Requirements for Obtaining a Herrscher Core

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[The World Serpent's Invitation]: The snake wants to invite you to the World Serpent to catch up.

Reward: 200 Primogem + Qualification for Access to the Elysian Realm.

Difficulty: Two stars

Upon seeing this task, Chen Luo subconsciously nodded to the Raven.

Just kidding, why wouldn't you accept the quest? Besides, it's just a trip to World Serpent, right? Just go.

Whether one can harbor malicious intent is uncertain, but one must always be wary of others. However, Chen Luo is now fearless.

With the Teleport Anchor, let alone the World Serpent, Chen Luo Chen Luo would dare to face the Finality even if you asked him to.

"You agreed?" Raven looked at Chen Luo with surprise.

Is $3 million about to be deposited into the account?

"Wait a minute." Just as Chen Luo opened his mouth to agree, the Herrscher of Knowledge suddenly appeared and stopped Chen Luo.

"What's wrong?" Chen Luo asked in his mind.

"Give me a moment to think it over," Chen Luo said, turning to Raven.

Although Chen Luo didn't know what the Herrscher of Knowledge was planning, it didn't stop Chen Luo from trusting the Herrscher of Knowledge's judgment.

Besides, it's just a moment's thought, it's not a big problem.

"Didn't I just tell you I discovered something interesting?" The Herrscher of Knowledge said, sitting next to Chen Luo.

After Chen Luo completed his achievement some time ago, he was supposed to bring back the Herrscher of Knowledge. However, the Herrscher of Knowledge said that he had discovered something interesting, so he left alone and has only just returned now.

"What did you find?" Chen Luo asked.

"I have discovered a new Pseudo-Herrscher."

"A new Pseudo-Herrscher, are you referring to Yae Sakura?" Upon hearing the Herrscher of Knowledge's words, Chen Luo instantly remembered.

There isn't just one Pseudo-Herrscher in Changkong City; two Pseudo-Herrscher appear in the manga.

One of them is Yuno, the Pseudo-Herrscher was just killed by Durandal.

In the original storyline, this Pseudo-Herrscher almost killed Theresa, but Theresa survived because she was saved by another Pseudo-Herrscher.

And this Pseudo-Herrscher is Yae Sakura, a ruthless person who truly possesses the core among the many Pseudo-Herrscher.

For example, Yuno, the Pseudo-Herrscher, was completely destroyed after her death, leaving not a trace of her, let alone her Herrscher Core.

Because of Chen Luo, this unexpected Traveler from Different World, Raiden Mei was taken away early, which led to the rapid creation of the Pseudo-Herrscher Yuno.

As a result, Yuno, the Pseudo-Herrscher who had just been created, was killed because of Chen Luo, leaving the Honkai energy from the Third Honkai Outbreak with nowhere to go.

Yae Sakura was sealed away, and after causing a series of events, it's quite normal that the seal was loosened ahead of schedule.

"That guy..." Chen Luo was a little unsure how to handle the mention of Yae Sakura.

Is Yae Sakura powerful? Yae Sakura is indeed powerful, but can Chen Luo kill her? There are certainly many ways to kill her.

The key point is that Yae Sakura and Chen Luo don't have any conflict right now.

But it's impossible to just let Yae Sakura fend for herself.

What if Yae Sakura, because she didn't meet Theresa, had her will gradually devoured by the Herrscher of Corrosion, which then took over her body and ultimately allowed the Herrscher of Corrosion to emerge prematurely?

Changkong City is the territory of the Far East Branch, which is under Theresa's control. Chen Luo wouldn't betray his friend like that.

So the question is, how should we deal with this Yae Sakura?

"That's right, it's Yae Sakura." The Herrscher of Knowledge nodded.

"But why are you bringing up Yae Sakura now?" Chen Luo asked.

"Of course, we're discussing how to deal with Yae Sakura. She's a Pseudo-Herrscher, you know. If we kill or defeat such a powerful Pseudo-Herrscher, we should get a lot of Primogem as a reward. I think it should be at least 800," said the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"Huh? You haven't even met her yet, and you're already planning to beat up Yae Sakura?" Chen Luo was taken aback.

"No, no, no, this is just a precaution. Because I suddenly realized why you didn't obtain the Herrscher Core after your Honkai Energy Adaptation reached 200%," said the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"Um?"

"You should know that the Honkai energy in this part of Changkong City is insufficient to give birth to two Herrscher, right?"

"I know." Chen Luo nodded.

Herrscher also need sufficient nourishment, especially those who are Pseudo-Herrscher.

If given enough time, Pseudo-Herrscher potentially grow into a true Herrscher.

And the way to grow is undoubtedly by absorbing Honkai energy.

Due to Chen Luo's various erratic actions, almost every Herrscher or Pseudo-Herrscher who appeared left or died immediately because of Chen Luo, resulting in the entire Changkong City not actually suffering too much Honkai.

The Honkai energy, having nowhere to go, will naturally continue to spawn new Pseudo-Herrscher.

However, since one is Chen Luo, whose Honkai Energy Adaptation has reached 200%, and the other is a veteran Pseudo-Herrscher, the Honkai energy did not make a choice immediately.

"So, if we take Yae Sakura out of Changkong City, the Honkai energy that has nowhere to go will choose me to become Herrscher? And then I will have Herrscher Core?" Chen Luo had some doubts about this.

"I'm just guessing, just guessing. Who knows if it will work?" The Herrscher of Knowledge shook her head and said.

Who can fathom the mind of the Honkai Consciousness?

Just like how Otto never imagined that the Herrscher of Knowledge would be born inside Fu Hua's body.

"So the plan is to get Yae Sakura out of Changkong City, right? What do you think about sending her to the St. Freya Academy?" Chen Luo asked.

"Don't ask me that. I need you to handle this, but I can give you a suggestion." The Herrscher of Knowledge shook her head again.

Those Herrscher of Knowledge have no insights into this matter.

What suggestion?

"You need to prepare two plans: one is to send them out of Changkong City, and the other is to suppress them by force," said the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"Got it, I'll handle the verbal sparring, you handle the suppression." Chen Luo suddenly realized.

Chen Luo has a skill that 100% Foxes Returning Favors. In addition to making the fox he saves repay his kindness, this skill also increases the fox's favorability towards him.

So Chen Luo was in charge of the verbal sparring.

If the other party doesn't listen to advice, then the Herrscher of Knowledge will have to step in.

You don't want to leave Changkong City, but you also don't want to get beaten up, which puts me in a difficult position.

However, Chen Luo personally prefers to send Yae Sakura to Theresa's side, so that she can continue the ill-fated relationship with Theresa from 500 years ago.

Moreover, it was Theresa who handled this matter in the original storyline.

Also, Yae Sakura herself is already quite pitiful. If it can be resolved peacefully, then it should be resolved peacefully.

"What do you know? You're going to do both of them. If I were to intervene, you wouldn't get the Primogem, would you?" The Herrscher of Knowledge tapped Chen Luo on the head.

"But I'm not sure I can beat her?" Chen Luo was somewhat unsure about this.

Although Chen Luo had already learned the Tai Xu Sword Qi and Tai Xu Sword God, his opponent was, after all, an old hag who had lived for five hundred years, and she also had a Herrscher of Corrosion assisting her.

It's not that we can't beat them, but rather that we lack confidence because we've never actually fought one.

However, Chen Luo might not be able to defeat his opponent, but he would definitely be able to kill him.

Let's take a look at the one-hit kill skills in Honkai Terminator.

"So that's where this task comes in. Raven wanted to send you to World Serpent, right? Then you can make a request to borrow the Third Divine Key from them," said the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"With the Third Divine Key, are you still afraid of not being able to defeat Yae Sakura? Of course, defeating Yae Sakura is secondary. The main thing is that you can use the excuse of eliminating the Pseudo-Herrscher to touch the Third Divine Key and obtain the blueprint for the Third Divine Key."

"The Third Divine Key ..." Chen Luo stroked his chin.

The sniper rifle mode in the Third Divine Key has an ultimate skill that can turn anyone hit into atoms.

It's practically a guaranteed kill.

With the Third Divine Key, he can indeed defeat Yae Sakura.

And the most crucial thing isn't actually fighting Yae Sakura, but obtaining the Third Divine Key.

If Chen Luo can touch the Third Divine Key for a period of time, Chen Luo will be able to decipher its structure. Once he surpasses the limit of the Void Archive, he will be able to use the Third Divine Key in its complete state.

Chen Luo had been craving the one-hit kill ability of the Third Divine Key for a long time.

Compared to this, expelling Yae Sakura seems less important.

"Xiola, I'm fine with going to the World Serpent with you, but I have one condition," Chen Luo said, turning to Raven.

"What are your requirements?" the Raven asked.

"Lend me the Third Divine Key for an hour. I need to use it to take down a Pseudo-Herrscher," Chen Luo said.

For things like parsing structures, a short touch time is simply not enough.

"Don't rush to refuse, and don't rush to agree. Perhaps you could ask Grey Serpent for his opinion." Before Raven could speak, Chen Luo suddenly interrupted Raven's opening mouth.

"... I think it's basically impossible, but if you insist, I can ask around for you," Raven said helplessly.

When Chen Luo suggested that Raven ask Grey Serpent, Chen Luo had already shifted the risk to Grey Serpent instead of Raven.

Although Raven currently has a high level of affection for Chen Luo, letting Raven decide whether to lend the Third Divine Key to Chen Luo would indeed put a lot of pressure on Raven. However, if the decision is left to Grey Serpent, then there will be no problem.

Anyway, if anything goes wrong, Grey Serpent will take the blame.

At most, it just means we won't need the Third Divine Key anymore, but that won't make a big difference to Raven.

Do what you are capable of. Without the Third Divine Key, Raven wouldn't ask to carry out those outrageous tasks.

Therefore, when Chen Luo proposed this seemingly unreasonable task, Raven did not feel much emotional fluctuation.

Anyway, the Third Divine Key was temporarily assigned to Raven by Grey Serpent, so if it's gone, it's gone. What does it have to do with Raven?

Having figured out this key point, Raven went to a corner and began to secretly contact the World Serpent.

Chen Luo looked outside and saw that it was still early, so he decided to go out and continue hunting some Militants and Honkai Beasts, and also demolish a few houses.

There are 16 hours left until the end of the 7-day event.

There's no need to rush to spend the crystals you get, because there will be a seven-day period after the event ends for redeeming items, and all purchases made within those seven days will be discounted by 10%.

After seven days, you will no longer be able to enjoy the 10% discount.

Conversely, after the 7-day event ends, defeating enemies will not reward you with crystals, but rather with Primogem.

However, there's no such thing as a free lunch. They give you a 7-day event where you can easily obtain Primogem by slaughtering monsters, offer a 10% discount, enable the party (assist) function, hold faction events during the event, and make it extremely easy to trigger achievement quests during the event...

Consequently, after the 7-day event ends, Chen Luo will not be able to obtain Primogem when killing the weakest basic version of the Militants. Only by defeating the stronger elite individuals, such as Emperor-class Honkai Beast, Emperor Honkai, Herrscher, and Pseudo-Herrscher, will he have a chance to obtain Primogem...

The talent panel explains that the higher your level, the less experience you gain from killing low-level monsters.

Just like how Chen Luo used to get 20 Primogem for defeating Blondie, now Chen Luo only gets 5 Primogem for defeating Blondie, both of which are considered generous on the talent panel.

Talent is what makes Chen Luo stronger, not what makes him want to dominate weaker opponents every day.

The talent panel has a fairly strict definition of enemies. For example, Chen Luo not get a Primogem reward for stepping on an ant, and he will not get a Primal reward for defeating an ordinary Militants after becoming stronger.

The reason Chen Luo was able to receive Primogem rewards within these 7 days, regardless of how strong he became or how many Militants he killed, was due to the event.

Otherwise, without any restrictions, Chen Luo could simply choose an ant nest and frantically kill the ants, wouldn't he make a fortune?

Keep in mind that after defeating an enemy, it's possible to lose their abilities.

Just like how killing Militants drops Honkai Energy Adaptation is an item dropped by Militants.

If killing 10,000 ants directly drops a "power to lift an object 400 times one's own weight," would Chen Luo become invincible?

Once Chen Luo gains the ability to destroy a planet, he can directly train a whole planet's worth of Militants, wipe them all out in one go, and instantly obtain hundreds of millions of Primogem. Wouldn't he then be invincible?

Therefore, Chen Luo did not have much objection to this.

Because protesting is useless.

In fact, Chen Luo suspected that the reason why the talent panel was defined this way was to prevent him from constantly bullying weaker opponents and instead encourage him to complete tasks and do something worthwhile.

Since my talent was awakened when I helped others complete their requests, this talent is more inclined towards commissions.

If you kill people to speed up your progress when you awaken your talent, will the awakened talent be more inclined to killing?