The moment Monster X appeared, it floated in mid-air, its colossal body radiating overwhelming pressure.
Its two bifurcated tails swung wildly, effortlessly stirring up torrents of gale-force winds.
The winds were astonishingly destructive. Wherever they swept through, people nearby were sliced cleanly at the waist—a horrifying sight.
Not only that, but the three hideous heads on Monster X's shoulders continuously released super-charged gravitational lightning.
Golden bolts leapt and darted through the battlefield, distorting gravity wherever they passed. The Cyber Cultivators struck by them not only suffered devastating lightning damage, but were also torn apart by chaotic gravitational forces.
Each arc of golden lightning easily claimed the lives of hundreds of Cyber Cultivators and Mechanicus members.
As for the Cult's attacks—
When they struck the massive creature weighing over sixty thousand tons, they couldn't even crack a single scale.
The weapons and magic treasures that the Mechanicus and Cyber Cultivators once took pride in were now completely ineffective against Monster X's terrifying defense.
When their attacks landed, at most they merely added a faint sheen to its scales. It wasn't combat—it was polishing.
As the battle unfolded, Monster X seemed to notice something else.
Golden Core cultivators possessed incredibly powerful fusion reactor cores within their bodies. Those reactors contained vast, surging energy, granting them seemingly inexhaustible power.
To Monster X, however—
They were nourishment.
Energy.
Fuel for evolution.
It began deliberately targeting Golden Core cultivators, attempting to devour their fusion reactors.
After successfully absorbing several reactors, Monster X's aura grew even more ferocious. Its presence intensified, and its slaughter became even more brutal.
When Sebastian Xiao's Cyber Cultivators realized the enormous gap in strength, their faith finally began to crack.
They retreated like a receding tide, desperate only to avoid being torn apart.
Only the most fanatical believers of the Mechanicus—those who truly worshipped the Omnissiah—continued charging forward without fear.
Monster X made no effort to stop those fleeing.
Within the Da Luo Arena, there was nowhere to escape.
It knew that.
So instead, it leisurely enjoyed the massacre.
More importantly—
Xiao, who had remained behind the lines the entire time, still appeared calm.
That meant he was holding something back.
A trump card.
Because of this, Monster X understood one thing clearly:
It needed more energy.
If it could evolve into its complete form—if it could become King Ghidorah—then no hidden card would matter.
With that thought, Monster X opened its massive jaws and expanded its gravitational field, dragging in the charging Mechanicus members one after another.
They were swallowed whole.
Their reactor cores were absorbed.
Endless energy surged through Monster X's enormous body, replenishing what it had expended.
"Awoo~~~~!"
Its roar tore through the sky, shaking the entire Arena.
Its four eyes narrowed slightly, revealing unmistakable satisfaction.
The nuclear energy within the Cyber Cultivators pleased it immensely.
As time passed, its body gradually expanded further. It grew taller.
Its aura became heavier. Vast. Oppressive.
Then—
"Fuck you~~~!"
An enraged roar suddenly split the air.
A dazzling crimson laser beam shot down like a descending Spear of Longinus, slamming directly into Monster X's face.
The beam carried terrifying energy. The impact knocked Monster X off balance and sent it crashing to the ground—
But it still failed to penetrate its scales.
"Homelander finally made his move. Maeve, do you think he can defeat Monster X?"
Xiao watched from a distance. After seeing the strike, he turned toward Queen Maeve with clear interest.
Maeve, however, did not share his calm.
"It's hard to say," she replied quietly. "Homelander is powerful… but this Monster X is something else. I've never seen anything withstand his heat vision before."
She spoke cautiously, but her unease was obvious.
The power Monster X displayed far exceeded her expectations.
It filled her with a sense of helplessness she had never felt before.
By comparison, Homelander's physical strength wasn't vastly different from her own.
His true advantages were flight and laser vision.
If even that laser had no effect—
Then how was he supposed to win?
"Relax," Xiao said softly, brushing a hand through her hair. "The data from the council? That was John at thirteen."
Thirteen-year-old John had been a child.
Now he was twenty-four, in his physical prime—and he had learned Haki.
The stronger the body, the stronger the Haki.
His power had long since surpassed what the old reports described.
In the original world, Barrett's physique allowed him to coat an entire island in Armament Haki.
Homelander's raw physical strength surpassed Barrett's by more than a thousand times.
And as Xiao's "little brother," whom Xiao sparred with daily—
Xiao knew exactly how strong he truly was.
That laser beam just now?
It had only been a test.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Sonic explosions erupted across Monster X's massive body.
Shockwaves rippled outward as Homelander moved faster than the eye could follow.
Monster X twisted in visible pain, its massive frame struggling to keep up. It could only stagger backward under the relentless assault.
In terms of size and raw mass, Monster X held the advantage.
But in speed—
Homelander was more than ten times faster.
Against such overwhelming velocity, the colossal Monster X couldn't even brush the edge of Homelander's cape.
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