Chapter Summaries

Morel’s team ambushed and wiped out Chimera Ant expeditionary forces while Peggy and Colt worried over the mounting losses. Watching the hunts from above, Leo spotted a wolf-headed Squadron Leader stalking Kite’s team and jumped down to intercept him.

• Morel, Knuckle, Shoot, and their allies killed a Squadron Leader’s expeditionary force in the fog.
• Peggy told Colt that five expeditionary units had disappeared, and they discussed the remaining Squadron Leaders and the ants’ losses.
• Leo watched Kite’s and Morel’s teams conduct coordinated ambushes from Little Azure with Netero.
• Leo spotted a wolf-headed Chimera Ant approaching Kite’s team and leaped down to pursue it.

Leo secretly killed the Chimera Ant Squadron Leader Wadingo and reached level ninety, then returned to Kite and the others after concealing his transformation. The battle was over, and Kite sensed that Leo had changed but did not question him.

• Kite watched Kastro, Sophia, Shizuku, Goreinu, and Asher finish off a Chimera Ant expedition squad while Leo warned him that Wadingo was observing them from seven hundred meters away.
• Wadingo prepared to ambush the group, but Leo appeared beside him and kicked him hundreds of meters through the forest.
• Leo found Wadingo dead and gained enough life energy to advance from level 89 to level 90, increasing his strength and En range.
• Leo shrank back to his usual height and returned to Kite and the others after Shizuku had finished cleaning up the battlefield.
• Kite noticed that Leo seemed different, but accepted his reply that Wadingo had been taken care of without asking further questions.

Shaiapouf arrived at the ant nest, confirmed that Neferpitou was dead, and reassured Peggy and Colt that the Royal Guards could protect the Queen and the unborn King. Five days later, Leo had killed five more Squadron Leaders, but the ants had adapted by hiding and using concealed tunnels, leaving him and the hunters to reconsider their strategy.

• Peggy and Colt discussed Neferpitou's disappearance, the loss of several Squadron Leaders, and the human hunting parties closing in on the ants.
• Shaiapouf introduced itself as a Royal Guard, announced that Neferpitou was dead, and said Youpi was preparing to awaken.
• Shaiapouf played a violin outside the nest while the Queen eagerly watched the unborn King stir inside its enormous egg.
• Over the next five days, Leo killed five Squadron Leaders and reached level 91, while the other hunters and Chairman Netero also killed ants.
• The remaining ants avoided the hunters by hiding in the nest and moving through concealed tunnels, so Morel said they needed a new strategy.

Leo eliminated infiltrators in NGL and helped the Hunters lure and destroy six Chimera Ant Squadron Leaders and their squads. The battle raised his level to 92, with progress at 66%.

• Leo and Little Azure eliminated several groups of infiltrators in NGL, including a team sent by the Kakin Empire, and Leo learned that Association Special Forces had also entered the country.
• Leo and Little Azure found and killed the Association Special Forces members, then searched the surrounding area for other infiltrators.
• After Morel reported that the Chimera Ants had stopped appearing, Nico proposed a plan to lure them out.
• Kastro and the others posed as isolated Hunters for three days, drawing six Squadron Leaders and eight squads into an ambush in a narrow valley.
• Leo and Netero launched the attack, and the Hunters killed all six Squadron Leaders and their squads.
• Leo's level rose to 92, with progress at 66%.

Meruem emerged as the Ant King, brutally killed two Squadron Leaders, and ordered the others to serve him. With Shaiapouf and Youpi presenting his meal, he left the birthing chamber and reached the top of the ant nest.

• Meruem burst out of the Ant Queen, grievously wounding her, and ordered the summoned Squadron Leaders to prepare delicacies and find him a better room.
• Peggy tried to check on the Ant Queen, but Meruem killed him with his tail; Meruem also killed a turtle Squadron Leader who offered to clean the blood from his tail.
• Meruem forced Colt to wipe his tail clean, then demanded food from the terrified Squadron Leaders.
• Shaiapouf and Youpi arrived with a meal prepared from the humans in the nest's kitchen and pledged themselves to Meruem.
• Meruem punched through the ant nest's wall and launched himself to its summit, with Shaiapouf and Youpi flying up beside him.

The Ant King rejected Shaiapouf’s human meatballs and ate the corpses of two Squadron Leaders, showing his guards that he regarded living beings as food. At a safe point, Colt arrived with a surrender offer and begged Leo’s group to save the queen, while the newly born king began hunting humans.

• The Ant King rejected Shaiapouf’s meatballs and ordered him to find the rare prey whose flesh had a richer flavor.
• The Ant King ate Peggy and the turtle Squadron Leader’s corpses, terrifying the Squadron Leaders who witnessed him.
• The Ant King flew away with Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi as Leo’s group rested in a secluded valley.
• Leo and Netero sensed Colt approaching, and Colt waved a white flag as he offered the Chimera Ants’ surrender if Leo’s group saved the dying queen.
• The Ant King landed on a farm, killed a working couple with his tail, and spat out their flesh as disgusting.

Leo refused Colt’s plea to save the Chimera Ant Queen and killed him, then led the Hunters toward the colony to wipe out the remaining ants. As the Squadron Leaders planned to leave the nest and scatter across the world, Leo began his attack from above.

• The Ant King rejected Shaiapouf’s suggestion to identify Exceptional Humans and left with Shaiapouf and Youpi.
• Colt warned Kite and the others that the Queen’s death could free the Squadron Leaders to reproduce and spread across the world.
• Leo refused to save the Queen and killed Colt, gaining life energy.
• Leo and the Hunters flew to the ant colony on Little Azure, where Netero sensed that the Ant King had already left.
• Leo jumped from Little Azure and gathered aura into a massive sphere of light as the Squadron Leaders hurried toward the exit, unsettled by a growing sense of dread.

Leo destroyed the Chimera Ant nest and gained two levels before setting off with Netero to pursue the Ant King. The Ant King reached the East Gorteau palace and began killing the guards while King Diego remained unaware inside.

• Leo struck the Chimera Ant nest with his Super Destruction Punch, destroying it and killing many ants as he reached level 94.
• The Ant King sensed a burst of energy from the nest but ordered Shaiapouf to continue leading him toward the palace.
• Leo told Kastro, Kalluto, and the others to handle any survivors, then left with Netero on Little Azure to follow the Ant King's aura.
• The Ant King arrived at the East Gorteau royal palace with Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi and killed guards who tried to stop him.
• Diego feasted and watched dancers in the palace hall, unaware that the Ant King and his Royal Guards had entered.

The Ant King entered Diego’s palace, devoured three Nen guards to increase his power, and killed Diego and the dancing girls. From the balcony, he spotted a dragon approaching with two people on its back.

• Three Nen guards confronted the Ant King, who killed and ate them, gaining their aura and strengthening himself.
• The Ant King entered Diego’s room and decided that he and his followers should take over.
• Diego threatened the Ant King, who cut him in half.
• The Ant King killed the dancing girls after they begged him to spare them.
• The Ant King went to the balcony with Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi and saw a dragon approaching with one person dressed in white and another blond.

Leo brought Chairman Netero to the palace and separated Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi from the Ant King so Netero could fight him alone. Netero and the Ant King faced off in the palace square, where Netero revealed his golden Guanyin ability.

• Leo spotted the Ant King on the palace balcony and told Netero they had arrived.
• Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi flew toward Little Azure, but Leo knocked them away and Little Azure bound them and carried them off.
• Netero walked into the palace square while the Ant King watched without stopping his guards from being taken away.
• The Ant King leaped down and challenged Netero, who answered by unleashing his Nen Aura.
• Netero brought his hands together and summoned a gigantic golden, many-armed Guanyin statue, which the Ant King asked about.

Netero and Meruem fought in the royal plaza, with Netero’s 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva repeatedly striking Meruem but failing to cause serious harm. After Meruem praised Netero’s training, Netero bristled at his condescending tone and launched another palm strike.

• Netero opened the battle with the Bodhisattva’s First Hand, driving Meruem into the ground and drawing a little blood.
• Netero trapped Meruem between the Bodhisattva’s Third Hand, but Meruem forced the palms apart through sheer physical strength.
• Meruem attacked Netero, but the Bodhisattva repeatedly intercepted him and sent him crashing through walls and buildings.
• After enduring the barrage for a minute and twenty-six seconds, Meruem analyzed Netero’s technique, then stopped to praise his dedicated training.
• Netero resented Meruem’s lofty praise, brought his hands together, and sent the Bodhisattva’s palm down at him again.

Netero battered the Ant King with the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva, but the Ant King endured and urged him to continue. Elsewhere, Leo brutalized Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi after they tried to escape, ending with both of their heads driven into the ground.

• Netero struck the Ant King with the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva, sending him into rubble and then unleashing the Ninety-Ninth Hand.
• Leo and Little Azure dropped the bound Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi into a crater in the wilderness.
• Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi tried to fly back to the palace, but Leo tore off Menthuthuyoupi’s wings while Little Azure knocked Shaiapouf from the air.
• Leo kicked the two Royal Guards into each other, then struck them again as they flew past, leaving them unconscious and badly injured.
• Leo gripped Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi by the heads and slammed them into the earth.

Leo killed Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi after brutally dragging and crushing them, but their post-mortem Nen formed dark versions of themselves and flew toward the palace. Realizing they intended to give their remaining strength to the Ant King, Leo mounted Little Azure and pursued them.

• Leo repeatedly smashed Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi into the ground, then dragged them across the wilderness and crushed their heads against a rock wall until they died.
• Leo gained a level as Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi's post-mortem Nen erupted from their corpses and took their forms.
• Leo prepared to fight the Nen manifestations, but they flew toward the palace instead.
• Leo realized the manifestations were going to sacrifice their remaining strength to the Ant King and called Little Azure.
• Leo mounted Little Azure and ordered it to pursue the Nen manifestations toward the palace.

Netero and the Ant King fought an exhausting battle amid the ruined palace square, with Netero’s 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva repeatedly battering the Ant King as he adapted and pressed closer. Netero unleashed the Ninety-Ninth Hand, and as the battle continued, two streams of black Nen Aura approached from the horizon.

• The Ant King repeatedly charged Netero and was knocked back by the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva, while adapting to the palm strikes and enjoying the fight.
• Netero and the Ant King continued their contest of endurance as each recognized the other’s fighting spirit.
• The Ant King slipped through the Guanyin’s palms and came within ten meters of Netero, but Netero struck him in the waist and sent him crashing into rubble.
• Netero unleashed the Ninety-Ninth Hand, filling the sky with golden palm strikes and swallowing the Ant King in a massive crater.
• Two streams of black Nen Aura sped toward the battlefield from the distant horizon.

Netero used Zero Hand against the Ant King while the King absorbed the post-mortem Nen of Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi. After firing the attack for thirty seconds, Netero was left exhausted, and the Ant King's fate remained unclear.

• The Ant King emerged from the rubble with minor injuries, and Netero resumed attacking him.
• Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi appeared as post-mortem Nen and offered themselves to the Ant King as a gift.
• The Ant King absorbed their Nen, healing his wounds and growing stronger as he immersed himself in the power.
• Netero used Zero Hand to trap the Ant King between the Guanyin's palms and fire a beam of Nen at him.
• After thirty seconds, Zero Hand ended, the Guanyin vanished, and Netero collapsed, completely drained.

After Netero exhausted himself with Zero Hand, the Ant King declared his victory and offered humans a place to live. Leo arrived, rescued Netero, and faced the Ant King, who eagerly anticipated a fight with the stronger opponent.

• The Ant King emerged uninjured from the crater and told the exhausted Netero that he had lost.
• The Ant King offered to designate a region where humans could live, and Netero insisted he was not fighting alone.
• Leo descended onto the battlefield and passed through the Ant King's line of death without being stopped.
• Leo helped Netero onto Little Azure and sent him away from the battlefield.
• Leo turned to face the excited Ant King and said he was sorry for the wait.

Leo and the Ant King fought a brutal hand-to-hand battle using only their physical strength. After two minutes, they separated with the Ant King physically stronger but Leo's injuries rapidly healing, and Leo declared the first round over.

• The Ant King challenged Leo to a satisfying fight, then charged at him and struck him with his tail.
• Leo traded blows with the Ant King, using quick reactions and fighting skill to land attacks despite being slightly weaker in raw strength.
• Leo and the Ant King fought continuously for two minutes, battering each other and tearing up the surrounding ruins.
• They exchanged a final head-on punch and were driven apart, revealing that Leo had more injuries while the Ant King had suffered only minor wounds.
• Leo's injuries healed rapidly as he faced the Ant King and announced that round one was over.

Leo and the Ant King unleashed their Nen Aura and fought a devastating battle that destroyed East Gorteau’s royal palace before moving into the wilderness. They continued trading brutal blows, both wounded and bleeding, with the fight still raging.

• Leo activated Final Moment, transforming his golden aura into dark gold and bringing his power close to the Ant King’s.
• Leo used Conversion to strengthen his punch and struck the Ant King hard enough to send him crashing through several buildings.
• The Ant King struck Leo with his tail, sending him through the palace wall, and the two exchanged powerful blows across the palace ruins.
• Leo and the Ant King’s battle flattened the royal palace, and they carried their fight into the wilderness.
• Both fighters continued attacking despite their wounds, and the Ant King spat blood after Leo drove a knee into his abdomen.

Leo and the Ant King fought a devastating battle that was broadcast live around the world. Both survived their grievous injuries and clashed again, moving toward the edge of the city.

• A television crew broadcast Leo and the Ant King's battle live, drawing attention from viewers and officials around the world.
• The Ant King struck Leo, but Leo kicked him more than a thousand meters through stone pillars.
• Leo tore a vast slab of rock from the ground and hurled it at the Ant King, who shattered it with a punch.
• Leo attacked through the dust as the Ant King struck his shoulder with his tail; Leo punched a hole in the Ant King's chest, and both fell badly wounded.
• Leo and the Ant King healed, stood up, and resumed fighting as they moved toward the edge of the city.

Leo and the Ant King escalated their battle, terrifying witnesses around the world as they unleashed overwhelming Nen abilities. The Ant King used his enhanced En to teleport behind Leo and pierce his heart, leaving Leo gravely wounded.

• The Ant King and Leo resumed their fierce fight while an airship crew filmed from above and the battle was broadcast worldwide.
• The Ant King and Leo unleashed towering Nen auras, alarming viewers, government officials, Beyond, and Hunters at the Association headquarters.
• The Ant King fired blasts from his transformed palm, but Leo dodged one and slapped another into the sky, where it exploded near the airship.
• The Ant King spread his photon-based En across a sixteen-hundred-meter radius, gathering information about Leo and reading his thoughts.
• The Ant King used his En to teleport behind Leo and punched through his chest, piercing his heart as witnesses watched in horror.