The most obvious thing is that she was able to shoot the arrow at the Herrscher even though she was already at the end of her strength. That was not because of her own weakness, but because Tianming injected her with something similar to the HSN potion.
According to the information collected by the World Serpent, the red-haired woman was undoubtedly the Valkyrie of Destiny, Muruta Himeko. I thought she had died in the battle with the Herrscher of the Void, but I didn't expect that this was not the case. Destiny must have saved her. Even the Herrscher of the Void's appearance in Sky City was probably Otto's work.
Seeing Raven's changing expression, Rita's face was not looking good either. After losing to the woman codenamed Chi Lian last time, she thought she had been cautious enough this time, but she didn't expect to be tricked. Not only did she take away the weakened Herrscher of the Void in advance, but she also destroyed her own vehicle. More importantly, the Immortal Blade team responsible for assisting the battle this time was unable to provide support due to the inspection of the Eos.
"What a calculation!"
"What a conspiracy!"
After figuring out the situation, the two women who felt insulted started fighting without saying a word.
The frost spread rapidly. In order to avoid the last rollover, Rita deliberately used her new armor, the Blue Knight Moon Soul. This is the fourth generation of Valkyrie God Killing Armor developed by Tianming, a specialized armor for particle flow dispersion.
It symbolizes the terrifying side of the moon, spreading the life-killing coldness across the earth like moonlight, bringing despair to all things.
Originally, it should have been cloudy tonight, but the power of the Herrscher of the Sky directly pierced through the clouds, allowing the bright moonlight to attach to the silver-white sickle. Rita held the sickle handle tightly and slowly walked towards Raven. This time she would not be careless again.
Sure enough, as she approached, a bomb buried underground exploded. If she had not been cautious enough, she would have been affected.
"Hmph~" Satisfied with her own progress, Rita curled the corners of her mouth, and the cold frost continued to approach the raven.
Of course, Raven had no idea that what had just exploded was not a bomb, but a spear that Su Jue had buried underground when he was bombing with the Sub-Sky Spear. Feeling the pressure from the S-rank Valkyrie, Raven felt the pressure in her heart. More importantly, her arrows had been exhausted, and she only had two spare pistols to deal with it.
boom--
Gunshots rang out. Raven knew the importance of long-range suppression. Since there was no way to escape, she would fight to the death. The two pistols kept spitting out bullets. Of course, she had a resolute attitude on the surface, but in fact she pressed the distress signal. Those who stayed in Sky City knew about her and Jackal. Although Jackal was seriously injured, the woman was not that simple. As long as her brain was still there, she would not die easily.
beep beep-
Urgent cries for help echoed in the laboratory. Jackal looked at his communicator with an unsightly expression.
"Dr. Cleo, your communicator is ringing." A strange female voice came from the shadows. The Jackal raised his head and looked at the long golden hair swaying in the dim light, his eyes filled with anger.
It was this strange woman who had never been seen before who sneaked into the underground of Shencheng Technology without anyone noticing, and forcibly interrupted the Jackal when he was about to treat himself. The Raven who was supposed to be stationed at Shencheng Technology was nowhere to be seen at this time, and the Jackal watched this woman doing whatever she wanted in his laboratory.
This strange woman was naturally Su Jue in disguise, and she directly used the [Mother] doll as a host. There were still dense cracks on her body, which were all traces left by the Jackal in the previous Stigma Awakening Plan.
"Don't want to answer it?" The woman's voice was low, with a hint of madness that came from being eroded by the collapse.
Listening to the increasingly urgent alarm, Jackal just silently turned it off. After the Honkai Beast Potion wore off, she recovered her original body. But at this time, she also lost her ability to move, not to mention that her calf was completely broken and was in the weakest state.
Originally, with complete medical equipment, these would not be a big problem. However, after Su Jue led the raven away, she directly used the space channel to reach the underground, and turned off her equipment in front of the jackal who could not move. Her quality was really poor.
"Who are you? Your body has been corroded by more than 50%. It is impossible for a mere experimental subject to have such strong resistance." Having witnessed countless experimental subjects who became dead due to experimental failures, Kadio knew very well that with the will of ordinary people, let alone being corroded, even a large-scale energy infection would turn them into dead.
Although this woman was close to the edge of collapse, she was still able to maintain her sanity and stand in front of her, which showed that not only her adaptability to Honkai energy was far beyond that of ordinary people, but her willpower was also definitely trained. And this kind of person actually chose to volunteer to be an experimental subject, which must have other purposes.
"It doesn't matter who I am. I came here just to borrow some of Dr. Cleo's experimental results, such as the potion that can make you become "that posture." Perhaps because of the excessive pain, the blonde woman's voice trembled a little, "What a perfect existence, allowing me to get closer to my god. The human body is too fragile. Only in that form can I receive more gifts from the god."
I thought it was some powerful organization, but it turned out to be a secret cult that believed in Honkai. Jackal breathed a sigh of relief. There were many such organizations that believed in Honkai all over the world, and there were many crazy guys who would take the initiative to contact Honkai, trying to gain the favor of Honkai by their own will.
There are many people like this, and their fate is predictable. Although the World Serpent also tried to stimulate the holy marks in people's bodies through forced awakening, it was at least a formal way. After realizing that the other party was just a lunatic, the Jackal relaxed a lot.
"I can give you things, even potions to awaken the stigmata, but I don't think you'll last long."
"That has nothing to do with you. Just give me your research materials and finished products, and I will leave naturally."
Chapter 83: Adding fuel to the fire
"Information? That's not something you can understand. With your inferior forces, you can't make it even if you are given it." The Jackal looked down on these organizations from the bottom of his heart. The World Serpent's range is spread all over the world. If he wasn't in trouble now, such people would only become experimental subjects.
boom--
But Su Jue didn't give her the chance to talk nonsense. He had more important things to do. He could just make up a random excuse to fool her. If he didn't understand scientific research, he would have directly taken away all the things in Jackal's laboratory.
If possible, scientists like Jackal would be more in line with his goal, but after all, they were also humans that Kevin was optimistic about, so it was too risky to act now. He could only settle for the next best thing and get some research data before leaving.
The lines of collapse on the woman's body were getting denser and denser, which meant that the erosion was still intensifying. Once she became a dead soldier, Jackal would not be able to deal with her in this state. In desperation, he could only choose to hand over his information to Su Jue, although it was definitely not complete.
"It's a perfect potion." Looking at the light blue liquid in the syringe, the blonde woman seemed to see hope. Without saying a word, she gave herself an injection.
This stunned the jackal. He had seen crazy people before, but never one as crazy as this. Isn't she afraid of problems?
After this injection, the woman who had already begun to transform into a dead person immediately evolved in a more chaotic direction. The beast transformation potion developed by the Jackal can maintain one's sanity while transforming into a Honkai beast, but the premise of all this is that the user's own will and physical condition are stable enough. In the current state of the woman, she will only transform into a real Honkai beast.
"Mad man..." Cursing silently, Jackal pressed the controller next to the laboratory bench, activated the instrument that Su Jue had previously turned off, and ran away.
Su Jue, who stayed in place, began to mutate. Of course, this was just a cover. After confirming that the jackal had escaped, he sent the spoils directly to the Domination Theater, and then transferred through the Domination Theater to the next set.
The remaining Honkai beasts began to move towards the ground under his planned control, where there was also a show waiting for him to perform.
The perspective returns to Raven. The failure of her call for help did not surprise her. Instead, it made her more convinced that this was all part of Tianming's plan. Now the bullets in her spare double pistols have been exhausted, and she can only fight and retreat in the face of Rita's attack.
Logically speaking, if Raven was well prepared, with enough arrows and the divine key "Seven Purgatory Thunders" assigned to her by the World Serpent, she would be no match for Rita. But now, after a great battle with the Herrscher of the Sky, all her arrows have been used up, and the Seven Purgatory Thunders in sniper rifle form are not suitable for close combat at this moment.
In desperation, she could only try to negotiate with her own God Key - the Seven Thunders of Purification had many forms, but the requirements for the user were quite high. Once the conditions for use were not met, it would stop working in a minute. Even in the sniper rifle form, Raven had spent many years cultivating feelings before he could use it smoothly.
It was obvious that the Seven Thunders of Purification were very unhappy about turning into close combat and ignored the raven.
In desperation, Raven could only try to fight Rita in sniper form, but that was all.
Just as she was gradually losing the upper hand, the red-haired woman who had just escaped with the Herrscher of the Void appeared again. She looked at the Raven who was suppressed by Rita and shouted, "I brought you the Jackal's potion. The Herrscher of the Void has also been dealt with. Let's work together to kill her."
No, who are you? You're so familiar.
Su Jue, who was controlling Ji Zi's puppet, threw the recovery potion he had just obtained from the Jackal to the Raven, while he himself took the sword left by Mei and fought directly with Rita.
"It's you! Chi Lian, don't even think about escaping this time." When enemies meet, their eyes are filled with jealousy. Thinking of the shame of her last failure, Rita, who had the ice attribute, felt a fire burning in her heart. She immediately put down the Raven that she had been attacking for a long time, and started fighting with Su Jue with swords.
Raven, who had a chance to catch his breath, subconsciously caught the potion thrown by Su Jue. Looking at the logo on it, it was indeed a product of Jackal. And seeing that the potion was well sealed, there was no possibility of substitution.
"Is she really a hidden cadre of the World Serpent?" Raven was a little confused by now, and after officially joining the war, she found that the red-haired woman was very different from the Wuliangta Jizi in the information. If she was not a person of destiny, then where did she come from, and why was she so familiar with herself and the Jackal?
With such doubts, she took the time to recover her strength. She did not drink the potion Su Jue gave her directly, but conducted a series of tests first. Even the Jackal's medicine has many kinds, some to restore energy, some to repair injuries, and some to turn into a Honkai beast. Raven could not determine the properties of this potion.
After confirming that everything was correct, Raven did not hesitate and drank the potion directly. A warm current gradually emerged in her body, which quickly dispelled the cold brought by Rita, making her feel much more comfortable. She set up the Seven Thunders of Purification and planned to get rid of Rita first. As for this red-haired woman, whether she was one of them or not, she would leave it for later.
With the cooperation of the two, the situation was completely reversed. The strength of the Valkyrie of Destiny lies in its ability to fight in a small team. Now that Rita has left the team, the supply and support cannot keep up. Especially when Su Jue can withstand the close combat, Raven can use the Key of God to support as much as possible, and it will be defeated soon.
Just when the situation was getting better, Su Jue was hit by Rita's sickle again because he failed to dodge. The powerful force knocked him away and he fell into the ruins.
Seeing this familiar situation, Raven suddenly remembered that the Herrscher of the Sky had been shot by him due to a similar mistake. Could it be...
Unfortunately, her thoughts were interrupted just as they were beginning to emerge. Su Jue fell into the ruins and screamed, and gradually became motionless.
Rita, who had finally gained an advantage, naturally would not miss the opportunity to make the final move. Raven's heart tightened, and he immediately aimed the Seven Thunders of Purification at the ruins.
But in the state of uncertainty about the situation, she still did not open fire directly. The red-haired woman's camp could not be determined for the time being, but if she was really a teammate, then she would definitely be charged with murdering a teammate. Therefore, she could only try her best to shoot and block Rita's route.
After confirming that Chi Lian was not moving, Rita could only tiredly attack Raven again, and Raven, without a suitable weapon, could only cope with it with difficulty.
What neither of them noticed was that a crack quietly opened in the ruins, bringing Himeko back to the Theater of Domination.
Chapter 84: Su Jue is dead
Rita and Raven were successfully delayed, and the Jackal could not take care of Shencheng Technology because of Su Jue's disruption. The Honkai Beast transformed by Su Jue took the opportunity to cause destruction, and ordinary people in Shencheng Technology fled.
The night was almost over. In the entire area of Shencheng Technology, there were only burning flames and ruins of broken walls. Dark clouds once again covered the sky, without a single starlight.
The solid concrete ground collapsed, broken street lights flashed sparks, and abandoned cars collided with each other, emitting shrill alarms.
There is no doubt that this was a horrific disaster, the wreckage left behind by the Herrscher of the Void.
In the very center of the ruins, a white-haired girl was sleeping. Her consciousness had fallen into endless darkness, but no one could save her.
……
Why on earth did it become like this?
In the closed mental space, Kiana sat in a dark corner with her knees hugged, repeating this question over and over again.
There was no answer, no response, even the Herrscher personality that always tried to induce her negative emotions was silent now. She was like a child abandoned by the world, completely forgotten.
so quiet.
It was so quiet that it was as if... everyone was dead.
They are all dead, and the people who killed them...
it's me.
Scarlet blood gradually emerged from the girl's hands, then continued to flow and drip, eventually forming a crimson lake that tightly surrounded the girl.
And under the mirror-like lake, there are countless dead bodies piled up. Some of them are broken, some are bloody, and some have hideous faces, carrying the despair of death.
The white-haired girl sat on the top of the corpses, and all the dead bodies were reaching out to her, trying to pull her to the bottom of the lake and become one of them.
"The Ruler of the Void!" "The monster that destroys the world!" "The bloody demon!"
Countless screams and wails mixed together and broke into Kiana's mind. She hugged herself tightly and curled up in the darkness.
"I'm not... I'm not..."
Tears continued to flow, and the desperate girl murmured like a prayer.
But compared to those hundreds and thousands of voices, her answer was so weak.
If you are not the Herrscher of the Void, then who are you?
Is it Kiana?
Is it K423?
Or Xilin...
"I..." The girl's voice paused. The name was right on the tip of her tongue, but she just couldn't say it.
After I killed Grayshu, can the name Kiana really still belong to me?
She looked down at her hands covered in blood. She hadn't realized when the red lake had already submerged her upper body.
You can't escape it. Even if you don't want to admit it, those lost lives will not disappear. Every one of them records your sins.
They are coming for you!
Everything in front of her was covered in blood, and several corpses fell in front of her. The moment she saw the corpses, Kiana no longer had the courage to deny it.
"Teacher Himeko... Graysh... and..."
And that gray-haired boy.
Su Jue is dead! Su Jue is dead! Su Jue is dead! Su Jue is dead! Su Jue is dead! Su Jue is dead!
The entire space began to distort, and blood-red fonts filled the entire world. They were sharp and twisted, like sharp blades cutting through Kiana's soul.
"No!"
The girl closed her eyes, but countless corpses hidden beneath the lake began to repeat these four words.
She covered her ears, but the strange feeling gnawed at her spine like a maggot.
She closed off all her senses, but the voice still did not disappear.
Who is still saying that name...
It turns out that it was me.
The blood-red lake could no longer block the flow of the girl and completely swallowed her whole body. She began to feel suffocated and her body had no support anymore, so she could only fall endlessly.
Gurgling...
The sound of bubbles floating filled my ears.
Faintly, she heard someone calling her.
"Kiana...Kiana!" In the space of the God's Key Yu Duchen, Fu Hua was desperately trying to connect to Kiana's consciousness, but no matter how she tried, she could not awaken Kiana's consciousness. And this was naturally done by Su Jue.
Knowing that there was a Fu Hua in Kiana's body, how could he not be on guard? Long ago, he had begun to use the power of domination to interfere with Yu Duchen. Although Yu Duchen was more inclined to consciousness control, and the piece of Fu Hua's true soul was almost unbreakable, no matter how strong it was, it was just an incomplete divine key. Under the control of the Herrscher, it was not difficult to interfere and control.
……
After Su Jue stole some of Yu Duchen's abilities, he also felt the changes in Kiana's heart. Looking at the sleeping girl, Su Jue began to try to awaken her fragmented spiritual space.
With Qianlu's blessing, Yu Duchen's weak ability is not inferior to the original version, allowing Su Jue to enter her world in the form of a conscious body.
As soon as I entered the consciousness space, all I saw was "Su Jue is dead" all over the world.
"..."
Perhaps his influence on her was deeper than he thought. Su Jue sighed deeply after realizing this. However, his goal was not to destroy her, but to make her his weapon. Strong self-destructive emotions were not conducive to her growth. It was time to give her some hope.
He cleared the words all over the world bit by bit, not only did Kiana feel despair, but he himself felt uncomfortable. Then there was the shattered space and overflowing lake water. When Kiana, the master, was asleep, he could only intervene personally.
He originally thought that this would be difficult, but surprisingly, Kiana's spiritual world seemed to be completely defenseless against him, and with the help of Yu Duchen's ability, he easily eliminated these negative emotions.
