Jizo Mitama, the Curio Bat yo-yo, and Black Abyss White Flower were the three weapons with the highest affinity in Caelus's hands.
With Ling present as its weapon spirit and possessing a subjective consciousness, Jizo Mitama's affinity increased the fastest. Theoretically, it would be the first to undergo Divine Awakening.
However, precisely because Ling was there, Caelus had to guarantee that Jizo Mitama's Divine Awakening would succeed on the first try.
Otherwise, given the System's trolling nature, if a bug occurred during a secondary awakening and something went wrong, it would be bad.
Caelus intended to grind his affinity with Ling a bit higher before awakening her. The Curio Bat yo-yo, however, was different.
It possessed no personality of its own. If the awakening failed, it would just mean a relatively long cooldown period, and the only loss would be some Soul Crystals.
"It wasn't in vain that I've kept you by my pillow even while sleeping for this short while!"
Caelus gently stroked the yo-yo's shell, which was primarily black and encircled by blue-gold patterns. His touch was as gentle as when he caressed a planet in bed.
Whenever he had nothing to do, he would whip out the yo-yo to practice the secret manuals of Blazing Teens. In his daily life, he would fondle the yo-yo just like people in the antique circle fondle walnuts.
He even occasionally used Little Yo to help out when engaging in negative-distance physical combat with Stelle at night.
As for what use a yo-yo has in that kind of matter?
Ahem, Caelus can only say: Ark, unleash your imagination!
Human imagination is infinite on the path of the lewd!
Of course, a yo-yo bought randomly from a store couldn't possibly replicate such feats. Ordinary yo-yos couldn't withstand the dazzling lights, and their strings couldn't extend, fold, thicken, or tie people up...
In short, hard work pays off. The favorability between Caelus and the yo-yo had finally reached the stage where successful awakening was highly probable.
"Caelus-cub, what are you doing?"
Having finally walked past the area filled with Voidrangers, Stelle was planning to drag March 7th around to look for chests while Dan Heng went to lift the seal. However, she noticed Caelus squatting on the ground, drawing something.
Could it be a small mission chest?
Her brows twitching, Stelle and March 7th leaned in behind Caelus from the left and right.
March 7th blinked her eyes, leaning her tender body forward and resting one hand on Caelus's shoulder.
"How does this look like the array map used by the Master Diviner when casting hexagrams?"
"This, you see, is called the Small Liuren Divination Method."
Caelus pressed his hand on the ground, locating six points in sequence.
"Eh? You know how to tell fortunes?"
"I know a little, a little."
Caelus pinched his fingers together in a pretentious manner. "For example, you, Ah Qi. Your Five Elements belong to Ice, and your lucky color is pastel blue..."
"The Five Elements and lucky colors don't have anything to do with each other, right?"
March 7th was slightly speechless.
"No, shouldn't you be retorting that there is no 'Ice' in the Five Elements?"
Stelle retorted earnestly.
"There is only one truth, but interpretations vary. I calculate a single answer using different methods like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and equations. Essentially, there is no difference. As for so-called fortune-telling, fate is the most important and unchangeable part, while calculation is the part that can be displayed flexibly and freely."
Caelus asserted with sonorous force, "Let me give a slight pointer first—your underwear today is sky blue, with a little bear pattern."
"?—Eh, yuh, eh!!!"
March 7th froze for a moment. After her brain finished processing the meaning of that sentence, her face instantly flushed red. She flusteredly retreated several steps to put some distance between herself and Caelus.
"You, you...!"
Could it be that Caelus really knew fortune-telling?
He could even calculate the color and style of her panties?
"How about it? Your Brother Caelus is amazing, right?"
Caelus performed a Chicken Brother soul move for March 7th, his finger moving back and forth between the six points on the ground. "Little rooster points to who, I will..."
Jingliu, whose attention had been attracted by March 7th's scream just now, heard Caelus chanting words. The corner of her eye twitched slightly.
She could only say it was fortunate that the Master Diviner hadn't followed them down here. Otherwise, she would definitely have had to arm-wrestle this Gray-hair over what exactly constitutes the Small Liuren Divination Method!
"Great Luck. Mn~ Very good!"
His finger stopped at the 'Great Peace' position, foreshadowing that schemes would go smoothly and everything would develop successfully. Caelus nodded in satisfaction and rolled up his sleeves.
"Fortune-telling is over. Next, I'll perform a magic trick for you all!"
"You know sleight of hand now?"
March 7th peered at Caelus's raised, flat palm, where the fist-sized yo-yo lay quietly.
"Hah~!"
Stelle curled her lip to show disdain. "Don't tell me you're going to make the yo-yo disappear next. I can do that too."
Stelle raised the bat in her hand—disappear, appear, disappear, appear.
It's just a spatial ring; as if nobody else has one.
"You'd better not kneel down and call me Daddy begging me later."
Caelus hooked the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a good-looking smile to Stelle. It was so benevolent that the Stellaron spirit witnessing it immediately raised her eyebrows.
"Now, is the moment to witness a miracle."
Caelus presented the yo-yo in his right hand, while his left hand waved around it as if casting magic.
Dan Heng, Jing Yuan, and Welt, who had returned from undoing the second seal and were preparing to head to the third seal location, also noticed the lively trio.
"Fantasy Evolution!"
Caelus clicked the Divine Awakening button in the System equipment interface within his mind.
[Consume 1 complete Soul Crystal to perform Divine Awakening on the Curio Bat yo-yo?]
Caelus clicked: Yes.
In Honkai Impact 2, Divine Awakening could generally be divided into four categories: General Godhood, Fantasy Evolution Godhood, Special Outfit Godhood, and Linkage Godhood.
Most awakencable equipment possessed General Godhood, such as Thor's Hammer and other equipment familiar to old captains of Honkai Impact 3rd. The awakened Godhood was fixed to the corresponding deity from Norse or Greek mythology.
Special Outfit Godhood applied to clothing-type equipment, and Linkage Godhood didn't exist in reality. The awakening of the yo-yo fell under Fantasy Evolution Godhood.
The sphere emitted a pure white light. Unknown energy seeped out from the void, wrapping the entire yo-yo into a cocoon.
"—!"
Dan Heng, who originally thought it was Caelus having his daily fit of madness and didn't intend to pay attention, was startled. He turned his head abruptly to look. The others had similar reactions, all looking in Caelus's direction.
"What is Caelus doing?"
"This power is... soul?"
Jingliu raised her eyebrows, looking solemnly at the glowing yo-yo in Caelus's hand. She hadn't seen such a strange weapon before, so she had taken a few extra looks at it earlier.
The knowledgeable Jing Yuan, however, knew of the toy known as a yo-yo.
Both Jingliu and Jing Yuan could perceive a vast yet profoundly imperceptible power; pure soul power was brewing within.
Amidst the crowd's surprised and astonished gazes, pure soul power poured in continuously. The light cocoon, white as down feathers, grew visibly to the naked eye.
"That is a person!?"
The crowd's initially surprised gazes gradually turned into shock and disbelief, because a human-shaped silhouette had abruptly appeared within the light cocoon.
Crack, crack!
Like the sound of glass shattering, fine cracks spread to all directions of the light cocoon. Accompanied by a more intense shattering sound, the light cocoon broke into ribbons of light.
Before the snow-white scene could enter their field of view, the ethereal ribbons of light surged out from the remains of the cocoon, submerging the figure's body.
The light ribbons constricted over the young girl's skin, which was as smooth as new, obscuring all spring scenery. Her brilliant hair, like the starry river of a dark night, fluttered softly under the effect of buoyancy, embellished with metallic blue-gold hair accessories.
Her slender neck was like a swan singing out; her tender shoulder blades held up a thin black formal dress overlaid with blue patterns and gold threads. The waistline constricted to an incredible arc before blooming abruptly, and upon reaching her chest, it swelled suddenly, overflowing with snowy, creamy fullness.
However, Caelus was stunned after seeing the girl's face.
Why did this face look a bit familiar?
"Seems like I've seen it somewhere?"
Caelus used the Persona Mask ability to start rummaging through his memories, and soon his eyes went wide.
"Holy shit, Lord Caelus?"
This face was clearly the protagonist of Honkai Impact 3rd Part 2, the Dreamseeker!
No, to be precise, it was the god corresponding to the Dreamseeker, the First 'Heavy Woman' of the Honkai Impact 3rd series, the Super Gravity Black Hole, the Widow—Leylah!
Caelus revealed the expression of the 'Old Yang looking at his phone in the subway' meme.
This isn't right, is it?
Even if it had to be related to the Honkai, it should resemble Senadina!
After all, Senadina is the one who plays with yo-yos.
Why would she look like Leylah?
Eyelashes like butterfly wings trembled gently as the newborn little god opened her eyes.
The magnificent pupils—primarily light red, edged with blue lines, and containing golden irises—locked onto Caelus the moment she saw him.
"Master!"
The next moment, the black-haired girl couldn't wait to throw herself into Caelus's embrace. She hugged Caelus tightly, as if wanting to be glued together, terrified of being separated from him.
She rubbed her cheek, bouncy and smooth as jelly, against Caelus's face like a kitten ingratiating itself with its owner.
"Uh, I'm here."
With warm fragrance and soft jade in his arms, Caelus could even clearly feel the elastic deformation against his chest. He slowly raised his hands to hug the girl amidst that scorching gaze, but his expression was somewhat subtle.
"Master, please give me a name..."
It wasn't a lively tone, but the quietness of someone somewhat socially anxious.
At the same time, the System popped up an interface requiring a True Name to be inscribed for the Godhood—a necessary step for non-System weapons undergoing Fantasy Evolution.
Caelus gazed at that familiar face. After hesitating and struggling for a long time, he decided not to use the original name. It wasn't auspicious!
The girl's true form was a yo-yo, so...
"Your name will be Leylah."
[System Notification: True Name Inscription Complete—Leylah.]
"En! Leylah will be with Master forever!"
It sounded like words spoken by a weak-willed, socially anxious girl summoning the courage of a lifetime.
"..."
Caelus felt something was a bit off. Maybe I should change the name. Remove the characters 'Lei' and 'La' too.
[Brother, once the True Name is inscribed, it cannot be changed.]
The System twisted the knife at the opportune moment.
What could Caelus say?
He could only let Leylah hold his hand tightly, carefully, as if she were afraid he would get angry.
"Makka Pakka... Aba Aba."
March 7th, with a face full of innocence to the point of drooling, was thoroughly shocked by this scene, her expression sluggish and unable to speak.
"Holy shit! ( °≡° ° ) !?"
Stelle's eyes widened to the point they were about to pop out.
"The yo-yo turned into a beautiful ball-girl!"
Her gaze instantly became sharp. Pointing at the baseball bat in her hand, she shouted with incomparable solemnity and gravity:
"Transform for me!"
No reaction.
"Transform for me!!"
Still no reaction.
"Hurry up and transform for me!"
Stelle swung the bat forcefully, smashing the waste rocks beside her. The sound of the stick colliding with the stone sounded somewhat aggrieved.
We're done for. My own bat won't transform!
Stelle's eyeballs rolled, and she directly executed a move: light-speed sliding kneel. She hugged Caelus's thigh ( □° ):
"Caelus-cub... Daddy! Father! Hurry and help me turn the bat into a Bat-Girl!"
Jingliu, Jing Yuan, Dan Heng, Welt, and even Li Sushang in the background of Moonscar's body were severely shocked by this scene.
"A weapon... turned into a person?"
"No, this feeling..."
As an Emanator, Jing Yuan could perceive that Leylah's essence was far higher than that of humans. Although she was still weak, she surpassed most biological races in the universe.
"Creating a soul!? Such a thing..."
Welt, who understood Caelus, knew that what Caelus obtained from Herta's collection room—the Curio yo-yo and Stelle's bat—were inanimate objects. Yet now, it possessed its own life and personality.
Even Emanators couldn't do that. In the entire galaxy, perhaps only certain special existences and Aeons possessed such power.
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