“I only did what every Taoist priest should do.”
Uncle Nine roughly knew who Shendu was referring to and shook his head.
Compared to Lopez—a hero who led legions to resist tyranny and vanquish the demon Shendu in order to save all living beings—he was far, far behind.
Shendu opened his mouth, about to speak, when his expression suddenly changed. Two scorching laser beams shot from his eyes and collided with the black beam. After a one-second standoff, they violently exploded, sending dust billowing across the ground.
Without the slightest hesitation, terrifying blazing flames erupted from Shendu’s hands and shot toward Mo Rong in the sky.
Mo Rong sat on his throne and simply waved a hand at Shendu’s flames. As if encountering some kind of obstacle, the flames actually reversed course and returned the way they came. Seeing this, Shendu opened his mouth and swallowed both flames directly.
“The Fire Demon Shendu—not bad.”
Mo Rong looked at Shendu and spoke indifferently.
“Don’t look down on me and judge me from your high horse—you don’t have the right.”
Shendu snorted coldly.
Before Mo Rong could say anything else, a massive fist suddenly came crashing down from the sky. Mo Rong showed no fear—he clenched his fist and met it head-on.
“Rumble—!”
Amid a violent sound, Mo Rong’s expression changed as he felt the tremendous force coming through the other end of the fist. He was sent flying, throne and all.
“What terrifying strength.”
Mo Rong shook his hand, looking at Ultraman Tiga in disbelief.
From his memories, Tiga’s enactment shouldn’t have possessed such terrifying power.
It was almost as if it had been amplified hundreds of times over.
But considering that this Ultraman Tiga was someone who had obtained a [Rule-Level Item] just like him, having this kind of strength wasn’t surprising.
“I’m growing more and more interested in that [Rule-Level Item] that brought you all to this world.”
“As long as I eat you, everything you have will belong to me.”
“Let me see the true face of that [Rule-Level Item].”
The fact that they could appear in this world, and judging by their behavior, they seemed acquainted with this world’s Child of Destiny—these three people from different worlds must surely share an extraordinarily powerful faction-type [Rule-Level Item].
A Multiverse Mall, a Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, a Chat Group, a Myriad Worlds Mercenary—any one of them was highly likely, and any one of them was an incredibly powerful fortune.
He himself had already obtained a system-type [Rule-Level Item]. If he could add another [Rule-Level Item] faction to his arsenal, it was hard to imagine what heights his future could reach.
As for danger?
He had already analyzed it from the transmigrator’s memories—every multiverse faction, when sending support to another world, had its own rules. The other party’s strength wouldn’t be too much greater than their own.
These few guys in front of him, even if they were somewhat stronger than in his memories, were only stronger by a limited margin.
At the very least, they weren’t enough to make him feel wary.
And as for these few guys right here, no matter how much they improved, he had no fear whatsoever!
“Bang!”
In an instant, Mo Rong’s body vanished from where he stood. When he reappeared, he was already holding a thick green arm.
Shendu’s expression changed. He looked to his right—his right arm was gone. The power of the talismans was rapidly repairing his body, and in the blink of an eye, the missing right arm grew back.
Meanwhile, Mo Rong was eating Shendu’s right arm bite by bite with an expression of enjoyment.
After finishing, he showed a hint of regret.
“You’ve already fused the power of the talismans into your body, it seems. I’ll have to eat you entirely to obtain the talismans’ power.”
“But before that…”
As Mo Rong spoke, he extended his right hand. Endless resentment and bloodlust from between heaven and earth converged, forming a massive sword.
“Click!”
In an instant, before Daigo could even react, the giant sword bisected his body at the waist. Violent sparks spread from Tiga’s waist in all directions. Accompanied by a violent explosion, Daigo was forced out of his transformation.
His body was covered in burns. The self-healing ability of the Immortal Body rapidly repaired his wounds, but for the time being, he had lost his combat ability.
“Your power is not bad, but it’s only your power that’s not bad.”
At some point, Mo Rong’s body had appeared beside Daigo, looking down at him.
Then he bent down, tore open Daigo’s clothes, and pulled out the Spark Lens inside.
“Unfortunately, this is just a tool that lets you transform into Tiga. It doesn’t contain Tiga’s own power. But eating you directly should work just the same…”
“Bang!”
While Mo Rong was speaking, Shendu used the Rabbit Talisman’s extreme speed to snatch the Spark Lens away.
“You think I’d just stand by and watch you eat him?”
Shendu said coldly.
“I want to eat him. Can you stop me?”
As the words fell, Mo Rong opened his massive maw. A terrifying devouring force frantically consumed everything before him, and within this devouring force was an extremely powerful suppression effect. For a moment, Shendu found himself unable to break free.
“Bang.”
Just then, a spherical object was thrown in along with the surrounding dirt, leaves, and other debris.
Mo Rong, in the middle of devouring, suddenly sensed something. He abruptly stopped and his face turned ugly as he looked toward a black hole that had appeared on the other side—and the figure walking out of it.
“Sorry, I observed for a bit too long.”
Bai Xuan ignored Mo Rong’s gaze and walked over to Daigo and Shendu. He lightly tapped his finger, and energy brimming with immense vitality flowed into Daigo. In less than a moment, Daigo was fully restored.
“What did you just throw in there?”
Shendu looked at Bai Xuan and asked.
“A Devil Fruit—a Mythical Zoan type, the Human-Human Fruit.”
Bai Xuan said.
“???”
“I observed carefully. His devouring works the same way I understood it to—it converts whatever he swallows into energy and automatically analyzes the abilities within, plundering them for his own use.”
“If it were just an ordinary Devil Fruit, even the demon inside it wouldn’t be affected by his power.”
“But I used a Devil Fruit purchased from the chat group.”
Devil Fruits purchased from the chat group couldn’t have their demons removed through devouring abilities alone. Only the optimization function that would appear later in the chat group could do that—or perhaps the enhancement function might work too.
But only the chat group could nullify that drawback.
Bai Xuan had once suddenly thought of the Devil Fruit’s mechanics and asked the chat group about it, and that was the answer he received.
And the reason he asked was exactly for a situation like this.
A normal Devil Fruit could be consumed using devouring-type abilities—the demon would be rejected while the fruit’s power was obtained. Although the power gained would be somewhat reduced, the weakness to seawater would also be erased. But Devil Fruits from the chat group couldn’t do that.
Only the chat group’s functions could remove that drawback.
