Nen Pressure Sealed the Chamber, Then Broke Through the Beast into the Sky

The battle began.

No more words were needed.

Gon kicked off the ground and shot forward like a cannonball, drawing back his right fist as he charged straight for the First Prince's face.

"Rotating Fist!"

At the same moment, Killua's figure blurred into a streak of silver-white lightning that swept around toward the First Prince's back. Godspeed at full throttle, electricity crackled at his fingertips as he aimed for the vital point at the nape.

Kurapika's hands flew. Several chains shot from his sleeves, cutting off the First Prince's escape routes to the left, right, and below. Their tips went rigid as spears.

Leorio stepped back, held three scalpels between his fingers, and hurled them with all his strength.

Four attacks. Four angles.

Every avenue of escape was sealed.

The First Prince stood where he was, unmoving.

Only when Gon's fist was half a foot from his face, Killua's lightning had touched the back edge of his cloak, the chains were about to wrap around his limbs, and the scalpels were hurtling toward him—

Did he move.

His foot shifted slightly.

Just half a step to the left.

That half step was enough.

Gon's fist blasted past the tip of his nose, the rush of air stirring a few strands of hair.

Killua's lightning slash struck empty air and hit the chamber wall, blasting a patch of flesh black.

Kurapika's chains caught nothing and tangled together with a clatter.

Leorio's three scalpels buried themselves in the fleshy wall behind him, their handles still humming with vibration.

Every attack had missed.

"..."

Gon's pupils contracted. He changed moves at once, spinning into a sweeping strike.

The First Prince tilted his head, and the fist skimmed past his ear.

Killua lunged from the other side, lightning gathering into a blade.

The First