He was no hero who faced death without fear. He was merely calmer than most.
And now, even that bit of confidence had been utterly crushed by cruel reality.
Just as Sakurajima was filled with wails of despair, both monsters made their move.
Iron Hammer did not press its advantage and tear Sakura Saber apart.
Instead, it retreated several hundred meters, lowered its body, and pointed its ram-like head toward the burly monster as though it were on guard.
A low growl rumbled out, like the warning of a canine beast before fighting over food.
This series of actions left everyone watching utterly bewildered.
According to the information they knew, while monsters did have disputes and conflicts and sometimes fought, most generally stayed out of each other's way and coexisted peacefully.
Why was Iron Hammer different...
Could Iron Hammer have some personal grudge against this burly monster?
The team leader, who had already begun to despair, was instantly revived by the sight.
He shifted the camera to capture both monsters, muttering under his breath:
"Fight, fight, fight..."
His muttering spread into countless homes, yet no one found it noisy.
Because at that moment, the thoughts of countless Sakurajima residents were exactly the same as the team leader's!
Fight!
It would be best if one of them died. Don't stop!
Bzz—
Bzz—
A faint sound arose, somewhat like electromagnetic charging, echoing over the surrounding waters.
"What was that sound?"
The team leader was briefly confused. Then, to his shock, he discovered that the thorn-like dorsal spines on the back of the burly monster in the shot were lighting up section by section with blue fluorescence.
The team leader froze for a moment before realizing what was happening and shouting in alarm:
"This monster! The spikes on its back aren't just for protection—they can charge it up! Charging!"
He had no idea what use charging would have for a monster. After all, the monsters he had seen on television before simply spewed their breath attacks right away, with no delay at all.
The next moment, he witnessed a sight he would never forget for the rest of his life.
The burly giant beast that had just emerged from the sea simply stood where it was and opened its fanged jaws.
Then, from its tail to its back and up to its head, the Azure Blue Light grew ever brighter until it erupted from its mouth, becoming an eternal moment of radiance!
A monstrously destructive breath attack burst from the burly monster's mouth, forming an incomparably thick beam that struck Iron Hammer with ruthless precision!
In the first second, Iron Hammer threw back its head and howled. Its body still struggled and twitched twice, showing that it was resisting.
The next instant, the monster breath pierced through Iron Hammer's body, blasting a huge hole directly through it!
After a mournful cry, Iron Hammer's body went limp and no longer moved in the slightest.
It was clearly dead beyond all doubt.
The breath attack ended as well, with nothing more to follow.
Only the burly monster remained standing atop the sea, between heaven and earth, like the sole ruler of this moment.
"Iron Hammer died that easily?"
The program team leader still could not believe it, his face blank with confusion.
The next moment, when he looked toward the sea, he cried out again:
"Oh no! That monster has its eyes on Sakura Saber!"
After instantly killing Iron Hammer in a single strike, the burly monster standing on the sea slightly lowered its massive head and looked at Sakura Saber, which lay collapsed on the ground with mechanical parts scattered everywhere.
At that moment, the scene looked like a butcher coldly observing a chicken awaiting slaughter.
Face-Face Fruit
Under the gazes of countless citizens, the terrifyingly powerful and incomparably burly monster remained where it was after killing Iron Hammer in a single breath attack.
Although it was looking at Sakura Saber, it made no further moves, leaving everyone unable to make sense of it.
Yet such a terrifying existence was enough to fill countless hearts with fear merely by standing there.
Perhaps it would be a good outcome if such a terrifying monster could simply stand there obediently without moving.
Of course, they all knew that was nothing but wishful thinking.
Luo Bing really was a little distracted right now.
He was experiencing the various physical sensations brought about by transforming into Godzilla.
Earlier, while sprinting through the seawater, aside from marveling at how such a massive body could still be so agile in the ocean, Luo Bing had not thought much else.
Now that he had reached the shore, all sorts of realizations began to surface instead.
Luo Bing looked at Sakura Saber lying in the distant sea without changing his expression, still maintaining an indifferent, deadpan face.
He knew that at this moment, who knew how many people were observing him through various means.
Therefore, he absolutely could not reveal any flaws—at the very least, no flaws beyond the posture of a normal monster.
The feeling of transforming into a giant beast, standing between heaven and earth with the ocean beneath his feet, was subtle.
As a pilot who had once been deeply linked with a mecha, Luo Bing understood the feeling of connecting with one quite profoundly.
Though doing so allowed him to control a massive mecha as if it were in his hands, letting it go east when he said east and west when he said west.
But every gain came with a loss.
While gaining power, the pressure endured by every aspect of the body was also astonishing!
And that was not all!
Besides the physical pressure, there was mental strain, along with burdens in every other aspect.
Furthermore, during the process of linking with a mecha, no matter how familiar he became with controlling it, Luo Bing could still sense a faint barrier between them.
After all, they were two separate entities.
Current technology could not yet allow a pilot to operate a mecha with one hundred percent control.
Yet after transforming from his Human Form into Godzilla, Luo Bing felt no such sense of separation.
Not even the slightest.
This meant he could unleash one hundred percent of his combat power!
In certain berserk states, even bringing out one hundred and twenty percent was not impossible.
After all, human bodies could experience adrenaline surges, and Godzilla's King of Monsters body was no less familiar to Luo Bing than his human body.
It was as natural as a fish in water, as though he had been born in this body and gradually grown from a tiny creature into the present King of Monsters!
The feeling was incredibly wondrous and even more unbelievable.
After all, Luo Bing knew very clearly that he was human.
Whether in his previous life or this life after transmigrating, he had always been human.
But at the same time, Godzilla's existence was just as real and just as familiar at this moment!
"I am Godzilla."
"I am the King of Monsters!"
He murmured softly. By the time the words spread into the distance, they had become a low growl, frightening quite a few people on shore.
Transforming into Godzilla and personally experiencing what it felt like to be the King of Monsters was truly incomparably wondrous.
All he could say was that a Golden Finger truly lived up to its name. Giving it a thumbs-up was not excessive at all.
It had easily accomplished something ordinary people would not even dare imagine!
"Still, what's with the clock that appeared in my head?"
Luo Bing complained inwardly.
Whenever he closed his eyes, he could see a clock in his mind whose time was constantly ticking down.
When he had first transformed by the shore near the base, the countdown still had one hour remaining.
It took him more than ten minutes to swim to the North Sea battlefield, and during that time, the clock had ticked down normally.
But after firing one Charged Atomic Breath, the clock's countdown suddenly dropped by ten minutes.
Was that ten-minute reduction the price of that Charged Atomic Breath?
Then what if he did not charge it?
Luo Bing acted as soon as the thought occurred to him. He directly fired a precise Atomic Breath shot at Iron Hammer's corpse, accurately whipping the corpse.
The point-shot breath was obviously much weaker. It only shattered and damaged Iron Hammer's external muscle tissue, turning its bones to powder after striking them.
After all, the Charged Atomic Breath had directly burned through and melted everything—skin, flesh, tendons, and bones!
At the same time, the countdown in his mind dropped by one minute.
Now, Luo Bing had proven the truth through practice.
One Charged Breath cost ten minutes, while one point shot cost one minute.
Compared to each other, one had astonishing destructive power while the other was convenient to fire. How to use them depended entirely on the timing of battle.
And if Luo Bing's guess was right, that countdown represented his "activity time" after transforming into Godzilla.
A Human Form transforming into Ultraman only got three minutes, while Luo Bing started with an entire hour!
Luo Bing was satisfied.
Just as he settled down and prepared to explore more information about his Golden Finger, the sound of the ground shaking came from afar.
Luo Bing swung his massive tail and turned toward the source of the tremors.
A pitch-black mecha was walking toward him.
Wulei had arrived!
Wulei was a heavily armored large mecha with thick external plating, and it carried a massive saber in its hand as a close-combat weapon.
This saber was far more formidable than Sakura Saber's thirty-meter blade. It started at forty meters long!
The golden stripe on Wulei's shoulder had been earned by slicing a monster in half with that saber!
Seeing Wulei arrive, countless Sakurajima citizens wept with joy.
Daddy's mecha had arrived. Sakura Saber was saved!
For them Sakurajima people to survive an attack by two monsters today, it truly had to be the blessing of the gods of Takamagahara!
The burly King of Monsters swished its tail and looked toward the slowly approaching Wulei from afar without making any other move.
As Wulei's reserve pilot, Luo Bing was extremely familiar with Wulei's capabilities and combat methods.
Therefore, he was certain:
As long as he did not hold back, even with both hands tied behind his back, Wulei would not be his opponent!
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