The Sky Serpent Crosses the Heavens, the Ice Sea Lies Ahead

The standoff continued.

The First Prince stood a hundred meters away, his calm gaze sweeping over everyone.

On the surface, he was unruffled.

Inside, he never stopped calculating, simulating, and comparing.

After absorbing the BB Corn, his Calamity Parasite Physique had grown more stable. His Nen, physical strength, and parasitic control had all reached new heights. His overall combat power had soared since Crocodile Island.

Even so,

when his senses touched the bald man crouching on the ground drinking cola, he still could not gauge his limits.

He was like a pool of still, deep water.

There was not a ripple on the surface. No one could tell what lay beneath.

The First Prince's finger moved almost imperceptibly.

He could not fight him.

He could not even test him.

The gap between them was too vast. Any provocation might bring utter destruction.

He slowly looked away from Saitama.

The answer in his heart was perfectly clear.

The next second,

he raised his head toward the sky.

He flicked a fingertip.

A hair-thin thread of black energy shot upward, piercing the clouds.

There was no sound.

No warning.

The light changed first.

The sky overhead suddenly darkened.

It was as if an enormous cloud were drifting in from the Northern Border, blotting out the sun.

But the sky above the wasteland was cloudless.

That was no cloud.

Gon looked up instinctively, his pupils contracting.

A sudden gale flipped up the brim of Killua's cap. He stared at the sky, his catlike pupils narrowing to slits.

Kurapika's Scarlet Eyes trembled violently.

Leorio's mouth fell open and stayed that way.

Genos's scanner froze for an instant, then displayed a startling figure.

[Body length: approximately 50,000 meters.]

[Movement speed: exceeds the calculation limits for terrestrial organisms.]

The sky was blotted out.

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