Chapter 148: I Was Never There

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"Thank you... And explode." The calm words that didn't sound sincere at all coming from someone like him were uttered.

And Meruem picked what he said through his En leaving him confused until he heard the latter part of the sentence. He just frowned and shook his head slightly muttering, "You Win..."

And so the bright moon orbiting around the massive planet shone like never before, shone in a bright purple color causing an even greater crate that will signify what happened on that face of the moon, something none but Yasuo will ever know...

The tens of explosive orbs that were set free to do what they were really born for started expanding in a matter of milliseconds taking a space of miles all around as their full power was shown.

The expanding orbs that made contact with each other trying to consume each other were able to evaporate everything in their way within miles away.

The explosion resulted in no heat at all not did it result in lava, it just evaporated anything in its way as if nothing existed in the first place.

The combined power of the tens of orbs exploding delivered the desired result to a certain extent.

It was enough to evaporate a significant portion of Meruem signifying the result of the fight as the latter was left charred.

"It would've been annoying if you're actually able to regenerate at the speed of light but it appears not."

Remarked Yasuo who just canceled his Vision construct regaining control over his body with the holes in his chest and stomach almost completely disappearing.

He researched the Zobae organisms quite a lot and tried enhancing their functions and well, he succeeded and the results were beyond satisfactory.

Although the consumption of the organisms increased, so did their regeneration ability allowing even wounds such as these to heal in a matter of seconds even regenerating his heart.

This stands upon a simple fact about the functions of the organisms, the stem cells they make and release will always have the DNA sequence of the cells they're attached to making that regeneration process safe. So he appeared next to Meruem's body that looks dead except he knows he's actually nowhere near dead.

Meruem's body is just that monstrous that he can actually survive with all the preparations Yasuo made and the latter was counting on that, well, he saw the future so not really.

Yasuo just looked at the body that's mostly destroyed with parts of Meruem's bones appearing instead of the already evaporated flesh.

No blood could be seen as if every fluid within was evaporated as well, he simply looked dead and he would be if not for Yasuo's next course of action.

Yasuo first manifested his Zero Vision construct, the dark purple crow that appeared standing on his shoulder with its pitch-black vertical eye observing the King's body blinking from time to time.

Only then did he create a portal next to him from which he sent a few strings that came back in less than a second bringing something else with them, something he didn't forget as it's kind of a vital piece.

Youpi and Pouf were utterly confused during the whole fight, this is just not a fight they could understand because they barely saw anything.

The fact that this is a fight between a human and their King is mind-boggling for them.

They just opened their eyes fully during the fighting trying to see anything that could allow them to understand what's actually going on.

No sound came out of their mouth remaining stunned as even the hatred Pouf was feeling was forgotten as his mind tried to comprehend what's happening.

They just remained frozen in the air until, and before they knew it a small portal appeared consuming them into darkness's embrace.

Until another one appeared from which something took grasp of them and attracted them to it appearing on the face of the grey moon with the human floating a bit above the strangely structured ground.

They appeared in the middle of the crater formed by the previous explosions and instantly noticed the amusement apparent within his eyes as he turned his eyes looking somewhere else and they did the same.

Silence, they simply couldn't utter a word and they even forgot to breathe, well, they couldn't breathe anyway.

They only got out of their daze once something strange happened, until they were able to breathe without changing locations.

They just felt a light breeze as if the air is actually around before they heard Yasuo's sound that traveled through the air he brought here to reach their ears, the whispers of the strange human can make one do anything.

"Go on, he only has a few minutes before dying so if you don't interfere, he'll actually die, I believe you know what to do so why don't you give your King some more time to enjoy..."

The whispers that targeted their deepest desires, their deepest weaknesses that'll force them to do exactly what he wanted to do, they have no choice.

After all, they can see that if they refused, they'll just die with their King when they can give him a chance.

That obsession with the King that was born with them under the queen's manipulation resulted in far-reaching consequences that'll force them to do what Yasuo expected them to do as even Pouf ignored his hatred and started the feeding process.

They both started feeding the King their own flesh their mind too affected by everything that happened over the day to think clearly so they did as their instincts guide them to. And it worked as Meruem quickly healed like nothing ever happened though he didn't seem to be becoming any stronger than he already was.

He also seemed to be unconscious until nothing was left from Youpi and Pouf, they were completely consumed for Meruem's full regeneration of his limbs and organs that were affected by the explosion and even his Nen as he absorbed theirs.

His first ability is also quite abnormal and if he had more time, he would've become an unrivaled monster.

Only at that point did Yasuo make a move, a simple strange move, he created a portal from which tens of syringes appeared then used his control domain to control them to the King's mouth and simply forced the still unconscious Meruem to take the liquids within.

Strange liquids that have all kinds of colors, some have a smell of blood while some have strange smells.

Liquids Yasuo prepared long ago while some he prepared just recently for this exact purpose.

He made for Meruem's ability to evolve as he wants him to be the best he can be though of course, he made sure beforehand none of these liquids will result in Meruem actually surviving the poison that's trying to destroy him inside out.

He used his control domain to make sure the liquid reaches his stomach where his hungry cells can start feeding on them evolving into a form higher than he ever was. And even though no increase in his Aura pool was noticed, Yasuo who is using his amplification domain observing the slow changes noticed something interesting.

He noticed the strange activity of Meruem's cells and Nen as they started interacting with the liquid, not all of the liquids had activity as some were ignored which Yasuo expected knowing Meruem's ability needs an actual DNA to work, it needs the remains of creatures, not inanimate materials.

The liquids that were valid by his ability's standards were transported to his bloodstream affecting every cell of his.

His Nen also acted strangely around the molecules that make up that liquid with the latter disappearing rapidly as if being consumed and that's exactly what's happening.

As the King started waking up, his DNA started changing, evolving to something better, to a more well-structured DNA sequence with varying possibilities that remain unknown.

A transformation that'll take some time and while Meruem who just woke noticed the strangeness within his body, that's not something he cares about.

In fact, he didn't mind it because he noticed it's making him stronger, that also allowed him to come to a few conclusion on what he actually wants from him.

Meruem didn't bother asking about Youpi and Pouf as even though he was unconscious, the moment he woke up, he analyzed his body closely feeling that similar sensation he felt previously when they had fed him their flesh and Nen so he knew exactly what happened to them and... He didn't really care, that's not what's on his mind right now.

Instead, Meruem asked something he's curious about letting Yasuo know that his memory is intact.

"Were you ever there? Inside the spherical portal? Was I just attacking something empty?"

Yasuo nodded no minding answering, "Yeah, I was never there, the moment I made the spherical portal, I teleported here and started preparing, and yeah I created the general shape of the massive cubic portal here and waited until it's time to teleport it back."

Peacefulness is all that was within Meruem's beautiful purple eyes, he accepted his loss fully and nodded in understanding.

And while he wanted to ask more, to ask if there is more Yasuo is still hiding within his sleeves but he didn't bother knowing he is unlikely to receive any answer so he didn't bother asking about anything from the numerous things he is confused about.

"You have about three hours left before you die so go ahead and enjoy them, what you want is beyond." Meruem looked at the large dark portal that appeared before him as the words were uttered and through the darkness he went.