Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 370 The Reward of Lv81

Moro's hunting method involves using Pons's bee swarms to construct a wide-area surveillance network.

While monitoring the movements of complex chimeric ant colonies in real time, flexibly select targets for elimination.

Once they detect that other chimera ant colonies are consciously approaching, they make a decisive decision based on the actual situation: whether to retreat immediately or continue to carry out precise targeting and elimination.

With this tactic, Moro was always able to efficiently hunt down the chimeric ant soldier ant teams.

Meanwhile, Menchi's carefully prepared nutritional meals provide the entire team with a continuous boost of energy.

In addition, with the direct combat support of Menchi himself, Kurt, and Pence, the efficiency of cleaning up the mess can be improved, allowing the team to gain more time for tactical relocation.

In contrast, Netero's team adopted a different, almost risk-free strategy.

First, Morel used smoke to trap the Chimera Ant team, and then sent the Chimera Ants in one by one through the passage to the 4-dimensional apartment constructed by Nob.

Finally, Netero will deal with the Chimera Ants, who have nowhere to escape, one by one in the four-dimensional apartment.

This method has an extremely high safety factor and almost zero risk.

Strictly speaking, however, hunting efficiency is far inferior to the highly mobile tactics of Moro, who roamed on the edge of a knife.

This is also the fundamental reason why Moro was able to reach Lv.80 in ten days.

The two teams continued their high-intensity hunting operations in this way.

In just ten days, more than half of the nearly 250 squads that the ant colony initially consisted of 50 division commanders had been wiped out.

At this rate, the ant colony's military force could be completely wiped out in just ten more days.

Faced with such a grim situation, several division commanders with leadership capabilities began to frequently report the battle situation to their direct guards, urgently seeking solutions.

However, Neferpitou, the bodyguard, acted like a hands-off manager, offering only one response from beginning to end: "Just make sure you hand over enough food every day, and you can decide everything else yourself."

Another of her direct guards, Owl Yapf, also emphasized that the soldier ant corps must ensure that the Queen receives a sufficient amount of fresh food every day.

However, compared to Neferpitou's completely laissez-faire attitude, he did take on the responsibilities of a legion commander, providing the soldier ants with a way to further strengthen their own power.

That is his manipulation ability, Scale Powder Loves Izumi.

By spreading scales around a target, Oyapof can sense the flow of Nen and then analyze the target's mental information.

The flow of Nen can express more than thirty kinds of emotional states, and based on the degree of mixing, Oyapov can discern the target's thoughts and personality.

Once you understand the target's thoughts and personality, you can use that as a basis to help them develop a Nen ability that is highly compatible with theirs.

At the same time, the hypnotic properties of scale powder can be used to significantly reduce the difficulty of developing the target's abilities through methods similar to psychological suggestion.

However, he did not necessarily have to discover Nen abilities for every soldier ant; he simply gave them a choice.

After the news spread among the soldiers, many division commanders and army commanders could not hide their excitement.

Their emotional journey during this period was full of twists and turns.

At first, they regarded humans as prey to be slaughtered at will, until many of their companions died tragically at the hands of humans, and they realized that they were so wrong.

Later, with Neferpitou's help, they mastered Nen abilities, greatly increasing their life energy intensity, and believed that they finally had the means to fight against those human monsters.

However, after the human side annihilated hundreds of their teams with overwhelming force, they were once again thoroughly awakened.

Simply increasing the intensity of life energy is not enough!

They desperately need the power of thought to fully unleash the potential of their life energy.

However, they have only been exposed to Nen for a very short time. They haven't even mastered the most basic Nen techniques, let alone developed a fully formed ability.

It seems that their only advantage over those powerful humans is the strength of life energy they can easily obtain after opening their minds.

In this dire situation, the opportunity that Xiaoyapf gave them was as precious as timely rain.

Immediately, some division commanders and army commanders went to seek Xiao Yapu's help.

However, some division commanders and army commanders do not need this kind of help at all.

They are the soldier ants who were given upgrade abilities by Melena.

Killing a human will level you up by 1.

Killing a person with special abilities will level you up 50 times.

Reaching level 21 allows you to easily develop the abilities you desire.

Reaching level 51 will significantly enhance the intensity of your life energy.

Killing 51 humans is as simple as eating and drinking for them.

This means that the Queen's appetite has recently increased dramatically, and the hunting teams have suffered frequent attacks and heavy losses, so they have to hand over more fresh humans.

This subtly affected their leveling efficiency.

Otherwise, they could easily level up, let alone reach level 21, or even level 51.

With such a convenient ability at hand, there's naturally no need for Shayapov's help.

Moreover, after they received the upgrade ability from Melena, they were bound by the constraint that they could not reveal this ability to unrelated people.

Only by reaching level 100 can this restriction be lifted and the right to "infect" others be gained.

As for Melina, it's even less likely that she would contact her direct guards.

On the one hand, it's unnecessary; on the other hand, she won't easily show herself to increase her presence unless absolutely necessary.

She mostly delegated tasks to the commanders of her troops.

And in providing the queen ant with ample food and nutrition, she was even more dedicated than her direct guards.

Because the earlier the queen ant is born, the sooner she can liberate the ant colony.

That's right.

We must wait for the king ant to be born.

This is something that can't be helped.

Soldier ants that retain humanity and emotions possess stronger bodies and greater talents than lower-ranking soldiers.

However, on a spiritual level, they still cannot escape the shackles of the ant colony's instinct.

So far...

Among the more than 250 soldier ants, only two managed to break free from this biological hierarchy through their own willpower.

One is Zairou, who left NGL long ago.

The other one is her, Melina.

Therefore, only when the Ant King is born and leaves the ant colony with his personal guards will Melena have the opportunity to liberate the ant colony.

Before that, what she had to do was remind her "downline members" to accumulate power as discreetly as possible.

........................

Melina's reminder was correct.

But the unpredictability of human nature is also reflected in this group of chimeric ants that have incorporated human genes.

Some soldier ants only follow their own desires.

The power of thought can amplify both good and evil, as well as desire.

In order to level up faster and gain greater power, some soldier ants will naturally risk their lives driven by desire.

Day 14 of the hunting plan.

“A rather formidable individual has appeared.”

In the rocky mountain area, in front of a hidden cave entrance high up, Mo Laowu suddenly raised an eyebrow.

Nob, who was standing next to him, had just finished a bottle of water. He crushed the empty bottle and asked, "Is it stronger than the team we just gave to the chairman?"

"Judging from the sheer volume of 'qi' alone, it is considerably stronger."

Mo Laowu quickly made a judgment, his gaze behind his sunglasses falling on a forest area shrouded in white smoke below. He calmly said, "His support speed is very fast, but he is too reckless. He didn't even hesitate for a moment before rushing into my smoke zone."

"On a?"

Norb casually tossed the flattened plastic bottle aside.

Mo Laowu nodded and asked, "Should we send him to the chairman?"

"hold on."

Following Mo Laowu's gaze, Nobu looked at the distant forest shrouded in smoke and said calmly, "Although we are only responsible for transporting the prey, the timing of the transport must follow the guild leader's instructions."

"also."

Mo Laowu did not object.

That was the plan all along.

The quantity and frequency of all transmissions shall be determined according to Chairman Netero's instructions.

"It's rare to encounter such a strong individual; he's ultimately a threat. Let's restrict his movements first."

Just in case, Mo Laowu decided to trap this powerful chimera ant first.

After all, the final stage of the plan was for the entire expeditionary force to launch a general offensive against the ant nest.

Before that, no threatening chimeric ant should be let go.

Mo Laowu stood up from the rocky ground, adjusted his mental power, and prepared to gradually shrink the smoke that was originally used to obscure the view, and then transform it into a white smoke prison that could imprison the target.

This is a branch of his Purple Smoke ability system, called Prison Lockdown.

"Mo Laowu, are you planning to use the prison as a lockdown?"

Upon seeing this, Norb immediately asked.

Mo Laowu, holding his large pipe, said, "That's right. Although the smoke now covers a wide area, it can only interfere with vision at most, and it lacks the effect that a cage should have."

As he spoke, he raised his cigarette holder, took a deep drag, and continued after the smoke had filled his lungs: "I'm worried that once that chimera ant is sure all its companions are gone, it will immediately retreat from the smoke zone, and it will be hard to say whether we can catch it then."

"But if I remember correctly, for your 'Prison Lockdown' ability to be indestructible, besides tightening the area, you also need to be present, right?"

Norbu stood up and looked at Mo Laowu.

Mo Laowu nodded.

Norb frowned slightly and asked, "Are you confident?"

"Ha, you only know the answer to these things after you've fought them."

Mo Laowu did not give a definite answer, but the aura flowing around him revealed a calm confidence.

"Winning or losing is another matter, but simply trapping him is still easy. After all, my Purple Smoke Fist is the most adaptable skill."

"..."

Nobu raised his hand to his chin, silently weighed the matter for a while, and finally agreed with Mo Laowu's judgment.

More precisely, he believed in Mo Laowu's abilities.

Mo Laowu walked to the edge of the cliff, exhaled a puff of white smoke, which quickly condensed into a large bird.

But just as he was about to ride the giant bird to the area where the chimeric ant was, something unexpected happened!

The white smoke covering the entire forest is disappearing at an alarming rate.

No.

It didn't disappear; rather, it was absorbed by some force. Mo Laowu and Nobu's eyes narrowed simultaneously, both looking towards a certain spot within the smoky area.

A vortex-like center of gravity had formed there, frantically sucking in all the surrounding white smoke.

Strangely, despite the strong suction, the surrounding trees remained completely still, and even the leaves falling in the wind were unaffected.

This unusual scene made the experienced Mo Laowu and Nobu immediately realize a fact.

"It's Nen ability, no wonder they're so fearless, and... my 'ki' mixed into the smoke was isolated."

A rare solemn expression appeared on Mo Laowu's face.

Nob raised his hand and gently pushed up his glasses, saying, "Isolation? So, the gas you used to manipulate the smoke hasn't disappeared, it's just that you can't take it back?"

"Yes."

Mo Laowu said in a deep voice, "Now, we can't let him go even more."

This is a special attack ability that can be used to target him.

In just a few words of conversation between the two, the white smoke that had been shrouding the vast forest was completely absorbed.

at this time,
Both Mo Laowu and Nobu saw the true form of the chimeric ant.

It was a chimeric ant with a slightly hunched posture and a belly swollen like a balloon, possessing genetic characteristics of both toads and humans.

He was only wearing a pair of gray boxer shorts, and his exposed chest and abdomen still retained the skin texture that a human should have.

However, the rest of the body was completely covered by a thick, wet, bumpy, grayish-brown skin.

In some areas, the bumps are particularly dense, and they have an unpleasant oily sheen under the light.

His face was covered with bumps, and a large, flat mouth almost spanned the entire length of his face. When he closed his mouth, you could see that the cheeks on both sides were slightly swollen.

In other words, it is a pair of eyes, like a human's, with clear black and white, capable of clearly expressing inner emotions.

Upon seeing the Chimera Ant's swollen belly, Morel and Nob instantly understood the form of its ability.

"He must be at the division commander level."

"Yes, he's stronger than any division commander we've ever encountered before."

Mo Laowu and Norbu exchanged a glance.

Once the Chimera Ants master Nen, they can start from a point far above humans due to their innate racial advantages.

Moreover, over time, chimeric ants can further increase the upper limit of their manifest gas volume.

Fortunately, their cultivation intentions were relatively weak, and for the past half month, the intensity of their spiritual energy displayed by each chimera ant has been within a controllable range.

The one we see now is clearly different.

They felt that he was exceptionally talented and could achieve a significant improvement in his abilities within half a month.

Most importantly, they developed a relatively mature Nen ability.

now.

The division commander, named Kalishu, quickly spotted Mori and Nobu on the cliff edge of the rocky mountain after inhaling the white smoke using his ability.

"Two? But I only need one."

A hint of urgency flashed in Kalista's eyes.

He is currently at level 52. If he can kill Morel or Nob, he can level up to 100.

At that time, his life energy intensity will be significantly enhanced once again.

"There isn't even a single corpse in sight, but Luco's team's signal has definitely disappeared. It seems to be an ability to move objects to other places."

From where Kalishu was, one could see the pipe in Mo Laowu's hand.

Therefore, one can immediately guess that the white smoke was created by Mo Laowu, and the object transfer ability that one speculates about may be another human.

"Never mind, let's just do it!"

The urgency in Kalista's eyes instantly turned into a tangible killing intent, and a torrent of life energy erupted from his body.

He suddenly bent over and lay prone on the ground, his movement resembling a toad poised to pounce.

Those grayish-brown legs were bent and spread apart, the soles of the feet pressed firmly against the ground, the whole body's center of gravity sinking down, like a fully drawn bow.

His back, covered with thick, grayish-brown bumps, was raised high, and the muscles could be clearly seen writhing and taut, obviously accumulating a large amount of elastic potential energy.

The next instant, Kalishu's legs suddenly stretched out.

Bang!
The ground cracked open, and a wave of sand exploded out.

Kalischau shot towards Mo Laowu and Norbu, who were standing on the cliff edge of the rocky mountain, as fast as lightning.

This swift and decisive attack showed no sign of probing or concern for the previously speculated ability to transfer objects.

Quite confident!
Mo Laowu and Nobu entered combat mode almost simultaneously.

They truly hadn't expected the other side to dare to launch such a brazen and direct attack.

It seems that he was merely relying on his self-proclaimed superiority over them, and because he had succeeded in his abilities, he thought he had weakened Mo Laowu.

But clearly, they lacked genuine reverence for the profoundness of the concept of recitation.

"If you think it would take me a lot of effort to create that kind of smoke, then you're seriously underestimating me!"

Mo Laowu's manifest energy was only one-fifth of its capacity, and given his extensive experience, he quickly devised several countermeasures.

But just as Mo Laowu was about to take action, a sudden energy fluctuation made him move even faster.

"!!!"

In an instant, Mo Laowu, Nobu, and even Kalish, who was attacking with all his might and had no turning back, all felt the oppressive feeling that was surging in like a tsunami.

Out of the corner of my eye, a fluorescent green light bullet, as large as a millstone, shot straight toward Kalishu, who was moving at high speed in mid-air, carrying astonishing power.

"Where did the attack come from!?"

Kalishu's clear black and white pupils were suddenly filled with a dangerous fluorescent green, and a sense of death crisis that pierced his soul instantly enveloped him.

But perhaps driven by the survival instinct deeply rooted in his biological nature, at that critical moment, he didn't even have time to think before he suddenly opened his flat, wide mouth.

puff!
A thick plume of white smoke billowed from his mouth.

It was the smoke that Mo Laowu had just inhaled!
Using the sudden puff of smoke as a counterforce, Kalishu abruptly reversed his trajectory in the air, his body plummeting downwards, narrowly deviating from the original attack path of the psychic bullet.

On the rocky mountain cliff.

Mo Laowu's gaze followed his figure closely, and he frowned, saying, "He actually used my cigarette to change direction..."

I thought the other party would be able to escape danger by using this.

However, the next moment, both he and Norb's pupils shrank.

The fluorescent green psychic bullet, which should have missed its target, seemed to possess a life of its own, tracing a strange arc in mid-air and precisely locking onto Kalishu once again, following his descent.

"What!?"

Kalishu's eyes were once again filled with that destructive fluorescent green light.

This time, he had no room to dodge.

"I can block it... I definitely can block it!"

The shadow of death completely enveloped him, and in his extreme fear, Calishie's mind was suddenly filled with the warning that Melena had once given him.

If he hadn't been in such a rush to upgrade, if he had been more patient...

However it was too late.

The surging fluorescent green energy completely engulfed his body. His thoughts, like a taut string, snapped with a silent crack, sinking into endless cold and darkness.

Boom!

The fluorescent green telekinetic bullet pressed down on his body, crashing into the forest like a meteor, accompanied by a deafening roar, and the earth seemed to tremble violently.

The rampaging energy did not dissipate immediately, but instead, like a furious giant python, it lashed and pushed forward along the ground.

Wherever it passed, the soil churned up, and the vegetation crumbled, lifted high by the surging air currents.

A shocking deep ravine stretched out, as if a scorching scar had been torn open in the forest floor.

This is the full-force attack that Lv.80 Moro unleashed with his maximum manifested energy.

The goal is to release the deceptive flying star in a "hard" way, which will expose a huge weakness in the battle.

However, thanks to the "Star" lock-on ability, Moro can recklessly accumulate all his strength from a safe position.

This attack instantly killed Kalista, who was about the same level as Moro.

The experience gained from the feedback finally allowed Moro to successfully reach Lv.81.

"Finally..."

Moro looked down at the rings on the back of his hand, his eyes filled with anticipation.

At level 21, he gained an opportunity to create Nen abilities, which greatly reduced the difficulty of developing those abilities.

At Lv.51, his apparent gas volume was significantly increased.

So, what kind of rewards will you receive after reaching Lv.81?
Under his gaze, the character representing rank in the center of the tree rings seemed to be triggered, and the edges of its outline suddenly shimmered.

Immediately afterwards, a soft sphere of light, shaped like a dandelion, emerged from the light and floated lightly before Morrow's eyes.

"The same reward as at Lv.21..."

It was thanks to this reward that Morrow was able to successfully develop the ability to condense starlight.

It was from that moment on that they truly seized the opportunity to defy fate.

Unexpectedly, the reward for Lv.81 was yet another opportunity to easily develop abilities.

Without hesitation, Moro extended his index finger and gently touched the ball of light, absorbing the reward into his consciousness.

"With this reward, I might be able to develop the ability to break through the mental defenses of my direct guards even if I'm not a level higher, within a day."

A glint flashed in Moro's eyes.

When he was developing the ability of flying star leap, he had already deeply experienced the difficulty of developing powerful Nen abilities.

Later, it was through the insights gained from studying the character "神" (divine) that the upper limit of the flying star leap was further expanded.

Now that we have this reward, we no longer need to spend a lot of time and energy, nor do we need to worry about not getting a return on our efforts.

By fully considering the compatibility of Nen attributes, a brand new and powerful Nen ability can be developed in a targeted manner.

This might also be...

This is a crucial step that will allow him to reach Lv.90 in one fell swoop.

Just as Moro was receiving the upgrade reward.

Mo Laowu and Nuobu, who were at the rocky mountain, were looking at the deep ravine left behind by the explosion of the flying star below, both with expressions of shock.

Outside the anthill, Neferpitou, who was on guard, also clearly saw the sudden explosion and bright light in the distance.

Even the owl-yapf and yuppi inside the ant nest, as well as other chimeric ants.

They all sensed the brief but powerful fluctuations in energy generated by the explosion of the flying star at that moment.

However, among the chimera ants, only Neferpitou showed a reaction as if facing a formidable enemy.

(End of this chapter)