Moreover, she always felt that the other person looked familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere. Maybe they had met in a Valkyrie cooperation battle.
Valkyrie...
It had only been a few months, but this name was already unfamiliar to Jizi. She thought of her time in Saint Freya, when Kiana, who once aimed to become the strongest Valkyrie of Destiny, had become what she is now. No matter how she thought about it, it was Otto's fault.
"No, I'm not a Valkyrie." She shook her head in denial.
"Isn't it?" Susanna felt a little regretful. To be honest, apart from the two captains of the Immortal Blade and the newly promoted Lord Li Sushang, Ji Zi was the strongest and most determined woman she had ever seen, especially since she saved her.
Jizi saw what Susanna was thinking. She smiled and rubbed her head. "Well, you still have a mission. Now that the Honkai Beast has retreated, you won't be able to complete the mission if you waste too much time."
"By the way, Lady Sushang." Susanna was so busy setting up the equipment that she almost forgot that finding Li Suchang was the main purpose of her trip. As her guide, the other party must be impatient now that so much time has passed.
Li Suchang is an S-class Valkyrie who has just awakened. Susanna doesn't know what her temper is like. If she neglects her because of being late, it would definitely be a serious dereliction of duty.
After waving goodbye to Ji Zi, Susanna quickly rushed towards the area where Li Suchang might appear.
As she watched the reckless girl's back gradually disappear, the gentle smile on Ji Zi's face faded. She looked at the severely damaged city buildings in the distance, and clouds of worry gradually climbed onto her cheeks.
Can she really protect this city?
……
"The East City District has been hit by Honkai. All residents are requested to evacuate to the shelter. Please strictly follow the Honkai evacuation guidelines. We will do our best to protect the safety of every citizen."
In another area of the city, the sound of the radio continued to echo in the air, just like four months ago.
However, there was no anxiety in the broadcast now, but instead a reassuring calmness. Under the influence of this sound, the evacuated residents were no longer in chaos.
This is the influence that Qian Jue has on this city. They believe in this city and believe in the existence of hope.
"Hurry up, children and women go in front." A man whose right leg has been completely transformed into a prosthetic is maintaining order. He is a victim of the collapse a few months ago.
Having lost his loved ones, he is now alone and has resented this world countless times. Now, when faced with collapse again, he actually spontaneously helps others evacuate. Only he knows what happened during that time.
Hope and miracles exist, just as magical girls exist in this world. This is the meaning of the birth of the city of Qianjue from destruction.
Everyone was evacuating in an orderly manner, and there were no stampedes. The mechas responsible for maintaining order in the city also immediately began to work against those small Honkai beasts.
"It seems that they already know about the existence of demon beasts?" Li Suchang, who was constantly killing the Honkai beasts, was somewhat puzzled. Generally speaking, the appearance of such a creature would definitely cause panic among the people, so most of the time their existence would be concealed.
Unexpectedly, the people in this city seemed to have long been accustomed to the existence of monsters. This saved her a lot of trouble. At least she didn't have to worry about someone accidentally entering the battlefield.
“That’s perfect.” She put her fingers together in front of her chest, and golden light drew an arc in her hands. The sky seemed to have opened up to a rain curtain, and countless light blue sword blades danced along her fingers like raindrops.
"Ten thousand swords return to the clan!"
Sword rain fell from the sky like a torrential rain, piercing through the densely packed group of Honkai beasts. The huge Honkai beasts only held on for a few seconds before being cut into pieces by the countless flying swords.
However, even so, the beast herd showed no sign of decreasing and continued to pour into the city from the suburbs.
"Is something attracting them?" Li Suchang also noticed something was wrong, but when she was about to set up a sword formation to temporarily block the Honkai beasts and go to investigate herself, an emperor-level Honkai beast brutally broke into the sword formation.
The sword formation that could kill ordinary Honkai beasts almost instantly could not even be broken through by the emperor-level armor. The pouring sword rain dissipated on its surface like real raindrops. It struggled to crash into the street, plowing grooves on the ground.
Li Sushang was naturally not afraid of the emperor-level Honkai beast, but if she did so, her actions would inevitably be delayed. If another Honkai beast appeared at this time...
Before the thought in my mind dissipated, a roar suddenly sounded from another direction.
And it is just one step away from the crowd.
"hateful!"
Just when Li Suchang was overwhelmed, a flash of sword light quietly emerged from the crowd.
The Honkai beast that fell from a height of more than 10 meters like a mountain collided with the sword light and blocked the emperor-level attack.
Under this huge impact, the ground exploded completely. In the thick smoke and dust, there was only a thin figure standing on the earth as if holding a meteorite.
"Go quickly." Su Jue felt a sweetness in his throat and coughed up a large pool of blood. He looked at the people around him who were stunned in place and shouted in a low voice.
Even if this body has the core of law as its energy source, the limit it can reach is only S-level, and the Taixu Sword God he took on last night caused serious damage to this body. His goal is to solve the source of the collapse, and he shouldn't have divided his mind to deal with this temporary crisis, but these people with hope still made him feel a little reluctant.
As a hermeneur, what does the life and death of these mortals have to do with me?
Su Jue kept repeating in his mind, and finally chose to block the attack.
"Thank you..." They looked at him with gratitude and obediently moved towards the underground shelter.
"Go!" Su Jue snorted coldly, and the sword in his hand became sharper and sharper.
Chapter 260 Weakness
The thick smoke and dust almost completely obscured the surrounding environment, with only the faint sword light flickering in it. The roar of the giant beast gradually became weaker, and finally fell powerlessly under Su Jue's sword.
In fact, what was covering the surroundings was not dust, but smoke bombs that Su Jue had proactively set up.
Facing the sudden attack of the Honkai beast, it is certainly possible to resist by relying on the strength of this body, but it is unlikely to end the battle quickly.
Moreover, it was no longer realistic to continue relying on the power of the Ruler of Reason to cause such a large-scale collapse, so Su Jue simply called upon some of his original abilities to quickly resolve the battle.
But there is a problem with this. The power of the Herrscher is very obvious. Once used, it is very likely to be detected by Li Suchang. Although Su Jue has made the worst-case scenario plan and even started to consider how to deal with it after being exposed, since Li Suchang has not noticed it yet, he can't just reveal his identity.
The corpse of the Honkai beast in the smoke and dust was like a small mountain, covering a large area of shadow.
The crisis was resolved. Li Sushang dealt with the Honkai beast cleanly and neatly, then landed in the smoke on his flying sword.
Next to the giant beast's corpse, the figure who had just killed the Honkai beast was facing away from her, as if preparing to leave.
Looking at the silhouette in the smoke and dust, Li Suchang felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity in her heart.
"Su Jue?" She called out to the figure tentatively, feeling somewhat uneasy.
If that figure was really Su Jue, wouldn't that mean that the other party was more powerful than he imagined?
So, is he here to cheat on the Taixu Sword Technique as well?
However, when the figure turned around, Li Suchang saw a man wearing a red kite mask. She was stunned and subconsciously used her spiritual power to sense the other person's breath.
But to her surprise, apart from the almost identical back view, the other person had no similarities with Su Jue in terms of clothing or temperament.
The familiar mask on the other person's face reminded Li Sushang of the masked man who had appeared last night when she and the girl were fighting against the Taixu Sword God. It was the man wearing this mask who had rescued the defeated young Herrscher, and now the other person had appeared before her again.
"Who are you?" She lowered her voice and looked at the weapon in the other person's hand warily.
The sword in the other party's hand was not the Mo Ranxiang that he had given to Su Jue, but a soul steel carbon sword with a full sense of technology. Hearing Li Suchang's call, the other party's voice was low.
"I didn't expect that the Valkyrie of Destiny would dare to set foot in this city."
It's completely different from Su Jue's voice...
Li Suchang immediately noticed the difference between the two. The light grey eyes under the other's mask were not at all similar to Su Jue's dark red eyes.
Darkness, chaos, as if thousands of negative emotions were mixed together. This was the most intuitive feeling the other party gave her. He was very much like the possessed person she had heard her master talk about.
The divine aura of Taixu Sword God enables Li Suchang to feel the spirit deep in the consciousness of others. She had felt his temperament when she first came into contact with Su Jue.
Gentle, natural - such a person cannot be a bad person.
It was for this reason that she was not on guard against Su Jue at all, allowing him to easily steal her ID card.
But the person in front of her only made her feel uncomfortable, completely different from the boy's gentleness.
What made her even more uneasy was that Su Jue's breath seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. Although the faint fragrance of Mo Ranxiang still lingered around, she could not find any trace of the young man.
"Who are you?" The phantom sword condensed in her hand, with the tip of the sword pointing directly at the other party.
"Qian Jue..."
The moment the gloomy voice came out of the man's throat, the carbon sword in the other's hand actually burst into a light blue light. After the light dissipated, a hand cannon appeared in the man's hand.
The black muzzle of the hand cannon was pointed at Li Suchang, and azure blue energy continued to accumulate at the muzzle.
Li Suchang had never seen a weapon of this shape, but she was still keenly aware of the terrifying power contained in the muzzle of the gun, which was an attack no less powerful than her own sword energy.
"Qian Jue?" Li Suchang had never heard of this name, but since the other party mentioned destiny, Otto must know part of the truth.
However, the power displayed by the other party is very different from the style of Taixu sword energy. This person should not have much connection with Su Jue.
Looking at the change in Li Suchang's eyes, Su Jue felt relieved a little. The other party should have realized the difference between him and [Su Jue].
Borrowing the higher characteristics of the core of reason and law, he offset the aura emitted by Mo Ranxiang, and at the same time used the ability of the Thousand Rulers to isolate the detection of the divine essence. This was what Su Jue did in just one second.
However, this is not a long-term solution. Calling upon the core of reason and law is a heavy burden. Su Jue cannot hold on for long if he wants to hide the aura of the Herrscher while taking into account the output.
This time I should be able to fool this girl.
The confrontation between the two finally ended with Li Suchang's concession. At present, the collapse is still raging, and neither of them has time to waste in such a place.
"I won't stay in this city for too long, and I'm not the man of destiny for the time being. I have no intention of conflicting with you. Saving people is the most important thing now."
Facing Li Suchang's concession, Su Jue nodded and put down his weapon. But when he turned around and prepared to leave, he still underestimated Li Suchang's sharpness.
The girl shrugged her nose and wrinkled her slender eyebrows slightly.
Before Su Jue could react, Li Suchang suddenly disappeared from the spot. When she reappeared, the two were less than half a meter apart.
Under Su Jue's shocked gaze, Li Suchang grabbed the edge of Chiyuan's mask with her fingers and took it off.
"Su..."
However, under the mask was a face wrapped in bandages.
Li Suchang paused in her tracks, and Su Jue took this opportunity to quickly distance himself from her.
I don't know which master said that even if it is a disguise plan that is conceived on the spur of the moment, there must be a backup plan.
Su Jue did this. In addition to the disguise of the mask, he also wrapped an extra layer of bandage.
Just as Li Suchang was about to see his appearance under the bandages, the roar of the Honkai beast was heard again.
Li Suchang cleared out all the Honkai beasts near the breakfast shop, but the outbreak was not limited to this area, and countless Honkai beasts continued to flow into the city.
Su Jue didn't have time to play the "Guess Who I Am" game with Li Suchang, and quickly rushed to other areas. Li Suchang, who stayed where she was, could only rescue the civilians first.
Attracted by this special Honkai energy cube, the Honkai beast tide that broke out this time was far more violent than imagined, and is still continuing to intensify.
If the beast tide cannot be expelled or eliminated in time, the scope of impact will further expand.
After separating from Li Suchang, Su Jue no longer needed to pretend, and immediately called upon the control devices he had set up in Tianqiong City. In addition to being able to capture the Taixu Sword God, these devices were also an auxiliary means for him to use his power.
"Next, we just need to use these devices to spread the Herrscher's aura, and then these Honkai beasts will be attracted by the Herrscher's Honkai energy and disperse toward the suburbs."
However, just when everything was ready and all that was needed was to inject power, a strong sense of palpitations pierced Su Jue's soul, causing his consciousness to go blank for a moment as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer.
The strength in his body quickly dissipated like a flood, the scene in front of him suddenly became blurry, and Su Jue couldn't even breathe.
"Cough." He suddenly coughed up a large pool of blood and collapsed to the ground weakly.
"what happened……"
The roar of the Honkai beast still echoed in his ears, and the crying and screaming of the crowd pulled at Su Jue's consciousness, but he could only fall to the ground like a broken doll, looking at the blue sky.
what happened?
He tried to pour the last of his strength into the instrument, to at least somewhat resist the attack of the Honkai beast, but his body was like a long-dried desert, and every drop of Honkai energy was dissipated.
It is the core of the Ruler of Reason, and it absorbed Su Jue's Honkai energy at the critical moment.
The collapse continued, and Li Suchang was overwhelmed. No matter how strong she was, she was just one person, and this city had a population of nearly one million, and she could not take care of it all.
Just as Su Jue was weakened by the sudden backstab of the Li Lu Gem, a ray of fire bloomed in the sky.
In just half a second, the flames turned into a huge vortex, and the ripples caused by the distortion of space continued to spread around the city.
Lawyer.
In the center of the flame vortex, Kiana, with blood still on her cheeks, covered her forehead with her hands, holding a small flame in her hand. The power of the Herrscher of the Sky intersected with the flames, forming a special form of vortex.
The appearance of the Herrscher was like a whirlpool in the water. The Honkai beasts that were wreaking havoc in the city were immediately drawn to his location and gathered towards the Herrscher.
The blazing firelight was reflected in Su Jue's eyes, causing imperceptible ripples. He lay weakly on the ground, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Idiot, that's not how you use the power of Firewood."
Chapter 30: The Will of
Honkai beasts always tend to gather in areas with higher Honkai energy concentrations, and the bait devices that Otto set up with the help of Susanna are based on this principle.
After the reconstruction, Tianqiong City is Su Jue's city. The purpose of its existence is to preserve a last piece of pure land for Kiana when the whole world is targeting her. Naturally, it is impossible for Tianming to intervene. Therefore, both Tianming and the Shenzhou officials know almost nothing about the true ownership of this city.
Obviously this aroused Otto's vigilance, and he deliberately triggered the tide of Honkai beasts in order to find out the real owner of the city.
His plan was successful. Su Jue was currently in a weakened state, and in an attack of this scale, he would surely expose himself if he tried to stop the collapse.
