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The meaning was obvious: a one-on-one duel.

Throughout this, she kept her eyes fixed on Qianyi. The moment he summoned Susanoo-no-Mikoto, she would turn and run.

It was not that she feared Qianyi. She simply felt there was no need to fight him. Once Qianyi opened with Tens of Thousands of Proverbs, the whole crowd behind him would rush in to gang up on her.

Making an enemy of this force right now was far too unwise.

"Heh, coward. Don't tell me you don't even have the courage to draw your sword anymore."

To keep the others from interfering, the Herrscher of Thunder tried to provoke Raiden Mei into making the first move.

The effect was immediate. Upon hearing that, Raiden Mei decisively drew Plasma Shadow Show and prepared for a one-on-one battle between real women. Seeing this, the Herrscher of Thunder's expression softened. Naturally, she could not be too rough with herself.

"Phew... Who's the king, and who's the mount? We'll settle it here and now!" Raiden Mei, who had awaited this moment for so long, felt her heart skip a beat. The ultimate showdown between herself and another herself!

"King? Mount?" The Herrscher of Thunder paused, then gently explained, "No. I am you, and you are me. We are one..."

"Bullshit." Raiden Mei rejected that outright. "You're the Herrscher of Thunder! Humanity's enemy! I'm going to defeat you, take that power, and Save the World!"

"I already told you! I'm your..."

"Not listening, not listening! You're obviously trying to deceive me. I won't believe your nonsense! You and I can never coexist. Today, we'll fight until—you! Die! Me! Live!" Raiden Mei charged in with her blade raised. She was going to avenge her father.

Herrscher of Thunder:

Fuck your mother! Did you hear me? I'll fu—

Oh, no, wait. We have the same mother. I can't insult you like that.

The Herrscher of Thunder, who wanted nothing more than to drag out Raiden Mei's ancestors for eighteen generations and curse every last one of them, suddenly felt like she had punched cotton—full of strength, with nowhere to use it.

She actually could not lock onto the other party's family.

How could someone so brain-dead, so deaf to human speech, possibly be herself? It was utterly humiliating.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. The Herrscher of Thunder simply chopped Raiden Mei's blade apart, then struck her with another slash that sent electricity coursing through her body and left her numb. Then she strung her up and viciously whipped her with the scabbard.

"Can't you understand human language?!"

"Can't you let someone finish talking before you start attacking? Do you have any manners?!"

"'Can't coexist,' 'you die, I live'—today, I'll teach you what it means to have nowhere to go, above or below!"

Although the Herrscher of Thunder cursed as she beat her, the blows only made Raiden Mei feel pain and left no real injuries. But even pain alone was unbearable for Raiden Mei, who was still school-aged.

She immediately wanted to call for help, only to find all her teammates watching from the sidelines.

No, where were her teammates? Where were they? Help me!

Where was the jungler? The top laner? The mid laner? The support?

Why were they all just watching?!

Had they really betrayed her?!

"Wow, so this is the true Mei consciousness you said was within Mei's stigma, Qianyi? Why does it feel like she hits even harder than Sirin did when she beat me?" Kiana could not help closing her eyes, unable to bear watching Mei's miserable state.

Qianyi paused. After hesitating for a moment, he slowly said, "It's understandable. Only human."

"You mean it's understandable that Mei lost?"

"No. I mean it's only human for the Herrscher of Thunder to whip her."

Raiden Mei, You're Too Despicable

Obviously, when someone refused to sit down and have a proper conversation with you, all you needed to do was give them a good beating, and everything would work itself out.

As people in Shenzhou often said, studying was so you could calmly talk to idiots, while working out was so idiots could calmly talk to you.

After the Herrscher of Thunder gave Raiden Mei a beating, just as Durandal had beaten Kiana, she found that this cowardly, chunibyo half of herself was finally willing to sit down and listen. She no longer spouted nonsense about instincts, kings and mounts, or how the battle would never end as long as evil remained.

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"Are you willing to listen now?" The Herrscher of Thunder's delicate, jade-white bare foot rested on Raiden Mei's face. She wore sky-high heels, and stepping on her with those on might hurt too much, so she had specifically removed her shoes before stepping on the other her's face.

"A warrior may be killed, but never humiliated!" Raiden Mei's face was flushed with anger, carrying the unyielding spirit of one who would rather shatter like jade than survive like tile.

The lands of Yan and Zhao were known for their impassioned, tragic heroes. Though I, Raiden Mei, am not from Yan or Zhao, I can still be counted among such heroes!

The Herrscher of Thunder said nothing, merely placing a hand on her scabbard.

"I was wrong." Raiden Mei immediately begged for mercy.

She was not from Yan or Zhao, so it was understandable that she lacked such impassioned resolve. Besides, a gentleman's revenge was never too late—even thirty years later.

Avoid the sharp edge for now. Endure it for the time being.

"Mm, good. Looks like you can understand human language after all." The Herrscher of Thunder withdrew her foot, then kicked Raiden Mei back before waving a hand. "You can leave now."

Qianyi reacted quickly, catching the flying Raiden Mei and setting her behind him.

"What do we do? Should we listen to her?" Kiana asked.

"Why should we listen to her?" Seele retorted.

"Oh, right. Why should we listen to you?" Kiana suddenly saw the light.

Taking advantage of being set down, Raiden Mei quietly slipped into the middle of the group. Then, in a deliberately soft voice, she secretly shouted, "Everyone! Don't hold back against her! Let's get her together!! Beat her up!!!"

The time had come. Today—raise the banner!

Herrscher of Thunder: ???

Raiden Mei, don't think I can't tell it was you just because you hid in the crowd and shouted!

Damn it! I went too easy on you earlier! Who would've thought that out of your hundred pounds, ninety-eight pounds were pure rebellion, with the remaining two pounds being petty grudges!!

But she no longer had time to think, because Raiden Mei's shout had already prompted everyone to rush up and start grabbing weapons to beat her. Just as she tried to draw her blade and fight back, a Folding Stool inexplicably smacked her in the head.

Kiana! You're so despicable!

That Folding Stool made the Herrscher of Thunder miss her best chance to resist, followed by a torrential group beating.

Halfway through the beating, Shoko suddenly thought of something. "Come to think of it, didn't Qianyi say at the beginning that she was a good person and that we shouldn't hit her? Why are we suddenly beating her again?"

"Didn't Qianyi tell us to beat her? I didn't even think about it before giving her a hit." Kiana scratched her head, her face full of confusion.

"How could it have been me? That voice clearly sounded like a girl's. If I'd shouted it, I would've opened with Tens of Thousands of Proverbs." Qianyi defended himself, then looked at the Dragon Girl beside him. "Ata, was that you?"

"Not me. Was it you, Seele, Lia, Wutina, or Bronya?" Talulah was equally baffled.

She had thought it was Qianyi too, which was why she had been the first to jump in.

"This doesn't matter! What matters most right now is taking this girl down, obtaining the Herrscher of Thunder's power, and then killing Otto!" Raiden Mei immediately put an end to the subject, preventing them from comparing notes and ultimately finding that nothing added up.

The struggle for the heir had always been like this—deception and scheming were the Three Kingdoms!

Raiden Mei, you're fucking despicable!

The Herrscher of Thunder struggled, desperately trying to shout, "This is all Raiden Mei's conspiracy! Everyone, stop! Don't fall for her trick!!"

However, Raiden Mei, who had long seen through her intentions, tightly covered her mouth. Like Pan Jinlian feeding medicine to Wu Dalang, she wore a card player's exaggerated grin on her face.

"I am the one and only Raiden Mei, the true King, while you are merely a mount! A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye—I will return every bit of the pain from before!! My other self, hesitation means defeat. Don't blame me for being despicable."

The Herrscher of Thunder was so furious she laughed, then tilted her head and died of anger.

But that was only temporary. She swore that when she came out next time, she would hang Raiden Mei from the Tokyo Tower and make her cosplay Joan of Arc.

Set a fire below and strike lightning above—rid the world of this scourge!

You'd better pray you can summon people again next time.

At that moment, as though some valve had been opened, the sky above Changkong City suddenly changed. Dark clouds gathered, and in the blink of an eye, thunderclouds had blanketed the entire city.

Raiden Mei could clearly feel every raindrop in the raging wind and storm leaping and tumbling through the air before finally merging together into surging waves that poured endlessly into her body. Every inch of muscle, every nerve, was being activated by the overflowing current.

"Power! Endless power!!"

"I am now the second Herrscher, the sole existence!"

"This is the moment of ascension to godhood!!!"

The Honkai Energy within Changkong City was being absorbed freely by Raiden Mei. Cocolia had originally prepared it to turn her into a Herrscher. Although Raiden Ryoma had dealt with much of it afterward, a vast amount remained, and it all became steps on her path to godhood.

Kiana, I can already throw you across the river!

Unlike a half-baked Herrscher like you, I am a complete Herrscher, a complete Raiden Mei, a complete—me!!!

If there had to be words to describe my current self, there were only four—invincible under heaven!

My power has now far surpassed Kiana, the Herrscher of the Void. The only people in the world who can currently rival me are Durandal and Qianyi. Hmph, Durandal is nothing to fear. Once I charge into Heavenly Mandate, I will cut her down from her horse and make her obediently become my servant. As for Qianyi? Perhaps my power has now far surpassed my Captain, my hero, my idol.

If that's the case, then why can't I, Raiden Mei, take the Captain's position!

Her gaze locked onto Qianyi as an eager emotion welled up within her. She now held the slightest doubt over whether Qianyi had surpassed her.

But naturally, something like that would have to wait until after the great battle, when she could challenge him in private. Right now, the most important thing was dealing with Otto and Save the World. Yet just as she prepared to withdraw the Honkai Energy and rejoin the others, a scorching bullet carved a dazzling red trail through the air, dragging a blazing energy tail as it flew toward her unguarded self.

She tilted her head, easily dodging it, then looked at the person who had ambushed her.

He was an uncle with white hair like Kiana's, an unshaven face, and only one arm.

"Damn it, why is there a Herrscher here? On the honor of the Kaslana Family, I'll stop you!"

That was! Siegfried Kaslana!

The instant Raiden Ryoma saw that scruffy uncle, he recognized him as the Anti-Entropy ally whom Welt, Anti-Entropy's leader, thought highly of.

No, I need to warn Mei.

As an Anti-Entropy executive, how could Raiden Ryoma possibly allow his daughter to severely injure his ally?

The first lesson in the code of brotherhood: loyalty and righteousness!

I, Raiden Ryoma, am exactly that kind of loyal and righteous man. I absolutely cannot stand by and ignore an ally in danger!

Yet he did not move, because he suddenly remembered that the second lesson in the code of brotherhood was to forget one's roots.

I'll remember you during my late-night NetEase Cloud Music hours, Siegfried.

"Stinky Dad?" Kiana was utterly shocked when she noticed Siegfried. "Why is Stinky Dad here?"

"Of course, it's because you were in Changkong City before." Qianyi reminded her. "Ever since he separated from you, he's stayed nearby to prevent anything from happening to you. Now that he's seen the Herrscher of Thunder being born, as a Kaslana, he naturally had to step out and stop her."

"Dad..." Kiana's eyes filled with tears.

Stinky Dad, so... so??? You'd been with me all along.

"So that uncle is your father, Kiana." Toyokawa Shoko froze. She had to admit that Siegfried's current appearance resembled her own father's—both looked utterly disheveled. But the moment he entered battle, his entire bearing changed, as though Toyokawa Kiyotaka had suddenly turned into Dante or Noctis.

So all this time, your fathers' pathetic, washed-up acts were just a disguise!

"Herrscher, I won't let you run rampant and destroy this city!" Siegfried held Divine Fire Judgment in hand, its muzzle aimed at Raiden Mei, while he considered how to deal with this newly born Herrscher of Thunder.

His body was already battered beyond repair. He stood absolutely no chance against a Herrscher in a direct confrontation. His only chance of victory might be to stake his life on using Divine Fire Judgment—but if he did that...

Before he could devise a strategy, Kiana came charging into his field of vision, calling out to him.

"Stinky Dad!"

"Kiana?" Siegfried froze. Hadn't Kiana gone to St. Freya Academy with Theresa? Why was she here?

"Kaslana Flying Kick!" Without giving Siegfried time to react, Kiana kicked him squarely in the face, sending him rolling across the ground several times before he finally came to a stop, mouth agape and eyes shut.

When had Kiana gotten so much stronger? The food at St. Freya Academy really must have been good.

No, I can't appear in front of Kiana!

The thought of appearing before Kiana made him realize that it might awaken the Herrscher of the Void consciousness inside her. And if the Herrscher of the Void emerged, the Kaslana blood within him would erupt as well. Once they both went berserk, the outcome would be something no one wanted to see.

But with the Herrscher of Thunder here, he couldn't flee in the middle of battle either.

"Kiana, Dad is very happy to see you here, but this isn't the time to catch up. Leave this place immediately and go find Theresa for help. I'll hold off the Herrscher of Thunder here, understand?" Siegfried intended to send Kiana away.

At that moment, Raiden Mei descended before them and asked, "Kiana, is this your father?"

"Mei, let me introduce you. This is my dad, Siegfried Kaslana." Kiana introduced her father first, then introduced Raiden Mei. "Dad, this is Raiden Mei."

"Hello, sir. I'm Raiden Mei." Raiden Mei politely bowed.