Suddenly noticing that his aura had turned purple, Rin was momentarily taken aback, not understanding what had happened. This brief hesitation caused his movements to pause. Although the four bandits were merely ordinary people, they had killed countless others, naturally accumulating a fierce aura.
Seizing the moment of Rin’s pause, their faces filled with ferocity, they raised their machetes and swung them towards Rin. If he were struck by these four machetes, given his current physical state, survival would be impossible.
Seeing this from a short distance behind Rin, Chrollo also frowned slightly. At the same time, noticing the machetes closing in on him from all directions, Rin’s expression changed, thinking, “This is bad!”
At this critical moment, Rin decided to release all the aura within his body, his eyes filled with intense fighting spirit. He didn’t continue to attack but instead stood his ground, assuming a stable stance with one fist clenched at his waist and the other hanging down.
The bandits had already surrounded him, and their machetes were about to strike his body. Normally, standing still would mean giving up resistance, but Rin was different. His youthful face, covered in sweat under his bangs, was tense as he quickly sensed and mobilized the aura in his body, thinking urgently, “Faster… a little faster…”
Just as the machetes were about to hit his stationary body and Chrollo’s face tightened as he stepped forward, Rin suddenly opened his eyes and shouted, “Ren—”
The next moment!
“Boom—”
Following his shout, a dense purple aura burst out from his small body, centered around Rin. The four bandits were thrown back as if struck by a massive hammer, unable to comprehend what had happened.
Chrollo, who had started moving, stopped, staring in amazement at Rin, who was now breathing heavily in the center of the scene. “Rin… has he already reached this level?”
Behind Chrollo, Kuken, who had just come out, was equally shocked, his pupils contracting as he looked at Rin, who had just defeated the four bandits in an instant. Even though he, as a ninja, could easily kill these four ordinary bandits, he couldn’t do it as mysteriously as Rin.
“Just standing there and not doing anything… what did this kid do? Was it some sort of ninjutsu!?”
Unable to perceive Nen, Kuken couldn’t understand what Rin had done. Chrollo, having lost his Nen abilities, also couldn’t see the strange scene in front of him.
Standing there, Rin was breathing heavily, his eyes wide open, looking around in surprise. He noticed that the deep purple Nen aura, which had burst out from his body, hadn’t completely dissipated. Instead, it hovered around him like strange ghostly tendrils, continuously floating around him.
Knowing that this Nen was his own, Rin wasn’t worried about it harming him. He just stared blankly at the purple tendrils, wondering why his aura had turned purple.
“Ah!”
At this moment, the four bandits who had been thrown away suddenly started screaming in pain. Their loud cries naturally drew the attention of Rin and the others.
Under their watchful eyes, the bandits’ behavior resembled that of someone trying to rid themselves of something terrifying, rolling on the ground in pain. However, their efforts were in vain. Chrollo and Kuken couldn’t see it, but Rin could clearly see that faint purple Nen threads connected from the ghostly tendrils around him to the bandits’ chests.
This scene shocked Rin, making him exclaim, “What is this?”
Chrollo, who had been observing Rin, walked over and asked softly, “What’s happening, Rin?”
Rin, instead of focusing on the writhing bandits, was intently staring ahead. The ghostly tendrils around him seemed to have absorbed some energy, slowly converging in front of him. At the ends of these tendrils, a deep purple book materialized, hovering before Rin.
Rin’s young face was astonished, seemingly not hearing Chrollo’s question. Hesitating, he reached out to touch the book that appeared to exist in a state between reality and nothingness. Almost as soon as his hand touched the book’s surface, it emitted a pulsating sensation like flowing blood!
The strange feeling startled Rin, causing him to withdraw his hand quickly, his expression one of suspicion and uncertainty. “Does this book have a life of its own? What was that sensation… it felt like the book had a beating heart!”
“Chrollo!?”
Unable to understand it, Rin called out to Chrollo, momentarily ignoring the bandits. Only then did he realize Chrollo was already beside him. Without asking further questions, Rin hurriedly said, “Can you see the book in front of me?”
“Book?” Chrollo was puzzled by Rin’s question, then responded seriously, “Sorry, Rin. I can’t see Nen manifestations right now, but if I’m correct, this should be your own Nen ability…”
As he spoke, Chrollo seemed to remember something and added softly, “Rin, your Nen ability encompasses all six types, including Emission and Materialization. Manifesting a book now is normal. You don’t need to worry.”
Although relieved by Chrollo’s words, Rin still had some lingering concerns. “But when I touched this thing, it felt like it was alive…”
This confused both Rin and Chrollo. “Alive?” Chrollo repeated, puzzled.
At that moment, Rin noticed that the old cover of the deep purple book before him was changing. Blood-red patterns appeared out of thin air as if an invisible figure was writing on the book with a bloody pen. Finally, four eerie characters appeared on the cover: “Devouring Spirit Book!”
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