Instant Kill, Despair, Departure

An aged yet majestic voice resounded through heaven and earth, carrying an irresistible pressure. This abrupt voice silenced the already chaotic battlefield once more.

Blue-gold streams of light surged as the sound of ocean waves echoed. A trident appeared in his hand out of thin air and pointed straight at Sirin.

"Senior Sea God!!"

Three Pigeons crawled out of a crater in the earth, overjoyed. His cry made the remaining defeated soldiers of the Heaven Dou Empire tense up again. The previous generation's Sea God had come as well, but could he really defeat that "Angel God" of the Spirit Hall Empire?

Sirin narrowed her beautiful eyes. "So it's you."

Having read Qian Renxue's memories, she naturally recognized the old rogue before her. No, the old creep.

Poseidon.

Sirin gently stroked her chest and murmured, "Mm, of course... I find this old bastard very unpleasant too..."

Killing intent flashed in the Queen's eyes as countless tiny black holes began gathering strength behind her.

Crash...

Poseidon raised his trident and swept it out. Sea God's Light descended from the sky while towering waves rose up, washing over Jialing Pass.

In the literal sense.

"Your Highness, save us!!"

"Your Highness, my wife and children are still in Jialing Pass!!"

Before the might of an ancient god, the mortal soldiers of the Spirit Hall Empire trembled, unable to muster even the slightest thought of resistance.

Hearing the humans' cries and pleas, Sirin finally paused a certain action and softly called, "Bella."

Whoosh—!

Snowflakes drifted down as the Demon Dragon of Judgment beat its wings and spewed freezing dragon breath, instantly freezing the enormous waves Poseidon had unleashed!

If it had been the Queen of old, she would never have allowed Bella to do that, much less paid any attention to these humans' pleas for help.

Everything was because of that man who, during Sirin's childhood, in those most painful and darkest memories, had been the only one to give her—and all of them—warmth.

"A hero? I merely... wanted to hurry back and save you, human."

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!

It was the sound of space being sliced apart. The blade of this "knife" sounded incomparably sharp, and the cuts it made were exceptionally smooth!

The color of Honkai Queen's pupils instantly turned razor-sharp. Golden streams of light rose from beneath her feet and surrounded her body. Her arms, crossed before her chest, suddenly spread wide as her gaze locked onto Poseidon.

"Now is the time of judgment!!"

Countless void black holes abruptly appeared. The instant Sirin spoke the final word, cannon fire poured forth from them. The terrifying energy it contained nearly destroyed heaven and earth, while spatial cracks spread outward like spiderwebs.

Poseidon had never seen such unfamiliar and terrifying energy, but his millennia of divine experience and instincts told him one thing: if he was hit... he would die!!

Run? But could he escape?

Crack...

Poseidon's heart went completely cold, because the space around him had been entirely sealed off.

Rumble—!!!

Right from the start, Sirin threw a massive attack straight in his face. She had no intention of following the usual script; the sooner she killed him, the sooner it would be over!!

"Aaaahhh—!!!"

A god's miserable scream echoed throughout Jialing Pass. After the endless barrage ended, only blue-gold blood mist and ashes remained.

Poseidon, dead!

She had gotten up and instantly killed him. Just that cleanly.

Taking a deep breath, Sirin stared at her palm and at a gathered dark-gold crystal. She nodded thoughtfully. "So that's how it is. Those are this world's rules? That old bastard really did deliver himself from a thousand miles away☆"

Sirin's teasing gaze fell upon the Shrek Seven Devils again... though Shrek Seven Trash was more fitting now.

Crack... bang!

His injuries were too severe. Tang Shenwang's fusion with his beloved 100,000 Year Old Wu, the Asura God fusion, was undone, and he lay sprawled on the ground with a pale face.

Sirin tilted her head. "Little Golden Mane, do you have any more doubts now?"

"Get the hell away from me!!"

Two furious roars came from the Heaven Dou Empire's remaining troops, followed by two massive hammers flying through the air.

Smack!

Sirin extended two fingers and caught one hammer in each hand. Tilting her head slightly, she saw two rough brothers, red with rage, charging at her like madmen.

She did not dodge. She merely stood where she was, seemingly deliberately allowing the hammer-wielding brothers to approach.

"Da Xu, Mi Chu!!"

Whoosh!

Sirin's figure suddenly distorted. No one saw how she got behind the hammer-wielding brothers, and in the instant after she vanished, the space around them completely froze. They were imprisoned within a semicircular red-gold barrier.

"Such beautiful scenery... is perfect for a graveyard☆"

The Queen turned gracefully and swept her gaze around. The killing intent in her golden eyes became tangible as two Subspace Spears shot out.

Seeing "Qian Renxue" act this way, Tang San's eyes turned completely red. "Let go of my father and uncle!!"

Pfft! Pfft!

Flesh shattered and bones broke. Tang Hao and Tang Xiao's bodies flew out like kites with severed strings, tracing beautiful arcs through the air before crashing into a pile of corpses.

The Haotian Twin Stars had fallen!

Ten glittering Soul Bones scattered from the two corpses in midair. Out of curiosity, Sirin picked them up, intending to pack them away and take them with her.

Smack!

She caught a rabbit leg attacking from behind. The Queen's face turned cold as she spun around and twisted hard!

"Aaaahhh—!!" 100,000 Year Spicy Rabbit Head howled in agony. Sirin twisted her right leg one hundred and eighty degrees, turning her into a lame rabbit.

Sirin had been planning to leave, yet this useless hundred-thousand-year-old rabbit still wanted to play dirty?

"Let Xiao Wu go!!" Hearing his beloved's agonized cries, Three Pigeons felt his heart bleed. He roared and threw a punch.

Though he did not know who this person controlling Qian Renxue's body truly was, he had already walked the path to death to the utmost extreme!

Sirin released the lame rabbit. A tiny blood-red fragment had already appeared at her fingertips.

That was right, it was a fragment of the Asura God Sword Tang San had broken earlier.

The battered Three Pigeons shakily sat up from the pit. "Who exactly are you... Why are you helping Qian Renxue? Why are you helping the evil Spirit Hall Empire?!"

"You even killed Senior Poseidon. Are you trying to make an enemy of the entire God Realm?!"

Sirin casually played with the divine sword fragment in her hand, with no desire to answer him. She narrowed her eyes slightly, her lips moving.

"Qian Renxue, stop right now!!"

A peak expert who had just surpassed Rank 30 darted out from the chaotic Heaven Dou forces.

Sirin glanced at him, and the disgust in her pupils rose another level.

Grandmaster stepped before his good disciple, tears streaming down his face. "Qian Renxue! I don't know why you suddenly became so powerful, but you absolutely cannot kill Tang San!!"

Sirin said nothing, merely looking at him sideways as though he were an idiot.

However, Grandmaster seemed to think he had moved her and continued his performance. "Qian Renxue, didn't your mother say before she died that you must not seek revenge, whether you had the ability or not? She worked so hard to secure a chance for you and Hu Liena to survive. Are you going to betray her final wish? I can also guarantee that Tang San will never trouble you again! When will this cycle of vengeance ever end?!"

Yu Xiao Gang spoke until his mouth was dry. He was practically about to kneel and beg "Qian Renxue" to spare Tang San.

"Are you done?" Sirin tilted her head.

"Huh?" Yu Xiao Gang was still somewhat bewildered.

Sirin waved her hand and softly called, "Bella."

"Roar!!" Benares raised a claw, directly snatched up Yu Xiao Gang, and opened its bloody maw.

"No..."

Crunch!!

Grandmaster truly became a grand corpse.

Bella chewed a few times, spat out a large piece of bloodstained cloth, then picked its teeth with a dragon claw.

After waiting for Bella to finish her first meal since resurrection, Sirin felt it was about time. "Let's go, Bella."

Wait...

Sirin clicked her tongue and slightly closed her eyes. "Why? Little Golden Mane, I only promised to save you. Since when was it your turn to order this Queen around?"

"This Queen has more important matters to attend to. As for these ants... it merely means crushing them at another time."

To Sirin, Lu Xueling's safety was the highest priority. Since the Honkai Energy had already been gathered, there was no need to remain here any longer.

But the reality was... in order to unleash Void Descent and instantly kill Poseidon, she had expended far too much Honkai Energy.

Fighting through Qian Renxue's body was already far inferior to fighting at her peak. Her strength had yet to recover, so who knew whether she could finish killing all these ants?

And what she held in her hand had to be taken back to save the human. She only had one shichen left and could not waste any more time.

Huff—huff—

Benares lowered its head, allowing the Queen to step onto it, but her foot suddenly paused in midair.

"Bella, take the corpse of that woman who is unworthy of being called Little Golden Mane's mother as well."

Benares responded. Its tail swept out and wrapped around Bibi Dong's corpse before it spread its wings and took flight.

"...You still want me to save those ants? Little Golden Mane... Do you really take this Queen for some great philanthropist?"

Sirin tapped her forehead with slight impatience. Her gaze swept across the Honkai Beasts, and with a single thought, over a hundred Honkai Beasts all vanished, stored away in some space.

Saving those who had become Honkai Beasts was manageable, but as for rescuing the remaining soldiers of the Spirit Hall Empire? Sirin would never do that.

In the earlier battle, she had merely been using those ants. Even now, she was somewhat using Qian Renxue.

Compared to her former self, she was already kind enough without exaggeration.

"Roar—!!"

Benares let out a low roar and carried its Queen toward the horizon.

The battlefield returned to silence. The Shrek Seven Trash, having survived the disaster, helped one another up from the ground. Looking at the empty battlefield, their faces alternated between green and white.

"Three... Three Pigeons... Qian Renxue has left..."

"What should we do?"

The "honest and trustworthy" Tang God of Death listened to his companions' questions, clenched the broken Asura God Sword, and finally cast an intensely resentful gaze toward the Spirit Hall Empire soldiers who still stood there at a loss...

After the Honkai Queen left, the Asura God once again stained half the sky over Jialing Pass with blood.