but……
Looking at the figure of the white-haired girl in the sky, Su Jue sighed softly. When Kiana stepped forward, it meant that he no longer had to risk being exposed, but this meant that Kiana would once again enter Otto's field of vision, and more suspicion and distrust would inevitably follow.
More importantly, Su Jue didn't know whether she could withstand this pressure and awaken the power of Fire Flame safely.
The concentration of Honkai energy brought by the Herrscher must be higher than these bait devices, and this full-scale attack can be considered as temporarily out of danger. But this is not the result Su Jue wants, and his body...
Weak and tired, as if every cell in my body is resisting me.
Pain and dizziness came from their will challenging Su Jue's domination.
Forcing himself to support his body, Su Jue's eyes became extremely cold.
His body was constructed by the power of the Ruler of Reason, and so far, this core is still resisting his power. The main reason is that the will of the 30 people in the core has never accepted Su Jue.
And this sudden weakness was most likely caused by the 30 wills that forcibly seized control of the body.
To be honest, Su Jue had never thought of erasing the will of these people. Even the Herrscher Core just wanted to try to make them accept himself through a long period of adjustment.
But now it seems that when a Herrscher acts too friendly, even these dead consciousnesses will not take him seriously.
This body is no different from Su Jue's own puppet. The purpose of its existence is to adapt to the Ruler of Reason, and it will inevitably be affected by the Core.
The loss of Honkai energy in the body continued, but when the gold in Su Jue's eyes lit up, an enormous amount of Honkai energy instantly poured into the body from the imaginary space.
In an instant, the original resistance of the Herrscher Core to Su Jue was wiped out by the power of domination. He stretched out his hand and stabbed directly into his chest, taking out a continuously rotating core from his body.
He could clearly feel that the will of those 30 people was still echoing in the core.
The blood-stained core was stained a sickly scarlet color, reflected in Su Jue's golden eyes.
His fingertips tightened little by little, and the core rotated faster and faster. The Herrscher Core clearly felt Su Jue's killing intent, and finally did not dare to rebel anymore, and took the initiative to become dim and quiet.
"I don't want to erase the will of these 300,000 people, because there are still millions of people in Sky City who need me to protect them. Don't force me..." He murmured to himself, and the control of his body returned to Su Jue again. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked up at the girl in the sky, and his eyes full of murderous intent gradually calmed down.
But just when he thought that things would end with Kiana leading the Honkai beast away, Kiana, who was at the center of the vortex of fire, suddenly fell unnaturally.
Although she quickly stopped falling, Su Jue, who had been watching her, obviously did not miss this information, and his face suddenly became gloomy.
……
"Kiana, can you still hold on?" Looking at the stubborn girl with some worry, Fu Hua only hated that she only had ideology at the moment and could not help Kiana.
"Captain, don't worry, I'm fine." The flame in her hand burned more and more vigorously, turning into a surging vortex that attracted the Honkai beast. Kiana pretended to respond in a relaxed manner, but she didn't know how pale her face was.
Su Jue was right, this was not how the power of Xinyan was used.
Kiana is currently not qualified to contain the Eternal Flame, so her use of the small flame is simply to use her own body to forcibly absorb the power of the flame.
Although this power can attract the gathering of Honkai beasts, it is also constantly burning Kiana herself.
It has been less than half a month since the Gem of Conquest was taken away by Mei, and she has not fully recovered from the severe erosion. Although the Gem of Tranquility has been maintaining the functioning of her body, the forced use of Fire Flame this time will undoubtedly make all her previous recovery in vain.
Knowing that she couldn't persuade Kiana, Fu Hua could only remain silent.
She was very clear about Kiana's current condition. The serious psychological problems from Su Jue's death had not yet been resolved, and her body was seriously injured in the fight with the unknown girl last night.
Even the wound on his forehead was still bleeding, which was left by the sneak attack from the Honkai Beast in the morning.
As a Herrscher, being injured by a sneak attack from a Honkai beast sounds like a joke, but it also shows how weak Kiana is now.
"You're so tired, Kiana."
Before Fu Hua's voice could reach Kiana's mind, the girl's body sank dozens of meters uncontrollably.
At this time, Kiana could not hear Fu Hua's voice clearly, because her condition was worse than Fu Hua had guessed.
The spying from the Herrscher of the Void, the farewell before Ji Zi's death, and the memories of Su Jue, each of them made her consciousness fragmented. In this state, the lethality of Taixu Sword God was amplified countless times.
Although Su Jue helped block nearly 90% of the attacks, the initial impact still disturbed Kiana's heart.
This was something that even Kenshin's broken Fu Hua couldn't sense, and Kiana herself was completely unaware of this, and was simply straining her body as hard as she could.
If this continues, her spirit may suffer permanent trauma.
"It's okay, as long as we lead them out of the city, soon..." Although she was still a few hundred meters away from the city border, her consciousness had reached its limit.
Just hold on for a few more minutes, just...
Vision becomes blurry.
"Kiana!" Fu Hua's scream suddenly woke the girl up. She looked down and found that she was only 10 meters away from the ground, and she fell from a height of thousands of meters.
If we were any slower, the consequences would be self-evident.
Roar.
The roar of the Honkai beasts came, and in the few seconds when she was unconscious, the Honkai beasts attracted by her suddenly lost their target and immediately rioted. This time, the Honkai beasts gathered from the entire city, and the damage caused by losing control would be devastating.
"No." Kiana, who noticed this change, looked even paler. She immediately gathered all her strength into the flames, and then spread it out through her body and the power of the Law of Space to attract the Honkai beast.
But the moment the power of the firewood flame flowed into her body, her eyes went dark, her consciousness could no longer hold on, and she fell into pure darkness.
"Kiana!" Fu Hua's voice became unclear. Kiana wanted to respond, but she couldn't even open her eyes.
And in the last moment before her consciousness fell asleep, she felt her falling body seemed to fall into a familiar embrace.
Chapter 262 Flame
The roar of the Honkai beasts, the roar of collapsing buildings, the honking of car explosions, and the sharp and piercing alarms. The noisy sounds gathered in the city, stirring everyone's nerves.
However, these voices gradually disappeared from Su Jue's mind, leaving only the girl's painful breathing.
The eyes under the mask stared at the sleeping face of the girl, and Su Jue held Kiana in both hands and landed gently. His toes touched the ground, and he landed steadily on the ground in the lightest way.
Su Jue frowned as he looked at the girl in his arms, whose face turned extremely pale due to the burning of the Fire Flame. In his original expectation, even if Kiana could not fully master the Fire Flame, she would at least be much stronger than an ordinary Herrscher.
But in terms of the strength shown in the two battles in Tianqiong City, Kiana's situation is really not satisfactory. Let's not talk about Li Sushang's Taixu Sword God for now, the Xinyan Flame is a gift he specially prepared for Kiana, and theoretically he should not reject Kiana.
Before making a plan, he repeatedly recalled the story in the original world line and confirmed that Kiana became the Herrscher of Fire because she killed the Thousand Herrschers and inherited Ji Zi's will. In a sense, only Su Jue's death could give birth to a more powerful Kiana.
I am clearly doing the same thing, so why is the result deviating from the expected one?
Is it because Ji Zi’s regret has not been resolved yet?
After ruling out her own fault, Su Jue could only temporarily put the blame on Ji Zi. It must be because she, as a teacher, had not fulfilled her responsibilities that Kiana was so weak.
Now is not the time to think about so many things. Kiana is definitely unable to fully control the power of Fire Flame at the moment. Su Jue can only find a way to alleviate the erosion of Honkai energy first.
However, his condition was not very good either. He could only hold the girl with one hand, cover his palm on the burning flame in Kiana's hand, close his eyes, and use his perception to find the problem.
To his surprise, when Su Jue's consciousness merged into Kiana's body, the originally irritable Xin Yan quickly calmed down and stayed obediently in the palms of the two people.
Su Jue opened his eyes with a strange look on his face.
The fire in their hands was softly warm, without any stinging burning sensation. This was indeed what the Fire of Hope should look like, so why was Kiana's compatibility with it much lower than expected?
It couldn't be that she wouldn't regard this as Su Jue's relic and would actively resist Xin Yan's power.
"..." Su Jue, who vaguely guessed the truth, was stunned, and looked at Qiyana with an increasingly complicated look. "Could it be that it was really my fault?"
When Su Jue controlled the firewood flame, the small flame, like a young swallow returning to its nest, sank into his body with a little excitement and turned into the power of fire.
This scene happened to be seen by Fu Hua who was hiding in Yu Duchen. She looked thoughtful.
Realizing that she had discovered a secret, Fu Hua immediately prepared to use Yu Duchen's consciousness shielding ability to secretly spy on Su Jue's consciousness. However, when Yu Duchen's ability was just activated, Fu Hua met a pair of cold gray eyes.
"Red Kite Immortal, it seems that you did not fulfill the deal between us."
Familiar voice, familiar tone. Fu Hua immediately thought of that mysterious figure. It was this person who had invaded her mind space and made a deal with her when Kiana was wandering in Sky City.
"It's you? Wait..."
Fu Hua, who wanted to say something more, felt her vision blurry and Yu Duchen's thoughts disappeared in an instant.
Su Jue, who forcibly cut off Yu Duchen, withdrew his gaze. Fu Hua's perception was equally sharp. If he let her keep staring at him, he might reveal more information.
Of course, when cutting off her contact, Su Jue did not forget to release some misleading information. Since the protagonists have such a strong imagination, he might as well release the previous fake identity and let them guess it slowly.
There were too many Honkai beasts in the city at this time. In the ten seconds that Su Jue caught Kiana, several of them had already discovered their tracks. Fortunately, with Kiana's attraction, this place was close to the edge of the city and there were not many residents.
Roar!
With a temple-level roar, the giant beast holding a lance charged towards Su Jue.
"Since she needs to rest, you should calm down first." Su Jue murmured softly, and loosened his grip on Qiana's hand. With a light tap of his fingertips, the three-foot sword slipped out of his sleeve and happened to be held in his hand.
The charging Honkai beast was still dozens of meters away from Su Jue, and a thin crimson line had already cut it neatly in half.
Flames were quietly burning on the body of the collapsed Honkai beast for 3 seconds, and then the body was burned into nothingness by the fire.
The orange-red flame spread from the fingertips, clinging around Mo Ranxiang like a thin snake.
He let go of his hand, and Mo Ranxiang, wrapped in flames, floated beside him. Su Jue picked up Qiyana with both hands and slowly walked towards the East City District.
The Honkai beasts on the street, whether they were low-level chariots or high-level emperors, would be killed instantly by the flying swords the moment they approached the two of them.
This is the manifestation of the strongest destructive power of the Herrscher of Fire.
Holding my sister in my arms, I will kill any god I meet.
Although it looks handsome, Su Jue actually doesn't want to use this sword if possible.
Li Suchang has control over his mind and will definitely be able to feel his sword being unsheathed. It won't be long before they will come looking for him, and then there will be a lot of trouble again. He hasn't learned the Taixu Sword God yet.
However, in his current state, he certainly cannot withstand the damage of the Fire Flame and can only use it with the help of a carrier. The only choice is the Xuan-Yuan Sword.
"Forget it, I'll explain it later."
The attraction from the Herrer made these Honkai beasts flock to Su Jue. The number of beasts was so huge that even though Su Jue could kill them instantly with almost every strike, the damage to him was also huge.
This body was created by the core of reason and law. Without being recognized by the core, he would not be able to establish a connection with the imaginary space. After using the Fire Flame for more than ten minutes in a row, his face under the mask had turned pale.
Fortunately, while Su Jue was clearing out the Collapse beasts, Li Suchang was also encircling the beast tide in another direction. With the siege of two S-level beasts, the Collapse finally came to an end.
Gradually, the bustling city became quiet again, and the city's sanitation patrol agency began to operate, organizing emergency evacuation work. Ordinary Honkai beasts only needed mechas to clean up, and Su Jue's mission was completed.
Looking at Kiana sleeping peacefully in his arms, Su Jue smiled with relief. But just as he was about to send Kiana directly to Ji Zi, the injuries hidden in his body could no longer be suppressed.
Su Jue stumbled and almost fell to the ground with Kiana.
The flame of fire that had penetrated into his body automatically popped out and returned to Kiana's hands again. Helplessly, he could only find a safe place to put Kiana down temporarily.
He himself staggered in the opposite direction. Finally, in the blurred consciousness caused by overexertion, he could no longer hold on and slowly slid to the ground against the wall.
Not long after he fainted, light footsteps were heard, and a figure appeared at the corner of the alley. Looking at Su Jue, who was sitting on the ground with blood all over his body, Li Sushang subconsciously clenched the Chiyuan doll in her hand.
Chapter 263 The truth that I don't want to reveal
The shadow of collapse gradually dissipated, and the morning sun finally returned to the city again. Li Suchang slowly walked to the unconscious figure and remained silent for a long time.
The gentle sunlight fell on the pale red kite mask, outlining a large shadow.
The Mo Ranxiang that fell to the ground seemed to sense the arrival of its owner and made a crisp buzzing sound, but Li Sushang did not pick it up immediately. Instead, he squatted down and gently touched the Chiyuan mask with his fingertips.
"Is it you?" The girl's low murmur drifted in the empty alley. She could obviously take off the mask with just a raise of her hand, and the answer was clearly right in front of her, but Li Suchang was hesitant.
If the sword next to her didn't belong to Mo Ranxiang, she could have taken advantage of the other party being unconscious to find out.
But precisely because that was the weapon she had handed to Su Jue personally, she was unwilling to expose this obvious truth.
If this person is really Su Jue, it means that the other party has ulterior motives in approaching me. Once I expose him, this first friendship after 500 years will come to an end.
The streets seemed exceptionally quiet after the Honkai Beasts fell silent; even the sound of the mask falling to the ground seemed particularly clear.
……
The breeze blew through the window of the ward, through the white curtains, and gently caressed the ends of Su Jue's hair. The bright light shone through the gap between his eyelids, waking up the sleeping boy.
Su Jue slowly opened his eyes and saw the familiar ceiling of the hospital. The memories in his mind quickly fed back to him, allowing him to quickly sort out the current situation.
In the quiet ward, the only sound was the rustling of the curtains. A faint and refreshing fragrance flowed into his nose along the breeze. He turned his head and saw the girl sitting by the window in a daze.
Li Suchang, who was always straightforward, encountered something she couldn't understand. Her two slender eyebrows were slightly frowned, and she looked out the window with her deep eyes in deep thought.
Without disturbing Li Suchang who was struggling, Su Jue set his sights on the bedside table beside the bed.
The crumpled Red Kite doll was lying there quietly, like a poor creature that had been seduced and then abandoned.
Mo Ranxiang, put back into the scabbard, was placed flat on the cabinet, together with Su Jue's mobile phone and a pile of change and other items.
When the mask came into Su Jue's sight, an unexpected thought flashed through his mind. However, after seeing the style of the mask clearly, his eyes became confused again.
Because that mask was not the Red Kite Mask he was wearing, but the Houmu Mask he had used as a backup.
