Inside the spaceship, on the throne.
The one-eyed cosmic overlord, Boros, slowly opened his giant eye, and a flicker of imperceptible surprise passed through it.
"Oh?"
Boros stood up and slowly walked to the huge viewport.
He looked down at the city below, which was damaged but not completely gone as he had expected, and a cruel and excited smile played on his lips.
"To be able to withstand a volley from the battleship's cannons… the natives of this planet seem to be more interesting than I imagined. Is Melzargard still down there?"
"Yes, Lord Boros!" the operator beside him immediately responded.
"Lord Melzargard has engaged the resistance forces on the ground. According to the combat data transmitted back, the opponents seem to possess several formidable warriors."
"Interesting."
Boros's gaze fell on the screen, which was displaying the battle on the ground.
The S-Class Heroes Silver Fang, Atomic Samurai, Metal Bat, and Sexy Prisoner were locked in fierce combat with the five-headed regenerating monster.
"This level of resistance is still far from enough," Boros's voice carried a hint of languid disappointment.
"Groribas."
"Here! Lord Boros!" A tall, green figure with a huge mouth emerged from the shadows and knelt respectfully on one knee.
"Go down and play with them," Boros said indifferently. "Don't make me wait too long. What I crave is a battle that will let me fight to my heart's content."
"As you command!"
Groribas let out an excited roar and transformed into a green meteor, leaping down from the spaceship!
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A-City ruins.
"Damn it! What exactly is this guy?!"
Metal Bat gasped, delivering a powerful swing that heavily struck one of Melzargard's heads, smashing it into a bloody mess.
However, in the next second, that head regenerated as if new amidst a squirming motion.
"It's useless!"
Melzargard's five heads simultaneously spoke in different voices, "Your attacks are meaningless against me!"
One of its arms transformed into a sharp blade, sweeping across.
Sexy Prisoner's eyes widened in fury, his muscles bulging to their limit, and he roared— "Angel ☆ Rush"—meeting the attack with a full-force punch!
However, the blade easily cut through his proud "Angel Muscles," leaving a terrifying, bone-deep wound on his thick arm!
Intense pain struck, and Sexy Prisoner let out a muffled groan, his entire body flying backward as if hit by a high-speed train, crashing into an already crumbling building.
"Damn it! Can't we find its weakness?" Atomic Samurai's figure flickered like a ghost, constantly appearing around Melzargard.
His sword gleamed with blinding speed; each strike could cleave the opponent into countless fragments.
"Atomic Slash!"
With his low shout, Melzargard's entire arm was instantly disintegrated into powder.
However, these powders seemed to possess life, quickly converging and reorganizing, and soon a brand new arm extended out.
"Though your slashes are fast, they cannot harm my core," Melzargard mocked.
"Your struggles are meaningless. Only death awaits you!"
"Damn it!"
Metal Bat's pompadour was already soaked with sweat. Each of his powerful swings could create a huge dent in the opponent's body, but the flesh would rapidly recover like clay.
He could feel his "spirit" growing stronger with each swing of his bat, but against such an almost unkillable opponent, even the strongest spirit felt like punching cotton, with nowhere to exert his strength.
The stalemate in the battle was broken by a steady figure.
"Move aside."
Bang, the elderly martial arts master, finally stepped into the fray from his observation point.
Melzargard clearly sensed something unusual about this old man. It instantly split out three arms, transforming them into a giant hammer, a long whip, and a sharp blade, attacking Bang simultaneously from three tricky angles, sealing off all his evasion space.
Facing this desperate situation, Bang's expression remained as calm as an ancient well.
His aged body slightly sank, adopting a peculiar stance.
"Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist."
His figure moved.
Bang chose neither to directly resist nor to dodge.
His hands, like swimming fish, traced profound trajectories within the impenetrable network of attacks.
Each time his palm contacted Melzargard's attack, he skillfully neutralized it.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The long whip aimed at his face was gently deflected by him, changing direction and instead striking Melzargard's own other arm.
The giant hammer smashing down on his head was pushed and guided by him along its force, grazing his body and smashing into the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.
The deadly blade, moreover, was completely diverted from its trajectory by his fluid movements.
The heroes present were stunned.
Bang was like a fallen leaf in the eye of a storm; no matter how fiercely the storm raged, he always found that sliver of opportunity, emerging unscathed.
The more intense Melzargard's attacks became, the greater the chaos it created for itself, with several arms even getting tangled and knotted due to Bang's redirection.
This was the pinnacle of martial arts!
The terrifying strength of a true martial arts master, S-Class Rank 3, "Silver Fang"!
"Old Man Bang, amazing!" Metal Bat watched with wide eyes.
"Now!"
Seizing the moment Melzargard's attack faltered, Atomic Samurai's eyes suddenly became incredibly sharp.
"Is your core… this?!"
His figure instantly vanished, and the next moment, he appeared behind one of Melzargard's heads.
His countless previous slashes were not in vain; he had been observing the patterns of its regeneration!
He discovered that with each regeneration, a marble-sized sphere would flash inside the head!
"Atomic Slash!!"
A flash of sword light, almost too fast to be perceived by sight!
Crack!
A deep blue glass bead was precisely severed from Melzargard's head and then pulverized into dust by countless subsequent slashes in mid-air!
"Awooo—!!"
One of Melzargard's heads instantly lost vitality, shriveling like a deflated balloon, letting out a painful roar.
"It works!" Atomic Samurai was greatly invigorated. "The weakness is the bead in its head! Everyone, concentrate your attacks!"
The coordination of the S-Class Heroes was terrifying.
With Bang's containment and Atomic Samurai finding the weakness, the tide of battle instantly turned.
Metal Bat and Sexy Prisoner immediately changed tactics, beginning to concentrate their firepower on Melzargard's heads.
The dawn of victory seemed to be right before their eyes.
However, just as they were about to achieve even greater results, an Intimidation even more terrifying than Melzargard's descended from the sky!