I'm extremely interested in Nen abilities.

A dolphin-shaped bookshelf, holding six neatly stacked black leather books, floated quietly beside Kurapika.

What crazy clown… Jing Yang’s first thought was of Kate’s abilities.

Both being conjuration-type characters, Kite's "Crazy Clown," developed under Kim's guidance, is similar, with a doll-like object floating nearby. The difference is that Kite's Crazy Clown is an armory, randomly assigning different weapons to Kite, while Kurapika's is a dolphin bookshelf, used to unify his six books for easy access.

“The third volume, ‘The Abyss’,” Kurapika said, raising his hand.

The dolphin seemed to come alive as it swam a little, and one of the six small black books in the bookshelf it was embracing flew out and landed in Kurapika's palm. The cover of the book had the number "3" clearly visible on it.

Kurapika said, "This is the second ability that is largely complete."

“The abyss…” he said calmly, “There is no place more suitable for those spiders than this.”

"Is this the second ability that has taken shape?" Little Drop asked curiously. "What about the first one?"

Jing Yang thought to himself, "If the spider is second, then the first place can only be..."

As expected, Kurapika put away the third volume, "The Abyss," and said to the dolphin floating beside him, "The sixth volume, 'Resurrection.'"

The dolphin pulled out the sixth black book and floated it into Kurapika's hand. The cover had the number "6" written on it.

"By simply placing the relevant body part on the page, the name of its owner will automatically appear, and the owner will be resurrected," Kurapika explained with a smile. "But the price is that whatever amount of natural lifespan the resurrected person originally had will be deducted from my lifespan."

Chapter 95: You think I wouldn't recognize you just because you changed your identity?

Upon hearing this, Jingyang's first reaction was, "Isn't this ability too simple?"

If the ability to resurrect simply requires exchanging lives, then many people would probably be happy to cultivate a large number of assassins who can serve as their "resurrection coins."

wrong……

Jingyang's thoughts shifted.

Whether Nen abilities can be successfully developed depends not only on the fact that the effectiveness of the ability and the cost should be roughly equal, but also on another very important factor—the Nen user himself.

Developing Nen abilities allows you to balance "talent" and "effort" on opposite ends of a scale.

The closer to the right end of the "talent", the more likely it is that the Nen ability will appear on its own without the person even realizing it, and it will automatically take shape. In fact, the Nen user will need to slowly figure out the specific content of this automatically formed ability. These abilities often appear in the lower three types of manipulation, traits and materialization.

As for the "effort" side, which is closer to the left, there's not much to say; the most extreme example is naturally...

Well, Jingyang originally thought of Isaac Netero, the president of the Hunter Association, but after thinking about it carefully, Netero is very likely a monster with both talent and hard work.

In his middle age, Netero felt he had reached the pinnacle of martial arts. Out of gratitude for the art, he threw ten thousand straight punches every day as a gesture of thanks. Through this relentless, almost obsessive "effort," Netero's strength improved to an unbelievable level after two years. It was probably after that that Netero rose to become the world's strongest human martial artist.

Jingyang speculated that Netero's Hundred Forms of Guanyin might have formed naturally at that time.

On this scale of "talent" and "effort," possessing either one can greatly promote the development and formation of Nen abilities; being able to possess both can lead to rapid progress...

And on this scale, there exists a lever, namely "oath and constraint".

Having profound awareness, making a vow, and exercising self-discipline is like stepping on the gas pedal to the floor on the path of developing Nen abilities, and ascending directly to the top... It's all about getting what you want.

Jingyang looked at the "Resurrection" book in Kurapika's hand. Given Kurapika's personality, he must have made some harsh vows and constraints in exchange for the unimaginable effect of resurrection.

Shizuku said, "You have to reach the Dark Continent and find the Immortal Rice in order to safely use this ability. This is a very strict restriction, isn't it? Otherwise, if Kurapika only needs to use this ability once, he probably won't have many years left to live."

Jing Yang said, "Even if it's just a life for a life, it's still quite extraordinary. Kurapika, this ability can't be that simple, can it?"

Kurapika lowered his eyes and remained silent, then raised them and said, "This ability only works on Scarlet Eyes; it can only revive the owner of Scarlet Eyes."

“If I use it to resurrect someone outside my own people…” he said calmly, “I would immediately die of a heart attack.”

Little Drop suddenly realized, "So it's because they used their own lives to make the vow, no wonder it has such a strong effect."

Jingyang thought to himself, "Is it because of what I said to persuade him to join the organization?"

He then asked, "Why cardiac arrest?"

In the manga, Kurapika made a vow and a restriction on his binding middle finger chain: if he uses it on anyone outside the Phantom Troupe, he will be killed by the chain wrapped around his heart!

The chain wrapped around his heart is Kurapika's own power, the Commandment Little Finger Chain.

Verbal statements carry more weight as a pledge than concrete actions.

More effective oaths and constraints naturally bring a stronger leverage effect, and their promoting effect on Nen abilities can be described as adding fuel to the fire, burning brighter and brighter, as if they want to burn themselves to pieces.

Only such extreme awareness could enable Kurapika, who had trained for less than a year in the manga, to defeat Uvogin, the berserker of the Phantom Troupe, in a one-on-one fight...

But why is it cardiac arrest now?

Is it...

Kurapika replied, "This is the ability I plan to give to the fifth book—'Judgment'."

“However, this book is not yet finished.” He said firmly with his eyes closed, “When it is finally finished, the first name written on it will be my own.”

Jingyang seemed about to speak but then stopped, and then seemed about to speak again.

The disciplined little finger chain has turned into a death notebook, isn't that a bit much?

You know what, Kurapika, your look actually does resemble Light Yagami...

Little Drop counted on her fingers, asking curiously, "The third book is for dealing with the Phantom Troupe, the fifth book is for making an oath? The sixth book is for resurrecting your people. What about the other books?"

Kurapika didn't hide anything, saying that his Nen abilities had been gradually trained and developed under the guidance of these two people, and that he had already agreed to join their organization. He replied, "The first book is 'Redemption'; the second is 'Hellfire'; and the fourth is 'Revelation'. Each book has additional effects from other systems such as Enhancement and Transmutation... Only after I enter the Scarlet Eyes Specialist state can these six books exert their abilities at 100%."

"However, only the third and sixth volumes are complete at the moment," he sighed. "The other four volumes still need to be polished slowly."

After Kurapika enters Scarlet Eyes and transforms into a Specialist, in addition to the increase in his total Ki, his Specialist Nen ability also has a special ability called "Absolute Time".

After activating "Absolute Time", Kurapika will become a perfect all-rounder, able to utilize all six systems of Nen at 100% without any weaknesses.

However, what Kurapika didn't tell Chin and Shizuku was the fatal limitation of his "Absolute Time": every second that passed while "Absolute Time" was activated would burn away one hour of his lifespan...

When Jingyang heard Kurapika say that the fourth book was called "Revelation", half of his heart quietly settled back into his stomach.

Little brat, isn't this just the Ring Finger Soul-Chasing Chain with a different name? Tsk, you think I won't recognize you just because you changed your name?

Jingyang patted his third son on the shoulder and earnestly instructed him, "Practice hard, I have high hopes for you."

Kurapika's eyes immediately went dead.

“Then I will continue my cultivation,” he said. “I want to develop all my abilities as soon as possible.”

"Haste makes waste, and you can't slack off on other fundamental skills either," Jingyang reminded him, then asked, "By the way, how much have you been practicing now?"

Kurapika thought back for a moment, "Recently, I've been able to maintain a 'firm' state for almost 50 minutes..."

"Oh, that's about 3000 Qi!" Jing Yang nodded. "And in the Crimson Eyes state?"

Kurapika shook his head and said, "I haven't tested it in Scarlet Eyes mode. But it feels like there should be a 2 to 3 times improvement."

The real reason is that, given his current level of proficiency in basic skills, when using "Steady" in Scarlet Eyes state, he could easily "misoperate" and classify "Steady" as a Enhancement-type skill, thus unintentionally activating "Absolute Time" to amplify the power of "Steady" to 100%...

Once 'Absolute Time' is activated, one hour of lifespan is burned off in one second... Even if the increase in Nen power in the Crimson Eyes state is only doubled, practicing a complete 'Firm' would still take a full 6000 seconds! That's a full 6000 hours of lifespan burned off, which is 250 days!

Kurapika isn't so reckless with his life...

"Really? That means your total Nen power is close to 1! That's impressive!" Jing Yang laughed. "But we still need to keep working hard. If we want to go to the Dark Continent together, this level of strength is far from enough. Let's work together!"

Kurapika smiled slightly, but as he turned to leave, his smile faded a little.

He did not reveal all the limitations of the book "Resurrection" to Zhen Yuanzi and Xiao Shi.

The various abilities of these materialized books can only be fully unleashed in his "absolute time" state with his red eyes—"resurrection" is no exception.

Even if they become powerful one day and are lucky enough to successfully set foot on the Dark Continent and find Nitromote...

To revive one's companions from the Kurta tribe, simply placing their red eyes, which one has retrieved, on the book will not immediately bring them back to life and successfully conclude the revival.

The duration of the resurrection process will determine how long his "absolute time" is forcibly maintained...

As for the consequences if he were lucky enough to revive his people, that was not something Kurapika was willing to consider; all costs and consequences were insignificant to him.

……

After Kurapika left, Jingyang continued to think about his new ability.

After a month of practice, my total recitation volume has finally increased to 14700 breaths! It's almost 15,000!

The time required to maintain the "firm" position each time has been extended again, now requiring a full 4 hours and 5 minutes... Without sufficient willpower, simply standing still and spacing out for 4 hours is torture. Not to mention that maintaining the "firm" position for every second requires a tremendous amount of concentration.

However, even with such an improvement in mental strength, he still has little chance of winning against Yun Gu, who is a strength-enhancing type.

A month ago, Yun Gu's mental capacity was nearly double that of himself, probably around 20,000 at that time. A month has passed, and Yun Gu must have improved as well.

Trying to outmaneuver someone by sheer volume is definitely a bad strategy.

I don't want to use the control ability of the star in the arena.

The Finger Flicking Technique requires careful use at the right angle.

Therefore, we must find a way to overcome the strong with the weak... Jing Yang recalled Yun Gu's refined and easy-going face, and inexplicably thought of Lei Zha, who always had a smiling face.

When I think of Leizha, I think of his role in the Emission System...

The thought that he's an Emission type user reminds me of his Nen bullet ability, which is like playing volleyball...

chanting...

volleyball……

"How about we steal a piece of Leizha's skills?"

"Well, we're just borrowing this 'mind ball' format. We can add whatever other restrictions we want... It's free anyway, so let's give it a try. What if it works?"

Jingyang's thoughts gradually became clearer.

Chapter 96 Chainsaw

With a construction plan in place, Jingyang looked up, feeling refreshed, and saw that Xiaodi was also experimenting with something.

She stretched out a hand, and the energy swirling around it was constantly changing.

The form is changing.

Jingyang focused his gaze intently, scrutinizing the scene.

It seems that Xiao Di wanted to... make her breath even thinner?