The End of Everything: X Cluster's Love

In the sky.

Kevin has risen to this position.

Passing through the clouds, hovering in the air.

Meruem was completely banned at this point, but Kevin's attack needed to be strong enough to truly defeat him.

It can completely break through all of the opponent's defenses and utterly destroy their body.

A body with bulging muscles, prominent veins, and reddish skin.

A large amount of Nen Aura began to gather and surge continuously.

Behind it, the Phoenix pattern, now fully revealed, ignited with golden flames.

The raging flames allowed the Phoenix to emerge almost completely from within, its flames enveloping Kevin's body.

Pure malice, through the location of the Time Drop, firmly locked onto Meruem.

Meruem looked up at Kevin high in the sky, his eyes wide and his teeth clenched.

He sensed Kevin's malice.

That was a completely different emotion from Netero's.

When Netero fought him, his will was always fueled by the desire to fight, the thirst for victory, and gratitude for the battle.

And Kevin.

At this moment, all that was focused on him was pure malice. Meruem believed that if Kevin were given even a chance, he would definitely burn every single Chimera Ant to ashes.

Three kinds of medicine were applied to his body.

The combined effect of these three drugs is very simple: it allows Kevin to maximize the use of his own power.

It exists purely for the purpose of dealing damage in this one strike.

Far away.

Gon was the first to realize this.

He looked into the distance, but the sky was so far away that he couldn't see anything there at all.

But he could feel the fluctuations coming from there very clearly; he could even sense the waves of surging Nen Aura that reached him.

What are you looking at?

Meruem asked in confusion, following Gon's gaze. There was only a dark sky, and he could see nothing but stars.

Just as he turned to ask the others, he noticed that Morel and Men Qi were also looking up in that direction.

"Is that... the direction the Chairman and the others are heading?"

Meruem, whose senses were not particularly sharp, asked, "What did you sense?"

"It's Kevin."

"Melushina murmured."

Despite the great distance, she could clearly sense the faint fluctuations emanating from it.

That's Kevin's breath.

"What is Kevin doing at such a distance?"

Kite frowned and couldn't help but ask.

Even without painstakingly calculating, one can sense just how far the distance is.

The figures in the sky were completely invisible, but the fluctuations of energy could be felt.

How enormous was that gas?

Moreover, these gases surged out and converged, expanding.

Qi stood to the side, gritting his teeth and frowning.

What he sensed was not anger, but a subtle malice emanating from it.

Even if the malice wasn't directed at him.

However, being from a family of assassins, their highly sensitive intuition for killing intent and malice allows them to sense it just as well.

That was a callous indifference devoid of compassion and emotion, a destructive indifference that devoid of all compassion.

Why is this malice so pure?

Yet it doesn't feel distorted; this contradiction becomes blurred by the great distance.

This fluctuation is too obvious for experienced traders.

Everyone still on the Palace ruins looked up.

They all vaguely sensed something.

But their perceptions were different.

But everyone knew that direction was the direction of the final battle with the Ant King.

Therefore, the source of this fluctuation must be this battle.

"Bright!"

Gon, who had been staring in that direction, suddenly spoke.

The lights twinkled in the dark night sky, just like the stars that also hung in the sky.

However, the light that twinkled like faint starlight began to change.

The stars began to shine even brighter.

The light grew increasingly bright.

This time, even Meruem could see it clearly.

"Is that something a human could do?"

He didn't understand.

The Ant King was even more confused at this point.

He looked up at the sky, where the intense heat was already beginning to sting his skin.

He felt a scorching heat rushing towards him.

The surging Nen Aura was so oppressive that he, as the target of this malice, felt it all too clearly.

Kevin was suspended in mid-air, still gathering his strength.

The previous battle with Youpi was merely one of the methods used for practice and experimentation.

In essence, his strength is inferior to Meruem's.

The only thing that can turn the tide is the Time Drop.

However, due to the vast difference in strength, even when he used this ability, he could only control his opponent.

So once he roughly knew the Ant King's possible strength level, he came up with the idea of poisoning him.

This is the safest method.

It is an absolute ability to defeat a stronger opponent.

But after fighting Netero, he also wanted to try and see if he could kill his opponent without poisoning him.

Especially now.

Especially after Netero had already fought his opponent once.

Because he wasn't fond of martial arts, he had his own plan for how to fight at each stage.

The Time Drop allowed him to firmly control an opponent he could never defeat.

In that case, he only needs to exert his maximum force.

This naturally creates space for accumulating power.

And now, he is bringing together all his experiences in this world and all the means he can use in this moment.

Use every method that can enhance this attack.

Finally, after spending a full three minutes gathering his strength in the sky, Kevin made his move.

His right fist was pulled back sharply, like a bowstring stretched to its maximum.

"Extinction Collision!"

Like a meteorite falling from the sky and destroying everything.

This is limited to, and limited to, the extinction of Chimera Ant.

A red star fell.

The moment the power is unleashed.

Malice and oppression had completely locked onto the Ant King.

Fear.

For the first time since birth, he truly felt fear and the approach of death.

"Aaaaaaah!"

Meruem roared, tearing at his own body and struggling relentlessly.

His flesh began to tear.

He wants to break free from the control of the Time Drop.

Even though forcibly breaking away would render him incapable of fighting, the inevitable death before him still compels him to act.

However, it was too late.

The moment when an extinct star falls.

The outcome was already predetermined.

A red star falls.

"Boom!!!"

That damn brat!

Even though Netero tried his best to create distance, he was still knocked over by the attack and sent flying.

If Kevin hadn't given him a potion to recover, he might have been killed by his own people for getting too close.

That would be incredibly stupid.

Fortunately, he has recovered a bit now, so maintaining distance is no problem for him.

Although he was knocked to the ground, he couldn't wait to get up and turn around to look.

The red light is expanding.

That was the light scattered by the impact of power.

Far away.

Many people saw the beam of light flash in the darkness.

The impact force creates wind pressure that blows outwards like a hurricane.

The Palace could no longer withstand such an attack and collapsed completely.

But it's meaningless.

This world-destroying impact blasted the Palace into the crater.

The light faded.

Silence fell over the surroundings.

Netero quickly moved closer, wanting to see the outcome of the battle.

In that deep crater, like one caused by a meteorite impact.

Kevin knelt on one knee, his right hand still in a fist-like position.

And in front of him lay Meruem.

His body bore the marks of being torn apart; the Time Drop had long since vanished.

Look closely.

Kevin's right hand had already pierced through his chest completely.

Meruem stared blankly at the sky, his eyes lifeless.

The king of Chimera Ant.

He died in a human-initiated "extinction."

This attack was not so simple.

With a slight movement of Kevin's right hand.

The Ant King's body shattered into pieces, then turned into dust and scattered around.

Kevin opened his right hand; Meruem's heart was in his palm.

He slammed his right hand into the other man's chest, not to make the blow more lethal, but to protect the only possible material.

This might also be why he couldn't become a martial arts fanatic.

Even at this moment, he was thinking about protecting his spoils.

Kevin tried to stand up, but his body wouldn't obey him.

His entire being was sending him warnings.

Exhausted.

Powerless.

With the potion, he temporarily boosted his damage output to its maximum.

In that instant, he unleashed his full power by escalating the attack layer by layer.

He's almost reached his limit now.

This is why his attack was so exaggerated; it generated hundreds of thousands of units of Nen.

Even with the aid of the drug, his body was already overwhelmed by such an attack.

If it weren't for his exceptionally strong physique and the fact that he had been enhanced with A-Rank potion, that attack would have likely resulted in mutual destruction.

Did the king simply disappear?

Who is it?

Under the Flesh Fruit Forest.

Melusina and the others, who were gathered here, looked towards the center of the orchard.

That area was about to be destroyed.

A figure appeared there.

Everyone was on high alert.

There are still enemies?

Or is it a newly hatched chick?

"It's Neferpitou's Clone!"

Kite exclaimed, recognizing it immediately.

There were indeed nine.

This is the last one.

But why?

Indeed, in everyone's eyes, what suddenly appeared below the Flesh Fruit Forest was Neferpitou's last remaining Clone.

This Clone suddenly appeared here for some unknown reason.

The entire orchard suddenly burst into flames.

Those were black flames.

No, that's not fire.

Melusina could not have sensed it more clearly: this burning, black, twisted thing was Resentment.

These Resentment are burning the orchard, burning the humans who were chosen and transformed into Soldier Ant.

The Cocoon were burning.

The soldiers inside were burning.

As it burned, streams of black Resentment gathered within the Clone.

The process seems to be very slow.

But actually, it only takes a blink of an eye.

In an instant, the Flesh Fruit Forest was reduced to nothing but empty shells, consumed by burning Resentment.

Where did you go?

He asked in surprise and doubt.

Because the Clone disappeared; it vanished at the very moment when Resentment soared to the heavens.

By this time, the Resentment Clone had already escaped outside the Palace.

They kept a considerable distance and headed towards the battlefield where Kevin and his group were.

But they didn't get close.

After reaching a certain distance, they stood still on the hillside.

The Clone began to transform.

The Resentment that had been clinging to its exterior and permeating its body began to reshape itself.

It quickly and successfully transformed.

He transformed into Meruem's appearance.

For some reason, a glimmer of light suddenly flashed in the lifeless eyes of the Clone, and the rigid Clone became lifelike.

It's like a painting has come to life.

Meruem has been resurrected.

He looked at his own body.

He frowned and squeezed hard, feeling the strength of this body.

It appears to be exactly the same as its previous body.

There's no difference.

But they're different.

And I didn't die?

Meruem was puzzled by the current situation.

Why did I suddenly appear here, completely unharmed?

It felt like my own body, but I could also vaguely sense that something was amiss.

He felt something deep within his body, as if consciousness was still surfacing.

"My king, we have protected you until this day."

"My king, you were born to rule over all things."

"Our king, we will forever follow you."

The three phrases are respectively derived from Neferpitou, Youpi, Menthuthuyoupi.

Their voices were repeating this.

The words that emanated from the depths of their souls, the emotions they contained, were so impactful.

Meruem raised his hands blankly and looked up at the night sky.

Tears streamed down his face.

For the first time since birth.

He shed tears.

Tears of emotion, tears of gratitude.

"Yes, I am the king, the king of Chimera Ant, the ant tribe's long-cherished wish, its greatest masterpiece!"

His voice went from trembling and moved to firm.

He betrayed them, he betrayed the Loyalty of his subordinates, he betrayed the love of his subordinates!

His race loved him so much.

"Yes, we are now one, and you will forever follow me."

He murmured to himself, as if speaking to the light within the depths of his soul.

That joyful emotion pleased him.

Fragments of Neferpitou and his companions' memories even flashed through his mind.

His image was everywhere.

Everything since he was born.

This included explaining why he was able to be resurrected, which was to answer his questions.

Neferpitou felt guilty for almost causing a terrible mistake while playing around before he was born, and knew that the King was not invincible.

Her Nen ability was practically useless to her personally, but for the sake of his final Clone, it was the cause and effect of everything he had created.

It embodies her Loyalty and love.

Although Youpi firmly believed that the King was invincible, he had experienced a battle with humans in which he was almost defeated and even faced death.

When the Ant King was born, the Ant King also intentionally or unintentionally concealed his past experiences and advised him to go to a safe place.

Deep down, he feared that the King would be harmed, so he used Nen to modify the King and, in conjunction with Neferpitou, laid the groundwork for his resurrection.

Menthuthuyoupi was reckless and ignorant, but he was absolutely Loyalty. He sacrificed his cells and flesh to infuse the Soldier Ant with vitality.

His resurrection came from the love, protection, and Loyalty of his guards.

The Ant King looked back at the scenes that flashed through his memory.

His hands involuntarily clenched.

"So, I'm really that incompetent."

The glimmer of light in my memory seemed to convey a sense of disapproval.

But Meruem just smiled gently.

His expression became serious and resolute.

"I will become the true king, the king of the Chimera Ant."

He matured and became the true Ant King.

He looked up at the battlefield where he had been standing.

If it were in the past, he should be in the past now.

But now.

He turned and left.

They will meet again soon.

Just then...

A Translucent Snake appeared in front of him.

Before they could react.

One bite.

Swallow it.

Tasty.