Traveling Through Multiple Realms: The Supporting Character's Counterattack

Chapter 78 Enemy from the Sky

Almost the instant the word "了" was uttered, Iaijutsu had already stood up, his right hand firmly resting on the hilt of the "Mizukami" sword at his waist.

Without warning, everyone felt as if a clear, cold light flashed before their eyes, accompanied by a faint, almost inaudible sound of a sword blade rubbing against its sheath.

"Iai-an, what are you doing?!"

The association's leader, Sitch, gasped in shock, his face filled with astonishment and bewilderment.

However, he was met with the deafening sound of the wall collapsing.

Sizzle—!

Inside the conference room, the headquarters wall, which was supposedly made of a special alloy by Metal Knight and capable of withstanding heavy artillery fire, was torn apart as if by the claws of an invisible behemoth, instantly revealing several huge, crisscrossing cracks.

Sunlight poured in fiercely from the crack, illuminating the churning metal scraps and dust in the air.

Immediately afterwards, the entire wall collapsed with a roar, turning into countless irregular metal fragments that scattered outwards.

"What?!"

This time, it wasn't just Sitch who exclaimed in surprise; even several S-class heroes looked astonished.

Although they knew how sturdy the wall was, the speed of the Iaijutsu was too fast. Most people didn't even see how he drew his sword before it was already sheathed.

But soon, no one bothered to investigate the power and speed of the Iaijutsu sword strike.

"Um?"

"What's coming?!"

"Is he a weirdo?!"

Almost at the same moment the wall shattered, all the S-class heroes, with their superhuman senses, detected the malice rapidly approaching from the distant sky.

Looking through the huge hole, five black dots could be seen breaking through the clouds at an alarming speed, swooping down toward the association's headquarters building.

Their outlines quickly became clear—they were five strange figures resembling tengu from Japanese mythology.

"Gagaga gagaga!"

A piercing, eerie laugh, like the scraping of metal, rang out. The Sky King, at the head of the group, bared his fangs and brandished his claws, his crimson eyes locking onto the room full of S-class heroes. He arrogantly proclaimed, "These are the elites of the Hero Association headquarters? Perfect, they're all gathered together, saving me the trouble of searching for them one by one! Today, I'll wipe you all out in one fell swoop, and the land will henceforth belong to our great Sky Clan! My lads, follow me and slaughter them all!"

Amidst arrogant battle cries, the five Sky Clan monsters shot forth like five arrows released from a bow, carrying with them fierce wind pressure, heading straight for the conference room that had lost its wall protection.

"How dare this nobody spout such nonsense?"

A cold glint flashed in the tornado's emerald eyes, and without even raising a hand, its immense psychic power had already erupted.

Om-!

The air distorted, and the five Sky Clan warriors were gripped as if by an invisible giant hand, their bones cracking with a crisp sound.

Their prized ability to fly was meaningless in the face of absolute telekinesis; their bodies were forcibly twisted into a pretzel shape, and blood spurted from every joint.

"snort."

Tornado snorted and casually tossed the five twisted clumps of flesh into the distance, as if discarding trash.

"Look up there!"

The voice of the Iaijutsu rang out again, calm yet carrying a warning.

Almost simultaneously, all the S-class heroes sensed something, stood up, went to the edge of the broken wall, and looked up at the sky.

The once clear sky was now completely covered by a huge shadow.

A colossal spaceship, as massive as a floating mountain, silently enveloped most of City A.

The jet-black metal casing reflected a cold luster in the sunlight, and the shadows it cast made daytime feel like dusk.

"What...what is this?!"

The association's leader, Sitch, turned deathly pale, his shirt instantly soaked with cold sweat. "A spaceship? This is what Lord Sibabawa predicted?"

"An alien invasion?!"

The Atomic Samurai pressed his thumb against the hilt of the sword, and the blade emerged three inches from its sheath, gleaming coldly.

Suddenly, the tablet in Child Emperor's hand emitted a piercing alarm: "Energy readings are soaring! An attack is coming!"

As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of points of light suddenly lit up at the bottom of the spaceship, twinkling like stars, yet bringing a chilling sense of death.

The next second, a deafening roar tore through the sky as hundreds of massive metal shells, each over two meters in diameter and trailing scorching flames, rained down on City A like a storm of destruction.

"Aliens? Humph!"

Tornado snorted coldly, flew into the air, her green curly hair moving without wind, and an astonishing wave of telekinetic energy erupted from her body.

Om-!

A visible green light film instantly expanded, covering the entire sky above City A.

Those enormous cannonballs, capable of leveling city blocks, froze abruptly in mid-air the instant they touched the green light, like insects trapped in amber.

"Here you go!"

The tornado made a small, loose grip and suddenly pushed forward.

The stationary shells all changed direction and, with even greater speed than when they came, were propelled back by the telekinetic energy added to the tornado.

Boom boom boom boom—!

Continuous explosions erupted at the bottom of the spaceship, flames shot into the sky, and the huge shockwaves caused the entire spaceship to shake violently, its outer shell twisted and cracked, and countless metal fragments fell like raindrops.

"A spaceship! An alien invasion?!"

"It's the tornado protecting us..."

"Little tornadoes are the best!!"

Gasps and cheers came from the ground.

Just then, a figure slowly flew out from a damaged part of the huge spaceship.

It is about five or six meters tall, with fleshy wings on its back, and most terrifyingly, it has five heads of different shapes and expressions growing on its neck.

It was Melzargardo, one of the three top-ranking combatants of the Dark Matter Pirates!

"A telekinetic user like Goryuganshoop."

The head in the middle spoke indifferently.

"Mission: Protect the spaceship."

The right side of the head receives the message.

"Troublesome, let's just kill him."

The left side of the head revealed a cruel smile, and the right arm of the body was twisted and deformed, turning into a huge black blade that tore through the air and slashed at the tornado at lightning speed.

This attack was as fast as lightning, with a tricky angle, taking advantage of the moment when the tornado's attention was focused on the spaceship to launch a sneak attack.

"Your opponent is me!"

A clear, cold voice rang out, and a sleek, silken aerial slash struck the black blade with pinpoint accuracy.

Iai had appeared in mid-air not far away at some unknown time, standing in mid-air, with the "Water Mirror" in his hand already sheathed.

Kenshin's mastery of Yin-Yang Escape made flying seem like an instinct.

scoff!

Meluzagarudo's bladed arm snapped off instantly, the cut surface as smooth as a mirror, the sneak attack broken in a flash.

"Newbie, mind your own business!"

Tornado whirled around and saw the strange man with his arm severed, but glared angrily at Iai, saying, "I can handle this by myself!"

"Tornado!"

Iai glanced at her, his voice clearly reaching her ears through the telekinetic field, "You should focus on dealing with the possibility of another large-scale attack from the spaceship. This concerns the survival of the entire City A; I'll only feel at ease leaving it to you!"

His gaze swept over Meluzagarudo's rapidly regenerating arm: "As for this small fry, leave him to me!"

After saying that, he threw a punch at Meruzagarudo from a distance.

"Don't order me around!"

Tornado was displeased, but she was inexplicably pleased to be trusted so much.

She glanced at the menacing spaceship overhead, snorted coldly, and finally accepted the arrangement, raising her body to focus her main attention on the spaceship.

"Let's not just sit idly by!"

On the other side, at the edge of the broken wall of the conference room, Bang with silver fangs chuckled and said to Atomic Samurai beside him, "Leave the big guys in the sky to Tornado, and it's time to clean up the mess on the ground."

"That suits me perfectly."

Atomic Samurai smiled and agreed. Several S-class heroes who were not good at aerial combat nodded and used their own methods to leap down from the heights and attack the alien invaders who were constantly falling from below the spaceship. Among them were even some high-level combatants with the strength of Demon-level.

"Teacher, we also..."

Genos was about to call out to Saitama when he turned around and found that there was no one behind him.

"Where did the teacher go?!"

……

boom--!!!

After being struck by a punch from a distance by Iaijutsu, the terrifying force caused his massive body to crash down like a meteorite, creating a crater ten meters in diameter in the street below.

Iaido landed lightly, standing on the edge of the pit, with "Water Mirror" fully drawn.

The sword's blade shimmered with a watery sheen, reflecting the strange figure rapidly repairing his body at the bottom of the pit.

"That slash just now, and that power..."

Melzagaldo's five heads stared intently at Iai, its regenerated body radiating a dangerous aura. "Who are you?"

Iaijutsu twirled his sword, the tip pointing diagonally at the ground, and he walked step by step toward the deep pit, his voice neither warm nor cold:

"The one who'll take your dog's life!"