69novels Chapter 97 "Crimson Dawn" Reappears
Chapter 97 "Crimson Dawn" Reappears
Chapter 97 "Crimson Dawn" Reappears
J City, by the sea.
The sun was shining brightly today, and a gentle breeze was blowing. The beach was crowded with men, women, and children who had come to enjoy themselves.
Men were enjoying the sea breeze under parasols, women were lying on mats basking in the warm sun, and children were happily building sandcastles on the beach.
Originally, everything was so beautiful.
Everywhere you look, you can hear the laughter of adults and children.
Suddenly, a group of enormous monsters with humanoid bodies but heads that looked like magnified versions of various marine creatures rose abruptly from the sea and swaggered onto the land.
"Yaaaaa—"
"Help!"
"Run! Run!"
"Mommy! Mommy!"
In an instant, the entire beach descended into chaos, with countless panicked tourists screaming and crying as they scattered and fled.
"Hahaha! From now on, the surface world will be ruled by us, the Deep Sea Clan!" one of the monsters roared as it ran, grabbing a man who hadn't gone far.
Just then, a dark shadow flashed by.
A young, spiky-haired man wielding a strangely shaped bamboo shoot-head spear rescued the tourist from the deep-sea monster.
"The super popular hero Stinger, ranked eleventh in Class A, makes a dazzling appearance! Please take good care of him!" The young man with spiky hair smiled and greeted the tourists who were running away.
"Wow! It's a poisonous stinger!"
"It's an A-rank hero! We're saved!"
"Go for it! Defeat these monsters!"
Upon seeing the hero appear, the previously terrified tourists immediately relaxed and cheered for him.
Encouraged, Stinger brandished its spear a few times, then looked confidently at the deep-sea monsters before it: "Come on! You guys who aren't afraid to die and want a big hole in your bodies, bring it on!"
"You're asking for death!" roared a deep-sea creature with a dark yellow skin covered in blue patterns, its octopus-headed form. It suddenly stretched out its enormous hand and slammed it down from the air.
brush!
With a cold snort, Poison Sting leaped up instantly, nimbly dodging the attack while thrusting out his bamboo shoot-head spear.
puff!
A large hole suddenly appeared in the center of the head of the deep-sea creature with dark yellow skin, through which one could even see the blue sky behind it.
With a single, decisive blow, he killed the octopus-headed deep-sea creature. Venomous Sting then twirled his spear once more, the curved bamboo shoot tip pointing skyward: "One taken care of! Who's next?!"
In a luxury apartment.
Watching the news broadcast on TV, Li Yuan slowly stood up, his gaze falling on Fubuki beside him: "Let's go, let's go and provide support."
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Lazily reclining on the sofa, Fubuki watched the disaster footage recorded from the sky on the TV. She saw that many deep-sea creatures had already fallen to the ground, but Poison Sting, who had achieved such a brilliant victory, was also covered in wounds and panting heavily, and was about to reach its limit.
She turned to look at Li Yuan, whose face was full of confidence, pondered for a moment, and slowly nodded.
puff!
The bamboo shoot-headed spear, dripping with strangely colored blood, pierced through the head of the last deep-sea creature.
The Poisonous Thorn, covered in wounds, fell from a height of over ten meters, watching the massive monster slowly collapse before him. He gasped for breath, "Huff... huff... it's over. I took them down all by myself!"
boom!
Before he could finish speaking, a huge green figure suddenly flashed by and slammed him into the air.
"Well----"
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Poison Sting, who had no time to react, was knocked unconscious by the powerful punch. He flew dozens of meters into the air before crashing to the ground without any protection.
"Stinger, I'm here to support you—"
Just then, a hero with blond hair and wearing tight sportswear arrived and witnessed the scene, instantly falling silent.
His name is Lightning Max, and he is the twentieth ranked hero in Tier A.
Seeing the Poison Stinger, ranked much higher than himself, instantly defeated, his heart skipped a beat, and cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead.
"Oh? Another nobody?"
Upon hearing the mocking voice, Lightning Max immediately shifted his gaze away from Stinger.
The one who spoke was a tall monster, entirely green, wearing a crown on its head, a fluffy red cloak, and red briefs.
"Who are you?" the monster asked, looking down at Lightning Max.
As he spoke, dark clouds suddenly filled the sky, and a bolt of lightning flashed across the heavens.
Lightning Max nervously swallowed, assuming a fighting stance: "I am the hero—"
boom!
Before he could finish speaking, the Deep Sea King had already flashed close and punched him dozens of meters away, sending him crashing into a building.
Lightning Max lost consciousness instantly, his body crashing out of a window on the other side of the building and plummeting straight to the ground.
Just as he was about to crash to the ground, a figure suddenly rushed over from a distance and caught him, carefully placing him on the ground.
This is a tall, muscular, and incredibly robust middle-aged man.
However, he was wearing a black and white striped prison uniform and heavy shackles on his ankles, making him look like a prisoner serving his sentence.
"Oh dear? Someone's trying to stop me, the Deep Sea King, again?" The tall, green monster emerged from the smoke and dust, his voice sounding strange and off-key.
The middle-aged man in prison clothes looked at him sharply: "You actually injured Sting, ranked eleventh in the A-level rankings, and Lightning Max, ranked twentieth in the A-level rankings, to such an extent. It's simply unforgivable!"
"Although I, Sexy Prisoner, have been surpassed by Genos and am now ranked last, I am still an S-class hero!"
"Let me defeat you!"
boom!
Deep Sea King grinned, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth, licked his lips, and then, almost like a sneak attack, suddenly sprang into action, his arm muscles bulging, and his enormous green fist slammed into the sexy prisoner's face.
In an instant, blood splattered.
Deep Sea King had just revealed a smug smile when he was suddenly punched hard in the face and staggered back a few steps.
His chin seemed to be dislocated, twisted to one side, and then returned to its original position after a series of "clicking" sounds.
"Oh? Interesting." Deep Sea King straightened up, his fish eyes fixed on the sexy prisoner, a cold smile playing on his lips.
"That was a heavy punch—" Although the sexy prisoner sensed the strength of his opponent, he remained calm and composed, simply wiping away the blood flowing from his nose.
"Looks like I'll have to go all out!"
He roared suddenly, his muscles trembled, and he grew even larger, breaking through all his clothes and shackles.
Seeing his all-out effort, Deep Sea King frowned: "It's too ugly—"
"Is that all you have to say before you die?!" Sexy Prisoner roared, gathering all his strength in his muscles, and charged towards Deep Sea King, his fists pounding out like Gatling guns.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang————
Every punch he landed on the Deep Sea King carried a powerful impact, producing a deafening roar like an explosion.
Although the Deep Sea King raised his arms in a defensive stance, he was forced back by the relentless barrage of attacks, his feet carving two deep furrows in the ground.
"Whoosh—whoosh—"
After unleashing a series of attacks, Sexy Prisoner was panting heavily, seemingly exhausted.
However, when the smoke cleared, although there were some wounds on the Deep Sea King's muscular green body, he did not seem to have suffered any serious damage overall.
He lowered his arm from his head and taunted in a sarcastic tone, "What, is the fight over already?"
"Hehehe, it has a slight effect on me, but only a little bit."
Sexy Prisoner stared wide-eyed, unable to believe that her all-out attack had had little effect on Deep Sea King.
"What you call 'continuous hitting'—that should be it!"
Deep Sea King let out a cold laugh, his entire body transforming into a green afterimage as he slammed a punch into Sexy Prisoner's stomach.
"Cough—"
The punch was extremely powerful, and the sexy prisoner's pupils trembled, almost popping out of their sockets.
Before his body could recover from the heavy blow, Deep Sea King's second punch had already arrived.
boom!
The punch landed squarely on the sexy prisoner's chin, almost knocking him unconscious and rendering him powerless to resist.
Then came the third punch, the fourth punch, and the fifth punch—
Just like Sexy Prisoner's attack, Deep Sea King's fists rained down on his body like a barrage of bullets.
With each punch, a deep indentation would appear on the sexy prisoner's body.
After dozens, even hundreds, of punches, Deep Sea King let out an excited roar and kicked the completely unconscious Sexy Prisoner hundreds of meters away, sending him crashing into a building.
"Whoa—that was so much fun!" Deep Sea King roared excitedly.
"Where to next?" He looked around, then suddenly locked onto a direction, "Over there—"
There seem to be a lot of people —
With a slight exertion of his lower limbs, his massive body leaped up and sped off in that direction.
"Ah—it's raining! How wonderful! Hahaha!"
By this time, the sky was already covered with dark clouds, and a light drizzle fell from the sky, landing on the Deep Sea King, which brought a look of pleasure to his ferocious face.
As the rain intensified, his body rapidly expanded, as if a dehydrated product was quickly returning to its original shape.
Before long, a hemispherical building appeared before him.
"That's right, this is it. I can sense the presence of many humans inside!"
"Hahaha!"
The Deep Sea King, whose size had increased many times over, let out a few ferocious laughs before leaping high into the air and slamming down on the massive, seemingly sturdy building in front of him.
boom!
This massive, semi-circular building is a fortress-like refuge, its thick walls even capable of withstanding missile bombardment.
But at this moment, under the powerful blow of the Deep Sea King, the hemispherical dome burst open like a bubble, creating a large hole.
With a loud crash of concrete blocks, Deep Sea King jumped directly into the shelter.
Because of the earlier broadcast announcement of a ghost-level disaster, the shelter was now filled with a large number of people, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
"Hehehehe—Nice to meet you, and then—farewell!"
Looking at the panicked and terrified crowd, a ruthless light flashed in the Deep Sea King's eyes, and a ferocious smile appeared on his face.
"Wait!" Just then, a man with slicked-back hair walked out.
He was also a hero, but only a C-rank. After hearing the disaster level report on the radio, he realized that he was powerless to deal with the monsters, so he hid in a shelter with ordinary people.
But at this moment, facing the Deep Sea King who was about to unleash his killing spree, he still stepped forward.
"Wait! We'll grant you whatever you ask, just please don't attack us!" he shouted, raising his hands in a gesture of surrender.
Looking at the towering, ferocious-looking Deep Sea King before him, cold sweat beaded on his forehead as he silently prayed, "I hope I can buy some time—S-Class Hero, come quickly—"
"Surrender? Hahahahaha"
Upon hearing the slick-back-haired man's words, Deep Sea King grinned, revealing his large mouth full of sharp teeth.
"No matter what, I'm doomed. I'm going to go on a killing spree!"
"If I had any request—it would be that your screams before you die be a little more pleasant to hear! Hahaha!"
Hearing the Deep Sea King's malicious, deafening roar, the slick-haired man broke out in a cold sweat, his heart filled with despair.
Just then, several more people jumped out from the crowd and stood beside him.
"Me too!"
"And me!"
It was clear that these people's faces were also filled with fear, and even their voices were trembling, but they still resolutely stood up.
"hero!"
"A hero has appeared!"
"Great! We're saved!"
Seeing them stand up, the previously panicked and disoriented people instantly felt hope again and shouted their support.
The slick-back-haired man quickly recognized the heroes who had stepped forward beside him, and his courage surged once more: "Including me, two are C-rank, one is B-rank, and one is A-rank—"
"It's possible, as long as we stall for time—"
Among the group, the hero in the snakeskin suit looked at the others and slowly nodded.
As the only A-rank hero present, and although he was the last among the A-rank heroes, he still took over the command and whispered, "I'll count to three, then everyone charge!"
"Okay!" The other heroes, including the man with the slicked-back hair, responded.
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"three!
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After counting to three, the group roared and launched an attack on the Deep Sea King.
While their courage is commendable, it must be said that the gap is still too large.
The Deep Sea King sneered and casually swung his arm, sending them flying. Some crashed to the ground, others slammed into the wall, all losing consciousness.
This desperate scene left the ordinary people present speechless, completely stunned and at a loss for what to do.
Seeing this, the Deep Sea King laughed triumphantly: "Hahaha! Why did you suddenly quiet down? Weren't you all shouting so loudly just now? Hahaha!"
Just then, a young voice suddenly came from above: "You are a member of the Deep Sea Clan?"
"Hmm?" The Deep Sea King looked up and saw a young-looking blond man standing next to the large hole he had smashed in the dome.
boom!
With a flash of fire, the young man landed on the ground and raised his metal arm toward the Deep Sea King.
His name is Genos, nicknamed "Devil Cyborg". Although he has only been an S-class hero for a short time, he has already surpassed Sexy Prisoner and ranked sixteenth in S-class.
His nickname and appearance reveal that he is a cyborg who has undergone modifications.
"Oh? Another newcomer? You are—" Before Deep Sea King could finish speaking, Genos had already launched an attack.
boom-
Genos punched Deep Sea King hard in the face, and at the same time, a thick burst of flame roared out from the cannon in his palm.
A burst of flames, like a fire dragon, suddenly erupted, blasting the Deep Sea King away from his sanctuary.
The rising fiery dragon even surged for over a thousand meters before disappearing from sight.
"Was that the only enemy?" Genos turned around and asked the crowd behind him.
The crowd stared blankly at the vanished Deep Sea King and the massive hole, hundreds of meters in diameter, melted by flames in the shelter wall. After a moment of stunned silence, they erupted in cheers.
Suddenly, Deep Sea King's enormous green figure flashed out from the large hole in the shelter wall, grabbing Genos's arm with one hand and slamming his fist into Genos's head with the other.
boom!
Genos was sent flying by the punch, his body slamming into the wall on the other side of the shelter, embedding itself in the wall and creating a large crater.
"Damn it! How dare you hurt me! I'll cripple you completely!" Deep Sea King, whose face was covered in a large hole with blue blood flowing through it and whose body had shrunk again as if it had been dried out, stared at Genos with a vicious look in his eyes.
"I was careless—" Genos struggled to pull himself out of the wall and slowly stood up.
Seeing the crackling electricity at the severed arm, he shouted, "Run! I might not be able to beat him now!"
"Run while I can still hold him off!"
After a moment of silence, the crowd erupted in terrified screams as people frantically ran out of the shelter.
"Run? Not a single one of you will escape!" Deep Sea King's eyes were cold as he strode forward, his footsteps echoing loudly on the floor, as he frantically chased after the crowd.
Genos erupted in flames, propelling him like a propulsion system as he hurtled at high speed into the frenzied Deep Sea King.
boom!
Almost the instant the Deep Sea King's sharp claws were about to grab a person, he kicked him away.
Deep Sea King, not to be outdone, immediately retaliated with a punch.
The two moved at incredible speeds, attacking each other relentlessly amidst a series of afterimages. Explosions echoed throughout the entire shelter, causing the ground to crack and walls to shatter wherever they went, demonstrating astonishing destructive power.
Although Genos's fiery impact had some effect on Deep Sea King, Deep Sea King's body was also constantly repairing itself with the replenishment of rainwater.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—
Inside the shelter, a deafening roar, like that of a battlefield, filled the air as fragments of steel bars, cement, and tiles flew in all directions.
boom-
The two exchanged punches once more, the massive impact sweeping across the entire arena and dispersing all the swirling dust.
"Go for it, big brother!" Seeing Genos struggling so much, a little girl who was being led away by her parent shouted to cheer him on.
"Shut up!" Deep Sea King abruptly turned his head and spat a large glob of viscous liquid at the little girl. "Dissolve it, brat!"
Genos's mechanical eye analyzed the composition of the liquid almost instantly. Without thinking, he immediately flew to block the little girl's path.
*Pfft*
The moment the liquid touched Genos's body, it produced a violent corrosive effect.
After a sickeningly loud sound, Genos's body was severely injured. Not only were his limbs gone, but most of his body was also corroded, exposing his metal skeleton and various circuits. He was no longer able to move.
"Hehehe, what an idiot! You could have easily avoided that dissolving liquid, but you went and brought about your own destruction for that brat! Hahaha!"
Deep Sea King grabbed Genos's head, which was mostly corroded, and swung his arm violently.
boom!
Genos's mutilated body arced through the air before slamming into the wall of the shelter, creating a large hole.
But the Deep Sea King had no intention of letting him go. He followed up almost instantly and threw a punch.
boom!
The wall of the shelter was smashed through, and Genos was sent flying without any resistance, crashing to the ground unable to move.
The Deep Sea King approached slowly with a smile, his injuries gradually healing under the influence of the rain, and even his size grew larger again.
"Alright, it's time to end your life." As he walked up to the crippled Genos and was about to throw a punch, a bicycle suddenly crashed into him from behind.
A man resembling a cyclist, panting heavily, shouted, "Unlicensed Rider, here I come!"
He gritted his teeth, roared, and swung his fists at the Deep Sea King, but was grabbed by the arm by a green hand that was almost half the size of his body. He was slammed to the ground several times with a "bang bang bang" before being thrown away.
"Boring." Deep Sea King didn't even bother to give Mumen Rider a second glance, even though he was ranked first in Class C but his physical abilities were no different from those of an ordinary person.
He looked down at Genos, who lay motionless on the ground, and his expression twisted into a grimace again: "Ah, sorry, I'll send you on your way!"
As he spoke, he raised his fist high, and as the heavy rain fell, the muscles on his arm bulged even more menacingly.
Just then, a huge fireball suddenly appeared in the sky and crashed down like a meteor!
boom-
Caught off guard, Deep Sea King was blasted backward and tumbled several times on the ground before coming to a stop.
To Genos's astonishment, a young man wearing a red trench coat with flame patterns slowly emerged from the falling fireball.
The man glanced at him, then slowly walked to the Deep Sea King, who was about to get up, and bent down to grab a sharp green finger.
Then, just like Deep Sea King had done to Mumen Rider, he raised his arm and lifted Deep Sea King's massive body, then slammed it down onto the ground.