Guardian Spirit Beasts manifest based on the host's essence, and the host's courageous, forward-pressing spirit will also become one of the Nen Beast's characteristics.
If characteristics are categorized as one aspect of an ability's composition…
Then, the effect brought by fearlessness would be…
Unyielding by anything, which is equivalent to being unafraid of any harm.
Therefore, this kind of rash action taken without understanding the details is not foolishness.
Dead Lips sucked all the spider offspring released by Spider Mother into its mouth, then closed its mouth. Everything returned to calm, and nothing happened.
Watching this scene, Nasubi narrowed his eyes slightly.
After several direct confrontations, he saw in Benjamin the potential to ascend to the throne.
Yes, this Succession War was not a farce he orchestrated… it was a genuine Succession War.
He wouldn't mind seeing his excellent offspring ascend the throne and lead the Kakin Empire towards a more prosperous future.
However, he also wouldn't mind letting excellent offspring become fertilizer to serve his own purpose.
In other words, he could accept both victory and defeat.
This was the most terrifying mindset within victory and defeat.
'Survival of the fittest, the victor becomes king. This is the form of the so-called Gu…'
During the direct confrontation, Nasubi still had the spare attention to glance at the thirteen Nen Flames blooming with light within the room.
These flames, and the passengers on the ship, were irreplaceable nourishment…!
Benjamin noticed Nasubi's distraction looking at the Nen Flames… how could he let such a great opportunity slip?
His steel-like body, which could easily block bullets, surged towards Nasubi like a chariot.
Spider Mother's cold eyes locked onto Benjamin. Its jointed legs descended diagonally from left and right, encircling Nasubi's obese body like ribs.
This was the Guardian Spirit Beast…
Even if Nasubi stood still, the Nen Beast would protect him from beginning to end.
All he needed to do was provide Nen to the Guardian Spirit Beast… a rather simple and straightforward application.
If this was the Gu, then it was a powerful Gu that Nasubi had nurtured for decades.
The offense and defense within the room gradually took on the intensity of a storm, with terrifying killing intent filling every corner.
Between father and son, only one could survive.
...
B·W, Fourth Floor.
The free activity facility area, quite spacious, contained various entertainment and fitness equipment.
This should have been the area with the highest passenger activity. Now, it only held corpses on the ground.
A glance revealed several hundred corpses, each with different causes of death.
Blunt force trauma, gunshot wounds, sharp weapon injuries…
"Bang!"
One of the facility area's doors was violently blasted off its hinges, flying straight for three to four meters before landing.
Uvogin strode into the facility area, glanced at the corpses covering the floor, and said gruffly, "Same here."
Machi, Nobunaga, and Salin followed Uvogin into the area. They also saw the corpses littering the floor, their brows slightly furrowed.
"What does the other side want to achieve? What benefit is there in killing these ordinary people?" Nobunaga asked, baffled. At the moment, he held a long sword.
Ordinary passengers couldn't bring weapons into the cabins… they had to entrust them to the relevant departments. Besides, what need was there for weapons on a ship?
It wasn't until the initial [Germs] appeared, and the murderous [Influenza] outbreak occurred, that Nobunaga immediately retrieved his sword.
Initially, the number of victims was within an acceptable range. But within a single week, the death toll exploded geometrically.
The number of perpetrators was unknown, their purpose was unknown, their abilities were unknown… All that was known was that they targeted anyone when committing their crimes.
Salin counted the dead in the facility area. There were six hundred and ten to twenty people.
"This is no longer a phenomenon explainable by 'murder disease'. The perpetrators are definitely not doing this to satisfy some mental pleasure. Perhaps killing these people truly brings them benefits," Salin said gravely.
Machi said, "I think so too. Moreover, I believe they will come for us."
"Your intuition?" Nobunaga asked.
"Yes."
Hearing this, Uvogin laughed heartily, excited. "Interesting. It seems these ordinary people are just the appetizers for the perpetrators, and we are the main course."
Salin said seriously, "In any case, we cannot separate. We must try to stick together as much as possible."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Even Uvogin, under these circumstances where the enemy was hidden and they were exposed, wouldn't be so arrogant as to act alone.
Now, the death toll on the B·W had risen to an incalculable level.
The perpetrators hidden in the shadows had not stopped their massacre since they began. Almost every second, someone died on the ship.
The situation was like a derailed train, heading towards a very dangerous state.
In the facility area, at the 11 o'clock direction doorway, a pair of eyes emerged from the shadows.
Those eyes, filled with malice, slowly reflected the figures of Machi and the other three.
'Endure, endure, endure!'
'Don't endure, don't endure, don't endure!'
'Endure, or not endure?!'
'No good, I simply can't hold back! This is all experience, experience that can raise my level!'
'Four Nen Users. One can raise my level by at least 10. Four means forty levels.'
'As long as I kill them, my Potential Aura and ability power will greatly increase. And my level will become Lv68. Only 32 levels left until Lv100.'
'The experience from ordinary people is just too little. Who knows how long I'd have to kill to reach Lv100. Nen Users' experience is much richer!'
'But I must kill these four Nen Users as quickly as possible, to prevent others from stealing the kills.'
The malice revealed in those eyes grew increasingly obvious.
Within the facility area, Machi and the others seemed completely unaware.
In reality, they had all detected the person in the 11 o'clock direction. Frankly, the scent the person emitted was like a stinking rat from a sewer, too pungent and conspicuous.
However, they gave no sign.
Because they knew the perpetrators weren't just one person. For now, they had only spotted one.
B·W, Third Floor's Observation Deck.
This cabin area held many tables, chairs, deck chairs, and food carts selling various snacks and drinks.
One wall of the cabin room was like a car's sunroof, retracted into a seam, revealing the vast sea and sky outside.
At this moment, like the facility area, the observation deck floor held a considerable number of corpses… all ordinary passengers.
Ging stood at the edge of the observation deck. The cool sea breeze blew from behind, making his headband and the hem of his clothes flap loudly.
Before him stood three men, with not insignificant Nen rippling around them.
"Setting human lives as experience points, then raising levels and strength through killing… truly a despicable ability."
Ging calmly looked at the three men wantonly releasing killing intent towards him, stating the perpetrators' goal in a single sentence.
"Oh, you figured it out," One of the men holding a short dagger said coldly.
"Yeah, unfortunately, I'm a game enthusiast, so seeing through this wasn't difficult."
Ging shrugged, then continued in a serious tone, "So here's the question. Not to mention what level you've reached currently… if you kill each other, can you inherit each other's experience?"
"Or, if I kill you, can I obtain the experience you've worked so hard to gain?"
"If it's possible, I really wish someone could stand before you. I think he'd be very happy, wouldn't he?"