Chapter 58

"What exactly happened just now? Did your Nen beast lose control?"

Several minutes after the giant red dragon had completely disappeared, Illumi cautiously approached from a distance, asking with a slightly curious tone.

"No, she consumed enough cocoons and broke through the critical point, evolving to the second stage," Allen replied softly.

From the faint smile on his face, it was clear that he was in a rather good mood, and he didn't even mind the other party's indirect probing of his abilities.

"A growth-type Nen beast?" A hint of emotion finally appeared on Illumi's cold face.

As the eldest son of the Zoldyck family, one of the few families in this world with a Nen ability lineage, he understood better than anyone what a growth-type Nen beast meant.

Especially a special Nen beast like the red dragon, which continuously strengthens itself by consuming other Nen users and transforms from quantitative to qualitative changes, can evolve indefinitely until it becomes a terrifying monster that can never be defeated.

Of course, besides the Nen beast itself, Allen's own abilities had also reached a terrifying level.

Without mentioning anything else, just the astonishing lethality of the few arrows enhanced with multiple Nen abilities a moment ago would be something that very few people in the world could withstand, and even if they did, they couldn't guarantee they wouldn't be injured.

"Um, you could say that. Although this was actually just an accident and not something I had anticipated," Allen shrugged innocently.

In fact, the red dragon's transformation and growth process gave him a new idea: to create more Nen beasts using similar important "media" dropped in dungeons.

After all, at this moment, he had a dragon egg in his backpack that could summon a fairy dragon pet.

Although these small magical creatures didn't have the exaggerated size, sharp claws, teeth, strong tails, and wings of the five guardian dragons, they could travel between reality and dreams, causing harm to surrounding spellcasters while being immune to all magical attacks.

With just a little modification, they could immediately become powerful and lethal Nen abilities.

However, given that he already had a ravenous red dragon to feed, Allen didn't plan to create a second Nen beast too soon.

"If that's the case, your threat level will probably increase again. It seems I'll have to tell my grandfather and father when I get back that we should never take on any business related to you," Illumi said very seriously.

"Is that so? That's a big help. By the way, I've always been curious. Does your Zoldyck family follow some unwritten rules when accepting commissions?" Allen finally asked the question that had been bothering him.

After all, it wasn't hard to notice that in the entire *Hunter x Hunter* series, anyone assassinated by the Zoldyck family was either a wanted criminal, a gangster, a Hunter, or a Nen user. Although ordinary people were occasionally caught up in the crossfire, they never targeted wealthy merchants or government officials engaged in legitimate business.

Illumi nodded without hesitation: "You guessed right! Our clients and assassination targets are limited to the underground dark world and the world of Nen abilities. After all, being a hitman is just a job, and we must follow the basic order of human society, or the Zoldyck family wouldn't have been able to exist and continue to this day."

"I see! Thank you for your answer and your help earlier. This is a gift for you."

With that, Allen took out a bottle of "Super Healing Potion" and threw it over.

Since obtaining the "Jet Acceleration" ability, he almost went to the Sorrowful Hammer every day to farm "tributes," and the entire process only took a few minutes, incredibly fast.

Therefore, items like "Super Healing Potion," "Super Mana Potion," "Morning Dew Wine," and "Roasted Quail" were almost overflowing, and he didn't mind giving them away at all.

Illumi quickly grabbed the red bottle tightly, feeling the surging vitality of the red liquid inside, and said meaningfully: "I should be the one to thank you. After all, the contents of this little bottle can't be bought with money. As a return, I can kill someone for you for free. If you need it, just give me a call. Goodbye."

As he spoke, he leaped into the dark forest and disappeared.

Watching the "brother-obsessed" hitman leave, Allen immediately turned and asked without looking back: "How long do you plan to hide there?"

"Hide? No, no, no, I wasn't hiding. I just didn't want to disturb you two. Besides, didn't you tell me to wait here and said you had something important to discuss with me alone?" Chrollo slowly walked out from behind a tree, his eyes gleaming sharply.

It was clear that the brief and intense battle, or rather, the slaughter, had ignited his strong bloodlust.

"What do you think of the Phantom Troupe? Or rather, do you mind joining me to destroy this band of thieves?"

Allen skipped the mutual probing and directly revealed his intention to hunt the Spiders.

"Oh? Destroy the Troupe! Are you serious?" Chrollo raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Yes! I know you've always wanted a one-on-one duel with Kurogashi, and I need the abilities of some Troupe members. We can each get what we want," Allen calmly proposed the exchange.

"Ha ha! Sounds interesting! Can you tell me your plan?"

At the mention of Kurogashi's name, Chrollo's excitement level instantly increased, and he exuded a naked, unhidden desire for battle.

Allen noticed this and immediately explained: "It's simple! According to the information I have, the Troupe will gather in Yorknew City at the end of August to rob all the items from this year's underground mafia auction. This robbery will be the best time for us to act. I'll need your cooperation to infiltrate the Troupe and interact with some of its members to complete the prerequisites for obtaining Nen abilities."

"Infiltrate the Troupe?" Chrollo clearly didn't understand what he meant.

"Like this..."

Without a word, Allen immediately used the "Deception Orb" he had just equipped.

In the next second, he underwent a dramatic transformation, changing from a 1.7-meter-tall person to nearly 1.9 meters tall, and his appearance and clothing became identical to Chrollo's.

Without a doubt, this toy-like accessory originally allowed players in the game to temporarily transform into the appearance of an opposing faction, with each Alliance race having a corresponding Horde race.

Normally, a Night Elf should transform into an Undead.

However, the interesting part was that it had become a special item that could change appearance at will, as long as the target was defined as an enemy in one's mind.

"Interesting! Truly interesting! Is this one of your many abilities?"

Chrollo's eyes gleamed as he stared at Allen, who now looked exactly like him.

"Sort of! But this ability can only last for five minutes, and it needs a 30-minute cooldown before it can be used again, so it has significant limitations. I need a real Troupe member to cooperate. What's your answer?" Allen lifted his head and looked into the other's eyes.

"Ha ha ha ha ha! Do I even need to ask? Of course, it's YES! Let's join forces and completely wipe out the entire Phantom Troupe!"

Chrollo spread his arms and laughed maniacally, his terrifying killing intent scaring all the birds and small animals in the surrounding forest into fleeing.

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