Morel swung his pipe in an instant, churning the smoke throughout the third floor to keep Shaiapouf's clones from gathering.
Keeping Shaiapouf's strength dispersed gave them their best chance of defeating him.
The key to eliminating Shaiapouf lay in Knov's [Scream].
As long as they sent the air, smoke, and everything else into that unknown space, the power of space would annihilate it all.
No matter how small Shaiapouf made himself, he could not resist that spatial annihilation.
But throughout the entire process, Knov and Morel had to hold their breath completely and maintain Ken.
Otherwise, inhaling the scales might be the least of their worries. Inhaling Shaiapouf's clones would be the deadliest danger.
Morel and Knov knew this, and so did Shaiapouf.
But just as Morel had guessed, his nanoscale clones could not resist the suction of the vortex gradually forming in the smoke.
Shaiapouf tried gathering his clones into shape within the smoke vortex, but Scream, moving between Knov's hands, became the weapon that shattered that plan.
Whenever Shaiapouf's clones gathered in one place, Scream followed, swallowing the gathering clones into a dark abyss.
After several attempts, Shaiapouf had gathered several clusters of clones, but he had also lost a great many to Knov's attacks, leaving him somewhat anxious and irritable.
Still, after a brief standoff and resistance, more and more of his clones gathered, and as he merged with them, his body gradually returned to its normal form.
As he recovered, the Nen surrounding him grew stronger and denser.
Just then, Youpi's attack shook the entire Throne Hall, interrupting Morel's stirring of the smoke with his pipe and throwing Knov off balance.
Shaiapouf, flying in the air, was unaffected. He quickly directed his clones to gather around his main body.
By the time the Throne Hall settled