The group, reunited after a long separation, gathered together in surprise and delight.
They had no time to catch up before they had to face the pressure emanating from the spherical monster before them.
"Salé-salé's Guardian Spirit Beast" had an overwhelming presence.
Triton was on the verge of a breakdown.
He fell to his knees, clutching his head with both hands, sweat pouring down his face. He kept muttering, "It's impossible. It's impossible. It can't be like this," as if he had witnessed something unbelievable.
Kite, Knuckle, Shoto, and the others had no time to spare for Triton's feelings. They had to deal with the monster before them first. Surviving was what mattered most.
Then they engaged "Salé-salé's Guardian Spirit Beast" in a tremendous battle.
Kite and Buhara took it on head-on, Knuckle and Shoto attacked from the flanks and supported them, Menchi harassed it from range, and Shubika provided backup.
They gave it everything they had and were covered in wounds, yet they still couldn't defeat "Salé-salé's Guardian Spirit Beast."
The white smoke it spewed not only controlled those caught in it, but was also as malleable as an enhanced version of Morel's "Purple Smoke Fist."
It recreated every host whose Grudge it had absorbed, molding them anew out of smoke.
Although these puppets couldn't replicate Nen abilities, their fighting skills were little different from when they were alive, and they could even work together.
They were like dozens of Emitter-type Nen Beasts, giving Kite and the others a great deal of trouble.
The only thing that could be called a hope was Knuckle's "Unknown to the Heavens, I Alone Am Damaged."
He had already attached the doll-shaped Potclean to "Salé-salé's Guardian Spirit Beast."
Once "Salé-salé's Guardian Spirit Beast" ran out of Nen Energy, Potclean would transform into the