Chapter 56

"Scatter! Quickly scatter!"

"Do not engage him head-on! Flank him from the sides or the rear!"

Eight unfortunate souls were instantly blown apart by terrifying supersonic arrows, making the building owners realize just how dangerous their situation was. They no longer charged recklessly as before, instead constantly changing direction using their Nen abilities, fearing to meet the same fate.

Seeing these already terrified individuals, Allen immediately sneered and whispered, "You actually think you can play guerrilla tactics with a Hunter? Roubus, give them a taste of your power!"

"Roar!!!"

With a piercing howl, the wolf king instantly covered his entire body with shadow energy and split into over a dozen shadow energy clones. He then activated his pet skill—Charge—and rushed out at a speed that left no time for reaction.

Combined with the Beast King talent "Beast Swift," which increased outdoor movement speed by thirty percent, he was so fast that he was already upon them before they could react.

In the next second...

Three of the nearest building owners were immediately bitten by more than three "Shadow Wolves."

Before they could even realize what was happening, these "Shadow Wolves" exploded, releasing a terrifying shockwave of shadow energy.

Boom!

When the black-purple energy shockwave dissipated, the three unfortunate souls had their skin, muscles, and organs completely rotted and decayed, and the blood that flowed from them had a pungent, foul odor. Although protected by Nen, they were left with only a breath of life.

"Red Dragon! Devour them!"

Allen, who had fully embraced his role as a Hunter, showed no mercy in his voice, like a cold, precise killing machine.

As the Red Dragon reformed into a physical form and swallowed the three building owners into cocoons, a building owner wielding a gleaming longsword finally managed to charge close, roaring madly, "Die, brat! One-sword style—Swift Slash!"

"Die? Sorry, but you seem to have misunderstood the situation." Allen turned his face and revealed a bizarre smile.

As he spoke—

Bang!

A large mass of white frost instantly covered the ground for several meters around, the terrifyingly low temperature making it difficult for anyone standing on it to move.

Even more terrifying, thick, tough vines grew from beneath the white frost, tightly binding their legs to the ground, preventing any movement.

Undoubtedly, this was the Frost Trap triggered by the Survival talent "Trap."

"No! No! No!"

The building owner, whose legs were firmly bound, revealed a panicked expression and frantically swung his "famous sword" to cut the vines and regain his freedom.

Unfortunately, the vines grew back at an incredible speed, regenerating within a second no matter how many times they were cut.

"Sorry, I'm in a hurry, so I won't play cat and mouse with you..."

Allen raised his hand and made a grabbing motion.

Immediately, a large golden hand appeared out of nowhere, tightly gripping the building owner and applying immense pressure.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

"Aaaaaahhhhhhh!!!"

In the end, with the sound of bones breaking and the agonized screams of the dying, another building owner was eliminated from the battle.

In less than five minutes since the battle began, twelve out of seventeen building owners had already been killed, turned into cocoons in the Red Dragon's stomach.

Such terrifying, efficient, brutal, and bloody slaughter shocked everyone present.

Kurapika, who was usually combative, had long forgotten the beating he had just received and was now constantly licking his playing cards, his hand trembling uncontrollably, and occasionally emitting a sickly moan.

The other onlookers maintained a very safe distance, wide-eyed, trying to etch this scene into their memories.

Especially the image of Allen, holding a bow and firing lethal arrows, was like a reaper of death.

Every time the bowstring vibrated, it inevitably took the life of a building owner.

"Teacher... Teacher! What have I seen?"

Jisuk was drenched in sweat, his eyes filled with genuine, deep-seated fear.

Because he understood that no matter how hard he tried, he could never block an arrow enhanced with multiple terrifying Nen abilities.

Similarly, Unok had a look of shock and seriousness on his face, pushing up his glasses and responding in a very low voice, "We have witnessed the birth of a monster! That boy has already reached a height that many Nen users, including myself, will never achieve in their lifetimes..."

Of course, the number of people who held this thought was not small.

After all, Allen was previously just a simple Beast King with a secondary Shooting talent, and the Nen abilities he used on his arrows were relatively simple.

But now, he had mastered all three talents, focusing on the Shooting and Survival talents that increased the power of ranged weapons. Combined with the Nen abilities he had obtained in the Sky Arena and the continuous surge in his aura, the silver arrows he fired were now incomparably powerful.

Seeing the situation turn against them, the remaining five building owners immediately abandoned their original plan to surround and kill him and turned to run into the forest behind them.

But before they could run far, Illumi, who had been lying in wait in the shadows, suddenly appeared and blocked two of them.

Kurapika, unable to contain his inner bloodlust, blocked the other two, grinning maniacally, "Hehehehe! Running is not an option!"

As for the last one, he was caught between Roubus and Boddle.

Seeing the situation was under control, Allen summoned back his animal companions and asked the martial artist, who was intently focused on his opponent, "Can you handle this?"

"Of course! I will use this battle to prove that I am not just a useless burden!"

With that, Boddle reached into the unassuming brown leather pouch on his waist and pulled out two large shields. The shields had a white skull pattern on the front, and flames continuously spewed from the skull's mouth.

These were the Bone Fire shields, mockingly referred to by players as "team wipe shields," and were the only epic-level shields before entering team dungeons.

Their main features, besides very high armor values, included a small amount of fire and shadow resistance, and a chance to reflect fire damage to surrounding enemies when hit, while also siphoning a small amount of life from the attacker.

Allen had unknowingly gathered a pair by regularly clearing the "three major dungeons" and recently gave them to the martial artist, who had just developed a new ability.

The brown leather pouch on Boddle's waist was a discarded fourteen-slot "Rune Cloth Backpack," specifically used to carry the two shields and some tools that were inconvenient to carry.

After all, walking around the bustling modern city streets with two bizarrely shaped shields was too conspicuous.

When Boddle enveloped the shields with his Enhancement-type aura, the shields instantly reflected a blinding golden light, and the bone spikes on the edges became exceptionally sharp and pointed.

After doing this, he forcefully clashed the two shields together, took a step forward, and smashed them down hard on the building owner's head.

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