Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 421 Upgrade again
He abandoned any intention to defend, thus pouring all his killing intent into the final strike.

Neferpitou's posthumous thoughts responded to his loyalty to the Ant King in this way.

Her body was riddled with holes, her eyes were bloodshot and drooping, her jaw was dislocated, exposing her bloody gums and teeth, and her limbs and back were mutilated due to extensive penetrating injuries.

Only that arm, which held all the will to die, pierced through Moro's chest as he wished.

Moro was thus pushed away from the overwhelming barrage of fire from the entire Stone Wall squad by Neferpitou's lunge.

However, Mo Laowu, who was physically and mentally exhausted after the intense battle, had neither the assistance of the Pipe and the Purple Smoke Soldiers nor the high-speed explosive power of Moro, so he could only rely on his physical body to withstand the damage.

However, he was ultimately just an operator, with only 60% of his enhancement-type conversion defense power, and he simply couldn't withstand the coordinated firepower of the Stone Wall Squad.

Faced with this outcome, he could only carry the question of "who attacked them" and the guilt and remorse towards Moro as he awaited the moment he was about to be swallowed by darkness.

Compared to the malice emanating from the King and his guards—a malice that viewed humans as insects—that came from a species-level perspective…

The most terrifying thing is malice that comes from humanity itself, or from one's own kind.

This is an indisputable fact.

Every member who threw themselves into this battle against the biological catastrophe—Moro, Nitero, Nakuro, Mo Laowu, Xiutuo, Graqiang, and others—used their awareness as a shield and their will as a spear, burning with the most ardent and sublime light of humanity.

However, the brighter the light, the more it reflects the unfathomable malice of its own kind.

So what exactly is the difference between humans and chimeric ants?

Perhaps, this is the answer.

Morel disagreed with Nob on whether to have Morelo give up restraining Neferpitou.

The usually rational Nobu made an emotional choice that was more beneficial to Moreau's safety.

Mo Laowu, who is usually sentimental, was defeated by reason for the first time because of the sacrifice of Na Kulu and others, in order to ensure that the battle driven by the lives of his comrades would inevitably be won.

He made a choice that was disadvantageous to Moro, but beneficial to the overall situation of the war.

But he was ultimately not a completely rational person.

When he realized that he was transferring the risk of his "choice" to Moro, his inherent kindness and loyalty led him to resolutely rush to the battlefield to support Moro, even though he could no longer guarantee his ability to fight on the front lines.

Isn't this also a manifestation of guilt?

In life, we always have to face countless choices.

Who can say that they have no regrets from the very beginning?
As the beam of telekinetic energy pierced through his body and his life force rapidly drained away, Mo Laowu felt no fear of death.

Only regret for that choice, and the resulting apology and guilt towards Moro, could lead to that.

But he no longer had the chance to speak to Moro, and even his apologetic gaze seemed to be completely hidden by his sunglasses.

However, before his consciousness was completely extinguished, he still managed to meet Morrow's glimpse out of the corner of his eye.

In the final moment, which passed slowly like a revolving lantern, he saw Moro's lips move slightly.

"It's ok."

Mo Laowu seemed to hear such a voice.

Rumble!
Continuous energy beams bombarded the ground, causing violent explosions.

This drained the potential energy of the Stone Wall Squad members in a short time, resulting in a comprehensive barrage that ultimately failed to hit Moro.

However, this created an opportunity for Neferbitt.

The surroundings were clearly filled with the sounds of rain and explosions, but Morrow could not hear anything. He withdrew his gaze from Morrow and turned to look at Neferpitou's horribly disfigured face.

His expression was calm.

Even though Neferpitou's death wish seized the opportunity, Morrow avoided the crucial moment.

The blow that pierced his chest wasn't enough to kill him instantly, but without prompt treatment, he would die soon.

While suppressing Neferpitou's corpse with his right hand and continuously absorbing the death energy, Moro condensed a Soul-Stealing Star in his left hand.

Before launching the final assault, he prepared some "blood packs" and placed them in Nob's four-dimensional apartment.

Now, as long as the Blood-Stealing Star is released, Nob, who can see this scene, will open the passage to the room where the blood packs are stored, as agreed beforehand.

In this way, there will be time for treatment.

"..."

However, Moro remembered that he still had one more chance to go back in time.

He also thought of Netero's defeat, the Chimera Ant King's miraculous resurrection, his teammates' willingness to sacrifice their lives for victory, and Bynd, whom he had put on his kill list.

"never mind……"

Moro suddenly looked up at the sky, facing the wind and rain. His originally calm gaze was abruptly replaced by a chilling killing intent.

At the same time, the emerald green luster of the Star Essence gathered in his hand faded at an extremely fast speed, and instead began to expand rapidly.

This is the purest and most powerful form of emanating energy transformation.

Thus, after Moro poured out all his manifested energy, it expanded into a psychic bullet with a diameter of over five meters.

Sniping with psychic energy as bullets eliminates the need to consider ballistic attenuation or factors such as wind.

It will only form a perfectly straight line of fire within a certain range.

This is an advantage that can maximize the hit rate, but it also has the disadvantage of easily revealing the position.

Moro could pinpoint the sniper targeting him and Mo Laowu based on the straight trajectory of the bullet.

He raised his arm, and the giant psychic projectile soared high into the air. The next instant...
The telekinetic bullet shot out of Moro's hand like a missile, tearing through the rain curtain and carving a vacuum trajectory between heaven and earth. It pierced through the clouds at an astonishing speed, heading straight for the airship where the Stone Wall Squad was located.

Having already exhausted his companions' potential energy, Muhai'er's expression changed drastically when he saw the destructive energy piercing through the clouds.

"Hey hey...are you kidding me?"

His movement of leaning out of the cockpit froze halfway, his eyes wide open, his pupils contracting violently from shock, as if he had witnessed something beyond imagination.

“That damn… monster…”

This was the last trembling whisper of Muhlmann at the end of his life.

"boom!!!"

The giant psychic bullet struck the airship, and the blinding white light from the explosion instantly engulfed the Stone Wall Squad and the other ability users on the airship.

The shockwave that followed rippled outwards, creating a huge hole in the churning dark clouds below.

The palace floor.

Through the enormous hole, Moro saw the fate of the airship, then casually withdrew his gaze and slowly lowered it to the back of his right hand, which was absorbing death energy.

"Lv.96→Lv.97"

Perhaps it was because Neferpitou allowed him to level up to Lv.96 and accumulate most of the experience points needed to reach Lv.97.

So after taking down the multiple ability users on that airship, they finally gained the last bit of experience.

But Moro's gaze did not linger on the rank characters; instead, it fell upon Neferpitou's gruesome face once more.

"The last piece of the puzzle... if it's you... that's fine too..."

Endless darkness descended.

………………

Consciousness reawakened from the darkness.

The sharp whistle of a train could be heard, gradually fading into the distance, and one could still faintly hear Xiaomai's grateful farewell.

As the sound grew louder, the darkness before my eyes was suddenly pulled back at the speed of light, revealing a dilapidated train station and a bustling crowd.

You're still the same as always~

A familiar voice came from behind.

That was Hisoka's voice.

Moro ignored him and immediately looked at the growth rings on the back of his hand.

The energy of the third growth ring has been exhausted, while the energy of the fourth growth ring has been fixed at 96%.

It jumped from 41% to 96%, a full 55% of the energy of death thoughts was transformed.

Although part of it comes from Poteklin, it also shows the intensity of Neferpitou's afterlife thoughts and the strong will contained within them.

"Among BYYAND's team, the most likely candidate to launch long-range attacks using coordinated abilities is that mercenary team called the Stone Wall Squad..."

After the death rewind, Moreau had more time to think.

He was absolutely certain that the person who made the move belonged to By-Yang De.

Although most of these people had not shown their Nen abilities, using this as a starting point, Moro immediately thought of the legendary "Stone Wall Team" and the iconic giant robot in the team.

The Stone Wall Squad is built around this robot, and through the coordinated operations of its members, it has been able to construct a firepower strike system that has earned it a formidable reputation in war.

In addition, this long-range sniping operation also largely relied on the long-range reconnaissance and targeting capabilities of the other members of Yang De's team.

By Yangde's ambition to conquer the Dark Continent...

Over the past fifty years, he has given his all, honing his personal skills and building a professional team; he has probably pushed himself to the limit.

In this respect, compared to the planning and investment of someone like Yang De, Jin, who also aims to explore the Dark Continent, is simply playing house.

Moro's mind flashed through the faces of many members of Byrd's team, and he also thought of the scene in the original story where Pariston sent out a fleet of airships to retrieve the 5000 flesh eggs in Midgard after the punitive expedition.

However, the airship fleet should have arrived the day after the end of the punitive expedition.

But this time they were in place ahead of schedule.

This can only mean that Pariston used his power as acting chairman to bypass Netero, privately deploy the airship fleet, and send non-Association combat personnel.

This strategic arrangement is likely intended to ensure the smooth progress of the entire plan.

On the one hand, they need to ensure Netero's death, but on the other hand, they cannot let the situation get too out of control, causing too much impact on the Hunter Association afterward.

On the other hand, there was probably also the intention to eliminate him completely.

“Pariston, Beyond…”

After clearing his mind, Moro murmured the name in his heart, his eyes eerily calm.

He wasn't without precautions against Pariston and Byron, but he wasn't God; how could he have predicted that the source of the attack was always waiting for its chance in the clouds?

They would never have imagined that the airship fleet responsible for collecting the chimeric ant eggs in the original story actually possessed such a powerful weapon.

Now that things had come to this, his murderous intent towards Beyond and Pariston became even stronger.

Once this Chimera Ant incident is completely resolved, he will definitely make these two pay the price.

(End of this chapter)