Honkai, I'll Transform and Punch You Directly

Bai Chen stepped forward to spar with Jia again, but he still lasted only a few moves.

"Martial arts emphasize being as light as a swallow and as steady as roots upon landing. Your footing is like you're missing a leg. Train again!"

Jia easily tripped Bai Chen to the ground once more, then sent him back to the start with another punch.

Sure enough, Bai Chen realized that Jia could trip him far too easily. He had already died five times at light speed; four times in the previous round, he had been tripped and knocked out with one punch.

After reviving again, Bai Chen steadied himself and charged forward once more. This time, he indeed managed to last several more exchanges against Jia.

"Your upper body is wide open. Who taught you martial arts?"

A heavy hook slammed into Bai Chen's lone guarding arm. The crushing blow made Bai Chen feel as if he had been struck by an iron hammer!

The moment Bai Chen recoiled from the pain and let his guard slip, Jia's fist slipped inside his defense. His punches fell like phantoms upon Bai Chen's chest, the force of his fists bursting through Bai Chen's back and leaving several terrifying marks behind him, ending another of Bai Chen's lives.

Once, Bai Chen was caught in an opening by Jia, and a punch pierced straight through his chest. But this time, with his last breath, Bai Chen controlled his muscles and clamped down on Jia's fist inside his body before punching Jia in the face!

"Not bad. You're improving quickly."

With a smile, Jia moved Bai Chen's corpse aside and continued waiting for him to revive.

On Bai Chen's thirtieth life, he finally managed to land an effective attack on Jia.

Bai Chen discovered that this place was practically a natural training ground. He could freely test moves he would never dare use in reality, because he would not truly die!

Several times, while experimenting with techniques, Bai Chen twisted his waist badly. Several times, Honkai energy exploded inside his body. NPC Jia was left numb from watching; he had never seen anyone die in such fancy ways.

Bai Chen's rate of improvement in this space was practically rocket-fast compared to the outside world!

Once his death count exceeded a hundred, Bai Chen felt that he could clearly keep up with Jia's rhythm. He had even copied quite a few of Jia's moves by imitation.

At that moment, Bai Chen suddenly felt that the way he saw the world had changed. It was as though everything now followed a traceable pattern.

However, because of the difference in height and strength, Bai Chen still could not suppress Jia, even with the abundant experience brought by over a hundred deaths.

When Bai Chen's strength was exhausted, Jia finally broke through his defense. His fist came crashing down on Bai Chen like Mount Tai bearing down on him.

Useful Item

The fist suddenly stopped in front of Bai Chen's face, not advancing even half an inch further. Even under control, the fierce gust from the punch made Bai Chen's face sting.

"?"

Bai Chen had grown used to Jia never holding back, so he was somewhat unaccustomed to this. He looked at Jia's utterly indistinct face.

"Little friend, the training is over. You may return."

Jia pointed to the words in the sky above Bai Chen. The text changed, its color gradually fading away.

"I... completed it?"

Bai Chen, who had been immersed in constant fighting, struggled to adjust. He opened the system inventory and saw that the skill was indeed marked as learned.

Then... how long had he spent in here? Although he had died easily at first, ever since his fiftieth life, he had been able to hold out for several hours each time...

"Thank you, little friend, for indulging my urge to fight."

Jia's figure began to dissipate as he cupped his hands toward Bai Chen in thanks.

Urge to fight? More like beating him to death over a hundred times! Bai Chen rolled his eyes in annoyance. Even in games, he had never been killed so many times by the same monster.

With the system's death buffs, his experience had long caught up. If not for his physical fitness and height failing to keep pace, he would have beaten Jia to death already. In the final few rounds, he had only died from being worn down.

Accompanied by a flash of white light, Bai Chen's consciousness returned to the real world. Looking at his surroundings, he felt as though ages had passed.

He glanced toward Kiana and the others and found them gathered together, whispering among themselves.

Bai Chen was feeling a little conflicted now. He did not know whether he should do something.

He looked at that divine item in his system space.

Invisibility Underwear

He stared hard at its description. It could remove abnormal statuses to a certain extent, but what exactly counted as "a certain extent" and an "abnormal status"?

But if he wanted to test this thing, Bai Chen had... absolutely no psychological burden.

Bai Chen had never been a particularly proper person. Now that he felt his restraints had shattered, he was even more uninhibited.

He then took the Invisibility Underwear out of the system space. Though it could not be seen, it felt as soft as silk in his hand and carried a fragrance Bai Chen could not describe.

Bai Chen pinched the underwear and tied it around his arm. That should count as equipping it, right? It should trigger the equipment effect.

"Big Sister Bronya, I want to test my new transformation. If I lose control, could you please help watch over me?"

Bai Chen moved close to Bronya and put on a pitiful expression as he pleaded.

Seeing Bai Chen's teary, gradient-colored eyes, Bronya's heart suddenly skipped several beats. She decisively gave Bai Chen a thumbs-up.

"Leave it to Bronya."

Everything was going according to plan.

Bai Chen smiled sinisterly to himself.

He then ran to a more open area and took out a pink card.

"Transform!"

Piloted Load · Herrscher of Reason

Phantom images wrapped around Bai Chen, and then he transformed into a blue-dressed, expressionless girl. A blue, high-tech-looking Heavy Tank Rabbit 19c appeared behind him.

Bai Chen had now taken on Bronya's Herrscher of Reason form.

"Wow! That skirt is so pretty! Xiao Bai, can you turn into Bronya now?"

Seeing Bai Chen transform, Kiana hurried over to him and reached out to stroke the blue skirts.

The real Bronya's eyes sparkled the moment she saw Bai Chen transform. It was Heavy Tank Rabbit style! Amazing! It was like he had been sculpted according to her XP!

But she had not forgotten what Bai Chen had asked her to do. With Mei's previous experience in mind, she cautiously approached Bai Chen.

"Bai Chen, are you still yourself right now?"

Bai Chen raised a hand expressionlessly, startling the three girls into shivering as they immediately went on guard, wary that the controlled Bai Chen might do something inappropriate.

Yet his next action left them utterly dumbfounded.

"This is the power of the Herrscher of Reason!"

Bai Chen and the Heavy Tank Rabbit 19c behind him turned sideways together, tilted their heads back, and pointed toward the girls. Even the art style seemed to have turned manlier.

Then, still not satisfied, he continued striking all kinds of flashy poses together with Heavy Tank Rabbit behind him.

He had wanted to try these poses for ages. When else would he get the chance?

"Wow, it's kind of a waste to mess around like that in such a pretty skirt."

Used to Bai Chen occasionally losing his mind, Kiana complained speechlessly.

"The Herrscher of Reason?"

Unlike Kiana, Mei found the title familiar the first time she heard it. Thinking it over carefully, wasn't that the First Herrscher?

"Bronya, are you going to become the First Herrscher in the future?"

Mei suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of malice. What was going on? Bronya was a Herrscher, Kiana would become one in the future, and there were two pseudo-Herrschers at the academy. Did everyone who came out of Changkong City become a Herrscher?

As a member of Anti-Entropy, Bronya understood even better what that represented. Would she inherit the position of Anti-Entropy's leader in the future?

"Huh? Bronya, you'll become a Herrscher too? Are you strong?"

Wise Kiana reacted a beat too late.

"Strong! Very strong!"

Bai Chen answered Kiana's question directly. This thing had lasted through several versions!

Then he constructed a gigantic drill that spun before Kiana's eyes, its terrifying presence forcing her to take a step back.

"This drill is proof of power."

Bai Chen stroked the base of the drill, deeply moved by himself. The roaring sound it made while spinning was just too romantic!

"Who cares about that?"

Kiana dodged the drill, moved behind Bai Chen, grabbed the edge of his skirt, and violently flipped it upward.

Kaslana's monstrous strength showed itself in the strangest places. Bai Chen only felt a chill around his lower body, and then his vision was covered by the skirt.

"Wow! It's white! White stockings too!"

Then Bai Chen felt a salty pig hand groping around his lower body.

"Kiana!!"

Mei's scream cracked from fright. Kiana's action had truly caught her off guard.

"Kiana, as expected, bugs should be exterminated."

At the sight of Kiana's actions, countless killing intents erupted from Bronya's normally cold eyes!

Her Heavy Tank Rabbit 19c emerged behind her. It clearly froze when it saw the other blue version of itself, but immediately accepted its command and threw a punch at Kiana.

But someone moved faster than it did. Bai Chen's Heavy Tank Rabbit 19c grabbed the head of the grinning Kiana.

"Huh?"

"Death sentence!"

And so, Kiana was hurled away like a bowling ball.

Himeko

"Ehehe."

With a huge bump on her head, Kiana wore a lewd grin. One look at her face was enough to know she was thinking about something.

"Did that feel good?"

A strange voice brushed against Kiana's ear.

"Great!!!"

Without even thinking, Kiana answered, then turned her head to see Mei's dark expression and dangerous smile.

"Mei!"

Only then did Kiana remember that Mei had been by her side all along—this time, she could provide the firepower!

"Then let's have some more fun!"

Mei, on the verge of going dark, reached out and pinched the corners of Kiana's mouth, pulling them hard to both sides like noodles!

"Mei, that hurts, hurts, hurts!!"

"Heh."

Having returned to his original form, Bai Chen grinned maliciously at Kiana's tearful expression of pain.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to flip up skirts was far too shameless! No, he needed to find someone to keep her in check. In this worldview, the only person he knew who could overpower Kiana in that regard was Elysia.

Once he completely mastered the Dimensional Wall ability, he would directly pull an Elysia over to put Kiana in her place.

Bai Chen's wish was beautiful, but he had forgotten one thing: if he really pulled Elysia out, could he be sure that Elysia still had no interest in him after so long?

At that time, deep in the Amazon Rainforest: Yuno, Kiana, Elysia...

While waiting for the way home, Bai Chen continued flipping through his transformation cards to pass the time. He had now discovered an additional outfit card that could change a transformation's skin, and it had no cooldown.

While searching for Himeko's transformation, Bai Chen discovered a special skin.

Crimson Knight: Eclipse - Remnant

Emmmm.

In a room on the Hyperion, after tossing command authority to Himeko, Theresa found a place to hide. She still had quite a few comics left unfinished.

"Hehe, although Honkai: Star Rail Adventure went on hiatus for several weeks last time, it actually updated during what was supposed to be its hiatus week. This time, I'm definitely going to enjoy it properly."

Theresa flipped through the manga in her hands, taking an occasional sip of bitter melon juice. It felt unbelievably good.

Just as Theresa was enjoying herself, a disheveled red figure suddenly crashed into her room. The abrupt commotion startled Theresa so badly that she spilled her drink all over the floor.