As her words fell, a meteor suddenly appeared in the mental space, crashing downward!
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When the meteor fell from overhead.
Whether it was Hoolay or the spectators, they all realized, their judgment of Feixiao had been astonishingly wrong.
This Arbiter-general's pursuit of the Hunt could only be described as profound, pressing, and full of doubt.
She was practically the living embodiment of some of the Hunt's deepest logic!
Feixiao's inner monologue revealed another kind of reasonable interpretation of the Hunt.
The emergence of the Hunt was not because of some pure whim or accident.
Its meaning lay in preventing greater tragedies. Its actions belonged to righteous violence, not violence of destruction.
Since evil would suffer destructive blows, and in such blows many innocent people would die, then before the Hunt's correction arrived, she herself would become a controllable corrective mechanism.
To strangle evil in its cradle!
Going further, this logic could naturally connect to greater concepts, like the cleansing mechanisms of the cosmos, or law.
But for now, Feixiao's idea did not need deepening, because even Lan had not yet completed such an ascension.
Yet Feixiao had already touched the underlying restraint of the Hunt.
Without a doubt, her actions were the very interpretation of the Hunt!
The meteor fell. That blue radiance grew larger and larger.
Feixiao didn't know why a meteor appeared in her mental space, but her gaze never left it.
With a look of sudden realization, she stretched out her hands, wanting to grasp it.
"You see me too?"
"Meteor."
The light fell, splitting the air around. It landed straight at Hoolay's feet.
When the meteor's form was revealed, everyone held their breath.
It was a blue-cyan weapon, a uniquely styled double-bladed axe-halberd, with lightning swirling around it.
Hoolay's face flickered in and out of brightness beneath the weapon's glow.
He made no unnecessary movement, watching as Feixiao stepped up to the weapon.
"As clouds veil the sky, so shall I shield the Xianzhou."
"I will uphold this vow until the last day of my life."
After speaking, Feixiao lifted her head to meet Hoolay's gaze, her right hand slowly closing around the weapon's long handle.
In an instant, a streak of cyan light soared into the sky, revealing the image of an endless starry firmament.
And within that starry sky, Lan stood tall with bow drawn, a radiant light shining from Their eyes!
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: Damn! Brother Lan is here!
: The Aeon's gaze! Feixiao has earned Brother Lan's recognition?!
: Cool, cool, cool, so cool!!
: I've got goosebumps, I never imagined Feixiao would actually gain Lan's attention!
: She's truly become the spearhead of the Hunt now!
: Normally, when this happens, it means the Aeon will grant a portion of Their power to the one They look upon!
: Hahahaha, Hoolay never imagined Feixiao would really bring the Reignbow Arbiter down!
: Alright, now the problem is on Hoolay's side. The Reignbow Arbiter has acted, and you, my friend Hoolay, you'd better pray the Abundance acts too!
: So satisfying! Who says Honkai: Star Rail isn't a power fantasy? This is peak!
: And with Lan's gaze, so many issues are solved. Hoolay is utterly finished now!
...
The Hunt's blessing has arrived! Lan's gaze, given the current development of events, carries immeasurable weight!
But that wasn't the focus now.
The excited spectators fixed their eyes firmly on Feixiao on the screen, feeling their blood boil!
Feixiao, gripping the axe-halberd, stood tall like a shield of determination.
Amidst roaring winds, Hoolay no longer concealed his other plan.
He directly transformed, into another Feixiao!
A Warped Feixiao!
This had been his ultimate fallback all along.
If he could not tempt Feixiao, he would rely on the Crimson Moon's power, turn his consciousness into Feixiao's heart demon, and seize her body!
Hoolay or Feixiao, names were meaningless.
What mattered was power, the only limit of existence!
"From the moment of my birth, the sky wept blood, and all beings wailed."
"I once commanded the mighty, hunting the weak to extinction."
"Now, I shall wield your inner beast as a weapon, and make your name my prey… Feixiao!"
The Warped Feixiao was even more arrogant than the real Feixiao.
A wicked smile hung constantly on her lips, making her all the more sinister!
Feixiao was unafraid, holding Lan's personally bestowed axe-halberd, her face wearing her usual confident, valiant smile.
Battle!
The two Feixiaos needed no words, they turned into two streaks of light, clashing violently.
The Warped Feixiao's techniques mirrored Feixiao's exactly.
Even the twin gun-blades were imitated to perfection.
"I am you!"
The demon roared, her blades tearing through the gale, attacking like a raging storm!
Streaks of light, too fast for the spectators to follow, crashed through the mental space.
Each collision made the screen tremble!
"Hoolay… really does stand a chance!"
Feixiao slipped past a thrust, grabbed her gun-blade, and fired a shot.
The Warped Feixiao fired at the same time.
The two bullets collided midair.
Before the fragments scattered, two cyan shadows faster than the bullets collided again.
With each weapon clash, the storm within the space grew fiercer!
The battle was evenly matched, seemingly endless.
But the Warped Feixiao could wait no longer.
"Roar!!" A thunderous bellow.
A massive azure fox coiled around the Warped Feixiao, winds raging violently.
The fox and demon attacked together.
Head, tail, claws, each part of the fox became a lethal weapon, striking with overwhelming force.
Feixiao, with her gun-blade, struggled to defend.
Her feet pressed so hard into the ground that they carved a deep crater.
Amid the storm-like blows, her eyes suddenly shone.
The gun-blade in her hands vanished, replaced by the axe-halberd bestowed by Lan.
With a single hand, she swung it upward, the colossal blade cleaving from earth towards the sky!
Amid the inescapable barrage, this strike landed squarely on the fox's skull.
The Warped Feixiao let out a muffled grunt, stumbling back two steps with the fox.
"Did you think I wasn't waiting for this?!"
Feixiao tossed the gun-blade to the ground, one foot planted atop the axe-halberd.
Her face brimmed with absolute confidence.
"This is the final strike."
"Be it a fox or my doubts…"
"Until death, you will never understand, what it is I truly desire?!"
An aura stronger than the Warped Feixiao and fox combined erupted from Feixiao.
Narrowing her eyes, she adjusted her right-hand glove. She looked utterly relaxed, almost at ease.
But the Warped Feixiao felt mortal danger piercing into its very core!
"Roar!" The azure fox behind the demon howled, trying to summon a storm around itself.
But the gales and air currents only grew more violent, and they were not caused by the demon.
Thunder and raging air currents. Rampaging within the spiritual space.
Gradually converging into an incomparably huge storm that filled and destroyed everything!
The storm formed a solid cage. It trapped the restless Warped Feixiao, the Azure Fox, and even Feixiao herself within the eye of the storm.
"Flying without falling…" Feixiao clenched her fists, floating in midair, looking down at the heart demon from above.
Her ponytail and the hem of her clothes whipped wildly in the hurricane.
The muscles on her arms were clearly visible.
"Victorious for ten thousand years!!"
With a furious roar!
Feixiao suddenly charged at her warped self.
Between life and death, the Warped Feixiao still tried to resist.
Boom!!
Feixiao swung her axe, smashing it directly onto the Azure Fox's head, even denting its skull slightly.
But it wasn't over yet!
The first strike hadn't even ended when the second blow already came in from the side.
Feixiao continued swinging the axe, striking down hard!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Within the storm's eye, only those dull, thunderous sounds remained.
Feixiao's figure flickered like a ghost, and with every flicker came another devastating blow.
The Warped Feixiao and the Azure Fox, like mere toys, were smashed dizzy and disoriented by Feixiao.
"No."
"This power."
"This is not her own power…"
After being knocked down again, stars spinning in her vision, the Warped Feixiao felt both realization and rage rising within!
This wasn't fair! Everything had been going according to plan! Even in a death battle, it should have been evenly matched.
Why was Feixiao able to gain the blessing of the Hunt here?
Unwilling!
"Roar!!!" The Azure Fox , already covered in wounds, let out a mournful howl at this moment.
Lifting her head desperately, she tried to find Feixiao's figure, wanting to drag her into death together.
However, the moment she raised her head, she saw Feixiao's fist, and behind her, the phantom of the Azure Fox .
And of course, those cold, merciless eyes that appeared only when facing an enemy.
"A great victory… is decided!"
Feixiao descended from above, her eyes widening sharply, her right fist carrying an unstoppable force as it struck down!
"No!!!!"
Boom!!
The violent shockwave tore the storm apart…
That single punch, along with the Warped Feixiao, the Azure Fox, destroyed everything within reach.
Waves of shattered ripples spread wildly, obliterating everything around.
Feixiao's Azure Fox phantom also completely fused into that punch, blooming in its entirety.
Thunder and storm all vanished.
Only a pair of slowly fading cloud-wings remained.
Moments later, when the smoke dispersed, a massive crater had appeared on the ground of the spiritual space.
The Warped Feixiao's Azure Fox was gone.
Only another Feixiao resembling herself remained, exhausted and staggering out of the pit. Clenching her teeth, she forcefully condensed an axe identical to Feixiao's.
Feixiao smiled, resting her axe on her shoulder, striding toward the Warped Feixiao.
Her pace quickened and quickened, yntil, at last, the outcome was sealed!
Both raised their weapons simultaneously, slashing toward each other!
Clang!
Their figures crossed in a flash.
With a final cry, the Warped Feixiao fell to her knees, turning into ashes.
Feixiao held her slashing stance, slowly closing her eyes.
"To me… my enemy has always only been myself."
Warped Feixiao, dead.
Hoolay, dead!
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: Won! She won!
: General Feixiao is too strong! Damn!
: From the duel of strategy to now, a clash purely of will and strength! Feixiao still won completely!
: That was so intense, I didn't even dare blink while watching Feixiao and the heart demon fight, it was too amazing!
: The camera was as stylish as ever, especially that last scene, when the Warped Feixiao gritted her teeth and conjured the axe, she had already lost!
: Hoolay always said the alpha wolf must never fear, but the Warped Feixiao he turned into just now already revealed fear at that moment.
: So yeah, Hoolay is truly old now. What's dulled isn't just his claws and fangs, but also his eye for prey and his unyielding heart.
: Feixiao's willpower is far firmer than the twisted one's.
: With this, General Feixiao's position is absolutely secure!
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After the spectacular battle, comments filled the screen.
Excited viewers used this way to vent their emotions.
And with the end of the battle, outside the spiritual space, Feixiao, who had been fighting against the three, finally calmed down.
At this moment, the three were already battered, panting heavily, in a pitiful state.
Not only had they been crushed in battle, but because in the midst of fighting, Feixiao had suddenly drawn out an enormous weapon.
"Where did that axe come from…?"
"Has the General ever used it before?"
Yunli and Yanqing struggled to block Feixiao's frontal attacks with their weapons, their minds full of question marks.
As for March 7th, she was standing a bit behind, using her discarded her sword and was using arrows to freeze Feixiao regularly, allowing some breathing room for the other two.
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: Pfft… sorry but that's a little funny.
: Damn, the three really had it tough.
: To withstand Feixiao this long is already impressive.
: Hahahaha, March 7th, what are you doing! Where is your sword, why are holding your bow?
: Little March already gave up the sword? Kinda too cute!
: Wait, so the real Feixiao also used the axe?
: Damn, then doesn't that mean the blow Hoolay suffered just now… was mirrored in reality too?
: No way, if she really used the same force as with Hoolay, the Skysplitter would probably already have exploded.
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The comments were noisy and chaotic.
Meanwhile, Feixiao in the scene had regained her clarity.
"You've worked hard." She blinked, then retracted her weapon.
"General!" Yanqing and Yunli instantly stopped, clutching their wounds while calling out in delight.
"You're finally back, if you hadn't returned, we'd have been beaten to death… wuwuwu." March 7th was on the verge of tears, collapsing onto the ground.
"Sorry." Feixiao said, a little embarrassed. She withdrew her weapon.
Looking up at the sun above the Skysplitter, she felt a strange sense of disorientation.
In that instant of life and death, she had experienced something extraordinary.
Now, not only had she swallowed the Crimson Moon, she had also gained the gaze of the Hunt.
This feeling was so unique, so unique that even Feixiao didn't know how to describe it.