In the blink of an eye, countless metal fragments twisted and reshaped, assembling and combining to restore their original container appearance, floating around Jack. In an instant, huge dark shadows connected into a vast, oppressive expanse, covering the sky and earth.
"Do you still have a transformation skill? How about I help you out?" Jack's voice drifted through the sky full of containers. "Hurry up—I'm in a rush."
As his voice fell, Jack brought his index and middle fingers together and waved his hand casually. The trembling containers burst with dazzling electric arcs, instantly gaining an acceleration towards Earth's gravity, speeding downwards.
"Damn it! You despicable human!!!"
On the ground, Cargo King's eyes were bloodshot with rage.
*BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM—!!! *
Countless containers bombarded him, quickly forming a large metal grave that completely buried Cargo King. The damage wasn't high, but the humiliation was extreme. He could feel his body being constantly pulled by that terrifying magnetic field, and the operation of his internal energy core began to grow sluggish. If this continued, he would be torn into a pile of scrap metal by this force—just like the twisted, broken containers beside him.
"I… Cargo King… will never fall here!!!"
In desperation, he let out an unwilling roar.
Metal Adsorption!
"Box King Transformation"!!!
*BOOM—!!! *
A powerful suction burst from his body, and all surrounding metal was uncontrollably drawn toward him. The metal mountain formed by countless stacked containers rapidly collapsed inward, layer by layer adhering to and merging into Cargo King's body. The twisting, ear-piercing sound of metal restructuring continued incessantly, and his body rapidly expanded at a visible speed.
Twenty meters, thirty meters, forty meters… Finally, a gigantic Monster over fifty meters tall—formed by hundreds of thousands of containers twisted and combined layer upon layer—appeared on the dock. His form had completely deviated from a "human" shape, resembling more a moving steel mountain, with countless muzzles extending from the gaps in his body, flickering with destructive red light.
The system's disaster level assessment also updated accordingly.
[Monster Name: Cargo King]
[Disaster Level: Dragon (Upper)
]**
"I'll kill you!!!"
The transformed giant container Monster let out a deafening roar. The energy of the burning cargo inside him adhered to his surface, helping him forcibly resist the omnipresent magnetic field suppression, and taking heavy steps, he charged toward Jack's direction. Every step caused the entire dock and even the nearby sea to tremble violently.
Facing this world-destroying might, Jack, floating in mid-air, merely snapped his fingers casually.
*SNAP. *
A dazzling electric arc exploded at his fingertip, and with the crisp snap, the sky above M City suddenly darkened. The originally clear sky was covered by thick dark clouds within a few seconds, as if night had arrived early. Within the clouds, silver snakes danced wildly, and destructive lightning accumulated and collided between the rolling leaden clouds, emitting dull roars. A suffocating oppressive aura filled the air—a precursor to an imminent high-concentration plasma burst.
"This is…"
The giant container Monster, who was striding with his steel feet, attempting to charge through the strong magnetic field, suddenly paused. He looked up at the sky, and a trace of garbled data-like confusion and unease flashed in his huge electronic eyes, which were made of searchlights. This change in celestial phenomena was too bizarre—completely beyond his computational scope.
Jack floated beneath the thunderclouds, his clothes flapping in the strong wind, gradually covered by surging lightning, and he raised his hand, pointing at the moving steel giant below. His internal magnetic core operated at high speed, and the overflowing lightning energy within him went berserk.
*RUMBLE—!!! *
The rolling heavenly thunder brewing and accumulating in the dark clouds seemed to be guided by the authority of a thunder god, forming a radial lightning link between the sky and Jack—converging into one—bursting forth.
"Chain Lightning Storm"!
The next moment, the sky seemed to rip open a large hole. A plasma lightning pillar—with a diameter comparable to a heavy truck trailer—descended from the sky with the terrifying might of purifying all things, accurately striking the giant container Monster.
*SIZZZZZZZ—!!! *
Blinding electric light instantly engulfed him, and the ultra-high temperature melted his surface superalloy armor layer by layer in an instant.
"UGH, AH, AH, AH—!!!"
The Monster let out a painful roar, his massive body trembling violently, and his metal-composed thought core continuously crashed under the impact of the violent current, making his movements sluggish.
But this was only the beginning.
The first lightning strike seemed only a signal, followed by the second, the third, the tenth… Hundreds and thousands of violent plasma lightning bolts—like spears of punishment sent down by a god—poured down from the thunderclouds as if they were free. They formed an impenetrable waterfall of lightning, completely enveloping the massive steel giant.
*BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! *
On the dock, deafening thunderous roars merged into one. Between heaven and earth, only dazzling white light and destructive roars remained.
Under this cataclysmic lightning baptism, the giant container Monster's proud "Alloy Battle Body" was as fragile as paper. Large chunks of armor were melted and peeled off, and his massive body shrunk at a visible speed.
"It's not over yet."
Bathed in lightning, Jack's right hand suddenly waved.
"Metal Activation"!
*CLICK, CLICK, CLICK— *
At this moment, the metal materials forming the Monster's body seemed to suddenly gain their own thoughts, beginning to frantically repel each other. Screws automatically unscrewed, steel plates popped out on their own, wires spontaneously broke… The fifty-meter-tall giant Monster—who was just so imposing—under the dual blow of lightning and magnetism, seemed to be simultaneously disassembled by countless invisible hands, instantly beginning a chain-like collapse.
"UGH. AH. AH. AH. AH—!!!"
The container giant—whose movements were halting with every step under the torrential lightning rain from the sky—let out a stuttering cry of pain. For him, metal was flesh and bone. Jack's frantic disassembly at this moment was no less than flaying and dismembering.
Just as the Monster's size was about to drop below thirty meters and his energy level showed a tendency to fall, Jack's expression suddenly changed.
"Hmm? I almost overdid it."
The disaster level was directly related to the amount of Origin Points dropped in the end. Disassembling an Upper Dragon Monster into a Middle Dragon would be a huge loss.
He quickly stopped the "Metal Activation" disassembly. Instead, the scattered metal parts were reinserted back into him.
"Sorry, sorry—giving it back to you, all of it back to you!"
"AH, AH, AH, AH—!!!"
Cargo King never dreamed that his lost metal flesh and blood would return to his body in such an inconceivable way. His already severely damaged metal body was further injured by Jack's forceful insertion, causing him to scream in agony.
In the sky, seeing that the opponent's energy intensity in his perception had stabilized back to Upper Dragon level, Jack finally breathed a sigh of relief.
That was close—he almost suffered a huge loss because of his itchy hands.
Cargo King: …
I might not be human—but you're truly a living King of Hell.