Becoming a God at Level 100, Starting from Hunter x Hunter - Chapter 42

Chapter 42: Nen Ability x Combat Training

“This is Nen!”

Luo Lin gazed at the mist-like layer enveloping his body.

Finally, he had mastered it—Nen!

Luo Lin clenched his fist, sensing the intangible but responsive Nen moving with his mental will, excitement coursing through him.

With a slight shift in thought, the Nen around his body began to flow. Quickly, the Nen on his right hand expanded, while the Nen in other parts of his body became thinner.

Then, the enlarged mass of Nen shifted suddenly from his right hand to his left hand, then to his right foot, left foot, circulating throughout his body before evenly redistributing itself.

“Flow… and Enhance…” Biscuit watched Luo Lin’s movements, slightly stunned.

And then…

“Ren!” Luo Lin uttered softly, using the same mystical sensation he had when opening his aura nodes to expand them, causing a large amount of Nen to burst from his body.

Immediately, he tightly confined the Nen around his body, forming a solid armor.

However, as Luo Lin sensed the rapid drain on his stamina from maintaining Ren, he quickly released it.

He retracted all his Nen back into his body, even closing his aura nodes.

“Zetsu!”

Beside him, Biscuit stood dumbfounded, watching Luo Lin.

From opening his Nen to now, Luo Lin had already used the four basic techniques of Ten, Zetsu, Ren, and the advanced techniques of Flow, Enhance, and Focus.

The only ones left were En, In, and Shu.

But judging by Luo Lin’s current state, it was hard to say whether he’d even need to be taught these!

So…

What exactly was she supposed to teach him?

Just how to open Nen?

Was this what he meant by “knowing just a little bit about Nen”?

…

“Biscuit, what should we do next?” Luo Lin retracted his Nen and eagerly turned to Biscuit, asking.

“What should we do next? You can figure that out on your own!” Biscuit replied with a faint smile as she gazed at him.

“But I don’t know what to do next!” Luo Lin blinked, though he had deliberately showcased his mastery of Nen in front of Biscuit earlier.

That was merely to show off… to let Biscuit understand his current progress.

After all, as a teacher, how could she instruct him without knowing her student’s progress?

Biscuit smiled sweetly at Luo Lin.

Did he expect her to believe he didn’t know what to do next?

Biscuit had reason to suspect that if she found an excuse to leave Luo Lin right now, he’d probably start training his Nen on his own by tomorrow.

“No wonder you said earlier that once you mastered Nen, you’d be willing to tell me your secret! You were never worried about what would happen after mastering Nen, were you?” Biscuit grinned, though her tone was slightly sarcastic.

“Teacher Biscuit, what are you saying? Didn’t we agree that I’d tell you when I graduate?” Luo Lin responded with an innocent look.

“Heh!” Biscuit scoffed back at him.

“You want to know what you’ll be training next, right?” Biscuit suddenly smiled brightly, standing up and assuming a martial stance.

“The next training is combat. You are not allowed to enter that state to fight me. I’ll help you break all your bad habits.”

Luo Lin: “…”

Are you sure you’re not just taking this opportunity to beat me up?

…

“You charge too quickly, and your punches are too forceful. Fighting isn’t just about speed and strength.”

“Balance. During battle, you must maintain your own balance while breaking your opponent’s. Only then can you aim for a one-hit kill.”

“Always keep your eyes on the enemy. Don’t miss the smallest movement, and manage the distance between you and your opponent, leaving yourself room to retreat and counterattack.”

…

Once again, Luo Lin climbed up from the ground and charged toward Biscuit in the distance.

It turned out he was wrong!

Biscuit didn’t just want to beat him up once. She wanted to beat him up repeatedly.

Luo Lin had lost count of how many times Biscuit had thrown him. All he remembered was charging at Biscuit, getting knocked away, charging again, and getting knocked away again.

Several times during this, Luo Lin’s intense focus accidentally triggered his ultra-speed state.

But every time he entered that state, Biscuit would mercilessly knock him out of it, hitting him even harder than usual.

“I told you not to enter that state! Yes, it’s powerful, but if you rely on it, you’ll end up a failure.” Biscuit scolded Luo Lin seriously.

“Yes!” Luo Lin responded and got up again, charging toward Biscuit once more.

In reality, he hadn’t intentionally entered his ultra-speed state, but in battle, intense concentration was inevitable, and whenever he focused too much, he couldn’t help but slip into that state.

So, Luo Lin was now forcing himself to snap out of the state the moment he entered it due to intense concentration.

He wasn’t fighting to win against Biscuit but rather to solidify his foundations.

“Good!” Biscuit called out as she watched Luo Lin charge at her at normal speed. “You need to learn to control that ability, not let it control you.”

Though she shouted harshly, deep down, Biscuit was secretly astounded.

They had only just started sparring, yet she could already sense Luo Lin’s astonishingly rapid improvement.

Many of the small mistakes she pointed out, Luo Lin corrected immediately, sometimes even anticipating and fixing errors she hadn’t yet mentioned.

If, at the beginning, she could knock Luo Lin down with ease using equal speed and strength, now she had to take things more seriously, relying on her martial expertise to knock him down with the same power and speed.

At this rate, it wouldn’t be long before Luo Lin could trade blows with her.

And that was precisely why Biscuit kept telling him not to use his ultra-speed ability.

For now, she could still rely on her martial experience to counter his ultra-speed state and fight back in time.

But at Luo Lin’s rate of progress, once he reached the point where they could spar on equal footing, if he lost control and entered that state, she would definitely be embarrassed.

After all, she had only barely touched that realm herself. She might succeed once or twice when forced, but ultimately, she wouldn’t be able to defend against it head-on.

Of course.

Biscuit wasn’t lying to Luo Lin either.

While Luo Lin was indeed powerful in that state, and even without further training, as long as his Nen strength grew, he would be overwhelmingly strong to most people in this world.

But if he ever faced someone like Netero, who had mastered the same state, his shortcomings would be instantly exposed.

Naturally, Biscuit wouldn’t allow that to happen. After all, she was looking forward to the day Luo Lin challenged Netero!

Luo Lin understood this as well. That’s why, despite knowing how powerful his ultra-speed state was, he still followed Biscuit’s training regimen.