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Chapter 490: The One-Eyed Emperor and the Bald Emperor
Chapter 490: The One-Eyed Emperor and the Bald Emperor
"Finally..."
"Is it over?"
Through the satellite feed, the S-Class heroes, bandaged and recuperating at a temporary medical station, witnessed the colossal form of the Ten-Tails disappear into the empty void of space, leaving only Saitama floating there. They all breathed a sigh of relief.
Unconsciously, they glanced upward, toward the sky, but all they could see was an endless expanse of blue. The battle, taking place untold distances away, was invisible to the naked eye.
"The monster has been repelled," muttered Child Emperor, his left arm in a cast as he watched the projected footage on a flying drone.
His eyes, gazing at Saitama floating in space, held a mixture of awe and incomprehension. Saitama's strength defied his understanding, and even his brilliant mind struggled to grasp the answer.
"To be able to stop such a monster in space... Aside from him, perhaps only King could have achieved this feat. Nonetheless, we are fortunate to have him. This time, the disaster was mitigated to the extent that there were minimal casualties."
"Mhm..."
Vestment, lying beside him, nodded in agreement.
Even Tornado, ranked second among the S-Class heroes, would have been no match for that power. Among humans, only King could rival such might, and this battle was surely destined for the history books!
In addition to King's legendary feats—such as carrying a meteor large enough to destroy the solar system into space and tossing it into a black hole, traveling back in time to prevent a meteor shower from devastating Earth, and punching on the moon's surface to create craters—the world now had another tale to tell: the Bald Emperor halting a 'God-level Threat' in space.
Yes, a God-level Threat!
After witnessing the battle in space firsthand, no one doubted that the monster, the One-Eyed Emperor, was far beyond the definition of a Dragon-level Threat. His power transcended all previous understandings of strength.
...
Days later, the Hero Association compiled and organized the information regarding the One-Eyed Emperor incident.
Undoubtedly, all S-Class heroes and the Hero Association's staff and executives unanimously agreed that the One-Eyed Emperor's disaster level far surpassed the Dragon-level, earning the title of a never-before-seen God-level Threat and the strongest known monster to date!
Based on the information obtained from Saitama, it was clear that the One-Eyed Emperor hadn't been truly defeated but had chosen to retreat and discontinue the battle.
In other words, the threat of a God-level disaster still loomed overhead.
However, this revelation didn't incite panic among the populace, as Saitama had successfully halted the One-Eyed Emperor's rampage. In the eyes of the Hero Association, should the monster dare to show its face again, they would immediately notify King and Saitama to deal with the threat.
With Saitama's immense power and King's combat prowess, even a God-level monster would surely be crushed and eradicated.
Following this unprecedented God-level disaster, Saitama, who had previously been ranked at the bottom of the C-Class, skyrocketed through the ranks. With the collective agreement of the Hero Association, he bypassed the B-Class and A-Class tiers, landing directly in the S-Class at the eighth position! Right above him, at seventh place, stood the strongest man on Earth, King!
The Hero Association sought King's opinion on this matter, and he expressed no objections to Saitama's new ranking, just one spot behind him. Accompanied by the rumbling of his 'King Engine,' he acknowledged Saitama's strength.
With his sudden rise to the eighth position in the S-Class and his battle witnessed by all of humanity, Saitama soon earned his hero name—a title recognized by all S-Class heroes and the vast majority of civilians.
The Bald Emperor!
Although Saitama expressed strong dissatisfaction with this moniker, it had already stuck, becoming an immutable fact.
Aside from Saitama's remarkable ascent, the rankings of the other S-Class heroes remained unchanged. Notably, the Hero Association's monster records underwent a shift.
At the top of the list, without a doubt, stood the God-level Threat—the One-Eyed Emperor!
Right below him, at second place, was the One-Eyed Elder, a Dragon-level Threat from the outset who had accompanied the One-Eyed Emperor. His power was equally as terrifying. Other monsters like Overgrown Rover and Centipede Elder were pushed down two spots in the rankings due to the emergence of the One-Eyed Emperor and Elder.
...
Space.
Near the asteroid belt.
Amidst countless shattered asteroids, a massive white figure abruptly appeared, enveloped in a radiant golden light. Slowly, within this dazzling aura, the vague form solidified, transitioning from illusion to reality.
Upon closer inspection, the golden light seemed to emanate from a colossal clock, though if anyone were nearby, they wouldn't be able to perceive either the golden radiance or the white figure.
For this wasn't a simple transformation from illusion to reality, nor was it a teleportation from another dimension. Instead, it was an adjustment along the axis of time.
The white figure didn't exist in the 'present.'
It was leaping from the past into the 'now.'
Whoosh! !
The ephemeral became substantial, and the massive white figure finally materialized completely, synchronizing its temporal frequency with the 'present' and landing atop a colossal asteroid.
Feng Ye manipulated the Ten-Tails' body to land on an asteroid, its body writhing as it expelled a mass of white, gooey substance, about a tenth of its size.
The white mass landed on another asteroid nearby and quickly writhed, transforming into a smaller Ten-Tails—Lilis, who had been separated from Feng Ye once more.
"Is this... the past?" Lilis asked, still in a semi-controlled state.
Although she couldn't perceive the existence of the phantom clock or touch that power, because of the power of the Chakra Fruit, she could understand and judge everything. The previous movement, in her perception, was not the power of the Chakra Fruit, so it must have been Feng Ye's time jump.
Feng Ye looked at Lilis and replied, "No, this is the future, five days after that previous time. But now we should call it the 'present.'"
He had jumped forward five days.
Previously, he had been in a semi-controlled state, unable to use even spatial abilities like the Yellow Spring Jigokudo or Flying Thunder God. The only power unaffected was that of the phantom clock.
So, to end the battle calmly, he could only jump forward or backward in time, and he chose five days later—a jump of neither too short nor too long a duration.
Silence reigned in space.
Feng Ye and Lilis' communication was on a spiritual level.
Hearing Feng Ye's response, Lilis asked, a little puzzled, "Why not the past?"
Saitama, who had once suppressed Feng Ye, must have had a weaker past. Feng Ye could have easily returned to that past and killed him.
Feng Ye understood Lilis' meaning and smiled slightly. "It's rare to encounter a true opponent who can fight me. Killing him in his weak past would be too unsportsmanlike."
Lilis didn't quite understand the concept of sportsmanship, but that didn't stop her from expressing her agreement. After all, everything her father decided was correct, and her lack of understanding only meant that she needed to continue learning from Feng Ye to acquire more human knowledge.
Lilis murmured, "I never thought there would be a power in this world that could rival Father's."
She was born in the One Piece world, possessing power that surpassed the entire world from the moment of her birth. Only Feng Ye was stronger than her, but she later learned from him about the existence of other worlds.
Although she had prior knowledge, encountering a life that could rival Feng Ye's power still stirred up emotions within her—even if it was only in terms of power.
"There will be even stronger people in other worlds," Feng Ye said casually, smiling. Then he glanced around.
As far as the eye could see, everything was void and darkness. Looking around in this vast emptiness, it was difficult to locate Earth, just as it would be challenging for an ordinary person to spot Mars with the naked eye from Earth.
After roughly sweeping past some nearby celestial bodies, Feng Ye found the direction of Earth.
However...
Feng Ye did not immediately return to Earth with Lilis but remained in the asteroid belt where countless asteroids gathered.
Saitama had returned to Earth several days ago, so the satellites in Earth's orbit were no longer filming this area of the asteroid belt. Additionally, without the Ten-Tails erupting with power, finding it among the countless asteroids would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
After all, even though the Ten-Tails was massive, it was still minuscule compared to the vastness of space.
Unbeknownst to anyone...
Two hours passed like this. In the asteroid belt, the larger and smaller Ten-Tails simultaneously began to writhe and contract.
After a period of conflict and adjustment, the power of the Chakra Fruit no longer clashed with the rules of this world, and both Feng Ye and Lilis had fully recovered.
Whoosh!!!
Moments later, Feng Ye resumed his human form, standing on a protrusion of a massive asteroid.
Lilis also returned to her human form.
"Finally fully adapted," Feng Ye stretched his body and clenched his fists, feeling that he had completely recovered. He reached into the Yellow Spring Jigokudo and pulled out two sets of clothes, taking one for himself and tossing the other to Lilis. With a slight smile, he said, "Let's go. Put on your clothes; we should head back."
Being able to control his power normally was much more comfortable. Now, he could not only fully control the power of the Ten-Tails but also use his Busoshoku Haki and the swordsmanship he learned from the Great Swordsman. This was his true peak condition.
"Next..."
"Things should get more interesting."
Feng Ye smiled as he looked toward Earth.
(End of Chapter)
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