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Bang!
The shattered mask burst apart completely, revealing a terrifying face that looked as though it had been corroded by sulfuric acid.
Lava-like patterns raced wildly across the man's body.
Crack—! Crack—! Crack—!
His broken bones erupted with explosive cracks, forcibly pieced back together as the lava patterns spread!
As for the places Star Platinum had struck directly—
His right eye, spleen, knee.
Even his crotch!
All of them were eerily bursting into flames!
Sensing something was wrong, Locke furrowed his brows and instinctively stopped time once more!
Ora ora ora—!
Purple meteors poured down through the frozen spacetime, every blow landing precisely on the monster's brain!
It was like smashing a watermelon, pulp splattering everywhere.
Bzzz—!
Time began to move again.
The dull sounds of his skull cracking blended together as the man was sent flying once more.
But—
Crack, crack, crack...
Just as before—
The lava patterns continued spreading across his body, and his broken bones were still forcibly fused together by flames!
It was as if boiling magma surged through his veins! A dark red glow shone beneath his charred skin.
Bang—!
The monster suddenly raised his head, revealing a savage face consumed by flames.
Aside from his left eye, which still retained a human pupil, everything else had turned into flaming bone!
"Hah..."
Black smoke smelling of sulfur poured from his mouth and nose.
With a mere flick of his arms—
Clatter!
Dark red flames condensed into chains wrapped around both his arms.
There was no roar, no threat. He merely murmured, remained silent, and walked forward one step at a time.
No pointless words.
Bang!
The hell chains tore through the sky like two fire pythons. Streetlights melted and guardrails vaporized wherever they passed!
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