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Chapter 38 - Chapter 38: Darkness's Wound

Countless huge flower petals appeared out of thin air around Meruem, enveloping him within them. Then one by one, the petals gradually changed from bright colors to withered yellow, wilted, and finally turned to ash.

"This is my strongest technique. Even if he doesn't die, he'll be severely injured. cough cough..." A trace of fresh blood flowed from the corner of the long-haired man Shady's mouth. Although this was just a trace of blood, this was the long-haired man's heart's blood - blood from the heart area. Moreover, you could see that the previous technique had actually caused very serious damage to himself as well. Because his originally black long hair had somehow become half white, and the long-haired man's hands also slowly developed wrinkles that only elderly people would have. It could be said to be a technique that killed a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of oneself. If not absolutely necessary, the long-haired man Shady wouldn't use it. It was really because Meruem's existence was simply too unsolvable.

"Are you talking about me? That technique just now really startled me, but unfortunately, although the technique is quite powerful, I haven't died nor been severely injured." Meruem's vigorous voice made the long-haired man Shady's expression become extremely ugly. It was truly an instant face-slap, directly smeared across the face. Why couldn't even a technique that cost his own life force cause any substantial damage to this monster? Why?

"But it really was quite a good technique. It actually made my skin somewhat dry and shed many layers of dead skin." Meruem's figure appeared in the air, then landed on the ground. Just as he said, you couldn't see any damage to Meruem's body at all. As for whether there was actually dead skin falling off as Meruem rubbed his hands, that was unknown.

Just dry skin and shedding dead skin? Had Chairman Netero been fighting such a monster before? What five great Nen users... I really am still too young. Saying I would surpass you was still too early.

Shady closed his eyes as if accepting his fate, adopting a posture of waiting for death. But even if he didn't accept his fate, there was no way around it. The current Shady had no strength left whatsoever. Even standing up would be very difficult.

"Lord Father, it looks like this mission will probably fail." Silva also said breathlessly to Zeno beside him. The two of them were only slightly better off than Shady, since they hadn't consumed life force, only their stamina and Nen had been consumed too much.

"Damn it, how can I die here!" Beyond very indignantly wanted to force himself to stand up, but his current condition was really very poor. "I still have to go to the Dark Continent, I still want to see this vast world. How can I easily fall here?"

Meruem looked down at the several people from above. These guys were different from Lofsky - Meruem had no intention of sparing them. Some people always had to pay a price for their actions. As for whether Killua would later make a wish to Alluka for revenge for his grandfather and father, Meruem had no way of knowing. Anyway, by then he would have already left this world. Now was the countdown to leaving this world. As long as no major accidents occurred, Meruem had nothing to worry about.

"This feeling of controlling others' life and death isn't bad either. Alright, no more playing around. Time to finish you off. Those little insects you came with are all quite strong. I don't want my subordinates that I worked so hard to organize to all die. Although some of them have small schemes, they're still my subordinates after all." Meruem smiled evilly at the remaining people, and the Guanyin statue appeared behind him once again.

However, at this moment, countless strange Nen auras suddenly appeared throughout the East Gorteau Royal Palace. They had one common characteristic - they all gave Meruem an extremely eerie feeling, and they were all very powerful.

"What's this situation?" There was no reason for this. He had clearly sensed the surrounding space before - if there were any other infiltrators, he could detect them immediately. And when had so many experts appeared in the Hunter world? Although each Nen aura wasn't as strong as Silva and the others, they weren't much weaker either. From the feeling just now, there were at least twenty such experts. If these guys clashed with his subordinates, perhaps aside from Pouf and Youpi, including the Shadow Guard Twelve, they would definitely be wiped out. Although the Squadron Leaders and Squad Leaders were already much stronger than before, in the end there was still too little time. They completely couldn't compare with experienced veteran Nen users.

"Haha, they've finally made their move." Shady said weakly while lying on the ground. This was one of their trump cards - Magical Beast Hunters and Phantom Beast Hunters. The leaders of various countries had gathered all the Nen ability experts from across the continent for this operation, selecting twenty from among them. Each expert's Nen ability was specifically targeted at magical beasts and phantom beasts - these non-human creatures. This was another sub-plan outside their decapitation plan, called the Chimera Ant Extinction Plan. It was just that the timing was somewhat off. Logically, it should have been implemented while they were fighting Meruem, using the time they bought by holding him off to act against the other Chimera Ants. After all, the decoy and invasion plans executed by Morel, Illumi and others didn't have too many experts. Self-preservation was sufficient, but trying to kill those Chimera Ants who came to support was basically impossible. But with the addition of these twenty super experts, the effect would be different - they were all professional personnel for dealing with magical beasts. You have to know that Chimera Ants also belonged to the magical beast category, just that they were intelligent magical beasts. Like one of the Hunter Exam proctors, the Violent Fox, which also belonged to a type of intelligent magical beast, though only a low-level intelligent magical beast.

"Hmph, aren't you celebrating a bit too early? Do you think I don't exist? As the king of the Chimera Ant race, would I possibly watch my dear subordinates be slaughtered by you? I'll finish them off and then deal with you—puh..." Something like a sharp sword, treating Meruem's powerful body as nothing, easily pierced into Meruem's back.

"Who—" The severe pain in his back made Meruem feel somewhat dizzy. Someone could actually break through his defense and injure him, and what pierced into his body wasn't an ordinary sharp sword. This kind of pain was simply like the feeling of being stabbed intensified tenfold. Even someone as powerful as himself couldn't quite withstand it for a moment.

Drip, drip - purple blood continuously flowed from the wound.

"King!" Pitou's first reaction upon seeing Meruem injured was to quickly rush forward, but just as she was about to move, her body couldn't move.

"Damn it, it's that weirdo!"

"Little miss, I told you that you only need to watch the young man's performance here." A playful, somewhat frivolous voice came from the stubbled uncle's mouth. At some unknown point, a black magic hat had appeared on the stubbled uncle's head.

"You panicked - this old man finally found an opening!" An aged voice rang out from behind Meruem. The surprise attacker was actually Maha Zoldyck, who had been missing from the beginning.

"Every moment, even when you were fighting this old man's grandsons and others, you still maintained considerable vigilance. This way, this old man couldn't find an opening for a time. Unexpectedly, just when this old man was about to decide to abandon this mission, you actually exposed a flaw for the sake of a few subordinates. Could it be that even a monster like you has emotions?"

"Always calling me monster - this is exactly what I hate about you people."

Although injured, Meruem didn't show weakness. He really was still too young. Wouldn't it have been better to finish off these guys earlier?

Insisting on dawdling here, showing off and acting cool. Great, thinking he was about to leave and feeling secure.

Capsized in the gutter, right? Noob is just one word! But fortunately it was just an injury, not a complete reversal. There was still a chance.

"No need to struggle, monster. Although this old man lost to Netero in battle, that doesn't mean I'm much weaker than him. That guy Netero might not have been able to kill you, but that doesn't mean I can't." Maha, dressed like a youth but with an ET head, pulled out that strange sharp sword from his hand and said indifferently.

"So-called assassins wait in darkness to deliver fatal strikes to enemies. Unfortunately, that ability to ignore others' defenses that you mentioned earlier is exactly what this old man possesses. Although this old man is amazed by your vitality - to take one of my sword strikes without dying - you must die today!"

"So painful... What kind of bizarre technique is this? Is it a curse? Even with the sword pulled out, my body is still abnormally painful, even getting worse." Meruem's body contracted with muscle spasms. Although the flowing blood had already stopped, the pain at the wound hadn't decreased at all, instead showing signs of intensifying. Meruem's body was actually quite similar to Superman's body, just a weakened version of Superman's body that basically ignored most physical attacks. But for these special attacks or magical attacks, there wasn't much he could do. Although not completely defenseless like ordinary people, his defensive ability wasn't strong either.

"Give up, monster. This sword's name is Darkness - it's my Nen ability. Once stabbed by this sword, a special mark called Darkness's Wound appears at the wound site. Darkness's Wound will spread throughout the body as time passes, though up until now, everyone has died immediately when this sword struck. Remember that Jed? He died by this sword's hand back then."

"The reason Netero could survive under my hand back then was only because I didn't use it. Wait for death, monster. You don't have long to live."

"I didn't expect grandfather would still need to act in the end. Hehe... Such a strong monster ultimately still dies at the hands of our Zoldyck family." Zeno weakly propped up half his body and said somewhat self-mockingly.

"So what? You think you have victory in hand? Before I die, I will definitely kill all of you!" Madness flashed in Meruem's eyes as he prepared to fight desperately.

Coming to the Hunter world and being this miserable for the first time! Although he was careless, this was unforgivable!

(End of Chapter)

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