"Jed, then let me experience your progress over these decades. Perhaps I was the one who pushed you into the abyss, perhaps because of me your Shadow clan subordinates suffered persecution, but today I shall repay all of this. You can attack me until your resentment is eliminated." Behind Netero appeared a gigantic thousand-handed Guanyin statue. Netero's strongest technique - Hundred-Type Guanyin.
"You and I are like the front and back of a coin. This is the power of light that confronts your resentment, Hundred-Type Guanyin!"
To say that as the Chairman of the Hunter Association he wouldn't know that his subordinates had ordered the massacre of his best friend's clan members? Don't be ridiculous. Who would dare do such a thing without Netero's tacit permission? Speaking of former close friends, speaking of debts owed, but did he really care about the other party? If he truly cared and felt indebted, would he not know about the situation of his close friend's Shadow clan subordinates? Would he not know that the Shadow clan was besieged and persecuted as a whole, and that the tiny bit of survivors were still imprisoned in various places? He probably didn't not know, but rather didn't want to know.
Even more ridiculous was that back then, Jed had voluntarily become the shadow of Hunter Association Chairman Netero. He had also personally led the Shadow clan to become the Hunter Association's shadow force. What the truth of the matter really was, perhaps only when that Dark Ledger was made public would be the day the truth came to light. But that truth was definitely not bright, and absolutely contained those things that various countries didn't want known in the dark, those dirty dealings.
"Stop the nonsense, Netero. Power has nothing to do with justice! Nothing to do with light and darkness! Might makes right. When did you become so ridiculously obsessed with so-called light? It seems that in these decades, you've already been corroded by power. You've become increasingly smooth and influential! Actually using these grandiose platitudes that neither you nor I would have bothered to say before." Jed mercilessly mocked Netero. Yes, he hated Netero. Back then, he had actually betrayed himself as a close friend for the sake of those so-called leaders, for those unrelated people. Even taking up arms against him, and even invited Maha Zoldyck, whose strength was not inferior to the two of them, to ambush him. Under their double attack, he had fallen in resentment on the spot. Of course, this wasn't all. After his death, they had also exterminated his loyal subordinates. Now that once massive and prosperous Shadow clan had only a few dozen people left. And they were still in a state of imprisonment.
These were the resentments from Jed. The so-called justice that Netero spoke of was all bullshit in Jed's view. Everyone had blood on their hands, so what was there to argue about justice and evil? Moreover, when it came to killing, the people who died directly or indirectly at Netero's hands were countless. Speaking grandly about "this is for your own good" while doing these inhuman things - was this so-called justice? Was this so-called light?
"As long as I kill you, as long as I am victorious, then I will be justice! The victor is king!" The light in the eyes of the Hundred Demons Curse Grudge behind Jed blazed brightly, as purple rays of resentment continuously shot toward Netero.
"Today, no matter what resentment you have, I will repay it all together with those Shadow clan members who died full of resentment. You can attack freely until your resentment dissipates." The Hundred-Type Guanyin behind Netero continuously used its thousands of giant palms to block the attacks of Jed's Hundred Demons Curse Grudge.
"Bullshit repaying it all together! Hypocrite! Can you resurrect those dead people? Can you bring back to life the parents of those homeless children? Can you restore the lost family bonds for those clan members who lost relatives? No! You can't! You can't do anything! The homeless children who lost their parents have already grown up! The current them no longer need parents! Their hearts contain only hatred! Hatred for you hunters who took everything from them! The culprit who caused all this is you! And your hypocritical, inactive, even oppressive Hunter Association!" Jed's black eye sockets had already turned red as he spoke, the resentment on his body deepened once again, and massive power erupted from Jed's body once more. This time, the power that Jed displayed was already nearly equal to Netero's power in front of him.
"Today, I will have you die! Hundred Demons Curse Grudge - Rakshasa!" The double-chinned Japanese-style female ghost finally revealed her true terrifying face of a blue-faced, fanged demon. Jed released all of her resentment. It seemed he was preparing for a big one, about to use his ultimate move.
"Jed, is this your strongest technique? It's indeed a remarkable move, but you cannot possibly beat me. Your methods are wrong. Hundred-Type Guanyin - Ninety-Ninth Style! Light is justice! Justice will prevail!" Netero also concentrated all the Nen in his body, instantly releasing Nen that was nearly equal to Jed's, or perhaps even slightly superior. Netero was also preparing to use his ultimate move to clash with Jed. Hundred-Type Guanyin Ninety-Ninth Style was Netero's strongest move aside from the Zero Style that cost his life - a technique that delivered ninety-nine strikes in an instant with super destructive power and an enormous range.
"Hahahaha, justice will prevail? Wrong! Only the victor is justice! Take this, Netero!"
Although Jed's Hundred Demons Curse Grudge was also very powerful, just in terms of the manifested monster, Rakshasa was indeed inferior to the Thousand-Handed Guanyin. It was completely disadvantaged in combat. The other side had a hundred, a thousand hands, while your Rakshasa only had two. Weren't you afraid the opponent would chop you up? Moreover, if Jed knew some Eastern culture, he probably wouldn't manifest Rakshasa, since in terms of ranking, Rakshasa was far below Guanyin. Most importantly, there was a legend in Eastern mythology about Guanyin subduing Rakshasa.
However, from the current situation, the battle between Jed and Netero was temporarily deadlocked in mid-air, difficult to determine a winner. Only the towering Heaven's Arena building was affected by the powerful auras of the two men, constantly trembling like an earthquake.
"What incredibly powerful strength this is, it's the Chairman's Nen!" Morel and the others who were still in battle felt such powerful Nen directly above them and kept sighing in their hearts.
"You actually dare to be distracted while fighting me, really looking down on me." Leol swept his big hand and scattered the purple smoke that had previously trapped him, charging toward Morel nearby. The momentum erupting from the battle between Netero and Jed was indeed very strong, but for Leol who had been abused countless times by Ant King Meruem's Nen, this couldn't affect him. Due to the destined confrontation, the lion Leol faced off against Morel again among several hunters, but this time he wasn't like the one-on-one duel in the original work, but rather one against three.
Besides Morel, there were also that unconventional Gourmet Hunter and the Bounty Hunter. Among the four, Morel had the strongest abilities. Don't look at how Yin Tiger dared to mock Morel's insufficient strength in the original work, but when it really came to fighting, Morel was not weak at all. Although in terms of Nen abilities, he might not be very strong and still needed the cumbersome pipe prop. But in terms of practicality, it was quite good. For example, one of the abilities of Shaiapouf, one of the three Royal Guards, King of Flies, was very similar to Morel's Purple Smoke Troop. King of Flies' ability was to decompose the body into countless tiny little Poufs, which could be used to dodge enemy attacks, monitor enemies, etc., but the main body controlling all the little Poufs had to be at least the size of a fly. Moreover, all the split clones combined equaled Pouf's strength, which was a technique with strong mobility and flexibility but useless in direct confrontation. But Morel's Purple Smoke Soldiers were used without reducing his own strength, only reducing the total amount of Nen, with precise control of 50 people, and the Purple Smoke Soldiers' strength was not weak. If one fought Morel, it wouldn't be a 1v1 battle but 1v50.
Moreover, Morel's combat intelligence was very high. Many whose individual strength was similar to his would ultimately be played to death by him. For example, the lion Leol in the original work - his Nen amount wasn't much different from Morel's, and with his superhuman physical qualities, his strength was not inferior to Morel using weapons, but he actually lost in holding his breath. Then there was the leopard Cheetu, who completely crushed him in speed, but Cheetu was completely defeated in intelligence, or rather crushed. His ridiculously stupid Nen ability was completely destroyed by Morel.
So even though Leol's strength had greatly increased, Morel plus two Star Hunters who weren't weak themselves could still fight impressively, and for a moment Leol was slightly at a disadvantage. Morel's psychological quality was quite high. In the original work, when encountering Pouf, Pitou, and Youpi - the three who had scared the equally strong and quite capable at escaping and infiltrating Knov bald - he not only didn't flee but maneuvered among them and even played with the fairly intelligent perverted butterfly man Pouf until he didn't know what to do, causing him to fall into logical confusion. Moreover, his two disciples were also very powerful, actually able to maneuver with Youpi, who was countless times stronger than them, for a long time.
Think about it - Squadron Leader Zazan's physical condition wasn't considered strong among Chimera Ants, right? Yet with this kind of body, in head-on combat with Phantom Troupe's Feitan, Feitan was completely defeated by her. So what kind of strength did Youpi, who completely surpassed Zazan physically, possess? It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that touching meant death, grazing meant injury.
On the other side, the battle between Demon and the muscular Crime Hunter was also quite intense. Demon's strength - you couldn't call it strong, since in the original work he was defeated by Gon and Killua who hadn't experienced the Ant arc, and his performance in battle felt inadequate. You also couldn't call it weak, since even Gon and Killua who hadn't experienced the Ant arc had the strength to defeat the Bomber. Moreover, when dealing with human armies, he displayed explosive strength like Phantom Troupe's Uvogin. Although his true strength wasn't as good as Uvogin's, it wasn't much weaker either. His opponent was also a One Star Hunter. Although in the Chairman Election arc following the Ant arc, Illumi single-handedly killed a bunch of hunters, supposedly including quite a few One Star Hunters. But were One Star Hunters really weak? The answer was impossible. It could only be said that among the hunters Illumi killed, there might have been a few One Star Hunters, but their strength was all at the inferior level. Or they were support types. Truly combat-type One Star Hunters wouldn't be much weaker than official Troupe members, at least completely surpassing those at the bottom of the Troupe like Shizuku.
You have to know that as the largest organization in the Hunter world, the Hunter Association only had a few hundred active hunters. Think about Menchi and Satotz - those two were legitimate One Star Hunters. Their strength, even if not as good as Hisoka's, was still very close to the Zoldyck family butler Gotoh. Most importantly, using star rankings to measure a person's strength among hunters was the stupidest thing. There were far more people playing pig to eat tiger in the Hunter world than you might imagine.
"Hey, Zazan, stop playing around. Do you need help? I've already finished on my side. You and Leol are really dawdling." Speaking of two sides, there were now two other powerful Nen users fighting in Heaven's Arena. Zazan VS Yin Tiger Kanzai.
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