Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

Whether they were highly skilled professional hunters or seasoned soldiers who had undergone rigorous training, many of them were complaining bitterly at this moment.

Under normal circumstances,

These carefully selected professionals do not suffer from seasickness.

However, the ship's movements were too large.

In order for the ship to be fast enough,

The strong winds summoned by Diya were approaching typhoon levels, which allowed the Purple Smoke to catch up with its previous fuel-burning speed.

But at sea, strong winds mean big waves!

Under the raging air currents, giant waves tens of meters high were constantly being churned up on the sea surface, and the ship was tossed up and down in the waves like a dumpling.

This process has lasted for three whole days...

It's like throwing a cat into a super-powerful washing machine and washing it for three whole days.

Even if the crew wasn't seasick from the rocking, they would have been knocked unconscious by the impact.

Fortunately, Mo Laowu's team and the few sailors remained clear-headed and capable, working hard to maintain the normal operation of the ship.

This is not an easy task.

Because the directional instructions given by Jin are completely irregular, usually just a sudden "east", "southwest", or "backward" every now and then.

The crew could only forcibly control the ship's direction, that is, adjust the angle of the sails, under these random instructions.

Dia continued to activate her abilities without stopping, and even dragged Vincent, who was feeling guilty for giving the three nails to Bynd, into the fray.

As an outstanding young man from the Windrider tribe, Vincent used his skill in communicating with nature spirits to successfully restrain the gale summoned by Dia, resulting in a significant increase in the ship's speed once again.

The crew members are all holding on.

Based on the previous sailing plan, if they could maintain this speed, they would reach the border coast of the Dark Continent in half a day at most!

But in the dark sea.

How could it be so smooth?

"Attention all crew! A massive, unidentified school of fish has appeared 3 nautical miles to the port fore-southeast of the ship. The area is extremely wide, and it is preliminarily determined that escape is not an option!"

"Five minutes later, the ship will be attacked by a school of fish. Everyone, get yourselves secured!"

The broadcasting room.

Mo Laowu looked solemn, put down the microphone, and looked out the window.

To the left front of the hull.

Almost the entire sea surface was covered by a layer of "wriggling" white creatures, like a pot of noodles poured onto water.

That's the "school of fish" he just mentioned.

In fact, based on their characteristics, those wriggling things have nothing to do with "fish" at all; they look more like a dense swarm of maggots!

but--

'How can there be maggots in the sea, and so many of them, and so big? Ordinary maggots are at most the size of a fingernail, but those in that area of ​​the sea are almost the size of a human head, and judging from the area they cover, there are probably far more than tens of billions of them...'

I don't know why.

Mo Laowu suddenly had a flash of inspiration!

As if possessed, he focused his spiritual energy into his eyes, using his enhanced vision—also known as [Concentration]—to look at the distant school of fish.

That one glance sent a chill down Mo Laowu's spine!

'Oh no, that's not...'

He sensed something was wrong and quickly grabbed the microphone, pressed the broadcast button, and announced again to everyone on the Purple Smoke:

"Attention everyone, correct the previous announcement! It wasn't a fish attack, it's a sea king about to pass by!"

Just now.

The instant Mo Laowu activated [Condensation], he caught a glimpse of the truly terrifying behemoth beneath the swarm of [maggots]—

It was a giant manta ray, as large as a small mountain...

Without a doubt, this size is a "specialty" of the Dark Sea, that is, a Sea King!

after awhile.

thump!

The door behind Mo Laowu was suddenly pushed open!

With a serious expression, Yinda barged in first, followed by Gu Gu and Kate, who were also from the Biology Class.

Before setting off, the Hunter Association had prepared a contingency plan for the sea kings in the dark sea, which was mainly carried out by several hunters from the biology class for identification and extermination.

However, it is said to be a treatment.

In reality, the only likely solution is to find a way to avoid it.

The reason is simple: sea monsters are the true overlords of the sea, and compared to them, humans are simply too insignificant.

Just like the World Tree of the Dark Continent, even with malnutrition, it can easily surpass the world's tallest building constructed by humans.

Normally, sea kings, such as the [Emperor Eel] and [Soul Fish], are at least a quarter the size of the [Black Whale One], a giant ship capable of housing 200,000 people!

The colossal sea kings are even more outrageous.

In comparison,

The hunters on the Purple Smoke, and indeed the entire Purple Smoke, were as insignificant as a speck of dust.

Upon seeing Yinda, Mo Laowu quickly reported:

"That sea king is to our left, it's a manta ray-like sea king. Luckily it's not very big, but it's about to collide with us. Oh, by the way, there seems to be a bunch of strange, maggot-like creatures on its back. I can't tell what they are, so I mistook them for a school of fish."

Upon hearing Mo Laowu's words, Yinda did not reply immediately, but instead frowned and remained silent.

He also activated [Condensation], looking at the imminent biological crisis before him.

Everything before my eyes was just as Mo Laowu had described.

but……

Yinda felt that something was off.

The strange feeling that lingered in his mind and wouldn't go away made the experienced Yinda feel a little uneasy!

He stared at the water for a long time.

The wind and rain roared, raindrops pounding the water like iron balls, waves surged and splashed with astonishing force, but everything remained as usual.

Just before Gu Gu behind him was about to explode in impatience, Yin Da finally understood where that strange feeling came from—

"...No, you didn't admit you were wrong."

Yinda removed the Nen covering his eyes, his usual amiable demeanor vanishing, replaced by a somber expression and a grave look in his eyes:

"It doesn't just look like one, it's a maggot! It's just bigger and has grown gills!"

Mo Laowu was taken aback:

"But maggots aren't..."

"The larvae of flies lay their eggs on rotting food and corpses, and then grow into maggots after being nurtured by hot and humid conditions."

Kate, standing behind Yinda, seemed to know what Mo Laowu was about to say, and explained the entire mechanism of maggot production in a series of sentences, then a look of realization flashed in her eyes:

"Could it be that it wasn't that manta ray?"

Yinda cast an admiring glance at him:

"As expected of Jin's student, those maggots must be larvae of some kind of fly insect native to the dark sea, laid on that [Sea King corpse]!"

Yinda pointed to the vast, boundless darkness beneath the manta ray and uttered astonishing words:

"Those are the real sea kings!"

Following his finger, everyone noticed something they had subconsciously overlooked!

Beneath the pitch-black sea, a colossal creature, far exceeding the size limits of any sea beast recorded by humankind, is hurtling towards them at an astonishing speed!

The colossal object seemed boundless. As everyone peered into the distance, they finally caught a glimpse of an arc on either side of the shadow, which appeared to be a cylindrical sea king.

The shadow cast by his figure stretched all the way forward to... the hull of the Purple Smoke ship!

Everyone gasped, their hair standing on end, staring incredulously at the sea.

It turns out they had been doing this all along without even realizing it.

They sailed the ship onto the back of an enormous sea king!

Those swarms of maggots stretching for miles were merely a fragment of the manta ray sea king's corpse.

The manta ray sea king's corpse was then lifted up by the enormous creature beneath the surface, swimming across the vast ocean as if it were still alive...

"The water level is dropping! The seabed is rising!"

Suddenly, a cry of surprise came from the deck.

A professional hunter leaned half his body over the railing in the pouring rain, pointing incredulously at the sea below.

The dark seabed, which should be even deeper than the Mariana Trench, was rising at an astonishing speed!

"No, no...this is..."

The hunter, who had just exclaimed in surprise, froze again, his mind going blank.

The "seabed" rising before my eyes had strangely developed striped patterns, and the underwater shadows, which should have been flat, now had a very peculiar sense of height difference.

It was clearly a blurry shadow, but the shadows on the sides were significantly lower than the one in the middle!

"Everyone! Get inside the cabin!!!"

Mo Laowu's desperate shouts instantly echoed throughout the entire Purple Smoke Ship!

Without the slightest hesitation.

Whether it was Vincent communicating with the spirits at the bow, Dia calling for a strong wind at the stern, or the other Nen users securing the sails, they all rushed into the cabin at top speed!

Rumble—!!!