Lord Boros vs. Battle Beast

## Description

*Their search for the ultimate battle has lead them here, and only one will prevail.*

## Interlude

Hiro: These two alien warriors only want one thing, and that is a good fight.

**MBStarscream: So let's let 'em have it!**

Hiro: Lord Boros, the conqueror of One Punch Man.

**MBStarscream: And Thokk, the Battle Beast of Invincible.**

Hiro: I'm Hiro Hamada.

**MBStarscream: I'm MBStarscream.**

Hiro: And it's our job to examine both warriors' strength, abilities, weapons, and weaknesses to see who would win in a fight.

## Lord Boros

Hiro: The world of One Punch Man has it all. Mutants, cyborg soldiers, ninja prodigies, supernatural martial arts masters, psychics, many a corrupt organization, kaiju, sea monster terrors...

**MBStarscream: And of course, aliens!**

Hiro: Out in deep space are the conquering Dark Matter Thieves, their leader being the Dominator of the Universe, Lord Boros.

**MBStarscream: Boros was such a powerful force that virtually no battle thrilled him. He wanted to fight the best of the best, someone who would give the battle of his life.**

Hiro: And lucky for him, Earth had just that person. The all-powerful Caped Baldy, Saitama.

**MBStarscream: Who, to his own dismay, had grown so powerful from just doing 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and running 10km every single day, that he end any fight with one punch! Just one!**

Hiro: Boros *had* to see this One Punch Man in person. He spent twenty years travelling the universe in search of him before he found Earth, and with it, the enjoyable fight he and Saitama had both always wanted.

**MBStarscream: And he was more than powerful enough to match him, enough so that Saitama himself said that Boros was the strongest foe he'd ever fought!**

Hiro: Boros' strength more than backs this claim up, as he was able to knock Saitama through several pillars of his ship with only a single punch, with the alien's various strikes easily damaging the place. He was also capable of busting through the outer hull of his spaceship with apparent ease, the same hull that was durable enough to even withstand the immense impact caused by Saitama leaping on it all the way from the Moon, with the jump being powerful enough to leave a massively huge crater on the natural satellite.

**MBStarscream: Boros can generate powerful shockwaves with the force of his punches. His punch had so much power behind it, that the sheer pressure of the collision of his fist drove away an immense smoke cloud created by his energy blast with a powerful shockwave.**

Hiro: Boros was shown to be amazingly resilient, to the point of surviving a normal punch from Saitama, a notable feat considering all of the previous disasters had been obliterated, while Boros simply had his armor destroyed by the first punch. In fact, Boros was hit with three Normal Punches, one Consecutive Normal Punch, and one Serious Punch.

**MBStarscream: Boros had incredible speed and agility, as he was able to keep up with a casual Saitama. He used the latent energy shunted from his body as a means of propulsion, making him incredibly fast. Even at high speeds, Boros was very agile. Even inside the ship, the two were so fast that normal human eyes would have been unable to follow their fight.**

Hiro: Like the rest of his race, Boros has an incredible rate of regeneration, with Boros himself surpassing all others of his race as stated before. Boros had been shown to regrow an arm in seconds just by concentrating his energy on it. When struck by Saitama's Consecutive Normal Punches, he was blown apart but was able to regenerate his whole body in an instant.

**MBStarscream: Boros can use the latent energy that his body produced to fire large energy blasts from the eye in his chest with great destructive power. He also combined his energy projection with his physical attacks, resulting in shockwaves and blasts capable of destroying city-sized areas.**

Hiro: By releasing energy from his body through his use of energy projection, Boros was able to propel himself through the air at incredibly high speeds, and he could condense the energy in his body and shoot it through his eyes. To keep all his power in check, he wore an ornate suit of armor that, when removed, became black and spiky and began to glow from the released energy. Boros praised Saitama for being the first to last as long against his power in that state, suggesting that even in that form, Boros was immensely powerful compared to other enemies.

**MBStarscream: Boros was an extremely skilled fighter with decades of experience and not a single loss in combat, making him an extremely dangerous and powerful fighter. As such, he tried to end fights quickly and did not hesitate or hold back, presumably as a strategy to avoid giving chances to his enemies.**

Hiro: And if Boros wants to settle a fight quickly, he takes out his trump card, Meteoric Burst, which gains speed and strength beyond the body's limit by releasing inner energy as a propulsive force. While in this form, Boros can unleash his ultimate attack: The Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon.

**MBStarscream: It doesn't actually collapse stars, but it *was* powerful enough to potentially destroy the Earth's surface. That would put it at 183 petatons of TNT, and Saitama was able to cancel it out with a Serious Punch, which is also able to split the atmosphere.**

Hiro: But there's a downside to Meteoric Burst: It drains his healing factor, making him more and more vulnerable to his oppponent's attacks, and if he runs out of energy, he will no longer be able to regenerate.

**MBStarscream: And despite his best efforts, while Saitama did acknowledge his strength, he was still holding back and basically defeated Boros almost effortlessly once he got serious.**

Hiro: But knowing how far he had to travel just to finally get a challenge, at least between Boros and Saitama, one of them is satisfied.

*Boros: As I thought, you are strong. Of all the myriad beings I have fought, you alone... have survived this long!*

## Battle Beast

Hiro: To get by in the world of Invincible, you must be, well, invincible. You must be strong. You must be a fighter. You must be more than who you are.

**MBStarscream: Thokk learned how to be strong when he was exposed to the constant fighting among his people, which molded his mind into that of a warrior. He left his planet in search of worthy foes, and found himself serving Machine Head in the hopes that Earth's champions had what he wanted.**

Hiro: And the first one to oppose him was Invincible, the teenage son of the world's greatest quote-unquote hero, Omni-Man.

**MBStarscream: Given Mark was just getting used to the whole hero biz, it went as well as you'd expect. Even when the new Guardians of the Globe came to aid the young hero, Battle Beast only left Earth after being disappointed by the efforts of Bulletproof and Black Samson. His search for a worthy opponent continued even as he offered his services to the Coalition of Planets, and he would ultimately meet his match at the hands of the greatest Viltrumite who ever lived, Grand Regent Thragg.**

Hiro: Battle Beast is a, well, beast in combat, figuratively and literally speaking. He is a superbly trained warrior and highly skilled hunter, whose abilities have been honed to the peak of perfection.

**MBStarscream: His mastery of all known fighting systems and his own unique combat style combined with his unlimited endurance, physical prowess and high resistance to injury make Battle Beast one of the most formidable opponents in the Invincibleverse. And that's saying a lot.**

Hiro: Battle Beast's senses are highly acute. His vision is superior at nigh in comparison to humans, allowing him to see clearly in near total darkness. His visual acuity in normal light allows him to see at 80 feet what most humans can see at 10 feet. His hearing is so sensitive that he can clearly hear changes in acoustic pressure of -10 decibels, whereasthe human hearing range is from 20 decibels to 140 decibels.

**MBStarscream: Battle Beast can detect the tiniest variances in sound, distinguishing differences of as little as one-tenth of a tone. He can hear sounds at great distances, four to five times farther away than humans. His sense of smell is about 14 times stronger than a human's.**

Hiro: His whiskers, technically called vibrissae, can aid with navigation and sensation. They also detect very small shifts in air current enabling him to know he is near obstructions without actually seeing them. And like similar large predatory feline mammals, he can deliver a lethal neck bite with his long canine teeth that severs the victim's spinal cord, or asphyxiate it by crushing the windpipe. They don't call him Battle *Beast* for nothing.

**MBStarscream: Battle Beast makes use of a variety of weapons. He frequently employs heavy bladed weapons and swords as well as large flanged maces, cudgels and quarter staffs.**

Hiro: Combine weaponry and savage instincts, and you have a true monster of a combatant. Being able to keep up with Thragg, Battle Beast should scale to lesser Viltrumites like Omni-Man, who could fly to another galaxy in under 2 weeks at billions of times faster than light, Thaedus, who helped in destroying all of Viltrum, and Invincible, who could push a moon into Mars mid-series.

**MBStarscream: Too bad he's so obsessed with fighting that he'll back out if someone doesn't give him a challenge. And sometimes the challenge he seeks can be too great for him, as shown when Thragg managed to overpower and kill him with ease.**

Hiro: But Battle Beast never lost his love for battle. His own daughter would inherit his addiction to fighting long after he was gone, which only proves that the fighting spirit never dies, especially not in the world of Invincible.

*Battle Beast: I was promised this world offered worthy opponents!*

*He steps on Invincible's foot as the latter feebly tries to crawl away.*

*Battle Beast: But, oh, how you disappoint. [He raises his mace into the air.] Killing you is an act of mercy.*

## Fatal Fiction

*Mario flips a coin.*

Hiro: Well, Boros wins out in territory, but can he beat an *invincible* opponent?

**MBStarscream: Oh, *you* get to make puns, Hiro?**

Hiro: Funny ones.

**MBStarscream: And *what* does that mean?**

Hiro: It means it's time to get this over with.

**MBStarscream: We're talking after this, Hiro.**

Hiro: Sure we are.

*Boros' Ship*

The Dark Matter Thieves' reputation was such that they had caught the attention of the Coalition of Planets, an organization dedicated to opposing intergalactic tyranny. To them, the Dark Matter Thieves were no different from the Viltrum Empire.

Which meant potential worthy opponents for one of their own.

And luckily for a certain **Battle Beast**, their leader was just on this ship somewhere. He just had to beat it out of his three goons.

"Where is your leader, general? He seems like a worthy opponent." Battle Beast said while holding Groribas by the throat and stepping on an unconscious Melzargard while Geryuganshoop lay incapacitated a few feet away. As Groribas fought to free himself of Battle Beast's grip, a voice called.

"A worthy opponent, you say?"

Battle Beast looked past Groribas to see his target approaching, a slim, cyclopean alien with lightly colored spiky hair and pointed ears, which were adorned with multiple earrings. His face was covered with crack-shaped markings that started from his eye; in the area of his body below his chest, there seemed to be another eye, which moved in sync with his original one. He wore golden armor with spike designs, a red eye in the chest, and a cape.

"I can deliver on that." The alien being said with an evil smile.

"Ah! **Lord Boros!** About time I found you! I only hope to have found what I'm looking for." Battle Beast tossed Groribas aside and picked up Melzargard, throwing him at the commander of the Dark Matter Thieves. In a move of pure demonstration, Boros uppercut his underling into the air, then clenched his fists and smirked as the eye on his chest started to glow.

"Come and get it... beast."

**FIGHT!**

Battle Beast gripped his mace and charged Boros, swinging it as the conqueror blocked with both arms. The blow created a shockwave that spread through the ship, and the force of their exchanged blows rocked the vessel to its foundation. Catching a punch thrown by Boros, Battle Beast tossed him into the air and sent him flying with a vicious mace strike. "Pitiful! You're just as weak as the rest of those fools! How were *you* ever a conqueror of worlds?" Battle Beast boasted as he watched Boros tumble across the floor.

Boros only smiled as he lay on his knees, showing his pointed teeth. "You'll see how I became a conqueror... in your final moments!"

He lunged at Battle Beast without warning, knocking him back with a blow to the face. Battle Beast charged at him with a swing of his mace, but Boros grabbed it and punched him again, then punched him again, and again, and again until Battle Beast roared with rage and brought his mace up. Boros, however, punched him so hard in the gut that he flew backward, knocking him into the wall where he dropped his weapon.

Battle Beast stood up and grabbed his mace, snarling and bearing his fangs. Boros smiled and fired a beam of energy from the eye on his chest that Battle Beast blocked with his mace. Battle Beast charged once more as Boros jumped towards him and kicked him to the ground. Boros grabbed Battle Beast and punched him back before dashing behind him and kicking him, sending him flying. Battle Beast got up and roared furiously, slamming his mace onto the ground to create a shockwave that knocked Boros down. Battle Beast jumped up and smashed his weapon onto the eye on Boros' chest, causing blood to spray as Boros screamed in agony.

Battle Beast raised his mace again, and brought it back down. Then he raised it again and swung downward once more, blood splattering in all directions with each and every swing. He was about to bash Boros' skull inward when he noticed the alien's armor starting to fall apart. It cracked into pieces and fell off Boros' body, revealing his true form as his skin darkened in color, parts of his body grew scales and spikes, and his markings started emitting energy while gaining a lighter color.

To Battle Beast's shock, Boros' wounds started healing rapidly as if they had never been inflicted. Boros laughed the whole time before he kicked Battle Beast and got up, charging at him and tackling the feline warrior through the roof of his ship. As they flew through space, Battle Beast punched Boros' head repeatedly until the Dominator of the Universe threw him down, causing him to slide along the top of the ship as Boros floated in mid-air and charged up a large blast of energy before firing it down at Battle Beast. The blast tore through the ship as Battle Beast dodged, causing it to start descending as it was consumed with flames.

"I see you've gotten stronger! You may just yet prove to be a worthy foe! Do not disappoint me!" Battle Beast said before leaping from the ship to meet Boros. He threw a punch that Boros grabbed before the warlord threw him into the air. Boros flew up and did a barrage of powerful punches before throwing Battle Beast back down to the ship. Boros then started spinning the ship around in mid-air with Battle Beast clinging onto it for dear life.

"Does THIS disappoint you?!"

After saying those four words, Boros let go of the ship and watched it fly off into space. Battle Beast rushed across the floating ship and leapt off of it, flying towards Boros from the force of his jump. Boros fired a blast of energy at his opponent, but Battle Beast powered through the blast and threw a punch at Boros' face that sent his head reeling. Floating in space, Battle Beast grabbed Boros with one hand and beat him mercilessly with his other one, punching his torso until Boros grabbed his throat and carried him upward.

Battle Beast took out a sword and sliced through Boros' arm, severing it as blood sprayed out of the stump. He then drove it into Boros' chest, impaling through him. Boros gritted his teeth in pain while his arm regenerated, and opened his eye to glare at Battle Beast before grabbing his sword and breaking it with a clench of his fist. He grabbed Battle Beast by the shoulders, reared his head back, and gave him a headbutt powerful enough to send him flying towards an asteroid, blowing it up.

As Boros fired a massive energy blast, Battle Beast leapt through the asteroid field and grabbed one of them, chucking it towards Boros, who proceeded to destroy it with a devastating punch. Battle Beast bounded off of the last asteroid and floated towards Boros once more with his mace drawn back. Boros ducked under two swings of the mace and punched Battle Beast in the stomach before spear-tackling him through the asteroid field, smashing through every one in his way with his opponent in tow.

Boros suddenly felt a horrible pain in his shoulder as Battle Beast clamped his jaws around it, and with a wrench of his head, the arm was torn out of its socket. In retaliation, Boros punched a hole clean through Battle Beast's stomach with his remaining hand. Battle Beast raised his mace and snapped Boros' arm with a swing just as the invader's other arm started regenerating. The newly formed limb quickly seized Battle Beast by the throat as Boros drove his knee up to the felid's chin, knocking out blood and teeth.

Snapping his broken arm back into place, Boros threw a punch at Battle Beast, who grabbed his fist and tossed him by the arm across the void of space. Upon regaining his momentum, Boros suddenly unleashed the latent energy from his body, causing his body to glow white. Meteoric Burst had been activated. Battle Beast laughed ecstatically, awestruck by the new power he was sensing from his opponent.

"YES! YOU ARE WORTHY! YOU! ARE! **WORTHY!**" He roared in excitement, the idea of having finally found challenge giving him greater joy than he'd ever experienced.

Boros smirked. "Yes. Yes, I am."

"SHOW ME!" Battle Beast all but demanded.

"I'll finish this with my ULTIMATE attack! Be ready, my opponent!"

Boros started charging up energy, causing a glowing aura to appear around him as Battle Beast watched, preparing himself. Finally, Boros roared out the name of his greatest technique... "Collapsing Star..."

Before he...

"ROARING **CANNOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!**"

...fired a giant energy wave from his mouth point blank at Battle Beast, the beam causing an explosion so gigantic it could be seen from all around space itself.

Exhausted, Boros slumped over and sighed, breathing heavily at having spent all his energy into his final attack.

"A good... fight..." He panted, the billowing smoke from the Roaring Cannon starting to surround him. "I... commend... a worthy oppo--"

A strong arm emerged from the smoke and clutched his mouth shut, taking him by surprise. The smoke cleared to reveal a similarily panting and battle-damaged Battle Beast who was *very* much alive. Neither said a word through their gasps for air.

Finally, a smile appeared on Battle Beast's bloodied face. Boros' own smile was muffled beneath his paw, but Battle Beast could recognize the mutual respect that could be seen in his eye.

With a final nod, Battle Beast wrenched Boros' head from his shoulders and held it over his open mouth to get a taste of the blood that he had earned while the headless body drifted off into space.

**FATALITY!**

## Results

**MBStarscream: Hiro, I don't think we'll be so invincible against those One Punch Man fanboys...**

Hiro: Regardless, this fight was quite close, just as its two combatants would want it. But Battle Beast had just enough things going for him to take a win after finally finding an opponent that could make him work for it.

**MBStarscream: Boros' individual attacks could deal severe damage to his ship, which was tough enough to withstand Saitama's moon jump, and his Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon was stated to be strong enough to destroy an Earth-sized planet, but Battle Beast could match Thragg for several days, who could easily rip apart Viltrumites as strong as Thaedus, who helped in destroying Viltrum, a planet denser and with stronger gravity than Earth, giving him stronger scaling to rely on.**

Hiro: Boros scales above Geryuganshoop's near-lightspeed attacks, which Saitama considered a bad joke, and his Meteoric Burst's latent energy, which he uses to move at high speeds, was able to propel Saitama towards the moon at a fraction of light-speed. Being able to keep up with Thragg, Battle Beast should scale to Viltrumites like Omni-Man, who was fast enough to fly from Earth to the Virgo Supercluster in under two weeks, a feat that would take speeds billions of times faster than light, far faster than what Boros was capable of even in Meteoric Burst.

**MBStarscream: But the question is, could Battle Beast survive the Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon? Well, by upscaling to the likes of Thaedus, he *should* be tough enough to withstand the attack, which would leave Boros without energy and open for Battle Beast to deal a finishing blow.**

Hiro: Boros' incredible healing and Meteoric Burst kept him going, but only for so long before he was overwhelmed by Battle Beast's strength, speed, endurance, and his own vulnerabilities brought upon himself by his very trump card when it mattered.

**MBStarscream: What a beast of a battle that was.**

Hiro: Battle Beast wins.

## Advantages

### Battle Beast (Winner)

* Stronger
* Faster
* More durable
* Meteoric Burst would leave Boros vulnerable
* Could withstand Boros' ultimate attack via Viltrumite durability scaling