Ah?

I can easily perceive the flow of air and the direction of the flow of energy within my body.

I could even clearly sense the strength of the energy at the wounds of Chiyou in the distance.

Moreover, now, apart from a small amount that I use to strengthen myself and maintain the 'Lightning Empress', the rest of Mei's lightning power has been concentrated in my right fist.

We can win.

Now, if I just punch that core, I'm guaranteed to win.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Lin Yu used the explosive force brought by electromagnetic force to launch himself towards Chiyou like a bullet.

With only one claw left, Chiyou You brandished it, striking Lin Yu with the same claw he had used to slap Theresa earlier.

However...

"Whoosh."

Lin Yu, imbued with the power of the Herrscher of Thunder, used his enhanced body to break through the outer shell of the claws with the power of thunder on the outside.

As Lin Yu unleashed his power, Chiyou 'Lin Yu claws were pierced through.

This time, Lin Yu raised his fist without any reservations.

At this distance, it was clearly impossible for the enormous Chiyou to make an evasive maneuver.

"The creation of heaven and earth..."

Lin Yu, who had pressed his fist to the core of his body, unleashed all the power in his fist at that core in one go.

"Explosive Fist!"

With Lin Yu's roar, Chiyou's already battered core was further weakened by this attack...

—It was completely reduced to fragments.

Chapter 117. Huh?

By combining the explosive attack techniques of [Inch Punch. Heaven Opening] and [Hai Hu Explosive Fist], Lin Yu not only shattered Chiyou's core, but also used the power of the Herrscher of Thunder to decompose a portion of it on the spot.

Although some fragments of Chiyou's core still remain, it is clear that this behemoth could not have survived after its heart was shattered.

However, although its death is a foregone conclusion, it does not mean that this battle is over.

After all—the system's reward hasn't arrived yet!

This means that a major crisis still exists around Lin Yu!

Looking at the Seven Thunders of Retribution floating near his heart, Lin Yu grabbed the lightning-emitting katana just as he was about to fall.

And the moment he pulled the Divine Key from Chiyou's body...

[Ding! The reward has been sent to your in-game mailbox. Please check it.]

The reminder he had been waiting for finally popped into his mind.

Ah, it's over.

Finally...

--it's over.

Having exhausted his strength, Lin Yu began to fall alone from the sky.

At this moment, Lin Yu, who had completely defeated his powerful enemy, suddenly felt countless images flash before his eyes.

In the original Honkai Impact 3rd storyline, the difficulties the main characters faced in the Xuanyuan and Chiyou chapters were not originally this outrageous.

In the original story, when Himeko led the Trio into action, they did encounter the mechs led by Anne Mar, but the two sides did not have time to fight.

Moreover, although Chiyou was able to move at that time, it was still sealed by Danzhu and Cangxuan.

Even after swallowing the main characters and Xing, it has yet to reveal the power it should possess as the strongest Honkai Beast of this era.

However, a small problem arose in the later part of the story.

The main characters mistakenly identified the seals of Danzhu and Cangxuan within Chiyou as Chiyou's "core," causing the Hyperion's main cannon, which could only fire twice, to be used to help Chiyou break the seal.

This is precisely why Chiyou became even more terrifying and violent.

If the group hadn't stopped the corrupted Ji Lin from entering Chiyou's body and also damaged Chiyou's heart, Chiyou would probably have continued to cause trouble.

It was precisely because the original work that Lin Yu referenced only had a few key points that he felt the difficulty of this mission was not that great.

But it's obvious he's overthinking it.

When this incident began, someone had already secretly entered Chiyou's body and released the seal left behind by Danzhu and Cangxuan at the cost of their lives.

Those who could not enter Chiyou's body could only attack Chiyou from the outside.

As we all know, dismantling an enemy's core from within their body and defeating them from the outside are worlds apart in terms of difficulty.

Moreover, Chiyou is Judgment-class Honkai Beast, and the Honkai Beast carapace and muscles that protect his heart are not defenses that can be easily broken through by the generals.

If things have come to this point, Lin Yu still doesn't need to risk his life.

Siegfried and Theresa are usually disliked by the player community, but in Lin Yu's eyes, two powerful individuals who can use the Divine Key and even activate the Zero Quota Power are obviously super strong.

Theresa did the right thing; she did break through the opponent's defenses with her Divine Prayer Barrier.

Siegfried did the same; he risked his life to Heavenly Fire: Unleashed, striking the opponent's core with this devastating blow.

So where does the problem lie? Who the hell knew that Chiyou actually had a Herrscher Core inside him?!

If Chiyou hadn't possessed the Seven Thunders of Retribution within him, which he had absorbed and utilized, Lin Yu wouldn't have had to take such a risk.

This time, Lin Yu launched a powerful attack with the help of Raiden Mei's power. In fact, he was referring to the scene in the Anti-Entropy Invasion arc where the Herrscher Persona attached its power to Kiana, who was wearing the [White Knight: Moonlight].

However, although he successfully borrowed the power, he also truly felt just how dangerous this power was.

Thanks to Raiden Mei's modulation and the Key of Domination's Honkai Energy and convert it into corresponding elemental attacks, Lin Yu was not instantly disintegrated by the Herrscher of Thunder's power.

Even so, he felt that his body had been seriously eroded by Honkai Energy this time.

So all of this was actually caused by that precious item that broke two seals and gave Chiyou a Divine Key.

Xiola Natasha —this thing is definitely inside Chiyou's body.

Before Lin Yu's head hit the ground, Bronya, who was closest to Lin Yu and still capable of normal movement, immediately commanded her Heavy Armor Rabbit to fly up and catch Lin Yu.

Then, looking at Lin Yu's right hand gripping the katana, she said with extreme nervousness.

"Brother Lin Yu, your body—"

"Hey buddy, let go!"

At this moment, Siegfried, who was kneeling on one knee on the ground, saw that Lin Yu's right hand was even more severely corrupted by Honkai Energy. He immediately forced himself to get up and took the Divine Key from Lin Yu's hand.

The moment Siegfried completed this action, the Honkai Energy patterns on Lin Yu's right hand finally stopped spreading.

Siegfried, having picked up the Divine Key, breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the Honkai Energy on Lin Yu's body had not spread further.

The Divine Key are indeed powerful weapons for Honkai Energy Warriors, but great power naturally comes with risks.

Of course, the Key of Domination used by Cheng Lixue and Lin Yu are much weaker than ordinary Divine Key, so they don't have such a heavy burden.

Ordinary Divine Key are not so 'gentle'.

In the Schicksal, the selection criteria for Valkyrie were much stricter than they are now. Back then, apart from these users of the Divine Key, the four members of the strongest Snow Wolf Squad had all tried using ordinary Divine Key.

The result of the attempt was terrible – as soon as everyone gripped the Black Abyss White Flower, their arms were eroded by the power of the Divine Key.

Aside from Cecilia, the other four members of the Snow Wolf Squad were the strongest elites of Schicksal at the time. If they were in the current assessment environment, they would probably all be promoted to S-rank.

Even a powerhouse of this caliber would have their body eroded by Honkai Energy if they held the Black Abyss White Flower. If the other Valkyrie, whose strength was even weaker than theirs, touched the Divine Key, they would only suffer an even more miserable end.

Siegfried couldn't assess Lin Yu's strength.

However, he felt that if Lin Yu continued to participate in the battle with his current mindset and behavior, the probability of death would only increase.

He's only seventeen now, but when Siegfried was seventeen...

Oh, he's even run away from home.

Looking at it this way, Siegfried felt that Lin Yu was even more 'terrifying'.

However, Siegfried has no intention of staying to advise Lin Yu.

He was quite certain that someone as resolute as Lin Yu wouldn't change his mind just because of a few words from him.

Just like when Welt told Siegfried to give up Cecilia, he would only want to slap Welt across the face.

Moreover, Siegfried no longer has time to stay here.

If he doesn't leave soon, Kiana will return to the battlefield and see him.

If Sirin inside Kiana were to awaken at this moment, even if the already crippled Siegfried and Theresa joined forces with all their might, they would only be easily defeated and killed on the spot by Sirin.

There's no time left. Because of Otto's shitty plan, I can't stay here any longer.

And the Third Divine Key...

After letting out a soft sigh, Siegfried gently placed the katana at his feet.

Leaving the Third Divine Key here will only strengthen Schicksal's power. From this perspective, he should actually take this katana with him, now that he's in the Anti-Entropy camp.

However, if Theresa takes away the Third Divine Key, she will definitely face more pressure.

"There's really nothing we can do."

In the end, Siegfried left the katana on the ground, said nothing more to the others, and chose to leave alone before their eyes.

After watching Siegfried leave, Bronya looked at Lin Yu, who was on the verge of death, and said to Lin Yu helplessly.

"Brother Lin Yu, before you pass out, is there anything you want to say?"

"The wine pool... the meat forest... my ambition..."

Seeing Bronya staring at him speechlessly, Lin Yu closed his eyes, feeling awkward.

"Alright, enough joking around. Tell the headmaster that the appearance of this Divine Key here means that someone must have entered Chiyou's body."

"That person is the culprit behind this Chiyou uprising! Send men to capture her! And she absolutely must not be killed!"

"She is an excellent source of intelligence. We absolutely cannot let her die before we've extracted every last bit of information from her!"

After saying these words, Lin Yu, whose face gradually turned ferocious, suddenly tilted his head to the side and completely fainted in Heavy Cannon's arms.

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Bronya actually breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, being intelligent, she guessed the moment she saw the Divine Key that this matter had nothing to do with Cocolia.

But her guess is one thing; if others still think that Cocolia is the one causing trouble, then Cocolia will still have to take the blame.

Moreover, this is not everyone's problem.

After Cocolia did such crazy things, whenever something similarly terrifying happens, as long as everyone thinks it might be related to Cocolia, any clue will become part of the whole story that everyone imagines and then tries to prove.

Regardless of whether Lin Yu meant it or not, at least his words didn't directly pin the blame on Cocolia, which already helped Bronya a lot.

But...

"Brother Lin Yu, you're such an idiot."

Looking at Lin Yu, who was now completely unconscious, Bronya said helplessly.

"If you keep pushing yourself like this, even if you survive this time, your health won't be good."

Bronya's statements were not without basis.

In fact, she herself had experienced something similar.

A year ago, she suffered some damage to her legs before the experiment because of an attack by her orphanage companion, Anzu.

In the X10 Experiment, Bronya's legs were Honkai Energy badly damaged by Honkai energy that she could only float with the aid of prosthetics until Durandal treated her.

Lin Yu and Fu Hua practiced their moves almost every day during this period. Even though they both held back during their practice sessions, boxing would inevitably leave some hidden injuries on their bodies.

If the two of them had taken timely measures, that would have been fine, but the problem was that Lin Yu didn't feel any physical problems during the past month, so he didn't pay attention to these things.

Now that his body has been eroded by Honkai Energy, the hidden injuries that weren't major problems before are likely to erupt all at once.