A powerful punch from Oboro's unstoppable force struck Beyond's blade.
What descended together with his swinging sword was the radiant light cut from the massive shadow above his head.
The reason Beyond called Oboro's madness was because Oboro intended to shake his sword's might with flesh fists... directly confronting head-on.
This was a very foolish act.
But there was no choice... Both sides clearly understood that it was almost impossible to find each other's weaknesses... Trying to cheat was not the best strategy.
Besides showing a tough stance to fight head-to-head and see who falls first... there was no other way.
And Mo's daring to do this certainly meant he was extremely confident in his physical body.
Boom.
An invisible shockwave radiated outward from the two, dispersing the fog instantly... Oboro's mental energy and Beyond's mental energy intertwined and clashed amid their offensive.
The ground beneath their feet also kept collapsing in successive rings...
"!!!"
Beyond stared seriously at Oboro's fist wrapped in mental energy.
Because his sword... failed to pierce Oboro's mental defense, instead the blade was pushed back as the rushing fist's might forced it to retreat bit by bit.
However, the rainbow-like sword slash that had cut into Mo's body surface from his mental ability did strike his left shoulder.
Oboro poured all his strength into that point, including his mental energy... as a result, the defenses of other parts of his body naturally weakened.
Beyond looked at Mo, blood surging all over his body, his eyes bloodshot and close to his face, and a smile appeared.
The bleeding on Mo's body surface was due to a huge expenditure of blood energy, causing all his blood vessels to rupture.
Bang!
After a few seconds of stiffening, Oboro's fist finally forced open Beyond's great sword, hitting him squarely in the abdomen... Beyond instantly flew out, making a sharp sound.
And from above, the sword light that struck Oboro's head also tore through half of his body... from his shoulder straight down.
"Cough cough cough!"
Beyond's figure kept crashing through walls and metal lamp posts. His vision spun wildly, not knowing how far he had flown, finally landing... with just his remaining strength, he slid dozens of meters across the ground.
He was weakly collapsed on the ground, coughing violently.
Spitting out blood clots... not just blood water.
"This is deadly…"
Beyond covered his mouth with his hand, looking at the foreign objects mixed in the blood on his palm, and chuckled softly.
How long had it been since he received such serious injuries?
His organs were even damaged...
For a moment, he supported his body with one hand on the large sword, slowly staggering to his feet, his originally tied-up long hair now loose behind him.
"Hahaha!"
"Hahahahahaha!"
Then, he looked up at a black dot hundreds of meters away.
His voice shifted from light laughter to loud laughter.
Because he knew... Oboro's injuries must be more severe than his!
The ghost fog on the battlefield had already disappeared... all abilities relied on mental energy for support. The greater the power, the more energy it consumed, to an unimaginable extent.
Just now, Oboro's desperate strike, with such destructive power... it's clear how much energy was spent.
"You... are already very strong…"
"To be able to hurt me to this extent, in the entire world, only Netero and the old ghost from the Zoldyck family could do it."
"I admit your strength. You have already stood at the top of the Hunter world."
Beyond staggered forward, smashing the hilt of his sword against his foot as he supported himself.
He slowly approached Oboro.
Meanwhile, the black dot that Oboro had turned into in his eyes remained motionless.
It took several minutes for Beyond, whose abdomen was torn into a mass of rotten flesh and blood constantly flowing from his mouth, to stand before Oboro.
They were about three or four meters apart.
Looking around, Oboro stood against the wind in a blood-soaked state, in a depression formed by their destruction, now a bloody mess... most of this blood came from his own body, partly because of his fierce breathing causing blood vessels to burst, making muscles and skin hard to bear. On the other hand, it was also because of Beyond's Nen ability, and the sword light cut by that huge shadow.
A deep wound extending from Oboro's left shoulder to his lower waist was shocking to see.
The cut was so deep that it exposed the bone.
Beyond looked at it, then lowered his head.
His long black hair also fell down.
Mo's blood-covered eyes still flickered... his consciousness was still there, but his gaze was no longer as intense as before.
His bodily functions were severely damaged.
In this state, it wasn't that he didn't want to move, but that it was very difficult to do so...
"Mo! Be proud of yourself... what's in front of you is me, Beyond Netero!!" The old man suddenly looked up, shouting loudly with a declaration.
Then he continued, "So... I've won, right?"
"According to our agreement..."
Clatter.
Blood, thick and sticky, still dripped from Oboro's body onto the ground.
Before Beyond finished speaking, Oboro's originally naturally hanging arm suddenly lifted, as if suddenly emerging from near-death severe injuries, like a sprouting old tree, regaining the ability to move.
Beyond's eyes widened, speech catching in his throat.
He saw the wound on Oboro's body, the torn flesh... fibers of blood and tissue weaving themselves together like yarn.
Bone and skin rejoined as new flesh grew.
This sudden burst of vitality stunned Beyond.
"Don't prematurely declare the result... You and I are just contestants, not judges." Oboro raised his hand to wipe his face, shaking off all the blood, and tightened the muscles around his wound, including the burst blood vessels, which were temporarily stopped by the tension of his muscles.
Life steal!
Oboro wasn't a reckless fool. The reason he dared to exchange injuries for injuries like this was because... he had a hidden attribute.
Now, his life steal had increased from one-third to forty percent.
Simply put, he could convert nearly half of the damage dealt to his target into his own health.
But this process took a little time.
"Of course, you can also surrender."
Oboro coldly told his shocked opponent.
In the blink of an eye, the massive wound on his body had only left a pink scar, shaped like a pink centipede crawling on him.
"Once again, I am amazed by you…"
Beyond's smile disappeared.
He saw... the sudden surge of vitality was also a characteristic of Nen ability.
It was Mo's carefully prepared trump card.
His recovery speed was astonishing.
In this way, Oboro's condition was now above his... This made Beyond, who initially thought he had the upper hand, suddenly realize that things were serious!
The real fight would turn out worse than expected.
"Too bad…"
"I suppose you won't be able to become my companion... if we can't get along, I absolutely won't let you leave!"
"I think the same…"
Oboro softly said.
"Although doing so is unfair... but, there's no other way. It's your own choice to refuse..." As Beyond finished speaking, he raised the heavy sword handle and slammed it onto the ground with a loud bang.
Oboro's face suddenly changed.
Suddenly, figures appeared around him.
In an instant, he understood who these people were.
They weren't members of the royal family, but the team Beyond had secretly recruited over the years to the Dark Continent... The Twelve Zodiacs' were among the planned participants.
And during the Chimera Ant incident, these people must have also been involved in some covert actions.
Many of them were members of the Hunter Association.
"I thought... you really had the courage to fight me one-on-one."
Oboro said lightly.
"Between you and me, in certain matters, we never represent just individuals, but two completely different camps." Beyond picked up his weapon, his battered body once again erupting with powerful Nen, and a terrifying shadow of oppression manifested behind him.
"You and I both bear missions... If we set aside these, I'd be willing to fight you to the end... but now is not the time."
"I thought you would choose to join me, and I had the ability to make you submit... I was wrong. You may not have been completely transformed by the old man, but you're still influenced and restrained by him. You already have the ability to go to the Dark Continent, so why are you still here?"
"You also crave power, don't you?"
"Mo... I am very disappointed in you…"
Mo's surrounding ghost fog once again spread out.
Hearing Beyond's words, he chose to tell the truth, "Do you want to know why I refuse you?"
Beyond looked up.
"Partnering with you is indeed the most advantageous... but, you are not the strong one I thought. Surviving once on the Dark Continent doesn't mean you'll survive a second time…"
"Moreover... you haven't even seen through the human world... yet you're thinking of heading to the Dark Continent. That's just laughable."
"The human world, in the middle of the lake where you are, is not that simple."
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