The Apocalypse of Despair! (Second Update)

"Die!"

After Eve successfully created distance, she lunged at Alice, whose attack had missed, and curled her fingers to grasp her.

Suddenly, several sharp thorns burst from the ground. Even though Alice twisted her body to the extreme and smashed some of the threats with her Soul Steel Dagger, she was still pierced through the abdomen by one of the thorns.

Just as Ouma Mana was about to deliver a fatal blow, a blue-purple arc of light slashed diagonally from behind Alice, shattering the purplish-red crystal thorns that were restricting the savior's body.

"Pfft!" After landing and stepping back, Alice roughly pulled out the thorn that had pierced her abdomen, and her muscles and internal organs slowly healed amidst a dull pain.

"Why haven't you been assimilated by the virus!"

Ouma Mana was already captivated by the "Account Hacker" in Kevin's arms, and she didn't detect any similar scent from Yuzuriha Inori.

If she had touched the Origin Stone, been infected by the Primal Virus, and become Suitable Candidate, she shouldn't have failed to be assimilated!

"I borrowed something from a friend and had it engraved on Yuzuriha Inori's body. It's called... Himiko's Stigmata..."

"It can be considered... a key to storing or controlling Honkai energy..."

Kevin noticed that Alice beside him was healing her wounds, which obviously took time, so he was happy to explain the Ouma Mana and deliberately slowed down his speech.

When he first Kaslana Family, he asked Siegfried for something, which was certainly not the high-level weapon "Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment".

After all, that thing is quite dangerous, and it's still unknown whether I, who only inherited Kevin Kaslana's name, can fully control it. There's no need to take the risk.

Secondly, he also needed Siegfried to act as a meat shield and absorb some of the Gravekeeper's damage.

Therefore, he chose the Himiko Stigmata that Siegfried had mentioned. Transplanting this natural Stigmata, while still risky, at least offered some safety.

After all, the heir of one of the three great families of Schicksal and the agents of ME Company are still around, and they have many opinions to consider.

The Origin Stone, it really is made of Honkai energy. He made the right bet!

"Imposters who resist the guidelines have no right to inherit this destiny!"

Ouma Mana was furious; her emotions gradually became twisted and insane with each defeat.

It seems that this Honkai energy, while superficially acting on genes, is actually designed to destroy and entice the mind.

As Ouma Mana echoed with a peculiar rhythm, the surrounding space began to feel viscous, and clusters of viral crystals spread and grew.

Wriggling eyeballs, flying thorns, crisscrossing blades... that malice towards life makes this area a place teeming with killing intent.

Meanwhile, Yuzuriha Inori had gradually adapted to the special energy flow within her body. Kevin and Alice were in trouble, so she immediately waved her hand to interfere with Ouma Mana's erosion of the surroundings.

Once the Commander and Alice were freed from their restraints, they retreated as planned to clean up the mess below, leaving Yuzuriha Inori to fight against the berserk Ouma Mana.

Yuzuriha Inori, Overall Stats 200, D-Rank Knight, Child of Eden - Eve (True?), Void Songstress, Honkai Resistance...

Thanks to the energy storage and control of the Himiko Stigmata, Yuzuriha Inori's strength quickly rose to the level of a "Knight" shortly after becoming Suitable Candidate.

Furthermore, the high compatibility between Yuzuriha Inori and the Apocalypse Virus gives her virus manipulation abilities that are no less than those of Ouma Mana.

Therefore, stopping her for a while... shouldn't be a problem...

Yes, all we need to do is stop her...

"Bang!" Alice leaped forward, sidestepped, and unleashed a powerful whip kick that sent Kendo Shuichiro, along with his mental shield, flying.

Amidst the rising dust and the sounds of buildings and stones being smashed, the cracking of bones could also be heard.

At that moment, Kevin swung his Void Greatsword, severing the entanglement between Leon and Tsutsugami Gai.

"Clear out those mutated bio-monsters on the ground, that's your specialty..."

The commander turned to the two nearly exhausted men and whispered instructions, then turned to face Tsutsugami Gai, and smiled and spoke softly.

"You want to be her Adam?"

"I'm sorry, there are three candidates. How about we line them up first, Triton?"

Veins bulged on Tsutsugami Gai's forehead, his eyes gleamed with a Beast light, and he casually summoned the azure Void Greatsword as he walked step by step.

"Fine, then I'll kill you first, and then deal with Sakurami Atsushi!"

This is what a good child should be like...

Kevin smiled slightly, but instead of using the Void Greatsword of the same origin and nature in his hand, he drew two Electromagnetic Hand Cannons from his leg holster.

"Ready, Triton, I'm about to unleash my ultimate..."

"Shut up, you bastard!"

This taboo title enraged Tsutsugami Gai, who roared in fury and charged forward, sword in hand.

Black and white wings, full power!

Kevin took a deep breath, silently chanted, and the pair of Wings on his back flapped seemingly slowly but actually rapidly.

At this moment, the air around him became violent and murderous, and his overall value gradually jumped to the maximum of 200 for S-class Apostle.

Witness the Kaslana Family's Gun Fu, specifically designed for Honkai!

The instant Tsutsugami Gai rushed into Kevin's original spot, he suddenly realized that the man had vanished from his retina...

Immediately, dozens of bullets, some vertical and some horizontal, crisscrossed and attacked, almost completely sealing off Tsutsugami Gai's space to move.

"You think you can break through my defenses with mere scrap metal?!" Tsutsugami Gai scoffed disdainfully, a hexagonal crystalline shield resembling gene modules appearing around him, intercepting most of the bullets.

Even those that managed to escape were easily cleaved in two by the Void Greatsword in his hand.

However, within just ten seconds, the crystalline shield surrounding him shattered.

At the same time, Kevin flashed behind Tsutsugami Gai and delivered a knee strike that sent him flying into the air.

Black and white wings flapped in an intertwined manner, and the figure hovering in mid-air multiplied from one to two, from two to four, and in an instant, it transformed into hundreds of forms, as if simultaneously unleashing a barrage of ammunition at Tsutsugami Gai from different directions.

After losing his crystal shield, Tsutsugami Gai had no choice but to frantically swing his Void Greatsword, constantly slicing through the bullets that came close to him and turning them all into dust.

However, every time he was falling, that annoying man would appear unexpectedly and knock him into the air again, leaving him with nowhere to lean on.

Within a mere minute, Tsutsugami Gai was like a tattered sack, struggling to cope with the dense barrage of bullets, his powerful will to survive bringing him back from the brink of death several times.

"Puff!"

"Bang!"

Amidst two strange noises, Kevin, whose body was covered in wind pressure-cutting wounds, fell from mid-air and crashed to the ground, while his last bullet was barely caught by Tsutsugami Gai.

"It's over! I was the one who held on until the very end!"

With his tiger's mouth split open and his whole body covered in blood, Tsutsugami Gai grinned ferociously, then leaned on the Void Greatsword in his hand and struggled to his feet.

With every step he took, his muscles trembled violently, the pain excruciating.

The S-class Apostle state can only be maintained for 1 minute, and combined with the maximum output of Kaslana Gun Fu, this is all he can do.

But... at least... it was a success...

Kevin lay on the ground, managing a weak, mocking grin, before rushing a few steps to reach the halfway Tsutsugami Gai and raising his middle finger.

Because he saw the last bullet embedded deep within the cracked Void Greatsword, with blue-purple liquid seeping from the deformed bullet and staining the entire blade.

"Bang!"

Tsutsugami Gai stared blankly at the Void Greatsword in his hand, which looked like shattered glass, his face full of disbelief.

P. S.: I'll update this chapter first, then have a meal and write the next two chapters. Volume 2 should be finished today or tomorrow.

Chapter 139, Section 146: A Desperate Apocalypse! (Second Update)

At the same time, Ouma Mana Yuzuriha Inori, suddenly shuddered, and crystallization began to appear on her chest, her skin turning a deathly gray.

"Pfft!" Feeling the binding suddenly loosen, Yuzuriha Inori conjured Void Greatsword in her palm and stabbed it straight into Ouma Mana's heart.

In fact, Kevin's Oldest One target was that Void Greatsword.

Void Weapon, materialized through the power of the mind and genes, can indeed bring unparalleled power.

However, once the Void Weapon shatters, the original host will naturally be severely affected, and ordinary people will crystallize and die on the spot.

Kevin had secretly asked Yuzuriha Inori that even Eve, once the "void" she was separated from was destroyed by external forces, would have her body rapidly disintegrate even if she miraculously survived.

Therefore, how to destroy the Void Greatsword in Tsutsugami Gai's hands was put on Kevin's agenda before they even set off.

In fact, every bullet Kevin fired during the Kaslana Family Gun Fu was soaked in inhibitors.

The last one was even filled with special bullets mixed with soul steel metal.

To be on the safe side, Kevin even injected some of the original inhibitor solution into it.

Because of the similarity between Yuzuriha Inori and Ouma Mana, the Commander had the opportunity to study the Void Greatsword's endurance and conducted stress tests on it more than once.

Anyway, even if it was temporarily damaged, there was always the Void Bandage from the Kōjō Matsuri to quickly repair it, so Kevin had tried all sorts of ways to damage it.

This method is the most controllable and effective strategy after undergoing numerous tests.

If Tsutsugami Gai uses the Void Greatsword to directly withstand the attack from the S-class Apostle, as well as the maximum output of Kaslana Gun Fu, then the Void Greatsword will inevitably be destroyed.

And Ouma Mana, who is closely related to her, will also be severely damaged!

"No! My real name!"

When Tsutsugami Gai's gaze fell upon Ouma Mana, who was crystallizing and shattering, he disregarded his body, which was nearing its limit, and immediately jumped down from the three-meter-high Ruins, rushing madly toward Ouma Mana.

"Laugh!"

As Yuzuriha Inori pulled the Void Greatsword inch by inch from Ouma Mana's chest, her still-human body shattered into broken crystal and disintegrated.

Did we win?

Chris and Leon sat back-to-back amidst a pile of bizarre bio-engineered monster corpses, panting heavily, each muscle groaning under the strain.

Alice casually severed Kendo Shuichiro's deformed and twisted head with a single stroke. Despite being severely injured, her powerful regenerative abilities made her appear the most composed and calm.

Lara, who was in charge of hunting down Constantine, first dislocated the monster's limbs at Kevin's gesture to "leave him alive," and then knocked him unconscious with a rifle butt.

After Ada took down one of the Virus Strain that had approached her with her dagger, she also dropped her sniper rifle and leaned against a rock, panting.

Perhaps because her mind was too cluttered and she relied too much on weapons and equipment, Ada was unable to break through to the "Fool" rank.

Therefore, such a high-intensity battle was also a deadly challenge for her.

However, just as the team members were relaxing in anticipation of final victory, an unexpected change occurred.

The strange, purplish-red patterns were spreading from Yuzuriha Inori's Void Greatsword to her body.

In the end, Yuzuriha Inori's two pupils revealed a calm and innocent side, and a twisted and mad side!

"Eve is not simply a virus, but a destructive will!"

"You think you can kill me by shattering my body? How naive!"

"Hehe... Today, you will all... die!"

Having completed the mind invasion, Eve, through Yuzuriha Inori's mouth, uttered cold and insane words, her blood-red eyes filled with chilling killing intent.

At the same time, after the convergence of their spiritual energy, Yuzuriha Inori's aura surged, and the overall numerical values projected onto Kevin's retina jumped wildly.

200...210...230...260...300...305...

You've broken through, Lord!

Everyone stared in despair at the clusters of purplish-red virus crystals growing around them.

At this moment, all the light seemed to be swallowed up, and space began to distort eerily.

Looking out, the sun in the sky was shrouded in layers of blood mist, hazy and indistinct. The ground was covered with a riot of purple-red thorn bushes, growing haphazardly. The strangely shaped, amethyst-like mountains revealed distorted human faces.

Once they come into contact with these viral crystals, the wails of their souls, the cries of Affliction, and the resentment of being abandoned are constantly poured into their consciousness.

The despair experienced by each and every one of those vibrant lives is deeply etched into everyone's minds, almost driving them mad...

They are lonely, so they crave companionship!

They are helpless, so they gnaw at vibrant souls!

This is the end of civilization, this is abandoned consciousness!

They're finished!

Eve danced gracefully as she descended the steps, and with each step she took, crimson hexagonal patterns of light would automatically condense and emit a resounding echo.

A series of orderly musical notes form a symphony of Finality and closing, while the purplish-red virus, emanating from the crystals, begins to spread and radiate wildly around the large island.