Bang!!!
Meruem's claws, wreathed in immense Nen, tore savagely through Ye Chuan's defenses, leaving several horrific wounds deep enough to expose bone across his chest!
Thud!
Immediately afterward, another heavy punch slammed squarely into Ye Chuan's abdomen!
Pfft!
Ye Chuan felt as though that punch had shattered all his internal organs, and a mouthful of blood sprayed uncontrollably from his mouth!
His body crashed into the ground like a fallen meteor, smashing a massive, human-shaped crater into the earth!
Meruem truly was a monster born into this world who stood at the pinnacle of all living creatures!
His body, optimized to the utmost through countless rounds of feeding and mating, still held a slight edge over Ye Chuan's not-yet-fully-developed Saiyan body in strength, speed, defense, and the terrifying combat intelligence that allowed him to keep learning and evolving in battle!
Ye Chuan's body was battered and covered in wounds.
His bones had shattered in multiple places.
His simple black casual clothes had long since been completely stained red with his own crimson blood.
Dozens of kilometers away, Killua Zoldyck and the members of the Extermination Team, who were watching the battle through Knov's Hide and Seek ability, all felt profound helplessness and despair at the sight of this brutal scene.
"Even Ye Chuan..."
As Killua Zoldyck watched Ye Chuan, who had been beaten almost beyond recognition, shock colored his usually somewhat composed eyes for the first time.
"Is he going to lose too?"
Yet just as everyone thought this duel between "king" and "king" was about to end in Ye Chuan's defeat...
The blood-soaked man lying in the crater slowly raised his head.
His face, already covered in blood, showed not the slightest trace of pain or despair.
Instead, it broke into a wild smile of utter exhilaration!
"Ha ha