Eternal Night

Chapter 836 Assassination Target...Kura?
"What kind of oath does the gentleman wish to take?"

That evening, Wu Pifu finished dinner and was taking a walk when Kula, who was accompanying him like a disciple, suddenly asked him a question.

Wu Pifu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't think of a way to answer.

Kurapika smiled and said, "Sir, you have already managed to completely suppress your thoughts after death. In our view, this is already a sign of the awakening of your thoughts. It will only be a matter of time before you awaken them. Judging from your perspective, your needs for these thoughts lie entirely in vows and constraints. So, have you decided what kind of vow you want to make?"

This is indeed a problem.

Although Wu Pifu had a vague concept of an oath, he hadn't figured out how to make the most solemn oath, or what constraints he needed to abide by. After all, he hadn't even opened his mind yet, and he always felt that it wasn't good to think about it too early.

However, Kurapika wasn't wrong. After all, he had been here for quite some time and was indeed preparing for the opening of his mind, so it was good to carefully consider his vow and constraints.

Wu Pifu thought about it carefully, and Kura wasn't in a hurry, so he accompanied Wu Pifu on a slow walk on the beach.

After a moment, Wu Pifu said to Kura, "Why don't you help me think about it too?"

Kurapika bowed slightly and said, "Yes, sir, please tell me what kind of oath you wish to make?"

As Wu Pifu thought for a moment, he said, “Let me tell you about my situation first. My strength is continuously increasing. In addition to the Immortal Martial Arts that I taught you, I also have a set of Chinese martial arts that serve as the core of my combat. I have reached the theoretical peak of this extraordinary path, but that’s not all. I even broke through twice in succession at this peak due to a stroke of luck. However, the realm above this peak is beyond the comprehension and cultivation of ordinary beings. I need to sublimate it before I can cultivate it.”

"Besides these, there are the Human Immortal Martial Arts, Immortal Martial Internal Power, Hero Race Transformation, Kep Exoskeleton Armor Transformation, Magic... In short, I possess a great many extraordinary paths, and foreseeably, I can learn even more extraordinary paths in the future, from melee combat to ranged combat, from strength to speed, from the physical body to the spirit... It encompasses everything. You could say that as long as I continue to live, there is no limit to my strength."

Kurapika exclaimed in surprise, "Sir, don't you have a problem with your memory capacity?"

In order to teach Kurapika the Human Immortal Martial Arts, Wu Pifu told him about the issue of the capacity of extraordinary pathways, but he used the description of the memory capacity of Nen abilities, which is why Kurapika asked this question.

Wu Pifu shook his head and said, "I am one of the very few special beings. Just as you all know that I come from outside this world, just as the ancient civilization of this world can go to other worlds, I am an outsider. Even among the countless people outside this world, I am the most special kind. People outside call people like me 'seeds of the ultimate path'. They can learn any extraordinary path without limit. In your Nen terms, I can develop countless Nen abilities without limit."

Kurapika was absolutely stunned.

How terrifying and astonishing must an existence possess countless Nen abilities be?

Given enough time, this person will become invincible!
But Wu Pifu immediately said, "I know what you're thinking. You think I'll be invincible... No, I am strong, that's true, but my enemies are even stronger, so strong that it's despair-inducing."

Seeing Kurapika's disbelief, Wu Pifu shook his head slightly and said, "The world you are in is called the Ancient Insect Realm. This world is already incredibly vast, and I cannot even explore its end. You have already gone to the Dark Continent. You should also know that the human world here is actually just an insignificant island in this Lake Möbius. Although it is quite large, with a total of five continents, the largest continent is about 60 million square kilometers and the smallest is 20 million square kilometers. This is already very large, but compared to the Dark Continent, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as an island."

Kurapika nodded with a serious expression.

This was what he saw with his own eyes, and he truly understood the vastness of this world.

Wu Pifu continued, "But the world outside this realm is truly infinite, beyond measure. You know how big the difference is between quantifiable numbers and infinity, right? And my enemy is the true terror within that infinity, a terror that transcends humanity and the imagination of life itself. Compared to them, I am like a firefly in the Milky Way!"

Kurapika was so shocked that he was speechless.

This was like trying to explain ice to a summer insect, and it had already exceeded Kurapika's imagination.

Wu Pifu looked at Kura and said, "I'm not exaggerating at all, I'm just telling the truth. The world is big, and there's an even bigger world beyond it. I'm just an insignificant member of it, and I'm also struggling to survive in it."

Kurapika was shocked for a long time before he slowly calmed down. He said, "So, sir, you intend to make a vow that will grant you immense power?"

"Do not."

Wu Pifu shook his head and said, "I will acquire the power myself. I have that confidence. The oath I really want to make is related to my combat system."

"Combat system?" Kurapika was a little confused.

Wu Pifu stretched out his hand and said, "Yes, I have a lot of power, but the most essential essence is... within five steps, nothing can be broken, and beyond five steps, nothing can break."

Kurapika pondered the information Wu Pifu had shared, and as he thought about it, he became shocked again, to the point of feeling numb. "Anything?" Kurapika asked seriously.

Wu Pifu replied earnestly, "Yes, at least so far I haven't encountered any situations that violate the five-step limit, which is why I said that no matter who the enemy is, no matter how strong they are, I have the information to become stronger and confront them, and kill them... But, I have to be able to kill them!"

Seeing Kurapika's confusion, Wu Pifu shook his head slightly and said, "I already told you, my enemies are ridiculously powerful and indescribably bizarre. For example, they all have an important characteristic: as long as they don't appear, they are as if they don't exist."

"Doesn't exist?" Kurapika exclaimed in surprise. "Not that it can't be found, but that it simply doesn't exist?"

"Yes, it's even more fantastical than non-existent."

As Wu Pifu spoke, he explained the concept of a closed loop of self-information, and then explained the concept of the infinite loop of the root.

He then continued, “These two are the shared powers of my powerful enemies, their innate passive powers. In addition, they possess the power to easily destroy a world. Just the fact that their names are sung by the mortals of a world could destroy that world… There are too many to describe, or rather, it is impossible to describe them in detail. So you understand? I am strong, but my strength can be described and imagined. But my enemies are far stronger than me. I cannot even fully describe or imagine them. That is the difference. I… am billions of times weaker than them!”

Kurapika remained silent for a long time before saying, "So, sir, you need to make a vow and impose restrictions, just so... you can actually kill them?"

“Yes and no.” Wu Pifu stretched out his hand: “I will continue to grow stronger in the future, but the extraordinary paths I have learned are too many and too complicated. Some of them are completely unsuitable for my fighting style. The core of the five-step and five-step-out are not suitable for me, but it would be a waste not to use them. So the oath I plan to make is that since it can allow me to integrate all my extraordinary paths to achieve the core of the five-step and five-step combat, it must also be able to restrain the enemy. No matter how strange or terrifying the enemy is, I must restrain them to fight me within five steps.”

Kurapika was stunned for a long time before saying, "This is too difficult. Mr. Special is targeting a powerful enemy who is far stronger than you. To use the weak to restrain the strong, the price you have to pay will be enormous. Moreover, you also have to unify your own combat mode. I'm sorry, Mr. Special, I can't think of a way to establish this oath and constraint for the time being."

"It's okay, I can't think of it either, so I'll think about it slowly. After all, I don't even have a 'Nian' yet."

Wu Pifu, however, remained optimistic.

The two chatted as they returned to the hotel. Wu Pifu continued meditating, resting, and playing, while Kura returned to his room, pondering what vow Wu Pifu was going to make.

He didn't rest, but slowly assumed a stance and then began practicing his boxing.

The Azure Python Shedding Skin Technique and the Tiger Demon Bone-Refining Fist are both training methods for the Immortal Martial Arts, and Kura is fighting them with extreme seriousness at this moment.

He knew this was an incredible opportunity, one that only he possessed in this world. Moreover, the martial arts of the Immortals were infinitely profound, no less than Nen abilities, and could even form a kind of multiplicative superposition zone with Nen abilities. Even though he had only been learning for a short time and had only just reached the superficial level, his physique was already beginning to gradually approach that of a Nen user specializing in enhancement.

In the future, his potential is limitless, and he will surely have to supervise the remaining sixty-four people!
Then, just as Kurapika was engrossed in his training, he suddenly felt a slight stinging pain in the back of his neck. Before he even realized what was happening, his body instinctively shifted a few feet to the side. Immediately afterward, a sharp pain shot through the back of his neck as a thin strand of psychic energy pierced right through it, less than a centimeter from the back of his head and spine.

Life is hanging by a thread!
Kurapika immediately twisted his body, his muscles stiffened, and his Nen burst forth from within him.

He knew he had met a formidable enemy!

A master assassin, whose skill in assassination has reached an unfathomable level and whose killing intent has almost completely vanished, is attacking him.

"First……"

Kurapika was about to make a sound when suddenly a hand came from the void in front of him and pinched his Adam's apple.

At the same time, the auras of at least ten different men, women, and children suddenly appeared in the room, and Kula even recognized three of them slightly.

Various weapons, various Nen abilities, attacks from head to toe, and some weapons are even coated with deadly poison!

Must kill!

object...

Kurapika!

(End of this chapter)