Herrscher Mei?!!!

Boom!

Countless blades spun around the Emperor Honkai, forcibly slicing a towering building in half.

The over-thirty-meter-tall Emperor Honkai stood upon the earth, displaying the bearing of a king.

Boom! Boom! Several explosions rang out. The shells fired by Heavy Cannon Rabbit struck the Emperor Honkai like scratches, failing even to breach its defenses.

Not to mention the pitifully small shotgun Kiana held in her hands.

"Can I really beat this thing?" Chen Luo seriously doubted it.

"Relax. It's just an Emperor Honkai. If I came in my true form, I could crush it with one finger. Nothing will go wrong with me here, but you need to activate War Domain so those people from Schicksal and Anti-Entropy don't discover me," Little Herrscher assured him.

"No problem."

Chen Luo nodded, then waved his right hand. A violent wind mixed with dirt and dust blasted straight into the Honkai Beast's face.

The condensed miniature sandstorm threw the Emperor Honkai's vision into disarray. At the same time, earth magic activated, and countless stone pillars surged from underground to block its path.

Two energy beams crossed and destroyed every stone pillar, while countless ring blades expanded outward. One flying blade happened to shoot toward Chen Luo.

Chen Luo picked up the Unsheathed Sword that Mei had dropped when she was attacked and forcibly blocked the ring blade.

The Unsheathed Sword was indestructible, so in a sense, it could serve as an unbreakable shield. As a result, Chen Luo was merely smashed heavily into a wall rather than having his defense broken through.

"Cough, cough. That's pretty impressive." Chen Luo coughed twice in amazement.

Now Chen Luo understood exactly how vast the gap in combat strength between himself and the Herrscher of Knowledge was.

"You two take Mei and leave first. Go to the TV station. I have a way to trap it and myself in the same space," Chen Luo shouted at Kiana and Bronya.

Raiden Mei had taken the aftershock of an attack head-on, but the Wind Element shield from her Vision had kept her completely unharmed. She had merely been knocked unconscious by the impact, and even her hair was barely messed up.

Chen Luo had specifically asked Little Herrscher to keep watch over the situation. If anyone was truly going to get hurt, then there was no reason to keep hiding.

"What? Trap yourself in the same space? No way! How could you possibly beat it alone? We should run away together!" Kiana did not believe Chen Luo could defeat the Emperor Honkai, so she shouted anxiously.

"Running is useless. That big guy is too fast. Don't worry, I can definitely defeat it. You have to trust me. Hurry to Changkong City TV Station now. We'll meet up there," Chen Luo shouted at Kiana, who was supporting Mei, before turning to face the towering Emperor Honkai.

Chen Luo charged at the Emperor Honkai with the Unsheathed Sword, which was no bigger than a toothpick to it.

Chen Luo disappeared.

The Emperor Honkai disappeared as well.

After Chen Luo vanished, Raiden Mei's hand twitched slightly...

At the same time, the Vision that Raiden Mei had been clutching, the one that had saved her once, slowly rolled from her hand.

Yet strangely, the Vision had turned an empty, pale white.

War Domain

After Chen Luo and the Emperor Honkai appeared in War Domain, it instantly simulated the surrounding environment. It was still a field of broken walls and ruins, except Raiden Mei and the others had vanished.

As an accessory attached to Chen Luo, Little Herrscher was treated as Chen Luo's weapon by default and was brought in as well.

"What do we do next?" Chen Luo rubbed his head as he looked at the over-thirty-meter-tall Emperor Honkai, surrounded by countless blades.

"I told you to buy Tai Xu Sword God, but you wouldn't. Now you need me to step in, right? Honestly." After tugging on Chen Luo's hair, Little Herrscher leaped down from his head and instantly grew to normal human size.

"Now then... let me support you properly." The Herrscher of Knowledge wore an excited smile as she looked at the Emperor Honkai before her.

At that instant, the Emperor Honkai seemed to feel a bone-piercing chill.

"I shall—Twist Myriad Manifestations!" Accompanied by the Herrscher of Knowledge's excited roar came the sound of something slamming heavily into the ground.

Chen Luo understood.

So-called support meant killing everyone who could threaten the main damage dealer.

That impression became even more profound after Chen Luo spent ages finishing off the Emperor Honkai, which the Herrscher of Knowledge had beaten to within an inch of its life.

It had taken quite some time just to kill the Emperor Honkai when it only had one breath left. One could imagine just how "competent" the Herrscher of Knowledge was as support.

Feeling the warm current surging through his body and the excited hum of the Unsheathed Sword, Chen Luo smiled.

Ding! Successfully killed Emperor Honkai. Obtained 200 Primogems.

Primogems have reached the limit and have been converted into an equivalent amount of Crystals.

Ding! Obtained 5% Honkai Energy Adaptation. Due to the overwhelming difference in strength, additionally obtained 5% Honkai Energy Adaptation.

Current Honkai Energy Adaptation: 100.5%

Herrscher Mei?!! (4K)

"Tsk, that's all the Primogems I get?" Chen Luo looked at the 200 Primogems in dissatisfaction.

How was this Emperor Honkai only worth forty Militants? Even four hundred Militants put together probably could not beat it.

But forget it. He had won by cheating anyway.

Maybe that was why the Primogem reward was a little lower.

Still, it was not a big deal. Killing a few more Militants would earn it back. More importantly, Chen Luo had now fulfilled the special requirement for obtaining a four-star achievement. As long as he killed another four hundred or so Militants, he could successfully obtain it.

That was right. Over the past few hours, Chen Luo had already killed more than five hundred Militants, earning one thousand Primogems and over fifteen hundred Crystals.

That feeling of happiness had nearly made Chen Luo pass out...

But when he thought carefully about the awful gacha rates in the Honkai World, Chen Luo calmed down again.

To guarantee a Herrscher Core through pulls, it took 28,000 Crystals to get one Herrscher Core, an S-rank character. And he would need to pull duplicates to gradually restore the Herrscher Core's Authority.

Even if Chen Luo truly killed ten thousand Militants and Honkai Beasts, using the base rate of five Primogems each, that would only amount to fifty thousand Crystals. With bad luck, he might only get one Herrscher Core.

Chen Luo figured he might as well become friends with those Herrschers and directly buy their Herrscher Cores with Crystals.

Raiden Mei's Herrscher Core only cost ten thousand Crystals before any discounts.

Unfortunately, increasing affection could reduce the Primogem cost of purchases, but when buying with Crystals, the discounts only applied to friends from the Honkai World.

All things considered, Crystals were inferior to Primogems!

However, Chen Luo would not only buy Herrscher Cores, because some other things were equally valuable, such as Divine Keys, skills, and other items...

That was right, Chen Luo meant Tai Xu Sword God!

And Herrscher of Knowledge's Melee Grandmaster and Cold Weapon Grandmaster.

Those were universal skills! They could provide foundational boosts to most abilities.

"Whoa!" When Chen Luo emerged from War Domain after defeating the Emperor Honkai, a bolt of lightning struck the ground right beside him, startling him badly.

"What the... Holy shit, what is going on?" When Chen Luo raised his head and saw the source of the lightning, he was utterly stunned.

High in the air, a girl with lightning dancing over her body flew steadily through the sky. A massive half-wing formed of lightning floated beside the left side of her body.

Endless bolts of lightning fell from the sky, proclaiming the Thunder Queen's fury.

"I was only gone for a few minutes, right? How did Raiden Mei enter her Herrscher form? Did Kiana get hurt, and then Raiden Mei got triggered?" Chen Luo was completely stunned by the situation.

War Domain could indeed be adjusted so that no matter how much time passed inside, only one second would pass outside, but Chen Luo did not think that was necessary, so he had not done so.

Chen Luo immediately examined the surroundings and saw Bronya unconscious beside a wall, with a massive crater behind her, while Heavy Cannon Rabbit was struggling to maintain its existence.

Then he immediately spotted Kiana, supporting herself with her shotgun against the ground. Blood trailed from the corner of her mouth, and a huge scorched wound marred her front.

"Sure enough, I knew Kiana got hurt. But... why does the scorched wound on Kiana look like it was caused by Raiden Mei? Is that an illusion?" Chen Luo was still utterly confused.

"A-Luo, you're actually alive?" Kiana shouted in surprise.

Someone suddenly appearing on the battlefield would naturally draw everyone else's attention, especially when there were only four people on the battlefield in total.

"What happened? Why did Mei suddenly become a Herrscher?" Seeing that Kiana had noticed him, Chen Luo immediately ran toward her while asking.

Given the current situation, Raiden Mei clearly could not be approached casually, so he could only go to Kiana.

"Heavy Cannon Rabbit!" Chen Luo did not forget to call for reinforcements as well.

Under Chen Luo's control, Heavy Cannon Rabbit dragged the unconscious Bronya and flew over.

Just as Chen Luo was about to reach Kiana, a bolt of lightning struck before him, forcing him to stop.

"Hahahaha! A-Luo, you're not dead?! Does that mean you successfully killed that Emperor Honkai? Excellent, as expected of my other half! Hahaha!" The usually gentle and quiet Raiden Mei laughed wildly from high above.

She looked a little wicked and overbearing.

And rather chuuni, too.

"Kiana, what happened? Why did Mei suddenly become a Herrscher? And why is she so chuuni?"

While asking, Chen Luo quietly edged toward Kiana, but the sudden descent of purple lightning made him abandon that idea.

"Cough, cough. I don't know why Mei became chuuni, but she probably became a Herrscher because of you," Kiana said after coughing twice.

"Huh? Because of me? You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Didn't I tell you to wait for me at the TV station? Why did you start fighting?" Chen Luo did not dare admit that this was his doing.

"You said that, but who would believe you could kill that Emperor Honkai? We all thought you did it with the intention of sacrificing yourself. Then, not long after you disappeared, Mei woke up and thought you had died," Kiana explained.

"I disappeared, sure, but why did you have so little faith in me? Why did you think I died instead of the other side?"

Did I usually seem that weak?

"Other half! Look at me! Who gave you permission to speak with another woman? You said it yourself, didn't you? If this Vision loses its light, it means its owner has died, right?"

A flickering bolt of lightning struck beside Chen Luo, interrupting his conversation with Kiana.

The regal Herrscher Mei, floating high in the sky, stared coldly at Chen Luo while holding up the Vision as she descended.

"Did you... deceive me?" After saying that, the lightning around Raiden Mei became even more dazzling.

...Did I ever tell Raiden Mei about that? It seemed like I really had.

"Mei, you seem to have misunderstood something. Death is indeed one way to make a Vision turn blank, but it isn't the only way. Being separated from a Vision by an entire world can also make it lose its light. My skill just now worked in a similar way."

While Chen Luo was within War Domain, the Vision outside could no longer contact him, so it mistook Chen Luo for dead and naturally lost its light.

However, since this was an item drawn from the talent panel, Chen Luo could still use Wind Element Power even when he could not contact the Vision.

So this was probably, maybe, seemingly... really his fault.

"Since it's a misunderstanding, Mei, can you go back first and let the other Mei come out?" Chen Luo attempted to reason with Herrscher Mei.

"Oh? Do you dislike me that much? You don't like the powerful me and value that coward more?" Raiden Mei stopped one meter above the ground as she descended. The half-wing of lightning behind her trembled slightly, and countless bolts of lightning crashed down toward Chen Luo.

Fortunately, Chen Luo moved quickly enough to evade the lightning.

"That's not it. You're both Mei, I know that, but... it's not good for you to keep coming out all the time."

Herrscher personalities were actually rather confusing. The fact that the Herrscher personality was Raiden Mei herself was beyond dispute.

When the Herrscher personality acknowledged the original consciousness, it would naturally dissipate, allowing Raiden Mei to become her true self.

At least, that was how it was for Raiden Mei.

In the abandoned Changkong City of 2017, Raiden Mei willingly became the Herrscher of Thunder once more. At that time, the Herrscher personality acknowledged Mei's personality and ultimately dissipated.

However, treating these Herrscher personalities entirely kindly was not advisable. When such a Herrscher personality refused to acknowledge the original personality, it should be taught a harsh lesson by society.

"Hahaha! As expected of the other half I acknowledge. You're much better than that white-haired fluffball over there, who keeps telling me to get out of my own body. Still, your answer is far from satisfactory."

"I feel great right now. I control the Authority of the Herrscher of Thunder and possess limitless power, so naturally I can protect you better. You'll never again risk your life for that coward. Isn't that... a good thing?"

Massive lightning gathered in Raiden Mei's palm, displaying her Authority as the Herrscher of Thunder.

*...*

Wait! Recognition from the Herrscher personality?

Damn! Don't tell me that the recognition from Raiden Mei I gained after completing the Omnipotent Traveler quest she issued was actually recognition from Herrscher Mei?

"Anyway, I can't explain it to you. There are too many monsters and demons in this world. Existing as a Herrscher is far too dangerous, so I advise you to go back quickly. Otherwise, I'll have to take coercive measures."

This time, Chen Luo truly meant well for Herrscher Mei. After all, there were genuinely quite a few people in this world who could tear apart a Herrscher with their bare hands.