What does death feel like?
If someone were to ask Moses that question right now,
he wouldn't be able to give a clear answer.
If he had to say something, it's like...
accidentally dozing off, and the next moment, waking back up.
But in reality, he'd been asleep for a very long time.
That's right.
That's probably the closest description.
From the moment the Ant King ripped out his heart,
to the moment he was surrounded by the flaming black Aura,
Moses didn't experience any concrete sensations.
To him, it was just the process of closing his eyes… and opening them again.
'…It worked.'
Opening his eyes slightly, Moses ignored the reactions of the Ant King, Youpi, and Pouf, and slowly raised his regenerated right hand.
He could see black, threadlike streams of energy flowing irregularly between his fingers.
He had come back from the dead.
That kind of thing was indeed possible in the Hunter x Hunter World, but it is rare.
As far as Moses knows, there were only two cases of this happening in the original work.
One is that after Hisoka was killed by Chrollo in Heavens Arena, he used the Post-Mortem Nen to make his heart beat again, thus coming back to life.
The other is the Nen Ability of Camilla, the second prince of the Kakin Kingdom, called [Cat's Name], in the Kakin Succession Contest arc.
The effect of that ability is that when Camilla is killed by the enemy, she will use the Post-Mortem to conjure a giant black cat, and then the black cat will absorb all the enemy's vitality and transfer it to Camilla, thereby achieving the effect of resurrection.
It is because of these two examples from the original work that Moses naturally believes that 'resurrection from the dead' is feasible in the Hunter x Hunter World.
That belief was the most basic prerequisite.
Therefore, after Moses obtained the first [Counterpoint Cornerstone], the phenomenon he considered countering was what humans must face...
Death!
Thus, he set the function of the first Counterpoint Cornerstone to counter death.
But even though he believed that such a thing was possible in this world, he couldn't help but feel unsure.
After all, this was something that could only be verified after death.
Now-
With the return of his consciousness and body, it also proved that the first Counterpoint Cornerstone had lived up to his expectations.
Moses… really had come back to life.
And after experiencing the process of 'death', his Nen had become unimaginably powerful.
"Though it's said Nen can grow stronger through death, this kind of power-up… feels way too over-the-top.'
Moses glanced at the black flame-like Aura surrounding his body. Then, with a slight thought…
These black flames seemed to have received orders and instantly attached themselves to Moses's body, gathering into an Aura that was no weaker than that of the King's.
Moreover, unlike his normal Aura, Moses's current Aura had a faint dark glow around its surface, like a subtle light emerging from the depths of hell.
It was natural for Moses to be shocked by the extent of this enhancement.
Because regardless of who the Nen comes from, if it manages to linger after death, it will become extremely powerful.
But even then, there was still a limit. Normally, it wouldn't push someone to break the human limit entirely and step into an unknown realm.
That was exactly why Moses was so surprised.
But at this time, he did not realize one thing…
That is,
He had been resurrected twice.
Once before, and now once again.
Also, after this second resurrection, he lost his Soul Echo ability.
To be more precise, he had lost his shadow.
The Counterpoint Cornerstone engraved with the ability to counter death gave Moses a chance to come back to life, but it also took away Moses's shadow.
From this, it can be seen that even the abilities born from Perception are actually still within the framework of Vows and Limitations.
This is also true when looking at the various abilities that Moses had acquired throughout history.
Right now, Moses hadn't noticed the absence of his shadow, and even after coming back to life, he didn't immediately pay attention to the King in the scene.
He was carefully feeling this Nen that had become extremely powerful through death.
He can definitely feel a fluctuation that comes from power, like an unusually obvious pulse beating. He can feel its presence and its power.
If it's now-
It seemed he no longer had to worry about 'breaking through defenses', let alone be constrained by the conversion rate of Nen Categories.
Because…
This amount of Manifested Aura, which had already surpassed the human limit, had transformed from quantitative change into qualitative change.
The newly resurrected Moses stood still and silent where he was, while the King, Pouf, and Youpi, who witnessed this scene, couldn't comprehend what they were seeing.
'Why was he able to come back to life?'
That question now crashed back and forth inside their heads without restraint.
But soon-
Among them, Youpi was the first to give up thinking.
In Youpi's opinion, it was incomprehensible that the corpse could be resurrected on the spot, but it would be fine as long as he killed it again.
This is the simplest, most direct solution.
So at that moment, Youpi assumed the duty of a Royal Guard, and suddenly raised the thick gun barrel with strange human features.
Zzzzzzzt-
The surging Aura mobilized by Youpi's thoughts quickly gathered in the depths of that gun barrel.
In less than a second, that amassed Aura had already formed into a glowing sphere over three meters in diameter at the barrel's mouth.
Arcs of visible electricity crackled and danced across the surface of the sphere like wild lightning, giving off a dangerously unstable presence.
The next moment,
Youpi's eyes were cold as he shot the Nen Bullet towards Moses in front of him.
This can almost be said to be his most powerful attack method at this stage.
Sensing the Nen Bullet flying towards him, Moses looked up.
He made no move to dodge. Instead, he simply raised his arm and casually slapped the oncoming Nen Bullet with the back of his hand.
The moment the back of his hand touched the Nen Bullet, nothing dramatic happened. The Nen Bullet just trembled violently for a second, then suddenly shattered into countless shards of scattered light, as if it had just been crushed by an overwhelming force.
"Wha…!?"
Seeing this scene, Youpi's pupils shrank sharply.
That full-power attack he had painstakingly concentrated… was shattered apart by a barehanded slap...
Pouf, who is now only the size of a bee, was also shocked by the terrifying power displayed by Moses.
'What in the world is going on?'
Pouf's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Moses, who had clearly undergone some kind of transformation.
However, the King didn't react as dramatically as Pouf did, nor did he bother to figure out what had changed about Moses.
He was focused only on satisfying his roaring hunger.
Whoosh-
The King moved.
There was no trace of Aura, not even the sound of wind.
Just like teleportation, he suddenly appeared in front of Moses without any warning.
Then, the strong hand stained with a little blood once again reached out to Moses's now fully restored chest.
In that moment, the King suddenly felt a flicker of curiosity.
'Did a new heart grow in place of the one I had just eaten?'
With such thoughts in mind, his thick hand passed Moses's death line and closed in on his chest.
Sshhkk!
Suddenly, a stream of blood spurted out from Moses's chest,
But the blood…
Was deep blue.
The King's gaze passed over the splattering dark blue blood and fixed on Moses's face with a hint of astonishment.
At this moment, Moses's eyes were calm without any fluctuation, and in his hand, he was holding a blue and purple arm that seemed to appear out of thin air.
That was the arm of the King that had failed to pierce Moses's chest.
At this moment, it was forcibly torn apart by Moses and he held it like it was nothing more than a trivial object.
Everything had happened too fast.
Whether it was the King's attack or Moses tearing off the King's arm,
Even Youpi and Pouf, who had been watching the scene closely, couldn't make sense of what just happened.
They could only see the King's arm being torn off and Moses is holding the severed arm after the clash was over.
"King!!!"
Youpi and Pouf's expressions twisted in shock.