Fierce Battle with the Phantom Demon!

Bang!

"Roar!"

The Phantom Demon's abdomen caved in from the heavy blow, and its massive body crashed to the ground.

The surging ki around Li Ming continuously burst forth. He had clearly entered a berserk state. Catching a dark blur from the corner of his eye, he vanished from the spot in an instant.

The next moment, the Phantom Demon's tail swept past, its terrifying force gouging a trench into the ground.

Li Ming instantly appeared above the Phantom Demon's head and drove down a punch, the overwhelming force smashing it straight into the planet's interior!

A monster like this was practically immortal and possessed the ability to become intangible. It only manifested a physical body at the instant it attacked; even cutting it apart was useless.

That was probably where its name came from.

"Damn it!"

The surging ki around his body suddenly fluctuated, seeming to weaken somewhat. Feeling the ki within him being suppressed again, a trace of savagery surfaced in Li Ming's eyes.

This bizarre opponent was truly infuriating. At the same time, he understood that he could not drag this out any longer. He had to end it quickly.

He plunged straight into the planet's interior, launching a frenzied assault on the Phantom Demon. The terrifying force made the entire planet tremble slightly!

Elsewhere, the spaceship hovered in space as Kainsen continuously analyzed the data, trying to find the Phantom Demon's weakness.

"Kainsen, how much longer? The boss's condition doesn't seem right." Babas looked at the battle data displayed inside the ship. Though there was much he could not understand, he could still make sense of the sections representing energy intensity.

Kainsen was drenched in sweat as well. He casually replied, "I'm analyzing it. Pierre said that monster is called a Phantom Demon, right?"

"Y-Yes." Pierre answered somewhat nervously.

More than ten minutes passed. The battle had nearly shattered the entire planet before Kainsen finally found something amid the massive amount of data.

"Found it!"

On the shattered, barren planet, Li Ming failed to dodge in time due to his depleted stamina and was blasted away by the Phantom Demon. Everything in his path was instantly smashed to pieces!

"Lord Xilaka! This monster came from Galaxy Prison. It is nearly immortal, and the medium it used to track us down is you—"

"Get to the point!" Hearing the voice by his ear, Li Ming knew Kainsen was using a special wavelength to contact him, something akin to telepathy.

He slapped the rock layer behind him and rose to his feet. Wounds of all sizes covered his body, and his breathing was somewhat labored.

Kainsen immediately understood and said, "You must completely pulverize its body in an extremely short amount of time. Otherwise, it cannot be killed."

"Damn it!"

Spitting to the side, Li Ming naturally knew that. But how could it be so easy? Not only was this monster incredibly tough, but its ability to become intangible was even more troublesome.

To completely pulverize it, he needed a finishing move with enough power. Such moves consumed enormous amounts of stamina, for one thing, and for another, they required time to charge!

The more powerful the technique, the more this was true. Take Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon, for example—the longer it charged, the more astonishing its destructive power became.

The Phantom Demon before him was as strong as he was. If he wanted to shatter it in one blow, he could only use Frenzied Thunder Flash—or an even more powerful technique!

Boom!

While he was thinking, the Phantom Demon had already caught up, as though it had fixated on Li Ming, launching attack after attack.

That was also what frustrated Li Ming. This thing had no self-awareness whatsoever. The fact that it kept relentlessly pursuing him meant that the medium Kainsen mentioned was definitely related to him.

But he had no time to worry about that now. He had to find a way to get rid of it!

Crackle!

As he flew into the distance, fine currents of electricity continuously emerged from his body, eventually gathering in his right hand. He needed destructive power, and he had to unleash it at the exact moment the Phantom Demon attacked.

Neither Star Map Shattering Wave nor Frenzied Thunder Flash would work. The former lacked sufficient destructive power, while the latter needed a charging period to achieve the desired effect.

Then he could only develop a new finishing move!

In truth, that was not difficult. The hard part was whether something conceived in such a short time could be put into practice—and whether it would actually work!

Whoosh! Boom!

All of a sudden, the Phantom Demon's pursuit seemed to stop. Li Ming turned around, only to discover that Babas and the others were actually tangling with the Phantom Demon.

"Boss, we're here to help!"

"...Damn it!"

The Phantom Demon was not particularly fast. What truly made it troublesome was that, being from the Demon Realm, it could transform into dark energy and freely traverse space. There was simply no shaking it off.

For a time, the group fought while retreating, barely managing to hold the Phantom Demon back. But as time passed, their combat strength would not be enough to sustain them for long!

Though he was somewhat moved, Li Ming was even more furious. He knew full well that he had been set up. The key was that he had no idea who had done it!

Crackle! Crackle...

The lightning in his hand became increasingly dense. Veins bulged along his entire arm, and his muscles swelled into an extremely bizarre, gigantic form. It was so oversized that it even looked somewhat deformed.

He poured together and compressed an immense amount of destructive energy. Releasing it as a ki blast would cause too much energy to be lost, and Li Ming could not guarantee that its destructive power would be enough to destroy the Phantom Demon in a single strike.

So he chose to compress all the energy within his body. This arm might be completely crippled as a result, but the destructive power would definitely be sufficient!

Meanwhile, the others were still tangling with the Phantom Demon, though most of them merely fired ki blasts from afar to interfere with it. Gradually, however, the Phantom Demon began to completely ignore their attacks.

The most troublesome part of the Phantom Demon was the "phantom" in its name. So long as it was not attacking, its body was completely intangible, making it impossible to land any effective attack.

"Captain, I'll hold him off." Kulunxi gritted her teeth and charged straight at him. Among them, her combat power was currently the highest aside from Li Ming's, and she was also the only one who had any hope of not being instantly killed at close range.

"Wait!" Babas reached out to stop her, but it was already too late. As captain, he believed he should have been the one at the front, but unfortunately, he lacked the strength.

"Attack with everything you've got! Cover Kulunxi and the boss!"

The four had been partners for a long time, so they had positioned themselves from the start to harass him from four different directions. Now, the Phantom Demon could no longer ignore them. With 30,000 combat power, even his massive body could be shaken.

Seeing a human charge toward him, the Phantom Demon almost instinctively swung his arm at her. He could absorb biological energy to strengthen himself!

Kulunxi quickly changed direction and flew downward, then fired an energy blast at the Phantom Demon's head, trying to block his vision. Almost at the same time, several energy blasts fired from afar struck the Phantom Demon's body.

Though they did little damage, the Phantom Demon was still enraged. He had no consciousness, but he retained some of his instincts.

He began wildly swinging his hands and tail, even erupting with powerful energy from his mouth. The group barely managed to evade each attack. This monster's strength was comparable to Li Ming's when he activated Berserk Mode—he had at least 60 million combat power!

They were only able to keep him occupied because he was very slow, and because they worked together seamlessly.

If any of them were truly struck by the Phantom Demon's attacks, they would instantly be driven into a desperate situation!

"Damn it!" The energy blasts Babas and the others continuously launched were simply too weak. The Phantom Demon quickly realized this and focused all his attention on Kulunxi.

He continuously fired long-range energy blasts at her, each one making them feel the breath of death!

"Roar!"

Suddenly, the Phantom Demon's tail swept out in an instant. The others following behind hurriedly dodged, but Aor was too late and was sent flying.

"Aor!" Seeing her younger sister injured, Kulunxi froze for a moment in panic.

"Get out of the way!"

Hearing Babas's warning, Kulunxi snapped awake and hurriedly turned around. Unfortunately, it was already too late. A terrifying blast of energy was rushing toward her!

"Kill! Star!"

Boom!

A bolt of lightning flashed instantly before the shockwave. The blast from the collision sent the group flying, and the clash between the two energies was gradually causing the entire planet to break apart!

"Hmph!"

The next moment, the terrifying lightning-wreathed energy instantly pierced through the Phantom Demon's attack and bored straight through his body!

Boom!

Terrifying energy spilled from the wound in the Phantom Demon's body. Then, the red glow in his eyes gradually faded, and his body exploded amid a flash of lightning.