Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 396: Drive straight in
The ant king lost an arm.

Neferpitou, who was supposed to be on guard duty, had to remove the extremely large circle in order to focus on stitching up the King Ant's severed arm.

They were even too distracted to control the soldier puppets.

For the expeditionary force, this was undoubtedly an excellent opportunity for a surprise attack.

The presence of Wheat, and the scene of her playing chess with the Ant King, cast a small question in everyone's minds.

They had no way of knowing why the ant king had severed his own arm; they could only vaguely speculate based on the scene before them…

All of this may be related to the girl in front of the chessboard.

So, if we were to launch a surprise attack right now, how should we view this situation, or take into account the girl's position and safety?

At this moment, Mo Laowu, Nakulu, and the others suddenly understood why Pangmu looked so solemn.

"We must inform the chairman of this news immediately."

Mo Laowu's eyes turned serious. He immediately took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed Nitero's contact number.

At this moment.

On a steep, rocky mountain in East Godot.

With his beard and hair shaved and his face solemn, Netero sat cross-legged in meditation.

His eyes were closed, and a powerful aura that could distort the surrounding air surrounded him.

However, the spiritual energy flowing through his body was as still and undisturbed as a deep pool.

This interplay of movement and stillness is like the complementary relationship between yin and yang.

They seem contradictory, yet they are perfectly integrated.

at the same time.

Above the clouds in the high sky of the continent of Eurubian.

A giant creature with several pairs of enormous wings is soaring through the air.

These are monsters kept by the Zoldyck family.

Zeno Zoldyck stood alone on the broad back of a monster, his robes, emblazoned with the words "One Kill a Day," fluttering in the howling wind.

The monster's destination was Nitro, located within the territory of East Godot.

Originally, Silva and Zeno were supposed to accompany him on this mission so that they could provide immediate support after the mission was completed.

However, due to Killua's sudden return home, the original plan had to be abandoned, and Zeno ended up going to East Goda alone.

Zeno was initially unwilling to accept this commission.

After all, he was an assassin.

Furthermore, the Hunter Association, as the most renowned civilian organization, has many talented individuals, especially when it comes to dealing with alien creatures...

Why bother hiring an assassin like him who only takes on assassination jobs when you can mobilize experts and specialists within the association?

But in the end, he still couldn't avoid Netero's three-pronged attack.

Spend huge sums of money and cultivate personal relationships.

They also claimed that their target was a dehumanizing alien species.

After these three moves, Zeno could only suppress his doubts about "why not mobilize the association members" and reluctantly accept Netero's request.

The room in the four-dimensional apartment.

Hearing the mechanical message "The other party's phone is switched off" coming from the other end of the phone, Mo Laowu's heart sank.

Although I know that Chairman Netero is probably still consolidating his forces at this moment...

But now a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is right in front of us.

Mo Laowu sighed and reluctantly put down his phone.

Integrating the body's strength to adjust to the optimal state for combat is indeed very important.

After all, the Ant King they were going to face was an existence even more powerful than their direct guards.

And just like that, a golden opportunity slipped through our fingers...

The regret and resentment intertwined between gains and losses left Mo Laowu feeling heavy-hearted.

Seeing Morel's reaction, the other members of the raiding party immediately guessed that he had failed to contact Chairman Netero.

"Without the guild leader's participation, even with a master like Moro, it would be difficult for us to seize this opportunity."

Nakuru is skilled at assessing an enemy's level of aggression and has also faced off against Yupi in a direct confrontation.

Therefore, when he sensed the Ant King's aura in the Ant Nest, he understood that only Chairman Netero could handle a monster like the Ant King.

If Chairman Netero were not present, even with the Chimera Ant King now missing an arm, the Chimera Ant Squad would have virtually no chance of winning given their current overall strength.

Moreover, they had to consider the terrible consequences that defeat might bring.

If the operation fails, it will completely disrupt all the pre-established plans.

It is more likely that they will follow in the footsteps of those ability user legions and become breeding material for Chimera Ants to enhance their combat power.

This highly probable consequence is their deepest concern.

Just like Mo Laowu, Na Kulu was filled with resentment and found it hard to accept that he had missed such a good opportunity.

Upon hearing Nakuru's words, the other members of the extermination team tacitly accepted this reality.

Without being able to contact Nitero to work together, the cost of failure would be too high.

"In any case, now is an unprecedentedly good opportunity."

Nob stared at the image inside the crystal ball, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "I can try to infiltrate the palace and set the 'exit' of the dimensional apartment closer to it."

"..."

All eyes turned to Norb.

Mo Laowu hesitated for a moment, but finally asked, "Nobu, can you... hold on?"

He did not directly question Nob's abilities, but instead concealed his concern in his words, only asking Nob whether he could handle it.

Since the failed attack on the ant nest, they had vaguely sensed that Norb's mental state was gradually declining.

As the plan progressed, this mental fatigue and lethargy became increasingly apparent.

They roughly understood the reasons for Norb's change, but found it difficult to intervene.

The existence of Nen abilities is largely based on the personality and upbringing of the person with the ability.

Nob's ability to create a "four-dimensional apartment" roughly reflects his personality traits.

This refers to the importance placed on a sense of security.

The terrifying aura emanating from his direct guards and the King of the Ants directly robbed Nob of his sense of security.

This left Nob with a psychological trauma.

Unfortunately, this kind of shadow cannot be resolved with just a few words.

In other words, Norbu always managed to complete his assigned tasks, so even though Mo Laowu and the others noticed this, they didn't point it out.

However, when formulating the final battle plan, they tacitly agreed to let Nob take charge of logistics and support, so that he would not have to shoulder the enormous pressure of frontal combat.

To be honest, it's a bit surprising to see Nob volunteering to take on such a risky mission.

"I'm not afraid you'll laugh at me."

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Nob slowly lowered his head, staring at his slightly trembling fist, his voice somewhat deep: "Right now, just imagining standing in front of those monsters makes me tremble uncontrollably."

At this point, he chuckled self-deprecatingly and then took a deep breath.

When he spoke again, there was a slight difference in his tone.

That wasn't a sudden burst of courage, but rather a clear understanding.

If it's something only he can do, he absolutely cannot back down.

"But I still have to go, because it concerns the safety of each and every one of you."

Nob raised his head and briefly stated his reasons and motives.

If the exit of the four-dimensional apartment could be located closer to the palace, it would not only improve the efficiency of the raiding party, but also serve as a crucial escape route.

In theory, as long as there are enough dimensional apartment passageways inside the palace.

Even if Nob is unable to participate in the battle later, he can immediately take his injured teammates to the dimensional room equipped with a medical team.

From this perspective, it truly concerns everyone's safety. And for Nob himself, this is the limit of what he can do.

Therefore, he had to go all out.

At times like these, no one would think that Norb lacked courage or boldness.

Although Nob's infiltration of the palace may indeed greatly benefit the entire plan.

However, the risks involved are also clearly visible.

Amidst that immense risk, not only could Nobu lose his life, but if he were captured alive by his direct guards, the entire operation plan, as well as the intelligence on their abilities, would be exposed.

Even so, everyone still unconditionally believed in Nob's abilities.

………………

In Peijing City.

The chimera soldiers, now free from Neferpitou's control, stood frozen in place like statues.

Although they still exuded Nen energy, they were no longer a threat.

With a wave of his hand, Moro easily reaped the chimera soldiers who had lost their ability to move.

Soon, the last one also fell in his hands.

"Still unable to upgrade..."

After clearing out this batch of experience pets, Moro's age ring character on the back of his hand remained at Lv.90.

More than two hundred Nen users, equivalent to the level of Shadow Beasts...

Such a huge quantity failed to even reach level one.

This seems to be because "breaking the talent cap" directly corresponds to the "experience decay" mechanism of leveling up.

To use a game analogy, at his current level, clearing out these soldiers would probably only give him "+1+1" experience points per kill.

While it's still possible to upgrade by simply increasing numbers, that would obviously require an enormous number of people.

"It seems that if I want to reach Lv.95 in one go, I still have to kill monsters like my direct guards who are higher level than me."

Moro didn't look at the corpses scattered on the ground; instead, he gazed at the outline of the palace shrouded in dark clouds in the distance.

The remaining two direct guards...

The only one we might be able to get rid of is Xyapuf.

This guy's manifested energy level is also very high, but the "King of Flies" clone ability is actually designed to highlight the mechanism's effect, thus weakening his own energy advantage.

Without the advantage in terms of magnanimity, Moro could see a clear opportunity to assassinate Shayapuf.

more importantly……

Yapf is the type who can solve problems with his fists, but insists on using his brain instead.

Therefore, the threat, or even the sense of oppression, from direct combat is far less than that from Upi and Neferpitou.

Moro was confident he could handle Oyapov, but the only problem was that his teammates were having trouble containing Neferpitou.

There is a greater possibility of casualties under Neferpitou's high-intensity attack.

Thinking of this, Moro looked up again at the rolling black clouds in the sky that seemed about to collapse.

A heavy rain is coming.

That's just right.

Moro withdrew his gaze.

When they returned to the four-dimensional apartment, their teammates had already finalized the mission for Nob to infiltrate the palace and set up an exit.

Meanwhile, Pence's side also obtained the latest intelligence.

With Neferpitou removing the circle and the palace's defenses weakened, her swarms of bees were able to infiltrate deeper into the palace more freely.

Then they discovered strange trees covered with fleshy eggs in the palace courtyard, and two hundred chimera soldiers standing motionless under one of the bare trees.

In addition, through close observation of the bee colony, Peng Si noticed a fleshy egg on a large tree, in which the outline of the figure inside the egg could be clearly seen wriggling continuously.

That sight was like the movement of a fetus.

It was as if something was about to hatch from an egg.

This is clearly incubating puppet soldiers.

The group didn't pay much attention, but were more determined to win this operation.

Otherwise, once the Chimera Ants hatch more ability-wielding puppets...

At that time, even a strong person like Chairman Netero would probably be worn down to death by sheer numbers.

"I have to go too."

Moro had no objection to Nob's plan of action, but he himself also needed to go to the palace.

Facing the immediate gazes of the crowd, he explained:
"The stars I previously implanted on the puppet soldiers have now been transferred to my direct guards. As long as they don't have the ability to exorcise Nen, I can continue to interfere with their treatment of the Ant King through the 'stars'."

At this point, Moro turned to look at Nob, who was already fully prepared, and said calmly, "Moreover, my actions can relieve a lot of pressure on Nob."

Upon hearing Moro's words, Nob's eyes flickered slightly, his lips trembled, but he ultimately remained silent.

Peng Si suddenly raised her hand and reminded her, "But my 'classmate ability' can only be shared with one person."

"It's okay, I don't need vision assistance."

Morrow glanced at Pence.

Peng Si hesitated for a moment upon seeing this, then nodded to Moro.

Given the nature of Nob's mission, he certainly needs the support of his "classmates'" perspectives.

Moreover, the bee colony can risk its life for Norb, which can greatly improve Norb's safety.

This is the synergistic effect between Nen abilities.

After the operation was finalized, Moro did not rush to set off.

He knew very well that it would take Neferpitou at least two hours to complete the treatment of the ant king.

Therefore, rather than racing against time, it is more important to restore our potential energy and physical strength now.

Norb, however, did not need to rest. He took the lead and, guided by the swarm of bees, quickly moved towards the palace.

After half an hour.

After eating the medicinal cuisine prepared by Menchi, Moro's latent energy had almost fully recovered.

Then Pence was instructed to control Bumblebee and use simple circling flight commands to convey to Nob the intention of opening the passage to the four-dimensional apartment.

Upon receiving the instructions, Nob immediately set up a passage connecting to the room where Morrow was located.

Before leaving the four-dimensional room, Morel entrusted the task of persuading Netero to come over as soon as possible to Morel.

As for how to contact Niterói...

It's not a big deal.

All we need is for Kurt to provide Zeno's emergency contact number.

Moro didn't bother to explain his response.

After leaving the four-dimensional apartment, Moro looked at Nob, who was standing by the corridor, and said, "Safety first."

"You too."

Nob nodded.

The two exchanged a glance and then went their separate ways.

Compared to Nob, who needed to be more cautious and discreet in secret, Moro wanted to attract attention openly and brazenly.

then,

Without hesitation, Moro fired a Deception Star at the Meat Tree Garden.

It flew towards the Flesh Tree Garden with a powerful aura that was like a beacon in the night.

Inside the palace.

The King Ant, Neferpitou, and Owl Yapf all showed a change in expression.

(End of this chapter)