Chapter 163: I'm Freaking Here!
As he spoke, King smashed a heavy punch into Garou's abdomen.
Garou's eyes nearly bulged out of his sockets. He clearly hadn't expected King—who had just promised he wouldn't die—to deliver such a brutal blow the very next second.
"You..."
Before Garou could squeeze out a second word, King's fists followed up in a relentless barrage. King's voice drifted over the impacts with a comforting tone:
"Hang in there. This is a necessary step."
If one looked closely, they would see that King's fists weren't just wreathed in his usual mountain-heavy Aura; they were also shimmering with a faint, ghostly white light.
Every time his fist connected with Garou's body, a portion of that shimmering white light separated and surged into the vessel.
This was another application of the passive skill King had recently acquired: [Soul Indestructibility].
While it was originally a passive skill meant to work with [Extreme Regeneration] to keep him alive after physical destruction, King had discovered a new use after a bit of experimentation.
He could choose to let his soul leave his body or return to it at will. Furthermore, because of the skill's properties, his soul was heavily protected against external corruption.
Right now, King's plan was to project his soul into Garou's body to eliminate the deity perched within his mindscape on a spiritual level.
Garou felt as though he had become a block of iron under a master blacksmith's hammer. Blow after blow rained down on him, beating him within an inch of his life.
After a hundred consecutive strikes, just as Garou felt his consciousness fading toward the afterlife, a massive rift was finally forced open in the mental space.
With a thought, King's translucent white soul erupted from his physical form and surged entirely into Garou's body.
Inside the Mindscape.
First came absolute darkness, followed by a dim, ethereal twilight.
King finally saw Garou's current mental space. He finally understood what the defiant youth had been enduring during their battle.
A twisted, grotesque, colossal humanoid entity hovered in the "sky," while below, a tiny human soul reduced to pale, ghostly bones struggled to stand. Heaven and earth seemed inverted. Boundless Divine Power crashed down like a never-ending tsunami, relentlessly battering the human skeleton.
Garou's will had been fighting a frantic, losing battle. His unyielding spirit was the only thing preventing total collapse, even as GOD brought the weight of the cosmos down upon him.
The two were currently locked in a desperate tug-of-war for control of the body. GOD, having been "booted" from active control, was trying to reclaim his login by crushing Garou's soul.
King's sudden appearance shattered the stalemate.
GOD turned His head in disbelief. Seeing King manifest in someone else's soul-scape made His mental processors stall.
No... do you BOTH know this trick?!
The last time He saw this was when He tried to strip Solar Sperm of his power, and that rule-breaking Baldy had inexplicably popped in to say hello.
And now YOU'RE here too?!
GOD went into high-alert mode, but then a realization struck Him. Currently, King was only in a soul form. His greatest strengths were his massive Aura and his physical Stat-Monster attributes.
In a soul state, those physical stats should be useless. Doesn't that make him a sitting duck for a higher-dimensional entity like Me?
With that thought, GOD felt victory within His grasp. The frustration and rage from being beaten like a drum in the physical world finally found an outlet. He couldn't help but mock him:
"I truly didn't expect the 'Strongest on Earth' to be stupid enough to abandon his invincible physical body. To challenge a high-dimensional being like Me in a soul state...
"Without a doubt, this is the most foolish mistake you have ever made, King. You have lost any hope of defeating Me.
"I control the vast majority of this soul-scape. This maggot named Garou has lost his grip on his own mind. This is a one-way door: you can enter, but you can never leave. You are destined to be erased right here!"
As His voice fell, GOD retracted the energy He was using to suppress Garou and funneled it all into a concentrated assault on King.
Storm-like spikes of Divine Power rained down, accompanied by a surging ocean of chaotic, shifting colors. From every direction, pillars of Divine Might blasted toward King's soul.
Facing the onslaught, King merely snorted. Burning, crimson Aura erupted from his soul-vessel. His sheer, domineering presence pulverized the incoming Divine Power on contact.
In the next heartbeat, seizing the window provided by GOD's shock, King flickered forward. He appeared directly in front of GOD and threw a soul-powered punch.
BOOM!
The mental world shook. A whistling soul-wind vibrated through the consciousness dimension. GOD was left disoriented by the hit, His massive form crashing heavily into the "ground."
But King wasn't done. He flew forward, planting a foot squarely on GOD's chest to pin Him down. Leaning over, he unleashed a torrential rain of fists that left afterimages in the void. A series of explosive pops echoed through the mindscape.
Kicking a dog while it's down—this was King's specialty!
Realizing that He didn't even have the power to counter-attack on a spiritual level, GOD finally lost His composure.
Are you freaking 'All-Purpose' or something?!
He never imagined that King could manifest the properties of his physical Aura even as a phantom soul. You're literally cheating!
Sensing that the attacks damaging his soul had stopped, Garou's skeletal form began to grow flesh and skin at a visible rate. In an instant, he was restored to his human appearance.
This was a world of thought; forms were merely projections of the ego. Since this was his own mental world—his home turf—recovery was as simple as a thought.
Seeing the tall, golden-haired figure pinning the twisted deity to the ground and pummeling Him senseless, Garou froze for a second. Then, a savage, predatory grin spread across his face.
King was the guy who had interrupted his "Monster Plan," crushed his ego into dust, and casually tossed him into prison.
King, the so-called Strongest Man on Earth, had made a mockery of Garou's carefully plotted Hero Hunt, leaving him to co-rule a jail cell with a giant muscle-pervert. He had defeated Garou with nothing but utter contempt.
It was more than Garou's pride could bear.
HOWEVER...
I hate this 'God' thing looking down on me even more!!!
Garou unleashed his Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist and charged forward, his golden eyes burning with manic excitement.
"Hey! King! Don't kill that bastard yet! Leave a few punches for me! I'M FREAKING HERE!!"
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