"Now!"
Every fighter present was a battle-hardened veteran who instantly seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
"Orochinagi!"
"Power Geyser!"
"Heat Drive!"
Over a dozen attacks representing Earth's finest combat power poured through that small crack like free missiles, all slamming into Magaki's true body!
"AAAHHH——!!!!"
Magaki screamed!
For the first time in his existence, he had truly been hurt!
Without Cloud—that "super cheat"—Earth's fighters had independently wounded a "rule-breaking" boss for the first time through coordination and attribute advantages!
"Damn... damn you insects!"
Covered in wounds, Magaki crawled up from the ground.
His monstrous body had multiple ruptures, purple-red blood flowing continuously.
He had lost. Lost to the "insects" he despised most.
But he wasn't panicking.
"Heh heh... heheheheh..." He let out a neurotic laugh. "You think... you've won?"
"Don't forget—we are time travelers!"
With a wave of his hand, a dimensional rift as black as a scar appeared behind him.
"You got lucky this time! Once I return home and recover my strength... I'll show you what true cruelty means!"
While making threats, he prepared to dive into the rift—executing the "standard villain retreat."
But the instant half his body had entered the rift—
Something unexpected happened!
WHOOSH—!
A crimson spear wreathed in blazing flames shot out from behind, through that very dimensional rift!
That spear seemed to transcend space and time, piercing Magaki's heart from behind with incomprehensible precision!
SPLURT—!
Purple-red blood erupted like a fountain.
Magaki's arrogant laughter died in his throat.
He slowly, rigidly turned his head, staring with an expression of shock, rage, and disbelief at the beautiful youth who was calmly stepping out of the dimensional rift.
"Sh... Shion..."
"Why..."
Shion remained expressionless.
He slowly withdrew the crimson spear from Magaki's body, letting his superior's blood splatter across his own face.
"Lord Magaki," his voice was utterly flat, but his eyes gleamed with something chilling. "You were too noisy."
"And your philosophy was too outdated."
"Destruction is the most inefficient method. Devouring is the ultimate truth of evolution."
Before everyone's horrified gazes, he opened his mouth and began absorbing the blood flowing from Magaki's wounds—along with the soul fragments containing vast power—directly into himself!
"AAAHHH——!!!"
Magaki let out the final, most piercing scream of his life.
His body visibly withered and shriveled at incredible speed, finally becoming a dried husk devoid of all life force, falling from the sky.
And Shion, having devoured all of Magaki's power, now radiated an aura several times more terrifying than his former superior!
His strength had undergone a qualitative leap in that instant!
He had become a new boss—more powerful and far more unfathomable!
"Good... this power..." Shion savored the surging energy within him, his face showing an intoxicated, satisfied smile.
He turned his gaze to the fighters below, who had exhausted themselves in the previous battle and could no longer fight.
His expression was that of a glutton who had just finished his appetizer, now eyeing the main course.
"So then... next..."
"It's your turn."
The situation had instantly reversed!
A drama of "backstabbing" and "plot twists" had only just begun.
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On the Moon. In a crater.
This was a world of absolute "nothingness." No air, no sound, no life. Only eternal silence and cold.
Countless craters of varying sizes scarred the satellite's surface like ugly wounds, silently testifying to billions of years of solitude.
In the distance, that gem-like beautiful blue planet—Earth—was the only warm light source in this dark universe.
Yet in this desolate place where even gods would feel lonely, a figure had been sitting in meditation for several months.
Cloud.
He was now utterly transformed from before.
His eyes were closed, but his consciousness had long transcended the limitations of flesh, connecting with the entire universe.
In his perception, time was no longer a linear flow but a "string" that could be plucked at will.
Space was no longer a three-dimensional framework but a "canvas" that could be folded however he wished.
Matter was no longer a fixed form but a "code" that could be reorganized at any moment.
Destruction, creation, life, death, time, space...
These "laws" that mortals considered the universe's ultimate mysteries now lay before him as clear, simple, and controllable as "1+1=2."
His "Chaos Divine Bloodline," having reached 100% completion, had finally achieved the perfect "chemical reaction" with his 99.99% "Ultimate Power" and the "Nothingness" will belonging to "Orochi 4.1."
He had broken through.
A violent wave of energy exploded from him, punching straight through the Moon itself.
He had finally comprehended the legendary Cosmic Power!
[DING! Congratulations, Host, for successfully overcoming the Inner Demon Tribulation and conquering yourself!]
[Congratulations on successfully comprehending the ultimate truth of "If Not Me, Then Who? Whatever Will Be, Will Be" and breaking through to—the Cosmic Power realm!]
[Your power system has been restructured! You have successfully mastered the three fundamental cosmic laws: Destruction, Creation, and Space-Time!]
[Generating exclusive BGM and entrance effects... Generation failed! Because you're already so badass you don't need these things!]
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