The night wind off Evernight City's coast carried the smell of salt and gunpowder, churning the sea into a murky mess.
Godzilla's massive body was like a moving mountain of steel, its dark gray scales gleaming coldly in the moonlight.
Each step it took across the sea sent spray dozens of meters into the air.
Its immense bulk set the surrounding water surging, raising enormous waves.
Its target was clear: the human who had dared challenge it.
As for the tiny figure blocking its path?
Godzilla's dark golden eyes barely spared him a glance.
He was nothing but a bug, smaller than one of its toes.
Madara's clone sat astride the Divine Steed, looking down at the rapidly approaching Godzilla.
Seeing the behemoth ignore him completely, his arrogant smile widened.
He slowly raised the Fangtian Halberd, its blade glinting coldly in the moonlight.
"If you're so eager to charge to your death, I'll show you what real power looks like!"
Madara's clone squeezed the steed's flanks. With a long neigh, it sprang forward, carrying him toward Godzilla like an arrow loosed from a bow.
"Peerless Under Heaven!"
Terrifying power erupted from the halberd's blade, so immense that everyone could see it take shape before their eyes.
Godzilla was striding forward when an unprecedented force slammed straight into its chest.
BOOM!!
The sound rang out like a colossal bell, sending ripples across the sea for kilometers.
Godzilla's massive body stopped short and actually rocked backward from the blow.
Its dark golden pupils contracted as it looked down at the tiny human.
That strike had shaken a body weighing tens of thousands of tons?!
Godzilla gave a low growl, but still showed no intention of fighting back.
It simply kept walking toward the Beach.
To it, the human before it was an