A large number of spores became visible in the rain. They were no longer things that required special observation to notice.
Ronin had not expected these things, which should have been falling, to stir up trouble again. However, he had no intention of giving them the chance. In an instant, his eyes entered the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan state.
The black flames of Amaterasu appeared directly in the air and instantly covered the continuous mass of spores.
Amaterasu's burning property erupted in midair. No matter what hidden tricks those spores still had, they all ignited in an instant.
The spore swarm, which had originally intended to turn the situation around, immediately lost its threat.
However, the sound coming from the direction of the floating island grew louder and louder. It seemed the Gold and Silver Ingots on the floating island had no intention of giving up on attacking Ronin and the others.
This caused the expressions of the people in the air to shift slightly.
But Ronin had no intention of giving up. Instead, his gaze fell on Abaki.
Abaki smiled knowingly. The fishing rod in her hand had already been cast out, and everyone could feel the Nen blooming from her as she swung the rod.
The hook flew out and vanished instantly after traveling less than two meters. Abaki then closed her eyes.
Clearly, even if she really could reel the silver ingot over, it would take some time.
Ronin and the others simply guarded Abaki carefully.
And right at that moment, a beam of golden light suddenly pierced through the dark clouds above, which had already blocked everyone's vision.
The golden light was too fast.
Before anyone could react, it had already arrived in front of Odo. But just as the golden light was about to shoot into Odo's body, Odo's figure vanished from where he stood.
The golden light swept through the position where Odo had been and disappeared beneath the sea of clouds.
Odo's face looked extremely ugly, and he had the lingering fear of someone who had just survived a disaster.
The reason he had escaped being pierced by the golden light was entirely because of Ronin.
When Ronin had carried everyone into the sky, he had already prepared everything. He had given each person a kunai engraved with "Sword of Ninja Love."
It was precisely because of that kunai that he could activate the Flying Thunder God Technique at any time.
The group had not been standing too far apart earlier. Although the appearance of the golden light had exceeded everyone's expectations, it had not escaped the Sharingan's perception.
So when the golden light approached Odo, Ronin had already formed a seal with one hand while grabbing Odo with the other.
By activating the Flying Thunder God Technique, Ronin brought Odo directly to Ging's side. It was exactly this change in position that allowed Odo to avoid the fate of having his body pierced.
However, Ronin's expression after saving Odo was not good.
Because after the first golden light appeared, more and more golden lights began appearing high in the sky.
"It's the gold ingot."
The moment Ronin moved Odo away from the first attack, everyone had already entered a state of alert.
Kurapika's Binding Middle Finger Chain had already wrapped around everyone. Whenever golden light descended, it would strike the chain. Although it made the chain ring sharply, it could not actually destroy the chain wrapped in Nen.
The reason for this was that Ging was also helping Kurapika use the chain.
Ging injected even more Nen into Kurapika's chain, yet it did not conflict with Kurapika's Nen at all. It even strengthened Kurapika's ability.
That action made people wonder what exactly Ging could not do.
"Looks like our previous judgment wasn't completely correct," Ronin said, though there was not much disappointment in his tone.
They had previously judged that the dark clouds were a safe zone. Now, it seemed that was not entirely true.
However, the fact that the Gold and Silver Ingots chose not to approach and attack, instead using only ranged attacks, was still good news for Ronin and the others.
"It's coming!"
Just as everyone was watching the golden lights continue to shoot toward them and could only defend, Abaki, who had been fully immersed in her ability, finally opened her eyes and shouted.
She pulled the fishing line tight, and the aura around her body erupted completely in that instant.
It seemed that reeling in the silver ingot that had been marked with her aura was an extremely difficult task.
Ronin and Odo both prepared for battle at the same time.
Ging had to assist Kurapika in defending against the golden light, so the only ones left who could fight were Ronin and Odo.
Just as the two finished preparing, veins bulged on Abaki's forehead. Her arms suddenly exerted strength, and a silver spherical head began appearing directly from the void.
Ronin did not attack immediately.
He was waiting.
Abaki needed to fully use her ability to drag the silver ingot eagle out of space. Only then could he ensure that his attack would not interfere with Abaki's ability and give the silver ingot a chance to escape.
The silver ingot's ability was absorption.
It could absorb the attack energy that landed on it. This could be seen from the way Abaki had to keep exerting herself to pull the fishing rod while continuously pouring Nen into the fishing line.
However, the absorption speed was not fast.
The key reason was that the hook was not attached to the silver ingot eagle's smooth, spherical head, but to the giant eagle body.
If the silver ingot wanted to absorb the Nen from the fishing rod, it had to use the body as a relay.
That disrupted the silver ingot's rhythm of absorbing Nen.
But Ronin was also worried about one thing: whether the silver ingot would choose to abandon the giant eagle body.
Fortunately, that did not happen.
Through Abaki's efforts, the body of the silver ingot eagle was finally dragged out of space.
At that exact moment, Ronin and Odo attacked at the same time.
Ronin chose a sealing technique. A shadow clone quickly appeared from a torn scroll and moved close to the silver ingot, raising its hand and pressing it toward the silver ingot's spherical head.
Odo did not have shadow clones to use, but he had already made up his mind.
From the moment he arrived on the Dark Continent, he knew this was a journey where death was almost certain. So if he really died here, that would simply be his fate.
Therefore, when Ronin's shadow clone pressed its hand onto the silver ingot, Odo also touched the silver ingot with his own hand and activated the Nen ability unique to him.
Ronin used the Four Symbols Seal, intending to completely seal away the Nen inside the silver ingot.
As long as it lost the energy supporting it, the silver ingot would naturally lose its claws and fangs. In Ronin's view, this was the best choice.
Odo chose to activate his Nen ability, War Ancient Tree.
No matter what, the Gold and Silver Ingots were plant weapons. As long as his ability could take effect, he could become the one controlling the Gold and Silver Ingot.
If he could do that, his chances of surviving on the Dark Continent would increase tremendously.
So he bet everything on it.
Complex sealing formulas began appearing on the silver ingot. At the same time, the Nen blooming from the silver ingot rapidly contracted inward.
It seemed as though the Four Symbols Seal was truly about to seal all of its energy inside its body.
But Odo's Nen ability failed to take effect.
Judging from the situation, the silver ingot had not been recognized as a tree.