"They were so careless as to follow the clues. Don't they know that Rita loves to set traps?" Upon learning that they might have fallen into Rita's trap, Kiana could no longer hold back and immediately stood up and rushed in the direction indicated.
Just as she climbed to the top of the building and was about to take action, there was an explosion, followed by a strong flame. Standing on the top of the building and overlooking the city, Kiana's heart skipped a beat. The blazing flames always reminded her of that figure.
……
At the place where Rita and Himeko fought, the concrete floor was basically completely destroyed. If this was not the base of the Gray Snake, it would definitely cause a commotion.
There were collapsed steel beams and cracked walls everywhere. In a battle between S-class and A-class, these solid buildings were no better than shoddy construction.
With a loud bang, Ji Zi was knocked away by the heavy blow of the sickle and embedded into the concrete wall.
Although Jizi was forced to retreat, Rita's condition was not much better. With the fierce battle, the previous wound was torn to a great extent, and blood seeped into her battle clothes. The long-lost feeling of weakness constantly stimulated her nerves, making her feel strongly depressed.
Of course, Ji Zi's condition is worse. After all, there is a whole grade difference between them. The gap between A and S is almost insurmountable. The reason why she has been able to last until now is all thanks to her current body.
As one of the puppets that dominates the Herrscher, she is also a Herrscher of Thousands. She has the Herrscher core as her energy source, which allows her to not pay too much attention to the use of Honkai energy in battle. Moreover, when a puppet is injured, its combat power will not be weakened as the injury occurs, like a human body. It is more like a health bar, accumulating injuries until it can no longer bear it and then it will explode completely.
"It's amazing that you can hold me back for nearly 10 minutes with your A-level strength. But that's it. No matter where you come from, as long as you are sent to the laboratory of Destiny, there will be no more secrets." After confirming that Ji Zi was no longer able to move, Rita slowly approached the ruins with her sickle. After following Youlan Dell for so many years, she could complete even the most difficult tasks with ease. I didn't expect that today I was almost defeated by an unknown A-level. If the news got out, how would Destiny's reputation be put.
Being knocked into the wall, Jizi hung her head helplessly, and her face was covered by red hair with no expression. Rita could only remain alert. However, perhaps she was overthinking it. Even though she had walked in front of Jizi and put the sickle on Jizi's neck, she still did not resist.
"Hmph, Chi Lian? Let me see who you are..." The sickle hooked the mask and tore it off. Under the mask was not the expected appearance of Wuliangta Jizi, but a completely unfamiliar woman. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a little regretful.
Rita had a good impression of the Infinite Tower. After she died in the battle with the Herrscher of the Void, she also sighed for the death of another outstanding Valkyrie. But that was all. If this person was really Jizi, then the trouble would be even greater. Not only did it mean that Otto's plan had a flaw, but it also meant that the World Serpent had the ability to break the imaginary space, and the threat to Destiny rose sharply.
"Playing tricks." With a disdainful smile, Rita took out the communicator and prepared to report the situation here to Otto, but she did not notice that Ji Zi's orange eyes were getting brighter and brighter.
boom--
The heat swept through and the flames rose.
Chapter 53 Despicable Su Jue
"Teacher Jizi?" The moment she saw the flames start, Kiana's heart was shaken violently. The next second she was ready to change her plan and rush towards the direction where the flames were rising.
"Calm down, Kiana, this is not the power of the True Crimson Knight." Chi Ling immediately felt the essence of the flame. As a God-killing Armor inlaid with the Plague Gem, the impact caused each time it was used would not be limited to this. Moreover, she did not feel a large amount of Honkai energy from the flame, which was completely inconsistent with the style of the Plague Gem.
Hearing Fu Hua's voice, Kiana paused, her reason and emotion continuing to clash.
She knew very well that the chances of Jizi surviving the battle with the Herrscher of the Sky were not high, and even if she didn't die, she would definitely be left in the imaginary space and would never appear in this city. But looking at the burning flames, she couldn't help but imagine if it was that person who ignited the flames.
The flames appeared after the previous series of explosions, and it was more likely a fire caused by the explosion. Even if it was fast and hot, it could not bring back those who had already left.
"Let's go. Theresa and the others are likely still in danger."
The night wind in the sky made her clothes rustle. Kiana stared at the fire blankly, unable to calm down for a long time. But she finally gritted her teeth, hid her sadness in her heart, extinguished her unrealistic fantasy, and headed towards Theresa and the others.
……
“Hand over the things. I don’t think you want to die here.” Driving the Chris puppet, Su Jue enjoyed the feeling of being the villain. In order to better fit his arrogant identity at the moment, he specially made an image with silver hair. Like Ji Zi, he equipped his face with a cool black mask. The name Chris was also returned to the dead Chris. Now he prefers his new name - Qianjie.
Of course, he is not the Qianjie among the Thirteen Heroes who recites "Destruction! Rage! Annihilation!". Although he does not mind making himself crazy in order to distinguish the identity of each puppet, too strong emotions will interfere with his original self. Getting too deeply into the role will easily backfire, so he is still more rational when playing Qianjie.
Poor Mei had just been beaten up by Rita and even lost her weapon. On the way back to the base, she was ambushed by Su Jue and now she has completely lost the ability to resist.
"Mei! How are you?" Faced with Su Jue's threat, Theresa and Bronya, who had just caught Mei, felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy and immediately began to check Mei's injuries.
Fortunately, although the injury looked serious, it was not life-threatening. While Theresa breathed a sigh of relief, the Vishnu factor in her body also stabilized from its active state. Su Jue did not take the opportunity to kill, because he knew what the price of killing Mei was. His target was only the humanoid machine, and fighting with the school group was too risky and unnecessary.
"Who are you?" After calming down a little, Theresa tried to negotiate with Su Jue, but Su Jue didn't have time to chat with her. He grabbed a door panel on the ground and smashed it at them.
boom--
The heavy artillery on the heavy-armored bunny immediately fired and blasted down the iron gate, but before she could fire the second shot, she saw a car lifted by Su Jue. The pure violence of the Qianjie puppet was far beyond the power of other puppets. He threw the several-ton car directly over. Facing such a heavy target, Bronya's heavy artillery was helpless. In the end, Theresa summoned her own exclusive weapon, the Oath of Judas, to drag the car to the ground, and it turned into flames with a bang.
"I'll repeat again, give the humanoid machine to me." Seeing that the high-speed flying car was easily controlled by Theresa, Su Jue couldn't help but sigh that she was worthy of being the S-level Valkyrie Judas. If the three of them cooperated, he would definitely not be able to defeat them.
"Impossible!" It is naturally impossible to hand over the clues that were found with great difficulty easily. Moreover, although this little girl is just a cyborg, she is also a human being in her eyes. It is even more impossible for her to push others out in order to protect herself.
"Then I'll just have to get it myself."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Jue grabbed a nearby instrument and smashed it over, and he took this opportunity to quickly get close. Although the means were somewhat despicable, Su Jue had no psychological pressure at all.
Sure enough, the moment the instrument approached, Judah ejected the chain and bound it, but Su Jue, who followed closely, did not give her any chance to relax and punched Theresa herself.
Click.
The sound of metal deformation was heard, and the Heavy-Armored Bunny successfully blocked the punch for Theresa, but its body had been deformed. Theresa also took this opportunity to mobilize the chain gun form in the Judas Oath, and pointed the sharp tip of the gun at Su Jue.
There is no retreat. For Qianjie, only pure attack is the best gift to the enemy.
Not only did Su Jue not step back, he also used the momentum to launch a spinning kick - he was afraid that his punches would miss the two dwarfs.
boom--
Theresa was hit hard by the kick and flew backwards, but the chain gun was still close to Su Jue. Unfortunately, Su Jue had fought against Kallen bosses countless times in his previous life, and he was familiar with the chain gun's attack methods. When facing automatic aiming attacks, the most important thing was to trick the trajectory first.
"It's so easy..." Su Jue wanted to say this, but when he dodged the chain gun, he faced Bronya's cannon.
boom--
The shell exploded, thick smoke and dust spread instantly, and Su Jue's figure was difficult to distinguish.
"Did it work?" Covering her chest where she was kicked, Theresa coughed twice. She had a strong physique and the kick did not cause much damage.
"No, Bronya can already feel the other party's heat reaction."
Sure enough, after the smoke and dust cleared, Su Jue walked out covered in dust.
"Nano doll, boy!"
Su Jue, who had added drama to himself in his heart, did not intend to continue wasting time. He took advantage of the gap when Bronya was firing and instantly got close to her and punched the heavily-armored Bunny.
With a thud, the shield of the heavily armored bunny blocked the punch, but she was only at level B, and faced with Su Jue's heavy punch, she could only keep retreating. Theresa on the other side used the same trick again, and the chain gun mode of the Judas Oath was fully released, shooting towards Su Jue.
"!" Just as the chain gun was about to pierce Su Jue, Theresa's face changed drastically, and she quickly deflected the chain gun. "Let go of Meiyi!"
Su Jue is not that stupid. He would not use the hostages and directly grab Mei as a shield. During this period, Bronya finally couldn't resist and was caught by Su Jue. She was punched on the shoulder and then caught by Su Jue.
"Ms. Theresa, can you give me the things now?"
Chapter 54 Entering the Password for the First Time
"You despicable villain, let them go!" Seeing Mei and Bronya being captured, Theresa suddenly became anxious. She wanted to use Judas to continue attacking but was afraid that Su Jue would hurt them. For a moment, she was so anxious that she kept stamping her feet.
Unfortunately, Su Jue had no interest in children. Facing Theresa's anger, he felt nothing and even wanted to laugh. "It seems that you haven't figured out the situation yet. The hostage is in my hands now, and I'm not interested in wasting time with you. If it weren't for your identity, I could have just snatched the things away."
This is a lie. The reality is that he simply cannot defeat the three of them together.
"Asshole!" After discovering that Su Jue's attitude was very tough, Theresa was at her wit's end and could only secretly glance at the humanoid machine. Unfortunately, the humanoid machine was wearing a huge mask and had no expression at all.
As if analyzing the current situation, the humanoid machine said calmly: "You two don't have to consider my feelings. I am just a machine and I belong only to my master. Now that my master is dead, you can't use me even if you get me."
It would have been fine if the humanoid machine hadn't said that. Once she said she was just a machine, Theresa's emotional sympathy made it even more difficult for her to make up her mind, and she became conflicted.
When the situation was at a stalemate, Su Jue suddenly frowned. He felt that the energy consumption of Ji Zi's Herrscher core suddenly increased, and the energy of the Plague Gem he placed in the Domination Theater became active, as if it was about to explode at any time. However, the gemstone would not be easily used in the hands of the Domination Herrscher. Ji Zi was his puppet, and if she wanted to use her power, she must have Su Jue's consent.
Is this, getting high?
Although he only ordered Ji Zi to hold him back, it seems that both of them are angry now. However, since his own people were bullied, Su Jue was not ambiguous. After disguising the energy fluctuations of the gem, he opened up the permissions for Ji Zi. The energy that he disguised would not show the characteristics of the plague gem, and of course the performance would be greatly reduced. The advantage is that Ji Zi can use the power of fire.
After dealing with Ji Zi, Su Jue switched his attention to Grayshu.
As the protagonist of this incident, the Herrscher of the Void is naturally the biggest uncertainty factor. In order to prevent her from disrupting the situation, Su Jue sent out Grayshu to delay Kiana in advance, but now it seems that there is no gain.
Of course, it is also possible that Kiana chose to ignore Grayshu's request for help in order to hide herself, but the probability of this happening is very low - no one knows better than Su Jue how kind this girl is. Even if she has been severely eroded by Xilin's consciousness, she will choose to sacrifice herself to save others. How could such a person choose to keep herself out of trouble when others need help?
Unless there are other interference factors.
In the short second when Su Jue switched perspective, he suddenly felt a pain in the arm of the Qianjie doll. He frowned and looked over, and found that Mei, who had been unconscious before, had bitten his arm tightly at some point, with intense anger in her light purple eyes.
Blood flowed down his arm, but no matter how painful it was, Su Jue had no intention of letting go. He pulled Meiyi's collar and lifted her up, looking at her struggling Meiyi, his gray eyes hidden under the black mask were like a pool of dead water, without any fluctuations.
"You're already badly injured, yet you still dare to provoke me." The voice was low, as if suppressing anger, but Mei didn't know where she got the courage from at this moment, and she also looked back.
Her strength was quickly exhausted, and she could only ask in a weak voice: "Where did that hair accessory come from?"
Su Jue was stunned for a moment, then he realized that Mei had discovered the star hair accessory he carried with him. As a prop used to locate the plague gem, it should have lost its function after bringing Ji Zi back, but Su Jue somehow kept it and used it as a prop for his daily disguise.
At this moment, the star hair accessory was in the pocket of her shirt. When she was caught by Su Jue just now, Meiyi should have discovered this familiar hair accessory.
"Heh... I didn't expect that even when her life was in the hands of others, she would still pay attention to the decorations on the enemy. Is this little girl really not afraid of death?" Although Su Jue himself didn't know why he subconsciously carried it with him, he would not admit it. If so, he would be exposed soon after Kiana returned to the protagonist group.
"That belongs to Kiana... You must know where Kiana is." As the person who is most familiar with Kiana, Mei would never mistake the things on her. Even though she was held up by Su Jue and her collar was stuck on her neck so that she couldn't breathe, she still struggled to grab Su Jue's arm.
"..." The gray pupils under the mask flickered slightly. Seeing the struggling Mei Yi Su Jue was bored, he threw her back to the ground and said coldly: "So what if it is, so what if it is not? Now I am the knife and you are the fish. The information you want is right in front of you, but you can't do anything except pray."
"Raiden Mei, don't you understand why things turned out like this?"
"All mistakes come from your weakness."
The last defense in Mei's heart was easily torn apart. Looking at Su Jue who was looking down at her, Mei's vision gradually became blurred. She fell to the cold ground, helplessly watching Bronya being grabbed by Su Jue with one hand, and Theresa was also threatened and trapped in a dilemma, but she could only fall to the ground without resistance and watch all this happen.
Before coming to Sky City, he kept saying that he would bring back Kiana and was full of confidence to fight Rita. However, in the end, not only did he not even get to keep his weapon, he was also captured and became a burden to his teammates.
The torn wounds and weak body could not cover up the pain in her heart.
Regret, despair, and pain burned her heart like flames.
"I can't do anything!"
"..."
"No, actually you can do it, but you don't have the courage to face it now." When Mei was in inner torment, Su Jue interrupted her self-loathing, "If you want to protect, you must have the courage to sacrifice. If you want revenge, you must have the will to kill the enemy. If you want to get back what you have lost, you must have the determination to give up what you already have."
"We are not enemies. It's just that you are too weak to allow us to communicate on an equal footing."
Su Jue's voice was calm, but every word he spoke seemed to have opened a hole in Meiyi's heart, which had been closed by the Herrscher of Thunder. Although she still couldn't see the direction clearly, when the light shone into the darkness, it meant that dawn was approaching.
Of course, Su Jue said this not to gain favor like he did with Kiana, but because Mei actually entered the password in front of him, he felt panicked, and quickly said something nice to avoid being targeted by the Herrscher of Thunder in the future.
After saying this, Su Jue ignored Raiden Mei anymore. Another two minutes had been wasted and his patience had been completely worn out.
He didn't intend to give Theresa any more time to hesitate. If she didn't give him time, he might really have to cut off Bronya's arm. "I'll say it one last time, give me the thing!"
Chapter 55: Nameless Anger
"Principal, take the humanoid back to Hyperion as soon as possible. Kiana is more important than us. Only by finding clues about her can we avoid greater losses." Although she was caught by Su Jue, Bronya did not overreact at all. After being subjected to the X-10 experiment by Cocolia, her emotional module was already damaged. Even though her emotional deficiency improved during her time at Saint Freya, she would still subconsciously handle events with the best solution, and even ignored her own safety.
"After returning to the battleship, we can contact Dr. Einstein and the others, and then come back to avenge us." While speaking, Bronya was even trying to control the heavy-armored bunny to attack Su Jue, as if she had not thought about the consequences of him killing her.
"Tsk, you are plotting loudly as if I don't exist?" Su Jue increased the strength in his hands and grabbed one of Bronya's arms. When he was about to take direct action, a sharp spear suddenly shot out from behind him.
boom--
The Argon Spear flew past Su Jue's face, piercing through the cement wall, and finally turned into Honkai energy and disappeared. In this moment of change, Bronya decisively broke free from Su Jue's restraints with a Kaba sound, took out the spare weapon on the heavy-armored bunny with one hand and fired directly at him.
chug.
The bullets were very dense, but the threat to Su Jue was far less than the previous sneak attack from the Sub-Sky Spear.
After quickly rolling on the ground to avoid the first round of bullets, Su Jue did not retreat but advanced, punching Bronya. The heavy-armored bunny had been severely damaged before, and at the last moment it still blocked the punch for Bronya, but it finally could not maintain its suspended state and fell to the ground like scrap metal.
The Heavy Armor Bunny was a gift from Seele to Bronya. After the Heavy Armor Bunny was severely damaged, she did not care about attacking Su Jue and returned to Theresa with Mei and Bunny. The three of them gathered together and stared at Su Jue, their eyes somewhat evasive.
After taking a deep look at the few people, Su Jue withdrew his gaze, not even looking at the humanoid machine, as if the hunter had lost interest in the prey. But only he knew what was in his mind. What made him give up was not the sneak attack, but the owner of the Sub-Sky Spear.
The moment he saw the Spear of the Archon, an indescribable complex emotion suddenly surged into his heart.
Was it because of the anger at being ambushed? Was it because of the regret that his plan had gone awry? Or was it simply because that person had thrown the spear?
He didn't know that he had never experienced this kind of emotion since he came to this world. He had always been like a weaver stepping on a spider web, carefully laying out his plans.
It was precise and rigorous, and could handle unexpected situations, but now this inexplicable emotion was constantly suppressing his heart, like a breath of foul air that could not be exhaled, making him feel suffocated.
After several attempts to gain leverage, Su Jue left the building of the base, and under the moonlight, the white-haired girl who was about to aim for the second shot also appeared in his pupils.
"Herrscher of the Void!"
Looking at the girl who looked almost exactly the same as a few days ago, Su Jue felt even more upset, as if he had been betrayed - no, they were enemies, there was no such thing as betrayal.
"I see, I see. It seems I got too deep into the role."
After understanding where his boredom came from, Su Jue smiled bitterly at himself, but he quickly put away this feeling, gradually mobilized his emotions, turned his boredom into anger, and faithfully played the role of Qianjie.
When the Ruler of Rule began his performance, Su Jue's emotions were no longer important.
"You deserve to die!" A low roar was heard, and Su Jue grabbed the collapsed pillar by the wall and smashed it directly at Kiana.
Kiana on the opposite side was also facing a formidable enemy. She rushed over here desperately, and saw Su Jue who was about to attack her friend. Without even thinking twice, she directly launched an attack with the power of the Herrscher of the Void.
"Be careful, he knows your identity and must know something about you." For some reason, the crazy look of the man opposite always made Fu Hua feel a little familiar, but the memory of fifty thousand years was too long, and it was just a little familiar.
