Collapse: I'll Transform and Punch You Directly

"Tch, excessive kindness. Is he planning to bring all those people over one by one? What about everyone else besides those thirteen, then?"

Black Seele expressed her disdain for Bai Chen's actions. That World Bubble had more than just those thirteen people. Could he really save them all?

No.

Bai Chen stood in that space, allowing the surrounding Honkai energy to erode him, staring blankly at the World Bubble that was about to disappear completely.

Why?

Chapter 67: A World on the Brink of Destruction

Why?! Wasn't this World Bubble fine just before he left?!

The moment Bai Chen stepped out of the Dimensional Wall, he saw a devastated world. The sky was torn open with countless gaps, and various Quantum Shadows invaded, destroying everything around them!

Smoke, tremors, roars, and screams filled the broken world.

Crap! Damn it, they raided his base while he was gone!

"Bai Chen!? You're back again!?"

Elysia casually dealt with a few Quantum Shadows as she saw Bai Chen rushing over. She hadn't expected Bai Chen to return so quickly!

"What happened?"

Bai Chen looked at Elysia anxiously. He couldn't exactly tell her that this World Bubble was just a normal occurrence, could he?

Elysia lowered her brow and said softly, "This World Bubble is about to be destroyed. Bai Chen, you should leave first."

"Are you kidding me?!"

If he went back now, Kiana would despise him for life!

"Elysia, are you here? These monsters are so annoying; they destroyed my room the first chance they got! I'm definitely going to find the monster that wrecked my room."

Kevin, wielding the Heavenly Fire Greatsword, also approached after seeing them, complaining about the Quantum Shadows. The worst part was that his prized instant noodles in the cabinet had been destroyed.

"Uh..."

Bai Chen carefully recalled what happened last night. He did destroy quite a few things before taking Mobius out.

"Such disgusting monsters! I truly despise these guys!"

Bai Chen straightened his face, expressing his disdain for the Quantum Shadows.

Quantum Shadows: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

"Bai Chen, didn't you leave? As you can see, the World Bubble's ending is irreversible. If you don't leave, you'll be stuck with us forever."

Kevin casually unleashed a wave of heat, swallowing a large group of Quantum Shadows.

"Wait, Bai Chen, if you can, could you take Griseo with you?"

Elysia believed that Bai Chen's sudden return must have a reason. Maybe he originally wanted to take someone with him. If he really could take someone, she hoped he could take little Griseo out with him.

"No."

Bai Chen shook his head.

"Is it because you need to rest for a day? Trust me, Beautiful Elysia can easily handle supporting you for a day."

Elysia gracefully shot down the approaching Quantum Shadows, laughing easily.

"I refuse! I, Bai, never do multiple-choice questions except during exams!"

Bai Chen instantly put a transparent Dignity on his head, then pulled out a pink card from the void!

[Armament · Herrscher of the Void]

Surrounded by a sea of Quantum Shadows, Bai Chen transformed into Kiana's Herrscher of the Void form.

The Herrscher of the Void's hateful emotions towards the world couldn't affect Bai Chen, thanks to the Dignity weakening them.

"Dignity, so worth it."

Feeling the tight Dignity on his head, Bai Chen was a little teary-eyed, feeling it was too worth it.

"Herrscher of the Void?"

Kevin gave Bai Chen a strange look. He was now curious about where Bai Chen's transformation limit was. Turning from male to female was indeed quite strange!

[Drive: Eden's Star · [Sirin · Ascension]]

[Drive: Eden's Star · Imaginary: Oblivion]

The moment he equipped Drive: Eden's Star, Bai Chen's aura erupted like a volcano!

Herrscher of the Void, full power!

Now he was invincible!

With a twist in space, Bai Chen's figure disappeared from the spot, along with all the Quantum Shadows within his field of vision.

On the cracked and broken sky, countless golden circles appeared, patching up the cracks like bandages.

"Hmm?! Dodge! Come again!!"

Chijie violently flung the Quantum Shadows' remnants everywhere, but when he came back to his senses, he found that there wasn't a single Quantum Shadow left on the field.

"Everyone, hide yourselves properly!"

In his anger, Chijie rebuked the unscathed children behind him, then continued to run around, trying to find and ferret out those hidden Quantum Shadows.

"Damn it! Did Bai Chen's descent really affect this World Bubble this much?"

Mobius, who had been released, led Klein behind her, constantly searching for a safe place. She didn't blame Bai Chen; she only hated that she had discovered the world's abnormality so late. Otherwise, she could have saved this world.

"Whoosh!"

Bai Chen instantly appeared in front of Mobius.

"You..."

Mobius was wary of the silver-haired Herrscher in front of her, but before she could finish her sentence, Bai Chen snapped his fingers and immediately left.

"Doctor, I think we're safe."

Klein pulled on Mobius's arm, pointing to the sky.

Only then did Mobius notice that there were no Quantum Shadows around, and the cracks in the sky were all blocked by golden halos.

Immediately after, Bai Chen fully mobilized his power, darting through every corner of the world. With the blessing of the Stigmata and his original body, Bai Chen was far more powerful than the original Herrscher of the Void. In just two hours, he had traveled the world and taken away all the Quantum Shadows.

Bai Chen reappeared outside the World Bubble.

"No matter how many bugs there are, they're still just bugs."

Bai Chen glanced disdainfully at the Quantum Shadows he had gathered. No matter how many of these things gathered, it was irrelevant to someone of his power level.

Bai Chen simply mobilized his authority over space, causing the space around those Quantum Shadows to become chaotic, unleashing a violent spatial storm that crushed them into fragments in no time.

They weren't particularly strong things, just relying on numbers to bully the ordinary people of that World Bubble.

After dealing with those monsters, Bai Chen turned to look at the shattered World Bubble. That sense of despair and destruction instantly rushed towards him.

It can't be saved.

Bai Chen stared blankly at the World Bubble being destroyed, feeling his own insignificance and powerlessness from the bottom of his heart. He had heard Mobius's words, that he had accelerated the world's destruction.

Now, Bai Chen could no longer view this World Bubble as a complete bystander...

"Bai Chen, it's not your fault. Their deaths are not your responsibility."

Fu Hua spoke, interrupting Bai Chen's attempt to overthink things. Bai Chen, you are simply powerless to do anything about it.

"No, I want to try."

Bai Chen took a deep breath, his eyes sharpening. Some things always need to be tried.

Because he is now much stronger than the original Herrscher of the Void, he can naturally try things that the original Herrscher of the Void did not!

The reason why the World Bubble is being destroyed is that it has no connection to a branch.

So, what if we give it a branch! Durandal once did something like this with the Holy Sword, so I should try it too!

I don't understand the technical aspects, but now I need to do something miraculous!

Bai Chen forced a rough smile on his face.

Who ever said I could only equip one set of Stigmata at a time? Bro, wanna bet?

A few words before going on the shelf

Crap, my book is actually going to be put on the shelf, I'm really done for, because no one reads my book at all! Won't even fewer people read it after it's on the shelf! Guys, please take pity on me and support me. So sad. Don't thank everyone for your support, I wouldn't be where I am now without you, thank you very much!

Chapter 68: I subdued a World Bubble

In the void, Bai Chen tried to mobilize the entire World Bubble with his spatial authority, but with little success. Even if he exhausted his strength, it would be impossible to save this World Bubble.

Durandal could easily merge World Bubbles back then, but he can't do it now, not because Bai Chen is weaker than Durandal now.

On the contrary, in this state, he is incredibly powerful even against the current Durandal.

The reason why Durandal could do it so easily was because of the Holy Sword and other reasons.

Now, Bai Chen is only able to brute force it because he doesn't have much knowledge in his head.

To make an analogy, Durandal, with the blessing of technology, solves this event as simply as multiplication and division, while Bai Chen can only use addition and subtraction to solve the same problem.

The difficulty is too different.

It's not Bai Chen's fault, after all, who would bother to participate in saving a World Bubble from destruction? The power that Bai Chen possesses now is only completely sufficient in terms of combat.

"Not enough, the power is far from enough."

A trace of annoyance surfaced in Bai Chen's heart. If he had gotten to know Durandal, as long as he knew the operating principle of the Holy Sword, he would have been confident in saving this World Bubble even without the blessing of the Stigmata.

In fact, Bai Chen is not confident in his heart right now. He has never tried to equip multiple Stigmata at the same time. Although he knows that it will definitely bring a leap in strength, he doesn't know the consequences at all.

But now there is no time, he can only gamble.

"Everyone, lend me your strength!"

[Drive: Eden's Star]

Dozens of purple cards floated out of Bai Chen's body, then merged into every corner of his being.

[Sirin, Gustav Klimt, Newton, Seele Vollerei, Dracula... Marco Polo]

"Ugh!"

He could originally only maintain his stamina for an hour, but now it was like a leaky faucet, threatening to undo his transformation at any moment!

That's doable!

[Lian Shan, Kallen Oath, Crimson Kite...]

As the Quantum Shadows Stigmata surged into his body, Bai Chen felt like he was about to explode from the inside out.

His entire body convulsed in tearing pain, a pain even more intense than when Bai Chen first trained with Honkai energy.

Just as Bai Chen was about to lose his grip, a wave of coolness washed over his head, smoothing out the constant pain throughout his body.

Was this the effect of Dignity? As expected of the only mission item the system currently had, it was a huge help!

A hint of joy appeared in Bai Chen's Herrscher of the Void eyes, and then he mobilized his power to complete the final Armament.

After Bai Chen chose the last Stigmata to load, Bai Chen's aura suddenly changed.

Like breaking through some kind of shackle, his entire being underwent an earth-shattering evolution!

Like a planet's gravity breaking through a certain limit, becoming an uncontrollable and terrifying black hole.

Bai Chen's Herrscher of the Void, after breaking through that limit, also began to evolve into some terrifying existence!

Intricate red stripes crawled across Bai Chen's skin in a regular pattern, like some kind of design.