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DanMachi: Is It Wrong for a Mafia Boss to Go to the Dungeon?
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Chapter 370: You Call This C-Class?
Clang—!!!
A black-red slash stretching thousands of meters traversed the sky! Heaven and earth seemed to be split in half at this moment.
Time froze. Elder Centipede's ferocious expression solidified on its face. Its huge walking legs, mid-swing, stopped in mid-air just like that.
The next second.
Squelch—!!!
A jet of dark green blood shot into the sky like a fountain! That indestructible carapace connection point, like butter cut by a hot knife, snapped apart uniformly!
Elder Centipede's huge head, under the effect of gravity, slid down slowly.
Boom—!!!
The huge head smashed heavily onto the ground, kicking up dust all over the sky like a magnitude ten earthquake had occurred! That massive body also lost its strength, collapsing with a bang.
Silence. Deathly silence.
Bone Cracking Bat's mouth was wide open. His chin almost dislocated. He stared blankly at the one-armed man slowly descending from the sky. His brain was blank.
One strike... Just one strike! That Dragon-Level monster that even S-Class heroes were helpless against. That Elder Centipede with despairingly terrifying defense. Was actually... beheaded just like that?!
"Phew..." Shanks landed lightly on the ground, casually flourished a sword flower, and sheathed Gryphon back into its scabbard. "Seems as long as you find the right spot, this guy isn't that hard either."
He turned to look at Beckman with a somewhat triumphant smile on his face. "How about it? Now the one million Beri ticket price should be earned back, right?"
Beckman blew out a smoke ring. Although equally shocked in his heart, on the surface, he maintained the aloofness of a First Mate. "Good job, Boss. But..."
Beckman's brows suddenly furrowed. That pair of sharp little eyes stared deadly at that massive corpse spurting blood not far away. The feedback from Observation Haki made him feel something was wrong.
That aura belonging to Elder Centipede did not disappear with the decapitation. Instead... it became even more violent!
"Something's wrong! Boss! Retreat!" Beckman roared suddenly, raising the flintlock in his hand again.
However, it was already too late.
"Hahaha... Hahahahahaha!!!"
A burst of hair-raising maniacal laughter suddenly came from that severed neck. That voice was hoarse, distorted. Filled with extreme madness and pain.
"Painful? No... this is transformation! This is the opportunity for evolution!!!"
In everyone's horrified gazes, Elder Centipede's massive headless corpse suddenly twitched violently. Immediately after...
Squelch—!
A brand new, more ferocious, more massive arm violently tore through the flesh from that severed wound and reached out! Followed by a head. A new face, even more twisted than before, covered in thicker carapace!
Like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon. Except this "butterfly"... was an evil demon from hell!
"What?!"
Shanks' pupils shrank violently to the size of needle tips. The smile on his face froze instantly. Even in the New World, even facing Kaido who was known as an "Undying Creature", he had never seen such a ridiculous scene!
The head was cut off! It can actually grow back?! And... the newly grown head... the carapace covering it was darker in color. The aura emitted was more than double that of before!
"What kind of monster is this?!" Shanks couldn't help but curse. "Even Awakened Zoan Fruits aren't this cheap, right?!"
Clatter—!
Elder Centipede twisted its brand-new head. In those scarlet compound eyes was filled with malice towards Shanks.
"As long as you don't kill me... I will become stronger! Human! Feel despair!!!"
Boom—!
It opened its abyssal maw and charged fiercely towards Shanks' position! This time, its speed was faster! Strength was greater! Wherever it passed, even space was squeezed by that terrifying pressure until it emitted sonic booms!
"Damn it!" Beckman pulled the trigger continuously. Bullets wrapped in Haki poured out like rainstorm. But this time, those bullets hit the new carapace leaving not even a white mark! Not even a spark!
"Defense doubled?" Beckman's heart sank to rock bottom instantly. This kind of monster that can infinitely evolve and infinitely regenerate was simply the nightmare of all physical fighters!
Shanks' expression also became unprecedentedly grave. He gripped the sword hilt tightly, veins popping out on his arm one by one.
"Infinite regeneration, huh... I don't believe it. If I chop you into mincemeat, let's see if you can still grow back!"
Rumble—!!!
The earth wailed. The air was torn apart. The newly regenerated Elder Centipede was like an out-of-control doomsday train. Carrying kinetic energy enough to crush a city, it crushed madly towards Red-Haired Shanks!
That massive body wound and twisted on the ground. Every tail sweep could flatten the high-rise buildings on both sides like pushing over blocks! Dust filled the sky. Rubble rained down.
How was this a battle? This was clearly a walking magnitude ten earthquake!
"Truly a... headache-inducing big worm!" Shanks spat. The contempt in his eyes had long since converged. Replaced by an unprecedented gravity.
In the New World, even that Kaido who claimed to have an "Undying Body" would die if his head was cut off. But this guy in front of him not only regenerates, but evolves! This is simply unreasonable!
"Boss! Don't clash with it head-on!" Benn Beckman rolled in mid-air, dodging a flying boulder by a hair's breadth. The flintlock in his hand spewed tongues of fire.
Bang bang bang—!
Bullets wrapped in top-tier Armament Haki bombarded Elder Centipede's compound eyes with precision.
However.
Ding ding dang dang!
A crisp sound of metal clashing. Bullets capable of shooting through warship armor were all bounced off by that layer of new heavy carapace! Leaving not even a scratch!
"Defense increased by at least two times!" Beckman's face was extremely ugly. "This hardness, even Jozu that diamond lump can't compare! And its size is too big! Our attacks are like toothpicks poking an elephant to it!"
"Roar—!!!"
Elder Centipede let out a deafening roar. Seemingly enraged by these two "fleas" jumping up and down, its massive body coiled suddenly. Thousands of walking legs like huge scythes cut the ground madly.
"Centipede Grand March!!!"
Boom—!
It no longer cared about Shanks and Beckman, but directly started indiscriminate destruction! The entire commercial district of Z-City instantly turned into a giant meat grinder! Countless buildings collapsed. The ground surged like ocean waves. This kind of full-coverage strike left no space to dodge at all!
"Damn it!" Shanks gritted his teeth. His figure turned into a red afterimage in the ruins. Darting left and right. Although somewhat ragged, his powerful Observation Haki could always predict a safe path the second before a building collapsed.
"Is this the so-called Dragon-Level Disaster? This destructive power... Is simply more ridiculous than that old man Whitebeard going crazy!"
Just as Shanks was preparing to find a chance to give this guy another ruthless hit, his peripheral vision suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure not far away.
That man wearing a cap. Wearing a hoodie. Amidst the sky-filling collapsing ruins and flying boulders... still standing motionless like a stabilizing pillar of the sea!
S-Class Rank 7.
The Strongest Man on Earth—King!
At this moment, the surrounding ground was already shattered. Even the piece of asphalt road under his feet had cracked into several fissures. But he still had both hands in his pockets. Standing there. Letting the wild wind blow his clothes loudly. Not even frowning once!
Thump—Thump—Thump—!!!
That was the sound of the King Engine! Even amidst this deafening sound of collapse, that heartbeat, like a war drum, was still clearly audible! Even more urgent than before! Even louder!
"So strong!" Shanks' pupils shrank abruptly. He couldn't help but let out a praise in his heart.
"Facing this level of attack, he doesn't even dodge? What kind of confidence is this! Is this... the bearing of a King?!"
"It seems he is waiting for an opportunity. Waiting for the moment this monster reveals a flaw, then killing it in one strike!"
"Since that's the case..."
Shanks stopped his figure abruptly. The famous sword Gryphon unsheathed again.
"Then I'll help you create this flaw!"
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