Lin Nai reined in his strength after missing the kick, stepped off the wall, and landed with a flip.
He turned, crossed his hands, and swept them outward, sending a white blade wave flying.
Horizontal Decapitation Blade!
Siegfried hurriedly dodged. The white light blade flew past by mere millimeters, cutting off several strands of his hair.
It scared the hell out of him.
Was this brat actually trying to kill him?!
"Don't misunderstand. I had no intention of killing you." Seeing what Siegfried was thinking, Lin Nai smiled.
After all, Siegfried's combat ability was right there.
He had gotten two skills and one item when fighting Welt. Who knew what he would get from fighting someone as strong as Siegfried?
Even if Lin Nai knew Siegfried had been forced into it, that did not stop him from venting some of Kiana's anger for her.
The corner of Siegfried's mouth twitched. It seemed he would have to get serious. He had not expected to get beaten up by a kid like this.
Siegfried took a deep breath and seriously sized up Lin Nai before him.
Lin Nai also raised his guard.
The two faced off.
Chapter 42: Flame Lance: Ready
Bang!!
After several seconds of confrontation, the two suddenly charged at each other.
Siegfried swung a whip kick at him.
Lin Nai did not dodge, catching it from the side.
Then he turned, exerted force, and threw Siegfried to the ground!
Siegfried: ???
Why was this guy not following the script?
Shouldn't this have been an evenly matched exchange of blows?
Lin Nai: How was anyone supposed to know that?
"Good lad, you're really strong." Siegfried sprang back to his feet.
He spun Heavenly Fire in his hand, aimed, and pulled the trigger!
Lin Nai dodged Heavenly Fire's attack, but Siegfried had already slammed a knee toward him!
Bang!
Lin Nai was knocked back two steps.
Heavenly Fire fired again, forcing Lin Nai to dodge.
After using Heavenly Fire to restrict his movements, Siegfried attacked through the opening.
Faced with this, Lin Nai decisively leaped into the air!
"Hah!"
Lin Nai spun several times in midair before landing behind Siegfried.
With his back to Siegfried, he swiftly hooked one arm around Siegfried's neck while reaching for the other man's pocket with his other hand.
He hoisted him high over his shoulder, then slammed him viciously into the ground!
Lin Nai had originally intended to throw a flying kick, but he was curious whether Heavenly Fire was any good.
To put it bluntly—
He wanted to play with Heavenly Fire.
So Siegfried, who had just gotten up, was thrown back onto the ground.
Siegfried lay facedown on the floor, opening his mouth and closing his eyes. "Young people really have no martial virtue..."
He had even dropped Heavenly Fire...
Wait?
Heavenly Fire had fallen?!
Siegfried's expression changed. Looking up, he saw that Lin Nai had one gun in his hand and another by his feet.
They were Heavenly Fire Judgment!
"Hey! Lin Nai! That isn't something you can play with!" Siegfried's expression changed as he hurriedly got up.
Using that thing even once could cause problems, especially in greatsword mode!
But Lin Nai had already picked up the other gun from the ground.
Random Item: Flame Herrscher Core
That actually seemed reasonable.
After all, Heavenly Fire Judgment seemed to have been made from the Herrscher of Flame and Soul Steel.
"Alright, Siegfried, you've already..."
Click—
Bzzzt—
Before Lin Nai could finish speaking, an odd sound suddenly coming from Heavenly Fire caught his attention.
"Hm?"
Siegfried also looked over curiously. He had never seen Heavenly Fire act like this before.
The crimson Herrscher Core at the safety mechanism was vibrating violently.
"Lin Nai! Throw that away, now!" Siegfried immediately shouted.
He had only wanted to test Lin Nai's level.
A lesson was one thing, but that did not mean he wanted anything to happen to Lin Nai.
Lin Nai had been taking care of Kiana all year.
Siegfried had seen Kiana as she was now. She was happy, had friends, and smiled every day.
So Siegfried still had to thank Lin Nai.
Not to mention, if anything happened to Lin Nai and Kiana found out it was connected to him, he would have no way to explain himself.
Before Lin Nai could do as Siegfried said, Heavenly Fire had already flown out of his hand.
The Herrscher Cores at the safety mechanisms of the twin guns connected, and a blade immediately formed from the completed Herrscher Core!
Siegfried's pupils contracted. He knew that thing all too well.
Heavenly Fire's greatsword mode?!
How could that be?!
The greatsword was wreathed in blazing flames.
The blade's form began to change again, its overall shape gradually transforming beneath the cover of fire.
The greatsword became a weapon resembling a lance and flew directly into Lin Nai's hand.
"Heavenly Fire Judgment: Limit Release" "Fingerprint detected. Authenticating, scanning." "Authentication complete: Lin Nai" "ENTRY" "Flame Lance: Ready"
Lin Nai's face was full of confusion.
What was happening? What was happening?
Someone else might have simply been baffled, but the more Lin Nai looked at the thing in his hand, the more familiar it seemed.
This...
Wasn't this the Flame Lance used by the Fire Trailblazer in Honkai: Star Rail?
That couldn't be right!
This... this was wrong!
Not just Lin Nai—even Siegfried, who had always used Heavenly Fire, was completely dumbfounded.
Why had Heavenly Fire changed shape?
Could that thing have freaking recognized a new master?
Was that a function of Divine Keys?!
Boom!!!
The training room's door suddenly flew open, and Einstein, Tesla, and Welt rushed in.
"Fuck! Is that Heavenly Fire? Siegfried! What the fuck, is that thing for a child to play with?!"
Tesla immediately started cursing.
Leaving Siegfried even more confused.
How should he put it? Could he really be blamed for this?!
"Dr. Tesla, calm down." Einstein hurriedly stopped the cursing Lobster Doctor.
At a glance, she could tell that the Heavenly Fire in Lin Nai's hand seemed somewhat different from the one Siegfried used.
They had rushed over as soon as they received an alarm that the training room's energy level had exceeded the limit.
They had also notified Welt.
Yet the moment they entered, they saw Lin Nai holding Heavenly Fire while Siegfried stood to one side with a dumbfounded expression.
Heavenly Fire!
Using that thing even once could get someone hurt!
Just look at how many people in the Kaslana family had died after using Heavenly Fire.
So Tesla started cursing right away.
Welt walked over to Siegfried. "What exactly happened?"
"I don't know. After that kid took Heavenly Fire from me, it... it turned into that by itself."
As he spoke, Siegfried's expression was complicated. He had never encountered anything like this in his life.
For some reason, he had an oddly uncomfortable feeling of being cuckolded.
Tesla calmed down under Einstein's reassurance, though she still shot Siegfried a glare.
Siegfried scratched his head. This really could not be blamed on him...
Welt added, "If you hadn't gone looking for trouble with that child, this probably wouldn't have happened, would it?"
When he saw the red mark on Siegfried's face and his tattered clothes—
Welt understood what had happened.
His eyes carried a hint of schadenfreude. So Lin Nai had hit him in the face too?
His face was even more swollen than Welt's had been.
Noticing Welt's gaze, Siegfried sighed.
From beginning to end, Lin Nai had only used two skills, both of them decapitation blades.
Everything else had been pure hand-to-hand combat.
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