"What a brute." Silva exclaim.
"So eager to die? This guy is no match for that monster. But it's quite entertaining. Ging, you're missing out by not coming this time. What a shame you can't see such an interesting battle." Stubbled uncle
"Having him test the opponent's strength isn't bad either. Hopefully he can force out some of the opponent's methods. Otherwise, losing an ally for nothing puts us at a disadvantage." Zeno
"I still admire this spirit of challenging oneself. If he doesn't die this time, I'll recruit him into my team. This time I must learn the secrets of the Dark Continent." Beyond
"I hope this monster won't disappoint me. Let me see how strong you are." Long-haired man
"This guy is dead for sure." Pitou
"Ho, I admire your courage." Meruem stared at the thick-browed Lofsky Dragon. Knowing the opponent's strength far exceeded his own, he still dared propose a one-on-one duel. It had to be said, this guy was indeed a true warrior. Even more warrior-like than Netero - of course, the Netero referred to here was the elderly Chairman Netero. Perhaps when they were young they were all the same, but elderly Netero had too many things to bear.
"Come on." Meruem beckoned to Lofsky Dragon with his finger.
"Take my iron fist." Extremely fast speed, so fast it even surpassed sound. This was supersonic movement, but unfortunately, when facing Meruem, merely supersonic wasn't enough.
"Smack" The tremendously powerful fist struck Meruem's forehead head-on, and Meruem made no dodging movements, taking this punch that would be fatal if it hit anyone else.
"Oh? This is the so-called iron fist?" Meruem not only didn't move a single step, even his forehead was the same as before, without receiving any damage.
From the moment Lofsky started attacking him, he knew this level of attack couldn't possibly injure him. These guys all knew Netero was killed by him, but they completely didn't know that Netero was killed under his overwhelming strength, and Netero couldn't injure him no matter what methods he tried, including Netero's life-costing strike - Zero Style.
"Bring out your real skills. Use full power. If it's still attacks like this, it's impossible to defeat me." Meruem calmly stated words others wouldn't believe but were indeed facts.
"Hmph, hahahaha. It's been a long time since I encountered such an arrogant opponent. You're quite good. It seems tentative attacks can't do anything to you. Then I'm coming." Drops of cold sweat appeared on Lofsky's head. That previous technique looked like just a simple strike, but actually he had already used eighty percent of his strength.
Because from the beginning he knew he wasn't the opponent's match. This was intuition, a warrior's intuition.
So unlike normal probing that uses thirty percent strength while keeping seventy percent, he used eighty percent strength right from the start.
According to his thinking, even if the opponent wasn't injured, he would still suffer a small loss. But he never expected the opponent to take this punch without moving at all, and nothing happened at all.
He only spoke nicely, but actually, he was clear in his heart that if he didn't use Nen abilities, the result would be the same.
"Whew" Lofsky took a long breath, slowly placing both hands in front of his chest, making a motion as if grasping something.
"That guy's getting serious. He's using his famous technique so early." Silva stroked his smooth chin.
"Is the opponent really that strong? To make Lofsky use his ultimate move from the start. Although I don't want to admit it, Lofsky's strength is indeed not below mine. Even for me, if it's not assassination, victory would only be fifty-fifty."
"I am omnipotent, I am indestructible, I am invincible." Lofsky chanted several sentences like praying, his body seeming to be covered with thick armor. His muscles also began continuously contracting, becoming more compact and solid.
"A technique to strengthen the body? For fighters, general Nen abilities are mainly techniques or body enhancement focused. Even Heaven's Arena's strongest person can't escape this pattern? Experts like Netero and Jed who integrated their martial arts into Nen abilities are indeed rare. I really want to encounter that again."
Meruem ignored what seemed to him a very tedious and lengthy strengthening process from Lofsky. He only wanted to see to what degree the opponent could strengthen. As for a body that could rival his own? Unless you were from the Saiyan race or Frieza's race. And with such a long time, if it were someone else, they would have already gone over to take his life.
"I've fought this guy before. Even if others attack, his technique can continuously strengthen himself during battle, becoming stronger as he fights. It just takes longer to strengthen. But the Ant King actually isn't taking the opportunity to attack him? You should know that after he finishes strengthening, even I wouldn't dare engage him in close combat." Silva took on the role of commentator, explaining that Lofsky's ability could strengthen while fighting.
"I will definitely win." After the last prayer ended, Lofsky opened his eyes, feeling his body full of strength. After glancing at Meruem, he once again launched an attack on Meruem.
"Boring. Is this all there is?" After Meruem's fist made contact with Lofsky's fist, it passed through as if encountering no obstruction. Lofsky's hand was instantly smashed to pieces like it was made of tofu.
"Ahhhh!" With just a simple exchange, Lofsky was completely defeated. Holding his broken arm, his forehead covered in sweat from pain, he quickly distanced himself dozens of meters from Meruem.
"How is this possible? How is this possible? My body strengthened by 'God's Power' can easily crush even steel and diamonds. Why, why can you ignore my defense? Damn it, could this be your Nen ability?"
Obviously, Lofsky mistook Meruem for a Nen user with the ability to ignore body enhancement and penetrate everything.
However, regrettably, Meruem was simply physically enhanced to this world's extreme. Pure physical dominance. Although Lofsky was strong, there was still a large gap compared to Netero's strength.
"What? Ignoring defense?" Silva was shocked upon hearing this. He himself belonged to the close-combat type. If the opponent had attacks that could ignore defense, he would be at a great disadvantage fighting him.
"Doesn't seem like it. I think it's more likely that monster is just physically overwhelming. If that's the case, it's even worse. We can only attack him from range, otherwise we might die very ugly deaths in close combat." Zeno was an old fox after all, seeing through to the essence at a glance. But Zeno's expression became increasingly grim. This level of physical strength was worse than if the opponent's Nen ability was ignoring defense. The latter still had possibilities for victory, but if it was the former, winning would be... very difficult.
"Are you coming again?" Ignoring the others, Meruem beckoned to Lofsky with his finger. You should know that Meruem had used eighty percent of his strength to attack Lofsky just now. Never mind him, even Netero's body couldn't withstand such an attack.
"Damn it, you think this can defeat Lord Lofsky? Rapid Regeneration." Layer after layer of Nen covered Lofsky's broken arm, slowly emitting white light. With Meruem's vision, he could clearly see that under this white light, Lofsky's arm was actually slowly regenerating.
Offensive, defensive, and capable of healing. This was quite a good Nen ability. Wonder what other interesting techniques there were. Just didn't know what the restrictions and vows for this technique were. If such a practical Nen ability had no restrictions, Meruem wouldn't believe it.
"Hmph, as long as I'm careful not to confront you head-on, not touch your body, you can't use your ability, right?" Lofsky asked a few tentative questions. He didn't expect Meruem to answer him directly, but if he could figure out the method of Meruem's Nen ability attacks, that would be perfect.
"Can you do it?"
"You can try. I am omnipresent!" Layer after layer of Nen, this time covering Lofsky's legs.
Lofsky attacked Meruem again at several times his previous speed.
A fierce punch hit Meruem's body, but Meruem's body didn't even sway. Then he swung a punch toward Lofsky.
But this time Meruem's fist didn't hit Lofsky again, as he dodged it at an angle inconceivable for humans.
"Not bad. Finally getting somewhat interesting." The left corner of Meruem's mouth slightly curved up as he began launching attacks on Lofsky.
Two extremely fast figures appeared in the air, attacking back and forth continuously. If it were an ordinary person, they couldn't see the two men's movements at all.
"Silva, what do you think of these two's battle?" After seeing the two exchange several moves back and forth, Zeno suddenly spoke up, asking Silva.
"Currently it seems evenly matched, and Lofsky can hit that monster every time, appearing to have the upper hand. But Lofsky's attacks have no effect on that monster at all. As long as that monster hits Lofsky once, Lofsky will undoubtedly be defeated." Silva said very objectively.
"That makes sense, but unfortunately you got one thing wrong." Zeno said with his slightly drooping eyes, though Zeno's hands remained behind his back as always, seemingly only extending his hands when attacking or eating. But his posture with hands behind his back and hunched over made him look no different from an ordinary old man. Of course, excluding the two straps hanging on Zeno bearing "Active Career" and "One Kill A Day."
"Got one thing wrong?" Silva asked puzzledly, then thought of something. "Could you mean..."
"That's right, that monster is just toying with that guy Lofsky." Beyond, with a cross-shaped scar on his face and stroking his small mustache, interrupted.
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