Only now did Netero truly understand what Nara Dan had meant by "weakness."
Or rather, for a martial artist, no amount of talking could match the lesson delivered by a fist.
"You've already parted the clouds."
"But I'm still wandering beneath them, trying to cling to life."
Compared with Nara Dan's bold, relentless advance, which had clearly carried him into a higher realm,
Netero had clung to his frail body and developed only the Hundred-Type Kannon to maintain his position as the world's strongest,
forgetting the初心 of a martial artist.
Nara Dan slowly descended onto the floating island, his immense weight making it sink.
"Nen abilities themselves possess incredible power."
"And there are ways to break through the limits of the human body."
Nara Dan's own Yin Talisman Yang Register drew on the incredible Divine Ability of Nen, which reflected the mind. As a human native to the Hunter World, there was no reason Netero couldn't further develop his own potential.
"Chairman Netero, you've neglected your Enhancement and explored Emission and Conjuration instead."
"You've mistaken the leaf for the tree and lost sight of the bigger picture."
Netero sighed from afar.
What Nara Dan had said was true. As his body continued to age and his strength declined, his martial resolve had grown unsteady. To maintain his strength and status in this life, he had been forced to turn to developing the Hundred-Type Kannon.
But no matter how he dressed it up, however powerful the Hundred-Type Kannon was,
he couldn't escape the fact that it was the pinnacle of Emission and Conjuration, while Netero's most natural affinity, Enhancement, had only played a minor part.
At its heart, it had been a way for Netero to avoid the truth: his martial path had reached a dead end.
In other words, Netero