Chapter 423 Fateful Showdown

Chrollo still has the strength to fight.

But the condition is very poor.

Not only were he physically injured in many places, but he was also mentally drained.

This is related to the life-saving ability he just used.

"Voodoo Doll"

A kind of thinking ability between the manifestation system and the operation system.

However, the ability effects of the voodoo dolls and the special way of birth made Chrollo think that the voodoo dolls are more like special abilities.

What is very special is that the owner of the voodoo doll's abilities is not a telepathic person.

This ability seems to be born unconsciously in compliance with the owner's will and beliefs through long-term sacrifices, prayers and sacrifices.

Chrollo accidentally came into contact with the existence of this ability while collecting abilities.

At first, I didn’t pay much attention to it. After all, there were no telepathic people in the tribe where the “Voodoo Doll” was located.

It’s just that Chrollo was very interested in the tribe’s so-called “head shrinking technique” at the time. After in-depth understanding, he realized that the “Voodoo Dolls” in this tribe were made from living people, and then supplemented by the “head shrinking technique”. "Made by technique".

In Chrollo's understanding, reducing a human head to the size of a human doll must go through tedious layers of processing.

However, the priest of this tribe unconsciously used the power of Nian to shrink the head of a living person and turned it into a key material for making "Voodoo Dolls".

This is obviously an act of human sacrifice, and for the people of this tribe, it is also a way to show piety to the gods.

They firmly believe that they can obtain protection from the gods in this way.

This phenomenon aroused Chrollo's interest, but what interested him even more was the semi-formed evil spirits that always surrounded the tribal priest like a colony of ants.

It’s not thoughts of death, but evil spirits of different forms…

So Chrollo tried every means to seize this ability.

When he put his power into the Thief's Mind, the evil spirits that originally surrounded the tribal priest disappeared.

And the nature of this ability has changed. It is not the expected head-shrinking technique, but has become a embodied voodoo doll.

When Chrollo uses this ability, he can exert a protective effect that offsets damage, but the price is also extremely serious.

He must use his lifespan as a sacrifice to obtain the effect of his ability.

To be more precise -

He consumed a lot of his own time.

As far as the result is concerned, although he paid a high price, he escaped death and got a chance to fight back.

Ultra-high-intensity continuous battles, and finally the use of large-scale telekinesis abilities like the Golden Guanyin...

Chrollo believed that Moyu should be at the end of his strength at this time, so he returned to the floor as quickly as possible after the golden Guanyin disappeared.

Then he saw Moyu entering "Ze", which undoubtedly confirmed his judgment before coming up to the floor, but whether he had exhausted his energy or had some leftover needed to be further confirmed.

The telepathy plan implemented before was based on consumption, and it wanted to eat away Moyu bit by bit.

Although the plan failed, a lot of Moyu's potential energy was indeed consumed in the process of implementing the plan.

The deaths of Wo Jin, Love, Parker Noda, and Franklin...

Not without meaning.

Chrollo wanted to get the debt back with interest before Moyu recovered.

But Kurapika standing in front of Moyu surprised him a little.

"..."

In the silent silence, Chrollo then noticed Lev's strangled body.

Flaking Lev failed to take care of this brat...

And Machi, Feitan, and Valpo are all entangled, and they can't be expected to come and contain Kurapika at this moment.

The only person who can help him at the moment is Saudi Arabia, who was beaten down like him.

It's just that Shatga didn't follow him up immediately, and he couldn't waste any more time now.

Now--

There is no doubt that there is a race against time.

Moyu must not be given a chance to recover!

"The Thief's Desire"

Chrollo silently endured the severe pain emanating from various parts of his body, his eyes slightly lowered, his mind surged in his right hand, and he materialized a book out of thin air.

rustle--

The pages of the book turned quickly.

Kurapika looked at Chrollo's actions, and his eyes that had just faded suddenly became as red as blood again.

With the opening of the flaming red eyes, the manifest energy floating around his body increased significantly.

But at the same time, the emotional catalyst effect brought by his bloodline also caused the uncontrollable thought of attacking at all costs to emerge in his head.

"This man... is the leader of the Phantom Troupe!"

"Kill him here!"

"Let the Phantom Troupe be destroyed...!"

"Let our dead compatriots rest in peace!"

"I want to...attack..."

"I'm going to send him to hell here with contract chains!"

"Now--"

"immediately--"

"kill him!"

In a short moment, Kurapika burst out with a strong desire to attack under the stimulation of the flaming red eyes.

As long as I think a little about my lost parents, close friends, and compatriots...

The urge to kill Chrollo immediately dominated his mind so arrogantly that he almost lost his mind and had the urge to turn into a beast regardless of the situation.

But just when Kurapika was about to put this idea into action——

The training scenes in recent months and the scenes of talking and getting along with Moyu quickly passed through his mind.

"Don't become a slave to your emotions. Only the weak will be controlled by their emotions."

"I understand how you feel."

"But what I hope to see is that you can dominate this force, rather than being dominated by this force."

At the last moment, Kurapika struggled to stop his irrational desire to attack.

He didn't know why the master had to sit cross-legged and enter the state of "absolute" at this moment, and didn't even react to Chrollo's arrival.

He only knew that if he attacked rashly now, he would put the unsuspecting master into an extremely dangerous situation.

no--

Can't let this happen!

Kurapika controlled his unbridled emotions, and the red luminous particles in his eyes decreased sharply at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this moment, the thief in Chrollo's hands stopped turning the page, and then took action.

Swish——

In an instant, Chrollo disappeared from the spot.

next moment.

Chrollo, however, bypassed Kurapika and appeared behind Moyu out of thin air.

Regardless of whether Moyu really ran out of energy, Chrollo had no intention of testing or making preparations...

In this race against time, he just wanted to kill the unsuspecting Moyu as quickly as possible.

He stepped on Moyu's death line.

However, before he took action, a group of thorn chains with a cold luster bloomed in front of his eyes.

To be more precise, it bloomed around Moyu, and the chains of thorns lingering with telepathy protected Moyu inside like a birdcage.

Chrollo's inevitable attack was immediately blocked by the cage of thorns, and his cold eyes couldn't help but scan Kurapika's face quickly.

He didn't expect Kurapika's response to be so quick and precise.

In fact, the fact that Kurapika was able to protect Moyu at a critical moment was not because he had mastered the intelligence of Chrollo's abilities, nor did he predict the abilities that Chrollo was going to use.

It was only after he regained his composure that he realized that Chrollo's primary goal was to kill his master immediately.

So no matter what Chrollo does next, he just needs to pour the power of "defense" into his master.

The risk of behaving like this is—

Since the power of "defense" is focused on Moyu, it means that Kurapika takes all the risks of being attacked on himself.

If Chrollo had chosen to get rid of him first...

Then he will definitely not have time to recover his defensive capital. He may not be killed by Chrollo in this state with one blow, but it is very likely that he will completely lose the ability to resist.

Fortunately, the judgment was correct.

The cage of thorns arranged in advance killed Chrollo's thoughts of attack.

This kind of fighting quality is the reason why Moyu looked at Kurapika differently in the first place.

"We can't let him get close to Master..."

Kurapika's eyes were cold, and another chain emerged from his forward right palm. The end was as sharp as a sword blade, and it arched above the back of the palm like a snake.

"Chain of Echoes"

The bowed chain blade suddenly shot towards Chrollo.

Kurapika intended to use this to force Chrollo back and keep him away from Moyu.

Chrollo didn't want to miss this rare opportunity. He lightly hooked his foot on the ground and kicked a piece of gravel flying in front of him. He then waved his left palm and slapped it on the gravel in mid-air.

With a soft sound, this piece of gravel that was possessed by Chrollo's telepathy suddenly flew towards the chain of echoes coming straight towards it.

The two collided in mid-air, and their respective mental powers collided violently, bursting out a circular air wave.

The low-quality gravel was instantly shattered into particles, but the impact it brought also abruptly changed the trajectory of the chain of echoes, causing it to fall to the ground and pierce into the ground with a hiss.

When Kurapika manipulated the second chain ability, Chrollo immediately judged that multiple chains would definitely affect the accuracy and power of the individual when activating their abilities.

This also means that the "hardness of thought" of the thorn cage protecting Moyu will be weakened by at least half.

With this judgment, Chrollo did not hesitate to put his palms together and stabbed Moyu who was in the cage of thorns.

Just before Chrollo's sword struck, the chain covered with barbed spikes suddenly shrank and fit together tightly, leaving no gaps for Chrollo's sword to penetrate.

But Chrollo had already judged that the cage of thorns lacked strength, so he had no intention of stopping.

laugh!

The palm knife filled with mental power stabbed directly into the thorny wall.

Click, click——

In an instant, cracks appeared on the thorny wall covered with spikes, and then it was overwhelmed and collapsed into pieces flying in the air.

Without the protection of the thorn wall, Moyu, who was in "extreme" state, was exposed to Chrollo.

A trace of murderous intent flashed across Chrollo's eyes.

However, at this moment, the ground between Chrollo and Moyu suddenly exploded.

But a sword-like chain broke out of the ground, passed through the flying gravel, and stabbed directly at Chrollo's throat from bottom to top.

Chrollo's pupils narrowed.

After finally stepping on Moyu's death line, how could he give up the opportunity?

Chrollo made a decision in a split second, with no intention of retreating to avoid the blade chain.

Instead, he moved his right hand and held the Thief's Ultimate in front of his vital point, while his other hand continued to attack the defenseless Moyu.

However, the blade chain hit the Thief's Ultimate first, and the impact force that came with it pushed Kuroro back a few steps, and the left palm knife that attacked him also unwillingly moved away from Moyu.

When driving multiple chains, the power and strength of each chain will indeed be dispersed.

So when the Thorn Chain was destroyed by Kuroro, the Echo Chain that remained alone also restored its original strength.

And when the Echo Chain pierced into the ground, Kurapika took advantage of the situation to activate the "travel" ability of the Echo Chain, coming from the ground, and then breaking out of the ground at the critical moment, stopping Kuroro's second attack.

Kuroro was pushed back several steps by the full strength of the Echo Chain, but he still did not give up the idea of ​​attacking and killing Moyu first.

But Kurapika's defense was not over yet.

[Echo·Travel]

The blade chain that had been stuck in the Thief's Ultimate Will and had been suspended in midair during the collision of telekinesis suddenly expanded like a balloon and turned into Kurapika.

Using this ability, Kurapika appeared in midair in front of Kuroro, twisted his waist without hesitation and kicked Kuroro's scarred face.

Kuroro hastily bent his left arm and blocked Kurapika's midair roundhouse kick.

Bang!

Kuroro's left elbow, which was lying in front of him, was pressed inward by Kurapika's kick, but the kick caused his entire body to slide back a distance.

Kuroro fell to the ground and protected Moyu again.

Kuroro stopped five or six meters away and looked at Kurapika's fiery red eyes with a stern expression.

There was no need to ask in depth, and it was clear why this escaped fish of the Kuroro clan was standing here.

Since Kurapika blocked his offensive several times, he should reconsider his action plan.

Should he continue to focus on Moyu, or kill this annoying guy first?

If Shataga could come up quickly...

Kuroro frowned slightly.

However——

Kuroro would never have thought that Shataga still had the strength to fight at this time, but he had been defeated by Moyu's Hundred-style Guanyin.

Now he just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to escape when he fell to the lower level.

And Shataga did so.

When Kuroro hurried back to the upper level, he turned around and ran.

"I don't want to die here. Who told you to deal with this kind of monster..."

Shataga looked a little panicked, muttering to himself in his heart.

Just as he ran out of the smoke and dust and ran towards the passage, a black shadow quietly flew to his back.

It was Xiaodi who leaped up, holding the bulge-eye fish in his hand, swinging it in the air and hitting Shataga's back of the head.

Shataga, who was running for his life in panic, never thought that there were enemies here.

Bang!

The air intake of the bulge-eyed fish hit Shataga's back of the head heavily.

Under the heavy blow, Shataga's back of the head instantly sank, his eyeballs bulged out, a lot of blood spurted out of his mouth and nose, and then the whole person fell heavily to the ground.

This blow killed him on the spot.

Xiaodi flew over Shataga lying on the ground without slowing down, and then landed steadily.

"Moyu said I am a little expert in cleaning."

Xiaodi turned around and looked at Shataga who had lost his life, slightly raised the air intake of the bulge-eyed fish, and said seriously: "So, cleaning up the garbage is everyone's responsibility."

As soon as the voice fell, he commanded the bulge-eyed fish to suck Shataga's body in.

After cleaning up the garbage in front of him, Xiaodi looked at another pile of garbage in the distance, which was Franklin's body flattened by Baishi Guanyin.