Hunter x Hunter: Infinite Growth.

The drone was much smaller, about the size of two palms put together, and flew silently.

Without a sound, the drone hurtled toward Kevin like lightning.

Before he could figure out the mechanics of his opponent's Nen ability, Kevin didn't want to confront him head-on, so he quickly dodged to the side.

A spiel was launched, but it missed due to the agile maneuvering of the enemy drone.

He used [Concealment] on his own mental projectile, but his opponent nimbly dodged it, indicating that his opponent had maintained [Concentration] throughout the battle.

No wonder he was unconvinced; this guy's Nen skills were definitely up to par.

The drone was extremely fast and agile, silently moving back and forth around Kevin, with a clear objective: to touch Kevin's body.

Before he could figure out what was going on, Kevin could only try to keep his distance from the shuttle, but he ended up being held back as a result.

After a moment's thought, Kevin immediately retreated into the forest, trying to create more distance between himself and Locke.

He felt that this thing should have a certain distance limit no matter what. After all, Locke was able to materialize such a high-tech item, so it was very likely that it would follow some of the characteristics of the item in reality, such as signal transmission and power consumption. These could all become weaknesses of the opponent's Nen ability.

Kevin kept increasing the distance until the straight-line distance between him and Locke exceeded two hundred meters.

At this moment, although the shuttle did not stop, Kevin keenly noticed that Locke, who was floating in the air, had moved.

Two hundred meters may not be the limit; it could also be a trap set by the other side.

Thinking of this, Kevin stomped his foot, his speed instantly exploding as he retreated rapidly.

At that speed, the shuttle could barely keep up, but the drone Locke was riding in certainly wasn't that fast.

When Kevin's burst of speed instantly increased the distance to 250 meters, the shuttle paused and came to a stop.

"Alright, confirmed. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, 250 meters is the maximum distance. To be on the safe side, it's best to maintain a distance of 300 meters," Kevin thought to himself.

The opponent can materialize two drones with different functions, one with offensive capabilities and the other with flight capabilities, which is a very reasonable configuration.

Seeing this, Locke stopped and did not continue the pursuit.

Kevin has already determined the furthest distance the shuttle can travel from Locke.

Locke had to admit that Kevin was very perceptive.

Although he materialized a drone, if the distance is too far, a signal interruption will occur, making the control inflexible.

For a "shuttle" that requires precise control, losing flexibility renders it useless.

Locke has already revealed his abilities, and Kevin has even detected some limitations in him.

But so far, he has never witnessed Kevin using Nen, which makes him hesitant to act rashly.

"call out!"

A whooshing sound rang out, and a stone shot out from the woods. Locke hurriedly controlled the drone to dodge, barely avoiding the attack.

“Compared to his shuttle, the drone carrying him is significantly less sensitive,” Kevin thought, and then fired a few more stones.

The stones he casually tossed were incredibly fast, easily traveling over 300 meters.

At this moment, Kevin was at a safe distance, while Locke was within his attack range.

Although these stones weren't particularly powerful, they were still enough to cause Locke some trouble.

The situation reversed instantly, with the offensive and defensive positions switching.

Kevin remained calm, circling Locke at a distance of 300 meters, occasionally throwing a stone from various directions, some of which were imbued with Nen and would suddenly increase in power.

"No, this can't go on like this." Locke was caught off guard.

He didn't expect Kevin's stone to be as fast as a bullet, which almost confirmed that Kevin was an enhancement-type ability user.

In his understanding, it would be extremely difficult to achieve such power without using a Nen ability, unless one is a Enhancement type.

"His circle is too wide, damn it, how can there be such a big circle?" Locke thought to himself as he dodged the stone attacks.

He had never seen a circle that could expand to nearly 400 meters; it was simply outrageous.

Moreover, he clearly sensed that Kevin's "circle" seemed to be different from the regular "circle".

"Could it be his Nen ability?" Locke couldn't help but speculate in that direction.

He had never heard of, let alone seen, an irregular circle.

But when Kevin's "Circle" swept over me, the strange feeling wasn't like being completely enveloped, but more like being quickly swept over by something.

"But this ability doesn't seem like something a Enhancement-type should have. Could he be an Emission-type?"

Locke dodged while pondering.

After all, these stones imbued with Nen are quite in line with the characteristics of the Emission type.

However, the opponent's physical movements and the power they unleashed did not match.

However, he didn't have much time to think at that moment.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Like machine gun fire, a barrage of stones rained down on Locke, almost completely blocking his escape routes.

Relying on drones to evade, he had limited space to hide, so he had no choice but to gather his spiritual energy in his body and use his fists and legs to defend himself.

Fortunately, the large number of stones fired at once limited their power, and he only needed to accurately block the stones imbued with Nen.

"It wasn't that powerful after all... Wait a minute!"

He immediately realized he had been tricked.

Just as Locke was dealing with the dense barrage of stone "bullets," Kevin seized the opportunity and suddenly charged toward the shuttle that had been eyeing him from within a 300-meter radius.

He quickly approached and then threw a punch, which was filled with a large amount of Nen energy, and slammed it heavily onto the shuttle.

The instant he was hit by the shuttle, Kevin crossed his arms and used his qi to create a protective barrier in front of him, and his entire body quickly retreated.

To his surprise, the expected explosion did not occur.

The shuttle was smashed into nothingness by his punch and vanished into thin air.

"Damn it, he caught us off guard," Locke cursed.

He hadn't expected Kevin to be so decisive, launching a direct attack on the shuttle.

The moment the shuttle was destroyed, another wave of rocks flew over.

Locke could only concentrate on dodging the attacks while slowly rising into the sky.

“Without the limitations of the shuttle, he is indeed more flexible in controlling the drone in his hands.” Kevin said as he slowly approached, throwing stones at him.

He remained vigilant about his surroundings, fearing that the other side might have hidden a weapon.

Throwing stones, Kevin had already rushed into the open space.

When he appeared in the open space, Locke's eyes widened, because Kevin was rushing out carrying a wooden stake.

Kevin instantly enveloped the wooden stake with a large amount of Nen energy and hurled it forcefully towards Locke in the air.

"You brute force monster!" Locke cursed, doing his best to control the drone to dodge.

Just as he finally managed to fly out of the wooden stake's attack range, a tree branch came flying towards him.

Fatal, this was a fatal attack, Locke made a decisive decision.

He let go, and the drone carrying him vanished instantly.

His body tumbled in the air to dissipate some of the force before landing on the ground, panting as he stood up.

At that moment, Kevin had already walked quickly to him.

There must be a cooldown period after the drone dissipates, otherwise the other party wouldn't be so reluctant to let its drone return.

“I lost, take it.” Locke raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

Kevin smiled slightly, stepped forward, and easily took the number plate worth 95 points from his chest.

Seeing Kevin's actions, Locke asked, "When you probed me, was that circle-like Nen your Nen ability?"

"No."

Upon hearing this answer, Locke's expression instantly turned extremely ugly, as if he had swallowed a bitter pill.

He hadn't expected that Kevin would defeat him so easily without even using his Nen ability; it was simply a difference in their basic strength.

Of course, it's possible that Kevin was lying to him, but he chose to believe him because the other person was indeed very capable.

That Nen ability was too ordinary.

“Don’t be discouraged, your Nen ability is quite interesting. And you should also have a drone, right?” Kevin said.

Upon hearing this, Locke's pupils contracted slightly.

"Ha, I've already used every trick in the book."

It doesn't matter if Locke doesn't admit it; Kevin doesn't care.

In fact, when Kevin intuitively sensed that someone was following him, he had already noticed the spying coming from different directions.

Since Locke used drones for tracking, it's impossible that he didn't use reconnaissance drones, given the common uses of drones. This is one of the most basic functions of drones.

It's just that reconnaissance drones might not have been able to function in that battle; the enemy might only be able to materialize two of them simultaneously.

Therefore, Kevin speculated that Locke had also hidden a drone.