Hunter x Hunter: Card Master, the Strongest in the World.

Chapter 189 Biohazard: The Licker! A Craving for Scientists!

He attacked the wolf-shaped carcass, a creature with a distinctive feature: a bronze head, an iron tail, and a tofu-like waist.

A wolf's head and tail are relatively strong, but its waist is relatively weak, which is considered one of its weaknesses.

The area he just hit was the waist, but it wasn't as easy as I had imagined.

The surface of the rotting flesh was easily destroyed; Leo felt he could shatter it without even using Nen.

After all, the rotting flesh of a corpse can fall off just by walking, which shows that rotting flesh is very fragile.

The real problem is the bones inside the rotting corpse!

Despite its "tofu waist," its bones are quite strong.

It would be even more difficult for someone else!

"Everyone be careful, the bones are very hard!"

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Leo casually knocked over the rotting corpse that attacked him, and shouted loudly enough for everyone to hear clearly.

At this point, everyone was engaged in battle with the rotting corpses.

Jin subconsciously reached out to grab a piece of fruit to eat, but only touched her own protective suit.

Only then did he realize that he was wearing a protective suit and couldn't eat.

So he had no choice but to give up and skip the fruit-eating process. He vanished in a flash, leaving only a wisp of breeze behind.

The next instant, Jin appeared in front of a rotting corpse, and a muffled sound suddenly rang out!

A large hole appeared in the waist of the rotting corpse, and it collapsed to the ground, dead!

"Yes, it is indeed very hard."

Jin frowned, glanced at the expended Nen energy in his hand, then looked at the fallen corpse, and muttered to himself.

"It seems I need to practice with a few more to better control my strength."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Jin appeared between the two rotting corpses.

boom!boom!

Two explosions rang out in succession, and two rotting corpses fell to the ground.

"It seems like it could be a little less, but it's about right."

Jin nodded, turned to face the endless stream of rotting corpses, his eyes growing increasingly excited.

This time, Jin's attack was noticeably less dramatic, but he still managed to kill the enemy with a single blow.

This is what Kim refers to as "controlling force".

The first time, use a greater amount of force, which means expending more energy in your hands.

Then, based on the effects of the attack, the amount of Nen used is gradually reduced after evaluation.

The goal is to defeat the enemy without wasting any mental or physical energy.

Beside him, Lynn casually drew the Hyōrinmaru from his waist and suddenly slashed out with his sword.

Buzz—

Ripples spread through the air.

In an instant, a crescent-shaped sword aura, gleaming with frost, descended with a deafening roar, striking multiple rotting corpses in one breath, releasing a chilling aura!

With a single slash, he cleaved open more than a dozen rotting corpses in front of him!

Such a striking commotion attracted the surprised looks of many people.

Unlike King and Pjorn, they had never met Lynn and only knew that Lynn was a skilled exorcist.

But isn't saying he's "quite good" a bit of an exaggeration?

Several team leaders, including Leo, were shocked. Just from this one strike, they could see that Lynn was no weaker than them!

Is this still a shaman?

After Lynn swung his sword, he roughly assessed the situation based on the performance of the others. He concluded that the group of corpses had relatively weak attack power but good defense, and were only at the B-level.

At this moment, there were about fifty or sixty of them in their sight.

This forest is quite nice. I thought there would only be scattered insects, but I didn't expect to find hordes of rotting corpses here.

This is a great opportunity to get cards.

Without much hesitation, Lynn released Dragonite and Zoro.

The two of them are enough.

To avoid the effects of the purple light toxin on them, Lynn came up with a good plan: to have Dragonite use [Mystic Protection] on himself and Zoro.

【Mysterious Guardian】 can prevent entering abnormal states. In reality, it is used to put on a transparent energy shield, which can block harmful substances such as purple light toxins without affecting movement.

The cost of this skill depends on the strength of the harmful substance.

After donning the [Mysterious Protection], Dragonite and Zoro charged straight ahead, like tigers among sheep, and began to wreak havoc.

Zoro, being A+ rank, goes without saying. Even though Dragonite is only A- rank, he can still unleash considerable fighting power. The two of them working together are very impressive.

When they saw Lynn take out two more powerful spirit beasts, the others felt a chill. So far, Lynn has revealed four spirit beasts!

This made everyone, including Jin, wonder how many spirit beasts Lynn, the exorcist, actually possessed.

And each one is very powerful.

The horde of rotting corpses was impressive, but it didn't pose much of a threat. The only thing to be careful about was not getting hurt, so many people fought hesitantly.

However, the group from the Watari Naval Agency did not have this problem.

Some of them seem to possess Nen abilities that allow them to materialize Nen weapons. Although these weapons resemble guns or cannons, they are fired using Nen energy as ammunition, making them far more powerful than conventional firearms.

One after another, bullets and cannonballs roared away, perfectly embodying the phrase "a hail of bullets".

The powerful firepower suppressed the movement of the rotting corpses for a short time, and dust and dirt kicked up by the shells spread all over the field.

After a fierce battle, people finally saw the core appearance of those rotting corpses.

All the corpses had something resembling a heart in the center of their bodies, but not quite.

The unidentified object emitted a purple light similar to that of a purple forest, and it was constantly pulsating, faintly rippling outwards.

Inside the semi-transparent object, there was a vaguely discernible worm-like shape.

"Parasites?"

Jin glanced at the core of the rotting corpse, pondered for a moment, and then flicked his finger, shattering the core with a solid psychic projectile.

Based on his experience, this insect is most likely some kind of parasite that controls the activities of these organisms by parasitizing them.

I just don't know if these insects parasitize living organisms while they are still alive, or after they have died.

This also explains their unusual behavior.

It looks like it has been dead for a long time, but it can still move, mainly because of the parasites inside.

This insect is also strange; it has a large, jelly-like substance surrounding its body.

It looks just like a beating heart.

At the same time, these gelatinous substances are not only present there, but also countless others adhered to the bones.

Centered around the insect, countless gelatinous substances connect the various bones and joints.

These gelatinous substances are extremely tough and difficult to break or separate.

The reason why bones are so hard seems to be related to the large amount of gelatinous material on them.

This discovery resolved King's doubts about the ability of "corpses and even skeletons to move."

However, he still had one question.

Why do they seem so fearless, even after many have fallen, still trying to charge at them?

Although they are numerous, their attack methods are unsystematic and disorganized; they attack in their own areas without any coordination.

Before long, most of the horde of rotting corpses was dealt with, and the surrounding ground was littered with the remains of rotting corpses and the ground that looked as if it had been plowed countless times.

People even have to watch their step, otherwise they might be hindered from moving by the corpses piled up everywhere.

Lynn also had some free time to observe the cards that had been dropped. Thanks to the considerable number of corpses, eight cards were dropped at once, seven of which were the same type of card.

Name: Licker

[Rank: B]

[Type: Character Card]

[Background: Resident Evil]

[Introduction: One of the most iconic monsters in the Resident Evil series, named for its distinctive long tongue. It is essentially an advanced form of ordinary zombie that has undergone a secondary mutation catalyzed by the T-virus after obtaining sufficient nutrients.]

It's likely because of the rotting corpses that the zombies from Resident Evil appeared, and they were even the well-known Lickers.

Lickers rely on sound waves for location and movement; even a heartbeat cannot escape their ears.

Its main attack methods are a retractable, sharp tongue and huge claws that can cut through walls. It can also climb upside down on walls and ceilings.

Although it was ferocious, it was too ugly in appearance. Its skin had peeled off all over its body, exposing its muscles, and its skull had disappeared, resulting in its brain being exposed.

Although he acquired seven B-grade Lickers in one go, he was hesitant to use them.

After all, a single misstep could cause a real biohazard crisis across the six continents, with far too great an impact.

He planned to keep it for now. After all, it was a B-level card. Even if he sacrificed it for points, it would still be a huge gain, equivalent to 2100 points. With a few more points, he could upgrade a B+ card to an A- card.

He's only been in the Demon Realm for a short time, yet he already has such a substantial income.

He just hoped this magical realm would be bigger, so it could provide more monsters that could drop cards.

Based on what we have seen and heard so far, this place can be considered, to some extent, part of the Dark Continent.

As expected, the more monsters there are, the greater the harvest. The six continents are still too small, and the Dark Continent offers far more opportunities.

Lynn then looked at another card, which was also related to zombies.

【Name: KW89】

[Grade: B+]

[Type: Item Card]

[Background: Corpse Brother]

[Description: Second-generation human enhancement serum, administered orally. After ingestion, it turns the pupils gold and significantly improves physical attributes, elevating an ordinary person to B-rank strength. However, this effect will disappear if there is excessive blood loss.]

Corpse Brother is similar to Resident Evil, both having a zombie worldview, and even more exaggerated than ordinary zombies. Corpse Brothers can continuously become stronger, just like Sun Wukong's seventy-two transformations, hence the name "Corpse Brother".

Thankfully, it was the enhancer KW89, not KW74. The former only requires oral administration and is very easy, while the latter requires a syringe to be inserted into the heart for injection, which is extremely dangerous.

This effect is also very powerful, allowing an ordinary person to directly grow to level B, saving a considerable amount of time and energy, which is comparable to taking a leap to the top for an ordinary person.

Rank B is already the strength of a lower-level player in the Sky Arena, enough for an ordinary person to live a life of wealth and luxury.

The only drawback of the enhancer is that excessive blood loss will affect its effectiveness; it cannot be used when severely injured, otherwise the enhancer's effect will disappear.

The enhancer wasn't very useful to him, but he wanted to study it and try to replicate it.

Unfortunately, he only has Chopper and Tsunade as doctors, so he is quite knowledgeable in this area. It would be much easier if he had a dedicated scientist character card.

Such characters are not uncommon; they appear in many works, such as Vegapunk in One Piece and Dr. Genus in One-Punch Man.

I don't know where to go or who to fight to get this kind of character card.

Would a special agency like the Navigation Agency work?

For now, we can only let Chopper and the others study it first.

Lynn collected his thoughts. The game was nearing its end, and most people were resting, with only a few still cleaning up the remaining corpses.

"Did you find out?" Jin walked over and said in a low voice.

"Hmm, they're in such a hurry, it's like they're running away." Lynn's gaze sharpened, and he said thoughtfully.

During his observation, he noticed another thing that seemed amiss.

These parasites don't seem to entirely want to eat them.

Lynn could tell from the behavior of these rotting corpses that they were fleeing in a panic.

These can be seen from the various behaviors of the decaying corpses; they seem to be in a great hurry to run forward.

As for attacking them, it's like picking up some creatures for a snack while on the run.

Lynn felt more and more that they were on the run, and the others, including Kim, felt the same way, so they all instinctively became alert.

So————

As if understanding, Lynn turned his head slightly to look into the depths of the forest, a look of realization on his face.

really.

These rotting corpses are actually still being hunted down.

Suddenly, more than a dozen purple figures flew through the air and appeared abruptly at the edge of Lynn's line of sight.

They resemble birds, but are more like some kind of insect. Their bodies are mainly purple, giving the impression that they are filled with poison.

Their lower bodies and shoulders are covered with needles, and purple liquid is constantly secreted from the tips of the needles.

It looks somewhat like a wasp, with a pair of relatively short and thin wings.

The needles on the lower body were the largest, taking up almost a third of the entire body.

Besides its purple color, it also has black stripes, making it look more like a bee-like creature.

At the same time, its head is extremely ferocious, with a pair of large compound eyes similar to those of a fly, which frequently flash with an imperceptible light.

Its mouth is a similarly long proboscis, much like a mosquito's, except that mosquitoes only suck blood.

If someone were sucked by this mouthpart, all the blood in their body could probably be drained in an instant.

To turn a lively adult into a dried-up corpse in a matter of seconds.

The appearance of these purple bees also foreshadows the end of the horde of rotting corpses.

The purple bee was faster than the rotting corpse, its wings flapping rapidly behind it, leaving trails of afterimages.

The purple bees moved very quickly; one second they were in the air, and the next they were on the back of the rotting corpse.

The long, slender mouthpiece pierced the inside of the decaying corpse with perfect precision, and then it pulled out the entire core, which was wrapped in a gelatinous substance.

The rotting corpse, which had been moving just moments before, suddenly lost its source of power, collapsed to the ground, and could no longer move.

The purple bees were incredibly fast; in the short span of time since Lynn first saw them, more than a dozen corpses had already died.

Clearly, they were feeding on the parasites inside the rotting corpses.

While the Purple Bees' strength should not be underestimated, the fact that the Corpse Corpse lacks anti-air capabilities also contributed to the one-sided situation.

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