Sage Centipede

Sage Centipede (ムカデ仙人, Mukade Sen'nin; Viz: Centisennin) is an immensely large centipede-like Mysterious Being. It claims to have emerged to destroy the "abominable fist" that opposes "God".

Appearance
Sage Centipede is a massive centipede-like monster, surpassing even Elder Centipede who was already one of the largest monsters seen. While it does bear some resemblance to Elder Centipede, it is notably more monstrous to a degree, having a sharper and spiky armor that sticks out. Its humanoid head resembles a skull and has 5 glowing eyes while the centipede face holds 8. Its mandibles are also more massive while its antennas are wider and thicker. According to the monster, Sage Centipede's limbs are 6666 in total, and look like twisted humanoid arms with claws and armor on them.

Personality
Sage Centipede portrays itself as a single-minded being, bent on achieving the singular goal of destroying the "abominable fist" that opposes "God". As such, it boasts of its superiority in the face of humanity, thinking of humans as "insolent and tiny". Extremely aggressive and powerful, Sage Centipede threatened to execute "divine retribution and destruction" for the sake of the Earth, whom it acknowledges as "father", as well as proclaiming the planet's oceans as "mother".

Monster Association Arc
Sage Centipede is first seen deep beneath the Earth where the Mysterious Shrine was located, only with its shadow rising. Later on, after Garou defeats Platinum Sperm, Sage Centipede bursts out from the massive hole where Tatsumaki has attacked Orochi. After making its appearance, Sage Centipede loudly claims that it has been sent to destroy the "abominable fist" that opposes "God" and declares itself the "Incarnation of Father Earth". As Sage Centipede directs its eyes towards the sea, Evil Natural Water, now known as Evil Ocean Water, begins rising. Sage Centipede refers to Evil Ocean Water as the "Incarnation of Mother Ocean", stating that along with the latter, it will bring total destruction. In an instant, Garou jumps up towards Sage Centipede and pummels it in the head. Sage Centipede takes damage from Garou's attack. However it quickly regenerates, and despite Garou's attempts to grab its attention, Sage Centipede realizes Garou seemed concerned about the rescue helicopter (which Tareo is inside) behind it. It tells Garou if he moves an inch, Evil Ocean Water will shoot down the helicopter instantly. While Garou is surprised, Sage Centipede attacks the Hero Hunter with its Centipede Grand March, with Evil Ocean Water aiding it by shooting a devastating water cannon at him, severely injuring the Human Monster. Despite the successful attack though, Sage Centipede notices unknown movement from Saitama who dashes towards and punches Evil Ocean Water, shocking Sage Centipede at the immense damage done and pondering if Evil Ocean Water's supposed death was caused by a tectonic shift. As the rescue helicopter in the sky seems to bother Sage Centipede, it targets and attempts to strike down the flying object. At this moment, Metal Bat from nearby, jumps towards its humanoid face and strikes it with many direct swings, although Sage Centipede remains practically unharmed and simply tosses the S-Class hero away. Sage Centipede continues its attempts to strike down the rescue helicopter, but a reporter helicopter pops up right above it, much to its annoyance. Sage Centipede then strikes the reporter helicopter with one of its antennas. However, Metal Bat manages to appear in front of the helicopter and blocks the strike. Shortly after Garou, already recovered from the damage he sustained earlier, lands a barrage of attacks on Sage Centipede, which momentarily knock back the giant monster but do not cause any serious damage to it.

After an argument between Garou and Metal Bat, they soon team up to defeat Sage Centipede. Though their efforts aren't fully capable. Despite the two using their attacks all across the body, Sage Centipede body easily handled Metal Bat's attacks and while Garou's did cause damage, Sage Centipede regenerated from them. While the monster considered Garou a threat, it didn't think the same for Bat and while considering using Bat as a hostage, seeing them fight made it change it's mind.

Eventually Sage Centipede spotted the transport that held the other heroes alongside Tarou and chased after it. Despite the helicopter's attempts to escape, Sage Centipede caught up and the heroes who tried retaliating couldn't even harm it. The monster soon grabbed it with it's antennas while destroying the helicopter blades, then taunting Bat and Garou. Sage Centipede then utilized it's Centipede Grand March on the two causing them damage including the very land itself. Sage Centipede then grabbed Garou, ready to kill him in one swift move. However, thanks to two heroes, they managed to save Garou's life by shooting at the monster's face, momentarily distracting him. This gave Garou the time to escape and attack Sage Centipede again.

Sage Centipede still tried to attack, holding onto the helicopter while resisting Garou's attempts to remove his antennas from it. Metal Bat then came though, and much to Sage Centipede's own shock, he destroyed it's antennas and screamed in pain. While regenerating, Sage Centipede inquiry on how Metal Bat managed to even harm it when Bat couldn't before. Getting the simple answer of Bat wishing to protect. With this intervention alongside Garou, Sage Centipede was unable to capture the chopper as the latter through it afar from it's grasp.

Still, Sage Centipede remained confident. Declaring that even with their team-up, they could do nothing against it's power and lunged towards them while spinning and utilizing all it's limbs in tandem for a devastating blow; 6666 Leg Grand Drill. However, due to the unintentional combination attack of both Garou and Metal Bat, Sage Centipede's attack not only failed, but it's entire body cracked from the recoil where the temporarily powered-up Metal Bat managed to break Elder Centipede's nigh-indestructible exoskeleton to it's shock. It then batted Metal Bat away, yet didn't notice Garou who also received a power-up thanks to Bat and managed to blow a massive hole inside Sage Centipede from front to back.

Screaming, Sage Centipede then realized for some reason it wasn't regenerating. Garou then notes to it that what he did was taking away Sage Centipede's regeneration core. The 'organ' in question being eerily similar to another monster Garou had faced. Despite the damage Sage Centipede could still move and tried to take it back, only for Garou to throw it high in the air. It cursed Garou as it tried to get the organ back.

Abilities and Powers
Sage Centipede is a gargantuanly huge Mysterious Being, being superior in size and strength to its underling Elder Centipede, who was himself an extremely large and powerful Dragon-level threat. Being dangerous to the point where simply moving causes the land to shift, and attacking devastates the area around it. Being powerful enough to handle Metal Bat, a strong S-Class hero, with ease while also capable of handling Garou despite the latter's evolved state.

Physical Abilities
Immense Strength: Sage Centipede was able to push its way through the remnants of the Monster Association Headquarters that Tatsumaki had reshaped into a city-sized spear, and with its mandibles, it could shear its way straight through the gigantic weapon after lifting it out of the crater that Tatsumaki had made with it.

Immense Durability: Sage Centipede possesses incredible toughness. Its humanoid face alone was capable of withstanding blows from an evolved Garou albeit with damage, and even handling many of Metal Bat's swings which caused visible damage to Elder Centipede's humanoid face, yet Sage Centipede, on the other hand, did not show any visible signs of pain at all.


 * Carapace Defense: Similarly to Elder Centipede, Sage Centipede possesses an amazing toughness carapace, which protects its body. Both Garou and Metal Bat were focusing on attacking its humanoid face rather than aiming its durable shell. Though a temporarily powered-up Metal Bat and Garou managed to break through this.

Regeneration: Sage Centipede possesses fast regeneration ability. Despite Garou's attacks causing damage to Sage Centipede's human face, it quickly regenerated with ease. Though this ceases when Garou manages to take away what he dubbed, the 'Regeneration Core' organ. While Sage Centipede can still fight and move, it is incapable of regenerating without the energy from the organ.

Fighting Style
Mass Destruction: Similarly to Elder Centipede, Sage Centipede takes advantage of its size to cause catastrophic destruction.


 * Centipede Grand March (ムカデ大行軍, Mukade-dai Kōgun): Sage Centipede surrounds a target and deals damage from all angles, attacking them with its twisted human arms. This attack bears a resemblance to Senior Centipede's Centipede March. It uses this attack against Garou.
 * 6666 Leg Grand Drill (六千六百六十六足（ムカデ）大穿孔, Mukade Daisenkō): An attack that utilizes all of Sage Centipede's limbs working in tandem together. Lunging at the enemy while spinning to make a type of drill attack that it used on Garou and Metal Bat.

Quotes

 * "Insolent, tiny humans! Hear me! We have been sent here to destroy the abominable fist that has turned against God! By the incarnation of our father, the Earth! And the incarnation of our mother, the Ocean! Suffer divine retribution and destruction!"

Trivia



 * Murata once joked on a stream about there being a centipede of a higher tier than Elder Centipede, giving it potential names such as "Ancient Centipede" or "Master Centipede".
 * The sacrificial altar under the mural of the Mysterious Shrine is adorned with a coiled centipede, possibly hinting at the rise of Sage Centipede.
 * In the original release of Chapter 102, a relief of the Subterranean King is seen along with two centipedes (or two extremities of one centipede) encircling him and the Earth, possibly prophesizing Sage Centipede.

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