[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-strongest-hammer-god":3,"chapter-strongest-hammer-god-strongest-hammer-god-chapter-157":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Strongest Hammer God",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},526439,779,"Chapter 157 Explosion","strongest-hammer-god-chapter-157",157,"\u003Cp>Kyle walked down the hill as he kept an eye on the distant worms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After moving around for a while, he noticed that there were actually quite a few of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wonder how this guy procreates,\" he mused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It doesn't,\" Selene answered as she followed Kyle on Skweera. \"It just makes copies of itself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It clones itself?\" Kyle asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm unfamiliar with that word,\" Selene answered. \"What does it mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It means it makes copies of itself,\" Kyle answered as he looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene grew a bit annoyed. Why didn't the guy just talk like a normal person and say that it makes copies of itself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Selene wasn't actually annoyed because of Kyle's word choice but because of his constant lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little incident with the word was just an outlet for her frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle kept going back and forth in confusing paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously, he had no idea where he was going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene really wanted to call him out for wasting her time, but she wanted to give Kyle a chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't believe it, but maybe, just maybe, he actually knew what he was doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Almost there,\" Kyle said. \"Wait, never mind. We still have a bit to go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene just snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Kyle stopped walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you stop? I thought we still had a bit to go,\" Selene asked with an even voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We do, but there's an Initial Ferocious Beast specimen in our way,\" Kyle said. \"I am going to distract it, and you hit it, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene just looked at Kyle silently for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure,\" she eventually answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, Kyle lifted his hammer and struck the ground in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he hit the ground again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene just watched as Kyle kept creating small craters in the sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stay here,\" Kyle said as he slowly and carefully stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he hit the ground again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on!\" he shouted. \"I know you're in there! Hurry up! I have places to be!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For over 30 seconds, Selene just watched Kyle hitting the ground in random places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He obviously had no idea what he was doing, and Selene suffered from second-hand embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, you wanna play this game, eh?!\" Kyle shouted in frustration. \"Fine! Then, I will come to you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Kyle's swings changed, and he started to swing in only one direction, throwing sand behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene held her forehead with one of her hands in exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get out!\" Kyle shouted through exhausted breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been hitting the ground for minutes by now, and he had used quite a bit of Ether.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you stop with this play?\" Selene asked as she ran out of patience. \"This is becoming sad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle didn't answer and kept digging into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's no beast there,\" Selene shouted. \"Why can't you just admit-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh Lord, he comin!\" Kyle shouted as he suddenly jumped out of the hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene groaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, she felt the ground shaking, and her eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gigantic worm shot out of the ground, enveloping the entire hole Kyle had created within the last minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected of a Colossus, this thing was big!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its maw was probably five meters wide, and the thing itself was around 50 meters long!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worm stretched over ten meters into the sky before it curved and rammed back into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh no, you don't!\" Selene heard Kyle shouting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she saw Kyle spinning with his hammer while it had green Ether around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the hammer hit the worm's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The body of the gigantic worm vibrated and moved to the side a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It barely stopped the Colossus in its tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At most, it delayed its movements by a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for injuries?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it had a small bruise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle's eyes widened when he saw that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This smash did not feel satisfying at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire thing was just meat and muscle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no bone breaking or organ rupturing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle just felt like he had tenderized a bit of meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This thing is fucking tough!' he thought as he jumped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never met a single Initial Ferocious Beast that could shrug off one of his full-power strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was crazy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing couldn't be compared to any other beast Kyle had ever fought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, despite the strike not dealing a lot of damage, it still caused the Colossus some pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it really didn't like Kyle right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do your thing!\" Kyle shouted as he started running away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Selene was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did that guy just make this gigantic body move with a strike?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing was 50 meters long, and this random Peak Adept managed to actually slightly push it to the side!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was crazy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surface broke as the worm surfaced, but this time, it was not pointing towards the sky but at Kyle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was chasing him from the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Help! Please?\" Kyle shouted as he looked back at the gigantic teeth-filled maw chasing after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene shook her head to regain her bearings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes narrowed, and she slapped Skweera's head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, Skweera's derpy eyes and cheeks bulged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skweera's neck turned orange and started to shine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm waiting!\" Kyle shouted as he saw the maw almost reaching him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fire!\" Selene transmitted to Skweera.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next second, Skweera opened its mouth, and its body deflated as a gigantic blob of burning oil flew out of its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blob was almost three meters wide, and it landed on top of the worm's head in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the blob hit something solid, its consistency changed, and it solidified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle felt a wave of heat washing over his armor as he was thrown forward by a powerful shockwave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the Colossus' body was blasted to the side as gigantic chunks of its body scattered across the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment, the Colossus started to chaotically squirm around, shaking the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Kyle saw the body, he took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Brah, the top of its head is completely gone!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>tg:\u002F\u002Fresolv?domain=StrongestHammerGod\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The author's patreon. If he gets more than 1000€ per month, he will increase the number of words in the chapter.\u003C\u002Fp>",1050,"2026-05-30T13:30:43.672Z","2026-06-01T04:31:20.275Z",1,"novelbin.me","8245d0e81f392f52a5591520e52492a2619ac48e4100f91adff7da1b68e7fc4f","strongest-hammer-god-chapter-158","strongest-hammer-god-chapter-156",902,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstrongest-hammer-god-cover.jpg"]