The ultimate restraining weapon, 'Judah's Oath', made entirely of 'Soul Steel', a special material left over from the Previous Era, not only possesses formidable attack power but can also serve as a massive shield due to its broad shape and material... Of course, that's assuming you can lift it... After all, it weighs a hefty 152 kilograms.
'Judah's Oath', transformed from 'Seele's Toy Box', also has quite a few limitations... Firstly, it can only maintain its form for ten minutes. Secondly, some of the details in its shape are still different from the genuine 'Judah's Oath' stored at Schicksal...
"Squeak squeak!" The flying-type Honkai Beast that crashed into the wall-like 'Judah's Oath' let out a shrill cry. The Honkai energy mist on its body dissipated with the impact, and its body swayed, nearly falling to the ground.
Because of this, the dizzy flying-type Honkai Beast was struggling to stay afloat and didn't notice Li Xuan's movements...
"Kick 'em while they're down!"... Taking advantage of the Honkai Beast's inattention, Li Xuan's face turned red as he used all his strength to once again lift the 'Judah's Oath', which weighed as much as two people, high into the air and smash it down towards the Honkai Beast.
"Squeak squeak!" Shaking its head, the flying-type Honkai Beast, now clear-headed again, felt something strange. Why did it feel like there was something above its head... The eyeless Honkai Beast looked at the golden cross smashing down from above, completely baffled...
"Squeak?" That was its last sound in this world. The next moment, the sound of metal colliding with the ground rang out like a great bell... "BOOM!!" The reinforced concrete rooftop of the building was directly smashed into a huge crater by the golden cross. The ground around the center of the 'Judah's Oath' cross was covered in dense, web-like cracks.
"Did I hit it?..." Li Xuan panted heavily, the feeling of weakness from exhaustion finally spreading throughout his body... Directly lifting an object several times his own weight was still a considerably difficult feat for Li Xuan, whose body had only recently been enhanced by Honkai energy.
"....." Li Xuan walked with somewhat heavy steps towards the golden cross lying on the ground. The uneven, cracked ground almost made him stumble...
"Ugh... this is a pretty gruesome way to die..." Li Xuan looked at the puddle of red and purple mixed with white, hard substances under the golden cross... feeling a bit nauseous.
"...Guess I have to clean it again." Li Xuan said with some annoyance, looking at the purplish-red unknown liquid staining the center of 'Judah's Oath', which he had managed to lift back up with great effort.
If he didn't wash the 'Judah's Oath' that transformed from 'Seele's Toy Box', the stain would remain on the toy box's surface. "Eww~" The thought of taking out 'Seele's Toy Box' and seeing a large black and red glob on it made him feel like dying.
"If only... I had some water," Li Xuan thought helplessly. The stain in the center of the golden cross inexplicably annoyed him, as he was a bit of a neat freak and somewhat compulsive...
"Sigh~" Li Xuan covered his forehead in frustration.
".The 'Tortoise Seal' in the Stigmata corresponds to the Power of the Black Tortoise, which is the Power of Water..." Li Xuan suddenly remembered one of the abilities of his Four Symbols Stigmata... the Power of Water. He had been so busy collecting Honkai Crystals that only now, after so many days, did he suddenly recall this ability that he had yet to fully develop.
"Hmm... I'll give it a try..." Li Xuan muttered to himself, closing his eyes and raising his right hand, imagining water appearing in his palm....
"......" One minute later....
"What the hell?!..." Li Xuan opened his eyes in frustration, looking at his empty right hand. When he used the Power of Fire, it came out quickly, so why was the Power of Water so difficult...
"Sigh~" Li Xuan helplessly reached out and touched the golden Soul Steel casing of 'Judah's Oath'. 'Looks like I still have a long way to go in mastering my abilities'...
"......" A silent golden light rose from the surface of 'Judah's Oath'. In a blinding flash, the giant cross transformed back into a small, blue clown toy box. The transformation time was up...
"......" Li Xuan silently placed the suitcase-sized 'Seele's' into his storage ring. However... he didn't notice that as the blue toy box was being put into the ring... beads of water suddenly overflowed from its surface.
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"It's my first time seeing a Honkai Beast nest... I might as well go check it out." After looting the corpse and collecting the Honkai Crystal, Li Xuan stood on the rooftop, looking at the nest in the ruins not far below, eager to explore.
It was his first time ever encountering a Honkai Beast nest, and he had no idea what it was like inside...
'Let's go take a look!~' Li Xuan thought, clapping his hands...
"......" He glanced down at the building, several dozen meters above the ground, and quietly swallowed the idea of jumping straight down using 'Gale Arts (High Tier)'. "I'd better take the stairs..." Gotta cherish life...
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"Crunch~" The sound of rubbing stones echoed as Li Xuan stepped on the rubble covering the ground in the ruins. This was a building destroyed by some unknown entity. Looking up, he could still see the exposed structural remains of the building's interior, of which only half was left.
This was the destruction brought upon human civilization by the 'Honkai'—an environment where ordinary people couldn't survive, with monsters that hunted humans everywhere...
"Why is there nothing here...." Li Xuan stood inside the massive Honkai Beast nest made of stone, speechless as he looked at the surroundings, which were nothing but rocks.
"It's clean..." Li Xuan surveyed his surroundings. ".There's not even any droppings..." This was quite unscientific. Logically, shouldn't a monster's nest be smelly and messy?!... But this place was cleaner than an otaku's room.
"How boring..." Li Xuan glanced around and, to his disappointment, found that this place was still just rocks and more rocks...
"Mah~ Forget it, I'm heading back~ heading back~" Bored, Li Xuan walked out with his hands behind his head. After he got back and ate the lunch his maid had lovingly prepared, he still had to get ready for his next ten-pull wish.
"Clack, clack!~" As Li Xuan lifted his foot to walk out, his shoe accidentally kicked a piece of rubble at his feet, sending it flying. The rubble bounced on the ground before settling.
"Hmm?!..." Li Xuan's gaze unintentionally followed the direction the stone fell. Next to the small piece of rubble was a small pit... revealing a white object inside...
"What's this?..." Li Xuan walked over curiously, his pair of heterochromatic eyes getting a clear look at the thing in the small pit.
"An egg?!"
Under the sunlight, a white, oval-shaped egg lay quietly in the dirt....
(End of Chapter)