Looking at the surrounding members of the Phantom Troupe closing in, Allen deliberately adopted an arrogant demeanor and challenged them: "Phantom Troupe? Nothing special!"
"Oh? You've certainly got guts! Tell me, how do you want to die?"
Feitan sneered, started flexing his fingers, and radiated undisguised, naked malice from his entire body.
"Die? Just by you few? Or do you think you can win simply by relying on your numerical advantage?"
The moment he finished speaking, Allen pulled the pre-prepared Poor Man's Rose out of his pouch. A smile of unparalleled bloodlust and madness appeared on his face: "Come on! Members of the Phantom Troupe! Let's see if you truly don't care about your lives, just like the legends say."
"Rose? Damn it! Retreat! This guy is insane!"
Shalnark's face instantly turned ashen. While shouting a warning to everyone, he rapidly backed away.
As the most knowledgeable member of the Troupe, he recognized the extremely dangerous bomb immediately and understood what kind of consequences its detonation would bring.
Trusting their comrade's warning, everyone present swiftly retreated more than fifty meters away; only the injured Uvogin was forced to remain where he was.
"What is that thing?" Nobunaga couldn't help but ask first.
Shalnark answered without hesitation: "Poor Man's Rose! The shockwave and fire from the explosion are said to have the power of a small tactical nuclear warhead. The most terrifying thing is that it also disperses a massive amount of horrific poison into the air, causing people to infect each other and die in a very short time."
"The worst possible scenario!" Machi offered a definition of the current situation.
"Exactly! Looking at that guy's eyes, if we get any closer, he will definitely detonate it without hesitation," Franklin agreed solemnly.
"Oh dear~ They all ran away? How disappointing. It seems your companions have abandoned you."
At this moment, Allen was acting like a theatrical pro. While nonchalantly fiddling with the dangerous item in his hand, he fixed his gaze on the already severely injured Uvogin.
"Tell me, what do you feel now, dear Thief-san!"
"What do I feel? I'm going to kill you, of course!"
"Big Bang Impact!"
Uvogin roared and charged again, attempting to seize the Rose and detonate it immediately, taking his own life and that of his insurmountable enemy.
"Sigh, you really are a typical Enhancer; your thoughts and attack methods are so simple and direct, they are far too easy to predict."
This time, Allen didn't dodge by relying on nerve reflexes several times faster than his opponent. Instead, he planned to test the destructive power of his current attacks. He instantly gathered a massive amount of Enhancement aura into his right fist, forming Ko, and met the punch head-on.
The next second...
BOOOM!!!!!!!!
The two terrifying fists finally collided!
The terrifying aura instantly released formed a shockwave that completely blew away all the dirt and rocks beneath their feet. The air currents from the ripple effect alone swept across a radius of a hundred meters.
The epicenter formed a massive, crater-like, semi-circular indentation.
Ultimately, relying on his unmatched advantage in aura quantity, Allen completely shattered his opponent's strongest right arm into a mist of blood.
"T-this is impossible!"
Staring at his missing arm, Uvogin's face showed an expression of disbelief.
Because ever since he became a Nen user, he had never encountered anyone who could meet his punch head-on, let alone utterly blast his entire arm apart in a crushing display of power.
"Nothing is impossible in this world. Your so-called Big Bang Impact is merely Ko combined with strong willpower. The destructive power of Ko comes from two factors: one is aura quantity, and the other is physical strength. I surpass you considerably in both these areas, so isn't the current result perfectly normal? And just as a side note, that punch was nowhere near my full power," Allen explained nonchalantly.
"Who exactly are you?"
Uvogin narrowed his eyes. The beast-like intuition of an Enhancer kicked in, and he keenly realized that the person before him could absolutely not be a Shadow Beast.
"Who I am doesn't matter. What matters is that you are about to die. Not just you, but your entire Phantom Troupe will be eliminated. The Ten Dons have hired the Zoldyck Family to hunt down every single one of you, and if necessary, they won't even hesitate to use a Rose to destroy all of Meteor City. So, in Hell, properly repent for your stupidity and recklessness!"
Allen spread his arms wide, intentionally using a loud voice so the surrounding Troupe members could all hear him.
Having finished speaking, he suddenly rushed forward, pierced Uvogin's heart with lightning speed, then instantly activated a Dungeon Teleport and vanished from the spot, leaving behind only a malicious smile.
After entering the Dungeon, the Orb of Deception's disguise reached its time limit, and he instantly returned to his original appearance.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
"You... you really aren't a Shadow Beast!"
In the final few seconds of his life, Uvogin finally realized that the Troupe had likely gotten themselves into serious trouble this time.
"Shadow Beast?" Allen sneered and shook his head. "Of course I'm not a Shadow Beast. And don't compare me to that trash. I'm merely a Hunter, hunting prey called Spiders. Vaelstrasz. He is yours.
ROAR!!!
Accompanied by the deafening roar, the Red Dragon reappeared, and with an impatient motion, she burned the brute before her into a cocoon and swallowed him whole.
Although she had consumed many Nen users, one with Uvogin's "substance" was truly rare.
Allen casually flipped over a card that appeared out of thin air and asked with interest, "How was he? How much aura did he have?"
"Hmm, based on the reference you provided earlier, it was probably around a hundred thousand. He's the most delicious meal I've eaten so far."
Vaelstrasz gave an estimated numerical value before fading back into nothingness.
Since she had consumed an increasing number of Nen users, she could now begin to measure the total amount of aura contained within the cocoons she swallowed, using a certain reference point.
Of course, this reference was not strictly accurate; it was merely a degraded, intuitive version mimicking Knuckle's ability, Potclean (A.P.R.). After all, until one saw the "standard reference object" Morel himself, or a hapless soul marked by Potclean and driven to bankruptcy, Nen aura was always a very vague concept that couldn't be accurately quantified.
"A hundred thousand? Meaning his aura is slightly stronger than Hisoka's..." Allen muttered, narrowing his eyes.
As he spoke, the card in his hand instantly emitted a flash of gold light, and the image of Uvogin using Big Bang Impact appeared on its surface.
Clearly, although he hadn't fulfilled all the conditions for stealing the Nen ability, he was still lucky enough to draw this rather superfluous ability in the end.
The reason it was called superfluous was that his full-power, strongest form was the Hunter, causing horrific destruction by imbuing arrows with multiple Nen abilities.
As for using his fists, that was something he only did when his opponent's strength was far below his own, or when he needed to hide his identity.
Furthermore, the power of Big Bang Impact wasn't much stronger than simply using Ko. It merely incorporated a strong, subjective desire "to strike with the force of a nuclear bomb"; the ultimate determinant of destructive power was still the upper limit of physical strength multiplied by aura quantity. The only benefit was the ability to gather more aura through long periods of charging, thereby maximizing attack power.
But the problem was that during the charging process, the entire body was completely unprotected by Ten, Ken, or Ko.
Once attacked, if he didn't have the Hunter class template protection, he would 100% suffer severe injuries.
Fortunately, Allen also had the regeneration ability of a Ghoul, so he didn't have to worry about being instantly killed.
So, how exactly to use it would depend on the situation.
Perhaps... he could convert Big Bang Impact into a "Big Bang Arrow."
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