I'm extremely interested in Nen abilities.

"Jing Ziyuan" glanced at the small, shadowy beast a couple more times, feeling that the woman's profile looked somewhat familiar. Was she deliberately concealing her face with that knitted hat and aviator sunglasses?

His wandering gaze met the eyes of the prison elephant behind Claudi.

Hell Elephant's Nen ability is Manipulation type.

However, he doesn't manipulate people; instead, he can lock down a closed space, turning it into an inescapable prison. Once the seal is successful, every bit of energy within the prison will be absorbed by it, nourishing him, the guardian deity of the prison. In this way, those imprisoned will only grow weaker, while he will grow stronger.

But when he came in, he wanted to use this ability to ensure the boss's safety, only to find that the ability failed to activate...

There are other Manipulation-type Nen users in this room, and they have already used their Manipulation abilities.

Yu Xiang didn't make any more noise. At least now he knew there was another system operating in this room, while the other party didn't know.

Damn it, could it be that they've found out I was controlling the purple ape?

"Jing Ziyuan" withdrew his gaze, pondering to himself. The fingernails behind his back quietly scratched his skin, and a trace of blood seeped out, which was then enveloped by a bubble-like mist.

The flying star bubbles drifted silently towards the ground...

The ten old men around the conference table were still arguing when, at one end of the round table, a sparsely white-haired old man coughed, and everyone quieted down. The white-haired old man's cloudy eyes looked at Claudi, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Four years ago, Alpha Edward committed suicide in public at the Sky Arena. Everyone is speculating, searching, that he found evidence of the True Martial King's treasure. Tell me, Claudi, what exactly do you have?"

As you can see, the Yin Beast standing behind the old man suddenly tensed up, and you could visually see that its aura had become much harder.

The atmosphere in the meeting room became even more serious.

All eyes turned to Claudi.

"For four years, no one has discovered any treasure that Edward might have hidden, not even a trace..."

"Claudi, you'd better not be playing us, or you'll regret it!"

"Don't be so scary," Claudi stubbed out his cigar, waved to the prison elephant behind him, and laughed at the crowd, "Otherwise, I won't tell you about getting Alpha-Edward's True Martial King's treasure map. Hehehe..."

Yu Xiang took something out of his pocket, operated the projector in the conference room a few times, and immediately the lights on the screen lit up, and a picture appeared in front of everyone.

Treasure map!

But only one corner of it.

"What do you mean by this?" the tall, thin, bald old man couldn't help but question. "Claudie, don't try anything funny!"

"It can't be fake, right?"

"We've been searching for four years without any results, but you've found it?"

"Heh, maybe we only found this corner, and it's just a fragment!"

Snapped!

The projector screen switched to a picture of a statue.

The black jade-like Buddha statue, with lifelike features of Zhenwu Wang Wei Hugo, has a compassionate expression and holds ritual implements, as if it is converting evil spirits.

For a moment, the other nine old men were stunned, even the white-haired old man with the most composed and dignified demeanor was no exception, his eyes fixed on the Ksitigarbha Buddha statue on the projector.

Claude relit his cigar and chuckled, "I wonder if you've ever heard of Kakin's national treasure?"

The old man who brought "Jing Ziyuan" in glanced at Claudi. "I've never heard of such a Ksitigarbha statue among Kakin's national treasure statues. Oh, I remember now, there isn't a single Buddha statue."

Claudie, puffing on his cigar, chuckled, "No, that's not true, Blatt. Did you really think I had the ability to pull one of the twenty-nine statues from the Kakin Kingdom's treasury? Haha, you overestimate me."

The other nine old men, including Blatt, fell silent and couldn't help but look at the Ksitigarbha statue on the projector.

If it were one of the twenty-nine statues of the Kingdom of Kakin, they would rather stay far away. Robbing genuine national treasures from the Kakin Museum—when they die, their blood will be splattered all over them, and they'll have no recourse.

But what if it's a Buddha statue outside of those twenty-nine divine statues...?

Of course, this is assuming that the Ksitigarbha statue is genuine, not a forgery.

"Jing Ziyuan" stared at the lifelike "True Martial Ksitigarbha" on the projector screen, repeatedly comparing it with the face of the cracked black jade Buddha statue he had seen countless times.

...Old Wei really did make a bunch of Buddha statues and hide them everywhere in the deep mountains and forests?

Could it be that he found a monster race to guard every one of the hidden Buddha statues?

Jing Yang shook his head inwardly. If that were the case, things would be much easier. He could simply investigate the settlements of the various magical beast clans?

Jingyang happened to know one; the Fierce Fox family seemed to live in the mountains not far from the Hunter Association headquarters...

"Jing Ziyuan" glanced at Claudi, and with her fingertips behind her back, she rubbed another flying star bubble.

"Are you out of your mind? You've created something like this, aren't you worried about the people from Kakin taking action?"

One of the other ten elders couldn't help but say, "The major gang families of the Ezhen Continent have long wanted to extend their reach into our territory and cause trouble."

Claudi said, "You don't need to worry about Kakin. I'm showing you this picture of Ksitigarbha Buddha to prove that my treasure map is genuine."

"If it's genuine, why haven't you gone treasure hunting yet?" the other old men mocked.

"If you enjoy questioning so much, then I think there's no need for us to continue this conversation," Claudi said coldly. "The reason why everyone is so interested in the True Martial King's treasure is because everyone guesses that the True Martial King hid all the national treasure Buddha statues in the so-called secret treasure. Find the Buddha statues, sell them to Kakin, and soar to the top—what a wonderful dream!"

"The treasure map is genuine, but I don't need it. I've already found a statue of Ksitigarbha, why would I risk exploring this mysterious place..." Before Claudi could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the sparse white-haired old man, "You've already made contact with Kakin's people? You sold the Ksitigarbha statue to them?"

Claude smiled slightly and was about to speak when the tall, thin, bald old man suddenly trembled violently, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, and collapsed onto the conference table with a thud.

"Ugh……"

The small, shadowy beast behind him sighed, "All this babbling, dawdling, and rambling on and on, when are you ever going to stop?"

The tenth old man, uh, the ninth old man, looked at her in shock.

The Ten Yin Beasts immediately entered battle mode, and the Prison Elephant on the projector rushed towards its boss, Claude.

"I originally just came here to have some fun, but I never expected to find the Buddha statue and treasure of the True Martial King. Hehehe, let's see what the leader has to say now?"

The short, malevolent beast removed its knitted hat, revealing long pink hair, and took off its sunglasses, revealing beautiful and sharp eyes. With a tug, a blood-stained thread of spiritual energy was pulled out from the back of the tall, thin old man.

Machi?!

Jing Ziyuan's pupils contracted, and she immediately understood. Throughout the entire ordeal, Machi had been using her Nen threads to bind the tall, thin old man's heart. Only after losing patience did she directly use the Nen threads to rupture his heart; she was no longer pretending.

“Excuse me, but apart from this guy over there, whose name is something like K, everyone else…” Machi smiled slightly, “can just die.”

She reached out and tugged at the invisible thought thread.

Boom boom boom boom...

There were 19 people left alive in the meeting room. In an instant, 10 heads flew high into the air amidst the gushing blood from their necks, their faces bearing expressions of shock, confusion, and anger. Some of them even looked to the sides in panic.

Chapter 178 Humanoid Transformer

Blood gushed forth, and ten heads were tossed up and fell to the ground.

Some rolled onto the conference table, bumped into each other, and bounced away; some landed on the severed neck next to them and slammed; some hit the corner of the table directly, their heads emitting hoarse gasps of pain, before bouncing and rolling to "Jing Ziyuan's" feet... In just a moment, the entire conference room became incredibly bloody, with ten headless corpses twitching and lying on their backs on the chairs, either sliding off or falling to the side.

When did this guy set up the Nen threads?

"Jing Ziyuan" focused her eyes and ears on the air. With a flick of her hand, Machi could decapitate ten people. Without a doubt, she had already set up the Nen threads, just waiting for her to tighten and cut off their heads when she wanted to.

As ordinary people, the ten old men were as fragile as paper before the threads formed by their spiritual energy. And even those three Yin Beasts, if they weren't constantly on guard and completely unprepared, wouldn't be surprised if Machi had snatched their heads off in a sneak attack…

"Luckily, the one here isn't my true form, otherwise, who could stand being suddenly attacked with 10 deathly auras?" Jing Ziyuan thought to himself.

Looking at the petite, pink-haired woman who remained calm and composed amidst the blood-red atmosphere, the remaining four old men and seven Yin beasts all paled.

Was it originally just for fun?

How could someone who just came to have some fun sneak into this conference room without anyone noticing?

No wonder that bald guy in Caspiel acted strangely earlier; he must have been held hostage by this woman from the start! This female assassin disguised herself as a shadow beast and infiltrated this meeting…

as well as……

Commander?

The word that Machi just uttered stirred the sensitive nerves of the remaining people present.

He killed six of the Ten Elders and three Yin Beasts with a casual remark. This astonishing strength, when associated with the word "guild leader," inevitably brings to mind that phantom-like band of thieves...

Is it them?

No, she's just... one of the Phantom Troupe?!

One of the four old men immediately reached under the conference table and started banging on it, as if there were some buttons there. After pressing them for a while without any response, he shouted at the door, "Where is everyone? Where did they all go!"

Machi ignored him, as if she hadn't heard him, and just laughed.

The once arrogant Claudi now stared wide-eyed, clenched his teeth, his body tense, and the cigar slipped from his stiff fingers without him noticing, staring intently at the pink-haired woman smiling at him.

"Ah, did I let it slip? Looks like you've guessed who I am." Machi casually overturned the headless corpse on the chair next to her, stepped on the blood that had seeped onto the floor, and paced around the conference table towards Claudi. "Let me think, is this... not a good idea?"

Claudi's hair was disheveled, and he trembled with rage. "How dare you? These people, we, we are... Do you even know who you killed?!"

"We haven't finished killing them yet!" Machi scolded.

"You...you...you..." Claudi completely lost his composure and shouted angrily, "Prison Elephant! Protect me and get out of here!"

"boom!"

Suddenly a gunshot rang out, and the bullet left a thin wave of heat in the not-so-bright conference room, flying precisely towards Machi's forehead as she paced back and forth.

brush!

A dark shadow flashed past Machi, but she didn't stop. She grabbed the bullet with her bare hand, and wisps of heat rose from her palm.

"Using a gun when you have the will is shameful."

She looked up at the demonic beast called Prison Elephant on the projector, and flicked the bullet back at it, faster than when she had fired the gun.

puff!

Yu Xiang tried his best to dodge, but was still shot in the thigh, leaving a bloody hole from which blood gushed. This woman had imbued the bullet with gas!

Jingyang felt slightly puzzled. Why was Machi making witty remarks during the battle? Is this really her persona? He remembered her as being quite aloof and silent.

……

"Still thinking about that ability?" Kurapika walked over. "Our consensus now is that since it's difficult to force its development, we should try a different approach. During the challenge, your opponent could switch places with his Nen beast, right? I think it might be more convenient to train a Nen beast."

“That makes sense…” Jingyang nodded.

Kurapika looked puzzled, feeling that the guy was daydreaming and not listening to anyone at all.

Xiao Di glanced sideways and immediately understood. Jing Yang was definitely paying attention to something else—probably the former landlord that Kurapika was just mentioning.