"What is that?" Gon shouted.
Within the blinding light, a towering figure slowly emerged.
A black robe.
Eyes burning with crimson fire.
An overwhelming pressure radiated from his very existence.
"The Guardian of the Dark Continent," Ryker said, his voice heavy. "The real enemy is here."
The moment the Guardian appeared, the battlefield sank into a deeper, suffocating tension.
Ryker drew in a slow breath. Lightning gathered. Everything he had surged toward a single point.
"The power of the Dark Continent…"
"I'll shatter its rules with infinite plunder."
The Guardian's form solidified , a tall man wreathed in black-red Nen flames. His eyes burned like a furnace of hell. Each step he took scorched the ground beneath him, distorting the air with oppressive heat.
Ryker steadied himself. Inside his body, the Infinite Trait Plunder System blared with cascading warnings. A limit-state battle was imminent.
"System. Activate Extreme Fusion Mode."
"Deploy all traits."
His hands formed a seal as his aura detonated upward.
[ Extreme Fusion Mode , Activated ]
[ Total Traits: 135 ]
[ Lightning Core Energy: 130% ]
[ Dark Continent Power , Fully Integrated ]
[ Warning: System load approaching maximum capacity ]
Lightning roared around him. Electric arcs and streams of data intertwined, as if the world itself resonated with his ascent.
The Guardian slowly raised both hands. A domain unfolded.
A black barrier infused with burning crimson rule-fire expanded outward , an endless cage of flames that sealed the entire battlefield.
"This is the heart of the Dark Continent."
"You will not escape the shackles of its rules."
The rule barrier twisted the flow of Nen, crushing down on Ryker's aura and system output.
"Then I'll break it."
"Infinite Trait Plunder System,"
"Rule Reversal: Abyssal Seal!"
The newly acquired Rule Reversal , Dark Shard ignited. Its power surged, evolving into a deeper, more violent form.
The barrier trembled. Cracks spread across its surface,
But it held.
The Guardian snorted coldly. With a flick of his hand, black-red flames condensed into blazing blades and shot toward Ryker.
Ryker vanished.
"Phantom Mirror Chain-Breath."
He slipped through the attack with predictive precision, leaving behind layers of afterimages.
Then,
He counterattacked.
"Wrath of the Thunder God: Final Severance!"
A massive lightning blade carved across the battlefield.
The Guardian met it head-on. A colossal flaming hand rose and caught the strike.
Explosion.
Fire and lightning collided, tearing at space itself.
"Your trait power has grown," the Guardian said with a cold smile. "But this is your limit."
Ryker's eyes sharpened.
"Limit?"
"The real limit hasn't even started yet."
The lightning blade in his hand expanded violently. He drove it down again with even greater force.
At the same time,
The System continued plundering automatically. Fragments of rule power. Residual Nen. Everything was consumed.
[ Plunder Successful: Dark Guardian , Rule Remnants ]
[ Trait Enhanced: Rule Reversal , Abyssal Seal ]
[ Lightning Core Energy: 150% (Limit State) ]
"Try stopping this."
Ryker's voice dropped. All fused traits detonated in unison.
"Wrath of the Thunder God: Endless Judgment!"
Lightning erupted. Compressed. Refined.
A colossal sword of thunder formed, piercing through heaven and earth with absolute destructive authority.
It fell.
The Guardian's expression finally changed. Black-red flames surged wildly, forming a dense defensive barrier.
He braced,
And took the strike.
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