"You want to fight me with all your strength, Minghao? Really?"
Milim tilted her small head, her light blue eyes wide with curiosity as she looked at Lu Minghao. Her cute face was full of surprise and joy. Since Rimuru became a Demon Lord, this was the first time she had encountered someone who actively wanted to fight her.
Usually, due to her agreement with the original Red and the Emperor of the Eastern Empire, Milim couldn't casually start fights. After all, as one of the strongest beings in the world, if she fought with all her might, not to mention how many lives would be lost in the aftermath, the destruction to the world alone would be devastating.
But now, Lu Minghao's challenge was a huge surprise for Milim. She had long been bored to the extreme and was eager to have a good time. Otherwise, she wouldn't have rushed over to say hello as soon as she found out that the Orc Lord had been defeated by a slime, just to make her boring life more interesting.
"Yes, I haven't fought with all my strength since awakening. I also don't know how big the gap is between my strength and yours, so I want to challenge you, Milim."
Lu Minghao looked at Milim with a serious expression on his handsome face. For Lu Minghao, it was extremely important to determine his current strength. After he devoured the Storm Dragon Veldora, Lu Minghao decided to go to a new world.
Before that, Lu Minghao had to figure out what his full strength could do. This was related to his plans and safety after arriving in the next world. After all, without knowing his strength, how could Lu Minghao know how to stir up trouble in the next world?
"Okay, I promise, but Minghao, since we're fighting, I won't hold back. Don't die, Minghao."
Milim raised her head slightly, her cute face with a wanton smile. At that moment, everyone felt as if the surrounding air had been frozen, and an overwhelming aura pressed down on everyone like the sky was falling.
"So...so terrifying...."
Benimaru stared blankly at Milim's seemingly petite body. At this moment, in Benimaru's eyes, Milim's body began to expand infinitely, the whole world turned pitch black, the concept of time completely disappeared, and he was being swallowed by the dark world bit by bit.
"Hey, hey! Milim, are you trying to destroy this place?"
Just then, Lu Minghao's voice sounded, and at the same time, a powerful aura that was no weaker than Milim's rose into the sky, instantly breaking through Milim's aura. Benimaru and the others, who had just recovered, looked at Milim in front of them with lingering fear. Just now, they almost thought they were dead.
Or rather, if Lu Minghao's aura hadn't broken Milim's aura, in a few more minutes, everyone except Shuna and Rimuru would have died completely, and even their souls would have been crushed. This was the sorrow of the weak. Even if the strong had no malice towards them, just the emitted aura was enough to kill them.
"Huh? Really?"
Milim tilted her head and glanced at Benimaru and the others, who were panting heavily, before realizing what she had just done when she was excited. She stuck out her little tongue and gave Benimaru and the others an apologetic look.
"Then, let's change places, Milim!"
As soon as the words fell, Lu Minghao's figure suddenly appeared in front of Milim. In Milim's surprised gaze, Lu Minghao grabbed her arm, then his body suddenly exerted force, throwing her directly into the sky.
"Then, we'll be right back."
Looking at Milim, who had turned into a shooting star, Lu Minghao turned around and waved to Shuna and Rimuru with a smile. The next second, Lu Minghao's body suddenly squatted down, and the ground beneath his feet began to shake violently. In an instant, a huge roar sounded, and Lu Minghao's body turned into a stream of light, rushing straight into the sky.
When Lu Minghao turned into a spot of light that was difficult to see with the naked eye, a visible shock wave appeared. And in the place where Lu Minghao had just been, a bottomless pit with a diameter of several hundred meters appeared.
"Minghao is very happy."
Shuna gently stroked her disheveled hair, a faint smile on her lips as she looked at the sky. She clearly saw Lu Minghao's heartfelt smile on the corners of his mouth as he fought Milim tens of thousands of meters above the sky.
"By the way, Rimuru, if you don't want any casualties, it's best to arrange for the residents of the Central City to evacuate."
The next second, Shuna turned her head and looked at Rimuru expressionlessly, then looked up at the two people fighting above. At this time, if there were beings whose strength was not enough, they could only see two streams of light constantly colliding, separating, and then colliding again in the sky above their heads. The huge roar and the visible shock wave shattered the clouds in the sky.
"I understand."
Rimuru couldn't help but twitch his mouth after hearing Shuna's words. If he hadn't seen it wrong, the location where Lu Minghao and Milim were fighting was tens of thousands of meters above the sky, and with the battle, the height of the two was still rising rapidly. In this case, Shuna was still asking the residents of the Central City to evacuate, which also meant that the aftermath of their battle could still affect the ground.
'It's just outrageous.'
After sighing inwardly at the desperate strength of Lu Minghao and Milim, Rimuru obediently listened to Shuna's words and asked Benimaru and the others to go back and direct the residents of the Central City to start evacuating. Although it was difficult to imagine how the aftermath of the battle between the two tens of thousands of meters above could affect the town on the ground.
But, Rimuru still chose to let the residents of the Central City evacuate, so that even if it affected the ground, there would be no casualties. At most, some buildings would be damaged. As for the damaged buildings, in a world with magic and monsters, they could be easily rebuilt.
After all, the Pig-men were too convenient.
.....
At the same time, on the other side, nearly 20,000 meters in the sky, the scarlet stream of light and the black stream of light collided again. The space at the center of the collision began to distort at a speed visible to the naked eye. When the two streams of light separated, a huge sun appeared in the sky, and the terrifying energy devoured everything it touched.
"Wahaha! So happy, so happy, how long has it been since I felt the joy of battle!"
In front of the sun exuding destructive energy, the scarlet light dissipated, revealing Milim, who was standing with her hands on her hips and laughing excitedly. Her light blue dragon eyes were full of fighting desire as she looked at Lu Minghao opposite her. The slightly stinging hands made Milim even more excited.
She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had felt the stinging sensation. In the past battles, except for when she had just become a Demon Lord and fought the Emperor of the Eastern Empire for seven days and seven nights without a winner, the subsequent battles were more like playing around. Even making Milim's arms numb was difficult, let alone the stinging sensation when injured.
"Minghao, I'm so happy, as a reward, let me show you my ultimate move!"
Saying that, Milim raised her hands and aimed them at Lu Minghao. Even more powerful magic essence surged out of her body like a tide. Little by little, silver-white light spots condensed around Milim's body, turning into huge magic cannons with a diameter of one meter in the blink of an eye.
"Dragon Star Dispersal Burst!"
Following Milim's spirited cry, hundreds of magic cannons transformed into streaks of light, instantly appearing beside Lu Minghao on the opposite side. In that instant, even the sun in the sky dimmed slightly. A series of explosions rang out, and Lu Minghao's body was completely engulfed in Milim's attack.
When everything returned to calm, Lu Minghao's unscathed figure appeared beside Milim. At this moment, a layer of faint black light completely enveloped Lu Minghao's body, and the remaining energy of [Dragon Star Diffusion Burst] was being rapidly absorbed by it.
"Wahahaha! I knew Minghao, you'd be fine! You truly are my best friend."
Milim wasn't surprised at all by the unharmed Lu Minghao. She even put her hands on her hips and laughed triumphantly, her cute little face becoming even more excited. Coming here as soon as she learned that the Orc Disaster had been killed was truly the right choice.
Not only did she get to eat many dishes she had never eaten before, but she also gained a best friend like Lu Minghao. Most importantly, this best friend was powerful enough and willing to fight alongside her.
"Isn't that a given? Besides, Milim, is your warm-up over? It's about time to get serious."
Lu Minghao waved his hand to dissipate the Gluttony force enveloping his body, looked at Milim opposite him, smiled slightly, and said. He knew that Milim's current appearance was just a playful form, and most of the power within her was suppressed.
"You really noticed, Minghao! Then I'll get serious!"
Across from him, Milim winked playfully after hearing Lu Minghao's words. Then, a mass of substantial crimson magic essence completely enveloped her body. After the magic essence dissipated, Milim in a completely new form appeared. A bright red and domineering dragon horn grew out of her smooth forehead, and a pair of black dragon wings fluttered gently behind her. Milim's body was completely covered in a set of purplish-black armor, and she held a black longsword in her hand.
"The Destroyer, huh."
Lu Minghao sized up Milim at this moment, the smile on his face gradually disappearing, replaced by an expression full of indifference. At the same time, a magic essence full of greed and tyrannical aura continuously poured out of Lu Minghao's body, and the slowly drifting clouds in the distance disappeared silently, completely annihilated.
"Still not strong enough."
Feeling the power within him, enough to easily destroy several kingdoms in an instant, Lu Minghao sighed softly and shook his head. Although he was very strong now, he was only slightly stronger than Milim at this moment. But Lu Minghao knew that Milim's current state was not her strongest.
"So strong! So strong! Minghao, you're really strong! Now I don't have to worry about accidentally killing you!"
Opposite him, Milim took a deep breath, her little face full of intoxication as she looked at Lu Minghao, who was like the center of the world. At this moment, all expectations and excitement turned into ruthless fighting spirit, and the corners of her cracked mouth revealed an even more unrestrained smile.
The next second, Milim's body instantly appeared in front of Lu Minghao as if traversing space. Amidst unrestrained laughter, Milim suddenly raised her hand, and in the dazzling light, endless magic essence crashed down heavily with this punch.
Boom!
In an instant, Lu Minghao raised his hand and swung it towards Milim's fist. The moment the two fists collided, the entire world seemed to be condensed. Then, a cracking sound like glass shattering rang out in Lu Minghao and Milim's ears at the same time. The center space where the two fists collided was already covered with cracks, and pieces of broken space fragments scattered in all directions.
Swish!
A piece of space fragment brushed across Lu Minghao's face, and a shallow wound appeared. A drop of ice-blue blood dripped down Lu Minghao's face. This piece of space fragment completely ignored Lu Minghao's body resistance, truly injuring Lu Minghao's body, although the wound had already healed the moment it appeared.
"Heh!"
Lu Minghao didn't care at all, just stared intently at Milim, who was laughing wildly across from him. He suddenly opened his mouth, and even more terrifying magic essence poured out and gathered in his mouth. Even the abilities of all skills, except for Lu Minghao's Ultimate Skill, were blessed upon this strike.
Buzz!
In just seconds, a fist-sized ball of light appeared in Lu Minghao's mouth. Then, Lu Minghao suddenly closed his mouth and made a swallowing motion. At this moment, Milim's expression changed. The amount of magic essence, which had been three times that of Lu Minghao's, instantly increased frantically, as if there were no upper limits.
'Too late, Milim!'
Lu Minghao looked at Milim, who had completely become serious, said in his heart, and directly opened his mouth and aimed at Milim. In an instant, a pure black, liquid-like beam of light shot straight at Milim, and even the space was destroyed wherever it passed.
"Celestial Demonic Dragon Star Cleave!"
At the critical moment, Milim raised the longsword in her left hand and slashed down directly. The attack, which could easily destroy even space, was easily cut apart. In this way, Milim, with a cold expression, charged directly towards Lu Minghao like a force to be reckoned with, braving the light cannon.
"Hey, hey, hey! What on earth are those two doing!"
On the ground below, Rimuru looked up nervously, watching the black light spots falling like raindrops. Especially when one of the light spots landed on a distant mountain, the mountain was flattened in an instant, and a sinkhole with a diameter of several thousand meters appeared in its place, Rimuru couldn't hold back any longer.
If it was just a black light spot, it would be fine, but the problem was that the black light spots falling now were like a torrential rain, densely covering the entire sky. It was no surprise that everything here would be turned into ruins in a few seconds.
"They're just having a normal fight."
Sally responded to Rimuru's complaint from the side, and her body directly rushed into the sky. Her seemingly fair and soft fist easily destroyed the light spots that could easily destroy a mountain of several thousand meters. Beside Sally, Rimuru was also fully absorbing the remaining light spots.
At the same time, Luo Yina, who had originally gone with Souei to the underground cave of the Lizardmen tribe, also emerged. Beneath her, the entire forest had turned into a sea of flesh. Countless scarlet tentacles stretched out from the earth, devouring all the falling light spots.
"No way, again!"
When Rimuru, Sally, and Luo Yina had exhausted all their strength to clean up the aftermath of the battle, Rimuru suddenly noticed that the sky above his head had completely darkened. A black vortex with a diameter of nearly 100,000 meters completely covered the entire sky, and the black aura was constantly gathering around the vortex.
Just by staring at the vortex above his head, Rimuru seemed to see all the evil in the world. The vortex in the sky itself was an abyss formed by the gathering of all the evil in the world, which was the essence of evil.
"King of Evil, this is Minghao's Ultimate Skill."
At this time, Sally on the side was looking up at the vortex formed by the gathering of endless evil with a solemn expression, her mouth slowly opening as she said. She knew that this was one of Lu Minghao's two great Ultimate Skills, the [King of Evil].
