“Second Herrscher, with your power over space, going to Nagazora City should be easy for you…”
Yuji looked at the already dead body of the Second Herrscher and opened the sealed glass container beside it.
“He doesn’t need your worry. Right now he is just like the Honkai itself. This is the first time I have seen a human who can 100% resist the Honkai.”
Mobius’s former words echoed in Yuji’s mind.
The glowing Second Herrscher Core seemed to hear a summons.
The light grew more intense.
Yuji saw this light.
No matter what changes had happened to the Herrscher, and no matter what the Honkai had become… he already had no other choice.
For MEI, even if the price was his own life!
The next second, Yuji did not hesitate and tightly gripped the Second Herrscher Core.
The moment he touched it, the core released extremely powerful Honkai Energy, as if trying to erode this human who dared to touch the power of a god.
But all of the Honkai Energy was completely absorbed by Yuji.
This energy continuously strengthened his body, so the hand gripping the Herrscher Core only became tighter and tighter.
It seemed the Herrscher Core realized that Honkai Energy had no effect on Yuji.
The overflowing energy gradually turned into pure malice toward humans!
Pain, screams, furious roars, sadness, death, despair… all of it poured into Yuji’s mind, making his eyes bloodshot.
The strength in the hand gripping the core gradually weakened.
He had gripped too hard and blood flowed from his palm.
This blood happened to make him rebound from the bottom.
This blood was flowing from him now, but… if he failed, what flowed out next… might be…
The moment he thought of this, Yuji’s eyes turned ruthless.
He directly took the sharp tip of the Herrscher Core and stabbed it hard into his own heart.
“Damn it! Since this is suicide caused by malice, then I should just avoid it!” (This was also Contemplation at work. Don’t say it’s useless.)
“Ding. Ability Immortality triggered. Current count: 2 times.”
“Ding. Detected death caused by the Second Herrscher Core. Currently seizing authority.”
“Ding. Seizure complete. This death has been avoided.”
After all the pain ended, Yuji’s whole body broke out in cold sweat from the intense agony.
He looked at the now completely dull Herrscher Core in his hand and finally laughed out loud.
“Hahahahaha! Finally… MEI… I’m coming to save you!”
After saying that, Yuji casually sent a message to Mobius, passing his command judgments to her.
Then he carefully felt the authority now on his body.
He casually played with space.
This space was like flowing water, allowing Yuji to shape it however he wanted.
In just three seconds, Yuji had already become completely familiar with this authority.
With a snap of his fingers, he opened a portal leading to Nagazora City.
Actually, a single thought was enough.
The main reason he snapped his fingers was because it looked cool.
Even though Yuji could have simply floated over, he insisted on walking through.
He did this to make sure his mindset would not inflate.
(I can prove it really works.)
The moment he entered the portal, a Knight-class Honkai Beast charged straight at him.
Yuji grabbed its lance with one hand and pressed down hard.
The more than ten-meter-tall Honkai Beast was slammed into the ground by the powerful force.
Yuji directly jumped onto its body and threw a heavy punch.
The Honkai Beast was completely shattered.
When Yuji stood up, he discovered that his actions had attracted quite a few Honkai Beasts.
He did not have that much free time to clear them all.
With a single thought, his body turned into nothingness, then reappeared somewhere in Nagazora City.
Yuji carefully sensed the spatial fluctuations.
That extremely large distortion should be the Third Herrscher.
A group of people was fighting while retreating—that was Ato’s team and the support personnel.
“Found them!”
Yuji scanned space over a long distance and discovered a group of people huddled together.
However, he did not find any particularly strong male.
Strange.
Could it be that Kevin only saved MEI and did not follow?
Yuji could not care about that many things.
He directly modified the spatial distance of the nearest rescue vehicles.
“Strange, why do I feel like our speed has become faster?”
“No it hasn’t. The instruments still show the same speed.”
“Hmm? I remember that building was on our left. Why has it moved to the front?”
“What are you talking about? It’s clearly right here. You probably haven’t slept for too long and your nerves are messed up.”
While that rescue personnel was still thinking, they arrived at the place where the refugees were.
Yuji also teleported there himself and saw with his own eyes that MEI was completely unharmed.
Watching the civilians enter the vehicles one by one, MEI let out a breath of relief.
“Excuse me, is there anyone named MEI among you?”
The rescue personnel still did not forget to look for MEI.
“I’m here!”
MEI raised her hand to show that she was right there.
This also made the rescue personnel relax.
They had finally found her.
Before the refugees finished boarding the vehicles, Yuji continuously teleported the surrounding Honkai Beasts to empty places.
This was all to prevent any accident from happening to MEI.
“This is…?”
Yuji saw that next to MEI was a white-haired girl wearing the Chiba Academy uniform and holding a baseball bat.
“Kiana? No… although she makes me see Kiana for a moment, everything else is very different.”
Yuji suddenly thought of something.
MEI had said she was saved by a white-haired person.
Could it be her?
What the hell?
Genderbent Kevin?
No, saying it that way would be very impolite.
After all, calling someone the genderbent version of another person would normally make them angry.
Then Yuji revealed his form.
This also made the rescue personnel notice him.
“Hey, that civilian, come over quickly. It’s very dangerous here. You need to evacuate right away.”
Yuji gradually approached the vehicles.
When the Flame-Chasers rescue personnel saw the name badge on Yuji’s clothes, they suddenly stood at attention and saluted.
“Sir! Why are you here?”
Yuji only nodded, then looked toward MEI.
MEI rubbed her eyes.
After confirming it was not an illusion, she ran toward Yuji and threw herself into his arms.
“Idiot, it’s so dangerous here. Why did you come over!”
“Because I’m an idiot.”
Yuji chuckled softly.
He had finally seen MEI again.
“Hurry up and go. Take this chance to leave with the rescue personnel.”
MEI pulled at Yuji and found that he did not move at all.
She also understood what Yuji wanted to do.
“…I understand. If you don’t come back alive, then just wait for me. I’ll bring all the Honkai with me and go accompany you.”
“Don’t do that. Even after dying, still having to see the Honkai would be way too unlucky.”
“You say that as if dying itself isn’t unlucky.”
Then MEI and the girl beside her boarded a vehicle together.
Before getting on, Yuji held MEI’s hand.
“Speaking of which, you’ve always been the one taking the initiative before. All this time, I still haven’t properly confessed to you.”
“I love you, MEI.”
“Idiot, don’t make it sound like we won’t see each other again… How am I supposed to accept a confession like this… I’ll wait for you at the Flame-Chasers!”
The girl watching from the side felt that Yuji’s body was covered in flags, just like a play she had once seen in Shenzhou.
“Stay safe!”
Yuji watched MEI leave in the vehicle, then looked toward the direction of the Third Herrscher.
“Time to send you on your way!”
…
Right after leaving Yuji, MEI sat in the vehicle holding her glasses.
These glasses had been made by Yuji himself, and MEI treated them like a token of love between them.
“MEI, that man… is he your boyfriend?”
The white-haired girl asked a little casually.
“…What… are you trying to say?”
“Ahaha, nothing, nothing. I was just asking.”
The white-haired girl waved her hands, afraid of being misunderstood by MEI.
Besides, they still had not escaped danger yet.
MEI could tell at a glance what expression the girl in front of her was making.
She then tilted her head and asked, “Love at first sight?”
“Ah! How could that be, how could that be? He’s your boyfriend after all. If I had that kind of thought about him, then wouldn’t I be…”
“I don’t mind.”
The flustered white-haired girl hurriedly explained herself and kept making excuses.
But when she heard MEI’s words, she froze for a moment.
“I don’t mind. As long as he comes back alive, I don’t care how many there are.”
If Yuji heard this sentence, it would truly be complicated.
Who puts a green hat on themselves?
However, in the original story Kevin fell in love with MEI at first sight.
Now this “Kevyn” had fallen in love with Yuji at first sight.
Did she really have to join their big family?
On the other side, Ato was continuously clearing the nearby Death Soldiers and Honkai Beasts with his weapon.
“Second team, outflank!”
“Yes, Captain!”
The continuous battles had made them very exhausted.
Fortunately, support arrived in time, allowing Ato and the others to catch a good breath.
“Captain, there are too many Honkai Beasts!”
“Hold on! That Shesha is definitely no match for Captain Elysia. Hold on until Elysia arrives!”
Fortunately, Yuji had replaced their equipment in time, allowing Ato and the others to deal effective damage.
Otherwise they really would not have been able to hold on until then.
While shouting, Ato also used his gun to eliminate a Honkai Beast that was trying to ambush a teammate from behind.
But in the darkness, what he did not notice was a Temple-class Honkai Beast charging at him from behind!
“Captain, watch out!”
At the teammate’s shout, Ato noticed the faint shadow cast by the moonlight.
“It’s too late…”
“It’s not too late!”
A pink streak of light shot through and struck the Temple-class Honkai Beast’s shield right in the center.
The shield could not stop that light for even a second.
It went straight through the entire massive body.
“Next, leave the Third Herrscher to me!”
It was Elysia.
She had arrived in time.
As for Shesha, that Honkai Beast was indeed no match for Elysia, but its recovery ability was simply terrifying.
At the beginning Elysia had also been held back by it.
But Mobius had received Yuji’s message.
She immediately decided to leave the support personnel and the original warriors to keep Shesha occupied, while letting Elysia quickly support Ato.
Therefore, Elysia arrived in time and saved Ato.
At this moment, Yuji also arrived on the battlefield through spatial teleportation.
“Yu? How did you…”
“Elysia, the account of you not letting me fight—I’ve noted it down. When we get back alive, just wait for me to settle old scores!”
“…Really now. I understand. When we return to the Flame-Chasers, I’ll leave myself to your disposal.”