Their commission was suspicious.

"Grey Serpent would like to invite you to the World Serpent." Raven said directly after hearing Chen Luo's words.

"This is also the task I was assigned."

[Ding! You have a new request!]

Chapter 106 Requirements for Obtaining the Herrscher Core

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[The World Snake's Invitation]: The snake wants to invite you to the World Snake to catch up.

Reward: 200 Primogems + Qualification for Access to Paradise.

Difficulty: Two stars

Upon seeing this task, Chen Luo subconsciously nodded to the raven.

Just kidding, why wouldn't you accept the quest? Besides, it's just a trip to World Serpent, right? Just go.

Whether one can harbor malicious intent is uncertain, but one must always be wary of others. However, Chen Luo is now fearless.

With the teleportation anchor point, let alone the World Serpent, Chen Luo would dare to face the end even if you asked him to.

"You agreed?" Raven looked at Chen Luo with surprise.

Is $300 million about to be deposited into the account?

"Wait a minute." Just as Chen Luo opened his mouth to agree, the Lawgiver of Knowledge suddenly appeared and stopped him.

"What's wrong?" Chen Luo asked in his mind.

"Give me a moment to think it over," Chen Luo said, turning to Raven.

Although Chen Luo didn't know what the Law of Knowledge was planning, it didn't stop him from trusting the Law of Knowledge's judgment.

Besides, it's just a moment's thought, it's not a big problem.

"Didn't I just tell you I discovered something interesting?" The Herrscher of Knowledge said, sitting next to Chen Luo.

After Chen Luo completed his achievement some time ago, he was supposed to bring back the Herrscher of Knowledge. However, the Herrscher of Knowledge said that he had discovered something interesting, so he left alone and has only just returned now.

"What did you find?" Chen Luo asked.

"I have discovered a new pseudo-Herrscher."

"A new pseudo-Herrscher, are you referring to Yae Sakura?" Upon hearing the Herrscher of Knowledge's words, Chen Luo instantly remembered.

There isn't just one pseudo-Herrscher in Changkong City; two pseudo-Herrschers appear in the manga.

One of them is Yuno, the pseudo-Herrscher who was just killed by Durandal.

In the original storyline, this pseudo-Herrscher almost killed Theresa, but Theresa survived because she was saved by another pseudo-Herrscher.

And this pseudo-Herrscher is Yae Sakura, a ruthless person who truly possesses the core among the many pseudo-Herrschers.

For example, Yuno, the pseudo-Herrscher, was completely destroyed after her death, leaving not a trace of her, let alone her Herrscher core.

Because of Chen Luo, this unexpected traveler from another world, Raiden Mei was taken away early, which led to the rapid creation of the pseudo-Herrscher Yuno.

As a result, Yuno, the pseudo-Herrscher who had just been created, was killed because of Chen Luo, leaving the Honkai energy from the Third Honkai Impact 3rd with nowhere to go.

Yae Sakura was sealed away, and after causing a series of events, it's quite normal that the seal was loosened ahead of schedule.

"That guy..." Chen Luo was a little unsure how to handle the mention of Yae Sakura.

Is Yae Sakura powerful? Yae Sakura is indeed powerful, but can Chen Luo kill her? There are certainly many ways to kill her.

The key point is that Yae Sakura and Chen Luo don't have any conflict right now.

But it's impossible to just let Yae Sakura fend for herself.

What if Yae Sakura, because she didn't meet Theresa, had her will gradually devoured by the Herrscher of Corruption, which then took over her body and ultimately allowed the Herrscher of Corruption to emerge prematurely?

Changkong City is the territory of the Far East Branch, which is under Theresa's control. Chen Luo wouldn't betray his friend like that.

So the question is, how should we deal with this Yae Sakura?

“That’s right, it’s Yae Sakura.” The Herrscher of Knowledge nodded.

"But why are you bringing up Yae Sakura now?" Chen Luo asked.

"Of course, we're discussing how to deal with Yae Sakura. She's a pseudo-Herrscher, you know. If we kill or defeat such a powerful pseudo-Herrscher, we should get a lot of Primogems as a reward. I think it should be at least 800," said the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"Huh? You haven't even met her yet, and you're already planning to beat up Yae Sakura?" Chen Luo was taken aback.

“No, no, no, this is just a precaution. Because I suddenly realized why you didn’t obtain the Herrscher Core after your Honkai Energy Adaptability reached 200%,” said the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"Ok?"

"You should know that the Honkai energy in this part of Changkong City is insufficient to give birth to two Herrschers, right?"

"I know." Chen Luo nodded.

Herrschers also need sufficient nourishment, especially those who are pseudo-Herrschers.

If given enough time, a pseudo-Herrscher could potentially grow into a true Herrscher.

And the way to grow is undoubtedly by absorbing Honkai energy.

Due to Chen Luo's various erratic actions, almost every Herrscher or pseudo-Herrscher who appeared left or died immediately because of Chen Luo, resulting in the entire Changkong City not actually suffering too much Honkai damage.

The Honkai energy, having nowhere to go, will naturally continue to spawn new pseudo-Herrschers.

However, since one is Chen Luo, whose Honkai energy adaptability has reached 200%, and the other is a veteran pseudo-Herrscher, the Honkai energy did not make a choice immediately.

"So, if we take Yae Sakura out of Changkong City, the Honkai energy that has nowhere to go will choose me to become a Herrscher? And then I will have a Herrscher core?" Chen Luo had some doubts about this.

"I'm just guessing, just guessing. Who knows if it will work?" The Herrscher of Knowledge shook her head and said.

Who can fathom the mind of the Honkai consciousness?

Just like how Otto never imagined that the Herrscher of Knowledge would be born inside Fu Hua's body.

"So the plan is to get Yae Sakura out of Changkong City, right? What do you think about sending her to St. Freya Academy?" Chen Luo asked.

"Don't ask me that. I need you to handle this, but I can give you a suggestion." The Herrscher of Knowledge shook her head again.

Those who understand the laws of nature have no insights into this matter.

What suggestion?

"You need to prepare two plans: one is to send them out of Changkong City, and the other is to suppress them by force," said the Herald of Knowledge.

"Got it, I'll handle the verbal sparring, you handle the suppression." Chen Luo suddenly realized.

Chen Luo has a skill that guarantees a fox will repay his kindness. In addition to making the fox he saves repay his kindness, this skill also increases the fox's favorability towards him.

So Chen Luo was in charge of the verbal sparring.

If the other party doesn't listen to advice, then the Herald of Knowledge will have to step in.

You don't want to leave Changkong City, but you also don't want to get beaten up, which puts me in a difficult position.

However, Chen Luo personally prefers to send Yae Sakura to Theresa's side, so that she can continue the ill-fated relationship with Theresa from 500 years ago.

Moreover, it was Theresa who handled this matter in the original storyline.

Also, Yae Sakura herself is already quite pitiful. If it can be resolved peacefully, then it should be resolved peacefully.

"What do you know? You're going to do both of them. If I were to intervene, you wouldn't get the Primal Stones, would you?" The Herrscher of Knowledge tapped Chen Luo on the head.

"But I'm not sure I can beat her?" Chen Luo was somewhat unsure about this.

Although Chen Luo had already learned the Taixu Sword Qi and Taixu Sword God, his opponent was, after all, an old hag who had lived for five hundred years, and she also had a Herrscher of Corruption assisting her.

It's not that we can't beat them, but rather that we lack confidence because we've never actually fought one.

However, Chen Luo might not be able to defeat his opponent, but he would definitely be able to kill him.

Let's take a look at the one-hit kill skills in Honkai Impact 3rd.

"So that's where this task comes in. Raven wanted to send you to World Serpent, right? Then you can make a request to borrow the Third Divine Key from them," said the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"With the Third Divine Key, are you still afraid of not being able to defeat Yae Sakura? Of course, defeating Yae Sakura is secondary. The main thing is that you can use the excuse of eliminating the pseudo-Herrscher to touch the Third Divine Key and obtain the blueprint for the Third Divine Key."

“The Third Divine Key…” Chen Luo stroked his chin.

The sniper rifle mode in the third Divine Key has an ultimate skill that can turn anyone hit into atoms.

It's practically a guaranteed kill.

With the third Divine Key, he can indeed defeat Yae Sakura.

And the most crucial thing isn't actually fighting Yae Sakura, but obtaining the third Divine Key.

If Chen Luo can touch the Third Divine Key for a period of time, he will be able to decipher its structure. Once he surpasses the limit of the Void Treasury, he will be able to use the Third Divine Key in its complete state.

Chen Luo had been craving the one-hit kill ability of the third divine key for a long time.

Compared to this, expelling Yae Sakura seems less important.

“Shyora, I’m fine with going to the World Serpent with you, but I have one condition,” Chen Luo said, turning to Raven.

"What are your requirements?" the raven asked.

"Lend me the Third Divine Key for an hour. I need to use it to take down a pseudo-Herrscher," Chen Luo said.

For things like parsing structures, a short touch time is simply not enough.

"Don't rush to refuse, and don't rush to agree. Perhaps you could ask Gray Snake for his opinion." Before Raven could speak, Chen Luo suddenly interrupted Raven's opening mouth.

"...I think it's basically impossible, but if you insist, I can ask around for you," Raven said helplessly.

When Chen Luo suggested that Raven ask Gray Snake, he had already shifted the risk to Gray Snake instead of Raven.

Although Raven currently has a high level of affection for Chen Luo, letting Raven decide whether to lend the Third Divine Key to Chen Luo would indeed put a lot of pressure on her. However, if the decision is left to Gray Serpent, then there will be no problem.

Anyway, if anything goes wrong, Gray Snake will take the blame.

At most, it just means we won't need the third Divine Key anymore, but that won't make a big difference to Raven.

Do what you are capable of. Without the third Divine Key, Raven wouldn't ask to carry out those outrageous tasks.

Therefore, when Chen Luo proposed this seemingly unreasonable task, Raven did not feel much emotional fluctuation.

Anyway, the third Divine Key was temporarily assigned to Raven by Gray Serpent, so if it's gone, it's gone. What does it have to do with Raven?

Having figured out this key point, Raven went to a corner and began to secretly contact the World Serpent.

Chen Luo looked outside and saw that it was still early, so he decided to go out and continue hunting some assassins and Honkai Beasts, and also demolish a few houses.

There are 16 hours left until the end of the 7-day event.

There's no need to rush to spend the crystals you get, because there will be a seven-day period after the event ends for redeeming items, and all purchases made within those seven days will be discounted by 9%.

After seven days, you will no longer be able to enjoy the 9% discount.

Conversely, after the 7-day event ends, defeating enemies will not reward you with crystals, but rather with Primogems.

However, there's no such thing as a free lunch. They give you a 7-day event where you can easily obtain Primogems by slaughtering monsters, offer a 9% discount, enable the party (assist) function, hold faction events during the event, and make it extremely easy to trigger achievement quests during the event...

Consequently, after the 7-day event ends, Chen Luo will not be able to obtain Primogems when killing the weakest basic version of the assassins. Only by defeating the stronger elite individuals, such as Emperor-level Honkai Beasts, Honkai Emperors, Herrschers, and pseudo-Herrschers, will he have a chance to obtain Primogems...

The talent panel explains that the higher your level, the less experience you gain from killing low-level monsters.

Just like how Chen Luo used to get 20 Primogems for defeating Huang Mao, now Chen Luo only gets 5 Primogems for defeating Huang Mao, both of which are considered generous on the talent panel.

Talent is what makes Chen Luo stronger, not what makes him want to dominate weaker opponents every day.

The talent panel has a fairly strict definition of enemies. For example, Chen Luo will not get a Primal Stone reward for stepping on an ant, and he will not get a Primal reward for defeating an ordinary assassin after becoming stronger.

The reason Chen Luo was able to receive Primal Stone rewards within these 7 days, regardless of how strong he became or how many assassins he killed, was due to the event.

Otherwise, without any restrictions, Chen Luo could simply choose an ant nest and frantically kill the ants, wouldn't he make a fortune?

Keep in mind that after defeating an enemy, it's possible to lose their abilities.

Just like how killing zombies drops Honkai Energy Adaptability, Honkai Energy Adaptability is an item dropped by zombies.

If killing 1 ants directly drops a "power to lift an object 400 times one's own weight," would Chen Luo become invincible?

Once Chen Luo gains the ability to destroy a planet, he can directly train a whole planet's worth of assassins, wipe them all out in one go, and instantly obtain hundreds of millions of primordial stones. Wouldn't he then be invincible?

Therefore, Chen Luo did not have much objection to this.

Because protesting is useless.