Chapter 155: Netero's Shock x Shoot to Kill, Shinso
A C-Rank Ant Squadron Leader already surpasses most ordinary "Nen Users." Except for Elite Hunters and the extraordinarily talented Phantom Troupe, they are impossible to deal with.
And what lay before them was... an endless legion of C-Rank "Frenzied Lice"!
"Ho ho... looks like we'll have to get serious." Netero was at his absolute peak. This journey to the Dark Continent was partly to fulfill the Kukanyu Kingdom's request to find "Trinaqua," but more importantly... he, Netero, wanted to challenge his limits, to brave the Dark Continent and face even stronger opponents!
"Here they come!" Linne, holding her pot like a shield and her spatula like a sword, stared grimly ahead. Beside her, Zzigg waited calmly, glancing at Roy. "Kid, aren't you going to run?"
The Sandworm's appearance had already terrified many. Some, having just calmed down, fainted outright upon seeing the swarm of giant lice charging with gaping, razor-sharp maws. But... would running solve the problem?
The landing ship had already been smashed to pieces by the Sandworm's tail. Otherwise, where would the "sampans" and "rudders" be flying from?
Humans... eventually have to face reality. Roy said nothing. He opened his right hand, conjuring his training blade. Instead of retreating, he charged headfirst into the lice swarm, unleashing a flame-wreathed flying slash!
Great-Great-Grandfather had reminded him this morning: "Greatest truths are simple." The boy had a head full of ideas with nowhere to use them. Following the slash, he was the first to plunge into the swarm, hacking away!
"Ho ho... he's eager."
"Isn't his courage commendable?"
"I think... the boy's swordsmanship is quite good..."
Netero, Linne, and Zzigg exchanged a knowing glance. One unleashed Buddha's light, one wielded a pot and spatula, one formed a hand-blade. They followed closely, charging into the swarm. From above, they cut three distinct lines through the enemy!
Ting...
What a hard shell!
Roy slashed at a Frenzied Louse's head, and a crisp ting echoed, as if he'd struck refined steel reinforced with Ken!
The blade bounced up violently, nearly flying from his hand. Roy flipped his wrist just in time to catch it firmly!
He clicked his tongue secretly. Each of these lice was no weaker than Sagin or Gordan, the Pigmen he'd faced in the illusion. Perhaps... less intelligent, but with their Ken-reinforced shells and reckless charges, even experienced Nen users would find them hard to handle.
"Crustacean magical beasts. Their weak points are usually the abdomen and mouth. If you can't cut the shell, try somewhere else."
Zzigg pierced a louse's head with a Ken-enhanced "Snake Awakens," then summoned several "Biscuit Soldiers" wearing horned helmets and carrying greatswords. They ducked low, stabbing exclusively at the lice's abdomens. Several agonized shrieks rang out...
Roy watched, thoughtful. A swamp appeared beneath his feet, and he sank into the ground in a flash. Zzigg, along with Netero and Linne who were keeping an eye on him, looked surprised.
Space-type Nen abilities were rare.
Netero chopped a louse away with a palm strike, kicked another attacking from the side, and then... using "Fist," "Palm," "Elbow," and "Leg," he completely ignored the lice's hard shells, relying on brute force to carve a bloody path through the swarm!
Looking back at the boy... Roy was progressing even faster than him. Relying on [Swamp Space] to move underground and En to locate the swarm, he mimicked the "Biscuit Soldiers," targeting the lice's soft abdomens. He stabbed one as soon as he popped up. Compared to a certain "Enhancer" "Strongest Human" who only knew how to "go hard," it was time-saving and efficient. In moments, he had stabbed six or seven to death...
[Notification: Life Energy +5 +5 +5... (Note: Non-intelligent species), Life Energy halved...]
"This guy is practically the nemesis of these shelled magical beasts." Linne blocked a louse with her iron pot, smashed another's mouth with her spatula, and spared a glance for Roy, her beautiful eyes rippling with interest.
Schlick... White blade in, red blade out. Wherever a swamp appeared, "Death" followed... Zzigg was closest to Roy, seeing more clearly than Netero or Linne. The boy's stabs seemed opportunistic... but there was a certain deliberation between each strike, meaning he... was thinking!
Perhaps Zoldycks have a natural affinity, or perhaps because they were both "Conjurers," they understood each other better than other types... Zzigg was right. Roy was thinking, and trying...
To combine [Swamp Space] and his [Blade] to create a unique sword technique. Since [Searing Essence] combined with [Blade] and Ken could fuse into [Zanka no Tachi]... and [Magnetism] combined with [Blade] and Ken could fuse into [Gravitational Blade]... there was no reason [Swamp Space] and [Blade] couldn't be combined!
Lost in thought, the boy's "opportunistic" slaughter finally provoked "public outrage"!
With an earth-shaking roar from the Sandworm... the moment Roy opened another swamp, dozens of lice suddenly curled into balls and followed him into the swamp!
[Earth Burrowing... Shared...]
[Symbiotic Lending...]
As the host, the Sandworm could lend its innate Nen abilities to the Frenzied Lice. Seizing the moment Roy went underground, it lent its [Earth Burrowing] ability to them, driving them to follow Roy underground. They curled up, protecting their fragile abdomens, relying only on their Ken-hardened carapace plates standing on end like knives, rolling towards Roy to crush him!
The swamp closed and vanished...
The ground was empty, the boy gone... Zzigg frowned, raised his hand, and conjured a [Wolf Tooth Club]. Game Note: The "exclusive" weapon of the Two-Headed Troll, "+50% Heavy Strike vs Enemies." He swept it horizontally, smashing the heads of countless Frenzied Lice!
Buying himself a little time to use En and search for the boy.
"Ho ho... the boy isn't that fragile, Zzigg... Focus." Netero, bathed in blood, sent another louse flying with a supersonic Buddha fist, glancing over as he spoke.
He casually raised a palm, swatting away several lice sneaking up behind Linne. Linne's pigtails swung with the palm wind. Holding her spatula, one hand on her hip, she panted, "Space-type Nen abilities are rare. Zzigg is right to cherish talent. Later... we might even have to rely on that boy."
"Run if you can't win" had always been Linne's number one survival rule, allowing her to operate on the front lines of elite Hunters. She wasn't here to challenge her limits like Netero. Her trip... besides seeing the legendary "Trinaqua" that could transform into any liquid, was primarily to... find [Ingredients]!
For a veteran Gourmet Hunter, nothing was more important than [Eating] and [Ingredients]. "A pity the boy hid so deep. If I'd known he had this skill, I would have made him more food to get on his good side..." Linne lamented silently.
Beside her, Zzigg suddenly said, "It's not too late."
His Nen, formed into En, seeped underground and seemed to find something. Netero and Linne sensed it immediately and turned to look—
BOOM! The ground burst open. Dozens of Frenzied Lice were skewered like candied hawthorns on an infinitely extending katana, stuck into the ground like a flagpole. Invisible, it radiated a terrifying aura, forcing the frenzied swarm to screech to a halt, falling silent!
"What kind of move is that?" Linne swallowed hard, looking up at the katana extending hundreds of meters into the sky. She teased Netero, "That looks even more impressive than your Buddha hands."
Of course... the 100-Type Guanyin had a hundred hands; the long sword, though long, was only one. In terms of quantity, Netero undoubtedly held the advantage. And... the swamp reappeared, and the boy crawled out of the ground, looking ragged, clearly unable to maintain the massive Nen consumption of the "hundred-meter long sword."
The sword shrank, returning to its training blade form. He flipped his hand, planting it in the ground, and began gasping for air...
Thud... thud... thud... Without the sword's support, the lice fell helplessly.
Zzigg was closest to Roy and the only one using En to capture his current state. So, he saw more clearly than Netero or Linne... The boy seemed to have combined his [Nen Ability] and his [Blade] to create an incredible sword technique!
"What is this move called?" he asked, looking at Roy with appreciation, repeating Linne's question for Netero and for himself.
Curiosity drives humans to understand each other better.
Roy leaned on his training blade, recovering his Nen, and replied, "[Shinso] (God Spear)."
"Using the extensibility of [Space] to stretch the blade, shooting it out like a spear when least expected..."
Zzigg savored the thought and praised, "Good name."
When it came to "unconstrained imagination," Conjurers were indeed incomparable to other types.
Indeed, as Zzigg said... with the premise of fusing [Swamp Space] and [Blade]... Roy, following the principle of "Draw lessons, imitate, then create"... immediately thought of "Knov" and his Nen ability... [Hide and Seek] (Fourth-Dimensional Mansion)...
In the future Chimera Ant extermination, Knov used "placing entrances," "creating the mansion," and "controlling the master key" to open doors at will and pull people in... highlighting the flexibility of "Space."
Unfortunately, Roy knew he wasn't Knov. His visualization object was the "Sun," not "Space," so his understanding of "Space" obviously couldn't match Knov's. But that didn't stop him from trying to utilize one aspect of "Space"—"Extensibility"...
Stretching the blade into a spear to give the lice a nasty surprise!
The facts proved he hadn't chosen the wrong path. The pile of lice at his feet was proof!
"You did well, but..."
A roar shook the heavens... The paused lice "woke up"...
Accompanied by the Sandworm itself swinging its tail!
Zzigg stepped forward, gripping his wolf tooth club, shielding the boy behind him. He took a deep breath. "The big one is coming!"
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