Reborn in HXH: I Plundered Infinite Traits

Meanwhile, inside the game world.

Biscuit and the others stared blankly at the leveled area before them, unable to recover their wits for a long time.

Riku's gaze, however, fell on the direction indicated by the system prompt earlier, which was the area where Hisoka had died.

Here, Riku clearly sensed another Nen aura.

Chrollo's!

Although the opponent entered this game world through the Absolute Puppet ability, his Nen had to be exposed within this world to interact with it.

In that case...

Blood Soul Card - Red!

Riku murmured inwardly, and his hand made a grabbing motion towards that area.

A blood-colored card materialized in his hand!

What was astonishing was that the figure on this card was incredibly familiar!

It was impressively the dead Hisoka!

He seemed to have been reborn within this blood-colored card, and Chrollo's lingering Nen in the area was pulled over.

"Oh... intoxicating scent, the smell of such a charming fruit..."

The phantom of Hisoka within the Blood Soul Card revealed an obsessed smile.

The Blood Soul Card could utilize the blood soul of a slain person to hunt down another target!

With a flick of a finger...

Hisoka's phantom instantly vanished from the spot, rushing towards the real world along the trail of residual Nen aura.

"Did... something just pass by me?"

Biscuit stood blankly in place, her pupils dilating slightly.

She didn't see Hisoka's Blood Soul, but she clearly felt a chilling aura that made her spine tingle.

The Blood Soul Card only affects the designated target and will not harm anyone else.

...

In the real world.

Chrollo sat up, his face somewhat pale.

Although the Absolute Puppet ability allowed him to survive being killed in the game world, it also caused him significant psychological strain, equivalent to truly dying once in the game world.

Because all death experiences are absolutely identical.

It was just that the puppet he controlled died in his place. Moreover, for perfect control, this puppet basically transmitted at least 90% of the true sensory experience. But that pervert Hisoka chose 100% immersion.

Allowing the puppet to unleash combat power as strong as his true body, but at the cost of dying tragically in the game himself. This left Chrollo sighing deeply at this moment.

An opponent he highly regarded, who could also be considered a teammate, was now dead. From now on, he was the only one left to walk this path.

"Riku... it seems we all underestimated you. I didn't expect you to have grown to such a terrifying extent. There are too few people in this world who can keep you in check, but one day, when I gather enough powerful abilities, I will kill you myself..."

Chrollo pondered, slowly standing up, his expression full of exhaustion.

His team members had basically all died by Riku's hands, and he had even seen the two remaining controlled members.

Machi and Shizuku!

But he now understood he was absolutely no match for Riku. Rushing over recklessly would only lead to a dead end.

Endurance!

That was the only royal road. Coupled with his heaven-defying Absolute Puppet ability.

His future growth potential would absolutely not lose to him. As long as he continuously gathered other people's Nen abilities, he could definitely surpass that monster!

If Chrollo knew that Riku's ability also allowed him to continuously plunder other people's traits, and in a much more highly efficient manner than his method of needing to store the opponent's brain, one wonders what Chrollo would think.

Pfft!!

Just as Chrollo was contemplating his next move, almost entirely on bodily instinct, he slightly leaned to the right.

Then, a burning pain shot from his back.

A playing card pierced through his left chest. If he hadn't made that evasive movement just now, that playing card would have pierced his heart.

Blood trickled down along the playing card.

Chrollo was incredibly shocked. He turned his head and saw, to his horror, that the dead Hisoka had actually sat up, exactly as if he had come back from the dead.

Furthermore, the opponent was holding a playing card in his hand. Was it Hisoka's corpse that had just attacked him?

Why did this happen!?

"Hehe..."

What made Chrollo's heart pound wildly was that he actually saw the corpse before him slowly step out of the hospital bed.

That clearly withered and decaying corpse looked exactly like it had climbed out of a grave.

"Blood-Colored Card!! Your ability... why is it acting on your own body, and this ability shouldn't be this strong!"

Chrollo clutched his chest and dodged quickly, staring fixedly at the resurrected corpse of Hisoka.

Because just recently in the game world, he had witnessed with his own eyes Hisoka's trump card having a similar effect.

But that was only using the blood-colored card to pursue and kill.

Yet upon these two abilities, he smelled the same scent, meaning they were highly likely the same ability.

But what exactly happened? Why could Hisoka's ability still pursue and attack him here even after he was dead?

Riku!?

While rapidly dodging the attacks from Hisoka, this thought involuntarily flashed through Chrollo's mind.

The moment he thought of this, he couldn't help but tremble all over.

An inexplicable chill ran down his spine.

How is this possible? How could such a monster exist in this world?

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!!

He had no chance to think too much because the corpse before him was relentlessly attacking him.

Whether it was speed, attack power, reaction time, or intuition, it actually showed no difference from the real Hisoka.

"Damn it!! What exactly is this ability?"

Chrollo was incredibly shocked as he rapidly retreated.

...

Inside the game world.

"A nice ability. It should give Chrollo a pleasant surprise."

Riku smiled.

He hadn't expected Hisoka to give him a very excellent trait even after death. This trait was equivalent to transforming the killed target into his own puppet. Of course, the specific effect depended on his own mental energy.

Moreover, because the Blood Soul was an ethereal entity, it was practically immune to most physical attacks, making it even more troublesome than when alive.

Didn't this guy Hisoka always want a one-on-one battle with Chrollo?

Doing this exactly fulfilled his wish. Come to think of it, Hisoka should be thanking him.

[Congratulations on achieving the 'Attacks Beyond Limits' milestone. According to game rules, you are rewarded with a special card: [The Direct Path to the End].]

Suddenly.

A majestic voice echoed above this area, and then, under everyone's watchful eyes, a pillar of golden light descended in front of Riku.

Within this light, a special golden card slowly floated down.

"Th-This is?!"

This sudden development left everyone present in disbelief.

Especially Biscuit, her face full of bewilderment.

Because this wasn't her first time entering this game world; she could even be considered a very experienced veteran player who loved playing the pig to eat the tiger.

But in her memory, an event like a card falling from the sky had absolutely never happened. At least in all her past gaming experience, it had never occurred.

The key was...

She had never even heard of a card called [The Direct Path to the End]. It wasn't even mentioned in any card indices or various player manuals. What exactly was going on?

But the two newcomers, Gon and Killua, were pleasantly surprised.

"Wow! Th-This is a limited card, and a golden one at that! Riku, we got a limited card!"

"Is the prerequisite for obtaining this card completing an attack that surpasses limits? No wonder no one has ever obtained it. Probably only an attack from you, Riku, can achieve such an effect."

The two little guys couldn't help but grow excited.

Looking again at the area spanning nearly 10 kilometers that had been leveled to the ground... indeed, only Riku could achieve such terrifying attack power. No wonder the system gave such a reward.

Riku was also somewhat surprised. As a transmigrator, he naturally hadn't heard of this card either.

He hadn't heard of the name or its limits.

The golden card floated quietly in front of Riku. He casually grabbed it and brought it before him.

Card: The Direct Path to the End - Unique Description: Upon completing the grand achievement of 'Attacks Beyond Limits', you receive a reward from the game world. Having obtained this unique card, using it will allow you to directly arrive at the final stage of the game. However, please be careful: using this card will broadcast an announcement to the entire world, which may bring you more trouble. But the strong never fear trouble, do they?

Interesting!

So a special card beyond the plotline appeared. Was it because the original world didn't trigger these plotlines, so this card wasn't seen? Or for some other reason?

But none of that mattered. Possessing this card meant Riku's subsequent journey no longer needed to proceed step-by-step; he could directly bypass to the final stage of the game using this card.

If he remembered correctly, that should be the confrontation with Razor and the others.

"Riku! We have to be careful when using it. It clearly states that using it will broadcast an announcement to the whole world. I'm afraid many players will find us, and we'll have a lot of trouble then," Gon worried.

"Not necessarily. With Riku possessing such powerful attack power now, there's absolutely no other player in this game who can be his match! Let's go, Riku!!"

Killua anticipated.

"This is my first time seeing this kind of card. Very interesting. I wonder where it will take us..."

Biscuit said.

"Since that's the case, let's just go."

Riku smiled.

Select Use Card!

This was probably his first time using a card from this game world inside the game.

He hadn't expected his first use to directly be for clearing the game.

Upon activating this card, a broad, golden highway impressively appeared before Riku, leading directly to an unseen area ahead.

"Wow! So amazing! Is this the so-called path to clearing the game?"

"Then let's hurry up and go, Riku!!"

"I didn't expect there to be such a special card in this game?"

...

Everyone was filled with anticipation. This meant they could directly bypass all subsequent stages and arrive at the final one.

[Ding! Player Riku has used 'The Direct Path to the End'. The coordinates for the game's final stage are now open to the entire world. All players who arrive at the coordinates within the specified time can accept the final challenge and have the hope of competing for the ultimate prize.]

[Ding! Player Riku has used 'The Direct Path to the End'. The coordinates for the game's final stage are now open to the entire world. All players who arrive at the coordinates within the specified time can accept the final challenge and have the hope of competing for the ultimate prize.]

[Ding! Player Riku has used 'The Direct Path to the End'. The coordinates for the game's final stage are now open to the entire world. All players who arrive at the coordinates within the specified time can accept the final challenge and have the hope of competing for the ultimate prize.]

...

The instant Riku used the card, it was broadcasted directly to the entire world, and repeated three times globally.

This instantly made Riku's group celebrities throughout the whole world.

Simultaneously, the coordinates of the final destination would also be open to all players.

"Hehe, this has a bit of an old online game flavor!"

Riku smiled.

The others were worried, nervous, and yet full of anticipation.

The final destination.

Here we come!!

Riku waved to the group, and they set foot directly on this broad, golden highway, heading towards the final stage.

...

Meanwhile.

In the Game Administrators' Castle.

"...Phew, it worked! It worked!!"

Dwun shouted excitedly.

Instantly, the other administrators on the video call couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

"List, your method actually worked!!"

Elena was thrilled.

Because they felt that if this continued, Riku was highly likely to cause the entire game world to collapse, so they had to resort to this drastic measure.

It was equivalent to directly giving Riku a clear-game ticket, allowing him to skip all the other troubles along the way and lock directly onto the final stage.

Because no one could guarantee whether Riku would unleash an attack of that magnitude a few more times during the process. If the entire game collapsed by then, the loss would far outweigh the gain for them as administrators.

So during this time, they combined all the administrators' efforts to create a completely new card.

Equivalent to a legendary cheat card.

"That's good... but the one facing the greatest pressure next is probably Razor. Razor, whether our game can continue operating normally depends entirely on you. You must handle the limits carefully in the final stage," List reminded him.

Razor, on the video call, had a dark expression.

Because according to List, the original plan was to directly give a clear-game card, but this genius programmer rejected it.

According to his logic, players don't like this kind of direct 'handing out gear' resolution; they prefer challenges to gain a greater sense of achievement.

Therefore, List specifically added an auxiliary condition to the card: it would broadcast to the whole world when used.

Pulling other players in this game world over to serve as Riku's game opponents.

"List... do you think doing this will anger Mr. Riku? We clearly gave him the final stage, yet we still exposed it to the whole world?" Elena worried somewhat.

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