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"Did you forget something, Acacia? I don't know Damage Knocking, but you just exposed its weakness to everyone. And from the looks of it, you can't change where the damage is stored, can you?"

Midora looked at Jiro, a savage grin spreading across his face. In the next second, his fist shot into Acacia's mouth, instantly undoing the Damage Knocking.

The move left Acacia completely stunned. He felt the massive amount of stored damage erupt within him, and a wave of despair washed over him.

He'd planned to appeal to Midora, to explain his grand design, to talk about the past. Playing the sympathy card was his only way out. But he never imagined Midora would be so ruthless—so decisive. A single, fatal blow.

It was a testament to how much Midora had changed. He was no longer the naive boy from centuries ago. This hardened man was a creation of Acacia's own making—the fruit of a seed planted long ago.

Whether Acacia regretted his choices was a question for the dead. He had no room for regret now. The damage sealed within him was far greater than what Jiro had contained in the original story.

So much so that Acacia didn't even have time for his last words before he was turned to nothingness by the terrifying force.

"It's finally over."

Watching Acacia die, Midora felt a complex mix of relief and emptiness. No matter what, that family had once given him the warmth of a home.

And besides the bastard Acacia, everyone else had treated him with kindness—a kindness that had persisted to this day. The thought left him conflicted.

But soon, a smile appeared on his face—a smile of liberation. Hundreds of years of suppression had vanished in an instant.

——————

"So, it has come to this in the end."

Ichiryu's heart was heavy as he watched Acacia fade away. He couldn't help but wonder—if he had acted all those years ago, would any of this have happened?

If he had just intervened back then, Froese might not have died, Midora wouldn't have become this way, and the Earth would never have faced this crisis.

It was just in Ichiryu's nature to blame himself first before looking for fault in others.

"It's a fitting end. He stopped being the Acacia we knew five hundred years ago—the moment Froese died."

Jiro had already returned this life to Acacia. So, while he also felt a bit conflicted seeing him die, in his eyes, his death was for the best.

"ROAR—"

The moment Acacia died, NEO went completely berserk. It hadn't been fully revived yet. While eating the eight ingredients would separate a person from their Appetite Demon, that didn't mean the demon was truly alive again. The next step was simple: either the person devoured the demon, or the demon devoured the person.

Normally, as long as you had collected your own Full Course Menu and eaten it, then after the Appetite Demon appeared, it would actively merge into your body and not devour you.

Now, the moment Acacia and NEO were separated, Yuuki and Midora intervened. Midora had killed Acacia. This meant that no matter what NEO did, it would die again eventually.

Its revival was a failure.

"Acacia's dead, isn't he? In that case, it's your turn. You should have enjoyed that angry meal just now!"

Looking at NEO's current state, Yuuki felt it was enough. NEO's body had expanded a lot. This wasn't because it had gotten stronger, but because of his anger.

Yuuki had infused a sufficient amount of angry emotion into his moves and had driven them into NEO's body.

Because of this anger, NEO wouldn't devour these things at all, so its body had reached its limit.

NEO had a special devouring ability, so it could devour everything. But now, it didn't want to devour, so it had to bear it with its own body, and naturally, it couldn't hold on.

Seeing that the anger had accumulated to a critical point, Yuuki knew that it was time to send it on its final journey.

——————

Yuuki directly used the power of the White Demon in his body. Even with his current strength, using the White Demon's power felt a bit oppressive.

But his body could now handle a few attacks, and that was more than enough to deal with NEO.

As Yuuki's final strike was launched, the terrifying force directly pushed NEO past that limit. Its body began to swell violently.

Then, its mouth opened wide, and a special spatial fluctuation appeared. Then, a large number of ingredients emerged from this space and rushed towards the universe.

These ingredients, a part of them were from the Red Universe, and the other part were from the Blue Universe.

But now, NEO was not in the Blue Universe, so these ingredients naturally benefited the Red Universe.

"What are these??"

Seeing NEO madly releasing various ingredients, everyone asked with a baffled expression.

"These are all the ingredients NEO devoured in the past. NEO feeds on emotions, primarily the fear within the creatures it eats."

"The ingredients themselves are stored in a special space inside it, similar to the World of Souls, where time is frozen. That's why they're all still alive. This universe is about to get a lot more interesting!"

Yuuki said with a smile.

This was the reason he hadn't killed Acacia immediately. With his power, he could have easily destroyed him even before he ate the last two legendary ingredients.

"These are ingredients from the Blue Universe, this is great! Ichiryu, get ready, we're going to explore the universe next!"

For Don Slime, one Earth was too small. If it weren't for his revival, he wouldn't have stayed on Earth for so long.

"Space, huh? Perhaps it's time we took a look."

Ichiryu was very curious about what the universe was like now. After all, he had never left the Earth.

As for the IGO, leaving it to Mansam to manage was the best.

Mansam had desires—but he also cared about the Human World—so Ichiryu was most at ease leaving the IGO to him.

"So how long will this guy keep releasing ingredients?"

About three days later, NEO's operation of releasing ingredients had still not stopped. This left everyone a bit speechless.

"This is an entire universe of ingredients we're talking about. It takes time. Unless the space inside it collapses all at once, this is how it has to be."

Don Slime shook his head.

The ingredients of an entire universe, the number was frighteningly large.

——————

Yuuki was staring at the various ingredients flying out. Soon, he found his target among the many ingredients. He didn't plan to intercept any ingredients here.

Because these ingredients were completely unknown. If he intercepted them here, he might encounter something absolutely terrifying.

But there was one creature that Yuuki was very concerned about, and that was the Blue Nitro.

He knew that the Blue Nitro clan was not just Pair and the other seven. They had been a very prosperous nation in the past, until NEO changed everything.

Besides the eight Blue Nitro, the others had been directly devoured by NEO.

These Blue Nitro had not died, but had been sealed in that space by NEO. While a few Blue Nitros were no threat to the current Earth, an entire civilization of them was another story.

Though these Blue Nitro would be scattered across the universe, making it nearly impossible for them to find Earth again, Yuuki wasn't about to leave any loose ends.

And frankly, he had zero sympathy for them. These guys were ruthless and arrogant as hell, just like the Celestial Dragons from One Piece. The only difference was that only some Celestial Dragons were actually strong, while the Blue Nitro were cosmic entities with genuine power.

——————

Yuuki directly intercepted these Blue Nitro. Before they could react to what was going on, he directly used an Eternal Knocking on them.

At the same time, he pulled out the Sandoriko flowers. Within seconds, the Blue Nitro collapsed into suspended animation.

The moisture in their bodies was completely released.

"For now, I'll put these guys in the Golden Can. When we go to space later, I'll find a black hole and toss them in." Yuuki looked at the group of Blue Nitro that had been dealt with and nodded with satisfaction.

No one objected. The Blue Nitros were their mortal enemies. They were the reason Froese had died, and their actions had earned them nothing but hatred.

Just then, the ground began to tremble violently. Massive cracks spiderwebbed across the planet's surface.

"This is... the Earth is about to explode? Grand Knocking!"

After feeling the change in the ground under their feet, Jiro reacted very quickly and used a Grand Knocking to calm the crumbling Earth.

"It seems the Earth has reached its limit. We've stopped the collapse, but the damage is already done. We can't repair the broken parts..."

Jiji spoke up.

Over the past few days, with the great battle finished and ingredients flooding out everywhere, crowds of people had already arrived. Seeing how the Earth had transformed, he immediately understood what was happening.

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