Witch Special

As the Ashura Rhinoceros Beetle charged forward, it also lowered its head, leveled the horns on its head, and charged straight towards Saitama's chest.

Facing this brutal charge that was filled with the Ashura Rhinoceros Beetle's belief in victory, Saitama's response was still very simple. He just took half a step back, put his fist at his waist, and his eyes instantly became firm.

At this moment, Saitama's painting style changed instantly, from the original simple and plain boiled egg that looked like a primary school student's doodle to a super tough bald muscular handsome guy.

"Ordinary, boxing." After a brief whisper, Saitama's crimson boxing gloves drew a smooth semicircle, colliding heavily with the hardest horn on the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle's body.

The energies of both sides converged at a single point. Their opposing directions, yet each possessing terrifying magnitudes, collided, canceled out, deflected, and flipped. Rapidly heating up as they intertwined, they instantly erupted in dazzling light, transforming into a fierce shockwave that, originating at the point of intersection, spread out in all directions, ravaging everything in its path. Even the alloy floor beneath their feet, the walls and roofs behind them, were shredded and torn apart by this energy explosion, scattering in all directions. Yet, the shockwave continued to melt away the solid rock and soil behind the steel plates, penetrating them completely.

A cloud of dust blanketed the battlefield, obscuring all vision. Amidst the rising dust, Saitama could be heard coughing. Saitama, now in his minimalist style, covered his mouth and nose with one hand while waving his other hand past his face, fanning away the dust. He frowned, looking at the gaping hole overhead, revealing the sky. His expression seemed troubled.

"Oops, I think I used too much force... I hope no one will ask me for compensation? I can't afford it."

Although the lighting facilities in at least this area had been paralyzed due to the energy explosion just now, fortunately the hole above his head was large enough, and the morning sunlight shining through prevented Saitama from being completely blind.

Just as Saitama was still worrying about those trivial matters, in the darkness before him, where the sun never reached, a sudden burst of energy so powerful that it shook the very air. The resulting gust of wind blew away all the dust still floating in the air, making Saitama's cloak rustle behind him, forcing him to squint his eyes to look at the sturdy figure that still shone in the darkness.

Previously, the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle, though boasting muscles comparable to those of the world's top bodybuilders, was utterly disrespectful with its dung-yellow color. If it weren't for the large horns on its head, people would probably believe it was a dung beetle. Now, having unleashed its internal energy, the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle's body has completely turned black, with only a few green lines flowing across it, emitting a dazzling light. It looks incredibly cool, far superior to its previous, ordinary, even somewhat disgusting appearance.

Although it is in darkness, the Ashura Rhinoceros Beetle is now like a big light bulb that constantly emits green light. Not only is it extremely conspicuous, it even illuminates the surroundings. Even Saitama's head is reflected green by the green light of the Ashura Rhinoceros Beetle.

"Ugh, ahhhhhh!" The Asura Rhinoceros Beetle half-crouched, constantly squeezing out the energy within its body. As its muscles tensed, it let out a groan that seemed to be overwhelmed. However, its might at this moment continued to climb to new heights.

To put it simply, its combat effectiveness is still improving and has not reached its limit.

The hard horn of the Ashura Rhinoceros Beetle had been broken by Saitama's "ordinary punch" in the previous collision, but after entering its current form, the body of the Ashura Rhinoceros Beetle had also undergone serious mutations. Not only had the muscle tissue of its body become more terrifying, the broken horn on its head had also transformed into two sharp horns in front and back that looked like a waning moon. Just by looking at them, one could feel their extremely powerful lethality.

Even though the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle was crouching there, seemingly defenseless, preparing its ultimate attack, Saitama had no intention of preemptively attacking it and preventing it from completing its energy evolution. He simply stood there, illuminated by the spot of light from the large hole above his head, watching the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle with joy and a hint of anticipation, ready for another fight with a stronger opponent.

It was great that he didn't die after taking his ordinary punch. This kind of opponent was exactly what he wanted.

I wonder if Ashura Rhinoceros Beetle in this state can withstand a punch from the Serious Series? If so, he might be able to give it a proper fight. A hearty fight, a fight that brings him the thrill of battle, this is Saitama's greatest pursuit in life now.

With Saitama's indulgence, the Ashura Rhinoceros Beetle completed its lengthy transformation. With a final roar of "Hah!", the lightning bolts crawling across its body instantly transformed into a turquoise flame, enveloping it. True to its name, it became as terrifying as an Ashura that had wandered into the world.

Due to the rapid replacement of its cells and the constant refresh of its limiter's maximum, the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle's size expanded like a balloon. By the time it completed its energy activation, it had transformed from a small, three-meter-tall giant into a massive, eight-and-a-half-meter insect monster. Its body had also changed from its previous fecal-yellow color to a deep purple streaked with bright green. Aside from the two sharp horns atop its head, it no longer resembled an insect, but rather a demon. However, as the flashes of lightning on its body transformed into flames, the energy waves that had been emanating from the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle's body vanished without a trace. It had completely concentrated its internal energy, concentrating it within its body, eliminating any waste. Only this state of perfect control over its own energy could be considered the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle's ultimate form, the most powerful genetically modified monster in the House of Evolution.

Although no more energy was escaping from its body, after activating all its internal energy, the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle was unable to control the excessive amount of energy within it. The simplest proof of this was that as soon as it took a step forward, the ground beneath its feet exploded, sending dust flying.

The explosion sounded the clarion call for a new round of battle. Ashura Rhinoceros Beetle vanished once again, leaving all the blasts behind. As if teleporting, he appeared beside Saitama, raising a fist thicker than a bucket high. It pierced through the tightly packed air and struck Saitama's seemingly defenseless side. A visibly radiating shockwave spread across Saitama's face. Finally, his feet lost their grip on the ground and were sent flying, spinning into the opposite wall, creating a human-shaped dent in the rock and earth, now freed from the protective steel.

This time, the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle didn't intend to wait for the smoke to clear before engaging in a turn-based battle. After sending Saitama flying with a punch, it followed suit, slamming into the hole Saitama had created and unleashing a brutal, ruthless combo of blows on him from within the rock.

Euler, Euler, Euler! ! !

As the combo continued, the energy waves from Ashura's Rhinoceros Beetle's punches continued to accumulate within Saitama's body, rapidly expanding within the mountain and continuously compressing the surrounding rock and soil. When the energy ball's expansion force finally exceeded the rock's endurance limit, Ashura's Rhinoceros Beetle's next punch finally unleashed the effect of an energy cannon, forming a dazzling green lightning column that pierced the entire mountain and created a straight, charred tunnel leading directly to the outside world.

Saitama was also knocked out of the mountain by the energy cannon. He adjusted his body in mid-air and landed lightly in the woods at the foot of the mountain outside the base.

"Ah, the cloak is all broken." Saitama patted his body and suddenly found that the cloak behind him had been completely torn to pieces. Now only some broken strips of cloth were left at the roots, and most of it had completely disappeared.

But apart from the damage to his cloak, there was no other scar on Saitama's body. Apart from some dust on his clothes, there was not even a slight scratch.

The law of "no harm from smoke" is indeed true everywhere in the world.

A huge figure jumped out from the passage that ran through the mountain like a cannonball, and landed on the ground in front of Saitama with a "bang", directly creating a large hole with a diameter of five meters.

"Saitama, Saitama, Saitama..." After the energy was activated, the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle's intelligence seemed to have dropped significantly. Now, Saitama was the only target in its eyes, and its mouth kept repeating Saitama's name. It seemed that apart from Saitama, there was nothing else in its mind.

"You're pretty good. But how long can you hold on in this state?" Saitama lowered his body weight slightly, took a half step back, put his fists at his waist, and assumed a posture that made it easy to exert force.

"I can fight for a week!!" Ashura Rhinoceros Beetle roared, leaped into the sky again, raised his fists flashing with violent lightning, and smashed towards Saitama like a mountain.

"That won't do, because I have to go to the supermarket to grab discounted bento boxes on Sunday." Saitama said, then raised his hand and punched the sky.

Ordinary, beaten.

Asura Rhinoceros Beetle →·X※¤○十

BOOM! ! !

As the fist wind swept through, the clouds in the sky near City Z were blown away in an instant.

This punch opened the sky.