"Bodoro! Evacuate the crowd!"
Realizing the terrifying lethality and destructive power of the Chemist's ability, Allen immediately issued an order to the martial artist beside him.
He was unsure of the activation speed of this lunatic's Nen ability, or if it could continue to exist after his death.
If it could, he would need to be extremely cautious when killing or devouring the opponent.
"Understood!"
Bodoro clearly recognized the severity of the problem and instantly rushed into the crowd without a word, quickly transporting the injured to a location at least two kilometers away, while simultaneously displaying his Hunter License to disperse the curious onlookers.
In no time, the once bustling and prosperous street was left with only Allen and Perro.
"Oh? You're not giving up? You really are a stubborn person. I despise persistent people like you the most. In that case, please die."
With that, Perro suddenly Conjured a bottle of brown liquid in his left hand, and then lightly pulled at his face with his right hand, instantly donning a comprehensive, full-coverage gas mask.
The next second...
He directly smashed the bottle he was holding onto the ground.
Hiss…
The moment the liquid contacted the air, it began to rapidly vaporize and spread outwards with the air currents.
A small bird accidentally inhaled a bit and instantly fell from the tree, convulsing violently as if its muscles and nerves were completely beyond the brain's control. After about three to five seconds, it was completely dead.
"Wind!"
Allen, seeing this, immediately controlled the flow of Aura to prevent the dreadful toxin from spreading further. At the same time, he hurled a Thorium Arrow at the "Chemist's" left hand.
Due to the arrow's extreme speed, Perro had no time to react. His left hand was instantly pulverized by the high-speed spinning arrowhead, sending fingers, flesh, and bone scattering.
The intense pain, along with the toxin permeating the air, entered his body through his blood, finally eliciting a painful shriek: "Aaaaargh!!! Bastard! How dare you? I'll kill you! I'll kill you, and then I'll kill every resident in these few blocks!"
"Hm? It seems you can't re-modify a solution that has already had its chemical properties changed once, can you? If so, that simplifies things greatly."
Allen spoke while deploying his En to sense the toxins diffusing in the air. He then used his Transmutation ability to revert the toxins back to a liquid state, condensing them into a mass that he smeared directly onto the opponent's wound.
In a matter of seconds, Perro's entire arm began to twitch violently, followed by extensive ulceration, cancerous cellular changes, and severe dehydration in some areas.
The sight was utterly sickening and hair-raising!
Undoubtedly, this was some kind of complex chemical toxic substance that was highly volatile and diffusive in the air.
If Allen hadn't possessed the ability to change the state of matter, once allowed to disperse and pollute the air and water, it would have certainly caused severe harm to the people living there, potentially leading to hundreds or even thousands of deaths.
But as a deranged terrorist, Perro was clearly not a pushover. Upon realizing his arm was completely ruined and would endanger his body, he immediately Conjured a small bottle of unknown solution, changed its chemical properties to a strong corrosive acid, and poured it directly onto the injured area.
Instantly, under the effect of the terrifying solution, the poisoned and cancerous tissues were rapidly burned away and dissolved, finally turning into powder that scattered with the wind.
After completing this, he lifted his head and spoke with an utterly insane tone: "Good! Very good! In all these years, you are the first Hunter who truly dared to hurt me. Now, feel my true power."
As the last word left his mouth, a massive tank filled with murky green solution suddenly erupted from the ground, reaching the height of a four-story building in less than five seconds, with a radius exceeding ten meters.
"Do you intend to destroy this city?"
Allen's face instantly darkened, and his eyes shot out chilling killing intent.
"Hahahaha! I can't help it! You forced my hand! You know what? I'm just a mercenary who gets paid to do a job. I don't understand why annoying Bounty Hunters like you always target me instead of the people who hire me. Because, in a way, they are the real culprits!" Perro laughed maniacally, defending himself.
"Excuses! Since you want to kill me, and I want to eliminate you, how about we bet all of our Nen to end this right now?"
Allen clearly didn't want to waste any more words on this man and immediately activated the first prerequisite for his ability to steal Nen.
Perro didn't seem to realize the implication of that statement and replied quite readily: "Fine! Because no one has ever been able to stop this technique of mine. And once this move is activated, your ability to control air currents absolutely won't be able to stop it. That is to say, this city will suffer complete devastation due to your reckless actions."
"You're trying to use this method to make me feel guilty, thereby shaking my will and weakening my Nen? Sorry. You've miscalculated."
Allen deliberately feigned an air of indifference while his eyes were fixed on the gigantic glass tank.
"If I'm not mistaken, your true ability is less Conjuration and more inclined towards Transmutation.
"And in my opinion, your ability is nowhere near fully developed.
"If I were you, I would simultaneously create two solutions that already have certain chemical properties, and then grant them dual chemical characteristics to combine them.
"For example, by changing the chemical property of one highly toxic solution to be flammable and explosive, and changing the chemical property of the other dehydrating solution to be an accelerant. That way, when the two mix, the power of the explosion and combustion would increase exponentially.
"At the same time, the toxins could rapidly diffuse during the explosion. If the opponent accidentally inhaled the smoke generated after the explosion, the combination of high toxicity and dehydration would make them wish for death instantly.
"In short, chemical properties include flammability, acidity, alkalinity, oxidization, reduction, accelerant qualities, corrosiveness, toxicity, dehydration, and so on. As long as you learn to combine them, you can create infinite possibilities.
"Moreover, your ability has a fatal flaw: when changing the chemical properties, your hands must be in close proximity to the bottles and containers.
"In other words, once you move a certain distance away from that huge tank, you will lose control over the liquid inside.
"After all, Conjuration and Transmutation are the least suitable categories for training the Emission type."
"Are you trying to teach me how to develop my own ability?" A strange look appeared on Perro's face.
He had never encountered anyone in his life who would give tips to an enemy during a battle, let alone help an enemy compensate for a weakness to become stronger and more difficult to handle.
"No. I'm just completing some prerequisites. Now, I can finally kill you directly and steal your ability."
With the last word, Allen instantly activated Aura Burst, shooting out like an arrow from a bow. Before the opponent could react, he managed to drag him away from the top of the Conjured giant tank.
After bursting out a hundred meters away, he sneered and asked, "Tell me. Do you have any last words?"
"Come to hell with me!"
Perro's face was contorted in fury. He instantly Conjured another small bottle of highly toxic and corrosive liquid and, completely disregarding his own safety, splashed it directly at the close-range enemy.
Because of the close distance, about half of the solution spilled onto himself, immediately causing him to shriek in agony.
But Allen was unmoved. He used Ryu to inject ninety percent of his Aura into his fist, and with a single strike, punched the lunatic's chest cavity until it caved in.
BANG!
After a loud impact, the "Mad Chemist's" entire upper body shattered completely, sending blood, bone, and internal organs flying everywhere.
His eyes, frozen in death, were filled with shock and disbelief. He seemingly could not believe that someone could withstand the double torment of high toxicity and corrosion without being affected in the slightest.
"Vaelstrasz. Devour him."
The impatient Red Dragon instantly materialized, spraying a stream of Life Flame to turn the target into a cocoon and swallow him.
Once the dust settled, Allen deactivated his Hunter class template, which had lost one-third of his HP, and immediately activated the "Ghoul" ability, allowing the intense pain to continuously stimulate his cerebral cortex to generate a strong subjective will to reject.
Instantly, the oversized plush rabbit doll appeared out of thin air, embraced him from behind, and expelled and restored all the toxins in his body, as well as the areas burned by the strong acid, without missing a single trace.
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