The next moment, this golden "sun" flew out of his hand.
Time seemed to slow down infinitely at this instant.
Everyone could clearly see the golden Energy Blast violently collide with Deep Sea King's massive fist.
No sound was made.
The moment they touched, a blinding flash of light consumed everything.
Immediately after, a destructive energy, with an unstoppable momentum, instantly engulfed Deep Sea King's figure completely!
The golden pillar of light did not stop for a moment; after piercing through Deep Sea King, it irresistibly tore through the entire ruined street behind him!
All the cars and building debris along the way were crushed into powder the instant they came into contact with the light pillar.
This world-shattering blow ultimately slammed violently into the sky.
It forcefully ripped through the thick rain curtain above City J, blasting a huge circular hole in the gloomy sky!
Sunlight, streaming through that hole, shone down.
A golden ray of light happened to fall on Lin Mo, bathing him in a sacred halo.
The entire world was enveloped in dead silence.
The rain stopped.
— — — — — —
Lin Mo stood quietly in place, one hand in his pocket, the other slowly lowered, his palm seemingly still retaining the residual warmth capable of incinerating everything.
Deep Sea King had completely vanished, not even a trace of ash remained.
Where he had stood, only a glassy, deep pit remained, melted by high temperatures and then rapidly cooled.
And on the building in front of Lin Mo, a huge circular hole with a diameter of over ten meters appeared.
Looking up, one could even see the freshly washed city streets in the distance, and the sky that had been forcibly cleared.
"..."
Inside the shelter, a deathly silence lasted for a full ten seconds.
People's minds were blank, unable to process the scene before them.
Punching a monster away, they could understand.
Burning it to a crisp with flames or energy, they could also imagine.
But... using a beam of light to blast through and evaporate an enemy, along with the entire street behind him, and even the dark clouds in the sky... what kind of power was this?
Was this power that humans could possess?
"Mommy... the rain... the rain stopped..." a tender child's voice broke the suffocating silence.
A little girl pointed at the screen, her eyes devoid of fear, only pure curiosity and innocence, "Did that... golden uncle do it?"
This sentence, like a fuse igniting a powder keg, instantly ignited the emotions of everyone in the shelter.
"It stopped... the rain really stopped!"
"We won... we... we're saved!!"
"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh—!!!"
Cheers like a landslide and tsunami erupted instantly; the fear and despair that had been suppressed for too long now transformed into tears of ecstasy.
People embraced each other, weeping with joy, as if reborn.
They shouted that name again and again, a name that, until now, had been merely a codename existing in news and legends for them.
"It's KING! It's the legendary KING!"
"He saved us! He alone, saved all of us!"
"So strong... this is... this is a true hero! Humanity's strongest hero!"
The earlier mockery and incomprehension towards Mumen Rider had long been replaced by respect and awe.
Lin Mo was unaware of the commotion outside.
He slowly walked to Mumen Rider's side, squatted down, and checked his breathing.
His breathing was already stable; under the powerful effect of the [Super Stamina Restorative], his fractured bones and internal injuries were being repaired at super-high speed.
He had only fallen into a deep sleep because his mind and body were pushed to their limits.
"You are the true hero," Lin Mo whispered, a hint of genuine admiration in his eyes.
— — — — — —
At the same time, in the distant Hero Association headquarters, chaos had already broken out.
"City J's disaster energy response... has disappeared!" A monitor technician suddenly tore off his headphones and shouted into the command center, his face filled with disbelief.
"Disappeared? What do you mean? Was it defeated?" Sitch, with his big nose, frowned and quickly walked to the main screen.
"No... it's not as simple as being defeated!" The monitor technician's voice trembled as he brought up the energy monitoring chart from just now.
"Just now, a terrifying energy source appeared in the center of City J! Although this energy source only lasted for 0.8 seconds before disappearing, Deep Sea King's life signal also disappeared with it!"
On the main screen, a clear satellite cloud map was displayed.
When everyone saw the huge and perfect circular hole in the thick rain clouds, the entire command center fell into a deathly silence.
"What... what is this?"
A cadre mumbled, "Is it the eye of a typhoon? No... the edges are too neat, it looks like... like a piece was forcibly 'dug out' by something..."
"Immediately confirm which hero was present at that time and coordinate point!" Sitch broke the silence with an unquestionable command.
Soon, the results came out.
"Report! According to GPS positioning, the only heroes present at that time were... only C-Class Rank 1 Mumen Rider... and... and S-Class Rank 7 Lord KING!"
Lord KING!
When this name appeared, all the doubts seemed to have answers.
Sitch's pupils suddenly contracted; he stared intently at the incredible cloud hole on the screen, then looked at the energy chart next to it, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down with difficulty.
He had always known that Lord KING was strong, the Hero Association's last trump card.
But he had never imagined that Lord KING's strength had reached such a terrifying level... "Creak—"
The heavy metal door of the shelter was slowly pushed open amidst the cheers of the populace.
The first person to walk out instantly froze when he saw the scene outside.
Immediately after, more and more people surged out.
The ecstasy on their faces gradually transformed into deep reverence and shock as they saw the vitrified scorched earth before them and the distant streets that had been leveled.
As their gaze moved upward, they saw Lord KING standing in the faint light.
The sunlight gilded him, as if a statue standing eternally.
"It's... it's Lord KING..."
As the first person spoke, the crowd instantly erupted, with cheers and shouts of gratitude rising and falling.
Lin Mo looked at the dense crowd before him, feeling a slight discomfort in his heart.
He didn't like this feeling.
He slowly turned around, ignoring the prostrations of the crowd, and simply spoke a sentence in his unique, calm and low voice.
"The danger has been averted."