"Tch, pointless kindness. Is he going to bring those people over one by one? Then what about everyone besides those thirteen?"
Black Seele looked down on Bai Chen's actions. There were far more than just thirteen people in that world. Could he save them all?
He couldn't.
At that moment, Bai Chen stood in that space, allowing the surrounding erosion to wash over him as he stared blankly at the World Bubble that was about to vanish completely.
Why?
Why?! Wasn't this world fine just a moment ago when he left?!
The instant Bai Chen stepped through the Dimensional Wall, he saw a devastated world. Countless rifts had torn open in the sky, and all kinds of Quantum Shadows had invaded, destroying everything around them!
Smoke, tremors, furious roars, and screams filled the shattered world.
Damn it! He'd only just left, and someone had already raided the place!
"Bai Chen?! You came back again!?"
After casually taking care of several Quantum Shadows, Elysia immediately rushed over when she saw Bai Chen. She had never expected him to return so quickly!
"What happened?"
Bai Chen looked at Elysia anxiously. Surely something like this couldn't be part of that world's daily routine, right?
Elysia lowered her brows and said softly, "This world is about to be destroyed. Bai Chen, you should leave first."
"Are you kidding me?!"
If he went back now, Kiana would look down on him for the rest of his life!
"Elysia, you're here? These monsters are absolutely awful. The first thing they did was destroy my room. Damn it, I still haven't found the monster that wrecked it."
Kevin walked over carrying the Heavenly Fire Greatsword. He grumbled as he condemned the Quantum Shadows. Worst of all, the instant noodles he had carefully stored in his cabinet had been destroyed too.
"Uh..."
Bai Chen carefully recalled what had happened last night. Before taking Mobius out, he really had destroyed quite a lot of things.
"What hateful monsters! I truly despise scum like this!"
Bai Chen immediately put on a stern face, expressing his disdain for the Quantum Shadows.
Quantum Shadows: Right, right, right.
"Bai Chen, you haven't left? As you can see, the World Bubble's fate is irreversible. If you don't leave now, you'll be stuck here with us forever."
Kevin casually swept his hand, unleashing a hundred-meter wave of heat that swallowed a large cluster of Quantum Shadows.
"Wait. Bai Chen, if possible, could you take Griseo with you?"
Elysia believed Bai Chen must have had a reason for suddenly returning. Maybe he had originally intended to take someone away. If he truly could take one person with him, she hoped he could bring little Griseo out.
"No."
Bai Chen shook his head.
"Do you need to rest for a day? Trust me, beautiful Elysia can easily hold on for one day."
Elysia elegantly shot down the approaching Quantum Shadows and smiled lightly.
"I refuse! Other than exams, I, Bai, have never done multiple-choice questions!"
Bai Chen instantly placed a transparent Dignity over his head, then pulled a pink card from the void!
Drive Loadout · Herrscher of the Void
Amid a sea of phantoms, Bai Chen transformed into Kiana's Herrscher of the Void form.
The Herrscher of the Void's hatred toward the world could no longer affect Bai Chen after being weakened by Dignity.
"Dignity was so worth it."
Feeling the tightness of Dignity on his head, Bai Chen nearly teared up. It had been so worth it.
"The Herrscher of the Void?"
Kevin gave Bai Chen a strange look. He was now curious about the limits of Bai Chen's transformations. Turning from a man into a woman really was bizarre!
Drive: Eden's Star · [Sirin · Ascension] Drive: Eden's Star · Void: Eternity
The instant he equipped them, Bai Chen's presence erupted like a volcano!
The Herrscher of the Void was going all out!
I'm invincible now!
Space twisted, and Bai Chen vanished from where he stood. At the same time, every Quantum Shadow within his field of vision was taken away.
Countless golden halos also appeared across the shattered, crack-filled sky, patching up every rift.
"Huh?! Hide! Do it again!!"
Chijie violently flung the remnants of Quantum Shadows in every direction. When he came back to his senses, he realized that not a single Quantum Shadow remained on the field.
"All of you, hide properly!"
In his fury, Chijie snapped at the unharmed children behind him, then continued running around, trying to dig out any Quantum Shadows that had hidden themselves away.
"Damn it! Did Bai Chen's arrival really affect this World Bubble so much?"
After being released, Mobius took Klein with her as she continuously searched for somewhere safe. She did not blame Bai Chen. She only hated herself for noticing the world's abnormality too late. Otherwise, she might have been able to save this entire world.
Whoosh!
Bai Chen instantly appeared in front of Mobius.
"You..."
Mobius warily watched the silver-haired Herrscher before her, but before she could finish speaking, Bai Chen snapped his fingers and immediately disappeared again.
"Doctor, I think we're safe."
Klein tugged Mobius's arm and pointed at the sky.
Only then did Mobius notice that there were no Quantum Shadows anywhere around them, and every crack in the sky had been sealed by golden halos.
Next, Bai Chen pushed all his power to the limit and darted across every corner of the world. With the support of Stigmata and his own body, he was far stronger than the original Herrscher of the Void. It took him only two hours to scour the world and take away every Quantum Shadow.
Bai Chen appeared outside the World Bubble once more.
"No matter how many bugs there are, they're still just bugs."
Bai Chen disdainfully glanced at the overwhelming mass of Quantum Shadows she had gathered together. No matter how many of these things there were, they meant nothing to someone with her level of firepower.
Bai Chen merely invoked her authority over space, throwing the space around the Quantum Shadows into chaos and unleashing a violent spatial storm. Before long, they were ground into fragments.
They had never been particularly strong. They had only relied on their numbers to bully the ordinary people of that World Bubble.
Only after dealing with those monsters did Bai Chen turn to look at the shattered World Bubble. A feeling of despair and destruction instantly crashed into her.
He couldn't save it.
Bai Chen blankly watched the World Bubble as it continued to collapse. From the bottom of her heart, she felt her own smallness and helplessness. She had heard what Mobius said. Her arrival had accelerated this world's destruction.
Now, Bai Chen could no longer look at this World Bubble as a complete outsider...
"It isn't your fault, Bai Chen. Their deaths shouldn't be your responsibility."
Fu Hua spoke up, interrupting Bai Chen before she could trap herself in spiraling thoughts. Bai Chen was simply powerless to do anything about it.
"No. I want to try."
Bai Chen took a deep breath, and her gaze sharpened. Some things had to be tried.
Since she was far stronger than the original Herrscher of the Void now, she could naturally attempt things the original Herrscher of the Void had never tried!
The World Bubble was being destroyed because it had no connection to a branch.
Then she just had to give it one! Durandal had once done something like this with the Holy Sword, so she should be able to try as well!
Bai Chen did not understand the technical side of things, but now she would have to force a miracle through sheer power!
Bai Chen forced a strained smile onto her face.
When did I ever say I could only equip one set of Stigmata at a time? Brother, want to gamble?
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It was over. This book was actually going premium. It was really over now, because nobody read my book in the first place! Wouldn't even fewer people read it after it went premium?!
So, good brothers, please take pity on me and support me.
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In the void, Bai Chen tried using her authority over space to move the entire World Bubble, but the results were minimal. Even if she exhausted all her strength, it would be impossible to save this World Bubble.
Back then, Durandal had been able to merge with a World Bubble so easily. Bai Chen could not do the same now, but it was not because she was weaker than Durandal.
On the contrary, in this state, even if she faced the current Durandal, she would still be incredibly powerful.
Durandal had been able to do it so easily because of the Holy Sword and several other factors.
Bai Chen, however, barely had any knowledge in her head. All she could do now was brute-force the problem.
To make an analogy, with technological support, Durandal could solve this incident as easily as multiplication and division. Bai Chen could only use addition and subtraction to deal with a problem of the same magnitude.
The difference in difficulty was enormous.
It was not Bai Chen's fault. Who would normally get involved in something on the level of saving a collapsing World Bubble? The power Bai Chen possessed now was more than enough for combat alone.
"Not enough. The gap in power is still too great."
A trace of frustration surfaced in Bai Chen's heart. If she were on good terms with Durandal and knew the Holy Sword's operating principles, she would be confident that she could save this World Bubble even without Stigmata support.
In truth, Bai Chen was not confident. She had never tried equipping multiple Stigmata at once. She knew it would definitely bring a leap in strength, but she had no idea what the consequences would be.
But there was no time left. She could only gamble.
"Everyone, lend me your power!"
Drive: Eden's Star
Dozens of purple cards floated out of Bai Chen's body and fused into every corner of her body.
Sirin, Gustav Klimt, Newton, Seele Vollerei, Dracula... Marco Polo.
"Urgh!"
Her stamina, which had originally only been enough to sustain her for an hour, now felt like an opened floodgate. Her transformation could end at any moment!
That wouldn't do!
Lian Shan, Kallen Oath, Crimson Finch...
A massive number of Stigmata surged into her body, and Bai Chen felt as if her body was about to explode from the inside out.
Her entire body convulsed in tearing agony. This pain was even more intense than when Bai Chen had first trained with Honkai energy.
Just as Bai Chen was about to collapse, a cool sensation descended from above her head, soothing the constant pain throughout her body.
Was that Dignity's effect? As expected of the only item in the system that currently had missions attached to it. It was a huge help!
A flash of delight appeared in Bai Chen's Herrscher of the Void eyes, and she then mobilized her power to complete the final loadout.
The moment Bai Chen selected the final Stigmata and finished equipping it, her aura suddenly changed.
As though she had broken through some kind of shackle, her entire being underwent a world-shaking evolution!
Like how a planet's gravity, once it surpassed a certain limit, would uncontrollably turn into the most terrifying and mysterious of things: a black hole.
Bai Chen's Herrscher of the Void form had also surpassed a certain limit and begun evolving toward some terrifying existence!
Intricate crimson patterns crawled across Bai Chen's skin in orderly lines, like some kind of design.
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