I'm extremely interested in Nen abilities.

As soon as he finished speaking, a sudden and unexpected change occurred; a hazy vortex appeared in his heart.

Chapter 200 Death Aura Panel

Jingyang did not overly consider whether there were any logical loopholes in the oath and constraints he recited.

no need.

The key to making a vow and establishing constraints does not lie in ambiguous things like words and language. Jingyang can make a vow without even saying his true intentions.

belief.

consciousness.

subconscious……

Oaths and constraints, in essence, are nothing more than paying a price while gaining a certain power.

This is the power you crave.

This is a price you are determined to pay without regret.

There is no room for negotiation... This is not a legal provision, and playing word games with one's own conscience is truly unnecessary.

In the original timeline, Kurapika's oath and constraint, in order to combat the Phantom Troupe, sought power specifically targeting them—the unbreakable middle finger binding chain. His willingness to pay the price was that this power could only be used against the Phantom Troupe. To make the oath more solid, stable, and successful, he further increased the stakes, gambling with his own life: if he broke the oath, he would have his heart pierced and die.

In his previous life, Jingyang had seen many discussions about Kurapika's oath and its constraints.

For example, the most direct "loophole" is how to define the identity of the Phantom Troupe?

① If the opponent is a member of the Phantom Troupe, but Kurapika is unaware of this, can he use the Middle Finger Binding Chain on him? If he does, will Kurapika die?

② If the other party is not a member of the Phantom Troupe, but Kurapika doesn't know this and mistakenly believes they are due to insufficient information, can he use the middle finger binding chain on them? If he does, will Kurapika die?

③ The other party is not a member of the Phantom Troupe. Kurapika knows this, but due to self-brainwashing, he gradually becomes convinced that the other party is a member of the Phantom Troupe. In this situation, can he use the middle finger binding chain on him? If he does, will Kurapika die?

All kinds of things...

Looking back at these hypotheticals from today's perspective, Jingyang would undoubtedly find them somewhat laughable.

Ultimately, the object of the oath and the constraint is Kurapika himself, not the Phantom Troupe!

The only thing that can determine the effectiveness of the oath and its constraints is Kurapika's own mind, his subconscious.

① The opponent is a member of the Phantom Troupe, which Kurapika doesn't know, so of course he can't use the middle finger binding chain on him! The moment he made the move, subconsciously he was using the middle finger binding chain on a non-Phantom Troupe member, so he would die the moment the chain was thrown.

② The other party is not a member of the Phantom Troupe, but Kurapika doesn't know this. Due to insufficient information, he mistakenly believes the other party is. Since it's a mistake, of course it can be used! In the manga, when Kurapika fought the Phantom Troupe, did those spiders on the other side carry ID cards? What if they were a group of actors hired by Hisoka who lies without hesitation?

③ The other party is not a member of the Phantom Troupe. Kurapika knows this, but due to self-brainwashing, he slowly becomes convinced that the other party is a member of the Phantom Troupe... Jingyang believes that this point is completely invalid. A guy whose mind is so confused that he can self-brainwash and cannot even maintain his senses could never establish a solid oath and constraint from the beginning.

If constraints are ineffective, then oaths are also ineffective.

Oath, constraint.

Power comes at a price.

To receive, to give.

Jingyang didn't want to experience the uncontrollable transformation caused by absorbing too much death energy again, so he had to be able to control the death energy absorbed by his heart. This was the bottom line!

Therefore, the price he is willing to pay is that he will never kill anyone in order to plunder death energy.

This is his constraint.

Essentially, it is a form of restraint. Restraint over the power of the oath.

Just like Kurapika's Oath power can only be used against the Phantom Troupe...

Therefore, the "person" that Jingyang refers to when he says he doesn't kill people to plunder death energy is a general term.

The core issue is not about killing, but about the first part of the sentence: "plundering the life force of death."

You kill people, animals, any living thing... Don't you really have any idea whether the person you killed has some kind of death aura that you want to eat? You can fool others, but can you fool yourself?

Oaths and constraints are directed at the person making the oath.

Jingyang understood this deeply.

Before he uttered the oath, he already had a certain understanding in his heart. As for whether the wording was precise or not, that was secondary.

If there had been even the slightest wavering, none of what followed would have happened...

As he finished speaking, a hazy, gray vortex appeared in his heart.

A gray glint flashed in Jing Yang's eyes. He saw a chaotic mass slowly condense, outlining a gray humanoid figure that was exactly the same as his own, sitting cross-legged on the ground.

A point of white light appeared in the gray humanoid's hand, slowly spreading to one side, transforming into a sharp blade of light, which rested on its lap.

Jingyang watched this scene, seemingly understanding but not quite, and tried to touch the gray humanoid figure with his mind.

boom!

A number slowly appeared on the gray humanoid figure's chest: "24444".

This number is not completely stable. The last digit fluctuates around an average of 4, sometimes it is "24448" and sometimes it is "24441". If you estimate the frequency of this number's change, it coincides with your heartbeat... This number is your total thought volume at this stage!

Jing Yang suddenly understood something. At the same time, something burst out from inside the gray little man, releasing six points of light around him.

Six points of light extended into straight lines, connecting with each other, and together they outlined a hexagonal pattern around the gray figure.

Jingyang seemed to understand something and looked at the top of the gray figure's head.

Under his gaze, a black Chinese character for "operation system" slowly appeared above the hexagonal apex of the gray figure's head, next to which appeared the number "100%".

Jingyang looked to his right, and at the vertices of the hexagon, the Chinese characters "放出系" (Fangchuxi) and the number "80%" slowly appeared.

To the right, "Enhancement" "60%".

Further to the right, directly below the gray figure, at the bottom vertex of the hexagon, Chinese characters and numbers appear one after another: "Change System" and "40%".

Unsurprisingly, the remaining ones are "Conjuration" (60%) and "Specialty" (0%).

This hexagon encloses the little gray figure.

A small gray figure sits cross-legged with a sharp blade across its lap. Its gray form is indistinct, and its features are vague, lacking any clear facial features...

Is this the power you gain from the vows and constraints you set for yourself?

Is this the true nature of the eerie death energy within the heart?

It looks like a system panel...

Jing Yang inwardly complained, but he actually had a sudden realization. His oath granted him the ability to control the death energy within his heart, but being able to control and use it didn't mean he fully understood it. Perhaps that's why, driven by his subconscious, the power of death energy transformed into something he could more directly perceive, something like a system panel.

He noticed that inside the hexagon, beside the sitting gray figure, there was a faint gray aura, like a ribbon, wrapped around it and drifting slowly.

My own ability to make vows and impose constraints seems quite convincing, but it would be better to give it a name.

Jing Yang recalled the names of the abilities he had encountered before and those he hadn't, such as "Lonely Shadow of Heaven and Earth, Drunken to Death and Dreaming of Life," "Every Man for His Own Self, Heaven Will Punish Him," and "Heaven Doesn't Know, Only I Am Losing"... These names of their abilities were all fancy and stylish. He thought he should come up with an interesting one for himself.

After a moment's thought, Jingyang smiled to himself and came up with a word.

Let's call it... "From the highest heavens to the deepest hell"! Doesn't that sound pretty good?

As soon as he had this thought, he saw the number "0%" next to the "Specialty" category, which was the neighbor of the Operations category in the hexagon, rise rapidly: "9%", "37%", "66%"... "99%", until it reached the top: "100%"!

"Specialty System" "100%!"

Oh? So, you're saying that the ability you gained through this vow and constraint is categorized as a trait?

Jingyang thought this way, which surprised him even more. But upon closer inspection, it was indeed the case that something reasonable had happened... When the Specialty system soared to the maximum of 100%, the number next to the adjacent "Concretization" system also changed. It rapidly increased from the original "60%" to 69%, 72%... 77%, 79%, and finally settled at "80%"!

The Specialization type is 100%, so the Conjuration type, which is adjacent to the Specialization type, should be 80%, right?

So, what happened to me, who was originally the most muggle-like person, is now...

Upon closer inspection, the number next to the change figure was no longer the pitiful "40%" but "60%"!

Jingyang felt a surge of relief.

A 40% training level seems like a huge waste of time and effort. But a 60% level, while still a loss, isn't actually that bad!

In the future, perhaps I can try practicing more with the Transmutation type.

Since the Transformation type has also improved, then… He glanced at the entire chart and found that the Enhancement type was still 60% and the Emission type was still 80%. After a moment's thought, he understood that if calculated based on the Specialty type's 100%, it should be Enhancement type 40% and Emission type 60%. However, his original and most basic attribute manipulation type was still 100%, so naturally, he would choose the higher one and calculate it as the optimal one.

Thus, a gray figure with a single-digit number "24445" fluctuating in the chest sat cross-legged with a sword across his body. Around him was a hexagonal pattern. Counting clockwise from the top of his head, the types were: Operation 100%, Emission 80%, Enhancement 60%, Alteration 60%, Conjuration 80%, and Specialization 100%!

This is roughly what my current stats are, right?

Jing Yang glanced at the hazy gray aura slowly drifting around the gray figure, and with a thought, he controlled it to fly to one corner of the hexagon and inject it into the end of the transformation system!

"Change type 60%" → "Change type 61%"

At the same time, a change in one part affects the whole; if the value of the variable system changes, the other adjacent systems will also change accordingly.

"80% of the materialization system" → "80.8% of the materialization system"

"Enhancement type 60%" → "Enhancement type 60.6%"

"Emission rate 80%" → "Emission rate 80.4%"

Both the operational and trait systems are at 100% max level, so there are naturally no fluctuations.

But how was this ratio calculated?

Jing Yang guessed that the hazy, gray air current was the last remaining trace of death energy in his heart...

"Jingyang, Jingyang?" Xiaodi's voice "woke him up".

call!

The sound of waves crashing against the shore, the sound of the tide, and the sound of the wind rushed into my ears again.

Xiao Di waved her hand in front of him, looking at him worriedly, "Is there a problem with the oath and the constraints?"

This archipelago was quite eerie before. Although it seems to have returned to normal now because of the departure of that giant arrow, who knows what really happened? After Jing Yang recited the oath, he stared blankly, remained silent, and stood frozen in place, which was quite frightening.

"No problems. Very good, very good!" Jingyang grabbed her hand, couldn't help but smile, squeezed it tightly, and pointed to himself, "From now on, 19-year-old Jingyang will not change!"

Little Drop blinked. "It'll change next year, right? When you're 20?"

“Uh,” Jing Yang was speechless, then pinched and pulled her cheeks, “Of course, there is still some natural growth.”

Xiao Di looked at him and said vaguely, "Won't your body be unable to take it because you've absorbed too much death energy?"