The black sword, having lost its support point, suddenly began to spin in the air.
At this time, Moses actually stretched out his left hand, expertly grasped the handle of the black sword that was spinning rapidly in the air in a reverse grip, and immediately stabbed it towards the lower body of Chrollo, who was in a semi-inverted position.
But at this time, Chrollo still had some strength left, so he rolled forward and quickly avoided Moses's backhand stab.
The black sword stabbed vertically into the stone slab on the ground.
Seeing Chrollo flip away to create distance, Moses once again released his grip on the sword.
The released black sword stood upright on the ground, and Moses performed a half-spin. His right hand, which moved in a semi-arc trajectory, swept down and scooped the grounded sword back into his grip with effortless precision.
Bang!
The moment he picked up the black sword, Moses pushed off the ground with explosive force, darting toward Chrollo like a released arrow.
At this time, Chrollo had completed a series of flips to widen the gap, then finally coming to a sliding halt in a crouched position. His left hand touched the ground to control his sliding momentum while maintaining his balance.
As his body slid backwards, the Bandit's Secret was conjured in Chrollo's right hand again.
Moses noticed Chrollo conjured the Bandit's Secret. Without giving him any chance to flip through its pages, Moses decisively hurled the black sword at him.
Whoosh-
The black sword turned into a streak of dark light, shooting straight for the Bandit's Secret in Chrollo's hand.
As long as this flying sword can destroy the Bandit's Secret, Moses would have the opportunity to re-conjure the black sword once he closed the distance.
His advantage is that before conjuring and launching an attack, there is one less step of 'flipping pages' compared to Chrollo.
It must be known that, in a high-intensity battle, even a 0.1-second difference could be decisive.
Seeing the black sword flying towards him, Chrollo displayed his own mastery of conjuration's versatility and instantly dismissed the Bandit's Secret in his hand.
The black sword passed through the shadow of the book and whizzed past Chrollo's right hand.
Then, Chrollo calmly conjured the Bandit's Secret in his right hand again.
Swish-
The book's pages began flipping rapidly.
But before the flipping could finish flipping the pages, a chill ran down Chrollo's spine.
Behind him, the shadow clone that had previously swapped places with Moses had quietly taken position and caught the flying black sword.
'I was tricked...'
Chrollo seemed to realize something, his heart jolted, and his pupils shrank sharply.
The shadow clone gripped the black sword firmly and swung it without hesitation towards Chrollo, who had neglected his rear defense because he was busy activating his abilities.
If this strike landed, the battle would essentially be over.
Unfortunately, this battle is not a one-on-one fight...
Although Pakunoda was dead, she had already created an opportunity for Chrollo before her demise.
In addition, Franklin and Satoga are also nearby.
At the critical moment when the shadow clone swung the sword at Chrollo's vital point, Franklin shot a laser beam and broke the shadow clone's sword-holding arm, thus resolving the crisis faced by Chrollo.
Meanwhile, Satoga, who was still in his Three-Minute Heat state, attacked Moses directly.
The trio's coordinated assault firmly trapped Moses.
Seeing Franklin's timely intervention save Chrollo from a killing blow, Moses couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.
Facing a Nen User of Chrollo's caliber, Moses could be said to have put in all his efforts into the exchanges so far.
Undoubtedly, Chrollo had done the same.
In these fierce exchanges, Moses had managed to gain the upper hand and created an opportunity that could determine the outcome of this battle.
If that slash had connected, even if it failed to kill Chrollo outright, it would at least severely injure him and make him lose more than half of his combat power.
But alas…
This was the kind of margin brought about by the advantage of numbers, so Moses has no room for complaint.
Moses calmed himself down and glanced at Satoga, who was approaching him.
In his short-term enhanced state, this Enhancer was, in some ways, even trickier to deal with than Uvogin.
If Satoga were allowed to get close, the threat posed by Chrollo would definitely be magnified.
On top of that, Moses also had to take into account the firepower from Franklin.
Melee, ranged, support...
The trio formed a standard yet formidable team composition.
'I can't let that Enhancer get close, but with the shadow clone's arm destroyed... I can't use Shadow Shift.'
In the blink of an eye, Moses's thoughts raced.
When using Shadow Shift, the target clone must be a complete entity.
This is a limitation of the ability.
Moses can currently conjure two shadow clones.
At this moment…
One of the shadow clones was destroyed by Franklin and Satoga a few seconds ago and turned back into normal shadow, and was on its way back to Moses.
The other shadow clone was behind Chrollo. But because one of its arms was broken, it was restricted and could no longer serve as an exchange target.
If Satoga managed to close in under these circumstances...
Not to mention what tricks Chrollo might play, even Franklin doesn't have to worry about Satoga's safety and can fire without hesitation.
The reason is simple.
Satoga is an Enhancer, and is still in an amplified state, so he can basically withstand Franklin's Nen Bullets.
Even if he couldn't hold on, at most he would just suffer some non-lethal injuries.
But Moses is different.
He is not an Enhancer, and when he was surrounded, he had no way to keep all his Manifested Aura on himself.
So, if this terrible scenario comes true, Moses would be left with no way to turn the tide.
"No choice, then..."
Seeing through the situation at a glance, Moses was forced to consider using his trump card, Netero Mask.
Although this trump card was originally prepared to annihilate the Phantom Troupe, for Moses, it is better not to use it if possible.
It's not because he's afraid about wasting it...
But because Moses wanted to see how far he could push himself in this self-imposed 'challenging the limits'.
Now, faced with the classic team composition of Chrollo, Franklin, and Satoga, and without the opportunity to use Shadow Shift, Moses's only option is to use the Netero Mask to make a breakthrough.
The more important reason is that if he continued to fight like this, his Potential Aura will run out.
As these thoughts swirled in Moses's mind, an ominous black Nen suddenly appeared out of thin air in his right hand.
This scene-
Instantly caught the attention of many spectators watching the 'match'.
Some were stunned, some were surprised, some were shocked...
In the eyes of Chrollo and others on the venue, this dark Nen that exuded an ominous Aura was equivalent to an unknown ability that forced them to be vigilant.
Something...
Was about to emerge!