Ronin was somewhat surprised, but he was not afraid.
Although there were many giants, his previous experience dealing with one had already made him understand that their mastery of Nen was not especially unique.
The Nen on their bodies seemed more like something forcibly awakened.
That limited how far these giants had developed their Nen. In addition, when Ronin had used Mind Reading on the giant earlier, he had also discovered that the giant's brain was not particularly sharp.
Dealing with such beings really was not difficult for him.
But he did not dare grow careless. Compared to the giants themselves, the crow statue he had seen earlier in the giant's memories was what truly made him wary.
In Ronin's view, the fact that these giants had appeared now was likely because that crow statue was causing trouble.
He just did not understand what benefit the crow statue gained from doing this.
From the giant's earlier death, it was not hard to see that the crow statue should have been absorbing the life energy from the giants.
Surely it had not discovered that Ronin's group had more potential than the giants, and that if it could complete its "parasitism," it would gain more energy than all the giants could provide combined?
That was the only possibility Ronin could think of.
But in his eyes, this was not a profitable trade at all.
"Something's strange."
Ging and Kurapika spoke at the same time.
Clearly, they had noticed the same oddity as Ronin.
"Looks like we can't consider that statue's thoughts using the logic of normal creatures in nature," Ronin said.
"That does seem to be the case. What it's doing now brings very little benefit," Kurapika agreed.
"Unless there's still something hidden that we don't know about," Ging offered another line of thought. "After all, humans aren't appearing on the Dark Continent for the first time, and our judgment that it collects Nen may not necessarily be correct.
"Perhaps the birth of that flock of crows back then was only a last resort. After all, the giant was already guaranteed to die at that point."
Ronin and Kurapika both expressed agreement.
"That's indeed possible. After all, that crow statue looked extremely evil. It's more like something following the path of certain religions or evil gods," Ronin said.
"Let's go outside. I need to put the house away," Shizuku said, not overthinking things. "In any case, no matter what that crow's purpose is, it has only given us two choices. Either deal with all the giants, or ignore them and leave."
"Let's deal with them," Ronin decided. "I'm quite curious about that crow statue."
"Is it really a statue?" Kurapika asked.
"Not necessarily. It might come alive too," Ronin said uncertainly. "But when I saw it in the giant's memories, the crow's body looked like a statue. Though in the end, the statue opened its eyes."
"Then it may not be a statue. When we deal with the giants later, we should pay attention to that too," Kurapika reminded him.
As his words fell, the giants that had rushed over through the heavy rain were already less than fifty meters away from Ronin's group.
That was already very close.
Everyone quickly walked out of the house. The moment Shizuku came out, she immediately stored the house back into Blinky.
In addition, Shizuku was holding a scroll in her hand. Inside it was one of Ronin's shadow clones.
From the moment they arrived on the Dark Continent, Ronin had made a plan.
Unless absolutely necessary, Shizuku should avoid taking risks. The shadow clone Ronin left for her was the best choice for protecting her.
After all, most of their supplies were with Shizuku.
Shizuku did not reject this. In fact, she had already thought of how to cooperate with Ronin's shadow clone in battle.
Leave wounds on the enemy, then have Blinky suck out the blood.
That was the simplest and most effective battle plan.
As for Abaki and Neon, they also held sealing scrolls Ronin had left for them.
The only ones truly in danger were Odo and Veronica, whom Ronin had casually dragged into the Dark Continent.
Although the two were not trembling, their faces were somewhat pale. In truth, they had no desire to enter the Dark Continent at all. They only wanted to complete their mission and go home.
But now that they had truly been brought here, they could only stand on the same side as Ronin and the others.
Ronin and Ging stood at the very front, while Kurapika remained one step behind.
Kurapika's ability did not actually have much of an advantage in this kind of battle against giants, but he showed no fear at all.
The giants did not care about Ronin and the others' thoughts. They did not even care that the house had disappeared.
They simply strode forward. The instant they approached Ronin's group, they roared and drew their weapons, swinging them heavily down toward Ronin and the others.
But this time, Ronin had no intention of holding back.
Susanoo appeared immediately.
It was the complete form, and there was even a long blade gripped in Susanoo's hand.
The blade swung. Ronin ignored the weapons smashing into him. With just one strike, he directly tore through the Nen covering the approaching giant and cut off its head.
Fast.
Too fast.
Blood shot high into the air amid the pouring rain, while Susanoo's great blade had already followed through from the flying head and slashed toward another nearby enemy.
On the ground, Ging also made his move.
However, Ronin only glanced in his direction once before realizing that Ging was still not using his true ability, but an Emission ability he had copied.
A huge Nen ball quickly formed in Ging's hand. After tossing it upward, he struck it hard and sent it flying.
It was Razor's ability!
The volleyball-like mass of Nen slammed into a giant's head and exploded. The giant's head was blasted apart like a watermelon.
Boom!
One giant after another was killed by Susanoo and the Nen balls, causing thunderous explosions across the land.
Blood mixed with the rainwater on the ground. In only a short while, the surrounding area had completely turned into something like a pool of blood.
And right then, Kurapika's expression changed slightly.
Because when he lowered his head, he saw one pitch-black eye after another appearing in the bloodwater on the ground.
Those eyes were the same as the crow eyes Ronin had described to them earlier.
Something was wrong!
Very wrong!
That thought appeared in Kurapika's mind, and he quickly came up with a countermeasure.
"Shizuku, suck up the blood!"
Although Shizuku had not seen the eyes on the ground, that had originally been her plan. She simply had not had time to carry it out because Ronin and Ging were killing the giants too quickly.
Now that she heard Kurapika's shout, she did not understand which giant's blood he wanted her to suck up, but she still took out Blinky and gave it the order as instructed.
The instant Blinky activated, the blood on the ground, which had already mixed into the rainwater and was gradually showing pitch-black eyes, suddenly turned into a torrent and shot toward Blinky's mouth.
And on that extracted blood, there was also a faint layer of Nen.
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