Living in Hunter x Hunter

Chapter 399 The Chimera Ant Disaster

This sudden turn of events startled not only the Chimera Ants but also Netero and his group.

Only Killua showed slight surprise.

Upon seeing the purple flames, Killua immediately thought of a certain person, or rather, a certain martial artist.

Chris of Flame.

He is a renowned martial artist in the Heavens Arena, and also a Nen user who has mastered Emission and Transmutation abilities to the extreme.

His Nen ability is fire, but his fire is a different color—purple flames—and it has a burning effect.

It also has the effect of "breaking magic," or more precisely, the flames have the effect of burning away psychic energy.

To withstand the opponent's flames, you need to expend more Nen to use "Strength".

Although there is very little data on the battle, Killua knows that his opponent and Master Shermie often act together.

Killua was aware of Shermie's strength.

He remembered that these Flame Chriss should be in the Sky Arena of this world, right?

Has the other party arrived?

Is Master Shermie here too?

The strange phenomena in the sky also belong to the master's abilities.

When Killua first saw Shermie demonstrate her abilities, he was completely stunned. Her ability to control the weather was simply unimaginable.

There were dark clouds and faint thunder in the sky, but it did not fall.

"What on earth is going on?" Nobu wasn't a complete novice; this sudden change was clearly due to some kind of Nen ability.

Killua couldn't find Chris and Shermie, since they hadn't come.

All the chimeric ants in the chimeric ant nest, including unborn owl-yapf and Mentutu-yuppi, can sense it.

A strong sense of crisis enveloped their hearts.

It was as if they could die at any moment.

Neferpitou, controlling his circle, was constantly probing, trying to find the culprit. His entire body was on all fours, extremely vigilant.

Once he spots an enemy, he will not hesitate to launch an immediate attack.

But the real culprits are only now beginning to show themselves.

A halo appeared in the sky, attracting everyone's attention.

Immediately afterwards, a figure flew out from it.

It was Lucci.

The moment Lucci appeared, Neferpitou leaped forward, gathering all his Nen energy in an attempt to kill Lucci with a single blow.

Lucci simply waved his hand.

Neferpitou was sent flying, crashing to the ground and sliding a distance, leaving a long ravine behind.

Netero and the others behind also saw Lucci.

"That's Lord Lucci!" Killua spoke first.

Netero, however, realized from Lucci's earlier palm strike that Lucci had also learned the rudiments of the Hundred Style.

It should be noted that among all the disciples of the Shingen-ryu school, not a single one has been able to learn the essence of the Hundred Styles, not even a prototype.

Lucci didn't care about Neferpitou's behavior.

He threw the rabbit he was holding down.

"Then let's begin!"

The horned white rabbit split apart rapidly as it fell.

One becomes two, two becomes four, four becomes eight.

Soon there were hundreds, and they began to multiply to tens of millions.

It turned into a vast white army.

These rabbits have only one goal: to eat all the chimeric ants.

Neferpitou landed on the ground and wanted to attack Lucci in the air, but soon a large white army forced him to change targets.

Deal with these rabbits immediately.

The "multi-rabbits" created by Lucci are not very strong, similar to wolves in nature.

Lucci discovered that his Nen could also be attached to these "multi-rabbits," meaning that these rabbits could be imbued with entanglement, hardness, and other properties.

But not necessary.

So, facing the incredibly defensive chimeric ants, is it possible to kill an elephant by sheer numbers of ants?

However, for the time being, it seems they cannot defeat Neferpitou.

He was constantly killing these rabbits, but they could split apart. As long as Lucci's Nen continued, they could not be completely destroyed.

As for the dead rabbit, Lucci can choose to leave the body or dissipate into particles of light.

The former requires a certain amount of Nen energy, since it is considered a materialization-type application.

Neferpitou, of course, could not stop all the "Do-rabbits".

The white army surges toward the chimeric ant nest.

The chimeric ants in the nest naturally also reacted.

They naturally came to the outside of the nest to take a look.

They noticed something unusual about their surroundings, and of course, they also discovered many white rabbits.

The chimeric ants were not afraid; on the contrary, they were delighted.

Chimera ants can survive by eating soil, but it doesn't taste good; they prefer to eat flesh and blood if they could.

They'd rather eat humans.

However, humans, as food, need to be supplied to the Queen.

They can only eat ordinary creatures, and they have basically eaten everything in the vicinity. If they want to eat some meat, they have to go to a much farther place.

So they were excited to see so many rabbits.

They wanted to eat.

A single rabbit could not possibly cause any harm to the chimeric ant.

The chimera ants in human form are alright, and they've also mastered each other's Nen today.

But those non-humanoid chimeric ants, especially soldier ants.

The typical example is the soldier ants that build nests, who are the first to suffer a great calamity.

Their skin and armor are indeed tough, but not all of them are incredibly tough.

Soldier ants that build nests are specially born from the queen ant. They can eat soil and then spit it out or excrete it to form good soil for nest building.

It wasn't originally intended for combat.

In less than 30 seconds, the chimeric ants that had built the nest grew larger and were all eaten by the rabbit.

"Oh? Nen? Can it be self-sufficient?"

When the rabbits eat, Lucci discovers that they gain Nen, which can be used to split or to apply Nen techniques.

Lucci can even extract and store data.

Does eating more make you stronger?

Lucci even gave an order to eat trees, and the rabbits quickly sprang into action.

What was once a forest has been turned into a barren wasteland.

"Is that possible? There's less Nen, but there is. Is it possible to gain Nen simply by having life devoured?"

That would be terrible.

Chimera ants' ability to absorb genes does not include plants; otherwise, they would not be unable to survive on the Dark Continent.

However, this characteristic of having many rabbits can even be found in plants.

The only pity is that they don't have the ability of chimeric ants to devour and combine genes to become stronger.

Some chimeric ants also sensed the danger, and those that could fly took to the air.

But as soon as it took to the sky...

A deafening thunderclap struck directly down from the sky.

It cleaved the chimera ant into charcoal.

The other party was not the only one; there were several chimera ants that took to the air.

The result was that they were all struck by lightning; they weren't killed, but they were injured.

Then, naturally, it couldn't escape being devoured by the rabbits.