The spider died in its web.
Kurapika looked up at the man's corpse, feeling neither regret for his death nor much pleasure from revenge; only a wave of exhaustion washed over him.
He closed his eyes and once again recalled the corpses of his people, their dark eye holes where their eyeballs had been gouged out.
As he deactivated his Crimson Eyes, his Nen energy rapidly decreased, and the Skeleton Knight's flames faded, causing it to shrink swiftly...
Kurapika almost stumbled and fell.
"Absolute time has been used for too long..."
The perfect, all-around combat power gained by burning through lifespan also comes with a huge burden on the body and mind.
……
After turning off the Scarlet Eyes, Kurapika could no longer fully utilize the abilities of the third volume, "The Abyss," and thus left the Abyss world within the book.
The open space in front of the villa was even more uneven than before. Next to the dolphin bookshelf that was suspended off the ground, a wisp of Nen flew out, and Kurapika appeared out of thin air.
"Hey, you stepped on my hand!" Jingyang's voice came immediately.
Kurapika looked over at the sound and saw Jingyang, who was missing his left arm and right leg, sitting on the ground, waving at him with dissatisfaction.
And right beneath his feet was a severed arm. It was Jing Yang's severed left arm.
Kurapika knew that Jingyang had a star mark on him, which meant that even if he lost an arm or a leg, he could quickly reattach it. So, although he was surprised, he wasn't too worried. He bent down, picked up the severed arm, and walked towards Jingyang.
Judging from Jing Yang's relaxed appearance, the other Phantom Troupe member outside must have already been dealt with by him and Xiao Di.
Speaking of Shizuku, she also seemed to have lost an arm and was squatting not far away—Kurapika took a closer look and realized that she was examining a corpse.
The other member of the Phantom Troupe had indeed been killed by the two of them.
Babu lay on the ground, his whole body looking withered, shrunken, his skin dry and shriveled, as if he had aged decades or even centuries in the blink of an eye, dying of old age.
This death was likely caused by Jingyang's guardian spirit beast...
The first attack of 'Reflection' will consume the target's manifest Nen energy. At this stage, the target will only feel weak for a short time and still has a great chance to avoid subsequent attacks. The second attack will consume all the target's remaining Nen energy. At this stage, the target will lose all power to resist and will be at the mercy of others if there are no allies to help. The third attack will consume all of the target's life force.
This was the first time Kurapika had ever seen Jingyang's Nen Beast use a third attack on its target.
Is this what it means to die from having your life force drained?
"Hey!" Jingyang called out to him.
Kurapika snapped out of his daze, looking puzzled. Jingyang pointed to the severed arm he was holding.
"Oh, sorry." Kurapika quickly returned the severed arm to Jingyang.
Jing Yang casually shoved the severed arm back onto the broken part of his left arm, then casually tore off a piece of his clothes and tied it around the broken part. That was it.
Even if the connection point is incorrect, the starred feature's self-healing function can correct it itself. Otherwise, what's the point of calling it self-healing?
The star's self-healing ability can even automatically fly back and reattach severed limbs. However, severed limbs are too heavy, and the automatic retraction speed is as slow as a snail, so Jingyang is too lazy to wait.
Kurapika looked closely and discovered the Nen beast attached to Jingyang, resembling an eight-armed black armor, and a white Nen sphere floating beside him.
The number inside the ball decreased rapidly, dropping from "4022" to just over three thousand, and it was still decreasing rapidly.
Kurapika thought for a moment and understood the tactic Jingyang used to defeat Bab.
He uses his special Nen spheres, which resemble a debt, to break through the enemy's defenses. The Nen beast "Reflection" can be activated directly after obtaining blood. After defeating the enemy, when Jing Yang's Nen energy is drained to repay the debt, causing his Nen energy to drop to a low level, the Nen beast "Reflection" will automatically activate its protective instinct to replenish his Nen energy.
The energy that 'Reflection' is using to restore Jingyang right now was just drawn from the body of the deceased Babu...
"Your leg." After confirming that Babu was dead, Xiao Di picked up Jing Yang's severed right leg.
"Oh, thank you." Jingyang reached out an arm from a short distance away. "Your hand."
"Hmm. Thank you." Xiao Di took her right hand. The bulging-eyed fish vacuum cleaner that she was holding on her severed arm had already disintegrated on its own because it had detached from Xiao Di's body and Xiao Di was not good at remote control of the Release type.
Kurapika was speechless for a moment.
The conversation between the two seemed less like helping each other pick up broken limbs and more like handing over a cup of tea or helping with a remote control.
"How's yours?" Jing Yang tore off the pants on his right calf, pushed his right leg back in, and simply tied it around his right hip.
Xiao Di pulled out the sleeve from her severed arm and, just like Jing Yang, reattached her right arm.
Kurapika said, "He refused to reveal any information about the other Phantom Troupe members, so he was killed by the effect of 'Judgment'."
But no deathly aura came after my buddy!
Jingyang immediately understood. The dolphin bookshelf was no more than ten meters away from him at its furthest, yet "Uvogin" died without any death energy entering his heart. It seemed that the alternate dimension could effectively block death energy.
Xiao Di looked at Jing Yang and belatedly realized, "Oh right, we didn't ask her about the Phantom Troupe."
"If we keep arguing with her, we might be the ones who die," Jing Yang analyzed rationally, then said unhappily, "Damn it, when she was caught by 'Reflection' for the third time, I wanted to run... but with one leg missing, I can't run a thousand meters!"
When Babu died, a deathly aura, both cold and hot, entered Jingyang's heart.
With one leg missing, Jingyang has nowhere to run!
He can jump, and with his physical abilities, he can hop on one leg faster than an average person sprints. But it's unrealistic for him to sprint a kilometer in the blink of an eye.
Jing Yang could only lie there and wait to "die".
Kurapika thinks that Jingyang might be the only one who, after defeating an enemy, would think of turning around and running away...
Jingyang had always cared a lot about the 1000-meter race.
Jingyang was extremely unwilling for anyone within a kilometer radius of him to die.
Kurapika came to this conclusion.
Noticing his confusion, Jingyang said, "Let's talk about this when we get back."
Kurapika nodded. "I'll handle her body." With a wave of his hand, the little dolphin, as if alive, swam over, hugging the small bookshelf.
He walked to Bab's shriveled, unrecognizable corpse and opened the third volume of "The Abyss" to cover her.
Suddenly, Bab's body vanished.
Kurapika cast her into the Abyss, where she would live among the ruins of the Kurta.
"Are you keeping their bodies to exchange for bounties?" Jing Yang said from behind.
Kurapika said, "I don't know either..."
He looked back and saw that Xiao Di had carried Jing Yang, who was still unable to walk freely for the time being.
Jingyang hooked his arm around Xiaodi with his healthy right arm and smiled at Kurapika, "I guess you want to wait until you revive your compatriots and let them see what happens to these spiders."
Kurapika gave a complicated smile. "Jingyang, Xiaoshi, thank you."
"If we keep arguing, someone will come looking for us. Let's get out of here," Jingyang said.
With a thought, he activated the star mark on Taliyah and projected his consciousness onto it.
Where is this silly bird wandering around?
After a while, Jingyang flew into the sky to find his, Xiaodi's, and Kurapika's locations. Observing from above, he quickly found the most convenient route to retreat.
……
A series of explosions suddenly occurred at the wedding venue, and the manor was now in chaos and tension, with a palpable sense of vigilance. Many gangsters were moving around, all wearing headsets and holding guns.
In their blind spot, two dark figures, one large and one small, flashed past. Even carrying someone on her back, Xiao Di's speed was beyond the range of an ordinary person's naked eye.
"Oh no!" Jingyang suddenly exclaimed.
Xiao Di thought someone nearby had been killed and that Jing Yang had been attacked by death energy, so he was about to transform... But Jing Yang on his back said, "Red Eyes forgot!"
Kurapika ran ahead, saying without turning his head, "It's okay."
It should be said that it was thanks to their exchange of the Scarlet Eyes with Sima Ke that the pair they sent out bore Jing Yang's star mark. Even if they couldn't retrieve the Scarlet Eyes this time, the star mark would ensure they could retrieve them next time...
"No, all the gifts have already been absorbed by the bulging-eyed fish," Little Drop asked in confusion.
Although Uvogin attacked from behind, Shizuku had already given instructions to the pufferfish. Pufferfish would carry out the instructions, and it was not disturbed by Uvogin's attack. In the short time that Shizuku, Jingyang and Uvogin were facing off, Pufferfish had already eaten all the gifts in the room.
Jingyang pouted and said, "Just trying to scare him. Little Di, put me down."
Xiao Di discovered that she had regained sensation in her right arm and could move it freely. She guessed that Jing Yang's right leg and left arm should have recovered in a similar way, so she slowed down to let Jing Yang land.
This self-healing speed is more powerful than the effect of my enhancement-type 'Redemption'... Kurapika thought to himself. If it were a flesh wound or a broken arm, the Redemption Pages should be able to heal quickly. But for serious injuries like Jingyang Xiaoshi's, where arms and legs are directly severed, it is impossible to simply put the hands and feet back in place and wait for them to heal on their own.
The most likely outcome is that although the tendons and blood vessels are reattached, they may have healed in the wrong places and not reattached properly, ultimately leading to necrosis of the hands and feet, rendering them unusable.
The self-healing effect of the starred item is simply incredible.
……
"It's incredible."
Ousi sat back in a secluded corner of the garden, staring in astonishment at the wounds on his body inflicted by the explosion, which were healing at a visible speed.
A little gray bird perched on his head and pecked at it hard.
“Okay, okay, I won’t move, I won’t move,” Ou Si said immediately.
I don't know what bad luck I had, but I ran into a woman chewing gum in the wedding garden, and then the explosion happened.
Ousi still doesn't understand how or why the explosion happened. But after all that bad luck, he finally had a stroke of good fortune when a small gray bird flew down from the sky.
Ous was seriously injured and wanted to recover quietly for a while, so he ignored the bird.
After the bird perched on his back for a while, his injuries began to heal rapidly... This, this, even a powerful enhancement-type Nen user specializing in healing abilities couldn't achieve such an effect! What on earth happened?
The little gray bird pecked him on the back one last time, which stung a little. With a flutter, the little gray bird spread its wings and flew away.
Ousi recovered completely, staring blankly in the direction the rock sparrow had flown away. Confused and clueless, he could only marvel at what a miraculous bird it was!
……
Dude, you're such a kind person!
Jing Yang opened the car window and let Yan Que fly in. It was a stroke of luck for Ao Si that he was seen by his own self, who was possessed by Yan Que. Since they knew each other, seeing that guy half-dead from the explosion, "Jing Yan Que" went over and threw a star to him, helping out in a small way, and then left without leaving any credit or fame. He was completely elevated.
Oh, by the way, this car was just randomly picked up in front of the gangster's manor.
Car door lock?
The three men here were all incredibly strong, each with a strength that could be measured in tons. With a casual flick of their wrists, they nearly ripped the car door off. The moment the alarm went off, Jing Yang used a flick of his finger to detonate it, silencing the alarm. Kurapika, with a blank expression, sat in the driver's seat and began his car-stealing business, driving off with the two men.
boom!
The black sedan sped along the highway, the gust of wind whipping up the loose right front door, causing it to open and close repeatedly with a series of "thud," "bang," "thud," "bang" sounds... Kurapika's black jacket was gone, leaving only a tattered white shirt, as he drove in the front; in the back seat, Jingyang and Xiaodi, one missing a trouser leg and the other a sleeve, opened the car window, and the strong wind rushed into the car, blowing their hair wildly.
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