strictlysupreme Chapter 950 Asura Rhinoceros Beetle! ?
Chapter 950 Asura Rhinoceros Beetle! ?
Zhang Hai remained silent.
He simply stared at the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle, his eyes showing no emotion.
It's like watching a noisy child.
Saitama yawned, walked to the side, and found a clean rock to sit on.
"Call me when you're done," he said. "I'm a little sleepy."
Genos stood there, caught in a dilemma.
He wanted to help, but he knew he couldn't get involved in a battle of this magnitude.
He could only watch Zhang Hai, the man in the gray short-sleeved shirt, as he walked step by step toward the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle.
Zhang Hai stood in front of the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle, looking up at the twenty-meter-tall monster.
Moonlight shone through the gaps in the dome, falling on him and casting a long shadow behind him.
“You know,” he suddenly said, “I used to have a friend.”
The Asura Rhino Beetle tilted its head, somewhat surprised: "Friend? You're chatting with me?"
“He liked to say one thing,” Zhang Hai continued, “He said, ‘Arrogance is the original sin.’”
The Asura Rhinoceros Beetle laughed, its laughter shaking the entire hall: "You want to say I'm arrogant?"
Zhang Hai did not answer.
He simply looked up at the moonlight above the dome.
“That friend,” he said, “died later.”
The smile of the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle froze.
For some reason, it suddenly felt a chill.
That chill didn't come from the outside, but from the depths of its being, from its biological instincts. It was the fear that prey felt when facing its predator.
"you……"
Zhang Hai withdrew his gaze and looked at the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle.
Then he raised one hand and pointed to the dome.
Do you know what the sun is?
As soon as he finished speaking, his aura changed.
The chakra disappeared.
The blue light of Susanoo disappeared.
Instead, a more scorching and violent force has taken its place.
That was a power he hadn't used in a very, very long time.
That was something he learned in another world from a man named Escanor.
The power of the sun.
The dome cracked.
It wasn't because of the Asura rhinoceros beetle's attack, but because the power was too immense; the aftershocks alone shattered reinforced concrete. The moonlight vanished, replaced by a blinding golden light.
Zhang Hai's body began to glow.
The light grew brighter and hotter, as if a sun was awakening within him. His hair turned golden, his eyes turned golden, and even his skin radiated a scorching golden glow.
The Asura rhinoceros beetle widened its compound eyes.
It sensed that power.
That wasn't any kind of energy it was familiar with. It wasn't chakra, it wasn't telekinesis, it wasn't technology, it wasn't anything within its comprehension. It was... the sun.
It is that star that hangs in the sky and shines on everything.
It is burning inside a person's body.
“What…what is this…” its voice trembled.
Zhang Hai remained silent.
He raised his hand and gently clenched his fist.
In an instant, the temperature in the entire hall rose sharply. Metal began to melt, glass began to shatter, and the air began to distort. The monsters in the experimental chambers turned to ashes amidst screams, and the sophisticated instruments exploded one after another.
Genos retreated desperately, his mechanical body emitting an alarm: "Temperature too high! Temperature too high!" He could only watch helplessly as the golden figure stood at the center of the sun.
The Asura rhinoceros beetle wanted to move.
But it can't move.
Its body was completely suppressed by that force, unable to lift even a finger. It could only stand there, watching the golden figure draw closer and closer.
"You...you can't kill me!" it roared. "I am the strongest! I am perfect! I am..."
Zhang Hai reached out and grasped its single horn.
The voice of the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle abruptly stopped.
Because it sensed that power flowing into its body through its horn. That power was not destructive, not annihilating, but... dissolving.
Like snow melting in the sun.
"Goodbye," Zhang Hai said.
A burst of golden light erupted.
At that moment, the entire base was melting.
Steel flowed like wax, concrete crumbled like snow. Those laboratories buried deep underground, those meticulously cultivated monsters, those insane scientific devices—all vanished into nothingness in that golden light.
Genos closed his eyes.
He felt his body crumbling, the mechanical parts failing one by one. He wondered, is this death?
Then, a hand was placed on his shoulder.
All the heat has disappeared.
He opened his eyes and saw Zhang Hai standing in front of him.
The golden light had faded, and the man in the gray short-sleeved shirt had returned. However, his face was pale, and fine beads of sweat glistened on his forehead.
"Let's go," Zhang Hai said. "It's over."
Genos turned to look at the hall.
There's nothing left there.
There was no Asura rhinoceros beetle, no Dr. Genus, no experimental chambers, no steel, no concrete. There was only a huge, deep pit, with steam still rising from the bottom.
It's like it's been directly exposed to the sun.
Saitama stood up from the rock and patted his pants.
"Finished playing?" he asked. "Let's go back and have some noodles."
Zhang Hai nodded and turned to walk out.
Genos stood there, watching his retreating figure.
The figure looked ordinary, tired, and even a little hunched.
But Genos knew that just now, this man had transformed into a sun.
A sun powerful enough to melt everything.
They returned to Z City three days later.
After that battle, Zhang Hai slept for two days and two nights. Genos stayed by his side, never leaving his side. Saitama brought him food every day, and left immediately afterward, never asking any questions.
On the morning of the third day, Zhang Hai woke up.
He opened his eyes and saw Genos sitting next to him, his mechanical eyes fixed on him.
"You're awake," Genos said. "How are you feeling?"
Zhang Hai sat up and stretched his shoulders.
"I'm okay," he said. "Just a little hungry."
Genos breathed a sigh of relief.
He took out a bowl of instant noodles from the side; it was already prepared and still steaming.
Zhang Hai took it and took a bite.
“The teacher made it,” Genos said. “He said you must be hungry when you woke up.”
Zhang Hai nodded and continued eating.
After finishing his noodles, he walked out of the house and stood on the ruins.
The sun was shining brightly, warming me comfortably. In the distance, people were shouting slogans; they were probably the Hero Association recruits training. Further away, a group of children were flying kites, their laughter faintly drifting over.
Genos walked over to him.
"That power," he asked, "will you use it again in the future?"
Zhang Hai remained silent for a while.
"I don't know," he said.
"why?"
“Because that’s not my power.” Zhang Hai looked at the kite in the distance. “I borrowed it.”