Chapter 396

"Kid, what did you say?"

The horde of black sperm erupted in anger, "Dare you try it then!"

"Who's afraid of whom!"

The metal bat immediately charged toward the Monster Association.

Seeing this, the group of S-class heroes exchanged glances, nodded, then followed him out.

Watching the heroes rush toward them, the hero with crossed arms sneered, "Foolish to the point of death."

"My lord, leave this to us."

The awakened mantis, the vampire, Monster Princess Nu S, the Overlord Stink Flower, the Martial Arts Senior, and other Ghost-class monsters bowed to Hero and the others, then charged toward the approaching heroes.

The phoenix man landed from the sky and gazed ahead: "They won't win, right?"

"Who cares? They're just cannon fodder anyway."

The President-General let out a revolting chuckle.

The Wandering Emperor crossed his arms, face icy: "Let them test these heroes' strength."

Just as the S-class heroes and the numerous monsters were about to clash.

A massive crimson slash descended from the sky.

It cleaved a chasm thousands of meters long and bottomless right between the monsters and heroes.

The entire scene froze in terror!

A silver-haired boy with heterochromatic golden-blue vertical pupils appeared above the massive chasm.

Genos saw him and instantly froze in shock.

Saitama, staring at Luo En, wore his usual blank expression: "Ah, it's Luo En."

Luo En stood on empty air, looking down at both heroes and monsters, smiling softly: "Whoever wins the tournament, I'll help."

His voice rang crystal clear in the silent heavens and earth.

Sykes, deep underground, stirred slightly in her gaze.

This guy's power is unfathomable—if we could bring him to the Monster Association…

She immediately used her giant eye's mental transmission to order all monsters to cease attack.

The heroes were utterly baffled.

Including Tornado and Frost.

Flashy Flesh frowned: "Is that guy the Sword Master?"

"What's he playing at?"

Black Light scratched his head, utterly confused.

"To side with the monsters? It's insane."

Metal Bat gripped his bat tighter.

Bang also narrowed his eyes.

Atom Knight couldn't help shouting at Luo En: "Why are you doing this? You're human too, aren't you?"

"The reason?"

The silver-haired boy looked at him, a sly, eerie smile spreading across his beautiful face.

"Of course… because it's more interesting this way."

As his words ended.

He raised a fist and slammed it down toward the Ghost-class and Tiger-class monsters.

After the punch.

A hundred-meter-wide, bottomless pit appeared on the ground.

Nearly a hundred monsters vanished completely from the world.

Before the stunned, horrified gazes of the S-class heroes and Dragon-class monsters, the godlike, demonlike silver-haired boy retracted his fist wrapped in black aura and smiled softly: "The weak step down."

46, the battle begins

After witnessing the silver-haired boy casually annihilate hundreds of monsters below Dragon-class, both sides were gripped by terror.

Even the Monster King Wang Dashe, deep underground, fell silent.

Sykes sweated profusely, trembling with shock.

The S-class heroes all wore grim expressions—even Metal Bat, the most volatile, now furrowed his brow.

"Said…"

The silver-haired boy in midair spread his arms, a sly, eerie smile on his face, his blue vertical pupils gleaming with strange light: "Begin."

As his words fell.

The land floating in the sky, bearing the deserted town, began to violently tremble—buildings and towns collapsed and shattered, the earth cracked, and countless rocks surged wildly inward, as if crushed by an invisible giant hand.

Saitama and Genos dodged falling buildings and boulders.

Saitama stared as his house crumbled: "Ah… my house!"

"Teacher, this isn't the time to say that—let's get out of here."

Genos said, grabbing his arm and pulling Saitama down from the collapsing land.

They crashed down behind the S-class heroes; Bang raised a hand and greeted them: "Hey, Saitama, Genos, you're here too?"

"Hey."

Saitama returned the greeting.

Genos scanned the group: Tornado, Silver Fang, Atom Knight, Child Emperor, Zombie Man, Drive Knight, Pig God, Police Dog Hero, Super Alloy Darkshine, Flashy Flesh, Metal Bat, Sexy Prisoner.

Except for the top-ranked Bomb, who still hadn't appeared, and Metal Knight, KING, and Muscle Master, who hadn't arrived, all other S-class heroes were present.

"Who is this guy?"

The metal baton walked up to Kiyoshi and looked at him as he asked Genos.

"He's a B-class hero, Bald Cape, Kiyoshi," Bang said. "Don't let his B-class rank fool you—he's actually very strong."

"Oh..."

The Atom Knight stroked his chin, studying Kiyoshi, but couldn't see anything particularly powerful about him.

Chuixue and Dragon Wave landed on the ground.

Dragon Wave, clad in a black high-slit robe, crossed her arms and stared at the silver-haired boy in the sky, frowning: "What is this guy up to now?"

In her view, with her strength, she could completely wipe out those monsters—why go through all this trouble?

Chuixue's beautiful eyes fixed tightly on the figure in the air.

Under the gaze of countless Dragon-class monsters.

The massive landmass hanging upside-down in the sky gradually compressed into a circular arena one hundred meters across, wider at the top and tapering to a point below.

"Is he going to fight on that?"

Super Alloy Black Light exclaimed.

Child Emperor bit his lollipop and rapidly typed calculations on his computer: "Forcing such a massive volume into this size must increase mass, which increases gravity..."

After calculating, he stared at the data on his screen, his face filled with shock.

"The gravity up there is nine times normal!"

"What!"

All the heroes were stunned.

The silver-haired boy in the air snapped his fingers.

The arena high above slowly floated thirty meters above the crater and came to a stop; everyone could feel the faint, elusive pull emanating from it—imagine the gravity one would feel standing right on it.

"Thirteen battles. Whoever wins seven matches wins the round. Life and death don't matter. Losing combat ability or falling off the arena counts as defeat."

Luo En looked down and smiled: "So, who's first?"

The S-class heroes exchanged glances.

On the Monster Association side, no discussion was held; following Monster King Wang Dashe's orders, Haojie stepped forward first.

He stomped hard, shattering the ground, and leapt onto the arena—immediately dragged downward by the crushing gravity, his body bent into a hunch, nearly toppling forward—but he quickly planted his feet, adopted a horse stance, and forcibly held his ground against the immense pull.

After slowly straightening his posture, Haojie crossed his arms and looked down at the heroes: "If you want to fight me, send someone stronger."

"I'll take him on."

The Atom Knight stepped forward, carrying his sword.

But Bang reached out and stopped him: "His techniques have a hint of martial arts style—let me handle him."