Chapter 148: The Corrosion Ruler Appears
Afterwards, under Wang Chen's gaze, the diffused energies began to be injected into a fox demon somewhere far away. After absorbing the dissipated energies, the fox demon began to grow in size, and was about to become the size of the fox demon that Wang Chen had just killed.
"Is that so?" Wang Chen continued to harvest the lives of ordinary fox demons while observing the changes in the fox demon. Originally, those ordinary fox demons were only at the level of 900hw, which was considered the limit level of lower-level Honkai beasts. But after absorbing those Honkai energy, it suddenly reached 1100hw... No, it seems to have increased a bit, reaching 1200hw!
Although this level is still not Wang Chen's opponent, Wang Chen's goal is not only to kill the enemy, but also to stop the barrage of bullets spewed by these fox demons. Therefore, whether he can effectively reduce the fighting power of the fox demons has become the most critical thing for Wang Chen.
"Whoosh!!" The giant fox demon that had just become the new leader issued a new order. The fox demons no longer tried to spit fire into the sky, but scattered and began to disperse.
"Tsk!" Wang Chen knew that it would be very difficult to stop the barrage of fire in the next process. If it weren't for the teleportation function of the system, which allowed Wang Chen to kill one by one regardless of the distance, Wang Chen would probably have to passively return to the village to help intercept the fire barrage.
"Theresa, Jiuxiao. I'm afraid we can't stop those heavenly fires. But don't worry, the strongest wave has been temporarily dealt with by me. The heavenly fires won't affect you too much. It's up to you to intercept them." After Wang Chen transmitted the information using the synchronous link, he drew his sword and killed the fox demon that was still evolving and didn't spit fire.
"Die!" Wang Chen roared, reaping the lives of these foxes.
……
"That's the situation, Lady Kallen... Lady Kallen?" Theresa reported Wang Chen's information to Kallen. She wanted to listen to Kallen's advice, but after hearing the way Theresa reported, Kallen fell into reminiscence and murmured, "Synchronized link... Chen hasn't been linked to me for a long time."
"Lady Kallen?" Theresa asked again, and Kallen's consciousness returned to reality. Kallen said, "Then prepare to deal with it, Theresa. The puppets are in Jiuxiao and Lin's hands. Let them throw the puppets when the time is right. I have to go down. Sakura looks a little strange."
"Theresa, you just have to act according to the circumstances. From the looks of you, you should be very experienced in dealing with Honkai incidents. Can I leave it to you with confidence?" Kallen asked.
"Well, I have no problem. If Lady Kallen needs support, I will come to help." Theresa nodded and said.
"Hmm..." After Karen answered, she flipped down from the eaves, landed on the ground, and quickly ran towards the altar.
At this moment, on the altar, Yaezakura's expression was a little strange. Not long ago, she announced to everyone that she would not take the life of the villager who sacrificed the altar, and she wanted to abolish the bad habit of Yaezakura - human sacrifice. She also openly declared that the gods were false.
Such words and actions were naturally opposed and refuted by the villagers in the audience. They scolded Yaezakura for betraying the village and the gods, and called her an unclean shrine maiden! They also shouted for other clergy to come out and really preside over this human sacrifice. They forced the shrine maiden to perform her responsibilities and obligations.
They thought that Yaezakura would still compromise like she did before. But Yaezakura is different now. Even without drawing her sword, her determination and firm attitude are enough to shut up those villagers. With just one sentence, the villagers were silenced: "Whoever wants to perform a human sacrifice, defeat me with the intention of killing someone!"
It was obvious that these people knew that they were no match for Yaezakura. Only at this moment did the villagers realize that the right to choose had never been on their side and it was entirely up to Yaezakura's own will.
When Yaezakura saw this scene and recalled the past, she smiled. It was never the villagers, the clergy, or her father who had died many years ago who had restricted her. She had always bound herself. Now that her heart knot had been untied and the shackles had disappeared, Yaezakura no longer needed to be responsible for the village's sacrifice.
"Do you want to watch all of us die in the wrath of the gods and at the hands of demons before you are satisfied?" One of the villagers finally made a weak protest.
"If you want to struggle to survive, you can never rely on believing in gods, but only on your own hands. As for those monsters, I will get rid of the evil monsters today together with my companions!" Yaezakura said firmly.
After all, it was she who released the demon, and it was her own fault, and the villagers should not bear the responsibility. Even if they were fake, even if everything that happened here was a thing of the past for the outside world. But Yaezakura wanted to take on this last responsibility herself, because releasing the demon herself was a responsibility she had to bear.
"Haha, you are really great, Yae Sakura... But do you really think you and your friends can defeat me?" Suddenly, a man's voice came from the audience. Yae Sakura trembled slightly. She had heard this voice many times and was very familiar with it. It had constantly bewitched her and led her step by step towards the abyss.
"Are you finally here? Monster... or rather, the Ruler of Corrosion." Yaezakura held the hilt of the sword. As for the guy in the audience, as soon as he appeared, she would draw her sword and kill him without hesitation.
"Hehehe... Why are you so polite? Sakura..." However, when the voice sounded again, it was already behind Yae Sakura. Yae Sakura stepped back with her right leg, bent her left knee, and formed a bow stance with both legs. Then she turned around and drew her sword to strike directly at the guy who made the sound from behind her.
"It seems like you still haven't learned enough lessons... Sister Ying."
"His-"
A bloody mark passed by, and Yae Sakura was surprised to find that the body stabbed by her own Sakura Fubuki was actually a familiar figure, her sister Rin, who was now lying in a pool of blood on the altar. There was still a scar on her body that she had just made, just like the night when she drew her sword and killed Rin with her own hands.
"Look, nothing has changed... You have always been the priestess who was stained with the blood of her loved ones. Just like back then, you let your good sister fall in a pool of blood once again and become a sacrifice. It turns out that you don't want to stop human sacrifice, but want to sacrifice your loved ones?" "Rin" turned his head strangely towards Yae Sakura, mocking her with a disgusting smile.
"Shut up! You monster! You don't deserve to use Rin's face!" Yae Sakura was not fooled by the Herrscher's tricks. She was able to tell who her sister was and knew her sister's feelings. So she was extremely angry that the Herrscher was still using Rin's appearance to fool her and insult Rin's innocent and lovely face.
Therefore, without hesitation, Yae Sakura slashed at "Rin" with her sword again. The moment she stabbed him, "Rin" suddenly changed his appearance and turned into his former father. He laughed and said with a mocking attitude, "Hahaha, Sakura, it seems that the reunion with your sisters has indeed made you grow a lot. You can now kill your relatives without hesitation."
"But can you really tell the difference? Do you really think you can tell what is true and what is false?" The "father" in the memory still used that self-important tone to teach Yae Sakura a lesson, even though he was clearly stabbed in the body. Just like in the memory, when she killed her father, her father was still scolding her for not knowing what was good for her and that one day she would kill herself.
Chapter 149: True or False
Yaezakura didn't hesitate and swung her sword once again, this time aiming directly at the opponent's mouth. She didn't want to hear any sound from the Herrscher that would interfere with her judgment.
"Ding--"
The tip of the sword stabbed the stone with a crisp sound, and the "father" who was lying on the ground had disappeared. But then, Yae Sakura felt someone standing behind her. Without thinking, Yae Sakura turned around and swung the sword again, but when she was halfway through the swing, she heard a familiar and concerned female voice: "Sakura! What's wrong with you!"
Yae Sakura immediately stopped swinging her sword, and was startled. She realized that she had almost attacked her partner Kallen as a Herrscher, but fortunately, Yae Sakura managed to control her strength.
"Sakura, what happened to you? I saw you slashing up there." Kallen asked with concern.
"I'm fine... Sorry, it's the Herrscher of Corrosion. It suddenly appeared again. But I have successfully driven it away. I just don't know when it will attack next time." Yae Sakura put Sakura Fubuki back into the scabbard and said.
"The Herrscher of Corrosion is very cunning. This battle may not end so easily. Sakura, be careful. I'll go back first." Kallen then walked behind Yae Sakura, and it seemed that she wanted to jump onto the temple behind Yae Sakura.
But when Kallen just passed by, Yae Sakura suddenly felt a chill, and her body's instinct made her dodge away from "Kallen".
Then, a burning pain came from her waist. Yae Sakura immediately covered her waist, and the heat covered her palm. A cut was cut from her waist, and the culprit was "Kallen" who took out a knife and looked at Yae Sakura with a kind smile. She only heard her say: "I told you, Sakura~ The Herrscher is very cunning. So, you can't tell anything apart. You can't tell right from wrong, you can't tell what's important, you can't tell friends from enemies. It is because of this that you either hurt others or let others hurt you wantonly."
"Corrosion Herrscher!" Yae Sakura's voice was filled with her anger. She pulled out Sakura Fubuki once again and rushed directly towards Kallen.
"Sakura? What's wrong with you? What happened..." But suddenly, the knife in Kallen's hand disappeared, and then she looked concerned again, as if she didn't know what happened. This made Yae Sakura suspicious. Could it be that everything just now was an illusion of the Herrscher, just for her to hurt her real friend at this moment?
But Yaezakura still made up her mind and stabbed with the tip of the knife, but the position she stabbed became a non-lethal position. As long as she hit the opponent, she would naturally know whether the opponent was true or false.
"puff--"
The sound of the blade piercing the body was heard, but Yae Sakura did not show any joy, and was still a little gloomy. She did stab the other party, but the other party did not disappear. Instead, he held his long sword tightly, coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, and asked: "Sakura... why?"
"I...did I guess wrong? Sorry, Kallen...if you want to blame me, I won't complain even if you stab me. I can't tell the difference between the real and the fake because of the Herrscher of Corrosion. It keeps interfering with my judgment. I can't tell whether you are the real Kallen or..." Yae Sakura explained slowly, her face looking very ugly. How did the Herrscher of Corrosion achieve such a realistic illusion, and where is the real Herrscher of Corrosion?
"Ying... Even if what you said is true, how can I know whether you attacked me because of misunderstanding... or you are the Herrscher of Corrosion?" Kallen raised her head, then raised her hand, a dagger appeared in her hand, and said: "If you are true, it's not too much to let me stab you in the same place."
"Of course..." Yae Sakura pulled back the knife, opened her hands, and let Kallen stab her. "Okay..." Kallen then stabbed out with a sword, but the direction of the stab was not the place where Yae Sakura had just stabbed Kallen, but aimed directly at Yae Sakura's heart.
"Cherry blossoms--"
Yae Sakura's face changed. From the other party's behavior of taking her life, Yae Sakura knew that the other party could not be Kallen. Therefore, Yae Sakura said something softly, and her whole body turned into a pink figure, advancing instead of retreating. Then she pulled out Sakura Fubuki with her right hand, and it seemed as if there were cherry blossom petals flying in the wind.
A pink shadow passed through Kallen's body, and Yaezakura's spirit sword Sakura Fubuki was sheathed. In an instant, Kallen's body exploded, accompanied by a sharp laugh that made Yaezakura's head ache slightly.
"Very good... Sakura, you are making progress... But can you still tell the difference between how many times in the future? Can you really kill every partner who comes forward with determination?" The voice of the Herrscher of Corrosion echoed throughout the sky. Yae Sakura felt as if her head was about to explode. She felt very uncomfortable and covered her head.
Faintly, Yae Sakura heard a voice again: "Sakura? Something seems wrong with you? Is it the Herrscher of Corrosion that has appeared?"
It was Kallen's voice again. That caring tone again. Herrscher of Corrosion... Herrscher of Corrosion, how many times are you going to tease me!
Feeling irritated, in pain, and a little bit crazy, Yaezakura drew her sword without even looking and slashed towards the source of the sound.
"!! Sakura! What are you doing!?"
"Chong-"
The sound of metal colliding was heard, and Kallen took out the Fairy Bow and Pistols to block Yae Sakura's attack. Even so, Kallen was obviously a little overwhelmed by Yae Sakura's sudden attack.
"Wake up, Sakura! Don't be controlled by it." Kallen shouted loudly.
But Yaezakura ignored her and continued to draw her sword. Her mind was shrouded in an invisible haze. She could not hear anything and only believed in her own judgment.
It was obvious that the Kallen that appeared now was the real Kallen. She had just finished talking to Theresa and found that something was wrong with Yaezakura, so she immediately came down to check. When she climbed onto the altar, some villagers who had no sense of justice tried to stop her. Kallen didn't want to get too entangled with these villagers, but she didn't want to hurt them either, so she jumped up and jumped onto the altar, wanting to ask Yaezakura what happened.
But who would have thought that Yae Sakura, who was covering her head, would chop at her with a knife the moment she heard her voice. Kallen immediately realized that Yae Sakura's condition was probably very bad.
"Fake...you are all fake!" Yaezakura muttered to herself, and then continued to attack Kallen.
"What on earth is going on? This outsider ran up and the witch drew her sword? Why did they suddenly start fighting?"
"Who knows? Haha, go ahead and fight! These two are not good people! They want to blaspheme the Lord God by relying on their abilities! I think they were punished by the Lord God, so they killed each other, hahahaha."
"Good, very good, that's it, this is the power of the gods! Quick! Kneel down! Don't let the gods blame us."
After seeing the chaos on the stage, the villagers talked a lot, but soon they all knelt on the ground, put their hands together and prayed for forgiveness from the gods. Some people even secretly prayed to the gods to judge the two women on the stage.
Chapter 150 Lin and Lin
"Human hearts are so fragile. They will only believe what they want to believe. Never try to convince them with reason or logic. Just like you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep." The Will of the Corroded Ruler watched everything that happened in the shrine with a playful and somewhat happy look.
"How does it feel when your trust is betrayed? How does it feel when others have gone mad and can't listen to your words, and all they want to do is take out their butcher knives to kill you like a monster? Haha, I want all humans to taste this pain!" The emotion called hatred flashed across the eyes of the Erosion Ruler.
The pain of being killed... the anger of being betrayed... and the madness, and finally seeing his sister die in front of him. He hated all the humans in this world. Stupid, ugly, why are they still worthy of walking on this earth?
Everything that happened now was developing just as he had expected. This was because that was the bad nature of human beings. Even the girl he loved very much, Yaezakura, was also not free from the shortsightedness and bad nature of human beings.
"boom……"
A sound came from the back mountain in the distance. The Herrscher looked towards the back mountain, narrowed his eyes, and said, "That guy is quite capable. He is very powerful, but what's more strange is that there is something shameful hidden in his consciousness, which makes me feel very bad. Ha, but so what, I have seen many powerful guys. Those who can't kill me will eventually become my nourishment. What's more... With these strengths, it is far from enough!"
"Haha, let's see how much value you still have. Don't let me down with what you show." The Herrscher of Erosion overlooked everything that happened in this world, and behind it, a series of red flames emerged. Those were the flames spewed out by the fox demon that had successfully landed and were about to sweep the entire world.
The first place to catch fire was the unprotected village of Yaemura, followed by the woods at the foot of the mountain, and finally, a small number of flames began to hit the shrine.
However, several imaginary corpses appeared and successfully blocked the flames. It was Lin who threw the puppet and successfully blocked the sky fire.
"That little girl... was originally intended to completely strangle Yaezakura's mind, but I didn't expect that she would escape my control now." The Herrscher of Corrosion pointed at Lin, intending to use Lin once again to add fuel to the fire. As for the Herrscher of Corrosion beside Lin? The Herrscher of Corrosion didn't intend to deal with her. It could sense the difference in Herrscher of Corrosion. Although she looked weak, her determination was unmatched by any of the guys present.
After all, the Thousands have already verified it. Therefore, there is no need for the Corrosion Herrscher to do such a thankless task.
……
Lin was following Jiuxiao to deal with the fire that was falling from the sky. With the help of the synchronous link, Wang Chen had already informed them that the fire was about to fall, so the previous precautions were done very well. But just as Lin was about to deal with the next fire, Jiuxiao stopped her.
"Sister Jiuxiao? What's wrong with you?" Lin looked at Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple in confusion and asked.
"That's it, Lin. We have done enough to help these villagers." Houraiji Jiuxiao said uncharacteristically, "Look at these people. Obviously, whether it's Kallen or Miss Yaesakura, they risked their lives to fight against the mastermind who corrupted the Herrscher, and also to protect these people. But look at what they are doing?"
Lin did not go to see them, because she had reincarnated many times and was already very clear about the ugliness of those villagers. Penglai Temple Jiuxiao continued, "You and I have both been reincarnated many times, and we are already very clear about their nature. There is no need for us to continue wasting puppets on these people. They will not appreciate it even if we save them, and they will treat us as monsters. Why not save those puppets and use them in useful places? For example, defeat the Herrscher."
"You're right, Sister Jiuxiao. Those guys are really not worth saving." Lin said slowly. As she spoke, she was about to put down the puppet in her hand.
"Yes, that's right. We have saved them several times. We have done our best. Let them fend for themselves for the rest." Penglai Temple Jiuxiao said slowly. After hearing what Penglai Temple Jiuxiao said, Lin became less and less willing to care about these villagers, and her heart began to become cold again.
"Don't believe her! Lin!" However, a voice deep in her heart suddenly rang out and continued, "Lin! Have you forgotten your sister Jiuxiao's character? She would never say such words! Wake up! The guy in front of you is an enemy!"
After hearing the words from the bottom of her heart, Lin suddenly came to her senses. Yes, she did agree with what "Penglai Temple Jiuxiao" had just said, but it shouldn't have come from the mouth of Penglai Temple Jiuxiao. The Jiuxiao sister she knew would never say such words.
"Get out of the way!" Lin threw a puppet between herself and Penglai Temple Jiuxiao. However, the puppet did not transform into a virtual skeleton to attack "Penglai Temple Jiuxiao". Instead, it turned into a red flame and disappeared. The original "Penglai Temple Jiuxiao" let out a light sigh. Then the whole appearance changed and turned into the original appearance of the corroded Herrscher Feiyuwan - a huge red and white fox demon.
“You can actually see through it? I underestimated you.” The Herrscher of Corrosion laughed strangely, then opened his mouth wide, as if he wanted to swallow Lin in one gulp. “Forget it, for a fellow like you, I can just swallow him.”
"Woo! Don't come over here!" Facing the approach of this bloody mouth, Lin desperately threw the puppets on her body, but none of them worked, and all turned into flames. When Lin was about to be devoured by the Corrosion Ruler, suddenly a flash of light came from Lin's body, and a figure emerged from behind Lin. She only heard the figure say: "Go away!"
Then, a red light flashed and shone on the Herrscher of Corrosion, Feiyuwan. "Ouch!" As if in pain, the Herrscher of Corrosion showed a trace of disbelief, and then turned into a huge ball of fire in front of Lin's eyes and then burned up and disappeared.
"What on earth is going on?" Lin looked at everything that was happening to her, completely unaware of what was going on.
"Lin...Lin...Lin! Are you okay? Lin!" After a while, Lin noticed that the puppet Penglai Temple Jiuxiao was lying on her right shoulder, constantly calling her. "You finally woke up. I just found that you were in a daze and didn't throw the puppet anymore. What happened?" Penglai Temple Jiuxiao asked with concern.
"Just now..." Lin told Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple everything that had just happened.
"The fox demon transformed into my appearance, and then the miraculous light emerged from Lin's body and shattered the fox demon?" Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple stroked his chin and thought.
"It's Rin's credit. After all, the fox demon invaded Lin's consciousness, so Rin helped Lin drive away the fox demon." Lin's expression changed at this moment, and she said with a cute look as if she wanted to take credit.
"Eh? Was it you, Rin, who did this?" Although Lin had expected this, she still said.
"Yes. Although I can't change things in reality, Rin is still very good at attacks on the consciousness level." Rin said confidently.
Chapter 151: Sorry, Karen
"Are you all right?" Theresa also jumped to the eaves where Penglai Temple Jiuxiao and Lin were. When Theresa found that Lin and Penglai Temple Jiuxiao stopped throwing puppets to block the demon fire, she knew that something had happened on their side.
So Theresa first used her own power to physically blast away the evil fires that fell from the sky, and then came to Penglai Temple with Jiuxiao and the others to check the situation.
Penglai Temple Jiuxiao used the synchronous link to quickly let Theresa know what happened. Theresa looked solemn and said, "The Herrscher's consciousness erosion was so silent. Miss Yaezakura Miko's fight with Lady Kallen is probably because she was influenced by the Herrscher's consciousness and regarded Lady Kallen as an enemy."
"Hold on over there... It looks like the Herrscher of Corrosion has focused all his attention on you. Theresa, Penglai Temple Jiuxiao, you two don't have to worry about the influence of the Herrscher of Corrosion for now. The Herrscher of Corrosion's tricks have little effect on my abilities. You and I are linked together and can resist its erosion. It all depends on the two of you here. I'll come here after I kill these foxes."
At this time, Wang Chen's voice also echoed in Theresa and Penglai Temple Jiuxiao's hearts at the same time. They both responded at the same time that they understood.
"Lady Karen can still handle the situation below, but we have to deal with the flames falling from the sky. We need to hold on for a while longer, and at the same time be alert to the erosion at the consciousness level and pay attention to our respective situations." After Theresa finished speaking to Jiuxiao and Lin from Penglai Temple, she returned to her own position.
The three of them continued to fight against the falling flames from different angles. Meanwhile, the villagers below were terrified by the fire falling from the sky. They all believed that it was because they had not sacrificed their lives in time and offered a satisfactory sacrifice that the gods were completely enraged.
On one hand, they prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling with fear of the divine power, and kept kneeling and praying; on the other hand, they kept cursing the two "masterminds" who caused the current situation - Kallen and Yae Sakura.
But despite their curses, these ignorant and hateful guys did not dare to step forward to confront the two people fighting on the stage. They were afraid that the flames of God's wrath would devour them, and they were also afraid that the flashes of swords and sabers would tear them into pieces.
In the end, you can only be stuck in the middle, spending time in agony and being unable to do anything.
Meanwhile, the battle between Yae Sakura and Kallen was still going on fiercely, and it was hard to decide the winner. In fact, Kallen was able to suppress Yae Sakura steadily, but Kallen hoped to wake Yae Sakura up and kept calling her.
"Sakura! I really am Karin! You rescued Chen and I at the very beginning, and I also told you about Chen." Karin dodged Yae Sakura's Blade Return and then spoke.
Listening to Kallen's words, Yae Sakura was shaken, but at this moment, the voice of the Herrscher sounded in her ears again: "Yes, she is right, it is obvious that she is the real Kallen. Sakura, why are you so suspicious? You should live in harmony with your good sister."
"Shut up!" Yaezakura yelled, and her hands became even faster. Kallen dodged again and landed under the eaves where Theresa was.
“Lady Kallen! The Herrscher of Corrosion has appeared. It has just corroded Lin’s consciousness, causing Lin to hallucinate and mistakenly take the Herrscher of Corrosion for Jiuxiao. Miss Miko must be in the same situation now.” Theresa on the roof jumped up and blasted the flames with her little fists, while shouting to Kallen below.
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