Overwhelming

"Listen carefully, your brother, Eis Shenron, is dead."

Qi Heng spoke slowly and deliberately, each word like an icicle piercing his bone, "It was my comrade who killed him, completely annihilated him."

The air fell silent for a moment.

The next second, the Nuova Shenron's expression erupted like a volcano, his extreme shock turning into anger and madness.

"Roar--!!!"

It let out a beastly roar, its eyes instantly turning blood red, as if magma were churning in their sockets!

Its crimson aura suddenly surged, its color deepening to almost black, with black lightning even leaping within it!

The intense heat transformed a hundred-meter radius around the site into a pool of blazing lava.

"You... you ants... how dare you--!!!"

Before he could finish speaking, the Nuova Shenron had already vanished.

That wasn't ordinary high-speed movement, but a pure burst of violence—almost like a spatial jump.

Only a crimson trail, torn apart and burned into a vacuum, remains in the sky above the Gobi Desert.

The next instant, it appeared directly in front of Qi Heng!

His right fist was clenched tightly, and the crimson flames had been compressed into a blinding white explosion, making the surrounding space seem to collapse.

This punch, carrying the fury of burning mountains and boiling seas, was hot enough to instantly vaporize steel. Without any fancy moves, it slammed directly down on Qi Heng's face!

Before the fist even arrived, the lava ground beneath Qi Heng's feet had already collapsed into a huge crater, with lava splashing everywhere.

But Qi Heng stood still, not moving an inch in the face of this attack.

He simply raised his left hand calmly, his fingers naturally spread, the movement casual, showing no imposing presence whatsoever, nor any gathering of light.

Just as the incandescent fiery fist was about to touch the tip of his nose—

"Smack."

A muffled thud, slight yet distinct.

Qi Heng's outstretched five fingers firmly enveloped the Nuova Shenron's fist, a fist capable of destroying a nation.

All the raging flames and shockwaves came to an abrupt halt before his palm, as if they had struck an insurmountable, invisible wall.

The shockwave exploded wildly, tearing deep ravines into the distant Gobi Desert.

But Qi Heng's arms, and indeed his entire body, remained as stable as a mountain, completely still.

His golden pupils, piercing through the distorted, scorching air, calmly gazed at the blood-red eyes of the Nuova Shenron, so close yet filled with shock and rage.

"Bang--!"

A deafening roar.

The shockwave spread wildly in all directions like a giant hand.

The ground trembled violently, cracks spread like a spider web, and countless pebbles were swept into the air, turning into a murky dust curtain under the dim sunlight.

The wind howled, and fragments of broken buildings tumbled down in the distance.

Even in the heart of this destruction, Qi Heng stood ramrod straight.

His outstretched hand did not tremble at all, and the ground beneath his feet did not even sink in. It was as if the power that could overturn mountains was just a breeze blowing through his sleeves.

The Nuova Shenron's pupils suddenly contracted to pinpoints, and for the first time, a blank look of horror appeared on his face.

"This... is impossible!"

Its voice was hoarse, trembling uncontrollably.

It could feel that its all-out punch had vanished without a trace, like a mud ox sinking into the sea.

"Your power," Qi Heng spoke, his voice chillingly calm, exceptionally clear and cold amidst the storm, "is roughly equivalent to Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku. Certainly much stronger than your brother, but to me—"

Before he could finish speaking, his figure suddenly blurred.

Without any preparation or warning, he simply extended his right hand naturally.

The punch didn't seem fast, but it seemed to pierce through space, striking the Nuova Shenron's abdomen, which was covered in dense scales.

"--That's far from enough."

"Thump--!"

A deep, chilling impact.

It didn't sound like a blow to flesh; it sounded more like a heavy hammer hitting thick leather.

The Nuova Shenron's eyes suddenly bulged out, filled with bloodshot veins, and its mouth involuntarily opened, letting out a short, painful groan.

Hot, bright red blood spurted from its mouth, tracing a horrifying arc in the air.

Its powerful body instantly curled up, its back arched high, and its limbs contracted, like a giant shrimp thrown into boiling water. All its strength and momentum were shattered by this punch.

Qi Heng released his left hand, as if brushing off a speck of dust.

The Nuova Shenron's body flew out like a broken doll with its strings cut.

As it rolled and screamed, it plowed a trench hundreds of meters long and several meters deep into the ground, hurling soil and rocks into the air. Finally, with a deafening roar, it embedded itself hard into the rock face of a distant, solitary peak.

The boulder split open, sending plumes of dust billowing into the sky and engulfing the entire area.

After a while, the gravel tumbled down with a clatter.

The Nuova Shenron was covered in cracks and had lost most of its scales before it struggled to its feet from the pile of rocks.

It knelt on one knee, panting heavily like a bellows, each breath accompanied by bloody foam.

Those once fierce, blood-red eyes were now filled with shock, fear, and confusion, staring intently at the golden figure that was walking step by step from the edge of the smoke and dust.

"Who... who are you...?"

Its voice was broken, full of weakness and despair.

Qi Heng's steps were steady, each step making a soft rustling sound on the ravaged earth.

The golden aura around him burned silently, illuminating his unfathomable golden pupils, which held neither the thrill of victory nor the excitement of killing, only a cold and profound depth.

"Qi Heng."

Those two words sent a shiver down the spine of the Nuova Shenron.

After extreme fear comes a desperate, frantic struggle.

It suddenly raised its head and let out a tearing roar, its remaining ferocity completely erupting.

"Roar--!!!"

Dark red flames burst forth from its shattered body without restraint, like a volcano that had been suppressed for millions of years finally erupting. The intense heat distorted the air, dyeing a large part of the sky above blood red.

The ground began to melt, turning into a pool of viscous lava.

"Burn! My entire life and energy!"

The Nuova Shenron roared, pulling its right fist to its side, desperately compressing all the crimson flames into its fist, converging into a massive, swirling fireball with a diameter exceeding ten meters.

The fireball's core was blazing white, its edges like molten gold; its destructive heat and radiance resembled a miniature sun fallen to earth.

The surrounding space was distorted and shook by its energy.

"Take this final blow! Flame Dragon Explosive Fist --!!!"

It used its last strength to forcefully push this "sun," which embodied all its will, outwards.

Wherever the fireball went, the ground melted and ravines appeared, the air itself was ignited, and the explosions blended together, like a roaring fire dragon baring its fangs and claws to devour everything.

Faced with this deadly blow that could evaporate mountains and burn lakes and seas, Qi Heng merely raised his right hand slightly and extended one index finger.

His movements were casual, even somewhat relaxed.

Just as the devastating fiery fist was about to engulf him, that slender finger flicked forward gently.

"Pop--"

A tiny, almost inaudible cracking sound.

Time seemed to stand still for a moment.