They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 330 Firefly Sauce, Scattered All Over the Ground~~
After Ying, along with Xing and Liuying, stormed into the "boss" room where [What Faces Death] was located, they saw Paimon locked in a birdcage made of white energy as soon as they entered.

Seeing this, Ying rushed towards the birdcage without hesitation, wanting to rescue Paimon.

When Paimon saw Ying barge straight in, he immediately started shouting anxiously. The subtitles displayed...
"Ying, run! That monster is up there!!"

Upon seeing the subtitles, Ying didn't hesitate at all. She gathered wind elements in her feet and instantly bounced the person backward.

The instant Ying stepped back, a dark shadow landed in Ying's original spot.

The claws grazed almost the shadow of Ying; if Ying had reacted even a fraction of a second later, she would have been injured.

However, at this moment, Ying was flying backwards, and the Narcissus Cross Sword in her right hand was already covered with the power of lightning element.

Fire elements also gathered in his left hand, and the Blazing Barrier had been summoned.

The next second, three lightning shadows were thrown directly by Ying onto [What is Facing Death], causing some lightning elemental damage.

Luminous possesses a Noble Phantasm called "Elemental Reaction".

The effect is simple: all of Lumin's attacks can trigger elemental reactions unique to Teyvat.

Therefore, [What is facing death] is now already under a bolt from the blue.

Furthermore, as Raikage strikes the target, the scorching barrier's coordinated attack is automatically launched.

[What is heading towards death?] I've never seen anything like an elemental reaction.

The Raikage's attack power is very low, so when it sees a small fireball coming along with the Raikage, it doesn't even try to dodge.

It's important to know that Luminous is currently in a state of six elements and all constellations. The Pyro constellation is still the complete constellation from when she fought Gusto, not the weakened constellation in the game.

Therefore, [What is directed toward death] was caught off guard.

As the lightning and fire triggered the overload reaction, [What is Facing Death] was directly blasted away by the overload explosion and blasted into the room's wall.

At this moment, Ying had already landed smoothly with an aerial recovery move, and the subtitles displayed "Star!!"

Xing reacted quickly as well. When [What Towards Death] was blown away, she realized that this was an opportunity to save Paimon and immediately took out her lance.

As Ying spoke, the words "Flame Gun, Charge" appeared almost simultaneously in Xing's subtitles.

The next second, Star, wreathed in flames, pierced straight at Paimon, as if it wanted to skewer and roast Paimon on the spot.

Of course, Xing only dared to set Paimon as the target because she knew that the white energy that was trapping Paimon could not be broken in one go.

As expected, when the Flame Spear struck the white birdcage, it only caused a slight energy tremor, revealing a barely perceptible crack.

The rest was easy. The person who made this birdcage had a certain artistic pursuit and even went to the trouble of adding a hook on it.

So, Xing used the tip of his gun to lift the birdcage from the hook above it, caught it, and held it in his arms.

Then, through the contract with Ying, without turning his head, he raised his gun and stepped back, just in time to block [What Faces Death], who had just pulled him out of the wall and attacked him with his claws.

However, when [What Is Towards Death] failed to launch a sneak attack, it immediately manipulated the double-pointed scales all over its body to fire energy blades at Xing.

Unfortunately, as the word "Desolate Star" appeared twice in Ying's subtitles, two rock pillars fell directly from the sky, blocking the energy blades that attacked Xing.

Seeing this, Xing jumped up, grabbed Guan Paimeng's birdcage with his left hand, switched his Flame Spear to a baseball bat with his right hand, covered it with white destructive energy, and slammed it into the head of [What is Facing Death].

Then, [What is Facing Death]'s head was instantly smashed to the side by a stick, and it let out a sharp "Eek—ah!" sound.

Immediately afterwards, the tornado that Ying unleashed arrived, instantly sweeping away "What Faces Death" from in front of Xing, allowing Xing to reunite with Ying and Liu Ying.

After the three reunited, Paimon immediately pointed out...

"The monster Yingxing can make sounds; it's the culprit that turned this place into a maze and rendered us speechless. Defeating it should allow us to leave!!"

Paimon was unaware that "What Faces Death" was the source of everything that was happening here; Firefly had already told Firefly and Star about it.

Moreover, this monster is not easy to defeat.

Despite Ying and Xing's smooth combo that briefly suppressed [What Faces Death].

But after it broke free from the tornado, it didn't have a single scratch on its body.

The blow Xing just delivered only made it sting a little; it wasn't seriously injured at all.

Xing asked with an unusually serious expression.
"This thing doesn't look like it has thick skin, so why is it so hard?"

Having already fought fiercely with [What Faces Death], the firefly answered directly.
"This monster has been greatly enhanced by this space; it must be the effect of a Noble Phantasm."

The reason why the Dream Theatre Troupes outside are stronger than those we usually encounter is also because of this.

In short, this monster now has the advantage of both timing and location, making it extremely difficult to defeat.

Seeing this, Xing said directly
"Firefly, could you use a Command Spell to summon the Heroic Spirits? Our current strength is probably still insufficient."

As for Xing's request, Liu Ying really couldn't agree to it. If she were to summon her own heroic spirit back now, and a Grammer Iron Cavalry heroic spirit appeared, it would be tantamount to directly exposing the fact that she was Sam.

After all, the only one in the universe with a strong connection to the Grammer Knights is Sam the Star Core Hunter.

Moreover, fireflies aren't good at lying, so there's no way they could fool her.

Eriol's prophecy did mention when Firefly would be able to confess.

She hasn't figured out the script's hints yet, so she can't be honest.

Fortunately, just as Liuying was racking her brains for a reason, someone came to the rescue.

Suddenly, a pattern resembling a glass window appeared beneath [What is Facing Death], then the pattern shattered, and seven or eight crystal hands instantly pressed it against the wall.

The black swan appeared in the room at some point and spoke in a pretentious manner.

"A special memory domain that can increase the memory quality of a specific object under the control of its master. Not bad, not bad. It did take me quite a bit of effort to get in here."

However, the fact that I've entered proves that reinforcements have arrived.

Black Swan was clearly not free from the limitations of Greedy's Noble Phantasm, and her words were transformed into subtitles.

Without the aid of tone of voice, her feigned mysterious demeanor suddenly seemed out of place.

Fortunately, the arrival of reinforcements proved the Black Swan was not lying.

[What is facing death?] With a forceful flick, the crystal summoned by the black swan shattered into pieces.

However, just as it was about to roar and intimidate the memory-keepers below, a portal suddenly opened in the room. Walter appeared and immediately sidestepped, followed by a sentence appearing in the subtitles.
"Let's witness what it looks like when stars shatter, mimicking a black hole. Activate."

Immediately, a small gravity collapse area suddenly appeared in front of [What is Facing Death], attempting to tear its body apart with gravity.

Unfortunately, the current [What Towards Death] is too powerful; Walter's pseudo-black hole cannot destroy its body at all, and can only play a controlling role.

Fortunately, Walter wasn't the only one launching the attack at this time.

Walter's side jump was to make way for her. Suddenly, a Valkyrie clad in armor emerged from the portal, wielding a greatsword engulfed in flames, leaving a trail of golden-orange afterimages.

He slashed down at "What is facing death?"

Himeko naturally emerged from the portal, now clad in Crimson Knight: Eclipse.

Both the Gem of Speed ​​and the Key of Blankness were perfectly restored by the Holy Grail in the dream, so the energy that Himeko is using now is Honkai energy.

Honkai energy is a special kind of imaginary internal energy. Compared to Himeko Murata, who does not understand the theory of imaginary numbers, Himeko Hoshitetsu, although not a genius, could easily join the Academy of Knowledge in terms of academic knowledge alone.

A woman who can become best friends with Black Tower must have good character; that alone is not enough.

Black Tower wouldn't bother communicating with someone who has no knowledge at all; it would make her feel like her mind is being polluted by all sorts of stupid questions.

Therefore, Himeko only had a short time to come into contact with Honkai energy, but under the guidance of the expert Welt, she mastered this power and even began to use her knowledge to perform fancy tricks with the power of the Swiftness Gem, and also added the power of destiny.

At this moment, Himeko infused the power of her Wisdom Destiny into her slash. As Himeko's usual combat destiny, the power of Wisdom can effectively enhance the power of technological creations.

Crimson Knight: Eclipse can certainly be considered a technological creation, so the sword strike Himeko unleashed at this moment was no less powerful than that of a true Herrscher. Of course, the Herrscher here refers to a single-core Herrscher, and cannot be judged by Raiden Mei's Herrscher of Thunder in her feathered form.

However, Himeko is definitely much stronger than Wendy and Anna Schariac, both Herrschers.

This power is already quite strong. It is known that End of Qi is a Commander-level powerhouse, and the power of the Herrschers all comes from the Cocoon of the End.

The final form of Qi is the form after obtaining all the power of the cocoon, while the ordinary Herrscher can be roughly understood as the state of the ten Stonehearts.

If one can perfectly utilize the power of the Herrscher Gem and enter the Feathered Form, then one would at least be a Pseudo-Commander-level being.

After all, Zhong Yanqi should be one of the stronger ones among the Commander-level beings. As long as she doesn't encounter someone like Huang Quan, who is outside the realm of reason, she should be able to defeat them all.

Himeko is definitely not at the level of ascension yet, but she's not far off, and her attacks already carry some special power.

[What is heading towards death] No matter how strong one is in this area, it can only surpass the Star-Burning level. It is impossible for one to truly resist the power of the Envoy level, even if it is only a small part of it.

Therefore, it was injured when faced with Himeko's attack.

A large gash was easily sliced ​​open in his abdomen by the Godfall Sword, and black essence flowed onto the ground.

Seeing that Xing and the others' reinforcements had arrived, they realized they were no longer able to defeat them.

Without a word, Mianmian, now fused with Greedy, transformed into a shadow and burrowed underground, hiding in the memory gap layer of Pinocchio's dream.

Since Sleepy is a mysterious creation and Greedy is an Assassin, she has the ability to conceal her presence.

With the two combined, once Mianmian disappeared, even the Black Swan, being a Memory Provider, could no longer detect any information about her.

However, the special state of this dream has been lifted, and now everyone can speak.

At this moment, Paimon, who had already escaped, saw Himeko in her Crimson Knight: Eclipse form and immediately flew over to flatter her.
"Wow, Himeko-neechan, is this the power of your Heroic Spirit form?"
Ying and Xing fought this monster for ages without doing much damage, but you drove it away with a single sword strike! You're amazing!!

Himeko was quite pleased with Paimon's praise, but she still modestly replied...
"It's alright. According to Himeko's memories from Welt's hometown, he seems to be able to exert the same power as I do now."

"By the way, Walter, you've been keeping things well hidden."

Himeko's teasing made Walter feel bitter inside, but he couldn't say anything right now.

Walter didn't really hide his power much; he had almost recovered to his original peak strength through the power of destiny, and he wasn't lying.

However, Walter's peak was actually just so-so.

Even at his most miraculous and strongest state, Welt only came close to the level of Welt Joyce's final battle, while Mei, after her metamorphosis, possessed Honkai energy output power far exceeding Welt Joyce's record in his final battle. (Honkai Impact 3rd original quote)

Therefore, Walter's period of peak performance was just like that.

The fact that he came close to Walter Joyce's final fight was an exceptional case.

In other words, even in his so-called "perfect state," he is much weaker than Welt Joyce, the first Herrscher who hasn't yet ascended. He can bully those single-core Herrschers who haven't ascended, but it's not guaranteed that he can defeat every one of them.

So Walter could only cough awkwardly and say...

"Well, let's leave here first."

My abilities are limited, and the situation is quite complex, too complicated to explain here.

After saying that, Walter deliberately glanced at the Black Swan, indicating that there were outsiders present and they shouldn't talk about this.

Walter's actions were quite obvious, and the Black Swan naturally saw them as well.

However, she didn't care. It's normal that someone wouldn't want to reveal their combat capabilities, a core guarantee for survival in the universe, to someone who had only come to help temporarily and didn't know the system.

So the Black Swan followed Walter's words and said...

“I agree. After all, this is that monster’s territory. It’s normal for it to come back whenever it wants.”

Black Swan's intention in saying this was to urge the Starry Sky Train crew to leave quickly so she could go to Dan Lei to collect her payment.

After all, the only reason the train crew could find Black Swan so quickly was because Dan Lei helped make the contact.

However, the black swan's beak has been blessed.

She had barely finished speaking when Gallagher, who had been watching from behind the scenes, raised his left hand and said...

"Use the Command Spell to command Assassin to quickly recover from his injuries."

Also, bring back an unnamed guest.

After he finished speaking, one of the Command Seals on Gallagher's left hand disappeared.

Sleepy was instantly healed by the power of the Command Seal.

Then it quickly rose up and appeared directly behind the star.

After hearing the conversation above, Greddy's consciousness within Mianmian's body judged that Xing was the weakest among the nameless guests present, so Mianmian decisively launched a sneak attack on her.

The power of the mysterious destiny, combined with the concealment of its aura, makes it virtually invincible for surprise attacks.

Even black swans couldn't immediately detect what was returning towards death.

Xing didn't react at all.

By the time "What Faces Death" appeared, it was too late for Xing to hide.

However, the fireflies were right next to the stars.

In terms of reaction time, fireflies are faster than stars.

So when she discovered the appearance of "What is Heading Towards Death," she instinctively bumped into Xing with her shoulder.

The result was predictable: the next second, Mianmian's sharp claws pierced through Liuying.

Seeing that her sneak attack had failed, Mianmian didn't need Greedy's help to make a judgment this time. Without saying a word, she withdrew her claws and ran away.

And so, the firefly fell spectacularly to the ground, becoming a puddle of "firefly sauce".

　Here's an explanation of an error from the previous text: the Asidna Galaxy is not a star system, but a galaxy similar to the Milky Way.

　　This is explained in the details of this Bartending 2.0 event.

　　Special thanks to fellow reader Baifa Xianqiu for the reminder.

　　If the Yellow Springs can split open the dreamscape of the Asdna galaxy, then it must be at the dreamscape level of the Milky Way galaxy.

　　Now we can say that there are standards for exceeding the star rating.

　　That's a galaxy-level explosion.

　　The two currently known are God Sunday, who was conceived as a fetus of the philosophy of order (in his prime before being weakened, a dream capable of manipulating the entire galaxy), and the Yellow Springs.

　　In other words, all powerful beings at the Envoy level should have the ability to destroy star systems, or at least star systems, otherwise the gap between them and those in the Yellow Springs would be too great.

　　However, there is an explanation for why the messenger couldn't destroy the immortal ship.

　　Because the Immortal Ship can directly draw energy from the Hunting Destiny.

　　In terms of sheer energy levels, it's estimated that an ordinary True One might not even have as much as a single Immortal Ship.

　　Therefore, fighting on the immortal ship could severely limit even envoys.

　　After all, the Immortal Ship definitely needs to guard against accidental injuries caused by messengers fighting.

　　In the main storyline, Firefly actually tried to break the script and spoil the plot in advance, but her doing so was already part of the prophecy.

　　Firefly: I originally intended to summon "death" before you, to reveal the mystery more directly and invite you into the game. But things didn't go as planned. I couldn't go against the "script," and I didn't even have time to explain to you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)