"No! This is impossible!"
Aura felt an extremely terrifying power, the scent of death rushing towards her.
Rumble!
The terrifying power caused the entire dimensional space to tremble. King's punch, powerful to the extreme, pierced through the barrier formed by Dimensional Power.
"Phew... Finally finished it. Dealing with a Divine Emissary in this state is really pushing it." King smiled bitterly.
He was at the end of his rope now, that last strike had exhausted all his strength.
In the void, a mysterious cube floated silently in the air. King reached out and took it.
[Ding! Mission completed. Successfully collected the mysterious cube from the Divine Emissary Aura. Reward: Skill 'Mind Control', three random talents.]
[Mind Control: Forcibly drags the opponent into a mental world to control their thoughts. The specific effect depends on the opponent's strength.]
[Automatically merging talents. Hero's Heart progress increased by 1.5%.]
King felt strength surging within his body once again.
'What the hell!!! You damn system, are you playing with me?'
King checked the system interface and immediately cursed.
At this moment, Hero's Heart progress was stuck at 89.9 percent, just 0.1 away from reaching 90 percent and stepping into a new level.
[Ding! After completing a mission, Hero's Heart progress will automatically increase to 90%.]
'What mission?'
King resigned himself to his fate. He couldn't change what the system decided anyway, so he might as well accept it.
[Ding! Mission triggered: Assist the Brave Association in destroying ten church strongholds. Reward Exclusive Skill: King Engine.]
"Fine." King sighed.
One step at a time.
After killing Aura and merging the talents, his strength had mostly recovered. He could now activate Limit Break.
With this level of strength, dealing with an average Divine Emissary shouldn't be a problem. However, he still needed to keep a low profile to avoid attracting God from the 10th Galaxy again, it hated him to the bone now.
'It seems I need to find the Brave Association first. Thankfully, I met Ivery and the others before.'
As King pondered his next steps, Black Sperm crept up to him with a sly look.
"Master is mighty. I knew that woman was no good from the start."
"Is that so? I recall you saying you couldn't stand me from the beginning."
A smile curled on King's lips as he reached out and grabbed Black Sperm by the neck.
"No... that's not it! Master, please calm down! That was just... a stalling tactic!" Black Sperm's words were intermittent as he was choked.
"Woof woof!"
"Hmm? What's wrong with Rover?"
King watched as Rover suddenly let out a low growl, seemingly trying to alert him to something.
"Master, you... you have something behind you!"
"What are you trying to say?" The corners of King's lips lifted slightly.
Black Sperm was two-faced every single day. He had to teach him a lesson, or else if they separated again, he might really take Rover and defect to the church.
"There's a dragon behind you!"
"A dragon, my ass! Have you ever even seen a dragon? Let me tell you the truth, the topic of dragons might be mysterious to you, but it's not foreign to me." King was smug, convinced that Black Sperm was lying to him again to escape.
"Woof woof woof!"
While King was still bickering with Black Sperm, energy began to gather in Rover's mouth.
"Hmm?"
At this moment, King finally realized something was wrong. He turned his head to look, and the scene before him made his hair stand on end.
A massive, pitch-black dragon was circling in the void, a pair of huge pupils staring fixedly at him.
"This... what is this?!"
King felt a bone-chilling cold throughout his body. Only now did he feel the crushing pressure bearing down on him.
"Blasphemer! Die!"
A beam of light erupted from the dragon's mouth, as if it intended to destroy everything within the dimensional space.
Monsterization Second Stage! Bone Dragon Form!
Union Power: Energy Breath!
"Roar!"
King's body was encased in a dragon-shaped exoskeleton. A blue flame containing massive Union Power shot out, instantly colliding with the beam.
However, the power levels were clearly not on the same scale. Even with the bonus of Union Power, the blue flame could not hold back the attack and was on the verge of being annihilated in an instant.
Limit Break!
Shattering Might!
King regained his composure. He knew this enemy was no small matter and immediately activated his strongest state.
Boom!
A punch was thrown out, the powerful strike shattering the beam.
"Huff..."
King was panting heavily.
He had just finished a battle with Aura, he hadn't expected another enemy to descend so quickly. Moreover, the strength of this enemy was definitely above Aura's, though of course, it couldn't compare to a god. However, the difference was that due to dimensional and spatial constraints, gods could not use their full power, so their strength was restricted.
'He is very strong, second only to a god.' King narrowed his eyes.
The strongest opponent he had ever fought to the death was 101. But at that time, 101 had already fought Saitama and was in a heavily injured state. In the end, he had used all his strength just to drag it into a black hole to perish together.
If he were truly facing a god, King knew his chances of winning were extremely slim. The enemy before him was the same. If he were in his prime, he could give it a try, but in his current state, he would probably have to avoid its edge for now.
"You are not bad." The dragon's voice rang out, seemingly a bit surprised by King's strength.
"It's a pity that you are a heretic designated by God for elimination." The dragon's voice seemed somewhat regretful.
At this moment, King was still thinking about how to escape. Hearing the other party say this, his eyes lit up.
"Um... Dragon, it's all a misunderstanding. Actually, I sincerely want to join the church and achieve great things under God."
King blabbered nonsense, conveniently throwing Black Sperm to the front, signaling with his eyes for this two-faced traitor to stall for time.
'If I use Dimensional Power, I'll probably be interrupted in an instant. Now I can only look for a chance to sneak attack, and then escape from here while he's relaxed."
King secretly prepared himself. As soon as the opponent showed an opening, he would launch a thunderous strike.
"Dragon... Lord Dragon, it's all a misunderstanding. We genuinely want to join the church."
"Look at this toad beside me. Although he doesn't look as good as me, he has some strength. He's quite good at shining shoes and can give you pedicures."
Black Sperm rubbed his hands obsequiously, a fawning expression on his face.
"I am the Domain Lord, Dragon King. Cunning Blasphemer, vanish!"