After the Scorching Sun Seed dissipated, Meruem was practically one foot in the grave.
Yet the racial talent known as "Feeding to Grow Stronger" allowed Meruem to recover in an extremely short time.
He accepted Shaiapouf's utterly selfless nourishment, not only recovering from his injuries but also raising his overall strength to another level.
Perhaps it was because he had experience devouring Neferpitou before, or perhaps it was because Shaiapouf directly delivered cells into his body, maximizing the speed of absorption...
In any case, Meruem recovered even faster this time than when he had devoured Neferpitou earlier.
It was absurdly fast.
And so—
The instant his aura erupted.
Meruem used the Emitter displacement ability he had awakened during the earlier battle.
But this time, its speed had reached the level of Teleportation.
Moyu's pupils contracted sharply. By the time he reacted, a stabbing pain had already flared from his right shoulder.
"Hmm!?"
His peripheral vision caught something, and he looked in that direction.
What he saw was Meruem standing sideways, gripping a severed arm in his hand.
And that arm was unmistakably Moyu's.
Meruem had torn off Moyu's remaining right arm along with the Rose.
"Was this the trump card you had prepared from the very beginning...?"
Meruem glanced sideways at Moyu, who had lost both arms, his eyes seeming capable of seeing through people's hearts.
And in truth—
Having devoured nearly all of Shaiapouf's cells, Meruem had indeed acquired the ability of "Mind Reading."
Thus, after evolving, he had not chosen to kill Moyu outright. Instead, he had taken the arm holding the Rose.
Unlike when he had merely chopped off Moyu's arm before, this time he had directly ripped it away and held it in his hand, revealing just how much stronger he had become.
"Whether it was