Following the end of the practice match, both Gon and Bodoro recognized their own shortcomings.
In the days that followed, besides their persistent fundamental training, they each began to continuously try to develop new abilities in their respective directions.
As the saying goes, competition leads to progress!
When two single-minded Enhancers are put together, it's inevitable that sparks will fly and they'll engage in both overt and covert rivalry.
In contrast, under Allen's guidance, Killua learned in advance how to transmute his Aura into electricity.
Although the current power was only enough to deal with an unsuspecting ordinary person, with the passage of time and his deeper understanding of electricity, it was certain to become stronger and more terrifying.
Similarly, Allen drew a considerable amount of inspiration during this process, enabling him to control the three different states of water transformation to a limited extent. Combined with the Cyan Philosopher's Stone's control over air currents, he could simulate cloud-to-cloud lightning discharge at extremely low altitudes.
The only drawback was that he currently couldn't make the lightning strike specific targets according to his will.
Especially when large-scale low-altitude cloud layers were created, the result was essentially a total, indiscriminate coverage of lightning strikes. Even the elite Imps in the caves leading to Bosses 1 and 2 in Molten Core wouldn't last more than a few seconds before quickly turning into piles of charred corpses.
When the two-month special training ended, everyone had made significant gains.
Just looking at the solid, well-rounded Ten Aura around Gon and Killua's bodies, anyone could judge that they were definitely stronger now than they were at this point in the anime's timeline.
Realizing this, Allen immediately said, "That's enough! Consider yourselves graduated starting today."
"Huh? Graduated?" Gon blinked, looking confused.
"Yes. Graduated. You have now mastered the four major fundamentals of Nen, as well as the four advanced application techniques: Ken, Shu, Gyo, and Ko. Learning the remaining Ryu, In, and En is only a matter of time. Although you are still a long way from mastery, continuous practice will always lead to improvement. In other words, the rest of your training is your own personal matter," Allen explained directly.
"Does that mean you're leaving?"
Killua was clearly much smarter than Gon and instantly realized what was about to happen.
Allen nodded helplessly. "Yes. Haven't you noticed? I haven't received a single challenge request in two whole months. So instead of wasting time staying here, I might as well go out into the wider world and look for more interesting things to do."
Counting the time, he had been in Heavens Arena for about three months, swallowed nineteen cocoons, plundered nineteen different Nen abilities, gained nineteen Talent Points, and achieved the military rank of 'Knight.' It was safe to say it was a huge harvest.
In particular, the nineteen Talent Points allowed him to max out the ultimate talent, Trueshot Aura, in the Marksmanship tree, with a few leftover points to invest in Survival talents, starting his development towards becoming a true all-spec Hunter.
"What about us?" Gon asked, pointing at himself.
"You can continue to stay here and fight other 200th-floor combatants, or you can leave like us and look for new goals. A Hunter, essentially, is a special group of people who stop at nothing to obtain the treasure they desire, and that treasure can be anything: wealth, knowledge, power, gourmet ingredients, rare flora/fauna, ancient ruins, or anything else," Allen said, expressing his understanding of the Hunter profession without reservation.
"Killua, what do you say?"
Gon clearly understood the meaning of this statement and immediately looked at his friend.
Killua stroked his chin, feigning deep thought for a moment, and finally answered with a smile, "Idiot! Of course, we're staying! Would you be content to just leave now? We have to fight those combatants a few times first!"
"Hehe! Agreed! Then it's settled!"
With that, Gon turned and bowed deeply to Allen and Bodoro. "Thank you very much for your guidance over these two months!"
"No need to be so formal. Don't forget, you two owe me a favor."
Allen replied with a significant tone, then stood up, pushed the door open, and intended to take the elevator straight out of Heavens Arena.
But the moment he pushed the door open, he suddenly saw a familiar figure standing in the corridor, staring intently at him with a look of manic, bloodthirsty delight.
Hisoka?!
"Heh heh, long time no see. You've certainly caused quite a stir recently," Hisoka greeted him first, licking his lips excitedly.
"Indeed, long time no see. It seems your Nen ability has recovered," Allen said, stopping and sizing up the utterly deranged maniac.
It had to be said that compared to their last fight, this guy's Aura capacity had increased by at least 20%.
"Thanks to you, I've done a little special training during this time. What do you say? Interested in having a match with me on the 200th floor ring? In return, I can tell you some interesting news." Hisoka proposed a challenge with a strange, playful smile.
"Here? Now?"
Allen was slightly surprised by this request.
"Yes! And I suggest you don't leave Heavens Arena right now, or something very terrible might happen. Am I right?"
The moment he finished speaking…
Hisoka immediately turned and looked into the darkest part of the corridor.
The next second...
Illumi, dressed in a black bodysuit and wearing a sun hat, walked out, echoing Hisoka in a tone devoid of emotion, "He's right. You've been targeted. If you leave Heavens Arena now, there's a high chance you'll be ambushed."
"Ambushed? By whom? And why?"
Allen narrowed his eyes, and a chilling killing intent began to emanate from his body.
"Sorry, I can't say yet. You'll have to communicate with Hisoka about that. I was just hired to do my job," Illumi walked straight over to his "good friend" and leaned against the wall.
Hisoka, meanwhile, fiddled with the playing cards in his hand, curling his lips as he spoke to himself, "As long as you agree to fight me, I'll immediately tell you the whole story, and Illumi and I will even stand on your side. How about that? It's a very cost-effective deal, isn't it?"
Allen thought for a moment, then nodded immediately. "Fine. But I have one extra condition."
"Oh? What condition?"
Hisoka suddenly looked up, a terrifying light bursting from his eyes. He was barely suppressing the extreme excitement and fervor.
"Regarding the situation, I'd like to discuss it with you privately after the match is over. For now, let's go submit the fight application. If you don't mind, how about we set the time for tomorrow?"
Allen clearly didn't want to waste too much time on this pointless haggling.
He could feel that Hisoka definitely knew something, which was why he was waiting here specifically for him.
This meant that unless he satisfied this guy's fervent desire for a fight, he shouldn't expect to figure out who was targeting him or what kind of methods they had prepared.
Of course, Allen himself wasn't averse to fighting Hisoka, whether it was to gain more combat experience or to test if repeatedly fighting the same person could still yield enough Honor Points and Talent Points.