At this moment, time seemed to freeze.
Pitou's red pupils slowly shifted to the right, and a look of shock and astonishment emerged from the depths of her pupils, reflecting Moses's expressionless face.
It was too 'precise'...
So precise that Pitou couldn't believe it was something a human could achieve.
It must be known that her body is spinning like a high-speed top.
Thus, when the blade was slashing towards her at this moment, it could be said that a slight mistake would lead to a huge error.
But what shocked her the most was-
This human in front of her could actually see the imbalance of her life force caused by her attempt to escape the attack of 100-Type Guanyin in this situation.
Then, in that brief moment, he had pinpointed her weakest spot.
This kind of thing is never accidental or lucky.
This human had truly caught the brief opening she had revealed and pierced through it with an impeccable slash.
Blood splattered-
Although Pitou was shocked by Moses's terrifyingly precise slash, she didn't let it affect her combat mindset.
Almost without thinking, she followed her combat instincts and dismissed the Terpsichora Ability, and instead conjured Doctor Blythe, which is specialized for healing.
A giant humanoid doll appeared out of thin air, and under its skirt was a white strip that looked like a tail, the end of which was connected to Pitou's own tail.
The restriction of this ability was-
Doctor Blythe couldn't move while conjured, and the white strip under the skirt could only extend up to twenty meters.
This meant that Pitou, whose tail is connected to the white strip, could only move up to twenty meters away from Doctor Blythe.
Pitou's intention in using Doctor Blythe at this moment was to leverage this restriction to stabilize her wildly spinning body.
In that high-speed flight state, twenty meters passed in the blink of an eye.
As the white appendage of Doctor Blythe stretched taut, Pitou broke free from the predicament of her spinning body.
She was able to regain her normal posture and executed an emergency stop in mid-air.
This caused Moses, who had just delivered a slash and was accelerating forward, to overshoot her, leaving her behind in an instant.
But at this point, Pitou no longer had time to pay attention to Moses, who had run past her. After adjusting her posture, she pressed one foot firmly against the ground, and her steel-like legs suddenly expanded to twice its size, just like when she had launched her aerial assault on Kite.
At the same time, a red silhouette enveloped her.
It is her new Nen Ability, Terpsichora, and its function is to increase her strength and speed.
Boom!
After Pitou had finished charging, she acted on her initial plan to escape. She instantly turned into an afterimage that pierced through the air and went straight to the sky, disappearing from everyone's sight.
Just at this moment, Moses barely managed to stop his forward momentum. He frowned slightly and looked in the direction where Pitou had fled.
Taking advantage of the opportunity created by Netero's 100-Type Guanyin, he had delivered a precise slash to Pitou's ankle, which was wrapped in faint black tendrils.
Due to the disruption in Pitou's Aura distribution caused by the 100-Type Guanyin, and Moses's belief that Pitou's focus was entirely on escape...
So before delivering the slash, Moses had only concentrated a small portion of his aura in his legs, and poured all the rest of his Aura into the black sword.
This was an extremely risky offensive decision.
If Pitou had even the slightest thought of counterattacking, she could have easily decided Moses's fate at that moment.
But this offensive decision also highlighted Moses's confidence and boldness.
Therefore, this slash severed Pitou's foot, and at the same time, shocked Pitou so much that she couldn't believe what had happened.
Equally shocked were Morel and Knov, who had been unable to participate in the battle.
They glanced at the foot embedded in the ground not far away. With their extensive experience, they instantly realized that Moses's slash had struck Pitou's already injured ankle.
But the question was-
How had he ensured 'precision' in that situation?
It was simply unbelievable.
Netero had also witnessed Moses's slash. While he felt a sense of admiration, his focus remained on the fleeing Pitou.
Stronger physical abilities than him, stronger Manifested Aura than him, and a talent of being able to grow rapidly in battle…
Such a Chimera Ant was truly a monster.
Then,
What level would the 'King', who is estimated to be born in two months, reach?
At the edge of the battlefield, there is a little transparent person named Ponzu.
Too many things beyond her comprehension had happened before her eyes, flooding her mind.
As a result, her thoughts were a chaotic mess, and the only clear thought was...
With Netero and Moses here, even if the enemy was a monster, they could be defeated.
Moses noticed the complex gazes directed at him by Morel, Knov, and even Ponzu, but he paid no attention to them and just stared silently in the direction where Pitou had fled.
No matter how impressive that slash had been, he felt no sense of pride.
After all-
Just like in the battle against the magical beast in the Dark Continent's Bone Burial Ground, it was Netero who had played the same role as Kanzai and Biscuit back then, forcing the enemy to expose weaknesses in their offense or defense.
All Moses had done was not waste the opportunity his comrades had created.
Such a result, no matter how stunning it was, wasn't enough to give Moses a sense of accomplishment.
[Your stunning slash left Neferpitou deeply shaken. Your Terpsichora +1.]
The voice of Perception that suddenly sounded from the depths of his consciousness made Moses immediately change his mind.
There was a sense of accomplishment after all!
Author Note:
When I was anchoring Pitou's combat strength these days, I noticed several readers raising objections.
I read the key points of these objections and considered posting a chapter to address them one by one, but I decided against it. It wasn't necessary.
Here, I'll simply provide a few key pieces of information from the original work.
Please understand, the following information isn't meant to change or correct the views of a small group of readers.
You can continue to believe your views are correct, and I can do the same.
It's fine to agree to disagree, and there's no need to converge. That's perfectly fine.
Information 1: In terms of Manifested Aura alone, both Colt and Netero himself believed Pitou was stronger.
Information 2: During the siege, Netero took advantage of Pitou's tactical mistake and struck her with a palm, but Pitou was unharmed.
Information 3: After enduring several rounds of the 100-Type Guanyin's attacks, the King was unharmed. Netero's inner thoughts at the time were: 'I didn't inflict any damage on the King, but this result was within expectations.'
Information 4: With the intention of killing with one strike, the King hit Pitou with his tail, leaving her with a minor injury.
Information 5: Youpi, one of the Royal Guards, had a Potential Aura ten times that of Morel's. This attribute doesn't translate directly to combat power and can be ignored.
Information 6: Knuckle, Morel's disciple, is an expert who has experienced more than 5,000 battles. The destructive power of his full-force strike was equivalent to the damage caused by one of Youpi's twelve tentacles grazing an opponent.
This Information 6 is something most readers probably aren't aware of.
A Nen Expert with over 5,000 battles under his belt, using his full-force strike, dealt damage equivalent to Youpi casually grazing an opponent with one of his twelve tentacles.
Keep in mind, Youpi was attacking with twelve tentacles derived from his six arms.
Do you understand what this concept means?
The total amount of physical strength plus the amount of Manifested Aura directly reflects a gap of more than twelve times.
By the way, Youpi is not an Enhancer, but a Transmuter.
This is the strength of the King and the Royal Guards.
As for Blackened Gon defeating Pitou in seconds, there is nothing much to say about the protagonist's life-risking move.
I'm sharing this information not to prove anything or argue against others' views.
As the author, the things I consider are undoubtedly more numerous and far-reaching than what readers might think.
I once spent an entire afternoon flipping through the manga just to find the name of the city where the Hunter Association was located.
So, I will keep flipping through the manga for the information I need.
Trust me,
When it comes to details, I'm definitely not lacking.
I'm not saying I'm an expert on Hunter x Hunter, but I keep flipping through the manga, so I keep finding things that readers might not notice.
I love these little details and want to incorporate them into the story, like the Divine Script...
In any case, I will seriously complete the Chimera Ant arc.
Finally,
The tone of this book was set from the very beginning.
Sorry, but I can't write mindless power fantasies (though I do envy those who can). If I had that ability, why would I still be writing Hunter x Hunter fanfiction…
That's all. Bow, and thank you.