Experience What Hell Truly Is

"Really cold and heartless! Don't forget, I was the one who awakened your Nen. In a sense, shouldn't I count as your teacher?"

Hisoka continued using words to draw Allen and Lupos's attention while slowly advancing with an innocent-looking expression.

At the same time, under the control of "Stretchable Love," the puppet hidden in the grass also began moving forward.

"Teacher? Is there really a teacher in this world who wants to kill his own student?" Allen sneered.

"Don't you think that's wonderful? Only when a student kills his teacher with his own hands can it be considered the highest form of respect for that teacher. Likewise, if he cannot kill his teacher, it means the student failed to meet the teacher's expectations. Being killed is only natural."

Hisoka raised both hands and passionately preached his twisted, extreme beliefs, all while carefully controlling the puppet through the final stretch of its path.

"Sorry, but I don't see it that way. Also, could you please stop forcing your abnormal ideas onto other people?"

Allen put away the Ancient Bone Bow in his hand and returned to fighting barehanded.

He could sense that the guy before him was plotting something and was about to make his move.

Hisoka put a hand to his forehead, pretending to be heartbroken. "What a pity. I always thought you and I were the same kind of person. Back during the Hunter Exam, I saw that focused look in your eyes—the look only a hunter has when pursuing prey."

"No, you weren't wrong. We are indeed the same kind of people. We both love deceiving our opponents and hiding ourselves. The only difference is that, compared to your simple enjoyment of the thrill and exhilaration brought by battle, I enjoy the sense of achievement and satisfaction that comes from defeating powerful opponents—as well as what I gain afterward." Allen corrected him with a smile.

Having already faced his own heart and the deepest desires within it, he was no longer lost. He now had an extremely clear goal and would not be unable to answer this question as he had been last time.

"Heh! Hunter and hunted—are you prepared to become prey?"

As he spoke, Hisoka's aura erupted from his entire body. Nen filled with killing intent and malice burst from every pore, as though it intended to swallow the opponent before him whole.

"Yes! I've already prepared myself for that. Come on, let me see what you've gone to such lengths to prepare." Allen directly exposed his opponent's secret little scheme.

Whether it was because this was his first time fighting purely with Nen abilities, or because Hisoka had left such a deep impression on him as a character with overwhelming combat power early in the story, Allen was equally excited and eagerly anticipated this Magus's performance.

You must know that although Hisoka had displayed incredibly formidable combat power in several Nen battles, he was actually a Manipulation Nen Ability User, and neither of the two abilities he had developed was suited for a direct clash.

If he went without attacking for a while, or stood still talking nonsense, then there was a hundred percent chance that he was secretly using his unique abilities to set a trap.

"OK! I'll satisfy your request!"

The instant his words fell—

Hisoka suddenly raised his fist and smashed it viciously into the ground.

Boom!

Accompanied by a Loud Noise, dirt and shattered stones exploded in every direction, turning the surrounding area into a zone of zero visibility.

The next second...

His presence vanished completely!

"Zetsu"!

That extremely special technique capable of concealing one's aura immediately came to Allen's mind.

But before he could release his En to probe the surroundings, a tall figure charged through the smoke and rushed toward him.

Hisoka?

Reacting on instinct, Allen kicked it away.

The moment his foot connected, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.

This "Hisoka" had no solid substance, nor was it protected by Ten or Ken. It felt as though he had kicked some kind of rubber object.

Damn it!

He'd fallen for it!

Just as Allen converted all the aura around his body into Ken, the real Hisoka instantly appeared behind him. Holding a playing card in each hand aimed at Allen's neck, he grinned savagely. "It's over!"

"That's right! It's time to end this!"

Allen instantly activated the Manipulation Nen Ability lurking within Hisoka's body.

In that brief instant, Hisoka felt his lungs, mouth, nasal cavity, and trachea all engulfed by an icy chill. He immediately began coughing violently out of control, and even his hands slowed by half a beat.

That half-beat was precisely what gave Allen's terrifying neural reflexes room to shine, allowing him to evade the sudden fatal strike.

By the time he turned around, Hisoka's alveoli had been utterly destroyed by the ultra-low temperature of -192°C, losing their ability to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide.

"Th-this... what kind of ability is this? You created freezing air in my lungs?" Hisoka asked, enduring the agony of suffocation.

He knew that in a few minutes, he would suffocate to death. Before dying, he wanted to understand exactly what his opponent's true ability was.

After all, Allen had displayed far too many abilities, and every one of them was bizarre and unfathomable.

"Don't worry! I won't let you die! On the contrary, after beating you up properly, I'll heal your fatal injuries. Now close your eyes and experience what hell truly is."

With an evil smile on his face, Allen swung his fist, imbued with Nen abilities, at Hisoka's irritating face.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

For the next full ten minutes, he returned everything Hisoka had once done to him tenfold.

When the one-sided beating finally stopped, the "all-powerful" Magus had already lost consciousness. He was barely clinging to life, with only half a breath left, and his entire face was swollen like a pig's head. There was no trace left of his original flamboyant, seductive appearance.

Without a doubt, this was naked, undisguised revenge. Experience.

"Whew—now that feels much better!" Allen muttered with great satisfaction.

Even so, once everything was over, he did not forget to take out a bottle of healing potion and force it down Hisoka's throat.

In the blink of an eye, several of his most serious injuries began healing rapidly. His frostbitten alveoli also regained their ability to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide under the treatment of powerful life energy.

Obviously, a single bottle of Super Healing Potion was not enough to completely restore such a powerful Nen user as Hisoka. It merely pulled him back from the brink of death.

As for his remaining injuries, he would likely need time to recover.

Thinking this, Allen turned to Illumi, who had been hiding behind a tree for quite some time and had already returned to his normal appearance. "No problem handing him over to you, right?"

"Hmm. No problem." Illumi replied expressionlessly.

If not for the fleeting killing intent from earlier, anyone would have thought that he and Hisoka were strangers with no particularly close relationship at all.

But in truth, the two of them shared complicated feelings far beyond ordinary understanding. Their thoughts and personalities were both so extreme and twisted.

"Then I'll leave him to you. When Hisoka wakes up, tell him that I welcome his challenge anytime—as long as he has enough Nen prepared to pay the price."

After saying that, the Life Red Dragon near Allen's shoulder appeared once more and took a deep breath toward the unconscious Hisoka.

Instantly!

A massive amount of aura was forcibly extracted and drawn into the red dragon's belly.

According to the contract, for the next three months, Hisoka would remain in a state of "Zetsu," unable to use any Nen abilities.

After devouring that aura, the red dragon rapidly grew to around 1.6 meters long. Its eyes were no longer dull and lifeless, but filled with vitality, as though it had gained intelligence.

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