31. How to Make Two People Regret It for the Rest of Their Lives at Once / 32. Well, Now There Are Three People Who'll Regret It Forever

"Come on, Sirin."

Xia Ling revealed a chilling smile.

"I'll expose you back to your original form within a minute!"

Chapter Thirty-One: On How to Make Two People Regret for Life

"Xia Ling? You..."

After checking on Xia Ling's condition, Himeko swallowed back the question that was already on the tip of her tongue, "Are you alright?"

"Don't ask, something's happened, but I won't die anytime soon."

"I see you've been trying to get close to her, so you must have a way to solve Kiana's problem, right? I won't ask for the method. I'll help you keep her in check, and you can deal with her, how about that?"

Xia Ling looked at Himeko and spoke very quickly.

"Discussing the plan in front of me..."

Dozens of portals slowly appeared behind Sirin, Spear of Subspace peeked out from them.

"You guys... aren't you taking me way too lightly?!"

"What a coincidence, in this very minute..." Xia Ling snapped her fingers, "I really didn't take you seriously."

Instantly, all of Sirin's teleportation portals were "closed".

"What?"

"This is truly an unprecedented experience... So this is how I utilize the limits of my abilities..."

"Sure enough, if it can open the door, it can also... close it."

From her perspective, she could clearly see the three Herrscher Core hidden within Sirin's body, as well as the "gate" through which they communicated with the cocoon, or rather, the Imaginary Singularity.

"For me, closing this kind of door right now seems a bit beyond my capabilities..."

"But it doesn't matter, I won't die anyway, so bring on any backlash!"

Xia Ling gave Sirin a firm, remote handshake.

Sirin's eyes widened instantly; she realized... she could no longer sense the Herrscher of Thunder Core within her body.

Or rather, she was certain that the Herrscher Core was still inside her body, but she was unable to use the core's powers.

Xia Ling suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, mixed with fragments of internal organs.

Just as she forcibly shut down the Imaginary Singularity, she felt a pressure as heavy as a giant hammer suddenly descend upon her.

"Himeko, make your move!"

As she finished speaking, Xia Ling once again "closed" the Imaginary Singularity of the Herrscher of the Void Core.

With two cores sealed at the same time, even Xia Ling's body, strengthened by the King's Set, could not withstand it. Her body went limp, and she knelt down on the floating platform in the air.

However, although she could not use her abilities again, Xia Ling was naturally prepared for the Core of the Herrscher of Death.

A lifelike painting appeared in Xia Ling's hands, and then the Black Abyss White Flower on the painting materialized.

Then, Xia Ling activated the Honkai Energy in the animation, and a pure white creative power surrounded Himeko, directly neutralizing the black mist around Sirin.

Although she didn't know what method Xia Ling used, Himeko naturally wouldn't give up this opportunity. By forcibly squeezing the already exhausted body, Himeko launched another attack.

Without the withering black mist, without the power of space, and even unable to use the power of lightning which she was not yet proficient in, the Honkai Energy barrier that Sirin struggled to release could not even stop Himeko for half a second. The knight, whose body was burning with blazing flames, had already arrived in front of her, and then, the greatsword slammed down heavily.

"Kiana, when you wake up, you will see that everything has changed."

"You will find that the world is no longer beautiful. Those ordinary days are gone forever."

"But don't give up, never give up."

"Kiana, lift your head and keep moving forward. Go and turn this imperfect story into the one you desire!"

"You..."

Sirin instinctively raised her hand to block, but she discovered that the attack didn't seem to land on her; the greatsword was aimed at the empty space behind her...

Looking at Himeko, whose back was impaled by a giant sword and whose posture was almost like hugging her, Sirin couldn't describe the thoughts that flashed through her mind at that moment. She closed her eyes, pushed forward heavily, and pushed Himeko away.

However... a syringe suddenly appeared in Himeko's left hand.

"Live on, Kiana."

"This is the Last Lesson..."

The Holy Blood developed by Tesla was injected into Sirin's body during Himeko's departure.

With a satisfied smile, Himeko fell off the platform.

The Honkai Energy was rapidly dissipating, and the power was sealed by Xia Ling. Kiana's consciousness was rampaging and trying to take over the body again. Sirin felt that her whole body was in chaos. She knelt on the ground, held her head, and let out meaningless screams.

The out-of-control power spread wildly outwards, and Himeko felt her body falling uncontrollably downwards. After all, in just a few hours, she had experienced too many moments that required a life-or-death struggle.

At that moment, she felt someone grab her hand.

Xia Ling smiled at her, and then activated her ability.

The two of them disappeared into this space together.

Meanwhile, Sirin remained where she was—no, rather, Sirin and Kiana ...

They naturally didn't notice this place.

After all, her eyes, which had mostly turned back to azure blue, were now brimming with tears.

After teleporting with Himeko several times to get out of the range of the Herrscher of the Void's influence, Xia Ling finally stopped.

Xia Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the side after setting Himeko down on a randomly chosen floating stone platform.

"So, is there still a chance?"

Himeko regained some consciousness and barely opened her eyes to look at Xia Ling.

"They won't survive much; the loss rate of their upper body is estimated to be as high as 30%."

"Sigh... Why did you have to come in and die with me? You know my body; even without this, I wouldn't have lived much longer."

Himeko let out a long sigh, her eyes filled with regret.

"I was thinking of being a hero one last time, but now look what happened... I don't even have the face to appear in Theresa's dreams after I died."

"What nonsense are you talking about..." Xia Ling's face regained some color.

"Even now you're still acting all high and mighty... Oh well, whatever. Anyway, we can keep each other company on the road to the underworld, and we'll have something to talk about then."

Himeko, on the other hand, seemed to have come to terms with it, staring blankly at the sky, lost in thought.

"Who told you you were going to die?"

Himeko came to her senses and found that Xia Ling had walked up to her and reached her hand directly into her chest.

Then, to her astonishment, Xia Ling pulled something she had long forgotten from her chest: a pendulum-shaped amulet.

At this moment, the pointer on the amulet that Himeko had originally thought was just an ornament began to spin wildly.

Starting at 12 o'clock, the hands began to move backward, all the way to... 11 o'clock.

As the pointer spun, Himeko felt her body, which had begun to lose consciousness, regain its vitality, and the life force within her body ceased to dissipate.

A strange ice crystal began to gradually envelop his body, freezing him in that state.

To be honest, Himeko didn't panic when she was about to die, but when she felt herself being saved by Xia Ling's talisman, she really panicked.

"Wait, Xia Ling, what are you doing!"

"If something like that exists... why don't you give it to yourself...?"

Before she could finish speaking, ice crystals had already spread to Himeko's face, preventing her from uttering any more words. She saw Xia Ling waving at her with a gentle smile through the thick ice crystals.

Then, Himeko lost consciousness.

Chapter Thirty-Two: Alright, now there are three people who will regret it for the rest of their lives.

"This should be... the place."

The lower level of the Hyperion, the cabin containing the engines of the Moon Throne.

Theresa, Ain, and Yae Sakura, each holding a detector, were carefully searching for any traces of battle left behind.

"The surveillance cameras and detectors haven't picked up anything, Theresa, are you sure this is the place?"

Ain retrieved the surveillance footage from here and displayed it on a small robot she carried with her. The screen, which was floating in the air, showed that the cabin had been peaceful and undisturbed for the past hour.

"The biggest anomaly is the lack of any abnormalities, because there are more than one place where battle traces have been left here."

Theresa stood up from what looked like a dent from an explosion. "This is definitely damage caused by mimicry of the heavenly fire. Sigfried's dual pistols, that's the feeling."

"If what Ms. Theresa said is true, then considering the mimic Judah that existed here and Xia Ling's own Honkai Energy aura, it can be basically concluded that Xia Ling fought here."

"As for the target of the battle..." Ain pondered for a moment, a hint of surprise in her eyes. "Without a doubt, this weapon that can frequently mimic different Divine Key must be the Void Archive."

"So, Xia Ling had a fight with Grandfather here..." Theresa's mouth opened slightly.

"And they won," Ain added the second half of the sentence.

"Although we knew that Miss Xia Ling was very strong, none of us expected that she could defeat Bishop Otto. After all... even the Alliance Leader couldn't say for sure that he could defeat Bishop Otto."

"Speaking of which, Miss Xia Ling is usually able to go toe-to-toe with me in our matches, but I always feel that Miss Xia Ling has some hidden strength..."

Yae Sakura then interjected.

"She's always so mysterious..." Theresa sighed, then suddenly remembered something. "Oh right, Ain."

"I heard from Xia Ling that she had already established contact with Anti-Entropy? How is that possible?"

"Ahem..." Ain turned her head away. "This... it all started with one of our Alliance Leader's undercover operations."

Afterwards, Ain told Theresa how Welt infiltrated the academy, how he discovered Xia Ling's hidden strength, and what kind of cooperation the two had established.

After all, the two sides were eventually merged, and leaving these things unclear would not be good for either side.

"So that's how it is... I was wondering why Xia Ling was always so absent-minded before..." Theresa pouted, "This time when I come back, I'm definitely going to teach her a lesson."

"Ms. Theresa, are you still a little worried about Miss Xia Ling?"

"Yes... After saying so much, even if she's a bit mysterious, her feelings for everyone are genuine, and we won't doubt her because of these secrets... Besides, her physical condition was really bad just now!"

Theresa said earnestly, "When I was restraining Sirin, I could feel her aura suddenly weaken, then replenish itself, then weaken again. Add to that her stubborn personality..."

"Don't worry, Ms. Theresa ..." Ain reassured her, "How could someone who can slightly outmaneuver Otto in a confrontation..."

Before she could finish speaking, the sound of a detector hitting the ground interrupted Ain's attempt to comfort her.

The two looked over in confusion, only to see that the detector in Yae Sakura's hand had fallen to the ground, and she herself was looking at the back of her hand in disbelief.

"What's wrong, Yae Sakura?"

Almost subconsciously, a sense of foreboding rose in Theresa's mind.

"Xia Ling, she..."

"The mark of the Stigmata Space I left on her has disappeared..."

Theresa's pupils contracted sharply.

"Yae Sakura ..." She felt her voice was a little hoarse. "What... what does this mean..."

Yae Sakura's expression suddenly turned sorrowful. She didn't say anything, but simply shook her head slightly.

"I'm sorry, Theresa..."

Yae Sakura said nothing, but it was as if she had said everything. However, in that instant, Theresa's mind was filled with only the absurd feeling of the world collapsing.

She stared blankly at Yae Sakura, completely unaware that large tears were sliding down her cheeks.

On the other side, in the Imaginary Space.

[One of the host individuals detected: Xia Ling is dead. Consume 60 Originium Ingot or 15 Hope to revive her?]

A token announcement was made, and the system immediately ticked "yes" on it.