Though the King was injured, Blaize knew the fight is far from over as the latter's Nen still remained powerful. And, he could see it in the King's eyes, the rage to destroy everything.
Silence ensued.
Meruem stood up with an ominous aura engulfing him, the abyss-like Nen erupted from him as if he were an evil reincarnate. The overwhelming momentum scared the hell out of Morel, Knov, Kite, and Netero who were still fighting.
'For an ant, he's tough!' Blaize remained alert and burned another drop of his God's Blood, exponentially boosting his devil fruit powers.
The King looked strong but Blaize's attack isn't for naught as it already destroyed the former's inner. Thankfully, he didn't possess a powerful regenerative ability.
Without minding the injury, Meruem lunged forward, closing the distance between them in a mere instant. His fingers curled like a claw of a beast, aiming for his neck.
His attack was lightning-fast and precise with no shortcomings while his entire hand took on a purple coloration, signifying the cladding of Nen.
As King's attack neared, Blaize opened his mouth, with a golden light beam already formed. If one looks closely, one would see it's not some ordinary beam.
Millions of micro, spear-shaped beams are composed together to form the golden beam.
As Blaize breathed, the millions of light beam spears bombarded Meruem at point-blank range. At such close range, the King only had the time to cover his body with 'Ken'.
In fact, Blaize already prepared the attack beforehand as he predicted King would attack head-on. And, it's not the end!
As King defended, Blaize sneaked behind the latter with quick speed while a bluish sword of extreme heat materialized on his hand.
'ZZZZ!'
With a swing, the bluish sword exuded a thin near-invisible pressurized slash in a half-moon shape. The temperature from the slash was so intense it ripped the air like paper.
Even to such an unexpected attack, The King reacted and whipped his tail in response to fend off. But, the amount of Nen he put to block wasn't high as he used most to defend Blaize's other attack.
'Slash!'
As a result, blood-spattered. Meruem's powerful tail was cleaved cleanly off his body. With a soft thump, it landed on the ground twitching with a leftover life aura.
Blood pooled from his open wounds, drenching the ground with blue blood!
It was Blaize's real purpose from the start. As he coated the slash with conqueror's Haki and full power of devil fruit, Meruem couldn't block it with part of his Nen.
He was only able to achieve this because of the latter's injury.
With blood dripping from his wounds, King grimaced. 'Why is the human strong? I can tell I am strong but all my attacks are seen through as if the human can see the future.
I am the pinnacle of my race born with the destiny to rule over the entire world.'
"It's my fate! I am born king to rule this world and no one can take it away from me!" King roared and exploded with overwhelming power.
With a thrust, his fist pierced Blaize's body. Blaize didn't evade the attack, he didn't plan to.
At the same time, the bluish sword in his hand penetrated King's heart. He knew without sacrifice, he won't be able to kill the King as soon as possible.
His wound healed right away but Meruem's didn't. Leaving the sword in the latter's body, Blaize leaped back creating some distance.
With blood dripping from the sides of his lip, Meruem's knee hit the ground. Without a doubt, he's undeniably powerful with a formidable Physique, but he's not a god.
Blaize's flame-based attacks already ravaged his inners. It's commendable the King hasn't died yet!
At that moment, "My King...", With a loud shout, a figure shot towards the kneeling figure of Meruem. It's none other than Neferpitou.
She escaped Netero's attacks by letting one of his attacks hit her and came to the King's side using momentum.
Seeing this, Blaize's lips curled a little. A bluish-white orb formed on his right hand.
When Pitou checked King's injury, her countenance changed. She could tell the King is badly injured with most of his inners burned.
She suddenly turned to face Blaize, who was smiling at her. Her look was terrifying with pure malice and rage apparent in it.
Seeing the glowing orb on Blaize's hand, her instincts kicked as she protected the King behind with her body.
With a thought, the bluish sword that penetrated King scattered into rays of light and pierced Pitou's body from her back. The sword pierced her heart and turned into a bluish flame burning her inner.
She didn't react to the attack as she was facing Blaize and concern for her king affected her judgment. It was despicable to attack the opponent from behind but it's all fair in the game.
As if the attack wasn't enough, Blaize blinked before her and jammed the glowing orb on her face. As soon as it touched her face, it blasted.
Her worry for the King and everything happening in split second, she couldn't even react. With her head exploding into blue mist, Neferpitou lost all signs of life!
The death of the Royal Guard didn't affect King in any way. Using the opportunity, the King attacked him suppressing his injury.
But, a giant palm came out of nowhere and smashed the King into the ground. 'Bang!' The power of the palm thrust fragmented the ground into pieces.
At that moment, Blaize saw Netero high in the air. The latter clasped his hands, joining his thumbs and index fingers together, making a sign that looks like the number ninety-nine.
Then, the bodhisattva behind him unleashed a barrage of palm strikes with all its arms, beating King like an ant as he should be.
Blaize didn't waste time just by watching. He too jumped into the air and stretched his hand to face the sky. A giant wave of bluish flames burst forth endlessly!
As he clenched his fist, the flames took the shape of a giant spear and spun at great speed. Injecting a huge amount of Haki into the attack, Blaize slammed his hand down.
The next moment, the giant spear formed of flames, and Haki, shot toward the King who was being beaten by Netero's palm strikes.
Instead of running away or protecting himself, the King just let go as he was very tired and injured badly. He was aware he couldn't win the human with his badly damaged body!
Seeing the giant blue flaming spear coming at him, the King felt pressure and fear for the first time. The fact that he couldn't do anything, frustrated the King. But, it was no use.
At the last moment, he closed his eyes and faced the attack. With a loud boom and flash of light, the King felt his consciousness slowly slipping away from him. 'Am I really the King...?'
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