326 Making a Clean Sweep ? (2/2)

”If I made any move at all, he could twist my head off my shoulders like a bottle cap. Should I sacrifice one life, then attack?”

The Butcher tilted his head to the side, looking at Zhao Yao curiously.

”Hmm? Headless Horseman, why aren't you resisting? Your compliance is very out-of-character,” he commented.

He remembered their previous encounter very clearly. The Headless Horse was relentless, shrewd, and awfully aggressive.

He was disappointed with the lack of response had was now displaying.

”If you don't fight back, I won't have a chance to show you my new skills,” the Butcher taunted.

Zhao Yao remained limp, which prompted him to shake his head.

”I have to be honest with you. I'm in excellent condition today, pal. Even if you fought back, you wouldn't stand a chance.”

He tightened his hold on his neck, as if he wanted to break it.

On the navy vessel, Inspector Ho and Lin Chen heaved a great sigh of relief.

”Well, at least that's settled.”

The Inspector's relief morphed into concern as he watched the Butcher take control of the battle with ease.

”The Butcher is good. Too good. We can't leave the rest of the Muscle Society with the King of the West. It's too dangerous.”

Now that Zhao Yao was in the Butcher's grasp, a barrage of attacks were directed their way. Flames, lightning, acid, shock waves, and all kinds of superpowers were unleashed.

Chimera sent his fire dragons towards the pair. Godly God was one of the participants as well. He projected phantoms that tore through the field, heading straight for them.

”He's not fleeing?”

”If he doesn't move now, he's done for!”

The heavy blitz of superpowers started to descend towards them like a hundred arrows. The Butcher remained rooted to the ground, unperturbed by the incoming onslaught.

The contestants watched their powers draw closer and closer with their mouths wide open.

The Butcher pursed his lips. He looked more annoyed than afraid.

He tightened his fingers into a fist and sent a wave of heavy punches ripping through the air. A loud boom could be heard as each jab rocketed forward. They crashed into the superpowers that were raining on the duo, shattering them like fireworks.

There was a collective intake of air among the contestants.

Even Zhao Yao had to run and hide when they launched their powers on him. This mysterious masked man, however, could single-handedly reduce them to nothing.

”Who is that?”

”His punches are as powerful as a bomb.”

”We're not gonna be able to win this monster.”

To say that the Cat King competition had been eye-opening would not be exaggeration. From the Explosive Man, to Yue Shan, to Chimera, then Daniel Wu, and now the masked man; It seemed like there was no limit to an apostle's power.

Just when they thought they had met the undefeatable victor, someone better would come along.

The Butcher seemed to have made a clean sweep of the competition. His explosive punches had extinguished any thought of resistance in the rest of the contestants. None of them made a move towards him. They would take a step back if he as much as glanced their way.

He shook his head at them with disdain, then turned back to the Headless Horseman.

”Well, aren't we in for a treat?” the Cat King of the North said, ”A new contender has appeared and he is even stronger than our unbeatable Daniel Wu. He had managed to slice through the other contestants' powers like a watermelon. It is truly unbelievable. Daniel Wu has finally met his match! He's gonna have to bid goodbye to his sapphires this time.”

Zhao Yao might be in the Butcher's grasp, but he did not exhibit an ounce of fear or panic. He was running through all the different escape plans he could hatch up.

He had no clue that the Butcher was reformed and would not kill him, so he prepared himself to lose a life in order to get out of this sticky situation.

”I was too careless. I have no choice but to die once then…”

His mind was formulating a plan.

He would activate Suck Me In and try to make his way into the extradimensional belly. If his movement alarms the Butcher and causes him to break his neck, he would die.

That would go one of two ways. He would either die in the belly or, if the Butcher was swift enough, he would die outside of it.

If he managed to escape into the belly and die there, he would put on his cat armor and reappear on the battlefield.

If he died out here, in the real world, he would have to use a power-up and, unfortunately, put on that stupid princess cat dress.

Obviously, the latter option was not the preferred one.