Collapse, survive

Keep smashing!

"—BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!!"

The sheer scale of this simple yet powerful formation would be enough to shatter the protective shield and turn the Hyperion into a steel pancake if it were here.

This is the scene that Himeko Murata saw when she arrived at the first moment, piloting the Hyperion and breaking through layers of Honkai Beasts.

It wasn't that she wasn't fast enough, but rather that the area around Chiyu Academy was teeming with Honkai Beasts, hindering the Hyperion's advance.

"Are you late?"

Looking at the figure that was clearly a Herrscher, whose Honkai energy was reacting extremely violently, and the familiar sword in her hand, Himeko spoke in a low voice.

Of course she sensed the battle that had taken place there. She had instructed the brat to find a place to hide once he sensed the sounds of the Herrscher battle, but...

What are you trying to prove?

One Raiden Mei, one Kiana isn't enough, now you need another Herrscher. Is this why you have to go back to Chiba Academy?

Really...

"Your battle is over. Now it's my turn."

Silently gripping her greatsword, Himeko descended from the sky.

Sato Yuno certainly saw the figure, but having just won a victory, she was powerful, confident, and empty, so why would she care?

Just kill this woman you don't know!

And the mighty fire had already slashed fiercely!

Expanding, expanding, expanding, the fiery greatsword instantly extended to the size of a ship-slaying sword. It wasn't a size like forty meters, but a 399-meter-long cleaving slash!

Whether it was the visual impact or the overwhelming sense of threat, Sato Yuno's weariness vanished instantly, and she exclaimed in shock:

"what?"

Himeko's exaggerated breakthrough ability far surpasses Fang Jie's; after all, his range is indeed awkward, while Himeko's breakthrough...

The flames burned, incinerating everything and turning everything into scorched earth.

The slash, comparable to a miniature nuclear explosion, wasn't about breaking through the path; it was about destroying everything in its path!

The scene, the aura, the threat!

Before Sato Yuno could react, more than a tenth of the jungle vanished from her perception, burning along with the pollen floating in the air...

"not good!"

She retreated quickly, retreating even further, no longer daring to maneuver in the sky, and landed on the ground to build more and more protection.

And so, certain things naturally happened.

"Ah~~~!!"

As Sato Yuno landed, she suddenly screamed as a hand grabbed her hand, gripped the knife tightly, and disarmed her!

Then the cold, sharp edge pressed against his neck, and a demonic whisper came:

"Don't move. Move, and your head will be moved. I don't believe you can regenerate your head at such a high speed."

He then forced her to her knees.

His other hand gripped the vines that were wrapped around her body tightly—no, it was more like tearing and devouring than grasping, reaching her from behind, very close to her core.

Such contact caused her strength to drain away continuously, and she couldn't help but scream out in pain as her mind went blank.

"My power?!"

She was taken away; at such close range, it would have been difficult for her to escape, and she was taken away by the other party!

"Weren't you dead? Ghost, you're a ghost..."

She panicked and blurted out whatever she wanted.

The commotion, which was directly attacking and had attracted Sato Yuno's attention, stunned Himeko.

"Who is spreading rumors?"

Fang Jie shook his head, looking at Sato Yuno, who didn't even know how to fight on two fronts. She was indeed lacking in combat experience. How could he be assumed to be dead without cutting off his head and severing his core?

He showed mercy at this moment, after all, he had indeed hesitated at the beginning when he wanted to sever the heart directly, and had not made a firm decision to do so.

With Himeko's reinforcements already arrived, there's even less need for them.

She only absorbed the Honkai energy that Sato Yuno had drawn from her pseudo-Herrscher core and injected into the surrounding vines, but in the latter's perception, it was as if a ferocious beast was tearing at her.

Every minute, every second, every moment, as the power in the body dissipates outside, a portion of it disappears without a trace.

"give me back!"

She suddenly became anxious. Outside, a woman with a large sword was setting fires, and nearby, an empty-handed man was about to kill someone.

"No, no, don't leave... Don't kill me... Mom!"

Almost back to her original form, Sato Yuno rediscovered her weakness. Her body trembled as she pleaded, not daring to fight back. It seemed that the oppressive posture had triggered some kind of psychological trauma, and she knelt on the ground, unable to resist.

The surrounding vines began to dry up and crack, and the loss of Honkai energy made the spikes, which were originally harder than steel, seem like a joke. Fang Jie quietly suppressed Sato Yuno and waited for Himeko to come over.

as well as,

"Are you awake?"

If you're not sober, I'll really give you a good beating, the kind that kills you.

“Reply to me, why are you crying? Crying doesn’t count as time.”

Himeko approached, hesitant to speak. "You, her, this Herrscher, are you... a bit incompetent?"

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Chapter Thirteen: The reclusive Yae Sakura won't encounter the humiliated Theresa.

Himeko collapsed.

She looked at the scene before her with suspicion, as if she were looking at a complete novice, remaining vigilant and suspicious, wondering if she was being manipulated, and was about to step forward to subdue the Herrscher herself...

Suddenly, he stumbled.

Unsteady on his feet, the greatsword struck the ground in disbelief.

"not good!"

She was horrified and quickly pushed off with her weak legs, retreating backward and assuming a defensive posture in mid-air to prepare for the attack.

Sure enough, she was acting, wasn't she?

them……

Then, as she was about to quit, she saw a surprised, astonished, and suddenly enlightened look in Fang Jie's eyes, who hadn't moved at all: How come you're as bad as Theresa?

Both sides stared at each other.

Fang Jie realized too late that Sato Yuno's poison wasn't weak, but rather... something was wrong with him?

Sato Yuno, who dared not move, cried. The Herrscher of Poison encountered the Fangjie Alien at Chiba Academy. The Fangjie Alien was as resistant to poison as a monster, and she could not defeat him despite her best efforts.

"Um, Ms. Himeko, are you alright?"

Ugh, what awful words! How could you be so vicious!

Himeko felt her face getting hot and quickly changed the subject: "Call me 'older sister'! And, what... what's going on?"

She felt increasingly weak.

"It's poison."

Fang Jie gazed at the flowers that she hadn't completely burned away. The pollen she scattered contained the poison of the Herrscher, and even the Honkai energy emitted by Sato Yuno contained a certain degree of toxicity. Ordinary people would fall down unknowingly if they got close to her.

This is a familiar character to everyone, the poison-based character.

Incidentally, this "ordinary" upper limit includes Theresa, who, as a fusion warrior, couldn't withstand it, let alone Himeko.

Himeko's combat power might be formidable when she's under immense pressure, but her physical condition...

"What a potent poison!"

Realizing the problem, Himeko gripped her greatsword tightly, unleashing a torrent of intense flames that purified every inch of the surrounding air.

Fang Jie continued to weaken Sato Yuno. The vines on her body, which resembled dragons and pythons, lost all their power and could not advance an inch. Moreover, they were mercilessly devoured, causing the energy within them to wither and disintegrate.

As for the poison it contains...

Fang Jie didn't actually devour it. The small part that was inevitably touched and contained in his body could withstand it thanks to his resilient physique strengthened by the power of the pioneering god. He didn't feel any discomfort.

There was one thing that bothered him.

"Tell me, how did you become so strong so quickly?"

Facing Sato Yuno, who was bowing her head and awaiting her fate, Fang Jie finally asked the question he had wanted to ask for a long time.

"what?"

The latter didn't quite understand what he wanted to know, and shrank back to ask.

"Don't answer questions with questions. I'm asking you, how did you become so strong so quickly?"

Logically speaking, you should still be absorbing Honkai energy for a while. Even though you lack combat experience and are being countered, the scene where you lifted a skyscraper and swung it like a hammer still gave me the creeps.

"I-I don't know!"

Sato Yuno spoke frankly; she genuinely didn't understand what Fang Jie was asking. Feeling the pressure behind her and nervous, she couldn't help but shed tears as she spoke her mind:

“I only obeyed the will of the gods and killed you… I’m sorry…”

Sato Yuno acted very weakly.

As a pseudo-Herrscher of the present civilization, Honkai will not strip away the will that replaced her, thus preserving her humanity.

The will, which wasn't particularly strong to begin with, was suddenly struck by the "Holy crap, someone's cheating!" moment, and naturally, the sense of frustration overwhelmed them.

This aligns with the profound impression Fang Jie left on her during their brief encounter: before becoming a pseudo-Herrscher, she was too scared to move; after becoming a pseudo-Herrscher, she possessed superhuman abilities bestowed by the gods—yet she still couldn't defeat them.

Although I was unwilling, I accepted it easily.

I've never seen a higher mountain like this.

Fang Jie doesn't need her to apologize. What's the point of an apology if it's useful? You just wait!

but,

"My God."

Fang Jie sensed something was wrong.

The Honkai Will exists in different forms in different Honkai. Leaving aside the previous civilization, only Alicia herself probably knows what she did.

In the current civilization, the Honkai will is created by the sacrifice of the 17th, who became a "Trojan program" that was thrown to the other side of the Imaginary Number, giving the Honkai a shackle called "thought", thus giving birth to countless parallel "consciousnesses", namely the "Imaginary Number Renormalization Group".

In other words, the will of Honkai exists, regulating how Honkai embraces reality.

And what did Fang Jie do...?

Even the rebellious Herrschers still possess Honkai energy, which is still under their noses. But who knows where he's taken his Honkai energy to, somewhere the Honkai will can't sense it?

As a result of the chain reaction, a 'justifiable self-defense attack' was triggered, and an attack was launched... or at least a hostile buff.

Sato Yuno is no pushover. Not to mention Theresa's previous defeat, she has now killed Himeko in a flash.

Compared to the amount of Honkai energy that the solution removed, this is already an overestimation of the Honkai Will's capabilities.

but……

Fang Jie's heart skipped a beat. He took a deep breath and asked the person next to him with concern, "Sister Ji Zi, are you alright?"

Thighs, straighten up!

Himeko, not wanting to be out of sorts, deliberately said, "Oh dear, I'm so sorry, I'm a little dizzy."

So hurry up and get what you've got, kid. You seem perfectly fine to me, aren't you? Give me some antidote, serum, or something!

The Hyperion was clearly making an emergency landing right behind her, with reinforcements on their way.