At that moment, everyone in City A saw it.
Above ruins too devastated to be destroyed any further, a pillar of light like white flame shot into the sky. Like a torrent of light leading into the cosmos, it radiated a dazzling brilliance.
That light was both holy and blinding.
"Ah..."
Gazing at the enormous white pillar soaring into the heavens, everyone let out blank murmurs, overcome with the urge to worship.
Standing closest to it, Boros's single eye widened to its limit.
"This energy...!?"
A trembling sensation raced back and forth through Boros's entire body.
Boros could only stare wide-eyed at the man before him.
At the man whose entire body burned with white phosphorescence like flames, forming a pillar of light that surged toward the sky, whipping up raging gale-force winds that swept in every direction, including toward Boros himself.
Then, he heard a voice.
"It's not just you who was holding something back..."
The tremor erupted through Boros's body.
Then, Boros felt it.
A shocking force traveled through the arm that had caught his punch.
"Crack..."
Boros's arm made a sound like bone splitting apart.
A faint pain shot through his arm like an electric current, finally drawing a reaction from Boros.
Feeling the tremor in his heart, Boros found it unbelievable—and yet, he was ecstatic.
"So, you possess this kind of power too!?"
Ah.
What incredible fortune.
The opponent he had sought for so long had finally appeared before him.
"I can finally give it everything I've got!"
Boros turned the joy in his heart into fighting spirit.
Then, he threw a punch.
"Boom boom boom boom boom—!"
This was no longer the dull thud of a fist striking a human body. It was the wail of heaven and earth.
Boros's full-powered strike once again turned