Chapter 161: God · Garou
"Oh…"
Chang Wei hadn't expected Garou to evolve to this extent.
"I am destined to become—the absolute evil, the executor of wickedness!!!"
Garou roared.
"God Slaying! Ten Million-Fold! Thousand Instant Strikes!"
Chang Wei's punches were no longer mere afterimages—every strike landed solidly against Garou's fists. Garou's God Slaying Thousand Instant Strikes were instantly overwhelmed by the sheer force of Chang Wei's assault.
"Muda! Muda! Muda!!"
Chang Wei pummeled Garou into dust.
Garou's pupils contracted as his entire body exploded into pieces.
However, his flesh and blood latched onto the dirt and gravel, and the freshly disturbed earth began to wriggle as if alive. It then reassembled—transforming into a demonic version of Garou with four arms, two wings, and massive horns!
"He evolved again. His evolution speed is way faster than in the original story. Is it because of what I gave him?"
Chang Wei re-read Garou's molecular data and transmitted it to his River of Death.
"I will not stop—not until I make all of humanity experience the pain and despair I once endured!"
Garou's voice now rumbled like thunder, deafening all who heard it. His speed had increased as well, moving like a living storm, leaving white shockwaves in his wake!
"Speed, strength, technique, defense… None of it works. How the hell am I supposed to defeat this guy???"
Monster Garou unleashed a flurry of punches at Chang Wei.
"You've given up on that God Slaying technique of yours?"
Chang Wei blocked all of Monster Garou's attacks with one hand. Even though each punch was now strong enough to disrupt Earth's magnetic field and gravity—causing planes to plummet from the sky and electronic devices to explode—it was still meaningless against him.
At this level, Garou had already surpassed what a planet could sustain. Simply existing on a celestial body disrupted its gravitational and magnetic balance, triggering catastrophic disasters.
If Chang Wei were to release the psychic restraints on himself, the destruction he'd cause would dwarf even Garou's rampage.
"You bastard! Even now, you're still toying with me?!"
Garou's fury exploded. His punches grew even wilder, completely abandoning any form or technique.
Chang Wei's fist suddenly plunged deep into Garou's body.
"Ugh!"
The impact blasted Garou right out of his demonic shell. The dirt-fused flesh that formed his monstrous body shattered apart.
Despair crept into Garou's heart. How was he supposed to defeat this guy?
On the parallel ground, the air friction from Chang Wei's stray punches superheated the earth into molten lava. Within the atmosphere of a planet, every move he made carried the power of world-ending destruction. In other words, his normal attacks were on par with Boros's Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon or Cosmic Garou's Apple-Slicing Hand.
The punch that shattered Monster Garou had only been slightly amplified, with most of its force absorbed by Garou himself. Yet even so, millions of square kilometers of land were reduced to molten rock.
The heroes from the Hero Association barely escaped death, but Chang Wei used his psychic power to shield them, tossing them far away from the battlefield.
"Come on, Garou. Enter your Cosmic Garou mode…"
Chang Wei was hoping for the remake version of Garou. Even if the remake's story was trash, at least the power scaling was solid.
Just now, he had deliberately loosened up, causing enough destruction to distort both the magnetic field and gravity—secretly using his psychic abilities to manipulate electromagnetic and gravitational forces, subtly affecting space itself!
If that so-called "God" still managed to escape Blast's sealing formation, then maybe he wasn't as strong as Chang Wei had imagined.
And if that were the case, then his plan to have Saitama track down "God" with Blast and kill him—while he reaped the benefits—might actually work.
But for that to happen, he first needed to grow stronger!
In the sky, strange clouds began forming, layered like massive, uneven discs.
"Spatial fluctuations… Get me the coordinates of this space—I need to pay 'God' a visit in the future!"
Chang Wei immediately closed in on the strange clouds while commanding his River of Death's team of scientists.
He recorded every molecular fluctuation, attempting to calculate each atom's data. His psychic control over electromagnetic and gravitational forces allowed him to perceive their effects on space.
The countless gravitational threads and waves crisscrossing the sky and land—Chang Wei could now see them all.
Meanwhile, his team of scientists utilized his brain's hyper-computational power—thousands of times more advanced than a supercomputer—to frantically analyze the incoming data.
Through conditioned reflex training and deep learning, Chang Wei's super-brain had evolved into something akin to a biological quantum computer.
Tracking Blast to reach "God" was just one of his contingency plans. He never relied on just one option.
His preference? To master the method himself!
Suddenly, an enormous foot stepped onto the ground.
"So you broke through Blast's team's seal, huh, 'God'…"
Chang Wei had the urge to charge in and fight immediately—but now wasn't the time. He merely observed and avoided direct contact.
He still didn't know what this entity truly was. Until he did, avoidance was the best strategy.
The anomaly only lasted for a minute before disappearing—replaced by Garou, reborn once more.
At this moment, Garou had taken on the form from Chang Wei's memories—the remake version. His body channeled cosmic rays, seamlessly merging with the energy flow of the universe itself, becoming Cosmic Garou!
"…I have now mastered your power."
Cosmic Garou stared at Chang Wei.
His cosmic, star-like appearance was undeniably cool. Murata's storytelling might've been bad, but his artwork was undeniably top-tier. If this monster had been anyone but Garou, the story wouldn't have been so disastrous—because it completely contradicted Garou's original character arc.
"Well, I'm looking forward to it."
Chang Wei smirked.
The next moment, Cosmic Garou charged at him, throwing a punch—just like their very first battle, a simple, straightforward fist strike.
Sensing something different, Chang Wei responded with a punch of his own.
At that exact moment, a spatial vortex erupted, and from within it emerged Blast, clad in a suit resembling high-tech armor.
"This is bad—if that attack lands on Earth, the planet's finished!"
Blast had rushed over the moment he sensed that "God" had escaped their seal, but he hadn't expected to stumble upon this.
"We have to relocate them immediately!"
Blast clenched his fists together—preparing for action.