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

Chapter 354 Himeko's "Last Lesson"

The holy light of the Noble Phantasm [The Omniscient and Omnipotent One Will Rule] descended, forcibly compressing a Noble Phantasm capable of destroying groups into a single attack, leaving Kurumi with no chance of survival.

When the radiance of the holy light faded, Kurumi had vanished without a trace.

Hanabi sensed that her contract with Kurumi had ended, and knew that Kurumi wasn't joking with her; she had truly left the stage.

The death of a friend is something to mourn, but fools will mourn the dead with revelry.

As soon as Hanabi clapped her hands, a large number of small goldfish suddenly appeared in the courtroom, swimming in the air.

Then, everyone present gained an identical clone.

Hanabi then burst into manic laughter.
"Those who don't want to die or fall into a deep sleep, use whatever means you have to shatter this spatial rift before it's fully healed!!"

After saying that, all the people conjured by the fireworks rushed towards Metatron, buying time for the others.

After Firefly finished speaking, Firefly unfurled her turquoise wings without hesitation and slashed at the cracked wall with all her might.

Ignoring their disheveled state after being hit by the spatial shockwave, the others used their unique abilities to bombard the seemingly crumbling wall.

However, even Spacequake, a special attack technique, couldn't break the walls in Metatron, so how could other, less skilled attacks possibly break them?

Metatron observed the actions of the Star Train crew and the other groups of Heroic Spirit Masters, and commented...

"A meaningless and futile effort."

After saying that, he summoned the Pillar of Flame again, burning all the physical phantoms that Hanabi had created with all her might, while the flames poured directly onto Firefly.

Seeing this, Xing raised his Flame Spear without hesitation and stood in front of Liu Ying.

However, the star's behavior at this moment is no different from a ladybug helping a firefly shield it from the flames blowing in the wind during a forest fire.

Moreover, Metatron had anticipated this, so the flames of the Pillar of Flame transformed into a hand in mid-air and slapped the star away.

Just as the firefly was about to be engulfed by the flames, a person covered in crimson flames suddenly rushed in front of the firefly and cleaved Metatron's pillar of fire apart with a single sword strike.

The essence of the power of the Flame Law is to control the acceleration of molecular motion. By using this power, heat and reactants in the flame can be quickly removed, thereby achieving the effect of extinguishing the fire.

However, Himeko didn't come to save Ryuhoshi, but to protect the star.

However, Xing was knocked away, and with the mindset that since he was already there, he saved Liuying's life.

Of course, Himeko suddenly became so fierce because she started using the Noble Phantasm "The Last Lesson," which Welt had strictly forbidden.

The spacequake shattered the Metatron Tribunal, and things had reached a dead end.

Himeko doesn't believe that if Order is successfully revived on Sunday, they will be sent back into space.

He must have felt that it was far better to live "happily" in his dreams than to continue his exploration and die on some unknown planet at some unknown time.

As for Danlei, given the current situation, Himeko dared not place all her hopes on him, so she activated her ultimate Noble Phantasm to save herself.

Even if we fail, dying on the path of exploration is better than being forced to indulge in a beautiful dream and waiting to die.

Don't try to explain why they didn't use this Noble Phantasm sooner, instead waiting until most of their fighting force was dead before even thinking about using it, turning it into a piecemeal tactic.

Just like fireworks can't possibly start by trying to send everyone on an adventure into the Sea of ​​Memories.

Himeko hasn't lived enough yet, how could she possibly use a Noble Phantasm that guarantees death the moment it's activated?

Of course, the blame lies with Dan Lei. If Dan Lei hadn't guided her to believe that the death of a Heroic Spirit was equivalent to the death of Himeko, Himeko, who knew that activating her Noble Phantasm was merely a departure from her Heroic Spirit status, would have activated it when she was imprisoned by Metatron.

However, how Himeko later complained about Danlei is another story. As described before, the effect of her Noble Phantasm [The Last Lesson] is to burn herself and greatly increase all of her attributes.

The current Himeko can be considered as the transformed form of the single-core Herrscher of Flame from Honkai Impact 3rd.

Although his strength is still not at the level of a true Commander, he is already at the level where he can fight a Commander head-on.

Furthermore, Metatron's flames are currently ineffective against Himeko.

Himeko, who had begun to burn herself out, looked at the fallen Hoshi, and at Mitsuki and Danuki who had rushed to help her up, and with the mindset that this was the last time she would teach them a lesson, solemnly said...
"Young, nameless pioneers, the road to exploration is fraught with difficulties and dangers. No matter how many times we fall, no matter how many people fall, we must continue to explore in the footsteps of our predecessors."

This is the last lesson I can teach you!!!

After speaking, Himeko raised the Godfall Sword in front of everyone, leaped high into the air, and slashed straight at Metatron.

Metatron could sense the power of the flames emanating from Himeko, and the highly corrosive imaginary energy (Honkai energy) was extremely dangerous.

Considering that the opponent also possesses considerable fire manipulation abilities, I chose to use my Noble Phantasm, "The Omniscient and Omnipotent One Will Rule," to unleash a super-compressed beam of holy light.

However, when this holy light touched Himeko's flames, it scattered and dispersed in all directions like water hitting a rock.

At this moment, Himeko possessed not only her own power, but also the power of the robin's "Harmony" and the power of Hanabi's "Mystery".

Seeing that Himeko seemed to be going all out, the others summoned a golden rain of chips directly above Metatron's head and rained it down on Sunday and Metatron.

Firefly also used a Command Seal to allow the Heroic Spirit Grammer to unleash an enhanced version of its Noble Phantasm, "Celestial Annihilation Bullet."

Faced with attacks from multiple sides, especially the power of the mysterious gold dust that protects the true essence of the creature.

Metatron must be distracted and divert his energy to create a barrier to protect himself and Sunday.

Therefore, the Holy Light attacking Himeko clearly showed a trend of becoming weak after a while.

After initially pushing Himeko a distance, as Metatron's power dispersed, Himeko immediately used flames to push the beam back.

Although the closer they got to Metatron, the slower the retreat became, the more determined they remained, slowly advancing towards Metatron.

Seeing this, Sunday raised his left hand without hesitation and said a Command Spell.

"In the name of the Command Spell, enhance the power of the Order of Metatron and Joan of Arc."

In the name of the Command Spell, Metatron Jeanne, as the representative of order, you will be invincible!!

Sunday's actions were the final straw that broke the camel's back.

As order was about to arrive, Sunday was not careless at all, using both Command Seals without hesitation.

Metatron was already ridiculously strong, and on Sunday she was given a double Command Spell Enhancement Burst.

Metatron felt the power within him increase again, and he stopped bothering with any barriers or defenses. Offense is the best defense!

The Noble Phantasm, "The Omniscient and Omnipotent One Will Rule," which was originally a single-target holy beam aimed at Himeko, instantly transformed into a multi-target burst, with each beam being no less powerful than the one that attacked Himeko.

The rain of gold chips from the game was instantly swept away by the holy light, and the [Celestial Annihilation Bomb] was blown up before it even landed.

One of the beams even struck the Ghostly Gold Sand precisely. Meanwhile, seven or eight beams of holy light instantly blasted Himeko away.

On Liu Ying's side, more than a dozen holy lights came knocking, and the heroic spirit Grammer Cavalry could only stand in front of Liu Ying with their bodies, risking their lives to help her withstand the damage.

However, Metatron still showed mercy. For those who posed no threat to his combat power, apart from Firefly, the Holy Light avoided attacking the others.

They were blasted senseless by the various shockwaves, but they didn't die after the Noble Phantasm ended.

However, when Xing stood up again, all he could see was that the once magnificent and solemn courtroom was now nothing but ruins.

Apart from Metatron's throne, there is no other intact part of it.

At the same time, our combat strength was also completely exhausted.

Sand Gold had been forced out of its elusive Sand Gold state and could only lie helplessly on the ground, panting heavily.

Firefly also deactivated her transformation. Looking at her short-haired self, riddled with holes and beginning to fade, she silently shed tears.

Clearly, the Heroic Spirit Grammer had exhausted all her life force to protect Firefly, and she no longer had the chance to duel Artoria and gain glory.

However, the Grammer Knights, born to kill, ultimately died protecting others, which can be seen as a form of redemption.

Of course, what made Hoshino most desperate was the sound of March 7th crouching beside Himeko, whose entire body was ashen and who looked like a dead person, weeping bitterly.
"Waaaaah~ Sister Himeko, waaaah~~ Sister Himeko, wake up, don't sleep now."

I promise you'll study hard from now on, and I promise I won't secretly pour the coffee you make into Pam's cup anymore, boohoo, wake up!

Xing walked blankly to Ji Zi's side, looked at the equally blank Dan Heng, and asked...
"Danheng, Sister Ji will be alright, right? Your Dragon Transformation Technique has a way to keep her alive, right?"

Before Danheng could reply to Xing's question, Himeko's body had already answered with its actions.

Himeko's body turned into golden light and vanished instantly. However, some of the golden particles merged into Hoshi's body.

Hoshi was hallucinating at that moment, hearing Himeko say in his ear.
"Don't give up, keep moving forward."

Upon hearing this, Xing's mental defenses completely collapsed, terrifying imaginary energy erupted from her body, and she cried out in pain, "Ahhh—!"

Clearly, the stellar core energy within the star erupted once again.

However, this time there was no rampage.

The second effect of "The Last Lesson" is to bring a spiritual uplift to the designated target; Himeko bestows a star upon them.

After being sublimated, Xing's mental strength was greatly enhanced. Even if she lost control of her emotions for a moment and her star core energy erupted, she was able to control this power to a certain extent.

So Xing first suppressed the rampage of his own star core, and then gathered all the previously overflowing energy into the baseball bat.

At the same time, seeing Himeko disappear before her eyes, March Seven's eyes were already lifeless, and the long-dormant personality within her showed signs of awakening.

Fortunately, Xing, whose brain hadn't been damaged by the stellar core energy rampage, now understood the responsibility on his shoulders.

Now is not the time to seek revenge on Metatron. If I rush up and destroy her, the only result will be the complete severing of the Path of Pioneer.

In Xing's view, Dan Heng and March 7 had absolutely no chance of surviving the catastrophe of the star core exploding at point-blank range.

Pinocogniz is ruined, and Uncle Yang will most likely not survive either.

So Xing raised his baseball bat and, with immense grief and indignation, slammed it against the wall of the courtroom.

Just as Xing smashed the wall, the Destroyer Star God [Nanook] glanced at Xing again because of Xing's grief and indignation.

The destructive power within the star's body surged instantly, and combined with the power of the star's core, the destructive power smashed a hole the size of a head into the wall of the Metatron Inquisition with a single blow.

However, Xing also lost consciousness because this attack exhausted the energy overflowing from the berserk star core and most of the power in his body.

However, no one could possibly pass through such a large hole, and Xing's all-out attack seemed to be in vain.

Metatron merely watched the entire process of Star's rampage with indifference, just as a god detachedly observed mortals struggling for survival generation after generation.

Just as Dan Heng was considering whether he should try the secret technique of the Dragon Transformation Method to directly transform into a dragon and continue risking his life.

A voice suddenly came from the gap that the star had opened.

"Anyone who can hear my voice, immediately take your living creatures and get away from here!!"

Dan Heng immediately recognized the voice as that of the Black Swan, so without saying a word, he picked up the unconscious Xing and quickly moved away from the cave entrance with the motionless March 7.

As for the others, they were already quite far away, so they probably didn't hear what the black swan said very clearly.

Then, everyone saw a black and red blade of light cleave directly into the courtroom through the hole created by the star.

Metatron sensed the power within the blade's light, and his expression immediately turned grim as he muttered to himself.

"What a depraved and terrifying power! Why does Pinocchio possess such power?"

As he spoke, Metatron's hands moved swiftly, unleashing the holy light of "The Omniscient and Omnipotent One Will Rule" once more, doing his utmost to counteract the power of the blade's light.

This slash was, of course, delivered by Huang Quan. After leaving Dan Lei's side, Huang Quan hadn't even had time to get lost when he encountered the Black Swan, who was practically "cooked" on a hot plate and had come to Dan Lei for help.

Needless to say, seeing that Huang Quan was willing to help, and knowing that this powerful black swan was capable of doing so, they immediately began to try to send Huang Quan to the court of judgment.

However, Metatron's protection prevented the Black Angel from opening the portal and sending the Underworld inside.

Until Xing opened a small gap, creating a loophole in the courtroom's security.

The door can be opened now. Although the door is small, for Huang Quan, it's enough to reach his destination with the knife.

If the door is small, split it bigger; that's the solution Huang Quan offered.

Of course, just to make the door bigger, not much force is needed, so Metatron easily neutralized Yomi's first strike.

Then, when she saw Huang Quan, in the form of a white-haired killer, emerge from the huge black and red crack, she immediately felt as if she were facing a formidable enemy.

Metatron could tell at a glance that Huang Quan's power was definitely on the same level as his own, and might even be stronger.

Similarly, Huang Quan, seeing Metatron's current form, knew that this Heroic Spirit was not easy to deal with, and once the fight started, he would definitely not be able to stop.

Both of them knew that if they fought now, regardless of who won or lost, Pinocchio would definitely be finished.

Therefore, Metatron, who still has the option of being resurrected by the arrival of Order, will not make a move now.

Huang Quan, whose primary purpose is to save lives, will not take action.

(End of this chapter)