Knowing full well that this was a fight!

Faced with Netero's blunt words, Kevin astutely grasped the core of the matter.

"So, you're quite aware that this crisis Chimeric Ant is very likely a trap set by your son Beyond, against you?"

His gaze was sharp, and his speech, though measured, went straight to the point.

"Certainly."

Netero's answer was calm, but resolute, and his tone carried an undeniable and powerful confidence.

He grinned, revealing a smug smile. "Don't let my age fool you, this old man is no less capable than you young punks!"

Tch, he's being sarcastic and sarcastic again.

For a moment, a brief silence fell between the two, with only the mountain wind howling and swirling through the steep cliffs, stirring up fine sand and gravel.

As expected, it was just as the information we had gathered before.

Netero imposed a cruel Restriction on his son, forcing him to kill his father.

A while later...

As the rising sun peeked out from the horizon like molten gold, its golden rays gradually dispelled the chill of the night, casting a warm glow on the desolate cliff top.

Kevin suddenly broke the silence, his voice sounding somewhat faint in the wind.

"I'm the kind of person who can respect other people's wishes quite a bit sometimes. But sometimes—I can also be considered rather willful."

This statement sounds nonsensical, and even carries a hint of casual provocation.

Upon hearing Kevin's sudden words, Netero turned his head sharply, his white beard seemingly standing on end in anger, and glared at him irritably.

"You brat, stop talking nonsense and come here!"

The moment the words fell!

"Call out--!"

A sharp, piercing whistling sound suddenly tore through the morning's tranquility!

Kevin's figure blurred instantly in place, moving at an extreme speed. Almost at the same moment Netero's last syllable disappeared, he had already approached Netero less than a foot away like Lightning Speed tearing through space.

His right hand, fingers pressed together like a knife, arm muscles bulging, carried a sharp, slicing wind, its trajectory unpredictable and treacherous, like a venomous snake surging from the darkness, viciously stabbing straight at Netero's throat.

"Bang!"

A dull, resounding crash, like the thunder of a hammer striking a drum, suddenly exploded!

In Lightning Speed, Netero's seemingly withered arms moved like two agile pythons, suddenly intertwining and twisting to precisely seize Kevin's wrist as it struck with lightning speed.

The aged arm unleashed astonishing power and speed, instantly locking the attack and forcefully halting Kevin's fierce forward momentum.

Kevin's attack was countered, but his reaction was as swift as the wind.

He twisted his waist sharply, his whole body like a fully drawn bow, using his locked right arm as a fulcrum, his left leg like a heavy steel axe, tearing through the air with a piercing shriek, fiercely slashing diagonally towards Netero's waist and ribs.

Faced with this powerful, earth-shattering sweeping kick, Netero merely lowered his body slightly, his single leg firmly rooted to the cliff face as if it were one with the rocks below.

His free right leg rose effortlessly as if anticipated, the muscles on the outside of his calf taut, precisely blocking Kevin's terrifying attack.

"Bang!"

Another muffled explosion!

Legs crossed, and the powerful Nen Aura and impact collided violently, forming a visible ring of air that spread outwards.

The two remained motionless after the impact.

Kevin felt a resilient yet overwhelming force come his way, and his attack was once again easily neutralized, as if it had sunk into the sea.

Before Kevin could change his move, Netero's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

The arms that were gripping Kevin's right wrist suddenly exerted force, like a precise lever being snapped and twisted.

At the same time, he lightly tapped his feet, using the momentum to leap into the air, and skillfully spun half a circle in mid-air.

The bizarre posture contains extremely exquisite skills.

This move not only cleverly neutralized Kevin's force, but also used a subtle, deflective force to shift Kevin's center of gravity, instantly twisting his arm in a reverse joint motion.

Kevin was forced off balance by the immense force and stumbled.

In that fatal moment when the old strength was exhausted, the new strength had not yet been generated, and the body was forcibly twisted.

Netero's right leg, which had just completed its block, was like a long-awaited, supple steel whip.

Using the centrifugal force of rotation, it tore through the air, accompanied by a muffled sound of wind and thunder, and carrying immense power, it swept fiercely towards Kevin's unsuspecting chest and abdomen.

"Bang!!!"

The whip kick landed squarely on Kevin's side.

The force was heavier than imagined, as if I had been hit head-on by a high-speed steel train.

Kevin felt an irresistible, overwhelming force surge through him. Like a kite with a broken string, he was instantly flung away, becoming a blurry afterimage as he shot backward at an astonishing speed.

"BOOM--!!!"

Kevin's body slammed heavily against the solid cliff face dozens of meters away, like a meteorite.

The immense impact caused the entire mountainside to tremble violently. Countless fragments of rock and dust exploded and scattered in all directions, instantly spreading out to form a thick, swirling, grayish-yellow mushroom cloud that completely engulfed his figure.

Netero landed lightly on the ground, bounced around a couple of times, shook his slightly numb arms and wrists, and grinned as he cursed.

"You brat, you hit so hard! You really don't know how to respect your elders or care for the young."

He appeared to be complaining, but his eyes gleamed with excitement and pride.

Kevin's sudden, ghostly attack speed was so fast that it startled him. If it weren't for his battle-hardened instincts, he would have been caught off guard.

At that time, he would have lost face big time.

A hundred meters away, in that billowing, boiling cloud of smoke and dust.

Suddenly, an invisible, sharp force tore through the smoke.

"Whoosh-! Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

A sharp, piercing buzzing sound rang out in rapid succession, like the whistle of death.

Several, dozens, or even more invisible, high-speed rotating Wind Blade appeared out of thin air.

Like an enraged swarm of bees, leaving only faint, distorted ripples in the air, they swarmed towards the spot where Netero had just stood, their sharp, slicing shrieks carrying a devastating force.

"Hiss hiss hiss--chachachacha!"

The dense, chilling sounds of cutting and rock shattering instantly merged into a cacophony, like a sudden Basho.

The cliff top where Netero originally stood was easily sliced, crushed, and plowed up like butter cut by a hot knife.

Large amounts of stone powder and finer grayish-white dust spread out as if detonated, instantly enveloping the area where the two were located, reducing visibility to zero.

The center of the thick, choking smoke and dust.

Kevin's figure clung to the cliff face where he had just crashed, like a gecko.

His legs were bent deeply like powerful springs compressed to their limit, his feet gripping the rock crevices tightly, and all the muscles in his body were taut like steel nooses.

"Hah!" A deep, beast-like roar erupted!

His legs suddenly unleashed a terrifying explosive force, slamming against the nearly shattered mountain wall behind him.

He shot out like an armor-piercing shell leaving the chamber, accompanied by violent air currents and dust.

The powerful wind pressure generated by his high-speed sprint was like an invisible giant hand, instantly tearing apart the thick dust in front of him to both sides, creating a brief, straight vacuum passage.

His goal was crystal clear.

It was the epicenter of the smoke and dust where Netero finally disappeared.

However.

Having already sensed the fierce counterattack, Netero had no intention of confronting it head-on.

His figure swayed as lightly as a willow catkin in the wind, and he nimbly slid to the side to dodge.

But strangely, Kevin's forward-moving body came to an unbelievable mid-air stop less than a meter away from Netero, defying the laws of physics.

Kevin had already anticipated that the attack would miss, so he wrapped an invisible Nen Whip around his hand. The dragging force of the whip held him back, just as he had anticipated.

With an abrupt stop.

His right foot rose like a battle axe, using the explosive force of the sudden stop combined with the pulling force of the Nen Whip.

With a piercing shriek as if tearing fabric, a kick slammed into Netero's abdomen.

This attack method, which was clearly beyond common sense, coupled with its extremely fast speed, left Netero, who had just completed his first dodge, with no time to dodge a second time.

"Bang!"

The kick landed squarely on Netero's hastily raised arms in defense.

The powerful force was like a battering ram striking a bronze bell.

With a dull thud, Netero was sent flying backward like a stone thrown by a catapult, hurtling straight into the sky.

This kick sent Netero flying dozens of meters into the air.

Kevin naturally wouldn't give his opponent a chance to breathe, but his sudden stop and kick in mid-air also deprived him of a foothold, preventing him from immediately launching a continuous attack.

"Suck--!"

Kevin took a deep breath, his chest and abdomen bulging exaggeratedly like bellows.

He stared wide-eyed at the direction where Netero had been kicked into the air, and roared, "Roar--!!!"

A terrifying roar, like that of an ancient behemoth, exploded out.

The visible sound waves, like tangible missiles, formed rapidly overlapping concentric rings in the air.

High-frequency oscillating shock waves.

Carrying destructive winds, it hurtled towards Netero in the air with lightning speed.

It was incredibly fast, and instantly struck Netero was adrift in the air with nowhere to gain leverage, like a sitting duck.

The violent sonic impact sent it tumbling like a leaf in a storm, flying higher into the sky.

While in mid-air, Netero immediately activated his powerful Nen Aura, his aura suddenly solidifying as he used a technique to stabilize his out-of-control, tumbling body and forcefully stop his trajectory from being knocked away.

As if standing on an invisible platform, it came to a steady stop high in the air.

This is not flight, but simply hovering in the air, defying gravity.

Kai Kui, on the other hand, fell back onto the uneven cliff top below, which looked as if it had been washed by a meteorite rain.

The entire mountaintop had been transformed into a landscape of ravines and scattered boulders during these brief but intense exchanges between the two sides.

"There's quite a lot of fancy stuff," Netero's voice came from high above, his breathing steady, "But Shi Yi, remember, the way of martial arts lies in refinement and variety. To cultivate purity through complexity is ultimately inferior, boy."

After saying that, he gave a wicked smile and then plunged headfirst from the sky at high speed, like a hawk hunting its prey.

The speed increased rapidly, accompanied by a piercing whistling sound.

Kai Kui's pupils contracted slightly, and all the muscles in his body tensed up again as he stared intently at the rapidly enlarging figure.

Suddenly, as Netero was falling, his twin legs came together in front of his chest.

Yes, you're pregnant!

This posture—is it the birth of Nen ability?!

The moment Kevin realized this pregnancy was real.

The two hands, clasped together in prayer, suddenly separated.

Netero's right palm seemed to contain immense power, pressing down on the heavens as he slapped down at Kai Kui from afar.

The two sides were clearly at least ten or twenty meters apart.

"Bang!!!"

An invisible yet terrifying force, as heavy as a mountain, instantly suppressed Kai Kui.

It was like the sky collapsing.

Kai Kui's body suddenly sank, and the rocks beneath his feet groaned as if bearing a heavy burden.

This inexplicable impact caused the soil and gravel beneath Kai to crumble as if pressed by a giant hand.

Collapse.

The combined force did not stir up dust, but instead crushed the cliff face with absolute force, carving a palm-shaped pit with smooth edges and astonishing depth.

In the center of this pit, Kai Kui was enduring an indescribable, invisible force.

Above his head, countless hexagonal barriers, shimmering with a faint light, appeared layer upon layer, like the most resilient protection, stubbornly resisting the suppressive force.

In a vague way, Kevin seemed to "sense" some kind of grand and majestic aura.

It was not a tangible object visible to the naked eye, but a purely spiritual pressure—a towering, golden phantom of the Thousand-Birth Guanyin, where compassion and majesty coexisted, and countless palms contained the power to judge all living beings.

"Boom!"

Kevin didn't have much time to ponder the nature of this power.

Just as he was firmly controlled by this invisible palm force, Netero, who was swooping down, appeared in front of him as if by Teleportation.

This time, Netero did not clasp his hands together again, but instead concentrated his immense power into a single palm and pushed it forcefully towards Kai's side with all his might.

An overwhelming force from the side, like an invisible hammer, slammed directly into Kevin's chest and abdomen.

"Thump--!!!"

A deep, muffled, and heart-stopping bang erupted.

The terrifying shockwave generated by the impact spread violently outwards in the form of a visible shock ring.

The impact ripped away soil and gravel from the edge of the pit like a bomb, causing the remaining trees in the distance to sway wildly, their branches rustling loudly.

Kai Kui himself, however, remained firmly rooted in place, like a rock firmly planted in the earth.

However, the two deep trenches carved into his feet showed that he was still thrown more than a meter away by the violent impact.

At this moment, Kai's body was covered by a defensive barrier, and even his exposed skin was covered by a layer of fine, shimmering silver Snake Scale with a cold metallic luster.

"It's a mistake, isn't it? This tortoise shell is quite hard."

Netero spoke bluntly, but his words were no longer mocking; rather, they acknowledged a fact.

"Old man, Shi really has a silver tongue."

Kai grinned, letting out a low laugh from his throat.

Before he finished speaking, the muscles in his arms suddenly bulged like rocks, the veins stood out like writhing dragons, and his skin turned slightly red, as if rocky fluid was flowing under his skin.

He ignored Netero, gathered all his strength, and slammed his fist hard into the ground.