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"...I don't know what you want to say, and I don't want to bother with your current thoughts."

After feeling the energy fluctuations on Ling's body, Yuan Yan summoned the magic crystal gauntlet and prepared to fight this powerful enemy again.

"If you want to be beaten, just say so. Although I'm very tired, it's no problem for me to satisfy your weird hobby."

"How can it be."

Looking at Yuan Yan who was already ready for fighting, Ling raised her hands helplessly.

"I surrender, I surrender. I know I can't beat you."

"And I'm serious this time. I didn't come here to fight you."

"after all......"

At this moment, Ling was looking at Yuan Yan, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

"You, who pursued the power of the Herrscher, finally obtained a portion of it after making such a crazy move."

"But unfortunately, you are not the master of this power after all."

After taking a look at the Honkai energy lines that appeared on Yuan Yan's left wrist, Ling shook her head slightly and suddenly let out a sigh.

"Even though I no longer have any intention of attacking you, after forcibly using the power of the Herrscher of Corrosion, your body is inevitably corroded by it."

"Next, I just need to wait quietly. Sooner or later, your body will become mine."

After saying these words, Ling looked into Yuan Yan's eyes and suddenly sneered.

"Yes, it is like that."

"Even after I said these words, you should be able to feel that I am not exaggerating, but there is still no wavering in your eyes."

"I'm very curious, do you have any means to counter me? Or..."

"—You, are actually pursuing death?"

"This has nothing to do with you."

Looking at Ling, who did not emit any hostility but suddenly developed a tendency to talk nonsense, Yuan Yan said in a cold voice.

"Find a place to stay, otherwise——"

"You don't have to threaten me. I will leave on my own, but..."

At this moment, Ling's figure suddenly turned into starlight.

Before her figure disappeared, she waved to Yuan Yan friendly.

"You must hold on a little longer, after all, I'm very curious..."

"—You are running towards a dead end. How far can you go before your life is burned out?"

After the starlight fell on the ground, Yuan Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he felt that the oppressive enemy had indeed disappeared.

"My benefactor, you..."

Feeling that Yuan Yan's aura was disordered and the energy intensity was constantly fluctuating between high and low, Yaezakura asked with great concern.

"How do you feel now?"

"I'm fine, Miss Yae."

After saying this, Yuan Yan's figure began to transform into starlight in this space like a bell.

"Although that Herrscher just said those words, I still need your help in keeping an eye on her."

"The stigmata I use ultimately contain a portion of your power. If a fight is necessary, please use the Honkai energy stored within it."

Watching Yuan Yan leave like this, the sadness between Yaezakura's brows never disappeared.

From the conversation between Yuan Yan and the demon just now, she realized that the demon really had no intention of attacking Yuan Yan.

The devil suddenly turned over a new leaf - Yae Sakura would never imagine such an obviously impossible thing happening.

But if the devil's words are not lies, then the problem is a bit serious.

The 'Power of the Corroded Herrscher' that the demon spoke of was real.

Five hundred years ago, Yaezakura initially only had resentment towards her father, Yaezakura, but in the end, her hatred for her father gradually spread to the entire village.

Now thinking back on the past that made her regretful, she might have developed feelings that she shouldn't have developed under the power of that demon, and magnified these feelings a lot.

The demon's true power isn't transforming into a fox, but rather guiding and amplifying the dark emotions in others.

Even though Yuan Yan had successfully resisted the other party's invasion before, but...

Yaezakura could also feel that Yuan Yan was by no means a normal person on the spiritual level, but an extremely extreme person.

If you encounter this demon, you may be led by it and gradually develop evil emotions.

So if a person with an extremely extreme heart is inadvertently led by the devil...

In fact, the probability of something happening is actually higher than that of ordinary people.

Mr. Yuan Yan himself probably would not talk about these issues to people around him.

Because of this, someone must tell his companions that he is now in crisis.

I don’t know how to leave this space now.

Oh, if there was a way...

——Now I don’t have to think about things that I am not good at.

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Real World. Anti-Entropy Headquarters

Inside the medical room of Anti-Entropy Headquarters, everyone looked at Yuan Yan on the operating table and felt...

Although Yuan Yan was now twitching all over and foaming at the mouth, and his appearance was not very good, he now looked much more normal in the eyes of everyone.

"The Herrscher core extraction was a complete success."

After placing the Thunder of Conquest and another Pseudo-Hermaphrodite core in a small soul steel storage box, Einstein looked at the young man in front of him, and spoke to Walter with his eyes twitching, which was a rare occurrence due to emotional fluctuations.

"Alliance leader, I finally see someone crazier than you."

"really."

Tesla, who was standing aside, recalled Yuan Yan's physical condition and agreed with someone's opinion with a bit of fear.

"It's really rare—what on earth was this unfortunate kid thinking? He actually swallowed two Herrscher cores alive?"

Looking at Yuan Yan who was still pulling out, Tesla covered his face helplessly.

"From the results of the surgery, since he doesn't have a Herrscher body, the two Herrscher cores didn't fuse with him."

"Although the core hasn't completely fused with him, making it easier for us to perform the core removal surgery, but at the same time..."

Tesla, who was always straightforward in his words, looked embarrassed and didn't know how to describe the situation. Siegfried, who had calmed down, glanced at Yuan Yan on the hospital bed and asked Tesla anxiously.

"Doctor, tell me what happened to him!"

"Ahhh, hesitating isn't my style at all, so I'll just come straight to the point."

After walking to the electronic screen in the medical room, Tesla took out his pointer stick and used it to point at the picture of Yuan Yan's internal organs on the screen.

"This kid's internal organs are all brand new. Let me put it this way...never mind, whether you understand or not, I'll just tell you straight out."

"Simply put, it's impossible for an eighteen-year-old's organs to be so fresh, unless..."

"——These organs have just grown."

?

Siegfried, who had no idea what it meant, was completely confused.

Dr. Tesla, it seems... said something correct?

"So that's it."

After listening to Tesla's words, Einstein looked at Yuan Yan with a serious look in his eyes.

"His internal organs are all newly formed, which means that before this, after he swallowed the Herrscher Core, the Thunder of Conquest, his internal organs were completely destroyed by the Thunder of Conquest."

"It's just that he somehow managed to regenerate his internal organs, which is why he's been able to survive until now, rather than having his internal organs disintegrated by lightning and dying in Changkong City."

Listening to Einstein's explanation, Siegfried took a deep breath.

He knew that Yuan Yan was extreme, but he didn't expect Yuan Yan to be so cruel to him.

So, after he exhaled a breath earlier, the remaining fragments besides the lightning in the foul air... were they fragments of his internal organs that had not been completely decomposed?

"And this isn't over yet."

Looking at the data displayed on the organs, Tesla continued to speak to Siegfried.

"This unfortunate child's organs are actually quite strong. If we were to deduce his physical fitness based on his organ strength, then if we were to compare them, the average Kaslana warrior wouldn't even be able to match his physical fitness."

"But even if that's the case, his organs couldn't have just 'disappeared' once. In other words..."

"—He kept jumping back and forth between the stages of 'organs being disintegrated', 'finding a way to repair them', and 'enduring the pain and continuing to move forward'."

As a soldier who nearly died on the battlefield, Siegfried felt as if the pain that had disappeared from his body more than ten years ago had returned to him just by listening to these steps.

Although Siegfried didn't think the pain Yuan Yan experienced was any more horrible than the time he used [Destruction] fourteen years ago, the problem was that his internal organs were constantly being decomposed while he was still acting rationally...

Once this number of times accumulates, even Siegfried will have to admit that Yuan Yan's mental state is definitely not that of an ordinary person.

This guy is absolutely crazy.

"As for the fact that he's foaming at the mouth and twitching, that's actually a good thing."

After taking a look at Yuan Yan, whose body twitching reaction had weakened a lot, Tesla sighed helplessly.

"He went through such terrible pain, and yet, according to you, he was still able to maintain his rationality and talk to you. During this time, he must have even been mentally disturbed by the Honkai consciousness..."

"In this situation, he was absolutely enduring the pain the entire time. It wasn't until he finally confirmed that Changkong City had been saved that the tension in his body relaxed, causing his body to automatically begin repaying the debt."

"Although I don't know where he gets the strength to repair his body, his current condition at least shows that his body is fine for the time being."

"No, he has a big problem."

Walter, who had been silent on the side, was now looking at the back of Yuan Yan's left hand.

"You may have forgotten that Yuan Yan himself is one of the several Herrschers who appeared in Changkong City."

"Although his Herrscher reaction completely disappeared after we removed the two cores, he later seized both of these Herrscher powers."

"From this situation, it seems that he possesses a Herrscher's power, and we haven't seen the core corresponding to this Herrscher's power yet."

Thinking of the Honkai energy intensity index displayed earlier, a hint of vigilance appeared in Walter's eyes.

"Yuan Yan's energy intensity was so much higher than that of an average single-core Herrscher. This is enough to prove that the Herrscher power he possesses is definitely a more powerful genuine Herrscher power."

"But now..."

"Ah, a strange ceiling."

Just as Walter was about to say something about Yuan Yan's current situation, everyone suddenly heard an extremely casual remark.

Looking in the direction where the sound came from, Yuan Yan, who had just been foaming at the mouth and twitching, had now taken out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, and jumped off the bed as if nothing had happened.

"Hey, little brother, your body—"

Seeing Yuan Yan actually starting to move his body joints normally, Siegfried suddenly didn't know what to say.

Then, he looked at several old friends around him, with a hint of doubt that was hard to dispel in his eyes.

No, you just made his situation sound so bad, this...

——Why does he look like he's fine at all?

"Ah, everyone, why are you looking at me like that?"

Feeling that the four people present were looking at him with worried eyes, Yuan Yan asked back in confusion.

"Do you want me to continue lying unconscious in the hospital bed?"

Seeing that Yuan Yan was now showing signs of being lively and energetic, Walter, who knew what he had experienced half a day ago, felt helpless at this moment.

Now he somewhat understands how Tesla and Einstein felt when he used his life to buy time fourteen years ago.

"...To be honest, if this can help you get some more rest, I really hope you can lie down for a few more days."

"I reject."