Honkai Impact: The Unreturning Path of the Cleaner
Chapter 41

Kiana? Sirin? Or the Queen? / The Queen Descends-Utterly Terrifying! A Dou Ancestor Soars Through the Air!

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Seeing mechs appear out of thin air, Ling Feng looked utterly baffled. Even Quantum Expansion wasn't that fast, was it? Could they have come here invisibly...?

Kiana? Sirin? Or the Queen?

The sudden appearance of the mechs instantly threw the previously orderly crowd into chaos. Some people were even shoved straight off the tracks...

"Don't move around! Everyone, calm down..."

Mei wanted to stop the tragedy from worsening, but in this situation, no one paid any attention to her. The Titan Mechs were clearly not interested in the bystanders either. Without sparing them a glance, they charged straight at Mei.

"Freeze."

Kiana fired immediately. Water Sprite released ice-element energy, freezing one mech's right leg. Yet the mech broke free in less than three seconds. Clearly, Water Sprite was still far from powerful enough.

"Whoosh..."

Then, one mech had already rushed in front of Kiana and slammed down a fist.

"Kiana, watch out..."

"Ahhh..."

Mei raised her blade with both hands and forcibly blocked the punch with Plasma Shadow Show, but she was sent flying by the blow. Without Valkyrie Armor, and with no stigmata on her body, her strength was far inferior to these mechs...

"Mei, damn it, nice ass!"

Kiana kicked forward, knocking the mech flat. But she faced the same problem as Mei. Though she had stigmata on her back, she still lacked Valkyrie Armor and simply could not fully unleash her strength. Even with that kick, she could only knock the mech over, not destroy it!

"Yaaah..."

Kiana launched another flying kick, sending another mech straight off the tracks. But with more than a dozen Titans swarming toward her, she truly had no way to deal with them.

The Titans heavily surrounded Kiana and all smashed down at her together. It was over, little girl...

"Kiana... No! Yaaahhh..."

In that instant, Mei had no time to think any further. She activated her Herrscher power once again. The Herrscher of Thunder awakened!

"Thousand Chirping Slash!"

An energy slash crackling with lightning swept out, instantly reducing the mechs surrounding Kiana's right side to ashes. Then a purple figure shot into the battlefield like a flowing light. One slash per mech—the Titan Mechs were completely wiped out...

"Mei..."

Seeing Mei's state, Kiana knew Mei had entered Herrscher form again. And Mei in Herrscher form was even harder to deal with than the mechs...

"Hmph!"

Just like last time, Mei grabbed Kiana by the neck and lifted her up. With nearly the same words as before, she said, "Found you, my other half. Give me your power. Let us become a true Herrscher!"

As she spoke, Mei stopped playing around with kissing and directly began absorbing Kiana's power.

"Mei..."

With her neck gripped, Kiana felt as though she were about to suffocate. But Mei in Herrscher form possessed terrifying strength. No matter how Kiana struggled, Mei did not budge in the slightest...

"No, it can't be like this..."

Countless thoughts flashed through Kiana's mind. She had to save Mei. Her own... her own power...

Then a figure flashed through Kiana's mind. Her pupils suddenly turned golden, and the Queen Stigmata on her back erupted with unprecedented power. Then she grabbed Mei's right hand with both hands...

"Hm?"

Mei suddenly felt something strange. Why was her power being absorbed in reverse?

"Ahhh..."

Kiana forcefully pried open the hand Mei had clamped around her neck, then seized Mei's neck with her own right hand and lifted her up instead...

"Damn it, this... You... who are you?"

Mei in Herrscher form began struggling as well, only to discover that her opponent was even stronger than she was. At the same time, she realized that her power was constantly flowing into Kiana's body, completely beyond her control...

Kiana did not answer. She merely continued silently absorbing the energy...

"Huh? What... what is going on now?"

Seeing this, Ling Feng, who was hurrying toward the tram, was completely dumbfounded. This was not how the script was supposed to go. Shouldn't Mei be strangling Kiana, then he would save Kiana and use a kiss to absorb Mei's energy? But now...

Had Mei and Kiana's positions been switched?

But Mei was still surrounded by purple lightning, so Ling Feng did not dare rush in to stop Kiana. After all, Mei was still in Herrscher form.

"This is bad, Kiana..."

Seeing this scene, Rita immediately felt that something was wrong. As a Valkyrie by Otto's side, she knew many classified details—for example, about Kiana's...

"Rita, do you know something?"

Hearing Rita's words, Ling Feng realized she might know something...

As Kiana continued absorbing Mei's energy, Mei's consciousness gradually returned. Then she discovered that she was having trouble breathing and that Kiana was gripping her neck...

"Ki... Kiana..."

Seeing the situation, Mei felt as though her heart had been trampled by a dog. Had Kiana been controlled too?

"Kiana, wake... wake up..."

Mei stretched out with all her strength, trying to touch Kiana. At last, she reached Kiana's face...

"Hm?"

In that instant, Kiana's golden pupils returned to blue, and the hand gripping Mei's neck loosened as well...

"Thud..."

Mei fell to the ground...

"Aaaahhh..."

Kiana clutched her head and screamed. It felt like her head... was about to split apart...

"Ha ha ha ha, come on, give me your body..."

Within the space of consciousness, a purple-haired, golden-eyed girl appeared beside Kiana. "Give me your body, and I'll help you do what you want to do. Don't you really want to find your mother? Don't you really want to have your Captain? Give it to me—the body..."

"No, never..."

Kiana shook her head fiercely. She could feel the other party constantly eroding her power and body, but she absolutely could not yield. If she yielded, she would never get to eat snacks again.

"Damn it..."

The purple-haired girl directly attacked Kiana. But within this consciousness space, such attacks could not cause any real damage. Kiana did not choose to sit and wait for death either. She might be a little stupid, but when it came to fighting, she was not afraid of anyone...

In the end, their consciousnesses collided, constantly shattering each other's minds as they fought at all costs for control of the body.

To Kiana, this was her body. What happened to it was her decision. No one else could lay a finger on it.

To the purple-haired girl, this was an unprecedented opportunity. The stigmata had given her enough power, and this body suited her as well. If she could seize it, she would be revived and take revenge on this world once more...

"Boom..."

Suddenly, while the two consciousnesses were clashing, a third consciousness appeared. Taking advantage of their struggle, it directly seized control of the body...

Kiana: "No, this... this is my body!"

Purple-haired girl: "How could this be? I was here first! I was clearly here first! Why are you so skilled at this?"

The two still tried to struggle tentatively, but faced with the third consciousness, which had already taken absolute control, they could do nothing. They were forcibly put into a dormant state...

The third consciousness opened its eyes. Golden pupils, white hair, surging Honkai energy. Now, it was my turn!

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The cold night colors, my thoughts of you becoming a river...

The Queen Descends, Terrifying Beyond Measure—A Dou Zong Expert Walking Through the Air!

As Kiana opened her eyes again, three pairs of white-and-purple light wings spread out from both sides of her body. Under the influence of Honkai energy, her clothes formed a new suit of Honkai energy armor, and a shockwave burst forth from her body...

"Ahhh..."

The shockwave directly overturned the tram. The bystanders who had not escaped in time were blown away by the energy, and even Mei was no exception, sent flying off the tracks...

"Mei!"

Ling Feng quickly accelerated toward the area below the tracks, catching Mei at the last moment and holding her in his arms. He let out a huge sigh of relief. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, but... Kiana?"

Mei looked up at Kiana, only to find that Kiana had broken free of gravity's restraints and was slowly rising into the sky. Violent Honkai energy surged around her, and its energy level seemed many times stronger than even Mei's Herrscher form!

With such powerful energy, even Newton could not restrain her!

"No... she isn't Kiana. She definitely isn't..."

Though Ling Feng could not determine who she was, he knew she was definitely not Kiana. Such powerful Honkai energy was not something a human could possess. Kiana... really was not an ordinary person!

"Whoosh..."

In the distance, a new batch of Thunder God Mechs fired missiles directly at Kiana. At the same time, dozens more Titans appeared and charged toward Kiana in an encircling formation...

"Boom..."

A golden barrier unfolded around Kiana, taking the missile barrage head-on. Then she pointed her right hand toward the sky and threw out a purple energy vortex.

"Roar..."

The vortex flew into the sky, then expanded across multiple dimensions and formed a Honkai Wormhole. A Temple Honkai Beast squeezed out from within, followed by a second, then a third. Soon, a densely packed army of Honkai Beasts appeared, fearlessly plunging toward the ground and colliding with the charging Titans...

At the same time, two more warships appeared in the sky and began dropping even more mechs. This time, some differed from the previous ones. Though they were still Titan-type mechs, they were white...

There were also golden Thunder God Mechs, swarming toward Kiana...

"These are... Titan Sky Pillars? And Warhammer Mechs?"

Rita recognized the new mechs and smiled. "To capture Mei, Cocolia is really willing to go all out. She even deployed elite mechs like the Sky Pillars and Warhammers!"

"Captain, I think we should retreat to the side first. This place will probably turn into ruins very soon..."

As a Valkyrie of Schicksal, Rita had fought these two new mech types before and understood their power well. In this situation, it was best to run first!

"But what about Kiana?"

Holding Mei, Ling Feng remained worried about Kiana. Mei's Herrscher transformation had finally been undone, but now Kiana seemed to have transformed as well. What the hell kind of goddesses were the girls on his team? He only wanted to slack off a little. Was that so much to ask?

"Captain, I'm worried about Kiana too, but please trust me. Anti-Entropy cannot hurt Kiana. Please leave with me!" Rita grabbed Ling Feng, her attitude extremely firm. This was the first time she had spoken to Ling Feng with such determination!

"This..."

Ling Feng hesitated...

"Captain, Bronya agrees with Rita's suggestion as well!"

Bronya rode Project Bunny over to the three of them and said, "According to Project Bunny's scans, the energy level in Kiana's body has exceeded Project Bunny's detection range. If Kiana at this level attacks with full force, I believe everything within several hundred meters, perhaps even over a thousand meters, will be directly destroyed!"

"Fine... we'll withdraw for now and observe from a distance!"

Even Bronya said so, so Ling Feng did not dare let them stay here any longer. He could construct God-Slaying Armor to protect his body, but Mei and Bronya had no Valkyrie Armor to protect themselves. Letting them remain here would be no different from sending them to their deaths!

"A wise choice!"

Rita summoned the mechanical dog over and said, "Captain, please get on!"

Ling Feng glanced at Mei in his arms. Mei said nothing. She also desperately did not want to leave Kiana here alone, but reason told her they had to leave now. She had no right to ask Ling Feng and the others to remain, and if she chose to stay, Ling Feng would definitely not agree either.

The four quickly left the area, planning to observe from farther away. If necessary, Ling Feng could construct God-Slaying Armor and join the battle at any time. But the situation was truly complicated. Anti-Entropy was the enemy, and no one knew what had happened to Kiana, but she definitely was not an ally now.

The mechs collided with the Temple Honkai Beasts and immediately engaged in close-quarters combat. Both sides suffered losses, but the Honkai Beasts' losses were clearly greater than the mechs', because mechs had originally been developed to fight Honkai Beasts!

Meanwhile, Kiana calmly stepped through the air, slowly walking toward the sky. This... a Dou Zong expert, walking through the void—terrifying beyond measure!

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