I survived by drawing cards after being transported to One-Punch Man.

Chapter 214 Meeting

Just as Deep Sea King was about to grab Lightning Max's hair while standing on the rubble, a crisp mechanical clicking sound suddenly rang out in the air.

"Click!"

The triangular device on Susanoo's chest glowed with a ghostly blue light, and liquid metal spread along the mechanical joints as if it were alive, instantly covering his entire body.

The light blue armor reflected a cold light like ice crystals. The moment he leaped down, an ice flower exploded on the exterior wall of the office building.

"Frost Armor - Deploy".

The hairs on the back of the Deep Sea King's neck suddenly stood on end, and as he turned around, his pupils reflected a heavy hammer wrapped in ice crystals—crack!

The frost-covered hammer handle slammed heavily into his temple, the shockwave tearing a three-meter-wide crack in the concrete floor, and a blizzard-like blast of air carrying ice shards exploded outwards.

"Mere humans..."

Deep Sea King wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and was about to roar when he suddenly noticed that his right arm joint was covered with ice crystals. Lightning Max took the opportunity to roll behind the support pillar and saw that the blue-armored warrior's hammer was dripping dark blue blood.

"As a marine monster, your weaknesses are too obvious."

Susanoo flipped his wrist, and his hammer suddenly sprayed out liquid nitrogen at -120 degrees Celsius, freezing Deep Sea King's left shoulder instantly as he dodged.

Pikachu burst out of the shattered shop window, its Thunderbolt attack striking the frozen area precisely. The moment the entire left arm exploded, Deep Sea King's scales suddenly glowed red.

"I'm going to crush you into—"

"Noisy!"

As the cold female voice came from above, a snowflake fell from the Deep Sea King's head. Esdeath descended from the sky on the ice steps, and the ice thorns that had formed on the heels of her military boots pierced his shoulder, which was just beginning to regenerate. She raised her hand and instantly plunged the entire street into an absolute zero zone.

Deep Sea King remained frozen into a 20-meter-high iceberg, still roaring with his mouth open. Esdeath stroked the ice and chuckled, "He can't even excite me for three seconds. How boring."

With a light tap of her fingertips, the iceberg, along with the Deep Sea King within it, shattered into countless ice crystals.

Susanoo disarmed himself and was about to speak when he suddenly heard the sound of bicycle brakes. The Unlicensed Rider rushed into the battlefield, only to find half of a Deep Sea Clan crown stuck in the ice shards.

The downpour had stopped sometime earlier, and sunlight pierced through the clouds, illuminating Esdeath's long, silver-blue hair. As she turned, her gaze swept over the lingering frost on Susanoo's armor: "Susanoo, I never thought I'd see you again."

The triangular device on Susanoo's chest suddenly emitted a red alarm light. As he took a half step back, the ice beneath his feet burst open without warning, splintering into seven ice spears. Pikachu, its fur bristling, jumped onto the billboard, shattering the incoming ice spears into countless stardust fragments with a Thunderbolt.

“I didn’t expect you to come to this world too.” Esdeath’s fingertips traced the hilt of her saber, and hundreds of ice crystal prisms condensed in the air. “Tell me where Lin Yu is, and I might consider letting you live a little longer.”

"My master said that if we encounter you, we can choose to retreat immediately."

Six vector nozzles suddenly popped out from Susanoo's back armor, but the mechanical joints were covered in frost the moment they were activated—Esdeath's ice riders had surrounded the entire street without anyone noticing.

A mournful clang of gears meshed echoed through the blizzard. Susanoo swung his frozen hammer, cleaving through the ice wall. Esdeath's crimson eyes were suddenly reflected in the shattered mirror: "Tell me where he is!"

Her palm pierced through the icy mist and pressed against the core of the armor, the absolute zero cold air flowing straight into the central nervous system through the circuit board.

"The owner of this chilling aura you're using was someone your master and I hunted together."

Esdeath looked at Susanoo kneeling on the ground: "Now tell me, where is he!"

At that moment, a crimson core suddenly popped out from Susanoo's chest, and Lin Yu's voice came from the device that was about to overload:

"General Esdeath, it's not elegant to bully my housekeeper, is it?"

The ice crystals along the entire street suddenly floated in the air, and Lin Yu stepped out from the bursting spatial rift.

As soon as that step was taken, the frozen time began to flow again—Saitama was squatting in a pile of ice shards poking Pikachu's face, while Genos was scanning Esdeath with his electronic eye.

"As expected, the card you left behind really did find you." The icy thorns spreading beneath Esdeath's feet transformed into roses three inches from Lin Yu:

"Now, either conquer me, or be conquered by me!"

Esdeath had been interested in the man who had defeated her for a long time, and this time she was determined to make him submit to her.

"Huh? Are you sure?"

Lin Yu was a little confused. He had thought Esdeath was interested in the strong people of the other world, but now it seemed she was interested in him? So he snapped his fingers, instantly restoring Susanoo's damaged armor, and then dragged Esdeath directly to the sea to fight.

"Let's make this clear first: if you lose, don't go back on your word."

"I won't lose this time!"

Esdeath's military boots shattered the ice, instantly freezing the entire sea into a kilometer-diameter ice field. A blizzard condensed at her fingertips into 36,000 prisms, each ice crystal reflecting her burning fighting spirit:

"You're going to lose this time!"

The ice matrix transformed into a galaxy that cascaded down, but it came to a strange halt when it reached within ten meters of Lin Yu.

Lin Yu casually raised his index finger, and all the ice crystals instantly vaporized. He slowly approached through the rising mist from the sea.

"If this is all the strength you have, General, then I will win this time as well."

Esdeath's pupils contracted, and the red mark on her chest suddenly shone brightly. Twelve ice cavalrymen, each a hundred meters tall, rose from the icy plain with a roar, their neighing accompanied by breaths of absolute zero.

Lin Yu flicked his finger a second time, and the Ice Knight's greatsword crumbled before it could even strike. The red mark on Esdeath's chest suddenly dimmed—her timeline was forcibly anchored to the moment before she obtained the Imperial Arms.

"How can this be!"

Esdeath staggered and knelt on the melting ice. The chilling aura that she used to wield with ease was now dissipating from her fingertips. Her right hand, which had been trying to summon the Ice Thorn Spear Array, could only condense a few fragile snowflakes at this moment.

"As expected, Box Bro and I are true love."

After Lin Yu finished speaking, his third finger fell down, and the entire sky was suddenly enveloped in a blue halo. Esdeath's silver-blue hair shimmered with a particle-like luster, and her military uniform turned into stardust and scattered.

Under the aura of blue, the queen is shrinking into a blue-haired little girl hugging a dinosaur doll.

"Lin Yu... what did you do to my body?"

Lin Yu bent down and picked up the little one with teary eyes:

"General, you don't want things to stay like this forever, do you?"

"Lin Yu...you...you...."

Esdeath's final counterattack turned into a cotton-like fist swung by a little girl, lightly landing on Lin Yu's knee.

"General, you look so adorable."

Lin Yu picked up Little Esdeath again with one hand. She bared her fangs and bit his wrist, leaving a crescent-shaped water mark on his skin.