K424 of the Collapse World

"Sister Shirley, have you forgotten that Xing is now a member of the World Snake? You want Xing's boss to stay in the Far East Branch, so doesn't Xing have to stay as well~?"

Xing looked down at the silver-haired girl whose figure only reached her chest, and said with a smile in a tone that seemed to be joking, then stood in front of Shirley.

"And... Sister Shiris is going to cause trouble for Xing's boss now, right? And as a new member of the World Snake, Xing seems to have the obligation to deal with problems for her leader..."

Looking at Xing who had a somewhat ambiguous expression, a hint of gloom appeared in Shirley's eyes.

In fact, Hillis's original plan was to directly activate the restraining power to control Xing, and then turn around to concentrate on dealing with Kevin. But just now, after seeing the time ability displayed by Xing with her own eyes, Hillis had to temporarily give up this idea.

Indeed, the power of restraint is the nemesis of all Honkai creatures, but the power of the law of time is beyond her imagination. Facing the strange and mysterious time ability in Xing's hand, she must not act rashly before understanding the essence of this ability...

Considering Xing's ambiguous attitude of neither friend nor foe, Shirley came up with an idea to try to bypass Xing in front of her and directly contact Kevin behind her.

But now it seems that this "sister" is determined to stop me.

Well, it's a bit ironic to think that my sister is two heads taller than me...

Looking at the charming face of the purple-haired woman, the short-haired girl in Shilis's memory began to become blurred. Even though the current "Xing" was completely different from the impression in her mind, the fact forced her to accept the changes in the girl and replace the image in her mind with it.

The motives behind An's betrayal remain unclear. As for Shiris, she used to know this girl very well, but now she can't guess An's thoughts at all. The accelerated growth brought by the Herrscherization made An's appearance unfamiliar, and her personality seemed to have changed in some way.

Although the invasion of the previous Herrscher of Time has been confirmed, Far East knows nothing about the details of the incident. What on earth did Xing experience during the period when time and space were still that made her betray Far East so suddenly...

No! According to what Xing said before, she had long planned to use Kevin's power to deal with the other Herrscher of Time. In other words, she had contact with Kevin earlier and was likely a member of the World Serpent at that time!

759 Xing's thoughts >>

What does she want to do?

At this moment, the silver-haired girl turned her eyes and secretly glanced at Yulandel who was behind her. As one of the executors who killed the Herrscher of Time in the stillness of time and space, this Valkyrie must know a lot of inside information...

However, now is not the time to leisurely exchange information.

"Xing, do you want to fight me?"

Glancing sideways at the woman so close to her, Shirley's equally cold eyes carried a hint of oppression.

"Eh? I didn't say that! Xing doesn't want to fight with Sissy-nee at all. Rather than saying that Xing wants to fight, it's better to say that whether or not a fight will happen next depends entirely on what Sissy-nee will decide..."

"I will not let Kevin Kaslana leave. This is my decision. If you insist on standing in front of me, then do as you wish. Draw your sword."

As she spoke, Shilis raised the spear in her hand.

When they were only two meters apart, Shilis could instantly deploy a small-scale restraining field, blocking the target's energy flow in an instant, and then decide the outcome with one strike...

Even though she was wary of Xing's ability, this caution did not mean she was afraid. If she had to fight Xing, Shilis would not mind finding out the details of the law of time through actual combat.

With the power of restraint unfolding, the global space-time blockade is doomed to be ineffective against her...

"Huh?! Is Sister Shilis really going to hit me?"

However, when Shirley was ready to fight, Xing quickly took a few steps back the next moment, looking at Shirley in disbelief, her pitiful big eyes were filled with crystal mist, and even her body was slightly curled up.

"How can this be... Sister Shilis, I just want to work for World Serpent. Can't I even change jobs in the Destiny Organization? Oh, oh, oh..."

Looking at Xing who was crying with her hands covering her face but still holding the pointer sword in her right hand, Shirley narrowed her eyes slightly.

"That's enough! Stop playing crazy with me."

Impatiently waving her spear to push away the pointer sword, Shiris glared coldly at the purple-haired woman.

"Xing, isn't it time to get this straight? Tell me, why did you leave everyone else and join the World Snake? What is your purpose?"

"..."

Hearing this, Xing's crying stopped abruptly. She slowly put down her left hand that was covering her face, revealing her cheek without a single tear.

"Well..."

The purple-haired girl rubbed her head in distress, and her open palm also covered her golden right eye, as if she was organizing her words. As their conversation stopped temporarily, the quiet environment around them did not look like a gathering place for several troops, but rather like a dead desert.

"Hmm... I still think that if the ultimate goal is to eliminate Honkai and continue Earth civilization, the World Serpent's Stigma Plan is far more reliable than Sister Shiris's transfer plan."

After a long period of thinking, Xing suddenly clapped her hands together and said this sentence in an innocent tone.

"Yeah......"

"Hmm! Compared to the plan of actively cutting off the connection with the Imaginary Tree and escaping into the Quantum Sea while keeping the world intact, the Stigmata Plan only requires a few sacrifices to seal all the Honkai energy in this world. This will obviously end the Honkai disaster faster."

"......"

Is this what Xing really thinks? Or...

Looking at the silver-haired girl in deep thought, the purple-haired girl suddenly revealed a devilish smile.

"Finally, by the way, these are just excuses~"

"...?!"

At the moment when Shilis' pupils dilated in surprise, a dark golden column-shaped halo rose from under her feet, completely covering the girl's body...

"This is the last surprise for you, Sister Shilis~"

760 Farewell

When actively approaching Xing, Shilis was not defenseless.

When the Herrscher form is fully deployed, even if she encounters a sudden attack at zero distance, she is able to block it with the instantaneous power of the law. Strong and rich combat experience has created this confidence in Shiris, and it is also a matter of course in her cognition...

But now, this common sense was broken by the purple-haired girl in front of him.

"apricot......?"

Looking at the black thorn sword that pierced through her chest, the silver-haired girl's eyes were filled with confusion and she stood there like a puppet with its strings cut.

Beside her, Xing, holding the pitch-black sword, was still smiling, watching the blood oozing from Shirley's wound, dyeing the thin gauze skirt a deeper black and red...

"Faced with a Herrscher who is higher in Sequence than you, aren't you a little careless, Sister Sis?"

"Well......"

"I'm sorry for hurting you... Oh, by the way, Sister Silis seems to have no sense of pain, right? In other words, it doesn't matter if you do this to her.

"

Leaning over and whispering in the silver-haired girl's ear with a chuckle, Xing shook her head calmly, and her left hand wearing a purple glove gently stroked Shirley's cheek, as if she was appreciating the surprise frozen on the girl's face...

Although her right hand still tightly grasped the hilt of the sword.

"..."

After being attacked by Xing, she froze in place. Shiris was not surprised that this girl would be so cruel to her, but because she had no idea what had just happened...

When did Xing stab out this sword?

All Shirley knew was that at the same time when Xing said that, a golden beam of light rose from the ground, but afterwards, without any warning, the pointer sword had already pierced through her chest.

There was no slow and cold touch of a sharp blade entering the body, nor the continuous pain signal when the nerves were cut by the knife. The sword thorn appeared in her body out of thin air as if it was transferred by space, stretching her skin and flesh...

However, Shiris could not feel any remaining power of the laws of space, and she didn't even have the slightest consciousness when she was attacked.

In this case, it was as if the process of executing the "thrust" action was skipped, and the result was directly imposed on her...

How can I use the ability of time control to do something like this?

But whatever...

Shilis's thoughts continued to wander, and her astonished eyes gradually turned back to calm.

The Herrscher of Time's power of laws, even when he was in combat, couldn't interfere with it? The last Herrscher before Judgment Day was not that simple.

But it doesn't matter, this level of injury is far from enough to destroy her body! Since Xing's attack did not defeat her in one go, then, under the condition of zero-distance contact, the power of the law of restraint will instantly cover her...

That's right, as long as a constraint field with a radius of less than one meter is deployed, the constraint law that has absolute suppressive power on Honkai will eliminate all of Xing's special abilities!

Although it seemed like she had thought a lot just now, all of Shilis's thinking process was completed in an instant. Almost at the same time as she realized that she was stabbed by the sharp blade, she made the decision to deploy the law field, and implemented it in the next instant...

............

......

According to the rules of the Lawgiver's ability, once the restraint field is deployed, it can also eliminate Xing's ability. Regardless of whether her divine authority is higher than that of the Lawgiver, she will be controlled indiscriminately...

However, just as Shiris extracted power from the Herrscher's core and released the domain that sealed everything, Xing still stood beside her with a smile on her face, not at all moved by what the silver-haired girl was doing.

However, Shiris, who should have started to fight back at this point, was once again filled with astonishment.

Huh?

Why...can't it start?!

Even with her full power, the Honkai energy in her body was as calm as dead water... No! It wasn't that the Honkai energy in her body was out of control, she couldn't feel the existence of the energy in her body at all!

The body pierced by the black sword was like being sealed in solidified cement, unable to move at all, and the nerve bundles in the body seemed to have been cut off from all centers, without the slightest feeling...

"Sister Shilis, I suggest you don't waste your energy."

At this moment, Xing's voice suddenly sounded.

"The law of restraint will not unfold. From the moment my power takes effect, sister no longer has any chance."

Pinching the silver-haired girl's narrow chin, Xing pointed at the circle of Valkyries surrounding them as he spoke.

"Otherwise, seeing the beloved sister Shilis being injured, everyone in the Far East Branch should have hacked me to pieces instead of standing by and watching the show, right?"

As Xing's finger deflected her gaze, Shilis saw the surroundings covered by the dark golden light curtain. All the people in the dark golden light, including Kevin and Kiana, were in absolute stillness, without even showing the slightest expression of panic or surprise...

"Did you...stop time?!"

"That's right, I stopped the flow of time in this dimension, Sister Shilis. And this small area where we are is the only place in the entire world where time keeps flowing."

Xing nodded pointedly and explained to Shirisi.

"As for why Sister Shirley can't use her abilities, it's because I stopped time. However, compared to the global lock state of the outside world, the part that acts on Sister Shirley is the true power of the Herrscher of Time..."

As he spoke, he pinched the silver-haired girl's cheek with his hands, and Xing's smile softened a little.

760 Farewell>>

"That beam of light is a trap prepared in advance. I have blocked the body below the neck of Sister Shirley by using partial space-time stasis. In other words, Sister Shirley's body is actually also in a state of space-time blockade, but she has maintained her thinking ability~"

“Even this kind of thing can be done

Have you arrived...?"

"Yes~ After fully mastering the laws of time, the biggest difference compared to the previous immature Herrscher state is whether you can accurately control the interference with time. For example, you can stop time in a certain area at will, or speed it up or rewind it."

Xing said softly, not paying attention to Shilis's increasingly surprised expression.

"And Sister Shilis, in this state, your spirit will definitely not be able to pass through the blocked time to issue commands to your body. Of course, you will not be able to control the Herrscher core inside your body and release your Herrscher ability."

The vitality of a Herrscher comes from the energy in the body, and common sense of living things such as breathing and blood circulation are not necessary for Honkai creatures. Therefore, even if Shiris's head and body are blocked by the power of the law, there is no need to worry that she will suffocate to death.

"I see......"

While Shirley was mumbling to herself with a gloomy face, Xing's voice did not stop.

"Come to think of it, I was a little worried just now. What if Sister Shirley didn't give Xing time to prepare and launched a field attack without any explanation? After all, our abilities can block the opponent's abilities if we take the initiative. Xing doesn't have much confidence in competing with Sister in speed. But fortunately, even in that situation, Sister Shirley didn't seem to intend to take the initiative to attack me. Sister Shirley is really gentle..."

"..."

The silver-haired girl remained silent in response to Xing's whisper, slowly lowered her head, and gave up struggling. Now, after understanding some of the principles of the law of time, Shilis also understood that she was imprisoned by the law of time and had no chance of breaking free.

"So can you tell me now? Xing...what do you want?"

She negotiated with Kevin secretly to reach an agreement; she declared to join the World Serpent in front of everyone; she also set a trap to catch herself. Shiris didn't believe that Xing did all this without reason...

Even though her chest was still pierced by the sword, the girl's voice did not tremble at all, and her eyes were sharp as she stared at the purple-haired girl in front of her. Even if she lost to Xing, she would at least get the answer to all this from her.

"Oh? You asked me what I want?"

Hearing Shirley's serious question, Xing was stunned for a moment at first, but then the smile on her face quickly became ambiguous.

"My purpose...hasn't it been made clear from the beginning? Following Lord Kevin back to World Serpent, this is Xing's only goal at the moment. And Sister Shirley, you want to attack my leader. In order to protect the Lord, Xing can only control Sister Shirley first."

Xing said this with some grievance, as if she had no choice.

Hearing this, Shilis could only smile bitterly.

"My Lord... Well, Xing. Although I don't know why you chose to follow Kevin, but since you are serious, I have nothing to say."

Feeling her still unconscious body, Shirley bit her lips lightly.

"You win, Xing. However, with your power to control time, you can take Kevin away directly, right? And you chose to capture me. Are you planning to take me back to World Serpent as a captive?"

Hearing this, Xing showed an interested expression.

"Captive? Well... If you put it that way, Xing did want to imprison Sister Shirley and make her belong only to Xing. But now..."