Chapter 341: The Suicidal Cosmic Overlord?
The punch from Fubuki dealt significant damage to Boros. However, Boros possessed an astonishing regenerative ability, and the wounds that had just appeared on his body healed in an instant.
Returning to his normal state, Boros was not discouraged by Fubuki's immense strength. Instead, he laughed heartily and charged toward her again.
This time, however, he was not as careless as before, attacking while also defending against Fubuki's counterattacks.
Boros was extremely fast, but Fubuki was even faster. Despite using part of her psychic power to carry the wreckage of the spaceship, the two engaged in a fierce back-and-forth battle.
Having received assurances from Eriri , coupled with her sensing that the citizens of City A had been completely evacuated, Fubuki no longer worried about the destruction in City A. She casually tossed the remnants of the spaceship, now only a few hundred meters in diameter, to the ground.
She then focused entirely on countering Boros's attacks. However, wanting to toy with him a bit, Fubuki refrained from using her full strength. She didn't even deliberately deploy her psychic powers, merely coating her body with them to enhance her defenses.
Fubuki and Boros fought from the skies to the ground and then back into the sky. Both moved at incredible speeds. To the viewers watching the livestream, including other heroes observing, all they could see were streaks of purple and green light wreaking havoc across the sky and ground. They couldn't discern the details of the battle between Fubuki and Boros.
As the streaks of light passed, everything in their vicinity was reduced to dust. Whether it was City A's buildings or the ground itself, unimaginable devastation was left in their wake.
Boros had been maintaining his Meteor Burst state, a trump card for quick battles that could not be sustained for long periods. If the fight dragged on like this, he wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer.
Yet he had no way to break this stalemate. Exiting the Meteor Burst state would undoubtedly lead to his immediate defeat at Fubuki's hands.
Unless he gambled everything and unleashed all the energy in his body to execute his ultimate move: the Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon.
However, using that move would leave him completely drained of energy for a period. Unless it was a desperate situation, he wouldn't resort to it.
The battle between Fubuki and Boros lasted for over ten minutes, leaving City A in ruins from their clashes, causing even more destruction than in the original story.
After all, their attacks were far beyond anything mere missiles could achieve.
On the rooftop of the Hero Association's headquarters, Eriri sat on her throne, which she had taken out at some point, holding both Ophis and Scarlet. Together, they watched the fight between Fubuki and Boros.
Tatsumaki, Bang, and the others present couldn't see the battle clearly, but for Eriri, Ophis, and Scarlet, the fight between Fubuki and Boros seemed no different from slow motion.
In the chat group, except for a few newer members like Ai Hayasaka, who had recently joined and weren't very strong, everyone else could see the fight between Fubuki and Boros with perfect clarity.
"Hellish Blizzard isn't just like Tornado, also a psychic, right? Why is her close combat ability so strong?" said Superalloy Blackluster, his entire body reflecting light with a black sheen, wearing only a pair of briefs, his face filled with shock.
Although the battle movements of Fubuki and Boros in the distance were unclear, the frequent collisions of the two streaks of light indicated that they were engaged in close combat.
"This is truly incredible. Not only is her psychic power so strong, but her body has also been trained to such an extent," Bang sighed in admiration beside him.
"However, City A has been severely destroyed," he added.
Looking at City A, where the terrain had completely changed, a trace of regret appeared on Bang's face.
Since Fubuki had deliberately moved the battlefield further away from the Hero Association headquarters, their battle did not affect the building.
Of course, even if they were fighting right next to the headquarters, Eriri would not have allowed the building to be damaged.
After fighting for over ten minutes, Fubuki realized that she could not defeat Boros using only her physical abilities, while Boros, relying on his extraordinary regeneration, was growing more vigorous in battle.
If it weren't for the reinforcement of her psychic power, Fubuki might have suffered some minor losses.
However, at this point, Fubuki lost interest in playing with Boros any longer.
After colliding with Boros and separating once more, she directly used her psychic power to immobilize him and, under his horrified gaze, shredded him into pieces.
Understanding Boros's abilities, Fubuki naturally knew that he wouldn't die so easily. However, she did not pursue and completely annihilate him; instead, she stood in place, waiting for his recovery.
To Fubuki, killing Boros was not a difficult task. Before that, she wanted to witness the power of his "Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon" and see if it truly had the destructive capability to wipe out the entire surface of the Earth, as he claimed.
Under Fubuki's gaze, Boros instantly reassembled all the fragments of his body and restored himself once again.
Before Fubuki could even ask him to use his ultimate move, Boros took the initiative to unleash the Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon.
Fubuki's instant defeat of him made Boros fully recognize the gap between them, so he could only abandon everything and gamble on his final all-out attack.
"Release all energy."
Boros floated mid-air, his energy beginning to converge towards his chest. The sheer force of the leaking energy formed massive white lightning that spread from his body in all directions.
As soon as the lightning touched the ground, it instantly melted and evaporated it, creating massive craters.
After charging for over ten seconds, Boros finally gathered all the energy within his body into his chest.
"I will obliterate you along with the entire surface of this planet! Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon!"
With a loud shout, a massive golden energy blast erupted from his chest, pouring down toward Fubuki with immense force.
Sensing the power radiating from the blast, Fubuki finally confirmed that Boros was not exaggerating.
This attack indeed possessed the might of a peak-Level 5. If it were to strike the Earth, the planet wouldn't explode, but its surface would undoubtedly be completely destroyed.
Fubuki naturally wouldn't just stand by and watch Boros' attack fall. She had absolute confidence in completely withstanding this surface-destroying assault.
Without hesitation, Fubuki used her Stage 2, Level 6 telekinesis to envelop the rapidly approaching golden shockwave and Boros, who was still releasing the attack.
Then, she gently clenched her open palm into a fist, and her telekinetic force rapidly contracted.
Soon, Boros was forcibly compressed together with the golden shockwave. The energy he unleashed did not distinguish between friend and foe.
Before Fubuki could completely annihilate the golden shockwave, Boros had already been melted and evaporated by his own Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon.
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The people who had been observing from the outskirts of City A collectively breathed a sigh of relief upon witnessing Boros' defeat.
Even though they were far away, they could still feel the despair radiating from the golden shockwave Boros had unleashed at the end.
However, after their relief came a sense of sorrow.
Most of the onlookers were former residents of City A who had evacuated earlier. Seeing their city now more than half-destroyed left them deeply saddened.
Some even began to blame Fubuki in their hearts, questioning why she had chosen to fight the alien in City A, bringing such disaster upon their home.
A few others also inwardly resented Eriri, who had previously protected the city from the spaceship's bombardment, wondering why she hadn't continued to protect City A during Fubuki and Boros' battle—even though they didn't actually know who was responsible for the earlier protection.
Of course, such people were in the minority. After all, in a large crowd, there are always a few ungrateful individuals. Ungrateful people exist everywhere.
Most of City A's residents, however, were genuinely grateful to those who had protected them earlier.
Meanwhile, in the chat group, after watching Fubuki and Boros' battle through Eriri's livestream, the group members began sharing their thoughts on the fight.
[Kaede Honjou (Level 3, Stage 5): Wow, Fubuki-senpai is amazing!]
[Risa Shiramine (Level 3, Stage 1): The initial close-combat battle was incredible. There's no way any game can compare to that!]
[Ai Hayasaka (Level 2, Stage 6): It really was amazing. I wonder when I'll be able to become that strong.]
[Kiss-Shot (Level 6, Stage 4): As long as you accumulate enough points, catching up to our progress is only a matter of time. After all, the later stages take longer to improve.]
[Fumino Furuhashi (Level 5, Stage 8): That's true. When I first joined the group, I was just an ordinary person, and everyone else was already at Level 5. Now I'm at Level 5, Stage 8, and they've only just reached Level 6.]
[Kaguya Shinomiya (Level 6, Stage 1): Ai, if you spend more time improving your strength, you might surpass us sooner than you think.]
[Ai Hayasaka (Level 2, Stage 6): Mm, I understand.]
[Yuuki Asuna (Level 6, Stage 2): The gap between Level 6 and Level 5 is enormous. Even though it's only a difference of two small stages, the power disparity is like that between an adult and a child.]
[Chika Fujiwara (Level 6, Stage 2): This Boros doesn't seem as powerful as I imagined. Only his final move reached peak Level 5, but the rest of the time, he was far from that.]
[Ruri Gokou (Level 6, Stage 2): Yeah, that's true. Although the ranking is based on his full-power attack, I think I can display Level 6, Stage 1 strength even without going all out.]
[Eriri (Level 8, Stage 9): That's normal. After all, you all grew stronger through the chat group, and your abilities are well-rounded. Naturally, Boros can't compare.]
[Eriri (Level 8, Stage 9): Alright, Fubuki is coming back now. That's the end of the livestream.]
After sending this message in the chat group, Eriri ended the livestream.
At the same time, Fubuki returned to the rooftop of the Hero Association headquarters. As for the spaceship wreckage she had casually left on the ground, she didn't pay it any further attention and left it as it was.
It probably wouldn't be long before someone came to retrieve it, given that it was composed of valuable extraterrestrial materials.
However, after being compressed by Fubuki, the original materials had undergone a qualitative transformation and could no longer be considered the same as before.
It was uncertain whether those eager to research it would even be able to separate the compressed wreckage for study.
"Fubuki, welcome back. The livestream was quite successful, and the group members have a high opinion of you," Eriri greeted her with a smile as Fubuki approached.
"Is that so? That's good to hear." Fubuki smiled and nodded.
From the moment she started dealing with the spaceship to her return to the rooftop, less than half an hour had passed.
Despite the battle, she hadn't expended much energy—compressing the spaceship had consumed more of her power.
At this moment, Tatsumaki hurried over to Fubuki with an unwilling expression on her face and asked, "Fubuki, when you fought me before, were you not using your full strength?"
Ever since Fubuki began compressing the spaceship, Tatsumaki had been in a state of shock.
As a psychic herself, she naturally understood how difficult it was to compress something with the immense mass of a spaceship.
At her current level, she could at most use her psychic power to lift the spaceship, but compressing it was entirely beyond her capabilities.
This realization made Tatsumaki understand that her strength and Fubuki's were not even on the same level—there was simply no comparison.
In truth, Tatsumaki was genuinely happy about Fubuki's current strength.
Her frustration stemmed not from jealousy, but from the fact that her own strength was too lacking to continue protecting Fubuki.
After all, in Tatsumaki's heart, Fubuki was even more important to her than herself.
"Yes." Fubuki nodded again.
When fighting Tatsumaki before, she had only displayed the power of an early-stage Level 5.
Although early-stage Level 5 was enough to easily defeat peak Level 4 Tatsumaki, it paled in comparison to today's performance.
Previously, their battles made Tatsumaki feel like she had a chance to catch up. But today, Fubuki's display made Tatsumaki realize there was no hope of closing the gap.
Fubuki didn't mention her intention to bring Tatsumaki into the chat group, so Tatsumaki had no idea she was just one step away from joining.
Despite how Fubuki had always seemed reluctant to mention Tatsumaki and had a rebellious attitude before joining the chat group, deep down, her sister Tatsumaki still held an irreplaceable place in her heart.
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