As Long as He Is Beaten Until He Cannot Move

"The world's largest anti- Honkai organization is Schicksal. Aren't these guys already ready for battle?"

"By using Chiyou to deplete the power of Schicksal, it was a win-win situation for the organization... I'm actually troubled by this double-edged sword."

"It seems I've gotten weaker since I saved a few brats in Changkong City last time. I'm actually thinking about these kinds of things."

That's right, I don't need to think about that much at all.

My goal has always been simply to live a good life.

As long as I can achieve my goal, then...

—My motto has always been to use others as stepping stones to survive.

Outside, Kiana pushed the wooden wheelchair that Yuno had created with her powers, while secretly glancing at Lin Yu, who was pretending to sleep in the wheelchair. She felt that something was off about her.

She had previously thought that after entering the Nine Nether Netherworld, she would acquire new armor and weapons, and become stronger through training, so she could show her skills and help Lin Yu.

But the reality she had to face at that moment told her—girl, you're overthinking it.

In the trio of Kiana, Lin Yu, Yuno was responsible for using Honkai Energy plants for detection and reconnaissance, Lin Yu took down the enemy in one move, and as for Kiana...

—All she could do was push Lin Yu's wheelchair??

This was not only different from what she had imagined, but it was also completely unrelated!

"Yuno."

Lin Yu, who was still keeping his eyes closed, suddenly spoke to Yuno.

"Can you detect the flow of Honkai Energy around you?"

"I've been investigating this, senior. But..."

After retracting her vines, Yuno said helplessly to Lin Yu.

"There's an eerie feeling everywhere in the Nine Nether Netherworld. And as we go deeper, the intensity of the Honkai Energy inside is getting higher and higher."

"I see..."

Seeing Lin Yu's incredibly pale face, Kiana suddenly asked with some concern.

"Senior, are you sure this is okay...?"

"Looking at you now, I feel like you're..."

"Of course I'm fine, Kiana —cough cough cough cough cough."

After coughing a few times, Lin Yu, pale and extremely weak, spoke to the two of them.

"Keep going, don't worry about me."

"But--"

"Continue the operation."

When Lin Yu said those words again, his tone suddenly rose a few decibels.

"I'll be fine after a rest. But since this place has a strange vibe, we need to be even more prepared."

"Although the Branch Leader and Major Himeko are waiting outside, if the six of us can resolve this crisis, we can get a higher score. And you will naturally be able to speed up your promotion and acquire better equipment."

Well said. Then it will be easier for you to climb the ladder and have more opportunities for revenge, right?

Kiana, who had mentally finished her rant, ultimately chose to swallow those words back.

She was very dissatisfied with Lin Yu's current morbid mentality, but the problem was that they were on the battlefield, and arguing about these things was not what they should be doing right now.

The senior's psychological problems... I feel that they have not only not gotten weaker, but have actually gotten worse.

In a sense, it's better that he's out of energy now.

Given his current condition, if he had any strength left, he would probably continue to choose to be at the forefront.

As for Lin Yu, whom the two of them now judged to be 'completely exhausted,' in reality...

—He wasn't nearly as weak as he appeared.

When Lin Yu used the Taixu. Dizang Endless Blade before, his body did suffer considerable damage due to the excessive load.

However, even if the load is too heavy, there are many different situations.

If we divide Lin Yu's physical condition into categories like [Health Bar - Injury Level], [Blue Bar - Energy], and [Special Power - Mental Strength], then the power Lin Yu expended in that attack was only the energy consumed by [Mirror Mind] and the large amount of Honkai Energy and magic power consumed by the Endless Jizo Blade.

He himself was completely unharmed and had no injuries. In fact, he maintained enough fighting ability to handle the situation.

But strangely enough, even though I've been pretending to be weak for so long, no enemy has shown up to attack me.

Could it be that Fu Hua's side has already been attacked several times, while our side...

—Isn't that the safest route?

Chapter 108. As long as he's beaten into immobility...

After Mei managed to kill the Honkai Beast before her with a somewhat strenuous Magnetic Storm.Slash, the battle finally came to an end.

After the battle ended, Mei, who had put away her katana, looked at her two companions and noticed a hint of unease in their expressions.

"I feel something's not right."

At this moment, Mei turned her head to look at the Honkai Beast corpse lying on the ground, and then asked Fu Hua softly.

"Class President Fu Hua. In this period of time, we have already suffered three attacks from Honkai Beast and Meele."

"But..."

"But the enemy isn't as strong as you think, right?"

After glancing around at the surroundings, Fu Hua asked Bronya a question.

"Bronya, can you detect the general trend of changes in the intensity of Honkai Energy in the surrounding area?"

"Bronya has been conducting surveys."

At this moment, Bronya, who was using a brain chip for analysis and surveying, frowned and spoke to the two people beside her.

"Since we separated from Brother Lin Yu and the others, the Honkai Energy intensity index on our side has actually... been increasing???"

"As expected."

This is outside Chiyou's body. If this place were closer to Chiyou's body, the Honkai Energy here would have been slowly absorbed by Chiyou's body over the years.

However, they have been heading in this direction and are now almost at the end, but the Honkai Energy intensity is still increasing, which can only mean that they have definitely taken the wrong path.

Because this place is relatively far from Chiyou's body, even if Chiyou could absorb the Honkai Energy here, he wouldn't be able to absorb it as perfectly as he would have at close range.

It is precisely because of this that the overflowing Honkai Energy transforms into enemies that appear before us.

"Turn back, something terrible has happened."

After completing her calculations, Fu Hua immediately began preparing to return in the original direction.

"If I'm not mistaken, it's Lin Yu, Kiana, Yuno, Yuno the others who are—who's there!"

Suddenly sensing a slight movement of energy, Fu Hua looked at a certain boulder with extreme vigilance.

Siegfried, who had been secretly hiding nearby, sighed helplessly and had no choice but to emerge from behind the boulder.

There's nothing I can do; I was too careless.

Unexpectedly, the slightest change in his body and aura caused by hearing Kiana's name was noticed by the Valkyrie.

"Haha, everyone, don't mind me, I mean no harm."

"Especially Mei."

Seeing Mei's slightly surprised expression, Siegfried said with a grin.

"I can finally relax once I see that nothing's wrong."

"Uncle Siegfried???"

Upon seeing Siegfried's grinning face, Mei was about to ask Siegfried in surprise why he was there.

However, considering that the other party had also dealt with Honkai -related matters in Changkong City last time, Mei felt that she didn't need to ask these pointless questions.

And...

Mei glanced at Fu Hua, who was still on high alert, and knew that trouble was brewing.

Although Bishop Otto had previously lifted Siegfried's wanted status within Schicksal, Mei was no fool.

She could tell that Bishop Otto lifted the arrest warrant largely to appease Kiana had returned to Schicksal.

The problem is that Uncle Siegfried, as the original strongest holder of the Divine Key Schicksal, must have had his own reasons for choosing to defect at that time.

From this perspective, there must have been a huge conflict between Uncle Siegfried and Bishop Otto, and this conflict could not be erased simply by 'Bishop Otto lifting the arrest warrant'.

Given this context, it's not so hard to understand why Fu Hua Class President, as the Valkyrie of Schicksal, is wary of Uncle Siegfried.

This is really a headache. Is the Class President monitor going to have a fight with Uncle Siegfried here?

After stealing a glance at Fu Hua, Mei recalled the fragment of memory that had appeared in her mind and felt that something was even more wrong.

No, we must stop the Class President now.

If she really fights with Uncle Siegfried, she'll definitely suffer!

"Oh dear, don't stare at me like that, Valkyrie."

Seeing Fu Hua 'Fu Hua wary demeanor, Siegfried spoke to her with complete ease.

"I remember that Otto, that bastard, should have already had my arrest warrant removed from the Schicksal internally, right?"

"In that case, I am no longer an enemy of your Schicksal Forces."

"Hmph, who knows what you're really thinking."

At this moment, Fu Hua cautiously assumed a fighting stance, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

Although she wore the mask that came with the [Shadow Knight: Moon Wheel] last time, the mask's concealing effect was... barely better than nothing.

If Siegfried is prepared to fight because she is Otto's direct Valkyrie, then Fu Hua will definitely need to be prepared for battle when facing a master of Siegfried's caliber.

Moreover, Siegfried now appears significantly stronger than when he was in a weakened state.

Not only did it heal his severed arm, but it also improved the complexion of his face.

That's true.

After the liberation of the Flame-Chaser's Judgment Changkong City, even if Siegfried is able to continue his operations, he will not be able to possess the same terrifying combat power as when he teamed up with the First Herrscher.

Sure enough, somewhere we didn't know, he had already met with the First Herrscher, and the First Herrscher used her powers to create the Black Abyss White Flower and then healed his body.

In that case, it's understandable that the First Herrscher became so weak—after all, he was Herrscher forcibly used the core, creating the Divine Key through the Herrscher Authority of Reason, which was indeed too much of a burden for him.

"Alright, alright."

After raising his hands with great reluctance, Siegfried moved them out of the range of Judgment of Flame-Chaser's Judgment and said to Fu Hua with a helpless expression.

"I truly have no intention of waging war against your Valkyrie of Schicksal."

"Just now, I was deep in the Nine Nether when I saw a Valkyrie named Rita Roseweisse carrying out her mission Nine Nether."

"Miss Rita?"

Mei paused for a moment upon hearing the name.

"Isn't she S-rank Valkyrie?"

"That's right. As an S-rank Valkyrie, she knows I'm not an enemy, and she also knows she doesn't have time to mess around with me right now. So—what about you guys?"

That's true.

Listening to Siegfried's words, Fu Hua indeed couldn't detect the slightest bit of hostility in Siegfried.