Clash with Hisoka (Requesting Follow-up Reads)

It was unclear when it started, but the small animals in the forest began to flee in all directions, and the birds flapped their wings in silence as they flew high into the sky.

The large beasts also grew restless, running around like headless chickens.

The forest became extremely quiet, almost deathly silent.

It was like a precursor to a natural disaster.

Even the demonic plants rooted in the ground became docile, remaining still like ordinary plants.

A white-haired, blue-eyed boy sat casually under a tree, one leg stretched out, the other bent, his head lowered, his face obscured by the shadows of the leaves above, making his features unclear.

Suddenly, he placed one hand on the ground and dodged an incoming object with several consecutive rolls.

As soon as he looked up, he saw several playing cards deeply embedded in the ground, halfway in.

A red-haired man appeared within a ten-meter radius of the boy, his movements seemingly unhurried, yet as fast as if he had blinked several times.

"...What a fine fruit..." The man grinned exaggeratedly, the corners of his mouth turning up significantly, his voice low and hoarse.

As if... he was very excited.

"Tsk." Su Wu straightened up, making an unhappy clicking sound.

"Play with me properly..."

"Hehehehehe--" Hisoka hugged his arms and trembled uncontrollably with laughter.

Pink Nen was released silently by him, like highly elastic, endlessly stretchable chewing gum, and it moved with extreme speed.

As soon as he sensed the energy, Su Wu retreated without hesitation. At the same time, he extended his left hand, and an invisible slash was suddenly unleashed.

The slash collided with the rapidly extending pink Nen. As the Nen was severed, a thoughtful expression appeared on Hisoka's face.

"You can see and cut my Nen..."

"Hmph hmph hmph..." he said, starting to chuckle lowly again. "I feel like you've become even more delicious." He stuck out his tongue and licked his upper lip.

At the same time, more and stronger pink Nen extended outwards from Hisoka.

An invisible aura enveloped a hundred-meter radius.

The white-haired boy's eyebrows lowered, and as he leaped into the air, he spoke with annoyance, "Don't treat me like an apple from your farm!"

As soon as his voice fell, several more slashes were unleashed.

The Nen, invisible to ordinary people, collided with the invisible slashes.

Because of the special nature of Hisoka's Nen (soft like rubber), no sound was made when the two collided.

But this time, the slash was ineffective.

"Can't cut it?" Su Wu frowned.

Ah, so sticky things are difficult to cut with sharp attacks? No...

Hisoka had strengthened his Nen.

The power of [Dismantle] depends on the amount of his Cursed Energy.

And his current strength, unable to use his Domain or employ techniques like "Open" and "Close," meant that in a sense, only being able to use Dismantle severely limited his abilities.

Hisoka stood in place with his hands raised, his fingers manipulating the Nen he had released.

"Not bad, very good, hehehe--" Hisoka's aura grew stronger and stronger.

The white-haired boy looked up, no longer dodging, but instead rapidly increasing the distance between them.

Hisoka's Nen was everywhere, and the Six Eyes saw residual traces of dense pink energy.

Disgusting.

"Technique Reversal - Blue Sky." Su Wu raised his hands, and black-blue Cursed Energy gathered before his palms.

"Maximum Output." The black-blue energy mass grew from small to large, engulfing the playing cards on the ground nearby.

The powerful gravitational pull caused both of their hair to stand on end.

"Stop being an eyesore!" He threw the Blue Sky towards Hisoka's position, creating a large crater and obliterating the residual traces of Nen around them.

Even a circle of trees around them was blown away, leaving only their roots.

However, Hisoka was nowhere to be seen in the crater.

Gone, so fast...

Hisoka's life energy darted rapidly through the surrounding forest, using the trees to conceal his figure while constantly changing his position.

Unable to lock on.

This guy is really troublesome.

Su Wu raised his hand and launched another attack.

Wherever the opponent's life energy appeared, he would throw a Blue Sky or a Dismantle.

Trees within a three-hundred-meter radius continuously fell, yet Hisoka's figure remained active all around.

"Drip, drip—" Crimson liquid landed on the ground, splashing into blooming flowers of blood.

Su Wu, panting, raised a hand to wipe his bloody nose.

I can't keep trading skills with him like this, my mana will be depleted.

If it's depleted, I won't be able to fight.

Also... constantly using Six Eyes to track his movements is exhausting my brain.

"Your eyes, they seem very special." A voice suddenly came from behind him.

Simultaneously, a tremendous force from behind sent him flying into the air.

Su Wu curled his body in mid-air, rotated to dissipate the force, and landed back on the ground.

Hisoka's figure vanished once more.

This guy is really good at hit-and-run tactics.

The life energy representing the opponent flickered all around him again, never staying in the same place. In fact, every spot he had occupied was marked by his pink Nen.

It could both disrupt his vision and disgust him.

Ah, as expected, the strength of a Nen user depends on combat experience and intellect.

His combat experience was clearly no match for Hisoka's.

Dozens of pink Nen threads attached themselves to playing cards, once again attacking him.

Su Wu leaped several times consecutively, dodging these Nen attacks.

The range of their engagement was also expanding.

"How do you locate me? What can your eyes see?" Hisoka reappeared behind him again with silent, extreme speed.

This time, Su Wu, having anticipated it, raised his hand and unleashed a Blue Sky, vanishing from his spot instantly.

The life energy representing Hisoka also disappeared from that location again.

We're in for a protracted battle...

This is not good.

"Is it Nen? Is that how you find my tracks?" Hisoka asked, his voice low and hoarse, sticking to him like a leech.

Su Wu didn't look back, his figure disappearing again and reappearing at a safe distance.

With his current mana and offensive capabilities, a protracted battle was disadvantageous for him.

"Are you a rat? So good at dodging? I've had enough." The white-haired youth taunted with a blank expression.

His Six Eyes, however, remained fixed on the opponent's movements.

"Drip... drip..." His nosebleed continued to drip down.

He reached up to wipe his nosebleed and suddenly collapsed on the ground.

The person who had been rapidly changing positions paused.

Hisoka, who had been watching with great interest, was also stunned by the sight of his newly discovered little apple passing out with a bloody nose.

It was like being in the middle of a fight, the atmosphere reaching its climax, clothes already off, when the other party suddenly declared it over, leaving one with the frustrating feeling of being halfway done.

He even felt like stepping closer to examine the other person's condition.

Hisoka cared a lot about promising talents he took a liking to.

"Ah, found you." Su Wu's eyes suddenly opened as he lay unconscious.

Family, the next chapter might be delayed for release because Hisoka is too perverse and it got flagged for review.