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Chapter 141: The Tables Have Turned
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It was at that moment that the King uttered a few simple words that have more meaning than what it seems.
A deeper meaning that none but darkness can see as he let out a small sigh, "huh hah, It doesn't really matter does it, I only have few hours to live, after all, I did finish faster than expected so let's start shall we?..."
"Or is let's finish a better statement?..." Uttered the King directly after as he placed another of Yasuo's hands and legs to the ground completing the collection, four pale yet bloody body parts on the ground.
The two royal guards' comprehension is being challenged to a dangerous level threatening to burn their brains.
They just have no idea what's going on before them, all they saw is lights everywhere as lava appeared trying to consume all that's around.
It has been quite a while since they were even able to see their King and at this point, even the dark purple construct's six arms can no longer be seen.
A strange battle indeed, it affected the surroundings creating earthquakes and lava changing the scenery completely yet they still have no idea just what's going.
Their brain started stalling trying to comprehend just what's happening and how can a human have this level of power.
How can a human be so out of their league they just couldn't comprehend how stronger he is until they were actually able to see something... and hear something.
They heard the King's words and noticed a small movement in his Aura, something Yasuo noticed as well then it happened, the scene before them slightly changed.
Yasuo's body was unmoving until he lost four body parts of his instantly, his arms and legs disappeared and all that remains is his still static pale body without his limbs.
Those same arms and legs are now next to Meruem who appeared in another place entirely and placed the last arm he just cleanly cut, "Or is let's finish a better statement?..."
Befitting of a King as strong as him, his words were of absolute confidence and elegance, it was a statement, not a question as he already knows he has already won the fight.
He's not sure why the human really wants to fight him because he has noticed that the human's goal isn't just getting him to take that silver syringe and absorb the royal guards.
He noticed that the human actually wants to fight him, the patterns Yasuo has shown were too obvious to miss so he naturally came to that conclusion.
Yasuo's goal didn't matter much to the King, he just wants to go on his own way and the human happened to know where that lies.
He also knew he needs something from him so he'll fulfill his end of the deal else, Meruem will just have to kill him.
Of course, he prefers not to do that because of one simple reason, Yasuo has Komugi and he has hidden her somewhere, and Meruem believes he has a chance of finding her using the ability he just created.
An ability that was only possible because of these particular exact circumstances, the fight against the human and the latter's actions and his desires as the King and the sacrifice he made.
If even one thing changed, the ability's existence would have been impossible but even with that, he still doesn't want to just kill the human and look for her himself because of an ability of the human before him.
The portals ability. Just how far is she? how far did he take her? Is she on the other end of the planet or is she deep beneath the earth? Or... Is she above far above the sky?
Meruem just doesn't know the limits of the monstrous human before him so he prefers not to take the risk, He believes he will win, he knows he will win for he is the King.
However, Yasuo seems to think otherwise, befitting of the assassin he is, the severed limbs didn't affect him one bit, in fact, not a drop of blood fell down and his expression didn't change at all.
This partially due to the fact he can't naturally control his body when using the Vision ability but he can control it with his control domain.
But its also because of the fact he simply felt nothing nor did he think he'll lose because of this simple occurrence.
Yasuo already judged he will win, this is but a mere step back he allowed for a calculated reason.
To give the King hope he can actually win otherwise, the King's action will just destroy his plans which he doesn't want to see as well as another more important reason.
The six-armed construct made no more movement after that as if he has given up but that couldn't be further from the truth, Yasuo's next whispers are a testification of that as he controlled his vocal cords and mouth to utter the words.
"Huh? Have you learned nothing from your previous fight? There is always something more... Something hidden and if you don't pay attention, you'll regret it. Ants, this is your weakness... Too young... Too inexperienced..."
Those mumbles, those absolute words that were uttered in a tone of absolute serenity like what has happened mattered not to Yasuo, like these four limbs on the ground changed nothing.
Those words reminded him of what Netero said during their fight and what he had experienced during it, humans always have more within their sleeve.
Even with his strange ability, the one that allowed him to cut Yasuo's limbs he wasn't able to react to what happened next.
Before he knew it, he found that the four limbs close to him have disappeared only to appear connected to their original place though only placed in their place without actually being connected to his body.
However, that wasn't for long because Yasuo started applying his magic with every vein of his getting connected together again forming the canals in which blood flows to make those limbs useable again.
Then he applied the finishing touches as he attacked himself with the use of the Vision construct using the Negative Rose starting the healing process.
That and the light blue shade that appeared on his skin as the Zobae organisms started their work achieving what's deemed impossible, near instant regeneration, well beyond what the King can do.
"And by the way, what you just did, you don't have to hide, I sensed the bubbles so doing that doesn't really matter..." Advised Yasuo one last time before starting his spree of attacks albeit much different than the last.
'Humanity really is scary, No, he is scary, this level of power and abnormality achieved by a human who looks so young.
Someone so dangerous that he rivals my strength, I who was born to be the ruler of all and he didn't even use any weapon as the other human did but... Just like he said, I'm young so if I just had more time or if I used the time I had...'
"But it doesn't matter, that doesn't change a thing, you regeneration won't be able to keep up with me and my goal isn't to kill you."
Deep down, however, numerous questions surfaced within the King's mind, how did the human know? How was he able to sense the bubbles, Meruem was so sure Yasuo will have no idea about what he did yet here we are.
However, just as Meruem said, that just doesn't matter, even if Yasuo was able to sense the bubbles and what he did, if he can't react then it just doesn't matter so Meruem released those bubbles, he deployed the numerous white bubbles to spread throughout the palace and beyond.
His photons ability which consists in turning his aura into microscopic particles akin to photons and either deploy them with his En in a flash or detach the photons from his body and spread them into the surrounding air.
That same ability is being used now however there are a few differences such as the number of photons which is much smaller than the time he used it previously and their shape which has become much bigger with one photon bubble enveloping Meruem entirely.
The strangeness started from that moment as Meruem started using the new ability with absolute confidence of his victory.
Yasuo however noticed that and changed his mind from attacking to defending as all the six arms enveloped Yasuo's vulnerable body tightly not letting even the small particles of light pass through.
An indestructible shield, this is how strong the construct has become, much stronger than the new Yasium element yet even that wasn't able to stop the King's barrage of attacks.
The invisible attacks that seem to come from everywhere attacking the hands that protected the Vision ability's weakness, those three threads at Yasuo's back.
Numerous attacks happening yet even Yasuo wasn't able to track them, in fact, Yasuo isn't even able to sense the King once the latter disappeared. What's happening is simply mind-boggling because those numerous attacks happened in the span of a millisecond, and all it took is that millisecond to completely obliterate the whole Vision construct.
A scene similar to the last happened again, Meruem appeared about a hundred meters from Yasuo who is still floating in the air though the Vision construct could no longer be seen behind him and so are his limbs... again.
His limbs were again beneath the King's feet then they simply disappeared leaving drops of blood coming down the King's hands.
"Can you regenerate your whole limbs?..."