Chapter 159: So You Mean I Can Just Cut Them Casually, Right?
Overall, the white-haired girl, Kiana, and little Bronya all understood their current predicament.
Mei had not awakened as the Herrscher of Thunder, and Project Bunny, which accounted for most of Bronya's DPS, was banned against the Herrscher of Corruption.
At present, the strongest among The Trio, the white-haired girl, was at most a B-rank Valkyrie. Even if the Kaslana family physique allowed Kiana to slightly break the rules in B-rank combat, a broken B is still a B.
It's still far from being able to challenge a Herrscher-level opponent.
Even if Higokumaru's condition wasn't good, this was still the Stigmata Space, considered the Herrscher of Corruption's home turf.
In the original worldline, Theresa was dragged into the Sakura Samsara instance by Higokumaru. Although the Old Magical Maiden was often teased by cleaners as a Judah Launcher and could even stumble against a mere Pseudo-Herrscher, she still had the S-rank tag.
Uh, well.
It seemed to be the power inherited from Kallen that helped Theresa evolve into Celestial Hymn, and in the end, she still relied on the Oath of Judah to suppress Higokumaru.
For The Trio, the current situation was like a fledgling team of heroes preparing to fight an elite monster in the novice village, only to discover that the elite monster was a mid-game boss in strength and possessed abnormal unique mechanics.
If this were a real game, Metal Gear Bronya, a professional player, senior game reviewer, and hacker, would have long pressed the nuclear weapon launch button, sent the game planners a "friendly greeting with a family register," and plastered the game's official website with excrement patterns.
Unfortunately, this was reality.
In a situation where they couldn't enter the Slanted Moon, Three Stars Cave or cultivate in the Moon Shadow Wind Spirit Sect, there was clearly only one way to clear a dungeon far beyond their level.
Get a pro to carry them!
However, since in the Honkai World, Silver Wing usually fought by controlling Project Bunny, Kiana and Mei were both somewhat uneasy, unsure of Silver Wing's own strength.
The only one with some understanding of Silver Wing's strength was little Bronya.
Bronya was baffled by the strength Project Bunny displayed in Silver Wing's hands, but after pressing Project Bunny for answers and confirming it had nothing to do with Project Bunny itself, and that she wasn't being played, she put the matter out of her mind.
In another world without a doppelganger, the strength Silver Wing displayed was probably A-rank Valkyrie?
Could she deal with the Herrscher of Corruption?
Bronya was somewhat uncertain.
The moment Silver Wing bowed, the three little ones all looked up, their attention entirely focused on the silver-haired beauty.
And then, her attack.
It left The Trio slightly stunned.
Picking up a stone, a completely unremarkable throw—what was that supposed to be?
Bronya, who understood "herself," reacted first.
Bending down to pick up a stone was just a feint to make the opponent drop their guard; that stone wasn't right!
But even though she had guessed the stone Silver Wing threw was peculiar, when the glowing [Tiger] split Higokumaru in two, Bronya's eyes couldn't help but widen, flashing with surprise and bewilderment.
And Higokumaru was far more astonished than Bronya, though her power had not diminished, yet…
The four-tailed fox demon stared in shock at the cherry-haired girl with a single ponytail floating in mid-air before her, its crimson beast eyes suddenly contracting.
"Cosmic Super Rin, open your eyes, I am Zafallin!"
The powerful tone suppressed the "milky" sound in her voice, but the content left everyone bewildered.
Including the single-ponytail girl who opened her eyes after hearing the call.
"?"
They were eyes as clear as the sky, but now filled with confusion and question marks.
"This is…"
With a face eighty percent similar to Yae Sakura's, the girl looked down at her soft, white little hands, her face full of disbelief.
"Big sister, did… did you do this?"
The girl looked at the silver-haired beauty in astonishment.
Rin.
The kind girl who willingly allowed herself to be imprisoned by the Flame-Chasers had returned to this world.
Having been killed by the Flame-Chasers' soldiers, it was impossible for her to be completely without resentment.
But Rin knew the dangers of Herrschers; if she truly was a Herrscher, she would rather die herself than harm innocent people or her sister.
In this final battle, her sister's death caused Rin's consciousness to erupt, influencing the Herrscher personality, which then allowed the Flame-Chasers to successfully seal the Herrscher of Corruption.
Afterward, boundless darkness consumed her, and the negative emotions of the Herrscher personality seemed to fill Rin's thoughts, madly eroding her will.
Rin did not resist. After all, her sister was dead; she had no lingering attachment to the world, utterly disheartened, letting herself be completely devoured by the Herrscher personality.
Over fifty thousand long years, she should have completely become Higokumaru, yet, yet she had been separated!
"Roar~! Impossible! Th-this, how is this possible!?"
The fox demon wreathed in fox-fire let out a frantic shriek, shaking its four tails, and black flames exploded, as if to engulf the world, surging overwhelmingly towards everyone in front of it.
Scorching heat seared everything in its path, even the air distorted. In the blink of an eye, it was about to swallow Rin, Silver Wing, and The Trio. Clearly, the three novices were powerless to resist the scorching black flames.
It should have been so.
However, a blazing, warm candlelight curtain suddenly rose behind Rin at this moment, then transformed into a barrier, completely blocking the black smoke.
"I won't let you do that, Higokumaru."
With the [Tiger] talisman separating her original personality from the Herrscher personality, Rin retained all memories from her time as "Rin and Higokumaru."
She knew what Higokumaru wanted to do and naturally wouldn't let it succeed.
"Roar~! I'll tear all of you to shreds!"
With Rin's part extracted, Higokumaru was now the Herrscher of Corruption, aiming to destroy human civilization, composed of pure malice, with no possibility of negotiation.
Her scream, like that of a vengeful ghost, poured out an abyss-like murderous intent from her crimson beast eyes.
The fox demon wildly swung its claws and tails, displaying its primal bestiality and cruelty to the fullest.
"Why? Why!?"
Orange-red and pitch-black collided, blazing light and heat intertwined, finally exploding with a roar.
The cherry-haired girl's expression looked strained, but no matter how frantically the fox demon attacked, it couldn't break through Rin's barrier.
Under the yin-yang balance of the Tiger talisman, the powers of both, the Herrscher of Corruption's authority, were balanced on a scale.
However, because the evil Herrscher personality was inherently more corrosive and brutal than the kind Rin, Rin was generally in a suppressed state.
But…
"This isn't a 1v1 solo mode; it's a team fight!"
Slowly raising her blade to eye level, Plasma Shadow locked onto the fox demon's head. The silver-haired beauty, leaning slightly forward, spread her legs slightly to the sides, then stepped forward.
"Let's go."
Equipping all the badges from the other characters onto Silver Wing, a high-speed charge was achieved through Honkai energy burst and deliberate positioning to activate the speed bonus from Kiana's exam permit.
The pure white wing-shaped cape fluttered wildly in the strong wind, like a silver eagle soaring through the sky.
What was originally a evenly matched battle was broken with Silver Wing's entry. When the two coordinated their offense, they suppressed Higokumaru.
But Silver Wing was not satisfied with this level of suppression.
"Rin, help Yae Sakura, make her awaken and guide her here. You should be able to do that, right?"
Waving Plasma Shadow, extinguishing the black flames with ice power, Silver Wing kicked the fox demon's head and used the recoil to return to Rin's side.
Trailblazers, do you know what a trailblazer is?
It means calling for backup, fighting in a group!
"Big sister?"
As if thinking of something, Rin's expression brightened, and she nodded vigorously.
"Yes, big sister!"
Higokumaru suppressed Yae Sakura's consciousness, making her endlessly loop the Yae Village tragedy. Rin, who also possessed the authority of corruption, could clear the Herrscher's mind block on Yae Sakura.
Being jointly suppressed by Silver Wing and Rin, Higokumaru naturally allocated much less power to Yae Sakura's side.
Rin gently raised her hand, and bright flames formed a red magatama. After forming, the magatama floating in the girl's hand slowly disappeared.
The magatama pierced through the void, appearing before Yae Sakura, who was forcibly put to sleep by Higokumaru, and merged into her chest.
Yae Sakura awakened.
A warm current broke Higokumaru's suppression of her and nourished her consciousness, which was on the verge of its limit.
The miko stood in a desolate world, her azure eyes looking somewhat hollow. Waking from a long slumber, she had some difficulty distinguishing between the reincarnation illusion and reality after awakening.
"What… happened here?"
Upon waking, she was greeted by this withered landscape, everything burnt by flames. Flames were everywhere, and wind-blown debris from the wreckage was carried towards the distant, grim sky.
"Big sister, come help us!"
A clear, melodious voice echoed in Yae Sakura's heart, incredibly familiar, very warm.
Flames soared into the sky. Yae Sakura looked towards the source of the flames—it was the shrine.
She didn't hesitate, immediately rushing towards the shrine at her fastest speed.
Crossing the burning, collapsed torii gates, and seeing The Trio observing from the sidelines, and Higokumaru wreathed in black flames, Yae Sakura was still somewhat bewildered.
After all, she had endured countless nightmares and couldn't understand her current predicament and situation.
Who was that silver-haired beauty?
Why had Higokumaru turned into this?
Questions followed one after another in Yae Sakura's mind.
However, upon seeing the girl in miko attire with her cherry hair tied into a single ponytail, Yae Sakura was suddenly stunned.
"Rin!?"
It was her younger sister!
"Miss Yae Sakura, the detailed situation will be explained later. First, I must tell you that the Higokumaru before you is not the girl who spent five hundred years with you, driven by hatred, but a purely destructive Herrscher personality."
Silver Wing's explanation made Yae Sakura's "CPU" run at full capacity in a very short time. She didn't fully understand, but she seemed to grasp something.
In other words…
A hint of pensive wistfulness flashed in her blue eyes.
The next second, Honkai energy surged out from Yae Sakura's body, and several crimson sakura petals formed by Honkai energy appeared around her.
"Sakura Blossom — Scatter!"
So it means I can just cut them casually, right!!!
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