"Hehe..."
Riku chuckled softly.
His voice wasn't loud, but falling upon the ears of the three survivors, it caused all three of them, whose hearing was far sharper than an average person's, to shudder violently. As if their tails were on fire, they began to flee frantically.
The Black Bat fled the fastest. Having wings, he shot straight up into the sky without a second thought!
Ordinary people simply couldn't fly into the sky, and the higher he flew, the safer he would be.
He felt his heart practically leap into his throat.
Pfft!
Sounding like sothing being pierced, the bat froze mid-air. His eyes bulged incredibly wide as he stared in disbelief at the shattered, lightning-wreathed blade that had pierced right through his mouth!
Isn't... isn't this that Vampire guy's broken sword?
That was the last thought that flashed through the Bat's mind.
Then, like a plane shot down mid-flight, he plumted to the ground.
[Ding! You have killed Shadow Beast - Bat. Randomly plundering opponent's System Traits...]
[Ding! Congratulations on acquiring [Supersonic Wave] - Purple; [Bat Bloodline] - Purple, this trait is automatically crushed...]
...
"Ah!? He's dead!?"
The armless werewolf was now entirely terrified out of his wits. His arrogance from when he first arrived had long since vanished.
At this mont, nothing but endless terror remained in his heart.
The young man before him was simply too terrifying. He was hardly like a normal human.
This guy rely threw a broken blade and instantly killed the Bat.
Furthermore, he hadn't even seen the trajectory of the broken sword just now... which ant if the opponent used this move on him, he would nine tis out of ten end up just like the Bat.
Run! Run for your life!!
The werewolf no longer cared about his severed hands. He only cursed his parents for not giving him two extra legs.
Fueled by sheer terror, the werewolf's speed was phenonally fast!
The withered vines wrapped around Riku were also rapidly receding, seemingly trying to escape.
But Riku grabbed them!
In the distance, the old man shrieked in terror.
Although this cane looked like a re item he used, the reality was that almost his entire life's cultivation was concentrated within it.
Withered Wood was his ability!
Many people often underestimated his appearance, leading them to be killed by him without even realizing it!
"This is just a misunderst—"
Before the old man could finish speaking, blinding lightning abruptly flared up across Riku's body!
CRACKLE!!
That terrifying lightning actually traveled along the withered wood toward him.
This... how is this possible!?
How could wood conduct electricity, especially wood conjured by his own Nen ability!
But before he could process this thought, the terrifying cyan lightning had already reached him.
The vines and branches caught in the path turned into black ash and scattered into the air.
Wood is indeed not a good conductor.
But when the voltage is high enough, even an insulator can be instantly broken down, let alone this kind of wood.
Currently, the voltage Riku could generate far exceeded that of a kid like Killua.
Voltage is like water; it always flows from high to low.
This old man using his vines to bind Riku was exactly like touching a high-voltage power grid.
CRACKLE!
In just an instant.
The lightning that had wildly spread through the air coiled directly around him.
"Since you love using your ability to bind and entangle others so much, you should taste the feeling of being entangled yourself."
Riku sneered.
The cyan lightning instantly engulfed the old man's entire body. He let out an incredibly shrill and agonizing scream.
He couldn't even make a move to run. His entire body turned charred black at a speed visible to the naked eye.
With a crash, he turned into black carbon dust and scattered to the ground.
[Ding! You have killed Shadow Beast - Withered Wood. Randomly plundering opponent's System Traits...]
[Ding! Congratulations on acquiring [Transmutation Type Talent] - Purple, [Wood Manipulation] - Purple.]
A voice as beautiful as the sounds of nature rang out in Riku's mind.
Simultaneously, a massive amount of information flooded into his brain.
Transmutation Type Talent - Purple!
Riku already possessed the corresponding Gold-tier talent. This Purple trait dropped by the Withered Wood old man was rely the icing on the cake.
Of course, for Riku at this stage, it was still considered a premium-tier trait, which was quite good.
At the very least, an ordinary person dropping such a trait was practically a fantasy.
However, [Wood Manipulation] - Purple gave Riku considerable room to operate.
This guy could transform his Nen into vines for manipulation. rging this trait ant Riku directly absorbed the old man's lifelong, painstaking cultivation, instantly saving himself decades of effort.
In the distance.
The werewolf had already run several kiloters away.
But right now, his heart was pounding wildly. He didn't dare to stop for even a second. He swore this was absolutely the fastest he had ever run in his life, and he had entirely abandoned any thought of seeking revenge.
He wanted to completely cut ties with the Mafia.
Those idiots had no idea what kind of monster they had provoked, nearly getting him killed here as well!
Fortunately, his speed was the fastest on land!
At the very least, out of the entire Shadow Beast team, no one could run faster than him on the ground.
Hum~
But in just a split second...
The werewolf looked as if he had seen a ghost.
His pupils shrank abruptly, staring ahead in sheer disbelief. He was utterly terrified to see Riku's figure rapidly approaching him, almost as if he were shrinking the ground.
With a single step, Riku moved nearly a hundred ters!
Shrinking the ground into an inch!?
Too bizarre!
But for Riku, it was rely the application of his [Short-Distance Spatial Shuttle].
Unlike that weak kid, the energy in Riku's body was more than enough to support long-distance movent.
Of course, he couldn't completely break free from the trait's limitations; it was difficult to traverse a very long distance in a single leap, so he could only perform multiple consecutive jumps.
This made Riku's movents look almost exactly like a deity shrinking the earth.
Moreover.
When Riku was still hundreds of ters away from the werewolf...
The werewolf watched in terror as Riku suddenly stopped in his tracks.
What?
He... he's not chasing ?
The werewolf was stunned, but he currently had no ti to think about why. He only wanted to frantically escape and not stay here for a second longer.
In his field of vision, the werewolf perplexedly saw Riku stop and gently slap a palm onto the ground.
What... What the hell is this!?
Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands · Hunter Edition!
Riku called out softly in his heart.
Having acquired the old man's ability, combined with his own abilities and [Conjured Chant]!
Riku wanted to test if he could develop this specific move.
Rumble!
Rumble!
The earth in the distance trembled violently.
It felt like an earthquake. The frantically fleeing werewolf couldn't help but feel every hair on his body stand on end as he felt the violent tremors beneath his feet.
He had no choice but to stop running.
Then, a scene appeared that he would never forget for the rest of his life.
The ground beneath him slowly split apart, hard earth and rocks constantly cascading outward.
A terrifyingly massive Buddha with countless hands slowly rose from the earth.
It possessed a terrifying height of a full thousand ters!
Majestic and awe-inspiring, it truly gave one the urge to prostrate and worship it.
Even the towering ancient trees looked like re toothpicks in front of this terrifying Buddha, making him feel more like an insignificant ant.
He had to crane his neck straight up just to look at the Buddha before him.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
The werewolf tried to say sothing, but as he stared blankly up at the terrifying Buddha that blotted out the sky and sun, he couldn't utter a single word.
Is this really necessary?
Big... Big bro!
Why... why did you have to do this... I only said a couple of tough words when I first got here!
The werewolf even forgot the pain of his severed arms.
He saw the monster in the distance just standing there, showing no intention of chasing him any further.
Could it be that this terrifying Buddha was summoned by the monster behind him?
The werewolf felt that he didn't have nearly enough brain cells to process this.
A monster—
He scread in agonizing terror, desperately trying to flee.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
Smack!
He watched in horror as the sky-obscuring Buddha's thousands of hands suddenly moved.
Like swatting a fly, it instantly flattened him into the ground.
The entire area looked as if it had suffered an apocalyptic catastrophe, cracking and collapsing.
If anyone else had been here to witness this, they would absolutely never forget it. This was simply not sothing a human could achieve.
"A pity. After all, this is sothing I developed myself in a different world. Compared to the one in the Naruto world, it's still quite a bit weaker, and the scale is noticeably smaller. Of course, perhaps there will be a major change once the quality of the trait increases, along with my own realm."
Riku couldn't help but murmur to himself.
This move indeed consud quite a bit of his energy, but at least the spectacle was very nice.
Worthy of full marks!
Using it against this werewolf was naturally like using a cannon to shoot a mosquito, but at least he had tested the feasibility of the move.
[Ding! Congratulations on killing Shadow Beast - Werewolf.]
[Ding! Randomly plundering target's System Traits... Congratulations on acquiring [Enhancent Type Talent] - Purple, [Werewolf Transformation] - Purple.]
[Ding! The host rejected Werewolf Transformation. Automatically crushing this trait and converting it into experience points for other traits...]
The voice resembling the sounds of nature rang out in Riku's mind.
A massive amount of relevant information also flooded his brain.
Enhancent Type Talent was currently Riku's primary talent and had already reached Double Red tier. Purple... was rely a drop in the bucket; it was barely passable.
As for a trait like Werewolf Transformation, he had absolutely no interest in it.
Because this trait not only negatively impacted one's appearance, but also reduced rationality and increased bloodlust.
Its only benefit was a slight enhancent to certain attributes.
But this enhancent couldn't even begin to compare to his own Lightning Nen enhancent. So, Riku directly chose to crush such a weak, even detrintal trait.
What a pity.
If the Ten Dons knew that their strongest subordinates had all perished here, they would probably be 'thrilled', wouldn't they?
"Phew... Not bad, a very bountiful harvest."
Riku exhaled a breath of stale air and rolled his shoulders.
That thousand-ter-tall True Several Thousand Hands Wood Release slowly dissipated as if it had never existed. But the devastated ground and the corpses left behind all proved that it was real.
"Ti to head back. These guys were just the appetizer; Uvogin is the main course!"
Riku grinned faintly, turned around, and walked away.
...
Inside a certain inn.
"The starting bid for Greed Island is 8.9 billion Jenny, and you guys only have 5 million. Do you even know what an auction is? The host of this auction is the most famous in the auction world. With your money, you probably couldn't even buy a ticket to get in.
There might be clues about Gon's dad inside that ga, but as things stand, it's absolutely impossible for you to get it."
Leorio lay on the sofa, looking earnestly at the ROM card in his hand.
"But on the Hunter Website's protection list, it's listed as the easiest to obtain. It says as long as you have money, you can get it."
Gon refused to believe it.
"Hahahahaha! Of course, money makes the world go round," Leorio laughed heartily.
"But if you can just buy it with money, it can't really be called a treasure, right? If we could get our hands on it easily, it would prove we're at a professional level."
Killua stated seriously.
Leorio and Gon didn't even listen to what he was saying. Instead, they began studying the conditions for this upcoming auction.
What surprised them was that, unlike the previous auction, this one actually allowed for bartering and even gambling!
But a few days passed.
Although they had earned a decent amount of money through arm-wrestling events, compared to the funds they needed, the gap was still an astronomical figure.
"Why don't we ask Riku? Maybe he has a way!"
Finally out of options, Leorio suggested, feeling sowhat deflated.
Gon and Killua had also been completely exhausted these past few days, running around the city gathering information while trying every possible way to earn money.
But trying to earn such an astronomical sum was simply impossible.
"Alright, although I really wanted to do it ourselves, asking Riku for help is the best option when there's no other way!"
Gon said, feeling invigorated.
Leorio dialed Riku's number, but only heard a busy tone.
Uh...
Can't get through?
Then he tried Kurapika... also couldn't get through?
"I can't reach Riku or Kurapika. I wonder what's going on; could sothing have happened?" Gon worried.
"Relax, nothing will happen to Riku. There's simply no chance for anything to happen to him in this city. He's probably just busy dealing with sothing," Killua reassured him.
"I hope so..."
Leorio sighed.
...
In an inconspicuous, cluttered building.
Uvogin, securely tied up, had been brought upstairs. Brought along with him were the rich heiress Neon and so of her bodyguards.
"Dalzoll!! Have you lost your mind? Daring to bring the Miss to a filthy place like this. When the Boss finds out, you'd better prepare to die."
One of the bodyguards cursed angrily.
"Shut up!"
Smack!
A solid slap landed squarely on the man's face. Dalzoll yelled angrily, "You guys being able to ride on the Captain's coattails and be protected by him is the greatest luck you'll have in your entire life. If you dare spout nonsense in here again, get the hell out."
He had witnessed Riku's terrifying strength with his own eyes and had now beco a die-hard fan.
Even offending their boss behind the scenes, Nostrade, was nothing in comparison.
"Hehe, ants."
Uvogin, who was tightly bound, wore an expression as savage as a hungry wolf. He glared at everyone with incredibly venomous eyes. "Just you wait. It won't be long before the Phantom Troupe kills every single one of you, including all your family and friends!! Hahahaha! You will all follow to hell!!"
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