What's even more tragic is that due to the forced interference of the Honkai Will, Anna, who should have died at the hands of Chen Tianwu, was unable to die as a human.
After all, it was just an ordinary dagger, and Chen Tianwu's attack was not enough to shake the Herrscher. Even if he put the Herrscher's consciousness into a deep sleep, he had no spare energy to do the sealing work.
As long as the Herrscher core cannot be sealed, the Herrscher will soon make a comeback, and Anna will no longer exist at that time.
A huge amount of Honkai energy is constantly being used up from the body to repair the dying shell. The Herrscher's breath is recovering, but Anna's breath is rapidly declining.
The shattered ice crystals scattered on the ground, dyed into bright red ice crystal flowers by Anna's blood. The dim light fell from the sky, refracting the light of dreams through the ice crystals. Anna closed her eyes with regret, quietly waiting for her consciousness to disappear.
After a long time, the sound of tiny shattering things echoed in the silent ruins. The gray-haired boy slowly stepped on the tiny ice crystals and came to the two unconscious people.
Looking at the sleeping Chen Tianwu, Su Jue had a calm expression. Invisible silk threads immediately wrapped around him, barely maintaining his vital signs.
As for Anna, Su Jue could clearly feel the abnormal Honkai energy in her body. As a Herrscher himself, he naturally knew that it was the interference of the Honkai will on the Herrscher.
And this is also one of the purposes of his coming to Coral Island.
The Pacific War, which Su Jue spent a lot of energy and time planning, successfully helped him completely get rid of the surveillance of the Honkai Will, but this does not mean that he will not come into contact with the Honkai Will again.
The amount of information in the memory of the previous life is limited. Even for him, he only knows the existence of Alicia. More information is learned through Otto's Thousand Worlds One Observation Experiment. Therefore, the specific information about the Will of Honkai is still a mystery to him.
He planned to contact the two Herrschers, Bing and Yan, and one of the purposes was to test the nature of the Herrscher's consciousness by preventing the Honkai will from interfering with the Herrscher.
As a Herrscher who has broken away from the system of Thirteen Herrschers and relies on the rule system of the Tree of Imaginary Numbers, Su Jue's status alone is actually not much different from the Will of Honkai. As long as he doesn't seek death, he doesn't have to worry about the backlash of the Will of Honkai.
Su Jue can protect himself, but Kiana will still be disturbed by Honkai. Xinyan is a Herrscher who clearly rebels against Honkai, and coupled with Kiana's desire to save the world, she is bound to be an enemy of Honkai's will.
Given Su Jue's character, he would never allow an unknown threat to spy on Kiana.
Slowly walking to Anna's side, Su Jue's golden eyes lit up again, and along with the pupil patterns of the inverted world tree on his irises, the authority of domination turned into countless golden threads, intertwining with each other, weaving a birdcage-like structure, enveloping Anna in it.
This is the sealing barrier he constructed by imitating the Yellow Spring Staff that Chen Tianwu used before. The power of domination is control and theft. Although it is different from the working principle of the Yellow Spring Staff's imaginary interferometer, it is completely sufficient for imitation.
By cutting off the connection between the Herrscher Core and the imaginary space, the connection between the Honkai consciousness cluster and the Herrscher will be greatly disturbed. Su Jue took the opportunity to suppress the response of the Herrscher Core through the power of domination and forcibly interrupted the repair of the Herrscher Core.
The Herrscher's core was suppressed, and herrscher's consciousness would naturally be affected as well. Through the perception of Taixu Sword God's divine essence, Su Jue clearly realized that Anna's consciousness was slowing down.
This means that the erasure of Anna's memory by the Honkai Will can indeed be prevented by external forces. In other words, if the Honkai Will wants to use similar means against Kiana one day in the future, Su Jue also has a way to counter it.
The Will of Honkai is not invincible. It has its own specific operating principles, but Su Jue does not know the specific rules yet.
After confirming his guess, Su Jue added a layer of protection to Anna's consciousness. This was a temporary shielding device he constructed based on the operating principles of Taixu Sword God and Yu Duchen. The effect was not strong and could only barely prevent her memory from being erased by the collapse.
Anna is an outstanding Valkyrie born in Shaniyat. Even if her character flaws caused her to awaken and become a Herrscher, she would not die in such a tragic manner by being controlled by Honkai.
The golden birdcage shrank, trapping the Ice Herrscher inside. The matter was not over yet, so there was no rush to deprive her of herrscher core. This newly born Herrscher was not a threat to Su Jue, not to mention that there was another Rock Herrscher who had not yet awakened.
Su Jue turned his head and looked at Chen Tianwu who was lying on the ground. The other party was not much different in age from himself, but unfortunately he was not as lucky as himself.
In fact, Chen Tianwu's adaptability to Honkai energy is far beyond that of ordinary people. His body would be so severely eroded that he had to have full-body prostheses, mainly because Manila's Honkai energy was too severe.
The energy level of this collapse, which caused millions of casualties, was enough to give birth to a Herrscher, but Destiny did not find any trace of the birth of a Herrscher. Although the original story did not describe it in detail, Su Jue still tends to believe that Chen Tianwu is the Herrscher who should have been born.
Excessive amounts of Honkai energy flowed into Chen Tianwu's body. Even though he had excellent adaptability, he could not bear the Honkai energy of the Herrscher level. If he died in that Honkai, the Honkai consciousness would most likely choose his body and give birth to a brand new Herrscher.
But by accident, Anna saved him and prevented the birth of the Herrscher.
In Su Jue's view, excellent adaptability, massive amounts of Honkai energy, and serious mental flaws are the basis for the birth of a Herrscher. The Honkai consciousness has already set its sights on Chen Tianwu, and sooner or later he will be dragged into the abyss of Honkai.
Chen Tianwu's obsession with Anna was not wrong, but he should not make a unilateral decision. Su Jue knew this and specifically passed on to him the information that Anna was in the Snow Lotus Team.
Even if Chen Tianwu had not made the decision to eliminate the Herrscher in advance, even if he had considered Anna's feelings more, he would not have fallen to this point.
However, since he did not seize the opportunity given by Su Jue to regret, the ending was already determined.
Su Jue is not a kind psychologist. He is the Ruler of Thousands of People and is best at digging out the weaknesses in people's hearts.
The more you care about a treasure, the more desolate the scene will be when it is broken.
Since Chen Tianwu cares about Anna so much, how desperate will he be when he finds out that the Herrscher he killed with his own hands is the girl he is looking for.
Su Jue was very curious.
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"Anna."
A hoarse and weak calling voice was heard, and Chen Tianwu, who had been sleeping for who knows how long, slowly opened his eyes, and all he saw was broken ruins.
The dizziness in his mind gradually faded away. He was suddenly startled when he saw the surrounding environment clearly. He relaxed a little after confirming that there was no trace of the Ice Ruler.
He tried to check his body and found that the left arm of his prosthesis was completely broken and the hole in his abdomen was particularly creepy. Fortunately, the damage to the body functions required to maintain basic survival conditions was not serious, and he was barely able to hang on to his life.
Struggling to stand up from the ground, Chen Tianwu kept panting. Even this level of activity was a heavy burden for him. But he was the only one here, so he had enough time to treat his injuries.
"Has the Herrscher been killed?" His memory still retained the scene of piercing the Herrscher, but there was no corpse around, only a large pool of frozen dark red blood.
After all, Chen Tianwu had no experience of killing a Herrscher with his own hands, and he didn't know whether the Herrscher was dead or alive in this state, nor did he know whether the Herrscher would leave a corpse after death, but anyway.
A smile appeared on Chen Tianwu's face.
He did his best. No matter whether the Herrscher was destroyed or seriously injured, the fully-equipped Valkyrie team would not suffer heavy casualties. In this way, at least Anna's safety was guaranteed.
With staggering steps, Chen Tianwu walked towards his suitcase, which contained emergency medicines to keep his body stable.
He stepped on frozen red ice crystals, and the soles of his shoes came into contact with sticky blood, which gave him a strange touch. He lowered his head and found that it was an identity card. Many areas of the card were covered in blood, and only the blood on the back was exposed by his stepping on it.
"Destiny?" As an intelligence officer, Chen Tianwu was naturally familiar with the symbol of destiny. Moreover, Anna's identity was also a Valkyrie. He had been secretly investigating the information of destiny.
But why is there Tianming’s ID card here?
“Is it the Scheme staff stationed here?” He quickly guessed this possibility and tried to wipe off the blood stain on the front, but the stain was so severe that he could only barely make out information such as XX Squad Valkyrie.
He frowned and thought. The intelligence did not mention that there were Valkyries stationed on the Coral Island. The nearest Snow Lotus Team would take at least two or three hours to arrive. Could it be that a Valkyrie search and rescue team had come during the time he was asleep?
But looking at the traces and impressions around, there was no change, and the blood coagulation was quite complete, so it was impossible for anyone to have been here.
I put the ID card in front of my eyes and observed the marks through the light. Apart from the blood, there were no other stains. It didn't look like it had been left there for a long time.
"Hersher!" Excluding all speculations, the owner of this ID card is most likely the Herrsher himself.
He recalled the information he had come across in the world before. The birth of the Herrscher required a carrier with excellent adaptability to Honkai energy. If the Herrscher of Ice was a Valkyrie before her birth, this condition would be met.
However, Chen Tianwu, who guessed the source of the ID card, was not happy at all. He stared at the Valkyrie's certificate in a daze, and a feeling of uneasiness gradually emerged in his heart.
"There shouldn't be any Valkyries on Coral Island." He murmured to himself as if to comfort himself, "Anna is still in an area several hundred kilometers away. Even if there is a Valkyrie, it must be from another team."
But the more he said this, the more nervous he became, gradually turning into restless panic.
He put the ID card into his pocket, forced himself not to think about the terrible thought, dragged his body, and quickly walked to his suitcase. But as soon as he opened the suitcase, a crisp ticking sound suddenly came.
Chen Tianwu was slightly startled and turned his head, only to find that the computer he had taken out before was actually retained in the battle with the Law-Master. At this time, the desktop showed that a new email had been received.
The email was not signed, with only a black and white stamp on the sender's address.
The moment he saw the sign clearly, Chen Tianwu's pupils suddenly shrank, and the sound he heard during the battle just now quickly emerged in his mind.
At that time, he had no time to think about it. His obsession with Anna and his desire for life drove him to use the special power provided by the Mark of Kindred.
But now that the battle is over, the sudden arrival of strange emails makes him feel extremely uneasy.
As an ordinary young man, Chen Tianwu has naturally come into contact with many movies or novels on the Internet. Those who choose to make deals with the devil in these works, whether they are greedy or begging, usually end up in a miserable way.
If the Mark of Kindred is a curse, what price will he pay?
"If I can protect Anna with my own life, I will not regret it." He looked up and around, as if responding to the question Su Jue had once asked him.
No one responded to him. Chen Tianwu stood there, and the boy's voice did not come to his mind.
After a long time, he stretched out his finger and gently swiped the screen. The computer was not connected to the Internet, but it still received emails. However, Chen Tianwu had already gotten used to the other party's mystery and did not pay much attention to it. The content of the email he was concerned about, if put in the online novel, should be a threat from this mysterious existence.
However, no.
There were no threatening words, just a few short lines of information.
"Herrser of Ice Files: Anna Shaniat."
Location: Coral Island
"Herrserker Status: Death"
"Herrscher Slayer—"
"Chen...Tian...Wu." A trembling voice read out the last name. Chen Tianwu felt as if his throat was swallowing broken blades. Every word tore large wounds in his body.
boom!
He smashed the screen with his head, blood flowed down Chen Tianwu's forehead and covered his eyes. Like a hot potato, he threw the computer far away, held his face, and took several steps back.
It was not until his back hit the towering icicle that he slid down the wall helplessly.
"Impossible, this is a joke." Biting his tongue hard and forcing the pain to bring him back to his senses, Chen Tianwu quickly came back to his senses from the panic. He knew very well how deep his obsession with Anna was. He would never mistake Anna, let alone kill her.
The organization of Qian Jue has remained mysterious from the beginning to the end. This information of unknown origin is very likely to be some kind of misleading signal.
"The other party knows about the relationship between Anna and me, and must have planned this long ago."
What exactly are they after? Is it the World Serpent's intelligence? Or is it my own abilities?
Forcibly diverting his attention, Chen Tianwu forced himself not to think about anything about Anna. He understood that this was definitely Qian Jue's conspiracy.
"I must escape from here. I want to find her." Giving up temporary treatment, Chen Tianwu ignored his body's warnings and forcibly dragged his body towards the exit.
"Let's take a step back and say that the Herrscher is not dead. Even in the worst-case scenario..."
The light in the frozen ruins was very dim, with only a little light leaking from overhead. The surrounding environment was extremely gloomy, making Chen Tianwu almost breathless.
Suddenly, he stopped and his eyes fell on the glowing Herrscher core in the ruins, and the familiar heart-shaped pendant next to the core.
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His throat seemed to be tightly wrapped by a python, and Chen Tianwu's pupils contracted violently. His breathing stagnated, and even his artificial heart stopped responding. The blood coagulated in his blood vessels and gradually froze.
"Anna." A sound like being rubbed by sandpaper escaped from the corner of his mouth. All the strength in his body was drained. Chen Tianwu staggered and knelt down in front of the pendant in embarrassment.
The light blue heart-shaped pendant fell into his eyes, and all other colors quickly faded from his vision and turned gray. Chen Tianwu carefully picked up the pendant from the ruins with trembling fingers. He held his breath and tremblingly took out the other half hanging around his neck from his chest.
The two interlaced heart shapes fit together perfectly, completely shattering Chen Tianwu's hopeless mentality.
He knelt in the ice crystal ruins, his heart aching as if it was pierced, everything in front of him became blurry, and countless noisy and chaotic voices emerged in his mind.
A huge amount of Honkai energy quickly gathered and eroded this perfect host body. Fine cracks of Honkai energy climbed along Chen Tianwu's neck and penetrated into his blood like snake venom.
However, Chen Tianwu still maintained his remaining clarity. He tightly grasped the two necklaces in his hand, leaned over and bit the core of the Herrscher with his mouth, and stood up from the ground with one hand.
"Qian Jue! They must know, they must know what happened, Anna, Anna!"
The dying man grabbed the last straw. Chen Tianwu's face was full of madness, and the bright red blood on his face looked like blooming poppies.
He crawled back to his suitcase, but all he saw were broken computer fragments on the floor.
Just a few minutes ago, he smashed the computer with his own hands, cutting off his contact with Qian Jue.
The last string in his mind was completely broken, and Chen Tianwu became a madman who had lost his mind, and even tried to piece the broken hardware back together.
But everything was in vain. His movements became slower and slower until he finally stopped completely. He knelt on the ground in despair. The tears that had dried up two years ago flowed from the boy's eyes again.
The falling teardrops were frozen in less than half a second, and the ice beads fell to the ground without causing a ripple.
Unspeakable regret gnawed at his heart, and Honkai was like a wild beast that had smelled delicious food, lurking at Chen Tianwu.
He knelt there, like an ice sculpture.
The Honkai Will, which had been stirring for a long time, took advantage of the opportunity and used his inner despair as nourishment to continuously nourish the cohesion of the Herrscher's core.
However, the condensation of the Rock Law Core was far slower than that of a normal Law Master, because the obsession remaining in Chen Tianwu's heart had not yet dissipated.
The obsession to meet Anna again is the force that supports him to live. Even if the belief completely collapses, this persistence that is almost engraved into the soul still instinctively rejects the erosion of collapse.
drip.
His forgotten cell phone suddenly rang. In the previous battle with Bing Lu, the cell phone he carried with him was almost completely scrapped, but it lit up again at this moment.
Chen Tianwu, looking haggard and hopeless, hung his head, unable to hear any sound.
However, the mobile phone that had long been infiltrated by Su Jue started to work automatically and received an email.
The content of the email only consisted of a few seconds of audio. Without any operation, the audio automatically sounded in the empty and silent ruins.
"Chen...Tian...Wu"
The unclear voice sounded like a blood-soaked wail, but Chen Tianwu, who had turned into an ice sculpture, instantly recognized Anna's voice. He leaned over, blood seeping from his tearful eyes. The dying man devoutly listened to the final elegy at the end of his life.
But along with the girl's call, there was also the sound of a sharp blade piercing the body and ice shattering.
