Chapter 122: Can He Really Be of Use?!
"Since that's the case... I understand."
A God is a God. Having observed countless creatures across higher dimensions, he quickly devised a countermeasure against King.
As the sole controller of the entire Alternate Dimension, God can not only manipulate space at will but also control time.
This was already evident in the original work: the Cosmic Garou, who gained God's power, was able to reverse time and space using his own martial arts.
If the Cosmic Garou, who merely acquired God's power, could do it, how much more so God himself?
Although He cannot directly project His power into reality yet, controlling time and space in this Alternate Dimension, which He controls, is effortless for Him.
Indeed, God's idea was simple.
If I can't kill you, why don't I just accelerate your time by a thousand or ten thousand times, making you die of old age on the spot? Wouldn't that be enough?
In His view, no matter how powerful humans become, they are ultimately just ordinary life forms, destined to die when their lifespan runs out.
And He was merely accelerating that day through the power of time.
With a thought from God, the flow of time in King's area suddenly accelerated countless times. The stars suppressing him began to dissipate at a visible rate.
However, despite the cleansing power of time, King seemed completely unaffected by its passage. In fact, his rate of becoming stronger even accelerated several times, and the extent of his Breakthrough from the Seal grew larger and larger.
God was dumbfounded. Watching King's strength visibly and continuously rise, He quickly canceled the time acceleration, His voice filled with disbelief:
"What's going on? Why are you immune to time acceleration, or rather, why can you reduce time acceleration to this extent?"
Logically speaking, since this human entered His Alternate Dimension, he should be subject to the space and time of this region and could be controlled at will!
Unless... a more mysterious power is hidden within him, rendering my time acceleration ineffective.
No! Impossible!
God rejected His own conjecture. It wasn't that He couldn't think of it, but that He dared not.
If He, as a higher-dimensional being, still couldn't detect the existence of that mysterious power, did that mean this mysterious power's status was far above His own?
Time acceleration doesn't work, so what about time reversal?
God once again began to manipulate the flow of time in King's area, deciding to make time continuously flow backward.
After all, if King continued to Adapt to the pressure and undergo Breakthroughs, his strength would grow even faster.
To prevent King's strength from increasing indefinitely, God decided to impose a limit with time reversal. Even if his strength progressed wildly, he would revert to his previous state due to the reversal of time.
In an instant, King only felt as if his movements had turned into slow motion. Apart from being able to perceive everything around him normally, all his bodily movements became sluggish.
Whether it was self-healing, adaptation, or the rate of becoming stronger, everything slowed down.
Successfully slowing down time on King, God showed no joy, instead instinctively taking a step back:
"What's going on! Why is the mighty power of time almost ineffective on you! I clearly intended to make your time continuously reverse! Why can it only be slowed down?"
Finding that none of His current methods could harm King, God stopped pretending. He raised His hand, and countless stars fell directly, firmly suppressing King in place.
King could not utter a single word at this moment, bearing terrifying pressure throughout his body, yet his aura was continuously rising.
Adapt to Heaven and Earth allowed him to increasingly withstand this pressure and, with it, acquire a powerful physique capable of enduring it.
But the rate of becoming stronger was several times slower than before, because God had placed the shackles of time deceleration upon him.
In other words, King would still be able to continuously grow stronger and eventually Adapt to this pressure to successfully escape. This was a predetermined outcome.
But God only needed to suppress him. Before King broke through the pressure and successfully escaped, this was His time.
"Speaking of which, I should thank you. If you hadn't thrown that delicious sacrifice, Orochi, directly onto the altar, I wouldn't have gained so much power to invade reality.
Perhaps you already suspected it; indeed, the Monster King Orochi who spoke with you earlier was not himself. I had already replaced his will and used his body to converse with you.
Although I don't know how you learned of my whereabouts, all signs indicate that you know there are higher-level Gods in the world.
For the safety of humanity, you, as humanity's hero, would surely come personally to slay the unstable factor, a 'God' in a weakened state.
I used this very point to successfully trick you into this Alternate Dimension and also gained a portion of power sufficient to invade reality.
Without you, I ask you to consider, what human in this world can stop my invasion?
Admit it, you can only watch helplessly as this world falls under my control."
Hearing God's lengthy monologue, especially the last sentence, King, despite enduring endless pressure, still curved his lips into an arc.
Who else? You haven't forgotten a certain bald man, have you?
According to God's words, the Bald Demon King is an existence beyond rules; even God wouldn't dare to directly provoke him.
Even if he wasn't outside right now, as long as the Bald Demon King Saitama was still there, all crises would be no problem.
Just then, God sneered, as if having seen through King's thoughts:
"You're probably thinking that the bald human who transcends rules still exists on this planet, and I am not qualified to invade.
Very well then, I shall show you whether that bald human you hope for can truly be of use!"
With that, a huge light screen suddenly appeared before King, displaying Saitama, who had just jumped out of the sewer.
Meanwhile, God, in the Alternate Dimension, merely waved His hand in the Void, and the entire pipe space was re-folded, instantly extending its length to several thousand meters...