Chapter 311: Brute Force Creates Miracles X Susanoo Appears!
The [Mundane] and [Nen] are different, and [Nen] and [Gods] are equally different. They are not creatures of the same dimension, so how can they be compared?
That would be a blasphemy against [Gods], and an insult to this true "pillar supporting the heavens and beams bridging the sea" of the Zoldyck family...
Ryo deeply agreed, recalling that in the original story, his grandfather Zeno had evaluated Maha's strength, stating that "Netero is the only person who has fought Maha and is still alive."
While feeling proud, a deep sense of sorrow uncontrollably welled up in his heart...
The success of one general costs the lives of ten thousand soldiers. He could never forget the dense, endless graves stretching to the horizon in Maha's dream, nor could he forget the men, women, old, young, parents, children, and grandchildren standing in the ruined royal court within the [Mental World]...
Therefore, those who pursue individualism will never understand the greatness and sacrifice of collectivism.
Ryo murmured in his heart, and suddenly, his aura changed!
Behind him, a figure faintly emerged. Sometimes it dressed as a child, sometimes a merchant, sometimes a geisha, and sometimes the demon king who stood above all demons, ruling the night, an incubus whose mere mention could stop a child's crying...
As Ryo abruptly raised his eyes and glared at Silva, he activated his Blood Demon Art—[Bone Whip]!
Crack... Swish! Swish! Swish!
Hideous bones roared as they drilled out from various parts of Ryo's body...
As soon as they appeared, they transformed into hundreds of [Bone Swords], catching Silva completely off guard and thrusting toward him!
Instantly, it caught Silva completely unprepared!
"What is this thing?!"
"Could it also be an application of a Nen ability?"
On the large tree a thousand meters away, Kurajin held her binoculars, looking in shock as Ryo instantly turned into a hedgehog. Every spike on his body was a sharp sword thrusting at Silva!
She suddenly widened her eyes and asked Tsubone.
The old butler's two pink pigtails draped behind her head. Her wrinkled old face visibly changed as she slowly shook her head, "I don't know either."
Tsubone stared intently at the battlefield. She watched the Nen shield coating Silva's body get pierced with hundreds of holes in continuous successions—Crack... Crack... Crack... He had to violently retreat backward, withdrawing the [Ko] that was clamping down on [Snow Walk] and [Eclipse]. What was certain was... that was not the Four Major Principles, let alone [Ken], [Ko], [En], or [Ryu], or any high-level application of Nen. Instead, it looked more like...
Yet another Nen ability the Young Master had never displayed before!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The [Bone Swords] acted like whips. Relying on Ryo's open [En] to capture Silva's position, it was as if they were equipped with a targeting system, chasing Silva with flying thrusts. A hundred flying swords, a hundred streams of light, wrapped in Ryo's Nen, whistled through the mountain forest, transforming into a mighty "Torrent of Swords" that relentlessly pursued Silva...
In a single moment, they brushed past the large tree Netero was standing on. In just a flash, the tree was split open along its roots and collapsed with a loud crash!
"Chairman!" Beans cried out in alarm, suddenly feeling the ground beneath his feet give way as he plummeted rapidly towards the ground. Fortunately, Netero acted in time, scooping him up by the back of his collar. With a flying leap, he bounded over to Zeno's side, sparing him the fate of being smashed into a meat patty.
"Zeno, this doesn't look like [Conjuration]..." Netero's gaze tracked the bone swords, sparing a glance at Zeno... Transforming the body into a hundred swords should clearly be the [Transmutation] category...
But for that child, "It's not your first time seeing him Cross Categories," Zeno's white hair swayed. Suppressing his astonishment, he feigned calmness as he watched Ryo "use bones as swords" to relentlessly pursue Silva, speaking indifferently.
Netero gave a noncommittal murmur. He remembered when the boy imitated the Human-Faced Ape during the Hunter Exam, performing a Deception that was similarly of the [Transmutation] category. He sighed, "Those who walk that path certainly possess many methods, but..."
"With just this level of proficiency, it's not enough to cause any real harm to Silva."
Art lies in mastery, not quantity... Netero's judgment was truly shrewd. With a single glance, he realized... although Ryo's [Bone Swords] were sharp and their number terrifying enough, their fluidity and seamlessness in use were far inferior to the [Snow Walk] and [Eclipse] he held in his hands. It could only be said... they were merely a minor trick he temporarily pulled out to force Silva back...
Swish! Swish! Swish! A hundred swords flew wildly, skimming over the lake's surface, plowing out streaks of water waves...
Silva utilized [Shadow Step], dodging and moving like a ghost. From being caught off guard initially, he had now... quickly calmed down, testing the limits of the [Bone Swords]. At a certain moment, he paused his steps, turned around, and flicked his hand. A Nen blast the size of a human head shot explosively towards the [Bone Swords]. Looking at its power, it was absolutely not inferior to the renowned top-tier [Emission] master... Razor!
Boom! The Nen blast collided with the torrent of bone swords, exploding instantly!
The ring-shaped shockwave wrapped in splashing Nen aura poured out like bullets, Rat-tat-tat... piercing through an unknown number of large trees!
A few stray ones hit the large tree where Tsubone, Kurajin, and Kurapika were standing, leaving several bowl-sized holes!
Tsubone's expression changed. She hurriedly acted, lifting Kurajin with one hand and Kurapika with the other, leaping toward the mountain forest further back!
It was laughable that she thought a thousand meters would be a safe enough distance. Looking at it now...
For the Master and the Young Master, a thousand meters was far from enough!
Thwack... Thwack... Thwack... The Nen aura splashing from the explosion also affected Zeno and Netero.
The two fluttered their large sleeves, dispersing the aura with a single wave. Looking back at the battlefield, in the exact center of the aftermath, Silva and Ryo faced each other silently. At a certain moment, they simultaneously raised their hands... Nen blasts crashed head-on against flying slashes, adding fuel to the fire, shining so dazzlingly white in the broad daylight that it was blinding. For a moment, one simply couldn't see clearly what was happening inside!
Until a soft murmur rang out: "Open for me!"
Suddenly, a streak of scorching red light pierced through layers of slashes and Nen aura, striking Silva squarely in the chest with absolute light speed, forcefully blowing him and his Nen blasts away together!
Netero and Zeno's eyes flashed. Only then did they see scorching red light surging in Ryo's pupils, like... a laser! That is... laser beams!
Netero looked at Ryo's eyes with an odd expression, "Hoh... Emitter!"
He reached up to stroke his beard, casting a distant glance at the Kurta siblings being carried away by Tsubone, thinking to himself: "This boy's eyes are even redder than the Scarlet Eyes."
With another glance, he withdrew his gaze, glancing at Zeno as he said, "It seems that butler of yours has also become a believer of this boy Ryo."
"Right, why haven't I seen that guy with the full beard and gold-rimmed glasses, who always follows Ryo Zoldyck around politely?" Reminded by Netero, Beans finally thought of Gotoh.
However... "You saw him yesterday," Netero faintly pointed out to Beans. "He is right there in the cocoon."
Beans froze. Then he saw Zeno standing with his hands behind his back, stating leisurely, "The Zoldyck butlers are loyal only to the Zoldycks. There is nothing strange about becoming a believer."
Beans involuntarily moved closer to Netero again. Recalling everything he had encountered with the Zoldycks along the way faintly made him uncomfortable... Just as he was in the role of a secretary to Netero, Gotoh, Tsubone, and even that young girl suspected to be of the Kurta clan, to Ryo and to Silva, they didn't act like secretaries or butlers, but rather... more like... death squads!
Death squads who could sacrifice their lives with utmost loyalty to their master!
Splash... On the battlefield, over the clear pool, struck by Ryo's sudden [Laser] attack, Silva skipped across the water surface like a skipping stone. He forcefully carved a trench nearly five hundred meters long across the pool, until he reached the shore and consecutively snapped four or five large trees before finally halting his momentum!
The man was completely drenched, looking as if he was embedded into the tree. Feeling a faint searing heat emanating from his chest, he looked down. The [Ko] coating his body surface had surprisingly been breached with a small hole. Inside the hole, his chest cavity was completely red, the exact burn mark caused by the [Laser]...
How long has it been... Even Silva himself had forgotten how long it had been since he was injured... He stared blankly at the burn mark on his chest. Raising his eyes again, peering through the devastated mountain forest straight into the clear pool, he saw Ryo, who looked almost carved from the same mold as himself, walking towards him with his beautiful silver hair draped down. Silva slapped his hand backward. With immense force, he directly shattered the large tree. Amidst the sky full of sawdust and splashing dust, he straightened his back again, opened his mouth, and spat out a bloody arrow...
"A pity, the power wasn't strong enough."
The man stretched his neck. Also sporting a head of silver hair, he walked out from the smoke and dust, strolling to Ryo's front, and flashed him a ferocious smile: "Congratulations, you wounded me."
Tap... Tap... Amidst the fleeting light and shadows, the clear pool receded behind him. Ryo strolled out from the morning glow, with his back to the clear pool that had regained its tranquility. Amidst a stretch of rippling light, he smiled faintly at Silva, "Father, am I qualified enough?"
Silva said nothing. He simply threw a slow, unhurried straight punch that landed squarely on Ryo's face. This time, no matter how Ryo tried to dodge, or how he activated the [True Eye] and [Transparent World] in advance to predict Silva's attack trajectory, against all odds...
That slowly moving straight punch still broke through his prediction and struck him right in the face, instantly blowing him away!
Bang! The young boy flew backward like a rubber ball, splashing back into the clear pool. His head was submerged in the freezing pool water, completely dazed... Unable to comprehend at all why such a slow punch could hit him, especially when he had activated his [True Eye] to foresee it, with [Light Release] at his disposal to escape at any moment...
"It is a [Force Field]."
"Silva... has gotten serious..." Zeno tapped his toes against the large tree, instantly deploying his [En]. Seeing Silva punch Ryo in the face, then flash and dive into the pool water, swimming rapidly after Ryo's landing spot, his eyes flickered as he spoke deeply.
Beside him, Netero's eyebrows twitched as he said faintly, "It seems his ambitions are not small either."
Since it is... a [Force Field], that means he is using [Force] as the object of visualization for his [Ren]. However...
What is [Force]? It is the interaction between objects; the external cause that allows an object to gain acceleration and undergo deformation!
It inherently possesses three elements: the [Magnitude], [Direction], and [Point of Application] of the force.
Observing Silva's posture when he just struck... Netero instantly understood—
Within the range of his [Force Field], he shortened the [Line of Force], directly applying the [Point of Impact] of his fist onto Ryo as the [Receptor]. Simply put—as long as someone is within his [Force Field], he can achieve a guaranteed hit!
"I said before, the stubbornness in Silva's heart has never been any less than Ryo's." Seeming to see through Netero's speculations, Zeno, using [En], caught Silva landing a high kick square on Ryo's jaw, immediately kicking him from the bottom of the water high into the air. Looking up to see Ryo's jaw shatter, exposing his grotesque gums as flesh and blood flew, he said faintly, "That's why he has been so competitive since he was young, wholeheartedly believing only in his own strength, which led to what he is now..."
"Well, you didn't lose unjustly back then," Netero raised his chin slightly, reminding him with a note of approval. "However, striking so ruthlessly, beware of the old master losing his temper..."
Zeno said indifferently, "Grandfather won't."
"Why wouldn't he?"
"Just keep watching. This minor injury is insignificant for Ryo..."
Hm? A shattered jaw can still be considered a minor injury?
Netero cast a distant glance towards the dim little room in the Zoldyck ancient castle. The television hanging on the south wall clearly reflected Ryo's tragic state, but whether it was Maha or Betty, both were expressionless, cuddling together and rocking their chair, enjoying themselves...
Netero slowly and with surprise withdrew his gaze. Looking at Ryo, he saw the boy tumbling helplessly into the sky. From his shattered jaw, several fleshy tentacles suddenly sprouted, engulfing those broken bones, shattered teeth, and severed fascia. Writhing, they reconstructed a brand new jaw set beneath Ryo's exposed gums...
Netero: "..."
He suddenly understood what Zeno meant by "insignificant"!
"This child is simply a monster!" Beans widened his mouth in shock, blurting out, "He can autonomously heal his injuries?!"
"No need to make a fuss," Zeno casually glanced at Beans, downplaying it, "You just haven't seen the state of him when he turned into meat paste."
The scene of Ryo exploding into a pile of meat paste in the shower room, right in front of the four generations of Zoldycks, was still vividly etched in his mind... That tragic state was far, far more miserable than now...
Beans was visibly stunned... He didn't seem to quite believe Zeno's words, but looking up and seeing Ryo restored to his original state, as if his jaw hadn't just been shattered by Silva's kick, he stood there completely dumbfounded, just like a wooden log...
However, "If he can't escape Silva's [Force Field], he still won't be able to avoid a one-sided beating." Netero narrowed his eyes, watching Silva suddenly drill out from underwater. Raising his bowl-sized fist, he leaped above Ryo, arriving later but striking first, as a fierce [Cannon Punch] smashed viciously toward the boy's chest. He stated bluntly, "Once his Nen aura is depleted, there won't be any excuses left."
Zeno remained silent for a long while. As Silva's fist touched Ryo's chest, he said deeply, "Then we can only see if he has any other methods left."
As his words fell, suddenly, they saw—
A smear of blood red slowly crawled into Ryo's eyes. Following that, with a "Crack~" sound, a massive blue arm drilled out from his back, directly blocking in front of Ryo!
☆☆☆
-> 20 Advanced chapters Now Available on Patreon!!
-> https://www.pat-reon.co-m/c/Inkshaper
(Just remove the hyphen (-) to access patreon normally)
If you like this novel please consider leaving a review that's help the story a lot Thank you