The Battle of Finality / H-Herrscher of Origin?

Mei can also give orders, but when it comes to impromptu situations on the battlefield... while she's not exactly weak, she's still a step behind.

Meanwhile, Vil-V was in charge of commanding the Moonlight Throne, and Sue was in charge of commanding the battlefield.

Okay, to be honest, among this group, Liu Bai has the highest battlefield command ability, and it's at an absurdly high level. Liu Bai's battlefield command level is on par with Mei's strategic command level, and might even be higher. If you put people of equal strength together, basically no one can defeat Liu Bai's command head-on.

Su's role was actually to give Liu Bai a heads-up by taking a holistic view of the situation, so that Liu Bai would not be outmaneuvered in such an open battlefield.

As for the others... well, mainly Aponia, there's no need for her to participate in this operation. As for the other one, Hen, needless to say, he's too weak. Among this group, he's like a husky that's infiltrated into a wolf pack. If we're ranking them by combat strength, Hen would probably only be able to bully Pardo.

We decided to leave these two people in the command room to assist us.

"The delivery rocket is ready, everyone to your positions! The goal this time isn't to win, it's to come back alive!"

"Yes!"

An hour later, the moon appeared on the near side.

As the frontal combat team landed, a gigantic woman also came into view.

"... Set your goal: The Herrscher of Finality."

Although not as exaggerated as the CG images Liu Bai saw in his previous life, the size of the opponent is still far greater than most Honkai Beast known for their size. Just looking at the front, if the Herrscher of Finality were level with the moon, it could basically block out most of the moon.

Needless to say, with its terrifying size and almost overflowing Honkai Energy, anyone can realize that its purpose is to destroy the civilization of a planet.

This is not an enemy that ordinary people like them should be facing.

"Gray Serpent, adjust the cannon muzzle and fire a test shot first."

In the command room, Vil-V calmly issued orders.

Before the battle began, she had Gray Serpent warm up the Moonlight Throne so that it could enter battle mode as quickly as possible.

However... the problem is that although Vil-V knew from Liu Bai that the existence of the Herrscher of Finality was above average, she never expected that the other party would be this above average.

If this had been done earlier, I should have followed Liu Bai's advice and started the machine in overload mode!

Without seeing the Herrscher of Finality with her own eyes, Vil-V could not have realized what being above the norm truly meant... Now that she had seen it, all that welled up in Vil-V's heart was shock and helplessness.

Let's fire a shot first to test the opponent's "health".

"Yes." The hoarse, unpleasant mechanical voice of the Gray Serpent came, and then a beam of light burst out from the muzzle of the Moonlight Throne, striking the Herrscher of Finality directly.

"Damage confirmed...2%." Vil-V fell into a brief silence, then suddenly roared, "Gray Serpent! Overload it! Overload it as much as you can! Give the engines a full throttle! Crash it before it self-destructs!"

A standard shot deals 2% damage; that's already at a point where it's impossible to continue.

This isn't because the Herrscher of Finality high defense. The damage mechanism and operating principle of the Moonlight Throne are the same. In addition to normal damage, it converts the Honkai Energy in the opponent's body into pure heat and dissipates it. The latter is the main source of damage.

The Moonlight Throne isn't afraid of high defense, but it is afraid of a thick mana bar, but obviously, the Herrscher of Finality's mana bar is already incredibly thick.

If you want to fire, the damage from this shot needs to be at least around 10%.

A normal shot deals 2% damage, so even with maximum power, the damage might be less than 10%. The problem is, how many shots does the Moonlight Throne have?

They simply left behind only the fuel for rushing up and self-destructing, and then concentrated all the energy at an overloaded level on the muzzle.

"The Moonlight Throne's ultimate overload capability, if this attack hits, should cause the Herrscher of Finality to suffer 20%-30% damage, so..."

"You're going to hold out until the Moonlight Throne fires its cannon, huh?"

Everyone present understood what Vil-V meant.

"A minor issue," Kevin muttered. "What's the exact time?"

"Ten minutes, to live and restrain the Herrscher of Finality for ten minutes."

"Learn."

Kevin was carrying a communicator, nodded and then looked at Liu Bai next to Kalpas Jie—in space, everyone could only communicate through communicators.

"Teacher, please give the order."

"Everyone disperse and take turns attacking... To be honest, tactical command is basically useless against this kind of opponent." Liu Bai said helplessly.

When someone can outwit their opponent on the battlefield without using their brain, the opponent has no right to talk about tactics.

Clearly, they are now the "opponent".

Moreover, now that all the cards are out in the open, Liu Bai can only command these people. However, apart from Aili and Kevin, the others are actually not able to break through the defenses when they go up to fight. In addition, Elysia and Kevin are only barely able to break through the defenses. So how can you play like this?

Facing the final boss, out of the hero's team of seven or eight, only two were able to break through the Demon King's defenses, which basically meant the game was doomed to restart.

Fortunately, the goal this time is not to "kill the enemy" but to buy time, so there is still some room for maneuver and we are not completely helpless.

"Don't stand too still during the fight. I might pull you up from behind at any time. Besides, standing still won't help. You might not be able to withstand the opponent's normal attacks."

That's the key point.

Although Liu Bai estimated that the Herrscher of Finality's time-based abilities were relatively weak, basically only capable of destroying civilizations and lacking the ability for small-scale battles, the Herrscher of Finality stats were simply too overpowered. Even with a normal attack, for their group, it was practically a guaranteed death for whoever took the hit.

Liu Bai's reason for believing that the Herrscher of Finality's powers are relatively weak is quite simple—if this guy really had strong powers, then no one present could defeat him.

If the Herrscher of Finality could infinitely rewind her own state, or rewind to a specific enemy at a fixed point, or even without rewinding, just by pausing time, then she would be completely unbeatable. This would truly mean that whoever attacks her will die.

However, it's clear that, based on the original timeline, the Herrscher of Finality couldn't perform any of the aforementioned time manipulation techniques. Liu Bai even suspected that her powers might only have one use—a long charge-up followed by a planet-level rewind...

Apart from Kalpas, everyone else understood Liu Bai's order and immediately dispersed.

Liu Bai stayed by Kalpas's side because he was afraid that Kalpas would ignore his advice and rush in alone to destroy the Finality.

This is a free gift.

"To be honest... I always feel a little awkward about myself."

Liu Bai scratched his head.

He'd had this feeling ever since he arrived in space, and this wasn't the first time. Liu Bai 'd had the same feeling when he and Mei visited the far side of the moon, but back then Liu Bai dismissed it as an illusion.

But how to describe this awkward feeling...? It's like a bored, unmotivated student in class? That's why Liu Bai initially mistook this feeling for an illusion.

It's not really uncomfortable, but it just feels really strange.

... Is the environment in space different from that on Earth?

It feels like a system, but it doesn't quite feel like a system.

Upon hearing Liu Bai say this, Kalpas rarely showed a concerned expression.

"Ah. It's nothing, just a casual remark. Kalpas, focus on the battlefield."

As Liu Bai uttered these words, the others had already begun their attack on the Herrscher of Finality —if they didn't launch an attack soon, the Herrscher of Finality might destroy the Moonlight Throne first.

Under the relentless tickling of everyone, the Herrscher of Finality lowered her head and looked down at the few tiny ants on the ground.

Boom--!

Without any fancy moves, the first strike was an indiscriminate bombardment of massive amounts of Honkai Energy.

Fortunately, everyone was prepared and narrowly escaped the attack.

This is terrible...

Kevin grinned silently. How was he supposed to fight this monster?

If they continue fighting at this pace, they might be forced into a complete Artificial Honkai Eruption by this thing—or more likely, they'll all die.

"Everyone be careful! There's a second wave of attack!" Liu Bai's voice came through the communicator. "Just like the first wave! It's an indiscriminate attack!"

The rampaging Honkai Energy swept across the battlefield once again, and this time, many people were swept away before they could adjust their posture.

"Is this the only move this guy knows?"

Kevin was a little annoyed. The mindless Honkai Energy 3rd strategy was just plain stupid, but the problem was that they really didn't know how to deal with it.

"Kevin, don't you also like to throw heavenly fire randomly when you're under buff?" Elysia bluntly exposed him over the communication.

"..."

You know what, it's true.

"Everyone! Are you alright?!"

Kevin changed the subject and started talking about other people.

"It's alright, thanks to the boss's blessing." Kosma's relieved voice came through the communicator.

"You've been given half a second, so there are nine and a half seconds left. Take it easy."

Liu Bai knew very well which of these people were fragile. Although he couldn't pull people away or reposition them due to this large-scale AOE, he could predict who wouldn't be able to withstand it, come over, give them a momentary buff, and then withdraw.

Unlike immunity to death, which only works on the currently possessed person, the blessing can be thrown from a distance...

"Can't you slack off? This battle doesn't need to be a high-octane anime where everyone rushes in and out. Just go through the motions until the Moonlight Throne is full, enough to stop the Herrscher of Finality."

"She keeps using area-of-effect attacks, and we can't withstand it." Kevin was also a bit of a headache; if two more waves came, they would all be wiped out.

"Then crawl under her. See? This guy is brainless, more brainless than any of the Herrscher we've ever encountered before, almost like Honkai Beast."

Liu Bai stated a fact.

Their group had just unleashed a barrage of attacks on the Herrscher of Finality, but in terms of actual damage, it was probably less than 0.5%, let alone 1%. Yet, they managed to force the Herrscher of Finality to shift its target.

Forget about real-world threats, this doesn't even fit the game's hate mechanics.

It's quite obvious that although this person looks like a human, and even a very pretty young girl, she's brainless.

Liu Bai suspected that the reason this guy unleashed two waves of area-of-effect attacks earlier was because they were standing too far apart, and she couldn't hit them all at once...

No wonder that in the original timeline, despite its weaker combat power, the Herrscher of Finality managed to prevent the Moonlight Throne from descending to Earth and still managed to fire two shots...

If Liu Bai were to manually control the situation, ignoring this group of people, closing his eyes and walking forward, even while throwing area-of-effect attacks, he would definitely descend upon Earth...

"Also, everyone should stick together. If we're too scattered, this guy might just throw out area-of-effect attacks randomly."

Upon hearing Liu Bai's words, everyone gathered together and began harassing the Herrscher of Finality.

As expected, this time, the Herrscher's attack became a powerful single-target attack—the kind that kills fragile characters instantly upon contact.

Fortunately, Liu Bai was by their side, so even if someone was distracted, nothing serious would happen.

Then this group of people started loafing around under the Herrscher of Finality... The overall battle situation is now that when the Herrscher of Finality wants to move forward, everyone fights for a bit, then the Herrscher of Finality turns around and throws a few attacks, and after everyone blocks them, they continue to crawl under her and throw attacks. Occasionally, the Herrscher of Finality will raise her airborne height and throw an AoE attack.

What should have been a decisive battle has been turned into a mess by this group. As for the Herrscher of Finality, although they are still advancing slowly, after ten minutes they are still within the lunar range.

(It's a living mechanism...) This kind of fighting style would definitely enrage Honkai Beast, but the Herrscher of Finality always seems to be completely unaffected.

Alright, now the true nature of this thing is confirmed.

The Moonlight Throne was also completely overloaded, and terrifying energy gathered at the muzzle.

Even without considering the conversion of Honkai Energy upon impact, the sheer energy bombardment would likely be enough to instantly kill anyone present.

So everyone took off running.

If they stay under the Herrscher of Finality, the Honkai Energy converted into heat after this shot hits them will probably cook them alive.

Boom--!

This attack successfully caused the Herrscher of Finality to pause noticeably. Then, the Moonlight Throne, at full speed and emitting smoke, charged forward.

Immediately, before the Herrscher of Finality could launch a slow counterattack, the Moonlight Throne's hull successfully struck the Herrscher of Finality.

Amidst the deafening explosion, Vil-V's voice rang out.

"Damage confirmed. Total damage from this attack: 32%. The Herrscher of Finality is paralyzed. Estimated recovery time: 12 hours."

Two consecutive waves of terrifying attacks left no mark on the huge and exquisite girl in front of them. She closed her eyes, like a sleeping beauty—of course, none of the group who had survived the onslaught for ten minutes found her beautiful.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It's finally over... Although the fighting style in the middle was a bit comical, you have to understand that if you get hit, being seriously injured on the spot would be considered lucky, and dying instantly would be the norm, so this group of people were actually under a lot of pressure.

"Congratulations, the operation was a success."

"Success... but there's absolutely no way to deal with this guy," Kevin sighed.

"Don't think about it, there's just no way—you guys get your team together and prepare to go back, I'll go check on Mobius's side."

Chapter 453 The Beginning, the Herrscher of Origin?

"Waaaaah! Honey! We almost died!"