[Ice Age: Ice Dragon]!
The fishing rod in his hand twirled and flicked diagonally upward.
"Crash..." The stream winding through the Swindler's Swamp seemed to come alive, roared fiercely, and poked its head out from behind Sean!
"Whoosh."
A wild wind rose from the flat ground, making leaves rustle and the mountain forest aspen.
Sean patted the Ice Dragon's winding body and looked at Netero with a smile. His exaggerated height of over three meters was fully two heads taller than Netero.
The imposing manner was terrifying!
"Ho ho ho. Young people get arrogant when they are successful. I dare not accept this dragon." Netero narrowed his eyes.
"Roar!" The Ice Dragon soared straight up, piercing the clouds, extended its dragon claws in mid-air, tearing through the wind and cold air, and swept down. The candidates, along with Satotz, Menchi, and Buhara, couldn't help but hug their arms, shivering from the cold! They were all dumbfounded!
"Damn it! Again?!"
"Isn't this... the one Mr. Ben An showed on the Sea God Ship?"
"It turns out it's actually alive and followed us..."
Familiar memories were awakened again. The Ice Dragon tearing through the storm reappeared. Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio looked at each other tacitly.
However, laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the method. The three little ones, including most of the candidates present, were novices who hadn't even opened their aura nodes. They had no idea how rare the so-called "Ice Dragon" was!
"Oh ho ho ho. Accumulating power to create a dragon? Illumi, if I'm not mistaken, Mr. Ben An's Nen ability is... to materialize the items and skills from the comics he draws, right?"
Yatagarasu, Conqueror's Haki, suspected Ice-Ice Fruit ability... The magician's narrow eyes were covered with a layer of Nen as he glanced at Illumi. The expressionless brother remained silent, looking up at the Ice Dragon. His memory seemed to be pulled back to that battle nine years ago—at that time, Sean sacrificed Susanoo, surrounded by blue flames, and with a light grab, almost crushed Silva to death.
In comparison, "Turning a Stream into a Dragon" didn't seem like anything to make a fuss about!
But, you are numb to it, while others are seeing the Ice Dragon circling around Sean for the first time. The huge dragon body covered the sky and the sun, casting large shadows, covering all the candidates, as well as Satotz, Buhara, and Menchi.
Buhara's eyes twitched fiercely. He stuck his fat buttocks out and leaned close to Menchi's ear: "Hey... Menchi, this Sean Zoldyck guy isn't coming for us, is he?"
Does he feel he can't pass the exam, so he's just going to fight hard?
Mommy... the Zoldyck family really is scary enough.
"Please keep your mouth shut if you don't know how to speak." Menchi rolled her eyes at Buhara, turned her head, and stared fixedly at Sean. She clearly remembered that Sean was the only guy who didn't make sushi!
He didn't seem to put her in his eyes... He didn't even bother with the most basic perfunctory attempt. Truly hateful!
Pity... "You guys are overthinking it." Satotz glanced at Buhara and Menchi, shaking his head: "We really aren't worthy of being put in his eyes."
Satotz even looked at Sean with burning eyes: "I strongly suspect that he has been waiting for the Chairman from the moment he stepped into the venue..."
So... that's why he said: "Not interested in becoming a Hunter."
Buhara and Menchi: "..."
They looked at each other and saw a trace of shock in each other's eyes.
Good guy, really came for the Chairman?!
If that's the case... this guy is too bold and overestimating his own abilities, right?
Bold? Satotz touched his sexy little mustache and said faintly: "People named Zoldyck seem to not have the word 'fear' in their dictionary from birth."
Being bold is nothing to be surprised about anymore.
"Hehe. That's a pity. Since you, old man, are unwilling to accept it, I won't force it."
"But... shouldn't you give me an appearance fee?" Sean had the Ice Dragon above his head and looked at Netero with a straight face: "Being watched like a monkey caused me so much mental damage. The Lord Chairman should always give an explanation, right?"
Netero: "..."
Stinky brat, there should be a limit to inventing excuses.
"Ho ho ho. What appearance fee? You child can't learn from your grandfather. He's shameless, but you have to be decent."
"Hmm. That makes sense, but..." Sean changed his tone and narrowed his eyes at Netero: "Old man, stop talking nonsense. I promised you to come, so you should let me have enough fun, right?"
"Might as well—" The young man cracked his knuckles and showed a mouthful of white teeth to Netero: "There is no time like the present. Let's just play enough right here..."
Uh... play? How to play?
"What does uncle mean?" Gon scratched the back of his head, a bit confused.
"Idiot! Can't you see it? He's going to fight that old man!" Leorio punched Gon.
Not just Gon, everyone present, after hearing Sean's wild words, looked at him dumbfounded one by one, without a doubt... he is crazy!
Anyone with a brain wouldn't say such things.
The opponent is Netero, the Chairman of the Hunter Association! The world's number one martial arts expert! Not some manga fan of yours... Please, Mr. Ben An, wake up!
Netero chuckled and didn't make a sound. Buhara and Satotz behind him looked at each other, thinking "as expected". Menchi, as the person in charge of this exam, was standing next to them. She never expected this to happen. At this moment, out of duty, she walked out with a hard scalp: "This matter started because of me, so... let me handle it."
After all, she is the real examiner of this stage.
However, "Don't disturb me watching the show, Examiner-sama!" Before Menchi could act, a flying card nailed to her feet with a "Swish", directly blocking her path. Menchi frowned and looked at Hisoka.
The magician laughed "Oh ho ho ho.", not concealing his killing intent at all: "Whoever dares to spoil my fun, I will kill them!"
A battle between the two most tempting apples in the world... is there anything more exciting and heart-pounding than this? Hisoka would absolutely not allow anyone to dare destroy this battle.
It's just that what Hisoka didn't expect was that his pitiful killing intent really wasn't enough to look at. With a wave of his hand, a withered old hand extended by Netero shattered it.
"Young people shouldn't be so hot-tempered." The Grand Chairman looked at Hisoka expressionlessly, then withdrew his gaze and took a light step forward. Within a square inch, it was the end of the world. In an instant, he arrived in front of Sean, looking at him with burning eyes: "Your grandfather asked me to make a move."
"Don't cry later when you lose."
"Naturally!!" Sean smiled: "You too."
"So many people are watching. It won't sound good if word gets out that you cried."
The young man's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he silently called out "Sage.", activating Appraisal.
The deep six-pointed star flickered, and the attribute panel belonging to Netero was displayed in front of Sean without a single omission.
[Name: Netero Isaac.]
[Bone Age: 119 years old.]
[Strength: 578458 (Normal Human 10) Note: Four-fold Limit Break]
[Speed: 754581 (Normal Human 10) Note: Four-fold Limit Break]
[Qi Amount: 715688 (Normal Human 10) Note: Four-fold Limit Break]
[Comprehensive Strength Rating: B]
Very strong! Have to admit that he is the strongest person Sean has seen so far, except for Maha!
All three major items are four-fold limit broken... This is because of his declining age and decaying Qi and blood. If time turned back to his prime, it's hard to imagine how strong he would be at that time!
Sean took a deep breath, and two balls of divine fire ignited in his eyes with a "Puff". The divine fire burned brightly and was captured in Netero's eyes.
The human strongest also narrows his eyes. Just in that instant, he truly felt like he was being scanned by X-rays, and unexpectedly gave birth to a rare feeling of being completely seen through... This is truly a rare occurrence not seen in years.
"Ho ho ho. Not bad, kid. Hearing about it is not as good as seeing it. Your eyes... are even sharper than I imagined!"
The six-pointed star flickered for a moment and gradually dimmed. Netero chuckled and looked up at Sean. The young man had a prominent forehead, was wrapped in an Ice Dragon, and was dignified without being angry. It couldn't help but make him fall into a trance for a moment. It was like seeing his young self, equally spirited and dashing. So good!
"Old man, this is nothing... You probably haven't seen true eye techniques yet."
Turning his hand, he took out the Kusanagi Sword from the Sage Space. Sean held it with one hand and performed a beautiful sword flourish. The spots of light flickering on the Kusanagi Sword shone on the faces of the candidates!
All candidates, including Hanzo, Bourbon, Ponzu, Cherry, Todo, and Geretta, seemed to have rehearsed beforehand, swallowing a mouthful of saliva uncontrollably. Their eyes were locked on Sean, and they strangely gave birth to a sense of pride of "sharing the honor"!
Their hearts were beating along with the dancing Kusanagi Sword!
"Damn it, he... really is crazy! But why does this madness make me tremble with excitement?!"
Heaven have pity, who has ever seen a rookie who hasn't even got a Hunter license dare to face the number one person in the world and arrange a fight?
However... they have seen it. And this person is in the same batch as them! Can only say Teacher Ben An, you are really f*cking awesome, damn it...
"Tch, you guys are too exaggerated." Compared to everyone's excitement... the white-haired stinky brat blew a whistle, surprisingly calm, and said indifferently: "Fighting the number one person in the world, look at how excited you are..."
"I get chased and beaten by my brother every day, do I say anything?"
You are nakedly showing off, right... Gon poked Killua: "Hey... if you can do it, why don't you go up?"
Killua: "..."
He glared at Gon fiercely: "Annoying brat, worthy of being my brother's follower!"
"You are the annoying one."
"Shh. Shut up!" Leorio and Kurapika pressed down Gon and Killua respectively, glaring at them angrily. Didn't you see many people looking over with unkind eyes? Two idiots, disturbing everyone watching the show...
"Hmph. Being able to witness the battle between the Chairman and Sean Zoldyck, you should feel lucky instead of making noise here!"
Martial artist Cherry glanced coldly at this side, and quickly turned his gaze to Netero and Sean. Presumably, with the strength of these two brats, it is not enough to see the brilliance of this upcoming battle!
"Oh ho ho ho." In a place where the crowd didn't notice, Hisoka, Illumi, Menchi, Buhara, and Satotz directly used "Gyo", covering their eyes with a layer of "Qi" to strengthen their dynamic vision and perception. Afraid of missing every detail next.
"Buzz." An invisible fluctuation collided with Netero and Sean as the center.
Kurapika recalled the conversation with Sean by the creek just now, and a touch of deep crimson appeared in his eyes. He understood immediately—
The unique "play" to Teacher Ben An has begun!
"Whoosh." A taste of wind poured into the mountain forest, blowing down a leaf. It fluttered into Netero and Sean's view. Suddenly—
It was as if an immobilization spell had been cast. It directly violated the laws of physics and was imprisoned in the air right in the center of the two!
Seeing this scene, the candidates exclaimed in surprise. They were confused and couldn't figure out what was going on.
Looking around, they saw the three examiners and individual candidates, such as Hisoka and Illumi, narrowed their eyes and quietly clenched their fists!
This is "[Heart-Drop Fist Listening]!"
"Good boy, as soon as this old man is not around, you start showing attitude and bullying my grandson, right?"
In the Chairman's office, Maha was gnawing on iced watermelon, spitting out watermelon seeds "tut tut tut", glared at Beans, and cursed: "Look at your Chairman, he's no good. He got serious right away, making it hard for a child. Is he a jerk?"
If I remember correctly, didn't you always insist that the Chairman would be beaten?
So, what child... Beans curled his lips obscurely and smiled apologetically: "Don't be angry. Although the Chairman is a bit serious, didn't you also say that Teacher Ben An isn't bad either?"
Hmm...that's true. Maha grunted: "You bean, your strength isn't much, but having followed that kid Netero for years, you have gained a lot of knowledge."
"Being able to see that my grandson kept up with Netero and also entered the state of [Heart-Drop Fist Listening], this old man... is very happy. I'll reward you with a piece of melon to eat."
Maha handed the watermelon he had gnawed out of shape to Beans.
Beans: "..."
Angry, he turned his head to look at the TV—
Chairman, come on! He bullies me, you beat his grandson hard for me!