Crack—
The crisp sound of breaking bone rang out beside them.
Hulk, who had always possessed a body of steel and iron, had his hand bone twisted apart the instant they clashed. The intense pain continuously assaulted his nerves, making his fury surge ever higher.
"Ugh—ugh—"
Hulk kept panting heavily, not from exhaustion.
Rather, it was because rage was steadily consuming his reason. As for the one who had injured him, he now wanted nothing more than to tear him to pieces.
Thanks to his exceptional regenerative ability, the fractured bone quickly healed completely.
Not only that, his soaring rage had gradually pushed his strength beyond the B+ level, slowly advancing toward A-. In Naruto's power ranking system,
he was leaving the peak of the Super Kage level and stepping into the ranks of the Six Paths level.
"Too weak, boy."
King Billy's palm tightly gripped Hulk's fist.
Then, as though tossing away a toy, he slammed Hulk's heavy body into the desert, instantly creating a patch of quicksand.
The soft, shifting sand would drag you deeper into the desert the harder you struggled. With no foothold at all, it was difficult to break free through wild brute force alone unless you knew how to apply force skillfully.
"Your anger can continuously increase your strength."
"But your rationality is constantly diminishing, just like that of a beast."
"To deal with this type, a little trick is all it takes."
"..."
Watching Hulk struggle endlessly in the quicksand, King Billy spoke indifferently.
It was like Ancient One opening a looping portal and tossing Hulk into the sky, forcing him to repeatedly fall. With no point of leverage in the air, Hulk, who possessed nothing but brute strength, had no way to deal with it.
Back then, unless Ancient One chose to