Gourmet Hunter - Chapter 191 (Patreon)

Chapter 191: Striking a Stone with an Egg

Children with Nen abilities are not rare, but only a few are suited for combat, and even fewer have high combat strength. Luo is clearly one of them.

Bisky now somewhat understands why Chairman Netero wanted her to engage with Luo. At this moment, she almost wanted to jump into the arena, grab Luo by the collar, and question him why his use of aura was good, yet his body so weak.

The effect of aura is to amplify, while the carrier is the body.

When the body's strength is high enough, for example, in a punch, enveloped in aura combined with the punch's own force and destructiveness, the attacking power can increase multiple times, even tenfold. But currently, Luo was clearly putting the cart before the horse, relying entirely on aura to drag his body along.

The more she thought about it, the more regrettable it seemed; this was clearly a scenario where the weak could triumph over the strong.

At this moment, Bisky hesitated whether to intervene and stop the upcoming fight. However, seeing Luo's brilliant offensive maneuvers earlier, she was curious if he would continue to surprise.

However, the gap between Luo and Antomu was too large, and as the fight progressed, Luo became increasingly in danger.

Once Luo missed the first opportunity, a second chance would be improbable...

This was inherently an uphill battle, without any prior strategy or preparation, the odds of winning were virtually nil.

Although Luo had created an opportunity using his environment and his Nen in a short time, failing would not increase his winning odds but rather decrease them.

At this time, Antomu would certainly not give Luo another chance.

In the arena.

Luo could only distance himself, buying more time to think about how to find a chance to win.

Facing an opponent whose aura was nearly double his own and who was skilled in advanced Nen techniques, ordinary attacks couldn't break the defense. Only by relying on the sharp properties of God's Hand and True Master could he hope to make a decisive strike.

This was his only chance to win, as well as his capital for challenging beyond his level.

"What I can use... is only the geographical advantage."

Luo quickly glanced at the remaining pillars and floor inside the hall.

"After raising the data to 35%, the flow of aura has become smoother. Using my feet, perhaps I can create many hollow traps through the floor tiles."

Luo knew his chance to win was in a crucial close-combat strike; using ranged sword aura would only waste meaningless amounts of aura unless he wasn't consumed by the Black Cat eating 50% of his aura, then he might have the capital to be wasteful.

However, close combat was exactly where Antomu was strongest, hence he needed to rely on some tricks to create opportunities.

With a plan in mind, Luo had his strategy.

His strategy was to plant many mines unknown to Antomu, then lure Antomu into the minefield to create an opening, something that God's Hand's properties allowed him to do.

Antomu was unaware of Luo's plan. Just now, his right foot nearly slipped into a ditch, and afterwards, he would constantly watch Luo's left hand, anytime it touched the ground…

"In countless battles before becoming a 'floor master,' I never encountered a brat who could make me feel a hint of danger; he is the first and will definitely be the last!"

Antomu stomped, and the ground burst open, rushing towards Luo like a ferocious tiger.

When the distance was enough, he shifted like a manual car from first to fifth gear, progressively building up a strong aura, which was his Nen.

Luo widened the distance, also giving Antomu a chance to build up his power, something he probably hadn't anticipated.

Wherever Antomu went, the thick floor tiles shattered, revealing the underlying rock layers. His speed increased rapidly, and in just a few breaths, he had closed the distance to tens of meters.

"Here it comes!"

Luo's heart tightened. As he retreated, he had already identified the correct position, swung his long sword, and easily chopped down a large pillar, then extended his left hand to shatter the pillar and spray it towards Antomu.

"Another distraction!"

Antomu sneered coldly. The aura accumulated during his buildup was enough for him to ignore the debris wrapped in aura.

He simply raised his arms in front of his eyes, leaving a gap to see through, then closely watched Luo's movements.

The debris blasted on his robust body, breaking into powder without causing him any harm, showcasing his formidable defensive strength.

Luo crouched down, his left hand clearly reaching towards the ground, but seeing that the debris attack didn't slow Antomu down, he hurriedly retracted his hand, continuing to retreat to widen the distance.

Unnoticed by Antomu, with each step back Luo took,

 his feet moved on the floor tiles, activating God's Hand's ability, trying to create a space between the tiles in a brief relocation.

"Just playing tricks!"

Seeing Luo fail to create the holes, Antomu coldly snorted in his heart, already closing the distance, soon to bring Luo within a three-meter attack range.

A three-meter high-explosive collision was enough to shatter Luo to pieces, even if Luo knew how to use 'Ken' to defend!

With the momentum reaching its peak, Antomu's body emitted a dazzling trail, carrying an overwhelming momentum, and launched an extremely powerful charge!

At the same time, Bisky made her move; she couldn't let this fight continue any longer.

When she started moving, the situation in the arena suddenly changed.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Sounds like stepping on hollow tiles echoed as Antomu stepped into the holes, one after another!

"When did...?"

Antomu's brow furrowed, his body losing balance again due to the charging momentum, causing his robust body to skim low across the ground.

At that moment, he was furious, like an adult chasing a child and being pranked twice with the same trick!

"From here... I can win!"

Luo was already positioning his sword, enduring with a resilient will the aura formed by Antomu's swift charge, as calm as an ordinary person facing a train speeding on a track.

The nameless swordsman's obsession didn't grant Luo high sword skills, just extremely solid basics, but it was enough for the moment!

Lock on, step, swing—done in one go!

That strike was aimed at Antomu's right arm!

In a critical moment, Antomu, by ejecting aura, forcibly pushed his body to one side, attempting to dodge Luo's strike.

Their bodies passed by each other like lightning!

Antomu instantly rushed out dozens of meters, then landed.

After rolling on the ground, he stabilized his posture, his hands hitting the ground like a four-limbed toad, using his hands and feet to increase traction, offsetting most of the momentum.

He stopped not far from a wall, leaving a trail of shattered stones behind him.

After stopping, Antomu raised his right hand and saw, aside from his thumb and pinkie, the three middle fingers were broken, his face instantly darkened.

The crossing speed was too fast, he still couldn't completely dodge, and a much weaker kid had cut off three of his fingers.

He looked up, only to see Luo holding his three severed fingers.

At the same time, Antomu saw a flash of shock in his eyes; he felt his aura gradually diminishing.

Bisky stopped, watching Luo who kept peeling the fingers, feeling somewhat conflicted.

Initially, she thought Luo challenging Antomu for a priceless corpse was a foolish act of striking the stone with eggs, but now it seemed, that egg might not be a golden egg, but it could very well be a silver egg!

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