Eternal Night

Chapter 837 Trial
Kurapika is not a weakling. Whether in terms of strength or mentality, he can be considered a battle-hardened warrior.

But at this moment, he really had no power to fight back. On the one hand, he had become complacent. This was Liushang Island, and the peaceful atmosphere and comfortable environment made him much less vigilant. On the other hand, Wu Pifu gave him a sense of security.

Since his tribe was massacred, no one had ever treated him as well as Wu Pifu, who not only taught him the Martial Arts of Immortals, but also created a true master-disciple relationship. Wu Pifu's strength and other abilities made him forget that this world was actually a very cruel dark forest.

Besides, there is another reason related to the assassins who ambushed him this time. The ten people here are almost the strongest assassins and killers in the world. They don't have the slightest bit of killing intent before they make a move, but the moment they make a move, they unleash a barrage of all their power. Let alone now that he is lax, even if he hadn't been lax before, there would probably have been a 70-80% chance that he would have been killed instantly.

At this point, he was in a complete dead end.

Just as all the weapons were about to hit him, he suddenly heard a voice.

"stop."

In the next instant, all the weapons, attacks, and spiritual energy stopped just a hair's breadth away from his body, almost enough to completely pierce through and kill him.

In that brief moment, Kurapika suddenly flashed forward, his entire body pressed against the wall of the room. At the same time, he unleashed his full power and psychic energy, blasting through the wall and rushing into the corridor.

Only then did he manage to stand up a little, still shaken, and see Wu Pifu hanging in mid-air outside the balcony of his room, while the ten people inside remained motionless.

For a moment, Kurapika even thought that Wu Pifu had arranged the assassination, but he immediately denied it because he realized that the ten people were not following Wu Pifu's orders, but were unable to move for some other reason.

The ten super assassins were trembling with extremely small but very rapid movements, and sweat was pouring out of their bodies at a visible speed, but they just couldn't move.

Some terrifying force restricted them.

Kurapika didn't ask any questions immediately. Instead, he frantically circulated his internal energy to heal the minor wound on his neck, while simultaneously unleashing his Nen power. Chains appeared on his fingers, and only when ten chains materialized did he speak, "Thank you for saving them, sir. They..."

"Assassins, those who assassinated you... Oh, you mean why they can't move?"

Wu Pifu only realized what he meant halfway through his sentence. He thought for a moment and said, "How about going into the room and experiencing it for yourself?"

Without hesitation, Kurapika stepped into the room. The power that had been affecting everyone in the room instantly spread to him, and in that instant, Kurapika was unable to move.

He couldn't describe the feeling—terrifying, intimidating, awe-inspiring, as if he were being stared at by some savage behemoth, as if he were in the midst of a destructive wave, or as if he were a small boat sailing on the surface of an endless abyss.

This reminded him of the "baptism" he received from Nen users when he first became a hunter and hadn't yet awakened his Nen.

Once a Nen user activates their Nen, they can project their killing intent and aura through Nen. This is fatal to ordinary people without Nen protection; it is a terrifying power that can scare an ordinary person to death from a distance with just killing intent.

But compared to what he was experiencing now, that so-called "baptism" was as ridiculous as a three-year-old child waving a wooden sword to defend against a supercarrier from the 5V country!
"This power is called Conqueror's Haki, the embodiment of the life force and spirit. Of course, my Conqueror's Haki is slightly beyond the standard, so its power might be a tiny bit greater..."

As Wu Pifu spoke, he removed the intimidating aura of Conqueror's Haki from Kurapika. Only then did Kurapika suddenly collapse to the ground, gasping for breath, his body drenched in sweat. For at least five or six seconds, he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

At this moment, among the ten assassins present, an elderly female assassin fainted, her eyes rolled back. Before the other nine could turn their attention to her, she flew directly into the air towards Wu Pifu. Wu Pifu then waved his hand and exploded into minced meat with a snap, before dissipating into ashes.

"I don't know who sent you. Because of your Nen abilities, I can't even sense your emotions. Although your target isn't me, the person you assassinated is my disciple. Logically speaking, if I were to kill you all with a single breath, you wouldn't have anyone to blame but yourself. Those who kill will be killed in return. I'm prepared to be killed by humans or non-humans at any time. This is just the cycle of cause and effect, isn't it?"

Wu Pifu was speaking to the nine people, who naturally had no way to answer. They were all desperately trying to stay upright and not faint, because there were already precedents of what would happen if they fainted.

Kurapika didn't speak, he just stood there with his Nen blast surging, but his heart was warm and his eyes were soft.

Wu Pifu continued, "However, I am very dissatisfied with my disciple's vigilance. Although I am by his side, I will leave sooner or later, and the heavy responsibility on his shoulders may last for thousands of years. If he is so wary, I even begin to doubt the correctness of my choice of him... So, I will give you a chance!"

The next second, Wu Pifu withdrew his Conqueror's Haki, and the nine men collapsed to the ground, vomiting violently. This was not their intention, but their bodies and minds were naturally in this state. Wu Pifu ignored them and continued, "You nine, I'm giving you three days to assassinate my disciple. You can attack now, anywhere, anytime, using any method within three days, but you are not allowed to involve ordinary people. Anyone who involves unrelated individuals will be killed instantly. Anyone who doesn't participate within three days will be killed instantly. Anyone who tries to escape this island within three days will be killed instantly. Anyone who doesn't harm my disciple within three days will be killed instantly. After three days, anyone who harms my disciple will be released from this matter."

All nine people knelt on the ground and listened attentively.

Some of them vaguely knew of Wu Pifu's existence, while others were so deeply hidden that they knew nothing of it. But whether they knew vaguely or not at all, they now fully understood just how terrifying Wu Pifu was.

As top assassins, they can perfectly distinguish between killing intent, murderous aura, and the number of people and creatures someone has actually killed.

Even though Wu Pifu had completely concealed his negative aspects and couldn't be seen through his Nen abilities, so the nine people perceived him as "seemingly weak," those who had experienced his true strength were seeing that aura of weakness rapidly crumble, replaced by an indescribable mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood. What was most terrifying was that several of these nine people possessed Nen abilities related to perception, allowing them to perceive even more clearly that the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood was filled with monsters they couldn't even imagine. Any one of these embellishments mixed with Wu Pifu's killing intent could easily slaughter them.

Monster!
A true, utter monster!

Several of these nine people had actually seen monsters that were far beyond human comprehension, especially two of them who had recently faced a monster called the Chimera Ant.

But the two of them dared to swear that even the strongest ant king among the Chimera ants was nothing more than an ant in front of this true monster, its size and level of threat no different from that of an ordinary person...

They're all ants that can be crushed in one go!
The person they were coming to kill... was actually this terrifying monster's apprentice!?

At this moment, Wu Pifu spoke again: "Three, two, one..."

"start!"

In an instant, the nine people simultaneously unleashed their Nen abilities, some by bursting forth with power, others by extinguishing their own aura, some by performing spatial teleportation, and still others by breaking through the ceiling, floor, and walls. In the blink of an eye, all nine of them vanished.

Kura did not chase or attack. He simply stood quietly in place, looking at Wu Pifu's gaze, and said with shame, "Sir, I have disappointed you."

Wu Pifu shook his head slightly and said, "Being lazy is human nature, there's nothing to say about that. My disappointment doesn't lie in that, but in the fact that you haven't seriously developed the Human Immortal Martial Path."

Kura listened attentively, and Wu Pifu continued, "The Human Immortal Martial Arts originated from the Chinese martial arts system. Although it mainly focuses on accumulating and developing the physical body, after cultivating the Human Immortal Martial Arts, one will also develop a sixth sense similar to martial arts intuition. This is a premonition of danger. Kura, your talent is very good, perhaps even better than mine. You should have already noticed this martial arts intuition in the Human Immortal Martial Arts. I am disappointed that you have not developed it."

Kurapika bowed slightly: "Yes, sir, I will develop it as soon as possible."

Just then, security personnel ran in from both sides of the corridor, and several Nen users also followed from both sides of the passage. Obviously, the sound of the walls and ceiling cracking had alerted everyone in the building.

"Kura!"

Suddenly, a voice rang out. Kurapika looked over in surprise and saw two boys running towards him, shouting his name. One of the silver-haired boys was carrying a little girl on his back.

Kurapika exclaimed in surprise, "Gon, Qi..."

Then, he saw the little girl on the silver-haired boy's back suddenly change her appearance. Her lovely and beautiful face suddenly turned into a grotesque one, her eyes turned into deep darkness, and she began to tremble violently all over.

"……interesting."

Wu Pifu also saw the little girl at this moment. The emotional perception was actually effective on this strangely-looking little girl. Then he paused, laughed and said, "It's okay, don't be afraid. Although she is a little ugly, it doesn't matter if humans are a little ugly."

"Humans don't kill humans, so don't be afraid."

(End of this chapter)