Study Hard / Lord Kevin, You Have the Makings of Lin Yu!

Seeing the Son of Night limping and fleeing frantically with the Raven, Himeko almost couldn't hold back and blurted out a curse.

Are you kidding me? You're Emperor-class being.

Two Emperor-class facing a single A-Class like me, and you're too afraid to engage head-on, choosing instead to run away?

I'm not Theresa, what are you all so afraid of?!

Moreover, Himeko, who had originally planned to give chase, was even more astonished to discover...

—This Honkai Beast, which she had slashed so badly that it could barely stand, shamelessly used its suction cups to stick to her body and desperately tried to hold Himeko back.

"You think you can escape like this?!"

Raising her weapon, Himeko hurled it with all her might, using her greatsword as a projectile to strike directly at the enemy's head.

Then, after seeing that she had stabbed the enemy in the head with her sword, Himeko continued her frantic escape with the greatsword.

Even though it was a life-or-death moment, Himeko felt that the fight was turning into a scene from a comedy.

Um, I've become much weaker since I lost my weapon.

Why isn't this Honkai Beast thinking of retaliating at this point? It's just using this method to hold me back.

Something's not right. From beginning to end, I feel like something's off about this raid.

With its limp, how far could it possibly run?

Now that the Gray Serpent was far away from Himeko, it finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it can create distance between itself and Himeko, it can find an opportunity to use the quantum teleportation device to transport Himeko and Raven together to the World Serpent's base.

Of course, once they return to the base, both the 'Gray Serpent' and the 'Gray Serpent' that stayed behind to hold Himeko back will die due to genetic Honkai.

But the problem is—there's more than one Gray Serpent.

For the Gray Serpent, if an individual of them explodes, so be it.

As long as the mission can be accomplished, this level of sacrifice is not a problem at all.

However, just as Gray Serpent was about to use the Quantum Teleportation System, a beam of light pierced through the air and directly penetrated his body.

What...

After collapsing helplessly, the Gray Serpent, unable to see the other person, only heard footsteps slowly approaching its side.

"Ha, this is a bit outrageous."

Seeing the battle unfolding before him, Lin Yu, who had just pierced through the body of the Son of Night with a single blow from the Special Beam Cannon, roughly pulled Raven out of the Honkai Beast's body.

"Making such a big fuss to break her out of prison, doesn't that tell us—this woman is really important?"

Lin Yu...!

No, the energy intensity I just felt was incredibly strong.

Based on my previous analysis, Lin Yu shouldn't have such powerful strength!

Even though this body has experienced genetic collapse, it is still Emperor-class body!

He was able to easily break through this body; at this level of strength, he has already reached S-rank...

No, it's definitely more than just S-class.

We have investigated the combat data of Rita Roseweisse, a Valkyrie of the Schicksal S-rank Valkyrie.

Even with full equipment, she might not be able to achieve this result against Emperor-class Honkai Beast.

Moreover, Lin Yu's attack was simply outrageous in terms of energy intensity.

I miscalculated.

My previous analysis was all wrong.

This intelligence must be transmitted back to headquarters. This man is someone we, the World Serpent, must take seriously!

He likely truly earned his achievements by suppressing the Herrscher of Thunder and defeating Chiyou through his own strength!

"Lin Yu, stop playing around!"

Seeing Lin Yu, the reinforcement, arrive at the scene, Himeko finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The fact that this thing tried to escape just now means they must have a backup plan or reinforcements."

"Once the battle is over, we'll likely need to go and rescue other areas."

"Understood."

Having already gathered his strength, Lin Yu now combined various powers into his fist and slammed it into the body of the Son of Night.

The Son of Night, already suffering from multiple injuries, lost his last glimmer of life on the spot under Lin Yu's Hai Hu Explosive Fist attack.

After completing this action, Lin Yu's figure disappeared and he appeared directly in front of Himeko.

After gently pulling Himeko out, Lin Yu pushed Raven into Himeko's arms and then threw another punch at the enemy in front of him.

As Lin Yu's iron fist descended upon its own body, the other Gray Serpent, which had already completed the data transmission, gave Lin Yu a deep look before being shattered into pieces by the same punch.

"Ha, you little rascal..."

Seeing Lin Yu's calm demeanor, Himeko looked at Lin Yu with some surprise.

"No matter what, this is Emperor-class power. When did you become so strong?"

How so?

After glancing at his right hand, which was adorned with the Tai Xu Grip, Lin Yu spoke to Himeko.

"Last time I was in the Nine Nether Netherworld, after I obtained the Shenzhou Hero Ji Lin's Stigmata, I could feel that with two Stigmata, my Honkai Energy strength had become significantly higher."

"If I had to say, Lin Yu, who is afraid of death, may have only achieved his current strength by luck."

"You little rascal..."

Seeing Lin Yu calmly utter such a prank, Himeko really didn't know what to say.

Upon hearing that the Far East Branch was in danger, Lin Yu immediately rushed back to the Far East Branch.

Moreover, Himeko could see the marks left by Lin Yu in battle on his body.

This kind of person seems like a brave and caring man who worries about his comrades, but after meeting him, he says he "became strong because of luck" and is "a coward who's afraid of death"...

What could Himeko possibly say?

Does this kid really think everyone is an idiot?

Lin Yu, who is afraid of death, is at the forefront of the fight against the Honkai. Is this considered being afraid of death? How many people in Schicksal are not afraid of death?

"Also, Major Murata, I need to report on the situation."

"Yuno and Kiana are alright, but I haven't been able to contact the others."

"Now, I want to know where everyone was before we lost contact."

"While this premeditated attack may have been for the purpose of breaking into prison, the scale of the operation suggests that it was for more than just that."

"Ha, Fu Hua already left, but Theresa and the others..."

After thinking about this incredibly weak Emperor-class, Himeko smiled helplessly and said.

"You don't need to worry about Theresa. Even if she's weakened by the Divine Key, she's not so weak that she can't even beat Emperor-class opponent."

"Um, I forgot to mention something, Major Murata."

At this moment, Lin Yu looked at Himeko, who had a completely relaxed expression, and slowly spoke to Himeko.

"When I saved Kiana, she was being hunted down by Emperor-class being, that's for sure."

"But the person who attacked Yuno was a real Simulated Herrscher, and Simulated Herrscher far stronger than Yuno."

"If the Branch Leader's health is really bad, then the situation is not good."

"Similar to... Herrscher???"

Looking at the woman in her arms, Himeko was truly shocked this time.

The fact that this woman was able to send out a brainy, Emperor-class shows she already has a lot of influence.

So, there are even Simulated Herrscher coming to our St. Freya Academy?!

Emperor-class, Simulated Herrscher, Divine Key, and possibly the multinational corporation Kamiya Pharmaceuticals behind her...

This woman...

Just how powerful is the organization behind her?

This display of power, in terms of high-level combat strength, is no less impressive than that of Anti-Entropy.

So, all these years of life-or-death struggle between Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, there's always been a third party secretly watching us, waiting to take advantage of our misfortunes?

Chapter 130. Study Hard

Several tens of minutes later, in Theresa's office.

In Theresa's office, Lin Yu gazed at Theresa, who looked even weaker, and Himeko, who had recovered her composure. He felt that the scene was somewhat different from what he had imagined.

In the Anti-Entropy Invasion arc of the original Honkai Impact 3rd manga, Theresa did not engage in combat with Joyce Clone.

However, judging from the fact that Joyce Clone were able to withstand the Herrscher of Thunder for more than four minutes in the Anti-Entropy Invasion arc, this group of clones is clearly not a bunch of pushovers.

Now, facing this enemy, Theresa not only won, but also seemed to have suffered no harm whatsoever.

Chapter 131. Venerable Lord Kevin, you have the looks of Lin Yu!

Inside the World Serpent Base, Jackal and Gray Serpent had been staring at each other in silence for quite some time.

Although it's a bit embarrassing to say this, both the Gray Serpent and the Jackal were so badly affected by the setbacks they encountered at the St. Freya Academy that they became somewhat withdrawn.

The Jackal's potion was fine; the Gray Serpent injected with the potion did indeed become Emperor-class Honkai Beast.

The cat that the Jackal modified was also strong enough; it genuinely possessed the strength of Emperor-class Honkai Beast within the time limit.

Even Cocolia's actions are fine.

According to the post-incident analysis, the three First Herrscher Clone attacked three regions simultaneously. If successful, Cocolia could have created even greater chaos, rescuing her adopted daughter while also taking Raiden Mei with her.

If there are almost no problems with either our side or our allies, then where exactly is the problem?

Moreover, although the World Serpent usually lies dormant, its comrades are spread all over the world, and some have even infiltrated the Schicksal organization.

According to intelligence sent back by World Serpent spies within Schicksal, Gray Serpent has conducted a combat capability assessment.

Ultimately, the top combat power of Schicksal is limited to just a handful of individuals.

Durandal is usually as busy as a spinning top.

Murata Himeko needs to connect to the Nexus System to unleash power approaching S-rank.

Rita Roseweisse is still recovering from her injuries and has not yet fully regained consciousness.

Although Theresa Apocalypse is the holder of the Divine Key, she must have been severely weakened after her battle with Chiyou.

Hua, the pioneer of the Previous Era, may be one of their most formidable opponents, but according to intelligence from spies, Hua usually keeps a low profile and has none of the flair he displayed as the Crimson Heron Immortal.

It was for this reason that Gray Serpent believed that just one Simulated Herrscher would be enough to hold back Hua and allow them to complete this operation.

All the problems have been settled, and there were originally no issues with combat strength.

But now, no matter how unwilling Gray Serpent may be to admit it, this operation has completely failed.

No matter how much Gray Serpent and Jackal thought about it, they could only conclude that the failure of this operation was entirely due to that man.

Lin Yu, B-Class knight of Schicksal —the reason this operation went wrong is because this man's strength is too outrageous.

Originally, a B-Class knight returning from Schicksal Headquarters to the Far East Branch shouldn't have been a big problem for the joint operation between World Serpent and the Anti-Entropy radicals.

However, who could have known that this B-Class knight actually possessed combat power surpassing that of an S-rank knight?

"Lin Yu...!"

After uttering the name through gritted teeth, the Jackal spoke to the Gray Serpent with immense resentment.