Looking at Ji Zi's cheek in a daze, bright red blood was flowing from her forehead along her cheek. Susanna suddenly came back to her senses from the dizzy state and realized that it was the other party who used his body to protect her and saved her from the attack of the Honkai beast.
"I, I'm fine." Seeing that the other party was injured in order to protect herself, Susanna hurriedly took out medical supplies from her pocket and said in a trembling voice: "I will bandage you right away."
Although she was a Valkyrie certified by destiny, Susanna had very few experiences in battles, let alone facing a Honkai beast at close range. She was a little at a loss for a moment.
But Jizi was obviously more experienced than Susanna. She reached out and held Susanna's wrist, shaking her head at her, "Now is not the time to bandage it. Hide now. These Honkai beasts are not something a B-rank Valkyrie like you can handle."
"But you are alone..."
"Don't worry, I am the guardian of this city. It is my duty to protect others." Ji Zi put Susanna down from her arms and stood up supporting the giant sword.
The glowing flames from the explosion in the distance shone on her body, making her look like a martial god bathed in flames. Her long red hair fluttered in the wind, and her firm body blocked Susanna from the gaze of the Honkai Beast.
Susanna, hiding behind Jizi, looked at the scene in front of her, and it seemed as if a warm flame was burning in her heart. The previous fear and uneasiness faded away, and the strong sense of security made her subconsciously believe the other party.
"Yeah." Without causing any more trouble, Susanna knew that the best way to help her right now was to leave the battlefield as soon as possible, so she quickly stood up and ran away.
Only after watching Susanna leave did Ji Zi breathe a sigh of relief.
Since Su Jue's death, the city no longer has a direct protector. As a former puppet, all she can do is secretly protect the city from the invasion of collapse.
This is the proof that the boy once existed. It is the beginning of everything and the end of everything. As the only person who knows the other party's identity, Ji Zi will spend the rest of her life guarding this unknown secret.
Therefore, Susanna must not get into any trouble here. The other party represents destiny. If they find any abnormalities in this city, they will definitely send troops to investigate.
Raising her hand to wipe the blood off her cheek, Ji Zi breathed the hot air into her lungs. She did not have the pain accumulated over the years after being eroded by the stigmata, nor did she have the weakness of an impending death. This body was a brand new self.
Ji Zi, who was originally obsessed with her old body, finally accepted the gift of the Ruler of Rule and reappeared in the world with a brand new attitude.
It was Su Jue who gave her a new life and it was Su Jue who gave her a future. No matter what, she could not let these Honkai beasts do whatever they wanted.
Like a tide, Honkai beasts continued to pour into the border. The guard robots stationed there came out in full force and engaged in a fierce battle with the beasts while many citizens were sleeping peacefully.
Wuliangta Jizi rushed into the encirclement of Honkai beasts alone, and continued to kill these monsters until she was exhausted.
No one noticed that in the place where Susanna had stayed, a small cube device was emitting a faint light.
“Beep—”
……
"I say, is this really your first time practicing sword?"
The sky in the distance was already turning pale, dotting the dark sky with a gray-blue color. After a whole night of fear and worry, Yueyue was exhausted physically and mentally, dragging her little quilt and hurriedly leaving Tianqiong City, a place of trouble.
"Is it weird?" Su Jue stopped what he was doing, sweat dripping down his cheeks. His body was emitting heat from the continuous high-intensity training, and he pulled his collar down to allow himself to breathe.
"No, I just think you've improved too fast." His eyes stayed on the skin of Su Jue's collar for two seconds, then Li Sushang looked away and gestured with his fingers. "Even if I was at that time, I couldn't fully display the form of Taixu Sword Qi in an hour and a half."
Su Jue shook his head to deny her statement and sighed, "It's different. You have a higher talent so you need to start from the most basic and complete way. But I will never be able to master the complete swordsmanship in my lifetime. I can only try my best to imitate and simply learn the moves."
Although she felt a little reluctant, Li Suchang knew exactly what Su Jue said. Even in her master's generation, only her master could master the Taixu Sword Qi, and men's adaptability to practicing swordsmanship was even weaker. It would be impossible for Su Jue to learn the Taixu Sword Qi in this lifetime.
Being able to master the moves in such a short time is already considered a natural talent.
She opened her mouth to comfort Su Jue, but didn't know where to start, so she could only subconsciously pinch the Chi Yuan doll.
Seeing what the girl meant, Su Jue smiled and said, "Don't think too much. Sword skills are more of a way for me to exercise my body. As long as I can become stronger and not be bullied by those people, I will be satisfied."
This is true. Even though it is just some sword-swinging moves, each of these moves has extremely high requirements for the user. Even if you don't use your true energy, it is not something that ordinary people can do. If you can persist in this way for a long time, your physical fitness will definitely be better than most people.
After resting for a few minutes until his breathing stabilized, Su Jue wiped the sweat off the sword with his clothes, making sure there were no sweat stains left, and handed the sword to Li Suchang.
"Thank you." He said seriously.
Su Jue's eyes were sincere, which was the gratitude from the Thousand Rulers.
"Why should I thank you? You are my junior brother. Lending you the sword for practice is just my duty." Looking at the other party carefully wiping off the remaining traces of his own wounds, Li Suchang felt a little at a loss. Subconsciously, he took the sword handed over by Su Jue, feeling inexplicably flustered.
She didn't know where this feeling came from. She looked into Su Jue's clear eyes, in which her own image was reflected.
But it's just my own appearance.
Su Jue did not explain. To him, Li Suchang's value was that she could provide the Taixu Sword God. But deceiving someone and letting them teach him were completely different situations. What he was thankful for was this unconditional trust.
"It's getting late, let's go eat something." Su Jue suggested before Li Suchang could understand what he meant.
The two had been busy since last night and hadn't eaten a single bite of food. They were already feeling a little hungry. Calculating the time, it was already past six o'clock. There were more people on the street, and even the moving suspended rail train was carrying the aroma of breakfast.
Arriving at the street specializing in selling breakfast, all kinds of aromas immediately hit her face. Li Suchang had never seen such a bustling city before, so she pulled Su Jue and squeezed into the crowd.
Looking at Li Suchang who was choosing breakfast at the stall, Su Jue showed a peaceful smile. Suddenly, he stopped where he was, lowered his head, and saw the cube device flashing with light under his feet.
The next moment, the terrifying roar of the Honkai Beast resounded through the sky, and the terrified screams broke the tranquility of the early morning.
Chapter 258: Su Jue was plotted against
The gentle sunshine was bright and moving, and the light shone through the clouds and fell on the girl's face. Kiana leaned against the wall with her eyes closed. The cool morning breeze caressed the girl's cheeks, causing the few strands of white hair on her temples to sway slightly.
"Kiana...Kiana!" The hazy call awakened the girl's consciousness. She slowly opened her eyes and the dazzling sunlight came into her sight.
"Squad leader, what's wrong?" The vague confusion gradually faded away, and the voice in Kiana's mind became clear, but before she could figure out the situation, Fu Hua's voice sounded again.
"Get out of the way!"
boom!
A violent explosion sounded from the wall behind her, and the sharp lance swept across Kiana's hair and sank into the concrete floor. Then the entire wall collapsed along with the building, pressing down heavily on Kiana.
……
"!"
A strong feeling of palpitations suddenly surged into his heart. Su Jue paused and looked towards the direction of the collapse with an uneasy heart.
He was completely unaware that a huge chariot-class Honkai beast had already leaped high into the air and was falling towards him and Li Suchang.
"Be careful!" Along with the girl's voice, a streak of sword light flashed through the air. The flying sword in the sunlight flashed by and cut the Honkai beast that smashed down on Su Jue's head into pieces.
Li Sushang breathed a sigh of relief after dealing with the Honkai Beast. He looked at Su Jue who suddenly stopped beside him with some confusion, "What happened?"
"No, it's okay, go help the others, I'll hide myself."
It was just dawn, the time when citizens were buying breakfast in large numbers, and the streets were crowded with people.
In this situation, the sudden outbreak of Honkai is obviously extremely dangerous. Once these Honkai beasts break into the crowd, it will definitely cause serious casualties.
Li Suchang was naturally aware of this, but she was still a little worried about Su Jue, and asked anxiously: "Are you really okay? You have been distracted since just now, are you too tired?"
Su Jue was injured last night, and he played games with her the whole night. He also practiced swordsmanship for an hour near the dawn. In total, he only took a short nap for two or three hours while she was playing games. Li Suchang was a little worried about his health.
"No problem." Su Jue forced himself to cheer up. His distraction was not due to physical reasons, but he could not explain to Li Suchang, so he could only say vaguely: "I will go into the shelter with everyone. If you want to protect me, the best way is to destroy all those Honkai beasts."
"Of course." Li Suchang nodded slightly. After five hundred years, she didn't expect that Shenzhou was still being invaded by monsters. As a knight who protects the people, she would not sit idly by.
She took off the sword from her waist, and put the Xuanyuan Sword [Mo Ranxiang], which exuded a faint and elegant fragrance, into Su Jue's hands again, and warned: "If you encounter danger, you can draw your sword."
"how about you?"
Li Sushang smiled calmly, and there was a hint of confidence in the girl's voice, "Use your heart as a sheath to nourish your sword. For me, I am the best weapon."
With a light tap of her toes, Li Suchang flew over everyone's heads like a banished immortal from the mortal world, and floated towards the Honkai Beast in the astonished gazes of countless people.
"It turns out that in addition to the story about the magical girl, even the story in the Shenzhou Sword Breaking Record is true?" Someone among the citizens sighed softly.
As the original industry of Qianjue Company, the audience of comics is not actually that wide. It is just that as a carrier of cultural communication, this kind of cultural propaganda has never stopped, and unknowingly, it has formed a considerable readership base.
After watching Li Suchang leave, the gentleness on Su Jue's face quickly faded. He opened his clenched palm and looked at the small cube in his palm that was still emitting light, and his eyes gradually became a little cold.
"Destiny..."
Sky City was born from destruction. Its destruction and birth were both caused by Su Jue. This city should be protected by the Ruler of Rule. With the protection of the Ruler of Ruler's power, the Honkai Beasts would tremble even when approaching, and it is impossible for them to form the current scale of the beast tide.
He had previously speculated that the beast tide was deliberately caused by someone, but due to the execution of the plan, he did not continue to investigate. Unexpectedly, after only a few hours, the beast tide not only did not subside, but instead broke out at this time as if it was premeditated.
And now the appearance of this energy cube made Su Jue completely certain that someone was behind this collapse.
Obviously, the other party had grasped the timing very accurately. Not only did he know the rules of the Honkai outbreak very well, but it was even very likely that he was coming for Su Jue.
Su Jue, who had just finished the Pacific War, was in an unstable period of power. He was unable to mobilize extra energy to coordinate the situation, not to mention that he had to divide part of his energy to suppress the Li Lu Gem. He could only rely on the ubiquitous Internet to maintain basic information exploration.
It can be said that now is his weakest time, and it is difficult to achieve a comprehensive layout.
At this time, destiny sent him an S-class female warrior, and Su Jue couldn't just let it go. While his attention was attracted by Li Suchang, the layout made by the mastermind behind the scenes was also completed in secret.
There is no doubt that Su Jue was indeed being plotted against.
The only one who knew of his existence and had the ability and courage to make plans was Bishop Otto.
Otto may not know that Su Jue is still alive, and his choice to set up something to trigger collapse in the city is itself a test.
Sky City is Su Jue's hometown. Otto caused the collapse here. If Su Jue was still alive, he would definitely not let the collapse develop. And if Su Jue really died, it would only be one of the hundreds of collapses in the world, which would not make much difference to Tianming.
This was a standard conspiracy, the purpose of which was to test whether Su Jue was dead or alive. And based on the means of resolving the collapse, one could even deduce Su Jue's current strength.
"Should I say it is worthy of being the pinnacle of human intelligence in this era?" Su Jue pressed the small cube, and the penetrating power burst out from the palm of his hand, crushing the collapsed crystals inside into powder.
Fine dust slid from his fingertips and drifted away with the wind. He brushed the dust off his hands and quickly joined the crowd.
Just as Otto guessed, Su Jue could not allow the collapse to destroy Sky City. He had to find a way to nip the collapse in the bud no matter what.
This city is not only his base, but also Qiyana's property. Su Jue may not care about the death and injury of ordinary people, but he cannot tolerate the gift he carefully prepared being ruined into a mess.
And you are threatening the lives of so many people in Tianqiong City. Otto, are you really ready to face the revenge of thousands of people?
……
"Your Excellency the Bishop, Susanna has successfully arrived in Sky City." Secretary Amber knocked gently on the door of the office. The recent series of events really made her busy and overwhelmed, but when she saw the mountain of information on Otto's desk, she suddenly felt that her job was not that complicated.
"Oh? Really? Has she found anything unusual about this city?" Even though the work was so complicated, Otto handled it in an orderly manner. He even had time to pour a glass of red wine and take a sip.
"Not yet." Putting the document on Otto's desk, Amber asked in confusion, "Bishop, I don't quite understand. After the Pacific Incident, Mandate of Heaven was almost fully operational. Shouldn't we focus on disaster relief? Why do we have to let Susanna investigate that city at this time?"
"Besides, even if there is something wrong with that city, Susanna..." Amber did not continue. Her meaning was very clear. With Susanna's ability, asking her to investigate such a big city was as unreliable as asking Aries to go undercover among the wolf pack.
That child is simply not cut out to be a spy, and he has no idea how to hide himself. If you're not careful, he'll definitely be eaten up.
Otto understood what Amber meant and waved his hand, comforting her: "Don't worry, she will be fine."
He continued in a slightly mysterious tone, "That city is not as dangerous as you think. I let her go because I valued her reckless way of acting."
It was obviously not the first time that Amber had heard Otto's riddle. She didn't say anything and waited patiently for his explanation.
"For the ferocious beast, the city is its hunting territory. Any enemy that enters it will arouse its vigilance. Only insects that are completely harmless to it will not arouse its desire to hunt.
Not to mention that our third S-class Valkyrie is also there. If she is still alive, her attention will definitely be focused on Li Suchang first."
"You don't even know if the other person is alive?"
"Of course, if he is still alive, he will definitely not expose himself like those idiots from Anti-Entropy who would expose themselves at the slightest teasing. To this world, he is indeed dead, but I can't be sure whether he is faking his death." Kallen's resurrection has made great progress. Any variables are obstacles. Otto cannot allow unknown dangers to lurk in the dark.
“The rebuilt Sky City is completely out of the control of Heaven’s Mandate. As a friendly neighbor, how can I not come and say hello?
I just asked a lovely girl to knock on the door. If the owner answers, it means that the owner of the house is still at home. If nothing happened, we can also help him close the door in a friendly way. As for Susanna, just think of it as a not-so-pleasant vacation. "
"If the master is angry, I will personally come to apologize and give gifts."
"..." Looking at Otto's deep eyes, Amber remained silent, but finally shook her head and left the office.
My Lord Bishop, have you ever considered that the beast you are trying to provoke may not be a well-fed beast, but a wounded beast.
No, maybe you knew it very well, but you still did it.
Chapter 259 Sword Light
"Beep, the Honkai energy electromagnetic shielding device has been deployed."
As the cube's prompt sounded, Susanna breathed a sigh of relief, "It's all right now, right? With these shielding devices, we can protect this city from the attacks of Honkai beasts."
Looking at the instruments that had been fully deployed, Susanna felt a sense of pride in her heart. Putting aside her combat capabilities, she was quite confident in her logistical abilities.
"What are you arranging?" A weak voice sounded from behind her. Susanna turned around and quickly supported the pale-faced Ji Zi.
"Are you feeling better?" After a whole night of fighting, the Honkai beasts' attacks were like a continuous tide. Even if Jizi tried her best to protect the city, she was only an A-level Valkyrie. Besides, it was impossible for him to defend such a large city by himself.
Therefore, the battle continued until the early morning, when the attacks of the Honkai Beast gradually faded away. The exhausted Jiko fainted directly, and it was only because Susanna kept carrying her on her back that she was barely prevented from being taken away by the Honkai Beast.
Susanna's concern did not make Ji Zi relax. She frowned and looked at the small cube. A weak Honkai energy wave was spreading from it.
"This is a Honkai energy shielding device developed by Tianming. It can prevent the invasion of Honkai beasts to a certain extent." Susanna explained.
"Is that so...?" For some reason, Ji Zi always felt that something was wrong with this thing. However, thinking that she had been away from destiny for a long time and might have developed a new instrument, she did not take it to heart.
"By the way, which Valkyrie team are you the captain of? You're so powerful." After witnessing Ji Zi's terrifying strength that could defeat a thousand people alone, Susanna had completely regarded her as a powerful captain destined by heaven.
