As a symbiotic being, I raise children amidst the chaos.

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"Phew, that feels much better." Without Kiana's voice to bother her, Chenyuan stretched out another tentacle and started scribbling on the ground. As if sensing that Chenyuan wanted to communicate with her, Kiana stopped struggling and looked at the words Chenyuan had drawn on the ground.

"Huh? Is this guy trying to capture Kiana and hand her over to me?" Raiden Mei, watching Chen Yuan's actions from a distance, assumed he had yielded to her after realizing the difference in power. She sneered and stopped what she was doing, watching Chen Yuan and Kiana with interest.

However, Chen Yuan seemed oblivious to Raiden Mei's actions, his entire attention focused on Kiana.

He extended a tentacle and gently wrote a few words on the ground: "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you. In this situation, I need your help."

Kiana looked at the words Chen Yuan had written, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by helplessness. Now, she had no choice but to trust this strange creature. So, she slowly nodded, indicating that she was willing to help Chen Yuan.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan was overjoyed and instantly wrapped Kiana's tentacles around her. Kiana felt Chen Yuan's tentacles gently tighten, but instead of pain, she felt a strange sense of peace.

"This feeling..." Kiana couldn't help but exclaim as she felt the strange sensation on her body and the power gradually filling her body.

"These two guys!!!" Seeing that things were not going well, Raiden Mei raised her hand, and several bolts of lightning shot towards Chen Yuan and Kiana like silver dragons.

However, Chen Yuan was prepared. Just as the lightning was about to strike Kiana, Chen Yuan swiftly extended a tentacle, forming a protective shield that blocked all the lightning. The lightning flickered continuously on the barrier formed by the tentacle, but it could not break through.

"Hmph!" Seeing that she could not break through, 'Raiden Mei' snorted coldly and the lightning shattered, the huge explosion resounding throughout the area, accompanied by clouds of smoke and dust.

"'Raiden Mei', round 2 begins!" As the dust settled, a male voice slowly rang out. 'Raiden Mei' looked ahead, her pupils shrinking involuntarily.

Kiana had changed completely; her original Chiba Academy uniform had been replaced by a black and purple bodysuit with black and gold patterns wrapped around it.

Her slender fingers transformed into sharp black claws, and her pretty face was no longer recognizable, except for her dark golden eyes and that... gaping maw!

'Is this Kiana's body? As expected of the Kaslana family, this overwhelming power is something that even a Knight-level Honkai Beast couldn't provide.'

"Of course, host. Although the panel shows an increase of two to three times, this varies from person to person. The Kaslana family's potential is quite terrifying, and the power you've gained after possessing them has become even stronger."

(You can actually talk!!! And you're a boy!!!) Just as 'Kiana,' also known as Chenyuan, clenched her fist tightly, inwardly marveling, Kiana's original voice echoed in her mind. (Oh no, I'm not pure anymore, will Mei hate me!!!)

"Calm down, Kiana. I only have a symbiotic relationship with you; I haven't done anything to your body," Chen Yuan continued mentally to Kiana. "Just bear with it for now. You want to bring Raiden Mei back, don't you?"

Hearing Chen Yuan say this, Kiana mumbled twice and then stopped talking. Feeling Kiana shut up, Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief; after all, her constant chatter wouldn't be good for the upcoming battle.

"What a monster, little thing." Raiden Mei gripped the lightning sword tightly in her hand. The feeling brought by Dust's current state was even more terrifying than when she was in her previous Honkai Beast form.

Chen Yuan slowly turned his neck, accompanied by a series of teeth-grinding "click-click" sounds, as if warming up for the upcoming fierce battle.

His gaze, like two sharp knives, was fixed on 'Raiden Mei' in front of him. She was surrounded by an intense aura that was hard to look directly at; even from several meters away, one could feel her heart-stopping power.

Chen Yuan's lips curled into a cruel, ironic smile. His voice was low and provocative: "Are you ready to experience the feeling of utter defeat?"

Before he finished speaking, his figure shot out like a wild horse. He was so fast that he left blurry afterimages in the air, as if a gust of wind had swept by.

Seeing this, Raiden Mei's eyes flashed with seriousness. She swiftly raised her long sword and, with the force of lightning, slashed fiercely down at Chen Yuan. However, Chen Yuan's body was no longer as cumbersome as it had been with the Knight-class Honkai Beast. At this moment, he possessed superhuman agility.

He deftly sidestepped, easily dodging the attack. Instead of stopping, he used the momentum to launch a counterattack, delivering a powerful kick straight for 'Raiden Mei's' abdomen.

Raiden Mei hadn't expected Chen Yuan's speed and reaction to be so fast. She let out a muffled groan, a low sound that revealed undisguised pain. Her body involuntarily bounced backward, taking a few steps back, a hint of surprise and resentment flashing in her eyes.

"It's not over yet!" Seeing 'Raiden Mei' retreating, Chen Yuan pulled hard. The former felt herself being pulled by a huge force. Looking down, she saw that a tentacle had wrapped around her waist at some point.

The power of the mortal bond was beyond Raiden Mei's expectations. She struggled to break free from the tentacles' restraints, but the tentacles seemed to possess astonishing strength, tightly binding her waist and rendering her unable to move.

"You... what exactly are you?" Raiden Mei asked through gritted teeth, a look of unprecedented panic on her face.

"Well, to be honest, I don't even know what I am right now." Chen Yuan grinned and forcefully pulled on the tentacles binding 'Raiden Mei'. The immense inertia made it impossible for her to resist, and she was passively spinning around in the sky.

"BOOM!!!" A loud crash rang out. It turned out that after spinning around a few times, Chen Yuan had flung 'Raiden Mei' out, sending her crashing heavily into the wall not far away. Dust billowed up, and the sound of rocks shattering echoed in the open space.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Chen Yuan leaned in and the symbiote controlled Raiden Mei's limbs. One hand gripped the latter's neck, while the other plunged into Raiden Mei's abdomen, recklessly absorbing her Honkai energy.

"Admit defeat, Raiden Mei. You have no strength left to resist." Chen Yuan's voice was cold, and his eyes looked at her like those of a trapped wild beast.

Raiden Mei's face was pale, her eyes filled with resentment and anger, but the pain in her body and the feeling of gradually suffocating made her unable to make any effective resistance.

In the end, 'Raiden Mei' could not resist the multifaceted erosion. After giving Chen Yuan a reluctant look, she closed her eyes and fainted.

"Huff, huff, huff..." After confirming that Raiden Mei posed no threat, Chen Yuan slumped to the ground, gasping for air. He had just reached his limit; if he had held on any longer, he would likely have been the one to fall.

"Kiana, here's your body back. I need to rest. I can't go on." After saying this to Kiana in his mind, the dark gold bodysuit on his body gradually returned to its original state, and the terrifying face also returned to Kiana's original pretty appearance.

Upon separating from Kiana's body, the exhaustion from the battle washed over him like a tidal wave, and his consciousness began to blur. His body, which was already like a liquid, turned into stagnant water, and he fell into a deep sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Yuan awoke to find himself lying in an unfamiliar room. All around was quiet, save for the gentle breeze that rustled the curtains outside the window, bringing a touch of freshness.

"Where am I?" Chen Yuan felt a splitting headache, and his memories were pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle. He remembered his fierce battle with Raiden Mei, remembered absorbing her Honkai energy, and then... then he remembered nothing.

"Huh? You're awake? This is the temporary shelter that Mei and I found." At this moment, Kiana's voice rang in his mind, startling Chenyuan. After a careful observation, he realized that he was still inside Kiana's body, maintaining a symbiotic relationship.

"Strange, I remember I came out of your body at the end?" Enveloped by Kiana's power, Chen Yuan felt a wave of comfort wash over him, and the headache he had just felt vanished.

"Wait a minute..." Kiana herself wasn't in good condition either. When Chenyuan was asleep, the power boost wasn't very noticeable. But since Chenyuan woke up, wave after wave of feeling filled with power washed over her, and Kiana felt like she was losing her balance.

"Phew...really." After taking a few deep breaths to calm herself down, Kiana recounted what had happened next. Chenyuan also understood the cause and effect of the matter.

"You mean, when I was in a dormant state, I subconsciously clung to you relentlessly, and you felt sorry for me, so you had no choice but to let me parasitize you again?"

"Of course, I refused firmly at the time, but since you were so weak that you couldn't even speak, I had no choice but to reluctantly let you possess me again."

Kiana said these words without batting an eye. In fact, after Chenyuan separated from her, the feeling of losing power and the guilt of seeing Chenyuan's weak appearance made her reach out to Chenyuan again.

After listening to Kiana's story, Chenyuan felt that something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it, so he just accepted it and secretly cursed himself for being so weak.