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

"Hehehe..." The bald freshman Piez was panting heavily, looking exhausted, his body already close to its limit.

My legs felt as heavy as lead, almost numb. I was dizzy and the dizziness kept coming back, getting worse over time. My chest heaved up and down like a blower.

As far as the eye could see, the scene began to distort, flickering between light and darkness.

Damn!

Why haven't we reached the finish line yet! What is that guy doing?!

Piez cursed inwardly, but that was all he could do... He no longer had the strength to speak, and was only using the last bit of his willpower to keep pushing his body to its limits.

Suddenly, an unexpected event occurred.

As he stepped out with his left foot, his calf seemed to be tripped by something, and his upper body involuntarily leaned forward, causing him to fall heavily onto the snow with a thud, the biting cold spreading throughout his body.

This somewhat brought him back to his senses, and he struggled to get up.

Then a large shadow enveloped him.

Three figures stood in front of him, their smiles malicious.

"Kid, you seemed pretty arrogant just now?" The eldest brother, Amori, grinned maliciously, counting on his fingers, before punching Piers to the ground.

"Hahaha, this guy is really a piece of trash." Second Brother Omori said without any politeness, kicking Piers as he mocked, "He actually dares to look down on us seniors?"

"Today I'll show you what it means to respect your elders!"

For a moment, Piez was surrounded by the three Amory brothers, who punched and kicked him until they stopped, exhaling more than they inhaled.

In the deep mountains, amidst the freezing cold, with his physical exhaustion and severe injuries, death was only a matter of time.

"Hey, you've had a tough time." Dongba walked over with a simple and honest smile on his face, but when he saw Piers lying on the ground, a wicked smile flashed across his face.

"This is the agreed-upon payment." Dongba took out a few banknotes and handed them over.

"Haha, it's a pleasure to work with you." The eldest brother, Amori, casually accepted it... They had worked with the Dongba more than once or twice before.

The Dongba do this for one purpose: to satisfy their own desires.

Whenever he sees those ambitious and aspiring new students, he longs to see what it will be like when their dreams are shattered.

For this reason, he often spent money to collaborate with the Amory brothers.

As expected, another unexpected event has occurred.

Boom! Boom! Boom...

Dongba wanted to say something more, but he heard a heavy sound coming from not far away, accompanied by the trembling of the snow.

At that moment, countless people turned to look in the direction of the commotion.

On the hillside, a sparse grove of trees was on the right-hand side of the main group's route. A dozen or so wild red-haired boars rushed out, their feet churning up snowy waves... it was they who made the commotion.

Ahead of the red-haired pig were several candidates frantically fleeing. They deliberately lured the wild beast this way, not simply to frame others, but because they knew they couldn't outrun the red-haired pig. They had no choice but to lead it to a crowded area so they could escape in the chaos!

They had simply wandered into the woods and disturbed the hibernating red pigs, which angered them.

The Cruz Mountains cover a vast area, but less than half of it is primarily inhabited by humans.

The other half is almost uninhabited, with treacherous terrain and abundant wild animals, making it extremely dangerous... They are currently in an uninhabited area.

The domesticated red-haired pigs are docile because they have been selected and bred over many generations. Wild red-haired pigs are extremely rare and are the ones that were rejected. They are often irritable, fond of fighting, and hostile to all kinds of creatures.

Worse still, the disaster was far from over.

The simultaneous movement of more than a dozen large and robust wild red-haired boars created an immeasurable chain reaction, causing the snow layer on the mountain to shake violently, making it seem as if the entire hillside was swaying.

"No way?" In the crowd, Peng Si's pupils suddenly contracted, and she swayed as she quickly stopped, screaming, "Avalanche!"

An avalanche is coming!

After a moment of stunned silence, countless candidates felt a chill run down their spines, as a dense coldness surged from their heels up their backs to their heads.

What a joke!

An avalanche of this scale can be fatal!

There is only one way to avoid an avalanche: take advantage of this short time to descend the mountain.

but……

The examiner, Doris, seemed oblivious to the avalanche, continuing to run upwards without changing her speed at all.

Is this woman insane? Facing an avalanche, instead of trying to escape, she's heading straight for it? This suicidal act has stunned many people.

But at this moment, they also have to face a difficult choice.

Avoiding the avalanche—survival—but there's not enough time, so give up the exam.

Advance at all costs—continue, but with a slim chance of survival, it's extremely dangerous.

Is it better to live or to take the exam? This isn't a difficult question to answer.

In the blink of an eye, both the first and second groups of candidates made their choices. Some ran to the sides or took other measures, unwilling to give up the exam.

The other group ran down the mountain, essentially giving up on the exam.

The brutality of the Hunter Exam is vividly displayed; accidents often happen unexpectedly, and life and death hang in the balance.

Having witnessed the Hunter Exams, one is constantly tested on their choices. At crucial moments, different choices will lead people to different futures.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Malicious Nen! An Exciting Life!

An avalanche is imminent ahead.

To the right is a menacing herd of red-haired pigs.

Two dangers forced the candidates to make a choice.

Some test takers were lucky; they were positioned on the left side of the main group, far from the red-haired pigs and with a good chance of escaping the avalanche's reach. As a result, almost no one chose to give up and instead kept running to the left.

Of course, for every lucky one, there is an unlucky one.

The candidates on the right side of the main group are the unlucky ones.

They not only had to consider avalanches, but also deal with the ferocious herd of pigs that was about to rush towards them... This matter was more urgent than the avalanche.

Adult red-haired pigs are about two meters tall and weigh at least 500 kilograms. Wild red-haired pigs are often even more robust, and there is even a leader in the herd who is as tall as five meters and whose weight is hard to estimate.

"They're nothing but beasts!" A candidate dressed as a hunter, seeing that he couldn't dodge, had no choice but to grit his teeth, stop, and draw his bow on the spot.

He was a renowned hunter in his hometown!

It has killed hundreds of kilograms of bison and tigers... and its spoils are countless.

Animals lack intelligence and often act on instinct. As long as you can find their weaknesses, you can easily defeat them.

whoosh-

The arrow pierced the air and struck the red-haired boar coming towards him precisely in the left eye, rendering its left eye completely useless.

It worked!

The hunter's face lit up with joy, revealing a smug expression.

Once you lose another eye, it will be easy to deal with blind beasts.

With one eye blinded, the red-haired boar became even more ferocious and agitated, its right eye turning crimson as it charged at the hunter with all its might.

The hunter took a deep breath and, with lightning speed, completed a series of actions: nocking the arrow, drawing the bow, and aiming. He was completely focused and then shot!

Unsurprisingly, the red-haired pig was also hit in the right eye.

Seeing that both of the red-haired boar's eyes had been blinded, the hunter chuckled and ran to his right, assuming that the boar would only charge towards the spot where he had just been.

However, while his idea was good, he didn't quite understand the characteristics of red-haired pigs.

Red-haired pigs have extremely poor eyesight but very keen hearing. They rely mainly on their hearing to move and are very sensitive to even the slightest noise nearby.

So the red-haired boar turned around and, to the hunter's horrified gaze, knocked him flying high into the air before he crashed heavily onto the snow.

The hunter wasn't the only one who died.

In a short time, the candidates on the right side were in complete chaos.

The herd of red-haired pigs roamed freely as if they had entered an uninhabited land.

Coincidentally, Lynn was one of these unlucky ones.

On the snow, Lynn stopped and stared expressionlessly at the red-haired leader charging toward him from not far away.

"Let me do it?" Chopper, sitting on his shoulder, volunteered.

“No, don’t reveal yourself yet.” Lynn shook his head slightly.

He planned to use Chopper's cute and harmless appearance as a surprise attack... just in case.

Therefore, he didn't let Chopper change his form, otherwise he could have ridden Chopper, the snow reindeer, all the way without having to do it himself.

This red-haired pig arrived at just the right time; it's perfect as a mount.

"Roar!!"

The leader, the red-haired boar, charged wildly, knocking many people away along the way. In an instant, it closed to Lynn by more than ten meters, clearly regarding Lynn as its next target.

Lynn Gubo remained unfazed, merely glancing coldly at the scene. His Nen energy surged like boiling water, brimming with malice.

In an instant, the surrounding space seemed to be filled with ominous black and purple lightning, and a malevolent aura crashed down on the red-haired pig.

The malice of a Nen user can create a great deterrent effect; it is a weakened form of Conqueror's Haki, which is effective at clearing out mobs.

"roar?!"

The red-haired pig's pupils dilated in shock, its thick fur stood on end, and it reacted with a primal, instinctive warning of danger from the heart of a wild animal, its survival instinct amplified countless times.

will die!

There was only one concept in its mind... If it continued to move forward, it would definitely die!

boom!

The leader, the red-haired pig, immediately stopped. The immense inertia made it difficult for it to maintain its balance, and its two front legs bent and knelt down, kicking up large snowflakes.

It was panting heavily, its eyes filled with fear as it looked at Lynn.

That can be considered submission.

Lynn didn't stand on ceremony and rode on the red boar's back with Chopper, letting it carry them to avoid the avalanche and continue their journey.

On the other side, the red-haired pig, which was still rampaging, paused.

The next instant, a glint of cold light emanated from its waist, revealing an extremely thin slit from bottom to top.

Bloody!

Thump—The red-haired pig's body was cut in half at the waist, splitting into two sections.

Hisoka slowly put away the playing cards; not a single drop of blood was on them.

He watched the departing leader, the red-haired pig, and seemed to have thought of something. A slight smile appeared on his lips, and a strange smile spread across his bewitching face.

He's a little thirsty... Should he pick some regular fruit to quench his thirst?

As many people fled in panic, the snow-capped mountain shook more and more violently. Finally, when it reached a critical point, the snow layer completely collapsed, and a catastrophe ensued.

On the high mountain slopes, thick snow rolled down like mad, and the area it covered was expanding at an extremely rapid pace.

Faced with such an astonishing scene, Doris's reaction was completely unexpected.

She really had no intention of dodging; instead, she went straight for him!

To challenge the might of nature with one's own body would undoubtedly be seen as suicide by most people, but only Lynn and Hisoka knew that Doris would be perfectly fine doing so.

As an examiner, Doris is also a decent Nen user.

"50 points." As she sprinted, Doris's eyes shone as she scored the avalanche for herself, her excitement spreading throughout her body.

Doris was born into a very traditional family.

From a young age, she was instilled with the idea that she should be a naive and refined young lady, paying attention to etiquette in everything she did, and spending a lot of time every day learning aristocratic etiquette, music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

But she didn't like this kind of life.