Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

Chapter 176 The Reason for Becoming the Strongest

Rita prepared a sumptuous dinner and invited Jiu Xiao and the others to dine together.

During dinner, Kiana and her two companions, exhausted and hungry, began to feast.

Exhausted, I couldn't lift my hand despite my longing gaze.

The idiot Kiana immediately lay down on the table and started inhaling rapidly. Luckily, Jiuxiao pulled her back, otherwise Kiana would have eaten the plate too.

Jiuxiao fed Kiana bite by bite, while Huihuo couldn't help but smile as he smugly fed Mei. Bronya... was directly pulled into Rita's arms and fed.

Durandal watched quietly as everyone fed each other, becoming more and more engrossed in the moment.

Oh my god, Kiana being fed looks just like a little kitten...so cute!

Rita realizes something is wrong with the cabbage she's raising and gives Durandal a frantic look, but Durandal's eyes are now completely fixed on Qimao.

Jealous Rita fed Bronya faster and faster. Although Rita's movements remained elegant, Bronya's mouth was already stuffed full.

Bronya flailed her arms and legs, trying to call for help, but no one paid any attention to her.

"Oh right! I also have that!"

Suddenly, Durandal slammed her hand on the table, stood up, and ran into her bedroom.

After a series of rummaging sounds, Durandal ran out carrying a black and yellow cat ear ornament.

Then, under Kiana's puzzled gaze, it was placed on Kiana's head.

"Durandal? What is that?!"

Kiana curiously rubbed the cat ear ornaments; they felt surprisingly nice.

"I bought this before... but after becoming a Valkyrie, I felt it didn't suit me anymore, so I stopped wearing it. It fits Kiana perfectly now~"

Yulandel covered her slightly flushed face, her mind completely captivated by Qi Maomao.

(Reference: Moonlight Cat)

Cat under the moon

"So cute, now Kiana really is Kiana the Kitty." Jiuxiao affectionately patted Kiana's head.

"Super Headbutt!"

Kiana headbutted Jiuxiao in his arms.

"Neko, Neko~" Kiana snuggled in Jiuxiao's arms and then smiled and meowed like a cat.

"Meow~ Meow meow~"

puff-

Jiuxiao and Youlandail both suffered nosebleeds and collapsed to the ground.

"Ah, I'm dead..." "So cute, I have no regrets in my life."

Rita quickly pulled out a shovel from behind her back, ready to bury those two bastards.

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After dinner, Mei and Rita washed the dishes together and chatted about cooking tips. The others sat on the sofa chatting and watching TV.

After Kiana finished eating and drinking, she lay down on Jiuxiao's lap to rest. Jiuxiao gently massaged Kiana's lower abdomen. Although Kiana often ate a lot, her figure was not fat or bloated at all; on the contrary, she was becoming increasingly slender.

Kiana truly has a "waistline goddess." Unlike the slender, willow-like waist of Kaga, Kiana's waist is a supple, small waist. Furthermore, Kiana's waist is the type that's naturally rounded, thicker at the ends and thinner in the middle, further emphasizing her "waistline goddess" essence.

Kiana, in particular, always wiggles her waist, whether she's running or doing something else. It's a truly breathtaking wiggle, and Jiu Xiao is always worried that Kiana will break her back… but it really is going to kill Jiu Xiao.

Thinking of this, Jiuxiao looked at Huihuo and sighed helplessly.

Unlike Kiana, who is full of energy, Kaguya looks sickly. Although Kaguya always exudes a cool and aloof aura when she's out, once she's home, she becomes a weak and lazy pig…

Huihuo's slender and delicate appearance made people feel uneasy around her, fearing that she might suddenly die in front of you at any moment.

Hui Huo turned her head and looked at Jiu Xiao with her listless eyes.

"Why are you sighing? You're not about to die."

"Ugh…"

Jiuxiao looked up at the sky, too lazy to pay any attention to Huihuo. What a nice girl, why did she have to have such a mouth?

After gazing at the sky for a while, Jiuxiao turned his head back and casually pushed away Youlandail's face, which had unknowingly moved towards him.

"Durandal, that's enough. I know Kiana is cute, but you don't have to stare at her like that!"

"But Kiana really is like a kitten, just like you said... I have no resistance to cute kittens."

"Who would have thought that the strongest Valkyrie of Destiny's fatal weakness is actually a cute kitten? Why don't you get a kitten?"

Durandal shook her head, withdrew her gaze, and said seriously:

"We are warriors, people who may die unexpectedly at any time, and people who will always bear the fate of others on our own shoulders."

Having a pet might be a source of emotional support for me, but it's unfair to the animal. Its owner is away fighting battles all day, and there's always the risk of never returning, leaving the kitten alone at home, keeping company with loneliness.

Moreover, Valkyries cannot return to normal life... We are transformed by Honkai, our lives are inextricably linked to Honkai, and ordinary creatures, having lived alongside us for a long time, will eventually be completely eroded by the Honkai energy radiated from us..."

Upon hearing Youlandail's explanation, Jiuxiao couldn't help but sigh, "A bond that cannot be formed only adds to loneliness..."

Durandal sighed regretfully and reached out to stroke Kiana's cat ear ornaments.

Seeing Kiana is like seeing myself as a child. I was just as innocent, lively, and energetic as Kiana when I was little…

"Durandal, you know what, speaking of resemblance, haven't you noticed that you look quite a bit like Kiana?"

Jiuxiao removed Kiana's cat ear ornaments and put them on Durandal. Then he held up his phone so Durandal could see himself in the present moment.

"Look, Durandal is a kitten now!"

"Yes... I'm a little kitten too."

Durandal looked at the cat in the mirror, gently rubbing the cat ears on her head with both hands, and couldn't help but smile.

But not long after, Durandal removed the headdress and put it back on Kiana.

Seeing Jiuxiao's puzzled look, Youlandel smiled and said.

"I can no longer have the ordinary life of a normal person... Jiuxiao, do you have a reason to become stronger?"

Before Jiuxiao could answer, Youlandail clenched her right fist and pressed it against her chest.

“I do… From the first time I went on a mission as a Valkyrie, and when I was the only one to survive, I knew I was different…”

Special people always have special responsibilities; with great power comes great responsibility... There are some things that only I can do, so I should do them.

Whether it's Instructor Ragnar's teachings, Senior Himeko's guidance, or the World Bubble within me, they are constantly reminding me that I must become stronger.

Only when I am strong enough can I realize my own value and live up to their expectations of me.

Chapter 177 Running away with a bucket

"I'm prepared to pay any price... so now, it's my turn to ask you the same question. Jiuxiao, are you ready to save the world with me?"

Durandal stopped in front of Jiuxiao with her fist outstretched. Jiuxiao hesitated for a moment, then also reached out and made a fist, bumping it against Durandal's.

"Saving the world was just something I said in my youthful chuunibyou days. I was just saying it for fun, and I didn't really have the determination to save the world. But now I'm gradually starting to have that determination, because in such a chaotic and rampant world, those of us who hold power and authority have no choice but to save the world."

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In the days that followed, Jiuxiao also joined the training, but not with Yulanda and Kiana. Instead, he and Huihuo defeated all the Valkyries of Destiny.

He fights them without using any special powers, relying entirely on his combat skills and his body, which is enhanced by Honkai energy.

Skill and power are the essence of martial arts. However, Jiu Xiao's martial arts are different from Fu Hua's. Fu Hua's martial arts are the ultimate in skill, while Jiu Xiao's martial arts are the ultimate in power.

This is a martial art inherited from the Holy Mark, the pinnacle of martial arts that the Divine Na reached after tens of thousands of years of constantly trying to kill herself.

One can overcome all methods with one force, and respond to all changes with unchanging principles.

Well, Jiuxiao can't reach the level of Shenhua Na. To be like the End, one must first have the power of the End.

"No, no... Come to think of it, that End was also Kiana... So what about me, Kiana? Could I also become the End?!"

Jiuxiao felt increasingly uneasy, because in this damn world, so-called fate truly existed.

So Jiuxiao tried to teach Kiana the martial arts of the End, and Kiana learned them after watching them a few times.

"Hmph, easy peasy. Watch me show you... Look... Hmm? I can't seem to get it working..."

Kiana tried to apply the Nine Heavens Sect's techniques, but found that although she felt she had learned them, she couldn't actually use them at all.

"Oh dear... I don't think I've learned it yet. Jiuxiao, can you teach me again?"

Jiuxiao has already figured it out; Kiana has learned it, but her current Honkai energy reserves and Honkai energy control abilities are still insufficient, which is why she can't use it.

Damn it, words can't describe Jiu Xiao's feelings. This is even more shocking to Jiu Xiao than when he first learned that Mei would become the Herrscher of Thunder. Mei was just the Herrscher of Thunder.

Good heavens, Kiana is destined to become the end. What kind of salvation is this? Jiuxiao might as well just pack up and run away.

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Kiana, who was fighting Durandal in the training room, discovered that Durandal's techniques contained elements of the Kaslana family's gun-fu style.