"Doctor! Ground Dragon and Frog-Man were both instantly killed! Mercury Mantis also failed!" a staff member reported in a panic.
"Damn it, Mosquito Girl, that traitor—"
"Activate all defensive units in Sector B! Send Beast King and Armored Gorilla together! At all costs, we must at least capture that blonde boy! He might be the key to Mosquito Girl's evolution!" Dr. Genus roared hysterically.
"Oh, and by the way, make me another cup of coffee."
Deep in the corridor, Beast King, a majestic and burly humanoid lion with a thick mane, and Armored Gorilla, a massive figure clad in heavy armor, appeared simultaneously, blocking the way from left and right.
"Beast King, ranked second in the House of Evolution, and Armored Gorilla, ranked third."
Mosquito Girl naturally recognized Beast King and Armored Gorilla.
"In the past, I might have had to give way to your prowess, but now, just obediently clear the path for my master."
"Mosquito Girl! You betrayed the Doctor!" Armored Gorilla roared.
"Finish this quickly!"
Beast King transformed into a golden streak of light, his massive, sharp beast claws striking directly at Mosquito Girl's vital points.
Facing the pincer attack from both, the evolved Mosquito Girl merely showed a contemptuous smile.
Her crystal wings on her back vibrated at high frequency again!
This time, not only were there wind blades, but also ultra-high frequency sound waves, so sharp they surpassed the range of human hearing!
"Buzz buzz buzz buzz!!!!"
The metal walls of the entire corridor vibrated violently, distorting!
Thousands of crisscrossing wind blades also assailed Beast King and Armored Gorilla.
Beast King let out a deafening lion's roar, sensing the impending danger, and dared not hold back, unleashing his ultimate move—Lion Slash Meteor Shower!
The lion claw attacks, powerful enough to tear an entire building apart, collided with Mosquito Girl's Vacuum Slash.
On the other side, Armored Gorilla, facing the ultra-high frequency sound waves, seemed to be suppressed as a semi-mechanical life form. Its helmet looked as if it would be torn apart by the sound waves, and sparks flew from its internal precision instruments. He clutched his head in pain and knelt on the ground!
After a single strike, although Beast King was not dead, his burly and muscular body was covered in countless scars, bleeding profusely.
It seemed that Beast King's steel body, tempered through countless trials, could not withstand Mosquito Girl's Vacuum Slash.
"Mosquito Girl, you've actually become this strong—"
Beast King, clinging to life, looked at Mosquito Girl with dark golden beast eyes, filled with disbelief.
"Bleeding? Beast King, you lost."
Mosquito Girl's beautiful eyes instantly turned blood-red, and she directly unleashed her new ability gained after evolving to Dragon-level—Life Absorption!
As long as the opponent bled, Mosquito Girl could directly absorb the enemy's blood from a distance.
Beast King was powerless to resist. In the blink of an eye, he was drained dry by Mosquito Girl and collapsed to the ground as a dried corpse.
As for Armored Gorilla, who was kneeling on the ground, Mosquito Girl flashed over and removed his mechanical head.
[Eliminated an Armored Gorilla (Demon-level), Experience +80,000 points]
[Eliminated a Beast King (Demon-level), Experience +85,000 points]
Mosquito Girl easily dealt with the House of Evolution's high-level combatants, without even breaking a sweat. She respectfully stepped aside, "Master, the small fry have been cleared."
Naruto nodded in satisfaction, "Quite efficient. Let's go, let's have a chat with that Doctor."
The two arrived at the entrance to the core control room without obstruction.
Mosquito Girl lightly waved her hand, and the heavy alloy door was torn apart like paper.
Inside the control room, Dr. Genus watched Mosquito Girl display power completely beyond his comprehension on the monitor screen, and Naruto, completely unharmed, not even moving a hand. His scientific pride and rationality were utterly shattered, replaced by a desperate madness and… a final gamble.
"Monsters! You are all monsters!"
Dr. Genus slumped in his chair, his eyes unfocused, but then they became intensely frantic, "But! The House of Evolution has not lost yet! We still have our ultimate trump card! A perfect killing weapon that transcends all limits of artificial evolution!"
He slammed his hand down on a red button on the control panel, protected by a glass cover!
"Activate—Artificial Evolution Final Form—Ashura!! Let him—tear them apart!!"
"Rumble rumble—!!!!"
Deep within the base, a terrifying tremor, like a primordial beast awakening, sent shivers down the spine. A brutal, insane, terrifying aura, capable of making all Demon-level monsters tremble, erupted from deep underground like a volcanic explosion!
Mosquito Girl's expression turned serious for the first time, "Master, this aura—"
Naruto finally dropped his relaxed expression, a glint of interest flashing in his eyes, "Oh? Has a decent big guy finally arrived? Interesting."
"Bang bang bang bang!!!!"
In the special isolation zone deep within the base, the multi-meter thick alloy door, capable of withstanding a barrage of missiles, was torn, twisted, and finally exploded into countless fragments by an invisible, immense force from within. A massive, muscular, explosive, dark brown shadow charged straight down the corridor at an almost insane speed!
In its wake, whether it was sturdy walls, complex instruments, or unfortunate surviving modified organisms blocking its path, all were instantly smashed to smithereens and pulverized.
Nothing could stop it in the slightest!
It was the theoretical ultimate product of artificial evolution from the House of Evolution—Ashura!
"Roar—!!!!"
A deafening roar swept through like a shockwave, even overpowering the base's piercing alarm. It was a giant rhinoceros beetle monster, covered in thick, dark brown chitin, with a massive horn on its head. Its eyes held only the most primal desire for slaughter and destruction.
Almost in the next second after the roar, the massive figure, like an out-of-control heavy tank, carrying an aura of terror that crushed everything, charged into the corridor where Naruto and Mosquito Girl were.
It didn't even distinguish targets, simply charging fiercely in the direction of the strongest life signatures—which were Naruto and Mosquito Girl!
"Master, be careful!"
Mosquito Girl cried out, her crystal wings on her back vibrated, and her figure instantly transformed into a red afterimage, gracefully flashing to the side.
Naruto didn't even bat an eyelid, merely taking a casual step to the side, avoiding the rampaging Ashura. The violent shockwave and flying debris didn't even touch the hem of his clothes.
"Bang!!!!"
Ashura's massive body slammed fiercely into the wall where Naruto and Mosquito Girl had just been, directly smashing a huge hole in the alloy wall. Without losing momentum, it continuously crashed through several more layers of walls before stopping, raising its arms and head, letting out an angry roar, seemingly enraged at having missed its target.