Hunter x Hunter: My Nen Beast is Strong

Chapter 19 Tailed Beast Transformation

"Heh! Are they really going to make a move? I'm really looking forward to it!" Hisoka's gaze turned somewhat intensely towards Illumi.

Opportunities to see Illumi take action seriously are rare. Illumi is also on Hisoka's kill list, a ripe and delicious fruit.

Even though Illumi knew that Hisoka saw him as prey, the two still shared a bond that transcended friendship.

Feeling Hisoka's burning gaze, Illumi retaliated by shooting several Nen needles at Hisoka, all of which pierced Hisoka's vital acupoints.

Seeing this, Hisoka did not dodge at all, letting the Nen needles pierce his body.

In just a moment, Hisoka felt much lighter and his strength had returned.

"You'd better not move. Leave the rest to me!" Illumi said the most emotional words in a completely emotionless way, which made people feel a little strange.

But how could Elise let Hisoka be idle?

At this moment, Eligi had already used his continuous barrage of sand rain to sweep across Hisoka.

Having regained a bit of strength, Hisoka dodged the attacks. This time, he didn't take the initiative to attack, but instead focused his attention on watching Illumi's performance.

Illumi surveyed the situation on the field, finally fixing his gaze on Gaara, and said, "It seems I'll have to deal with you first."

"Come on then if you dare!" Gaara said, glancing at the sand on the ground out of the corner of his eye.

During this time, Gaara has extracted enough sand and gravel from deep underground to be used even for some large-scale ninjutsu.

However, there is still one thing that limits Gaara, and that is the upper limit of his Nen.

A Nen level of 20,000 is only enough for Gaara to perform a ninjutsu of rank B or higher once.

Therefore, Eligi always stopped Gaara from using large-scale ninjutsu.

Illumi took two steps forward, then vanished from the spot in an instant, only to reappear in front of Gaara.

It seems that Illumi's speed is not much worse than Hisoka's, and may even be much faster. This may be because Hisoka is injured, or Illumi's speed is simply much faster than Hisoka's.

Illumi appeared in front of Gaara and thrust a Nen needle into his forehead. The speed was so fast that Gaara didn't even have time to react.

The entire needle pierced Gaara's head without any obstruction.

"Hmm! I didn't expect there to be such a thick layer of armor." Illumi said in a surprised tone.

Cracks appeared on Gaara's forehead, and sand and gravel kept falling to the ground, while the Sand Shield quickly returned to defense.

The Sand Shield has a defensive capability far exceeding that of steel. Sand can automatically defend itself, but it cannot defend against attacks whose speed exceeds the movement speed of the sand.

Illumi's attack speed clearly exceeded the speed at which the sand could move on its own, so it was completely unable to defend against Illumi's sudden attack.

Fortunately, Gaara always had a layer of sand armor under his skin.

"Sand Binding Coffin!" Gaara seized the opportunity and quickly used a binding ninjutsu, causing the surrounding sand to gather continuously.

Illumi tried to hide, but found himself with his feet firmly planted in the sand and bound.

Illumi transformed his hands into sword blades and struck the sand beneath his feet, scattering it in the blink of an eye.

But by this time, the surrounding sand had already gathered and enveloped Illumi completely.

"Can't move?" Illumi felt an extremely strong pressure coming from his body, with only his face exposed.

"Sand Burial!" Gaara immediately followed up with his killing move, preparing to crush Illumi into dust.

The sand enveloping Illumi compressed rapidly, generating immense pressure that would deform even iron.

But Gaara quickly sensed something was wrong with the chakra being transmitted; it seemed that Illumi hadn't directly crushed and shattered him.

There was no scene of blood exploding during the usual sandstorm funeral procession!

"Crunch—"

A crisp sound rang out, and the sand enveloping Illumi broke open, creating a hole.

Illumi emerged from the sand in a bizarre posture, saying, "The pressure was immense; I almost died inside."

After Illumi finished speaking in a calm tone, he walked past Gaara, leaving several afterimages in his wake. The next moment, something appeared in Illumi's hand.

"Oh! Nen beasts actually have hearts? They're so realistic!" Illumi said, holding up a heart.

In that instant, Illumi's hand transformed into a sharp blade, using Zoldyck assassination techniques to break through Gaara's defenses and extract Gaara's heart. There was still a clear difference in their strength.

Gaara stared in astonishment at the still-beating thing in Illumi's palm. The next moment, Gaara vanished in a flash of light, as did the beating heart in Illumi's hand.

"Sigh, it's a bit far-fetched, but luckily I still have the Infinite Summoning Technique!" The piece of paper that Eligi had just torn off turned into a beam of light and finally transformed into Gaara's appearance.

Gaara, who had just emerged, looked at Illumi with an angry expression, while Eligi had a bead of sweat on his forehead. Clearly, summoning Gaara back was not as simple as he had imagined.

"Damn it!" Gaara's face contorted as he seemed to lose control of his emotions due to his defeat, and his body gradually began to transform into a tailed beast.

At the moment of transforming into a tailed beast, Gaara's Nen energy broke through his own limit of 20,000, reaching an astonishing level.

With this level of Nen power, Illumi probably wouldn't be able to extract Gaara's heart as easily as before.

Even maintaining the most basic "entanglement" state, the Nen Qi can bring a powerful boost to the physical body.

But everything comes at a price; Gaara seems to have lost his composure.

Eligi couldn't help but take another look at Gaara's condition.

[Name] Gaara (Tailed Beast Transformation)

[Nen Capacity] Special Grade (100000-200000)

[Type] Specialist, Enhancer, Ejector, Transmuter

【Skills】Automatic Sand Defense, Sand Shield, Sand Armor, Sand Clone, Third Eye, Sand Instantaneous Movement.

Sand-handed sword, sand-bound coffin, sand waterfall funeral procession, flowing sand waterfall, sand rain, continuous sand rain, sand hail, sand waterfall grand burial, prison sand burial.

Feigned Sleep Technique, Wind Release: Sky Bullet

As expected, Gaara's Nen power reached a terrifying level, with its lower limit possibly being Illumi's upper limit.

Furthermore, he can unleash the full potential of his Emission, Enhancement, and Transmutation abilities. It's unimaginable what kind of power Gaara could unleash in this form.

"Sand Shuriken!" Soon, Gaara, in his half-tailed beast form, threw a giant shurikens made of sand at Illumi.

There were six or seven of them at once, and the plan was to block up the space on the other side.

A shuriken of this power, in the hands of an ordinary ninja, would at least be a B-rank ninjutsu, requiring a large amount of chakra.

But at this moment, Gaara, in his half-tailed beast form, used it with great ease!

"Boom!"