"What is that?"
On the outskirts of Fuyuki City, beneath a large mountain, a citizen who had come to see the excitement got out of his car and stared blankly at everything before him, only to see viscous black mud flowing continuously from that strange hole in the sky.
The viscous black mud submerged the entire mountain peak like a tide. Wherever it passed, the trees ignited with dark red flames. Countless animals were howling in pain within the flames. Even as they rolled around on the ground, the flames on their bodies showed no sign of extinguishing; on the contrary, they burned even more fiercely.
"Quick! Run!"
At this moment, a terrified roar suddenly came from the front, followed by several people running out of the forest. One of them, due to excessive fear, didn't watch his step and tripped over a tree root. Immediately, the viscous black mud submerged his feet, igniting dark red flames.
"Save... save me!"
Scorched by the flames, the man lying on the ground reached out his hand to his companions for help, but they only looked back before quickening their pace to escape, with no intention of saving him.
"Riko, save me, save me!"
The man looked at his departing companions and raised his hand to a middle-aged woman among them, who was his wife. However, the woman named Riko completely ignored the pleas for help behind her and simply buried her head and ran forward.
"Why... why won't you save me? I curse you all, may you all die here together!"
Watching his companions and wife flee, the man lying on the ground's eyes began to turn venomous, and the darkness in his heart began to grow rapidly. As his entire body was completely swallowed by the black mud, his scarlet eyes stared at their backs and issued a curse filled with malice.
"Mon... monster!"
Not far away, the man who had been standing by his car watching all of this suddenly screamed in terror, raised his hand, and pointed tremblingly at the backs of the people running towards him. In the surging black mud, the man who had just died had stood up again, viscous black mud dripping from the corners of his mouth, his venomous eyes staring intently at the people in front.
And behind the man, all the animals that had originally died in the burning flames slowly walked out, their jet-black pupils filled with only endless malice. Why did they have to endure so much pain and die?
And those people were still alive.
Malice towards life filled their minds. In a frenzy of roaring, the dense army of animals began to charge towards the living people in front of them.
"Mommy!"
The man standing by the car screamed, hurriedly jumped into the car, and started the engine. After a drifting turn in place, completely ignoring the cries for help from the people who were running, he slammed on the accelerator and rushed out.
Looking in the rearview mirror, the man in the car watched the few people who had been pounced on by the previous monster, his face gradually turning pale. He saw the people who had been pounced on and bitten to death by that monster turn into the same kind of being after death.
"What kind of monster is this? Is this the end of the world coming?"
The man in the car, muttering to himself, floored the accelerator. The scenery outside the window began to change rapidly. At this moment, he already suspected whether the dark red sun he had seen before was a falling alien meteorite, carrying an unknown virus that caused everything that had just happened.
Bang!
Just as the man was lost in thought, the speeding car suddenly crashed into something. When the man, his head covered in blood, staggered out of the car, he realized that everything in front of him had turned into a sea of fire, with dozens of cars crashed on the road.
Painful cries and the sound of flames burning mixed together.
"Quick... run up the mountain, there are monsters down the mountain!"
At this moment, a woman who looked to be in her twenties walked out of a white car, looking at the mountain behind her with a terrified expression. However, as she ran past the man, she showed a strange expression. Why didn't he run? Didn't he know there were monsters down the mountain?
Just as the woman had run out a few steps, she suddenly noticed the car next to the man, which was clearly heading downhill. Coupled with the man standing still, a nearly desperate guess appeared in her mind.
"Death... death... why are you still alive, but I have to die..."
Suddenly, a voice filled with resentment and malice rang out in front of the woman. When the woman looked up, hideous and terrifying figures appeared in front of her. Before she could even scream, the woman was already submerged by many monsters.
In the end, all the residents of Fuyuki City who had come here out of curiosity died here, only the artificial humans of the Leysritt family, who were not far from here, watched all of this blankly, witnessing firsthand the essence of the Holy Grail that the Three Families had been pursuing.
"Let's go."
Leysritt looked at the burning mountain and the monsters in the black mud, lowered her head to look at Illya, who was sleeping in her arms, and resolutely left this place.
..........
"Curiosity killed the cat. If you're an ordinary person, you just shouldn't be so curious."
Beside the Holy Grail, Lu Minghao watched the deaths of many residents of Fuyuki City with a blank expression, with no intention of saving them. People have to pay the price for their decisions, understanding that even being a bystander has risks.
"How about giving Fuyuki City a big one directly?"
The next second, Lu Minghao looked at the black mud that was spreading towards Fuyuki City, considering whether to let the residents of Fuyuki City feel the kindness of the slime from another world. After all, this way, the residents of Fuyuki City would never have to worry about dying in a gas pipeline leak one day.
Lu Minghao directly showed great kindness and helped them solve this problem once and for all. As for the reward, Lu Minghao didn't want much, just themselves.
"Go!"
The next second, Lu Minghao decided to exert his nature as a kind-hearted slime from another world. With a wave of his hand, the black mud that was spreading towards Fuyuki City instantly accelerated, even setting off black mud waves dozens of meters high. In the waves, countless monsters roared and looked towards the increasingly close Fuyuki City.
But just as they were about to enter Fuyuki City, the black mud suddenly seemed to be restricted by something, and even those monsters no longer dared to cry out, but only prostrated themselves in the black mud, trembling.
"I know, I know, really, so many people, what difference would a mere Fuyuki City make? And I'm still out of kindness wanting to care about them, but I can't."
At this time, Lu Minghao, who was beside the Holy Grail, also noticed the movement of the black mud. Before he could do anything else, the voice of the Gaia consciousness rang in his mind. Seeing this, Lu Minghao could only regretfully give up the idea of doing something good for Fuyuki City.
"Then next, it's your turn. I've let you play for so long, I believe you've had enough."
Immediately, the endless All the World's Evil, like a vast ocean, within the hole above Lu Minghao's head that led directly to the Root, now that the fun had been watched enough, it was time to do business.
"Abyss of Evil!"
The next second, as soon as Lu Minghao's voice fell, the All the World's Evil, which had originally exuded endless malice, suddenly stopped. At this moment, they felt an aura from Lu Minghao that was like a natural enemy. A dark and gloomy abyss appeared beneath Lu Minghao's feet.
In just an instant, it devoured all the All the World's Evil that had been dissipating, and then the abyss began to expand rapidly, directly blocking the entire opening leading to the Root, frantically devouring the All the World's Evil within, formed from the malice of all humanity.
"That's the feeling!"
Within a special space in the Holy Grail World, Lu Minghao's main body opened his eyes, his handsome face filled with enjoyment as he muttered to himself. At this moment, a continuous stream of All the World's Evil was flowing into Lu Minghao's main body through the Abyss of Evil summoned by his Heroic Spirit avatar.
Lu Minghao felt his ultimate ability, 'King of Evil,' was constantly strengthening. At the same time, Lu Minghao's main body was also growing under the influence of a large amount of nourishment. Most importantly, Lu Minghao felt that the three major talents—[Lust], [Gluttony], and [Greed], which had awakened after arriving in the Holy Grail World—were constantly being awakened and evolved.
The most obvious change was that Lu Minghao's original mimetic human form had unknowingly changed back to its original form. The original ice-blue slime body was now emitting a seven-colored light, and an essence surpassing that of an Awakened True Demon Lord appeared within Lu Minghao's body.
Originally, Lu Minghao, who had devoured half of the Overlord world and had been feeling bloated recently, was now unconsciously having the devoured world become a continuous source of nourishment for his evolution beyond the Demon Lord.
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Minghao slowly opened his eyes, his round body bouncing on the ground. At this moment, Lu Minghao's original ice-blue appearance changed once again to the sky-blue color of his birth, but compared to ordinary slimes,
Lu Minghao now looked like a top-grade sapphire, and looking at him was like facing the vast sky, profound, broad, and completely boundless.
"This is?"
At this moment, Lu Minghao also noticed the changes in himself. Not to mention that his magic power had already surpassed the disaster-class threshold of two million, directly reaching five million, but most importantly, Lu Minghao felt that the nature of his magic power was undergoing some changes.
Subsequently, Lu Minghao instinctively stretched out a small hand. As magic power was injected, a fist-sized slime appeared on the originally pale earth. This was not Lu Minghao's clone, but a completely new slime created by magic power.
"If I remember correctly, the Slime world has gods, doesn't it? Could it be that I have already begun to evolve in the direction of a god?"
Looking at the slime in front of him that instinctively felt close to him, Lu Minghao transformed into a human form and looked at his palm, muttering to himself. Immediately, a trace of a smile appeared on Lu Minghao's face. Feeling the seemingly omnipotent power within his body, Lu Minghao's smile became even more unrestrained.
Lu Minghao's unrestrained laughter echoed within the blank, peculiar space.
It wasn't until several minutes later, when Lu Minghao stopped because he laughed so hard that he got something stuck in his throat, his eyes filled with excitement. Then, he raised his head and looked at a certain location in this space. He, who was originally unable to lock onto Gaia, could now clearly see her.
In an alternate dimension above, a cute white-haired little loli was looking at Lu Minghao in disbelief. Previously, she had also noticed Lu Minghao's evolution. Originally, in Gaia's view, Lu Minghao's accumulation was not enough to step into the realm of gods.
Even with the All the World's Evil as a supplement, it was not enough at all. But what Gaia didn't expect was that Lu Minghao had devoured half a world before coming to the Holy Grail World. With half a world as nourishment, Lu Minghao had now successfully half-stepped into the domain of gods.
As long as he replenished enough nourishment, Lu Minghao would evolve into a god surpassing the disaster-class Demon Lord.
"Gaia, why don't you be a good person to the end and let me take a bite? I promise to be gentle."
Lu Minghao licked his lips as he looked at Gaia above. He didn't expect that the All the World's Evil would be the key factor in his evolution. Relying on the malice of humanity condensed throughout the world, Lu Minghao's three major talents awakened, digested the half world he had eaten before, and drove Lu Minghao to evolve toward godhood.
Now, Lu Minghao had a premonition that as long as he devoured Gaia's consciousness, he could completely evolve into a god.
"Hmph! Exile!"
Above, Gaia's consciousness looked at Lu Minghao's undisguised greedy eyes, her little face stiffened, and she snorted. Then, she disappeared from Lu Minghao's sight, and immediately afterward, the pure white strange space was completely sealed off.
Then, Lu Minghao felt the entire space shake, and then fell into silence.
"Did she throw me out of the Holy Grail World?"
Inside the white space, Lu Minghao blinked his eyes and looked around. Although the entire space had returned to calm at this moment, Lu Minghao knew that this was because Gaia's consciousness had thrown him out of the world, and he was now wandering somewhere unknown.
"What a pity, I was originally planning to take a bite of the little loli if I had the chance."
After knowing that he had been thrown out, Lu Minghao smacked his lips twice. After all, Gaia loli looked fragrant and soft, and a bite would definitely be delicious.
However, now there was no chance to take a bite. Although he had only just been thrown out of the world, the outside of the world was completely chaotic void. At this moment, Lu Minghao didn't know how far he was from the Holy Grail World, and it was almost impossible to go back.
"Forget it, let's go harm another world. Next time, there will be a chance to harm the Holy Grail World again."
In the next second, Lu Minghao opened his talent panel, looking at the energy bar above that was already full. Now that he couldn't go back to the Holy Grail World, he could only go wreak havoc in a new world, otherwise he wouldn't just stay in this space, waiting for the day when he got lucky and this space crashed into some world.
Subsequently, Lu Minghao chose to leave this pure white space, his figure disappearing little by little in place, leaving only this space wandering in the endless void.
.........
On the other side, in a kingdom town in the Slime world, a middle-aged man was cautiously walking on the deserted street, turning his head from time to time to look around. After making sure that he was not being followed, he then drilled into a nearby alley.
Subsequently, in front of an inconspicuous garbage pile in the depths of the alley, ignoring the foul-smelling garbage, he walked to the wall and gently pressed it, and a passage appeared in front of him.
"Daddy, did you find something to eat?"
In the darkness, a skinny little boy walked out, his eyes full of hunger as he looked at the pocket on his father's waist, expecting something edible inside.
"Eat it, Rick."
The man looked at the hungry child in front of him, took out a moldy bread from his pocket and handed it to him, then swallowed his saliva and watched the little boy eat it in big gulps.
"Daddy, you eat too."
After eating half a piece of bread, the boy suddenly stopped and handed the bread in his hand to his father in front of him. Although he was still very hungry, he knew that this was the only food, and he couldn't eat it all by himself.
