"Sure enough, it's just as everyone said..."
She closed her eyes, feeling the warmth of the fire, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, bringing out a happy and beautiful smile.
"Father... he is such a gentle person..."
Then, the flames enveloped her and turned her into ashes.
tick-
Outside, the rain was much lighter, but it was still falling, and the rain brought some emotions of heartache and comfort.
But at this moment, the sky was faintly glowing... The night was passing and the day was coming.
But... this does not mean the arrival of "dawn", but rather symbolizes... the beginning of disaster.
boom! ! !
A huge roar sounded from a distance, and a unique and annoying smell began to fill the air.
Special creatures in white and purple began to appear out of nowhere, destroying everything on Dusk Street.
Collapse - arrived as expected.
Chapter 5254 Everything Burns to ashes ()
The flames were spreading, engulfing the surroundings like a wave.
The houses were destroyed and the ground was damaged. It seemed so beautiful here the moment before, but it became dilapidated the next moment.
The accumulated water on the ground was evaporated, and the rain falling from the sky could not even touch the ground and was directly evaporated by the flames. Even the rain clouds in the sky were gradually dispersing, as if they were dispersed by the flames on the ground.
The rain in the sky became less and less, the rain clouds gradually dissipated, and finally the brilliant sunshine appeared... The beautiful sunny day came, but the disaster on the earth had just begun.
The Honkai beasts were rejoicing, running, and destroying. Although there were no lives for them to hunt here, they didn't mind and destroyed everything around them to their heart's content. They just walked around casually and just gently flew their wings, and the houses would collapse and turn into ruins.
Ah, I found it... I found it! There is life here! Great!
The Honkai Beast was attracted by the breath of life and quickly approached him, swinging its body to attack him.
However, the next moment, a ferocious fist attacked.
"Don't (expletive) get in the way!!!"
Qianjie roared and wantonly slaughtered all the Honkai beasts around him that wanted to get close to him. Even though he had fought with Ying for a whole night, he did not show any signs of fatigue at this moment, and even his combat power did not decrease. He even became stronger, but... he was also more manic.
"As expected... the collapse has occurred..."
In the raging fire, a touch of coldness quietly appeared, and as a flash of ice-blue, ice-thin blade passed by, several Honkai beasts disintegrated instantly and were cut into several pieces.
"This place...is indeed a very dangerous place."
"Dangerous? Hum...haha...dangerous?! It's dangerous here?! Can it be as dangerous as you guys?!"
Even though he was still under siege, Qianjie still had enough energy to reply to Ying's words.
"Obviously, nothing happened here before. Obviously, nothing would happen here before! Obviously, none of this would ever happen... but it's you! It's you!!! You turned this place into ruins!!!"
"There are too many patients with Honkai disease gathered here. With the excessive accumulation of Honkai energy... the outbreak of Honkai is inevitable. It's just a matter of time."
"Inevitable? Haha... It is indeed inevitable! Then tell me, why didn't it break out earlier or later, but happened the day after you guys arrived? Why was there nothing wrong before, but something happened right after you guys arrived?!"
Qianjie grabbed the Honkai beast that was about to attack him, then smashed it to the ground, threw it aside, letting it smash the building, and then turned to look at Ying.
"tell me!!!"
He roared and questioned, and his anger seemed to merge with the surrounding flames, filling the area.
Even with the mask blocking her view, Sakura could still imagine the distorted and angry expression underneath his mask.
"........."
Sakura didn't answer, and she didn't know how to answer... Because she didn't expect that the Honkai would happen just the day after she took action. It was really too much of a coincidence.
She thought again of Xiwang's previous dissuasion and reminder. Xiwang told her that the arrival of the fire moth would bring disaster to this place... She didn't believe it at first, but now she is a little shaken.
Because it's such a coincidence.
But now, she should focus on clearing out the surrounding Honkai beasts and ending this Honkai... Wait, that priest!
Sakura suddenly remembered that the key target that the Fire Moth had asked her to pay attention to was still there, and she should go and confirm it first... Okay, no need for that.
Because Ying saw Xiwang's figure.
He walked slowly through the ruins, holding the special Bible in his hand with a cross pendant, his eyes looking straight ahead, his steps slow and firm. The flames burning around him seemed to have no effect on him, and even the Honkai beasts running around seemed to be avoiding him.
"The disaster has arrived... Please allow me to join you, and He will give us the power to resolve this disaster."
Xi Wang walked up to the two of them, bowed politely again, and then spoke softly.
"Hmph... that sounds nice... but you did a pretty good job this time, Father."
Qianjie snorted coldly and did not directly respond to Xiwang's words... Anyway, these words were not addressed to him.
"You...forget it."
Ying originally wanted to let Xiwang leave and go to a safe place, but when she thought of the "abnormality" in him, she hesitated for a while and gave up.
However, she still subconsciously moved a few steps and protected Xi Wang behind her.
After all, he is the focus of the Fire Moth, so we should protect him more - Sakura thought.
Soon, the burning flames around became more fierce, and the briefly silent Honkai beasts became active again, attacking the three people... But before Sakura could make a move, accompanied by the sound of intensive attacks, the attacking Honkai beasts were killed, and then the sound of intensive footsteps was heard.
"……mark?"
Ying turned around, only to find that her comrade had brought a small team of people to support her, and the weapons they were carrying... seemed familiar.
"Hey, Sakura, we're here to provide support."
After Hen casually greeted everyone, he began to briefly introduce their situation.
"The higher-ups think that this place could be destroyed at any time, so they arranged for us to stay outside and be ready to pick you up at any time... If you complete your mission successfully, then we will have nothing to do with it, but if something special really happens, we will come to help..."
After saying that, Hen gestured at the equipment on himself and his teammates.
"These things were given to us by a little girl, who said we would need them... Now it seems that they are really a great help, but that girl shouldn't be a member of the Fire Moth Chaser, right? Why did she have this kind of equipment?"
"........."
Ying didn't respond, because those were the equipment placed in advance by the poison pupa. Although theoretically they still belonged to the Fire Moth, due to the nature of the poison pupa, the mission that Ying was performing... was somewhat inconvenient to disclose, especially for a regular fighter of the Fire Moth like Xiang Hen, it was even more inconvenient for Ying to talk about it.
What's more, several of the missions Ying was carrying out this time needed to be kept secret. Her only mission was to "investigate Twilight Street and the "Priest""...
"Forget it, these are not important. Let's deal with this collapse first. And these two...civilians? Please follow behind us and be careful not to be attacked by those [monsters]."
Fortunately, Hen did not dwell on this topic too much, or perhaps as a veteran he had already seen some clues, so he quickly shifted the topic to Xiwang and Qianjie.
But soon, Hen changed his mind... How could a civilian grab a Honkai beast and smash it on the ground?
"Hahahaha!!! Come on! Come again!!! Let's see whether your flames will be extinguished first, or my anger will be calmed first!"
"But just think about it! You will definitely be the first to be destroyed!!! Because your flames will eventually end, but my anger... is endless!!!"
"Hahahahaha!!!"
"........."
Looking at Qianjie killing a lot of Honkai beasts and even having time to let out a crazy laugh, Hen and his team members were speechless for a moment.
This guy... is a "commoner"? !
How can a commoner chase down a Honkai beast? ! Could this guy even fight a Fusion Warrior?
"That was a being with [Anomaly]... He and I fought from last night until early morning, and we ended up in a tie. And... I was unable to suppress him."
Sakura said truthfully after a brief pause.
"........."
Hen and the others were really shocked... It turns out that this guy can really fight against the [Fusion Warrior]? !
"Then who is this?"
Hen turned his gaze towards Xi Wang and asked... Could it be that this "commoner" is also some abnormal being?
and……
Hen frowned, looking at Xiwang with a bit of doubt in his eyes... He had a feeling that he would get along well with this person, maybe Grayxiu would like him very much... No, no, how could he think like that? ! Grayxiu is my lovely daughter, how could I let her meet strange people casually? !
"He... well, he's the [priest] here, that is, in Twilight Street. He's the one that needs to be investigated in the mission, and... he's more or less [abnormal]."
Ying still answered truthfully, but this answer made Hen and others even more confused... Hey, hey, hey, we found two people with [abnormality] during an investigation mission, and they were both on Dusk Street... Is this crappy place so blessed with talented people?
"Everyone, the brief introduction is over. Please focus on the disaster before you..."
"You are right, Father."
Hearing Xiwang's words, Hen immediately spoke, and then stood in front of Xiwang and protected him behind him... and the other members also quickly formed a formation to protect Xiwang... Although Ying said that Xiwang was a person with [abnormality], Xiwang did not show the same strong fighting ability as Qianjie, so Hen and others still regarded him as a civilian who needed protection.
Sakura disappeared from the spot in a flash and quickly rushed into the group of Honkai beasts. With flashes of ice-blue sword light, countless Honkai beasts died in an instant... Compared with Qianjie's extremely violent fighting method, Sakura's actions were very quick and decisive.
The front line began to stabilize. Although the Honkai beasts came like a tide, the battle situation became better and better with the efforts of everyone.
But... the number of Honkai beasts began to increase, the temperature around them began to rise rapidly, the fire began to boil, the red flames distorted everything around them, and the flames of destruction seemed to devour everything around them.
The flames were reflected in everyone's pupils, reminding Ying and Hen of bad memories - the [Seventh Great Collapse] that had just passed not long ago.
Even the surrounding environment...became like the scene when the Seventh Herrscher appeared.
And in the next moment, Ying keenly caught an extremely powerful aura... It seemed that it was the most powerful and most critical Honkai beast in this Honkai. As long as it was solved, the difficulty of this Honkai would be reduced a lot.
So, everyone... saw the shape of the Honkai beast.
It was a strange Honkai beast, shaped like a cross sword with the tip pointing downwards and the hilt pointing upwards. There was a pituitary on each side of the hilt, making it look like a balance. There were six broken wings on its back, and red flames emerged from the tip of the sword, wrapping around the sword and constantly rising. In the process, the flames seemed to be given an extremely specific "entity", intertwining and compatible with the sword.
It is a very strange feeling, making it difficult to judge whether "fire was generated on the sword" or "the sword was generated on the fire".
When it appeared, the surrounding flames intensified and continued to rise, as if they were going to turn into a real cage and trap them all to death.
However, facing it, Xi Wang was stunned... It was very similar to a certain "existence" around Him, but it seemed to be different in some way... and more importantly, it seemed to be conveying a meaning of scrutiny and questioning to Xi Wang.
However, the others didn't care about that. The moment it appeared, Ying drew her knife, flashed to its side, and drew her knife in an instant, and the attacks of Hen and others also arrived.
but……
"Useless?!"
Ying was a little surprised for a moment. Not to mention the attacks of Hen and others, even her own attacks did not have much effect. Her knife was almost melted by the flames.
Immediately, Ying retreated, dodging the flames it controlled, but Qianjie rushed towards it in the flames. After fighting with it for several rounds, he was quickly repelled, fell to the ground, and was covered in flames.
The attacks from the crowd seemed to have angered it. The temperature around it rose a lot, and the flames around it became more fierce. Therefore... the few people who were hiding could no longer hide.
“Meow!!! It’s so hot, so hot, so hot!!!”
"…Pado?!"
A familiar cry came from the flame-covered building next door, and Padofils's panicked shout was approaching quickly.
"Sister Nia, run! It's...it's going to collapse!"
Then, everyone saw a petite girl as nimble and quick as a cat, leading a nun, quickly escaping from the burning building and running towards them.
Perhaps it was because Padufils's cry was so loud that even its attention was attracted. Immediately, it adjusted its body, pointed the tip of the sword with fire at Padufils and Aponia, and then... moved quickly towards them.
"Boss, save us!!!!"
Padufils obviously noticed it coming and immediately shouted in panic, tears almost coming out.
The first to arrive was Xiwang. Surprisingly, he rushed between the two at a very strange speed and protected Padochilice and Abonia behind him. It was hard to imagine how he did it.
Immediately, Ying's figure appeared in front of Xiwang almost the next moment, protecting him behind her as if it was a matter of course, and then drew her sword and was about to swing at it.
But at this moment, Xi Wang seemed to have anticipated it. He reached out his hand and pressed Ying's shoulder, trying to push her away gently. If he couldn't push her away, a burning sensation would appear on Ying's body, causing her to change her posture.
In the end, it was Xi Wang who moved slightly forward and protected the three of them behind him.
Time seemed to stretch at this moment...
When Ying was pushed away by Xiwang, she looked at him with strong surprise and confusion... She was surprised that Xiwang had the ability to push her away, and she didn't understand why Xiwang did that.
At the same time, when she saw Xi Wang protecting her and facing the sword and fire, her heart subconsciously tightened, her throat moved, and she was about to shout out in the next moment.
Even Padofelice behind her had panic in her eyes, and Abonia subconsciously raised her hand, trying to pull Xiwang back and try to save him.
