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Even the most powerful Judgment-class Honkai Beast cannot stop its flesh and blood from disintegrating from the inside out, especially since there is another force within it resisting.

Within its Honkai energy core, the divine sword named Xuanyuan, just as it had been thousands of years ago, pierced the "heart" of this behemoth. The will of the hero had not been extinguished, and it was fighting against the will of the beast, completely depriving Chi You of the opportunity to mobilize the power within his body to resist Mebius.

While he had gained a decisive advantage in the practical confrontation, Möbius made some unique discoveries in the spiritual confrontation.

"This spiritual imprint, indeed..."

Mebius's consciousness wandered through Chi You's chaotic sea of ​​consciousness, finally stopping before a throne that stood abruptly in the midst of this chaos.

"Smell it, this smell~"

Like a snake, Mebius flicked out his little tongue, a subtle smile playing on his lips as he walked step by step toward the throne, muttering to himself...

"Honkai is born alongside civilization, with the ultimate goal of destroying civilization. The stronger the civilization, the stronger the Honkai it will give birth to. This is a conclusion we reached 50,000 years ago."

"But why is it that five thousand years ago, modern civilization had just emerged from primitive society and was building its first civilization? Even if Honkai existed, it would only be the most basic low-level Honkai Beasts. How could Judgment-level Honkai Beasts be born directly?"

Moreover, how could such a vast and chaotically growing Honkai energy happen to be so similar to 'Chimera'?

With her little hands behind her back, Möbius stopped before the throne, tiptoed forward, and asked with a smile, "..."

"Kevin, why do you think that is?"

As Mebius finished speaking, the tall, white-haired figure slowly reappeared on the throne, his blue eyes slightly raised as he looked down at the green-haired girl below.

“Mebius, you…”

Kaiwen had just opened her mouth when her calm voice was interrupted a second later by Mebius's merciless mockery.

"Haha, Kaiwen, how did you become such a girl!"

"(??へ??╬)"

Although her expression remained calm, Kaiwen suddenly clenched her hands on the armrest of the throne, cracking the armrest in large patches.

Mebius, of course, noticed this unusual activity, and his smile widened.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I have to say, you're really pretty now that you've turned into a woman. If Alicia saw you now, she would definitely fall for you."

“You know that words have no effect on me, Mebius.

Kaiwen's projection remained unchanged, her voice indifferent.

“I have acquiesced to your search for your path outside, but if you interfere with my plans, I don’t mind sending you back to the Land of the Dead.”

"Then I really have to thank our savior for his understanding~"

But times have changed.

Möbius raised an eyebrow and smiled dismissively, then extended his right hand and beckoned to Kevin on the throne.

"Kaine, your days of doing whatever you want are over. Give me Chi You!"

"If you want it, you have to come and get it yourself."

Kaiwen slowly rose from her throne, her right hand forming a fist, and the flaming greatsword took on a sharp shape in her hand.

"I knew you would say that."

Mebius slowly took a step back, and the giant, dark green serpent rose from the darkness and swallowed Mebius whole. In the chaos, it stretched its massive body and looked down at the white-haired hero who had raised his sword and pointed it at him.

Amidst the roar, thunder and a tidal wave crashed down!

"Kaine, I have ascended to godhood!"

"I have ascended to godhood!!!"

In the present world, Chi You's massive body, riddled with cracks, finally reached its limit, disintegrating with a final, mournful cry. The raging, overflowing massive amount of Honkai energy almost dyed the entire sea a deep purple.

Immediately afterwards, a giant, dark green serpent emerged from the sea, its long body swaying as it lowered its head before Bai Xun and spat out an ancient longsword from its mouth.

"Ji Lin!"

Before the ancient longsword even hit the ground, Fu Hua rushed out and carefully caught it, incredulously sensing the lingering soul of her old friend on the Xuanyuan Sword.

"This little guy is quite lucky and has a strong will. He has managed to hold on until now and has not been completely devoured by Chi You."

A giant, dark green snake coiled around them, its head drooping and nuzzling affectionately against Bai Xun's side before continuing its speech.

"I originally intended to eat this little one too, but since she saw your image in her memories, I spared her life. Now you owe me a huge favor~"

Fu Hua thanks you!

"Tsk, so serious."

Faced with Fu Hua's earnest thanks, Mebius flicked his tongue, slightly annoyed, and revealed his discovery.

"Just as I predicted, Chi You is a Honkai Beast created by Kaiwen using the technology of the Chimera Project, and its purpose is to serve as a supplement for her."

Chi You is a chimera-type Honkai Beast that can devour and fuse with any Honkai energy. Once it grows stronger, it would be the best tonic for Kevin, who is also a chimera, and of course, the same applies to me.

"So you ate her little dessert?"

Bai Xun touched the snake's smooth scales, which were somewhere between reality and illusion, and his expression seemed somewhat troubled.

"Sigh, I wonder if our Miss Kaiwen will cry and throw a tantrum when she comes out of the Quantum Sea, with neither Chi You to eat nor Heavenly Fire to use. So pitiful~"

"It doesn't have to be that bad..."

Mebius instinctively dismissed the idea, thinking that no matter how he thought about it, Kevin would never show that kind of expression.

Even if Kevin had become Kevin, it wouldn't be possible.

Shaking his head, Mebius stopped thinking about these things and tried his best to maintain his temporarily constructed body so that it would not disintegrate.

If Mebius wished, she could now solidify this body, existing between reality and illusion, and mold it into her newborn form.

However, a creation that merely fused with a portion of Isamara's blood and a Judgment-class Honkai Beast was far from meeting her standards. From the very beginning, she had made up her mind about her choice.

"Skadi, do you long to end all of this?"

The giant serpent lowered its head before the white-haired girl possessed by "God," whispering like the tempting demon in the Garden of Eden.

"I can help you get rid of Isamara, end the war between Agor and the Sea Siege, and restore peace and harmony to the sea..."

"What's the price?"

Skadi looked up at Mebius, meeting his gaze with unwavering eyes in those enormous amber snake-like pupils, and asked her question.

Mebius simply chuckled softly.

“It’s very simple. Let me stay in your body for a while. I want to fight Isamara in the Heart of Corruption and completely usurp Her authority.”

"Then I accept."

As Skadi finished speaking, the illusory giant serpent rushed into the girl's delicate body without hesitation, causing the killer whale battle markings on Skadi's face to extend further, showing that the power within her body was in an unprecedented state of agitation and activation.

But once the giant serpent was completely absorbed into Skadi's body, the killer whale battle markings also disappeared.

“My power, no, Isamara’s power has weakened considerably.”

Skadi clenched her fist and murmured to herself, lost in thought.

"After all, most of your power was probably used to fight against the corrupted heart of the snake. You should rest and recuperate during this time."

Bai Xun casually remarked,

"After the snake devours Isamara, I will take you back to Terra and back to the sea, and help the snake deal with the other three nascent ones as well."

At this point, Bai Xun couldn't help but sigh, feeling that he had suffered a huge loss.

Damn, of all the commissions I've taken on, this one for Mebius is the most difficult, the most complicated, and the most time-consuming.

Although the reward was given to Snake herself afterward, Bai Xun still felt that he had lost out.

It's no wonder he's called Möbius; even selling himself was worthwhile. He's much smarter than that tomboy who thinks she can do anything.

With the matter of Chi You resolved, Bai Xun, on her way back with Skadi and Fu Hua, conveniently used the lottery chance she had obtained from completing the Moonlit Quest.

The result was indeed somewhat unexpected.

[Obtained Special Item: Fragment of Water Demonic Energy]

Bai Xun: "Huh? What did I draw?"

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I've been feeling really bad lately, so I'll try to recover in the next few days and maybe update four or five times a week. I won't have to update every three or four days anymore.

It seems like there are a lot of students with questionable sexual orientations these days. There's a boy in the next class who watches BL (bromance) stories with older brothers. At first, he tried to deny that it was actually BL, but then his young female homeroom teacher directly said that she had seen them and didn't even know it. It's really too hard to believe.

Volume 1: Chapter 162 Snakes Merging with Water Demonic Energy / Waga Little Bird 3k

[Item: Fragmented Water Demonic Energy]

The incomplete demonic energy belonging to Basha, who is the water demon among the eight great demons, symbolizing a raging tsunami, possessing the powerful ability to control the surging waters at will, corresponding to the Dui position in the Bagua runes.

After absorbing the complete demonic energy, he obtained Basha's inheritance and gained control of the power of water. However, the current demonic energy of water is incomplete and contains the twisted resentment of Basha, who was worn down by hell for thousands of years.

After absorption, it greatly enhances water-attribute control and ocean affinity, but will cause the user to be corrupted by demonic energy and fall into madness.

"I wonder if I can consume Basha's demonic energy to strengthen my fire demonic energy."

The deep blue demonic energy flowed like water in Bai Xun's hands, sometimes like a gentle stream and sometimes like a raging torrent, but due to Basha's resentment, it showed a more violent form.

Holding the dragon-like demonic energy firmly in his hand to prevent its escape, Bai Xun, who had already revealed his demonic nature, carefully sensed the power within the water-based demonic energy while instinctively incorporating a small amount of it into his body.

The instant the body of fire was absorbed into the demonic energy of water, Bai Xun's dragon eyes widened, and the scorching fire burst forth, startling Skadi who was standing nearby. Skadi quickly retreated to distance herself from the dragon of fire that was steaming violently.

"Tsk, what a combination of Fire of Joy and Frostmourne to create a steam smoke bomb."

Feeling somewhat uncomfortable, Bai Xun decisively stopped absorbing the incomplete water demon energy and roughly understood its effects on him.

The incomplete water demon energy mainly consists of three forces: the demon energy itself, the water element, and Basha's resentment.

The demonic energy itself is undoubtedly beneficial to him. It can conservatively be estimated to increase the degree of demonization in his fire demonization by ten percentage points. The resentment of Basha with the sheep talisman is not an unacceptable side effect for him.

However, the water element contained in the water demon energy is somewhat troublesome for him. Even with the nutritional balance power of the Tiger Talisman, the fundamental conflict in the attributes of the demon energy is still difficult to reconcile.

Ultimately, the Tiger Talisman is only one of Shendu's powers, and a fully-fledged Basha is not much weaker than Shendu in terms of status and ability. It would be too difficult to directly control Basha's original power with a portion of his authority, and forcibly absorbing it might even affect Bai Xun's Fire Body, which would be a losing proposition.

However, it wasn't entirely without a solution. Although he couldn't use the Tiger Talisman to balance the power of fire and water, Bai Xun had some ideas on how to use it to target the remaining water demonic energy.

"Snake, come out, I have something good for you."

As Bai Xun finished speaking, a phantom snake head appeared beside Skadi, resembling the wolf spirit beside Kindred, and it slithered and hissed.

"What is that busy, fighting with Isamara's corrupted heart?"

"The bag is a big treasure; it will significantly shorten the time it takes to deal with Isamara."

As he spoke, Bai Xun unleashed the full power of the Tiger God within his body.

The Tiger, who wields the divine power of yin and yang balance, was only able to use the passive effect of yin and yang balance when he first obtained the talisman. But now that he has had this power for so long and has further integrated the Holy Lord's original demonic energy, Bai Xun has naturally gained a new understanding of the Tiger Talisman's power.

The Tiger (寅) can balance Yin and Yang, and can also separate and integrate them.

This is the authority to divide and merge.

"open!"

The two claws that were once joined together suddenly separated, and the water demon energy that was tightly held in the claws was also split in two by Bai Xun.

One is a pure, dark, and gloomy demonic aura, while the other is a gentle, flowing blue water.

Since eating water elements causes stomach upset, why not just separate this water vapor and give it to the snake? After all, the snake has signed a contract of servitude, so strengthening her is also strengthening myself.

Thinking this, Bai Xun threw the water element he had separated from the water demon energy at the snake, and the illusory snake spirit leaped up and swallowed it in one gulp. After joyfully circling Bai Xun once, it merged back into Skadi's body.

Bai Xun also integrated the pure demonic energy stripped of the power of water into her body, forcibly refining and devouring it.

[Successfully absorbed residual demonic energy, demonization level increased by 12%]

Current status: 33% Fire Power, 15% Dragon Transformation, 42% Demon Transformation, and 30% Overall Fire Demon Transformation.

As expected, absorbing the pure demonic energy of the other eight great demons greatly enhanced Bai Xun's demonization level, but it also increasingly disrupted the balance of power within his body.

All I can say is that the Tiger Talisman is still active!

If the first talisman drawn back then hadn't been the Tiger Talisman, Bai Xun would probably have exploded and died eight hundred times over.

The power of fire has been slowly increasing due to the enhancement of the sun avatar and Bai Xun's deep control over the fire element. The power of demons requires the absorption of negative energy, which is absolutely impossible to lack in non-holy Terra. It is the case that the degree of demonization will increase rapidly as soon as he sits in the Ursus mining area.

The only problem is that the improvement in the dragonification level is too slow, almost three times slower than before.

There aren't many dragons in the Holy Terra. Let's take Xigua to greet all her brothers and sisters first, and let her taste some dragon blood. Then we'll figure out a way to solve the problem of Sui once and for all.

Conservatively speaking, this should yield at least 30 to 40 dragon transformation points. As for the rest...