"Cough, cough... Damn you, King!"
Amidst the ruins, Homeless Emperor managed to sit up. At the final moment of King's attack, he had exerted all his strength to defend but his situation wasn't optimistic. His appearance was pathetic, and his ordinary human body was in an even more wretched state.
"Found you!"
"What?"
Thud!
A palm gripped Homeless Emperor's neck tightly as King's figure emerged.
"No! King, spare my life, I beg of you!"
Homeless Emperor was instantly thrown into a panic. He was already at the end of his rope, one slight squeeze from King's palm would be enough to finish him.
"I can spare you, but hand over the power that doesn't belong to you."
"What? How do you know! No! That is power bestowed upon me by God, you cannot take it away!" Homeless Emperor felt the Divine Power within him draining away and couldn't help but panic.
Whoosh!
The scene before Homeless Emperor's eyes changed. A giant figure appeared, its body entwined with countless blood vessels, looking incredibly revolting.
"God... please save me!"
Homeless Emperor was ecstatic, thinking that God had appeared to rescue him.
"Foolish human, you are not worthy of my power." God's voice echoed.
Homeless Emperor discovered with absolute terror that the Divine Power in his body had vanished.
"Hey! Big guy, how about me?"
King suddenly appeared before Homeless Emperor, but God only spared him a glance and ignored him.
Whoosh!
Returning to reality, Homeless Emperor had already turned into a pile of white bones. Having lost his Divine Power, his body decayed instantly.
[Ding! Mission complete. Defeated Homeless Emperor, merged Divine Power. Reward: 1 million talent points, 3 random talents.]
[Talents automatically merged. Hero's Heart progress increased by 2.6%.]
Two random A-Class talents and one Dragon-level Monster's talent were merged, bringing the Hero's Heart's progress to 33%.
[Ding! Merged Divine Power, progress increased by 3%, current progress 8%.]
'Damn, that's even less than what I got from Psykos.' King was very dissatisfied.
He was absorbing it well. If God hadn't suddenly appeared and retracted all the power, his Divine Power progress would definitely have reached 10%.
'Forget it, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.' King shook his head helplessly.
Just as he was about to continue searching for the whereabouts of other Dragon-level monsters, cries of alarm rang out.
"This is bad, it's a tsunami!"
"Everyone, flee this place!"
Child Emperor's shouts rang out.
King looked up and saw waves hundreds of meters high rising from the distant sea, with a pair of giant eyes staring at the heroes on land.
'Oh no! It's Evil Natural Water, it has merged with the ocean!' King was shocked.
He knew that Evil Natural Water had now completely integrated with the ocean. Even more terrifying was an extremely familiar fluctuation coming from its body.
'Divine Power! It was actually chosen too!'
Realizing the gravity of the situation, King rushed toward the ocean.
But just then, a shiny bald head appeared.
'Is he finally here?'
Killer Move: Serious Series! Serious Punch!
Saitama looked serious. He had just returned to the surface with Flashy Flash when he saw the newly transformed Evil Natural Water.
Rumble!
The terrifying power blew the entire ocean in front of him to bits.
This was the first time King had seen Saitama's Serious Series. The level of shock left him unable to recover for a long time, wondering when he would ever reach Saitama's level.
"It's too late. Take cover nearby and protect the wounded."
At that moment, a massive freighter on the sea surface was smashed toward the S-Class Heroes.
Seeing Saitama atop the freighter, King ignored it. He headed straight into the ocean that had just been leveled, where he could sense a trace of Divine Power.
'Found it! It really is Evil Natural Water!'
King looked at the small glob of Evil Natural Water remaining, feeling exceptionally excited.
Devour!
"Roar!"
A mouth swallowed Evil Natural Water whole. Jets of water shot out from King's body, creating numerous bloody holes.
'Success!'
King didn't care about his injuries at all, because he could feel that the Divine Power had been successfully merged.
[Ding! Merged Divine Power, progress increased by 5%.]
[Ding! Mission complete. Devoured Dragon-level Monster Evil Natural Water. Reward: 2 million talent points, 1 random skill.]
[Ocean Cannon: Fires a water cannon with immense pressure, possessing great power.]
King took a deep breath, feeling the surging Divine Power within him. Perhaps because he had absorbed too much at once, there were signs of it leaking out.
'No, this is too obvious. To hide it, I have to use Monsterization.'
King's current Fighting Spirit was completely different from before. If he appeared before the S-Class Heroes as King now, he would inevitably be questioned.
Monsterization! Bone King Form!
Swish... Swish...
Countless bone spikes erupted from King's body, and his appearance underwent a earth-shattering transformation. The leaking Divine Power was also completely suppressed after Monsterization.
'This way, I can only appear as a Monster. I hope it doesn't cause a misunderstanding with Saitama.'
King's only concern was Saitama. If the other party truly took him for a monster, he would be doomed.
'At worst, I'll just stay out of his way.'
King made up his mind to keep a low profile.
According to the current situation, the mission to defeat Horned Garou was the top priority.
"Let's go!"
King prepared to leave quietly from the other side of the freighter, but unexpectedly ran into Pig God, who was rescuing the wounded.
"Hmm? It's you again!"
Swish!
King didn't say a word and hurried toward the distant land at high speed.
"Forget it, saving people is more important!"
Pig God hesitated for a moment but chose to send the wounded to safety first.
"Pig God? What was that figure just now?"
Child Emperor used his telescopic lens to search for nearby wounded and happened to see King and Pig God brush past each other.
"It seemed like a monster from the Monster Association, but then again, maybe not."
Pig God said with some uncertainty.
"What are you talking about?" Child Emperor was full of questions, not understanding what he meant.
"During the battle, he once saved me and even told me to go rescue the hostages. But looking at his appearance, he is indeed a monster, no doubt about it." Pig God recalled carefully.
"Is it that guy covered in spikes? He fought alongside me earlier, but he ran off halfway."
Atomic Samurai suddenly spoke up.
"Same here. Although I'm reluctant to admit it, he did save me." Sweet Mask also stepped forward at this time. He didn't seem to loathe the monsterized King.
"Ah? According to what you're saying, his target was actually the Monster Association too?" Child Emperor was now a bit confused about whose side that bone man was on.
"Then... who exactly is he?"