Desperate Battle with the Serpent, a Narrow Escape

"Now!"

Kurapika's cold command set off the battle in an instant.

Killua flashed forward with Godspeed, electricity surging around him. Thick bolts of Thunderbolt struck the Demon Giant Serpent's head with pinpoint accuracy. Currents raced through the beast's body, numbing its nerves and slowing the movements of the monster, which was over twenty meters long.

"Binding!"

More than a dozen chains whipped through the air and wrapped around the serpent, locking down its thick body, limbs, and the base of its tail. The taut chains creaked as they left it no room to twist.

"Gon! Now's your chance!"

At last, Gon steadied the explosive new strength he had gained from the Rainbow Sacred Fruit's tempering of his body.

Threefold was no longer his limit.

He had a new finishing move: Fivefold Spinning Rock.

Fierce Enhancement Nen spiraled and compressed around his fist. The air shrieked as a weight far beyond anything he had wielded before gathered behind it.

"Fivefold—Spinning Rock!"

Gon shot forward like an arrow and drove his fist into a seam between the hard scales atop the serpent's head!

BOOM!

A deafening blast tore through the cavern. Gravel rained down, deep cracks spread across the ground like a spiderweb, and a violent shockwave swept outward.

It was the strongest blow Gon could deliver at this stage.

Dust erupted. As it slowly cleared, everyone's pupils contracted.

The black scales atop the serpent's head had shattered and caved in. Great shards flew loose, the thick flesh beneath was pulped, and dark red blood gushed from a wound deep enough to expose bone. The impact rocked the beast's massive body.

"It worked!"

Hope surged through Gon.

The increase to fivefold power was plain to see!

Before, his threefold strike could not even leave a white mark on those scales. Now he