The Double-tailed Snakes Arrive

Ahead lay a dark forest.

But it just looks like a dense forest with overgrown weeds.

Compared to the Dense Forest in other areas, it didn't seem to have anything particularly special about it.

However, those present were all Nen user, and powerful ones at that.

"Such a strong stench of blood—it's unbelievable that this is a hunting ground on the Dark Continent."

Even humans could clearly sense the threat posed inside, let alone other creatures.

Normally, if the goal is to use bait to catch prey, everything around should appear ordinary.

But this place is different; it's fraught with threats.

"It seems we need to change our previous assumptions. In this environment, it's more likely that they don't want other creatures to steal their Nitromi."

Because the environment here is so threatening, it is a clear deterrent measure.

Melusina looked at Men Qi.

Men Qi nodded and clapped her hands.

Large numbers of birds dispersed and surged into the Dense Forest.

Menqi closed her eyes, and after a short while, Men Qi opened them, sighed, and shook her head.

"The enemies inside are quite dense; even though I spread out the reconnaissance birds quite a bit, it still takes less than 1 minute to fly in."

They were killed one after another within a distance of kilometers.

Melusina thought for a moment and rubbed her Wedding Ring against her hand.

The two maids, Little Blue and Xiao Hong, stepped out and vanished instantly into the Dense Forest.

However, after a short while, Melusina's expression changed, and she suddenly waved her hand, scattering the two maids who remained beside her.

"What's wrong?" Men Qi asked from the side.

Seeing the looks in their eyes, Melusina sighed, her expression somewhat unpleasant.

"My maids have been controlled. It must be what the data refers to as the 'Killing Intent Infection.' After they went in, they were probably infected by some kind of invisible sound wave, controlled, and started killing each other, completely out of control."

This was the first time Melusina had encountered something like this.

"In that case, I can't use my abilities at will."

Men Qi muttered to herself.

Kiy frowned and asked, "Then why were the birds you flew in just now destroyed?"

"Perhaps it's due to their strength? Those birds used for reconnaissance are extremely fast, and I can't possibly allocate too much Nen Aura to them."

Exterminating weaker creatures directly serves no purpose in controlling the spread of infection and killing intent.

"Let's go in and take a look."

Melusina thought for a moment and then said.

The methods they use for reconnaissance are mostly of this Beasts.

But now this method is simply no longer usable.

Arrange your troops in formation.

The group drank the potion and headed into the forest.

The smell of blood grew stronger the further you went in.

Hiss!

A strange hissing sound.

The group immediately became alert.

As the hissing sound rang out, Buhaci clenched his right hand tightly.

"They've launched an attack."

Just now Buhaci felt his right hand move uncontrollably for a moment, but fortunately, the mental defenses from the potion they had just drunk were already taking effect.

The so-called mental defense is not just a defense against the brain, but a resistance that affects the whole body.

This refers to the harm inflicted on the body by external psychological factors.

With a flash of lightning, Qi had already entered a state of Lightning Speed, his figure instantly disappearing from the spot, followed by a thunderclap.

Kiy appeared on the tree branch ahead, and shot out a bolt of lightning, which accurately hit a Double-tailed Snake hiding in the middle of a large tree not far away.

Upon closer inspection, this Double-tailed Snake has a triangular head, a clear sign of a venomous snake.

The neck Spiral wrinkled, and the head and neck are a colored sphere. Clone is divided into two parts at the back, with two tails, each with a spike-like structure at the end.

The sound waves were emitted from the swaying of those folds and spheres.

Lightning struck the Double-tailed Snake with pinpoint accuracy.

With a snap, the entire snake turned into ashes.

Kiy instantly transformed into lightning and retreated, his eyes warily fixed on the direction of the attack.

The snakes that turned to ash actually disappeared, and the sonic attack they had been subjected to also vanished.

"Huh? Eliminated?"

Men Qi asked, puzzled.

Qi shook his head.

"I have no idea."

Another sonic attack came from the other side.

Buhaci pushed out with both hands, and the air palms he pushed out condensed together, instantly hitting a section of tree trunk in the distance.

The powerful force caused it to explode directly.

The tree trunk and the snake disappeared together, leaving only scattered tree debris and drifting smoke.

Buhaci frowned.

"My attacks aren't that strong."

Buhaci's Nen ability destined him to be a melee fighter.

The powerful air palm strike he just unleashed was merely a demonstration of the sheer force of a powerful brick.

That is completely different from actually being predicted.

It shouldn't have such a powerful effect.

"This is different from what's in the documents," Men Qi said, frowning.

The documents they saw clearly indicated the teams involved, including both firearms and individual heavy weapons.

Or perhaps the attacks of those Nen user are completely useless against these Double-tailed Snake Hellbell.

More ringtones came in.

If that hissing sound can be considered a ringtone.

These sonic attacks relentlessly assaulted them, and even though they possessed some resistance, they began to experience physical discomfort.

My arms, fingers, and shoulders began to shake uncontrollably.

It's as if there are threads binding it and pulling it outwards.

The group's attacks flew in all directions, hitting the Double-tailed Snake hidden in various places.

But they had clearly alerted the area.

More and more Double-tailed Snake are swimming in.

"Walk!"

After Melusina finished speaking, she tossed the item into her hand.

Several Gift flew into the hands of the three of them.

The three of them grabbed the Gift and then crushed it.

Wings, like those of little fairies, grew on their backs.

In an instant, they were dragged away and sent flying.

Kiy even had the leisure to fly at the very back of the group, continuously throwing lightning backwards in a backwards-flying manner.

Each bolt of lightning could reduce a Double-tailed Snake to ashes.

They were incredibly fast; in just over ten seconds, they had completely shaken off the Double-tailed Snake and left the Dense Forest.

It flew several kilometers further before landing.

The few people who landed on the ground didn't even seem tired; they stood there and looked at each other.

"Sigh, these creatures of the Dark Continent are all incredibly bizarre. Of all the intelligence gathered by the major powers, only the information about the wounded is truly useful."

Men Qi sat on a Rock nearby and complained.

The Rock that was being sat on shifted, and several segmented legs emerged and began to swing.

Men Qi punched him, causing the other person to retract his leg.

The same thing happened with the previous Human-Rearing Beast, and the same thing happened with this Double-tailed Snake.

The only useful information provided was about what changes would occur after an injury.

As for other scenarios involving enemy attacks and various speculations, they all differ from reality.

"Everything else is fine, so why are there so many Double-tailed Snake?"

Buhaci asked, puzzled.

That was actually what surprised him the most.

It is rare to find powerful and numerous creatures on the Dark Continent; great power means scarcity.

A large number implies a weak strength.

These are the most basic rules governing the biological populations of the Dark Continent.

They also clearly understood why this was the case.

But this is not the case with the Double-tailed Snake.

They had just stormed in, and had already reduced the enemy to ashes more than twenty times.

Not to mention that even more snakes are on their way; according to their senses, they counted over a hundred.

That Dense Forest was quite large; when Men Qi first conducted her reconnaissance, she had to deploy a large force.

Based on this density.

There are probably tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of Double-tailed Snake living in the entire Dense Forest.

This is a population size rarely seen on the Dark Continent.

"Perhaps these Double-tailed Snake are simply too weak?" Qi added.

He genuinely didn't see what was so special about these Double-tailed Snake.

"Idiot, without the medication to provide mental resistance, wouldn't you have already been controlled?"

Men Qi glared at him and lectured him.

Kiy shrugged and remained silent.

Lightning flashed from his fingertips and swirled around.

That is indeed the case.

"Our attack performance was indeed very different from the attack performance in the intelligence, and we used ranged attacks when we attacked just now, and we did not use our full strength."

"Even if it's more powerful than the previous explorer's attack, the difference in effect shouldn't be this drastic."

Melusina pondered, then murmured to herself.

Then, after thinking it through, he said, "If there's any difference, it's most likely the difference in the degree of control."

"According to intelligence, they were affected by the Hellbell before they even saw it, and only then did they discover the enemy and launch an attack, which was ineffective."

"This is a matter of sequence. Is it possible that once affected, one's own attack power would weaken, or even become completely harmless to the opponent?"

However, such a conclusion cannot be reached in a short period of time.

Because they cannot truly let go of their resistance and allow the other side to take control, so as to verify their position.

"Let's find a temporary campsite first; we'll be staying here for a while."

With that, he got up and left.

Men Qi turned around and kicked the Rock she had just been sitting on away.

The Rock flew out, and after landing, it extended segments like crab legs and quickly fled.

On the other side.

The massive Probe has slowly sailed towards Moon Bay.

Everyone on deck was already gazing into the distance.

They have already seen the Dark Continent.

They are about to reach there.

Kevin, who was also standing on the deck, wasn't particularly excited; he was holding a copy of the [Book of Teleportation].

The pages of the book were currently displaying information from Melusina and his group.

"Melusina and the others actually landed before us? And a whole day earlier at that!"

What does this tell us?

This shows that the human world is not located exactly in the center of the lake.

Its location is more to the south than to the north.

However, this is the only geographical concept I can offer.

"Oh dear, the air in this Dark Continent doesn't seem to have anything special about it. It hasn't changed in years. I really miss it."

Netero stood on the deck, arms crossed, muttering to himself.

"Isn't the human world essentially a part of the Dark Continent?" Biscuit said speechlessly from the side. What difference could there be?

Finally, they saw the port.

Although it was a simple port, the man-made buildings gave one a sense of security at first glance.

The ship began to slow down and finally came to a steady stop at the port.

One by one, the group disembarked from the ship and set foot on the land of the Dark Continent.

For a moment, these members, who were visiting the Dark Continent for the first time, walked around with great curiosity.

"Why are you running? Come and move your things!"

Morel grabbed Gon and dragged him over.

The warehouse was opened, and a large amount of supplies needed to be unloaded.

This is no small project.

Fortunately, everyone here is Nen user, and they are all elites, so there's no need to worry about their strength.

Some Nen ability can also be useful in this situation.

The first thing to do upon arriving in the Dark Continent is to do hard labor.

Kurapika has already gone to make the arrangements and take command.

Jin, who had been waiting, couldn't help but smile when he saw the arrival of everyone and the large amount of supplies.

"Oh, isn't this the Chairman?"

The moment Kim walked over, he looked at Netero and teased him.

"It's a miracle that someone like you isn't missing any limbs."

Netero was equally unambiguous.

Someone like Jin would definitely take risks in a dangerous place like the Dark Continent.

I'm so lucky to be whole and intact now.

"Old man, your strength is really weak now."

Jin Cai didn't bother with those trivial conversations and immediately launched into a sarcastic remark.

"You bastard." Netero's forehead veins throbbed; he hadn't heard such a direct and blunt form of mockery in a long time.

That was still the sentence that most pierced his wounds.

Unfortunately, he couldn't refute it, because Jin was indeed incredibly strong, the strongest person he had ever faced besides Kevin.

Kevin went up too and looked at Kim.

"You really didn't waste a single moment of these three years."

This is the problem caused by distance; it doesn't take much time to go out to sea and return to the Gate.

However, it would take several months to return to human society through the Gate.

The round trip took almost a year just for the journey.

In addition, there were the two years I spent in the human world.

Three whole years were wasted.

Jin will not waste these three years. He is a genius, and with his efforts to improve his strength, a surge in power is foreseeable.

In Kevin's opinion, King's current strength should have reached 900,000 Nen.

Reaching this level is enough to demonstrate Jin's hard work.

However, as he approaches his limit, Jin's power enhancement will begin to slow down significantly.

Even with the use of potions, it's a pipe dream to exhaust such a vast amount of power within a single day.

To be honest, Kevin was actually quite surprised that Kim's strength had improved to this level.

Suddenly.

Netero seemed to sense something and suddenly turned his head.

He looked towards the top of the Watchtower next to him.

There, at some unknown time, stood a man and a woman, who were complete strangers, and their clothing was also very strange.

"So many humans."

Slash Ghost said casually, though he was somewhat pleased, that was all.

And next to him was Wearer Ghost.

His eyes were starting to glow green.