Special Operations Team X Volcano Mansion

Facing this group of people dressed in camouflage uniforms, resembling soldiers.

Tell and An looked at each other.

Neither of them were fools; they could tell at a glance that this team was different.

When faced with the other's question, the two shook their heads.

Tell didn't want to clash with this unfamiliar team at this time, so he simply stated it directly.

"I'm Environmental Disaster Hunter. I'm here mainly to check out the Volcano and assess the Danger Level it poses."

As he spoke, he pointed to An beside him.

"This is the Volcano Hunter."

Next to the area they occupied were various instruments, which were clearly designed for recording and research.

In any case, their demeanor and identities are clear, and their purpose is unquestionable.

Unless someone is mentally ill, they wouldn't attack them for no reason.

"You're Tell? I know you."

The man with the crew cut at the head of the group nodded, believing what the other party said.

He grinned and said, "I'm a bounty Hunter x Hunter. Someone hired me to capture that Phoenix. The pay is high, so I can't refuse."

He laughed heartily.

He waved to his teammates behind him as he spoke.

The soldiers who had followed began to disperse and regroup, setting up temporary camps around the Volcano.

There were also various incomprehensible mechanical assemblies pointed towards the sky, clearly intended to deal with the Phoenix.

Tell watched these people move, watching them take out all sorts of equipment.

The so-called bounty Hunter x Hunter are definitely talking nonsense.

The leader may indeed be a Hunter x Hunter, but those who followed him were definitely not just the other side's teammates.

He saw six Nen user among them.

In other words, the opposing team consists of a total of seven Nen user, with well-trained Special Operations Team members providing support.

As for why it was determined that they were Special Operations Team members...

He's Disaster Investigation Hunter who spends most of his time working internationally; he can spot a lot of those devices at a glance.

That's not something you can buy with money.

Those are products developed and manufactured in-house by major countries, intended only for internal use and never exported.

He has a wealth of knowledge in this area.

This team is undoubtedly a special forces unit of the Kakin Empire, and the person leading them is likely the team's captain, only disguised by the title of bounty Hunter x Hunter.

Nen ability units in many countries do this kind of thing.

For major powers, there is no shortage of troops with Nen ability.

"That Phoenix, you actually know a lot about such a creature?"

An suddenly asked at this moment.

For a Volcano Hunter, the sudden sight of this wondrous creature ignited his curiosity.

This situation, which didn't seem like a pretense, actually made the other party lower their guard even more.

He nodded with a smile.

"Of course it's true, otherwise why would I go through all this trouble and bring so many people? We've been chasing it here for ages. Now that we've finally seen it take to the sky, we have to find out where it lands."

Hearing this, Tell frowned slightly and asked, "You mean, this thing will come back?"

The other person simply shrugged slightly, without saying anything explicitly.

On the other side of the forest.

When the Phoenix soared into the sky and streaked across the heavens.

While they were in the forest, Kevin and his team, who were conducting their investigation, immediately sensed an aura coming from afar.

"Wait a minute."

As Kevin spoke, he crouched slightly and then leaped up.

My body shot into the sky like a firework launched from a tube.

They jumped hundreds of meters into the air in an instant.

Then, his feet slipped and he stood steadily high in the air.

This is a relatively practical Nen ability technique, and elite Nen user generally use it.

Kevin stood high in the sky, his eyes slightly narrowed, shielding his eyes from the sunlight as he looked into the distance.

He saw the Phoenix streak across the sky from afar, leaving a long trail of black smoke.

"What a coincidence, we bumped right into each other."

Kevin couldn't help but laugh as he said that he was still chasing after the other person when the other person unexpectedly revealed themselves.

"The condensed energy, absorbed into the flame-like feathers, was entirely a surge of condensed energy, so dense that even a normal person could see it."

Kevin observed from a distance, muttering his own assessment.

Kevin didn't land until the Phoenix disappeared.

"Well? Did you see anything? We should ride our Griffin and chase after them."

Men Qi looked at Kevin, who had landed, and asked a question, then began to complain.

If you ride Griffin, you might be able to follow the Phoenix directly.

Kevin shook his head.

"If it were usable, I would have warned you already. I took a look at that Phoenix; it's quite a distance from us, and its speed isn't necessarily slower than your Griffin."

"If it's carrying people, we might not be able to catch up."

He sensed the speed of the Phoenix, which prevented Men Qi from Emission the Griffin to carry them.

"However, the gains were not small. It's basically confirmed that it wasn't a living creature at all; we've been fooled."

Kevin stated this very clearly.

"Ah!"

Pakunoda let out a sound of extreme disappointment.

This was very disappointing news for him.

After all, he was Phantom Beast Hunter. If the Phoenix was just Mimicry created from a wisp of Nen Aura and not a real creature, he wouldn't be interested at all.

Finally, as if struck by a sudden thought, he asked hopefully, "Could it be some kind of Nen Aura creature?"

Having spent so much time at the Nosra Manor, he had naturally seen Little Wang.

This is the first time I've ever heard of a life form constructed entirely from Nen Aura.

So now I'm wondering Phoenix might be something similar, in which case it should also be considered Phantom Beast.

It even sounds more dreamlike.

However, Kevin immediately poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

"No, it's something purely constructed from Nen Aura, more like a Nen Beast than a living being, and I can tell you definitively that it's mixed with Resentment."

Kevin's sensitivity to Resentment is unparalleled in human society today, to say the least.

The main reason is that his situation is too special. A few years ago, he was even able to forcefully remove Resentment bit by bit by controlling his Nen Aura.

Now, with the Nen ability provided by the potion made from the materials of the Resentful Snake, coupled with simulated learning within the Snake Nest.

Seriously speaking, he could even spend some time and effort creating his own products from Resentment.

"Isn't that a coincidence? It just so happens to be a perfect match for your major."

Men Qi laughed and patted Kevin's shoulder hard.

For the key members of the Nosra Manor, Kevin's understanding and control over Resentment were very clear to them.

"Let's hurry up; this time, the scent they left behind is much more obvious."

Kevin said directly.

Whatever it is that has already appeared naturally, we have to go and see it. Even if it's not Phantom Beast, it's still related to Resentment.

We can't go home empty-handed.

If it's out of Resentment, then it's a way of ridding the people of a scourge; taking it back to give Little Wang an extra meal wouldn't be bad.

The extra food we gave Little Wang last time kept him quiet for a while. If we give him extra food again this time, Little Wang should be able to stay still for a year or two without making a fuss.

In that case, it's a pretty good result.

No one objected; after all, they were already there.

They rushed all the way.

They chased after them for a full day and two nights without sleep.

It wasn't until the morning of the third day that they finally arrived at the place where the traces had disappeared.

"I've really had enough. It really flies fast, huh? It covered such a long distance."

Men Qi said with dissatisfaction.

They had been trekking through the forest for so long, and were somewhat disheveled.

"Volcano. That doesn't seem like a good omen."

Kevin looked at the mountain peak in front of him and murmured to himself.

This is a Volcano, and it's not Volcano on the map.

"It's unbelievable that such an obvious marker as Volcano isn't on the map."

Pakunoda couldn't help but complain.

He felt that the omission of other geological markers might be understandable, given that Volcano are so obvious. The fact that they weren't marked at all was incomprehensible.

"Come on, let me see where you're hiding."

Kevin closed his eyes as he spoke.

The Nen Aura shot out like a pillar.

The burst of Nen Aura in an instant actually created air pressure that blew outwards.

"This is a circle?!"

Standing right next to her, Men Qi, who felt it very clearly, couldn't help but complain loudly.

What kind of circle looks like this?

The so-called circle, in essence, is to expand the entanglement, allowing the Nen Aura originally maintained on the body surface to spread out.

Because it spreads outwards evenly from its own origin, it is spherical and also called a circle.

Within this range, even the slightest changes will not escape the user's perception.

This requires a high level of ki and various basic abilities from the Nen user.

Nen user of the Emission Type of Nen have an advantage in this regard.

However, in general, one can judge a person's strength by the size of the "circle," provided that the other party honestly Emission their limits for you to observe.

However, there are also those that, when using circles, will result in irregular shapes.

This type of circle has its advantages and disadvantages. For example, it cannot uniformly observe all surrounding directions, but it can extend over a greater distance.

Unless it's related to Nen ability, the reason for this situation is either that the person has an unparalleled degree of control over their Nen Aura, or that they are extraordinary.

But in any case, it is always silent and quiet when in use.

What Kevin is doing now looks like he's shooting out Nen Aura as if he's going to use it for an attack; it's clearly Emission Type attack maneuver.

"How far will it Emission?"

Buhaci, relying on his tall stature, gazed into the distance, but his view was obscured by the rocks, leaving him completely unaware of just how far away it was.

They all knew that Kevin's circle could be irregularly shaped, but Kevin preferred a cylindrical shape. He would then use his unreasonable control abilities to maneuver the probe around, performing a large-scale scan of the flat ground.

I've only ever seen something like this on Kevin.

"Ten kilometers."

"How many?!"

Men Qi spat out a mouthful of air.

Is this within the realm achievable by humans?

"Oh, so that's why you're shooting it out so forcefully to speed up the spread of your Nen Aura?"

Buhaci seemed to have figured something out and asked.

Kevin nodded. "That's right, that's exactly what you think."

A sudden, powerful shot can spread to its limit within almost three seconds, while a silent shot would take considerably longer.

After all, a distance of ten kilometers cannot be covered in just a minute or two.

"Shouldn't the distance be the cause of the surprise?" Men Qi tried to bring everyone back to the point.

Buhaci scratched his head.

Unlike Men Qi, he is also Enhancement Type, and he often uses drugs from Kevin to enhance his physical abilities for training, so he actually has a fairly good understanding of Kevin's strength.

Because of his thick skin and tough flesh, and being Enhancement Type, his strength and defense were both formidable when using Nen ability, allowing him to hold his own against Kevin for a considerable period.

Only Biscuit and he had a clearer understanding of Kevin's basic abilities.

Kevin is currently only training with the two of them in head-to-head combat.

When training with others, I almost always impose various restrictions on myself during the workout.

This led him to have a relatively high expectation of the profound Nen Aura within Kevin.

Kevin looked at Men Qi and reassured her, "Don't get excited. This is an irregular, compressed columnar distance. If you were to expand it outwards in a straight line, 1 kilometer would be about the limit."

It's not that the limit of Nen Aura is that if it spreads in a spherical shape, it requires a great deal of control over the individual.

Although he has trained his Emission Type well, Emission a spherical shape for 1 kilometer is really his limit.

Men Qi was speechless.

Isn't this 1 kilometer absurd?

I'm speechless.

Being around a monster really does raise the bar of your imagination bit by bit; it's quite a blow.

"Alright, let me see where it's hidden."

That concludes our casual conversation.

Kevin began to examine the area carefully.

He opened his eyes after a long while, his brows furrowed.

"It seems you've made some progress, but what surprised you?"

Kevin nodded.

"I never imagined there were man-made spaces inside Volcano; it's truly ingenious."

Indeed, the Volcano in front of us has a hollow section inside, which was carved out and shows very obvious signs of human intervention.

Come, follow me.

As he spoke, he led the group around to the right side of the Volcano. After a short while, they arrived at the bottom of the Volcano, a region that appeared to be no different from any other.

Kevin began to meander left and right, and then a narrow passage opened up from a thick, lush vegetation.

"It was hidden so well? And judging from the surrounding traces, it seems no one has been here for many years."

Pakunoda looked around at his surroundings and described what he had discovered.

"Should I send a flying insect to scout ahead first?"

Pons asked.

Kevin thought for a moment. Although his investigation revealed no traps or anything like that, he decided to scout ahead just to be on the safe side.

He nodded.

Then several flying insects flew out of the hole and into the cave.

It flew back in no time.

These flying insects began to swirl in the air, seemingly conveying some kind of message.

After explaining it, Pons nodded and told everyone.

"Aside from the temperature being significantly higher inside than outside, there's no threat inside; it's safe."

Now that safety was confirmed, there was no need to dawdle any longer, and everyone lined up in a long queue.

Then Buhara got stuck.

His size was so large that he couldn't possibly squeeze in.

"Alright, alright, I already guessed it. I'll just wait for you outside, which will also protect your escape route."

Buhaci waved his hand helplessly and said.

Men Qi laughed and patted his belly.

"Thank you for your help."