Oboro put away his Nen ability, and the ghostly mist that was surging in the entire palace was retracted.
The ghostly green sea of mist dispersed, and everyone's vision suddenly became clear. The nearby environment was also fully visible.
It was a scene of devastation.
Corpses were everywhere in the entire square, and blood was flowing horizontally... Because a relatively long time had passed, some of the pools of blood had even solidified.
In the distance, groups of three or five mafia members were wandering around like headless flies. When the green mist dissipated, this group of people saw the battle that was taking place over here, and the head of the Fels family, David.
Most of the mafia members didn't know Oboro and Fels Lily's identities.
They only recognized David.
Of course, some people knew that there was a disabled blood relative in the Fels family, but they had never seen him.
Most of the mafia bosses who had a higher status and identity had already died...
Those who hadn't been able to enter the venue when the banquet was being held were basically the leaders of medium-sized or small families.
Oboro and Illumi also saw Hisoka's corpse lying on the ground.
Oboro took the lead in stepping over, and Illumi followed closely behind.
And those mafia members ran over one after another after seeing David and the Shadow Beasts.
Some people also noticed Kurapika and Chrollo.
David took the initiative to step forward, preparing to explain the cause and situation of the matter to these younger generations who had escaped the disaster.
Of course, what he said as an explanation would definitely be embellished and processed.
...
"He killed him with one strike!"
A moment later, Oboro squatted down in front of Hisoka's corpse.
Illumi said on the side.
Chrollo had really taken action ruthlessly enough.
"He's not dead yet..."
Oboro said playfully.
"Not dead? That's impossible..."
Illumi's eyebrows twitched. In his perception, Hisoka had already lost his breath.
He didn't need to reach out and touch him to know that Hisoka's heart had stopped beating.
If Hisoka had died, it was very likely that his soul would have dropped out... But his ghosts in the mist hadn't captured it before.
He hadn't been blown to death... Could he even rely on his Nen after death to do this with this kind of injury?
Oboro was surprised in his heart.
He could be certain that Hisoka's Nen was trying to save his life, but how it was doing it... He wasn't clear yet.
In the end, he had still reached this step.
It wasn't strange that Hisoka had produced Nen after death... Not to mention that his strength had become stronger now, even if his fate hadn't been affected by him, he had still completed this with his personal ability in the original story.
"It seems a little strange... The wound on his neck has stopped bleeding..."
Illumi bent over, and looked closely, and suddenly said.
"His Nen originally has a part of it that has the attribute of repairing, sticking, and bonding... Even if it's a wound like a burn or a severed arm, it can cover and rebuild it. But it doesn't have a real healing effect. It's just a temporary remedy. It can be seen as an illusion, a disguise... But if he controls his Nen to the level of extreme fine-tuning, maybe... He can even temporarily adjust wounds like blood vessels with a band-aid method." Oboro raised the corners of his mouth.
"Can he do it?"
Illumi stroked his chin with one hand, and was skeptical.
If it was as Oboro had said, this would be an extremely vast and meticulous project. Not to mention that Hisoka had already lost his life, he might not even be able to do it if he was still alive and kicking.
Moreover, repairing blood vessels... Would take an unusually long time.
If he dragged it out for too long, Hisoka would definitely suffocate, and there would be no way to save him.
To put it simply, if there was still Nen active in Hisoka's body right now... Then he was racing against death.
Suddenly, a loud noise came from behind the two of them.
Illumi turned his head to look, "Ah... They're fighting over there."
Oboro also glanced over.
He saw Kurapika holding the chain, and was constantly whipping it towards Chrollo like he was wielding a flexible and powerful iron whip... Chrollo, like when he had been fighting with Hisoka, was holding the book that had been manifested by his Nen, and was jumping left and right. He no longer had the composure he had had when he had been fighting with Hisoka.
Because the flexibility and speed with which Kurapika was controlling the chains was simply inhuman... It was more threatening, and had more killing power than Hisoka.
The chain hit the ground heavily, and directly smashed the thick stone slabs, revealing deep pits.
With this kind of force, as long as Chrollo was hit, he would be seriously injured even if he didn't die.
Chrollo used his coordinate switching ability again, and launched a sneak attack that hit Kurapika... However, the means he had used on Hisoka, which had been enough to injure him, seemed to have a weak damage effect when used on Kurapika, and were easily resisted by the Nen that was floating on the surface of the latter's body.
After the two of them had fought and entangled each other for a few more moves, Chrollo discovered that his attacks couldn't break through the golden-haired boy's 'Ken'.
The other party hadn't even used 'Ryu' to mobilize his Nen, and turn 'Ken' into 'Ko', and target the landing point of his attack.
Nen ability users in the 'Ken' state had both offense and defense at fifty percent. By transferring Nen through Ryu, and allocating aura... They could make a certain part of their body's offense and defense become greater. Similarly, the aura, which was the defensive power, of other parts of their body would become weaker.
In a battle between experts, the requirements for the allocation and transfer of Nen were extremely high... It would be used in conjunction with techniques depending on the moves and timing.
But... The boy in front of him hadn't.
He was only maintaining the most basic 'Ken', which made his offensive and defensive abilities both be at fifty percent.
In other words, the golden-haired boy didn't need to specially fill a certain part of his body with aura to increase his attack... And he didn't need to strengthen his defense either.
In the average state of fifty percent, the boy was certain that he couldn't break through his defense, and he also believed that the ordinary power that had been added by Nen was enough to kill him!
What made Chrollo even more unbelievable was that... Putting aside Nen, the boy's physical qualities were terrifyingly strong. This had a strong contrast with his body shape... It simply didn't conform to common sense.
People like Uvogin, or Oboro, their strength and thickness of their aura could be seen with the naked eye... But the boy was too thin.
But the speed at which the other party was swinging the chains, including his mobility and reaction when running, couldn't be added and given by Nen.
The only explanation was that it wasn't purely Nen, but a special state.
"The characteristics of his Nen ability?"
Chrollo was analyzing the golden-haired boy's data while attacking and dodging.
Facing the chain that was attacking, Chrollo was almost doing his best to pull and yank to the limit.
He, who hadn't been this strenuous even when he had been fighting with Hisoka... Before long, sweat had already soaked his white shirt.
He tried to find the golden-haired boy's weaknesses.
He finally managed to succeed once, and punched towards the other party's weak spot, but it was blocked by the boy's arm.
The boy's hand bones made a crisp sound, and seemed to have cracked.
But this punch still hadn't penetrated the boy's Nen defense... It had only had a little bit of an effect on his physical strength.
The Nen that shrouded the boy's body was like a tough film, and hadn't been damaged all along.
And this strike was almost the only good opportunity that Chrollo had been able to get close and find since the battle had started.
He had poured all of his strength into his fist... But it still wasn't enough!
Seeing that Kurapika was about to retaliate, Chrollo instantly switched places with a stone, and disappeared.
His main body instantly appeared ten meters away.
Looking up, he only saw one of the boy's chains flutter, and wrap around his injured arm. Then, it burst out with a faint light... In the blink of an eye, the injury had been healed.
At this point, Chrollo had also confirmed one thing.
It was indeed a Nen ability...
Moreover, it was especially comprehensive.
This kind of power couldn't be obtained through cultivation... It was the development of a Nen ability.
This boy actually gave him the same feeling of powerlessness that he only had when he was facing Oboro.
Because... He couldn't find any weaknesses at all.
His reaction, mobility, Nen strength, changes, etc., were all crushing him.
They were all above him.
"It must be difficult to obtain this kind of power. You must have paid a price... Judging from the look in your eyes when you look at me, can I assume that... You specially developed this ability to deal with me?" Chrollo smiled. With his insight, he could still distinguish which was true invincibility, and which was a single-type effect.
People like Oboro... Had already stood at the peak of Nen ability users, and possessed truly unfathomable foundations.
It wasn't invincibility that was given by a Nen ability, but rather... His existence was what made him have an invincible Nen ability.
Oboro came first, and the Nen ability came second.
This boy's was the opposite. The Nen ability came first, and the person came second...
He was very weak...
He wasn't just weak.
A thought flashed through Chrollo's mind.
He guessed that if it wasn't to deal with the Troupe, with the boy's level, perhaps even the weakest Kortopi in the group could have killed the other party.
The successive deaths of Bonolenov, Kortopi, and Duane had also made Chrollo realize... The characteristics of the boy's ability.
"It's not to deal with you, but all of you... All the Spiders." Kurapika said coldly.
The former's reply also confirmed his deduction.
"Do we know each other?"
Chrollo already knew that his death was irreversible, and he smiled.
"You should have seen these eyes, right?"
Kurapika approached step by step, and asked solemnly.
Chrollo suddenly realized... Judging from his expression, he clearly knew the boy's Kurta clan identity.
Scarlet eyes... He had thought of it.
However... He said something dismissively, that made Kurapika change his expression, and was full of malice, "Your family died at our hands? I can see the flames of revenge burning in your eyes. I'm very familiar with this feeling... But ah..."
"I'm really sorry. I really can't remember what they looked like... After all, there are too many people who have died at our hands."
"Can you describe their appearance to me? Maybe... I can remember."
Chrollo had said these few sentences with a smile.
The expression on his face was very obvious. He clearly remembered, but he just wouldn't say it. Not only did he not have any intention of repenting, but he was also very happy.
"In this world, weakness is the original sin. We are like this... You and your family are too. You only have this kind of power now. Shouldn't you hate yourself even more? Hate yourself for not saving them? Hate yourself for not being this strong back then... You're still alive, which means that you probably weren't there back then, right? Otherwise, you would have been killed by us too... In other words, their deaths have nothing to do with us... If you want to blame someone, only blame them for being too weak... Only blame yourself for running away back then, and for being too incompetent."
Kurapika was stunned.
He had never expected that these words would be said so dismissively, and so nonchalantly, from the man's mouth.
How shameless did a person have to be to be able to shift all the blame onto others?
Kurapika lost control... He had never been this angry!
The boy's features were twisted, and he shouted loudly.
"Aaaaaah!"
He rushed towards the enemy, who had a smile on his face.
...
Oboro withdrew his gaze.
Kurapika had been personally taught by him.
Not to mention that Chrollo's level of Nen had already fallen back to the level of a national-level Hunter, and he had also consumed a lot of energy in his battle with Hisoka.
Even if Quoll was still alive, and his 'inheriting a legacy' effect was still there, he wouldn't have been able to win against Kurapika.
Restrictions and vows!
The core principle of the underlying structure that Little Kura's abilities had been developed with was to kill Spiders.
When facing the Troupe, he was invincible.
The stronger Chrollo was, the more Kurapika's strength would increase... Naturally, the price he had to pay would also be greater.
In any case... He would always be stronger than the Spiders.
Unless there was a special situation, which was that the price was so great that Kurapika couldn't bear it... Then his Nen ability would collapse on its own. Not to mention being as strong as Meruem, just take Netero.
If the Chairman was a member of the Troupe, Little Kura's Nen ability would probably be over...
You had to know that no matter how bugged a Nen ability was, no matter what the logic of its development was... The fundamental point was the person!
It was life itself.
You wore shoes that were the size of your feet.
All Nen abilities were manifested based on the individual's vitality... Kurapika was burning his life, and using everything he had, but he might not be able to make his Nen ability sublimate to exceed Netero's level... But restricting the old man was still possible.
It was too difficult to surpass him.
The main reason was that he himself was too weak...
This weakness had many levels, such as potential, spirit, the attributes of Nen, and his body, etc.
Some things were innate.
In addition, he hadn't tempered these things. He had directly taken a big step, and had skipped many levels.
If it was Gon or Killua, who had a certain amount of growth, who had this Nen ability, you could try it again... It would definitely be different.
Even if Netero came, he would be out of luck.
Of course, afterwards... What kind of price there would be was self-evident.
The reason why Kurapika's Nen ability was so strong when fighting the Troupe was also because this ability... To put it bluntly, was a one-time use.
It was precisely because it had been developed on 'one point' that the effect of the restriction and vow had been infinitely amplified.
Which was that both the ability and the price were maximized.
Even if the number of Troupe members wasn't that many... After using it these few times, Kurapika's lifespan would also be greatly reduced under normal circumstances.
Chrollo was bound to die.
From the moment the Troupe had arrived at the Fels family residence, Oboro hadn't thought of letting Chrollo leave.
He wanted to see how long the Spider could jump for after it had lost its brain, and only had a few legs left.
Or rather... Whether Chrollo, this Leader, was truly irreplaceable for the Spider.
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