku clenched every muscle in his body, voice trembling.
"His power… it can escalate again? And again?!"
"This completely overturns everything we know about strength!"
He forced the words out, almost choking on them. The might Boros now radiated was beyond anything they had imagined.
Borsalino wiped cold sweat from his brow. The smug pride he once took in his speed evaporated the moment Boros shattered the sky with yet another leap in power.
The same went for the Emperors. Kaido and Charlotte Linlin could only stare in stunned disbelief as Boros entered his "Meteoric Burst" state.
This wasn't just strong. It was absurd. A monster already beyond reason had just unlocked the form he'd been saving for last. One glance was enough to plant the seed of despair deep in anyone's heart.
Whitebeard PiratesMoby Dick
The lively deck had fallen into graveyard silence.
After watching other overwhelming battles before, Marco and the others had already realized their father's title of "World's Strongest Man" wasn't absolute.
But in their hearts, Edward Newgate would never be inferior to anyone.
Now, seeing Boros' apocalyptic transformation, even they couldn't lie to themselves.
"A monster on that level… can something like that really exist?"
Marco felt his heart sink endlessly as he watched Boros compress his power to the brink.
"No Devil Fruit user could ever reach that kind of destructive output!"
Even Jozu, famed for his diamond defense, didn't dare claim he could survive that last strike.
"It's beyond terrifying. That's not a fight. That's dimensional annihilation."
He clenched his fists, trying to suppress the surge of panic rising in his chest.
"Gurararara!!!"
Unlike his crew's heavy silence, Whitebeard himself threw his head back and laughed.
"That guy's sailing a different sea from us entirely! Even if Roger came back to life, he wouldn't beat that monster!"
"But so what!"
"I'm Whitebeard!!!"
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Back in the image—
Boros' body was engulfed in blinding white light. The black markings across him pulsed wildly, violet energy flowing through them like molten fire.
His spiked hair stretched backward as if caught in a cosmic storm, flaring out violently.
The gathered power finally hit its breaking point.
And exploded.
In an instant, destructive force overflowed from within him.
Dazzling white light burst from every crack across his body, as though he were being torn apart from the inside.
The air itself twisted into a howling hurricane, sweeping earth and sky into a scene of apocalypse.
In this state, Boros had ignited every last drop of his life force.
All of it converted into raw speed and strength.
He had shattered the biological limit.
At this moment, Boros possessed, at least in theory, the power to punch through a planet.
Finally—
He moved.
His foot slammed into the deck. The gravity field ruptured. Everything within hundreds of meters crumbled to powder.
His figure turned into a streak of pure light, slicing through space at city-erasing speed.
The spherical force field around him collapsed inward. His extreme velocity left behind a white afterimage connecting his starting point to the spot where Saitama stood.
Boom!
His fist filled Saitama's vision in an instant.
Even before it landed, the sheer pressure compressed the air ahead of it into a violent explosion, the shockwave shrieking loud enough to rupture eardrums.
For the first time, a flicker of surprise passed through Saitama's eyes.
The distance of hundreds of meters might as well have been nothing. In less than a blink, Boros was in his face.
That killing punch, packed with fury, longing, and battle-lust, came crashing down.
Bang!!!
Boros' fist slammed squarely into Saitama's face.
A catastrophic shockwave blasted straight through Saitama's body and out behind him.
Then the compressed violet energy detonated.
The raging purple inferno roared like a cosmic dragon devouring everything in its path.
Where it passed, all matter was vaporized.
The air crackled with violent violet arcs of lightning. Anything they touched vanished into nothingness.
Rumble!!!
The energy blast tore Boros' gigantic warship apart in an instant.
Everything within his field of vision was erased by indescribable shockwaves, reduced to ash and void.
At this point, the ruined warship meant nothing to him.
He had found the enemy worthy of burning everything for.
His crew? The wreckage?
Compared to the chance to fight Saitama at full power, they were dust.
After all, Boros had already accepted that this battle might cost him everything.
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Dragon Ball World
"Hahaha!!!"
"Now this is what a cosmic-level battle should look like!"
"Boros! You've earned the title of ruler of the universe!"
Seated upon his throne aboard his ship, Frieza applauded Boros' outburst like a Roman tyrant enjoying gladiators in the arena.
"Yes! Destroy that annoying bald man—and the pathetic planet under his feet while you're at it!"
His hysterical laughter echoed across the vessel.
The bewildered crew assumed some distant planet had angered their lord.
Without hesitation, they fired the main cannon and reduced an innocent world to cosmic fireworks.
Watching the explosion bloom in space, Frieza's twisted grin grew even wider.
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Saint Seiya World
"That one-eyed creature… it can still evolve?"
The Golden Saint of Gemini, Gemini Saga, let killing intent flash across his eyes.
As warriors sworn to protect the Earth Goddess Athena, their duty remained unchanged across ages.
An existence like Boros, who sought planetary destruction as casually as breathing, was exactly what they despised most.
Yet Saga understood they stood in different universes. Anger alone changed nothing.
At the Five Old Peaks—
Before the great waterfall of Mount Lu, Shiryu stared at Boros' image, battle spirit blazing in his eyes.
"I may still be weaker than him now. But not for long. I'll surpass him."
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One Punch Man WorldHero Association Headquarters
"With that level of attack… how could any human possibly withstand it?!"
Even Tatsumaki, usually arrogant and supremely confident, felt genuine fear at the overwhelming power Boros had unleashed.
She had to admit it. If she went all out, she might be able to produce that level of destruction.
But there was no way she could control it with Boros's precision, or unleash it that completely.
"That kind of impact… Sensei, he…"
A flicker of panic flashed across Genos's mechanical eyes. Boros's overwhelming strength had shaken his faith in his teacher to the core.
"....."