I'm extremely interested in Nen abilities.

Until he met Gro = Gray Guo Meat.

If we were to use characters from the manga as an analogy, then Netero meeting Gero is like Gon meeting Killua.

However, Netero and Gero each have elements of Gon and Killua. Neither of them is as straightforward as Gon, and both have some of Killua's wickedness.

Gro and Netero fought a battle.

Niterlo lost.

……

"You actually lost?" Jingyang found it outrageous.

Netero chuckled, "Back then, I wasn't as strong as I am now. I was only about one-fifth of my peak strength... well, maybe even less."

"President, are you really being modest?" Biyou retorted.

Netero laughed smugly for a while, then sighed, "Gero boasts all day long, comparing himself to the True Martial King of Kakin back in the day. That has made me regret for many years that I wasn't born in the same era as the True Martial King. What a pity!"

Shaking his head, Netero continued, "Later, Gro went to the Dark Continent alone, while I went into the deep mountains to cultivate in seclusion. When I saw him again, it was more than ten years later. I hadn't changed much, but he had aged so much that he looked like a completely different person, and he was suffering from a strange poison..."

"In order to find an antidote for him, I found two helpers and we went to the Dark Continent together." The old man recalled the past. "With some experience provided by Gro, the three of us arrived at the Dark Continent smoothly, but after wasting several years, we returned disappointed in the end.

He stroked his barbed beard. "I'm quite disappointed. As for the other two, I don't know if they got anything."

Poison from the Dark Continent?

Jingyang and Xiaodi exchanged a glance.

Even Little Drop doesn't know where the things sucked up by the bulging-eyed fish are. There's never been a case of the sucked-up things mixing or getting mixed up, so they're not worried that the toxins sucked up by the bulging-eyed fish will mix with their personal belongings or even their food... Moreover, given that Little Drop can now freely release what the bulging-eyed fish has swallowed, this strange poison from the Dark Continent can even be used as a last resort.

For example, the King Ant.

If this thing can't withstand the rose poison, then it probably can't withstand this strange poison that killed Gro = Gray Guo meat either.

Jingyang patted Xiaodi's hand solemnly, "You little rascal, don't forget about this thing, or you won't be able to take it out when you need it later."

Jingyang continued to inquire about Gro = Grey Meat, but as expected, Netero only knew about Gro, but not much about Grey Meat.

Take Gon and Killua for example. They're such good friends, but it's not like Gon knows anything about the Zoldyck family.

Jing Yang wasn't disappointed. At least he learned about Gro = Grey Guo Rou, a person who once claimed his strength was no less than that of True Martial King Viggo = Grey Guo Rou. He also gained access to a unique poison that could be used as a trump card, and after Gro's death, his final thought, like some kind of occupational hazard, clung to him—a so-called parasitic thought beast…

Just then, the increasingly uneasy eight-armed black shadow on Jingyang's body seemed to have reached its limit and launched an attack on Biyou.

Swish!

An arm, like a sharp sword, stabbed towards Biyou's face.

Biyou lifted her laptop.

when!

The shadowy figure's arm was hidden behind the computer's back cover. Biyou tilted her head and said, "You want my blood, is that it?"

Swish!

Another arm came at her, but Netero grabbed it and threw her off the cliff.

Jingyang felt nothing at all.

This thing really does resemble a guardian spirit beast hatched from an egg in a pot. It feeds on his breath and has an instinct to protect its master. Jing Yang cannot control its attacks, but it is not affected by Jing Yang at all when it is attacked.

Before the eight-armed shadowy figure could fly up from the cliff, Biyou typed on the keyboard, "From what I can see, its ability is—after consuming the target's blood, it can absorb the target's energy. The more times it receives blood, the stronger the energy it can absorb. I speculate that it can at least instantly drain the target's manifest Nen, then drain it to the point of 'Absolute,' until it can also drain the target's life force..."

“It’s a conditional Nen ability,” Beyo said, “but it’s essentially an enhancement-type Nen, so it shouldn’t be immune to Manipulation-type Nen users.”

"A rather dangerous Nen beast, and you yourself don't seem to be able to control its actions." Netero stroked his beard. "Byu, are the Nen exorcists in the association available lately?"

“Let me see…” Biyou typed on the keyboard.

"Wait a moment." Jing Yang raised his hand. "There's no need for the exorcism, I'm fine."

Chapter 139 Octopus or Phoenix?

Jingyang raised his hand to refuse Biyou's request to contact the exorcist, and he had many reasons for doing so.

First of all, the abilities of the eight-armed shadowy spirit beast that parasitized her sounded pretty good.

Secondly, since it is a guardian spirit beast similar to Kajin Huiguo Rou, although I cannot completely control it, it does have the attribute of "guardianship", so I guess it will not be harmful to me. Biyou's analysis also provides evidence that this thing has a counterattack ability, which proves that it will only activate its ability when it is attacked or when it is attacked by me as the host; the energy it absorbs when parasitizing is not as efficient as its own natural recovery.

In the end, Jingyang did not tell Netero and the others everything.

He had a hunch that he could control the spirit beasts parasitizing him to some extent. Of course, he hadn't had the chance to try it yet, but he was probably right.

There seems to be no need to rush to get rid of a spirit beast that I can control to some extent, which is quite capable and doesn't put too much of a burden on me.

"Are you sure?" Biyou looked at him. "If you want to get rid of it, now is your best chance, especially with Chairman Netero's help. If you regret it later, it won't be so convenient; it will cost you a fee. And it will be an exorbitant price."

Jing Yang laughed and said, "If I regret it later, I'll just join your Hunter Association. Maybe I can even become the president. That way, you won't charge me an exorbitant exorcism fee, right?"

"Hehehe." Netero laughed.

Even the usually composed Biyou turned pale upon hearing this, slammed her laptop shut, and glared at Jingyang, saying, "You're still eight hundred years too early to challenge Chairman Netero."

Just like in the manga, the Hunter Association's cabinet, the "Twelve Earthly Branches," consists of ten members. Apart from Paliston, the "Rat" at the beginning and Freecss, the "Pig" at the end, the other ten are die-hard fans of Chairman Netero, or even loyal followers. They are willing to change their daily attire, habits, and even personalities to match the titles assigned to them by Netero.

That dog nose of Chidoroki's is probably either a manifestation or some kind of fake decoration...

While it's true that Snake Girl Gail is a Conjuration-type Devil Fruit user, before becoming one of the Zodiacs, she might not have had a fighting style that involved turning her hands into snakes...

Biyou is clearly a homebody who loves surfing the internet; she probably wouldn't have worn bunny ears and dressed like a bunny girl all the time in her younger days...

The same was true of Yin Da, the "Sheep" and Kang Zai, the "Tiger" that Jing Yang had met before. The former was covered in so much body hair that he looked like a sheep, while the latter was practically tattooed with the character "王" (king) on ​​his forehead. He was always prickly and irritating...

All the way back, Biyou kept a straight face, pressing her phone the whole way and ignoring Jingyang.

Actually, she wasn't still angry. It was just that she lost her temper earlier, and afterwards she felt she had overreacted. Even the president herself hadn't taken it seriously. But since she had already vented her anger, it seemed a bit awkward to suddenly put on a friendly face... So she simply materialized her phone and went online to surf the internet.

Jing Yang didn't really care. Just now, when he thought of Yin Da, he couldn't help but think of Men Qi. He wondered where this young gourmet hunter was wandering around now.

Speaking of which, Menqi's cooking is indeed delicious...

"Speaking of which, where's Kurapika?" Jingyang patted the listless Iwatzu on his shoulder. "Has his problem been resolved? Shizuku, go check on him."

After bidding farewell to Netero and the others, Jingyang led Xiaodi towards the front of the mountain.

On the way, the eight-armed black shadow flew over like a shadow and appeared behind him. From a distance, this appearance was... particularly dreadful.

Xiao Di looked at him, then at the eight-armed black shadow lingering behind him. "Won't that be very inconvenient?"

If it were any other Nen user, they would have spotted this at a glance.

"So we need to find a way to control it a little, and it would be best to put it away." Jing Yang said as he walked. "Don't think that just because you've angered me, you can still hang around in front of me. If you make a move recklessly, whether it's necessary or not, it will not only be an eyesore, but also a hindrance."

Little Di asked curiously, "How do I do it?"

Jingyang pondered, "Since it feeds on my breath and parasitizes me..."

He glanced out of the corner of his eye at the limp little gray bird on his shoulder, which jumped up with a start and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

A glint of jade-like light flashed in Jingyang's eyes as he gave the command to Yanque: "Protect your star marker. Don't let anyone destroy it."

The rose-gold pentagram mark on Rock Sparrow's body glowed slightly, and Jing Yang's special aura sprouted and took root like a seed, mixing into Rock Sparrow's own not-so-strong aura.

Jingyang tried to use that instinct, and a thought flashed through his mind.

call……

The eight-armed black shadow that swayed behind him like a ghost suddenly turned and flew toward the little gray bird on his shoulder.

"grumble?!"

The little gray bird was taken aback and flapped its wings to fly away.

The eight-armed black shadow chased after it, and its size shrank by more than half accordingly.

The rock finch flew away and fled.

The eight-armed black shadow flew and chased after them.

"grumble?!"

A rock sparrow cried out from mid-air, sounding as if it had been ruined.

After a while, it flew down with a "chirp chirp chirp" sound, excitedly showing Jingyang the eight black shadows on its body.

A jet-black, berserker-armor-like shadow floated on its body, its eight arms swaying gently like eight tail feathers. From a distance, it was hard to tell whether this creature that flew down was a phoenix or a bird-headed octopus...

Jingyang projected his consciousness, switching to a first-person perspective control method. He leaned over the rock sparrow and adjusted its aura.

The visible energy on the body surface gradually weakens...

The pores on a bird's body are different from those of a human's, and Jingyang was able to relive the clumsy experience of controlling his qi.

That was his experience during the first two minutes of practicing his Nen ability.

After that, he was never so clumsy or inefficient again...

If this were his own body, Jing Yang could switch between "Absolute" and "Firm" several times in a second. But on Yan Que, it took him a full half minute to barely seal all his pores, suppress all the qi on his body, and enter "Absolute"—instantly, the eight-armed black shadows that Jing Yang had summoned to parasitize Yan Que, those eight small black hands resembling phoenix tail feathers, gradually faded away until they disappeared.

"It didn't come back to me. Good." Jingyang nodded in satisfaction.

In this way, when Jingyang doesn't need this thing, he can lock it inside Yan Que's body and hang it on himself when he needs to use it.

“Remember this feeling, it’s called ‘perfection’.” Jingyang tapped Yan Que’s head with his finger.

The rock sparrow regained its senses, twisted its head in dissatisfaction, and preened the feathers on its neck with its beak, but its aura remained in the same 'absolute' state as before.

Using the commands of the "Star" icon, Jingyang can force Yanque to memorize "Ze" with her body.

However, it's not feasible to keep the Rock Sparrow in "Zetsu" all the time. Putting aside the fact that in the eyes of other Nen users, a bird with no aura on its body would be hard to miss; the risk of "Zetsu" alone needs to be taken into consideration.

When entering the state of "absolute", the body and mind have no ability to protect themselves.

Even if you were the Ant King Meruem, if he dared to enter the "Zetsu" realm, any well-trained hunter could easily destroy his body and mind with a single blow, ensuring he could never rise again.

So, for the rest of the journey, Jingyang tried to teach Yanque to release a small amount of air onto her body.

"Absolute" means that the body's surface energy is 0. When the parasitic beast has no energy to absorb, it will disappear.

As the Rock Sparrow released its "Absolute" and its energy, the eight black shadows on its body gradually appeared.

To keep the energy on Rock Sparrow's body in a state that was neither too dangerous ("Absolute") nor too dangerous (causing the entire eight-armed shadow to appear), Jingyang put in a lot of effort. He even personally logged in several times to micro-manage and adjust the energy on Rock Sparrow's body, finally controlling the energy on its surface to about a quarter of the "Entanglement" level.