Playful! Collapse!

Good news—I think I've seen Otto's cards.

Bad news - but seeing that the cards are useless, if we continue like this, I think we may all be doomed here.

"Kiana, I'm sorry..."

After regaining her self-awareness, Mei opened her eyes a little weakly.

"I thought I could make a difference, but..."

"I'm so useless. I actually fell behind at such a critical moment."

"Don't say that, Mei-senpai."

Seeing that Fu Hua was still dodging Otto's attacks, Kiana immediately said to Mei.

"Because of your arrival, Otto has revealed his trump card that will allow him to seize the Herrscher's power."

"Don't comfort me, I don't need comfort."

At this time, Mei, after seeing clearly what the enemy did, whispered to Kiana.

"Although Otto has taken away my power, I have temporarily figured out his background."

"When he used my power, I was the one who paid the price. That's why I'm so weak now."

"However, he was able to seize my power purely because his power was special enough and overwhelmed me in terms of strength."

"Well, so, Senior, do you have a chance to get the power back?"

"Even if we can't get it back, we can still do it by hindering him a little."

【waste. 】

After hearing Mei's not very strong words, the Herrscher of Thunder, who was very disappointed with Mei, spoke to her unhappily.

[He was able to take away our power entirely because he launched a surprise attack. This doesn't mean we can't take back the power he took away.]

what?

Then you didn't tell me earlier!

[I'm already telling you—look at the Thunder Key in your hand, don't you understand what to do?]

......I see.

At the reminder of the Herrscher of Thunder, Mei suddenly closed her eyes and began to focus all her attention on the Seven Thunders of Purification in her right hand.

Ever since Yuan Yan disappeared a month ago, Mei, who became the Herrscher of Thunder again, began to use the Seven Thunders of Purification, which also possessed the [Power of Thunder], as her main weapon.

When the fifth collapse was about to come, Mei had naturally charged up the Seven Thunders of Purification in her hand before going on the mission.

If she had brought other weapons on this mission, perhaps Mei would have become a burden to her companions after Otto took away her power.

But now, although she who holds the Thunder Key has had her power taken away, it was only Otto who took away her power. In essence, she is still the most suitable user of the Thunder Key, the Seven Thunders of Purification, [The Herrscher of Thunder].

Now I can feel that the Herrscher core within the Seven Thunders of Purification is resonating with the madly running core in my body.

If the power of the two were to be completely combined...

At this time, Otto, who had been forced to retreat repeatedly by "Fu Hua", originally planned to use more power to squeeze out the Herrscher power of Raiden Mei.

But at this moment, Otto, who had been wielding his power with ease, suddenly felt two things were wrong.

First, Otto, who was also a Herrscher at this time, seemed to vaguely feel the power of the Herrscher from Fu Hua.

Secondly, he seemed to vaguely feel that his control over the power of the Herrscher of Thunder was not as smooth as before.

"Otto, you dare to be distracted in front of me?"

Seeing that Otto's movements were actually a bit slow, Fu Hua sprinted directly to Otto's side.

Because Otto kept retreating, he and 'Fu Hua' kept a certain distance.

Even though Fu Hua closed the distance between them in an instant, her fists still could not reach Otto's body.

But——this distance is enough to launch an attack!

Fu Hua, who had already had an idea, had already condensed enough Honkai energy in her right hand.

As the Honkai energy transformed into an energy sword, 'Fu Hua' stabbed Otto's neck directly.

"Transform into a sword—Swift!"

Under normal circumstances, Otto might have casually said, "Old friend, it's not a good thing to shout so loudly when making a move."

But now, Otto, who was certain that he could not use the power of the Herrscher of Thunder as before, discovered with great sadness that even if the opponent called out the name of the move to "remind" him, he would not be able to dodge this extremely precise sword.

Facing Fu Hua's sword, Otto suspected that even if the sword could not pierce his neck, it would at least make him lose some of his combat ability.

Damn it, why did things turn out like this!

Otto gave up the attack and used all his strength to use the imaginary barrier, and with great difficulty, he deflected the terrifying sword of 'Fu Hua' with the imaginary barrier.

"Tsk, you're lucky."

Watching the long sword in his hand being shattered into pieces by the imaginary barrier, Fu Hua was repelled a short distance by the imaginary barrier. He stomped the ground hard again, rushed to Otto's side, and punched Otto's imaginary barrier with a fist that had gathered enough strength.

"But, at this distance, there's no way you can avoid it!"

"Break it for me——inch power, open the sky!"

Under the powerful punch of 'Fu Hua', the imaginary barrier that Otto hastily deployed was naturally broken by the opponent with two easy moves.

Faced with this extremely headache-inducing situation, the other Ottos who had no time to take action before immediately came to the side of this Otto as quickly as possible, trying to stop Fu Hua who was already bloodthirsty.

"Hmph, what a hassle... but it's okay."

Looking at these Ottos rushing towards her, a cruel smile suddenly appeared on Fu Hua's face.

"You bastard, you've done so many bad things. I always feel that killing you just once is not enough."

"Now... more and more Ottos are appearing in front of me. Come to think of it, it's really awesome to be able to kill so many Ottos in one go!"

Seeing Fu Hua's mood becoming increasingly abnormal, Mei, who had already regained some of her power, sensed that a power similar to hers had appeared in Fu Hua's body.

Is this... am I having an illusion?

【No. 】

As the Herrscher personality of Raiden Mei, the Herrscher of Thunder clearly felt more clearly that the power of the Herrscher had appeared in Fu Hua's body.

Although she herself did not realize this, as the apostle chosen by Honkai, the Herrscher of Thunder was very sure that this was not her illusion.

What the hell? Even Fu Hua is a Herrscher?

Did Otto drag her into this strange theater after knowing this, intending to take away both my power and hers?

This guy is playing pretty big.

It's just a pity...

Looking at 'Fu Hua' who had obviously become more powerful than before, the Herrscher of Thunder suddenly had a subtle feeling.

His idea was good, but with the strength he had shown before, he was now unable to concentrate on seizing Fu Hua's power.

[Let's get moving, Meiyi. Although Fu Hua is getting stronger and stronger, it's still too difficult for her to kill Otto completely.]

I think so.

After feeling that she had regained more power, Mei, who no longer had to be exploited by Otto, burst into a terrible burst of lightning.

"Kiana, be careful."

"Oh, I understand."

After finding a familiar place to hide, Kiana looked at Mei who rushed out, and inevitably felt a little envious in her heart.

Although she knew that as a Herrscher, she would inevitably be forced to endure severe pain and torture from the Honkai, the girl, who was extremely eager for power at this moment, still developed an inappropriate desire because of the powerful backs of her companions.

Alas, the power of the Herrscher...

No, no, you can't think like that.

If my aunt knew that I was planning to take shortcuts and be lazy in this way, she would definitely lock me up in the training room for days and nights!

[What, are you beginning to crave the power of the Herrscher? ]

[I've already said that you are me and I am you—we are the Herrschers of the Void. Only after facing this fact will you gain the power you deserve!]

Okay, okay, I am the Herrscher of the Void—so where is my power?

【…】

You see, you can't produce any reliable evidence, nor do you have enough power to prove that your words are the truth.

In this case, unless I am a single-celled paramecium with no thinking ability, how could I possibly believe the lies you and that golden-haired villain said?

[…Is it possible that I don’t have enough Honkai energy right now?]

Without enough Honkai energy, we can't use the power of the Herrscher even if we have it in our bodies. (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻)

Looking for excuses and reasons again.

Alas, you are worthy of being my inner demon.

Looking at your ugly appearance now, I suddenly feel a little nostalgic.

In the past, when I skipped classes and didn't hand in homework at Far East, I also made excuses to fool the teachers.

【You——everything I said is true.】

Okay, okay, it’s all true - I’ve been talking nonsense with you for too long, now it’s time to say goodbye.

[No, wait, I——]

After the girl chanted the Sword Heart Sutra countless times and suppressed her inner demons, Kiana really didn't dare to be distracted this time.

Since entering this theater, the intervals between the inner demons appearing have become shorter and shorter.

Although she can still easily suppress her inner demons, it is an indisputable fact that the other party is getting stronger.

It's really difficult to deal with. The inner demon in me has only been emerging for two months, and I can no longer control it.

Looking at it this way, the squad leader might have been possessed by his inner demons...

——Maybe he is even more dangerous than Otto who is causing trouble.

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Domination Theater

In other areas of the theater, Yuan Yan defeated a large number of death warriors and collapsed beasts and finally wiped out all the enemies in his way.

After completing all this, the wings behind Yuan Yan suddenly disappeared from behind him in an instant.

As Yuan Yan's wings disappeared, he seemed to have consumed a lot of energy and began to fall rapidly from the air to the ground.

Although he managed to avoid being hurt at the last moment, but judging from his pale face, Yuan Yan's current condition was not very good at all.

As for why Yuan Yan looked so weak, the reason was simple...

——Of course, he was pretending all this.

In this theater of domination, the Rulers can observe what is happening inside the theater.

In order to reduce the enemy's vigilance against Yuan Yan, Yuan Yan naturally had to appear a little weak.

The energy he used to kill those Honkai beasts and the dead soldiers was actually not that much. The reason why his face turned pale was simply because he used the Leo Pearl to make himself endure more intense pain than before.

Okay, that’s about enough for me.

Regardless of whether the opponent is fooled or not, Yuan Yan is very weak now - I should be able to give people this feeling.

And now, I can't delay any longer.

The enemy must have already started attacking Kiana and Fu Hua.

Although Fu Hua is no longer the low-health Fu Hua, considering that her Herrscher personality is full of peculiarities, Yuan Yan thinks it is better to act quickly.

After all, Fu Hua can be trusted, but 'Fu Hua' is not worthy of Yuan Yan's trust.

As a newly born personality, she would be led by Honkai to beat up the unlucky people in the anti-Honkai organization when she thought she was doing good things.

Putting aside Otto's idiocy, a large number of the Valkyries of Destiny were affected by her at that time, so...

【Congratulations, the answer is correct.】

[So now——it’s time for the hero to save the beauty! ]