Since only the last bit was missing.
Then—
"CRACK!!!"
Silver fissures spread across the entire sky. A hazy, chaotic sea began to drip from the cracks in the world's barrier. In the process of falling, it continuously disintegrated and transformed into countless Quantum Beasts of various forms.
"Odin."
The silver brilliance grew ever more dazzling.
The scale of the spatial fluctuations was as immense as a devastating earthquake.
"Your world, I shall destroy."
"Your civilization..."
"BOOM!!!!!"
A quantum tsunami that annihilated everything was born.
An unprecedented "Great Flood" descended from the sky with the momentum to submerge everything!
"I shall inherit."
"Swish!"
Using the mini World Bubble created with the power of ten authorities, Lu Xing, taking all the Hybrid Honkai Beasts with him, plunged headfirst into the Quantum Sea with a [Warp Drive]!
As for the reason he had to take this final, desperate gamble...
"Your mission (Destroy a Civilization) has been completed."
"Your level has been increased to Lv.70 (Forced)."
"You have obtained the item [Core of Erosion]."
That's right!
With ten Herrscher Cores, Lu Xing could already vaguely sense the location of his avatar, but the coordinates were not detailed enough. Heading there rashly could lead to unforeseen risks.
With Lu Xing's current strength, he naturally wasn't worried about this problem for himself.
But the Hybrid Honkai Beasts under his protection, this civilization inherited from "Senior" Odin... could not be lost.
It was for this very reason that Lu Xing made his choice.
"Even if you've become a World Bubble."
"You are still a civilization acknowledged by the 'Tree'."
From the moment the ten cores fused, the Honkai energy from Odin that Lu Xing had completely absorbed, and the changes he had been suppressing, all erupted the instant his level reached Lv.70!
"BOOM!!!!!"
The Quantum Sea... the Quantum Sea surrounding the mini World Bubble began to tremble violently, like an undersea volcano erupting!
The envoy of the Tree.
He completed his metamorphosis within the Quantum Sea!
"Holder detected fusing with Herrscher Core."
"Based on the Herrscher Core's type, you have unlocked the new skill [Data Intrusion]. You have unlocked the new skill [Machine Virus]."
"Your skill [Spiritual Perception] has advanced to [Analysis]."
"Your skill [Heavenly Firmament Rupture] has advanced to [Civilization Impact]."
"Your skill [Annihilation Iron Fist] has advanced to [God Fist Pulverizer]."
"Your skill [Dawnbreaker] has advanced to [Divine Flame Cannon]."
"Your skills [Aegis] and [Echo] have merged and advanced to [Stellar Ring]."
"Your skills [Atomic Breath], [Proton Scream], and [Photon Cutting] have merged and advanced to [Star-Annihilating Cannon]."
The leap in his tier of life caused many of Lu Xing's abilities, which were already beyond his level, to once again receive an extraordinary enhancement.
There was even a skill like [Star-Annihilating Cannon] that revealed a color never seen before:
Name: Star-Annihilating Cannon
Type: Skill
Grade: Rainbow Light
Effect: After a long charging period (calculated based on the target planet's mass), releases a beam of light that pierces the stellar core to destroy the celestial body.
Note: If a civilization exists on a celestial body targeted by [Star-Annihilating Cannon], it will receive a warning sufficient to make a correct judgment.
Requirement: Ten authorities, All stats 500 (Met).
At the same time as his skills were transforming, the sound of new missions appearing echoed in Lu Xing's mind as usual.
However, unlike before, the way the missions appeared this time had changed drastically... or rather, it had returned to how it was at the very beginning:
Mission 1: Based on the Tree's will / your own judgment, continue a remnant civilization.
Reward: All stats +1/completion, 5-time limit.
Mission 2: Based on the Tree's will / your own judgment, create a new civilization.
Reward: All stats +1/completion, 5-time limit.
Mission 3: Based on the Tree's will / your own judgment, destroy more civilizations.
Reward: All stats +1/completion, 5-time limit.
Note: The above missions share a completion limit. The next stage will be unlocked after the limit is reached.
Compared to the mission requirements.
The rewards suddenly seemed rather stingy.
This couldn't be blamed on the system. After all, Lu Xing was still in a state where he had missions to do. Although the "Development Manual," "Gacha Log," and "Random Missions" were temporarily in a basically unusable state, as long as these things were still there, perhaps one day during an update, he would see some new changes.
At the very least.
His attention had never disappeared. It was just that Lu Xing's current stats had become too inflated. If he continued to be strengthened at this rate, even He would likely have trouble controlling what an "Emperor-class" Honkai Beast would become in the future.
As for this inflated Emperor-class Honkai Beast—
A standard height of 100 meters.
His form was not much different from his time as the Imaginary Emperor, but his entire appearance had changed from pure black crystal to a deep, restrained, dark-gold metal. The "vessels" and "nodes" that once covered his body had all turned into a slowly flowing, deep silver. Black and white, gold and silver—this simple color scheme formed the main theme of the Emperor now.
His six arms had reverted to two.
Not only that, but they had also abandoned their floating structure, now connected directly to his torso. The original four arms had become four large, concave, diamond-shaped structures attached to the front and back of his shoulders... Call them shields or pauldrons, they were just such unadorned things that their principles and functions were not even apparent.
The most obvious change was behind him.
The Emperor had shed his crown, dissipated his halo, and shaken off the spatial rings that guarded his body. From the center point behind his head, overwhelming dark-gold patterns spread out, which even the Quantum Sea could not erode.
[Death Marks].
That's right. The magical patterns appearing behind Lu Xing were precisely the sign of a "complete Herrscher state," where a Herrscher's Honkai energy has reached its limit and their authority has been pushed to its extreme. The proof of possessing this power, which was enough to destroy the world and was qualified to stand alongside the Herrscher of the End, was the [Death Marks].
However.
Although Lu Xing had not reached the absolute extreme, the [Death Marks] were not the end of his power.
To be precise.
They were not the end of his current power.
The moment the overwhelming [Death Marks] appeared, they rapidly shrank and reconverged under the combined effect of three forces—Imaginary energy, Quantum energy, and the aura of civilization—until they formed a huge [Divine Halo] behind the Emperor's head.
Immediately after.
Eleven ribbons of light, representing his authorities, unfolded from the bottom edge of the [Divine Halo] like an Emperor's cape, fluttering without a wind.
This was—
Race: Finality · Dharma-Ending · Imaginary Tree Apostle · Civilization Arbiter
Level: 70
Abilities: Analysis, Civilization Impact, God Fist Pulverizer, Divine Flame Cannon, Stellar Ring, Infinity, Super Perception, Star-Annihilating Cannon, Species Iteration, Mimic Materialization, Light of Revelation, Phase Shift, Subspace Lance, Warp Drive, Gravity Control, Molecular Manipulation, Mental Reshaping, Mind Steel Seal, Universal Stagnation, Electromagnetic Command, Perfect Fluid, Atmospheric Modification, Imaginary Link, Mimic Black Hole, Chains of Heaven's Hope, Divine Grace Barrier, Data Intrusion, Machine Virus.
Equipment: Radiance of the Rising Sun
Attack: 604 (Hyper)
Speed: 604 (Hyper)
Constitution: 604 (Hyper)
Evaluation: Honkai