Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 362 An Ominous Aura

A single, concise word, yet resolute and brooking no argument.

Peng Si was still somewhat dazed, unable to believe that she had survived in such a desperate situation.

She desperately wanted to ask herself, "Is it really okay to just run away like this?"

But Moro's tone made her feel that asking even one more question might implicate the other person.

Driven by a strong will to survive, Pons gritted her teeth and propped up her half-exhausted body. Relying on Bumblebee's positioning ability, she quickly locked onto the direction heading towards the NLG border.

However, she only ran a few steps before belatedly stopping.

Because the chimeric ant army has already surrounded this place completely.

Despite being restricted in their movement by golden chains, their fusion of various biological genes still allows them to launch remote attacks.

For them, who are born with a hunting instinct, this method is simply the most natural thing to do.

Peng Si had some concerns and was caught in a dilemma for a moment.

Moro noticed her reaction of stopping immediately.

Moro immediately saw through her concerns.

The golden chains can only produce physical restrictions, not control abilities like a freeze spell.

In this situation, soldier ants, whose hidden biological abilities are unknown, do indeed pose a certain degree of threat.

Upon reaching this point, Moreau decisively took a few steps forward and reached out to grab Pons by the back of his collar.

Peng Si suddenly felt her collar tighten and was taken aback.

Before she could react, Moro used his bare hands to throw her into the air.

Swish!
Before Peng Si could even scream, she transformed into a black shadow, soaring over the towering treetops and flying towards the NLG border.

Moro withdrew his hand without even glancing at it again.

In his view, since Pons had already mastered Nen, he should not be injured even if he fell at this speed on the outskirts of the forest, under the protection of Nen.

As for why Pence is still alive...

Moro already had a guess in his mind.

Nine times out of ten, they rely on bee swarms for warning and exploration.

Based on this, her ability is likely to be a reconnaissance type within the operational system.

Some manipulators, once they select insects or small animals as their targets, are essentially non-combat-oriented reconnaissance abilities.

In general, based on manipulation, they will develop abilities such as sharing vision with insects or small animals.

Peng Si's situation is somewhat special.

Before she even started practicing, she had already formed an emotional bond with a swarm of bumblebees.

With this foundation, even if her Nen attribute is not Manipulation type, it will be much easier for her to develop related Manipulation abilities.

Based on this line of thinking, Morrow roughly guessed that Pence should be able to achieve multi-line reconnaissance and control capabilities.

Only this possibility could have allowed Peng Si to survive until now.

"In terms of reconnaissance capabilities alone, they are quite outstanding. It would be a bit of a pity if they died here."

As Moro's thoughts raced, his calm gaze swept quickly over the Chimera Ants who were still restrained by the golden chains around him.

With his current Qi level of Lv.74, to simultaneously materialize over five hundred golden chains and maintain control for a long time...

From the perspective of the nature of the capability system, it is absolutely impossible to do.

But with the intervention of a system of oaths and constraints, the impossible becomes possible.

"Although the cost of implanting stars is not high, the sheer number of them makes up for it..."

Moro casually conjured a shooting star in his right palm and muttered to himself, "The only ones worth investing in are division commanders and army commanders. Fortunately, the appearance of these ants is very distinct, making it easy to identify their ranks."

In the blink of an eye, Moro quickly made the decision to eliminate the lower-level soldier ants first.

After all, we need to go deeper and implant stars into more division commanders and army commanders.

In this way, too much manifested energy cannot be wasted on lower-level soldier ants, so as not to reduce the margin for error.

Moreover, even if the lower-ranking soldier ants could awaken Nen abilities, with their meager human genes, they would at best be nothing more than a bunch of insignificant minions who could not provide any experience.

Having made up his mind, Moro was not worried at all about his ability information being leaked.

As he continued to compress the flying stars in his palm, he spoke to the chimera ants present in a threatening tone: "If you don't want to die, don't make any rash moves."

Upon hearing Moro's threat, the division commanders and army commanders who possessed human intelligence were momentarily stunned and uncertain, secretly weighing the pros and cons.

"Are you kidding me? Do you think we can even move now?!"

Will this chain disappear?

"Really? If it disappears, should we... go for it?"

"If I go up there, I'll die..."

"Damn humans, to be so easily intimidated by him, how utterly humiliating!!!"

"Tch, this guy's not simple. Anyway, I don't want to be cannon fodder."

"So even special humans have varying strengths. Compared to that female from before... tsk, this one is far stronger."

"Hey...you guys aren't really scared out of your wits, are you?!"

"Herodotus, you're so capable, then you go first, and I promise I'll follow."

"Nonsense, with lower-ranking soldiers leading the charge, why should I be the first one to charge in?"

"Stop arguing. You should all feel it carefully. The energy fluctuations of these chains are weakening. They might really disappear."

"Hmm... indeed, this seems to be a fluctuation of life energy."

Chimera ants can communicate with each other via radio waves.

When faced with Moro's threat, they still did not show the high level of discipline that an ant colony should have, but instead revealed an extremely human side.

If an ant were guided by its duty as its highest principle, it wouldn't have so many complicated thoughts at this moment; it would simply swarm forward without hesitation.

Although Moro couldn't hear their secret communication, he could anticipate their subsequent reactions.

After all—

In other words, chimeric ants at the division commander and army commander levels know how to assess the situation and weigh the pros and cons.

Moro's words just now were specifically meant for them to hear.

As for the soldier ants below the army commander...

Once he unlocks the golden chains, these chimeric ants, devoid of independent consciousness, will undoubtedly launch a direct attack on him.

At that time, he will wipe out the ants in one fell swoop.

In any case, it's just a matter of raising a hand, yet it can further intimidate the remaining division commanders and army commanders.

"almost."

The flying star in Moro's palm shrunk to the size of an adult's fist.

Those division commanders and army commanders all had natural eyesight; they could see the Nen aura on Moro's body, and even more clearly see the flying star that exuded a dangerous aura.

The main reason they were so hesitant was the flying star in Moro's hand.

Just then, Moro suddenly threw the fluorescent green flying star in his hand into the sky.

The division commanders and army commanders present all reflexively looked up at Fei Xing.

This atmosphere is ominous...

The fluorescent green light shone on their different pupils, and the only feeling they had in common was an indescribable sense of crisis, as well as shock and fear at the new thing.

I never knew life energy could be so dangerous!
They all became aware of the other side of so-called life energy, and at the same time, in the face of a strong sense of crisis, they quietly tensed up all their muscles.

What will happen next?!
The chimeric ants were on high alert.

Then a soft, cracking sound suddenly rang out from the woods.

The golden chains that bound their bodies had broken.

In the blink of an eye, everything shattered. The division commander and army commander regained their freedom, but the fluorescent green star hanging above Moro was like a sword of Damocles, making them dare not act rashly.

The lower-ranking soldier ants of the chimeric ant don't have as many concerns.

Just as Moro had predicted, after the golden chains shattered and disappeared, the more than four hundred lower-level soldier ants swarmed towards Moro.

Moro ignored the swarm of ants.

Lift your foot and take a step.

We headed deeper into the forest.

At that moment, the fluorescent green star suspended in the air suddenly flew towards Moro's front.

More accurately, it flew towards the group of lower-ranking soldier ants closest to Moro.

Pfft, pfft...!
In the blink of an eye, Fei Xing pierced through one lower-level soldier ant after another.

It's like a guided slingshot; without much of Moro's control, it can pierce through the life force of lower-ranking soldier ants with lightning speed.

However, when this scene was presented to the division commander and the army commander Chimera Ant, an expression of disbelief replaced any emotion they could display.

What kind of power is this?
How powerful, how brutal, and how unreasonable they were.

Firearms stolen from humans are utterly insignificant in the face of such power.

As Feixing effortlessly reaped the lives of lower-ranking soldier ants, the division commanders and army commanders stared wide-eyed in utter horror.

The intense sense of impending crisis was already showing signs of turning into the aura of death.

This also means that they lost the will to resist at this moment.

It turns out that humans are not entirely prey that can be hunted at will.

The deadly fluorescent green shooting star spun rapidly through the forest, completely stunning the division commanders and army officers who should have been filled with contempt for humanity in just two seconds.

But the lower-ranking soldier ants do not know how to retreat.

Even though the flying stars had taken the lives of many of their companions with overwhelming force, they still charged towards Moro fearlessly.

However, in the face of absolute power that can be described as a dimensional reduction attack, fearlessness is nothing but futile.

Moro stepped over the corpses in front of him, and the stars around him swirled like the Grim Reaper, killing wave after wave of lower-level soldier ants.

This situation is just as he warned at the beginning: to move is to die.

So when the last lower-ranking soldier ant was pierced by the flying star and fell to the ground, the division commanders and army commanders in the field dared not make any move from beginning to end, and even had to be careful when breathing.

Their faces were all filled with shock and horror.

This is all because Moro's demonstration of "Mind" was too brutal, like casually stepping on a swarm of ants and destroying their vision and understanding.

"..."

The forest was deathly silent as the chimera ants watched Morrow's figure gradually disappear into the darkness.

Do not move,

Is everything really alright?
The extremely dangerous luminous object has dissipated, and the culprit has clearly gone far away.

However, the chimeric ants showed no sign of surviving the ordeal.

Even though the source of danger has been far away, the complex human nature rooted in their genes still makes them uneasy and uncertain.

Can you move now?
If I move, will that dangerous thing pierce my head in the next second?

Just thinking about this possibility...

These chimeric ants still dared not make any rash moves.

Or rather, they are waiting for others to make the first move.

The problem is that no one is taking the lead.

Moro hadn't expected the deterrent effect to be so good.

He wouldn't kill the division commander and army commander here, but he also didn't want these chimera ants to interfere with his plans.

Therefore, the longer these chimeric ants are kept "standing still," the more advantageous it will be for subsequent actions.

"34..."

This is the number of prey that Moro ultimately left behind.

It was also the result he selected based on human characteristics.

"Based on the military structure of chimeric ants, at least 5 to 6 out of the 34 are at the division commander level."

"However, the number of low-level soldier ants is higher than expected."

"And apart from that lion-like chimera ant, I don't seem to remember any of the other division commanders and army commanders..."

"Is there a deviation in the 'plot,' or... are these chimeric ants never even shown in the original story?"

"It's not impossible."

As his thoughts raced, Moro suddenly accelerated, his figure darting through the forest at high speed.

He was unsure how things would develop.

Judging from the current situation, the number of soldier ants is indeed abnormally high, but it is also possible that they are gathering together to hunt Pons.

Therefore, compared to the issue of numbers, Moro was more concerned about the division commanders and army commanders he didn't remember much about...

This will give him the feeling that the plot has gone astray.

However, he also remembered that, according to the original story, Netero, Morel, and Nob did not directly launch a full-scale attack on the Chimera Ant nest after arriving at NGL.

Their strategy was to gradually reduce the enemy's forces.

First, Morel used smoke to create cover, then Nob used the power of the four-dimensional apartment to teleport batches of soldier ants to Netero.

It took a month of attrition to reduce the chimeric ants' forces to less than half.

Perhaps those division commanders and army commanders from earlier were just unlucky guys that Netero used as a warm-up.

"There's no point in thinking about these things now."

Moro shook his head slightly, focusing his attention on the Star-Rated Pig Farming Plan.

Over the next few days, Moro continued deeper into the forest.

Because the queen ant has a strong need for special humans, the chimeric ant army that goes out hunting will pay special attention to the presence of special humans.

In addition, Moro's grand displays always easily attract one chimera ant army after another.

But perhaps he implanted the stars too quickly, so he couldn't gather monsters on a large scale like Peng Si.

Moreover, the soldier ant teams we encountered were basically led by army commanders.

Moro didn't insist, or you could say he accepted anyone who asked.

"67 now. It seems that if it weren't for Peng Si, I could only invest in about 30 at most now."

After spending a day and a night, Moro selected another 33 chimeric ants and implanted stars into them.

Meanwhile, as they ventured deeper, after only half a day, they could clearly feel the density of the chimeric ant colony increasing.

this means……

He may be getting closer and closer to the anthill.

The question now is whether the three direct guards have been formed.

And where Kate's team is.

Moro had just thought of this.

Suddenly, a thick, almost tangible, ominous aura swept in from the distant forest like a storm, abruptly interrupting his thoughts.

Although he could instantly tell that the source of the aura was still extremely far away, the malice that seemed to directly pollute the air still made Moro feel oppressed.

This feeling……

Moro's pupils contracted sharply as the image of Neferpitou flashed through his mind.

If this aura truly originates from Neferpitou, then it means...

This direct subordinate of the three guards has entered combat readiness!
(End of this chapter)