Hunter x Hunter: Infinite Growth
Chapter 247

Digestion X Two Hundred Thousand

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Covering the sky and blotting out the sun, the translucent Resentful Eater Snake brought a suppressive force completely different from that of the Giant Bird from before.

If the pressure from that Giant Bird was like an invisible gravity pressing down on the body, making it impossible for one to stand up straight...

The pressure emanating from this Adult Stage Resentful Eater Snake is a sense of mental oppression.

The moment it appeared, it was as if even my thoughts had stopped.

Melusina stared blankly, momentarily forgetting to think, even stopping her breathing.

Although her past experience as Saintess has caused her Nen Aura to lean towards the Resentful Eater Snake.

But she is still a human at heart; she is not a true Resentful Eater Snake, and there is a great difference between her and Resentful Eater Snake.

However, due to the unique structure of humans, the ki within their bodies is a mixture of pure Energy State organisms like the Resentful Eater Snake.

That's why it was recognized.

The moment the Adult Stage Resentful Eater Snake appeared, the oppressive feeling they exerted on humans made it impossible for human thought and consciousness to adapt.

However, the Resentful Eater Snake's energy still had an effect.

In this situation, Melusina quickly adapted to the strange sense of oppression and regained her senses.

He was panting heavily.

He quickly stood up, looking worriedly at Kevin in the distance, where a lot of wind pressure was still blowing.

Kevin was still emitting a powerful burst of energy.

However, these ejected gases, apart from creating wind pressure, do not produce any real brilliance; instead, they contract again after being ejected to a certain extent.

If you use "condensation" to look at it at this time.

You'll notice that the air exhaled from the top of Kevin's head circles around and then returns to his body.

The energy emanating from his body has now formed a peculiar cycle.

And his physique is also changing rapidly.

Logically speaking, it is impossible for a normal human being to gain weight rapidly.

His skin wouldn't be able to handle it; gaining weight so rapidly would cause it to tear.

But clearly, this is not a normal situation, and Kevin is not a normal person either.

Just like how he has now returned to his previous physique after going from extreme obesity, even his skin, which should have been loose and heavy, is now contracting and becoming taut.

The adult Resentful Eater Snake remained in the same state as before, motionless, seemingly only revealing its body without making any additional moves.

The other Resentful Eater Snake also sensed the sudden surge of energy and gathered around.

However, just like the adult Resentful Eater Snake, it simply circled around quietly, staring intently with its pupils, showing no intention of touching it, which relieved Melusina.

Although she couldn't directly distinguish between good and evil like Kevin, she could still easily discern the attitudes of these Resentful Eater Snake.

These snakes were simply wary as they circled around; after all, this was their den, their home, and they couldn't be too cautious.

This is why the Vengeful Serpent revealed its physical form; Kevin essentially transformed the flesh and blood of a giant monster into Nen Aura, and it spewed out directly in a very short time.

A steady stream may not seem like much, but a sudden, powerful surge is all too obvious.

If it's outside its lair, the Resentful Eater Snake won't even bother with it, because it often hunts such creatures during the final stage of its Growth Stage.

Fortunately, Kevin's control is also improving.

He quickly brought the strange state of his surging Qi Refining under control. The wind pressure disappeared, and the surging Qi ring began to contract, maintaining a distance of about five meters from his body, forming a Qi shield that covered him.

About twenty minutes later...

Kevin finally opened his eyes.

When he opened his eyes, he was startled by the sight before him.

The breath he had just exhaled occupied almost all of his attention, leaving him with zero awareness of his surroundings.

Therefore, they were completely unaware of the sudden changes in their surroundings.

Kevin was stunned as he stared at the exaggerated, semi-transparent Nen Aura creature in the sky.

It truly is a pure Resentful Eater Snake!

What's most unusual is that Kevin didn't sense any obvious Resentment from this adult Resentful Eater Snake.

All one could sense was that the other was a being in a pure Energy State, yet it was undeniably a being primarily driven by Resentment, feeding on Resentment, and drawing power from Resentment.

But the text itself is not outwardly expressed.

Those serpentine eyes, like the moon, stared at him, and Kevin could even sense a simple emotion within them.

An interesting observation.

Even in the Snake Nest, this Adult Stage Resentful Eater Snake didn't take Kevin seriously.

Watching Kevin return to his normal state, he seemed to observe for a moment before disappearing, transforming back into the omnipresent anger and resentment within the Snake Nest.

Seeing this, the other snakes around also left, as if this episode had ended without causing any ripples. Melusina ignored them and walked a few steps to Kevin, touching and pinching him here and there to make sure he was alright.

Kevin grabbed her hand and gently squeezed it twice.

"I'm fine, don't worry."

The gentle words reached Melusina's ears, and Melusina seemed to feel much more at ease, nodding in response.

Changing the subject, he asked, "How was it? Was the effect as good as you expected?"

It can only be said that once Kevin's Nen level reached over 100,000, further improvement became very difficult.

As mentioned before.

Normal exercise should deplete your energy.

The more energy you have, the harder it is to deplete it through exercise, which will slow down your growth. There is also a lot of talent involved in this.

Therefore, unless it is purely for work purposes or for extreme martial arts fanatics, once one's mental capacity exceeds 100,000, one will basically hit a bottleneck, and may even only slowly increase by tens of thousands for the rest of one's life before reaching the limit.

With such Nen power, even if you're not a Martial Faction in human society, you'd definitely be at the top of the Nen user world in terms of strength, let alone a pure Martial Faction or someone who needs to work.

Then it's hard to say exactly how far it will go.

Kevin, on the other hand, relies on cheating and drugs.

Endure the bitterness of medication to achieve a shortcut in life.

Therefore, for Kevin, finding a suitable medicine at this stage will be countless times more troublesome than before.

Take now, for example.

Each upgrade requires an A-Rank potion, as well as extremely nutritious food that is practically nonexistent in human society.

In other words, if he wants to increase his spiritual power, he almost has to be bound to the Dark Continent.

The effect is still uncertain, but it certainly hasn't reached its limit yet.

Because the Digestion Potion couldn't keep up.

Only when the Digestion Potion can keep up with the pace and perfectly match the formula can we know how effective the three ingredients together will be.

As for now.

Kevin shook his head.

"I can't sense it for now. There's too much energy in my body, making it difficult to detect subtle changes unless it changes by tens of thousands."

Upon hearing this, Melusina burst out laughing.

I lightly tapped him with my fist.

You wish!

But this light punch struck the barrier of Nen Aura with a loud bang.

This made Melusina feel extremely wronged.

His mouth opened, and his entire expression fell.

He hummed as he looked at Kevin.

"You dislike me?"

How is that possible?

Kevin was instantly drenched in sweat and quickly rushed over to hug the other person.

He explained, "No, I just have too much Nen Aura right now, and it's a bit hard to control, so this barrier just appeared naturally. It's not that I'm criticizing you; it's just that I didn't control it well. After all, you know this thing is passive; if I don't control it, it can easily appear on its own."

Seeing Kevin's slightly nervous expression, Melusina grinned as if she had discovered New Continent.

The two played around for a while until the effects of the medicine wore off.

Kevin took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

Then, somewhat surprised, he opened his eyes.

"My mental capacity is almost two hundred thousand!"

His voice involuntarily rose an octave.

This is no joke.

That's two hundred thousand! He only recently broke through one hundred thousand, and his total was just over one hundred thousand.

"An increase of 100,000 or 200,000!" Melusina also somewhat surprised.

How could the effect be so good?

Kevin also sensed something was wrong, so he closed his eyes and began to carefully feel the sensations again.

Only after thoroughly examining his body did he open his eyes and exhale.

"I knew it! I was startled."

He then explained, "I was expanded by A-Rank drug. Doesn't it create containers in the bones to store Nen? This can also be learned. It's like using the effects of the drug and simulating Nen ability to develop and change the body."

"So every time you use the drug, there will be a change in consciousness, which is very obvious and follows a pattern. I didn't notice it after using one dose before, but it's very obvious this time."

Simply put, the abilities granted by the [Nen Battery Potion] gave him a delusion.

This is a gradual process of learning Nen ability, one step at a time, and it also increases the amount of Nen you can generate.

Therefore, if you don't observe carefully, you will make a wrong judgment.

Under normal circumstances, increasing your energy level will improve overall performance, including recovery speed and current energy level.

"So, to be on the safe side, I actually have the equivalent of 160,000 Nen capacity right now. The remaining 40,000 capacity is extra storage due to the space created by the potion, which simply increases my endurance. I still need to inject my own Nen into it for storage normally."

Upon hearing Kevin's explanation, Melusina quickly grasped the change and nodded.

"So that's how it is. Anyway, this can be considered a good thing. The changes brought about by the A-Rank potion are indeed very special."

Kevin strongly agrees with this statement.

The rest of the time was quite simple.

Kevin focused his attention on the new version of the [Digestion Potion].

The original [Digestion Potion] was made when I was very young, when my understanding of Nen ability was not deep enough, and my access to various medicinal herbs was extremely limited.

Furthermore, Kevin's physical condition eventually reached a plateau, which further diminished his motivation to develop a more powerful version of the [Digestion Potion].

After all, Kevin has plenty of materials in human society, so he spends most of his time working on developing New Potion combinations.

Now that this thing needs a more powerful version, it naturally has more motivation.

The problem is that too many high-end materials also bring a happy dilemma, because there are so many choices that he's overwhelmed with options.

This place is nothing like human society.

Most of the plants and animals in human society have already been documented and recorded. The environmental conditions required for their growth, what they can do, and their medicinal value can all be found.

With this data, Kevin could easily concoct a suitable drug; he just needed to make minor adjustments.

But that won't work here now.

He could only rely on his own understanding, perspective, and a certain amount of intuition to make random selections.

This will take a lot of time.

The [Time System] and [Space System] potions have been postponed again.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

At this stage, Kevin's biggest deficiency is indeed basic Nen power. Once his Nen power is improved, everything will be much easier.

Otherwise, Kevin wouldn't even be able to defeat the creatures of the Giant Beast Kingdom, let alone gain a foothold in the Dark Continent.

These colossal beasts of the Dark Continent may appear powerful and intimidating, but they are essentially prey for various Lord Level creatures.

Fortunately, there was the help of Data Chip.

Kevin never imagined that something he had obtained unintentionally would play such an important role for him now.

With Melusina providing support from the sidelines.

The excessive amount of medicinal materials also accelerated the preparation of the medicine.

Kevin also created more [Nen Battery Potion] for Melusina to use.

The potion provided by [Moment's Dream] does not grant permanent abilities.

[The Blank Meteor] is the main reason Kevin is able to remember these abilities.

This is the effect of combining two Nen ability.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, unless the medicine itself can bring about some special effects, such as Digestion Potion, it is a disposable product.

But things are different now.

A-Rank medicines are superior.

Previously, due to the scarcity of materials, all the A-Rank potions were used up, leaving Kevin to simulate Nen ability on his own.

Now that we've arrived on the Dark Continent, there's no need to be frugal.

So I had Melusina try it too.

Then, she also discovered the storage space for Nen within her bones.

It's rare and subtle, but it's there.

The effects of the A-Rank drug are too strong. Even though the effects can only last for thirty minutes due to Nen ability, it will still cause permanent changes to the human body.

Then Kevin discovered something that was very puzzling.

It differs from his structure.

Melusina can indeed absorb Nen Aura from the outside world, but this only happens during the duration of the potion.

It's many times faster than Kevin's absorption speed.

In other words, if this A-Rank drug were supplied to Melusina...

During the duration of the potion's effect, Melusina can recklessly and frantically consume Nen Aura.

Because she can absorb Nen Aura from the air and use it at will.

This may be related to her unique upbringing.

With a safe base and New Potion available.

On the Dark Continent, Kevin and his companion actually found peace and stability.

Kurapika and others, far away in human society, also noticed this change.

For a moment, they didn't know whether they should be happy or worried.

They had clearly prepared themselves, waiting for the two to fall into mortal danger, and then forcibly pulled them back.

Who knew that these two could survive in such a terrible place, and even sometimes escape fatal situations? It's truly incomprehensible.

Normally, the pointer will almost never stray from the critical first third.

In a ridiculously safe but deadly area.

In addition, there are the prophecies that Nion makes every month.

Although they were far apart and unable to communicate.

But at least they can get a general idea of Kevin and the other person's situation, so they won't be flustered or worry unnecessarily.

And faced with this situation.

All they could do was think Kevin was awesome.

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