I'm extremely interested in Nen abilities.

When Bab saw the girl with glasses heading straight for him, he thought to himself that he had really been underestimated. Did she think that getting close would make it easier to fight?

She swiftly moved to the girl's side and delivered a swift chop to the girl's carotid artery.

Even though "Jingdi" didn't see her movements clearly, it seemed as if her body had an automatic sense, and at the last moment, she narrowly dodged and somersaulted forward with one hand on the ground.

During the process, the faint glimmer of light in her eyes faded.

Xiaodi regained control of her body and immediately seized the opportunity to raise her hand. Three Nen chainsaws, their sharp gears spinning, lashed out at Babu, who was right in front of her.

call!

Bab blew a breath, and several "bubbles" flew out, blasting the chainsaw away.

The heavy base behind the vacuum cleaner burst through the flames of the explosion. Little Drop, expressionless, swung the bulging-eyed fish at Babu's head.

Bab is not Uvogin; of course, she wouldn't take such a direct attack head-on.

However, as she stepped back, "Jingdi" pursued her relentlessly, reaching out to grab her abdomen.

A drop of blood from the earlier explosion dangled from Jingdi's fingertip, twisting into a pentagram shape under the control of her Nen...

"Want my blood?" Bab misunderstood, but by some strange twist of fate, he became highly vigilant about his body being touched.

A powerful burst of energy suddenly erupted from her body, and a force pushed away "Jingdi's" hand, scattering the blood droplet hanging from her fingertip before it could form a pentagram.

It's 'practice'...

"Jingdi" was fully aware of this. The Star Mark tactic was most effective when used for surprise attacks; it was difficult to succeed in a direct confrontation when the enemy was on guard. —Of course, this was on the premise that the enemy was strong enough, perceptive enough, and experienced enough. And this Phantom Troupe's explosive woman before him was strong enough, perceptive enough, and experienced enough.

All I can say is, it truly lives up to its name as a spider.

"Uvogin" and this woman are the strongest opponents I've ever encountered. Back on the airship, I hadn't fought Chrollo and Machi, and since I was weak then, I hadn't really felt their strength. Paliston is probably strong too, but that jovial male host is even more unfathomable and unpredictable.

The two spiders we encountered this time were quite obvious; they were simply strong! Their combat skills, experience, and mastery of ki were far beyond the level of ordinary Nen users. Either of them could easily defeat Purple Ape, the master of the Sky Arena. And what they had the biggest advantage over Jing Yang was their Nen power!

Jingyang estimated that either of these two people probably had more than twice his total mental capacity, or even more!

The idea that brute force can overcome all techniques is not always achievable in the Hunter x Hunter world, where the weak can defeat the strong. However, the immense advantage that overwhelming the opponent's total Nen power can bring is equally undeniable.

In today's battle against these two spiders, Kurapika is in the former position. Jingyang and Shizuku, on the other hand, seem to be in the latter, the ones being overwhelmed by Nen.

call!call!

Babu exhaled forcefully, and a series of "bubbles" flew out, blowing towards Jingdi's face.

"Jingdi" descends like a metal plate bridge, while "Popola" makes a right-angle turn and comes rushing down towards it.

Jingdi twisted her waist and rolled to the side.

"Bubble" chased after them, and Barb ran over and kicked the girl with glasses, aiming for her face hard... Hmm? Barb caught a glimpse of something familiar out of the corner of her eye.

That octopus-like spirit beast?

How did it reappear?

Boom! The vacuum cleaner was swung around by the head, smashing a series of "bubbles".

Meanwhile, Little Drops, facing forward, offered little resistance, only slightly tilting her head. She was kicked by Babu and sent flying, rolling several times on the grass a short distance away. When she got up, drops of blood trickled from her nose. She wiped them with her sleeve expressionlessly, leaving a patch of pink blood on her mouth and chin.

The 'reflection' that Jingyang transferred onto Xiaodi showed strong hostility towards Babu because of Babu's attack on Xiaodi, and its eight arms waved restlessly.

"This thing only works if it consumes my blood, right?"

Bab directed the remaining "bubbles" in the air to gather around him and then disperse into a circle of floating objects. He glanced at the "reflection" that was eyeing him menacingly.

She's not blind; Lieying suffered because of this before.

From the process, once the octopus meets the conditions for its ability, there is no way to resist, and a portion of its Nen will be forcibly plundered.

"Don't worry, I won't get a scratch on my skin before you die," Bab said. "I won't bleed a drop."

The nosebleed had stopped, and even the wound inside the nasal cavity had healed. With one hand holding the bulging-eyed fish vacuum cleaner and the other hand using her spiritual energy to create a chainsaw, she calmly said, "But it can distract you, and that's enough."

Bab didn't speak, but took a deep breath and slowly exhaled larger and larger "bubbles".

With her last breath, she exhaled to the side.

A fist-sized "bubble" cannonball seemed to be sprayed towards Jingyang.

"That brat who went and came back, does he think I didn't see him?" Bab sneered inwardly.

Jing Yang dodged the bombardment of the "gas cloud" by slapping the ground to the side. He continued running at full speed without slowing down, covering more than ten meters like the wind, and punched Babu in the nose.

No bleeding!

Babu turned around, and Jingyang's fist almost grazed the tip of her nose.

She delivered a side kick to the groin, but Jing Yang twisted her leg in the same way.

Finally, the two threw punches almost simultaneously, colliding in mid-air.

boom!

Babu stood firmly on the ground, unmoved, while Jingyang was sent flying, landing on the ground with a limp. He touched his charred cheek, finding no broken skin.

You fucking Qiu Qianchi, huh?! Jing Yang never expected that this female spider would spit on him during a fistfight.

"Didn't you run away? Why come back to die?" Babu glanced at Jingyang and Xiaodi, then looked at the dolphin bookshelf that was still floating in the low air, seemingly undisturbed by the world. A hint of doubt flashed across his face. Was a book missing?

She glanced at Jing Yang one last time, thinking, "The girl with glasses' movements kept becoming more precise and swift, as if... this kid was wearing that little girl's skin. It seems he really is the control-type character that the knight guessed, and he can switch perspectives on the target he marks and controls with almost no side effects."

She thought for a moment and realized what was going on. In the previous quick exchange, there must have been details of this kid trying to control her using his manipulation abilities.

"This must be why the kid only returned now—he was always there, just using this girl's body. Since he intentionally avoided me, trying to use this girl to lull me into a false sense of security and attempt to ambush me with his manipulation abilities, I guess he already knows that we know he's a manipulation user."

In an instant, Babu restored almost all the details correctly and saw through Jingyang's plan.

However, she didn't expect what Jingyang would say next.

"You must be tired after playing for so long, right?" Jing Yang smiled and raised his hand, a ball of Nen popping out of his palm. "How about we play a little game, toss and catch?"

The ball of thought spun above his palm, revealing a number that read "100".

……

Lieying slowly opened her eyes, and her first sensation was that she was bound by heavy iron chains.

What came into view was a huge, gaping canyon, with chilling winds blowing from both sides. And he was hanging there, his limbs and body chained together by heavy iron chains extending from the cliffs on both sides.

Lieying tried to struggle, but found that the chains did not budge.

Forget about using Nen to transform, I can't even feel a trace of energy, so I can't use it at all!

绝？

I was forced into a dead end?

"What? Spiders can actually get trapped in their own webs?"

As the eerie wind howled through the canyon, Lieying muttered to himself. He remembered what had happened before, so where was that blond kid?

As if knowing he was awake, the heavy iron chains binding him began to loosen and sag downwards with a clatter.

Bound by iron chains, Lieying plummeted into the darkness below. Only when the chains tightened once more did he see clearly what was at the bottom of the howling canyon.

It is the ruins of a village.

The blond kid was sitting next to a pile of charred tents in the ruins, his expression obscured by his back to Lieying.

Chapter 189 Betting on This Ball

Jingyang casually tossed the ball with the number "100" towards Babu.

Bab ignored him.

This ball doesn't seem to have any offensive capabilities.

The ball landed lightly a few meters in front of her and quickly disappeared without a trace.

Bab looked up and saw the psychic ball reappear in the brat's hand, but the number inside had changed to "200".

The numbers have increased.

What does this mean?

When Jingyang threw the "Huabei Recitation Ball" over again, Babu tried to take action, spitting out a "bubble" that collided with the "200" Recitation Ball in mid-air.

Boom.

The "bubble" burst, blasting the "200" sphere away. The sphere fell to the ground and disappeared once again.

Bab's ears twitched slightly, and several chainsaws came flying at her, but she dodged them.

It turned out that during this time, the girl with glasses quietly lowered the Nen chainsaw in her hand to the ground and extended it little by little towards her, launching an attack together when the boy threw the Nen ball.

"Idiot! Her chainsaw's power diminishes significantly once it exceeds a certain distance. It seems she's a Conjuration type, not a Transmutation type. Conjuration types are too far removed from Emission types; they're simply not suited for long-range combat!"

Babu stepped back to create distance between herself and Xiaodi's chainsaw. At that moment, she saw the Nen ball that had disappeared and then reappeared in Jingyang's hand, its number having changed from "200" to "400".

Are the numbers doubling?

Without a doubt, this Nen ball carrying numbers is some kind of Nen ability of that kid.

Barb's mind raced as he analyzed the known information about this ability.

Dodging will double the number, and the ball will return to the kid's hands.

A counterattack would double the score, and the ball would still return to the kid's hands...

call!

The "400" psychic ball came hurtling towards her again.

This time, Babu didn't use "bubbles" to fight it, but instead swung his palm to meet the attack. However, at that moment, Little Drop approached with the bulging-eyed fish in her hand, and swung her Nen chainsaw at it with her other hand.

Babu slapped the ball away and then knocked back the little droplet.

But a new attack came from behind.

The strange octopus-like Nen beast that had always been hostile towards her suddenly launched an attack on her!

Bab dodged the octopus and threw a punch, knocking it back.

"This Nen beast, which even rendered Lieying, who had transformed into Uvogin, powerless against me before, was easily repelled by me?" she thought to herself. "It seems that what it's doing now isn't a real attack, but... yes, it wants my blood! Only by drinking my blood will its abilities truly take effect. It seems that as long as I avoid that, this Nen beast is nothing to fear."