Breathing Style Makes Its Debut: The Young Priest Plays the Jester Again

The private soldiers received their orders and left.

Guzman watched the white-haired Sun-Earring Boy on the screen, his fist wreathed in flames of Nen Qi. With a single punch, a Zoldyck erupted... He keenly sensed a faint scent of Faith emanating from him... Even though this Faith was weak, it still tightly linked the white-haired Sun-Earring Boy to Roy, who sat calmly deep within the church!

Just like him and the bishop, and the bishop and the "great True Creator," they built a solid and unbreakable system of belief through worship and reverence! "Roar!" The tiger roars and the wind and clouds change!

Hisoka used the resilience of [Bungee Gum] to deflect the punch... Kastro stomped his feet on the ground, and a heavy "Cannon Punch" like a cannonball followed!

This move combines "Flame Breathing; First Form; Shiranui" with "Tiger Bite Fist"!

With a sharp thrust from Kastro, his eyes were filled with [Concentration], and one could almost see a fierce tiger with piercing eyes and a white forehead, its "flames" and "Nen Qi" intertwined, engulfing Kastro. The tiger's body trembled, and it pounced on Hisoka. The fierce and scorching Nen Qi wind rushed towards him, making his face sting slightly!

"Hehehe... that's it... that's it... this is it... Xiang..."

"Either live in battle or die in battle." Hisoka raised his head, his face contorted into a twisted, almost perverse, smile of enjoyment, the corners of his mouth slanted upwards as if forbidden to droop, and uttered only one word. "[Strong]!"

He bumped into Kastro Kastro -on, and threw a punch at him as well!

"Bang!"

Fist against fist, [firmness] against [entanglement]... Kastro, Four Major Principles are not yet fully mastered, is still building his foundation, so his application and understanding of "Nen" is not as good as Hisoka's. But,

It was solely due to the enhancement of [Breathing Style], and the difference in their respective strengths in [Transformation] and [enhancement], that...

He faced Hisoka with a single punch and showed no sign of being at a disadvantage!

"His breathing rhythm is strange!" In the Kakin Empire, at the royal palace, in the One King's residence, the old brigade commander and several sharp-eyed "Enhancement" private soldiers frowned. They had noticed something different in Kastro's every movement on the screen... This difference was unlike that of ordinary martial artists, ordinary Nen user, and even less like the popular "Martial Way schools" on the continent, such as "Shingen-ryu" or "Aiki-ryu."

It's more like a "completely new" genre?

A school of thought created by this Sun-Earring Boy who is not even fifteen years old?

Disbelief spread through my heart, followed by... unwillingness to believe...

On the throne, Benjamin, with a Hui Guo Rou expression, stared at Kastro on the screen, saying nothing. He tapped the armrest lightly, and a glint of light occasionally flashed in his usually stern and imposing eyes, seemingly both greedy and admiring, making him completely unfathomable.

Meteor City, Pale Church.

Two Sun-Earring Boy, one in red and one in white, faced each other fist to fist, bone to bone, their power surging forth simultaneously, colliding and clashing... They remained locked in a stalemate until finally, with a loud "bang," they were thrown back several steps, leaving deep footprints on the stone bricks of the courtyard.

At that moment, the commotion from their confrontation finally spread...

As the night grew no longer silent, several heads quietly emerged, clinging to the surrounding tall piles of garbage...

"Someone is causing trouble at the church..."

"One of them is Kastro, and the other... who is it?!"

Chrollo, carrying Pakunoda, followed by a reluctant Shalnark, peeked through a pile of garbage at the neighboring building. Uvogin and Nobunaga, flanking Sarasa, laboriously climbed the garbage heap, their eyes fixed on the Pale Church.

On the other piles of garbage, figures were clearly visible, and those with sharp eyes immediately recognized them as spies dispatched Council of Elders the other elders of the Elder Council! Among them was the leader "identified" by Chrollo, Pakunoda, and the three Shalnark —the Tenth Elder of Meteor City... [False High-Minded] Belus! The old man was fifty years old, with his half-black and half-white hair combed back meticulously. As Roy's neighbor, just across the street, he silently watched the battle from his villa through a long telescope he held in his hand.

At first, when his subordinates reported that someone had come to Meteor City to preach, Belus thought the person was stupid.

Later, seeing him single-handedly kill Ilya and Bolton, who were entrenched on 4th Street, Belus was greatly surprised and considered befriending them. However, before he could take any action, he heard that Guzman's gang wanted to take advantage of the purge of Bolton Ilya to "spread their influence" on 4th Street. Knowing the other side's background and madness, Belus hesitated out of caution and chose to observe... This observation has continued to this day, leaving him both worried and eager, wavering between befriending Roy and cautiously not befriending him, undecided... After all,

The fact that the other party had killed several powerful elders of Meteor Street, including Bolton, Elijah, and Guzman, had inadvertently angered the Elders' Council and the powerful figures behind each family.

Belus wanted to leverage Roy's influence to expand his junk business to other districts and change Meteor City in his own way, but he was also afraid of getting caught up in the Uzumaki Clan... He didn't have it as easy as Chrollo and his gang, who frequented the Pale Church.

"We're different from the boss; we're on welfare..."

The young spiders could always find some excuses, but... as someone who had been there, an old man born and raised in Meteor City himself, Belus keenly observed... the "spiders'" hearts were faster, more resolute, even... unconsciously leaning towards the Pale Church. The reality was...

Chrollo, Shalnark, Pakunoda, Uvogin, Nobunaga, Sarasa, and others have already subtly appeared in Roy's [Believer Panel], becoming his Potential Believer!

"Praise the sun," the Sun-Earring Boy Priest said softly to Kastro, his back to the two locked in a stalemate in the courtyard, gently stroking the wooden box in his arms. "Toro, look at the back of your hand."

In the courtyard, the two who had just parted ways moved again before Roy could finish speaking!

"Hehehe... Priest, please follow the rules of the Game. This is a one-on-one fight, not a group brawl."

Hisoka's eyes curved into crescent shapes as he glanced suddenly at the prayer hall. His right hand yanked out, and before Kastro could heed Roy's words and summon [Condensation] to look at the back of his hand, Hua Shidou stumbled and was pulled straight towards Hisoka!

[Bungee Gum]: He can turn his ki into a chewing gum-like substance and stick it to his enemies, thereby restricting their movements. The longer the ki is stretched, the greater the force of its retraction. However, if the ki leaves Hisoka's body and stretches beyond ten meters, it will break.

In other words, Hisoka's Nen Ability possesses both [stretchability] and [stickiness].

Once he touches you, he'll stick a wad of transparent "Nen Gum" on the point of contact, forcing you to become the object of his manipulation! "Whoosh~" Kastro was pulled by Hisoka and flew over. The magician then pulled out a playing card from his pocket like a magician, attaching [Strong] to the card beforehand, making it harder and sharper than a dagger.

Just wait for Kastro to come to his door, then stab him in the chest with a playing card, crushing his heart!

However, thanks to Roy's sudden warning, even though he was a beat slow to react, he was already being dragged towards Hisoka. Kastro, with Jiaoyue on his back, simply decided to play along and threw a punch!

"Wood big... Wood big... Wood big..."

In an instant, dozens of Nen punches wreathed in flames were unleashed, blasting towards Hisoka!

The aim was to force Hisoka to either remove the "Nen Gum" attached to his fist or step back, thus creating distance between them once again.

It must be said that in the original story, Kastro was able to fight Hisoka to a standstill in the Heavens Arena, even forcing Hisoka to sever one of his arms and unleash his second ability.

The Texture Surprise deceived him, causing him to be momentarily caught off guard and ultimately leading to his defeat and death, which proves... Kastro's own talent was not lacking; it's just that in the original story, without guidance, his efforts were misdirected...

"Boom. Boom boom..." Dozens of Nen fists wrapped in flames cleaved through the Moonlight and descended from the sky, heading straight for Hisoka's face!

The red-haired Sun-Earring Boy slicked his hair back, squinted at the sky, calculating the Transformation between himself and Kastro. In a flash, his left hand transformed a playing card into sixteen "playing card throwing knives," which he then tossed upwards with a flick of his wrist, sending them hurtling towards him with a "Thinking Fist"! "Pfft... pfft... pfft..." A dozen explosions followed in quick succession!

Between the vibrations of Nen Qi,

A figure was pulled and pushed by Hisoka, who delivered a high whip kick to the chin, sending him flying backward! "Kastro!" On the garbage heap outside the church, Uvogin and Nobunaga's pupils shrank when they saw who had been sent flying. They never expected that the white-haired Sun-Earring Boy who had subdued them so easily with a single move would be kicked away by a red-haired Sun-Earring Boy who looked like a circus Jester... The hot-tempered Uvogin was about to stand up, but Nobunaga forcibly pressed him down.

"Old man, why are you pulling me?"

"To prevent you from going to your death!" Sarasa's two golden ponytails swayed behind her head, answering Uvogin's question for Nobunaga. Uvogin's breath hitched, he snorted, clenched his fists, and became obedient... Enhancement Nen user is reckless, not stupid; simply enjoys solving problems with his fists, but knowing he's no match, he still insists on going all in. Uvogin calmed down, forcing himself to suppress the frustration in his heart. "Hisoka; Moro, in the end, is still stronger than that Sun-Earring Boy, whether in terms of Nen power or understanding of Nen, he's far superior!"

Kakin Empire, Royal Palace, One King's Palace, Main Hall

As Kastro kicked [Ken] in Hisoka chin, sending him flying, [Ken] was entangled in [Ken's] embrace.

Brigadier General Grant squinted at the screen, watching the Sun-Earring Boy, like a kite with a broken string, crash through the Pale Church wall with a thud and fall into the prayer hall... He spared a glance at Guzman beside him, coldly.

The green-haired Sun-Earring Boy, who claimed to be protected by "Truth," smirked, said "My Lord," and clasped his hands together, saying, "Truth above! Hisoka is protected by my Lord, which is incomparable to ordinary trash."

Guzman glanced mockingly at the group of private soldiers led by the old brigadier general, ignoring their angry glares, and looked up at the throne, raising his voice to Benjamin Twice -Hui Guo Rou, "May His Highness know that Hisoka is strong, but that Sun-Earring Boy... clearly hasn't learned [Hatsune], hasn't developed his own Nen Ability, yet he can fight him to a standstill."

Guzman took a deep breath and said seriously, "Just as I warned Your Highness before, this indirectly proves... that Roy Zoldyck, who was in charge of training him, is extraordinary, not an ordinary person!"

Upon hearing this, the hall fell into an immediate silence... Old Brigadier Grant, and the private soldiers formed around Benjamin's Hui Guo Rou Nen Ability [The Inheritor of the Stars], even if they wanted to refute him, were mostly lost in thought, forced to admit he was right... The white-haired Sun-Earring Boy on the screen, who had crashed into a corner of the church and appeared disheveled, was actually... well-grounded; even against Hisoka, he was merely... lacking in time and energy.

At least, that strange "breathing rhythm" is quite something!

"Tap... tap..." On the throne, Benjamin, Hui Guo Rou chin on his hand, stared intently at Meteor City, at the church with its broken corner, at Kastro buried in the bricks and stones. Then, for a moment, his eyes flashed, and he saw...

That person,

The Sun-Earring Boy Priest, dressed in a simple priest's robe and holding a scroll of scripture, magically concealed the wooden box and scripture within his arms, storing them into his [Sumeru Mustard Seed] space.

The man rose to his feet, turned around, and his clear eyes, devoid of joy or sorrow, met the gaze of Hisoka through the void, via the illusory owl perched quietly on Hisoka's shoulder.

Benjamin, Hui Guo Rou a slight, unusually amused smile, curled his lips into a playful grin.

"Guzman,"

Your Highness,

"You're right." Benjamin, Hui Guo Rou eyes gleaming, met Roy's gaze across the screen and said, "I'm starting to sense... he's an extraordinary person."

The finger paused at the One King's tomb.

Beneath the throne, in the grand hall, the green-haired Sun-Earring Boy smiled, squinting as he gazed intently at Roy on the screen, saying, "Your Highness is wise; from now on, you will agree with my views even more."

On the screen, the Sun-Earring Boy Priest's gaze remained calm. He glanced at Benjamin, Guzman, and the old brigade commander Grant before withdrawing his gaze, taking a single step forward, and finally giving Hisoka a brief, indifferent look. Then...

In the blink of an eye, the magician...

In an instant, it "Photokinesis," and in one glance, it traversed the prayer hall, which was nearly a hundred meters long, and stepped out of the moonlight, slowly landing beside Kastro.

"Whoosh!" Sleeves flutter, wind rises.

Roy flicked his sleeve, and a gust of wind arose, blowing away the bricks and stones to reveal Kastro, whose mouth was bleeding.

"Cough cough. Young Master, I can still fight!" The white-haired Sun-Earring Boy struggled to get up.

However, the wind didn't give him a chance. With a thought from Roy, it gently swirled and pressed the Sun-Earring Boy back to the ground.

"Toro, take a break,"

"The rest,"

"Leave it to me..."