Chapter 6

*Snap!*

With the sound of the door locking, Allen's entire demeanor changed. He immediately used his Hunter skill to summon Lubert from the kitchen to his side, then activated a transmission to enter a副本 where time flowed at one-tenth the speed of the real world.

"Huh?"

The silver giant wolf swallowed the food in its mouth, lifted its head, and stared blankly at its owner, as if asking what had happened.

"Sorry for interrupting your meal. But time is tight, and I think we should enter the final stage of Nen training, which is the development of specific abilities."

As he spoke, Allen placed a cup of water on the ground and put a green leaf on the surface of the water.

Water Divination!

The fastest and simplest way to test a person's Nen attribute.

"Come on! Let's start with you!"

He pushed the cup in front of his pet.

Lubert, without any hesitation, immediately extended its front paws and activated its Nen.

Instantly!

The clear water in the cup instantly turned into a black-purple unknown energy, and the leaf floated above this energy, with a large amount of silver fur appearing around it.

The extremely dark and evil feeling was enough to make anyone feel a deep, soul-shaking fear.

"This is... Shadow Energy!" Allen's pupils dilated, and his face showed a look of disbelief.

But he quickly regained his composure.

When you think about it, it's not surprising!

As the once powerful Shadow Wolf King, who was drastically weakened by the authorities, and the strongest first pet in the hearts of countless Hunters, Lubert probably dreams of regaining its former glory. Thus, it used Nen to recreate Shadow Energy.

As for the floating leaf and the surrounding silver fur, it was likely a manifestation and manipulation ability, stemming from its desire to lead a pack of wolves.

"Interesting! I have an ability combination in mind that would suit you. Would you like to try it?"

Allen conveyed his thoughts to his pet through a soul connection.

"Awooo!"

Lubert let out an excited howl, and its entire body began to transform into Shadow Energy.

In no time, it changed from a beautiful silver giant wolf into a shadowy wolf covered in black Shadow Energy.

Since it had possessed this power before, it encountered almost no obstacles in transforming its Nen, making it as natural as breathing.

Seeing this, Allen nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad! Next, you need to try to use Shadow Energy to create your own pack of wolves and learn to control them. Remember what I told you: strengthen your Nen by establishing constraints and vows in your mind."

"Uuuuuu..."

Lubert made an indistinct sound, indicating that it understood, and ran to a corner of the副本 to start practicing.

Creating a living Nen beast and controlling it is not an easy task.

So for now, it was enough for it to use Shadow Energy to enhance its teeth and claws to tear enemies apart and cover its body to strengthen its defense.

Compared to his pet, Allen was undoubtedly more interested in his own Nen attribute, so he immediately took out another cup and activated his Nen.

First, the amount of water in the cup began to increase, spilling out continuously. This was a sign of the Enhancement category, which was also a result of the original body's residual memories and desires.

Next, he tasted the water in the cup and found it extremely salty, like seawater. This was a sign of the Transmutation category, reflecting his personality traits of being fickle, often lying and deceiving, and always hiding his true intentions.

Finally, he assumed the role of a Hunter, and the originally green leaf turned yellow, with the chlorophyll appearing on the back of his hand, forming a leaf pattern. However, it quickly faded and eventually disappeared completely.

"Hmm? What kind of attribute is this! Plunder? Absorption?"

Without a doubt, the phenomenon that just occurred was completely beyond Allen's understanding.

Especially when the Nen was activated, the most valuable chlorophyll in the leaf was directly extracted and injected into his body.

To figure out the truth, he repeated the Water Divination several times and found that it wasn't always chlorophyll that was extracted; sometimes it was plant fibers or the water in the cup.

All the extracted substances immediately fused perfectly with his body.

Chlorophyll and water were fine and did no harm, but plant fibers connected with the surrounding nerves, muscles, and blood vessels, causing a very uncomfortable feeling.

Fortunately, the leaf had few plant fibers, and he could easily remove them from his body using Nen. Otherwise, it might have affected his normal activities.

"Alright, it's basically certain that this is some kind of Plunder attribute," Allen concluded.

After all, the Hunter profession itself was created to hunt powerful and dangerous beasts in the jungle, wilderness, and other remote areas, obtaining meat and leather as trophies.

They are not Druids who live in harmony with animals and nature, but ruthless plunderers and killers who gain nutrients by eating the meat of their prey and use the leather, teeth, and bones of their prey to make various weapons, armor, and tools to arm themselves.

Understanding this, Allen immediately began to think about how to develop this Plunder attribute Nen.

Obviously, it would be unrealistic to simply define it as Plunder and use it to steal the aura and Nen abilities of enemies through killing. Not only would it be extremely difficult, but the danger alone would be enough to make anyone hesitate, and it could even lead to overloading and exploding due to the body's capacity limits.

So he needed an intermediary, a storage device, to gradually erase the traces of the original owner of the aura and Nen, and then set constraints and vows, similar to how Kuroo, the leader of the Phantom Troupe, established rules to strengthen Nen.

But what could he use as an intermediary storage device?

Create a Nen beast?

Or create a symbolic item?

Suddenly!

Allen remembered that he had a red dragon egg in his backpack.

He had obtained it by chance while wandering in the wetlands and completing a task, killing a deep red hatchling. He had intended to sell it at a high price but had never managed to do so.

According to the game's setting, red dragons are guardians of life, with stronger bodies and more vigorous vitality than the other four guardian dragons.

If he injected his Nen into the red dragon egg, using this creature with astonishing vitality, he could create a perfect intermediary storage device. He could even use the stolen aura and Nen to transform it into a terrifying Nen beast to assist him in battle.

"Must succeed! Come out! My red dragon!"

With a whisper, Allen poured all his Nen into the egg.

After a moment, the dragon egg began to make a cracking sound, and a web of cracks appeared on the surface of the eggshell.

Finally!

*Bang!*

The entire dragon egg exploded, and a hatchling covered in red scales flapped its wings and floated in the air.

It had no physical form, entirely composed of Nen, with golden eyes glowing.

Despite its small and weak appearance, it radiated a surging heat and vitality, almost like a truly living red dragon, not just a Nen beast.

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