True Several Thousand Hands! The Merciless Blow That Crushed Meruem!

"You're nothing but outsiders. Become the fuel for my rise to the top of this world!"

Meruem's arrogant roar rang through the heavens. His crimson-violet eyes burned with absolute, tyrannical certainty that none stood above him.

Faced with the Great Empire Golden Divine Carriage looming overhead like a god surveying the world, Meruem felt not a shred of awe. Instead, he felt gravely insulted. Who was he? The ultimate life-form, born from the finest genes of countless species and destined to rule the food chain!

Boom!

With a savage cry, Meruem burned through every last reserve of magic and Nen hidden beneath his armored scales. His black-red aura, already enough to make the world tremble, surged like an exploding supernova and underwent a transformation!

In an instant, he forced his combat power to the absolute limit a living creature in this world could contain!

His muscles bulged like coiled black dragons. Blood-red sparks crackled across his hardened shell as it strained under the overload of energy.

"Die!"

Meruem's Black-Scaled Twin Wings snapped open, and he became a blood-red meteor tearing through the void. His fists blazed with destructive Nen powerful enough to level a megacity. He ripped through the lingering barriers of gravity around the Golden Divine Chariot and charged straight at Tobirama Senju on the Nine-Dragon Throne!

The force of his charge shoved the air aside, raising two white pressure waves tens of thousands of meters long. That punch carried every ounce of pride and invincible strength he possessed as king of the Chimera Ants!

Got him! A vicious grin spread across Meruem's face as the carriage drew close, its occupant seemingly too slow to dodge.

But in Tobirama's abyss-cold eyes, that charge was as ridiculous as a fly hurling itself at a speeding train.

Bang—crack!

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