Buzz, buzz, buzz!
Energy condensed in King's palm. With his current strength, this strike was enough to pierce through several planets, let alone a mere planetary core.
"Flame Fury!"
A childish voice rang out, and the entire underground world instantly turned a fiery red as a surge of magma shot forth from the depths of the core.
A sharp glint flashed in King's eyes. He could feel the immense energy contained within the magma. Clearly, the entity within the core had also sensed the crisis and was attacking with all its might.
However, this also exposed its location. King no longer hesitated, and a strike erupted from his palm.
Rumble!
It destroyed the magma without any suspense and charged directly into the center of the earth.
Twenty-five thousand meters... thirty thousand meters...
It wasn't until thirty-five thousand meters that an extremely strong fluctuation spread out.
"I... I was wrong, have mercy!"
A childish voice echoed in King's mind, and he completely locked onto the opponent's position.
At this moment, the shockwave almost obliterated the existence deep within the core, but at the last second, a portal appeared and transferred the attack to a different dimension.
"Phew... Scared me to death, I almost lost my life. Since when did Earth have such a powerful human?"
A humanoid figure, crystal clear and emitting a golden light, muttered to itself.
However, it didn't plan to run this time because it realized that King was far from an existence it could contend with. He had already surpassed the biological limits of Earth.
"Is this the god born from Earth?"
Swish!
King and Mumen Rider stepped out of the portal, looking curiously at the glowing humanoid before them.
"Don't lump me in with those despicable gods. In a strict sense, I am your mother."
"What kind of crap is that?"
Hearing this, King's eyes immediately widened in anger, and he rolled up his sleeves, ready to strike.
"Wait, wait, wait... Don't you humans always talk about Mother Earth?"
"You're not a god?" King narrowed his eyes.
He could indeed feel Divine Power within the small figure before him, though it didn't seem entirely pure.
"I am called Aoi, the born will of Earth." Aoi sighed.
Its original intention was only to summon Mumen Rider, it hadn't expected such a god of slaughter to come along as well.
"So the disasters appearing on Earth are also your handiwork?"
"That is just power leaking out because I cannot suppress it. When it encounters humans or creatures with extreme emotions, they fuse and mutate." Aoi's expression was somewhat helpless.
Clearly, this was not something it wanted to see happen.
"You are the one who has been calling me? Why? Since you are the will of Earth, why are you harming humanity?"
Mumen Rider's sense of justice was overflowing. Now that he had found the culprit, he had to find a way to solve this once and for all.
"No, I believe it didn't do it on purpose." King spoke up.
He finally understood why he felt so awkward when he first saw Aoi. It turned out the other party had been suppressing the Divine Power within its body all along.
In other words, this power had been forcibly injected into its body by another entity. To avoid being influenced, Aoi could only use most of its power to forcibly suppress it.
"Hmph! If it weren't for the fact that the vast majority of my power is used to suppress this energy, how could I let you..." Aoi's tone was filled with grief and indignation.
If it were at its peak, even if it couldn't defeat King, it wouldn't have lost so quickly.
"As for harming humans, I don't have that kind of leisure." Aoi's voice was full of disdain.
In fact, Earth had always operated according to its ecosystem. No matter how humans destroyed the environment, it was beneath its notice. The ultimate result would be humans reaping what they sowed and facing the retaliation of nature, there was no need for it to lift a finger.
"Then why did you call for me?" Mumen Rider said dissatisfiedly.
That ghost-like voice had kept him on edge for a long time.
"That is your opportunity. I finally found the most compatible human after much difficulty." Aoi's tone seemed to become happy again.
Regardless, Mumen Rider had already come to the core, and its plan could be implemented.
"I see. You want to get rid of this power inside you." King's eyes narrowed slightly.
He understood that Aoi wanted to fuse with Mumen Rider, using the low-dimensional rules of power to forcibly expel the Divine Power.
But there were two downsides to this. First, whether Mumen Rider could withstand such a massive amount of power, and second, if Aoi truly fused with Mumen Rider, the latter's subjective consciousness would most likely be obliterated.
In the end, only Aoi would remain, and Mumen Rider would completely disappear from this world. Of course, he could rely on Hero's Heart to struggle against Aoi, but the outcome would likely not be optimistic.
[Ding! Detected the Avatar of Earth's Will. Help Mumen Rider fuse with it to receive three random talents.]
The Talent Fusion System's prompt sounded in King's ear, making him feel a bit conflicted.
Originally, he intended to destroy Aoi or help it expel the Divine Power within, then use the system to devour and fuse it into himself.
Now that the mission was issued, he only had one path left. But Mumen Rider was different from him. King possessed the Talent Fusion System and feared no spiritual devouring attacks.
"By fusing with you, can that power be expelled, and the source of disasters on Earth be completely eliminated?"
"Yes. No other human is suitable for fusion with me, only you are the most compatible. As long as this hateful power can be expelled, I guarantee that Monster disasters will never appear on Earth again."
After hearing Aoi's explanation, Mumen Rider instantly made up his mind.
"Fine, I'm willing."
"Wait a moment!" King suddenly spoke up to stop them.
Since the two had to fuse, he had to make sufficient preparations.
First was that Divine Power. He could step in to expel it during their fusion. On the other hand, he had to preserve Mumen Rider's consciousness, or at the very least, allow the two to coexist.
This was similar to the way he and 101 cooperated. However, he had the Talent Fusion System backing him, so even a god couldn't stir up trouble, but Mumen Rider was different.
"King-san, this is the final way. As a hero, if I can save humanity from the threat of disasters, I will die without regrets." Mumen Rider had a look of firm determination.
King patted his shoulder. "I understand what you mean. This power must be eliminated, but I have a better way."
King looked at Aoi floating in the air, a wicked smile appearing at the corner of his lips.
"You... what do you want to do? I am a proper Will, don't do anything reckless..."
Aoi's voice stammered.
"Don't be afraid,. I'll personally help you two fuse."