The instant the crimson lava pillar came crashing down, everyone's heart skipped a beat.
At the brink of death--
"Chain!"
Kurapika's furious roar tore through the waves of heat.
Six golden chains shot through the air recklessly. Abandoning all defense and disregarding the cost, they wrapped straight around Gon's waist!
The moment the lava touched the hem of Gon's clothes, the chains suddenly exerted force and yanked him back with savage strength!
"Screeech—!!!"
The ear-piercing sound of cracking lava rang across the lava zone.
Three chains that came into contact with the high-temperature lava currents were instantly burned red-hot and softened. One of them even melted apart on the spot!
The golden chains blackened inch by inch, while the broken links fell onto the scorching ground trailing sparks and instantly carbonized.
Kurapika's shoulder jolted violently. The tremendous pulling force numbed the web between his thumb and forefinger, and his face paled several shades in an instant.
The chains could regenerate through Nen, but that momentary overexertion had nearly drained twenty percent of his Nen reserves.
Gon was forcibly dragged several meters sideways, then slammed into the ground and rolled twice.
He had barely avoided the fatal burst of lava!
"Huff—!!!"
The boiling lava crashed down where he had been standing moments before. The rock instantly melted into flowing magma, and the ground collapsed into a scorched black pit that radiated waves of heat.
If they had been even a tenth of a second slower, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
"That was close..." Gon pushed himself up from the ground. Looking at the sleeve singed by the waves of heat, he felt his back drenched in cold sweat.
He raised his head and looked toward the Lava Giant Lizard quietly coiled in front of them, his expression turning utterly solemn.