Chapter 140: New Power
"It's really troubling another me and Miss Irene to practice with me," Wendy said, wings of wind blowing behind her as she looked at her other self, who was carved from almost the exact same mold but wore different clothes.
"It's a small matter. After all, it's not like we can just ignore you," Irene waved her hand. "Besides, I also need to practice how to use the Authority of Wind."
"Miss Irene, you can't slack off either," Wendy turned to look at Irene. "This is genuine special training, and since Irene will be using my power to fight later, you must learn it properly."
"I know, I know," Irene nodded. Black qi and white mist simultaneously emanated from her body, condensing into a hooded dress.
This technique was also something she had naturally learned after becoming a Herrscher. She only needed to fully release her Authority for it to naturally construct itself. As for its effects, it provided a strong enhancement to all her attributes, making her much stronger than when she wasn't using the attire.
"So, who's first?" [Wendy] was shrouded in a low-pressure area as she looked at Irene and Wendy. "This is my first time fighting against the Herrscher of Death.
"However, if it's something like black mist, I won't fall for it."
As the Herrscher of Wind, manipulating wind and fluids was the most basic of basics. If the Authority of Death existed in the form of mist, it would be fundamentally impossible for it to cause her any harm.
"Mm, that's not wrong, so..." Irene exchanged a glance with [Irene].
"It's currently three against one, you know. Don't underestimate us."
"Bring it on." A smile on her face, [Wendy] waved the three of them over.
"Just give it your best shot."
On the other side, not too far away, the others were already waiting on small stools. They had even pestered Irene earlier to get them a bunch of snacks and things.
"Sigh, who do you guys think will win? Is it Sister Irene and Sister[Wendy] or Sister Wendy?" Pardo asked while eating the snacks in her hands. Meanwhile, her tail stealthily slipped between the two sisters, the tip gently hooking away a bag of potato chips.
"Judging by numbers, it's probably Miss Irene's group," Nuwa said, eating the potato chips in her hand. "However, the Herrscher of Wind is quite rare, and being a Herrscher capable of super large-scale attacks makes it hard to say."
"There is also one more thing: the manifestation of Irene's Authority exists in the form of mist," Fuxi, who was beside her, spoke up at this moment. "It can easily be countered by [Wendy]."
"Even with Wendy there, who should be able to handle interference, their proficiency with the Authority is completely different. Therefore, Miss[Wendy] might actually hold the advantage."
As scientists, the two of them were still very familiar with the combat methods of these Herrschers. It couldn't be helped; only by knowing the enemy and knowing oneself could one emerge victorious in a hundred battles.
Furthermore, researching a Herrscher's Authority might also be helpful in dealing with the next Herrscher. Who knew what kind of abilities the next Herrscher would have?
Researching a bit more could never go wrong; perhaps they would be able to handle it.
"The Doctor would probably be very interested." Klein did not voice an opinion, as she did not approve of this matter. Even after becoming a Herrscher, her combat power was not considered formidable.
Although she had grasped many weakened versions of Herrscher abilities through the Herrscher of the Legion's power, she hadn't really used them much, let alone developed them.
In her eyes, she was still more of a researcher. The ability she was most familiar with was the Herrscher of the Legion's cloning ability. As for those Authorities, she truly wasn't familiar with them.
"Actually, speaking of it, regarding the Herrscher of Wind, I know of something that a senior told me before." Klein observed the scene before her.
"Irene has mastered so many of our combat methods; she might be able to pull off a surprise attack," Little Corruption said, tossing popcorn into her mouth one by one.
"This time, Irene also wants to test out just how far she can go when utilizing all her abilities, right?"
"If that's the case..." Kallen had stuffed her cheeks completely full, yet surprisingly, she could still speak. "Why didn't Irene seek you out to test it before?"
"Because it's very troublesome, and my abilities aren't suitable either." Little Corruption shook her head. She had many things to pay attention to. With Irene as an intermediary, many things were actually hard for her to manipulate.
Besides, Little Corruption was able to use the Thirteen Flame-Chasers' combat methods, and her strength relied entirely on the quantity of the Corruption virus. If the quantity wasn't high, the mimicked abilities wouldn't be too strong either.
Speaking of which, Irene's black mist was actually quite counter-intuitive. Whether in the real world or the mental world, Irene's black mist could corrode even the Corruption virus.
This resulted in Wendy somewhat countering Irene, and the same applied when Irene fought Little Corruption. If her viruses were washed over by Irene's black mist, just how much of an effect could they have? It was truly hard to say.
However, she had never encountered any other Herrscher of Death. In her world, after she made her appearance, Schicksal and Anti-Entropy had practically merged.
Thus, there was no opportunity to have a fight with Durandal. Although, it was unknown whether this was Irene's unique trait or if the black mist of all Herrschers of Death could achieve this.
"I see," Kallen said, watching Little Corruption toss popcorn into her mouth. She nudged Cheng Lixue, who was leaning on her sword, with her elbow. "Lixue, what do you think?"
"I cannot evaluate it. Miss Irene works harder than any of us imagined. And, although Miss Irene has currently only just reached the Mirror state, but..."
Lixue looked at Irene standing in the distance. "Miss Irene's Honkai Adaptability is stronger than any of us thought, and it is even constantly improving right now."
Even at the Mirror state, it was hard to say whether Miss Irene could unleash the ultimate technique.
"The Taixuan Sword God? Irene learned it from you?" Little Corruption's gaze shifted over. She had seen the Fu Hua of her world use the Taixuan Sword God before, though she had never heard Fu Hua mention having a disciple named Lixue.
"I haven't had the time to pass on the secrets of this technique to Miss Irene yet."
"Then..."
"But Miss Irene mentioned that when she transforms, she actually already receives our memories and learns our combat tactics, including the vast majority of application methods. Her subsequent sparring sessions with us are also meant to consolidate and learn more. She might have understood how to use the Taixuan Sword God right from the very beginning."
"Oh, if that's the case, then this is going to be interesting," Little Corruption said, resting her chin on her hand as she watched the battle brewing before them. "I'm genuinely curious, what will Miss Irene's Taixuan Sword God look like?"
"Wendy, can you help me run interference?" Irene looked at Wendy, who immediately nodded. She was very clear that, as she was right now, the possibility of surpassing her other self in the Authority of Wind was not high.
According to her other self's words, her current state could only be considered an ordinary person capable of utilizing the Authority. After all, her gem had not yet entered a state of full activation.
Meanwhile, her other self had long surpassed this stage, reaching a state where the entire gem was completely fused with herself. In terms of Authority control, the other party held an overwhelming advantage.
However, if it was just running interference today, she still had a tiny bit of confidence.
"Then there's no problem." Irene reached out her hand towards [Irene], and [Irene] very naturally took Irene's hand. "Come on, let's begin."
The dark night surrounding Irene, under their dual control, immediately mixed together, condensing into a massive amount of fine black needles. Wendy swiftly followed up, wrapping hurricanes around the fine needles.
Following that, the fine needles shot forward violently. [Wendy] looked at the incoming fine needles. "I already told you, physical attacks don't hold much meaning against me."
Without [Wendy] appearing to do anything, violent cyan hurricanes were immediately stirred up in the surroundings, directly sweeping up all the fine needles. Even though Wendy had wrapped stabilizing hurricanes around them beforehand, they were fundamentally unable to resist the hurricane stirred up by [Wendy].
"The two of us share the same roots and origin. Trying to withstand my interference isn't that simple." A smile on her face, [Wendy] noted that if it had been someone else, it might not have been this easy, but dealing with herself was much easier than imagined.
The two of them shared the same roots and origin, and their Honkai energy fluctuations were fundamentally identical. It was easier for them to fuse with each other, and the stronger would directly overwhelm the weaker. Attempting to rely on Wendy to interfere with her storm wouldn't be that easy.
"I already guessed that." Irene and [Irene] snapped their fingers simultaneously. The fine needles that had just been swept up suddenly began to plunder the surrounding Honkai energy. Even the Honkai energy within [Wendy]'s whirlwind was plundered, before detonating once more.
Even more fine needles than before erupted, even breaking through the whirlwind barrier that [Wendy] had roughly set up.
"Now this is somewhat interesting." [Wendy] watched the black fine needles lunging toward her once again. "This level of Honkai energy affinity is truly something I've never encountered before."
[Wendy] clenched her hand, and countless hurricanes condensed into a massive wind hammer in her grasp. She slammed it down heavily onto the incoming fine needles, but to her surprise, those fine needles directly pierced into the wind hammer, plundering her Honkai energy.
"Hey, hey, wait a minute, this is cheating, right?" [Wendy] looked at the multiplying fine needles. "Is this something the Herrscher of Death can do? Even Durandal isn't this absurd, right?"
This was her Honkai energy, and she was actively utilizing her Authority. Just how did Irene manage to pull the Honkai energy directly out of her Authority?
"This was researched by stacking Darling's ultra-high Honkai Adaptability with the Authority, you know." [Irene] placed her hands on her hips. "Forcefully plundering Honkai energy to continue infinite multiplication—trying to shake this off so easily won't be simple."
"I'm genuinely curious, just to what extent has Miss Irene's Honkai Adaptability reached?" [Wendy] smiled, and finally, flapping her wings, she soared high into the sky, dodging the lunge of the fine needles.
"I should just use a simpler method."
"Don't forget, I'm still here." Suddenly, a wind blade sprang out from the whirlwind surrounding [Wendy] and slashed directly toward her.
"..." [Wendy] looked at the incoming wind blade and simply waved her hand, wrapping a hurricane around it to disperse the attack. "Other me, how did you do that?"
"You said that the two of us share the same roots and origin, right?" Wendy's hands were wrapped in hurricanes. "There's no reason to say you can absolutely suppress me."
"So you hid your wind inside my wind." [Wendy] had, after all, researched the Authority for many years longer than Wendy. With just a thought, she understood how Wendy had managed to do that just now.
"Then this is going to be a bit troublesome. If I let your wind mix into mine, I'm afraid Miss Irene will succeed."
It wasn't that [Wendy] lacked the means to forcefully suppress Wendy's wind, but although the two shared the same roots, their current thoughts belonged to two different individuals.
If Wendy tried hard to stabilize it, [Wendy] would find it difficult to completely suppress Wendy in a short time, not to mention that there was still Irene watching like a tiger eyeing its prey from the side.
Was forcefully plundering Honkai energy something a human could even do? That was all Honkai energy under the control of her Authority!
"Judging by this, it's a clash of ultimate moves, then?"
"Mm, that's not impossible." [Wendy] nodded, before immediately backing away. Brilliant light bloomed in her eyes, and the wind wings beside her instantly magnified hundreds of times, covering the sky like clouds.
"Oh, I really didn't expect this." Looking at the massive, gradually forming hurricane before her, Irene's mouth twitched. As expected of the Herrscher of Wind, who specialized in super large-scale strikes.
"Uh, I definitely can't handle this." Wendy's mouth twitched as she looked at the super massive hurricane before her. She had learned how to hide her own wind inside her other self's wind.
However, with a hurricane of this size, it was no longer something she could hide inside to interfere with. Speaking of which, so she could actually become this strong!
A gleam flashed in Wendy's eyes. As long as she practiced diligently, would she also be able to reach the same level as her other self, stirring up such a super large-scale hurricane with just a wave of her hand?
Moreover, this wasn't something like a typhoon in the real world. Every single gust within those hurricanes was an incomparably sharp wind blade capable of slicing through iron like mud.
Even if Schicksal's battleship was swept inside, it would be sliced directly into scrap metal in a matter of seconds. Last time, if it hadn't been for that Frappuccino's attacks which were purely impossible to interfere with using wind...
She wouldn't have admitted defeat so easily. Furthermore, she had used the majority of her Authority of Wind to stabilize the surrounding climate conditions. Otherwise, even if she had won, the surrounding climate would have directly undergone massive changes.
That would have been really troublesome. Although she said that, in the end, a loss was a loss, and there was no need to keep finding excuses.
"It's fine, but we won't admit defeat either." Irene took a deep breath. Because she was fully utilizing her Authority, her eyes, which had turned red, bloomed with a crimson glow.
The same was true for[Irene] beside her. The black and white mist that originally surrounded the two of them gradually converged in their hands, extending outwards like long swords growing out from their grasp.
"The Spirit is the ultimate of change. It manifests through the myriad wonders of creation, and its form cannot be questioned. With the Heart as the scabbard, nourishing the sharp blade..."
As the two of them chanted the incantation for the Taixuan Sword God in sync, the black and white mist, which had previously only roughly condensed into sword shapes, gradually became clear.
[Wendy] watched the scene before her, and the broad wind wings behind her swept forward between them like a city wall. Even standing from a distance, one could hear the explosive wind pressure.
"With life as the blade, life and death flow endlessly..." The two gripped the extended black and white dual blades tightly, before finally delivering a fierce horizontal slash.
The black and white dual blades and the wall of wind collided violently against each other, neither willing to yield an inch.
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