I'm extremely interested in Nen abilities.

Xiao Di touched her lower abdomen and then pressed her hand against the root of her left thigh, where the star mark was located on the skin.

"At least I feel much better than before."

"Speaking of which, when did you get the star on you? Have we known each other for a month already?..."

……

The two chatted until lunchtime before hanging up.

Jingyang had a simple lunch in the carriage and returned to his private compartment to continue his cultivation, since he had nothing else to do anyway.

According to the plan, this train will arrive at the station at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and I will have to change trains several times, cross the river by boat, and go through three or four days of trouble before I can reach the country and city where the Sky Arena is located.

It's a long and arduous road...

Time passed slowly, and after Jingyang had maintained his composure for a full hour, the train slowly pulled into the station.

He opened his eyes, thinking, "It will take at least another hour and a half for me to complete one full round of 'Firmness' and completely dissipate all my energy before I can achieve the best cultivation effect. The total amount of mental energy is increasing, and it's taking longer and longer. When I'm out and about, how can I possibly find two or three hours to cultivate anytime, anywhere?"

Moreover... when you're out and about, without any companions to "protect" you, how could you possibly exhaust all your spiritual energy? Wouldn't that put yourself in the most dangerous situation?

"When martial arts masters meditate and cultivate, it's like resting and sleeping. The more they practice, the more energetic and powerful they become. But for hunters, it's different. Every time they practice, they have to exhaust themselves. There's probably no way they can feel better after practicing... Although this is in line with the principle of equal exchange of blood and sweat for progress, which is good, it's just too exhausting."

Jingyang let out a breath, finished his practice, stood up, slung his bag over his shoulder, and prepared to get off the bus.

He only noticed a few small text messages when he picked up his phone.

The first one is "I'm better."

The second message, sent five minutes later, reads, "Is Jingyang cultivating?"

"Then I'll start cultivating too."

Jingyang sensed it and, sure enough, could no longer detect the star mark belonging to Xiaodi in the far east. In other words, her star mark had ended its automatic activation of the healing function.

As he squeezed his way out of the train with the crowd, he typed a reply with one hand, "Yeah. But without Xiaodi watching over me, I don't dare use up all my energy. It feels too dangerous!"

Jingyang thought about his various train transfers and the estimated three or four-day journey ahead, and felt a bit irritable.

He put away his phone and prepared to leave the station.

Jing Yang planned to wander around the neighborhood to see if there were any parachutes or similar items for sale... It was another unfamiliar new city. Jing Yang got a map and started looking at it while also searching on his phone, ignoring the noisy traffic on the streets. But suddenly he stopped, his brows furrowing slightly. Just now, a wisp of deathly energy, both cold and warm, had entered his heart.

Did you accidentally end up at the hospital entrance, buddy?

Jing Yang put away the map and looked around. This area was just an ordinary commercial street. He didn't see any hospitals or slaughterhouses or anything like that. He followed the direction from which he had sensed the death aura and went around into a narrow alley. Suddenly, his ears twitched slightly as he gathered some energy in them.

Some whispered words reached his ears from a side alley a few meters ahead, and he could vaguely hear words such as "Ten Old Men," "family," and "Lord Yin Beast."

Jingyang paused, his footsteps faltering.

The whispers around the corner abruptly stopped, and someone immediately asked in a deep voice, "Who goes there?"

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In a certain city of the ancient Ganyu Kingdom on the continent of Sangsame.

Kuroro put down the phone and turned to say calmly, "Kurobi is dead."

Chapter 78 Reunion

"Kubi is dead."

Kuroro remained calm, or at least appeared so, and said to Machi, who was slightly moved, "It was confirmed by Number 4."

Machi clenched her fists, then quickly relaxed them, her face tense as she asked, "Do you want revenge?"

"Again against whom?" Kuroro retorted.

March said, "The black-haired woman who claimed to be from Meteor City before the spaceship exploded might be a clue."

Kuroro remained noncommittal. "Rather than searching for an unconfirmed culprit, I'd prefer to fill the gaps left by Korbi as soon as possible—like that black-haired girl you mentioned who claims to be from Meteor City."

“I’ve already had Chrollo keep an eye on the list of survivors after the search and rescue, but honestly, I don’t think the chances of finding her or the enemy who attacked us are very high,” Kuroro continued. “Leaving aside the question of who controlled Kobi, we have no way of confirming it. Since that girl is from Meteor City, she doesn’t have any real identity information for us to search. Even if she did, it would definitely be a fake identity, and probably more than one…”

"Group tours are the highest priority."

"Team members can be substituted."

"Including me, the regimental commander."

The Phantom Troupe's founding principles flashed through Machi's mind...

She paused for a moment, then said, "If we can't find her, we can go back to Meteor City to fill the vacancy left by Kubi at number 12."

"Hmm..." Kuroro picked up a book and flipped through it.

Machi was speechless. "Captain, you never even considered returning to Meteor City in the near future, did you?"

Kuroro said, "Machi, we are thieves. Now that we have something we want to steal, we shouldn't give up halfway, right?"

"The clues to the True Martial King's treasure are not so easy to find..." Machi said, "And, Captain, why do you call Number 4 Number 4 instead of his name?"

Kuroro turned a page. "Hmm... I just thought of it and blurted it out. Machi, are you doubting Reikage's abilities?"

“I don’t doubt his abilities, I doubt his mind,” March said. “He’s always changing his mind, who knows if he’s lost his mind.”

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"who?"

Inside the alleyway, the gang members, having dealt with the traitors, warily looked towards the alley's entrance. A dark-skinned, thick-lipped, gray-haired, unruly purple ape coldly stared at them. "Come out!"

You just say it and it comes out?

Jing Yang scoffed and used the word "absolute" to leave silently, leaving these people to fight wits with thin air.

The gang members led by the Yin Beast Purple Ape waited for a long time, but no one came out. They quickly chased after the intruder through several alleys and onto the main street. They frowned and searched around, trying to find the intruder in the crowd.

Unfortunately, nothing was gained. It was as if the other party had never appeared at all.

Purple Ape understood that the other party was definitely a Nen user. It was a pity he wasn't skilled in "En" (a type of Nen technique), otherwise he wouldn't have been able to easily let the other party escape with "Zetsu" (another type of Nen technique) in the alley earlier, and now the other party had disappeared into the crowd...

"You handle the traitor's body." Purple Ape waved his hand, took out his phone, dialed a number, and went back into the alley.

……

Less than half a minute later, half of the purple ape's face reappeared in the alley, its cold eyes gathering aura as it carefully observed the crowd on both sides of the street. Everyone's aura seemed normal, without any abnormalities... Either the other party had completely left, or the other party was very good at disguising themselves and was extremely vigilant.

In the roadside coffee shop, Jingyang sipped his coffee while keeping an eye on the guy at the alley entrance, who was outwitting the air until he finally left.

Is this the Yin Beast?

Jing Yang recalled the aura he had just seen emanating from the other person; it was quite formidable.

Even if I were not at my peak right now, I would probably still be inferior to him in terms of sheer mental power.

Although battles between Nen abilities are not purely a contest of Nen quantity, this Shadow Beast is undoubtedly not a simple opponent for him in his current state.

Although in the manga, these Shadow Beasts appeared quite weak, easily defeated one by one by Uvogin of the Phantom Troupe, with the entire ten-member group being effortlessly wiped out... it's highly likely that the Phantom Troupe was simply too strong, not that the Shadow Beasts were too weak. Uvogin, with his invulnerable body and superhuman strength, impervious to bullets and even RPGs, was easily pierced by the porcupines and sick dogs among the Shadow Beasts, who could bite off muscles from his shoulder – something no ordinary person could do.

In the Hunter x Hunter world, across ten different regions on several continents, there exist ten major criminal gangs, and their leaders are known as the Ten Elders. The Ten Elders meet from time to time and have thousands of subordinates, among whom the strongest subordinates are a group of ten Nen users known as the "Shadow Beasts."

In his previous life, Jingyang had maliciously speculated that the Ten Elders were distributed so evenly that V5 might have been raising two of them.

It just so happens that V5 has dominated five continents, and coincidentally, ten major gangs are active on those five continents.

The ten elders also had a tacit understanding that each of them only raised one Nen-wielding Yin Beast.

Is it really such a coincidence?

The Ten Old Men and the Ten Shadow Beasts are probably all fixed, unofficial positions tacitly approved by V5, where the roles remain the same even if the people are replaced...

I have my own things to do, I don't have time to create unnecessary trouble.

Jing Yang touched his chest. Including the two at the Zoldyck gate, they had already inhaled three more streams of death energy.

Fortunately, my heart condition is far from the point where I feel like I'm about to undergo another transformation...

Jingyang got up and left the coffee shop. Before leaving, he asked the owner for directions, then pushed open the door and headed straight for the mall.

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The city where the Sky Arena is located in the Kingdom of Terramas has another name: Sky City.

Xiao Di was practicing in a hotel room near the Sky Arena, standing on the floor, her whole body covered in a layer of 'hardness'. Suddenly, she noticed that the moon mark on the 'Yi' ring on her index finger was reacting.

It's daytime now.

Xiao Di glanced out the window in confusion, then connected to the Moon Marker on her ring. Jing Yang's voice immediately echoed in her mind: "Is Xiao Di there? Is Xiao Di there?"

I'm here...

While replying telepathically, Xiaodi glanced at her phone. Jingyang's last reply was only three hours ago. She couldn't help but wonder, "[How far is Jingyang's lunar target's range during the day? Has your train entered that range yet?]"

【You've come to the right person...】

Jingyang mumbled incoherently, rambling on and on, chatting idly for a while, before suddenly saying, "Doraemon, come out."

"Come out?" Little Drop wondered. Just then, the rock sparrow dozing by the windowsill suddenly called out and fluttered toward the window.

Xiao Di opened the window and looked outside. She saw Jing Yang standing on the roadside across the street. When she realized that she had opened the window, he smiled and waved to her.

"Aren't you supposed to be traveling for several more days to get there?"

While transmitting her voice through the moon symbol on her ring, Xiao Di pushed open the door, quickly went downstairs, and walked out of the hotel, looking at Jing Yang across the street.

"Oh, I changed spaceships." Cars passed by on the street between them, but thanks to the lunar marker, their conversation wasn't interrupted. Jingyang gestured to a heavy package on his shoulder as he spoke. "Look, I even bought a parachute in case the spaceship exploded again. Luckily, I didn't need it!"

Jingyang crossed the road and walked over, opening his arms to Xiaodi and smiling, "Haven't seen you for days, did you miss me? Come here for a hug."

"Chirp!" The rockbird happily flew over.

"Get out of my way!" Jingyang slapped it away angrily. Xiaodi gave a barely perceptible smile, took a few steps forward, and gently hugged Jingyang.

Chapter 79 Sky Arena

To be honest, Xiao Di is a bit soft when you pick her up.

This is clearly a young female expert whose total Nen level is not much lower than Jing Yang's, and whose actual combat experience is probably even richer than Jing Yang's... To be honest, it's hard to say how much morality Xiao Di, who grew up in Meteor City, has in her heart that is in line with normal human society. If Jing Yang ordered her to kill everyone in this street, she probably wouldn't even blink an eye, and she wouldn't have any psychological burden at all. She could even use the bulging-eyed fish to clean up all the corpses as if nothing had happened.