"System! Give me an S-Class Draw!"
King ordered without hesitation, pouring a full one million Emotion Points into it!
The S-Class Heroes train hard, while he draws hard—
This is the System!
[Consuming 1,000,000 Emotion Points to perform an S-Class Draw... Drawing in progress...]
Unprecedented radiance erupted on the System's light screen. The golden wheel spun at an unheard-of speed, as if connecting to a dimensional world of infinite power.
The silhouettes on the wheel flashed rapidly, each emitting heart-stopping fluctuations.
King held his breath. Even the emperor engine seemed to pause for half a beat, as if waiting for this fate-deciding moment.
Tartaglia keenly sensed the subtle change in King's aura.
Beneath that profound calm, something seemed to be brewing, awakening.
This made him even more excited. He clenched his fists, his joints letting out a crisp "crack".
[Draw complete.]
[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the Talent skill: Superalloy Blacklight Body (S-Class)]
[Talent Description: Originating from the "one-punch man" world, the super body of the 11th ranked S-Class Heroes, "Superalloy Darkshine". Your muscles, bones, skin, internal organs, and even every single cell have been tempered to the extreme, gaining unparalleled density and strength. Your physical DEF has reached a nearly absolute level; ordinary physical and energy attacks can hardly cause any DMG to you, and you possess terrifying strength and endurance to match.]
[Talent Effects:]
[1. Absolute Defense: Your muscles, bones, skin, and even internal organs will be transformed into a "Superalloy" structure with a density far exceeding any known substance. You possess near-absolute resistance to physical attacks, energy impacts, and element corrosion. Conventional attacks (below top-tier God level) cannot cause any effective DMG.]
[2. Extreme Strength: The superalloyed body brings unparalleled base strength and explosive power. Every move carries the power to crush mountains and shatter the earth.]
[3. Infinite Endurance: Metabolism and energy circulation systems are optimized to near eternity. Almost immune to fatigue, toxins, diseases, and most negative statuses.]
[Note: This Talent skill is a permanent physical transformation that will completely reshape the Host's body. However, the System provides form stability; after merging the Talent, your appearance will not change, only your inner self will achieve sublimation.]
[Talent skill is passive, no cost.]
Superalloy Blacklight Body?!
That black buff guy who could only be left with white marks by Dragon Level monster attacks, whose confidence came from "a body of muscle"?
S-Class!
A physical enhancement type S-Class Talent!
Combined with his existing Explosive Heart Release Fist... he was already qualified to be one of the S-Class Heroes!
And he definitely has Dragon Level strength!
He's likely high-tier even among Dragon Levels. In Teyvat, perhaps God level?
No, perhaps... he's already stronger than a God!
"Merge! Now! Merge immediately!"
King roared in his heart.
[Talent fusion beginning...]
"Buzz—!"
An indescribable, majestic energy, seemingly originating from the primordial universe, erupted from within King without warning!
This power was not a gentle modification, but a destructive reshaping!
Intense pain swept through every one of King's nerves like a tsunami!
It felt as if every inch of muscle was being torn apart, crushed, and then filled with molten metal.
Bones were snapped and reconnected with the hardest diamonds; skin carbonized under high heat and was reborn!
On the surface of his body, there was no exaggerated muscle swelling or massive change in physique, but a visible texture quietly spread. The muscle fibers beneath the skin rearranged, compressed, and densified in a way that defied common sense, glowing with a super-healthy luster.
His heartbeat, that already terrifying emperor engine, underwent a qualitative change at this moment!
"Thump————————!!!!"
No longer war drums, no longer thunder!
It was the roar of falling stars and the collision of tectonic plates!
It was the eternally Unyielding sun, roaring to declare its existence!
The sound turned into a physical sonic wave, Swirling outward with King at the center!
"Click! Crash—!"
Fine cracks appeared on the walls, and the ceiling crumbled down!
"Boom!!!"
Lilianes Bakery completely collapsed under this single heartbeat!
The stone pavement of the street outside the shop, starting from where King was, sank and cracked in a ring as if struck by an invisible heavy hammer!
"Thud!" "Thud!" "Thud!"
Lilith, Lyney, and Lynette, who were closest, completely lost all strength in their legs under this unimaginable pressure and sonic shock. They slumped directly to the ground, their faces as pale as paper, finding it difficult even to breathe. Paimon even let out a "Wah" as he was knocked over by the sound wave, falling dizzily onto Lynette's belly.
Even Tartaglia, whose fighting spirit was boiling, had his expression change drastically the moment that heartbeat rang out!
He felt as if he weren't standing in a breakfast shop, but on the heart of a sleeping ancient God!
That heartbeat directly shook his soul, causing the boiling battle-blood in his body to freeze for a moment!
"This... this is..."
In Tartaglia's blue pupils, the emotion named "cowardice" appeared for the first time.
He could feel that this man's "presence" had undergone a world-shaking change in that instant! If he was an unfathomable abyss before, now he was a towering mountain supporting the heavens!
He was a walking, living disaster!
What kind of monster is he?!
And this was only the beginning!
The emperor engine ignored the barrier of distance, like a nuclear bomb dropped into a calm lake. The terrifying sound waves Swirled frantically toward the entire Fontaine in a spherical shape!
Thump! Thump! Thump!!!
In Fontaine, the morning silence was completely shattered.
On the streets, pedestrians were struck as if by invisible heavy hammers, clutching their chests and stumbling as they turned pale, or slumping to the ground.
In the shops, customers and owners crouched in panic as goods fell from the shelves with a crash.
In the houses, people woke from their dreams with a start. Children cried in fear, and adults huddled together trembling, looking fearfully toward the direction of the sound.
"W-What happened?!"
"Is it a monster siege?!"
"It's a tsunami! A great tsunami must be coming!"
"Help! My heart! It's going to explode!"
"Lord Hydro Archon, please protect Fontaine once again!"
Panic spread like a plague.
The top floor of the Opera Epiclese.
Furina, who had just received word of King's departure, was in his room practicing how he would go out and "accidentally" encounter King in front of a magnificent mirror.
Suddenly—
"Thump!!!"
That familiar and terrifyingly extreme sound pierced through the thick palace walls and slammed right into his heart!
"Waaah!"
Furina shrieked in fright, and the comb in his hand fell to the floor with a "clatter".
His legs went weak. If he hadn't caught the vanity in time, he would have almost knelt again.
"M-Mr. King?"
His heterochromatic eyes were instantly filled with mist. It was fear, but deeper down, was it a sense of relief and pride that even he hadn't noticed?
"Is he fighting?"
Furina pressed his hand against his racing chest, wanting to run and see what happened, yet afraid that he would be shaken to death by the aftershocks of the battle if he went.