Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

One deathly incantation after another echoed in the mind of Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple, even without touching those orbs of light.

"These sounds... these sounds..."

The Nine Heavens of Penglai Temple trembled and stopped in place, the despair and pain of those dead spirits constantly transmitting to him.

"This tower was built from the souls of the dead! We must leave here quickly, or we'll be haunted by these wandering spirits!"

Jiuxiao shouted and grabbed Penglai Temple Jiuxiao's hand, leading her towards the top of the tower.

The others were not yet entangled by the spirits of the dead, but the Nine Heavens of Penglai Temple carried countless remnant souls, which the tower had awakened.

Bronya and the others became serious, but then Kiana, the Herrscher of the End, spoke in their minds.

Kiana: "Give up... It's not too late to leave now. If you continue, you'll just end up like those undead, buried here."

"Herrscher! If you want to kill us, just come out! Don't hide!" Bronya glared angrily at the ceiling, looking towards the top of the tower.

Kiana: "Your deaths are as meaningless as the end of this world. The moment of ending is coming, and everything will return to nothingness. ...Yes, it was destined from the beginning...There is no place to look back."

Bronya: "What's the point of saying all this now? If you don't want to do it yourself, just wait at the top of the tower, and we'll definitely stop you."

boom--

Theresa used Judas to smash through the ceiling, forcibly creating a faster path to the top of the tower.

Theresa: "Kiana, since you have nothing to hold you back, why are you even here! Stop deceiving yourself! If you have no attachments in your heart, you won't care about our lives!"

Kiana: "..."

"Kiana, I know your personality! You've never believed in despair since you were little, and you always face every difficulty with hope!"

I understand your pain... I know you must be very sad. You think that as long as you don't touch it, you won't get hurt again, so you lock yourself in this ivory tower... fantasizing that everything will be as beautiful as it was at the beginning. But Kiana... nothing will change that.

Even if we are covered in wounds, we must move forward. If we are afraid to see the outcome and therefore do not change things, we will fight for it even if it requires great sacrifice... This is who we are now! We will never give up!

Kiana! If you've forgotten who you used to be, let us help you remember!

Kiana: "..."

Kiana: "Like moths to a flame, is it chasing hope or blind destruction...? It doesn't matter anymore. Come, I'll be waiting for you at the top of the tower, but the flames of the apocalypse will burn the whole world."

I hope you can live to see that moment…

Chapter 321 Apocalypse: I Want to Slap All These Undead to Death

"Save me...aren't you the savior...why won't you save me...?"

The voice in my head grew stronger and stronger, as if thousands upon thousands of people needed salvation…

I'm right here... Please help me... I don't want to die...

[Mom...where are you...can I see her again...]

Penglai Temple Nine Heavens covered his ears and shook his head vigorously, trying to shake the sounds out of his mind.

"I'm sorry... you're all dead! We have more important things to do now, so..."

[As expected, all those saviors are lies...]

[You're lying...you're lying...you're a liar!]

[Liar! Liar! Liar!]

blah-

"sorry Sorry…"

A jumble of angry curses, accompanied by overwhelming resentment, filled Penglai Temple Nine Heavens's mind, causing her unbearable pain and making her unable to stand up.

"See? I told you saviors never end up well..."

Tianqi's figure appeared beside Jiuxiao, clinging to Jiuxiao's body, watching indifferently as Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple struggled bitterly amidst the resentment of the dead.

"If you want to help, then hurry up and do it; if you don't want to help, then stop with the sarcastic remarks..."

"Great! I've been wanting to take action for a while now. Let me slap all these annoying undead to death and solve the problem once and for all!"

"..." Jiuxiao pinched Tianqi's face helplessly, then sent her back.

Then Jiuxiao reached out and pressed his hand on the forehead of Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple, creating mental barriers to keep the spirits of the dead out.

To Jiuxiao and Bronya, those spirits were merely ordinary whispers of resentment. But to the girl attached to the stigmata of Jiuxiao at Penglai Temple, they were not just whispers, but the most genuine emotions born from the despair of countless souls…

"Brother Jiuxiao...I..."

The eyes of Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple dimmed. Jiuxiao's barrier had taken effect, but the lingering resentment of those dead spirits still affected Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple.

"I'm sorry... I made you bear things you shouldn't have to bear." Jiu Xiao patted Penglai Temple Jiu Xiao's head and comforted her.

Penglai Temple Jiuxiao was, after all, just a sixteen-year-old child, and with incomplete memories... the interference from these spirits was too great for her.

"Leave the rest to me..."

Jiuxiao's consciousness sank into the mind of Jiuxiao in Penglai Temple. Since the spirits dared not disturb Jiuxiao, Jiuxiao came to find them on his own.

Countless spirits, a dark mass, filled the entire world; the resentment, pain, and despair of the dead permeated the entire world of souls.

Every second, they curse the culprits who caused all this with the most vicious words in the world. They are all suffering souls who were killed by the Collapse and whose souls cannot be reborn.

This is one of the truths about Honkai and Stigmata... Honkai kills the material existence of living beings, turning them into souls that leave the material world...

However, the Sacred Mark Space created by me blocked the path for souls to return to the Pure Land, imprisoning the dead in the Sacred Mark Space for eternity...

(The character of Dr. Me in Honkai Impact 2 and Honkai Impact 3 is very different. He is a good person in Honkai Impact 3, but Dr. Me in Honkai Impact 2 is a complete bastard.)

Jiuxiao's soul had already achieved immortality under the tempering of the Sea of ​​Trees; otherwise, the Guixu Divine Turtle would not have appeared to deal with Jiuxiao's remains.

The colossal figure of Jiuxiao stood tall in the hearts of all the dead, and the oppressive feeling emanating from their souls silenced them all.

"Shut up, all of you! If anyone keeps babbling, I'll just slap them to death. I'm not like the Nine Heavens of Penglai Temple that you possessed, who's easy to talk to and just silently endures you. From now on, if anyone interferes with her again, I'll just slap them to death."

I'm giving you two choices: either lend all your power to Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens, or I'll just kill you all right now.

Don't even think about it! You bunch of scammers!

You can't change anything!

[This damned stigmata has imprisoned us for countless years, and you still want us to give it power? Impossible!!]

"Hmm? I almost forgot to tell you, as long as we can defeat Kiana, we can save the world, free you from this place, and let your souls return to the Pure Land."

After speaking, Jiu Xiao left the space; he had no time to deal with these spirits. Once Kiana was defeated and this world of sacred marks was successfully transformed into the real world, these souls trapped here would all have a chance to be reborn…

After Jiuxiao left, the spirits fell into an eerie silence, each soul opening and closing its mouth, seemingly saying nothing...

Give it a try... what if it's real...?

Let's take a gamble. Even if we fail, they'll still come here...

But like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, as one spirit began to reach out and transfer its power to Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens, other spirits followed suit and transferred their power to Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens one after another.

One person's soul may be weak, but what about the combined power of billions of human souls in the world? Moreover... it wasn't just humanity that was killed by the Honkai.

The entire Earth, which was destroyed by Kiana, and all the living beings killed by the Honkai were imprisoned in the Stigmata Space of the Nine Heavens of Hourai Temple.

When Jiuxiao emerged from the depths of Penglai Temple Jiuxiao's mind, the Penglai Temple Jiuxiao before him had become completely different from before.

The soul and body complement each other. With the enhancement of the soul power of the living beings, Penglai Temple Jiuxiao's spirit changed completely, and his whole body radiated golden light.

The warm sensation emanating from the sacred mark on the back of Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens' hand, along with the power emanating from it, continuously strengthened his body.

Upon receiving this power, Penglai Temple's Jiuxiao already understood what Jiuxiao had done.

There's no need for words of thanks to Jiuxiao anymore; Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple already knows what he should do now.

With the help of all living beings in the world, Penglai Temple Jiuxiao, who was already blessed by the world, was able to mobilize even more of the world's power. As long as she was in this world, it was not impossible for her to defeat the end on her own.

"I'm sorry to have worried everyone. I just got lost at a crossroads in my life. Now, the savior, having found himself again and gained new power, is back in top form!"

"Then let's hurry up and set off! We don't have much time left."

Having reached the next level by smashing through the ceiling by Theresa, everyone smiled and reached out their hands to Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens and Nine Heavens who were still standing there.

"You two, we've been waiting for you for ages!"

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Xing walked at the very back of the group, shouting, "I'll stay last and cover for you all!" But everyone wasn't stupid; they could clearly see that something was off about Xing.

Since everyone assumed that Xing was avoiding Bronya and Seele, they didn't pay much attention to her. After all, neither Bronya nor Xing knew how to face each other right now.

Jiuxiao quietly slowed his pace and walked side by side with Xing.

"How much longer can we hold out?" Jiu Xiao asked in a low voice.

But Xing seemed not to hear, her eyes looking nowhere in the distance, walking forward listlessly.

"Huh? Didn't you hear me? Has the Honkai energy corruption become that severe?"

Jiuxiao reached out and pressed down on Xing's nape to check the rate of Honkai energy erosion.

The Xing in this world died long before the Great Collapse, so Xing's continued presence here will only cause her to resonate with the deceased Xing and step into the fate of someone who has already died.