Meruem's expression grew a little more impatient.
Piercing Ox paid no attention to what Meruem thought. The instant it emerged from the shadows, it charged at him.
Standing atop Piercing Ox's head, Qiao Lun made no unnecessary movements. He simply looked down at Meruem from above.
That attitude alone was enough to make Meruem feel offended.
And so Meruem vanished from where he stood. Of course, he only seemed to vanish; in reality, he was simply too fast.
In an instant, he appeared at the same height as Qiao Lun atop Piercing Ox's head. As for Piercing Ox's charge, Meruem had never paid it any attention to begin with.
An attack that traveled in a straight line could never hope to hit him, however powerful it might be.
To Meruem, anyone who spent Nen on this sort of attack had completely lost his mind. The moment Piercing Ox appeared, his opinion of Qiao Lun dropped several notches.
In his heart, he wanted nothing more than to make his opponent pay for his arrogance.
To Meruem, fighting Qiao Lun was nowhere near as worthwhile as fighting Netero.
Fast as he was, however, he had not escaped Qiao Lun's observation. Before Meruem's attack could land, Qiao Lun suddenly pulled his hands apart in front of him. A patch of pitch-black darkness appeared before him, right where Meruem was attacking.
[Window Maker]!
Of all his shadow abilities, Qiao Lun chose Knov's Nen Ability.
That was right.
On the way here, Qiao Lun had already borrowed both Morel's and Knov's shadows.
Borrowing their shadows this way would not weaken Knov or Morel much, but it would expand Qiao Lun's arsenal of trump cards while increasing his aura reserves.
And in Qiao Lun's eyes, Knov's [Window Maker] was the most powerful offensive ability.
After all,