Watching the battle below, Biscuit wore a satisfied smile.
"Kevin was remarkably quick-witted in battle. He put the knowledge I taught him to use in actual combat.
"Compared to his rather clumsy ability to learn with his body, his mind turned quite fast."
As she spoke, Biscuit's gaze involuntarily fell on Yungu.
Feeling the pressure of that gaze, Yungu turned his head away and focused entirely on the battle in the arena.
In the arena, Kevin had already earned two points: one valid hit and one knockdown.
But he did not stop his assault. After punching his opponent flying, he immediately rushed forward.
Facing the enemy who had fallen to the ground and had yet to fully regain his footing, Kevin dashed forward and slammed down with a Cannon Punch.
Bang!
Everyone in the arena could clearly feel the power of that punch.
The arena floor was blasted open, and a great cloud of dust scattered outward, blocking part of the audience's view.
"What happened?"
"Chrollo isn't dead, is he?"
"With that much power, even if he's not dead, he has to be KO'd."
"That cruel bastard finally got what was coming to him?!"
"Look over there!"
Following the cries, everyone saw a figure fly diagonally out through the dust blocking their view.
The figure floated above the ground, strangely arcing in a semicircle across the arena before landing at the point farthest from Kevin.
As the dust gradually dispersed, Kevin stood where he was and shook his right hand, flinging away the dust and stone chips clinging to it.
A crater large enough to fit a person had appeared where he had attacked.
Kevin turned his head and saw Chrollo in the distance climbing to his feet and adjusting his stance.
Chrollo did not look good. After taking Kevin's punch head-on, his shoulder was visibly swollen and red. The bone there had certainly cracked.
This time, Kevin did not rush in recklessly.
He had already roughly figured out some of the rules behind his opponent's Nen ability.
Chrollo's four weapons essentially attacked by being thrown out and then controlled.
The dagger's trait was sharpness, while the Meteor Hammer could release shockwaves.
After the weapons were thrown, it took roughly three seconds before they could be retrieved.
Hitting a target might speed up the process, but Kevin had never been hit, so he could not be certain.
The weapons could also be held in the hand and still be effective in combat.
However, judging from the Meteor Hammer's earlier attack, its power when held was definitely inferior to when it was thrown.
Otherwise, even if his earlier punch had struck it head-on, it would have been deflected significantly, leaving him with no more than a scrape.
Hook's ability had also been revealed—it could carry its user's body and move quickly.
After Chrollo had been punched flying by Kevin, he had no time or space to rapidly adjust his posture.
If Kevin had landed another heavy punch at that moment, the battle would have ended immediately.
At the critical moment just before being hit, he threw Hook, and Hook carried him to his landing point.
Based on Kevin's observations, using Hook to adjust one's posture or move quickly had to cover a long distance. The cooldown interval, however, could not yet be determined.
Perhaps it was also three seconds, or perhaps longer.
During movement, he could only make limited adjustments to his arc according to Hook's flight path.
Whoosh!
The dagger flew over again, and this time the Meteor Hammer attacked alongside it.
The two weapons attacked Kevin from different angles, intending to seal off his room to dodge.
Kevin immediately crouched and leaped sideways, dodging to the side in a frog-like jump.
However, the attack he thought he could evade suddenly curved toward the direction of his dodge.
So Chrollo had used three weapons. He threw Hook in the direction Kevin was dodging, dragging his own body along and, in the process, making the other two thrown weapons fly over in the same manner.
He could do that too?
It seemed he had imposed the restriction that once his weapons were thrown, he could not control them freely. In exchange, hitting a target would definitely reduce the retrieval time.
Kevin realized that his space to evade had become extremely limited. He had to take one of the attacks.
With barely any thought, Kevin made his decision.
He chose to evade the dagger and kicked directly at the Meteor Hammer with his left leg.
Thoom!
A dull, strange sound rang out as the shockwave burst forth with even greater force than in close combat.
"Hm? That powerful?"
The instant that question surfaced in Kevin's mind, he received the answer. Even though he had deliberately collided with it, the shockwave still blasted him away.
It didn't hurt? He did not feel seriously injured.
He had not suffered much damage.
Even his shoes might not have been damaged.
So that was it. The Meteor Hammer was more suited to knocking enemies back, its knockback effect vastly outweighing its offensive power.
It was merely an auxiliary weapon used to coordinate with the other weapons and achieve attacks. Its appearance was highly deceptive.
Fine, fine. Even in a fight, he was plotting every step.
Still, that was exactly what Kevin wanted.
Borrowing the momentum of the shockwave sending him flying backward, Kevin suddenly exerted force. His body actually adjusted its posture in midair without any point of support.
Of course, this was another technique he had "borrowed" from Killua. He silently thanked his good friend Killua!
After adjusting his posture, Kevin landed and pounced toward Chrollo like a cheetah.
Clearly, Chrollo had not expected Kevin to readjust his stance after being knocked back in midair and use that momentum to close in on him even faster.
The Meteor Hammer appeared in his hand again, and he fiercely hurled it at Kevin.
It had not even been three seconds.
It seemed his guess had been right. Once a weapon hit its target, the retrieval time restriction disappeared.
The force from before was not enough for Kevin to close the distance completely. As he lunged forward, he planted both hands on the ground and pushed off hard.
His whole body flipped through the air, narrowly dodging the Meteor Hammer.
After landing, he surged forward in a dash.
At that moment, all three of his opponent's weapons had been thrown out and were in their cooldown interval.
Once Kevin got close, at most Chrollo would only have the dagger left in hand to resist.
Then what about the remaining weapon?
When would his opponent use it?
The answer was now.
The steel needle at Chrollo's waist vanished.
Kevin saw it!
Throughout the battle, Kevin had maintained Ren. The moment the steel needle was violently thrown out by his opponent, it vanished from sight.
It was In, and it flew incredibly fast.
It was almost before his eyes in the blink of an eye.
The steel needle's trait was penetration.
Kevin raised his right hand to block it, and the steel needle pierced through his right arm.
He had figured out the final weapon's trait as well.
"What was that?"
"Idiot, use Ren!"
In the stands, Biscuit slapped the back of Yungu's head.
She had to admit that the enemy's Nen ability was more refined than Kevin's, and his combat experience was also greater.
"So, how will you deal with this?"
The steel needle embedded in his arm vanished, and blood slowly flowed from the wound.
By then, his opponent had already opened up a safe distance, and all four weapons had returned to Chrollo's waist.
Chrollo panted heavily. The battle just now had placed enormous pressure on him.
With a solemn expression, he said, "You were right. Pruning too many small branches made me forget what a great tree was.
"I will treat you as a great tree and properly prune your branches."
"Then I should thank you in advance."
As Kevin spoke, he drank two tubes of potion.
[Power Potion][Healing Potion]
I'll finish you within fifteen minutes.
The score was now two to two.
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