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In Aventurine's room.
"Damn it! Just a little bit more!"
"In the end, Gallagher got the qualification."
"Huh?"
"Character Strength Tier List?"
"I think I'm still quite capable, the strength of a character shouldn't be limited to just the main DPS's strength, right?"
Thinking this.
Aventurine immediately opened his phone.
And directly sent a message to Topaz.
[Miss Topaz, it's time for you to shine again]
[Help me buy some water army, hype up my strength]
[I think I deserve it!]
[Topaz: Buy, of course I'll buy]
[Topaz: But this time I'm buying for myself]
[Topaz: I think I'm quite strong in the game, the usage rate in so many versions of Chaos Meetings can prove that]
[Topaz: There should be a spot for me on this strength tier list!]
[Topaz: Besides, what are you, a [Preservation], doing here? This is a competition for [The Hunt] and [Erudition] DPS characters!]
[Aventurine: ...]
...
Little Gui's live stream.
"Let me try it out first and see how Acheron performs!"
After entering the trial character interface.
A prompt popped up first.
It was a brief introduction to Acheron's skill mechanics.
[Acheron (Lightning, 5-star, Nihility)]
[Inflicts Debuffs on enemies to accumulate 01 charge point to release Ultimate]
[Ultimate ignores enemy weakness attribute toughness reduction and lowers all attribute resistances]
[Technique can directly eliminate enemies]
Guinaifen read through each line carefully.
"Acheron is indeed a character of the [Nihility] Path~"
"It seems that the release of this Ultimate is different from previous characters, requiring a special charge point condition!"
"But the effect is so strong! Ignoring enemy weakness toughness reduction and lowering all attribute resistances are all independent multipliers..."
When she reached the last line.
Guinaifen was momentarily stunned.
"Directly eliminate enemies?"
"Wait, wait, wait!"
"How come I can't quite understand such a simple sentence!?"
"If I can use the Technique to directly eliminate enemies, what do I need the Ultimate and stats for?"
"Is it a text error?"
"Shouldn't it be something like [deals massive damage]?"
Guinaifen even doubted Yu Ling's writing, unable to believe that the skill's effect was like this!
Entering the actual combat scenario.
Acheron stood at the starting point.
A red carpet stretched ahead towards the finish line.
On both sides of the path were small minions of the Dreamjolt Troupe.
Guinaifen licked her lips.
She tried tapping the Technique.
"Flow, the blade light of the past."
In an instant.
The screen turned black and white!
The character also transformed into the white-haired Acheron.
Simultaneously drawing a red blade.
She slashed forward with a horizontal strike.
"Holy cow!"
"What just happened!?"
Guinaifen tapped the Technique repeatedly.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!"
The sharp sound of the long blade being drawn, accompanied by red blade light.
Acheron seemed to transform into a demon!
She unleashed a series of slashes at the air!
"Wowwwww!!!"
"I can keep tapping this Technique!"
"As long as I don't hit a monster, it doesn't consume Skill points!"
"Oh my god!"
"This state is so cool!"
In the live stream.
All the players were also amazed!
...
"Holy crap, holy crap!"
"So cool!"
"I thought Honkai: Star Rail was a turn-based game? Did it turn into an action game?"
"Hahaha, I'm also trying it out, this Technique feels so good!"
"Nice, nice, nice!"
"Damn, is this the perspective of Acheron cutting people down?"
...
At this moment.
Guinaifen had reached the edge of the red carpet.
Facing a group of small monsters.
She understood.
She had to use the Technique to slash her way through!
First!
The first SoulGlad dog.
"Whoosh!"
The moment it was slashed.
The SoulGlad dog exploded instantly.
SoulGlad juice splattered everywhere!
"Wahahahaha!"
"It really insta-kills, the battle doesn't even start!"
The next few monsters.
Like [Spring Croupier], [Dance Thrush Mask]...
"Swish, swish, swish!" All of them were cut down in an instant!
As the monsters died.
Acheron also reached the end of the red carpet.
She sheathed her blade.
Returning to her usual state.
Expressionless.
Cold as ice.
"This is next level, folks!"
...
"Absolutely stunning!"
"This is way too overpowered!"
"This is practically a walking cheat code!"
"Is it really that smooth?"
"Once I pull Acheron, even the dogs passing by will get a slash from me."
"Back in the day, Duke Inferno was probably taken out by a single Technique like this."
"No wonder Acheron couldn't recall the Annihilation Gang at first. She probably just slashed the Duke while using her Technique to travel."
"Annihilation Gang: I was just passing by, honestly."
"Touch her and you're dead. That's terrifying."
"The day I pull Acheron, there won't be a single red-named monster left on my map."
"Slash, slash, slash! I'll slash everything I see! What the hell is this Mara resurrection? I'll slash your ashes into the wind, then turn to the True Sting next to me and cut it down along with its descendants for eighteen generations! Traffic lights, TVs, none of you are escaping! I'll slash you all! Slash, slash, slash, slash, slash!!!"
…
Just as the barrage comments suggested.
Little Gui also slashed her way through.
Until she reached Dreamjolt Troupe's Beyond Overcooked, commonly known as the Machine Tyrannosaurus.
[Weakness]
[Battle Start]
Little Gui wiped the excited sweat from her forehead.
"Thank goodness…"
"A boss-level enemy like this wasn't instantly slashed to death."
"Otherwise, it would've been way too broken!"
"This game could've been renamed 'Acheron: Star Rail'!"
After carefully reading Acheron's Skill description.
Guinaifen suddenly understood.
"So that's it!!"
"Acheron's Skill is actually quite simple!"
"Basically, her ultimate requires special energy points, which are charged whenever she or her teammates apply Debuffs to enemies."
"Once it's fully charged, just unleash the ultimate!"
"Right now, we start the battle with six energy points already. Let's have Pela and Sampo stack some Debuffs to build up [Fading Dream]!"
After eight stacks.
Guinaifen activated Acheron's Skill, [Octobolt Flash]!
"Life is like morning dew, both body and name shall vanish."
Acheron assumed an attacking stance.
In the next moment, she was already sheathing her blade.
It was so fast!
All that could be seen were afterimages of Acheron surrounding the enemy.
The slash was completed as she sheathed her blade.
Then.
An "X" shape exploded around the enemy!
Purple lightning and orbs wreaked havoc on the battlefield.
"Wow!"
"This Skill feels amazing!!"
"Energy is full..."
"Alright, let's unleash the Ultimate!"
"Hum!"
Acheron's illustration flashed by.
Holding a red paper umbrella.
Raindrops streaked past on both sides.
Beneath her feet lay the massive, weathered white remains of a corpse.
The moment Guinaifen saw this illustration.
She felt goosebumps rise on her arms!
[Slashed Dream Cries in Red]
On Acheron's neck.
Red patterns spread outward like a spider's web.
At the same time!
Her hair faded from purple to a pale white.
As she reached out to grasp the hilt of her blade.
Petals drifted down.
Dyeing her entire arm a vivid red!
"I mourn for the departed."
When other characters activate their Ultimates, they usually maintain a cool activation pose.
But Acheron.
Even her Ultimate activation has a close-up action!
And then.
An even more incredible scene unfolded!
The moment Acheron drew her long blade.
Centered around her.
Black ripples spread out.
Accompanied by a flurry of red petals.
The entire scene underwent an unprecedented transformation!
...
"Oh my god"
"Huh?"
"Just the Ultimate activation animation alone completely overshadows my Seele!!"
"If Acheron's Skills had been revealed earlier, she would definitely be number one on the Skill effects ranking!"
"Seele, don't look, it's a horror story."
"Seele's Ultimate effects can't even compare to Acheron's Skill (doge)"
"It's fine, I think Seele's simplicity suits her character well. A modest girl from the lower district, being able to top the effects ranking shows her Skill effects are still noteworthy. When she activates her Ultimate, there are butterflies and shattered shadows around her, which fits her character perfectly. I can't keep making excuses, it's like comparing her to a caveman [crying to death]."