All four fronts had descended into desperate battles.
In the east, outside Hawkins City.
Gon was covered in wounds, and his golden Xiewei shield had thinned to a sheet of paper.
Black miasma ate at the shield, wrapping his entire body in hissing white smoke.
But his eyes stayed fixed on a pulsing red light deep within the miasma.
The Bone-Eroding Miasma Beast's core was there.
Ten more meters, and he could reach it.
In the south, before Black Rock Mining City.
Genos's leg armor had warped and creaked under the strain.
He braced both hands against the descending foot of the Mountain-Crushing Giant Armor. Ten thousand tons bore down on him, and the ground shattered layer by layer beneath his feet.
The Core Furnace had already burned through nearly half its energy.
But the giant armor's other foot had risen.
In the north, above New Port City.
Killua gripped his tightly condensed Thunder Spear and hurled himself into a massive wind blade that blotted out the sky.
The instant silver-white lightning met dark green wind, the entire sky lit up.
Violent currents shredded his clothes, and the wound on his arm deepened.
But there was no retreat in his eyes.
In the west, beneath Green Valley.
Leorio jumped into the bottomless burrow of the mother nest.
Countless black insects surged toward him like a tide.
His pale-gold Xiewei shield flickered under their assault.
Deep underground, a vast, writhing sound drew closer.
The Myriad-Erosion Insect Mother had awakened.
While the four fought their separate battles, the Human World's highest decision-makers had fallen into chaos.
An emergency holographic meeting of the V6 Allied Nations was underway.
Representatives of all six nations gathered in a virtual conference room.
Behind each of them played live footage of the disaster in their country.
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