[ Attempting Plunder: Naraku — Shadow Intimidation ]
[ Trait Acquisition in Progress… ]
Naraku roared. Darkness erupted. A tidal wave of shadow surged outward, swallowing everything in its path and crashing straight into Ryker.
He resisted with everything he had and was still dragged into the vortex.
"System!"
"Emergency activation—Abyssal Lockdown!"
His Nen domain expanded violently, forming a reinforced barrier that forced the darkness back. The pressure eased for a moment.
Then—
[ Plunder Complete ]
Power flooded into him. A new trait took root.
Shadow Intimidation.
A suppressive force that directly weakened an enemy's Nen output.
Ryker's eyes sharpened. He moved instantly.
"Wrath of the Thunder God: Ultimate Judgment!"
A colossal lightning blade descended, empowered by his full trait stack. It struck the weakest point in Naraku's defenses.
Direct hit.
Naraku howled. A crack split across its core.
"That's… the power of Trait Plunder…" Gon breathed.
But it wasn't over.
Naraku's body convulsed violently. The dark runic patterns rippled outward like waves. Space began to collapse.
"End it fast."
Ryker's voice turned razor-sharp. He became lightning itself, a storm in motion, charging straight for the core.
This was the true clash. Light against shadow. System against ancient rule.
With every strike, Ryker shattered through layers of defense and evolved in the process.
Far beyond the battlefield, the darkness stirred more violently. Something greater was coming.
Ryker's blade fell again. Naraku's fractured core shrieked. Dark patterns spread like black fire, devouring everything around them. The collapse accelerated. The abyss itself seemed to tremble.
"Hold on a little longer!" Ryker roared.
Lightning exploded from his body. The strain of the Trait System pushed him to the brink.
But Shadow Intimidation took effect. Naraku's power weakened. Its movements slowed.
"Now!" Gon shouted.
Killua vanished. Godspeed surged. Electric arcs carved through Naraku's defenses in rapid succession. Gon followed with a relentless barrage of phantom strikes, disrupting its balance.
"Biscuit—hold the core!"
Ryker pulled everything inward. More traits. More power. All of it condensed into the Lightning Core.
The System responded.
[ Trait Fusion: Thunder–Shadow Resonance ]
[ Lightning and Shadow attributes synchronized — Maximum burst output enabled ]
A new weapon formed. A blade of intertwined lightning and darkness. Violent. Unstable. Absolute.
"Thunder–Shadow…"
"Final Judgment."
The strike landed. It pierced straight through Naraku's core.
Everything stopped.
Then—
Boom.
The Shadow Ancient God let out one final scream. Its massive body disintegrated into black mist, scattering into nothingness. The collapsing space stabilized.
Silence fell.
Ryker lowered his blade. His body trembled with exhaustion, but his eyes remained steady.
"The first wave of Dark Continent guardians…"
"Destroyed."
But from deep within the rift, something answered.
A distortion. A presence. A colossal shadow began to take shape. Vast. Ancient. Its outline resembled a titanic beast, its pressure eclipsing everything before it.
Ryker's heartbeat spiked. The System went into overdrive.
[ Warning: Ultimate Entity Detected — Abyssal Behemoth Awakening ]
[ Recommendation: Immediate retreat or prepare for maximum-level engagement ]
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