Rather than let the Herrscher kill Hen and escape, leading to unpredictable consequences, it was better to eliminate it now.
And he would bear the sin of killing a Companion... just as he had before.
What happened with the Sixth Herrscher... could not happen again.
Everything was for humanity.
Everything was for the eradication of Honkai.
Everything around them was set ablaze. No matter what it was, it became fuel for that inferno.
The flames began to boil and roar, dyeing the night sky red.
Amid that crimson blaze, only the sword-wielding man remained standing.
Kevin stared into the distance, his gaze never leaving Hen and it. But now, both their bodies had become distorted... the flames had already blocked Kevin's view.
If Hen could be saved, if Xi Wang could make it in time, if...
But now, it seemed impossible.
But what if? If it were him...
That man who could move in and out around the Seventh Herrscher with a human body, who had been relentlessly targeted by the Herrscher of the Eighth, yet endured until the end and even recovered... could he save Hen?
Kevin said nothing. Then, he swung the sword in his hand.
Skyfire Unsheathed
A wave of blazing fire surged forth.
The Herrscher sensed it. It noticed it. But so what?
It all happened in an instant. It was nothing more than raising a hand and swinging a sword—how much time could that possibly take?
The flames of destruction arrived before it in the blink of an eye.
Yet these flames seemed weaker than expected. They were still fierce, but there was a slight gap between them and the power Skyfire Judgment should have unleashed.
But it knew none of this.
"Tch..."
It simply had not expected humans to be so decisive, to actually