"Miss Mei, we finally found you!" a Fire Moth staff member exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the person Kevin was carrying.
"You were looking for me?" Mei, who had been set down by Kevin, looked at the staff member in confusion.
"Yes, Miss Mei, please leave this city with us immediately. This city is extremely dangerous. A horrific disaster called the Honkai is erupting. Please leave with us as soon as possible!" the staff member explained anxiously to Mei. They had received orders to quickly remove Dr. Mei from here.
Mei frowned at the staff member. She wouldn't just believe everything they said. Just then, Kevin explained, "They're indeed official personnel. Mei, go with them."
Mei turned to Kevin, "You know again?"
Kevin rubbed his head, "Almost."
Mei looked at Kevin after a long silence. "Did Xiling tell you?" Seeing Kevin's surprised look, Mei took a breath. "That's all I can think of. Looks like I guessed right."
Just as the Fire Moth staff member was glancing left and right, gossiping, his communicator rang. The staff member answered, and an urgent voice rang out.
"Have you found Miss Mei? Get her away from Nagazora City immediately. A Herrscher has appeared in the city."
"What!" the staff member exclaimed. He no longer cared about watching the show and immediately waved anxiously at Kevin and Mei, "Miss Mei, please evacuate with us immediately."
Mei nodded and walked towards the staff member, but one person didn't move. Mei turned and looked at Kevin. Kevin simply smiled at her. It's not until Mei boarded the plane and flew into the air, heading out of Nagazora City. Only then did Kevin begin his own action.
Intense artillery fire was directed at a girl in the city, but it seemed to be stopped mid-fire by an invisible wall.
The girl's face was expressionless. She looked at the humans as if they were ants, and she dismissed the previous attack with disdain.
The girl gently raised her hand, and countless thunderbolts exploded, instantly destroying all of the human fighter jets, turrets, and other technology. After this, the girl turned her gaze back to the city.
"She's spotted us!" A scout caught the girl's gaze and immediately reported it to the decapitation team via communicator. However, moments after the message was sent, the scout discovered that the communicator in his hand was no longer working.
"Electromagnetic force?" Himeko casually pocketed the disabled communicator, just as a bolt of lightning struck not far from their squad.
...
A middle-aged man shakily climbed to his feet, looking at the countless charred corpses on the ground. They were his comrades, once living beings, transformed into charred charcoal by a bolt of lightning. The man's body also bore traces of charring, but he was the farthest from the lightning, and so he survived.
The middle-aged man threw his helmet to the ground, his disheveled hair barely obscuring his vision. He looked up and saw a girl standing above him, shrouded in lightning, her eyes ablaze with purple light. She gazed at the middle-aged man as if she were looking at sand, only this sand was the very sand she was trying to erase.
"Monster"
The middle-aged man trembled as he raised the last pistol he had, aiming it at the enemy of civilization (the Third Herrscher) above him.
The Third Herrscher observed the scene silently.
The middle-aged man repeatedly pulled the trigger, but the pistol had long since broken, and no matter how hard he pulled, the bullet wouldn't fire. "Shit!" the middle-aged man cursed with a laugh, then flung his pistol fiercely at the Third Herrscher. However, his strength had long since drained from him, and the pistol couldn't even reach the Third Herrscher's barrier.
"Come on, kill me, you damned monsters!" At this moment, the middle-aged man finally roared. His entire family had perished in the last Honkai Impact, and he had nothing to fear anymore.
The Third Herrscher slowly raised her hand, lightning gathering within it. Just as the middle-aged man thought he was doomed, a voice echoed in his ear, accompanied by a tug from behind.
"Change position!" Xiling casually threw the man behind him, his gaze fixed on the Third Herrscher floating above. At that moment, lightning unleashed from the Third Herrscher's hand, a massive bolt of lightning like a scalding slurry, melting everything around it with its mere presence.
Faced with the terrifying attack and the heat wave that practically clung to his face, Xiling didn't dodge. Instead, he felt even more excited because the other party had chosen to attack rather than... retreat.
Hero Mode activated. The hero once again connected with the Holy Sword.
It felt like a burst of energy, but more like entering a state of intense concentration. In this state, Xiling maintained absolute focus.
"I can withstand it, I can cut it off!"
The current completely enveloped Xiling, and the Third Herrscher's expression changed as he tried to retreat, but it was too late.
Engulfed by the current, Xiling leaped free. Even though his body felt like charred charcoal, his eyes held no pain, only focus. He swung the Holy Sword fiercely.
The Holy Sword slashed against the Third Herrscher's barrier. The current could be seen resisting the Holy Sword, but it ultimately managed to carve a gap, but that was all.
The Third Herrscher reacted, raising her hand to unleash another bolt of lightning. Xiling could only draw his Holy Sword to ward off the blow.
Falling to the ground, Xiling dodged the thunderbolts raining down from the sky, darting through the city's buildings. However, the Third Herrscher always managed to pinpoint his location. As the Third Herrscher continued to attack Xiling,
Xiling also prepared himself.
Atop a high tower, Lemuen reloaded her ammunition and began aiming at the enemy below.
In a corner, the Tarnished's magical power slowly gathered as he prepared for what was to come.
At this moment, Kevin sent a message in the chat group, signaling the start.
[High School Student Kevin]: We can attack.
[I Don't Want to Te a Hero Anymore]: Roger.
[Wheelchair Sniper]: Roger.
[Great Magician Tarnished]: Hurry up, I can't hold out much longer!
Xiling took a deep breath. "Then we must attack." The holy sword responded, its pure white light blazing even brighter.
"I can cut it off."
With a single blow, Xiling shattered the Third Herrscher's thunderbolt, swung the holy sword back, and attacked directly.
A sense of unease settled within the Third Herrscher, but this possibility was just a tiny ant; he couldn't even break her own barrier.
Thinking of this, the Third Herrscher suppressed her inner anxiety and continued her attack on Xiling.
Each of the Third Herrscher's attacks wrought horrific devastation on the city. However, Xiling responded with, "Chat Group Transmigration System Activated."
A white light, invisible to the Third Herrscher, descended, enveloping Xiling, instantly vanishing from the attack's range. At that moment, countless artillery shells descended again, directed at none other than the decapitation squad, Himeko.
However, the countless artillery fire was blocked by the Third Herrscher's barrier. Himeko pulled the trigger expressionlessly.
"Will this really work? We don't have headquarters' special weapons."
She recalled the white-haired boy's words to them: "If you want to quickly kill the Third Herrscher, cooperate with us."
"Just consider me foolish. I'll trust you just once, little brat," Himeko thought. The Third Herrscher ignored Himeko and the others' attacks, instead searching relentlessly for Xiling's location. However, no matter how hard she searched, she could find nothing. Instead, another figure approached, but it wasn't that person.
A feeling of irritation welled up in the Third Herrscher's mind. She watched the humans who continuously attacked her, lightning gathering in her hands. Just as she was about to launch an attack,
Kevin crossed the alley and reached the battlefield.
The Third Herrscher didn't even glance at Kevin. To her, he was just a tiny ant, easily crushed.
But it was precisely because she didn't pay attention to Kevin that she lost.
The chat group time travel system is activated.
The light portal opened.
The Third Herrscher turned sharply. "Cut it, cut it, cut it!" Xiling, holding his sword with both hands, fiercely slashed at the barrier. The holy sword pierced through the barrier, slashing fiercely at the Third Herrscher's neck. Just as he was about to take another step forward, she grabbed the holy sword with her hand, but the moment her hand touched the holy sword, she felt twenty-seven terrifying gazes fixed on her.
At this moment, the Third Herrscher was terrified. She retreated violently, blood streaming from her neck.
However, the Third Herrscher ignored the threat and flew into the sky, away from that terrifying human. She thought that as long as she soared into the sky, she would be safe. But would it really be as she imagined?
As his magic power had been concentrated to its limit, the Tarnished slammed his staff against the ground and roared, "Get up!"
With his roar, the ground began to shake. Under the astonished gaze of the decapitation squad and those observing the area through special means, countless rocks rose from the ground, forming a path. The Great Mage, Tarnished: "Fuck, 20 seconds! Xiling, you only have 20 seconds! Kill her!"
"That's enough!"
Like a rehearsed stage play, the rocky path in the air was the final scene. Xiling raced across the rocky path at the speed of a high-speed train, his legs a mere shadow, his eyes fixed on the Third Herrscher's back. At that moment, he had only one thought:
Cut her off, cut her off, cut her off, cut her off, cut her off, cut her off.
The terrified Third Herrscher, as if sensing something, turned sharply. Behind her, a rocky path had suddenly appeared, and at the end of it, a figure leaped up.
"Draw the holy sword!"
"Don't come near me!" Driven by the will to survive, the Third Herrscher reinforced her barrier, a sphere of plasma.
Xiling could sense the Third Herrscher's terror, but...
Cut her off!
The holy sword struck the barrier directly, just as it had at the beginning. It split, but only a tiny opening remained; the holy sword lodged in the barrier. However… It's enough.
Almost at the moment Xiling swung the sword, Lemuen, high in the tower, pulled the trigger. The bullet pierced the gap created by the holy sword with pinpoint accuracy and successfully struck the Third Herrscher in the forehead.
At the moment, the Third Herrscher was most relaxed when the bullet pierced her skull. The barrier vanished, and her head was severed by the holy sword.
Under the gaze of countless people observing the battle…
The Third Herrscher is death!