P.S.: As always, please vote ╭(╯ε╰)╮ Love you all~ Some readers said the Ant King did not get enough screen time. In the next world, the Naruto arc will basically be his personal showcase. Judging by the votes, Naruto really does have the most support. But do not worry, we will visit the other worlds too. By the way, what do you all think about the heroine?
Because of Morel and the others, most of the ants' attention had been drawn away. Most of the ant race within the palace was rushing toward the city walls.
"Hm? This feeling? Have they begun? Interesting." Meruem seemed to have sensed a certain aura. He suddenly raised his head, a cryptic smile appearing at the corner of his lips.
"Pouf, Youpi, warm up. Get ready to welcome our guests shortly. There are quite a few of them. Also, notify the entire ant race. This time, we are going to have some real fun." He had not expected that, after losing Knuckle's spatial Nen ability, the Four-Dimensional Mansion, the Hunter Association would still be able to find another Nen User with spatial abilities. As expected, no one could be underestimated. But it would be soon. He could feel it—before long, he would be able to leave this world. Before that, he would indulge himself and properly enjoy the thrill of battle. A few of those people seemed fairly strong.
"Pitou, stay here with me."
"Yes, King." Mewahaha, I'm the one the King values most. Pitou narrowed her eyes happily as she stood behind Meruem, her tail constantly twitching to show just how pleased she was.
Several hundred meters above East Gorteau Palace, a gigantic strange bird flew through the sky, with several figures standing on its back.
"It looks like Morel and the others' plan was quite successful." Anyone who saw them would surely cry out in surprise. Among those standing there were several members of the world's strongest assassin family—the Zoldyck Family.
Silva, Zeno, and Maha.
"The Zodiac Twelve and Illumi's group should be moving soon as well. Our target is only the King. Kill him and leave immediately. Those ants are not weak. If they tie us down, getting away will be difficult." The speaker was someone who had never appeared in the Hunter World manga. He was a somewhat delicate-looking Long-Haired Man, standing at the edge of the strange bird's body and looking down at the palace below. Yet anyone able to chat alongside world-class assassins was no ordinary person. In the original story, Zeno and Netero had also attacked the palace like this.
"Thank you all for coming to help avenge my father. Once this incident is over, I would like to invite you all to accompany me to the Dark Continent and explore that world's mysteries." Beyond Netero, Netero's son. In the original story, he had revealed the Dark Continent's existence and initiated the organization of an expedition there. His strength was unknown, but the original story stated that he had been suppressed while Netero was alive. His direct combat strength should have been weaker than Netero's.
"Do not get it wrong, boy. First, we did not come here to avenge that old man Netero. We accepted a commission from the Hunter Association. Second, we have no interest whatsoever in this Dark Continent you speak of." Maha's aged voice rang out, yet his mouth did not move at all.
Ventriloquism.
"Who would have thought that just to deal with a single monster, the higher-ups would have the Hunter Association gather all of us? Aside from Ging and those two who have lost contact, two of the Five Great Nen Users are here, right, Xiao Jiang?" The unkempt, stubble-faced, dispirited uncle scratched his head as he spoke lazily. Tons of dandruff drifted down from his right hand like falling snow. After speaking, he patted the delicate-looking Long-Haired Man beside him. Though rather than patting him, it was more like he had used the other man's clothes as a rag to wipe his hands.
"I told you, do not call me Xiao Jiang. And do not mention that Five Great Nen Users nonsense you people came up with yourselves. Also, take your filthy hand off me." The Long-Haired Man snatched his clothes back from Bearded Uncle with a look of disgust, though there was already a strange yellow stain on them.
"Ahhh, yes, yes." The dispirited uncle yawned and burped, tears immediately appearing at the corners of his eyes. Of course, there was also the uncleaned brown eye gunk. He looked utterly terrible.
"Hmph, I do not care about your Five Great Nen Users. If I remember correctly, you five gave yourselves that title, did you not? I heard Netero even joined in the fun. None of you could defeat Netero head-on, yet you dared call yourselves the world's five greatest? You are overestimating yourselves." He had solid, powerful muscles, a perfect inverted-triangle build, a square face, bright Big Eyes, and two eyebrows even thicker than Rock Lee's. One look told anyone that he was a martial artist—and a bodybuilder at that. Well, he looked far better than that previous gorilla-man appearance. "All I know is that the guy who dared call himself King destroyed my Heaven's Arena while I was away. I swear upon the title of Heaven's Arena Strongest that I will make him repay it double this time."
"Everyone, allow me to interrupt. It seems we have been discovered." Silva spoke. To be honest, he was under immense pressure right now. Every person present possessed strength greater than his. Unless it was an assassination, if a direct conflict broke out, he would likely be the one killed.
At some point, the strange bird had already been surrounded by winged flying Soldier Ants.
At their head was the Chimera Ant race's air force—the Heavenly General Unit led by Lei Zhenzi Kolt.
"Ahahaha, humans! You filthy invaders! We discovered you from the moment you arrived. This day next year will be your death anniversary!" An ant that resembled a fly by seventy or eighty percent pointed a spear-like weapon at everyone and laughed arrogantly, looking completely certain of victory.
"Let me tell you this: the leader of our Heavenly General Unit, Kolt, will be here soon. For now, let Lord Bi De of the Heavenly General Unit Third Army claim the first merit."
Crack. The sound of bones breaking.
At some point, Silva had attacked. The fly-like Chimera Ant's head was instantly torn off by him. The entire process took only an instant, and not a single drop of blood was spilled.
"Ahhh! W(?Д?)W My body! If you know what is good for you, put my head back on my body right now, or I will make you wish you were dead!" Chimera Ants possessed extremely tenacious life force. Even after losing their heads, they could survive for a short while. If they received treatment during that time, they would not die.
"You are too noisy." Silva crushed Bi De's head as though squeezing a tomato. Yet strangely, not a drop of blood or flesh stained his hand.
"Who else?" Silva coldly swept his gaze around the Soldier Ants. Any Soldier Ant his eyes landed upon quickly retreated, utterly afraid to meet his gaze. With one move, Silva had intimidated them all.
"Everyone, do not panic."
"Heavenly General Unit Second Army Bu La." "Heavenly General Unit Fourth Army Bi Ke." "Heavenly General Unit Fifth Army Jiu Ku." "Heavenly General Unit Seventh Army Long Bao Bao."
"Present!" Countless ants flying through the sky blanketed the heavens and appeared before Silva and the others.
At their head stood the Sky General of the Chimera Ant Heavenly General Unit—Kolt.
"Whoa, that is quite an impressive number." Bearded Uncle raised a hand to shade his eyes as he remarked, though judging from his tone, he clearly did not care much about the Chimera Ants.
"Hmph, no matter how many flies there are, they are still just flies!" A massive dragon of light appeared before the ant swarm. With an unstoppable force, it instantly cleared out a ring of ant soldiers around it.
However, even more ant soldiers swarmed in again, seemingly preparing to launch an all-out assault on everyone.
"No choice, then. Let's clear them all out at once—Dragon Dive!" The massive dragon of light gradually dimmed with Zeno's movement before dissipating.
"Not good!" Cold sweat ran down Kolt's forehead. He sensed Zeno's technique. That man was preparing to use a large-scale attack! The Soldier Ants could not stop it! Aside from the Ant King's Royal Guards, this was the first time Kolt had felt a threat to his life. Even with his greatly increased strength, the other party was far stronger than him!
Immediately afterward, the giant light dragon suddenly split into countless figures, each one a small dragon. Those small dragons all targeted the Chimera Soldier Ants flying around the strange bird carrying Zeno and the others.
Even if ordinary Soldier Ants were stronger than ordinary humans, when facing powerful humans, they were no different from real ants facing humans.
This was a one-sided slaughter.
"I say, even when beating a dog, one should consider its owner. And I do not like anyone standing above my head." Meruem had already walked out of the palace with Pitou and stood in the square, looking up at the sky in displeasure. Then he slowly raised his right hand. "No one may stand above my head and act recklessly. Get down here!" He fiercely swung it toward Zeno and the others.
"Caw!" The giant strange bird let out a miserable cry and began plummeting rapidly, as though a thousand-pound weight had been tied beneath its feet.
The people standing atop the giant strange bird were also thrown into confusion by the sudden movement. Even Zeno's Dragon Dive lost control and gradually dissipated.
"W-We're saved." The surviving members of the Heavenly General Unit let out long sighs of relief. When facing powerful humans, they were as fragile as infants.
"The King saved us," Kolt said. "No, I have to tell the King! These people are anything but ordinary!" Realizing something, Kolt flew rapidly toward Meruem's location.
"That was the Ant King's doing, right? Everyone, use your own methods to get down." Someone atop the strange bird made the suggestion first and immediately acted on it, jumping off the monster bird.
The other figures on the strange bird followed suit one after another.
"King!" Just as Kolt reached the Ant King, the strange bird crashed into the ground, kicking up a massive cloud of dust and damaging a swath of nearby buildings.
"No need to say it. They are here." Waving for Kolt to be silent, Meruem stared straight at the cloud of dust, seemingly speaking to himself.
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