His physical quality, the intensity of his Nen, and the amount of his aura were not at the same level as his.
Not to mention what terrifying level his current armor attribute, which was his physical defense, had been amplified to with the blessing of the Iron Shirt skill.
Oboro was very familiar with the Zodiacs. Especially after he had reached a level comparable to them, coupled with the memories in his mind, and the information he had collected in this life, he knew every member of the Zodiacs very well, and knew which level they were at.
Most of the Zodiac members' strength belonged to the national level Hunter. The Saiyu in front of him was also like this.
A few of the more outstanding ones would at most be the top powerhouses among the national level Hunters, and wouldn't reach the sub-world level. Even if they did, it didn't matter.
Because although he was staying at the sub-world level, his true combat power should be about the same as the world level.
People like Saiyu, Kanzai, and Ginta were all martial artists, and followed the path of actual combat.
They were considered to be relatively strong among the Zodiacs.
And the only three that Oboro cared about were: Botobai, the Dragon Zodiac, Pariston, the Rat Zodiac, and Ging Freecss, the Boar Zodiac.
He just wanted to see if Saiyu could make him feel danger and pressure if he tried his best.
As his strength increased, Oboro's mentality had also changed. He also had a premonition that one of his emotions was gradually disappearing.
The reason why Netero had the personality of an old child, and liked to find fun in young people, was because he was fearless, and his strength was too strong.
Under normal circumstances, there were very few factors that could threaten him...
Therefore, he didn't care about everything that happened under his nose, and allowed the younger generation to mess around.
Naturally, it was also related to age... But the more important reason was his personal strength.
Netero had placed people like Oboro and Pariston by his side, and had allowed the little devils to 'grow wildly', and was also challenging himself... Hoping that the few people could bring him some trouble or danger.
The so-called top was too cold. Sometimes, if he was too strong, and stood alone at the top of the mountain, it would be quite boring.
Over time, he would lose some potential 'precious things'.
Oboro was the same... His sense of loneliness was beginning to show. It wasn't as serious as the old man's, but this wasn't a good sign. He needed danger to stimulate himself, and stimulate his self-advancement.
If not, he would have to rush to the Dark Continent early.
Presumably, the reason why Netero had gone to the Dark Continent when he was young was also for this reason.
Staying in the human world would stagnate his progress.
Oboro was holding Saiyu's weapon with one hand, and didn't use any force. As the angle of his arm lifted, the arc of the retractable staff became larger and larger.
Even though Saiyu gritted his teeth, and the veins on his forehead bulged, and he used all his strength, he still couldn't win in the contest of strength.
It was Oboro who had taken the initiative to let go that allowed the stick to shrink, and slip out of his palm.
"Ah!"
Saiyu roared, and his figure moved between a few trees, and took advantage of the situation to sweep to the top of Oboro's head, and the weapon in his hand whistled.
He swung down a dense shadow of sticks from above.
Boom boom boom!
For a time, a large number of tree crowns and branches in the forest were shattered, and the tree trunks were destroyed.
Saiyu's devastating attacks and stick techniques were quite amazing. In just a few tens of seconds, an area in the forest was cleared, and was full of fallen giant trees.
Oboro was retreating, and constantly shaking his head, dodging the stick heads that were constantly whipping at him... The seemingly fierce offensive had no effect on him at all. In fact... It was a bit too slow.
The Saiyu in front of him was like a mad monkey, outputting his Nen ability to the limit, and the use of his techniques was even more seamless. There wasn't a single loophole in the frequent use of his moves!
It was just that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't hit him.
In the breathing state, Oboro could rely solely on his physical quality and reaction... To crush all of his techniques.
Saiyu's frantic attack had a purpose.
When Oboro took another step back, a little monkey descended from the sky, and squatted in the landing position in advance, ready to go.
The Speak-No-Evil Monkey.
Saiyu wasn't a reckless man. Every strong person who was above the high sequence of Nen ability users had their own mature fighting methods and thinking... Which was a combination of means and mind.
His anger was just an appearance.
He had been observing and forcing Oboro's movement, and had found an opportunity!
Right now, the only way to defeat Oboro, or rather, delay him, was to use the remaining two Nen monkeys, and his Nen ability, to create some trouble for the target!
Oboro was only dodging, and not counterattacking.
This made Saiyu understand that the other party was underestimating him... And underestimating the enemy was also a weakness!
Whoosh.
The little monkey jumped up from behind, and grabbed at Oboro's exposed skin at the moment when his palm hadn't completely touched the ground.
Oboro didn't turn his head. As if he had eyes on the back of his head, he turned his palm over, aimed it at the Nen monkey that had appeared in the blind spot of his vision, and pinched his five fingers hard in the air.
The monkey was immediately imprisoned in mid-air by a force, and struggled frantically.
After screaming, the monkey exploded as Oboro pinched his fingers!
Saiyu was not surprised but happy. He had been hit!
The first monkey was a feint... To divert Oboro's attention. The second See-No-Evil Monkey was the killing move.
With a whoosh, a shadow of unknown origin flashed in front of Oboro.
A childish monkey face showed human-like emotional joy... He raised his arm, and touched Oboro's eyes.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye, and was quite fast!
The little monkey's fingers were about to reach Oboro's eye sockets...
"You don't plan to defeat me head-on, but are waiting for reinforcements. Although it's wise, it has disappointed my expectations. I've given you enough time."
Suddenly, a cold voice rang out. Saiyu's pupils dilated. This carefully planned dangerous move had failed...
The little monkey that had rushed to the position between him and Oboro, suddenly, with the man's voice, was torn into several pieces by a few sharp and brutal auras, like a cloth doll filled with stuffing. The stuffing inside... Which was the internal organs, were all scattered, and exposed to the air.
Even the monkey's brain had been cut off, and rolled out.
Then, it turned into a dissipating Nen ability...
His hand!
Saiyu stared at Oboro's fingers... A Nen ability?
Why wasn't there any sign?
The other party's fingers had amazing finger strength, and possessed the power that could be compared to a blade.
But like the previous time when he had been severely injured, there were obviously no traces of him making a move. He had just moved his knuckles, and a finger technique had been used from a distance.
The distance was... Five meters!
Within five meters, all things... As long as Oboro wanted to destroy them, they couldn't get close to him.
Oboro's first move, Saiyu hadn't seen clearly... He wasn't sure about the way this ability was used and its range, but he had drawn a conclusion from this attack!
With his thoughts surging, he still relied on his fighting instinct to make a move at the moment when the See-No-Evil Monkey was killed, and seized the opportunity.
The Nen ability in his body flowed, and condensed on the other end of the staff, and slammed towards Oboro's head.
However, the same scene was staged again!
Oboro stretched out a finger, and lightly across at him... The torn aura landed on Saiyu's neck.
The timing he had grabbed was precise and clever, causing Saiyu's move to be broken before it could be used.
Saiyu wanted to dodge, but because of the movement of his hand, the reaction speed of his body was delayed... With a whoosh, he heard the sound of water flowing.
Then, hot and scalding blood was thrown onto his face, making the vision he observed turn red again.
It was as if the entire world had been rendered with a blood color.
His carotid artery had been cut open!
A large amount of blood kept gushing out, and soon splashed all over the ground.
Saiyu's expression was dull, and he staggered back. He immediately covered the wound with his hand, and contracted his muscles.
But the effect of stopping the bleeding wasn't good... The blood still flowed out slowly through his fingers.
"Why?"
"It's not just tearing the air... It also has the effect of a Nen ability attack. Nen that's separated from the body... Is transmitted through the aura?"
Saiyu thought.
He thought that Oboro's method of ignoring distance from a distance was just a kind of shock wave or the residual power of a technique being penetrate through, after all, he hadn't seen the other party apply Nen to any solid substance, except for air...
It was also different from the Nen of the Emitter system.
The Nen bullets or shots of the Emitter system would have a process of flying and moving... And Oboro's didn't. It just appeared out of nowhere within five meters after he made a move.
"Although this is also a Nen ability, it's not actively released... But a passive effect, which has a certain particularity. Strictly speaking... I'm just releasing a normal attack. There's no manifestation or sign of a Nen ability." Oboro said indifferently.
He had read the expression on Saiyu's face.
To put it bluntly... It was a normal attack.
After saying this, the Nen ability outside Oboro's body suddenly burned like a flame, and wisps of ghostly green mist rippled in the forest along with ghostly shadows, and began to become turbulent and thick, and spread rapidly in an instant.
"This is the Nen ability that you're familiar with..."
Standing in the ghostly mist, Oboro looked directly at Saiyu, who was disturbed.
This Zodiac's face was pale... From Saiyu's perspective, hideous and eerie ghost faces were constantly appearing in the surrounding tumbling green mist.
They were the manifestation of souls, as if they were about to break free from the shackles of the mist, and bite over.
These ghosts shuttled through the mist, and made soul-stirring screams or roars. Even his Nen was affected, and became much weaker.
The reason why his Nen ability had become weaker was that there were cracks in his inner will, and the second was that his vitality was rapidly draining.
That hero named Thresh!
Seeing this scene, Saiyu suddenly understood.
He had played the game Hero Island. In fact, after entering the game world, Ging had instructed them to familiarize themselves with the skills of all the heroes... Because this was very likely related to Oboro's purpose!
Oboro had actually brought the skills in the game to reality... How did he do it?!
Also... In the game, the display of Thresh's skills was very simple, and was far from having this kind of effect and formation in front of him.
"These created heroes are obviously a complete system... The design and positioning are very accurate, which means... All the hero characters should have an origin. Oboro must have also made background information when creating them... It's just a pity that the key content of all the heroes' backgrounds has been deliberately hidden. No one knows except for him. We can only infer and guess through some skills." The words that Ging had said back then were remembered by Saiyu at this moment.
The hero Thresh... Was related to hell, and to souls.
How many?
How many abilities had he brought to reality?
Saiyu's heart was greatly shaken.
Not only that... Did this man also want to further develop on the basis of these hero skills?
Because right now, the display of this Thresh's skills was too different from the game, and wasn't the same thing at all.
The only thing that Saiyu could think of was that Oboro was preparing to create the hero character Thresh in reality using himself as a medium!
Ging's idea wasn't wrong. The key was... The hero's background!
In the center of the ghostly mist, one ghost head after another with blurred features poked their heads or bodies out of the mist, and crawled at Oboro's feet, like a group of pets being raised. It made Saiyu's breathing stagnate.
He realized that he and the man in front of him weren't on the same level.
"Don't think about it... I don't have patience with you anymore..."
Oboro looked at him, and said a sentence.
Hearing this, Saiyu was struck by lightning, and his heart was torn apart.
With a whoosh, he dragged his seriously injured body, and retreated far away.
He darted out of the ghostly mist, and ran away.
"Catch him."
Oboro said lightly.
As soon as he said this, all the moving ghosts seemed to have received an instruction, and instantly flew up, dragging their mist tails, and went straight to Saiyu like a swarm of bees pouring out of their nest.
"Since you've discovered my secret, I can't let you run away even more..."
Oboro smiled slightly.
The Zodiacs were just like this...
He had sensed Saiyu's intention to attack, and had deliberately fallen into the trap, and had lured the Nen monkey to attack, just to see what Saiyu had as a backup plan or killing move.
But unfortunately, this person's performance was average.
He had strength, and his combat thinking was also very good... But in his opinion, it wasn't good enough.
At first, Oboro had high expectations for Saiyu...
Not only had he understood Netero, but he was now also starting to understand Hisoka's mentality when facing Kastro.
It didn't meet his expectations, and it was indeed very disappointing.
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