A Nen User can withstand damage from military weapons like guns, bombs, and grenades, but that's not absolute.
If firearms or explosives are used skillfully, even an ordinary person has a high probability of successfully killing a Nen User.
Compared to firearms, explosives have stronger instantaneous explosive power and are often a weapon that Nen Users are more wary of.
As long as factors like angle, timing, and amount of explosives meet the criteria, it's quite simple to kill a Nen User who is caught off guard.
Even if the faced Nen User is somewhat prepared, meeting the criteria can at least severely injure the enemy if not kill them.
Among all types of Nen Users, only mercenaries rely heavily on these military weapons.
Setting bombs in advance and then detonating them to attack or weaken the enemy is one of the Stonewall Squad's habitual tactics, or rather, a common tactic for mercenary squads.
But hearing the calm voice coming from the heat of the explosion, Muheer knew this setup was completely ineffective.
Of course, this was just one insignificant part of the plan, and besides, the hunter stepping into the trap was Botobai.
Muheer's hands swept behind his back, quickly pulling out two grenades, pulling the pins, and throwing them into the fiery heat caused by the explosion. He then leaped backward, jumping off the small hill of wreckage and bricks.
The two grenades flew into the heat, one left, one right. At that moment, two large hands shot out, grabbing the grenades in their palms.
There were only two muffled bangs as the grenades turned to fragments in the palms.
The heat wave and smoke dissipated, revealing Botobai standing unscathed. He slowly opened his palms, letting the grenade shell fragments slide to the ground.
'The Stonewall Squad is a team of eleven mercenaries. They always operate collectively, so it's impossible for only Muheer to be here.'
Botobai quickly scanned the surroundings. He didn't rashly release his En to probe the situation because when using En, physical defense drops to its lowest. In a situation where the enemy is hidden while he's exposed, and he's outnumbered, it would be easy to get sniped.
"Setting traps here in advance means the Stonewall Squad considers this their main battlefield. Their familiarity with the terrain is definitely superior to mine."
"And while they have the advantage in numbers and terrain, they don't intend to engage in a frontal battle."
Botobai snorted lowly and thought to himself, 'This is indeed the Stonewall Squad's style. Maintaining an extremely high survival rate on various national battlefields isn't for nothing.'
'Encountering them here probably isn't a bad thing. If other companions had encountered them, they might have been... instantly killed.'
'So, I must eliminate them here to increase the success rate of this operation. Conversely, if I'm eliminated by them, it will increase the failure rate.'
'Of course, I could also choose to avoid the fight temporarily, but there's no need for that. Besides, I don't need to actively find you.'
Botobai's eyes turned slightly cold, but he walked into the narrow space separated by the wreckage and brick walls.
The opponent's concealment skills were extremely professional. Muheer showed himself and then quickly hid again, presumably intending to carry the game of 'cat and mouse' to the end.
However, while Botobai couldn't pinpoint the Stonewall Squad's exact hiding spots, he could use external forces to flush them out.
Botobai walked to the center of the narrow path, suddenly stirred up surging Nen, channeled it into his arms, and made a movement similar to expanding his chest, swinging his fists to strike left and right.
Boom!
The vibration-type Nen, channeled through his fists, shone brilliantly, creating powerful shockwaves that blasted huge gaps in the piles of rubble on both sides. The residual force spread far before reluctantly stopping.
The sudden attack did not startle the hidden Stonewall Squad's members.
Botobai withdrew his hands, acting as if nothing had happened, and continued deeper inside.
To avoid being focused fired by the Stonewall Squad, many of his usual go-to choices were not applicable in this situation… like jumping to a high point directly...
Botobai was very patient, a trait related to his long-term profession.
Before the Stonewall Squad actively revealed themselves, he would slowly wear down their patience.
As for the traps set by the Stonewall Squad, in his view, they were simply insufficient to pose a threat.
He continued forward, avoiding multiple traps, occasionally throwing a few punches to demolish the piled-up brick walls and wreckage.
A few times, he was caught within the blast radius of actively detonated bombs, but Botobai, relying on his Reinforcement-type Nen Mastery that was like an impregnable fortress, withstood them unscathed.
This situation continued for over ten minutes. Botobai still hadn't managed to force the Stonewall Squad to reveal their traces.
Passive sensor-triggered bombs, actively detonated bombs, even timed bombs...
Along his path, including the ones already detonated, he had discovered over thirty bomb locations.
He knew the actual number of bombs would definitely exceed a hundred.
The Stonewall Squad intended to remain still, waiting for movement, using these pre-planted traps to force him to reveal a flaw.
Thinking of this, Botobai silently noted the specific locations of the passive sensor-triggered bombs.
Forget about the active bombs, but these indiscriminate passive sensor-triggered bombs might be useful in the upcoming fight.
He wasn't anxious at all. Even if they stalemated here for a day or even three days, he would be perfectly happy.
After all, he was tying down eleven opponents single-handedly… a fantastic deal, wasn't it?
Botobai was patient, and the Stonewall Squad was no less so. They weren't even worried about being accidentally flushed out by Botobai's random attacks.
They just needed to wait for the fuse to slowly burn down. When that time came, they could launch a thunderous attack against Botobai.
The plan they adopted was an all-out burst attack.
With Golem as the core, they would only act when they were sure their firepower could hit Botobai.
If the Hunter Association's Hunter who entered this room wasn't Botobai but someone else, the Stonewall Squad wouldn't have been so meticulous and step-by-step.
Both sides were waiting for that moment to arrive.
But what came first were the copper mechanical lifeforms drawn by the sound of explosions.
'They're here...'
Botobai watched as copper mechanical lifeforms poured in from several entrances.
He had to admit, the Stonewall Squad was very strong in terrain-based combat. Even he found it difficult to locate their hiding spots in this kind of area.
However, he could use the copper mechanical lifeforms to flush the Stonewall Squad out.
Over a hundred copper mechanical lifeforms rushed in from several entrances. But they didn't sense the presence of the Stonewall Squad… instead, they headed straight for Botobai.
Seeing this, Botobai was somewhat surprised.
The copper mechanical lifeforms were very sensitive to intruders. As long as an intruder was within a specific close range, even hidden in a pile of rubble, they would be sensed immediately.
Yet, the teams of copper mechanical lifeforms coming from several directions showed no signs of stopping. Their target was clearly himself.
While puzzled, Botobai quickly memorized the paths the copper mechanical lifeforms were taking in his mind.
If the copper mechanical lifeforms showed no reaction along their paths, it meant there were probably no Stonewall Squad's members in the surrounding areas of those paths.