"I'm finally back."
King arrived in the sky above the outskirts of Z-City. He could clearly sense several massive auras within the Monster Association.
"Who is it?"
Whoosh!
Psykos's figure emerged. She felt an extremely terrifying energy appear, but upon seeing King before her, she froze in place.
"You are... King?!"
Psykos's gaze slowly shifted from shock to joy, and then Sweet Mask also appeared before King.
"It really is you? I knew you were alright."
Sweet Mask gave a faint smile, he had never believed that King was dead.
"You've both grown stronger." King's gaze was full of gratification.
The Union Power within Psykos and Sweet Mask had become much denser, so their strength must have improved significantly as well.
"Of course. Since you left, we've slain several God's agents in succession." Psykos gave a smile.
The fusion of Union Power was exceptionally powerful, allowing them to absorb and convert the Divine Power contained within those God's agents every time.
"I am also quite different from before. Want to give it a try?"
Sweet Mask's body began to blur as a powerful aura erupted from him.
"Interesting. Is that the characteristic of Evil Natural Water?"
King raised an eyebrow, becoming interested in their current strength.
Snap!
King snapped his fingers, and a barrier enveloped the three of them, isolating them from everything outside.
"Both of you come at me together. No need to hold back."
Psykos and Sweet Mask exchanged a look. In truth, they also really wanted to know how large the gap was between their current selves and King.
Swish, swish, swish!
Psykos's long blue hair shot out, but it was blocked by a barrier less than half a meter away.
"Have you perfectly fused with Orochi's cells?" King was somewhat surprised.
Psykos's casual strike could now easily one-shot a Dragon-level Monster.
"Roar!"
A roar echoed as Psykos's blue hair transformed into dragons, and flames erupted forth.
Ultra-High Temperature Breath!
Rumble!
Flames swept toward him, but King merely waved a single hand, and a hurricane instantly blew the flames back.
"What?!"
Psykos's expression changed. She hadn't expected King to possess such power with just a wave of his hand.
"Then how about you try this move?"
Assimilation!
A glint of cunning flashed in Psykos's eyes. This move was a skill Orochi had unleashed when he was on the verge of death. It could assimilate and absorb everything around it, continuously merging with it to strengthen oneself.
"Hmm? A decent skill, but to assimilate me..." King was a bit speechless.
The new skill Psykos developed was good, but against an opponent with such a vast difference in strength, it was somewhat useless.
"Just how strong have you become?"
Psykos found that her Assimilation skill had no effect on King. One had to know that even against a God's agents, Assimilation could still forcibly steal a portion of the opponent's internal energy.
"My turn!"
Sweet Mask was already impatient. His growth in strength was even more impressive than Psykos's. He now had the confidence to battle King for three hundred rounds.
Ultimate Collapse Fist!
Boom!
King didn't use any defense, letting the fist strike his body.
"How is this possible?"
Sweet Mask's pupils constricted. He felt as if his punch had landed in an endless void, unable to stir even a single ripple.
Multiple Destruction Fist!
Boom, boom, boom!
Second Layer Liberation! Ten Thousand Punch Barrage!
Swish, swish, swish!
Ten thousand punches easily shattered Sweet Mask's attack and then submerged his body.
"Huh?"
To King's surprise, the moment the punches descended, Sweet Mask seemed to transform into a mass of water mist. Countless punches continuously sent ripples through his body, nearly breaking him apart, but he managed to endure it in the end.
Although King had held back the vast majority of his power, it was still no easy feat for Sweet Mask to withstand his attack, as the difference in their current strength was beyond huge.
"That was close. My body almost collapsed."
Sweet Mask returned to his original form, his body now covered in countless cracks. He knew this was only because King had held back. Otherwise, he would have long since turned to ash.
"He's too strong. We can only use that move."
Sweet Mask and Psykos exchanged a glance. Multiples battles together had long since given them a mutual understanding. They knew their only chance was to use their strongest strike, that might actually make King feel some pressure.
Union Power: Energy Cannon!
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
Two spears appeared in Psykos's hands. An extremely powerful energy condensed on the spears, and then a massive fan-shaped shockwave blasted out, sweeping across more than half the space.
Union Power: Gaia Cannon!
Sweet Mask's body instantly transformed into a dragon form. An extremely powerful force condensed in his chest, though this time he didn't draw energy from the earth's core.
Rumble!
An incredibly strong shockwave shot out, making the entire space tremble.
'An attack like this has already reached High Planetary level, hasn't it?'
King was astonished, but in the next moment, a power countless times greater than theirs erupted from his body.
Stellar Power! Activate!
Piercing Star!
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
A hundred-meter-long crescent-shaped shockwave emerged, shooting forth with overwhelming might.
"This... what kind of power is this?" Fear appeared in Psykos's eyes.
She felt like an ant before this power, her Energy Cannon was instantly annihilated.
"This is definitely not a power of this dimension." Sweet Mask could only smile bitterly.
Previously, he had felt that even if he couldn't defeat King, the gap between them wouldn't be too large. But now he knew he was dead wrong. King almost belonged to another biological level entirely, there was simply no comparison between the two.
Hum!
The shockwave vanished instantly just as it was about to hit them.
King smiled as he released the barrier.
"Phew..."
Both Psykos and Sweet Mask breathed a sigh of relief. It had been a long time since they had felt such despair.
"Where exactly is your limit? Are you even human anymore?" Psykos's gaze held both admiration and confusion.
Logically, having perfectly fused with Orochi's cells, she should have already surpassed biological limits. Yet King's performance made all her research look like a joke. Perhaps only a god could compare to him.
"This is the power of an Extra-dimensional Star Field, it's normal that you don't understand it. However, I will teach this power to you."