Honkai Impact 3rd experience, starting with a thousand Herrschers

"Hmm... Is this how all you so-called senior experts talk? You're clearly so skilled, yet you insist on pretending to be an ordinary traveling doctor. Even when those thieves tied your hands and feet and threw you into the dungeon, you didn't lift a finger... You wouldn't be thinking the same thing as me, would you?"

"Then let me ask you, during the fight, you clearly had the chance to kill that person, so why did you hold back?"

"...I'm just not ready yet to truly get human lives on my hands."

Li Sushang sat to the side, feeling somewhat dejected. This time, her master had asked her to come out and test her sword, but she seemed quite dissatisfied with her answer.

"...Is your master the one who taught you the Taixu Sword Qi, and was once a disciple of the Crimson Kite Immortal?"

"Yes."

"Oh, then would you be interested in taking us to meet that so-called disciple of the Crimson Kite Immortal? Your mission this time failed due to unforeseen circumstances, shouldn't you take the two of us to explain to your master?"

"Hmm...that seems to make sense."

Li Sushang thought it made a lot of sense. It would be a waste for her to be scolded for no reason because of this, so it was right to take these two guys to see their master. It would be a good opportunity to see who was stronger between them and their master.

When Cheng Xing saw that the girl had agreed, a kind smile appeared on his face, but a strange malice arose in his heart.

"I want to see what kind of reason you have to betray your master and ancestors, and I'll take back what belongs to me from them."

Cheng Xing glanced at the sword the girl carried beside her. If he wasn't mistaken, the Herrscher of Domination had been made into a thousand Divine Keys because of the large number of cores. Although he didn't know how many of those weapons Fu Hua had brought, her disciples should all have them.

"So, I should give this Divine Land Sword Record a try, both morally and logically."

Cheng Xing felt genuinely annoyed with those treacherous and disloyal people. Moreover, Fu Hua was someone he knew well... she was one of the Thirteen Heroes of the Fire Chaser. In the original storyline, it might not have mattered, but now she was the legacy he had passed down.

"The prototype of the Super Transformation Surgery, the initial design of the Chimera Project, replaced the thousand Herrschers who would have brought a huge crisis of trust to human civilization... I didn't realize that what I did in the previous civilization was also a bit exaggerated."

No matter what, even setting aside the familiarity brought by the original storyline, he was once a hero of humanity who was able to rise from despair to fight against the Honkai.

"Even if their excuses are perfectly legitimate and reasonable, at most they will only be spared their lives."

A crimson glint flashed in Cheng Xing's eyes. For the past 10 years, he hadn't simply been a quack doctor in a small town, doing nothing but developing his abilities.

Chapter 118: It Was Him

When an hour had passed, Otto returned with the coffin on his back, but judging from his slightly reddened eyes and trembling body, he must have wept bitterly.

"I still want to find that immortal."

“It doesn’t matter. I also wanted to find some people to ask about some things. So, Mr. Otto, let’s take a good trip across this land.”

"I will never forget the kindness of my ancestors. Please tell me your name."

"Cheng Xing, if it's easy to understand in your area, then it's called 'star'."

In order to get back to where Li Sushang's master was as soon as possible, the group risked returning to the location of the Jinsha Gang to look for horses and vehicles. However, when they returned, they did not see a single patrolling person.

"That's strange. Don't these thieves have a single patrolman? Did they all run away after they found out their boss was dead? That shouldn't be the case; there's no sign of any disturbance."

Li Sushang looked around with a puzzled expression, even glancing into the rooms where people lived. She could only see messy bedding, but not a single person in sight.

Otto glanced at Cheng Xing beside him at this moment, while Cheng Xing acted as if nothing had happened, leading his horse and sitting in a carriage connected to the back.

"Now that we have a vehicle, let's rest here for a while. Anyway, those thieves should have already run away."

As Cheng Xing said this, he took the lead and went into a room that looked relatively well-maintained.

Li Sushang looked at the man suspiciously, wondering if the disappearance of those thieves was related to him. But then she thought that the group hadn't been separated for any long time, and even the most powerful martial arts master couldn't make so many people disappear mysteriously without a sound.

There wasn't even any blood or corpse.

So the girl, quite nonchalantly, found a place to sleep.

Otto, on the other hand, turned his question to the vastness of the void.

Do you know any methods that can make more than 100 people disappear without a trace?

"According to the standards of this era, it should be impossible... If it's Honkai energy... it's impossible. I haven't detected any strong traces of Honkai."

“…Otto, find a way to get that person to have more contact with that sword. I always feel a strange sense of déjà vu between him and that sword… It’s strange, why do I have that feeling?”

Void Treasury felt as if its programming had malfunctioned. Why did it, a creation of a program, produce a sense of déjà vu that only humans would have?

Before dawn the next day, while the desert was not yet at its hottest, the three boarded a carriage and headed in one direction.

Throughout the journey, Otto kept telling his story of destiny. Although his Chinese was still a bit broken, requiring Cheng Xing to translate some words, the magnificent story still captivated Li Sushang.

"I never imagined the outside world was so wonderful! I wonder if Master will agree to let me go out and train on my own after this failure. Staying in one place all the time is so boring. I want to go out and experience the unprecedented life of the martial arts world! I also want to become a famous female knight-errant!"

Cheng Xing glanced at the girl who was speaking so confidently, then mocked her mercilessly, saying, "Before that, you should figure out how not to show mercy to your enemies, lest you capsize in the gutter again. Also, hone your skills in the martial world, and don't come up with another stupidly adorable plan like before."

"Damn it, you cunning wolf in sheep's clothing!"

Li Sushang became somewhat sullen after Cheng Xing poured cold water on her mood.

However, after the group had been traveling for some time and the weather was just right, a person suddenly appeared on a fine horse galloping towards them from the front.

Cheng Xing sensed a familiar presence. He looked up and saw a middle-aged man with a rough face, who looked like a mixed-race person, rushing towards him excitedly.

"Hmm, it's my Divine Key... So this guy is the only male among those seven disciples?"

When Cheng Xing saw that this guy was actually planning to attack the carriage they were on, he raised his hand speechlessly. A jet-black crow swooped down into the man's arms like a ghost.

The man's face, which had been filled with fighting spirit, froze at that moment. Even the warhorse beneath him neighed and then abruptly stopped its charge, suddenly standing up on its hind legs and falling heavily to the ground.

Then Cheng Xing stopped the carriage, got off, and looked at the middle-aged man lying on the ground, panting heavily, and the horse foaming at the mouth. He said, "You are the disciple of Immortal Chi Yuan, aren't you?"

"Cough cough... Who are you?"

Ma Yanqing, also known as Ma Feima, is the sixth among the seven disciples of the Crimson Iris Immortal, and the only male among them.

Just now, on his way to the place where his fifth senior sister lived in seclusion, he happened to encounter this carriage on the road. From a distance, he saw the golden longsword hanging at the girl's waist. Although he did not know the girl's identity, since she possessed this sword and happened to run into him, it was fate. He decided to come and see what kind of person had obtained this sword.

But who knew that he had only rushed halfway when he saw that middle-aged man who looked like an ordinary person raise his hand and wave out a black shadow whose appearance he could not see. Suddenly, he felt his heart clench, and a strange fear spread throughout his body, making it hard for him to breathe. Even the horse under him was affected.

"I?"

Cheng Xing turned to look at Otto, then after a moment of contemplation, said, "Cheng Xing, a... loser."

"What kind of nonsensical statement is this?"

"My name and background aren't particularly important, anyway, you can't beat me right now. Since we've run into each other, please answer me first..."

Cheng Xing's eyes turned bloodshot, and a faint black mist appeared around him, making his voice hoarse and unpleasant.

"Tell me, why did you join forces to kill your master? Why did you kill the Crimson Kite Immortal?"

With this question in mind, everything around seemed to freeze.

Upon hearing this question, Li Sushang's eyes widened as she looked at the man lying on the ground with a lack of confidence.

Otto was also slightly surprised, then looked at Cheng Xing, who was exuding a dark aura, and heard the guy's roar in his ears.

"It's him! It's him! I remember, I remember! How... how could he still be alive? His core has already been made into those swords, and even his body has been placed on Dr. Mebius's experimental table... so why is he alive in this era?"

After witnessing the emergence of those powers, Void Treasury finally matched a character in its database.

That was the ruler of the pre-civilization era.

A researcher in Dr. Möbius's laboratory.

The first Herrscher in history to surrender and willingly be killed by humans.

He was also a pioneer in super-transformation surgery and the developer of the prototype of the Chimera Project.

It can manipulate a certain kind of black mist.

Cheng Xing, a name forgotten by most people, was written into the Void Treasury database by Dr. Mei.

Chapter 119: Personal Feud

"According to you, this person must be from your pre-civilization era, right?"

"That's right. This power that doesn't belong to Honkai is the only thing that Dr. Mei remembers. Dr. Meibius conducted a lot of experiments on his corpse, trying to analyze that power that doesn't belong to Honkai at all, but in the end, it seems that an accident happened, which caused the experiment to be terminated."

"And what exactly was that so-called accident? There's no record of it in my database. What exactly happened? Why did a Herrscher who should have died appear in this era?"

Ma Feima, standing before Cheng Xing, felt a fear deeper than death. Ever since that incident years ago, he had been driven mad by a thirst for battle, a desire to die in a fight against a powerful enemy. Only in this way could he completely escape the guilt that came with killing his master with his own hands.

But at this very moment, when he was about to die, he was filled with fear, he was terrified, as if the person in front of him was something more terrifying than death itself.

“Master…she, she has already fallen into demonic possession.”

As he uttered these words, the black mist around Cheng Xing subsided slightly, allowing the man in front of him to speak more clearly.

"Hoo hoo... I didn't understand it very clearly back then. I only heard what my second senior sister said just before the plan was about to begin. My third and fourth senior sisters had already shown signs of demonic possession, but Master was determined to slay demons. We've been together for so many years, so we naturally know that if anyone becomes a demon, then even we will definitely be killed by Master."

"It's not just the third and fourth senior sisters; even the eldest senior sister, due to her experiences in her early years, could have fallen into demonic possession if she didn't cultivate the Taixu Sword Qi to suppress herself."

"Second Senior Sister said that Master is truly possessed by evil, devoid of emotion, carrying out his mission without any attachments, all for the sake of a single goal. Such a being is the true demon."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xing raised his hand, signaling the man in front of him to stop talking, and calmly said, "So perhaps it was to protect yourself, perhaps it was to protect your senior and junior sisters who had been with you for many years, or perhaps you listened to your senior sister's words, so you joined forces with them to kill your master, right?"

"…………yes."

"Is there anything left unsaid or unfinished that you wish to say before you die?"

"...Given your situation, you must be looking for Fifth Senior Sister, right? Please pass on a message for me: the immortal has been revived, but Seventh Junior Sister is dead."

"What did you say?!"

At this moment, Li Sushang's face was filled with fear and shock. The seventh disciple of the Crimson Iris Immortal... wasn't that her mother, Qin Suyi?

"...I will pass on this message for you. Go in peace."

Cheng Xing raised his hand and gently touched Ma Feima's forehead, after which the latter closed his eyes.

His body collapsed heavily to the ground, turning into black ashes along with his clothes, which then dissipated into the world with a gentle breeze.

It was this series of changes that finally allowed Otto to find out how the thieves from the previous night had disappeared.

"These are truly godlike abilities, capable of briefly resurrecting the dead and easily turning a living person to ashes... The Herrscher... does he still possess that power?"

"It's hard to say. He came into contact with that sword before, and I don't know if he regained some of its power through that broken core... Otto, we can't let him continue like this. Even if he used to be willing to give up his life for humanity, we're not sure if he's still willing now. We must kill him. For the sake of current human civilization, we must kill him before he becomes unreasonably powerful!"

"Well, what does that have to do with me? He helped me briefly awaken Karen. If that ancestor didn't have a way to revive Karen, then Karen's hope rests solely on him. As long as Karen can be revived, I don't care about anything else."

"You're a madman!"

Li Sushang stood there in a daze for a moment.

"Did the immortal kill my mother?"