"A Razorbeak stretched out its sharp claws and clawed towards Sato's crown.
But the ninja, while dodging and landing, flicked his arm, and threw several shurikens, accurately hitting the Razorbeak's head and eyes, causing this monster to crash to the ground immediately, flapping its wings, and quickly turning into a stream of data and dissipating...
Just at the moment he took action, and before he could put both feet on the ground, Oboro seized the opportunity, like a venomous snake lurking in the grass, and suddenly darted out!
The timing was perfect!
But... Sato seemed to have been alert for a long time. Sharp blades appeared on his hands and feet at the same time... As if they had hidden mechanisms.
The two sharp blades on his feet drew a semicircle, forcing Oboro, who was close to his body, back. Then... the two hand blades directly attacked Oboro's face, and were thrown out.
"His ability is not only to simulate the two knives in his hands, but all ninja tools! There's no entity, they're purely composed of Nen power, and can be emitted outwards... Whether it's shurikens, or other hidden weapons... It's the same as Nen bullets. A ninja's fighting style is already very diverse. His ability is developed based on the premise that everything can be used by a 'ninja'..."
Pa pa.
Oboro punched and knocked down the hidden weapons.
At this time, a small javelin pierced through the back of his hand.
Looking up, he found that Sato had a small crossbow on his forearm.
All of the other party's ninja tools were emitted in the 'In' state... And could be cancelled or reappeared at any time. Their concealment was invincible!
Even Oboro had a hard time defending against them!
Having resolved Oboro's desire to launch a sneak attack, Sato noticed that there were still monsters emerging from the black hole. It was a giant frog with mushrooms all over its body... Like a magical beast. Without thinking, he turned around and ran... There were also birds of prey above his head. He could block Oboro's sneak attack once, but he couldn't guarantee that he would succeed every time!
He couldn't be entangled by these monsters, and let Oboro find another opportunity...
He would deal with these 'game products' first.
"Are you leaving? Your boss... is still here... Aren't you afraid that I'll kill him?"
As soon as Sato moved, Oboro's laughter suddenly rang out.
It made him stop in his tracks.
"The guy next to him alone can't stop me!"
Oboro threatened again.
Sato's eyes flickered. Being interrupted by him, the remaining few Razorbeaks had already fallen sharply to the top of his head.
The Swamp Frog also instantly spat out a cannonball-like long tongue, attacking the figure in the flock of birds.
Sato's pressure increased greatly... He still used his agile movements to escape, but he didn't dare to leave too far, for fear that something would happen to the boss. He just needed to ensure a certain distance so that he could arrive in time to rescue him.
"Did you figure it out..."
Oboro felt that Sato's actions, which seemed to be to guard against him, were wrong.
This person... had realized the 'limitations' of his Nen ability!
You had to know that Sato was able to follow the Ten Dons, and stand at the top of the underground Nen users. The number of Nen users he had fought and killed was far above his own. He had a good understanding, insight, and analytical ability of various Nen abilities.
In the battle between Nen users, the analysis of each other's abilities was an extremely important benchmark!
"So that's how it is... Range!"
After a while, Sato leaped onto the dome of a palace, hundreds of meters away from Oboro. The toad and the remaining two birds of prey, which had been chasing him all the way, suddenly returned the way they had come, and stopped their attacks.
Sato suddenly understood in his heart, and secretly said that his judgment was correct.
Any Nen ability had the conditions and limitations to activate it. This was the principle... The simpler the ability, the lower the conditions and limitations would be, and they could even be ignored. This changed according to the individual's setting of the ability.
The most direct thing was that there was a certain demand for aura. Many Enhancers were like this... Or there was a delay in the moves, or they needed to accumulate power, etc... Like him, if he wanted to simulate and emit ninja tools, he had to install simple and small parts all over his body that were easy to hide. The devices on his hilt, inside his cuffs, and on the tips of his shoes were all 'conditions' for releasing his Nen ability. He couldn't just simulate ninja tools without using anything.
The stronger the ability, the more stringent the conditions and limitations would be.
He could see that Oboro's Nen ability was very complicated, and the demand for aura was even more amazing!
To this extent, even if the conditions and limitations were reduced as much as possible, these two major factors couldn't be completely erased... Because there simply didn't exist a Nen ability that had no disadvantages, and only benefits!
Even if Oboro had developed his ability from birth, and spent a long time using the principle of equivalent exchange to reduce and shrink the 'shortcomings', they would still exist!
Oboro didn't fight him head-on in the first place, but ran back to the square, and then threatened him verbally, not letting him escape, and widening the distance... Using the Ten Don Brown as a gimmick to confuse his thinking. His real intention... was his ability!
"That teleportation channel... Once it's opened, the position is fixed!"
Sato muttered to himself.
His tone was certain.
"The attacks of these monsters almost hit 100% of the time, but as long as your ability is strong enough, you can dodge them... Furthermore... They all have a certain attack range, and they'll stop as soon as they exceed this range..."
"No wonder... He wanted to kill Mont at the beginning. As a sniper, Mont's ability was very troublesome for him!"
Amazing!
Oboro had to praise Sato.
He was the first person to see through the 'limitations' of his Nen ability!
Although through the system's assistance, a long time, and endless aura... He used slowing down to reduce the 'restriction' effect of his Nen ability, he really couldn't ignore the rules, the rules of Nen ability... This was something that everyone needed to abide by.
First of all, his ability, the Game Vault of the Endless Illusionist, was that someone had to harbor hostility and killing intent towards him, and be regarded as an 'opposing player'. After all, the structure of his ability was a game, and it was still a competitive game, so the prerequisite was that there had to be an opponent!
Secondly, the five major types of game effects all had different 'disadvantages'.
Resource type meant that once the teleportation channel was opened, it couldn't be transferred... And the minions, wild monsters, etc., had an attack range, just like in the game.
Equipment type meant that if Oboro was judged to have lost to his opponent, the equipped equipment would disappear, and he would need to recreate it.
Rune skills had a usage time. The same rune had to be used in a certain battle, and there had to be an interval of seventy-two hours before it could be configured again.
Heroes depended on the skills of the hero character to determine the amount of Nen power consumed... It was generally relatively high, especially for ultimate moves.
Maps couldn't be used for the time being, and he needed to complete the game world to a certain extent.
Oboro had tried his best to use his understanding of the 'rules of Nen ability' to dilute the restrictions... Using the built-in game rules, to exploit the loopholes in the 'ability rules', and avoid the most troublesome situations. For example, with the resource type, although as long as you widened the distance enough, you could shake off the aggro of the wild monsters, the target couldn't effectively attack you at the same time... If you wanted to defeat him, you had to step into the range, which was almost mandatory.
Unless the opposing player originally had the means to attack from a long distance.
And you had to specialize in long-range, just like the sniper who had been killed by him... If it was just a regular long-range move, crossing such a large range, the power would definitely be reduced. Furthermore, Oboro also had enough time to respond and counterattack, which was basically ineffective.
Equipment although would disappear, but it would have to wait until the end of the battle. It had no effect on Oboro's strength during the battle itself... Rebuilding the equipment and items later was just a waste of some time and energy.
Rune and heroes were the same.
'Side effects' could almost be ignored, which was also why he wanted to present the complete game world in reality... His ability was still being improved, and these shortcomings could be weakened an infinite number of times... For example, the resource-type teleportation black hole, although it couldn't be transferred, he could open two or even three, to increase the area of coverage, and extend the time that the wild monster's aggro disappeared, etc., but it was impossible to truly violate the 'rules of Nen ability'!
Even if his ability grew to a very terrifying degree later, and the restriction effect was weaker, it wouldn't be completely erased and disappear.
This was the root of the power system, it was this world, it was the 'principle' of why 'Nen ability' appeared.
For the Phantom Troupe's Feitan, the activation condition of his Nen ability 'Pain Packer' and 'Rising Sun' was the need for extremely angry emotions, and the disadvantage was the indiscriminate range damage, which could even destroy his partners. Similarly, the consumption of Nen was very huge.
For Chrollo's Nen ability 'Skill Hunter', the activation conditions were: to see the other person's Nen ability with his own eyes; to ask questions related to the other person's Nen ability and get answers; to have the other person put their hand on the handprint on the book cover; all 1-3 conditions had to be completed within one hour.
In addition, when using a stolen ability, he had to conjure the book in his right hand and turn to the page of the Nen ability he wanted to use.
The stolen Nen ability would automatically be erased from the book and could no longer be used when the person whose ability was stolen died.
The last two could be regarded as 'restrictions'.
But there was also a hidden 'restriction', which was Oboro's guess, and had not been confirmed... That was, everyone whose ability was added to Chrollo's book would die... It was a true book of death, including Shalnark and Kortopi, as well as the daughter of the Nostrade family's boss, Neon.
The young lady who had the ability to predict the future.
It was as if they would be cursed.
However, there were also rumors that Neon was still alive, and had been exorcised... The Owl of the Shadow Beasts might not have died either.
Because these two abilities had disappeared from Chrollo's book later.
Oboro wasn't too sure about this conclusion.
In comparison, he was able to reduce the 'restrictions' to this level, and obtain a significant increase in strength, which was already the limit of what he could do! The price was what had been mentioned before... It required the consumption of unimaginable energy and time, and made use of the data assistance analyzed by the system.
The system's 'dissection' of the 'Nen ability' power system.
Another point to mention was that the author of the original work had also clearly stated that only Kurapika and Gon were Nen users of vows and restrictions, and not all Nen users were affected by vows and restrictions. But after reviewing the entire anime, Oboro's conclusion was that... There were indeed some people who could be unaffected by this rule, but it didn't mean that it didn't exist... It was because the development of Nen ability was more 'neutral', which made this rule not obvious... Kurapika, in order to kill the Spiders, had his strength multiplied when facing the Troupe, and was almost invincible.
The 'thing' he wanted was too big! And the time was too short, so he naturally had to 'exchange equally'...
Gon's transformation when killing Pitou was also the same.
What they pursued was short-term or instantaneous invincibility, and the consequences were conceivable.
The 'restrictions and vows' that were displayed were also the most obvious... Therefore, the two of them were the representatives.
Most Nen users didn't have the 'patience' to waste on development. What they wanted was 'immediate combat power', and their choices were more 'stable'... To put it bluntly, they were unwilling to pay the price and take risks.
To give a simple example, let's say the action of firing a gun. You need to have bullets, your gun can't be broken, and you need to have a firing direction! Then you load the bullets, aim at the target, and pull the trigger... Endure the recoil and vibration of the gun. Can you say that this is a 'restriction and vow'?
Because the impact on the user was minimal.
But the former was indeed the prerequisite for firing a gun, and the latter was the restriction on the gunman. The vow was that you wanted to hit the target and kill the other person. The method of using the gun and the bullets were the power given to you... Most Nen users seemed to be unaffected by 'restrictions and vows'. This was what it meant.
The core was still centered around 'Nen ability'!
The starting point for many Nen users was a fighting style and a familiar method that were suitable for them, which was more practical... Also, the development of Nen ability also emphasized talent and skill. Even if you wanted to do something big, it depended on whether you could do it, and whether you had the ability and determination.
It wasn't that you would have invincible power just because you wanted it... To be able to succeed like Kurapika and Gon, will, idealism, and awareness were indispensable.
Otherwise, everyone would be strong.
Was Oboro's ability unsolvable?
Obviously... not!
When a Nen user was strong enough, the means of close combat and long-range combat were unimaginable... Limitations like this distance and range could almost be ignored! As for the equipment, once Oboro was deemed to be a loser, and there was enough strength to prevent him from escaping... The outcome would be the same.
But Oboro was also getting stronger, and was still 'repairing' his Nen ability...
He was also gradually, and diligently, moving towards the peak...
He and the game world were growing together...
As the saying goes, one's own strength was the foundation, and a big fist was the ultimate truth.
Nen... was just a means and a way to exert combat ability.
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