Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 476 SS-level card: Hero's arrival

Bang, bang, bang—

Leorio could clearly feel his heart beating rapidly, his body temperature rising, and he was sweating profusely, with his entire clothes wet and sticking to his body.

Only five minutes had passed since the Ant King appeared, and during these five minutes, the Ant King had almost forced their team into a desperate situation.

This ant king BOSS, who was based on Meruem, used his tail whip right at the start, and with three consecutive hits, he instantly emptied Baku'er's health bar before he had any time to react.

Bakuer had no choice but to teleport from Elena's palace back to the teleportation point closest to the battlefield, and then use the "Spell Card: Magnetism" to rush to the battlefield again.

This process took nearly five minutes.

Before Bakuer returned, the Ant King killed Xiaojie who had been at the front, causing the team to be reduced in number again.

However, the current situation of continuous loss of personnel did not actually exceed the combat plan designed in advance by Mi Ji.

Normally, it would be impossible for any of them to defeat the Ant King in a head-on battle, but the game mechanics of Greed Island Z gave them a chance.

They will use the collected cards to directly attack the Ant King or give the Ant King abnormal status, constantly weakening the Ant King's long and thick health bar.

The team members will launch a continuous round-robin battle against the Ant King before all the cards that can be brought here immediately, such as "Magnetism" cards, are exhausted.

When the ant king's health bar is emptied, as long as there is at least one team member "alive", it means the victory of their team.

However, if all team members die before the ant king dies, their challenge will be considered a failure.

All the states of the Ant King will be reset, and when they come to challenge again, they will have to face an Ant King in his prime.

In this way, the more team members there are, the more advantageous it is when fighting a single BOSS like the Ant King, but the subsequent rewards distributed to each member will be less.

The upper limit for the number of team members in this dungeon is eight.

How to choose depends on the individual wishes of the team.

In addition, due to the special nature of Alluka as a holographic projection, she is not counted among the team members who survived on the scene.

She can neither attack the enemy nor the enemy can attack her, and she has no concept of life and death on Greedy Island.

In other words, when only she and the Ant King are left on the field, the Ant King will win.

Killua, Gon, Miki and others never expected Alluka to participate in direct combat.

People mostly asked her to use her special abilities to scout the enemy and cheer them up on the scene, so that she at least had a sense of participation.

And Alluka, who has always been lonely, is very satisfied with this treatment.

At this moment, Leorio really hopes that he can turn into a holographic projection like Alluka, so that he won't have to face the oppressive force of the Ant King.

He knew clearly that it was just a monster made up of data, and he knew clearly that he would not really die, but when facing the attack of the Ant King, he still couldn't help but be afraid.

Just as Mi Ji is shouting now——

"What? This damage is too high!?"

"Why does he have such a thick 'shield'?! Hanzo, don't use all your cards on its shield!"

"Such a strong desire to attack? An attack mode that will kill you if you take a combo, right? I'm really impressed!"

Soon, Mi Ji's shouting and commands came to an abrupt end, because the Ant King flashed in front of him, who was quite noisy, and killed him in an instant.

Leorio couldn't help but swallow his saliva, then gritted his teeth and continued to use his telekinetic ability to punch out from a long distance, harassing the ant king's actions.

The fist flew out from the ground and hit the ant king's abdomen and chin. The ant king didn't even look at it and easily dodged it. Leorio's attack didn't even take away a bit of its health, but the interference effect was achieved.

But the next moment, Leorio saw the Ant King turned his head to look at him and rushed towards him.

Leorio was trembling all over, but he still kept his center of gravity down and continued to release mind-concentrating punches to bombard the rushing ant king.

He would do it regardless of whether it worked or not.

Killua, Hanzo, and Bakuro, who had just returned from his resurrection, used their own methods to stop the Ant King's attack.

However, once the Ant King locks on Leorio, he will not easily change his target until he dies.

Swah——

The tail whip exploded in the air, and the shocked Leorio's head was blown to pieces.

His entire body quickly turned into particles of light and disappeared, heading to Elena's palace.

At this time, Xiaojie also rushed back.

"Let's use that card." He suggested to Killua, "Use that "SS-rank card: Hero Arrival"!"

Although the card library of Greed Island Z has been expanded, the number of SS-level cards has only increased from the original 5 to the current 10.

"Hero's Arrival" is one of the SS-level cards. Only the team that has cleared the main storyline can obtain one, and it will disappear after use.

"Hero Arrives: When you are in Greed Island, you can pay half of your health to summon the most powerful NPC you have ever met to fight alongside you. The NPC will disappear after 3 minutes."

And this SS-level card is in Killua's magic book library.

Killua looked up and saw that after such a fierce battle, the Ant King's health bar was only about five-sixths left. It was indeed too difficult for them to kill him off alone.

Now is indeed the best time to use "Hero Arrives".

He was also very clear that the "most powerful NPC he had ever encountered" he summoned must be Lei Zha.

With Lei Zha's help for 3 minutes, even if he deliberately let the Ant King win, he should be able to reduce a lot of his health and greatly reduce the pressure on everyone.

So, Killua first used his own Nen ability - "God Speed: Swift Wind and Thunder" to dodge the Ant King's fixed three-hit combo, and then used "Hero's Arrival" in the magic book.

Soon, his health bar dropped by half.

At the same time, a summoning light flashed in the air, then fell from the sky and slammed onto the ground.

Before the smoke and dust cleared, Killua pointed at the Ant King and shouted, "Leiza, help us withstand the Ant King's attack. We can..."

Before he finished speaking, he was stunned.

Not only Killua, but also Gon, Hanzo, Bakugo, Alluka, and Miki who had just resurrected and rushed over, were all stunned.

Because the NPC that came was not Lei Zha, but another NPC that they were familiar with and had indeed met before, who fully met all the summoning conditions of "Hero's Arrival".

But didn't Dunn of Limey Castle say that he was not on Greedy Island?

German pressed the brim of his tricorn hat, first glanced at Killua and the others, then looked at the Ant King who borrowed the image of Meruem.

The ant king's movements suddenly stopped and he stood still. After some unknown calculation, he started the second stage without hesitation.

Dark energy burst out, and the ant king's strength, speed, and defense were all improved. It stood in place, staring at German vigilantly.

(End of this chapter)