A small Pouf's clone flew above the shadow clone and shouted in a childish but sharp voice: "Here, here!"
Before the words could fully leave its mouth,
The shadow clone flicked a finger and fired a Nen Bullet that instantly obliterated Pouf's clone.
However, the location had already been exposed.
Moses frowned slightly and could only control the shadow clone to turn into a two-dimensional shadow form, sliding along the ground toward the battlefield outside the forest.
Netero's battle with the King, and even his earlier battle with Youpi, was so intense that it razed the surrounding forest to the ground.
Therefore, after the shadow clone slid out of the forest and stepped into the battlefield, it immediately became invisible.
But the arrow was already on the bowstring, and there was no turning back.
The shadow clone stepped into the battlefield and turned into Moses's form.
[Shadow Shift]
In the next moment, Moses used his ability to swap places with the shadow clone that had entered the battlefield.
"Use Third Hand!"
There was hardly any room for eye contact, and Moses, who had teleported over, turned his back to Netero and shouted.
Netero was full of surprise at Moses's sudden appearance, but as an extremely experienced fighter, he quickly made the necessary judgment.
[100-Type Guanyin: Third Hand]
The golden Guanyin standing behind Netero abruptly changed its stance, and ruthlessly seized the moment when the King rushed forward in the air. Its two palms reached out, capturing the King between them.
Clap!
The two palms slammed together, creating shockwaves of white air.
The King's body was crushed between the two palms.
Meanwhile, Youpi also charged into the battlefield, aiming to intercept Moses, who was clearly targeting the King.
"Rat Jewel."
Moses glanced sideways at the oncoming Youpi, and at this critical moment, he did not hold back at all.
"Chuu!"
The blue bead attached to Moses's body instantly transformed into Rat Jewel, which immediately perched on his shoulder.
As soon as it materialized, Rat Jewel understood what to do, and the straight-line symbol on its forehead lit up with a red glow.
[No Entry]
As the ability locked in and activated, Youpi, who had been charging forward, suddenly froze in place. And then, around his robust crimson body, red traffic signs began to appear.
"Huh?!"
Youpi was slightly startled when his body suddenly couldn't move.
Before he could figure out what was happening, the many red markers that had restrained him suddenly shattered. The whole process lasted only one second.
The difference in Manifested Aura between the two sides is simply too great.
This meant that Rat Jewel's No Entry ability could only restrain Youpi for a second at most, and even that single use nearly drained all of Rat Jewel's Aura.
"Chuuu…"
Rat Jewel looked exhausted and transformed back into a bead.
"Thanks for your hard work."
Moses caught the bead that Rat Jewel had turned into.
Although Youpi had only been restrained for a second, it was enough time for Moses to close the distance to the King.
"We can't let him get close to the King!!!"
Pouf, noticing the change in the battlefield, suddenly looked ferocious.
Without waiting to gather feedback from his surrounding clones, he charged into the battlefield, following closely behind Youpi and Pitou.
However, it was already too late!
Moses, like a streak of light, arrived in front of the 100-Type Guanyin's clasped palms.
At this moment, the Guanyin's closed palms were forced open by a powerful force, revealing the King's menacing figure with his arms stretched out.
Moses and the King locked eyes at close range.
Facing the overwhelming Aura of the Chimera Ant King up close, Moses showed no fear or hesitation. He quickly removed his coat and tossed it to Netero.
"Old man, retreat!"
Moses didn't have time to check if Netero had caught the coat he threw. Instead, in the brief moment he had left, he used Shadow Shift.
Swoosh!
In an instant, Moses swapped places with the shadow clone that had been loaded with the Countdown - Modified.
From the King's perspective, the small human in front of him suddenly trembled, and then a bomb with a red number '86445' appeared on the human's chest.
86445.
This was the number representing the amount of Aura Moses had poured into the Countdown, which is 80% of his Potential Aura.
In a sense, it also represented the bomb's destructive power.
The King was born not long ago and knew nothing about the so-called Nen System, let alone what a bomb was.
After breaking free from the Guanyin's palms, his only thought was to devour the human in front of him.
In contrast, when Netero heard the countdown of the bomb coming from the chest of the shadow clone, he immediately understood Moses's strategy and decisively retreated.
As Netero began to retreat, the King launched an attack on the shadow clone.
Whoosh!
With a sharp sound of breaking through the air, the King's syringe-like tail stabbed toward the shadow clone's chest.
But just as the tail was about to pierce the shadow clone, the bomb on its chest erupted with a blinding white light.
"Huh?"
The King's pupils contracted slightly, and in an instant, his entire body was engulfed by the dazzling light.
Boom!
As Countdown - Modified exploded, the area within a hundred-meter radius was instantly engulfed in blinding, scorching flames.
The Chimera Ant King, who is at the center of the explosion, vanished from sight.
Immediately afterwards, a visible, tsunami-like shockwave swept outward, sending Netero, who was closest to the epicenter, flying backward.
Even the three Royal Guards, who had been charging toward the King, were stopped by the intense heat wave.
"King!!!"
"King!!!"
The three Royal Guards looked at the thick smoke that was rising rapidly in the field along with the huge amount of flames, and their expressions became ferocious and angry.
Netero, who is pushed back by the shockwave, landed steadily on the ground and looked in surprise at the thick smoke rising.
From the brief change of Aura earlier, even if he didn't see the bomb hanging on the shadow clone's chest, he could tell through the Aura that it was a Nen Ability related to bombs, not a real-world explosive.
But the problem is——
'How did that brat create a conjured bomb?'
'And judging from the power of the bomb, it must have had some condition related to 'time' or 'charging'.'
'Using a shadow clone to deliver such a powerful bomb to the enemy and then detonate it.'
'This method of use...'
'Should it be called utterly devious, or another form of the pinnacle of technique in a different sense?'
Staring at the rolling black smoke rising into the sky, Netero felt mixed emotions.
…
Far outside the battlefield.
Knov, who had emerged from the Four-Dimensional Apartment, was observing the battle situation through binoculars.
"Is that also... Moses' Nen Ability?!"
Knov showed an expression of disbelief.
'Shadow clones, teleportation, a conjured black sword, offensive methods that appear to be an Emission-type, a Nen Space similar to my Four-Dimensional Apartment...'
'And now a bomb ability?!'
'Is he even human?!'
"Don't be so surprised."
Kanzai looked at the explosion in the distance, and as someone who had been through it before, he immediately understood what was going on.
"That guy Moses can even use the Chairman's 100-Type Guanyin."
"?!!"
Knov and the others were completely dumbfounded upon hearing this.