"Swish!" The sakura-colored blade sliced through the air like a hot knife through butter, cleaving the Honkai Zombie blocking the girl's path in two at the waist.
Perhaps due to the Honkai energy, Honkai Zombies and Honkai Beasts didn't have much blood. Instead, what replaced it was often solidified, purple-glowing Honkai energy. Thus, those taken over by Honkai energy… were no longer human…
"Phew~" Yae Sakura wiped the sweat from her brow. They had nearly cleared out all the Honkai Zombies on the library's first floor.
"Swoosh swoosh!~" The 'Judah's Oath', transformed from 'Seele's Toy Box', unfolded its spear mounts on both sides. Twelve Spears of Light shot out, piercing and pinning all the Honkai Zombies around Li Xuan.
"…" Right, can I transfer the flames on my body to a weapon? A thought suddenly popped into Li Xuan's mind.
"Poof!~" A ball of crimson flame ignited in Li Xuan's hand. He gently touched the surface of 'Judah's Oath' with his burning right hand.
"Vmmmmm~" Judah's Oath suddenly vibrated. A stream of fire surged from Li Xuan's hand, slithering like a small snake across its surface. The dark obsidian on the Spears of Light abruptly burst into intense flames.
"Whoosh~" Instantly, the Honkai Zombies impaled by the Spears of Light were set ablaze. The intense heat of the flames, originating from Li Xuan's Stigmata, clung to the Honkai Zombies' bodies like a relentless parasite, continuously burning them.
"Crackle…" In just a short while, the Honkai Zombies restrained by the Spears of Light fell limply to the ground, reduced to charred husks.
"..." Li Xuan watched this in amazement. He had only been trying it out to see if there would be any special effect. He hadn't expected to be able to combine his own ability with a weapon, resulting in an even more powerful effect.
"Poof!~" A wisp of flame, thin as a hair, appeared on Li Xuan's finger again. Li Xuan was slightly stunned. He had initially tried it with a playful attitude, just to see if he could gain any special abilities, but he never thought he would actually be able to use fire.
He had always relied on weapons wished for from the Gate of Vows. He never imagined he could possess his own power, one that could rival the strength of those weapons.
It seems… I'm another step closer to returning to my own world, right? A glimmer of what could be called 'hope' flashed in Li Xuan's dichromatic eyes. He really missed his parents and his adorable little sister… Speaking of which, his sister should be starting junior high by now, right?
She won't be tricked into having a boyfriend by some bad boy, will she?!… Puppy love is not allowed!
"Li Xuan, Li Xuan~" Yae Sakura's soft voice came from beside him, pulling Li Xuan back from his thoughts, which had already started to stray far off course.
"What's wrong?" Li Xuan asked, coming back to his senses.
"We've cleared out the Honkai Zombies on the first floor…" Yae Sakura said with a smile. A drop of dark red Honkai Zombie blood dripped from her bewitching long sword, lending the girl an enchanting aura.
"Ahem… Is that so? I'll just collect the Honkai energy from the Honkai Zombies and then go look for the book I need," Li Xuan said, looking away awkwardly. He couldn't quite handle it; Sakura was just too cute.
"Sigh~" Li Xuan sighed and began walking over to the charred bodies of the Honkai Zombies he had defeated. He extended his right hand to extract the Honkai energy, and the Stigmata on his hand lit up slightly…
He had to scavenge bodies every time… there was no other way. After all, the Familiar Egg had yet to be fully charged with Honkai energy, and he also needed Honkai Crystals for wishes… He was completely short on Crystals…
"This kid, how did he get so much stronger than the last time I saw him?!" The black mist-like fox appeared behind Yae Sakura and said, puzzled.
"…? Because he ate noodles?" Sakura tilted her head, giving a completely unrelated answer.
"..." The black fox Higokumaru was speechless. What did eating noodles have to do with anything…
"..." Li Xuan quietly watched as the Stigmata on his hand flashed. He lifted his hand to find a Crystal in his palm. This was the product of the Honkai energy from the Honkai Zombies he had just killed being filtered and compressed by his Stigmata.
"…Why is it so small?!" Li Xuan stared speechlessly at the marble-sized Crystal in his hand, his pale palm trembling slightly…
Usually, they were at least the size of his thumb!
"Himeko, have you decided which class to put Kiana and the others in?" In the principal's office at St. Freya High School, Theresa looked helplessly at Himeko, who was lounging in her office and drinking the tea she had prepared for herself.
The afternoon sun灑d in through the room's floor-to-ceiling windows, casting patterns of light and shadow on the marble floor.
"Mhm, it's all good, all good~" Himeko waved her hand, indicating that it was no problem at all.
"And the Valkyrie squad has been dispatched?" Theresa asked again.
"Mhm, mhm, don't worry. We have Nagazora City blockaded now. It's not that big a place; they'll definitely find him~" Murata Himeko put down her teacup and pulled out a photo album of handsome men from her side to flip through.
"Beep beep!~" The computer on Theresa's desk suddenly let out an urgent alarm… This was a communication channel that could only be used by frontline officers.
"..." Theresa pressed the button to accept the call with a solemn expression. Himeko, on the other hand, remained unperturbed, calmly picking up her teacup and taking a gentle sip of her tea. There were urgent communications every day; Himeko was used to it. Who knew when the Honkai would decide to cause trouble somewhere?
"What is it, Second Lieutenant?" Theresa opened the communication, looking at the rank insignia on the shoulder of the girl in the video call.
"It's bad, Principal!..." the person on the other end said, panting heavily. "Anti-Entropy has sent dozens of mecha to break through our blockade of Nagazora City, and there's even a Berserk Titan among them…"
"Pfft!~" Murata Himeko, who was standing to the side, suddenly spat out the tea in her mouth. The teacup fell to the floor…
The red tea spread across the ground, like a pool of fresh blood…