What's also tricky for Kevin is that his opponent doesn't have a core like the Herrscher, which means he has no weaknesses. This is not the first time he has defeated his opponent, but the Sun-Devouring Shadow can fully recover in less than half a second.
It can withstand Kevin's attacks, is immortal and can grow rapidly, which is simply unstoppable.
But this is not the main point. No matter how powerful the enemy is, Kevin can fight it to the end, but this world cannot withstand the aftermath of their battle.
Even though the battlefield has moved to the Pacific Ocean, the raging tsunamis and chaotic typhoons will still destroy the ecological environment of half of the earth. And this is just the beginning. Once the battle lasts for a few days, the disturbed atmospheric and ocean currents will spread to the whole world, and all humans will face various extreme weather conditions.
So this is no longer a question of whether Kevin can win, but whether humanity can hold on.
Jingle Bell.
A strange sound was heard again, and the quantized Sun Devouring Shadow quietly emerged from behind Kevin, and its claws swept towards Kevin. However, before it succeeded, Kevin's Tribulation poured into its core with endless flames.
The Sun Devouring Core shattered, but unfortunately it still failed to cause any substantial damage. Instead, the defeated black light swept across the Arctic Ocean, and tens of thousands of tons of sea water disappeared out of thin air.
It devours all matter and transforms it into its own existence.
In order to kill it, Kevin must use his artificial collapse form, but this means that the Stigmata plan will have to be postponed again.
"People in this era are too weak, just like babies in swaddling clothes, and they are simply unable to resist the destruction of Honkai." Kevin looked down at the planet with a helpless sigh.
Fu Hua, who was in charge of the Spark Project, is missing. He is the only pioneer left from the previous civilization, and no one can fight alongside him, which makes Kevin feel a little lonely.
In this case, let's carry out the Stigmata Project to the end. This is humanity's final and worst insurance against the Collapse. Whether we can find a better option depends on the luck of the people in the new era.
The moment he made up his mind, the whole sky fell silent. Even people thousands of miles away stopped what they were doing and looked at the ocean in the distance. They didn't know what was happening there, but they could sense that their fate seemed to be being moved by someone and was turning in a predetermined direction.
The wide windbreaker was burning behind him, and dark blue lines were circling along his arms, turning into a pair of arm armors as strong as the horns of evil beasts. A dark star appeared between his eyebrows, and golden curved horns extended from his skull.
Kevin unleashed his fusion warrior power and revealed a whole new form.
The ears, which had become long and pointed like an elf, trembled slightly, and before the space fluctuations appeared, they smashed towards somewhere fiercely.
The moment the fist landed in the air, space suddenly shattered, and the Sun Devouring Shadow, which had not yet had time to build its own body, was directly hit by the punch. Flames gushed out, turning into streams of light that completely enveloped the Sun Devouring Shadow.
This is not the fire power provided by the weapon Jiemie, but a new power that was born from Kevin's body during Jiemie's countless battles.
No matter how powerful Jiemie is, he cannot break through the strongest combat power of the Herrscher of Fire, but Kevin can.
In this new flame, the Sun-Eating Shadow, which should have turned into black light and dissipated, was constantly burned and became smaller and smaller.
It was trying to absorb the energy of the flame, but the scorching flame that was like an ordinary person drinking boiling water to it before, now it became like an ordinary person drinking magma, which it could not bear at all.
In the blazing flames, the giant sword completely pierced its core, and the Sun-Devouring Core slowly dissipated.
But this is just the beginning. The Indestructible Honkai Will will not die easily. No matter how many times it is killed, it will be resurrected again.
However, in Kevin's collapsed form, the Sun-Eating Shadow was unable to absorb the surrounding matter and energy every time it died, which meant that its ability to grow was cut off, and it became weaker and weaker in the infinite deaths, until it was finally completely sealed.
This is also the best way for humans to fight against the collapse at present - sealing.
When Kevin killed the Sun-Eating Shadow again and again, Su Jue and others in Changkong City were finally out of danger. Monsters were still being born around them, but the situation was much better than before.
With the help of Kiana, Su Jue finally woke up, but he couldn't be happy at all.
The node of the Honkai Will in his hive consciousness has not been cut off, and it will come back sooner or later. By then, he will become even more powerful, and after the Honkai Will controls him again, it will be a devastating blow to mankind.
Although as a Herrscher his goal should be to destroy the world, he really doesn't like the feeling of being controlled. He is the Herrscher of Domination and should control everything, not be a puppet of collapse.
Kiana was also worried. She could still remember what Otto had said to her. She subconsciously stroked the hilt of the sword that looked like the skyfire. The warmth on the hilt could not smooth out the chill in her heart. If Otto was right, the will of collapse in Su Jue's body had not disappeared, and it would be a disaster for the entire human world.
However, how could she bring herself to kill Su Jue?
She turned her head to look at Su Jue. The boy looked normal and even smiled gently after noticing her gaze. Kiana simply couldn't believe that such a Su Jue would become the source of world destruction.
Whether to kill Su Jue and save the world, or to take him away, the fateful decision once again lies before her.
The only one who didn't know was Yulandel. She was still trying to contact Otto, walking in front of the two of them to open up a new path for them, acting as a ruthless road-clearing machine.
Just when Su Jue was struggling, information from the main body suddenly flooded into his mind. Now that the will of collapse has been temporarily separated, the sealed memory has finally returned again, and the end of the plan has been fully revealed.
The information provided by each puppet continued to interweave and eventually converged into a single word - Xinyan.
So that's how it is. Su Jue regained his rationality and suddenly laughed.
The mission of this body's existence had been planned by himself from the very beginning. He existed to become the final flame to ignite the firewood.
At this time, Kevin's battle with the Sun Devouring Shadow also came to an end. The Sun Devouring Shadow form of the Honkai Will could no longer be maintained, so he decisively chose to self-destruct.
Chapter 231 Farewell
The self-destruction of the Honkai Will is not like that of an ordinary Herrscher. It will carry the energy amplified by hundreds of Su Jue's puppets, and also includes the core energies of a series of Herrschers harvested by Su Jue, such as the Herrscher of Reason and the Herrscher of Fire.
This is the real end of the world. Once the self-destruction is successful, whether the earth will be shattered or not is not the point. At least half of the people in the world will have no chance of survival.
Moreover, the countries along the Pacific coast are basically the core forces against Honkai. The Anti-Entropy stationed in America and the Destiny deployed in Asia will all suffer heavy blows. By then, the Honkai energy pollution caused by the self-explosion will spread across the entire Pacific Ocean to the world, and eventually the whole world will become a dead place.
Unless the Stigmata Project can be carried out immediately and people can actively awaken the Stigmata to resist the Honkai radiation, otherwise civilization will basically be declared over.
Kevin's expression was finally no longer as cold as it had been for thousands of years. A rare feeling of nervousness surged into his heart. After 50,000 years, he once again felt the fear of the destruction of civilization.
He tried to stop the Sun Devouring Shadow from self-destructing, but no matter how strong his attack was or how abnormal his space blocking ability was, he could not interfere with the will of collapse. It anchored itself to the Tree of Imaginary Numbers, and all attacks would only trigger the self-destruction in advance.
When Kevin was at his wits' end, the whole world was waiting for the final judgment.
Under the influence of the battle, the Far East has slowly sunk, and seawater has poured into the streets of coastal cities. People are watching all this in despair. No matter how fast the rescue of destiny is, it is impossible to take everyone away in such a short time.
On a certain artificial island, the magnificent St. Freya Academy was crumbling in the storm, and the former square and academy were in ruins. This academy, which retained everyone's memory, would be completely wiped off the map.
In the Far East Branch of Anti-Entropy, Seele held Bronya tightly, and the two stood by the window, looking at the black sun in the sky.
Devouring the sun.
Everything comes to an end, everything withers.
The frost became thicker and thicker, and the entire Pacific Ocean was almost frozen into an ice surface, but it could only temporarily delay the expansion of the black sun. Kevin tried to open the channel of the quantum sea and transfer the explosion into a certain world bubble, but the Sun Devouring Shadow, which was originally in a quantum superposition state, was not affected at all.
When he had exhausted all methods and decided to forcibly launch the Stigmata Plan, traces of fluctuations appeared in the surrounding space. As if someone was knocking on the door, he subconsciously opened the blockade of the space, and a circular space channel slowly emerged.
The red dragon flew out of the passage carrying two figures, but just as it appeared, it lost its power and fell into the ice. Before falling, it flapped its wings and sent the two people on its back to Kevin.
Kevin reached out and caught Liuli and Theresa who fell from the sky, looking surprised.
Theresa has completely lost consciousness, Kurikara fell into the ocean and fell into a deep sleep, and only the dying [Kiana] still retains consciousness.
"This is... Kindred... a deal..."
Kindred?
According to the World Serpent's information, this organization is so mysterious that Gray Serpent once doubted whether this organization existed. The only person Kevin had ever come into contact with was the man who called himself Kosmo in the Quantum Sea, but the other party had been killed.
He originally thought that the other party was just an insignificant stumbling block on the road to saving the world, but when everything was about to end, the other party proposed a deal. Is there any deal more important than saving the world?
He stared at Liuli coldly, wondering if the other party was deliberately delaying time.
Facing Kevin's gaze, Liuli looked stubborn and looked at him fearlessly.
"Go ahead." Only after Kevin sighed and agreed did he hand him a hastily written agreement.
"This is?"
After seeing the content of the transaction, Kevin's pupils shrank slightly and he looked towards the disappearing Changkong City.
"Also, this is a gift from our boss."
[Kiana]'s voice was weak. Kevin's first attack was too sudden, and Kurigaro had no time to escape the impact range. Theresa was in a bad state, and Liuli could only forcibly help her block the attack, which was considered to be compensation for the beating of Theresa. However, her core was also severely damaged, and the control core given to her by Su Jue could not be maintained.
She looked at Kevin with a stern expression and silently gave him the middle finger.
"...?"
Before Kevin could figure out what she meant, [Kiana] smiled happily and quietly closed her eyes.
Kevin was silent for a moment. The lifeless corpse quickly froze in his hands, freezing [Kiana] inside. Then he took Theresa and flew towards Changkong City.
……
"He's coming." After sensing that the connection with [Kiana] was interrupted, Su Jue understood that Kevin had received the message.
Bianca and Kiana looked at him in confusion, and suddenly noticed that black and white lines appeared on Su Jue's body. Those were his unique "holy marks".
At the same time, a little bit of heat spread rapidly, and the Plague Gem that had fallen silent during Kevin's attack responded to Su Jue's call. It was like a flame, swaying in this world shrouded in darkness.
The wind is cold and the darkness is biting.
This time he took the initiative to grab Kiana's hand and passed his warmth to her.
Seeing Su Jue being so proactive, Kiana subconsciously felt uneasy. She opened her mouth to speak, but Su Jue pressed his fingers on her lips.
"Just listen to me quietly this time, okay?"
He opened his hands and buckled the star in his hand onto Kiana's bracelet, and the two stars were finally tightly buckled together. But this time Su Jue didn't intend to lie again, but to say goodbye for real.
If the plan succeeds, he will be completely free from the control of the Honkai Will, and his plans for Kiana will come to an end.
From now on, Su Jue will appear in this world with a brand new identity. This clone of Su Jue has also completed his mission and will be completely destroyed, which means that he will have nothing to do with Kiana anymore.
If he failed, they would become enemies, and maybe one day he would be killed by Kiana, or he could kill her. No matter what, he would never be able to go back to the way things were before.
"Lies will eventually end, and false promises can never be fulfilled. Kiana, you have already noticed that on the first day we met, the consciousness of Xilin in your body was awakened. From that time on, I knew your identity, and what happened afterwards was just me taking the initiative to approach you.
Do you know? Actually, I have always hated you. It was you who destroyed my home and turned me into a Herrscher. During that time, the sound of collapse kept echoing in my mind, and I wanted to kill you countless times.
I failed.
There is no redemption in the darkness, only the sorrow of sharing the same suffering. When the evil ghost who seeks revenge returns from hell and finds that the target of his revenge is just a poor creature who has been calculated by others, it is more desperate than hatred. "
"This world has never been beautiful." In the distant sky, Kevin's figure was getting closer and closer, and Su Jue finally let go of his long-standing obsession.
"Born in this desperate world, the optimistic me you see is just a disguise. Just like those beings humbler than dust, I have hated this world from beginning to end. I can't save this world, but you can.
Hold the sword tightly in your hand, do not tremble, do not hesitate, when you swing it, you will understand what you should do. "
Chapter 232 Redemption
Honkai itself has no consciousness, and will not actively interfere with real civilization, but the Honkai will do everything it can to destroy humanity. Su Jue is the medium it uses to descend into the world. Although the Honkai will chose the Sun Devouring Shadow as a new carrier after he was seriously injured, Su Jue's connection with the Tree of Imaginary Numbers still exists.
The Herrscher is the apostle of God and the only channel for the Honkai Will to interfere with reality. If one wants to stop the Sun-Devouring Shadow from self-destructing, Su Jue can only absorb the power of God back into his own body.
However, he couldn't do this as a Herrscher, so Kevin had to do it and force the Sun Devouring Shadow back into his body. But this still couldn't kill it, and if he wanted to completely destroy it, he had to use a special method.
Imaginary renormalization.
The previous civilization used this trick to give birth to consciousness in Honkai, so if you want to kill it, you can only use the same method.
Coincidentally, the only one who can do this is Kiana, who controls the power of the Herrscher of the Void.
"So you understand?"
After figuring out the whole story, Su Jue placed his last hope on Kiana.
Looking at the silent girl, Su Jue sighed and gently pressed his forehead against hers, allowing their eyes to intertwine. At such a close distance, they could hear each other's heartbeats and feel each other's thoughts flowing.
It was like returning to that dark time, when the world was hopeless and she was wandering aimlessly. She thought she had grown a lot, had gone through the lows of life, and could look at the world more rationally. But when Su Jue told her all the answers, Kiana was still heartbroken.
She subconsciously wanted to deny Su Jue and didn't want him to take risks, just like she had desperately wanted to save him from the darkness before and bring him back to the light.
But after leaning closely against Su Jue, those words could no longer be uttered.
The world ruthlessly destroyed him and took away all his hopes. He hated this world, but at the same time he loved it. He had his own unfulfilled ideals and things he had to do no matter what.
For him, light is not a way to live a life of mediocrity, but death is the final destination. Just like a patient tortured by pain, every day of life is a torment, and facing death calmly is the only way to be relieved. And before everything ends, he will complete his own redemption.
I will fall into darkness so that you can return to the light.
Kiana finally understood the meaning of this sentence and the weight of Su Jue's words.
If Su Jue wants to pursue his own light, then only Kiana can play the role of the sinner.
Does she have the courage to face the darkness and play the final elegy for Su Jue?
"I... understand." Tears rolled down her cheeks, Kiana's voice choked with sobs. She reached out and hugged Su Jue tightly, giving him the last bit of tenderness before the snowstorm arrived.
Su Jue let her hold him, rubbed her white hair helplessly, and comforted her: "Don't be so sad, I'm not going to die. Don't forget that I'm a Herrscher. As long as I can preserve my consciousness in the core, maybe we can meet again someday in the future. But by then you might have forgotten me, after all, we've only known each other for a few months..."
Yes, the time is too short and the road is too long. After I am out of control, will there be a day when I remember that I was once driven by emotions?
Su Jue wanted to say something, but the sobbing of the girl in his arms overwhelmed all his thoughts. He looked up at Kevin who was ready, nodded, and then opened Kiana's arms that were tightly hugging him.
He faced the storm and left without looking back.
Without Kiana's warmth, the world would be so cold.
He sighed.
