BANG!
Hulk’s body twisted and spun uncontrollably before being sent flying backward like a cannonball.
At the same time he knocked Hulk away, Roy didn’t forget to leave a Flying Raijin formula on him.
After flying dozens of meters, Hulk crashed heavily into the grass, smashing out a circular crater.
That fifty million dollars wasn’t wasted!
Seeing Roy send Hulk flying dozens of meters with a single attack, General Ross couldn’t help thinking that the money had been well spent.
The thought had barely crossed his mind when Hulk climbed back out of the crater.
Roy watched him calmly, completely unsurprised.
The Rasengan was powerful.
But Hulk’s physique was equally astonishing.
Roy had never expected the most basic Rasengan to defeat Hulk outright.
Although this world’s Hulk was far weaker than his comic-book counterpart, he still wasn’t someone who could be casually taken down.
After climbing out of the crater, Hulk spread his arms, glared furiously at Roy, and let out a beast-like roar.
Then he charged.
Hulk quickly closed the distance and threw a punch directly at Roy’s head.
Roy didn’t dodge.
Instead, he threw a right punch of his own.
More precisely— He threw a punch empowered by Chakra Enhanced Strength!
BANG!
One huge fist and one comparatively small fist collided head-on.
A visible shockwave erupted from the impact, accompanied by a deafening blast.
Neither Hulk nor Roy was sent flying.
A crater appeared beneath each of their feet, yet both remained rooted firmly in place.
Seeing Roy exchange a direct punch with Hulk without being pushed back, a satisfied smile appeared on General Ross’s face.
From where he stood, it looked like their clash had ended in a perfect draw.
But that wasn’t actually the case.
Because of the distance, Ross hadn’t noticed Roy’s right hand trembling violently for an instant at the moment of impact.
Even with Chakra Enhanced Strength reinforcing him, Roy’s raw physical strength was still inferior to Hulk’s.
As expected of Hulk!
Roy sighed inwardly.
Then he decisively began drawing on Shukaku’s Tailed Beast chakra.
Under everyone’s gaze, red Tailed Beast chakra surged out from within his body and wrapped around him like a cloak of energy.
Tailed Beast Cloak!
The moment the cloak covered him completely, Roy’s already impressive physical attributes rose across the board.
Even the pain caused by his earlier head-on clash with Hulk vanished.
Hulk had no idea what the red energy surrounding Roy was.
But seeing Roy covered in the crimson Tailed Beast Cloak only made him angrier.
Without hesitation, Hulk threw another right punch.
Roy still didn’t dodge.
He answered with another punch of his own.
Just like before, Roy once again used Chakra Enhanced Strength.
BANG!
Their fists slammed together for the second time.
Another visible shockwave burst outward with a thunderous impact.
This time— Roy’s right hand didn’t tremble.
The combined enhancement of Chakra Enhanced Strength and the Tailed Beast Cloak had raised both his strength and physical durability to a level that no longer lost out to Hulk.
After confirming that he could now trade punches with Hulk head-on, Roy began his counterattack.
BANG!
He instantly withdrew his right fist, stepped forward, and drove his left fist into Hulk’s abdomen like a bolt of lightning.
Caught off guard, Hulk’s massive body shook.
He stumbled backward several steps.
Roy gave him no chance to regain his balance.
His right fist, wrapped in Tailed Beast chakra, smashed upward into Hulk’s chin.
BANG!
The enormous force lifted Hulk completely off the ground.
Roy immediately followed.
He pushed off with both feet, leaped above Hulk, clasped his hands together, and hammered them down onto Hulk’s head.
BANG!
Hulk plummeted toward the ground like a meteor and crashed into the grass below.
Roy didn’t continue attacking.
He landed beside Hulk and crooked a finger at him just as the green giant raised his head.
Hulk might not have been particularly intelligent, but he understood the gesture.
Roy was provoking him.
With another enormous roar, Hulk lunged at Roy like a predator pouncing on prey.
Roy merely shifted slightly to the side.
Hulk’s charge missed him completely.
Hulk immediately turned around and attacked again.
This time, Roy didn’t retreat or dodge.
He stood calmly in place and watched Hulk approach.
The moment Hulk entered range, Roy fired out a jab.
His fist struck Hulk squarely on the nose and disrupted the giant’s attack.
Then Roy unleashed both fists.
Head.
Chest.
Abdomen.
Jabs.
Straights.
Hooks.
Swings.
Heavy punches…
Roy didn’t use any flashy techniques.
His fists simply rained down on Hulk like a violent storm.
His plan was extremely straightforward.
He intended to copy Thanos’s approach— And beat Hulk down with a simple, brutal set of military-style hand-to-hand techniques.
Roy wasn’t Thanos.
But this Hulk also wasn’t the version who had spent two years training and fighting in the gladiatorial arenas of Sakaar.
If the current Hulk fought almost entirely on instinct, then the Hulk who had spent two years in Sakaar’s arena could already be considered a professionally trained warrior.
Roy’s relentless combination attacks drove Hulk backward again and again.
Hulk hit the ground repeatedly.
Yet no matter how many times Roy knocked him down, Hulk always got back up.
It was almost as if he had some kind of cheat preventing his health from ever reaching zero.
BANG!
Roy knocked Hulk to the ground yet again.
This time, he sighed helplessly and stopped attacking.
The current Hulk might only know how to fight on instinct, but his willpower was extraordinary.
There wasn’t the slightest sign that he was about to lose consciousness.
Hulk climbed back to his feet yet again and charged at Roy with another furious roar.
The moment Hulk reached him, Roy mobilized his chakra and used a ninjutsu originating from Tsunade.
Body Pathway Derangement!
Roy slipped past Hulk’s incoming punch and lightly tapped his right hand against Hulk’s arm.
Hulk felt no pain whatsoever.
However— Just as he tried to turn around and attack again, his arms and legs suddenly stopped obeying him.
Thud!
Hulk collapsed to the ground.
He tried to stand back up.
But instead of rising, his body began twisting and flailing randomly like a fish stranded outside water.
What’s going on?
Seeing Hulk unable to even stand, rolling and struggling across the ground as though he’d been possessed, General Ross and the surrounding soldiers all stared in confusion.
Roy wasn’t surprised in the slightest.
Because this was exactly what Body Pathway Derangement was designed to do.
Body Pathway Derangement was a combat ninjutsu that converted chakra into electrical signals and sent them into the target’s body, disrupting the nervous system and preventing the target from properly controlling their movements.
The electrical signals created by the technique couldn’t actually damage the target’s nervous system.
They could only interfere with and scramble the motor signals being transmitted through it.
For example— A target might intend to swing their left arm, only for their right leg to receive the incorrect electrical signal and step forward instead.
Or they might try to make their body stand up, only for their right hand to suddenly twitch.
Once someone was struck by Body Pathway Derangement, even the caster couldn’t predict exactly which incorrect signals the target’s motor nerves would receive.
That was because once the technique’s electrical signals entered the target’s body, they were no longer under the caster’s control.
Otherwise— Body Pathway Derangement would have been even more powerful.