Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 337 Yes, that's my teacher.
"Failed again..."

On the mural, the circular character "神" (god) that was only a quarter complete suddenly collapsed, turning into countless fine black particles that drifted in the air like smoke and dust.

In just two or three seconds, the unfinished ring faded completely, as if it had never existed.

Moro let out a long, weary breath, and then reached out to touch the mural.

In an instant, a soft white light surged from the mural, enveloping him like water.

Then the light suddenly receded, taking him with it into the mural.

next moment.

The soft white light before Moro's eyes vanished into thin air, and he found himself atop a mountain in the secret realm of the murals.

In the distance, countless waterfalls cascade down from the sky like a silver screen into the forest below, transforming into crisscrossing rivers that stretch all the way to the edge of the top-shaped sky island.

The roaring sound of the water traveled from the sky to the mountaintop, but it could not break through the silence mechanism at the foot of the mountain.

Morrow glanced at Skyfall, then walked straight to the rock table in front of the stone house and picked up a fruit that shimmered with a mercury-like luster from the wooden basket on the table.

He took a bite.

The silvery-white peel splits open, and wine-red juice seeps out from between the teeth, strange yet sweet.

This fruit is harvested from a secluded forest. It tastes rather ordinary, even with a faint rusty smell, but it has a remarkable energizing effect.

Moro swallowed it in a few bites, leaving the silvery-white fruit peel residue and wine-red juice sticking to his fingertips. Too lazy to wipe it off, he sat directly on the rock-carved chair, closed his eyes, and entered a state of "absolute".

However, instead of meditating, he was using "Absolute" to restore his strength and energy while thinking about the next step in constructing the Divine Ring.

Those intricate and obscure black shapes stretched out in his mind, the angle of each arc, the position of each stroke.

There can be no mistakes whatsoever.

Only absolute precision can support the effect of the character "神" (divine/god).

This is what Moro does every day now.

We've already covered a quarter of the distance. Once our thinking becomes clearer, efficiency should improve further.

Moro rested for a while in the secret realm and ate some food before returning to the cave to continue drawing the divine character ring that corresponded to the "power of teleportation".

In this kind of unconventional spiritual practice where one is completely absorbed, time always slips away unnoticed.

In mid-October.

Moro finally succeeded in drawing 50% of the God symbol ring.

Based on the current efficiency, it should take at most one month to construct the complete character for "god".

Moreover, during his journey from 25% to 50%, it's possible that he gained a deeper understanding of "spatial teleportation," which caused a slight change in the effectiveness of "flying star leap."

"Although it cannot yet achieve true spatial teleportation, the 'range conditions' have been significantly expanded."

Moro crouched down beside the underground river, his right palm pressed against the slightly damp rock.

Before my eyes, the underground river flows silently in the darkness, with occasional faint glimmers of light on its surface.

"Flying Star Leap"

The moment the mental energy condensed in the palm of his hand, a cross-shaped star suddenly lit up on the surface of the dark river.

A shooting star with a faint trail of light burst forth from the center of the starlight, struck the cave ceiling at an astonishing speed, and then exploded into countless particles of light, quickly disappearing into the air.

This is the result of Moro deliberately suppressing its power.

After unleashing his power, Moro did not stop, but continued to inject his telekinetic energy into the ground.

Suddenly, a cross-shaped star appeared on the rock wall above the cave, and another star with a faint tail of light shot out from the center of the star and headed towards Moro below.

Moro tilted his head back, his pupils reflecting the approaching starlight, and casually swung his left arm.

"Snapped!"

The flying star shattered in the palm wind, turning into fine dust that scattered down.

"Its practicality has improved considerably."

Moro slowly rose to his feet, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

Although the "Flying Star Leap" ability mechanism has been enhanced, it is still far from meeting expectations.

In his vision, the ultimate form of this ability should be pure space-traveling attack.

Instead of relying on "objects" as a transmission medium for each activation, as is the case now.

…………

As Morrow's research progresses at an accelerated pace, Gon and Killua on Greed Island are about to face a true life-or-death battle after learning Nen abilities.

It follows a similar trajectory to the original story.

There are two teams on Greed Island that have completed over 90% of their card collection progress.

One team consists of four members from Juzjura, while the other is a team of up to 60 members spontaneously formed by other ability users also employed by Batra.

The two teams are at roughly the same pace in collecting cards.

However, the latter had an absolute advantage in numbers. In five years, they not only collected all 90 designated cards, but also learned the whereabouts of 7 other designated cards.

If nothing unexpected happens, as long as they can make good use of their numerical advantage and the number of spell cards, they should have a chance to break through the level.

Unfortunately, they never imagined that the bomb monster that terrified the players of Greed Island had been lurking in the team for five years.

Now that the card collection is almost complete, the bomb-wielding monster named Gan Shu reveals his identity at the gathering and betrays the entire team.

Apart from one exorcist, none of the members of the breakthrough team initiated by Nickens survived.

After achieving his goal, Gan Shu joined forces with his two companions and went all out to use various ruthless methods to collect the remaining designated cards.

In just half a month, the number of players who have died at the hands of the bomber has exceeded seventy.

And the number of victims continues to rise.

During this period, the only team that could compete with the Gan Shu trio was the Jue Zi Jue La quadruple.

Both teams are sprinting for the last few designated cards.

The other twenty or so teams, in order to stop the progress of the Gan Shu trio and the Jue Zi Jue La quadruple in collecting cards, are also putting in their best efforts to collect the remaining few designated cards.

If they can each get one of the cards, then it's hard to say who will win.

Even amidst this intense competition, Gon and Killua remained engrossed in collecting cards.

After entering the game, they collected 50 specific cards in just one month.

Although they were all A-grade cards, the astonishing speed at which they collected them still attracted the attention of Gan Shu's trio and other teams.

But I only glanced at it once.

After all, the progress of obtaining 50 specific cards is not a concern at all.

So, without any interference, Gon and Killua quickly collected another 12 designated cards in the next two weeks.

Moreover, Killua, being a seasoned gamer, came up with the idea of ​​using the "Leave" card, which allows players to leave the game, to exchange for the missing specific cards from players who wanted to leave the game but had no other choice.

Using this strategy, Gon and Killua quickly obtained several more designated cards.

Ultimately, they collected 73 designated cards in just two months at an incredibly fast pace, including one designated card that Gan Shu did not have.

At this juncture, the other breakthrough teams, seeing Gan Shu and Jue Zi Jue La's unstoppable momentum, decided to join forces.

After joining forces, they took the initiative to reach out to Gon and Killua.

Because they could exchange cards and information, Gon and Killua agreed to the proposal to cooperate.

But soon, Gan Shu set his sights on Xiao Jie in order to seize Xiao Jie's designated "No. 75" card.

Before Gan Shu even set her sights on him, Xiao Jie had already decided to settle things with Gan Shu.

As for why...

Among the team that Gan Shu betrayed, there happened to be a player who was recruited by Battra along with Gon and Killua.

The player's name was Abengan, and he was an exorcist.

When Ganshu detonated the bomb, killing everyone in Nickens' team, Abengane had already suppressed Ganshu's bomb with his Nen removal ability.

However, for Abengane to completely remove his power, Ganshu needs to die, or the conditions for removing Ganshu's power need to be met.

In order to increase the success rate of removing the ability, Abengane found Gon and Killua, revealed all the information about Ganshu's ability, and asked Gon to avenge him.

Faced with Abengane's request, Xiao Jie felt that since he couldn't save Abengane, he should at least fulfill his last wish.

With a combination of factors, Gon and Killua ended up facing off against the trio of Ganshu.

Because Gon and Killua had previously gained crucial Nen combat experience at the Heaven's Stadium...

So, just like in the original story, they ultimately defeated the Gan Shu trio.

The only difference might be that Xiao Jie didn't use any tactical strategies; he defeated Gan Shu solely through sheer strength.

of course.

One of the key factors that enabled Xiao Jie to defeat Gan Shu through sheer strength was that he had information about Gan Shu's abilities.

Without needing to worry about the "Voice of Life" bomb ability, Xiao Jie used the fishing rod's mid-to-long-range advantage to directly block Gan Shu's small amount of gunpowder.

After that, they steadily and surely defeated Gan Shu.

That's how battles between ability users work; the side that has the intelligence has a decisive advantage in combat.

………………

After Xiao Jie defeated the formidable Gan Shu on Greed Island, the date had arrived at January 3, 2000.

During the new Hunter Test, Moro's solar-powered phone received a call from Beanman.

The Bean Man wants to appoint him as an examiner for this year's Hunter Exam.

Actually, it was Netero who made the suggestion. Then Moro rejected the Bean Man's invitation without hesitation.

because--

"It's just the last step."

Moro stared at the last small gap in the divine character ring, concentrated, and used the inkstone to draw the final stroke.

It did not collapse or dissipate!

Successful.

Moro retrieved the inkstone.

After three months of work, he finally completed the construction of the Divine Ring, which possesses the power of "teleportation".

"call."

Moro breathed a sigh of relief.

With this teleportation deity present, theoretically, as long as the activation steps are completed, one can directly touch the mural after being teleported, thus immediately entering the secret realm.

"Let's try it out first."

Moro couldn't wait to start testing his abilities.

He retreated to the entrance of the cave a hundred meters away, and immediately activated the teleportation divine power.

however--

A second passes.

He remained where he was and had not been teleported there.

At the same time, the teleportation ring surrounding the mural began to collapse, turning into fine black particles that quickly dissipated into the air.

"what happened?"

Moro frowned.

The construction should be fine...

Why does it collapse as soon as it's activated?

Is it because the stability is insufficient?

Moro raised his hand to his chin and began to think.

In the following days, he continued to try to add a "god" structure to the existing framework to enhance stability.

No matter how he tries, he will disrupt the overall effectiveness of the teleportation ability.

This is equivalent to the teleportation character already being a complete mechanical structure, making it unsuitable to add other parts.

However, without adding other parts, it will break down due to overload during operation...

Left with no other option, Moro could only call Kim to ask what was going on.

………………

at the same time.

In order to obtain the rare designated card of No. 2, the One Ping Coastline.

Players including Gon, Killua, Gorenu, and the Zezilla team join forces to challenge the pirate crew led by Leza.

The condition for obtaining this card is to gather fifteen players and then engage in one-on-one sports competitions against Leiza's pirate crew.

The first player team to achieve eight wins will receive the "One Ping Coastline" card.

but--

The maximum number of coastlines per square meter is only three.

This means that even if you can use the "copy" card to create three 1-ping coastlines at once, you can only distribute them to a maximum of three teams.

Gon, Killua, Gorenu, and Zetsu Zetsu's team are exactly three teams.

However, they only have seven players. Although they can hire other players who don't need cards to make up the numbers, they cannot guarantee eight wins.

"The next event... is eight-on-eight dodgeball."

Perhaps seeing the predicament that Juezi and Juezi were facing, Leizha gave them a chance.

"Eight against eight?!"

Upon hearing Leiza's words, Gon, Killua, Zetsu, Zetsu, and the others were all taken aback.

Looking at the surprised expressions on everyone's faces, Lei Zha smiled and said, "That's right, whoever wins the match gets eight wins directly. It's that simple, isn't it?"

"I see……"

Juezi Jue La, with his rich experience, immediately realized that the so-called one-on-one competition was just for show.

Even if they win seven games, in the end, it will still be Leiza who decides on an eight-on-eight dodgeball match.

In this way, if there are players in the team just there to make up the numbers, it is impossible for them to win.

They've only got three wins so far...

Leizha made his appearance ahead of time.

Although our team has already "consumed" three key players, isn't this also an opportunity?

Thinking of this, Juezi Jue La looked at Gorenu and Killua.

Killua and Gorenu also looked at Zezzella.

The three looked at each other across the distance, all thinking the same thing.

This is an opportunity given to us by Leizha, who has a very high opinion of himself; we must seize it!
The three of them nodded slightly.

A few minutes later.

They hid on the court.

The volleyball, launched from Leiza's hand, flew towards Guolienu with terrifying force.

"Such astonishing Nen... No, I'll die!"

Gorenu was instantly terrified and broke out in a cold sweat.

"The White Sage"

In the critical moment, Gorenu switched places with the white ape Nian Beast he had used to fill in for others.

The white gorilla that was switched over was hit on the head by a volleyball in an instant.

Bang!

The white gorilla's head exploded like a balloon.

The rebounding volleyball still possessed ample psychic power, flying towards the ceiling like a cannonball.

Bang!
The volleyball was embedded deep into the ceiling.

"!!!"

Gon, Killua, Zetsu, and Gore, who had just escaped death, all stared wide-eyed at the ceiling that had been smashed open by the volleyball.

The opposite side of the field.

Lei Zha maintained a smiling expression throughout.

It seemed like an opportunity was presented, but at the very beginning, the outcome of the match was predicted in advance using extremely crude methods.

"There is no chance of winning..."

Killua abruptly withdrew his gaze and looked at Leiza in the opposite arena. He first frowned, then clenched his fist.

This guy……

Whether or not this was done out of a twisted sense of humor, with their current lineup, they simply have no chance.

Even Xiao Jie, who is a bit slow to think and react, immediately realized this.

Juezi Jue La, having grasped the situation, immediately said, "We concede!"

Xiao Jie and his friends had no objection to Juezi Jue La's unauthorized actions.

That's really decisive...

Lei Zha put one hand on his hip and said his line: "Let's go back and practice some more. We'll continue to dominate this city."

"..."

Xiao Jie and his group left the lighthouse base and went outside.

Those players who were temporarily brought in to make up the numbers were already terrified by Leiza's terrifying serves, and they ran away as fast as they could as soon as they left the lighthouse.

Juezi Jue La watched their hasty retreat and shook his head with a sigh: "To succeed in the challenge, we need at least four more true experts, and that's assuming Lei Zha is willing to make a move early."

"Ah."

Gorenu said with lingering fear, "Leiza's strength is terrifying. The problem now is that we have a limited number of cards. Even if we can find a master..."

"We have no choice but to find 'outside help'."

Killua suddenly spoke.

"Foreign aid? You have someone in mind?"

Gorenu and the Zetsu Zetsu team both looked at Killua.

Killua nodded and said, "Yes, that's my teacher..."

(End of this chapter)