I, the Rock King Emperor with 21 billion in power, have joined the chat group.

The terrifying sound, generated by breaking the sound barrier, traveled in all directions.

The sound of the explosion shattered everything, blowing away all the dust and sand in the path that the Demon King Ariel was advancing on.

This momentum of advancement is no different from that of an ancient monster that once ruled the land.

"Huh??"

The spider quickly jumped to a distance, dodging the aftershocks of the attack, and while watching all this, it exclaimed in surprise.

She could sense that the Demon King Ariel before her had not used any of the system's skills, but had achieved all of this purely through her own speed and physical strength.

----Hey, Miss Demon King, did you get the story of your introduction wrong?

----You're like a character from a fantasy story where the fighting power has completely collapsed.

---You're not even using any skills anymore? Why are you fighting with just your muscles? This is a planet with a skill system!

Zhongli and the Demon King naturally couldn't hear Spider's internal monologue.

Meanwhile, the evil god D, who lives on the Japanese archipelago on another planet, naturally cannot hear it either.

After the battle began, Zhongli used his own authority and the authority over the skill system he had usurped to block some of the images transmitted to Evil God D and other administrators.

In their view, the battle before them was a battle between the Spider and the Demon King, not a battle between Zhongli and the Demon King.

"who are you?"

In front of Zhongli, a girl unleashed a powerful punch that tore through the air at several times the speed of sound; the speed of her voice was even slower than the speed of her fist.

Why? Can't I see through you?

"No, it should be, why can't I understand your existence?"

"Yes, you can call me Demon God Zhongli."

A pale golden rune barrier appeared out of thin air in front of Zhongli, perfectly blocking the Demon King Ariel's fist.

Thump!

A sound like metal clashing suddenly rang out, and countless waves of energy spread outwards, forming an invisible airwave that blew up countless grains of sand and stones.

"Ok?"

The punch failed to achieve its purpose, and Demon Queen Ariel's pretty little brows furrowed slightly, but she didn't take it to heart.

With one fist retracted, she turned her body, using her slender waist as a link, and suddenly swung her other arm back to strike.

Bang!

The second punch was even more powerful than the first. The power of the waist during the rotation, combined with the near-full force of the sudden punch, made Demon Queen Ariel confident that even if this punch landed on the manager Qiu Lie Qiu Lie, it would make him spit out a mouthful of dragon blood.

However, the pale golden rune barrier that was being attacked did not waver in the slightest, nor did it show even the slightest fluctuation or crack.

"How is this possible?!"

She couldn't help but utter such words that only a nobody would say, and then she saw Zhongli slowly raise his right hand.

Alarm bells immediately went off in Ariel's mind.

Without much hesitation, she quickly retreated, widening the distance between herself and Zhongli.

"I did not come here to be your enemy."

Zhong Li slowly raised his right hand and laid it flat in front of her, expressing his goodwill in a calm voice.

"【Goddess's Pet】【Ancient Divine Beast】【Demon King Ariel】, I would like to ask you some questions."

"Ok?"

The demon girl frowned slightly, her delicate face showing confusion.

"If you're not my enemy, why did you kill my family members?"

"A familiar? The Queen Spider Monster?" Zhongli withdrew his arm and shook his head slightly: "It's not that I want to kill her, but that she wanted to kill my friend and then be killed by me."

"Friends?" The demon girl turned her head and glanced at the half-person-tall pure white spider far away from them, looking rather strange.

"Is your friend that strange spider?"

“Exactly.” Zhongli nodded slightly. “Although she currently has a spider's body, her soul does not belong to this planet.”

"Ok??"

The Demon Queen Ariel frowned again, her small eyebrows almost twisting into a pretzel.

"What do you mean?"

"In other words, she is not a native species of this sinful planet, but a soul that descended from another planet. Due to the manipulation of some evil gods, she came to this planet and was reborn as the offspring of the Queen Spider Monster."

"Reincarnation? A soul from another planet? Are you kidding me?"

The Demon Queen Ariel replied with a conflicted expression.

"Of course not, you should be able to understand what I'm saying. The unusual abilities Miss Spider possesses, as well as her various behaviors, should all confirm my thoughts."

Zhongli's voice carried a reassuring calmness: "As a being with a free soul, I was suddenly reborn as the lowest offspring of the Queen Spider Monster. After many bloody battles, I finally gained a foothold in this world. But then, the Queen Spider Monster discovered her powerful, free-range offspring and tried to control her with her skills of controlling offspring. Naturally, the spider child was unwilling to be controlled, so she fought back. Together with me, we killed the Queen Spider Monster, and then we brought out you, the Queen Spider Monster's mother—[Goddess's Pet][Ancient Divine Beast][Demon King Ariel]."

“…” The Demon Queen Ariel did not reply.

Zhong Li's calm voice continued: "You should know who is capable of doing this? Even an ordinary manager like Qiu Lie cannot possess such power."

"The higher-ups, the evil god D..." Demon Queen Ariel murmured to herself.

“Yes, the evil god D. That powerful being who turned this world into a game.” Zhongli’s voice carried a hint of seduction.

"And I, as Spider's friend, am a powerful being on par with her."

Seemingly to demonstrate his abilities, Zhongli casually extended a finger and gently tapped it in the direction of the Demon King Ariel.

Then, in a situation where the Demon King Ariel was completely unable to understand, completely unable to react, and even unable to muster any thought of resistance.

A tiny black dot was bobbing above her shoulder.

The next instant, she understood what it was.

As someone who had once been part of a technologically advanced civilization, the scientific knowledge she had long neglected suddenly flashed through her mind.

That black dot is a black hole that is forming.

Although it appears to be only the size of a sesame seed, even at this size, it would be enough to completely destroy the continent inhabited by humans and demons.

"Gurgle~~~!"

Thinking of this, Ariel, the Demon Queen, couldn't help but swallow.

Chapter Twenty-One: Spider Child: The Abyss Magic Naraku

"Gurgle~~!"

The sound of Ariel swallowing was surprisingly clear at this moment.

At least the spider heard it too.

She couldn't help but laugh out loud with the spider's mouth, then was startled by Ariel's fierce eyes as she turned her head and took two steps back, almost falling down the steep slope she was standing on.

Zhongli naturally pretended that such a minor incident did not exist.

He withdrew his outstretched finger, and the small black hole that had been on Ariel's shoulder vanished without a trace with his movement.

"I've now proven that what I said was true." Although Zhongli's voice remained calm, it held an indescribable terror in the eyes of the Demon King Ariel at this moment.

Just like the evil god D she had met with Qiu Lie, she sensed that the being before her, though outwardly a handsome young man, possessed something far more terrifying and frightening within.

"Hmm." Demon Queen Ariel nodded slightly.

“It seems you do understand.” Zhongli’s lips curled into a faint smile. “Therefore, I did indeed come to this world, this planet, with sincerity and kindness. Killing your familiar queen, the spider monster, was merely to help a friend and protect my own life.”

"Yes." To this statement, Demon Queen Ariel could only nod in agreement.

"Then, the misunderstanding between the three of us is cleared up." Zhongli clapped his hands lightly as a celebration of clearing up the misunderstanding, but at this moment, it seemed a little awkward and inappropriate.

The Demon Queen Ariel could only nod slightly in agreement.

"Now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, let me explain why I came to this world that is barely surviving."

Zhongli's voice gradually became ethereal.

"Although, in your memory, this world has fallen into the deepest despair, and the gods who once protected the world have had to become the world's energy source to protect the planet from destruction. The system covering the planet, allowing it to barely survive, is nothing more than a joke played by an evil god."

"But to someone like me, this skill system is full of ingenious ideas and extremely intricate construction."

"Whether it's the ingenious system of recycling souls into a cage, or the evolutionary ability, or the skills and abilities attached to the soul, they are all ingenious ideas. Even I would need to explore for a long time to find a way to build the same system."

"So, I came to this world to figure out what the skill system Spider-Zi mentioned is. Moreover, if I have the opportunity, I would like to obtain administrator privileges for this system so that I can better break it down and analyze it."

Upon hearing this, Ariel, the Demon Queen, suddenly changed her expression.

"You want to break down and analyze this system? Is that what you mean, as I understand it?"

“Of course, it means exactly what you think.” Zhong Li’s faint smile seemed to Ariel, the Demon Queen, to her the deepest abyss.

Ariel clenched her fists tightly, her voice trembling slightly.

"You...you should know, right? What keeps this system running?"

“Of course, the goddess Sally herself is the core of this planetary system.” Zhongli nodded slightly: “Disassembly and analysis naturally include her as well.”

"Then, please forgive me for refusing!" Demon Queen Ariel roared.

Her hands clenched tightly, and a magical glow, representing death, began to flicker on her fists.

"Why?" Zhongli looked at her expression, raised a hand to his chin, and asked with some doubt, "Oh, sorry, I almost forgot. You were once the goddess's divine beast, so your relationship with her must be extraordinary. You don't need to worry..."

However, his words were destined never to be heard.

The magic in Ariel's hands was released the moment he spoke.

"Abyss Magic, Naraku!"

An endless black light suddenly appeared, and something was about to emerge beneath where Ariel, the Spider, and Zhongli stood.

It was a vast, dark world that had completely eroded the ground where the three of them stood the moment the magic was formed.

A chilling aura, enough to cover both soul and body, suddenly appeared. Black mist, carrying the scent of decay and destruction, along with the blessing of cold and frost, seeped into the bodies of the three people.

Demon Queen Ariel shivered, quickly stood up, stomped her foot on the ground, and rushed towards a distant place not shrouded in black mist and light.