Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 236: "Ghosts Bring Chills and Disease"

The cold can devour one's thoughts.

German felt as if his thoughts had stopped for a moment, but he quickly reacted.

"coming."

The "enemy" they planned to stay up all night to guard against finally arrived.

Everyone's expression tensed and they were ready for battle.

Next, it is a test of body and mind.

The waning moon quietly hid behind the dark clouds, watching everything that happened in vain, and the sky became even darker.

Amid the howling of ghosts and wolves, the even more terrifying monster Bingleng silently enveloped the place.

In a flash, long strips of snow-white cloth emerged from behind the gray-white rocks and from the gaps between the giant beasts that were moving forward numbly.

These long cloths were rolled into a ball in the sudden whistling cold wind, revealing their hideous faces!

Hollow eyes, rotten teeth, a face that was pale and twisted like a skull, and a body that floated like smoke...

They are vengeful souls, they are evil spirits, they are all the vengeful spirits that have been infected with the "immortal disease" and have escaped from their empty shells, they can never find peace, they are afraid of the light and can only hide during the day and come out at night, wandering in despair!

The vengeful spirits, some as big as dragons and some as small as mosquitoes and flies, have no entity, but can bring cold and disease!
They passed through the empty shells of the beasts without hesitation, and their breath turned into frost.

"Uuuuuu——"

They soon noticed the presence of German and others, and began to feel jealous of their warm bodies.

Living creatures, they have bodies, can hug each other for warmth, can walk in the sun, can freely feel everything in the world...but why?

Why can you have such happiness while we can only race against time and be a poor creature forever?

This is so unfair!

You should be like us!
We will freeze your bodies, tear your souls out of that flesh, and pull you, who are howling, to our side so that you can suffer forever with us!
This is how other evil spirits treated me, so I want to treat other living beings the same way!
The vengeful spirits screamed and rushed forward. In an instant, the entire dark world was filled with gray and twisted piranhas!
"Be careful," Germain warned, "don't let your guard down."

Everyone was alert.

As soon as he finished speaking, a three-meter-tall mantis ghost flew in front of him, waving a cold sickle and slashing at German!

There is only one way to deal with the incorporeal ghosts in the wilderness, other than creating a large area of ​​sunlight.

Mental energy is also the natural enemy of evil spirits!
The chill came towards him, German pulled out the meat saw, wiped the rusty blade with his left hand, and his mental energy covered it vigorously!

This is a technique called "Chou".

He swung his sword and it hit the Mantis Ghost's sickle. It was like chopping on tofu. With a hiss, the Mantis Ghost's sickle was cut in half and turned into light smoke!
With a click, the meat saw deformed and German swept it across, destroying the body of the mantis ghost in an instant!
"Uh uh uh uh——"

More vengeful spirits came, and German was surrounded by them from all directions. He rushed left and right, wielding the meat saw as if he was chopping melons and vegetables.

The evil spirits are flying like smoke!
However, the cold still slowed down his movements.

After a while, his fingers were covered with frost, and when he tried to curl his knuckles, it felt like the gears were stuck.

His skin became red and swollen, his head felt dizzy, and his breathing became rapid.

This is one of the symptoms of being infected with the "undying disease".

In the topographic map drawn by Dong Fulisi, those red blocks and scattered red dots are all the dark nests deep inside where the vengeful spirits hide from the sunlight.

In the wilderness, they inhabit more than a quarter of the land.

Either in a cave, behind rocks, under the grayish-white soil, or in the only vegetation.

Before night falls, they can only curl up inside pitifully, waiting for the moment to be released.

When night falls, that's when they dance wildly and are the freest!
If outsiders accidentally invade and touch these nests during the day, there is a certain probability that they will be infected, but this is only the incubation period.

Once night falls, the vengeful spirits come out in droves, and when they touch the bodies of outsiders and tear apart their souls, the process will be accelerated.

At this time, the period from infection to onset of the "immortal disease" will be very short.

However, German's breathing was only rapid for a moment before it calmed down, and when he looked down at his red and swollen fingers, they had miraculously subsided.

Not only that, at this moment, a warmth surged in my body, resisting the cold.

The "herb potion that cures all diseases" that was injected into the body earlier began to take effect.

At this point, German had no more scruples. The spiritual energy that was wrapped around his body radiated out, forcing back a group of vengeful spirits. Then he rushed forward and chopped them down with one knife, smashing them into pieces!

"Uh uh uh uh——"

They circle around, still not giving up torturing the bodies and souls of the living!
Germann's "Hunter Badge" is extremely effective in restraining resentment, not to mention the resentful spirits that are the result of these resentful spirits. As long as the meat saw is used to chop them, they will all be shattered.

Unfortunately, they are immortal, and German's mental attack can only destroy them temporarily. It won't be long before they are reborn. If he can kill them and use the "Hunter Badge" to absorb these grudges, then it will be a feast for German.

Sure enough, the soul of the mantis ghost that was chopped into pieces by him first reunited and was soon pieced together.

After a howl, it pounced on German from behind.

Without even looking back, German swung his knife again, and the cold light flashed like lightning in the darkness!

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The mantis ghost disappeared again.

"Uh uh uh uh——"

More vengeful spirits are coming. Although they have no physical form, the coldness and disease they bring are real attacks.

There was no doubt in his mind that wherever German felt his hair stand on end and he felt cold, there was a vengeful spirit haunting him.

What he had to do was to use his mental energy to force the evil spirits away from his body, and then use the meat saw wrapped in mental energy to smash them into pieces!

When it seemed that they were going to continue fighting with the undead ghost, their movements suddenly came to a collective halt!
Then, they all left German inexplicably, howling and rushing towards the night sky, flying away into the distance.

All the evil spirits around German disappeared in an instant.

Ran?

Or……

He looked in the direction they were fleeing, and it happened to be the same direction as the group of giant beasts moving forward silently.

At the end of the night sky, a strange, rich gray-white light surged towards the darkness, like a special aurora.

In that direction?

German turned around and was about to tell the others when he saw two people who, like him, had ended their struggle with the vengeful spirits, standing there with pale faces.

The "Herb Potion that Cure All Diseases" helped them resist the attacks of disease and coldness brought by the evil spirits, but it could not completely stop them from tearing at their souls and spirits.

Xiaodi and Menqi both have pale lips.

They couldn't help but rub their heads with their hands, and their temples ached slightly.

If German could see their "stress" digitized, he would definitely see a big increase.

Jin and Bisiji actually also felt uncomfortable, but they were much stronger and had stronger willpower.

Relatively speaking, they were not affected as much as Xiaodi and Menqi.

"Are you all right?" Germain asked.

He looked at Xiaodi and felt that she looked like she had a fever and was a little drowsy.

Men Qi frowned and said, "It's OK. I just felt a little dizzy. I feel much better now."

"It's not very comfortable." Xiaodi said honestly, "I need to take it easy."

"Then let's take a break first," said German.

Jin scratched his hair and looked at him, a little surprised: "You don't look like you're affected at all?"

You know, even he, after being haunted by the vengeful spirit and having his chest pierced by it, felt gloomy and a chill.

But why does Germain seem to be fine?
"I'm just used to it," Germain replied.

"Get used to it?" Jin heard an unexpected answer.

"Ah..." Biscuit slapped his forehead after hearing this. Then he pointed at German and said to Kim, "This guy has been tortured more than once."

"What we just did was just to accumulate some 'pressure'. For him, it's just a common occurrence. Every time he comes to the Dark Continent, he has to go through this kind of mental test."

"If he survives, he will gain virtue; if he fails, he will suffer torture."

"So that's how it is." Jin suddenly realized, "I really am used to it... It seems I should get used to this kind of thing sooner..."

Biscuit looked at Menqi and Xiaodi, who were obviously wilting and not as lively as before, and said, "My suggestion is the same as Germain's. Rest here first."

She and Jin both saw the light that looked like the aurora, which has not yet faded.

Of course they knew what it was, and that was their goal.

However, rushing forward now is not a wise choice.

(End of this chapter)