“The Celestial sovereign has a great need of many satrapies, vassals, and governors, far more than his (admittedly extensive) bloodline could ever handle on its own. So far out of the province of familial bonds he has turned to the only other bond he seems to find reliable: that of violent bloodshed.”
-Payapop Pritram
>Every single warrior that comes to that gods-cursed ring thinks they have a chance at their drop of blood. The great tragedy is their inability to perceive that the long line of contenders has stretched not only over months, or years, but over many times the natural lifespans of wiser and saner men who have died old in their beds. What the Emperor wants to see in them, I don't dare to know. He will drink oceans of blood before he does.
Looks like four or five who are content with titles and worlds.
Kayden Foster
It's actually infuriating, because I feel like every single character here could have their own arc. The variety is incredible.
Jace Ross
Kneeling bro might be one of the smartest character we've seen yet.
Brandon Lewis
>five point Jesus, Salami that's overkill. They're just elite goons.
Kayden Jenkins
I think the guy running the opposite direction might be smarter still, given the onrushing horde.
Christopher Campbell
Ya, looking closer there's actually a few people who are smart enough to realize they don't want to be ground beef.
Jackson Torres
Yeah, the ones who flee flee rightly. Those who stand their ground stand their ground. The rest march to a fools death.
Jack Wilson
What's he gonna do with those rings? Is this a flex thing where he's gonna end the fight before they fall to the ground?
Levi Torres
Bro I could not fucking wait to see Salami make some contestant salami, I was mashing F5 today. Looks like we got another panel for that though.
Christopher Jones
So his Ki-Rata skills will be swift enough to evade those who stood still? Because "Total Life Obliteration" implies the totality of the life around him will be getting obliterated.
Probably just obliterate anyone who comes near him
Isaac Torres
>Salamic the Hedgedav droppin’ his rings
Boy ain’t fuckin’ around
Thomas Adams
A decent chunk of them are there to get those titles in the first place, they just have to get high enough in the competition to get off with a respectable enough position.
Brody Nelson
I wonder where Salami Dave's halo has gone to.
Christian Mitchell
You should have taken the pizza when you had the chance
>Ultra-powerful character whales on a bunch of no-name goons
Who fucking cares. Its already been established that Solomon is one the most dangerous men in the universe, this is just Abaddon jerking off.
Jaxon Edwards
He's your devil right now
Brayden Lee
>that one fucker just trying to wait it out I hope he has a good life
Jace Reyes
Abby must show how powerful Ki Rata really is on some mooks. We never saw it in action, just some low level intimidation shit.
Bentley Bennett
>So far out of the province of familial bonds he has turned to the only other bond he seems to find reliable: that of violent bloodshed.
So how does he keep a civilized gleaming jewel of an empire if he chooses governors based on their ability to kill people
Ethan Rivera
hey it is a perfectly valid plan. salami dave said if you just stand there and dont move you will win a title. kneeling bro knows he cant take down a god so just wait it out and he wins a title
Gavin Lopez
>Why are they doing martial arts in this martial arts comic REEEEEEEEEE!
Davey was feeling left out. We all saw how ultra pumped his halo was in the past several pages.
Luke Jones
I bet the only way to survive this is to actively move to a section no one is launching an attack from. Due to the collateral damage I bet everyone on this page, even the people who turned 180° are boned.
shame running away is probably a wrong answer too.
Chase Ortiz
Smart bug.
Jayden Richardson
Pastrami Dan's exact words were "To win, merely remain where you are and do absolutely nothing". It's possible he'll smoke the fleeing contestants too, either because of their cowardice or they didn't trust his pronouncement well enough (or were too cowardly to keep the pronouncement in mind)
Yeah, but you need brains to keep worlds running, and an efficient bureaucracy. Solomon is powerful, but not omnipresent. A great fighter isn't necessarily capable of handling political and economical matters
Samuel Carter
Love that tentacle faced guy in the back that was halfway through charging Solomon before going "what am I doing" and running on the opposite direction
Levi Baker
So he glares at people with some brains and undoubtedly he has enough to see if they're doing a good job or not.
Landon Wilson
Either his Ki Rata mastery is good enough to target seek or he'll use his key to protect the qualified.
I'm sure there's plenty of fringe worlds that need a more "hand on" governor around.
Andrew Cook
They're put in office because everyone will know they are the strongest fighter in the world. They're probably looked after by sons of Solomon as well.
Andrew Rivera
>A 2 point strike can decapitate a man with the air pressure from flicking a finger
Can't wait to see what a 5 point strike will do to these mofos
He just said if you do nothing you won't be harmed and contestants can't strike each other. A hand on the shoulder isn't really a strike
Ayden Lee
I'm gonna be real disappointed if everyone turns into the same red blooded mist. So many cool species of servant and otherwise here.
Grayson Gray
According to Abba (), prepared to be dissapointed.
Lucas Gutierrez
So what's allison doing? Surely she isn't retarded enough to try and attack right? Her super sand lesbian form got bodied by her teacher let alone salami Dave
Julian Ortiz
At least those unique designs weren't the result of 10 grand before they lasted a bunch before getting vaporized
Nathaniel Hill
Love the fact that at least *some* of them are fleeing Thwy're the smart ones
Anthony James
i dont understand, whats their logic? if they land a hit on him they become gods? they actually think they have a chance at killing him? why not just sit and boom you get a price?
Never underestimate the power of REEEEEE in this universe. That said, the broad story is she always manages to piss demiurges off, and then they follow in her wake - chasing her but still, she's the stormfront which makes first contact then everything she's been dragging along unleashes its fury.
So, the question is - how is she going to piss of Mr Cool here? Imma put my chips on "smears the contestants who bowed out, on accident" - thus breaking Solomons' word for him. Shit would make a god of pride, pride in his own plenipotence, mad af. Mad enough to actually care, and so chase...
Jeremiah Murphy
But Solomon told them to remain in their positions. They're going to get killed too or fined and jailed at the very least.
Camden Cruz
Why have a little power when you can have all of it? Desire is a terrible thing.
Nicholas Young
Yeah but they didn't listen to instructions. They're moving, and instruction was to not move - they're prob gonna get smeared for not following letter of Law. Not so smart then.
Noah Walker
Turns out blond sword guy and grasshopper are the truly smart ones
Hunter Bennett
I will be very disappointed if hula hoop girl, blonde sword guy and sage mantis don't survive.
Bentley Ortiz
Blond sword guy is pretty cute desu
Ian Sanchez
Grasshopper kneeled which might count as a move. Sword guy only moved because lanky king grabbed his shoulder which might not be enough to save him. Hola hoop girl might survive and get a title
