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Whether it was to respond to the cosmic overlord's all-consuming attack or for the sake of the Earth behind him, he could not let this attack go unchecked.
"Then I'll be a little more serious too."
He slowly raised his right fist, the one wearing a red glove.
He assumed a standard punching stance, his body slightly lowered, and all his strength was mobilized in an instant.
"The Ultimate Killer Series..."
His voice was soft, yet it clearly drowned out the roar of energy that could tear the sky apart.
"A serious punch."
It was still that ordinary, seemingly simple straight punch thrown forward by an ordinary person, but this time, Saitama's expression was more serious than ever before.
The fist and the beam of light collided with a deafening roar ten thousand meters in the air!
Time seemed to stand still at that moment.
The "Collapse Star Roaring Cannon," which was powerful enough to destroy everything, seemed to turn into an ordinary stream of water the moment it touched Saitama's fist.
It was separated!
Saitama's fist, in a completely unreasonable way, forcefully split the condensed torrent of energy in two!
The two separated streams of energy grazed Saitama's sides as they shot into deep space, eventually disappearing into the distant horizon of the starry sky.
The pressure of that invisible "serious punch" remained undiminished even after it separated from the "Collapse Star Roaring Cannon".
It passed through Boros's body, which had already turned into light and shadow.
It passed through the last wreckage of the Dark Matter Pirates' massive spaceship.
It passed through the atmosphere.
A massive gaping hole, stretching from one horizon to the other, appeared above the clouds around the world.
The light of the "Collapse Star Roaring Cannon" completely dissipated.
Boros's final body also lost all energy; his body had almost completely turned into light particles, leaving only a blurry outline.
Only his last voice remained, echoing between heaven and earth with endless emotion and relief.
"You... you're lying..."
His last, intermittent voice, carrying a sense of relief, echoed between heaven and earth.
"You clearly... still had some strength left..."
"This...can't even be considered a battle..."
"The prophecy...it was indeed true..."
The sound stopped suddenly.
Boros, the overlord of the universe and leader of the Dark Matter Pirates, has completely lost consciousness.
Saitama slowly withdrew his fist, still with that blank expression.
He looked at the sky he had cleaved open with his punch, then looked down at the unscathed city.
He scratched his shiny bald head, and the deep-seated emptiness and loneliness in his eyes resurfaced once more.
The battle is over.
But that passion that used to get his blood pumping never appeared for even a second.
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Just as Boros gathered all his energy, intending to flatten the entire surface, on the ground—
"This is..." Bang's voice trembled uncontrollably, "This planet... is going to be destroyed..."
"It's coming...it's coming!"
Gloribas's body trembled violently from extreme excitement and fear, green blood gushing from the wound in his chest, yet he seemed oblivious, roaring with the last of his life.
"Lord Boros' ultimate technique! Enough to turn everything on Earth to ashes... the Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon!!!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a thick, indescribable blue-white beam of energy shot out from the bow of the spaceship!
In that instant, despair filled the faces of the S-class heroes.
They are the guardians of humanity and the most elite fighting force on Earth.
However, faced with a blow capable of destroying a planet, they didn't even have the thought of resisting.
They could only watch helplessly as the end of the world came.
However, just as that world-destroying energy was about to devour everything, an even more powerful shockwave surged upwards from the center of that world-destroying pillar of light!
"boom--!!!!!"
The beam of light that Gloribas called the "Star-Shattering Roaring Cannon" was forcibly split in the middle!
The sky fell into complete silence for a moment.
The oppressive force, powerful enough to destroy a planet, has vanished.
The enormous spaceship that blotted out the sky had a huge crack running across its entire hull, starting from the middle.
Immediately afterwards, this invading weapon from outer space began to slowly collapse and disintegrate to both sides.
everything is over.
On the ground, all the heroes remained gazing at the sky, unable to recover for a long time.
They were saved, the Earth was saved, but they felt no joy, only bewilderment.
"Impossible...impossible...Lord Boros...is the ruler of the entire universe...how could he possibly..."
Gloribas collapsed to his knees, utterly dejected, no longer able to feel that familiar and powerful life force.
That overlord, who shone like the sun throughout the entire dark matter pirate group and led them to conquer countless galaxies, has vanished from this universe forever.
In the final moments before his consciousness plunged into eternal darkness, only one question remained in his mind that he could not comprehend.
"Who...was it that defeated Lord Boros?"
Chapter 80 Epilogue
The clouds were pushed aside by an invisible fist at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing the deep universe behind them.
Sunlight once again pierced through the gloom brought by the spaceship, shining down on the devastated City A.
On the spaceship, the throne that once stood there is no longer there.
Saitama slowly withdrew his fist, his face still blank, as simple as a child's scribbles.
He felt the strong wind blowing across his bald head from 10,000 meters above the ground, but his heart was filled with a deathly stillness.
The battle is over.
It wasn't as exhilarating as he had imagined, nor was it a life-or-death struggle between evenly matched opponents, and it didn't even make his heart race for a second.
Undeniably, this opponent named Boros is indeed the strongest he has encountered since becoming a hero.
The opponent's "Meteor Burst" form and the world-destroying "Collapse Star Roaring Cannon" both demonstrated the majesty befitting the title of "Cosmic Overlord".
But this is not enough, far from enough.
That long-awaited battle, the one that would give him his all, ultimately proved to be nothing but a mirage.
An endless emptiness and loneliness enveloped him once again, like a tidal wave.
A soft sigh dissipated in the wind at an altitude of ten thousand meters.
He shook his head, trying to clear his mind of these chaotic emotions.
Becoming stronger was his own choice; he had long been accustomed to this kind of life.
He scratched his shiny bald head, looked around, and then remembered someone else.
"Speaking of which, where's that guy KING?"
Saitama scratched his bald head; he hadn't seen Boros since he started fighting him.
Lin Mo, whose hero name is "KING" and who is known as "the strongest man on earth," is currently staring intently at a virtual interface that only he can see.
[Detected that the cosmic overlord Boros sensed the absolute power gap in his final battle, revealing his resentment, shock, and lingering, powerful will...]
Energy is being transformed...
[Conversion successful! Congratulations, host, you have gained 100000 energy points!]
One hundred thousand! A full one hundred thousand points!
Fortune favors the bold – the ancients were right! This is a huge win!
Just as he was basking in the immense joy of his harvest, a shadow loomed over him.
"Hey, King, are you alright?"
Saitama's calm voice came, and Lin Mo froze, slowly raising his head.
Seeing Saitama's familiar blank face, his heart, which was about to jump out of his throat, calmed down a little.
Lin Mo slowly stood up, dusted himself off, and said, "Ah... it's over. By the way, how was it? That cosmic overlord."
It would have been better if Lin Mo hadn't brought it up, because the moment he did, it instantly touched the nerve in Saitama's heart called "loneliness".
Saitama's expression changed instantly. He didn't answer Lin Mo's question, but his once dull, lifeless eyes now gleamed with a long-lost fighting spirit.
He stared intently at Lin Mo, as if he had discovered a new continent.
"Hey, King."
"Hmm?" A sense of foreboding rose in Lin Mo's heart.
"You're strong, aren't you? Everyone says so, the strongest man on Earth."
Saitama took a step forward, and an invisible pressure instantly pushed Lin Mo's "Emperor Engine" to its limit. "Come and fight me!"
Lin Mo's heart skipped a beat when he saw the bald man's eager look, as if he was about to make a move at any moment.
But he quickly calmed down, and stroked his chin thoughtfully, the three distinctive scars looking particularly cold in the sunlight.