Chapter 347

"Hm?"

The armored gorilla was first stunned, then a vicious grin spread across its face: "Ara, an old human, huh? Since you recognize me, Armored Gorilla, you actually don't run when you see me — what nerve!"

The next second.

It was blasted flying, slamming heavily into the wall, blood streaming from all seven orifices, its entire face completely caved in, a mangled mess of flesh and blood.

"S-spare… spare me…"

Luo En, wearing a baseball cap with his face obscured, hands tucked into his coat pockets, stood before it. Beneath the brim, his azure eyes looked down at it from above: "Where is the House of Evolution?"

……

The House of Evolution, hidden in an extremely secluded location within the mountains and forests.

The moment Luo En stepped into this place.

The system's notification chimed in his mind.

【Beep, detected host's current location — House of Evolution. Sign-in available. Sign in?】

"Sign in."

【Sign-in successful. Sign-in reward obtained: Qi & Blood +10, Spirit +10.

Sign-in reward obtained: Special Ability Evolution Point *1】

【Special Evolution Point can be used to evolve:

Second-Stage Pika Pika no Mi ability lv6 → lv7.

First-Stage Gura Gura no Mi ability lv3 → lv4.

Great Swordsman Perfection — Unknown.

Demon's Extract: Ice Imperial Arm 50% → 100%.

Armament Haki lv9 → lv10.

Observation Haki lv8 → lv9.

Conqueror's Haki lv8 → lv9.

Killing Move Nuclear Burst Kick lv3 → lv4.

Shunpo lv7 → lv8.

……】

Before Luo En could make a decision, the House of Evolution blared out an urgent alarm.

"Intruder! Intruder!"

Shaswishaswa!

Numerous beast-form evolved monsters appeared all around, swarming in to kill him.

A brilliant light flashed and vanished in Luo En's azure eyes.

A terrifying repulsive force, incomparably powerful, erupted outward.

The monsters charging at him instantly turned into a mist of blood. The eight above-ground floors of the House of Evolution, along with the surrounding hills and forests, were directly leveled by that spreading terrifying repulsive force.

"Impossible!"

The genius scientist before the monitor's eyes went wide, his face draining of color in horror.

The clone beside him, sweating cold sweat, pushed up his glasses: "This isn't a power a human can possess!"

"What the hell is that guy?"

"I want it, I want to study this sample!"

"Not good — he's heading down underground."

"We have no combat power left. All that's remaining is… that failure."

"We have no other choice. We have to release it…"

……

Luo En stepped into the long underground passage.

After walking roughly a hundred meters.

The ground trembled repeatedly.

A powerful aura surged toward him from ahead at extreme speed.

Whoosh!

The Asura Rhinoceros Beetle, a twisted grin on its face, charged at Luo En at a speed the naked eye could barely follow, its massive figure wrapped in raging wind.

"Found you!"

Its massive fist slammed toward Luo En.

Luo En threw out a fist.

One huge and one small fist collided.

The gathered terrifying wind pressure exploded within the narrow passage. The passage shook violently, cracks spreading in all directions.

"Oh, you can block my punch — as expected, you're no ordinary one."

The Asura Rhinoceros Beetle looked down at Luo En and laughed.

Luo En's baseball cap was blown away by the raging wind, his half-long black hair whipping about. He raised that fair, handsome face and flashed a faint smile at the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle.

"Too light."

"Can you hit a little harder?"

"Oh~ feel it was too light? I wasn't holding back, you know."

The Asura Rhinoceros Beetle looked at Luo En and laughed: "Looks like you're really strong, huh."

He pulled back his fist, then jerked his thumb behind him toward Luo En: "Name's Asura Rhinoceros Beetle. There's a room over there built specifically for fighting — let's go duke it out in there."

"Indeed, it's a bit cramped in here."

Luo En bent down and picked up the baseball cap from the ground.

"Then let's go."

The two of them, one in front of the other, arrived at that extremely spacious underground room.

"It's pretty spacious, right? This is the biggest place here, specially used for combat experiments."

As the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle said this, it looked at Luo En, who was clenching his fists ahead: "Before we fight, is there anything else you need to prepare?"

Luo En rolled his neck and said: "No, no need."

"Is that so… then let's begin."

After the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle finished saying this, its aura suddenly surged, and its massive figure vanished on the spot.

The next instant, it appeared behind Luo En.

A confident smile on its face, its fist, wrapped in a fierce gust of wind pressure, slammed toward Luo En's head.

Bang!

A single hand blocked in front of its fist, casually receiving that astonishingly powerful strike.

The fist wind whistled past Luo En's side, yet he didn't move a muscle.

The Asura Rhinoceros Beetle looked at the young man who had once again caught its punch, and felt a slight shock within.

This guy…

3, disappointing

"Oh my~! I've gotten serious, and to think you could still catch it… this is truly surprising—no, this kind of situation shouldn't have happened before."

"Oh, I get it now… I get it!!"

"You… are strong!"

The Asura Rhinoceros Beetle looked at Luo En, the smile on its face gradually fading.

"Bring out your full strength. I hope you won't disappoint me."

Luo En, wearing the baseball cap, raised his eyes and smiled at it, then kicked out.

The Asura Rhinoceros Beetle's figure turned into an afterimage, dodging this strike while vanishing from in front of Luo En. It ran at extreme speed around Luo En, letting out bursts of excited strange cries.

Although this guy seemed to have a screw loose and had an extremely poor character, purely in terms of strength, it could easily slaughter the Demon King Kibutsuji Muzan from the world of Demon Slayer.

So this is the strength of one who descended from the dragon?

Whoosh!

"Yahoo~!"

The Asura Rhinoceros Beetle, like a heavy truck charging at top speed, came barreling straight toward Luo En.