The promised third collapse, where is it?!!

Bronya raised her hand and ordered expressionlessly, "Heavy-duty Rabbit, fire!"

"Boom!!!"

The Heavy Ion Cannon, with its cool appearance and destructive power, fired repeatedly. Even though the pale blue gas sprayed from the tail of the cannon continuously to offset the recoil, the several-meter-tall Heavy-duty Rabbit still retreated backward during the firing!

So this was Bronya's personality before she joined St. Freya, resorting to guns and cannons at the slightest disagreement.

Fu Li gripped the hilt of the Crescent Moon, and the rapidly spinning Shadow Blade constructed a circular barrier in front of him, blocking half of the incoming artillery fire.

The remaining half, carrying the force to tear through a ten-meter-thick alloy steel wall, penetrated the barrier and whistled through. The figure that should have been standing there had long since vanished.

"Truly (Fleeting Slash)—"

Bronya heard the clear sound of a gentle breeze by her ear.

"—even more delightful (Immeasurable Evil)!"

A slash that transcended time swung fiercely at the Heavy-duty Rabbit's steel arm, which had transformed into a Heavy Ion Cannon. Observing its essence, it was exactly the same as Ling's Rapid Draw learned from her elder sister!

In many fantasy works, such as the Eye of Insight, Art: Mimicry, or Mirror Pupils, or even Tencent QQ, one could completely master a new skill with just a glance. However, in the reality where Fu Li resided, at least in his memory, no one could truly achieve this.

Skills were different from trivial matters like bricklaying or hammering; their formation involved all aspects.

For example, the speed and direction of internal energy circulation, the construction and activation sequence of Honkai-corrupted organs, or the force exerted by a certain muscle fiber within a specific moment.

A slight misstep could lead to a vast difference.

Take Fu Li's Anti-Titan gymnastics, which he observed from the Schicksal Valkyries, for instance. He had only learned the form but not the essence.

It was fine for dealing with D-rank or C-rank mechs, but it was completely useless against anything higher.

However, there was one exception: when both parties used sub-modules produced by the same system.

To put it in Shenzhou's style, it was like being from the same school.

Even if the same program had one or two characters slightly changed, the running result would not be—well, it would likely still be vastly different.

But it was at least traceable. As long as the programmer who wrote the code was capable enough, it was not impossible to restore the original flow.

Take, for example, the Prodigy who inherited the name Yanqing from the Seven Swords of Taixu, mentioned earlier.

When he sparred with his grandmaster in his youth, he directly endured the latter's killing move, "Ephemeral Bloom · Heavenly River Dream Leak," and then transformed it into "Wind Returns to Clouds · Heavenly River Dream Leak," which was more suitable for him.

Fu Li and Ling had no connection whatsoever, let alone being from the same school.

But he knew Sakura Bloom.

This move was obtained by Yae Sakura from the Sakura Stigmata gene.

And in the Previous Era, its name was Fleeting Slash · Kuyasha, the Eighth Seat of the Fire Moths.

Based on this, with Fu Li's abilities, it was not impossible to reverse-engineer Fleeting Slash · Immeasurable Evil, which he had witnessed firsthand.

However, it was still a sword skill learned in a hurry, and coupled with Bronya's already thorough defenses, this Rapid Draw ultimately still struck the rapidly defending steel wrist of the Heavy-duty Rabbit.

The collision of the blade and the cannon body erupted with a sharp cry like a thousand birds, and Fu Li in mid-air stomped on the foothold condensed by Void Step, quickly creating distance from Bronya, who was kicking with the help of her Lower Limb Armor.

He also took the opportunity to glance at the gleaming blade of the Crescent Moon.

There was minor Blade Chipping.

The armor constructed by the Heavy-duty Rabbit was extremely hard, and the Mikazuki Munechika was already ineffective against mechanical targets. It had also undergone an extremely high-intensity battle with Ling last night. Furthermore, weapons like the Tachi were inherently fragile. With these three debuffs, it was completely normal for the blade to chip after the collision.

Besides that, the footprint on his calf also symbolized that Fu Li hadn't dodged entirely in time.

Many people thought that the High Heels worn by those Valkyries were ostentatious and ridiculous on the battlefield.

They didn't know that the manufacturing process and raw materials of those things were equivalent to cold weapons, and sharpening them was basic operation. Some insane individuals even added blood grooves to the sides of their high heels.

If one were to be kicked unexpectedly during a close-quarters fight, it would be no different from being stabbed in a vital spot by someone wielding a knife.

Unfortunately, Bronya was one of those insane individuals.

It was true that her legs were paralyzed during the X-10 Experiment in early 2014, but she had auxiliary Lower Limb Armor.

Thanks to the slashing speed of Immeasurable Evil far exceeding her expectations, that kick aimed at repelling the enemy was quite hasty; coupled with the timely automatic defense of the Silver Bloom Seed, it only left a shallow mark on Fu Li's trousers.

This undoubtedly displeased Bronya. Fu Li's slash had gone in three Fen, rendering the heavy cannon formed by the Heavy-duty Rabbit's arm irreparable, meaning the girl would be unable to reconstruct this extremely powerful anti-ship armament for a while.

Fortunately, as the adopted daughter of the Anti-Entropy Executor and her current trump card, Bronya lacked nothing.

The battlefield unfolded at lightning speed, with the offense and defense changing hands several times.

The freely scattered crystal blue sword energy was like a rain of falling stars, and the Crescent Moon, whether thrusting, slashing, stabbing, or parrying, created sonic booms as it raced across the battlefield, approaching the small figure suspended in mid-air like an arrow loosed from a bow, again and again.

However, if Fu Li's offense could be described as gorgeous and brave, then Bronya's counterattack was an art akin to playing the piano.

The Heavy-duty Rabbit 19c was an important component of Bronya's combat power, equipped with a Gravity Module and capable of various combat forms, an all-domain combat mech.

When not in combat, it remained in a Quantum State, hidden beside the user. Upon entering combat, it would switch forms according to needs to adapt to various environments.

It could also be equipped with external technological weapons to unlock larger, more numerous, and stronger new modes, making it an ever-evolving individual combat armament.

The over three-meter-tall Heavy-duty Rabbit 19c stood before Bronya like a knight from the Middle Ages, unleashing devastating firepower from its arms and shoulders, which had transformed into various guns and cannons.

The Core Fusion Cannon, accelerated by a magnetic rail and fired at Mach 2, released a plasma ball with tens of thousands of degrees of heat within a small range upon impact.

The Stalker Cannon, a quad launcher with a destructive radius of up to 300 meters, whose explosion diameter was determined by the amount of Honkai Energy injected.

The Frost Rain, a naval-grade pulse machine gun, is nearly two meters long. It accelerates solid needle-like bullets in pulses, with a maximum rate of fire of seventy thousand rounds per second. In less than a second, it can penetrate a ten-meter thick alloy steel plate.

Long and short cannons fired at different frequencies were precisely controlled by Bronya, surveying all directions. Again and again, she forced Fu Li, who was unleashing sword strikes, back to the next pre-designed ambush point.

"Like Hou Yi shooting down nine suns, agile like empresses riding dragons." "Coming like thunder, withdrawing like the sea and rivers holding clear light."

Perhaps, in many people's eyes, the bombardment of artillery fire could only be described by its power and radius.

However, at this moment, this seven-character quatrain, which the "Poet Sage" used to praise Gongsun Daniang's sword dance, was perfectly fitting for the battlefield before them!

Chapter 48: "Times have changed, sir!"

Based on Fu Li's understanding of Bronya, she was likely holding back significantly, perhaps due to concerns about the enemy's hidden abilities.

The young girl had only deployed one D-rank and two C-rank items so far.

That's right. The super high-temperature plasma cannon, firing at Mach 2, was only rated D among weapons. The Frost Rain, with seventy thousand rounds per second, and the quad-barreled launcher, with power comparable to a mini-nuke, were both only C-rank.

Fu Li had long suspected that the people who set the weapon ranking system had issues with their heads. In their eyes, any technological product was conventionally given a half-rank premium, and their power was usually outrageously high for their rank.

He later learned that this was because these items were considered external equipment and were susceptible to external environmental interference effects like EMP, which meant this category of items couldn't be priced too high.

Of course, anyone who thought an EMP pulse would incapacitate Bronya was simply overthinking it.

If Bronya were the type of person to know her weaknesses but not address them, she would never have become the renowned Ural Silver Wolf.

Under the girl's steady advance and precise calculations, this brief engagement came to a halt as Fu Li concealed himself behind a building.

A war of attrition was too difficult for him, a novice with only C-rank energy reserves.

Fortunately, he had activated Breath Concealment, coupled with the complex and chaotic urban environment.

Even with prior crowd evacuation, various factors still hindered Bronya's radar detection.

The Ural Silver Wolf, trained as an assassin since childhood, had always remembered one principle:

When the prey's presence suddenly disappears, be careful, because it often signifies a reversal of hunter and prey roles.

In that case...

Clutching a yellow, eccentric plush toy called 'Hutao', Bronya raised her eyes, which were slightly lighter than her hair color.

"Heavy-duty Rabbit, initiate saturation bombardment centered on Bronya, extending out to a radius of three hundred meters, ensuring no scattered individuals taller than a car wheel remain."

She stated calmly, "Wheels horizontal."

Upon receiving the order, the Heavy-duty Rabbit 19c's left arm rapidly transformed into a futuristic launcher, with electromagnetic coils unfolding at the muzzle.

"BOOM!!!"

The Zero Type Round roared out of the cannon, instantly creating a barren zone nearly a hundred meters wide in front of Bronya.

This wasn't the end. The Stalker Cannon had a firing rate of fifteen rounds per minute.

The Heavy-duty Rabbit, carrying its owner, shifted its orientation and continuously rained artillery fire in a 360-degree arc around itself.

When facing an assassin-type enemy like Fu Li, ranged units should first aim to destroy the enemy's environmental advantage.

This would force the enemy to reveal themselves while simultaneously creating a large open space conducive to observation and counter-attack, a true triple threat.

Of course, this approach had its drawbacks, such as being vulnerable to frontal assaults from extremely fast and highly penetrative enemies.

This was similar to how Youth Edition 2.5 Gojo in "Jujutsu Kaisen" faced the Heavenly Tyrant. Despite creating a battlefield advantageous to himself, he hadn't anticipated that the opponent still had a hidden arsenal of Special Grade Cursed Tools, too numerous to count on one hand.

Bronya had no such worries, as she was armed to the teeth.

Star Stone, a rare mineral deposit from World Bubble No. 0958, was one of the hardest materials in the world.

Its relatively static molecular structure made it nearly indestructible. Furthermore, due to its mysterious properties, jokingly referred to as "Crescent Moon Slash," it could maximally absorb, release, and store heat, energy, and kinetic energy.

This amplifier-like effect was particularly favored by release-type weaponry. For example, when mixed in a certain proportion with pig iron during forging to create blades, it would become a C-rank weapon comparable to Mikazuki Munechika.

If Star Stone was forged into a shield with a special configuration and infused with Honkai Energy, the resulting Crystal Wall Field would be sufficient to withstand the full-force slashes of an A-rank fighter.

Hair ornaments, earrings, collar, chest; Right wrist, abdomen, leg rings, left boot.

Bronya was equipped with a total of eight such field generation devices across her body.

This was the extravagance befitting her as Cocolia's most outstanding adopted daughter and the leader of the Anti-Entropy Reformists.

These shields could also enhance their defensive capabilities through resonance. In the past, she had sparred with many A-rank fighters within the organization, and even with their full strength, they could barely tear through two to three layers of the stacked defensive fields.

Bronya didn't believe Fu Li truly had the means to break through her defenses. According to the calculations of Anti-Entropy's most advanced AI, "Phyllis," an enemy capable of doing so would need offensive power at least on par with a conventional Silver Bullet.

But if he possessed that level of power, why would Fu Li be hiding and playing hide-and-seek with her here?

Could it be that he was a Loli Con and didn't want to kill her? Surely not.

Of course not.

Fu Li neither possessed offensive capabilities that touched upon Honkai Fission Bombs nor was he a perverted Loli Con who would attack Bronya.

If he truly wanted to trigger his preferences, it would likely be when Bronya developed into a voluptuous MMD King, a Secondary Silverwing capable of challenging Post-Honkai Mei on Wallpaper Engine.

The girl's simple and brutal, large-scale de-urbanization had indeed troubled Fu Li, but fortunately, it was a sweeping attack rather than a targeted assassination.

Fu Li managed to fend off this indiscriminate assault using only half the energy of the Silver Bloom Seed.

The only minor flaw was being blasted underground, but it wasn't a big problem.

Susanna is such a good girl...

He mused about the angel investor's generosity and selflessness as he handed the backup phone with the recorded audio and the Escape Dagger to the crystal blue humanoid before him.

This was an energy phantom he had created using the Shadow Blade. It was controlled purely by his will and had no self-awareness. Its purpose was to distract Bronya and buy him time to close the distance.

Crack!

With a mock high-five to the phantom, the two figures crossed paths and charged at Bronya from opposite directions.

Here she comes!

Streams of data flashed before the girl's eyes, followed by a hint of mockery and disdain.

She really is a chuunibyo who still uses cold weapons in modern times, she thought. Anyone with eyes can see that the crystal blue, running, Looks Not Like a Ruler, with its recorded audio playing on loop, is clearly a decoy.

Bronya had plenty of room to maneuver; firing on multiple targets was incredibly easy for her.

Cold gun barrels were simultaneously set up in front of and behind her. Her gaze settled on the cold weapon users still running towards her, a smile gracing her delicate, pretty face:

"Sir, times have changed."

As her voice fell, the Cluster Beam fired with a roar!

The torrent of light surged forward, engulfing the two figures attacking from different directions!

Chapter 49 "Divine Punishment: Fu Li"