These words were like a heavy hammer striking everyone's heart.
All the mocking and incomprehensible sounds in the shelter ceased abruptly.
People stared blankly at the small figure on the screen, a complex, inexpressible emotion welling up in their hearts.
"What a... troublesome fly," Deep Sea King completely lost his patience. He didn't even bother to use his full strength, just casually threw a punch.
Mumen Rider was easily sent flying, his body arcing through the air before crashing heavily to the ground.
But he struggled, coughing blood, and once again shakily stood up, blocking the monster's path.
Once, twice, thrice... He was knocked down again and again, the sound of his bones shattering seemingly audible, blood mixed with rain staining his uniform.
"Ah..." A collective gasp of unbearable pain echoed through the shelter.
However, what no one expected was that just a few seconds later, that figure struggled, coughed out a few mouthfuls of blood mixed with rain, and once again shakily stood up, blocking the monster's path.
His steps were faltering, but his gaze remained firm.
"Oh?" Deep Sea King seemed to show a hint of interest.
Another punch. This time, Mumen Rider was sent flying like a baseball, his body colliding with an abandoned car, denting the car door.
The sound of bones shattering seemed clearly audible even through the screen.
But he stood up again.
Once, twice, thrice... He knew he was weak, he knew that every time he stood up was meaningless.
But he also knew that if he retreated, the hope of tens of thousands of people behind him would be completely crushed.
"Enough... Please, don't stand up again..." In the shelter, a young girl was already sobbing uncontrollably. She covered her mouth, unable to bear watching the cruel scene any longer.
"Hero... He's a hero too..." A middle-aged man murmured, his eyes filled with respect.
Mockery and incomprehension had long since vanished, replaced by deep shock and reverence.
At this moment, what they saw was not just a weak hero futilely resisting, but a person using his purest conviction to fight against a despair-inducing enemy.
"Then, take your ridiculous 'justice' and die!" Deep Sea King was finally completely enraged.
He raised his massive fist, aimed at the Mumen Rider, who was unable to move but still glared at him, preparing to deliver the final blow.
Just then.
"Boom—!!!"
A brilliant orb of light, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, struck from a distance, accurately and fiercely hitting Deep Sea King's arm just as he was about to strike!
The violent explosion made Deep Sea King grunt in pain, forcing him to stop his attack.
He looked to his left with a ferocious expression, trying to find the guy who dared to ambush him.
However, he only felt a shadow too fast to catch flash past him.
"Hmm?!"
Deep Sea King's huge body suddenly trembled, and an unprecedented sense of crisis surged into his heart.
He quickly turned his head, his pupils suddenly contracting.
He saw that where there had been no one, a man now stood silently.
The man was holding the Mumen Rider, who had fainted from exhaustion, and Mumen Rider's lips were still moving slightly: "Great... Mr. KING... You came..."
That man was Lin Mo.
He took out a bottle of [Super Stamina Potion] radiating a soft glow from his system space and carefully fed it to Mumen Rider.
Visibly, the gruesome wounds on Mumen Rider's body began to heal rapidly.
Lin Mo gently placed him on a relatively clean patch of ground and whispered, "You've done very well. Leave the rest to me."
Then, he slowly turned around, calmly facing the ocean overlord radiating monstrous malevolence before him.
"Oh? Another one coming to die?" Deep Sea King looked down at Lin Mo, two streams of white vapor snorting from his nostrils, his voice full of disdain.
"Thump-thump-thump... thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump..."
Lin Mo looked at Mumen Rider, who was lying not far away, barely alive, and then at the arrogant monster before him. The "Emperor Engine" within him began to roar violently.
Deep Sea King, who was about to step forward, suddenly stopped. His gaze was fixed on Lin Mo.
He could clearly hear the rumbling sound like ten thousand horses galloping from within the man's body, and he could also feel an invisible, terrifying Intimidation washing over him.
Under this Intimidation, he even had the illusion that he was the prey.
"Oh?" Deep Sea King's expression became serious for the first time. "Are you their trump card? Judging by that sound, your heart is very lively."
"Very good... I have already defeated two of your so-called human S-Class Heroes. Let me see what quality this 'trump card' of yours truly is!"
Deep Sea King's muscles suddenly swelled, veins bulging, and dark patterns appeared on his body surface. This was his final form for full-power combat!
Nourished by the rain, his aura was several times stronger than when he fought Genos earlier!
And Lin Mo, facing this world-destroying aura, simply calmly raised his right hand.
There was no fancy pose, no angry roar.
He simply, directly, aimed his palm at the Deep Sea King in front of him.
"Thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump!"
The roar of the "Emperor Engine" reached an unprecedented peak at this moment!
Everyone held their breath, staring intently at Mr. KING's palm.
They didn't know what was about to happen, but they knew it would be an earth-shattering blow, one that would determine the fate of all of them.
"Putting on a show!"
Deep Sea King felt an unprecedented threat. He no longer waited, roaring, gathering all his strength into his right fist.
He stomped the ground, and the hard concrete floor instantly cracked into a spiderweb. He charged towards Lin Mo like a green meteor!
He wanted to use his strongest punch to blast this man into nothingness!
Facing this ultimate blow, capable of instantly killing an S-Class Hero, Lin Mo's expression remained unchanged.
Just a split second before Deep Sea King's fist was about to touch him.
A brilliantly radiant golden light quietly bloomed in his palm.
The light was initially just a tiny dot, but in an instant, it expanded into a giant golden Energy Blast that was impossible to look at directly!
"Energy Blast."
Lin Mo silently recited in his mind.
He didn't add "Penetration" or "Explosion" effects to it, because it wasn't necessary.
The Deep Sea King before him was not worthy of it yet.