Hunter x Hunter: Death Makes Me Stronger
Chapter 44

Huge Gains

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For Kan Kai, Moro's appearance was a welcome surprise.

Without Moro's intervention, Kan Kai wouldn't have been in danger, but he would have been delayed in the Nen space.

Time was of the utmost importance now, directly tied to the client's safety.

In the blink of an eye, Kan Kai shifted his focus to Saff in the room, agreeing with Moro's suggestion to leave Muer to him.

He had felt a moment of hesitation before making this decision.

After all, he had fought Muer before. Not only was Muer's Nen ability difficult to deal with, but the level of "Flow" Muer displayed in close combat was clearly not that of a pushover.

However, he then considered that Muer's hands were currently incapacitated, and he no longer had any reservations, agreeing to let Moro handle Muer.

As for Muer, Moro's appearance was a terrifying shock.

He had meticulously planned, even risking his own life, to trap Kan Kai in the Nen space temporarily.

When the plan was progressing smoothly, Muer had only one thought: to keep Kan Kai trapped for as long as possible.

Even a minute more would be good, and if not, even 30 seconds would suffice…

With such thoughts and resolve, Muer believed he could calmly accept death after fulfilling his purpose.

But all of that was ruined by Moro's sudden appearance!!!

Anger, unwillingness, disbelief…

Complex emotions tangled like a ball of yarn, twisting Muer's face into a mask of agony.

He was supposed to have accepted death calmly after fulfilling his purpose, he was supposed to have!

"You deserve to die!"

Muer's eyes were bloodshot, all traces of his previous flippancy and composure gone.

At this moment, stopping Kan Kai was a pipe dream.

Even wanting to kill Moro was an insurmountable task.

This was because the Nen on his body was rapidly receding, and within another second, he would be forcibly put into Zetsu.

This was the price of failing Cicada's Molt.

Moro noticed Muer retracting his aura output within two seconds and his first thought was that the other party was being restrained and backlashed by a Nen ability.

There was no other possibility.

So, after Muer's Nen completely vanished, the words "unexpected bonus" flashed through Moro's mind.

"I came at the right time."

Moro ignored Muer's distorted gaze, which seemed to want to devour him alive, and raised his hand to condense a Nen Bullet the size of a ping pong ball.

In his opinion, a Nen user who could fight against the martial-arts-focused Twelve Zodiacs couldn't be weak, and might even provide a massive amount of experience points for leveling up.

Muer was already in Zetsu. Without the enhancement of Nen, he couldn't see Moro's aura output, but he could sense danger.

"I'll kill you!!!"

Having lost everything, all Muer could do now was launch a final charge with his life.

He let his arms hang limply, his face contorted in rage, and charged at Moro like a demon.

Moro's response was a Nen Bullet casually thrown his way.

This Nen Bullet, which Muer had previously dismissed as insignificant, now felt like a mountain pressing down on him.

Puchi!

The Nen Bullet struck Muer's head, and the irresistible force caused his entire head to explode.

With a heavy thud, a headless corpse lay on the ground.

Moro maintained the posture of throwing the Nen Bullet and then looked at the back of his hand facing him.

Lv.7Lv.18

The sudden surge in his level made Moro pause.

Reached... Level 18?

Before he could react, the aura output surrounding his body suddenly expanded by a small circumference.

This was the benefit of a massive level-up.

Moro slowly widened his eyes. Not only had his aura output level increased, but his total potential aura had also visibly grown.

Before leveling up, his endurance during intense battles was only about five minutes.

Now...

It was at least ten minutes!

"Am I considered to have gotten a lucky break?"

Feeling the changes after leveling up, Moro looked at the headless corpse on the ground in surprise.

To be able to go from Lv.7 to Lv.18 in one go, just how high was this Nen user's potential level?

There was no way to know the answer.

What he could be sure of was that with his current strength, he definitely couldn't defeat this Nen user.

It was to the point where he felt like he had gotten lucky.

But Moro thought about it again.

The fact that he got this kill was the result of his step-by-step decisions and actions.

If he hadn't rushed to the cockpit immediately, if he hadn't sensed something was wrong in a situation with lacking information, if he hadn't decisively moved towards Kan Kai...

Then he wouldn't have destroyed the Divine Script along the way, let alone welcomed the arrival of the "bounty" at this moment.

This was indeed an opportunity that involved a degree of luck.

But he had seized it.

Moro suddenly clenched his fist, silently savoring the joy of his level skyrocketing.

A full 11-level jump, how much training time would that save him...

Just as Moro was rejoicing over this, the headless corpse on the ground suddenly emitted a pitch-black Nen.

"Hm?"

Moro sensed it and immediately looked over.

He saw the pitch-black Nen detach from the bloody, mangled neck and fly into the air like a will-o'-the-wisp, exuding an ominous aura.

"Nen after death..."

Moro's pupils contracted, and the image of Muer's twisted, enraged face mixed with killing intent flashed through his mind.

Nen users could leave behind Nen driven by obsession due to extreme emotional fluctuations or strong convictions, even after death.

This kind of Nen after death usually targeted the killer.

This was Moro's first time experiencing such a situation. Looking at the Nen after death flying towards him like black will-o'-the-wisp, he felt as if he were facing a great enemy.

He had no experience dealing with such a change. The only thing he could think of was the Growth Rings on the back of his hand.

Since the Growth Rings could absorb Nen attached to a Nen object, could they also absorb Nen after death?

If there was no way to avoid it, he could only try this.

However, just as Moro was preparing to defend himself, the will-o'-the-wisp-like Nen after death directly bypassed Moro and flew straight towards the room Kan Kai had gone to.

Moro turned his head to the side, watching the Nen after death fly towards the room, and a strange emotion surged in his heart.

Whether in life or death, he could clearly feel Muer's killing intent.

Logically speaking, the Nen after death born from this should have been desperate to drag him down with it.

But this Nen after death had a clear target, heading towards the room.

Moro understood the reason in an instant and looked at the headless corpse on the ground with a slightly complex expression.

More important than venting the furious killing intent from his death throes was his original objective.

What kind of obsession could achieve this...

——

Four Great Principles advanced complex technique - Flow.

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