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While maintaining the barrier, Bai Yan began to try to find the Herrscher himself.

However, the black hole provided excellent cover for the enemy.

Just as Bai Yan was frowning, a golden halo suddenly appeared around him, and Kiana and Kevin appeared at the same time.

Kiana: "How is it?"

"This Herrscher is too strong; I can't spare the time to deal with her."

After saying that, a plan immediately came to Bai Yan's mind.

He added, “I have an idea. In a moment, I will fully release the barrier and try to neutralize the opponent’s black hole. At that time, a brief vacuum will be created in this space, and the Herrscher may expose its true form then. Once the Herrscher appears, Kevin, you should release the Divine Key and slash at it.”

The other two thought about it and agreed.

There was no other way now, and Bai Yan was unsure whether his endurance in this state could hold out until the Ninth Herrscher was exhausted.

"Are you ready?" Bai Yan asked.

They both nodded.

next moment.

A soft white light gradually appeared on Bai Yan's body.

No, that wasn't white light, it was white flame.

A slight burning sensation unleashed power in an instant, briefly suppressing the Ninth Herrscher.

Under their watchful eyes, Bai Yan raised his greatsword once more.

cut!

The invisible barrier that enveloped the entire black hole suddenly began to spin rapidly and then squeezed inwards frantically.

The combined power of both sides, pushed to its limit, is gradually being extinguished.

Seeing this, Kiana quickly locked her gaze on the Ninth Herrscher, who had just revealed a corner of her body, and threw a huge fireball without caring about anything else.

however.

The fireball shot off and vanished upon contact.

Kiana was speechless.

Kevin frowned, offering no comment, but gritted his teeth inwardly as he raised the Heavenly Judgment.

When Kevin sparred with Kiana before, he was suppressed by her spatial abilities and had no chance to charge up his power.

This time, however, he had enough time to try to completely unleash the Divine Key.

He raised the Holy Judgment of Heavenly Fire.

The flames shot into the sky in an instant, illuminating the entire world.

Volume 1: Chapter 169: Aponia: It's time, release her.

Modern civilization, a paradise in the past.

"Alice, I just saw Klein organizing old documents, including a map from a pre-civilization era."

"I discovered that there was an extra continent there; it does not exist in the current civilization."

"But after searching for a long time, I couldn't find any information about how it disappeared."

"Can you tell me why it disappeared?"

Raiden Mei looked at Alicia, who had her back to her, and ignored the fact that Alicia was focused on something else, and just asked her question.

Alicia is petting a cat.

Or rather, he was touching Pado, who had just woken up.

The latter, in a languid state, saw the tall Raiden Mei through the top of Alicia's head.

She blinked, then suddenly bristled.

Crack!

"ah!"

Alicia was startled and turned around, only to find it was Raiden Mei. She patted her chest and said with a hint of resentment, "Seriously, Mei, can't you make a sound when you walk? Appearing behind someone like that all of a sudden is so scary!"

"And what about the question about that continent?"

"The Mu Continent... Alas, it's such a regret that I couldn't witness its disappearance," Alicia said regretfully.

"So, it's gone? Was this the work of a Herrscher from a previous civilization?" Raiden Mei asked, frowning.

"Uh, I don't know who did it, since I wasn't there at the time."

"So, does anyone know the answer?"

"Just because you find someone useless, does that mean you should immediately abandon them? Mei, you're being very heartless right now."

Raiden Mei's eyelids twitched.

"Then I'll go ask myself."

"Alright, alright, it was just a joke, don't take it so seriously—come on, Mei, shake hands with Paddo." Alicia said with a grin, then reached out and lifted Paddo's paw, trying to hand it to Raiden Mei.

“She doesn’t seem willing to approach me,” Raiden Mei said indifferently, arms crossed. “Perhaps it’s because I have electricity in my body.”

Cats dislike static electricity.

"Is that so?!" Alicia seemed to suddenly realize.

Paddo withdrew her claws, sniffed at Raiden Mei from a distance, and then suddenly stopped.

The giant cat tilted its head, its eyes filled with confusion.

Raiden Mei was even more puzzled by her reaction: "Is there a problem?"

She didn't regard the other party as a cat, a Honkai Beast, or any other creature. Since Alicia said it was a Fusion Warrior, she treated it as a human, only with a somewhat peculiar appearance.

Pado sniffed again, then finally sat down on the spot, her gaze gradually becoming vacant as if she were thinking about something.

Having received no answer for a long time, Raiden Mei stopped asking.

She decided to go find it herself, so she turned to leave.

"Uh, Mei, wait for me!"

Alicia patted Paddo's head one last time before quickly catching up with Raiden Mei.

Pado only came to her senses after the two left.

She raised her paw to lick it, but suddenly stopped, her eyes showing extreme helplessness. She closed her eyes and gently patted the cat's head with her paw.

Then she stretched and ran lightly and quickly, soon disappearing into the depths of paradise.

After walking through an extremely dark corridor, I came to a door.

She looked up and hesitated for a moment.

Sounds soon came from inside the door.

"You've come, Pado?"

Pado shrank her neck and slowly walked inside.

In the even darker room, Aponia sat quietly, looking at Paddo with gentle eyes.

The giant cat entered, but halfway in, its body suddenly trembled.

Aponia seemed to realize something and exclaimed, "Yes, the time has come."

As soon as he finished speaking, the giant cat changed.

A moment later, a girl with cat ears and a long tail appeared in front of Aponia.

Pado looked down at her body and breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had finally gotten through a difficult period.

She immediately ran to Aponia.

"Aponia, a new girl just arrived, but I can actually smell a familiar scent on her!"

"Yeah."

"It really does! It smells like Kiana, and it also smells like Captain Fu Yan!"

Pado's cat tail was wagging frantically, revealing the uncontrollable emotions of its owner.

Aponia's eyes flickered slightly, but she didn't react much.

"Pado, do you remember what Mei said?"

The wagging tail stopped.

"There is only history, but no reincarnation of people... Yet, it really tastes like them!"

“I understand, Pado. But fate doesn’t lie, and the truth has never changed.”

"Ugh……"

Pado immediately fell silent.

"but."

Upon hearing this word, Pado suddenly looked up again.

Aponia continued, "She showed me three times the moment of destiny's reversal, and even though I had already seen it, I still held onto a sliver of hope."

"After all, the eyes of mortals cannot truly see the truth..."

After saying that, she stood up, turned around, and walked towards a wall.

Pado followed, somewhat puzzled as to what the other party intended to do.

Aponia stood before the clean, cold wall, her gaze slightly lowered, her hands clasped to her chest, and prayed for a moment.

Finally, her lips parted slightly, uttering some strange language.

The incantation-like sound stopped, and a straight, thin crack appeared in the heavy wall.

Centered on the narrow crack, the wall slid to both sides, revealing what was inside.

Padofelis stared at the scene inside, her mouth agape, speechless with astonishment.

Aponia whispered, "I see the future again."

"But she kept telling me that the world is not a painting, and what we see is only one side of it."

"In that case, let fate take its course."

"Then let us freely sculpt the myriad aspects hidden behind this facade..."

Deep within the paradise, a chilling aura emanated.

Raiden Mei suddenly shivered and looked in a certain direction with a serious expression.

"Alicia, what's that?"

"Is there anything wrong?"

"No need to play dumb, I can feel it already, this power is simply..."

She took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "The only power I've ever seen before, does it belong to a certain fusion warrior?"

“Mei is talking about this, she is indeed our companion.”

Seeing the other person's troubled expression, Alicia muttered to herself thoughtfully, "That's the ultimate trump card here—but I don't know why the guards chose to awaken it. Did Aponia see something terrible again?"

"Alicia."

"Ok?"

"The secrets within this paradise seem to be more numerous than I imagined."

"Is that so?" Alicia smiled mysteriously upon hearing this, then leaned closer to Raiden Mei. "In that case, I'll have to tell Mei a secret: in Paradise of the Past, I'm the one with the most secrets!?"

“I have no doubt about that,” Raiden Mei said calmly.

"Is Mei becoming increasingly curious about me?"

"indeed."