Just as the Imaginary Entity was about to regenerate, Bai Chen stomped the ground. Countless golden halberds burst from the earth like spring bamboo shoots, instantly destroying the Imaginary Entity's remains!
A long while after the battle ended, the spectators finally came to their senses.
"That was amazing!!"
"Could Schicksal have a hidden S-rank trump card!?"
"Even Lady Bianka has a rival!"
"So cool!"
Having witnessed the battle, the Valkyries immediately began chattering excitedly. That level of power had truly shocked them!
They noticed that the woman wore a nun's uniform bearing Schicksal's emblem. The last time they had seen that outfit, it had been on the adorable Theresa.
Thinking about it that way, could this mysterious and powerful Valkyrie's identity be equally special?
"I kind of want to date her!"
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Otto gave the group of heatedly discussing Valkyries a subtle glance, then wore an expression of complete understanding.
Though she was not truly Kallen, the Saint's radiance would still attract her loyal followers. For Kallen, this was perfectly normal.
"Oh my."
Rita also realized that she had underestimated the little fellow before her. Though she knew Bai Chen had dealt with Chi You, she had always assumed that had been a special case.
Now, it seemed Bai Chen's usual combat strength was this astonishing. Even with the newest God-Slaying Armor, Rita was not confident of victory.
After dealing with the Imaginary Entity, Bai Chen was still unsatisfied. Not to mention anything else, he had not even used the skills he had learned while locked in the little dark room.
Actually, there should have been other kinds of Imaginary Entities. The one he had just defeated was called Imaginary Entity: Nihilism. If he remembered correctly, there should have been two others, right?
But Bai Chen had no intention of fighting them again or summoning other monsters.
Someone had actually noticed something as well. Bai Chen clearly had not been hostile toward the Imaginary Entity, so why could he summon it?
Bai Chen did not understand either. The only explanation was that he had fought them back when he played the game.
Yet the monsters he summoned were not as simplistic as they had been in the game. Instead, their movements were much closer to reality. Strange.
But Bai Chen was not very smart to begin with. Asking him to think about such things was simply too difficult.
It would be better to fight a few more battles.
With Bai Chen's adjustments, four pillars of light suddenly rose from the training grounds.
Once the light faded, four creatures familiar to every Valkyrie appeared in the arena.
"Parvati, Ganesha, Ashwatthama, and Benares?!"
The Valkyries stared in shock at the four old acquaintances on the field. Every one of those monsters was an existence that required multiple A-rank Valkyries to defeat!
Only S-rank Valkyries possessed the ability to defeat them alone!
They were different from the Imaginary Entity just now. Although the Imaginary Entity had seemed powerful, none of them had fought it, so they had no concrete sense of just how strong it was.
But these four were different. As registered Honkai Beasts, every Valkyrie present had been thoroughly beaten up by them during training!
Though they were certainly not as powerful in the Memory Arena as they were in reality, they were still no easy opponents!
And now, this holy Valkyrie was going to fight all four at once?!
Fight four at once? Bai Chen was not that foolish. Though he had become exceptionally powerful with the Stigmata's enhancement, he understood that even a master could be beaten to death by a flurry of fists.
If all four rushed him together, he might truly be overwhelmed and suffer a humiliating defeat.
But do not forget, Bai Chen had come here this time to test his abilities!
He had to have some fun with the basic applications of the small world he had learned in the little dark room!
"Judah, deploy!"
Bai Chen swiftly slammed Judah into the ground. As it unfolded, countless golden chains shot out and bound Ganesha and Ashwatthama in place.
Then Bai Chen extended his hand toward Benares and Parvati on the other side. "Welcome to my world!"
In an instant, a portion of the World Bubble within Bai Chen was split away. The manifested world swallowed Bai Chen and the two Honkai Beasts, then overlapped with and hid within this space.
"What happened?! They suddenly disappeared?"
The onlooking Valkyries looked around in surprise. How had three such enormous figures vanished into thin air?
"No, they should still be here."
Otto glanced at Judah, which was still restraining the two Honkai Beasts, and formed a rough guess in his heart.
"Our little friend really does have quite a diverse array of abilities."
Rita looked somewhat enviously in the direction where Bai Chen had disappeared. As the pinnacle of ordinary humanity, she truly envied those inhuman fellows.
Within Bai Chen's world, he easily dragged Benares and Parvati inside during his first experiment with this ability.
This world was a portion he had cut out from the World Bubble and connected back to it.
In other words, Bai Chen no longer needed to fear being ganged up on. He could even communicate with the people inside the World Bubble and gang up on whoever had been dragged in!
The two Honkai Beasts paid no attention to the strange changes around them and charged straight at Bai Chen, trying to tear him to pieces.
Bai Chen violently stomped a crack into the ground, shooting toward Parvati like a missile.
He smashed a punch into Parvati's cheek, sending it flying. It even crashed into the incoming Benares, leaving Benares utterly dazed and nearly knocking it flat onto the ground.
Parvati climbed up beside Benares, shook its head, and let out an enraged roar as its body curled into a ball.
Then, accompanied by a thunderous roar, it rolled heavily toward Bai Chen!
At the same time, Benares flew into the sky. Light flickered in its mouth as though it were preparing to fire a beam at Bai Chen!
A cruel smile rose on Bai Chen's lips as he controlled golden halberds to rise from the ground and stab toward Parvati!
But those golden halberds failed to stop Parvati's roll. The vicious attack that could easily pierce Yuno only made Parvati pause for a moment!
(Yuno: Thanks.)
But that was enough! Bai Chen strode before Parvati and reached out, forcibly stopping it in the middle of its spin.
Then, with his relatively petite body compared to a Honkai Beast, he lifted it above his head!
"Roar!!!"
Parvati's four short legs flailed anxiously in the air. What kind of monster had it encountered?!
"Get lost!"
Bai Chen hurled Parvati like a shot put, sending it straight into Benares's mouth while Benares was charging up. The two of them rolled into a heap once more!
Benares: Report! Report! There's an impostor among us!!
Bai Chen: You're right, but Kaslana!
The Kaslana family's unparalleled brute strength was simply amazing when combined with the Stigmata's enhancement! This feeling required no technique at all—pure stats!
As long as he did not encounter one of those gimmick monsters, this power alone would be enough to shake heaven and earth.
Explosions continued to rumble throughout the space, all caused by Bai Chen raining punch after punch upon Parvati and Benares!
They were clearly the colossal creatures, yet beneath that unparalleled brute strength, they appeared incomparably fragile.
Before long, the creatures were covered in injuries, while Bai Chen had enough stamina to keep fighting for at least another two hours!
"Ha!"
Bai Chen smashed Parvati's head into the ground with a punch, then grabbed its last remaining tusk and lifted it up.
Like swinging a hammer, he smashed Benares—who had just climbed back up—away once again!
As the two Honkai Beasts rolled into a heap, Bai Chen gathered the strength of his entire body and controlled countless light spears to rain down like droplets of rain!
In only a few breaths, the two already battered Honkai Beasts were skewered into hedgehogs.
Not long after, the two among the strongest Honkai Beasts breathed their last and dissolved into data within this place.
Bai Chen liked transforming into Kallen the most. Kallen's game boss version had a great variety of skills, and its cooldowns were not as long as those of S-rank Valkyries. Its strength even surpassed many S-rank transformations!
After seeing that they had been completely dealt with, Bai Chen controlled the separated small world and released himself.
"Look! She's back!"
When Bai Chen reappeared on the field, the crowd began chattering again. How long had she been gone? Only around ten minutes, right? She had defeated them that quickly?
Of course. Back during the Final Lesson, Benares had not lasted even three moves. Bai Chen was no weaker than Himeko had been then.
The reason it had taken over ten minutes was because Bai Chen had been testing his skills. If he fought at full strength, he could have been much faster.
Looking at the two remaining Honkai Beasts, Bai Chen maintained Judah's restraint while calmly walking in front of them.
Under Bai Chen's deliberate control, he and the two remaining Honkai Beasts stood perfectly in a straight line.
He steadied his stance, twisted his waist with his stride, and struck as his intent moved!
Hundred Years of Fist Power!
Boom!
"Ah!"
"!"
A massive shockwave suddenly exploded across the field! Many Valkyries standing too close were staggered by the rolling blast! At the same time, a severe ringing filled their ears!
The powerful force of the punch instantly swept through Ganesha and Ashwatthama, who stood in a straight line. The destructive power tore the two restrained Honkai Beasts into pieces in an instant!
The force of that punch even left an enormous ravine across the training grounds, a terrifying sight to behold.
That punch was the skill Bai Chen had learned last time! This was the first time he had used it since learning it himself! The results were indeed absurdly powerful!
Though the punch's power was remarkable, the cost it brought was equally immense.
One punch consumed roughly the equivalent of twenty minutes of stamina. It could not be used too frequently, or he would exhaust himself to death.
"Heavens..."
The watching Valkyries stared at the ravine created by that punch, each of their mouths wide enough to fit an egg inside.
Was she a superhuman? She felt so powerful that she seemed to belong to an entirely different world from them!
Only then did Bai Chen stretch lazily and leave the Memory Arena in satisfaction. Having thoroughly tested his abilities, the Memory Arena really was a good thing.
Come to think of it, Otto would not demand compensation for the damage he had left behind, would he?
Seeing Bai Chen preparing to leave, the spectators immediately grew lively. Every one of them wanted to rush down and strike up a conversation with him.
As the situation began to get out of hand, Otto clapped his hands, creating a loud sound that successfully drew the Valkyries' attention.
Only then did they notice that their Bishop Otto had apparently been standing there all along.
"Children, while I understand your excitement, our mysterious young lady is not yet able to present herself to the public. So please return to your duties for now."
Otto politely ushered them away. If that group of Valkyries truly crowded around Bai Chen, there was no telling how long they would cling to him.
"Lady Rita is here too?"
"Then this holy young lady's identity must really be special?"
"By the way, have you noticed that this young lady looks a lot like that Saint..."
Seeing Otto and Rita, the crowd began whispering among themselves. Still, none of them disobeyed Otto, dispersing with their own thoughts in mind.
Given the Valkyries' personalities, all sorts of rumors would probably spread through headquarters by tomorrow at the latest.
"Splendid, Bai Chen. It seems Schicksal is about to gain the strongest knight in history."
Otto applauded as he walked over to Bai Chen.
"Otto? You came too."
Still in Kallen's form, Bai Chen tucked his slightly disheveled silver hair behind his ear and looked at Otto with some surprise.
Hearing that familiar voice and seeing that familiar appearance, Otto suddenly felt dazed, as though the real Kallen had truly been revived before him.
Otto scratched his head in distress. He only needed to wait a little longer. As long as he waited a little longer, he could revive the real her!
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