The Power Beyond Self

As the first fireball closed in on Saitama, he easily evaded it by a mere centimeter, repeating the move for each subsequent one. Unable to hit their target, the fireballs instantly dissipated within a few seconds.

After a few moments, the endless barrage of fireballs came to a sudden halt. Dodging the last incoming fireball, Saitama found Arplesis teleporting before him, attempting to catch him off-guard.

However, Saitama quickly noticed Arplesis's actions and countered with a karate chop to his shoulders, sending him hurtling down into the endless void. In a swift response, Arplesis retaliated by teleporting back and delivering Saitama a taste of his own medicine—a karate chop.

Saitama descended at the speed of light, with Arplesis in pursuit. Its giant fists positioned, twinkling in a yellowish-red shade, ready to take down any foe in the world.

As soon as Arplesis reached Saitama, it made several thousand clones of itself, enclosing Saitama from all directions.

"Attack!" Arplesis roared as hundreds of clones rushed towards Saitama.

BOOM!

BLAST!

The punches made Saitama fly faster than before. The never-ending forces that acted upon Saitama from all sides generated endless thunderous explosions, rendering him invisible. The induced shockwaves continued to spread across the dark void, causing anything that entered its path to turn to dust.

Suddenly, Saitama became agitated and took an offensive position. However, Arplesis instantly took notice of it, and all of its clones disappeared into thin air.

Immediately afterward, the aggressive winds in the artificial atmosphere quadrupled their speed, and thousands of steel rocks mysteriously summoned around Saitama, rushing towards him once created.

But, as soon as the rocks reached Saitama, he punched them, smashing them into countless pieces. The shockwaves destroyed the rest, and before Arplesis could summon another wave, Saitama teleported behind it and whispered, "Throwing rocks won't help you win."

BSHOOM!

Arplesis had stopped Saitama's punch with its right hand as the crimson mist concealed its body. "I have unlimited magic, so I can keep creating these voids to nullify your punches. Your attacks are futile, mister."

The mist vanished abruptly and materialized behind Arplesis, now taking the shape of two lions. "I can manipulate this mist however I desire. Can you do the same? If not, then be prepared for your demise!"

The lions leaped towards Saitama, their claws aimed at his bald, shining head. Without wasting any time, Saitama immediately punched them. However, the attack passed right through the mysterious mist as it continued to move forward for a strike.

As soon as they landed a strike, they dissipated into thin air. "Not even a scratch, huh?" Arplesis smirked. "If two lions are not able to do anything, then how about a thousand—no, a million lions?"

FLASH!

An entire army of glowing crimson lions materialized near Saitama, their numbers so vast that counting them was impossible.

In the blink of an eye, all of them pounced on Saitama, their long and sharp teeth ready to shred through flesh.

KABOOM!

The atmosphere was covered in red dust, rendering the dark void look like the world of vampires. "Well tried, but this quantity was too much for even you to handle."

The dust surrounding Arplesis cleared as the colossal robot walked in the direction of Saitama.

However, as soon as Arplesis reached the dense mist, Saitama emerged out of it, delivering a galaxy-shaking punch.

BSHOOM!

The punch was so powerful that even gravity seemed like child's play, its force so immense that it could have obliterated an entire solar system!

Its shockwaves were so dense that they instantly reached Arplesis's previously generated shockwaves, completely annihilating them out of existence.

Millions of meteors that came its way got obliterated in mere milliseconds, their tiny remaining pieces hurtling in random directions at high speed.

As for Arplesis, it stood near Saitama's fist, its humungous body slowly starting to crumble. "Hmm, not bad! That deserves praise! But, unfortunately for you, I can heal myself back to full!"

WHOOSH!

Arplesis teleported behind Saitama, two giant blue swords forming in each of its hands. It grounded the swords together, creating a loud screech noise. The bluish-yellow sparks generated in the process fell on Saitama's foot, entangling his lower body in a blue whip.

"Punches don't seem to work, so what about swords?" Arplesis shouted, moving its hand back for a powerful strike.

BOOOM!

After the first attack successfully landed, Arplesis instantly launched a storm of strikes at Saitama's torso.

CLANG!

CLASH!

After a few moments, Arplesis started panting. Upon noticing not even a single scratch on Saitama's back, he growled in anger. "Two swords won't do the trick, huh? HOW ABOUT AN ENTIRE ARMY OF ALL THE WEAPONS!"

Swords of various colors, lengths, and shapes began to materialize all around the battlefield. Spears filled with an enormous amount of magic spawned in the remaining space.

Bows loaded with glowing arrows of different colors appeared at the very back, each of them directly aimed at Saitama.

"Too bad I can't spawn guns," Arplesis shrugged. "Well, I think I should get out of here. Enjoy your presents!"

WHOOSH!

As soon as Arplesis teleported away, all the weapons were unleashed at Saitama at the speed of light.

However, Saitama wasn't standing still. He broke out of the whip using his brute force, only to teleport to the incoming weapons and smash them with the force of his overpowered punches.

BSHOOM!

One punch was all it took to evaporate all the weapons present on the battlefield. With the next punch, Saitama generated enough force to push him back to where Arplesis fled.

Within the blink of an eye, he was before Arplesis, his naked bum aimed at its colossal abs.

BOOM!

The bum strike was so powerful that it knocked Arplesis out in one hit, making him fly a million miles per second. Its arms were stretched forward, its torso was bent backward, and its legs protruded outward.

The crimson mist that followed Arplesis was nowhere to be seen. Its shining yellow fists slowly faded out as Saitama followed it with a detailed face and shining white eyes.

TO BE CONTINUED...