Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 225 Does it itch?

飞星
While Phinks still had time to respond to Little Drop's sabotage, Moro raised his hand and launched another flying star.

Nothing has changed; the division persists.

The projectiles rained down on Phinks, blasting up the red earth at his feet and creating a wave of red dust.

He still stubbornly accepted all the flying stars.

These attacks were all bark and no bite, doing him no harm whatsoever, but they were as annoying as flies and mosquitoes.

Phinks' eyes flashed with ferocity as he charged forward recklessly, each step leaving cracks and craters in the red earth.

Solved in ten seconds

He was indeed speaking too soon.

But the idea of ​​a quick victory remained unchanged.

Faced with Phinks's even more ferocious charge, Morrow raised his hand to signal Kurt to move away.

Kal't nodded obediently, then moved closer to Kurapika.

Phinks glanced quickly at Kurt's movements, then immediately focused his gaze back on Morrow.

Initially, he intended to deal with the seemingly weakest, Kurt, but Morrow's ticklish psychic attacks successfully drew his hatred.

At this moment, Phinks only had eyes for Morrow.

He wanted to crush Moro's head with one hand as quickly as possible.

Enveloped in a frenzied killing intent, Phinks smashed through the obstruction of the flying star and stepped into the attack range in one fell swoop.

"Starlight Convergence"

Seeing that Phinks was closing in, Morrow calmly used his ability.

Countless points of psychic energy, like twinkling stars, floated around Phinks with a gentle and harmless demeanor.

Phinks's figure crashed through these psychic light spots, and the manifested aura surrounding his body did not receive any attack intensity, or even the slightest threat.

At the same time, when Moro released these points of psychic energy, he immediately noticed that Moro only retained enough manifest energy to maintain "Entanglement".

"Is this... a power similar to 'circle'?"

Phinks's thoughts raced, his eyes reflecting a sky full of sparkling light.

"Then it should be more of a 'reconnaissance' type. To be on the safe side, let's maintain the 'firm' operational status for now!"

Making a decision in an instant, Phinks maintained his "firm" stance and rushed in front of Morrow. He then brought his right hand together into a palm blade and thrust it forward.

However, within the Starry Domain, the faint starlight instantly read Phinks' attack trajectory.

Moro received and processed the information, then calmly and composedly touched the ground with his toes, using the technique of the antelope step to propel his entire body backward as lightly as a feather, dodging Finks's fierce palm strike.

Finks' palm strike missed, but in the next instant, his leg strength suddenly exploded.

bang——

The red soil is cracked and eroded.

Phinks's body twisted suddenly, and he rushed toward Morrow at an extremely fast speed.

Faced with Phinks' sudden burst of power, Moro lowered his eyelids and directly abandoned the ability to maintain the starlight condensation.

In an instant, the scattered points of light around us vanished with the wind.

This familiar tactic allowed Moro to quickly retract all of his manifested energy.

He was enveloped in boiling Nen energy, his left hand gripping the scabbard in his palm, while his right hand swiftly grasped the hilt of the sword.

As he made this movement, both of his hands were filled with floating, bright mental energy, enveloping the sheathed Red Jade Bird Blade.

"A sword draw slash?!"

Finks is very familiar with Morrow's starting stance.

After all, there was Nobunaga in the team who was good at drawing his sword. In order to ensure the instantaneous killing power of the blade, he usually had to gather Nen in his hand and on his katana in advance.

Despite realizing that Moro was about to use a technique similar to a draw sword, Phinks had no intention of backing down.

This is a belief unique to the Enhancement type.

Clang!
In a flash, Moro forcefully pulled out the Crimson Jade Bird Knife. The unusually rough movement caused the knife to slide along the inside of its sheath, making a piercing sound and even sparking a few sparks.

The instant Moro drew the Crimson Jade Bird Knife, he simultaneously flung it at Phinks, who was only a few body lengths away.

That rough action of drawing the knife was precisely to speed up the throwing of the bird knife.

Phinks had assumed that Moro intended to interrupt his charge with a slash, but he never expected Moro to be so unpredictable. After drawing his sword, Moro didn't slash, but instead threw it at him.

Despite the unexpected move, Phinks still managed to turn his head at the last moment with his excellent reflexes, letting the blade of the Crimson Jade Bird Blade fly past his cheek, turning into a receding bloody trail.

"I really overestimated you... huh!?"

Phinks dodged the oncoming Crimson Jade Bird Blade and was about to break through Moro's defenses in one fell swoop, but the next moment...

A dangerous glint was reflected in his eyes.

The source of the light, however, was the scabbard on Moro's left hand.

The jet-black scabbard emitted a blinding light, and surging energy, like a torrent, slammed diagonally upwards into Phinks' abdomen.

“W-What…!?”

Phinks looked astonished as he was blasted away by the energy wave that was so close at hand.

Moro watched Phinks fly backward with a calm expression.

He had just used his mental energy to envelop his hands and the Crimson Jade Bird Blade, ostensibly to prepare for drawing his sword and attacking, but in reality, it was to channel his manifested energy into the Abyss Sheath as quickly as possible.

However, without knowing the abilities of the Abyss Sheath, almost no one could guess Moro's intentions.

As Finks flew backward, Morrow was unsure whether his attack had been effective.

Because while Finks appears to be aggressive, he is actually very defensive.

Compared to Uvogin, who has a stronger desire to attack, Phinks, who is also a Enhancer, is closer to Nobunaga's style. While he also has a high desire to attack, he is more composed.

But beneath his composure, Phinks, like Nobunaga, possesses a certain personality trait.

That is--

confidence.

"Flying Star"

Moro raised his hand and unleashed another wave of harmless splitting stars at Phinks, who was flying backward.

at the same time.

Shizuku faced a pincer attack from Kurapika and Kalmod alone, but thanks to her agile movements and her masterful control over her Conjuration ability, she held her own.

However, when Phinks was blasted away, she was almost distracted and exposed her weakness.

Is that person really that powerful?!

Shizuku exhaled some of the smoke he had just inhaled, using it as cover to create distance and escape Kurapika and Kalmod's combined attack.

Using the smoke, she was able to keep an eye on Phinks' situation even after creating some distance. She couldn't help but marvel at how Moro, who didn't seem that powerful, could still make Phinks, an Enhancer, suffer in a direct confrontation.

This unexpected development, however, led her to anticipate a possibility.

Could it be——

The killing of Feitan and Shalnark, as well as the disappearance of Franklin and Lev, are all related to these people in front of us.
Is this right?
Xiao Di did sense a strength from Moro that was different from what was on the surface and warranted attention, but the remaining two...

It's just average.

With this combination alone, not to mention Franklin and Pedrolev who have been out of contact for the past two days, Feitan alone could easily handle them.

In a very short time, Xiao Di thought of this possibility, and Phinks, who was blasted away by the energy wave, naturally thought of it at that moment as well.

He had to admit that he had seriously underestimated Morrow's combat abilities.

Therefore, after acknowledging the strength Moro had demonstrated, he couldn't help but associate Moro with the perpetrator.

However, he quickly refuted this conjecture.

Even with that strange scabbard, this kind of weak, ineffective attack is far inferior to Franklin's dual machine guns.

Not to mention that Franklin also had Peskov fighting alongside him.

These three people in front of me don't seem to have the strength to defeat Franklin and his group at all.

Furthermore, Franklin and his group have only gone missing; it's not entirely certain that something has happened to them.

But regardless of whether it's possible or not...

Just ask around and you'll find out.

So, let's deal with the other two first, then break this guy's limbs and get some answers!

Finks came up with a lot of ideas in a short period of time.

"Little drop!"

He was in mid-air when he suddenly widened his fierce eyes and swung his right arm like a windmill.

That was the starting stance for the Nen ability "Return to Heaven".

The ability's effect is to concentrate most of the body's manifest energy into the arm, and then enhance its power by rotating the arm.

The more times you rotate your arm, the stronger the power will be.

It's just the timing—

Moro fired a split-type flying star.

In this situation, Phinks directly activated the prerequisite for the Resurrection, which is equivalent to removing his psychic armor and exposing his body to danger.

"You're really confident, but... it's not entirely unexpected."

Moro lowered his eyelids slightly, taking in every move Phinks made.

A person who can develop a Nen ability like "Return" must be quite confident in their personality.

Confidence allows one to resist all interference while charging up power, and even more so, confidence ensures that the target will be hit once the power is fully charged.

This personality trait revealed in the ability mechanism is actually exactly the same as Nobunaga's. Even knowing that using iaido would put himself in danger, he firmly believed that his sword would cut off the enemy's head first.

Moro was able to access and understand the Nen abilities of these people as a transmigrator.

But how to better leverage this advantage is another matter entirely.

The real key is to use Nen ability information as a starting point to analyze deeper personality traits.

This is precisely one of Moro's strengths.

So whether it's Feitan or Phinks now.

Moro will be better able to take advantage of this.

Within the battle zone.

Little Drop heard Finks's shout.

At that moment, she used the smoke to get rid of Kurapika and Kalmod's combined attack. Because she had been paying attention to the battle on Phinks' side, she immediately understood the situation and quickly realized Phinks' intentions.

"Bulging-Eyed Fish, suck Phinks' clothes over here!"

The little droplet immediately issued the instruction.

"Hayo!"

Upon receiving the command, the bulging-eyed fish opened its massive mouth and unleashed a powerful suction force towards Phinks.

Under the suction force that could identify the target, Phinks was pulled directly to the ground and rolled towards the bulging-eyed fish.

At that moment, a large number of shooting stars streaked past above Phinks.

The suction of the bulging-eyed fish helped Phinks evade Morrow's pursuit of the flying stars.

And the assist effect is not limited to this.

After the flying stars passed overhead, Finks maintained his power of returning to heaven while getting up and using the suction force of the bulging-eyed fish to quickly move towards Xiao Di.

His goal was to get rid of Kurapika and Kalmod directly, and then deal with Moro slowly.

Shizuku realized Phinks's intention and, while activating the power of the bulging-eyed fish, cleverly adjusted his position to ensure that Kurapika or Kalmod were within Phinks's "straight-line distance".

"Well done, little one!"

Phinks praised the little drop's divine cooperation in his heart.

This also allowed him to appreciate the benefits of collaborative operations.

Next…

Let's use this Heavenly Blast to kill one of them first!
Finks' murderous intent was revealed.

But right now!
A cross-shaped star suddenly appeared in the path of Phinks' charge.

It was Moro's Flying Star Leap!
The initial thought of the tickling-like flying stars by Phinks, as well as the brief use of the ability to condense starlight, were all things that Morrow had prepared for this moment.

What he wanted to "hit" was the vulnerability of Phinks when he used "Return to Heaven" and could not guarantee his psychic protection.

If you can seize this crucial moment, the Flying Star Leap can become a special attack ability against Phinks.

Starlight appeared on the ground, and then a shooting star shot out.

It struck right where Phinks' feet landed.

Phinks had anticipated that Morrow would use that split-type flying star to interfere with him again, and he had prepared a countermeasure.

But I never imagined—

Those "flying stars" would burst out directly from the ground.

An incredulous glint flashed in Phinks' eyes.

boom!
The long-planned Star Leap exploded from the ground, and the violent energy, like the fangs of a giant beast, instantly crushed Phinks' body from the waist down, and the flesh and bone fragments instantly turned into a bloody mist.

The force of the impact that followed lifted Phinks, who was now only half-body, into the air.

Moro slowly rose from the ground, looked at Phinks who had been thrown into the air as if he had been cut in half, and then strode toward where Phinks had landed.

As he walked, he glanced at the little droplet in another direction.

At this moment, the somewhat naive and straightforward member of the group, number eight, was so shocked by what had suddenly happened that he was speechless.

Moro withdrew his gaze and watched as Phinks's mangled body crashed heavily onto the red earth, stirring up a cloud of bloody dust.

Despite his lower body being completely crushed, this confident Enhancement-type Devil Fruit user, who enjoys crushing other people's necks and heads with his bare hands, still has a breath left.

Does it itch?

Morrow looked down at Phinks's face, which was frozen with shock, anger, and resentment, and asked in a calm tone.

Finks' eyes widened, his face frozen with shock, anger, and resentment.

He tried to struggle to his feet, but only caused more of his ruptured intestines to slip out and mix into the sand.

The impact of the flying star not only crushed his lower body but also damaged his internal organs.

At this moment, even speaking was a luxury for him.

What awaits him is...

Only a swift death...

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