Chapter 367

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"Do you think you can restrain me like this?"

"With just my power, of course not. That's why I preemptively used 'Elastic Love' to stick you to me. You can't shake me off."

Hisoka revealed a disturbingly twisted smile. This unique ability not only stuck him and Abel together tightly but also created multiple anchor points that rooted his body to the ground, forming a unique cage. This was the gift he had meticulously prepared for Abel.

"And then? What do you plan to do?" Abel tried to move, realizing he was indeed tightly bound, restricting his range of motion to a very small circle. But it wasn't entirely unbreakable. He was curious about the method Hisoka would use to kill him next.

"My part is done. The rest is no longer up to me."

"Hmm?"

A sudden sound of a hand piercing flesh reached Abel's ears. Someone had managed to evade his Observation Haki's detection!

Abel froze for a moment, then without hesitation activated his Ice Dragon talent, freezing time and space.

In an instant, everything stopped moving. Abel then used the "Beast Power" ability to forcibly break free from Hisoka's restraint, tearing apart the 'Elastic Love.' Even with rubber-like properties, everything has its limits.

Now free, Abel turned around and saw another figure standing behind Hisoka.

"It's him."

Illumi Zoldyck! Hisoka's partner, and Killua's older brother. He was the one who constantly instilled in Killua the value of fearing the strong. Illumi was not only extremely skilled in disguise but also had a long-term cooperative relationship with Hisoka; they often helped each other handle tricky situations. This time was no different.

After Hisoka's second assassination attempt failed, he realized that he couldn't win this game alone, so he enlisted Illumi's help.

Abel was right. Once Hisoka brought in Illumi, they quickly developed a plan. They killed two of the tournament organizers and took their identities to participate in the fighting competition. The original plan was to lure everyone into attacking Abel together and then take the chance to kill him. But Abel had begun clearing the field on his own, making it unnecessary for them to draw attention.

Only then did they fully grasp Abel's immense strength. The tournament organizers alone couldn't hold him back. So, after a brief discussion, they implemented a backup plan that Abel just experienced. Hisoka pretended to be dead to trap Abel with his body and ability, giving Illumi, who had erased all traces of his presence, the chance to finish him off using the Zoldyck family's silent assassination technique.

To avoid arousing Abel's suspicion, Illumi chose to hide directly behind Hisoka and strike through Hisoka's body to reach Abel's heart. The slight sound of penetrating flesh was from Illumi's hand piercing through Hisoka's body in a lethal attempt at Abel's heart. 

Even Abel couldn't immediately detect that the fatal attack came from behind Hisoka—a stunning display of coordination. But ultimately, Abel's skills prevailed. He utilized the last bit of time to decisively break both Illumi and Hisoka's limbs. The flow of the frozen time and space resumed.

In an instant, both Hisoka and Illumi were stunned. The person in front of them had disappeared, and "Flexible Love" had also been severed. Even scarier was that their limbs had twisted into strange positions, and they fell to the ground with a thud. 

Illumi's hand, which had plunged through Hisoka's chest looking for a heart, had missed. If it were only about extracting the heart, he had absolute confidence he could do it silently. But to first pass through someone's body, avoid vital organs, and then go for another person's heart, the difficulty shot up instantly. Inevitably, this process caused a slight noise. And this slight noise led to their utter failure.

"To think you two could make me use this move, you truly surprised me," Abel said as he stepped in front of them, lowering his gaze to look down on them.

Swoosh! Despite his broken limbs, Illumi spat out three Nen needles aimed directly at Abel's head. Abel used Armament Haki, grabbed the three needles, and then threw them back at Illumi. The needles pierced through Illumi's body, creating three bloody holes, and embedded themselves into the ground.

"Almost forgot, the innate ability 'Beast's Strength' is still active," Abel muttered.

"Assassins of the Zoldyck family really have no manners," Abel said, grabbing Illumi's hair and lifting him up. "Let's play a game. It's called 'Flying Man.' We're a thousand meters above ground. I'm going to throw you out, and we'll see how you survive."

"Ready?" Illumi said nothing, just stared intently at Abel.

"Good, I like that look. Now I'm starting to hope you survive this game. Remember, if you survive and want revenge, you're always welcome," Abel said.

With quintuple strength enhancement, Abel easily threw Illumi out of the spectator stands and into the outside of the Sky Arena. From a thousand meters high, the limb-broken Illumi began to freefall. 

"They dare to even kill a Zoldyck family member just like that." Hisoka smiled, seeming to foresee the crazy revenge of the assassin family.

"Next, is it my turn? 'Flying Man' sounds quite interesting. Or do you have a more entertaining way to kill me?" Hisoka asked.

Abel shook his finger, "No, quite the opposite. You've brought me a lot of fun with this game, so you're free from now on. In fact, if that guy hadn't used his 'spit' on me, I wouldn't have even thought of killing him."

"Now I can only wish him good luck."

Surviving the ordeal, Hisoka suddenly didn't feel happy at all. It was boring, empty inside, and even filled with a bit of anger. He had always been the one 'playing' with others, but now the roles had reversed, and this was how it felt.

"If you don't kill me now, you'll regret it."

"Don't think so highly of yourself. In my eyes, you're a washed-up toy. Thank you for all the joy you've brought me, but I don't need you anymore," Abel said, walking away like a man who pulls up his pants after a one-night stand, his tone particularly firm and merciless.

As if everything done before had been an illusion, the announcer finally woke up as if from a dream and declared the ultimate winner – the 'Demon King' Abel!