Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

"What's that sound? Kid? Are you still there...?"

The Babylonian king's stiff voice echoed in the room for a long time:

"Don't go..."

Inside the stone passageway.

As Dia ran for her life, the ripples beneath her feet continued to spread, checking for any pursuers or ambushes.

Surprisingly, the ripples indicated that there were no patrolling soldiers in the vicinity of the royal palace.

'Could this also be something Naspi did on purpose? To prevent the secrets of that room from being exposed, he wouldn't even let the soldiers approach. He must have some kind of guarantee that this place won't be invaded by the enemy.'

That reliance now seems to be that disgustingly ugly mind beast.

These creatures, born from the "egg in a pot" ritual, often represent a part of their owner's characteristics.

For example, Celidonish's perverse hobbies and absolute intolerance of lies gave his spirit beast the ability to detect lies and made it extremely sinister.

Mumu Ze's Nian Beast is cute and adorable, and also polite.

Thump thump thump...!

The muffled thuds, like pile drivers pounding the earth, kept coming from behind Dia.

Dia looked back.

Naspi’s Nen Beast suddenly attacked him at an exaggerated speed!

"Gurgle—!"

The beast emitted a human-like angry sound, its long red tongue trembling incessantly!

He acted as if he had killed the entire Nian Beast family.

'That's fast!'

At this speed, even if you use time-stop to create distance, it won't be long before you're caught up.

A cold glint flashed in Diya's eyes. He suddenly raised his knee and kicked the ground, stopping his forward momentum. He then turned decisively to face the attacking spirit beast!

'Then we'll have to finish this quickly and kill this mind beast before we're discovered!'

Swish!

Strange sunlight streamed down, and Dia's right hand flashed with a cold light as he gripped an extra-long scalpel in his left hand, ready to deliver a fatal blow!

Diya focused her mind and stared intently at the eerie beast under the sunlight. Under the illumination of the Shadowless Lamp, an invisible and colorless layer of air slowly appeared on its surface!

'What is that...'

Before they could even process what was happening, the beast had already covered the distance of less than a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.

It roared and swung its dozens of withered arms, creating gusts of wind as it lunged at Dia's face from afar!

boom!

Without the slightest hesitation, Dia twisted her body and delivered a powerful punch with her elbow!

The air exploded, and golden light shimmered everywhere!

With a punch imbued with explosive power, Dia slammed it hard into the dozens of hands that were attacking.

However, Dia was shocked to find that her seemingly sure-fire strike had hit nothing but air!

'Missed it? No, my fist broke off!'

Diya's punch missed, but the Nian Beast was completely unaffected.

shhhhh--

The beast's palm strike was fierce, lifting the ends of Dia's hair. Dozens of fleshy palms arrived in an instant, striking his body with a violent force that exploded outwards!

boom!

With a muffled thud, Dia was slammed into the hard wall behind her, sending shards of stone flying everywhere!

Fortunately, the person and the beast were currently deep underground, surrounded by solid concrete walls, so the huge commotion only caused a slight tremor to reach the surface.

Meanwhile, Naspi, who was resting on the second floor, frowned and turned over, as if he had a nightmare.

'Its strength is not weak either...'

Diya jumped out of the crater she had just created and stared coldly at the Nian beast.

In that instant, he managed to withdraw the Nen energy from his fist, protecting his body, so he was not harmed.

The beast before me has some kind of protective force on its body that can deflect physical attacks.

Such an enemy is obviously not easy to deal with. After all, no matter how much power you have, it is meaningless if you can't hit the target, unless the power is so great that the opponent cannot reverse the situation.

"Should I use my full strength? That punch was already 6% of my limit. Given the current situation, going any stronger wouldn't help unless I break through the limitations of the [Exchange Contract]."

'Then what about the scalpel? Could it cut through his stance...?'

There was no time to rest. Before Diya could stand still for long, the overwhelming palm shadows of the Nen Beast came rushing towards her!

"Gurgle—"

A strange scream rang out, and a strong wind rushed towards us.

Diya decisively bent her knees and leaped backward. In the instant she jumped out of the range of the beast's palm strike, her right hand flashed with a blade of light and slashed at one of the black hands!

blah-

A sound like tearing silk rang out, and the short knife in Dia's hand sliced ​​through the invisible barrier, cutting into most of the black hand in one go!

The beast felt a sharp pain and swiftly withdrew its hand, preventing it from being severed.

It will work!

Diya's eyes lit up, and she landed and stood still.

'Kita's scalpel can cut through that barrier, so it seems that the barrier itself is a transformation of Nen.'

Although it could be cut open, the barrier still somewhat hindered the scalpel's cutting, causing a slight pause at the moment of cutting.

This added delay, coupled with the fact that Diya also had to dodge the attacks of the Nen Beast, made it very difficult to quickly sever all of the opponent's limbs.

"Gurgle—!"

The Nen Beast let out a roar, as if in pain, and its Nen energy swelled even more, making its movements even faster.

Diya moved more nimbly, constantly dodging the opponent's attacks, and tried to further deepen the wound she had just sustained.

However, none of the subsequent attempts managed to reach the beast's actual hand.

Swish!

Diya dodged an attack from a spirit beast and began to ponder why this had happened.

The beast's palm slammed into the ground, creating cracks. Looking at the cracks, a thought suddenly occurred to Diya:

'This attack seems a little weaker than the previous ones?'

Thinking of this, Dia decisively drew her sword, preparing to slash at the injured hand!

Swish swish!

Sure enough, the next moment several palms came from all directions and pressed firmly onto Dia's body!

boom!

His body was sent flying once again.

This time, however, Diya didn't even pause. She landed and stood still as if nothing had happened, casually brushing the corner of her clothes.

He had already figured out the secret of the force field around the other person.

Just like flowing Nen energy, the energy field on the surface of a Nen beast's body is a fixed quantity!

'It uses more of its protective stance to safeguard its injured hand, leaving its other offensive hands unprotected. This means that if you seize the moment to attack, you can easily sever its unprotected hand in one fell swoop!'

'However, judging from the feedback from the [Shadowless Lamp], the force field on its body is clearly much stronger than its limbs; it's best to disable its mobility first!'

Thinking of this, Diya strode quickly toward the Nian Beast.

With a flash of light, Diya pretended to attack the Nen Beast's less frequently used attacking hands, while secretly positioning herself in the most convenient spot for the Nen Beast to unleash all its palms!

"Gurgle!"

As expected, a glimmer of joy was visible in the eyes of the beast, and it attacked with all its might without any doubt.

In an instant, a barrage of palm strikes swept across the sky, creating a whirlwind that tore through the air as they hurtled toward Dia!

'Now! The World!'

The next moment, just as dozens of hands were about to strike Dia, delivering a fatal blow to the intruder, they abruptly stopped in mid-air.

Clang—

A cold glint flashed in Dia's eyes, and the short knife in her hand emitted a sharp whistle, spewing out a sky full of blade light like a viper's tongue!

In just one second, he tore apart all the approaching hands within range!

With time still remaining, Diya drew her sword and unleashed over a dozen strikes, directly slashing at the beast's torso!

The protective barrier on the beast's body was clearly thicker than its limbs, and when Diya tried to strike, she immediately felt a significant resistance; the scalpel couldn't even penetrate halfway into it.

However, qualitative change can lead to quantitative change.

Dozens of sword lights landed directly on his left shoulder, cleaving through the thick barrier in a few breaths, tearing a huge gash from his left shoulder toward his neck!

Time begins to flow again at this moment.

"Gurgle—!!!"

The anticipated scene of the enemy being turned into mincemeat did not occur. To the beast's horror, the human in front of it suddenly changed position.

At the same time, almost all of its hands were severed?!

Diya's hands didn't stop moving. Taking advantage of the moment when its limbs were severed and it couldn't move, she flashed her blade wildly, slicing through the huge gash on its body as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

A few more breaths passed.

tear-

A tearing sound rang out, and in one breath, starting from the left shoulder, Dia cleaved off the entire head of the Nen Beast!