K424 of the Collapse World

"Well, the Herrscher probably thinks that your Far East branch poses a greater threat to them than the headquarters, which is consistent with my prediction. However, the more direct reason is probably that the Herrscher on Saint Freya's side

Or you are in trouble."

"trouble?"

"Can't you feel it? Haha... It seems that the peaceful life in the past few years has made you too dull, my little Theresa."

Feeling the powerful energy fluctuations coming from not far away, the Soul Steel prosthesis's analytical ability can accurately determine that it is not the Herrscher's Honkai energy, but the pure Honkai energy extracted from the Stigmata.

What would that be...

"They can actually suppress the Herrscher head-on... Theresa, I have to admit that your Far East branch is really full of hidden talents. The surprises it brings to me are endless. I wonder if you have any hidden cards. Can you share some information with Grandpa?"

"Is Iselin that strong? Eh! Could it be Jiuxiao..."

Theresa was stunned. Although she knew that Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple had awakened his stigma and his strength had improved by leaps and bounds, Theresa just thought that Jiuxiao had reached a level comparable to that of a high-level Valkyrie, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

Seeing Theresa's equally doubtful expression, Miss Bishop frowned.

"You don't even know the abilities of your own subordinates? Well, let's talk about the details later. What we have to do next is to quickly kill the Herrscher of the Heart here before the two Herrschers meet up!"

The next moment, with Theresa's puzzled gaze, the bishop raised her hand and took away the Judas on her back. Relying on the powerful physique of her soul steel prosthesis, she easily held the cross weighing more than 300 kilograms in her hands.

"Grandpa Otto?"

"Didn't you want to know why I came all the way here? I'll tell you the answer now."

As she spoke, a golden light suddenly flashed on the bishop's chest.

"Mimicry: Judas's Oath."

The golden light formed the shape of a cross, but it did not condense the power of the void to form an entity. Instead, it merged with Theresa's Judas.

The Key of God without its core would have turned into an ordinary soul steel weapon. But at this moment, as the corroded soul steel faded away its purple surface, the holy golden light once again covered the surface of Judas!

Looking at the restored golden cross, a trace of sadness and nostalgia flashed in the bishop's eyes, but it was quickly concealed by her flawless smile.

"The First God's Key I possess, the Void Bank, can use Honkai energy to replicate the power of other God's Keys, just like the Herrscher of Reason. However, instead of creating the original God's Key, I can only fill in the missing core to sustain the battle for a longer time."

"what......!"

"Even if Miss Shirley is diverted by the Herrscher, with the power of the Binding Key, we are enough to defeat the Herrscher who is alone!"

Looking at the excited silver-haired girl, the bishop chuckled, dodged Theresa's outstretched hand, grabbed the chain and carried Judas behind her back.

"It's a pity, little Theresa, that the creation of the Void can only be used by me, the creator. So, let me use the Oath of Judas for the time being."

"..."

Hearing this, the silver-haired girl immediately wilted like an eggplant hit by frost. The bishop lady saw this, shrugged her shoulders, threw out an obsidian spear and handed it to her, then rushed towards the battlefield of the St. Freya Building.

"Let's go, Theresa. Remember to stay away from me later. With your Honkai Beast gene body, you can't withstand the zeroth rated power of the Eleventh God Key!"

636 Convergence

Battles between Herrschers usually bring disaster-like destruction to the surrounding environment. At the least, it can overturn mountains and seas, and at the worst, it can destroy the world. Taking the example of the second collapse as an example, this conclusion is not an exaggeration.

However, at this time, Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple and the Eighth Herrscher, who were fighting in St. Freya Academy, hardly destroyed any buildings nearby. Even from the perspective of bystanders, it was impossible to tell that this was a battle between top-level powerhouses.

Apart from the ability to summon weapons and transform, Jiuxiao only uses simple slashing and thrusting moves. His simple and plain movements are like the standard swordsmanship of ancient infantry, so simple that ordinary people can learn it with just one look.

But the prerequisite is that you must be able to see clearly.

Even the simplest movements, if enhanced with unparalleled speed and strength, can produce qualitative changes. The heavy sword was as light as a feather in Jiuxiao's hand, and the speed of swinging it was as light as a medieval rapier. The control that exceeded the limit, the power she exerted on the sword did not leak out at all.

Before Jiuxiao's attack ended, the Herrscher of the Heart tried his best to dodge and survive the stormy sword dance...

However, Jiuxiao's weapon is more than just a big sword. As long as the opponent makes a mistake and she succeeds in closing the distance, this big sword will turn into an extremely dangerous pair of short swords and launch a fatal attack on the Herrscher!

If it weren't for the Herrscher's regenerative ability, Lindy would have died no less than ten times by now.

(How come Honkai can't penetrate her stigmata space... Is her stigmata space stronger than that of a perfect Herrscher?!)

Even though they have almost unlimited mobilizable energy, the actual combat experience between the two is heavenly.

With her psychic abilities ineffective and her close combat completely suppressed, Lindy was not far from reaching her limit.

......

After being attacked by the double blades for the fourth time, the Herrscher of the Heart's body stopped moving.

Looking at the pink-haired girl whose heart was pierced by a blade, Jiuxiao frowned and stared at the broken body of the Herrscher of Heart. There was no joy of victory on his serious little face.

"Tsk, it's really difficult..."

Taking the pitch-black dagger back in his hand, Jiuxiao muttered to himself, raised his head and looked at the sky directly above him.

The Ruler of Heart, who should have been lying on the ground and lost his life, was now suspended in the air as if nothing had happened. His slightly transparent body did not show any trace of the wounds that had just been left.

In the center of the shadowy body, the Herrscher core floated inside Lindy's chest, maintaining her current spiritual state.

"You are so powerful that you can force me to give up my body. You are definitely not an ordinary Valkyrie."

Looking at her own mutilated "corpse", Lindy's complex tone was filled with deep fear.

"Unexpectedly, a virtual energy body composed of the core's Houkai energy and spiritual power... So the Herrscher can also survive in this form?"

"I am the Herrscher of the Heart who controls the power of consciousness. What's so strange about me being able to do this? On the contrary, you... that strange way of moving and the ability to decompose and reshape matter seem to be the power of a Herrscher, right? Who are you?"

Facing this strange stigma holder, Lindy always kept a distance from Jiuxiao. In her current energy body state, if the Herrscher core to which her spirit was attached was destroyed, there would be no next chance.

The attack on the Far East Branch, which was originally a sure thing, was completely shattered by the sudden appearance of Jiuxiao. According to the information she had previously infiltrated, the captain of Hyperion was not among the high-end combat forces of Saint Freya.

(According to the intelligence, she should be a B-rank Valkyrie. Is this false intelligence?! Could it be that the puppet I used to brainwash and infiltrate was already discovered by them...)

Just as the Herrscher of the Heart was thinking secretly, Jiuxiao raised the greatsword in his hand again and pointed the tip of the sword at the phantom of the Herrscher in the air. The greatsword was once again reshaped into the form of a heavy artillery.

“Tsk…!”

However, after the remodeling of the armament was completed, Jiuxiao's figure stiffened slightly, and the light under the bandage on his right arm became slightly dimmer, like a furnace that was gradually cooling down.

This scene did not escape the eyes of the Herrscher of the Heart.

"I knew that this kind of explosive power increase is not infinite. It seems that you paid a price to release several times the power of a Herrscher with a human body. And now, the price you paid has been consumed by that strange stigma, right?"

"..."

Jiu Xiao remained silent, and simply tore off the bandage on her right arm, exposing the stigmata that snaked up her arm. The stigmata's fiery red glow was like overflowing lava, flowing slowly along her blood vessels...

Aiming the muzzle at the Herrscher's body, Jiuxiao took a deep breath. The next moment, the dying light of the Holy Mark was re-lit, and the solidified Honkai energy burst into life again, even more dazzling than before!

"So what? If it's not enough, then just burn more... Anyway, that world is just some obscure memories that are useless to me."

Be it memories or souls, these things will eventually disappear with life. Rather than waiting for them to decay in mediocrity, it is better to make them bloom in the most dazzling moment!

(Iselin, Seele, Emisa... I'm sorry, I just remembered that world and you guys, and I'm about to forget it again in the blink of an eye...)

"As long as I can end the source of the disaster, I will not hesitate even if it means that the spiritual world collapses and shatters. Witness the power of the Fire Moth, Herrscher!"

The dark blue heavy artillery fired a brilliant beam of light, tearing apart the dark clouds in the sky and piercing through the sky! Half of the Herrscher of the Heart's phantom body was destroyed in the beam, but since the Herrscher's core was intact, it was just like hitting a projection.

"Humph, I don't want to die with you."

636 Convergence>>

Lindy dodged Jiuxiao's pursuit, controlling the phantom and the core to try to distance herself from Jiuxiao and retreat. This attack plan was doomed to fail, and she was not going to gamble her life in this meaningless battle.

「Judas Capture Mode」

——Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!!

In an instant, the throbbing of her soul made Lindy stop suddenly. Then, several golden chains suddenly appeared in front of her and wrapped around her. If she hadn't braked in time, she would have crashed into the net set by the restraining chains.

Sensing the natural enemy-like restraining force in the chain, Lindy's eyes flashed with solemnity. However, she could feel that the one with this strong restraining force was definitely not the most dangerous restraining lawgiver.

"Where do you want to go, little guy?"

Following the clear voice of the girl, the blonde girl carrying a cross blocked the escape route.

Looking at the shadowy Herrscher of the Heart, the girl's pretty face showed an expression of interest.

"Your body is completely destroyed, with only the core of the Herrscher left. Can you still maintain your ability to move? Your vitality is almost on par with that troublesome First Herrscher..."

"Idiot, I killed the First Herrscher a long time ago! How dare you show up in front of me? Pay the price for your arrogance!"

The arrival of enemy reinforcements was a pleasant surprise for Lindy! For some reason, her ability was ineffective against Jiuxiao, so she was completely crushed. But when facing other people, the power of consciousness was still almost invincible!

Brainwashing this ignorant Valkyrie into a puppet should be able to block the guy behind him.

What Lindy didn't know was that her intentions were completely exposed in her eyes. The blonde girl who was eye-to-eye with her naturally saw it clearly.

"Want to invade my consciousness? Go ahead and try... Let's see who is the ignorant one."

Smashing the huge cross to the ground, Miss Bishop pressed down the emblem of Judah in the center with one hand and activated the power of the Key of God.

"Judas's Oath, zeroth rated power... Divine Grace Barrier activated!"

As the expanding golden field covered everything around, Lindy, who had already released her mental fluctuations, was suddenly startled and immediately flew high into the sky, narrowly avoiding the capture radius of the Divine Grace barrier.

"The ability to restrain the Herrscher... the Eleventh Divine Key?!"

Lindy once again released her mental wave, aiming directly at the blonde girl a hundred meters away. However, the moment the mental wave entered the golden area, it lost contact as if it had disappeared into the sea.

In addition to the physical phenomena that have already occurred, all special abilities activated by Honkai energy will be erased by the restraining force within the domain...

The sharp sword wind interrupted Lindy's daze, and she hurriedly dodged Jiuxiao's leaping sword. With only one core left in her body, it was relatively easy for her to dodge such a large-scale attack.

However, looking at Jiuxiao falling slowly, before Lindy could breathe a sigh of relief, Jiuxiao suddenly loosened his hands of the greatsword, grabbed a chain that had just been left in the air, and swung up again! A roundhouse kick passed through Lindy's phantom and hit the small Herrscher core directly!

"don't want......!"

The short exclamation came to an abrupt end. The Herrscher Core was kicked into the range of the Divine Grace by Jiuxiao, and the overflowing Honkai energy was instantly sealed. Lindy's shadow dissipated directly and turned into a small pink crystal falling downwards.

The constraint field cannot directly destroy the Herrscher Core, but the Herrscher Core, which suppresses the flow of energy, can no longer be driven at will by Lindy's consciousness. As long as Miss Bishop does not remove Judas's divine grace barrier, she can only be like a stone.

Jiuxiao fell back to the ground, ignoring the bishop lady who was looking at her, and walked straight towards the Herrscher core on the ground...

"Hyperion's Miss Horaiji, right?"

"Let's talk later. The threat from the Herrscher has not been eliminated yet."

Jiuxiao responded coldly, ignoring the blonde girl who stretched out her hand, and planned to walk past the bishop lady and continue walking towards the core of the Herrscher of the Heart.

But the next moment, Miss Bishop stretched out her hand to block her way.

"Please stay, Miss Captain. I will handle the core of the Eighth Herrscher myself. I hope Miss Captain can go to reinforce the Far East Branch's front line. The situation there is even more dangerous."

"So, who are you? I remember this cross should belong to Principal Theresa."

"I am the Bishop of the Destiny Organization, Otto Apokalis."

"..."

Facing Jiuxiao's direct gaze, the bishop lady came to her senses, the corners of her mouth twitched involuntarily, and she added helplessly.

"......'s adjutant."

"That's it."

"The Herrscher Core will be recovered by the headquarters of the Destiny Organization. Ms. Penglai Qqun: 5436 Temple should go to report to the branch chief Theresa. She is in the building behind... Look, she is here."

As she spoke, the silver-haired girl in nun's uniform ran over hurriedly with a spear in hand, stopped outside the range of the Divine Grace barrier, and looked at the bishop's daughter and Jiuxiao not far away with a little concern.

"Oh...uh, Jiuxiao, are you guys okay?"

"The Eighth Herrscher has been sealed. Theresa, just stand there and don't come in."

"Who would go in there? This barrier is more dangerous than a radiation zone..."

As Theresa was talking, she suddenly noticed that the bishop's eyes widened and she looked up at the sky. Theresa followed her gaze and saw a streak of blazing red light passing through the sky...

637 The War Spreads

(Herrscher of Fire...)

As the comet-like light approached rapidly, the fiery red fire reflected in the bishop's pupils had already foreshadowed the identity of the visitor.

(Oh~ It’s so fast? That’s half the Earth.

The distance...it only took less than ten minutes?)

Miss Bishop was silent, but she did not panic. After all, in a battlefield that changes rapidly, unexpected developments are everywhere. Although the Herrscher of Flame arrived earlier, the plan has not been completely disrupted now that the Herrscher of Heart has been defeated.

In just a few breaths, the figure of the Herrscher of Flame was clearly visible. Behind that small figure, the dissipating waves of fire dyed half of the sky red, and the huge wings of fire were enough to cover the sky and the sun, and its might was like the arrival of the God of Destruction.

“Give Lindy back to me—!!”

After a roar that resounded through the sky, the Herrscher in the flames suddenly raised her hand and waved it! The flames surrounding her were directly dispersed by this blow, turning into a rain of fire that fell towards the people below.