An undisguised desire to feed...
That was the information Netero read from Meruem's aura.
Netero simply hadn't expected Meruem to suppress his ever-rising hunger instead of taking the opportunity to ambush him from behind.
If he had been driven purely by biological instinct, he would likely have bared his fangs and swung his claws to tear apart his prey's flesh at the first opportunity.
But Meruem did not do that.
Was it pride, or disdain?
There was no way to know.
The 100-Type Guanyin's palm strikes continued, but Netero had to divide his attention between Meruem's presence and...
The other two Royal Guards following closely behind Meruem!
There could be no worse situation than this.
Netero's heart grew incomparably grave.
Fortunately, Youpi, whom the 100-Type Guanyin had pinned down, was a strength-based monster and would not put much pressure on Netero offensively.
But—
Youpi's offense and defense were even stronger than Neferpitou's had been.
Netero could keenly feel that whenever he attacked.
"Will this be this old man's final battle..."
Standing atop the Guanyin Lotus Throne, Netero lowered his eyelids and pressed his hands together in a half-prayer gesture.
The solemn and majestic 100-Type Guanyin stood behind Netero, its many golden arms on either side drawing trails of light as they firmly pinned Youpi to the ground.
Faced with the threat of Meruem and the Three Royal Guards, Netero could already smell death.
Only by fighting them in person could one understand that the individual danger level of the Chimera Ants was no less than the biological threat posed by their Feeding Mating ability.
The power of Nen Ability...
Its integration into the Chimera Ant system through human genes was truly terrible.
But Netero then noticed—
Whether the Royal Guards or the newly born Meruem before him, all of them