"Ah!!"
"My apple! My fruit!!"
His sharp nails mercilessly dug into the fair skin of his neck, scraping past his collarbone and all the way down to his chest, leaving a bloody gash.
But physical pain could do nothing to ease Hisoka's inner anguish. In his world, delicious fruit and enticing strong opponents were the most important things!
"What's he doing?!"
Nara Dan frowned, unable to understand why Hisoka had reacted this way upon seeing him.
What he didn't know was that, unlike last time, Nara Dan had now broken through to the inhuman realm of a True Lord. In his normal state, his magnetic field and energy were completely concealed.
Even Hisoka, a lunatic with an extraordinary sensitivity to potential and strength, couldn't sense the depths of Nara Dan's power at all.
He still thought the fruit he'd had his eye on had disappeared for good.
"No! I won't accept it!"
Hisoka growled, radiating powerful malice!
"Whoosh!"
Several playing cards spun through the air at blinding speed, their keen edges reaching Nara Dan's skin in an instant.
Nara Dan watched the cards flying toward him, his expression perfectly calm and unchanged.
"Clatter."
The playing cards, sharp enough to sever a person's throat, flew up to Nara Dan and struck an invisible Air Wall. They couldn't advance a fraction of an inch, then fell helplessly to the ground.
"Hahahaha!!"
Hisoka let out a clownish cackle, his mouth stretched wide to his teeth as he released all his Nen without holding back.
"As I thought! I knew the fruit I had my eye on was the real deal!"
As he spoke, Hisoka could no longer resist the urge to pluck the fruit. Ignoring the Heavens Arena rule forbidding violence outside the ring, he smashed through the ground and lunged straight at