In an instant, Raven, who was transformed into his Melon Kachidoki Arms form, used Super Acceleration to appear directly in front of Kouta.
He then swept forward with the Kachidoki Bata mounted on his back.
It kicked up a powerful gust of compressed air.
The Kurokage Troopers, including the one possessed by the woman Kouta called "Peach-nee," were all knocked back and directly thrown to the ground.
"Huh? Is that… Raven-san?"
Kouta was initially stunned by the sight but quickly registered what happened. He hadn't expected Raven to also have a Kachidoki Arms form like his.
"Step aside for now. I'll handle this." Raven said flatly.
"Raven-san, this Inves is an Over Lord. We should fight him together," Kouta still cautioned.
"You just watch."
Raven let out a light, disdainful laugh directed at the red Over Lord.
"You're that monkey from last time!"
The red Over Lord, Demushu, gradually recognized Raven. Although the current form was different from the Apple Arms he remembered, the voice was the same.
"A weakling should know its place. I let you slip away last time and save your life. And now you still dare to speak to me that way?" Raven spoke with a taunting, teasing tone.
"Don't think you can beat me again this time!"
Demushu suddenly grabbed a Helheim Fruit growing nearby. He proceeded to devour it.
This was the most direct way for these Over Lords to enhance their power, gaining a surge of strength in a short amount of time by consuming the fruit.
"Gwaaah—!"
After eating the fruit, Demushu's body underwent a transformation. He became visibly more vicious, radiating a dangerous aura all over.
"Oh, it doesn't look like there's much of a difference." Raven offered a slight smile.
"You'll find out if you try!"
Demushu was infuriated. He transformed back into his energy form, forming a red energy body in the air. In a mere instant, he decimated the surrounding Kurokage Troopers.
Even the Orange Rider, Kouta, was knocked down; his Orange Kachidoki Arms were ineffective against the strengthened Demushu at this moment.
In the entire field, only one person remained standing. That was, of course, Raven.
The overall specs of Melon Kachidoki Arms were still far superior to Orange Kachidoki Arms, especially its defense.
Seeing this, Demushu in the air exerted his power again and charged toward Raven.
But this time, Raven finally took action. He merely lifted the Kachidoki Bata in his hand slightly, effortlessly batting away the incoming energy form of Demushu.
The force was so overwhelming that Demushu nearly dispersed!
"Damn you!"
Demushu roared furiously.
He reformed his solid body, then raised the sword in his hand, swinging it down again. He possessed a force that seemed determined to destroy everything in his path!
It had to be said that in this enhanced form, Demushu was virtually unstoppable unless a Lord-class Armored Rider (like Gaim Kiwami Arms) appeared—provided Raven wasn't around.
Yet, facing the ferocious and dominant Demushu, Raven remained completely unfazed.
He switched the Kachidoki Bata in his hand for the Taiken (Musou Saber with the Hinawadaidai-DJ-Ju attached).
With a casual, understated slash, he parried the incoming sword. The immense power immediately numbed Demushu's arms.
Then, Raven instantly performed Super Acceleration and vanished.
"Not that trick again!"
Demushu saw this and hastily spun around with a sword slash, attempting to anticipate Raven's movement.
But in Raven's eyes while in his Super Acceleration state, all of Demushu's actions were slowed down to a crawl.
Finding an extremely tricky angle, Raven slashed out with his sword.
Clang!
Demushu was completely unprepared and took the full hit. His entire body flew backward.
However, it wasn't over yet. Raven remained in his Super Acceleration state and continued his assault.
"Aah! Aah!!"
Demushu let out a shrill scream.
In the eyes of everyone else, all they saw was a fleeting, instantaneously vanished green flash of lightning, while Demushu himself was constantly wailing. In that single moment, he was struck at least twenty times all over his body!
Finally, Raven delivered the finishing blow. After charging up his final attack, he thrust his sword through Demushu's body.
"No…!"
A powerful, destructive force immediately erupted.
BOOM!
A massive explosion deafened everyone's ears.
Demushu was instantly killed and defeated, with virtually no chance to fight back.
This scene deeply shook Kaito Kumon, who was watching from afar with his jaw dropped. The red Over Lord, who had forced their group into a bitter struggle, was instantly killed in a matter of seconds.
"How strong… Does he even have a limit?" Kaito thought inwardly.
He had never once seen Raven fight at full power. It was always with that kind of effortless, unconcerned demeanor.
The woman who had been knocked out of her transformation, Yoko Minato, now slowly climbed up from the ground, looking completely entranced once more. Her eyes were fixed on Raven.
A powerful being like this, perhaps he was the person she truly deserved to follow. With such power, was there any doubt left about the final ownership of the Forbidden Fruit?
Thinking this, her stocking-clad legs beneath her tight skirt couldn't help but clamp together, lest she let anything show.
Ryoma Sengoku, directing operations from a safe room, wore an expression of extreme disappointment.
"Why did he have to interfere!" he said angrily.
His original plan was for the red Over Lord to defeat everyone on the scene, then he would step in, defeat the Over Lord, and interrogate him about the location of the Golden Fruit. But it seemed that method was now impossible.
What he didn't know was that Mitsuzane Kureshima, who should have still been recovering from injuries, had already been transported to Rosyuo's location by Redyue using a civilian-use Helheim transport device, intent on seizing the Golden Fruit.
After eliminating Demushu, Raven immediately devoured all the energy from its body.
This act of consumption caused an intense change in his status.
As expected, this Over Lord wasn't on the same level as the previous one!
If the prior Over Lord had granted him the ability to manipulate a portion of the forest within Helheim, he could now feel the entire existence of Helheim with extreme clarity!
This wasn't because Demushu was that powerful, but because the Over Lord's innate abilities had been enhanced after being absorbed into Raven's system.
Now, with a simple thought, Raven could effortlessly open countless Cracks and summon Inves from Helheim—just like Lord Baron in the finale.
In terms of pure Over Lord power on his person, he had already reached a so-called Demigod state.
"Maybe if I devour a few more Over Lords of the same caliber, I'll be able to take on Rosyuo one-on-one." Raven mused.
In the original series, the fighting power displayed by Rosyuo was indeed overwhelming, but the people he chose to fight were mostly just "newbies."
Later, even Redyue was able to land a fatal blow through a sneak attack. Raven was confident that his own strength was far greater than Redyue's.