Hunter x Hunter: Infinite Growth
Chapter 568

Time Drop Wraps the Body X New Egg

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Although the magnitudes are mismatched.

However, Kevin's fighting style and performance allow him to fight his opponent at a lower weight class.

The opponent was, after all, a giant Crow. Although Kevin was able to slam it into the ground and then smash it into the forest.

However, it was impossible to inflict a fatal wound on the opponent.

The gray-black smoke can Emission and also drawn back in. Once drawn back in, it will replenish the opponent's injuries and restore their condition.

Through the analysis of Mental Image.

The main ability of the opponent's gray-black smoke is absorption, which has an absolute advantage against fire, especially the life-giving flames of the Phoenix, which are a great tonic.

Therefore, the Grey-Black Crow is the natural enemy of the Phoenix.

These gray-black smog particles also have a certain absorbing effect on the overall environment.

Although the amount absorbed was not large, the sheer scale of the billowing smoke and dust was overwhelming.

Kevin's trump card.

Extremely effective against small or human-sized enemies.

Because as long as you use the Time Drop and hit a key area, the opponent is almost permanently immobilized.

Once the Time Drop hits a critical area, even if the opponent risks tearing that part off to escape, it will cause exaggerated maiming effects.

But for the giant monsters of the Dark Continent, it doesn't mean much.

Even if you force the ball inside the opponent's body, at most he'll just tear a wound out of him.

To these enormous monsters, it was nothing more than a scratch.

Even if Kevin could create a giant Time Drop several meters long and smash it into the opponent.

These monsters won't be easily slaughtered; at worst, they'll let the hit parts be cut off, and the resulting gaps are acceptable to the other side.

What bad luck.

You can encounter something like this just by camping.

The Grey-Black Crow clearly saw Kevin as something like Phoenix —powerful, but not impossible to catch.

Or rather, for these Grey-Black Crow, the powerful Phoenix is the ultimate tonic.

It was for this reason that the Grey-Black Crow, after failing to defeat Kevin for a long time, showed no intention of leaving and stubbornly continued fighting.

Kevin's last resort is to seal the opponent in a giant cauldron and then refine him.

Although the opponent is stronger than me, they have not reached the Lord Level.

The battle just now confirmed that, in terms of sheer power, the opponent's strength was only close to two million.

For someone more than him, there are certainly many.

However, when placed in Medicine Tripod, it is considered to be at a level that can be refined.

The time spent was within an acceptable range.

But that would be counterproductive.

This constitutes a massive loss.

Because this powerful creature was forcibly sealed into the Medicine Tripod and purely refined into essence, the refined essence was of no use whatsoever.

In the end, it still has to be thrown into the earth and turned into concentrated fertilizer.

Kevin worked himself to the bone but got nothing in return.

He can escape now, it's not like he can't.

He only decided to give it a try after several encounters and confirming that the Grey-Black Crow posed no fatal threat to him.

So, should we avoid it?

No, let's try another approach.

A new trick that hasn't been used since the million-dollar payout.

The timing is perfect.

Kevin pondered, extending his index finger.

The Nen Aura into thick Water Droplets, but this time the Water Droplets landed on his own body.

Water Droplets on my body, like a viscous liquid, adhering to the surface of my Scale Armor.

A transparent liquid quickly formed a thin layer on the body.

You might not even notice it if you don't look closely.

"Call out!"

There was no thunderstorm, and no light.

In the blink of an eye, Kevin vanished from the spot.

The Crow that had been targeting Kevin arrived amidst billowing smoke, only to be stunned.

Because he lost track of Kevin in an instant.

But then he immediately sensed it again.

But it wasn't in front of him.

But rather...

"Bang!"

Behind the head.

Suddenly, Kevin appeared behind his head, and the lower half of Mental Image arms came together with Kevin's movements, forming a hammer fist, which he then slammed down.

This move was executed with extreme speed.

Furthermore, as Kevin's attacks became lightning fast, Mental Image's attacks became impossible to see.

Because it was Mental Image that triggered the attack, and it hit directly.

Before the Crow could even react, it was struck by the powerful force, its entire body blasted into the ground like a meteor.

With a loud crash, sand and dust billowed into the sky.

The excessive spraying of sand and dust formed columnar shapes.

The Crow's body was driven deep into the ground, creating a huge crater over ten meters wide.

This crater was not a scattered pit formed by a huge impact, but rather a deep pit as if a concentrated force suddenly pierced through it, leaving only slight cracks around it.

The power was extremely concentrated.

The Crow, thrown into the deep pit, couldn't understand why Kevin's speed had suddenly become so rapid, even causing it to lose its lock on the enemy.

He no longer had the time or the inclination to think about these things; he had already been injured after being thrown into the deep pit.

He felt threatened.

Kevin, having landed a fatal blow, gave his opponent no time to breathe, disappearing from the spot once more in the blink of an eye.

When it reappeared, it was at the bottom of the deep pit. Mental Image pushed his palms down hard.

"Gah!"

The Crow let out a miserable cry, its feathers scattered in an instant, and blood even spurted from its beak.

The palm strike landed precisely, squeezing and impacting the Crow's body, causing severe internal trauma.

This caused the crater to extend several meters further down.

Kevin kept swinging his hands, his fists clenched and slamming downwards repeatedly.

However, after only two hits, he felt his fists slam into the sand and mud.

With the Crow's scream, the opponent finally reacted, quickly responding to such a swift attack.

The feathers scattered, and the body turned into ashes.

The attack seemed to pass through clouds and smoke.

All the soot was quickly ejected upwards and left the crater.

Kevin vanished in a flash, leaving the pit before Ash could react.

The soot accumulates directly in the high atmosphere.

Perhaps in self-defense, a large amount of black soot formed a tornado, fiercely swirling around him and protecting him from all sides.

This time, Kevin did not immediately attack.

This Crow has the ability to materialize into smoke and dust.

The reason I didn't use it just now is probably because this skill can't be used at any time; there are definitely certain limitations.

It was attacked and injured inside the pit, and only in this critical moment did the opponent have no choice but to use it.

After escaping, it immediately formed this tornado to protect itself.

Clearly, the opponent will be unable to use that ability again in the short term.

"You think these ashes can trap me?"

Kevin chuckled.

It's just the wind, isn't it? His wind is quite strong.

He took another deep breath, but this time it wasn't just him who was inhaling.

The Mental Image behind it also opened its mouth wide, drawing in a large amount of air, creating an attraction that even pulled some of the ash in the sky downwards.

The inhaled air even caused the chest of the Mental Image to swell directly.

"Vomit!"

The gale and the Sonic Bomb combined and were unleashed once more.

This time, the Gale Sonic Bomb was definitely the strongest one Kevin had ever unleashed.

The Mental Image opened its mouth wide, and the force it emitted distorted the air, forming a transparent column visible to the naked eye.

In an instant, it blasted a hole in the black smoke that enveloped the opponent.

Kevin vanished from his spot once again in the blink of an eye.

Appearing directly within the dark storm, Mental Image stretched out both hands and fiercely grabbed one of the Crow's wings.

Everything happened too fast.

The Crow couldn't react at all.

In his mind, the tornado had just been torn open, and then he was caught.

It's as if the tearing of the hole and the arrival of the attack happened simultaneously.

My body was pulled out without any warning.

Crisis!

Major crisis!

"Gahhhhh!"

A terrifying, piercing explosion.

The piercing shriek momentarily stunned Kevin, but he reacted quickly and immediately blocked the area around his ears with a barrier.

Then, countless black feathers scattered across the sky.

He heard the mournful cries of Crow.

The Crow once again transformed into black smoke, and this time, the surrounding black smoke began to spread wildly as well.

The smoke and dust created by the Crow swept across a large area.

Kevin immediately stepped back.

The smoke and dust enveloping him began to drain his strength, drawing away his Life Force.

This absorption was almost absolute; for a moment, Kevin could only tightly bind it with "entanglement."

To resist this pulling.

This also rendered him unable to attack.

And in the instant his opponent turned into smoke and dust, he indeed had no way to attack.

The smoke and dust shot into the sky in jets, quickly creating distance as they drifted away.

Kevin wanted to chase after it, but stopped after taking one step.

Open your palm and look at the eye pattern in the center.

Then he looked around.

The area, which was already ravaged by the battle, has now become a dead zone.

The earth became cracked and parched, and the surrounding plants had withered completely at some unknown time.

The energy here was completely absorbed by the Crow.

Seeing all this, Kevin suddenly understood something.

The Crow saw it as Phoenix, yet it also knew it was the Lord.

Therefore, during the attack, they did not actually use the gray-black smoke to drain the surrounding area in a destructive manner.

Previously, the absorption during battles had always been gradual and even.

It has taken a small amount of life from all living things in exchange for the things whose life has been taken from them to survive.

Simply put, it does not harm the environment.

After Kevin's attack suddenly became deadly, the Crow sensed a threat to its life.

But there's no escaping it for the time being.

Why not use this method: issue a warning, then retreat?

The meaning is self-evident.

It's not that I can't beat you, it's just that my methods are too extreme and could easily invite sanctions.

This is also why Kevin stopped and didn't give chase.

Because if he really chased after them and risked his life, he might not be able to defeat them.

If such an attack forces the other party to cause widespread destruction of the surrounding environment, then it is indeed wrong of him as the Lord.

It wasn't that he couldn't beat them, but rather that he was telling Kevin that he couldn't break the rules either.

These creatures are all incredibly intelligent.

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At this moment.

The Phoenix down and landed on the ground.

Kevin frowned and stared at the other person.

He didn't blame the other party for watching the show from the sidelines. From their first encounter, he knew that the other party was the absolute nemesis of any fire-using creature.

That kind of soot is a specialized attack designed to counter flames.

Even the strongest Phoenix might not survive against its opponent.

However, as we can see from the previous chase, the Phoenix necessarily doomed when it encounters this kind of Crow; it can escape by relying on its speed.

The battle just now confirmed to Kevin that while the Crow was indeed fast, it wasn't exactly its specialty.

What do you want to do?

At this moment, instead of fleeing, the Phoenix came over.

The Phoenix stared at him without speaking, then the flames surged, only to suddenly dissipate.

The flames that filled the sky shattered into a few strands, and shimmering feathers fell from the sky.

As the flames dissipated, only a lifeless egg remained.

"?"

What the heck?

Kevin was stunned.

Seeing a few feathers drifting down, I reached out and caught them.

I immediately felt the sensation of the feathers in my hand.

A-Rank.

He frowned.

"Get out here and tell me what happened!"

The tattoo on Kevin's back turned into flames, which emerged from his collar and then reformed into a Phoenix standing beside him.

The fiery wings flapped, and it tilted its head to look at the egg on the ground.

A silent mental fluctuation, communicating with Kevin.

"Nirvana? Why now?"

Kevin knew, of course, that the other person had undergone Nirvana; what he wanted to know was why the other person had to undergo Nirvana in front of him at this particular time.

Free food and lodging?

Well, it wasn't like I was eating and staying for free.

Kevin looked at the few feathers in his hand.

Each of the fiery feathers is A-Rank, and is a rare item of medium to high quality.

"Why don't you have this?" He waved the feather in front of the Phoenix beside him.

"Only when you're dead do you get it? Fine then."

The transition from birth to death, to Nirvana, only occurs then, so there's nothing to worry about.

After a brief exchange, the Phoenix immediately transformed into flames and coiled around Kevin's body, becoming a tattoo.

Kevin roughly understood the whole process.

The Phoenix large, and because of its ability to regenerate, the Phoenix population rarely decreases due to natural death.

But after all, this is the Dark Continent, and there are still many enemies, such as those Crow we just encountered.

Therefore, even the Phoenix needs to reproduce.

It's just that such reproduction is a rare occurrence.

Therefore, the Phoenix have an extremely strong connection; they can sense each other as long as they are hundreds of kilometers apart.

Furthermore, the Phoenix has no gender, being a purely Energy State life form.

When energies intertwine, the next generation can be born.

Therefore, once they encounter their own kind, they will almost always try to reproduce.

Such opportunities are rare and hard to come by.

However, the one that has just turned into an egg is a native creature of the Dark Continent.

Therefore, their strength is at least at the Knight Rank.

The reason Kevin's pet is so weak is because she comes from human society.

So he didn't sense the other party until they were tens of kilometers away.

Because of the characteristics of the Phoenix population, experience and knowledge can be passed on among them.

So when Kevin used fire, the Phoenix learned some information about Kevin through the flames.

That's why he was reborn on the spot.

The feathers were specially formed from the residual energy after Nirvana, which can be considered a kind of protection fee.

This Phoenix was caught by its predator while searching for a safe haven before its rebirth, and suffered considerable injuries during the chase.

After learning some information about Kevin and confirming that Kevin was the safest place they could find at this stage, they made a decision immediately.

Being wild creatures, they are extremely intelligent and naturally have no worries.

They are also extremely decisive in their actions.

"Troublesome, raising another egg."

However, seeing the few feathers in his hands, Kevin had no choice but to pick up the egg.

After all, they paid protection money.

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