Great, we're doomed now!

……

This is a basin in the wilderness, with the surrounding mountain ridges silhouetted against the moonlight. The open space in the center is flat and spacious, and the air is filled with the faint scent of grass, making it a nice place to relax.

Ye Shou stood on one side of the basin, now dressed in his black berserker armor. Dark red energy patterns flowed faintly at his joints. This was his exclusive equipment for human combat, and it could play a very important role even in battles of this level.

Saitama stood on the other side, blankly asking, "When does it start?"

--brush!

Ye Shou suddenly disappeared, leaving only the moonlight quietly shining on the open ground.

Saitama's pupils contracted slightly, and instead of turning his head, he took a large step to the right.

boom!

An elbow encased in armor slammed into the spot where he had just stood, causing a semi-transparent ripple of force to explode on the ground, sending debris flying everywhere. Saitama, without dodging or flinching, was naturally hit by a large number of "bullets".

But he was not injured at all!

This wasn't the time to dwell on that; he abruptly raised his arms and crossed them in front of him to block—

boom!

A tremendous force slammed into him from the side, and Saitama felt as if he had been hit head-on by a speeding truck... This familiar feeling was something he had experienced when he first started his hero career!

It's been a long time since I've experienced such a real shock...

Saitama's feet left the ground, and his body flew out like a cannonball.

boom!

A human-shaped indentation appeared on the rock wall, with spiderweb-like cracks extending for more than ten meters in all directions. Thanks to his excellent night vision, Ye Shou could clearly see Saitama embedded in the pit, maintaining a defensive posture with his arms crossed in front of him.

Saitama quickly escaped, and then a sharp explosion rang out in the air.

This wasn't the sound of something colliding; it was the sonic boom created when the two people accelerated simultaneously, tearing through the air!

Then came a continuous, so dense that it was almost indistinguishable, series of impacts.

boom!

boom!

boom!

It sounded like someone was using heavy bombers to raze this unremarkable basin; each boom was short and powerful, followed by a slightly delayed, violent explosion.

Under the moonlight, two figures moved swiftly through the basin, so fast that even the naked eye of an S-class hero could only catch a blurry afterimage.

Sometimes it's in the east, sometimes in the west, while the true entity has already switched between offense and defense countless times...

Ye Shou's fists were strong and powerful, each strike capable of piercing through several layers of composite steel plates, and the wind from his punches would plow deep furrows into the ground... Faced with Ye Shou's rapid attacks, Saitama did not passively defend, but instead met them with equally fast punches, each punch landing hard and head-on, without any trickery.

The two men's arms crossed, separated, and crossed again, moving so fast that their afterimages blended into one. If someone were standing at the edge of the basin, they would only see a blurry mass of light churning in the center, hear the incessant crashing sounds and the occasional shattering of rocks, but they would be completely unable to pinpoint the main object.

"drink!"

"Hey!"

Ye Shouyi punched Saitama straight in the face, but Saitama dodged it by tilting his head, the force of the punch grazing his ear.

At the same time, Saitama's knee was already aimed at Ye Shou's abdomen. Ye Shou pressed down with his left hand, his palm blocking the knee strike, and used the force to pull back and create distance.

"Stop hiding, be careful!"

"it is good!"

Facing Saitama's powerful punch, Ye Shou did not retreat. He lowered his body slightly and swung his right arm upwards to meet Saitama's fist head-on.

boom--!

A visible shockwave exploded from the point of contact between the two, spreading outwards and stirring up rubble and dirt from the ground, forming a circular shockwave.

The basin's edge was completely eroded by the blast wave, sending tens of thousands of tons of soil and gravel crashing down...

The two were simultaneously thrown back by the recoil, their feet leaving two long tracks in the ground. Ye Shou shook his numb right arm, and a faint golden ripple appeared on the elbow of his armor, rapidly repairing the minor internal damage.

Saitama stood there, having just withdrawn his fist, and even through his gloves, he could feel a strange tingling sensation... His expression was no longer the usual lazy and bored one, but instead one of focus, seriousness, and even a hint of joy.

Their eyes met in mid-air—

At that moment, Ye Shou saw the spark that ignited deep within Saitama's eyes!

"Are you finally getting excited, Saitama!"

This isn't speculation; it's what his body is telling him directly.

Sure enough, Saitama's lips slowly parted into a smile—he suddenly moved.

This time, he unusually took the initiative, his body suddenly spinning, like a tightly wound spring being released.

If this happens, the mainland will be split in two, right?

Ye Shou pressed in, and before the attack could be fully unleashed, he slipped his right hand under Saitama's armpit, pressed his shoulder against Saitama's chest, and used his waist to generate power—

A clean and crisp over-the-shoulder throw!

— Throw it into the sky!

Saitama's body was like a stone thrown by a catapult, accelerating to an incredible speed in an instant.

The yellow figure drew a white streak in the air, and in the blink of an eye, it passed through the clouds and disappeared into the end of the night sky.

Ye Shou looked up, then pushed off the ground with both feet and shot into the sky like an arrow. In just three seconds, he passed through the sea of ​​clouds, leaving a silvery trail in the moonlight behind him.

Ahead, Saitama's figure continued to rise, almost touching the edge of the atmosphere. He lay on his back, his expression as calm as if he were lying on his own sofa.

But as the altitude increased, breathing became difficult, and Saitama frowned and pinched his nose.

Just as he was about to adjust his posture and return to the atmosphere—

A shadow fell from above.

Ye Shou had caught up to him from directly above without him noticing, raised his right foot and slammed it down like a battle axe!

boom!

Saitama's body suddenly turned and fell like a meteorite, the heat generated by the friction causing a reddish aura to cover the edge of his bodysuit.

Below was an endless ocean. The moment Saitama crashed in, the entire sea surface seemed to have been slapped hard by a giant, suddenly caved in, forming a bowl-shaped crater thousands of meters in diameter.

But this did not develop into a tsunami, because the seawater began to spin under the powerful force of air even before it fell...

Starting from the center, a slow, unstoppable rotation!

The whirlpool grew larger and faster, as if an invisible giant hand was stirring up the depths of the sea. The roar of the water was deafening, and even the clouds in the sky were torn into wisps by the swirling wind pressure.

The seawater in the very center had been completely drained away, revealing a bottomless, pitch-black void. Saitama stood right in the center of the void, his feet on the water as if they were on solid ground.

He was surrounded by a visible storm, a phenomenon resulting from the unleashing of his "power" to its extreme. The storm kept the seawater out, forming a vacuum sphere tens of meters in diameter around him, with a wildly rotating curtain of water on its walls, refracting a mesmerizing halo under the moonlight.

—Now no matter can touch his body!

Saitama clenched his fists, perhaps experiencing the word "struggle" for the first time since reaching the Great Perfection stage. He looked up at the black figure swooping down from the sky.

As the armor rubbed against the atmosphere at extreme speed, its surface glowed with a dark red heat, like a star falling from the heavens...

"call!"

Saitama took a deep breath, slightly separated his feet, bent his knees, and pulled his right fist back to his waist.

The energy around him suddenly contracted, changing from an outward-expanding storm to an inward-converging one, and the vortex solidified in an instant.

Ye Shou was also gathering his strength, with wildly surging golden ripples flowing from his limbs and bones towards his right fist. Dark red light surged across the surface of his armor, and the two intertwined and condensed into a dazzling ball of light on his fist.

The two threw punches at the same time—

"The Ultimate Final Punch!"

"Ultra Explosive Fist!"

In that instant, all the air seemed to be sucked away; time stood still. The sea stopped churning, the storm ceased howling, even the moonlight seemed to freeze; only that single point remained between heaven and earth…

Then, everything started to expand outwards!

A ring of light exploded from the point of impact, spreading in all directions at speeds exceeding the speed of sound.

Wherever the aperture passed, the seawater was pressed into an increasingly deeper bowl-shaped depression, with giant waves hundreds of meters high at the edge of the depression. But before the giant waves could collapse, they were pushed even further away by the shock wave that followed.

Saitama lost his balance and was thrown far away by the impact of the waves and the force of the air.

Braving the aftershocks of this destruction, Ye Shouze transformed into a giant with a flash of light on his chest, unleashing a massive aurora canopy that enveloped the epic tsunami that had not yet reached the coastline...

Volume 11: To the Day of Destiny: Chapter 498: God, look at me! (4K)

Saitama has been acting a bit strange lately.

The first to discover this was the observant Genos, followed by King, who had more contact with Saitama, and then Mumen Rider.

They noticed that the bald man, who was usually expressionless, now had a faint smile on his lips, giving him a refreshing look.

I felt completely refreshed, as if something that had been accumulating for a long time had finally been released.

— Genos really did ask him seriously if his constipation was cured.

A few days later, Ye Shou gathered everyone together at the office for a strategic meeting.

However, when this group of people got together, the atmosphere wasn't serious at all; it was more like a family gathering.

"...That's about it."

Ye Shou stood in front of the whiteboard and drew a simple map with a marker.

“Z City has several underground levels.” He pointed to the center of the map with the tip of his pen. “This organization that gathers strange people calls itself the ‘Monster Association.’ It’s quite large, and the monsters at the executive level are all at least Demon level. Among them, there may be double digits who have been rated as Dragon level by the association.”

The activity room fell silent for a moment. Bang paused, his hand holding the teacup still, his gray eyebrows furrowing slightly. "There are so many Dragon-level monsters? Unbelievable... How come the Hero Association didn't hear a thing about a force of this size?"

“It’s not that we didn’t receive them, it’s just that the location is quite ingenious. After all, Z City is the least populated city, and there are large uninhabited areas in the suburbs.” Ye Shou put down his pen. “There are quite a few scattered reports, such as people hearing strange noises underground, and abnormal ground tremors in certain areas. But because they haven’t caused any actual disasters, the association has given these anomalies a very low priority.”

Genos's voice was calm: "This is a major blunder in our intelligence work."

“We can’t blame the association entirely.” Ye Shou shook his head. “The leader of the other side is a superpowered individual, and an all-powerful one at that. She has been using her power to shield herself from external detection. If I didn’t have my own intelligence channels, it would have been difficult to pinpoint her exact location.”

"An esper?" Fubuki frowned, clearly remembering what Ye Shou had said before... This person was probably her high school classmate "Sykes".

Ye Shou clapped his hands: "The battle plan is simple. First, evacuate the residents of the corresponding area in Z City. Then, we will attack directly from the ground down, advancing all the way to the lowest level."

Is this considered a battle plan?