'Why is there such a powerful dark Aura emerging from Moses's body?'
'Why had the Chimera Ant King suddenly lost both of his arms?'
'Could it be that Moses had activated some kind of Nen Ability related to 'condition swap'?'
'Is that why the 'severed arms' injury was now on the King?'
'No...'
'If it was a condition swap, then before, not only Moses's arms were severed, but his heart was also taken out...'
'What the hell was going on?'
'What happened in the less than one minute after the crystal ball was shattered?'
Seeing the current scene in the crystal ball, everyone felt like they were in a dream.
"Switch the perspective to Moses."
Morel ordered with his eyes wide open. Even though he had witnessed Moses's death firsthand, something compelled him to ask Palm to shift the surveillance target.
Palm's brain was in a state of shutdown at the moment and she almost lost her ability to think.
When she heard Morel's request, she instinctively obeyed and switched the target.
In theory-
Her 'voyeurism targets' are limited to living humans.
But at this moment, she wasn't thinking at all. She just followed Morel's instructions and changed the perspective to Moses.
And sure enough, Moses's figure appeared within the crystal ball shortly afterward.
"Brother Moses is still alive...!!!"
Seeing that Moses was safe and sound, Killua immediately cheered up, and then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.
He didn't know how Moses had come back to life, nor did he want to know.
As long as Moses was alive, nothing else mattered. That alone was enough to fill Killua with relief and happiness.
Compared to Killua's pure, unfiltered joy, while Morel and the others were equally delighted, they immediately noticed that Moses's lost arms had returned.
No, to be more precise, all of his injuries were gone.
"Is it really a Nen Ability similar to 'condition swap' with the target's body?"
Even though the theory didn't fully hold up under scrutiny, the events unfolding before their eyes were so incredible that Morel couldn't stop himself from speculating in that direction.
But regardless-
Now that the King was severely wounded, and Moses still had his full strength,
That meant the tide of battle had turned in their favor.
If they deployed all available forces now, they might not even need Netero to resort to his final measure.
The moment that thought crossed Morel's mind, he could no longer sit still.
'There was a chance to turn this around, we must stop Chairman Netero from detonating the Rose!!!'
Crack, crack-
Suddenly, a series of crisp cracking sounds echoed through the wide room.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that many cracks had appeared on Palm's crystal ball again.
A second later-
The crystal ball suddenly shattered, turning into smoke-like fragments of Aura that slowly disappeared in the air.
"…"
Palm stared blankly.
The second time her crystal ball shattered, she vaguely understood the reason.
It wasn't that her ability was failing, but that Moses's current strength may be strong enough to resist or be immune to some rule-based abilities.
Wile even thinking such a thing felt absurd,
But this seems to be the only possibility at the moment.
In other words-
It is very likely that Moses has now reached the level of being the true 'Strongest Human'!!!
What can prove this is that his Manifested Aura is obviously stronger than that of the King...
At the same time,
Netero, who had been taken outside by Knov, still hadn't triggered the rose.
Even though he was in a near-death state, his 'eyes' are not blind and he can 'see' Moses's resurrection and overwhelming Aura.
After Knov transferred Netero out, he did not return to the Fourth-Dimensional Apartment immediately either.
Or rather,
It was the reappearance of Moses's Aura that made Knov stop entering the passage at the last moment.
"Is this Post-Mortem Nen...?"
The black Aura that he had just seen, like a huge black coffin, flashed through Knov's mind.
He couldn't be certain.
But he was almost sure it was connected to Moses's current Aura.
"…What do we do now?"
The sudden, dramatic turn of events left Knov momentarily paralyzed in indecision.
Beside him, Netero also remained silent.
His deeply sunken eye sockets concealed all emotion, making it impossible for others to tell what he was thinking.
…
On the ruins of the palace's courtyard,
The King is experiencing the most humiliating moment since his birth.
When he lost the absolute advantage of his Manifested Aura, the gap in technical ability between him and his opponent was laid bare for all to see.
After just a few brief rounds-
Moses had effortlessly severed both of his arms, leaving him with no power to resist. It was, in every sense, a reversal of fate.
For a moment, the phrase 'not on the same level' flashed through the King's mind.
It's just that this time, he is in the 'low-level' position.
"King!!!"
He heard the screams of Youpi and Pouf from behind, but the King could not give any response.
He paid no attention to the blood pouring from his wounds, and just looked at Moses in front of him with a slightly confused look.
From a bystander's perspective, analyzing the state of both fighters and their remaining chances…
While the King had lost both arms, he hadn't entirely lost his ability to win.
First of all, his Manifested Aura and Potential Aura are still abundant, and secondly, he has a tail, which can be used in battle.
Therefore, as long as he can temporarily withstand the offensive pressure from Moses, it is possible for him to recover his body by 'devouring Youpi' and thus regain the upper hand.
Realistically, it is the King's last chance.
But the prerequisite is that he can persevere.
'…So this is what a true gap in strength looks like.'
However, the King had no intention of 'devouring Youpi' at this moment.
Instead, his mind was replaying the exchanges just moments ago.
Back when Moses had blocked the whip of his tail with nothing but his arm, the King had assumed that he could knock Moses back and regain the rhythm of the battle.
But what he hadn't expected was…
Moses was actually able to complete an exquisite Aura Control even at such breakneck speed.
First, he gathered Aura on his arm in a way that perfectly neutralized the tail's impact, and then, while removing the impact force, he retracted that same flowing Aura back to the black sword, thereby cutting through the defense distributed on the King's arm.
That level of precision and mastery was beyond anything the King had ever seen, and it allowed him to clearly see the gap between himself and Moses.
It's over. He no longer had any chance of winning...
The proud King of the Chimera Ants had been utterly broken by just a few of Moses's moves.
And as far as Moses was concerned, he would never give the King a chance to devour Youpi.
So no matter whether the King wanted to surrender or pull off a desperate counterattack, Moses would ensure he met death in the next instant.
'You can be proud of dying under the blade of 'The Strongest Human'."
As if stating an undeniable truth, Moses returned those words to the King.
Then-
He instantly appeared in front of the King, and the black sword surrounded by a gray halo stabbed into the King's forehead, piercing through the King's head.
The Chimera Ant King, who possesses the potential to become the 'strongest creature', had now entered the final countdown of his life.
Youpi and Pouf, who were running towards this side, saw this devastating sight unfold, and their eyes burst with bloodshot veins and their faces collapsed in horror.
"King!!!"
A heart-wrenching voice came from the mouths of the two Royal Guards.
The sound was so loud that it spread throughout the palace in an instant.