I'm extremely interested in Nen abilities.

Over there, Jing Yang slowed his pace, staring at a figure slowly emerging from the swirling mist in the distance.

It's likely that the other party didn't emerge from the fog, but rather that I was walking forward, and the visible range within the fog shifted further away, bringing the other party into view.

In other words, just like the other person, I felt that the air around me seemed clear and the visibility was high, but in reality, I was also in the midst of this fog!

As expected, there was something wrong with this fog! That Zhenwu King has never been kind-hearted!

Jingyang slowly approached the other person, who was pacing in place, one hand pressed against his ear, as if he was wearing an earpiece and communicating with someone.

This person had companions.

And like the three of them, they were also scattered.

So, it's highly likely that they also triggered another divine character array and were randomly thrown here?

Just then, the other person also noticed Jing Yang, turned around abruptly, and almost instinctively reached into his pocket—was he going to pull out a gun? Jing Yang thought to himself.

Hello? How are you?

Jingyang raised his hands and shouted from afar to indicate that he was not in danger.

The other person seemed a little surprised, and quickly took out the hands that were in their pockets, raised both hands, nodded to Jing Yang, and walked slowly toward Jing Yang without saying a word.

Jingyang shouted, "What's going on here, sister? Do you know?"

Although the other person had a neat short haircut and a stern face, it was clear that she was a woman.

The woman shook her head. "I don't know what happened either. I woke up and suddenly found myself on this island. What about you? How did you get here?"

The two approached. Jing Yang asked, "What do you mean, 'How did I get here?' Didn't you suddenly appear and not know what happened?"

The woman reached into her bosom, swiftly pulled out a pistol, and fired three shots at Jing Yang's forehead, neck, and heart.

I knew there was something wrong with the way they were squeezing the numb spot!

Jingyang raised one arm, his protective aura forming a solid wall. The three spinning bullets embedded themselves within it, spinning rapidly, but unable to harm Jingyang in the slightest, they could not penetrate any further.

call!

A strong gust of wind swept towards Jingyang.

The woman seemed unsurprised by the outcome of the three shots; immediately after firing, she threw away her pistol and clapped her hands in response.

Snapped!

Jing Yang's arm parted from his opponent's, and he leaped up from the middle, pointing at the skin below the opponent's collarbone—under his finger was a strand of hair twisted into a pentagram.

A strange sticker was slapped onto Jingyang and slowly floated down.

The woman looked surprised.

The pentagram-shaped strands of hair were covered by Jing Yang's spiritual energy, touching the other person's skin and slowly drifting down.

Jingyang was a little surprised and exchanged a glance with the woman.

He/She is also a pilot!

Both of them realized this at the same time.

The woman immediately changed her move, wrapping a ball of spiritual energy in her palm and transforming it into a hand chop, aiming for Jing Yang's neck.

"A meteor like the wind!"

Jing Yang activated the star mark behind his neck, his reaction speed and instincts becoming one. His dodging and counterattacks were almost instinctive. He ducked to avoid the hand chop, then thrust forward, knocking his opponent back before closing in. The flow of qi on his body was effortless. If even a random passerby could break through the fighting style that Netero had praised, then Jing Yang wouldn't be worthy of the title.

Nothing more to say, let's take it!

The woman, her face bruised and swollen, lay curled up on the ground. Jing Yang sat on her, licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, and spat out a mouthful. "Pretty ruthless. This 'firm' attack and defense strength is a little weaker than mine, but not by much. Tell me, who exactly are you? Don't tell me some random passerby has this level of skill."

Unsurprisingly, the woman remained silent and showed no intention of answering his question.

"This outfit looks like some kind of soldier's combat uniform!" Jing Yang suddenly sneered. "Tell me, which prince sent you?"

He was just spouting nonsense, and the woman under his buttocks remained silent, but she couldn't help but glance at him upon hearing his words.

You actually guessed right?

Jing Yang didn't know whether to be happy or worried, and continued to ask with a cold laugh, "The First Prince?"

There was no response from the other party.

"The second prince?"

The other party still didn't respond.

"The third prince? The fourth prince?" Jing Yang himself felt that listing them like this was a bit far-fetched. "Forget it, it doesn't matter who it is. Anyway, what does your Kajin affair have to do with me? I'll just kill you and be done with it!"

The woman was suddenly struck hard on the back of the neck, and everything went black as she lost consciousness.

Chapter 194 Kate

Jingyang, of course, did not actually kill the woman.

It wasn't that he was soft-hearted; it was mainly because his heart had been acting strangely lately and he was afraid it was about to burst.

This is an unfamiliar place, surrounded by a vast ocean, and the exact length of "Runway Island" is unknown. If I kill this woman, I might not even have a place to run away. If I were to be ambushed by death energy, it would be truly unpleasant...

Try starring it again.

Jingyang plucked a strand of hair and blew on it.

The air enveloped the swaying strands of hair, twisting them into a pentagram shape, transforming them into a tiny bubble that landed on the woman's neck—the bubble burst, and the hair slipped away silently. Another failure.

Jingyang thought to himself, "It seems to be a Nen ability similar to mine! Once I take control, even if I pass out, the control won't be canceled."

Judging from the opponent's methods during the battle, that sticker was probably the medium that triggered their Manipulation-type Nen ability, which is indeed similar to my own star mark.

Suddenly Jingyang realized that Yuebiao's telepathic connection was still working, and he remembered telling Xiaodi to wait a moment.

"Alright, all done." He said. "He's a stranger, probably like us, who came to this island via a teleportation array. Little Drop, be careful over there too."

"Hmm." Little Drop transmitted her voice, "I've noticed something strange..."

Jing Yang was searching the unconscious woman and found a tactical dagger, ropes made of composite materials, and other items, which deepened his suspicions that she came from Kakin.

The gangster Blatt confessed that he had a treasure map, but no Buddha statue.

Using the characteristics of the star icon to interrogate general questions is already the limit; asking the other party to answer short-answer questions according to the requirements is truly beyond the control of the star icon—in other words, Blatter may have once found the statue of Zhenwu Ksitigarbha, but then lost it.

It was taken by someone from Kakin, or he dared not keep it and voluntarily traded it to Kakin. The latter is more likely.

After obtaining the Zhenwu Ksitigarbha Buddha statue, the people of Kajin discovered clues within some of the statues, which led them to this eerie place... Jingyang pondered, then suddenly realized Xiaodi's telepathic message and asked, "[What strange thing is this?]"

He turned to look at the sea; across the misty shore of "Central Lake" was the direction from which the little star marker was coming from.

Instead of walking along the shore, Xiao Di on the other side sat down and looked at the fog.

[If this place is really like what Jingyang guessed, a runway-like terrain, then it should look like this, right?]

She drew a circle on the ground and placed a dot on each side of the circle to indicate her position relative to Jingyang.

Jingyang pulled out a composite material rope and tied the unconscious woman's hands and feet. He thought for a moment about Xiaodi's description and nodded. "Yes."

So if Jingyang and I are both walking upwards along the "runway,"

Xiao Di presses her left and right index fingers on the dots on either side of the circle and pushes them upwards along the arc. [Then Jing Yang's direction of movement will veer to the right, while mine will veer to the left. They will likely meet at a certain point.]

[If nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected is likely to happen here.]

While communicating telepathically with Xiao Di, Jing Yang grabbed one end of the rope and dragged the bound woman along the shore.

Not far away, Jingyang looked up and saw a tall, long-haired figure standing in the mist by the sea.

Another woman?

"What kind of luck does this guy have..." Jing Yang thought to himself. The other person seemed to have noticed him a long time ago and was looking at him.

As they got closer, Jingyang saw the woman's face clearly. What kind of woman was this?

He had long, silvery-white hair, wore a brown felt hat, was slender, and had a sheathed long sword hanging at his waist. He was a serious and unsmiling person... Wai Ri looked more and more familiar.

The silver-haired man said to Jing Yang, "Your skills are impressive."

Jingyang turned around and looked at the unconscious woman he had dragged all the way here.

“These people are all very strong, and they are hostile to outsiders,” the silver-haired man said. “I originally wanted to help, but I didn’t expect you to handle it yourself.”

"Can you stop talking nonsense all of a sudden?" Jing Yang raised his hands. "Who are you? Who is she? What are these people? What do you mean by outsiders? What's going on here?"

"My name is Kate, and I'm a newly recruited hunter."

The silver-haired man introduced himself, saying, "As for the situation here, perhaps you'll be more convinced if you see it for yourself."

He gestured slightly, and Jingyang followed his gaze to see a raft floating on the sea near the shore.

"You didn't drift to this island on a small raft, did you?" Jing Yang asked, his eyes narrowing.

Kate!

Of course, Kate Jingyang knew that this person was to Xiao Jie what Shanks was to Luffy, one of the Five Emperors—the protagonist's mentor and guide!

Moreover, they are all "second-generation" members of incredibly prestigious characters. Shanks was a member of the Pirate King Roger's crew, and Kite is Gon's father and a disciple of Ging Freecss, one of the world's top five Nen masters handpicked by Netero!

I never expected to bump into Kate here.

Judging from my intuition, Kate, who looks thin and frail... has a stronger will than I do!

call!

Jingyang jumped onto the small raft and looked back at Kate on the shore.

“Skip it out a little and then look,” Kate reminded him.

Jingyang did as instructed, lifting his foot to push against the shore and forcefully propelling the raft backward.

He wasn't worried that Kate would betray him.

Besides the fact that the other party is a supposedly important character in the plot and belongs to the protagonist's camp, thus their character can be trusted, there's also the fact that even if something happens at this distance, Jing Yangyou can swim back, so there's nothing to worry about. Kate herself knows her Nen ability is a materialized combination of special weapons, therefore there's no possibility of her designing conditions for herself to be affected by Nen abilities…

"Wow..."

As the raft drifted away from the shore, an astonishing scene unfolded: the land where Kate was standing vanished rapidly from Jingyang's sight.

The fog rolled in, and what was just land was now just a calm, undulating sea.