Chrollo's lethal attack was immediately blocked by the cage of thorns, and his eyes, which were filled with cold light, quickly swept across Kurapika's face.
He hadn't anticipated such a swift and precise response from Kurapika.
In fact, the reason why Kurapika was able to protect Moses at the critical moment was not because he had information about Chrollo's abilities, nor because he had predicted the abilities Chrollo was going to use.
Rather, once Kurapika calmed himself, he realized Chrollo's primary objective was to immediately kill his master.
With that understanding, it didn't matter what ability Chrollo planned to use, and Kurapika only needed to channel all his power to defend Moses.
The risk of this approach, however, was significant.
Since his power is focused on defending Moses, it means that Kurapika had left himself completely vulnerable.
If Chrollo had chosen to kill him first...
Then he would definitely not have time to recover his defend. While he might not be killed instantly by Chrollo in this state, he would most likely lose the ability to resist completely.
Fortunately, his judgment was correct.
The thorn cage he set up in advance neutralized Chrollo's assassination attempt.
It was precisely this kind of battle intuition that had made Moses take a special interest in Kurapika in the first place.
'I can't let him get close to Master...'
Kurapika's eyes were cold, and another chain sprang out from his outstretched right palm. The end of the chain was razor-sharp like a sword, arcing like a serpent above his hand.
[Chain of Echoes]
The raised sword chain suddenly shot towards Chrollo.
Kurapika intended to use this to force Chrollo back and keep him away from Moses.
However, Chrollo wasn't about to let this rare opportunity slip away. He subtly flicked his foot, sending a piece of debris flying into his path, and then swiftly swung his left hand, slapping the debris mid-air.
With a slight sound, the piece of gravel that was infused with Chrollo's Nen suddenly flew towards the Chain of Echoes that was coming straight at it.
The collision between the two forces erupted in a violent shockwave, and a ring of shockwave burst outward.
The stone shattered into small pieces upon impact, but the force of the collision altered the trajectory of Kurapika's chain, sending it spiraling toward the ground and embedded itself deep into the ground.
When Kurapika manipulated the second chain ability, Chrollo immediately realized that when multiple chains activated their abilities, it would inevitably reduce their precision and power.
This also means that the 'Nen Hardness' of the thorn cage protecting Moses would be weakened by at least half.
After making this judgment, Chrollo put his palms together without hesitation and stabbed directly at Moses, who was in the thorn cage.
However, just before Chrollo's palms could stab forward, the thorns surrounding Moses suddenly contracted tightly, sealing off any gap that would allow Chrollo's stab to pass.
However, Chrollo had already deduced that the thorn cage lacked the strength to withstand his attack, so he had no intention of stopping at all.
Slash!
His Nen-infused palm stabbed straight into the thorny wall.
Crack, crack-
In an instant, cracks appeared all over the thorny cage, and with a series of splintering sounds, it collapsed into pieces, scattering in the air.
With the thorn cage shattered, Moses, who had been in Zetsu state, was now fully exposed to Chrollo's attack.
A hint of killing intent flashed across Chrollo's eyes.
However, at this moment, the ground between Chrollo and Moses suddenly exploded.
A sword chain shot up from the earth, cutting through the debris and heading directly toward Chrollo's throat.
Chrollo's pupils contracted upon seeing this.
He had finally managed to step on Moses's death line, so how could he give up the opportunity.
In a split second, Chrollo made a decision, showing no intention of avoiding the sword chain.
Instead, he moved his right hand and placed the Bandit's Secret in front of his vital points, while his other hand continued to attack the defenseless Moses.
However, the sword chain hit the Bandit's Secret first, and the impact forced Chrollo to retreat several steps. His left-hand attack was also disrupted and veered off course, missing Moses entirely.
When multiple chains were used, the power and strength of each chain will indeed be dispersed.
So, when the Chain of Thorns was destroyed by Chrollo, the remaining Chain of Echoes also regained its full power.
And when the Chain of Echoes pierced into the ground, Kurapika took advantage of the situation and sent the chain from beneath the earth and erupting at the crucial moment, stopping Chrollo's second attack.
Chrollo was forced back a few steps by the full power of the Echo Chain, but he still didn't give up the idea of killing Moses first.
However, Kurapika's defense wasn't over yet.
[Echoes: Weave]
The sword chain that had struck Bandit's Secret and momentarily stalled in the air during the collision suddenly swelled up like a balloon and then turned into Kurapika.
Using this ability, Kurapika appeared before Chrollo in mid-air. Without hesitation, he spun his body and delivered a powerful kick to Chrollo's already wounded face.
Chrollo hastily bent his left arm to block Kurapika's spinning kick.
Bang!
Chrollo's left elbow, which was placed in front of his body, was kicked inward by Kurapika, but this kick caused his body to slide backwards for a distance.
Kurapika landed gracefully and positioned himself in front of Moses once again.
Chrollo stopped about five or six meters away and looked sternly into Kurapika's scarlet eyes.
There is no need to ask too much to understand the reason why this escaped member of the Kurta Clan is standing here.
And since his attacks were blocked by Kurapika time and time again, he had to reconsider his next move.
Should he continue to focus the attack on Moses, or deal with the annoying nuisance in front of him first?
'If Satoga can come up soon...'
Chrollo's brows furrowed slightly.
However-
Chrollo would never have thought that at this time, while Satoga still had the strength to fight, his fighting spirit had been shattered by Moses's 100-Type Guanyin.
Right now, he just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to escape when he fell to the lower floor.
And Satoga did just that.
When Chrollo rushed back to the upper floor, Satoga had already turned and fled.
"I don't want to die here. It's your fault for making me fight such a monster..."
Satoga looked a little flustered and muttered to himself.
Just as he ran out of the dust cloud and ran towards the passage, a black shadow quietly leaped towards his back.
It was Shizuku. She leaped high into the air, gripping Blinky tightly in her hand. Then, she swung Blinky's mouth toward the back of Satoga's head.
Satoga, who was frantically fleeing for his life, didn't expect there would be another enemy here.
Bang!
Blinky's mouth struck the back of Satoga's head with force.
Under the heavy blow, the back of Satoga's head instantly caved in, his eyeballs bulged out, and a large amount of blood spurted from his mouth and nose. Then, his body slammed to the ground with a heavy thud.
This blow had killed him instantly.
Shizuku flew over the fallen body of Satoga, and then landed gracefully on the ground.
"Moses said I'm a cleaning expert."
Shizuku turned around and looked at the lifeless Satoga, slightly lifted Blinky's mouth, and said seriously: "So, cleaning up the garbage is my responsibility."
As soon as she finished speaking, she ordered Blinky to suck up Satoga's body.
After cleaning up the garbage in front of her, Shizuku looked at another pile of garbage in the distance.
It was the body of Franklin, that was flattened by 100-Type Guanyin.