Across the ruins that City A had become, the Hero Association's S-Class Heroes and the invaders of the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates stood facing each other from a distance, hostility surging in all their eyes.
Especially the three highest-ranking combatants of the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates. The hostility in their eyes had nearly turned into killing intent, making even the air tremble faintly.
"Lord Boros!"
As if suppressing his fury, Groribas let out a low growl.
"Please let me take the field. I'll take care of all those small fry!"
It was not only Groribas. Even Melzargard was faintly giving off anger.
How could they not be angry?
They had only just descended upon this planet when their spaceship was destroyed outright. Aside from the three of them, every combatant aboard had perished in the massive explosion, leaving not even ashes behind.
Such losses had never occurred throughout their long years of conquest.
And the ones responsible for all of it were Earth lifeforms the two of them regarded as inferior creatures. How could they possibly not be furious?
"C-Calm down!"
Geryuganshoop was still the more rational one. The fear in his heart outweighed his anger, leaving his octopus-like head drenched in sweat as he shouted.
"They possess a means of destroying our entire spaceship in a single blow. We can't let our guard down!"
Only after Geryuganshoop's warning did Groribas and Melzargard regain some of their calm.
But Boros had not cared about any of that from beginning to end.
This cosmic overlord merely stared at Fang Li. As he endured the instinctive sense of danger and trembling brought by those Ice-Blue Demon Eyes, what arose within him was joy.
After all, it had truly been a very long time since Boros had felt this way.
And while Boros