“Slime... That damned slime!”
In the sky, the Great Storm Demon Vortex's enormous pupils stared fixedly at Lu Minghao, who was smiling and waving at it. The anger and humiliation in its heart were hard to forget even after losing its mind. Chaotic magic essence instantly condensed in the center of its pupils, and one dark red magic cannon after another blasted out.
In the blink of an eye, the light from hundreds of magic cannons illuminated the twilight sky. At this moment, in the eyes of Rimuru and the others, Lu Minghao's ordinary human-sized body looked so small, as if it would be completely annihilated by these magic blasts in the next second.
“Seriously, ants should have the awareness of ants. Muttering about slime all the time, don't you know it's annoying?”
The dark red light illuminated Lu Minghao's face. At this moment, Lu Minghao slightly raised his head, and the originally gentle smile on his handsome face looked so indifferent. His dark pupils calmly watched the many magic cannons that were already close at hand, his indifferent gaze seemingly freezing the space itself.
Crack!
Suddenly, the magic cannons that were about to touch Lu Minghao's body all froze in mid-air. Wherever Lu Minghao's gaze passed, the dark red magic cannons that had been emitting a destructive aura were all imprisoned. The next second, all the frozen magic cannons made a sound like glass shattering, and fine cracks appeared all over the dark red magic cannons.
As a gentle breeze blew past, all the shattered magic cannons turned into sand-sized fragments and disappeared, countless specks of light illuminating the originally dim sky, as if countless fireflies were flying in the night sky, looking so beautiful and dreamlike, yet full of deadly danger.
“S... Slime...”
“Is that all you can say?”
With that, Lu Minghao raised his foot and slowly walked towards the Great Storm Demon Vortex in front of him, countless dark red specks of light dancing around him. When Lu Minghao stopped again, he was already in front of the Great Storm Demon Vortex's giant pupils, less than ten meters away.
“Looks delicious.”
Lu Minghao raised his hand and gently stroked the Great Storm Demon Vortex's giant pupils, which were covered in blood vessels. The soft, yet springy, feel made Lu Minghao subconsciously lick his lips. Especially when he sensed the Great Storm Demon Vortex's characteristics as a spiritual lifeform demon, Lu Minghao looked forward to its taste even more.
After all, in Lu Minghao's eyes, spiritual lifeform demons were beings that perfectly combined soul and flesh, advanced ingredients that could freely switch between physical and spiritual forms.
“Sniff sniff!”
The next second, Lu Minghao moved closer to the Great Storm Demon Vortex's large eyeballs and sniffed hard, a look of intoxication on his handsome face. The next second, to Rimuru's shocked expression not far away, Lu Minghao opened his mouth and bit into the Great Storm Demon Vortex's eyeballs.
Puchi!
“Aww!!!”
As blood splattered, the Great Storm Demon Vortex let out a huge roar. A fist-sized hole appeared on the Great Storm Demon Vortex's giant pupils, and a constant stream of blood flowed out of the wound. On the opposite side of the Great Storm Demon Vortex, Lu Minghao puffed out his cheeks and chewed non-stop, fresh red blood dripping from the corners of Lu Minghao's mouth.
“Slurp!”
The next second, Lu Minghao swallowed the food in his mouth, stuck out his tongue and licked the blood from the corners of his mouth, his eyes full of desire as he stared at the howling Great Storm Demon Vortex opposite him. That soft, springy texture, the feeling of meat juice bursting out with every chew.
Even without any seasoning, the incredibly delicious taste and the pleasure of the body and magic essence growing after swallowing the huge nutrients, everything made Lu Minghao completely excited.
“You're really good, great, worthy of being the delicious food I've been looking forward to for so long!”
Lu Minghao sucked on the blood on his fingertips, his eyes full of greed as he stared at the Great Storm Demon Vortex. The corners of his blood-stained face slowly split open, and the substantial power of Gluttony constantly wriggled behind Lu Minghao, condensing into a monster that was hundreds of meters tall, with only an enormous, fanged mouth.
“Eat... Eat... Let me eat...”
Indescribable roars constantly came from the monster's ferocious maw. On the opposite side, the Great Storm Demon Vortex, which had been roaring, became quiet the moment this monster appeared. Its giant pupils, originally covered in blood vessels, shrank to the extreme. Since its birth, it had felt the feeling of death for the first time.
Even as a mindless monster, it instinctively felt that if it were eaten by the monster behind Lu Minghao, then even as a spiritual lifeform demon, it would die.
Truly die, never to be resurrected!
“Monster... Monster, you monster, go to hell!!!”
Suddenly, a terrified roar came from within the mindless Great Storm Demon Vortex. Under the threat of true death, the Great Storm Demon Vortex's instinctive desire to survive even allowed Fabio, its resurrected host, to awaken.
“Oh? It seems that even a mindless monster will do everything in its power to fight for a glimmer of hope to survive under the pressure of death.”
Lu Minghao, who was about to continue eating, paused slightly when he heard Fabio's voice, and subconsciously looked at the Great Storm Demon Vortex's enormous pupils, his gaze directly passing through the Great Storm Demon Vortex's pupils to see Fabio inside its body.
At this moment, Fabio, whose entire body was wrapped in the Great Storm Demon Vortex's flesh and blood, with only his head exposed, looked at Lu Minghao with fear and despair in his eyes. His originally unruly expression had become hysterical.
“Despair, fear, regret, fear of death, what a wonderful taste. As a seasoning, it can be said to be a perfect match.”
After seeing Fabio inside the Great Storm Demon Vortex, Lu Minghao revealed a gentle smile and took a light breath, all kinds of negative emotions surging out of Lu Minghao's body. This wonderful taste made the smile on Lu Minghao's face even gentler.
“Originally, I only regarded you as a small snack when eating a big meal, but I admit I was wrong about you. The small snack is completely unworthy of your performance, Fabio, is it? I acknowledge you, as the seasoning for this big meal, you are the best!”
The next second, Lu Minghao gave a thumbs up to Fabio inside the Great Storm Demon Vortex, praising him from the bottom of his heart, and by the way, he was glad that he hadn't killed Fabio in advance, otherwise, where would he have such a perfect seasoning now?
Although not having a seasoning wouldn't overly affect the deliciousness of the Great Storm Demon Vortex, who would refuse to make the meal even better?
“Then, let's dig in!”
With that, Lu Minghao licked the corner of his mouth, opened his mouth, and bit into the Great Storm Demon Vortex's huge pupils again. In an instant, a rich 'meat juice' gushed into Lu Minghao's mouth, the sweet taste making Lu Minghao squint his eyes subconsciously, and then he bit down slightly, tearing off a piece of meat.
As he chewed, the soft, springy piece of meat constantly bounced in Lu Minghao's mouth, the delicious feeling of soul mixed with flesh making Lu Minghao even more intoxicated.
Just as Lu Minghao was chewing, the Great Storm Demon Vortex in front of him wanted to escape under Fabio's control, but before it could start moving, countless black tentacles grew out of the monster's hundreds-of-meters-tall indescribable body, directly grabbing the Great Storm Demon Vortex's body, which was comparable to an aerial fortress.
“Eat...”
As an indescribable murmur rang out, the monster's hundreds-of-meters-tall body, with its fanged maw stretched to the extreme, directly and fiercely bit into the Great Storm Demon Vortex's body, its sharp fangs easily piercing through the Great Storm Demon Vortex's scales, fresh red blood constantly dripping down the jagged fangs.
“Eat... Eat... Eat...”
The spiritual life form, that mass of flesh containing a large amount of magic essence and soul, drove the monster formed by Gluttony's power into complete madness. Driven by endless hunger, it began to frantically devour the body of the Tempest Star-Vortex, and in just a few seconds, half of the Tempest Star-Vortex's body, comparable to an aerial fortress, was devoured.
"No... no, I don't want to die, Lord Carrion..."
At the jagged gap, Phobio, already exposed from within the Tempest Star-Vortex's body, watched the monster opening its fanged maw again in despair, his desperate pleas constantly escaping his lips, tears and snot dripping from his already collapsing face.
"Eat..."
The next second, with an indescribable murmur, the fanged maw tore down again, Phobio's desperate pleas abruptly ceasing. Through the monster's constantly chewing maw formed by Gluttony's power, one could vaguely see the already fragmented Phobio.
"The seasoning is gone."
At this moment, Lu Minghao, who was holding the Tempest Star-Vortex and constantly eating its ten-meter-wide pupil, suddenly raised his head and looked at the monster above him, which was holding the remaining body of the Tempest Star-Vortex and constantly devouring it. He smacked his lips and looked at the large eyeball in front of him that had been dug out into a pit nearly three meters deep.
"I knew I should have waited a bit before eating the seasoning."
Saying that, Lu Minghao raised the remaining Tempest Star-Vortex pupil in his hand high. Now that there was no seasoning, he was too lazy to savor it carefully. As his palm constantly wriggled, the icy blue jelly-like liquid instantly devoured the remaining pupil completely.
At the same time, the monster formed by Gluttony's power above also devoured all of the Tempest Star-Vortex's remaining body, and then returned to Lu Minghao's body. As the monster formed by Gluttony's power returned, a large amount of nourishment was instantly digested and absorbed.
Streams of warm currents surged within Lu Minghao's body, and the originally slow-growing magic essence began to increase rapidly. The strength of his body and soul were also constantly increasing. And all of these were just changes within Lu Minghao's body, for Rimuru and Milim and the others not far away, who had personally witnessed Lu Minghao completely devouring the Tempest Star-Vortex.
At this moment, the aura emanating from Lu Minghao in their eyes became increasingly terrifying. Substantial magic essence constantly wriggled around Lu Minghao's body. Even the Red Maru and others on the ground could not even stand upright under the aura unconsciously emanating from Lu Minghao, their bodies instinctively feeling fear.
This feeling was as if a terrifying, indescribable monster had appeared in the sky above. Even though he was just standing there and posed no hostility to them, for Red Maru and the others, it was as if ants were facing humans. The other side's mere breath or casual action would be enough to kill them countless times.
"The amount of magic essence increase is a bit low."
After completely devouring the Tempest Star-Vortex for several minutes, with the help of the [Gluttony Sin], Lu Minghao had completely digested and absorbed the Tempest Star-Vortex. Except for the amount of magic essence growing from the original less than million to about million, he was getting closer and closer to the 2 million mark.
Originally, according to Lu Minghao's expectations, he would be able to break through the 2 million mark after devouring the Tempest Star-Vortex, but now it had only increased by more than 200,000 magic essence, which was about 200,000 lower than Lu Minghao had expected.
However, a few seconds later, Lu Minghao roughly guessed the reason. Although he had the [Gluttony Sin] talent and could perfectly digest and absorb the Tempest Star-Vortex after devouring it without causing any waste, compared to the Demon Lord-level Tempest Star-Vortex.
Lu Minghao, who had awakened and become a True Demon Lord, not only had far more skills than the Tempest Star-Vortex and two ultimate skills, but also had various talents and more advanced magic essence in addition to the skills. Furthermore, a portion of the nourishment was also supplied to Lu Minghao's body and soul during the absorption process.
Therefore, it was normal for the increase in magic essence to be only this much.
"In addition, besides the increase in magic essence, there is also the growth of the body and soul, and I also obtained [Gravity Manipulation], [Magic Interference], [Monster Summoning], and the unique skill [Sky Dominator]?"
Lu Minghao looked at the newly added skills on the talent panel in his vision, all of which were the Tempest Star-Vortex's abilities. Among them, the [Gravity Manipulation] skill was the reason why the Tempest Star-Vortex's huge body could freely fly in the sky.
Moreover, the remaining [Monster Summoning] and [Magic Interference] were the Tempest Star-Vortex's skills to summon the Sky-Swimming Giant Eel and distribute it around its body to weaken the power of magic, respectively.
As for the unique skill [Sky Dominator], it gave Lu Minghao the ability to freely control the weather. As long as Lu Minghao injected enough magic essence when using this unique skill, he could even easily form various natural disasters.
"However, did the Tempest Star-Vortex originally have such awesome abilities?"
The next second, Lu Minghao, looking at the description of the unique skill [Sky Dominator], touched his chin and looked at the sky above. If the Tempest Star-Vortex had this ability before, why didn't he see it use it? Or was it because it was irrational and would only instinctively use its abilities.
In addition, Lu Minghao ate too fast before, and the Tempest Star-Vortex didn't have time to use this unique skill?
"Forget it, whatever, anyway, it's my unique skill now, why bother thinking so much."
After saying that, Lu Minghao had already thrown this matter to the back of his mind. He turned his head and looked at Rimuru and the others behind him. Only then did Lu Minghao notice the Red Maru and others below, who were almost unable to support themselves under the aura he was unconsciously emitting, and he quickly retracted all the aura he was emitting.
'Fortunately, I instinctively controlled the Gluttony Sin just now, otherwise Red Maru and the others would probably have become strange by now. Although the appearance of Shuna and Ziyuan, as well as Rimuru and the others, with a few tentacles seems quite cute.'
After retracting the unconsciously emitted aura, Lu Minghao looked at Red Maru and the others who were getting up from the ground and sighed secretly. Fortunately, in order to disguise himself as a kind slime and become Rimuru's best friend, Lu Minghao had already turned off the passive · Gluttony Sin.
"Yo! Rimuru, Milim, what's wrong with you two, looking at me with that expression?"
Lu Minghao, who had just flown to the cliff to join Rimuru and the others, noticed that both Rimuru and Milim were looking at him with a strange, tangled expression at this moment. Especially Milim's mouth was constantly wriggling, as if she was eating something.
"Minghao, what you said about eating turned out to be really eating."
Hearing Lu Minghao's words, Rimuru took a deep breath and couldn't help but recall the scene of Lu Minghao holding the Tempest Star-Vortex's eyeball and gnawing on it. Originally, he thought that Lu Minghao's eating was the same as his own predation with [Predator], but he didn't expect it to be really eating.
"That, because it looked delicious."
Looking at Rimuru's tangled expression, Lu Minghao noticed the blood remaining on the corner of his mouth. He casually wiped it and said with a smile.
"Hey! Minghao, you're too cunning, cunning, cunning! You have such delicious things, but you didn't bring me along!"
The next second, Milim's voice rang in Lu Minghao's ear, followed by Lu Minghao's vision starting to shake rapidly. On the opposite side of him, Milim was hugging Lu Minghao and shaking him vigorously with a pout.
On the side, Rimuru looked at Milim, who was playing around with Lu Minghao, then turned his head to look at the setting sun that had already fallen on the horizon and Red Maru and the others who were walking towards this side. A delicate and cute little face revealed a cute and warm smile in the setting sun.
