Kryptonians: Man of Steel

Chapter 1658 Both sides suffer losses
This is a manifestation of energy being compressed to its extreme!
A beam of blue-white light burst forth from Sun Wukong's palms, like the most dazzling star in the night sky, yet carrying a chilling aura of destruction.

The beam of light was not thick; rather, it was exceptionally condensed, with countless tiny electric arcs seemingly surging, colliding, and squeezing inside, compressing the terrifying energy to an almost tangible degree.

It tore through the air, emitting a high-frequency, sharp screech that seemed to penetrate directly into the brain, heading straight for the giant ape's foot that pressed down like a mountain!

Instead of the expected earth-shattering explosion, the moment the two forces collided, a tearing sound that made one's scalp tingle and teeth ache was produced, as if the most resilient fabric in the universe was being forcibly torn apart.

The highly compressed energy beam demonstrated its extreme penetrability, stubbornly resisting the immense air pressure and the thick, steel-hard keratin layer beneath the giant ape's paws, emitting a sizzling, corrosive sound.

Finally, a burst of blue-white light erupted, completely piercing through that powerful defense!

"Ouch——!!!"

Vegeta, in his Great Ape form, let out a deafening roar of pain, his voice filled with unbelievable shock and rage.

It abruptly retracted its injured giant foot, causing its massive body to stagger.

On the broad sole of the foot, a charred and smoking hole was clearly visible, with traces of tissue carbonized by extreme energy still visible at the edges.

Compared to the Great Ape's enormous size, this wound might not be fatal, but it undoubtedly shattered the myth of Vegeta's absolute defense—he was injured!
What Vegeta found even more unbearable was that the highly concentrated ki was like countless red-hot poison needles, piercing through his flesh and continuing to surge wildly within his body, bringing waves of excruciating pain that went deep into his bone marrow and tore at his nerves!

"effective!"

Below, Sun Wukong's spirits suddenly lifted, and a hint of joy flashed across his pale face.

But what followed was an even stronger feeling of exhaustion.

The load required to maintain "ten times turbocharged" was far beyond his imagination. It was not a simple energy output, but a forced compression and overclocking of his own energy in a near-self-destructive way, frantically draining his physical strength and life potential every second.

He felt as if his internal organs were being squeezed and kneaded by an invisible hand, and his meridians were burning with unbearable pain.

"We must fight quickly!"

Sun Wukong gritted his teeth, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth again.

His gaze was like lightning, rapidly shifting between the giant ape's wildly flailing tail and the artificial moon in the sky radiating ominous energy.

"Destroying the moon might immediately cancel the transformation, but the distance is too far, and Vegeta will never give me that chance."

"Attack the tail... the distance is short, but the target is the giant ape's tail moving at high speed, making it extremely difficult, and its defense is..."

A life-or-death decision can be made in an instant.

However, the injured giant ape was now completely enraged.

The excruciating pain and the humiliation of his injury completely overwhelmed Vegeta's remaining rationality, and his beastly instincts took over entirely.

Instead of trying to clumsily slap it, it suddenly tilted its head back and opened its blood-red maw, unleashing a suffocating energy surge from deep within its throat!

A massive, despair-inducing energy blast began to condense at an astonishing speed, its volume more than three times that of the previous one!
The terrifying energy distorted and blurred the surrounding space, causing rubble to float uncontrollably in the air. Even before its launch, the sheer pressure it emitted had already cracked the earth. This was a truly destructive energy capable of erasing an entire city and even a larger region from the map!
Sun Wukong's pupils suddenly contracted to the size of pinpoints, and a strong shadow of death instantly enveloped him.

He clearly realized that he absolutely could not take this blow head-on!
Even if he wanted to dodge, given his current state and the enormous coverage area of ​​that energy blast, he would most likely be caught in it and pulverized!

There's no time to hesitate!
"I can only take a gamble!"

A resolute glint flashed in Sun Wukong's eyes—the madness of a warrior, willing to sacrifice everything.

"Twenty times... Turbocharged punch!!!"

"boom!"

It felt like something inside my body exploded!
Fine droplets of blood shot out from Sun Wukong's mouth, nose, eyes, and ears. Large areas of capillaries on the surface of his skin ruptured, turning him into a blood-soaked figure.

The unimaginable internal pressure nearly burst his body from the inside out, bringing with it extreme pain that could cause an ordinary person to faint or even die instantly.

But with his indomitable willpower, he managed to transform this destructive power into a burst of energy in an instant!

call out--!
His figure almost vanished from his spot, not retreating in a straight line, but moving in a zigzag trajectory that exceeded the limits of visual perception. Using the terrifying speed brought by twenty times the boost, he narrowly avoided the destructive energy blast that was locking onto him, and appeared behind the giant ape as if he had teleported!
The target—the constantly swaying tail that is the core of the giant ape transformation!
"Now! Slay!!"

Sun Wukong gathered all his remaining energy, along with the power he gained from burning his life force, at the edge of his palm.

The highly compressed air caused his hand blade to emit a blazing white light, like a light blade forged by a god, tearing through the air with a resolute will and slashing down fiercely!
"Pfft!"

The dull thud of a sharp blade slicing through flesh echoed.

"Aaaaaahh ...

Vegeta let out an unprecedented, shrill, and distorted scream, a sound filled with pain, shock, and unacceptable madness.

The giant ape's body suddenly stiffened, and its thick tail snapped off!

Without the core support for transformation, the giant ape's massive body shrank rapidly like a punctured balloon, and the suffocating power fluctuations receded like the tide.

Amidst the billowing dust, Vegeta reverted to his Saiyan prince form, crashing heavily to the ground. His face was deathly pale, and he clutched his severed tail tightly with one hand. The intense pain and the overwhelming weakness from the sudden loss of power made him almost unable to stand. His face was filled with shock, pain, and raging fury.

He never imagined that he, a Saiyan prince, an elite warrior, and even a giant ape, would be forced into such a wretched situation by a low-ranking warrior and a half-grown boy!
The pain of losing his tail and the humiliation of defeat drove him almost insane.

"Father!"

Son Gohan, who had been watching the battle from a distance with his heart pounding in his chest, flew over at top speed and carefully caught Son Goku as he fell helplessly from mid-air.

At this moment, Sun Wukong was in extremely poor condition, covered in blood, and his breath was extremely weak.

The backlash from the 20x turbocharged punch was devastating. Multiple meridians in his body were broken, his internal organs were severely damaged, and his consciousness was in a semi-blurred state, completely losing his fighting ability.

(End of this chapter)