Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

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At the same time, he suddenly felt his body sink, as if something heavy had been suddenly hung behind him.

An arm suddenly slashed across his face and locked tightly around his throat!

what? !

Lakshya's pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively turned his head to look, only to meet a pair of cold eyes!

Before he could react, a voice had already entered his ears.

"Hey, running away? Take me with you."

Chapter 42 Like a Nail of Thought × Dissolving Nen Energy

What happened next was just as mentioned before.

Dia, aboard the Lakshmaya, instantly killed Marol, who only had one-third of his energy left, with a single shot.

Lakshya, filled with grief and indignation at "Why did you bite me?", fought a desperate battle with the [leader catfish].

Well, let's just say it's a fight...

She flipped over and entered the [Absolute], avoiding the giant beast's detection, and hid deep in the corridor, listening to the mournful cry.

He had already protected his entire body with ripples; otherwise, he would have been tormented to the point of mental and physical collapse by that malicious aura.

At this moment, Lakshya, bound by his own experience and unaware of the new mechanics of the [Catfish Leader], reacted to the charging behemoth by unleashing even more energy.

The more energy he unleashed, the more frantically the [leader catfish] attacked him.

At this moment, Dia, who had entered the [Absolute], was as if she did not exist in the eyes of the giant beast.

Of course, even if Lakshya discovers the new mechanism of the [Headed Catfish], the result will be the same.

Because under such malicious intent, Lakshya, without any ripple protection, released his intent and entered [Absolute], which was tantamount to suicide!

In other words, when Lakshya activated his ability [Snowy Silence] to enter the venue and forced Qi Peixin to make the decision to change [Vision].

The ending was already predetermined.

When Lakshya pulled on Marol's thread, the "Stay With Me" ability actually helped Dia escape, a process that accelerated the inevitable end.

Even without that rookie female team member whose head was eaten, Dia wouldn't have encountered that lone catfish with [Nen] on the first floor.

The mercenary squad that came with the intention of killing Dia ultimately became Dia's stepping stone to victory!

A short while later, a loud bang was heard, followed by an abrupt end to the sound.

'Mercenary—Sir—'

'You deserve to die.'

Diya calmly acted out his own little drama in his mind. He didn't know who the person he had just shot was, nor did he care.

That mercenary was an enemy, and the enemy's companion was also an enemy, so killing him was perfectly justifiable.

At this moment, he used Ripple to press himself against the ceiling, and his entire body's Nen energy was skillfully sealed by the [Absolute] technique.

Before accepting the commission, Dia practiced her [Zetsu] for a long time, reaching a level of proficiency where she could get close enough to ordinary Nen users like Drobard to go unnoticed.

At this moment, the ripples all over his body were surging wildly, reminding him of the terror of the ferocious beast not far away.

Given his current state of protection solely from ripples, if he were to be hit with full force or bitten, he would likely be torn to pieces.

The corridor suddenly became eerily quiet due to the [Leader Catfish] ceasing its hunting, with only wisps of fog, now rendered useless, drifting aimlessly.

It can no longer detect any Nen users within its capabilities.

So, as if by instinct, it began to slowly swim back towards the auction venue it had just emerged from.

The enormous fish body parted the surrounding mist, and as its tail swayed, a deep voice emanated from its ferocious maw:

"Hungry……"

As the fog dissipated, the figure of Dia, who was following it, slowly crawled like a spider on the ceiling.

At this moment, he stared intently at the terrifying beast that was so close at hand, his eyes focused, as if searching for something.

a long time.

"found it……"

Diya's eyes narrowed, and she turned her gaze to what she was looking for—several points that shimmered silver under the light.

Those were the bullets that Dia fired at the [Fish Seedlings] during the battle just now!

At that time, the bullets were blocked by the leader, Catfish, with his body, so he did not achieve anything, but the bullets were firmly embedded in the opponent's skin.

The golden [world] slowly emerged, and Diya calculated the cooldown time in her mind.

'The time has come, World!'

Dia decisively activated time stop, flipped over and landed from the ceiling onto the motionless back of the [Leader Catfish].

To prevent the [Leader Catfish] from reverting to [Vibration] during its patrol, he used Time Stop to eliminate the ripples when landing on the fish's back.

He used ripples to counteract the vibrations when he was on the ceiling.

Nadia was being so careful; she definitely didn't just want to ride the Big Fish Rocking Horse.

In fact, his goal was those few light steel bullets embedded in the back of the big fish!

The effect of 【Metallic Ripple Nen】 is to enhance the power of metal weapons while dissipating the Nen of others.

Thanks to Dia's [Emission] nature, there was still a very faint trace of Nen left on these bullets.

Perhaps because it was considered part of its body, the [Leader Catfish]'s aura completely covered up this fluctuation, preventing it from taking any action against these bullets that had Nen reactions.

Although the thought above is probably very weak at this point, as long as there is even a trace of thought remaining, and the ripples are reinjected...

Diya placed her finger on the bullet, and the [Metallic Ripple] surged back into it, instantly causing the [Metallic Ripple Nen] that had dissipated the Nen to reappear out of thin air.

This ripple energy gradually spread and eroded the surface of the giant fish, and at this time it was only by relying on Diya's ripple energy to forcibly maintain itself.

In this way, the bullet became like a Nen nail that could continuously generate [Metallic Ripple Nen], constantly dissipating the Nen energy on the [Leader Catfish] without its knowledge!

Dia developed this method a long time ago, but always felt it was rather useless and therefore never used it.

Why risk close-range input when you can directly inject Ripple Nen with a bullet?

Moreover, the enemy isn't paralyzed; they won't react at all when you get close and unleash your ripples.

Most importantly, if you can get close, why not just unleash a combo and take them down?

Today, I actually encountered an enemy whose defenses I couldn't break through no matter how many times I attacked, but who didn't react at all to Dia's close-range input waves.

The bullets on the back of the [Leader Catfish] were connected by ripples, which, like a network of ripples, continuously dissolved the massive aura on its body.

Dia didn't expect to completely eliminate the [Leader Catfish] using this method; it was unrealistic, and he didn't have enough Ripple reserves.

However, this fish is clearly not in its usual form. In other words, its current form is based on a temporary and powerful burst of energy.

He estimated that at most one-fifth of the energy would dissipate, or even just one-seventh of the energy would be consumed before the form would automatically dissipate.

'Let's wait patiently...'

Dia thought to herself, "What time is it now?"

The giant fish beneath him seemed to feel uncomfortable, slightly increasing its swimming speed and emitting a slow, dull, low sound:

"Hungry……"

The voice sounded lost and confused, echoing stubbornly in the corridor, lingering into the depths of the thick fog.

But in the end, it didn't find anything wrong, and returned to its slow, leisurely pace, swimming towards the venue where it was "born"...

Chapter 43 Kakin! × Corpse Search

After an unknown amount of time in a state of confusion and ignorance, Qi Peixin suddenly seemed to wake up from a dream and regain his self-awareness.

At the same time, he felt his life draining away like water, and death seemed to be just around the corner.

Qi Peixin barely opened his blurry right eye, as if he could see the deathly dim light of that night when he was five years old.

Finally, am I going to die...?

Has the goal been achieved?

His intuition told him once again—no.

Did it fail again?

Feeling a mixture of disappointment and shame, Qi Peixin finally let out his last breath.

Darkness and coldness crept up my hands and feet.

It's so cold...

In a daze, it seemed that the unbearably cold winter had returned, and the chewed-up remnants buried in my heart were dug out.

His dry throat produced a sound, as if he were muttering to himself:

"I'm sorry... I'm hungry..."