Wind on Horseback x Preparing to Set Sail

"Alas!"

The whistling wind blew past my ears.

Perhaps due to the excessive speed, the surrounding environment was no longer clearly visible, and one could only gaze into the distance.

"Stop yelling."

Melusina grabbed the Three-Tails beast that was standing next to her.

While muttering a lecture, he reached out and gently tidied the other person's messy fur.

Finally, pin Butterfly- shaped hair clip to your forehead.

The Three-Tails stretched backward, the tips deliberately brushing against Melusina's chin and ears.

"Keep your tail down."

Melusina cursed and slapped him across the face.

"Hehe, they have their own ideas."

Kevin sat cross-legged on the horse, eyes closed in meditation.

Biscuit stood at the back, gazing into the distance.

They were sitting on the back of Hufeng, a giant Hufeng who was six meters tall.

Seriously speaking, when it runs, it's no different from a big truck, and even more exaggerated.

Given their size, sitting cross-legged on horseback, they even seemed to have some room.

At this moment, the two figures were riding the wind, moving at an extremely fast speed.

Even the towering trees and Dense Forests couldn't stop them; at such great speed, they could easily dodge and leap over obstacles in their path.

For humans, this is already considered extremely fast, but for them, it's just running at full speed.

It is easy to avoid obstacles.

"Wow, they're so fast! They must have been running like this for three days straight without sleep!"

Biscuit, arms crossed, stood on horseback and exclaimed in amazement.

Besides marveling at the speed of these men and women, one can also marvel at their somewhat exaggerated endurance.

Kevin, with his eyes closed in meditation, listened to the other person's words and said calmly, "These Great Wild Hunts can reach speeds of about four hundred kilometers per hour, and you'll find that during such long-distance runs, they don't release any life force."

In human society.

The Life Force of an ordinary person will transform into invisible gas, slowly dissipating from the top of their head.

It signifies the passing of life and serves as a testament to time.

Nen users can open their Aura Nodes, allowing the Life Force within their bodies to surge forth, yet they can control it so that it doesn't dissipate and remains within their bodies.

This is the origin of Qi.

However, in the Dark Continent, you will find that only the weakest creatures can firmly lock their Qi within their bodies.

Powerful organisms are unlikely to do this in a conventional way. Of course, this doesn't mean they would dissipate their gas at will, but for their life forms, even a small amount of evaporation would be equivalent to the amount dissipated by humans.

Let's work backwards from this point.

You'll find that this is essentially a technique humans developed to prepare for their weak constitution at birth.

Powerful, gigantic creatures are not really needed.

Of course, this refers to normal times. Once these giant beasts enter battle mode, the vast majority of them will not allow their energy to dissipate.

At this time, they will circulate a large amount of their life energy, and will bring back a portion of it that has dissipated to use as combat power.

This is particularly evident among groups with lower intelligence.

Such situations are less likely to occur with highly intelligent individuals and life forms.

However, this situation often occurs among the Great Wild Hunt, perhaps because their vitality is so strong that this amount of leakage is nothing to worry about.

During prolonged running like this, this dissipation completely disappears.

"Therefore, such prolonged high-speed running can be considered a kind of Nen ability or skill for humans, like 'Entangle' or 'Hair'."

Biscuit raised an eyebrow at Kevin's answer to her question.

"Do you have time to answer my question now? Do you understand?"

Actually Biscuit was talking to Melusina just now.

Kevin opened his eyes and nodded.

"I've gained some insights. Indeed, each race has its own abilities and unique characteristics, and there's still so much to learn."

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To say you've learned it is really just about feeling the other person's techniques for using Life Energy and the environment while on horseback.

Use your body to memorize.

It's much faster than him analyzing and thinking for himself.

"These Great Wild Hunt are practically masters of wind manipulation; they're born to be messengers of the wind."

Kevin stood up, said something, sighed, stretched out his hand, and fiddled with it, and the wind barrier next to him began to fluctuate with the current.

Hufeng glanced back, said nothing, and continued on his way.

Kevin was quite satisfied with his actions, and couldn't help but nod and smile.

If you look closely at these Great Wild Hunt, you'll see that they can't actually run that fast on their own four horse legs.

Their current running speed is probably less than 200 kilometers per hour.

The reason they could double their speed was entirely due to their use of the surrounding wind.

When they run, their air dissipates outward, forming a barrier that isolates them from the airflow, preventing their speed from being affected by the outside air.

Then the wind will provide a boost, and their certain skill in manipulating air will propel their speed.

This doubled their speed and allowed them to conserve energy quickly while running.

Running faster and conserving energy allows them to run day and night, covering long distances without affecting their performance.

Sitting on horseback also gave them a deeper understanding of the Great Wild Hunt's anatomy, especially Kevin.

Centaur have two systems: a human body has one heart, and a horse's body has an even larger heart.

Breathing isn't just done through the mouth and nose; the pores of the skin at the junction of the horse's body and the human's body also contribute to the respiratory movement.

It has two respiratory systems.

Their various organs are connected yet independent, which makes them extremely strong and able to run and rest at the same time.

The two systems work in rotation, which is why they can keep running day and night for a long time.

According to Hufeng, they would run for about seven days and then rest for one day.

This day is for both bodies to recover and for the muscles in the four legs to relax.

After all, they are running on four legs, and that part will always be tiring.

Similarly, their time together over the past three days has led them to discover that the Great Wild Hunt doesn't stay awake at night; rather, their two systems rest separately.

They don't rely entirely on their eyes; their senses around their bodies are equally acute.

While running, their brains only receive the necessary information, while the rest of their brains rest.

Once you understand the entire centaur body system, you'll find that it is indeed much more advanced than the human body, in every aspect of its application.

This race has a natural advantage.

Kevin himself has the ability to control the wind, and he uses his body to memorize and learn while standing on horseback.

Kevin essentially learned all of the other party's techniques for using wind, and through these simple techniques and ideas, he was able to conduct in-depth research.

However, some improvements are needed because many applications are still based on the individual's physical condition.

Humans may not necessarily be a good fit.

"To be honest, I think you guys should be able to learn it too, especially you, Biscuit, you're Transmutation Type."

"Me?" Biscuit pointed to herself.

Kevin nodded, exhaled, and raised his hand slightly upwards.

The energy within his body Spiral around him, automatically generating a wind that enveloped him, making Kevin feel lighter and more agile.

You don't even need to step on an object; you can achieve the feeling of stepping into thin air by stepping on the air and the counter-force of the wind.

As he spoke, he reached out and pushed forward.

This push didn't actually require much force.

A gust of wind blew past, Biscuit's hair fly up as if she were facing a gale.

"Transmutation Type Nen ability techniques are very difficult for other types to learn. To learn them, one would need to be in a situation where one of the two adjacent types is positioned between them."

In other words, although it is Enhancement Type, it is essentially somewhere between Enhancement Type and Transmutation Types.

The same principle Materialization Type.

In this situation, only by studying diligently can one barely learn it.

"Of course, if it's Lord, then there's no problem."

All Lord attributes are 100%.

"I'll give it a try. I have a feeling this is some kind of Nen ability."

Biscuit walked over and put her hand on Kevin's arm, feeling the wind blowing.

Three-Tails and Melusina also curiously came over to experience it.

The Transmutation Type, in essence, involves using one's own energy to simulate and transform into other substances.

For example, Qikuang transformed his qi into electricity.

For example, Hisoka turned his ki into chewing gum.

They all mean the same thing.

If you want to become something, you need to actively feel and experience it with your body.

Therefore, turning into fire is the most difficult thing, because fire can actually harm people.

Within the Nen ability world, those who use fire or similar abilities are generally individuals who have been harmed by flames.

For example, those who have been severely burned, or those who frequently travel through flames.

Only the most memorable and talented among them can achieve this.

Even so, they couldn't transform their Nen Aura into fire, but rather into something with a burning property that could cause a scorching effect.

There are almost no known entities capable of completely transforming it into fire; it exists only in legends.

Below this level of difficulty is ice, because there are still quite a few individuals who can transform vapor into things like freezing winds.

"The reason you can learn it is because it looks like you're turning air into wind, but it's essentially making air simulate wind. It's just that the Transmutation Type makes it easier to simulate the properties of wind, but it's impossible to actually create wind unless you have the corresponding Nen ability."

Kevin gave a brief explanation.

"Like this."

As he spoke, he reached out and flicked his wrist, instantly igniting flames on his hand.

"That's the nature of Nen ability."

"You—you've developed another training ability?"

Biscuit was surprised, but not too astonished, since Kevin had that ability.

"This is something I learned on my own, not something I did using pesticides."

As he spoke, Kevin revealed the tattoo on his back.

Yes.

The Phoenix was still clinging to him.

With the flames of the Phoenix, Kevin can experience the properties of fire without suffering burns.

Through this prolonged experience, he learned to transform qi into fire.

"And it can even be like this."

As he spoke, he covered the arms of the men with fire.

"Hey! Move it away! Move it away!"

The Three-Tails creature screamed and thrashed about wildly.

Seeing this, Kevin put the fire away from her hand.

"Sorry, sorry, I forgot you're afraid of fire."

Three-Tails used to be a little fox with fluffy fur that utterly hated fire.

"If any Transmutation Type Nen users want to experience fire and create flames in the future, I can help them in this way."

Of course, a better way would be to have him carry Phoenix, which might even give the opponent's flames a healing effect. Kevin wouldn't be able to do that, as having a healing effect is clearly the standard for Nen abilities.

It's difficult for him to attach his own flames to this thing; at most, he can only make his flames select targets and exhibit the characteristics of flames.

Meanwhile, the journey continues.

And within Moon Bay.

Everyone has already begun preparations for their return.

Kurapika specially set up a stage in the square in the center of Small Town.

"Those who have decided to go back, remember to register. Also, please tally up the points of each team and figure out exactly what you want to take back."

Kurapika said, sitting down on the stool to register.

Below were scattered groups of people, chatting in small groups.

Are you really going back?

"Yes, I was saved, but entirely thanks to Mr. Kevin's Cocoon of Rebirth. I've used up my one chance in life, and I truly experienced death."

"It was terrifying. I don't want to go through it again. Unexpected death is truly frightening."

This is Saheluta's team.

"I've already lost an arm, I definitely have to go back."

"Why not just connect it?"

"Going back will allow me to swindle even more merits, you know, then I can retire, or find something easy to do, and then take over again later."

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"Is it really necessary? This harvest is enough for you to squander for a lifetime, and you can even give it back to your next generation."

Who would complain about having too much?

Such conversations were commonplace below, with all sorts of ideas circulating.

However, in almost every country's team, there were one or two people who decided to stay.

After all, not every one of the ten people was sent to the Dark Continent by a mission or forced upon them.

They were all elites from their respective countries, and half of them actually longed for the Dark Continent.

However, many of these people died on the Dark Continent, and some were merely paying lip service to the idea of something they didn't truly understand.

Are you two going back too?

Kurapika looked at the two people in front of him.

Men Qi rolled her eyes. "I already said that a month ago."

"It's just strange, why do you want to go back?"

"Of course, it's to learn Cooking Techniques, or to bring back some better cooking ingredients. It's said that chefs are there to exchange and learn from each other."

A gift of skills!

Men Qi tapped the table with her hand and said seriously.

Kurapika smiled helplessly, "I know, I'm just reluctant. Anyone would be unhappy if they couldn't eat delicious food."

"Hmph, you know how to talk, but I won't be staying long. I'll catch up on the next ship that comes back."

"It's been five years since we came and went," Nion said with some reluctance.

Essentially, they will only stay in human society for about three years.

The rest of the year or so, almost two years, will be spent on the road.

There's nothing we can do about it.

The sea is definitely not a place where humans are in control.

"Aren't you coming back with us?" Men Qi asked, looking at Nion.

Nion shook her head.

"The people here need divination more than anything, and they need me to soothe their fate."

Hearing this, Men Qi rolled her eyes.

"You're really starting to resemble a Great Fortune Teller."