Chapter 373

"Earthquake?"

"No, not that."

Luo En stared toward the direction of City A, squinting his eyes. "Here it comes."

"Here it comes? What's coming?"

Chuixue looked utterly confused.

"Just turn on the TV and you'll see."

Luo En stood up. "I'll go check it out first."

The next instant.

A brilliant flash of light blazed in his azure eyes, and he vanished instantly before Chuixue's gaze.

Chuixue turned to the TV, murmuring: "What exactly is happening…?"

……

City A.

The entire city had been flattened.

Above the city hovered a massive alien mothership.

Beneath that terrifying barrage of firepower, only the Hero Association headquarters—built from special materials—still stood atop the ruins of City A.

"City A's damage level has reached 99.8%—in just an instant?! What on earth happened?!"

"Unbelievable!"

Members inside the Hero Association monitored the situation, stunned beyond words.

Metal Bat, gripping his bat, climbed the Hero Association headquarters building alongside the other S-Class heroes.

They gazed up at the alien mothership, their expressions grim.

"What is this?!"

Genos stared at the alien mothership in the sky, his brow furrowed: "An attack from outer space?!"

Bangou, hands behind his back, gazed sharply upward: "Flying up there? This is going to be troublesome."

"So this is it—the crisis foretold by Shiba Bawa, the one that will destroy Earth…"

said King, holding a lollipop.

Tornado also narrowed her eyes.

King stood to the side, his Emperor Engine activating.

Merusagaru, a multi-headed alien creature and one of the three top-tier combatants, descended from the ship, guarding beneath it.

"Who could possibly survive such bombardment?"

It extended a hand toward a father and son on the city's ruins, its fingers instantly lengthening.

"Eliminate."

………………

【Mysterious flying object appears in City A!】

【City A destroyed in an instant; Hero Association headquarters under attack—Who is the enemy?!】

【A massive crisis strikes suddenly—Can S-Class heroes save the city?】

【Emergency notice from the Hero Association: Citizens near City A must evacuate immediately—repeat: evacuate immediately…】

Chuixue watched the televised devastation of City A and the alien mothership, her heart deeply shaken.

"This kind of thing… could actually happen…"

Her gaze, filled with worry, turned toward the window.

Sister…

……

The wasteland, Saitama's home.

"A mysterious flying object… looks like something from aliens. Destroyed a whole city in an instant—definitely not good guys."

Gokuu, changing clothes while watching the TV, thought: "I wonder if there are any strong ones on it. Did Genos fight them yet…? I should've gone with Genos earlier."

"Anyway, I'll go take a look."

The bald demon king, now clad in his hero suit, left his home and raced toward City A at full speed.

…………

Meanwhile, in City A.

Merusagaru, a Dragon-class being capable of constant division, clashed with Atomsk's disciple, snapping his arm with a single blow—just as Atomsk arrived in time, joining forces with Bangou, Sexy Prisoner, and Metal Bat to launch a coordinated assault.

But no matter how many times they sliced, pierced, or shattered it, Merusagaru regenerated swiftly.

"Is this thing immortal? What a troublesome ability."

Bangou growled.

"Doesn't matter if it's immortal—if it won't die after a thousand hits, hit it ten thousand times!"

Metal Bat spat on his hands, gripped his bat tightly, and smashed another of Merusagaru's split bodies to pieces.

Shhh!

Hundreds of sword flashes cut through the air.

The clone before Atomsk was sliced into thousands of fragments.

But it healed almost instantly.

"Useless. I am immortal."

Merusagaru spoke, and all five of its clones launched attacks against the four heroes.

The rooftop of the Hero Association headquarters.

Genos, Child Emperor, and the others were all here.

Genos stared up at the alien mothership and said, "We have to break in there."

Child Emperor bit down on a lollipop, his hands flying across the keyboard: "Give me some time to calculate the route."

"King, do you have any ideas?"

Superalloy Blackluster looked at King beside him and said.

King, whose Emperor Engine was roaring, said in a low voice, "The enemy is in the sky, I can't do anything. Let's leave this to the heroes who can fly."

"What? That's useless. Are you really the Strongest Man on Earth?"

Tatsumaki crossed her arms and said irritably, "Enough, I'll go take care of it myself!"

"Wait."

Genos stepped forward. "I'm going too."

"Didn't you hear me? I. Said. I'm going alone!"

While the group was still discussing how to launch their attack.

A streak of dazzlingly brilliant sword-light flashed across the heavens.

A crimson glow filled everyone's eyes.

Then they saw a shocking, astonishing sight.

A crimson slash, thousands of meters long, thick and overwhelming, wrapped in black flames, rose up from the ground and slashed toward the alien mothership.

Just as the slash was about to land—

A defensive energy barrier unfurled over the alien mothership.

The crimson slash collided with the blue energy barrier that covered the entire alien mothership.

Boom!

Heaven and earth trembled violently.

The entire alien mothership rose upward as the ground sank downward.

Two terrifyingly powerful forces collided wantonly. Crimson and blue light filled the entire sky. The wind pressure from the clashing energies exploded outward, sending shockwaves of tilted energy sweeping outward in all directions as astonishing gales, blowing the ground's debris clean away.

Melzargard, Bang, and the others' battles were forced to halt as well. Metal Bat and Atomic Samurai even had to drive their weapons into the ground just to keep from being blown away by the gale.

"What the hell is going on?!"

"Such incredible power!"

Under everyone's stunned, awestruck gazes.

Cracks gradually appeared across that blue defensive barrier.

At the same time, that thick crimson slash began to contract and gather, finally condensing into a circular sword-pillar. The sword-light blazed forth, piercing straight through the defensive barrier in one strike.