You have to know that Su Jue did not take off the mask before he fainted. If it was Li Suchang who saved him, his identity would definitely not be hidden from the other party.
Su Jue had his reasons for leaving such a big flaw. Now that he had almost mastered the Taixu Sword Qi, it was time to find a way to escape.
But why...
"You're awake." As Su Jue's expression kept changing, Li Suchang, who was in a daze, also noticed his movements. She withdrew her gaze from the window and then stopped at Su Jue's face.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Su Jue clearly felt that Li Suchang paused when she saw him. Although she quickly returned to her normal state, he still noticed the unnatural look on her face.
"Thank you for saving me." Su Jue, who knew what was going on, replied in a hoarse voice. There was a hint of embarrassment on his face. When he met Li Suchang's gaze, he turned his face away deliberately, pretending to be guilty.
Su Jue's expression did not escape the perceptive Li Suchang. Seeing Su Jue's guilty look, Li Suchang's heart trembled slightly, but she still said with a stiff upper lip: "You have just learned the Taixu Sword Qi. Even if Mo Ranxiang is protecting you, don't be so arrogant next time. These monsters are very dangerous. Just let me deal with them next time."
"..." I have done this much, why don't you expose it?
Girl, has anyone ever told you that you are not good at lying?
It should be a good thing for Li Suchang that he pretended not to recognize Su Jue's identity. It meant that he could continue to learn Taixu Sword God from her until he had fully utilized the girl and then kicked her away.
But what Su Jue wanted was definitely not this kind of stealth learning method. Although he deliberately disguised himself to deceive Li Suchang's trust, it was all a means to achieve his goal.
His goal was very clear, which was to complete the Taixu Sword God, not Li Suchang as a person.
If he had just become the Ruler of Domination, he would have definitely used Li Sushang's friendship to make her a qualified weapon - but now he already had one.
Therefore, Li Sushang has completely become a trouble for him. Not to mention the other party's combat power, even her relationship with Otto will definitely cause great trouble to Su Jue.
So, sorry.
"I'll pay attention." After responding to Li Suchang, Su Jue supported himself and sat up from lying down.
He had just woken up and had no strength in his arms. He accidentally lost his balance and fell off the bed. Fortunately, Li Suchang acted quickly and held his arm.
Coincidentally, the collapse energy in Su Jue's body produced a slight fluctuation uncontrollably, and a bit of the tyrannical aura from the Ruler emanated from his body.
Li Suchang, who had extremely sharp senses, immediately noticed this breath and her expression became stiff.
The master had told her that this uncontrolled release of true energy was one of the signs of being possessed. Especially when learning Taixu Sword Qi, one needs to cultivate the sword heart for a long time in order to prevent being possessed.
However, it only took Su Jue a few hours to reach most of the thresholds of Taixu sword energy. This means that in addition to his extraordinary talent, the risk of him becoming a demon is also greatly increased.
"Miss Su Shang, what's wrong?" Su Jue interrupted Li Su Shang's thoughts. He knew very well that his lies had many loopholes and he couldn't let her think about it too much.
Looking at Su Jue's poorly disguised appearance, Li Suchang suddenly felt a little chest tightness. She forced a smile, left a word saying that she was going to prepare lunch, pushed open the door of the ward, and left with a heavy heart.
Looking at Li Sushang's departing back, the false disguise on Su Jue's face quickly disappeared. A moment later, a sigh sounded in the ward.
He stood up from the bed, and the wounds on his body disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye. As an experienced Herrscher, the three hundred thousand wills were not enough to shake his foundation.
Apart from the mental trauma left by Taixu Sword God, no matter how serious the injury is, it can be repaired under the authority of re-creation.
The reason why Su Jue pretended to be injured was not only because he really needed recuperation, but also because his biggest purpose was to sever the connection between Li Suchang and himself.
"We will be enemies the next time we meet, Miss Suchang."
The moment the sound faded away, the room was empty.
Chapter 264 New Plan and Final Goal
[All citizens in the shelter please remain quiet for the time being, our rescuers will guide you back. Injured people please stay where you are, medical personnel will arrive soon, we will ensure the safety of every citizen.]
On the streets destroyed by the Honkai beasts, a large number of rescue workers were maintaining order. Without the obstruction of the Honkai beasts, the defense organization of the science and technology city immediately started to operate. These mechas modified by Su Jue were very efficient and quickly cleaned up the collapsed buildings. The radio was also constantly circulating soothing messages, trying to stabilize the people's hearts to the greatest extent possible.
Not long after, the order of the city was basically restored. Except for those who were injured, most people returned to their normal lives. And under Su Jue's control, these citizens affected by the collapse will also receive a certain degree of compensation, which can be said to be much better than other cities.
"Make way, please pass." Among the dispersing crowd, a girl with short golden hair was swimming upstream. She was holding a camera in her hand. She was the B-level Valkyrie Susanna.
Passing through the crowded crowd, the scene destroyed by the Honkai beast immediately came into her sight. Susanna quickly picked up the camera and took pictures of the scene.
Looking at the damage on the ground that was obviously caused by an emperor-level Honkai beast, Susanna was a little scared. Fortunately, the Honkai had subsided when she arrived, otherwise she might have entered the attack range of the beasts.
"I didn't expect that even an emperor-level Honkai beast would appear. Could it be true, as the bishop said, that there is a Herrscher lurking in this city?"
When Susanna first learned that she was about to carry out an investigation mission, she was very excited, because for a Valkyrie, a direct assignment from the bishop was a great honor. Moreover, her good friend Alvette also said that as long as she didn't run into the Herrscher of the Sky, then Sky City should be very safe.
However, less than half an hour after arriving in the city, the rescue mission turned into an escape game. If he hadn't been lucky enough to meet that red-haired big sister, he would probably have been on the Valkyrie's obituary list by now.
After knowing the truth, Susanna felt the pressure doubled, especially after she reported the mission to the bishop, the other party mentioned the word "Herrser" intentionally or unintentionally, which made her terrified.
As a regular Valkyrie, even if she has never participated in a subjugation mission, she must know the horror of the Herrscher. Every time the Herrscher appears, it means at least one city will be destroyed.
Not to mention that it had only been half a month since the Battle of the Pacific. As a Valkyrie who participated in the rescue, Susanna and countless others witnessed the Far East being submerged by sea water and the Arctic Ocean. The shock brought about by a disaster of that magnitude was engraved into the deep memories of almost every participant.
However, Otto told her that as long as she found Li Suchang, her safety would be basically guaranteed.
"Lady Suchang is so powerful. She must have been the one who solved the collapse that broke out before." Recalling the heroic girl she had met before, Susanna's uneasy heart calmed down.
"Meow." Just when Susanna was getting anxious because she couldn't find Li Suchang, a cat's cry suddenly reached her ears. She looked around and finally focused her eyes on her feet.
A black kitten that seemed to have been lost in the Honkai incident was looking curiously at the human in front of it and making pitiful noises. The loving Susanna couldn't resist the temptation and squatted down to gently stroke the kitten's head.
The black cat was not afraid of people. Instead, it rubbed Susanna's palm with great enjoyment because of her comfort. After rubbing, the kitten meowed twice in a humane way, and looked at Susanna with its two gem-like eyes pitifully.
"How pitiful! Has it lost its owner?" Susanna was about to pick up the kitten, but the cat seemed frightened. It cried out and immediately ran away.
"Wait, it's dangerous over there!" Seeing the kitten running away in panic, Susanna became a little worried and hurriedly chased after it.
However, when she caught up with it, the black cat had already jumped into a boy's arms. The gray-haired boy rubbed the kitten's head and looked at Susanna, who was panting, with some confusion.
"So you found the owner?" Susanna breathed a sigh of relief and smiled awkwardly. After the boy and the cat left, she realized that she had unknowingly come to the hospital in Tiankong City.
Just as she was about to reposition herself, a familiar figure came into her sight.
"It's Master Suchang!"
……
Having completed the task, Taxue obediently slipped into Su Jue's collar and entered the dilapidated theater. Su Jue looked in the direction of Li Suchang, shook his head, and walked quickly into the crowd.
This collapse was the result of Su Jue being calculated by Otto. The other party was also very clear that he would not kill innocent Valkyries casually, so he had Su Jue in his hands. Since the collapse incident was resolved, he must have guessed that Su Jue was still alive, and the information about Kiana in Sky City was probably not hidden from him. However, Su Jue was not something that Otto could easily deal with. Since the other party used Susanna to cause trouble for him, Su Jue would naturally not suffer this loss in vain, and he could also use Susanna to achieve his own goals.
Learning the Taixu Sword God was far more complicated than he had imagined. He thought he only needed to withstand a few more attacks from the Sword God to be able to replicate it. But after actually interacting with Li Suchang, he realized how high the Sword God's requirements were for the user.
Even for the Sword God, there are huge differences.
Kiana's use of the Taixu Sword God in the Pacific War was not very sophisticated, but with the blessing of Su Jue's emotions, she was able to destroy even part of the Honkai consciousness cluster.
But now, he doesn't even have the qualifications to fight against Li Suchang. This is the effect of state of mind on the Sword God.
Su Jue must obtain the complete data of the Sword God and withstand the frontal attack of the peak Sword God, and the only one who can do this is Li Suchang. But with the current relationship between the two, Li Suchang will definitely not kill Su Jue, and even if she uses the Sword God, she will definitely hold back.
Therefore, he needed to give the other party a reason to take action, a reason to have the belief to kill Su Jue.
Anyone who possesses the devil must be killed.
This was the weapon he gave to Li Suchang, the belief that allowed her to fight with all her strength.
"Now, it depends on how much information Susanna can reveal to Li Sushang, but considering Otto's dangerous personality, I'm afraid the effect will be very good."
After determining his ultimate goal, Su Jue still had another thing to deal with, which was the core issue of the Ruler of Reason.
Up to now, the Herrscher Core is still resisting Su Jue. Even if he forcibly uses the power of domination to steal the authority of creation, the power he can output is very limited.
This body was created by the Herrscher core and would inevitably be affected by the core. No matter how Su Jue dealt with it, the 300,000 wills were an obstacle that could not be avoided.
Those wills were obviously resistant to Su Jue. They had seized the opportunity to betray him when Otto had plotted against him before. If left alone, they would definitely betray him again.
Su Jue must find a way to solve this hidden danger. The worst option is of course to erase it directly. With Su Jue's current strength, he has the right and qualifications to do so, but the erased core is just a toy for Su Jue and has no meaning.
If it was erased, he might as well leave the core with Walter and steal it directly with his power of control. This kind of unprofitable thing obviously did not meet Su Jue's expectations.
So, since these wills are bound to betray, why doesn't Su Jue take advantage of their betrayal?
You know, if you want to learn Sword God, you can't have serious mental flaws. Obviously, Su Jue's current flaw...
Well, although he didn't want to admit it, his weakness was indeed Kiana.
If he could use the opportunity of these 300,000 betrayals to make up for this flaw and forcibly erase the mental loophole from Su Jue's heart, then learning Taixu Sword God would not be so difficult.
However, erasing the flaw means that Kiana will truly disappear from Su Jue's memory from now on, and even Su Jue will have to take huge risks by doing so, as the hive consciousness will be affected if he is not careful.
But he had no choice.
The aftereffects of the "Love Poison Plan" far exceeded Su Jue's expectations. Whether he rashly tried to block Li Suchang's Sword God or exposed himself after Kiana lost control, he actually deviated from Su Jue's designated target.
I must completely erase this part of the aftereffects.
Chapter 265: Becoming a Demon
Because the existence of Honkai is not concealed like in other cities, the people here are much more accepting of the attack. The influence of Honkai beasts gradually faded from the city, and the citizens of Sky Dome, who had long been accustomed to Honkai events, quickly returned to normal life.
Although the threat of Honkai Beasts has been temporarily resolved, the matter is far from over. Otto has set up more than one counter-wind trap in Sky City. These baits will continuously release Honkai energy during the decay process, attracting Honkai Beasts to approach. Before long, a new round of beast tide will come back.
"With the protection of the shielding equipment of Destiny, there shouldn't be another collapse here." Susanna put away the signal equipment in her hand. Her logistical ability was quite good. All the cubes were placed secretly in various corners of the city according to Otto's requirements.
"So, Miss Susanna, you were sent by the Rakshasa people to find me?" Li Suchang was holding the breakfast she had just bought and walking back to the ward with Susanna.
"That's not entirely true." Susanna seemed a little embarrassed when she mentioned this. "My original mission was just to install these shielding devices, but the collapse broke out just after I arrived in Sky City. I had no choice but to follow the instructions of the Bishop and come to you."
"Honkai, do you mean those monsters?" Thinking of the previous outbreak of Honkai, Li Sushang couldn't help but think of the familiar boy under the mask, and felt a little irritated. "Miss Susanna, do you know the reason why those monsters attacked the city?"
"Well, actually I'm not very clear, but when I was in contact with the bishop, he mentioned the Herrscher to me, so I guess this collapse is very likely related to the Herrscher." When mentioning the Herrscher, Susanna once again thought of the tragic scenes she saw in the information. Her body shuddered, and a look of fear flashed in her eyes.
Although she was very sensitive to the change in Susanna's mood, Li Suchang could not understand the reason for her fear.
It had been less than seven days since she was awakened. Apart from some necessary common sense, Li Suchang knew almost nothing about this era.
It's not that she can't remember, on the contrary, her memory is quite good, as long as she can understand the knowledge, she can almost remember it. It's just that when she was in Tianming, she spent most of her time adjusting her body, and no one had popularized the information about Honkai to her.
To be precise, Otto once tried to explain things like Honkai energy to her, but unfortunately, words like [imaginary internal energy] and [energy transition] were beyond Li Suchang's understanding. To her, they were not as simple and easy to understand as true Qi.
"Herrser, I seem to have heard this term before."
"Has Lord Su Shang already had contact with the Herrer?"
If Li Suchang remembered correctly, the white-haired girl who had fought with her before seemed to have said that she was a Herrscher?
Although the battle was very short, Kiana's Grand Void Sword God still left a deep impression on Li Suchang. It was because the opponent was the only person besides his master who had mastered the Grand Void Sword God that Li Suchang had to pay attention to.
Especially after the name Su Jue was mentioned, even Li Suchang felt a strong sense of oppression.
Fortunately, the [Su Jue] the other party was looking for was probably not an ordinary person, and the Su Jue he knew was just...
The sharp sword light suddenly flashed through Li Suchang's mind, and the atmosphere full of negative emotions echoed in her memory. All the words she wanted to say were stuck in her throat.
Is he really an ordinary person?
The answer was obvious, but Li Suchang still found it hard to accept. She decided to have a good conversation with Su Jue when she returned to the ward. If the other party had deceived her because he was in trouble, then Li Suchang would do her best to help him solve it.
"You mean the collapse caused by the Herrscher? Then do you know what the Herrscher Core is?" Li Suchang remembered the information she noticed after completing the strange jumping snake level in the game hall last night.
"The Herrscher Core is naturally the key to the birth of the Herrscher. According to the records, the core can communicate with the imaginary space and obtain countless Honkai energy from the space." Susanna recalled the knowledge in the Destiny Database and explained: "Those Honkai beasts also appeared from the imaginary space. If the core exists, it will continue to attract Honkai beasts, which is the birth of today's Honkai."
Susanna was still explaining, but Li Sushang couldn't listen any more. If the core meant the birth of a Herrscher, then the words she saw, [Herrscher core... Sky... Su...], the last name.
Her heart suddenly sank, because she remembered the nickname on Su Jue's account, which was [Su Jue]. Li Sushang didn't know the word Jue, but comparing those words, the answer was already very clear.
"The Herrscher will cause the Honkai Impact, and is an enemy that Destiny must destroy. According to records, the first Honkai Impact seemed to have caused the deaths of nearly 1 people, and the second Honkai Impact almost destroyed half of the world..."
Susanna kept talking, but in fact, a lot of the information was actually processed by Otto before being handed over to her, such as the real cause of the second collapse was the Babylon Tower Laboratory, and the Herrscher of the Void is actually protecting the world today.
The only information Li Sushang obtained from the communication was that the Herrscher would destroy the city and harm humans.
"Will the Herrscher Core turn ordinary people into Herrschers?" Li Suchang asked hurriedly, interrupting Susanna's narration.
"Yes. If affected by the Herrscher Core, most ordinary people will die directly, but some people with special physiques can adapt to the Herrscher Core and become new Herrschers."
"What if I take the core before I become a Herrscher?"
This question was beyond Susanna's knowledge. She didn't know why Li Sushang was so anxious, but she still said uncertainly: "If the qualified person has not been completely affected by the Herrscher's core, then maybe his consciousness can be awakened. If it's Master Otto, he should have a way to solve it."
The Herrscher Core will attract large-scale monsters and will also affect ordinary people, turning them into Herrschers.
What if Su Jue didn't lie to me from the beginning, but was influenced by the Herrscher's Core...
"The Taixu Sword Qi is the technique that is closest to becoming a demon. Throughout history, there have been countless talented people who have learned the Taixu Sword Qi, but most of them ended up being possessed. The closer you are to the Sword God, the easier it is to be affected by it."
"Su Jue!"
All the doubts were finally answered. Li Suchang's expression suddenly changed. She didn't even have time to say hello to Susanna. She turned into a stream of light and ran towards the ward.
"It's not too late!" At a speed that was almost invisible to ordinary people, Li Suchang had already arrived at the door of the ward. She pushed the door open with a bang and said quickly: "Su Jue, I..."
There was no one in the quiet ward, only the white curtains by the window swaying in the breeze, as if waving goodbye.
