"Huh? You? Stinking brat..."
Uvogin stared at the young man casually walking toward him. His lips curled into a cruel, toothy grin.
"Don't tell me you are the mastermind behind all this?"
"I don't like talking to dead men," Ryker replied, hands in his pockets, smiling.
What a target. Look at him. He's practically made of Gold Traits.
Uvogin's brow twitched. A vein throbbed dangerously on his forehead.
"This kid is dead," Phinks muttered from the ridge. "He really pissed off Uvo."
"Shalnark, any intel?" Nobunaga asked.
"Got it," Shalnark tapped his phone. "Ryker. A rookie from Heaven's Arena. Recently got his license. Intel suggests he's currently a bodyguard for the Nostrade family."
"Hah? Just a bodyguard?" Phinks scoffed. "Trash."
"Forget it," Feitan yawned. "Let Uvo vent. If he doesn't kill something soon, he'll be annoying all night."
To the Spiders, a "Heaven's Arena Rookie" was synonymous with "warm-up exercise."
The Crater.
"Die, you arrogant brat!"
Super Destruction Fist! (Big Bang Impact)
Uvogin vanished, reappearing instantly in front of Ryker. His fist glowed red with aura, muscles bulging like steel cables. The air screamed as he punched.
What?
Uvogin's eyes widened slightly. Ryker didn't dodge. He didn't even flinch.
Idiot!
Uvogin grinned. He put everything into the blow. He was going to turn this kid into paste.
"Tsk, tsk... foolish."
"He didn't dodge Uvo's punch?"
"Uvo! Leave him alive! We need to interrogate him!" Nobunaga shouted.
But it was too late. The fist was already landing.
"Comparing strength?" Ryker smiled. "I haven't had a good punching bag since Netero."
[Trait Activation]
[Divine Strength (Red)]
[Enhancement Grandmaster (Red)]
[Iron Skin Tank (Gold)]
[Tiger Bite Fist (Gold)]
[Taijutsu Mastery (Double Gold)]
Heat.
Ryker's fist ignited. The air around him distorted as if he were a walking furnace.
BOOM!
Fist met fist.
It looked ridiculous. A giant vs. a teenager. Physics dictated Ryker should be launched into orbit.
Instead, a shockwave exploded outward.
A hurricane of dust and debris swept the valley. Rocks were pulverized. The ground beneath them disintegrated, forming a crater thirty meters wide.
In the center of the dust cloud, Ryker stood firm. He hadn't moved an inch.
On the Ridge.
"What the...?!"
The Spiders froze.
"He... he stopped it?" Phinks' jaw dropped.
"Look at Uvo's hand," Nobunaga whispered.
Blood trickled down Uvogin's knuckles. The skin was split.
The monster of the Troupe... was bleeding.
"No," Feitan narrowed his eyes. "The kid took more damage. Big Bang Impact isn't just surface force. The shockwave destroys internal organs. The kid's insides should be soup."
"True," Machi nodded. "He's putting on a brave face. He's already dead."
In the Pit.
"Heh..."
Uvogin spat blood. His hand throbbed. It felt like he punched a mountain of adamantium.
"Hurts, doesn't it?" Uvogin grinned, blood staining his teeth. "Big Bang Impact shatters your organs. You might look fine, but your insides are mush. My injury? Just a scratch."
Blood trickled from the corner of Ryker's mouth.
But his eyes? They were shining.
Fear? Pain? No.
Excitement.
Ryker took a breath. His lungs burned. His stomach felt like it had been put in a blender. Uvogin was right; the internal damage was severe.
Perfect.
[Trait: True Super Regeneration (Gold) - Activated.]
Zzzzt.
In a single breath, the pain vanished. His torn muscles knit. His bruised organs healed.
Ryker wiped the blood from his lip.
"Is that all?" Ryker laughed. "You hit like a girl."
Silence.
The Spiders on the ridge stopped breathing.
"His organs..." Shizuku blinked. "He's fine?"
"Impossible!" Phinks hissed. "He took a direct hit!"
"Regeneration," Chrollo murmured, watching intently. "He healed instantly. He's not just an Enhancer."
Round Two.
"LIKE A GIRL?!"
Uvogin roared. The insult shattered his last shred of reason.
SUPER! DESTRUCTION! FIST!
He wound up again. This time, the aura was blinding. The sound barrier cracked before he even moved.
I WILL KILL YOU!
[Ryker: Lightning Nen (Red) - Activated.]
[Technique: Dragon Fist.]
CRACK-BOOM!
Electricity exploded from Ryker's body. A phantom dragon made of blue lightning coiled around his arm.
They collided.
BOOM!
This time, there was no stalemate.
Uvogin flew backward like a ragdoll. He smashed through a boulder, plowed two trenches in the ground with his heels, and skidded a hundred meters before stopping.
"Gah!"
Uvogin looked at his right hand.
It was mangled. The fingers were twisted at unnatural angles. The knuckles were shattered. It looked like he had punched a diamond drill.
"Impossible..." Uvogin whispered.
He lost? In a contest of pure strength?
The Audience.
"Brother Ryker!" Kurapika watched, mesmerized.
Dalzollene and the others were catatonic. The crater was now a hundred meters wide. It looked like a meteor impact site.
"Is... is he human?" Baise whimpered.
On the cliff, the Spiders were equally shook.
"Uvo... lost?" Nobunaga's hand drifted to his sword.
"That punch," Feitan said, his voice serious. "It surpassed human limits."
The Finish.
"You really are soft, Uvogin," Ryker called out, shaking the blood off his hand. "Don't die like a coward. Stand up! Take your beating like a man!"
Ryker stepped forward.
Zap.
He vanished.
[Lightning Style: Godspeed.]
He reappeared instantly in front of Uvogin.
"Thunder Leg: Axe!"
WHAM!
Uvogin was launched into the air.
"Dragon Fist!"
"Guillotine!"
Ryker became a blur of blue light. He was everywhere at once, juggling the massive Spider in the air with a combo of devastating strikes.
BAM! BAM! CRACK!
Uvogin couldn't even fall. He was suspended by the sheer force of the impacts, his body breaking bone by bone.
The strongest Spider was being treated like a training dummy.
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