[Boom!!!]
A dazzling golden beam descended from the sky, smashing heavily into a building on Black Street.
In an instant, the building collapsed and the ground split apart, forming a ring-shaped Shockwave.
It swept through the surrounding hundred-meter area, destroying every building in its path.
Countless poor people, thugs, scum, and prostitutes were either killed or seriously injured.
Their already difficult lives had only become worse, but reality had always been this cruel.
"Pfft—"
Amid the devastated ruins, Graham Hotek painfully spat out a mouthful of blood.
His face was filled with disbelief as he stared at the large hole blasted through his Golden Armor and the burned, caved-in wound in his chest.
"Th-the gap is this great?"
Graham Hotek was completely stunned.
Even that oldest one, the "Shinigami Loli" known as the strongest demigod, could not have defeated him with a single punch.
Could this opponent's strength rival that of a chief god?
At that moment, bright golden light appeared overhead.
Lying amid the rubble, Graham Hotek squinted and looked up.
Budo, surrounded by arcs of lightning, hovered in the air above him, staring down at him with those imposing eyes.
"Hehehe, it's useless. You can't kill me!"
Feeling his injuries rapidly heal and the pain fade away, Graham Hotek quickly got to his feet and glared back fearlessly.
Their gazes collided in midair.
Although Budo could not understand what the man was saying, he noticed that his aura was rapidly recovering.
Powerful regenerative abilities? He's somewhat like an awakened Zoan user, Budo thought.
"Then let me see where your limit lies!"
"Not good!"
Every hair on Graham Hotek's body stood on end, and his pupils abruptly shrank to pinpoints.
However, in the next instant—
Budo had already transformed into a golden bolt of lightning and appeared before him.