Because both sides' offensives were too terrifying, everyone else could only watch from afar, unable to intervene.
"Quite an astonishing battle." Illumi leaned against the wall of a villa, gazing at the area ahead.
The golden giant palms and black-red tentacles continuously collided, crushed, and shattered. The ground trembled violently, the commotion as vast as an earthquake.
Even he, who had been thoroughly immersed in various manga and anime in his previous life, had to admit. Such a battle was truly a feast for the eyes and incredibly exhilarating.
Every move, every stance of Netero's was clearly seen by him.
Of everyone present, only three could clearly perceive the changes in Netero's techniques and his attacks. Illumi, King Bradley, and Maha Zoldyck.
"However, that monster is even more astonishing." Illumi shifted his gaze to the center of the battle, to the pure black figure surrounded by numerous black-red tentacles.
It had previously endured a missile strike, then withstood Maha Zoldyck's ultimate move, taking heavy damage twice in a row, yet it could still fight Netero back and forth.
Fortunately, it was awakened prematurely. If it had absorbed enough energy and awakened naturally, then perhaps, besides nuclear bombs, no one would truly be able to stop it.
"What exactly happened over there?"
Due to its engagement with Netero, the black-red tentacles that had been attacking the military's armed helicopters all ceased their movements.
The pilots and soldiers inside the helicopters gazed at the dust-churning area, bewildered but still deeply shaken.
"Something is fighting those monsters!"
They could only see black-red tentacles continuously bursting from the ground, only to be repeatedly struck down and pulverized by something unknown.
The temporary command post on the outskirts of Bilo City.
"That is… the world's strongest Nen user—Isaac Netero!"
A gray-haired general with the rank of brigadier general gravely watched the screen, and the golden Guanyin Bodhisattva statue.
Hilliard Hansen. That was his name.
General Hansen had participated in numerous wars, having undertaken missions in the Chimera Continent's triangular region three times, and fought in the wars of the Balusha Islands, the Mitne Federation, and the Khan Kingdom.
He had been awarded three Gold Star Medals, two Silver Star Medals, and the Congressional Medal.
He had once single-handedly led an 80-man Marine force to the Ozma Federation for a secret military operation, successfully eliminating 300 enemies, using laser-guided targeting to accurately strike enemy military structures with missiles.
The mission was ultimately completed successfully, but his 80 soldiers remained forever in the Ozma Federation, with only he returning safely.
Everyone who knew him called him a hero.
But everyone familiar with him felt that the title "legendary figure" was more fitting.
He was appointed as the supreme commander for this incident.
Six hours ago, he was notified that the Pegrose Government and the V5 Organization had already taken measures to classify this incident as top secret.
And at this moment, General Hansen gazed at the images on the screen.
He felt that some individuals might need to be approached.
But that would be after this incident was over.
At this moment, the missiles at Vastyan Air Base were already poised. If Netero and the others' operation failed, the military would immediately launch a fatal strike on Bilo City.
General Hansen, deeply aware of the incident's gravity, would absolutely not let the lives of the remaining seven hundred thousand inhabitants sway his judgment.
At this point, the battle between Netero and the monster was still ongoing.
"Hum…"
Suddenly, an inexplicable aura swept through. Illumi's breath hitched; he felt as if even the surrounding air flow had paused for an instant.
"That is…" Illumi looked towards the source of the aura, and saw Maha Zoldyck slowly walking, step by step, towards the battle zone where Netero and the monster were clashing.
His entire body was covered in a layer of blue-black aura, burning like flames. Wherever he passed, the sand and stone fragments on the ground defied gravity and floated upwards.
"Such an astonishing aura, and this feeling… it feels familiar." Illumi frowned deeply. Maha Zoldyck's body emitted an aura that made him extremely uncomfortable.
That aura was somewhat similar to the one he had felt at the foot of the volcano on Kukuroo Mountain.
"Hm?" The black figure, currently fighting Netero, slowly turned its head to look at Maha Zoldyck.
The instant it turned its head, Netero sharply seized the opportunity. The 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva's attack combination instantly changed, and a golden giant palm slammed onto its head.
"Boom!" The golden giant palm slammed onto its head, deforming its face, but its body was still forcefully resisting, trying to push Netero's attack back.
"Boom boom boom…" But what followed was Netero's one-sided crushing offensive. Dense golden giant palms struck down one after another, and the earth trembled.
Netero attacked for nearly a minute before ceasing his offensive. He descended from mid-air, took a deep breath, clasped his hands together, and closed his eyes in prayer.
"Boom!" The instant Netero ceased his offensive, Maha Zoldyck's aura surged throughout his body. The ground beneath his feet cracked, and he transformed into a blue-black streak of light, rushing into the dust-filled area.
The dense dust in the air was forcibly dispersed by the strong winds generated by Maha Zoldyck's speed.
"Thud!" A loud crash echoed from within the swirling dust, and a black streak of light was sent flying backward from it.
"Whoosh whoosh…" It shielded its face with its arms, flying backward close to the ground. Its legs suddenly straightened, digging deep into the earth and carving two deep furrows.
"Boom!" Despite this, its body continued to retreat uncontrollably, crashing through three consecutive walls before finally stopping.
"Good grief, it's as if something world-shattering has awakened."
Greed came to Illumi's side, gazing at the short figure whose body glowed with blue-black flames, and whose sheer presence dispersed the surrounding dust. His face, uncharacteristically, became grim.
"But there's an extremely ominous feeling."
King Bradley's brows furrowed deeply as he looked at Maha Zoldyck. A deeply unsettling aura emanated from the latter.
One must know that his essence was that of an enraged Nen Beast. Fear, dread, or apprehension—none of these emotions should exist in him.
Then there was only one reason: whatever was on Maha Zoldyck's body could threaten his very essence.
"Who exactly is this old man?"
Potebai and Ginta stood side by side, gazing at the short figure, their eyes revealing disbelief.
"So powerful. Is this the reinforcement Chairman Netero invited?"
Ginta, for his part, had no other thoughts about the figure; he simply believed it was incredibly strong, surpassing them and reaching the Chairman's level of power.
"Tap… tap…" Suddenly, Maha Zoldyck moved. Just as before, he slowly took a step, and then…
"Swish!" He suddenly appeared before the black figure, his hands pressed together to form a hand-blade, stabbing towards the opponent.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh…" It continuously dodged. Maha Zoldyck's hand-blade grazed its cheek, leaving faint scratches.
Its movements paused mid-way. Realizing it had been injured, its pure white eyes snapped open.
"Boom! Boom!" Black-red tentacles abruptly shot out from the ground beneath Maha Zoldyck's feet. His wrinkled face momentarily blank, he quickly leaped up.
"Whoosh whoosh," two sounds of rushing air. Two successive underground sneak attacks were easily dodged by Maha Zoldyck.
"Umm—!" The black figure let out a deep roar from its throat. Seizing the opportunity, it grabbed Maha Zoldyck's left leg, lifted him high, and slammed him violently onto the ground.
"Thud!" Maha Zoldyck's body created a circular crater in the ground. The black figure didn't release his leg, but lifted him again and slammed him down.
"Thud thud thud…!!" After Maha Zoldyck was slammed seventeen times in a row by the opponent, who held his lower leg, his aura "boomed," surging again, and he instantly broke free from the black figure's arm.
"Thud!" With a loud crash, this time it was Maha Zoldyck who kicked it in the face, sending it flying backward.
Maha Zoldyck pursued the advantage, instantly appearing before it with a "swish," and delivered a hand-blade chop.
"Clang!" The arm wrapped in black lines collided with the hand-blade enveloped in a large amount of blue-black aura, producing the sound of clashing metal.
"Clang clang clang…" The two continuously exchanged blows while flying backward. The vast difference in their physiques made it look like an infant fighting an adult.
Suddenly, as Maha Zoldyck attacked with one hand, his other hand condensed a blue-black energy orb.
"Tap…" Maha Zoldyck stepped on its arm, leaped high, and hurled the energy orb towards it.
"Boom!" The energy orb struck its face, slamming it into the ground and triggering a violent explosion.
But Maha Zoldyck's attack wasn't over. He spread his arms, instantly condensing two more blue-black energy orbs, and hurled them again at the monster on the ground.
"Boom! Boom!" The hurling of the two energy orbs once again triggered two violent explosions.
"Umm—!!" However, from within those two explosions, the monster's low roar resounded, and a black figure abruptly burst out of the explosion, instantly appearing before Maha Zoldyck.
"Splat!" A palm larger than Maha Zoldyck's head pressed onto his face, slamming him onto the ground with a "thud." Holding Maha Zoldyck's face, it slid along the ground, propelled by the inertia of the impact.
"Bang bang bang…" Maha Zoldyck's face was pressed against the ground, shattering several rocks and dilapidated walls along the way. When the impact's inertia dissipated, it lifted Maha Zoldyck and threw him towards a distant church.
"Boom!" Accompanied by a loud crash, Maha Zoldyck slammed into the church interior, crashing through multiple stone pillars consecutively. The church then collapsed with a roar.
"Boom boom boom…" From within the collapsed church, a large number of black-red tentacles suddenly erupted, unleashing a fierce, carpet-bombing attack on the church ruins. This continuous, sweeping attack lasted until the thirtieth second.
"Boom!" The dust cloud surrounding the church suddenly dispersed, and all the tentacles falling towards Maha Zoldyck were repelled.
"Dragon Fights in the Wilds!" At this moment, Maha Zoldyck's voice carried a hint of decay and silence, yet it resonated in everyone's ears like a celestial sound.
"Roar!!!" With a dragon's roar, the blue-black giant dragon soared into the sky. After circling once, it destroyed all the black-red tentacles, then turned to face the black figure and charged directly at it.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh…" A large number of black lines emerged, completely enveloping its body, forming a gigantic black cocoon.
Simultaneously, a large number of black-red tentacles erupted from the ground behind it, twisting, intertwining, and coiling into a gigantic black-red arm that opened its palm, reaching for the incoming blue-black giant dragon.
"Boom!" The moment the two attacks collided, an extremely violent aftershock erupted, sweeping and spreading outwards.
The blue-black giant dragon and the black-red arm crashed into each other, pushing and pressing against one another with immense power, whipping up a fierce gale.
But what the monster, encased within the black giant cocoon, failed to notice was this:
From behind it, a figure clad in a white robe leaped high. A golden behemoth suddenly appeared behind the black giant cocoon, spreading its benevolent palm-cloak and gently enveloping the black giant cocoon.
"Swish swish swish…" The black lines at the top of the giant black cocoon rapidly dissipated, revealing an opening large enough for a person to pass through, and a black figure burst out of it like a streak of light.
However, to act at this moment was already too late.
"Clang!" The benevolent palm-cloak had already enveloped its body, emitting a resounding clang, like the tolling of a bell.
"100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva: Zero Hand!" Netero's figure floated in mid-air, hands clasped, eyes closed in prayer. His resonant, deep voice echoed throughout Bilo City.
The golden Guanyin Bodhisattva statue's colossal mouth opened, forming an oval shape. Netero channeled 90% of his entire aura into this single strike. This attack, imbued with Netero's vast spirit and will, transformed into a dazzling, star-like energy sphere.
"Rumble!!!" A merciless roar. The scene from ten minutes ago replayed: the violent explosion triggered by the energy sphere made the ground tremble, strong air currents overflowed outwards, and dirt and rocks flew across the ground.
"Dragon Roams the Nebula!" At this moment, the instant Netero's attack landed, another equally resonant voice rang out.
"Roar!!!" With a dragon's roar, a blue-black giant dragon soared into the sky. From within the church ruins, another blue-black giant dragon, over a hundred meters long, once again flew out, charging ferociously towards the black-red giant arm.
With two giant dragons arriving simultaneously, the black-red arm could no longer hold its form, dissipating into wisps of black smoke in mid-air.
"Roar!!!" Two dragon roars merged into one. The two dragon bodies intertwined, opened their colossal mouths, and charged towards the black giant cocoon, now enveloped by the energy sphere.
"Rumble~!!!" The ground was torn open. Two surges of energy collided; at the center, crackling and thunderous flashes erupted, and a powerful energy blast, like a nuclear explosion, formed an intense shockwave.
"Careful! Hold on tight!" In the air, numerous armed helicopters swayed precariously in the strong winds. On the ground, wave after wave of aftershocks spread outwards like ripples in a river.
"Crack crack crack…" The surrounding building walls couldn't withstand the pressure. They cracked with dense fissures, then "bang" and shattered into fragments, which were swept up by the strong winds and carried high into the sky.
The armed helicopter fleet high in the sky was scattered by this fierce wind, and some soldiers directly "knelt down" and vomited.
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