Deathmatch Beneath the Aurora: The Overlord's Furious Transformation

The moment they stepped through the barrier of the secret realm, Hundredfold Gravity came crashing down.

But this time, all five stood as steady as rocks. Not one of them swayed.

The Divine Fruit had strengthened their bodies enough to withstand Hundredfold Gravity, with strength to spare.

The surface of the Underground River stirred.

That familiar, enormous aurora-lit shape slowly rose into view.

It was still beautiful.

Its translucent ice-blue body shimmered with flowing violet, cyan, and white light. Stardust fell from it like crushed diamonds. It was too beautiful to seem alive.

But this time, no one was fooled by its appearance.

"Go!"

Gon charged first, golden Nen spinning wildly around his fist.

Fifteenfold Spinning Rock!

His fist tore through the air with a deafening boom. It packed more than twice the power of his previous twelvefold strike!

His punch landed squarely on the Gleaming Earthworm's body.

Thud!!

A muffled impact rang out.

A huge dent appeared in the Gleaming Earthworm's body, and it twisted sharply in pain.

It worked!

Gon's eyes lit up.

Before, he couldn't even leave a pale mark on that hard shell. Now one punch had dented it!

"Killua!"

"Got it!"

Killua blurred into motion. With Fifteenfold Godspeed at full power, he became a streak of ice-blue lightning that darted around the Gleaming Earthworm.

Lightning crackled across its wound, making its body convulse without stopping.

Kurapika's chains shot out at the same time. Twelve of them wrapped tightly around the Gleaming Earthworm and pulled taut.

Before, the chains had melted on contact. Now they held for a full three seconds before they began to smoke!

"Leorio! Genos!"

"Coming!"

Leorio rushed in and punched the Gleaming Earthworm in the head, knocking it sideways.

Genos drove his Core Furnace to maximum power. A searing Energy Cannon struck