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

Chapter 224 Gold's Nen Ability! A Battle with Constant Reversals!

Kim Freecss is a very special person.

Like Gon, he was born on Whale Island and showed amazing insight and analytical skills from a young age, finding his cousin Mito, who was hidden away and could not be found by anyone.

Even in his childhood, he was filled with a desire to explore and a curiosity about the world.

Unlike others, he treats everything in the world with a playful attitude, like a player playing a real game.

Later, at the age of 12, he participated in the 267th Hunter Exam and became the only one to pass that year, demonstrating amazing talent.

After becoming a hunter, he displayed his talent to the fullest, achieving feats that were unattainable for countless people.

For example, discovering the Ruruka ruins, establishing the breeding method of the two-headed wolf, and eliminating the Kurdish bandit group.

He also became a two-star hunter of the Hunter Association, one of the twelve earthly branches, and one of the world's five greatest Nen users.

In reality, these so-called achievements and fame were merely bonuses to Jin in his eyes.

His ideas and talents gave rise to the special ability of telepathy. [Game Start]

He treats the world as a game, and he is the only player in this game.

Initially, this Nen ability is useless; it needs to be accumulated little by little.

All he had was a panel that tallied his various abilities.

Each ability has a ranking system, with higher numbers indicating greater power, and the specific assessment of level is based on one's understanding of the world.

For example, in the [Fighting Skills] skill, the average level for ordinary people is Lv2, while his level has reached Lv7.

This panel offers no bonuses; it doesn't increase the proficiency of the corresponding skill just by swinging a sword or engaging in a fight.

Ultimately, it depends on individual talent and effort.

The panel simply presents the levels of ability in a more concrete way.

From this perspective, the panel seems to be of little use, and that is indeed the case, but this is not the whole story of his Nen abilities.

The control panel is just an accessory. As its name suggests, "Start Game," the focus of a game is not on data, but on the game content.

The Nen ability will randomly generate corresponding game tasks based on his inner thoughts and experiences. If he completes the tasks strictly according to the requirements, he will receive corresponding rewards.

Tasks, ratings, and rewards all follow the same grading system, ranging from E to S, with a total of six tiers.

For example, if he discovers a certain ruin, his Nen ability might create an A-rank mission in his mind: "Clear the ruin."

His performance in the ruins will then be scored, and the higher the score, the greater the reward.

The rewards are varied, but the most common one is [Basic Points], which can add points to your abilities, saving you the trouble of practicing hard.

In addition, rare rewards include special abilities and items.

His Nen ability is very rigorous, emphasizing equivalent exchange. He cannot deceive his own heart, so these qualities are based on his high standards for himself.

Only those who achieve an A grade will receive a reward, while only those who achieve an S grade will receive a rare reward.

No rewards are given for levels B and C.

Ranks D and E may even incur penalties, such as randomly removing an ability or item, or maintaining a negative buff for a period of time.

At the same time, the level of the mission and the rating will change as his strength changes.

For example, S-level missions and S-level ratings are always unattainable for him and will not decrease as his strength increases.

When I was a child, an S-class mission might have been to defeat a giant beast with my bare hands; now, an S-class mission is to kill some kind of powerful calamity.

This Nen ability perfectly aligned with his thoughts, and that's exactly what he did.

Since then, he has traveled all over the world, participating in or actively discovering all sorts of things so that his Nen ability can generate corresponding tasks.

There are no restrictions on the types of tasks; they can include eliminating criminals, exploring ruins, or developing games—but only if the individual is interested in them, and they are randomly generated.

Unbeknownst to him, he completed one mission after another, achieving what outsiders perceived as success and fame in the process.

But only he knew in his heart that he was only enjoying the process and the feedback from his Nen ability, and didn't care about anything else.

Tasks can be categorized into short-term and long-term based on their duration. One of the long-term tasks he currently has is called "Hide and Seek," and the target is Xiao Jie.

He needs to hide from Gon and not be discovered by him. The longer he hides, the higher his rating will be, starting from the day Gon leaves Whale Island.

This was a long-term mission born from his own desire not to see his son, and he accomplished it very well.

However, this mission only lasted for one year and has now been completed. Xiao Jie is growing according to his plan and will soon clear Greed Island, so theoretically he will have a chance to meet him.

The mission is over, so he can see Xiao Jie.

He just hadn't figured out how to face Xiao Jie yet.

He did miss the chance to generate another "Hide and Seek 2" quest, so he would have a reason to continue hiding from Gon.

Unfortunately, he didn't. Perhaps he wasn't randomly selected, or perhaps he wasn't even sure if he wanted to see Xiao Jie.

Over the years, he has worked hard to complete one task after another, with both successes and failures, and he has lost a lot because of his failures.

Overall, however, the success rate was still higher, and they gradually accumulated a lot of skills and tools, from very few at the beginning to a wide variety now.

Abilities: [Nen Techniques] Lv7, [Martial Arts Techniques] Lv7, [Divine Script Mastery] Lv6, [Language Mastery] Lv7

[Perception] Lv7 —

Items: [Storage Bag], [Enhancement Capsule] —

Each ability and item is a testament to his life, from which he has benefited immensely.

For example, one of the rewards from an S-rank mission is the "Imitation Genius" skill, which he leveled up to Lv6.

The effect is that he can learn almost any offensive Nen ability as long as he is hit once, and can even apply what he has learned to other Nen abilities.

It was worth it for him to risk his life so desperately during the mission, even to the point of almost losing his life.

This ability is so powerful that it indirectly allowed him to acquire even more abilities.

The "Great Sage of All Things" is a spirit beast ability he obtained after completing the task of "raising the level of divine script to Lv5 within ten days".

He agreed to the sparring match with Lynn with some anticipation.

It might create a quest like "Defeat Lynn," since Lynn's strength is more than enough to generate a quest.

Judging from the deep red light, he estimated that the difficulty of this mission was at least A-level, and that was because the requirement was to "defeat". If it were to kill, it would probably be S-level.

Unfortunately, no mission was formed, so this sparring match was just that—a sparring match.

It's not fair to say there are no benefits at all; after all, being able to spar with a strong opponent of the same level as Lynn is an opportunity in itself.

It helps increase combat experience and accelerates the improvement of proficiency in various abilities.

The open space was filled with smoke and dust.

Jin casually tossed out the chain engraved with divine script; its surface flashed with light, clearly indicating its extraordinary nature.

The chains flew rapidly toward Lynn.

Attack, or dodge?

Lynn's gaze sharpened, but in the end he chose to avoid it, since he didn't know what the chain's effect was.

If he knew the divine script, he might be able to discern the effect from the patterns on it, but for now, we can only guess.

Based on the shape of the chains, he guessed that they were used to restrain him.

Just like that night in the capital of Reges, when Chrollo conjured chains to try and lock him up, it was to prevent him from using the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport around.

In fact, Lynn felt that Kim was like an enhanced version of Chrollo.

Not only is he stronger, but he also has more diverse abilities and a more meticulous mind. One careless move and you might fall into this old guy's trap.

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The chains whistled through the air as they passed by Lynn.

At the same time, Jin's lips curled slightly, and he stomped his foot hard, causing the divine characters on his shoes to emit a dazzling light.

It's that ability to strike from afar.

Lynn had just left his spot when he suddenly felt the chains behind him come crashing down on his back; apparently, they had an automatic locking function.

Seeing this, he casually froze the chains and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport away. But as soon as he teleported back, Jin suddenly rushed in front of him.

Teleport?

And how did you know he would teleport to this place?

A thought flashed through Lynn's mind like lightning, and at the same time, he subconsciously used Hyōrinmaru to block, catching the punch wrapped in golden Nen.

Surprisingly, Jin's attack had no power; the force was diverted to his abdomen.

Peng!

Lynn used the force to retreat, quickly creating distance. Although he was hit, his furrowed brows finally relaxed.

"I see, were the shoes intentionally designed to guide the movement?"

"Ah, that's it." Jin shook his hand; there was a knife wound on his right hand, which he had just used to attack, but it quickly healed.

At the beginning, Jin simultaneously displayed three things: stomping his feet, his shoes glowing, and hitting someone across a mountain.

Therefore, others would subconsciously conclude that Jin had divine writing engraved on his shoes, and then used the effect of the divine writing to send the damage of his spiritual energy to another location.

But in fact, this was the result of Kim's deliberate manipulation.

The shoes glowing is just an illusion.

Only stomping one's feet and hitting a cow across a mountain are real.

That was one of the abilities that Jin possessed, not the effect of divine script.

He can use any part of his body to transfer an attack applied at point A to point B.

There may be a constraint that the targets must be the same or connected.

For example, both Jin's location and his location are on the ground, and they are not far apart, so it is possible to achieve this.

Just now, Jin Ming attacked his face with his right fist, which was blocked by Hyōrinmaru.

In reality, the force that struck Hyōrinmaru was transferred to him, who was connected to Hyōrinmaru.

Because Gin used most of his Nen to transfer energy, leaving only a portion to protect his fist, he was injured by Hyōrinmaru earlier.

Overall, his injuries were more severe because he was "ambushed," but due to his strong physique, the injuries are healing rapidly and have little impact.

He guessed that the divine script on the shoes was not just a trick, but most likely had the effect of teleportation or sensing ground fluctuations.

This explains why Jin was able to predict that he would teleport here in advance.

In fact, Lynn's guess was quite correct.

The divine script on the shoes allows the user to teleport to a location within a certain distance centered on themselves.

Jin's prediction stemmed from his Lv7 [Perception] ability.

He can find the Flying Thunder God card that Lynn disguised as the "Paper of God" and determine which place Lynn will choose to teleport to based on the card's state.

However, there is only a very short time gap between these events, so only people with extremely fast reaction times can respond.

That means it has to be gold; otherwise, even if someone else were to come, they wouldn't pose the necessary threat.

"That's really good!"

Lynn's eyes lit up as he stared at Jin, who was frantically engraving divine characters on the things that the Great Sage of a Hundred Things was spitting out, not far away. A rare, proud fighting spirit flashed in his eyes.

Even his last battle with the old man hadn't made him feel this strongly.

After all, the old man is an Enhancement type, and his fighting style is straightforward and visceral, which can be summarized in two sentences.

My fist is bigger than yours.

My skills are more advanced than yours.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with that, but it makes it easy to see the difference in strength between the two sides, lacking a sense of uncertainty.

People like Kuroro and King, who possess a multitude of abilities, represent the two extreme opposites to Enhancement users like Netero.

They are adept at using their highly effective abilities to devise intricate plans that ultimately achieve their goals.

He estimated that if the battle were well-prepared, King could unleash even greater power, just like Kuroro.

Before this, the enemies he faced were either weaker than himself, whom he could simply overwhelm with his strength, or enemies like Netero who were of similar strength but had a single ability.

Therefore, he doesn't have many opportunities to use his extensive skill pool to fight against enemies.

King Kong fulfilled this request, allowing him to experience the joy of fighting as a Nen user, a feeling he hadn't felt in a long time.

Yes, happiness.

He personally enjoys the feeling of peeling away the layers of an enemy's abilities and plans, like peeling an onion.

Collecting his thoughts, Lynn had an idea.

A large number of rabbits emerged from the shadows and rushed towards Jin, like layers of white waves crashing against the shore.

[Ten Shadow Spells - Escape from the Rabbit]!

The energy consumption of the Rabbit is the lowest among the ten shikigami, so it is easy to summon a large group of them to harass and restrain the enemy.

He couldn't let Kim continue creating divine script like this.

Seeing a large number of rabbits running towards him, Jin's eyelids twitched.

Although he could sense that these spirit beasts were not very strong, their numbers were a bit exaggerated. The entire open space was almost occupied, as if they were constantly rushing towards him.

Left with no other choice, Jin had to temporarily put aside what he was doing and eliminate Tuotu first, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get anything done while being disturbed.

Peng!

Jin casually threw a punch, shattering a large clump of fleeing rabbits.

The fleeing rabbit in front dissipated into ethereal energy, but immediately another fleeing rabbit surged up from behind.

He first used a few punches to roughly assess the strength of the fleeing rabbit, and then he controlled his psychic energy accordingly, keeping it at a level that was just enough to eliminate the fleeing rabbit in front of him, but without wasting his psychic energy.

This is a required course for the strong: cherish every bit of vital energy.

At that moment, King heard a voice coming from Lynn.

"Furube Yura Yura----"