Herrscher? Is That All?

On the front lines of the Honkai, Flame-Moth's armed forces were already prepared at the edge of the city.

Watching the Herrscher gradually approach through the air, their breathing grew ragged.

Most of the soldiers here were facing a large-scale Honkai disaster for the first time. After all, the first Honkai had come and gone so quickly that hardly anyone had seen a so-called Herrscher.

Today was different. A genuine monster had appeared before them. How could they not be nervous?

"Fire!"

At the officer's command, the sound of gunfire instantly became unending.

But strangely, the bullets could not touch the Herrscher at all. After passing through a layer of pale yellow light before her, they simply stopped and fell to the ground.

The soldiers were dumbfounded, seemingly unable to believe their eyes.

What the hell? Modern firearms had absolutely no effect? What were they supposed to fight with?

They all turned to look at their officer.

He was also sweating awkwardly, clearly not having expected this situation.

"What are you looking at?! Keep firing! I've already reported the situation. Captain Hen's injuries should be almost healed. We just need to hold her back!"

Hearing that, the soldiers hesitated no longer and continued sweeping their machine guns.

Yet no matter what they did, the bullets simply could not get close to the Herrscher.

The two sides remained deadlocked for a while. Then, seemingly irritated, the Herrscher lightly waved her hand, covered in purple patterns, and all the bullets that had just been fired were reflected back!

"Get down!"

Seeing this, the officer hurriedly shouted, but before his voice could reach the entire front line, the Herrscher's bullets were already whistling toward them.

They carried a faint metallic smell of rust, along with the sound of tearing through the air.

Splat—

"Ah—!"

The sound of bullets entering flesh and soldiers' agonized screams echoed across the front line.

Then came a long stretch of silence.

Even those who had not been seriously wounded and were still alive did not dare raise their heads, afraid the Herrscher would notice them.

High in the sky, the Herrscher curled her lips slightly, nodded in satisfaction, and prepared to fly elsewhere.

But at that moment.

Splat—

It was again the sound of something sharp piercing flesh, but this time, it seemed different.

Because it had happened to the Herrscher.

"!!"

The Herrscher was shocked. She abruptly turned around and discovered that beneath her, a pink-haired girl had appeared at some unknown point, holding a compound bow with a quiver of arrows on her back.

At that moment, she was nocking a second arrow.

"Xiao Li, hide here first. If there's any danger, just run. Don't worry about me."

Elysia spoke to Lin Li, who was waiting beside the wall, but her gaze remained fixed on the Herrscher in the sky.

"Oh... okay. Then good luck, Elysia."

Lin Li was obedient at a time like this and immediately vanished into hiding.

"..."

Elysia sighed softly, her gaze gradually turning serious.

Lin Li ran beneath a pile of ruins. As Elysia had said, this place was very safe.

She summoned the system panel and anxiously asked:

"System, system, what should I do now?"

Please work hard to earn money and improve yourself, Host. Naturally, there will be a way to resolve this.

"What kind of useless answer is that? If that... if Elysia can't beat her, I'll die." Lin Li said speechlessly. "How am I supposed to make money after I'm dead? Seriously, you crappy system..."

Then she saw the assets section change from -1000 to -2000.

"You..."

I am well, Host.

"?"

Lin Li was losing her mind.

"You can't mess with me like this, can you? Should I run now? Otherwise, I'm really going to die."

Please remain rational, Host.

"How am I supposed to stay rational?!"

Lin Li poked her head out from the ruins and saw Elysia being chased through the sky by the Herrscher.

What kind of monster was this? This was way too ridiculous.

Teleportation, summoning things, even catching blades barehanded with perfect accuracy—how could a normal person possibly beat that?

Lin Li could only pray that nothing happened to Elysia. After all, Elysia was the one who had saved her.

Although Elysia was a little flighty, overly friendly, and kept calling her "beautiful Xiao Li,"

Lin Li felt that she rather liked someone like Elysia. She had never met a girl like her before.

It could be said that as she watched Elysia fight the Herrscher now, her heart was more tense than anyone else's.

She shifted her gaze elsewhere and discovered that far away, military vehicles were lined up in a row, seemingly sealing off an area.

In front of the military vehicles stood an entire line of soldiers, though most had fallen, their injuries extremely severe.

Boom!

A spear suddenly plunged into the ground before Lin Li without warning.

"Fuck!"

Lin Li was startled badly and cried out.

Then, as though remembering something, she slowly raised her head and looked into the sky.

The Herrscher's spear was already aimed at her.

"..."

"Watch out!"

Elysia's pupils contracted. She charged over desperately and threw herself onto Lin Li amid the ruins.

At the same time, a golden spear pierced the spot where Lin Li had just been standing, kicking up a cloud of dust that buried them both.

Boom!

After a tremendous explosion came deathly silence.

The Herrscher's lips rose slightly. Bored, she launched another attack at the ruins, reducing them almost entirely to powder.

Then she turned away, but the sound of air being torn behind her made her focus again.

Clang—

A suddenly appearing golden spear blocked the first arrow, but it was immediately followed by the second, then the third...

The arrows now seemed to have gained a tracking buff, flying toward the Herrscher with flawless accuracy.

At the same time, the troops finally reacted. The officer clutched the wound on his arm and struggled to stand.

"Someone's holding the Herrscher back. Keep... fucking firing!"

After shouting that, he spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed completely.

The soldiers who witnessed this were filled with fury. As though their bloodlust had been ignited, they ignored their injuries and continued firing into the sky.

But they had only fired for a short while before the impatient Herrscher threw a spear, and the area instantly fell silent.

Now, across the entire battlefield, there were only the sounds of arrows slicing through the air and the Herrscher blocking them.

"..."

As the dust dispersed, Elysia's beautiful eyes widened as she stared at the girl before her in disbelief.

The fierce wind sent the girl's dress fluttering, and Elysia could even see beneath Lin Li's skirt.

Xiao Li... had actually stood in front of her and saved her life.

Was Xiao Li actually this strong? Had she been pretending all along? What was her goal?

All kinds of doubts swirled through Elysia's heart, but one casual glance from Lin Li made her stop thinking about them.

Lin Li was just too cool right now!

If Lin Li had heard Elysia's thoughts, she would have been speechless for a long time.

Cool? Of course. She had bought it with money.

Looking at the huge minus sign on her attribute panel, Lin Li felt as though her heart were bleeding.

Host: Lin Li

Assets: -

Strength: High-tier (can punch through a tank)

Agility: High-tier (can outrun Wang Peng from elementary school textbooks at the starting line)

Reaction: High-tier (can pull off a 0.01-second aim!)

Weapon Mastery: High-tier (mastery of all weapons)

Endurance: High-tier (indescribable, experience it yourself)

Intelligence: Mid-tier

Charm: High-tier

Note: Other than charm, all above stats were obtained through loans and will return to their original state in five minutes.

Time Limit: 4:45

Fifty thousand for five minutes of high-tier attributes... except intelligence.

"Elysia, you're injured. Go somewhere safe first." Lin Li said as she walked forward. "I'll come back for you in five minutes. If I don't come back, then don't wait..."

Whoosh—

Before Lin Li could finish speaking, she sidestepped the Herrscher's attack.

She smiled, then ignored Elysia and faced the Herrscher alone.

Fine, fine, fine. She had dressed so nicely today, yet this bastard had left her covered in dust!

You're finished!

Lin Li cursed inwardly, her furious eyes locked onto the figure in the sky.

The Herrscher seemed to sense something was wrong. Her sixth sense told her that the person beneath her was very strong, but she could not understand in what way.

She wanted to continue attacking, but in the next instant, Lin Li vanished from where she stood.

Teleportation...? No, she's just fast... Behind me!

The Herrscher turned around, but all she saw was a black arrow endlessly growing larger in her vision.

Splat.

An arrow struck her shoulder, blood blossoming through the air. The Herrscher froze for a moment, seemingly unable to believe what had just happened.

From Lin Li disappearing to herself being injured, not even a second had passed?

But the Herrscher no longer dared let her mind wander. She now regarded Lin Li as a true enemy.

She focused completely, teleporting without pause as golden spears rained down like they cost nothing, trying to force Lin Li out of hiding.

But in Lin Li's eyes, what the Herrscher was doing was no different from fooling around.

Her hiding place was actually beneath the ruins. Only the small patch of light above her head allowed her to barely see the Herrscher, while the Herrscher could not discover her at all.

Yet her arrows could target the Herrscher at any moment.

Time passed second by second. Looking at the countdown with only three minutes remaining, Lin Li would have been lying if she said she was not nervous.

But she could not reveal any weakness. This was a perfect hiding place. If she were exposed, she would definitely be doomed.

Another two and a half minutes passed. With only thirty seconds remaining before the enhancement ended, Lin Li finally seized an opportunity.

She suddenly fired an arrow into the sky. There was no one there, but just as the arrow was about to arrive, the Herrscher actually appeared there!

A prediction! Got you, kid!

Splat—

The sound of flesh tearing, followed by a crisp metallic clang.

The Herrscher looked behind her in disbelief, but aside from the second arrow flying straight at her, she could see nothing else.

Her heart... no, it should be said that the source of her power had been struck by two arrows and was on the verge of shattering!

(Don't say the Herrscher is too fragile. The plot requires it qwq. I don't know how to write it either.)

Feeling her power gradually draining away, she wanted to use her last bit of strength to pull out the arrows and teleport far away, but how could Lin Li possibly give her that chance?

Lin Li rushed out from the ruins and directly threw her compound bow upward. Empowered by high-tier strength, the tremendous impact left the Herrscher unable to focus on anything else, sending her crashing heavily to the ground.

Seeing this, Lin Li glanced at the final ten seconds on the timer, charged forward, leaped high into the air, retrieved her compound bow, and shot an arrow through the Herrscher's head!

The battle was over!

MVP of the match: Lin Li.

A victorious smile curled Lin Li's lips, and she even wanted to strike an exclusive MVP victory pose at the end.

But she suddenly remembered what she had said to Elysia. She stopped herself from posing, returned to the ruins, and went to find Elysia.

Yet after only taking two steps, her vision suddenly went black, her legs gave out, and she collapsed onto the Herrscher, unconscious.

P.S. The reason the Herrscher died so easily will be mentioned in later chapters. It has to do with Heng, so don't worry too much about it.