Lin figure was swallowed by the overwhelming rain of light spears. Even though Bianca was worried for his safety, she had no choice but to leap up and lunge at the Herrscher of Void!
Moving so fast she appeared beside the Herrscher almost instantly, Bianca left a massive crater in the ground where she had stood. Her lance carried an incomparable force as it lunged toward the Herrscher's head!
"..."
However, the silent, motionless Herrscher merely shifted her eyes. A portal appeared in the path of Bianca's attack, swallowing her strike into another space.
Bianca had anticipated this. She timely halted her charge, and the propulsion wings on both sides of her armor fully deployed, spraying gamma particles like two blazing blue wings!
Boom!
Before the portal could close, she withdrew her lance and adjusted her posture in mid-air. She twisted her body to thrust the lance again, as a phantom holding a great knight's sword appeared behind her. The two attacks converged on a single point!
Clang—Screech!
The tip of the lance stopped just inches before the Herrscher's expressionless face, unable to move forward any further.
The massive knight's sword also stopped in mid-air, as if a pause button had been pressed.
The Herrscher of Void's form flickered, vanishing from the spot and reappearing in the distance. She slowly turned her body to look at Bianca.
Two ribbon-like white substances had blocked Bianca's lance. These seemingly soft and fragile white bands were wrapped around the tip of the lance, and the phantom knight's sword was also blocked by the same substance.
The Herrscher of Void coldly extended a finger and pointed—
Snap!
The ribbons instantly curled, forming stark white spears!
Bianca's pupils shrunk. She suddenly exerted force, shattering the spears before they could fire!
Snap.
The sound of a finger snapping resonated from the Herrscher of Void's hand.
Overwhelming numbers of portals appeared directly above, and from within, countless Honkai Beasts roared like a tidal wave as they fell!
Bianca's light wings flared, turning her into a charging comet racing toward the Herrscher. However, as if to toy with her, the Herrscher of Void vanished from her spot again, flickering to another location.
With a wave of her hand, dozens of portals manifested beside her. Torrents of Honkai energy erupted, and the "comet" in the sky performed a high-speed roll to dodge.
Bianca's gaze was steady. If she could still use the Holy Blade, she would also have the ability to cut through space. How was the Herrscher doing this? The power of a single Herrscher shouldn't be enough to seal the Holy Blade.
Clatter!
At that moment, golden chains appeared at the perfect time!
The snake-like chains entangled the Herrscher of Void's limbs, their power to suppress energy manifesting fully. The portals behind the Herrscher instantly closed. She looked indifferently at the chains on her hands and then glanced down.
On the ground, Lin, covered in blood, was kneeling. He held his chest as his hand rested on the faintly glowing golden cross. The chains firmly bound the Herrscher of Void, preventing her from using her abilities.
At this moment, Lin was still breathing, but he felt as though he couldn't catch his breath. His chest felt blocked by something, and an indescribable impulse was raging through his body.
Vasak... that Honkai Beast that should have been hunted by him... was now seemingly reborn and coming to life inside him...
Was it because of the Herrscher of Void?
Then he had to defeat her quickly. She was currently bound by the Oath of Judah...
"Heh..."
A contemptuous laugh flashed past his ear.
Lin pupils contracted. He looked up sharply at the Herrscher of Void, who should have been unable to move high in the sky. She happened to turn her gaze as well, meeting his eyes.
There was no feeling or emotion, yet Lin seemed to see mockery in the depths of her eyes.
Crash!
The chains wrapped around the Herrscher's limbs snapped instantly! The golden chains made of Soulium shattered like tofu!
At that moment, Lin remembered the chains that had been cut after entering the rift.
What was going on with this Herrscher of Void...?
Deep in Lin eyes, an iridescent hue flickered. Amidst his heavy panting, he saw a strange sight.
Within the Herrscher of Void's chest were two identical gems emitting an intense light.
Lin had seen those two gems before in Mobius laboratory—they were the Herrscher Cores of the Void.
Two... cores.
A clue flashed through his mind, and he shouted without hesitation, "Bianca! Get back!"
This was a Herrscher with two cores! Rita had said her ship was also a Divine Key—a vessel capable of sailing the Sea of Quanta. The core it used must have been the Core of the Void. This Herrscher had taken the ship's core from the rift and claimed it for her own!
Lin had never imagined what would happen if a Herrscher possessed two identical cores, but he felt an unprecedented sense of crisis. This Herrscher was extraordinary!
Schwing!
Another portal appeared in front of Bianca. She dodged it with lightning speed!
But just as she was calculating her next move, she realized her position had changed.
What... happened? Hadn't she dodged it?
Her high-speed forward momentum had turned into a plummet toward the ground. The sensation of weightlessness prevented her from reacting for a moment. She struggled to turn, but at that moment, portals appeared again.
Not just one.
Countless pinkish-purple voids appeared everywhere her vision could reach, surrounding her without a single blind spot.
Within her pupils, the lethal spears inside the portals erupted alongside Honkai energy!
Boom!
Phantoms holding a giant sword and a shield appeared simultaneously to block the front and back of Bianca. She swung her lance like a blade, drawing a perfect arc. The spears and the torrent of Honkai energy were swept away by her strike, but the violent explosion occurred at point-blank range!
The blazing blue comet charged out of the smoke. Her armor was damaged from the explosion, but she herself was unhurt.
As if she had grown interested in Bianca, the Herrscher of Void shifted her attention from Lin to the Valkyrie. She reached out, and two translucent light-blue arms appeared beside her. They grabbed the two phantoms as countless tiny arms emerged from their sides. Each small hand tore a piece from the phantoms before vanishing into the air, instantly pulverizing them!
Lin wanted to continue controlling the Oath of Judah to help Bianca, but the falling Honkai Beasts had already begun to attack him. He had no choice but to pull out a spear and fight them. The first wave of the offensive nearly swallowed him whole!
The surging sensation in his body was gradually amplifying. Lin swung his spears to pierce the head of a Chariot-class Honkai Beast, but the intense feeling inside him caused him to miss his intended target. A nearby Templar-class Honkai Beast sent him flying with its lance!
Thud!
Crashing heavily onto the ground, Lin propped himself up with a spear. The colors in his eyes shifted constantly between iridescence and a greenish-black.
The "voice" he hadn't heard in a long time whispered in his ear once more.