Despite their incredible speed and coordination, the two boys are unable to even touch the ball.
The airship arrives at , a massive structure in the middle of nowhere that serves as the site for the Third Phase. The candidates must reach the bottom of the tower within 72 hours. HUNTER X HUNTER: Episode 7 - 8 (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
Following the second phase, the remaining examinees board a giant airship bound for the next location. While Kurapika and Leorio rest, Gon and Killua explore the ship. They eventually encounter , the head of the Hunter Association, who challenges them to a simple game: if they can take a ball from him before the ship lands, they will immediately become Hunters. Despite their incredible speed and coordination, the two
The episode ends as the group encounters their first major challenge: a series of death matches against long-term prisoners who are promised a reduction in their sentences for every hour they delay the examinees. Following the second phase, the remaining examinees board
Killua eventually gives up in frustration, realizing the massive gap in power between them and Netero. He vents his anger later by taking down two other examinees who cross his path.
In the Hunter x Hunter 2011 series, Episodes 7 and 8 center on the transition from the Second Phase of the Hunter Exam to the start of the Third Phase, largely taking place on an airship.