"Ahhhhhhh!!!"
Seeing this scene, Riku played along with their performance. He let out a low growl like a beast, his entire person seemingly plunging into a state of emotional breakdown.
"It was you!!"
Riku roared, his eyes bloodshot as he charged towards Illumi.
"Hehe, then it seems I still overestimated you. Right now, you look like nothing more than a beast that has lost its reason. No matter how powerful the strength, in the hands of a beast, it will be reduced to a useless tool."
A faint smile played on the corners of Illumi's lips, his hollow eyes staring at the oncoming Riku.
His previous defeat to Riku was entirely because he used a disguise technique and couldn't use his full strength, but things were different now; he was in his normal state.
Illumi calmly and composedly watched Riku draw closer. In the opponent's attack, he could spot at least a dozen flaws with a single glance.
He even thought of over ten ways to break the opponent's attack.
In the back, Silva Zoldyck stood with his arms crossed, clearly having no intention of making a move. He really wanted to let his eldest son test the limits of this so-called genius.
"Found it, a flaw!"
Illumi chuckled lightly. With just a slight sideways movent, he dodged the enraged Riku's attack. Then, his poison-laced hand blade thrust toward Riku's back.
Of course, he would hold back and not directly kill Riku; it was just a test of Riku's strength.
Evidently, the result this ti disappointed him greatly. He originally thought it would be a formidable opponent, but he didn't expect him to lose his reason so easily.
Perhaps this couldn't be said that Riku easily lost his reason, but rather that he valued emotions too much.
If the sa thing happened to him, Illumi guaranteed his emotions wouldn't fluctuate much.
As a mber of the Zoldyck family, he had been instilled with the concept of absolute cold-bloodedness and calmness since childhood. Nothing could beco a threat to him. Even if his own father or other family mbers beca bargaining chips in the enemy's hands, he wouldn't care.
Because the family's teaching was never to lay down one's combat power and weapons in front of the enemy for any reason!
Clearly.
The opponent ca from an ordinary background. Although he had good talent, compared to himself, it was still far from enough.
"You lose!"
Illumi murmured in his heart. His fingernails, flashing with a faint purple light, struck Riku's back.
Clang—
But the sound of a collision, like striking steel, made him freeze instantly.
His hand blade could even slice through solid steel, but was this guy's skin actually harder than steel?
Illumi's expression changed drastically.
Before he could react, he was horrified to see the exposed Riku had already twisted his waist and shifted his body, bringing a fist wrapped in searing energy crashing down.
[Divine Power] (Red)!
[Taijutsu] (Gold)!
[Iron-Plated Tank] (Gold)!
[Lightning Nen] (Red) — Thunder - Fist Drum!
Lightning power, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, surged into Riku's right fist.
Instantly elevating Riku's explosive power to another level!
...
The effects of nurous traits were maxed out all at once!
Boom—
A deafening explosion rang out, and a visible shockwave of air burst open with the two at the center.
Illumi vomited blood wildly, his entire person instantly blasted flying like a sandbag.
The power this ti far exceeded any previous instance.
Illumi rolled onto the ground in the distance, covered in wounds. Both of his hands were fractured, hanging down limply.
Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and he looked incredibly disheveled.
A crater over 20 ters in diater was forcefully blasted open on the ground.
The power of a single punch!
Terrifying to the extre!
[Ding! You defeated Illumi in a combat stance. 10% chance to automatically copy traits...]
[Ding! Copy failed]
"Tch!"
Riku couldn't help but grumble internally. He actually didn't copy any traits.
What a pity.
He couldn't just off this guy here, otherwise the chance of obtaining traits would be 100%, and he could get multiple traits at once.
"Incredibly astonishing explosive power, reflexes and intuition like a beast, and upon entering a state of rage, he clearly possesses an enhancent ability, raising his skin's hardness to an extrely high degree."
"Stop, Illumi, you have already lost!"
Silva Zoldyck evaluated. He glanced at his son struggling to stand up in the distance, stepped forward, and stared fixedly at the enraged Riku.
"Little guy! Your opponent is ! Hurting my people on my family's territory—this is the greatest provocation to the Zoldyck family! However, I reckon you don't have much reason left right now to hear my words clearly, so in that case, let wake you up."
Silva Zoldyck spoke expressionlessly.
His astonishing aura suppressed toward Riku's direction.
As expected!
Upon feeling this astonishing aura.
The enraged, "reason-lost" Riku turned his head, locking his target onto Silva.
Nen Bullet!!
Without another word, Silva directly assud a starting stance. Instantly, Nen Bullets constructed from Nen whistled over.
Boom, boom, boom!
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
They carpet-bombed the ground directly like missiles. But what surprised Silva was that Riku's reactions were surprisingly sharp, dodging all the attack techniques.
"It seems relying on ranged attacks to land a hit is very difficult. I'll have to do it myself!"
Silva cracked his knuckles, rolled his neck, making popping sounds.
In the room behind.
Old Man Zeno was standing by the window, overlooking everything that was happening.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... incredibly astonishing strength, reflexes, and defense. He can be called a super genius developed in all aspects. The only regret is he doesn't have enough calmness and easily lets his emotions get the better of him."
Zeno gave his assessnt, "Based on his current state, he might be able to last three minutes in front of Silva."
...
Inside the surveillance room.
The mother and son duo, Kikyo and Milluki, were watching the surveillance screen.
"Ah!? Big Brother... Big Brother lost!?"
The fat guy Milluki was dumbfounded. At least since he was old enough to understand things, he had never seen his Big Brother Illumi lose a battle. In his impression, his Big Brother was practically an invincible existence.
And in the battle just now... both sides only exchanged a single move before he was directly defeated.
Especially upon seeing the blasted and caved-in marks on the ground, the fat guy couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart.
This guy simply didn't seem human. He felt like a humanoid monster; this kind of power was simply too astonishing.
No wonder Big Brother lost.
"Illumi!!"
The aristocratic woman Kikyo shrieked sowhat madly. Seeing Illumi injured pained her heart imnsely, but mostly, she was horrified.
The strength of the enraged Riku was actually this terrifying.
Even Illumi couldn't withstand a single move from him. Of course, the most important reason for the defeat just now was still Illumi's own underestimation of Riku.
It could be said that both tis, he lost due to letting his guard down.
But this couldn't be entirely blad on Illumi.
The first ti was because of the eruption of [Divine Power] (Red)!
It was like a child suddenly unleashing a full-force punch of 100 kilograms; it naturally caught an adult off guard.
The second ti was because of the buff from Thunder - Fist Drum!
With the buff of [Lightning Nen] (Red), Riku's power surged again!
From 100, it beca at least 500!
The suddenly increased, terrifying power caught him off guard all at once, resulting in another defeat.
Illumi felt bitter internally.
...
Inside the castle.
Silva's figure vanished from where he stood.
In the next instant, he appeared beside Riku, delivering a whip kick right to his face.
Boom—
Even Riku, who had entered a state of rage, was actually forcefully kicked back, sliding over ten ters before stopping.
In terms of pure strength, Silva was even more astonishing.
"Little guy, let beat so sense into you!"
Silva spoke expressionlessly. He flashed forward again, chasing Riku down and attacking once more.
Every strike was fatal!
Unlike the fighting style of ordinary people, the combat style cultivated by this assassination family was exceptionally dangerous. Any limb combat technique, such as elbows, knees, palms, fingers, etc., posed a fatal threat.
It could be said they were entirely cultivated into the most powerful combat machines.
Pfft!
Blood splattered.
Silva pierced through Riku's right shoulder with a palm thrust, then followed up with a combo elbow strike, breaking Riku's right arm and sending him flying!
"Roar!!"
But the Riku who was sent flying didn't wake up from the pain. Instead, he still let out a beast-like roar.
Silva frowned slightly, charging forward again to thoroughly beat Riku awake.
"Silva, pay attention to the limits. Stopping here is about enough. If you keep going, Killua will wake up."
Zeno's voice ca through the earpiece.
Silva didn't reply. Instead, he pressed forward again, leaving afterimages behind.
He grabbed Riku's other intact arm.
It's over!
He has completely lost the power to resist. Waking him up next will naturally be effortless.
Pfft!
Blood blood again as Silva's hand injured Riku once more.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
Smack!
But in this instant, Silva was horrified to see the opponent's blood-stained hand actually grab his arm directly.
And the grip was surprisingly strong!
Not at all like a guy who was heavily injured.
And what shocked him even more internally was that he clearly saw Riku's right arm, which was clearly injured, rapidly recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Caught you! Heh!"
Riku suddenly grinned, revealing a beast-like smile, his eyes shockingly blood-red.
At this mont, Silva had the illusion that he had been bitten in the mouth by a magical beast from the Dark Continent.
It also felt as if he had awakened so terrifying monster.
Oh no!!
Silva instantly realized things were bad. He wanted to pull away and create distance, but found the opponent's hand gripping him tightly like an iron hoop, utterly impossible to break free from. Furthermore, this strength was inconceivably imnse, even giving him the feeling that his arm bones were going to be crushed.
Old man! You had a pretty good ti hitting just now, didn't you? Now you've finally taken the bait. It's ti for to put on a good show for you.
Riku was excited internally.
These wounds on his right arm were absolutely no problem. With the abilities of [High-Speed Regeneration] (Purple) and [Healing] (Purple), as long as his head wasn't chopped off or his heart instantly crushed, any other wound could heal rapidly, rely consuming so stamina.
So now!
It's my ti!
Showti!
[Divine Power] (Red)!
[Lightning Nen] (Red) — Thunder - Fist Drum!
[Scarlet Eyes] (Red)!
[Enhancent Nen] (Purple)!
[Taijutsu] (Gold)!
[Iron-Plated Tank] (Gold)!
[Assassination Arts] (Gold)!
...
Boom—
In an instant.
Riku directly opened his eyes!
Unlike Kurapika, who had red eye visual effects when activating the Scarlet Eyes, Riku didn't have any visual effects, but the actual effect was very real.
As expected of the activation of the top-tier bloodline limit in the entire Hunter world; all special attributes were maxed out instantly.
And his own combat power soared to a terrifying state!
Back then, Kurapika, despite being just a rookie who had only recently passed the Hunter Exam, was able to crush Uvogin, a top-tier combatant of the Phantom Troupe, simply by activating the Scarlet Eyes!
These Scarlet Eyes... could be considered the top-tier cheat code in this world.
You should feel honored, Silva!
You are the first person to taste the flavor of my Scarlet Eyes!
Riku laughed maniacally internally.
In the next instant.
A fist wrapped in threads of terrifying lightning and searing high temperature crashed down upon Silva.
The two engaged in absolute close-quarters combat!
Half-ter close combat!
Fist to flesh!!
Boom, boom, boom!
Boom, boom, boom!
Boom, boom, boom!
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!!
Deafening explosions.
It was as if the entire castle was teetering on the verge of collapse. Terrifying and astonishing shockwaves of air rolled everywhere.
Every ti Riku's fist fell, it was blocked by Silva's fist, but the ground behind Silva burst open consecutively, leaving behind massive, gigantic fist imprints.
It was as terrifying as a bomber.
At this mont, the interior of the castle felt as if it was enduring a carpet bombing from heavy bombers.
On the balcony.
Zeno Zoldyck, the old man who had his hands behind his back preparing to watch the final conclusion, was now dumbfounded.
He stared in disbelief at the terrifying offensive power below.
This level of power had even reached Netero's level!
Is this guy really just a rookie who just got his Hunter License?
This kind of terrifying power was simply inconceivable, completely impossible for a human body to unleash. Could it be that this brat also had the bloodline of a Dark Continent magical beast in his body?
Countless thoughts surged in Zeno Zoldyck's mind at this mont. He clearly saw his son clearly losing ground in this super close-quarters lee combat.
Silva's fists were completely suppressed, beginning to break skin, bleed, and even turn into a bloody ss.
Inside the surveillance room.
The aristocratic woman and the fat guy were completely dumbfounded.
Their minds were a blank slate.
They sowhat doubted whether everything they were seeing on this surveillance screen was real.
That was Silva Zoldyck! The current head of the entire family. Although his combat power might not be the absolute strongest, it was at least the strongest on the surface.
Yet even so.
It has actually turned into this situation now!?
Especially Riku. That guy right now was simply like an artillery emplacent, looking entirely like a missile bombardnt!
It even made one worry that if this battle continued, the entire castle would collapse!!
The two of them opened their mouths so wide they could fit two goose eggs inside, their expressions incredibly horrified.
As if they had seen a ghost.
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