Eternal Night

Chapter 841 The Beauty of Superposition
"...This is a trial, and also a hunt, for me and for you."

The next day, noon.

Kurapika was not attacked on the first day, but he had a feeling that the nine people were lingering around him. They might be in disguise, or they might be at the top level of the Absolute Realm. He could not see them or find them, but he could vaguely sense them.

They... were afraid, but the object of their fear was not him, but the teacher behind him.

However, the three-day deadline left these nine people with no way to escape. They had no choice but to take action, and the time would begin today. There would be probing, cooperation, and the creation of the most suitable environment for their assassination...

Kurapika spent a considerable amount of time in the dark side of this world in order to fight the Phantom Troupe and search for enemies, so he knew very well what they would do.

However, after testing his current strength yesterday, he did not intend to simply wait for the enemy to attack.

he wants……

filter!
Standing atop the island's tallest building, Kurapika attempted to channel his inner energy, just as his master had done, using his psychic powers to project his voice through the strength and control of his own body...

He successfully spread his voice peacefully and without attenuation over about a tenth of the island's area, which was quite remarkable, though certainly not as good as his master's. Moreover, he knew that the nine people would definitely be able to hear him, since they were nearby.

“I don’t intend to let all of you live. As someone who has been to the dark side, I’m very familiar with the aura emanating from you. It’s the scent of the inhuman. My master dislikes… no, he utterly hates all inhumans. But he’s a good man. Before he’s certain whether someone is inhuman, he’ll temporarily treat them as human. That’s why he’s missed out on many inhumans, but…”

Kurapika continued, "I'm different."

"I can tell whether you are non-human or not, so I don't intend to let all of you live. For me, besides being a trial, it is also a selection process for all of you. So now... good luck."

After saying that, Kurapika took a step forward and fell straight down from the tallest building, which was about 200 meters high.

Meanwhile, in a grove of trees about two thousand meters from the tallest building, an old man rolled up his sleeves and looked at Kurapika in the distance, saying, "These young people nowadays are really something... The last person who dared to talk to me like that was the chairman who claimed to be the world's strongest Nen user."

Behind the old man stood a strong middle-aged man and a tall, thin young man.

The middle-aged man asked, "About the coded message Killua sent yesterday?"

The old man didn't speak, but the young man suddenly said, "The assassination target is Killua's friend."

This defines the nature of Killua's coded message.

Just then, two bursts of Nen energy erupted from below the tallest building. One transformed into a Nen ball and was thrown at Kurapika, who was falling straight down. The other transformed into Nen needles, dozens of which also pierced towards Kurapika.

The old man shook his head slightly, about to speak, when suddenly his pupils contracted sharply.

Because Kurapika, who was in mid-air with no way to avoid it, suddenly took a deep breath, and then he stomped his feet hard in the air. With a loud bang, a shockwave burst out, and then the glass of the building behind him began to shatter in large areas. Stunned by this, Kurapika actually stopped in mid-air for a moment. However, although this scene was amazing, the Nen balls and Nen needles were still shooting straight at him.

But in the next instant, Kurapika suddenly flipped his body upside down, head to the ground and feet to the sky. Then, with a speed invisible to the naked eye, he kicked wildly, unleashing a series of shockwaves. His falling speed suddenly became so fast that it was almost a blur to the naked eye. He also adjusted his downward trajectory. In the blink of an eye, he landed on the ground, smashing a crater. Beside him, a tall, bald man's arm twisted. In the instant the arm crossed, the bald man's defense, which relied on Nen, was pierced, and his arm was crippled. All of this happened in less than a fraction of a second.

The bald, burly man was utterly shocked, but as expected of a top-tier assassin, even with his arm crippled in a single exchange, his first reaction was to kick forward with one leg, while simultaneously gathering a ball of light in his other arm to crush it on the spot.

However, all of this seemed to be in slow motion compared to the speed of the assassin Kurapika. Kurapika appeared behind the bald man in a flash, and he placed a single finger on the back of the bald man's head. Although it was a light touch, the bald man froze on the spot and dared not move.

"Name, assassination faction you belong to, I can give you... five seconds," Kurapika said coldly.

"Yuvis, Black Wild Dogs, sixteen years in the business." The bald, burly man didn't even hesitate for a moment before speaking directly.

Kurapika had once ventured into the dark side of the world, and after his battle with Gon and Killua yesterday, he had been thinking about today's fight. So he did some research, and in just a moment, he found information about the Black Dogs and Yuvis in his mind.

This is a mercenary group of natives from a small, war-torn country. They commit atrocities, but not inhumane acts. Most of their commissions are donated to several humanitarian organizations in this small country.

Kurapika's finger was still pressed against the back of the bald man's head, while his other hand squeezed the bald man's palm. Just as the bald man closed his eyes and waited for death, Kurapika unexpectedly used his finger to cut his own skin.

You hurt me.

As the sound appeared, a sonic boom followed. Kurapika shot straight into the sky, landing on a large tree in the blink of an eye. He crushed the tree's canopy and was already hundreds of meters away.

Only then did the bald, burly man break out in a cold sweat.

He hadn't felt it from a distance, but the moment his skin touched Kura's, an intimidating aura, as if facing a prehistoric beast, surged from the back of his head throughout his entire body. While it was certainly not as intense as the overwhelming aura he had experienced before, it was still the most terrifying presence he had ever witnessed in his life, an aura that almost shattered his mind. If he had to describe the bald man's fear at that moment, it would be... utterly terrifying!

On the other side, as Kurapika jumped down, the assassins lurking around him initially planned to attack, but as he suddenly sprang into action, within seconds all the assassins began to flee in a frenzy.

Is this even a fight a human could win?!
Without relying on Nen abilities, can one shatter the air with just their physical body? Can one change direction directly in mid-air? Is their speed so fast that it's just a blur even from a distance? Is their power such that with only a thin layer of Nen covering them, they can pierce through the solidified barrier formed by someone's full Nen?

What the hell is this monster?!
The three members of the Zoldyck family were also on the run.

All three remained silent, but the old man and the middle-aged strong man thought of the request they had received from the old hunter guild master not long ago...

The Chimera Ant King and his three guards!

They're all monsters!

But now it seems that Kurapika is much more of a monster!
"No, no, no, no!"

The old man shouted as he ran, "The intensity is wrong! His physical attributes are indeed much stronger than ours, at least twice as strong as our hard-earned bodies, which is already quite exaggerated. But the intensity he displays is wrong! His physical attributes are far inferior to the Chimera Ant King and the three guards, far inferior. However, the speed and strength he displays have already surpassed those ant monsters!"

The middle-aged strong man was also shocked. He said in a deep voice, "Yes, the speed and strength he showed completely surpassed that of an ant, but his apparent capacity and physical qualities do not match his speed and strength... at least several times less!"

This difference of several times is not a difference in physical fitness or apparent strength, but a difference in tangible power and speed!
If we're only talking about physical attributes, even if one person's physical attributes and physique are doubled, tripled, or tripled compared to another person, their strength wouldn't be doubled or tripled. Doubling it would be considered quite good. The same principle applies to speed.

Kurapika's monstrous behavior at this moment is completely inconsistent with his displayed charisma and physical abilities!
The young man said coldly, "Oaths and constraints!?"

"wrong!"

The old man and the middle-aged strong man retorted at the same time.

The old man said, "We are very familiar with oaths and constraints. We have also added enough oaths and constraints to our Nen abilities. This is the path that every Nen user must take. However, we all know that oaths and constraints are aimed at the mechanism. Unless you squeeze your own life out of yourself, like the oaths and constraints of Killua's friend, which unleash decades of essence and your superhuman talent in an instant, it is impossible to transform them into this kind of normal power and speed!"

"So, who exactly is he...?"

The next instant, a sonic boom rang out above the three of them, followed by a gust of wind and a shockwave coming from above. The three of them immediately scattered as if facing a formidable enemy, taking on a fighting stance and leaning against each other facing forward.

Kurapika indeed appeared directly in front of them, taking down several assassins within seconds, and then traversing thousands of meters to catch up with them.

"Three."

Kurapika stood up from the crater in the ground, spreading his hands and saying, "We don't have to fight, but..."

"Please let me confirm your level of inhumanity."

Kurapika's palms were covered in blood, as were his face and body, but his expression was gentle. This expression and the blood on his body sent chills down the spines of the three assassins who had experienced mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

At the same time, Wu Pifu turned his gaze away from the balcony.

Just as he expected, Kura, who was seriously using the martial arts of the Immortal, completely overwhelmed the other superhumans of the same level in this world.

The reason is simple: it's not just the slight increase in physique and physical fitness from the Human Immortal Martial Arts. Unless Kura is given at least ten years to slowly practice and accumulate experience, the Human Immortal Martial Arts cannot yet present an invincible form.

The real qualitative change is... superposition!
Superimposed areas of extraordinary pathways!
The fact that the extraordinary paths of Nen ability and the extraordinary paths of Immortal Martial Arts are actually rare multiplications, and even more so, they are extremely rare independent multiplications, which is very frightening.

This directly increased Kurapika's power and speed several times over!
Wu Pifu was increasingly looking forward to the moment when he would awaken his Nen ability. The extraordinary path of Nen ability, as an independent multiplication zone, could double his current strength once again, which was truly terrifying.

So it's no wonder that every ultimate seed in the history of the Dream World, once it sublimates, claims to be able to slaughter the root of all evil. With this kind of accumulation, Wu Pifu doesn't even dare to imagine how strong he will become in the future.

Now, all he has left is the thought of opening his mind, and then...

Perfect sublimation!

(End of this chapter)