Hunter x Hunter: Card Master, the Strongest in the World

The claws came down vertically, but Kurapika dodged to the side in time.

【shave】!

Immediately, Kurapika channeled his Nen energy into his hands, forming two swords of different shapes.

The left-hand knife is slightly shorter, while the right-hand knife is longer, but both knives have intricate patterns, making them look exceptionally cool.

Kurapika reacted swiftly, using his left hand to parry the jackal's attack with his sword, while his right sword emitted a burst of Nen light. The jackal's attention was drawn to the right sword, and he momentarily lost consciousness.

The next moment, Kurapika's right sword struck the jackal's chest with a dull thud, the impact forcing the jackal to stagger backward.

The jackal snapped out of its daze, and even with its thick hide, it couldn't help but wince in pain, but it quickly launched an attack while remaining vigilant.

There's something wrong with the knife in his right hand... Don't pay attention to it!

The jackal's claws suddenly doubled in size, and its speed increased dramatically as it rapidly approached Kurapika. Its claws slashed wildly, creating loud whooshing sounds as they ripped through the air, each strike easily tearing hard rocks into powder.

Kurapika remained calm and composed, accurately dodging or parrying each attack before seizing the opportune moment.

The left blade pressed against the jackal's claws, its light gleaming slightly. The jackal felt its body stiffen as the swift right blade flew to its neck.

The jackal paused, glancing down at the sharp, long sword and the dense spiritual energy above. He slowly took a half-step back and said helplessly, "I admit defeat."

"You're very strong." Kurapika sheathed his twin swords, smiled, and extended his hand.

Amidst applause, the two stepped off the stage. Lynn looked at Kurapika, who had grown up so much, and nodded slightly.

After gaining Nen abilities, Kurapika became even stronger.

Because of his Kurta clan bloodline, Kurapika still possesses two Nen abilities. In his normal state, he is a Conjuration type, but instead of conjuring chains, he conjures dual swords.

In fact, Kurapika has been practicing with dual swords since he was a child, and he carried two wooden swords with him when he took the Hunter Exam.

Lynn then told him to follow his previous habits, and so he materialized two swords, which also possessed multiple abilities.

The left-hand knife is named "Discipline," and its current functions include restraint, lie detection, and tracking.

The sword in his right hand is called "Judgment," and its current functions include illusion and enhancement.

The name is very simple: [Discipline and Judgment].

Because of his butterfly effect, Kurapika successfully maximized his talent and even surpassed it by a large margin, possessing the Sharingan and Gourmet Cells, thus his Nen abilities also differed.

For example, the illusionary effect of the right-hand sword [Judgment] originates from the Sharingan.

When Kurapika activates his Scarlet Eyes, his Nen ability is still called "Absolute Time," which allows him to unleash the full potential of all six Nen types for a certain period of time, including enhancing his Sharingan.

The cost also changes depending on the [Gourmet Cells].

In the original work, Kurapika activates "Absolute Time," which requires consuming one hour of his lifespan for every second, making it a life-risking strategy.

There is still a lot of room for error now, so we can use the body's energy as the initial source of energy and replenish it by eating.

Lifespan is reduced if too much energy is consumed in a short period of time and there is no time to replenish it.

Chapter 168 Biohazard Crisis! I'm in charge of the South Gate!

This is just the ability Kurapika currently possesses. Nen abilities can be developed, and there are many more possibilities for his future abilities.

After everyone left, Lynn returned to his room and took out a fruit with spiral patterns.

After Kurapika defeated the jackal, he was fortunate enough to receive a B+ rank Dog-Dog Fruit, Jackal Form.

In the past few days, Kurapika and Leorio have been sparring with members of the Reges royal family and have achieved considerable results. Including the Jackal Fruit, they now have a total of five B-rank cards.

The first four were used as sacrifices, but the Jackal Fruit can be kept, as it is relatively more useful.

Since the month is not over yet, Kurapika and Leorio have not yet received the reward from the [Employee Badge], but since they have five B cards, their commission should be considerable.

After the sacrifice, he now has 1500 points, and immediately chooses to upgrade his A- rank substitute scarecrow.

For survival items, the stronger the better.

【Name: Substitute Scarecrow】

[Grade: A]

[Type: Ability Card]

[Background: One Piece]

[Description: Can create scarecrow substitutes. The scarecrows can withstand any form of attack on the original body, including severed limbs, fatal injuries, etc. Current production limit: 3]

It still offers the same simple and unpretentious life-saving effect.

However, Class A stand-in scarecrows no longer require the collection of other people's blood, nor do they need to guarantee the life of the person whose blood was taken. They can directly create scarecrows and let the scarecrows suffer damage.

And the quantity increases by 1, which is equivalent to having an extra life.

With his survival ability enhanced, Lynn was in a good mood. He then produced two more cards and examined them. These two cards were a B+ grade rabbit charm and a divination tissue.

The Rabbit Talisman can increase his speed and enhance his combat abilities.

The divination paper towel can improve his luck, making it easier to get rare and powerful A+ level cards when challenging them, and to obtain higher-level cards when drawing cards.

So his next step is to upgrade these two cards, but that will require a full 5000 points, which is a considerable amount.

Illumi was lackluster this month, only providing one B-rank card.

It's normal to have ups and downs, but he also has to face one thing: he doesn't have enough resources to get the cards.

C and B tiers are manageable, but starting from A tier, there are far fewer people, and the probability of getting cards isn't 100%, making it much harder to obtain cards.

Take Illumi as an example. He has A-rank strength and his assassination targets are often A-rank or below. If he's lucky, he can provide A-rank cards.

But in most cases, he only gets C-level or B-level cards. This is not only due to his limited strength, but also because there are too few A-level opponents.

Unless he approaches a major power or influential organization, it's difficult to find even an A-level person, let alone an A+ level one. Therefore, he can only seize every opportunity.

Fortunately, the attribute bar can also generate cards, and the six continents are not small. He has only been to a few places, and there are still many places for him to go.

Before he travels across the six continents, his strength will already be sufficient to reach the Dark Continent, at which point he will have no worries about finding opponents.

Collecting his thoughts, Lynn released Tsunade, preparing for his nighttime study session.

"Super strength is difficult to learn. It requires extracting a large amount of chakra in a short period of time, and then using precise manipulation to condense it in the hand without disorder, thereby maximizing the use of every bit of power."

In the open space outside, the moonlight shone on Tsunade's calm face, and a gentle breeze blew, ruffling her golden hair.

The moment she finished speaking, Tsunade's right fist unleashed an astonishing burst of chakra, casually landing on the ground with such a light and effortless movement...

click-

The ground shook violently, then shattered, filling the air with smoke and dust, which was then blown away by a gust of wind.

This was only because Tsunade had restrained herself; otherwise, if she had gotten serious, the sound of her punch would have been comparable to that of a cannon, enough to frighten everyone else in the manor.

Lynn carefully observed Tsunade's every move and replayed it in his mind.

After acquiring Tsunade, he wondered if he could learn something from her.

The result is affirmative.

Although he lacks chakra and cannot learn those ninjutsu, he can at least master taijutsu.

Strictly speaking, these taijutsu belong to ninjutsu, which are taijutsu that use chakra. However, chakra and nimoji have certain similarities. He can learn techniques and use nimoji to replace chakra.

Take "super strength" as an example. If we replace chakra with Nen, then super strength is similar to "hardness" and "strength". In essence, they are all about concentrating Nen in one place and unleashing it.

Therefore, what he really needs to learn is the technique involved, to learn the essence of superhuman strength on the basis of advanced application skills, and after learning superhuman strength, he will be able to unleash even greater power.

After giving it a try, although he hadn't mastered it yet, Lynn felt that he could learn it by spending some time on it, so he also included [Super Strength] in his learning scope...

There's so much to learn. Even with the Shadow Clone Technique to share the burden, it's not efficient enough. We can only take it slowly.

As he immersed himself in his studies, time slipped by little by little.

As night fell on May 25th, some changes occurred in the capital.

The celebration street is still bustling with activity and brightly lit.

A bald man suddenly felt dizzy and his nose started bleeding. He instinctively knelt down on the ground. Seeing this, the others rushed forward to check on him.

With a scream, the bald man's life signs quickly disappeared, replaced by a dense aura of death emanating from his body, and his eyes turned as black as ink.

At this point, he had completely become a mind-controlled corpse.

The next moment, the bald man suddenly pounced on the person next to him and began to bite him, tearing him to pieces in just a few moments.

"what!"

Screams erupted, and those around looked horrified at the sight.

Could it be rabies?

Someone tried to subdue him with a wooden stick, but the sturdy stick fell on him without causing any damage; instead, it was so hard that it broke.

Even more unbelievable things happened: the person bitten by the bald man stood up shakily, looking just like the bald man, with a deathly pale face, dark and empty eyes, and frantically chasing after others.

A bizarre, dystopian version of a biohazard is unfolding in every corner of the capital city of Reges.

This also symbolizes the start of Yingren Kingdom's actions!

Soon, the Reges royal family noticed something was wrong. There were an unusually large number of "fights" that night, and they discovered that death thoughts were spreading among people, which was obviously related to Nen users.

The death consciousness spreads extremely quickly, and the power of the spirit corpses far surpasses that of ordinary people; relying solely on normal law enforcement personnel is simply not enough.

Seeing that things were not going well, the royal family dispatched the army and some Nen users to deal with the incident, but they could not send out all of their forces.

Because tonight's events are very likely deliberate, and the real target is the royal palace!

Inside the royal palace.

main hall.

Gail, Bisge, and others gathered here, including some members of the royal family.

“With Amy and the King away, they are at a critical juncture. We must not allow the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of them,” Gal said gravely.

As a member of the royal family, she should do her part in this situation.

Moreover, Amy had already instructed that if any unforeseen circumstances arose, Gail would take charge, so no one had any objections.

Upon discovering the unexpected incident, Gail immediately gathered everyone to arrange the next steps.

“It’s exactly midnight now. Amy needs another three hours. During this time, we must defend the palace.”

"The palace has three entrances. Apart from the people left in the palace and those sent out to maintain order, we need to guard these three places, and even the western side, which has no entrance, needs to have troops stationed there."

"The enemy is most likely the desperate Yingren Kingdom, so we must deploy a sufficiently strong force."

Considering that dispersing troops might allow the enemy to concentrate their forces and break through in one place, this gave Gai Lu an even bigger headache. He felt that the troops were not enough, so he had no choice but to arrange the east and north gates first.

The East Gate is the main gate, the closest to the main street, and the place that needs to be guarded the most. At the same time, it is also necessary to keep an eye on the rampaging spirit corpses to the east. Therefore, Gail placed Bisji, Kangzai and others at the East Gate.

The north gate was guarded by the royal family's A+ level middle-aged man who wielded fire, who was said to be Amy's uncle.

The remaining group was responsible for the west side of the palace.

Then Lynn volunteered: "Then my apprentices and I will be in charge of the south gate."

Should Lynn, Kurapika, and Leorio guard the South Gate?

Will we be short-staffed?

Although it's called the South Gate, it actually oversees the entire southern area.

The next moment, streaks of white light flashed behind Lynn.

Tsunade, Zoro, Chopper... each figure exuded a powerful aura, which made everyone present turn their heads.

Seeing this, Gail immediately made a decision to do as Lynn said, while also arranging for some people to stay in the palace as a reserve force.

Lynn alone is equivalent to an entire team, and Lynn is even stronger than Bisji. With him around, Southgate should be safe.

After arranging the matters, everyone went their separate ways to carry out their tasks.

Lynn and the others arrived at the South Gate. Lynn chose to stay at the South Gate to guard it, while Leorio, Kurapika, Chopper, and Zoro went to a place further away from the South Gate to clear out corpses and observe the situation so they could alert others if any enemies appeared.

Finally, he stood alone in front of the gate, ready for anything.

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