It's none of my business. I'm just a lunch box seller.

However, City X is far from other cities. The time of the monster attacks in the relatively close cities was accurately calculated and arranged. But cities like F, J, M, C, and Z, which had not seen monsters for a long time, were all relatively far from City X. The time of the monster riots in these cities was not synchronized with other cities.

In Z City, not even a single monster was seen. Compared with other cities that were in dire straits, Z City was simply a paradise. Really, watching reports on TV and the Internet about various cities being attacked by monsters, the residents of Z City said they couldn't understand it at all.

As for those who could understand why City Z was so safe, they all turned their attention to the quarantine area. They knew that basically all the security codes of City Z lived there—both heroes and weirdos.

They are all the patron saints of City Z.

The biggest and most dazzling one among these guardian gods was standing in the center of the ring, holding his wig with one hand, using his face to block the water dragon's torrential blows.

"boom!"

Saitama, who was almost kicked out of the ring by Suiryu, stomped one leg into the thick concrete floor of the ring, thus preventing himself from falling off the ring at the beginning of the match.

"Although it's not as good as Master Bang's, your speed and strength are already amazing."

Shui Long smiled slightly and replied: "Thank you for your compliment. You and your friend are right. The Vajra Indestructible Body is indeed extraordinary!"

"Indestructible?" Saitama tilted his head.

"He said you never get hurt!"

"Oh, that's about right." Saitama said with a dull look on his face, "But sometimes I get a nosebleed when I eat too much free durian."

"Eh?"

488 Don't hold your urine and pay attention to the gun

"Your moves are much more interesting than Bakuzan's just now." Saitama said, pressing the wig on his head, "Bakuzan's moves look silly, but your moves are like what someone said, you can see the battle strategy carefully planned by the weak to defeat the strong. But it's different from what that guy said, I can feel that you enjoy the process of punching and kicking. How to describe it? Oh, I remember! It's self-entertainment."

Suiryu was touched by Saitama's "sincerity" - the kind of touch that made him want to beat him until he couldn't move. But Suiryu knew better, and he only dared to think about it.

Although Saitama has not yet let Suiryu see what "one force defeats ten skills" means. But through the first round of fighting, Suiryu has fully realized that his opponent's physical fitness is far superior to his own. Whether in speed or strength, Suiryu is at an absolute disadvantage. Even if the opponent's every move seems quite stiff, the opponent only relies on absolute speed and indestructible body, which is already too much for Suiryu.

Yes, Suiryu is already aware of the opponent's strength. After all, this is not a cartoon, and the other characters will not be designed to be overconfident and stupid in order to highlight the invincibility of the protagonist.

A warrior like Suiryu, who has fought Saitama before, cannot be blind and fail to see through his opponent's strength. Even though Suiryu cannot guess how strong the guy who has been holding the wig in front of him is, it is enough to make Suiryu realize the fact that "I am not as good as him".

But Shuilong still firmly believed that the gap in hard power between the two sides did not mean that the other side was invincible. Just like pursuing the most fundamental meaning of martial arts moves, the so-called moves are the tactical strategies and battle strategies carefully planned by the weak in order to defeat the strong.

And now, facing such a powerful opponent, it is the best time for Shuilong to show the true meaning of "martial arts"!

but!

The idea is always better than the reality. Shuilong, who launched another attack, found that no matter the tactics or battle strategies, they were completely ineffective in front of his opponent. Because the opponent, apart from dodging, could only use his body to withstand the damage.

This doesn't mean that Wangzai was beaten so badly that he didn't even have a chance to fight back, but that his opponent was too lazy to fight back. Otherwise, how could he be beaten while muttering "Wow, what an unexpected kick", or "I didn't know you could punch like this", and "This is more unexpected than that guy's move".

"Damn it, why don't you fight back!"

"Oh!"

The next moment, when Wangzai raised his fist, Shuilong, sensing the endless danger, somersaulted to the edge of the ring. Shuilong was dumbfounded. He knew clearly that the opponent had no intention of killing him, but he felt the threat of death from the opponent's ordinary punch.

"Haha, it's not that exaggerated, is it?"

Shuilong simply took off his shirt that was soaked with cold sweat. If taking off his pants would not be unsightly, he would even want to take off his slightly wet pants as well.

Saitama also realized his recklessness, and immediately apologized to Shuilong, saying that he did not mean to scare Shuilong. After apologizing, this guy actually took out a brand new gene suppression collar from his trouser pocket. After obtaining Shuilong's consent, he put it on his neck.

"This thing can limit my strength, so could you please not hit my neck and head?"

"did not ask……"

"Beep!"

Without waiting for Shuilong to answer, the referee of the competition blew the whistle and stopped the game.

Then, the audience saw the referee jump onto the stage, pointing at Saitama who had just put on the collar and yelling, "Wangzai used equipment that has nothing to do with the competition. According to the competition rules, the referee team has ruled..."

"I don't think there's any problem." Shui Long appealed to the referee: "He can wear it if he wants. I don't care. Can we continue the game?"

"Water Dragon player, are you sure?"

"Ah, I'm sure of that."

After discussing with several referees on the referee panel, the referee announced again: "The game continues!"

As the two sides fought again, this time Saitama obviously did not passively dodge. After his nose was hit by Suiryu's punch, he actually rushed forward like a boss to face Suiryu's sweeping kick. Then Suiryu found that the close combat technique that could disgust him to death was here again.

"Damn it, do you also need to fight a monster that is two meters eighty centimeters tall and weighs half a ton?"

"No." Saitama told the other party: "I learned a little bit from fighting him a lot."

After more than a hundred rounds of fighting, Saitama, who had fully appreciated the style of Suiryu's Dark Body Fist, suddenly said to Suiryu: "Your Dark Body Fist is really powerful. Now you can use attacks that I can never dodge."

"Thank you, you opened my eyes too!"

Before Suiryu finished speaking, he kicked Saitama's arms that were blocking the attack with an exquisite spinning side kick. And Saitama, like the boss in the semi-finals, flew out of the ring in a whirlpool.

"In the finals, Shuilong played against Wangzai. Wangzai was out of bounds, and Shuilong won the final victory!"

"Now, friends in the audience and those watching the live broadcast, please give your warmest applause to the champion of the 22nd Martial Arts Tournament! Dark Body Fist! Water Dragon!"

While everyone was celebrating Suiryu's victory, the boss's clone came to Saitama. Saitama, who was lying on the ground in a daze, was pulled up by the boss and told that the game was over and asked him to stop acting like a fool.

"I lost." Saitama said stupidly.

"Yeah, I lost. But it's not shameful."

"I think it's... quite interesting."

"As long as you find it interesting."

Because of the restricted ability and the incredibly heavy kick from Suiryu, Saitama's arm that he used for defense was swollen. Seeing this, the boss immediately removed the collar from his neck and gave him a bottle of healing potion, which allowed Saitama's arm, which had been swollen like a winter melon, to slowly return to its original state.

During the time when the swelling in Saitama's arm gradually subsided, he noticed that Genos was no longer in the VIP room.

"Don't ask me. I don't know either. He disappeared when you were playing in the finals. I guess he was probably sent by the association to perform a mission nearby."

After that, the boss's clone asked Saitama to go back to the lounge to change his clothes. Saitama's outfit was really not "handsome". After all, no normal person would dress himself up like a Holstein cow.

The boss himself returned to his boss first, he also wanted to know where Genos had gone.

Outside the martial arts tournament venue, about 5 kilometers away. Genos successfully defeated a demon-level monster and two tiger-level monsters during the Saitama competition. His condition was not good, or perhaps it could be described as "very bad".

The external combat armor that Dr. Kusno built for Genos had been restored to its parts and scattered everywhere. As for Genos' body made of vibranium, it was deeply embedded in the ground because of the attack of some strange force.

Although his body was not damaged by the attack, a small amount of force penetrated his skin and bones and was transmitted to his brain and power core.

"Damn it, I have a concussion!" Genos climbed out of the pit with difficulty. Looking at the huge body going away, he couldn't help but worry: "It's simply... so strong that it can kill monsters. The association has underestimated this monster attack. We must find a way to notify the association and tell them that a monster above Dragon level... appeared in City C."

"Teachers! Please find the Dragon-level monster as soon as possible, otherwise City C will be completely destroyed by the Dragon-level monster!"

However, the real boss, who suddenly received a call from Sweet Mask, had just left City C and went to the headquarters of the Hero Association in City A to meet with the chairman. The only people left in City C were Big Boss's clone and a large group of people who came to watch the game.

Saitama drank a lot of free sports drinks before the game, and suddenly felt the urge to poop, so he was squatting in the restroom toilet. And because he was holding back too much urine, he had to be very careful when squatting. It's shameful to accidentally pee outside, but what's really scary is to accidentally pee on your shoes.

Peeing on the soles of the feet is a symbol of a man's declining ability. Saitama was only 26 years old at this time, and his male self-esteem forced him not to lose this person.

However, because he didn't want to lose face, he happened to miss the award ceremony of the martial arts competition. And at the same moment when Shuilong raised the championship trophy, several huge shadows suddenly projected from the air onto the arena of the venue!

"Look at the sky!"

As more and more audience members looked up at the sky, they discovered that the owners of the huge shadow on the ground were actually dozens of giant crows that were bigger than humans!

These giant crows also circled over the venue for several times before landing in the center of the venue. The moment the crows landed, the evacuation alarm for all residents of City C finally sounded throughout the sky of City C.

The citizens of City C then realized that the monster attacks, which had only been minor incidents not long ago, had deteriorated to a level that required the evacuation and shelter of the entire population.

The players who stayed at the scene to attend the championship celebration also discovered that these strange crows did not come alone. Soon, the fighters who had been sent to the hospital due to injuries were also thrown into the ring by these crows.

Perhaps they were born timid, or perhaps they were well aware of the gap in strength between themselves and the monsters, but several fighters who did not make it into the top 16 turned around and fled towards the exit of the arena.

But just as a few people ran into the contestant channel, after a few muffled "puff puff" sounds, they flew back to the stadium from the contestant channel.

A few seconds later, a 10-meter-tall giant popped his head out from the contestant channel and walked towards the center of the arena with proud steps like a victorious champion.

"All the contestants are here, right? But..." The weirdo in the kimono sighed disdainfully, "They are just a bunch of scumbags. It seems that the martial arts world is indeed in decline. Well, there is no time to be picky. You all will become weirdos!"

489 The Brave Water Dragon and the Cowardly Monster Association

"Well, there's no time to be picky, let's all turn into monsters! Even a useless martial artist like you will surely improve after turning into a monster."

Facing a powerful enemy that was obviously not easy to deal with, the two A-class heroes who came to participate in the competition still stood up bravely. Snake and Max stood in front of the other contestants, enduring the numbing pressure emanating from the monster.

"Makes us weirdos?"

"Let's get past our professional heroes first!"

However, the powerful monster raised his foot and "gently" kicked, and Flash Max and Snake flew out of the venue.

The A-class heroes of the Hero Association couldn't even take a single blow. This made all the fighters on the scene realize that the opponent's strength was far beyond the ability of a few of them to contend with. Among the more than 30 fighters, only Suiryu and Bakuzan could still pretend to be relaxed. As for the others, they looked like they had just been pulled out of the water.

However, the powerful monster declared: "It is not my purpose to wipe out all of you trash. I am a martial artist from the Monster Association."

Martial artist hero!

All the fighters present knew the name that once dominated the fighting world. Because Hao Jie was the champion of the first martial arts tournament, and he won the title for many consecutive years until he got bored and stopped participating in the competition, which ended his winning streak!

"Very good! Since you all know my name, the next thing will be easy. You should have understood that resisting me is just like an ant trying to shake a tree."

Hao Jie continued, "Indeed, I was defeated by a monster a few years ago and was taken to the base of the Monster Association. But they did not kill me, but asked me to cooperate with them so that I could realize my ambitions.

Even if it is a limit that humans cannot surpass, as long as you become a monster, you can break through the barrier of the limit. Do you understand? The current me and the former martial artist hero are already two different levels of existence!

Be happy! I brought you something good - monster cells! As long as you swallow them, you can immediately become a monster. Of course, you can choose not to eat them, but the price is to become the test material for other monsters.

So, become a weirdo or die here, it's your choice!"

Although some fighters were very hesitant, in fact, these hesitant fighters were ready to die. After all, they had heard of the miracles of J City and A City, and they believed that as long as they did not die too terribly, they would have a chance to be resurrected by the mysterious Phoenix.

Of course, the reason for their hesitation is that they are not sure that they will be resurrected after death. But the dignity of being a warrior prevents them from kneeling on the ground and picking up the monster cells "donated" to them by the heroes.

However, apart from those fighters who were hesitant or determined to die, some fighters immediately pounced on the monster cells on the ground. Whether they were afraid of death or longing for power beyond humans and themselves, these guys who abandoned their warrior self-esteem and human dignity picked up the monster cells and stuffed them directly into their mouths.

In a flash, a fighter who didn't even make it to the top 16 began to transform into a monster. A few seconds later, this fighter who was originally wearing glasses and was gentle and polite turned into a muscular, huge humanoid monster. If the boss was there, he would definitely associate him with William in his G3 form in Raccoon City.

This weirdo who looked like G3 William immediately took revenge on the fat fighter who had eliminated him after gaining power. He easily defeated the opponent who had left him helpless more than two hours ago.

But before this monster could reach out to other fighters who refused to eat monster cells, Qiao Ze, who was eliminated in the quarterfinals, suddenly appeared behind this monster and used the same move that the boss had used to lock his neck not long ago. However, unlike the boss's stop, Qiao Ze directly broke the monster's neck.

"Even a weakling like this can make a qualitative leap. This monster cell really piques my interest. If it were me with superior talent, I would definitely be able to unleash the ultimate power that surpasses all fighters."

When the fighter Zack saw that Joe Ze had put the monster cell to his mouth, he immediately persuaded Joe Ze to stay calm. However, Joe Ze swallowed the monster cell resolutely after giving him a disdainful look.

In just a moment, Qiao Ze turned into a monster. But it is not known whether it was a coincidence or he worshipped too much a mysterious guy called the Holy Demon King. After the monster transformation, Qiao Ze actually looked a bit like the boss's Ibiru armor.

Qiao Ze, who had transformed into a demon, said with deep emotion: "My body... has really become stronger by leaps and bounds! Not only that, I can even feel that my spirit has also broken through its limits! If I had known this..."

"boom!"

"Crack!"

Qiao Ze raised his foot to kick at the other fighters, but Shui Long suddenly rushed out, blocking Qiao Ze's attack and hitting Qiao Ze's ankle with a low sweep kick. Qiao Ze's ankle was instantly deformed, and the whole person lost balance and fell to one side of the body. Shui Long raised his fist again, facing the direction where Qiao Ze fell, and hit him in the temple.

Since this was not a fighting competition, and the opponent was a weirdo who had given up the dignity of martial arts, there was no need to follow the rules of the martial arts world. In addition, Shuilong had just learned from his boss that in a real life-and-death battle, one must strike first and kill the enemy with one strike. Otherwise, if the enemy got a chance, he would most likely be the one to die.

So when Shuilong blocked Qiao Ze's kick, he had already had the intention to kill Qiao Ze. So Shuilong clenched his Phoenix Eye Fist and smashed Qiao Ze's temple.

"Underworld Dragon Cone Fist!"

Qiao Ze's temple was shot through, and even his brain was turned into a paste by the bone fragments. The price Shui Long paid was a comminuted fracture of his right index finger.

"Well, I have to admit that Qiao Ze, who has turned into a monster, is really a tough guy. It's a pity that a guy with a weak will can't be on the stage no matter what kind of monster he turns into."

Hao Jie looked down at Qiao Ze who had just killed a demon-level monster in seconds, and said approvingly: "It seems a pity to kill a guy like you. It's not too late for you to eat the monster cells and join me now. Monsters are about to become the masters of this world. It is a new world where the strong can kill at will, enjoy freedom to their heart's content, and blood and violence are rampant. You will live as a monster and do as you please."

"I see." Suiryu picked up a monster cell from the ground and fiddled with it in his palm. "No matter how the world changes, as long as you are happy, that's fine, right?"

But just when others thought that Suiryu was also going to bow to the monster and was about to eat the monster cells, Suiryu suddenly crushed the monster cells in his hand.

"What a pity! Rather than becoming an ugly freak like you just to become stronger, I'm more afraid of becoming an ugly thing like you! Dark Body Sky Dragon Fist!"

Just as Suiryu launched a surprise attack and killed the hero, at the headquarters of the Hero Association in City A.

"Monster Association?" The chairman who was standing in front of the holographic screen with Boss Cheng asked the one-eyed monster who sent the message: "What is your purpose? Is it just to destroy and kill?"

[It is undeniable that violence and killing are the most fundamental desires of monsters. But our goal is far more than that. We are pursuing a higher level of stage. You just need to watch us create a new history of the world.]

At this time, the boss who had been watching the fun suddenly asked the one-eyed weirdo on the other end of the line: "The new history you mentioned, do you mean escaping from the sewers of City Z overnight? And what about the higher-level stage, do you mean digging deeper into the bottom of the sewers of City X? I mean, is your gravity the same as that of Teyvat, the opposite of what it is?"

[Hehe, look at how fragile humans are and how weak their hearts are. Who would have thought that the emperor of the quarantine zone in City Z would eventually degenerate into a running dog of the Hero Association.]

"Do you think you can irritate me by saying these? If you were really capable, why did you run away in the first place? You must have spent more time hiding underground in City Z than I did rebuilding the community in the ruins, right? Why, you guys didn't act cool with me before, but now you're straightening up after running to City X?"