Countless rock fragments of all sizes—like they were being yanked along by innumerable invisible cables—were surging madly from every corner of the Moon's surface toward a single point deep within the shadows. They collided, compressed, and fused together, producing a teeth-grating "scrape" (a sound that shouldn't exist in a vacuum, yet the energy vibrations forced the sensation straight into the observer's mind).
Within that shadowed region, a colossal mass was taking shape at an astonishing speed.
It looked like a small mountain, its entire body covered in layers upon layers of rock armor that kept thickening—rough, jagged, and vicious. Even more unsettling, eerie green flames kept flickering and streaming through the gaps between the stone plates, radiating a strange energy fluctuation that felt even more bone-chilling than the Moon's natural cold. The intensity was far beyond what they'd felt from the Rift-Sky Lord not long ago but several times more violent.
"Get a good look, folks," Tony's voice boomed from his suit's external speakers, heavy with tension. "That's not exactly a friendly lunar welcome committee!"
On the other side, a dazzling bolt of lightning split the Moon's black silence.
Thor roared, swinging Mjolnir, dragging the weight of thunder itself behind him as he slammed down like a cannonball onto the Aggregator's rock armor.
Boom!
Electric serpents exploded outward, the light blinding.
But when the lightning faded, the thick rock plating only had a few shallow white scorch marks and even those were quickly covered and repaired as fresh debris kept surging in to reinforce the body.
"This thing's absurdly tough!" Thor hovered in midair, shock and fury in his voice. Even his full-power strike had barely done anything.
Saitama walked forward at an even pace, stepping around small rocks that were still rolling and gathering. He stopped in front of the ever-expanding Aggregator, its oppressive aura pouring out like a tide.
He tilted his head up at the figure towering dozens of times above him and offered a simple review.
"Mm. Looks a bit sturdier than the ones before."
At that moment, the Aggregator seemed to sense the new challenger.
A gigantic arm temporarily stitched together from countless rocks—swung down toward Saitama with the intent to crush everything, kicking up a storm of lunar dust.
Saitama merely shifted his body to the side.
The massive stone arm howled past the place he'd been standing (a fake "wind sound" born from violent energy disturbance) and missed completely.
Facing that terrifying attack, he just bounced lightly in place once, then unhurriedly raised his right fist and tapped it into his left palm—like he was testing the feel of it, or doing the most casual warm-up imaginable.
The rock Aggregator seemed to grow even more frenzied after its strike missed.
It released a soundless roar (the intense energy shock simulated the effect of a roar), then bent its hulking stone-piled "waist," drew its enormous rocky fingers together, and—like five indestructible steel claws—snatched down again at Saitama on the ground, trying to crush him in its grip.
Saitama didn't retreat.
Instead, he took a step forward.
His figure swayed slightly in place, and he slipped past the sweeping rock claws by a hair's breadth. The violent force stirred the hem of his white jacket.
In the instant the giant claw passed his side, Saitama's right arm moved.
He pulled back as if it were nothing—then drove his fist forward hard.
His target wasn't the seemingly unbreakable torso.
It was the knee joint supporting the Aggregator's massive body.
(End of Chapter)
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