Mirnian's expression was complex. "It's Charles."
"Ah!?" Ran Bing was startled.
Looking more carefully, she realized the monster had a head of blond hair flowing behind it.
Mirnian continued to explain:
"After Psykos and the others were resurrected, Charles, as the City Lord, accepted Psykos's recruitment and chose to become a monster. Most people on the Lighthouse chose to submit, but there was still a portion..."
Originally, Mark was indeed Morgan's chosen successor as City Lord, but who could have predicted he would be killed by his own people in such a way?
And Morgan's body was already terminally ill.
He was finally forced into a 'distant journey' two years ago. Naturally, Charles became the new City Lord.
With the Lighthouse's resources dwindling daily, coupled with Psykos's return, Charles felt that transforming the humans on this planet into a monster society wasn't a bad alternative.
The next moment, the monster Charles condensed a red blood-spear in his right hand and threw it at Bai Yuekui.
This was his monster ability!
Bai Yuekui, whose abilities far surpassed those of a top-tier Sigou, somersaulted to dodge.
The blood-spear barely grazed Bai Yuekui's beautiful hair, piercing through the mountain wall behind her.
However, before Bai Yuekui could land, a large hand swatted her away.
"Boss!" Xia Dou, Sui Xing, and the others cried out in alarm.
Bai Yuekui tumbled on the ground several times before barely coming to a stop.
Bloody wounds were scraped onto her delicate face and her long legs clad in leather boots.
As Bai Yuekui tried to get up, supporting herself with one hand on the ground, a figure descended from the sky.
It was the monster Charles.
"Ptooey!" Bai Yuekui spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, disdainfully saying, "Coward!"
Choosing to become a monster to escape the responsibilities of being human… what else was that but a coward!?
"Heh, do you still count as human looking like that?" The monster Charles sneered in retort.
Having seen the video of her fight with Tifa, Charles concluded that Bai Yuekui's body had been modified.
They were both as bad as each other, so neither should point fingers.
"This time, no one will come to save you." Charles reached out his hand towards Bai Yuekui, whispering:
"Don't worry, I will continuously evolve, become the strongest Monster King. In the future, even that Psykos will become my nourishment. I will lead the remaining humans into a new century."
Although superficially obedient to Psykos, how could Charles, accustomed to being superior, ever be content with being her lackey?
He just needed to bide his time in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity, constantly seeking evolution.
When the time was right, he would replace Psykos and become the new [Monster King]!
Thump!
Just as the monster Charles's claw was less than five centimeters from Bai Yuekui, something suddenly sliced through the air horizontally.
It cleanly bisected the monster Charles at the waist, then it slammed fiercely into the Lighthouse ruins behind.
The Lighthouse ruins, comparable to a mountain, erupted entirely, like the most terrifying explosion, sending a shockwave across the planet that shot straight into the sky.
Bai Yuekui, half her face covered in blood and grime, stared in astonishment, her small mouth agape.
Focusing her gaze, she saw that Charles, who had just been proclaiming his ambition to become the new Monster King, now only had a pair of legs standing before her.
A full several minutes passed, and the tremors still hadn't subsided.
And a figure radiating a golden aura, like a deity, had landed in front of Bai Yuekui.
For a moment, everyone, Bai Yuekui, Psykos, the surviving ordinary people, and the monsters on the scene, were all dumbfounded.
'Th-that man!'
"What is this?" Super Saiyan 2 Lott noticed the remaining legs of Charles beside him.
He slightly lifted his right foot and instantly kicked them into bloody mist.
It was as casual and effortless as kicking away a roadside pebble.
After the initial shock, Bai Yuekui quickly regained her composure, followed by a question surfacing in her heart:
"H-he was supposed to be dealing with that monster in the Afterlife, right? H-how did he get here?"
Boom!
The aftershocks from the Lighthouse's ruins opposite, which had just quieted down, erupted again.
Endless rubble, steel bars, supplies, and goods poured down like a torrential rain in all directions.
Bai Yuekui's team hurriedly led the refugees to flee in the opposite direction.
Some monsters that were too close were directly crushed into paste by the shockwave.
Within a radius of half a mile, only the aura of death remained.
And... a single demonic monster with a blood-red body clad in light purple armor.
"C-could it be... th-that guy is..." Bai Yuekui gulped down a mouthful of saliva, a strong sense of foreboding rising within her.
"Yeah, the monster Janemba, born from the combined power and evil thoughts of all the scum in Hell." Lott replied with his back to Bai Yuekui.
He was quite interested in this former top female lead.
"L-Lott-san, p-please, may I ask, y-you and he... weren't you supposed to be in the Afterlife? Wh-why..." Bai Yuekui currently had none of the heroic, strong-woman aura she usually displayed when facing subordinates or Sigou.
A sentence of twenty words stuttered seven or eight times.
It couldn't be helped… the other party was the ultimate, heaven-defying entity formed from the combined energy of countless monsters like Frieza, Cooler, Bojack, Cell, and more!
For a weak woman like her, whose combat power topped out at maybe 70, not fainting on the spot from fear was already pretty good!
"Because if I fought it in the Afterlife, destroying the Afterlife would be troublesome." Lott said lightly.
"Wouldn't destroying our place be troublesome too?!" Bai Yuekui cried out with an expression on the verge of tears.
Boom-
As soon as the words left her mouth, the now fully-transformed Janemba charged forward from the opposite side.
The mere impact from its running caused the fleeing Ran Bing and others to stumble, nearly falling to the ground.
Super Saiyan Lott raised his hands to meet Janemba's dual fists.
The resulting explosive impact caused the entire ground to collapse.
Just as Bai Yuekui, thinking she was about to be ground into mincemeat by this shockwave, despairingly closed her eyes...
Two seconds passed, but she felt no pain in her body.
Opening her eyes, she found herself hundreds of meters in the air.
"Mew~" Beside her, a pink cat-like creature, its eyes glowing with azure light, was floating next to her.
"Are you... Lott's pet?" Bai Yuekui asked in astonishment.
"Mew!" Mew gave the white-haired woman a displeased glare.
'Not a pet!'
'A Pokémon!'
"Ha!" Below, Janemba, at close range, suddenly opened its mouth.
A beam of destructive dark light surged from deep within its throat, striking Lott's face at almost point-blank range.
The aftershock shot skyward… describing it as 'piercing the world' wouldn't be an exaggeration.
"Little kitty! Please, block it for my companions too!" Bai Yuekui anxiously pointed towards Ran Bing and the others in the distance.
If this continued, they would be caught in the crossfire.
"Your breath stinks!" Suddenly, Lott's voice rang out from within the mushroom cloud spanning thousands of miles.
A fist radiating with a golden aura broke through the endless smoke and dust.
Opposite, a grin of excitement spread across Janemba's face.
It clenched its right palm.
A blood-red sword materialized out of thin air.
It has to be said, this ability to create something from nothing was somewhat similar to the monster Charles's earlier.
But the level... Well, it was like the difference between Beast Gohan and Useless Gohan.
The blood sword swung.
The sword energy released, relying purely on power without any fancy technique, was enough to make swordsmen like Mihawk, Aizen, or Yoriichi feel ashamed enough to commit suicide.
In an instant, the sky shattered, time seemed to reverse its flow.
The earth collapsed, turning into an endless abyss.
Bai Yuekui, Ran Bing, and the others, held aloft by Mew's psychic power, looked down below.
They... could no longer see the ground!