What, You Think You're the Only One Waiting? / Siegfried?

"Spread!"

With a powerful swing of his Demonic Blade, Crimson Sakura, which glowed brightly in his hand, Gwen unleashed a terrifying and magnificent blade that traced a mysterious trajectory, repelling all the monsters from all directions and allowing the group to disperse safely.

Boom!

The next moment, a colossal object crashed down on the spot where everyone had just gathered with a loud bang, splattering blood everywhere and turning Yae Sakura, who was closest to it, into a blood-soaked mess.

Chapter 217 You think you're the only one waiting?

"I heard you're looking for something new?"

The enormous creature leaped down from the height, baring its teeth and revealing gleaming white teeth that seemed to be stained with blood and flesh. It uttered a sinister and vicious sound that sent chills down the spine of anyone who heard it.

Under the light emanating from Gwen's hand, everyone was able to clearly see the face of this colossal creature—

It was a creature that resembled a fox in shape, but was as big as an elephant, with white and red fur that looked like a mixture of brains and filthy blood.

As if due to the appearance of the other party, the endless horde of beasts that had been surging towards the crowd in this arena stopped, but stared at the crowd with their blood-red eyes, as if they were still ready to rush up and tear them apart at any moment.

However, Gwen's attention was not on the massive number of monsters that the other party had created at will, but rather on the giant beast in the center.

Looking at this monster, so unlike the somewhat beautiful one he remembered, a creature that sent chills down his spine at first glance, Gwen lightly raised his sword and slowly said:

"If we're only talking about sheer numbers... a sea of animals tactics, you're much better this time than you were outside."

"Besides, I thought you were going to wait for us to fight our way to the top floor, then destroy this building and come back here. I didn't expect you to be so impatient and jump down yourself."

"If you don't come down, won't you be killed by these beasts?"

The giant fox, Hiyori, grinned even wider, as if speaking words of concern, but his sinister and terrifying voice only revealed deep malice.

"Yeah?"

Gwen narrowed his eyes, carefully examining the ferocious fox before him, his gaze piercing through its hideous exterior to its very essence—

"But why do I feel that we have killed too many people, and that we have terrified some beast?"

Am I right?

Hiyori? "

Indeed, the great fox Hiyori, looks like a beast king who commands these monsters.

However, from Gwen's perspective, these seemingly endless hordes of monsters are actually an extension of Hiyori's power—

Destroying those monsters is also destroying the power of Hiyori.

"Hmph! Ridiculous."

Hiyori's eerie blood-red eyes narrowed slightly, his mouth gaped open, and his face was full of disdain.

However, a terrifying aura, so dense it was suffocating, erupted from that enormous body.

Upon seeing Hiyori's actions, the group that had regrouped around Gwen, though unaware of the truth, could tell that he was about to make a move and prepared for battle.

Among the crowd, Yae Sakura had simply wiped the blood from her face and whose casual clothes were soaked with blood, felt a surge of immense hope—

In countless dreams before, Hiyori had never shown such a posture.

Even if he couldn't deal with Yae Sakura, who was obsessed with her, Hiyori would at most be furious, but he would never be so serious.

This clearly demonstrates the immense pressure Gwen placed on Hiyori.

However, before Hiyori could call upon the monsters surrounding them to attack, Gwen suddenly leaped up, his blood-red longsword flashing, and countless sword lights danced in the air. Everyone only saw a blur before their eyes, and heard the constant roars of wild beasts.

When everyone looked up, they saw that the sea of monsters that had originally surrounded all directions had disappeared, leaving only a pile of corpses.

The temperature rose a few degrees at that moment, and the nauseating stench of blood rose with the heat, silently telling the story of the fate of the owners of this foul-smelling blood.

"It's really ridiculous..."

Gwen landed back in front of the group, casually twirled his sword, and chuckled.

As Gwen's familiarity with the illusion and his control over this soul body increased, he not only gradually began to use the five elements he was most familiar with here, but he could even do things that were somewhat difficult in the real world—

He unleashed a series of fiery slashes similar to the Demon Seal Slash, followed by a sword aura combo reminiscent of the Master Ke in the Honkai World, instantly wiping out the entire field.

"..."

This time, Hiyori did not respond to Gwen. Instead, he silently lowered his body, his eerie and murky blood-red eyes fixed on Gwen.

Originally, with the replenishment of Honkai Energy from the outside world, Hiyori could do many things that were impossible before, such as creating beast tides without restraint and directly using human wave tactics to wear down Gwen and others.

As for Gwen, although his mental strength was exceptionally strong, even ignoring its control and corruption, he was ultimately just a human being and would only be dragged to his death by it.

But now it seems...

An eerie red light emanated from Hiyori's body, and the terrifying behemoth charged fiercely towards the group.

The battle resumed, but this time everyone was filled with confidence—

The seemingly endless horde of beasts was slaughtered by Gwen with a wave of his hand, leaving only Hiyori to cause any trouble.

But the reality... was beyond their expectations—

Even though they were completely helpless against Gwen, when Hiyori, who was covered in bruises from Gwen's beating, turned her attention to others, they struggled to even defend themselves—

The tail of the Hiyori that was originally pouncing on Gwen suddenly swung out, and the tail, which was thicker than an ordinary roof beam, slammed into Mei's face.

The girl instinctively raised her knife to block, but the blade snapped in two with a "crack," as if reflecting the end of her life.

Just as the girl was beginning to experience a series of events before her eyes, realizing that her life seemed far too short, abnormally short, a sudden surge of immense force from her waist caused her to stagger, narrowly avoiding the tail that could have crushed her into a pulp.

"Careful."

Having just saved Mei, Gwen gave a few words of advice, then lightly touched the ground with his toes and charged forward again.

However, after this incident, it seemed that Hiyori had a new idea. Instead of targeting Gwen, he focused his attention on the other people and relentlessly attacked them.

Although Gwen managed to keep the others safe, he was too busy to launch another attack on Hiyori.

As time went by, the blood mist rising in the air gradually became thicker, even beginning to affect everyone's vision. Hiyori's movements became more and more agile, and his aura grew stronger.

Bang!

With a single swipe of its claws, Yae Sakura and Gwen, who was protecting her, flying. Hiyori bared its pale teeth, as if mocking Gwen—

"I'm waiting for the external Honkai Energy to replenish, waiting for the energy cycle to return. What are you waiting for?"

"Are you alright...?"

After staggering back several steps on the ground gradually compacted by the monster's corpses, Gwen caught his breath and inquired about Yae Sakura's condition.

Although Yae Sakura's strength was even inferior to Raven's after she gave the sword to Gwen, she is one of the core elements of this illusion and absolutely cannot be allowed to have any problems.

"I'm fine, it's just..."

Yae Sakura struggled to control her surging blood and qi, shook her head, and looked up at Hiyori, who appeared even more ferocious and terrifying in the hazy blood mist. A look of sorrow appeared on her delicate face.

"We've held you back..."

In Yae Sakura's opinion, if it weren't for the few of them holding them back, Gwen would probably have already dealt with Hiyori.

"Don't underestimate yourself."

Gwen casually smoothed down Yae Sakura's hair, which had hardened from dried blood, and shook his head.

"If it weren't for your help in restraining me, I probably wouldn't have been able to cause so much effective damage."

"Master, what should we do?"

Kiana, who narrowly avoided Hiyori's claw and kicked the giant fox, shouted from afar.

"Hiyori's strength is increasing. If we don't find a way to deal with it soon, we might fail at the last minute!"

Although the core of the battlefield kept shifting, no one approached the distant wall, clearly indicating that Hiyori did not intend to let them leave.

With no way out, once Hiyori becomes so powerful that even Gwen cannot handle him, it will likely be the end for everyone.

However, Gwen's answer surprised everyone, including Hiyori.

"Now!"

Seeing that Hiyori was reaching his claws towards Kallen, exposing her vulnerable side, Gwen roared, and the Demonic Blade in his hand shone brightly, as if a raging flame had been ignited, as if he wanted to remelt the corrupted Demonic Blade.

The next moment, Gwen gripped his sword with both hands and swung it fiercely. A sword light crackling with flames shot out, arriving in an instant and almost splitting the massive body of Hiyori in two—

Hiyori is stalling for time, hoping for a replenishment of Honkai Energy from the outside world. Gwen is also stalling for time, allowing himself to unleash his true power.

Chapter 218 Siegfried?

Hiyori's massive, elephant-like body was almost cut in half. Although his hard spine withstood the sword strike, Hiyori's enormous body still flew straight away like a wild dog that had been kicked.

After rolling countless times, the massive body of Hiyori, almost broken in two, finally came to a stop in the darkness far from the light emanating from Gwen. The blood mist made its slightly enhanced aura weaken again.

After the sword light that sent Hiyori flying was unleashed, Gwen's figure was also shrouded in the intense light in his hand, making him difficult to see clearly.

Yae Sakura, who was so close, could only turn her head away from the somewhat dazzling light. The bloodstains on her hair turned into wisps of bloody mist under the light and rose up, disappearing into the light.

Just as everyone was wondering what was going on, Gwen's voice suddenly rang out from within the light—

"Everyone, stand back!"

Although they didn't know what Gwen was doing, everyone subconsciously obeyed Gwen's orders and retreated, clearing the battlefield between Gwen and Hiyori.

When the Raven scooped up Kallen, who was moving somewhat slowly due to her old injuries, and retreated to a safe area, it turned its head and saw that the fire that had enveloped Gwen had gradually faded, revealing Gwen's figure.

As the last glimmer of fire faded, Gwen's longsword, engulfed in flames, came into view.

However, looking at the longsword she had used countless times, Yae Sakura couldn't help but pause in surprise—

At this moment, the eerie blood-red blade disappeared, replaced by a long sword with a chilling gleam and red patterns adorning its edges.

As for that eerie aura, it had completely vanished.

It was as if this Demonic Blade had been reborn in flames, its former glory washed away, and it had gained a completely new life.

However, as the person who orchestrated all of this, Gwen had no time to explain what had happened to everyone.

Raising his brand-new longsword, Gwyn's gaze locked onto Hiyori ominous, blood-red mist surrounding Himeko in the darkness. A scorching aura rose from Gwen's body, like a coiling dragon, forcing Yae Sakura beside him to take two steps back.

In Gwen's eyes, however, it gleamed with a sharp light, like flames rising.

As Hiyori battled one of the biggest pillars of this illusion, Gwen, his understanding of the illusion rapidly improved.

At this point, Gwen could freely use the power that originally did not exist in the illusion—

"The Blazing Blade's Demon Sealing Slash Post, to slay evil and vanquish monsters..."

With his gaze fixed on the Hiyori struggling to stand up amidst the rising crimson mist, Gwen's eyes remained largely unchanged as he recited aloud.

As Gwen's words echoed in the arena that Hiyori had prepared for everyone, the crowd, who had retreated quite a distance, could not quite understand the Divine Land language spoken by Gwen, but they could feel the temperature around them suddenly rise.

As Gwen chanted, crimson flames once again flickered on the longsword in his hand.

However, this time the flames did not burst forth like the sun, but were compressed onto the sword.

"Melted in the flames..."

By the time Gwen finished chanting, the firelight on the sword was gone; only the red and white colors flashed rapidly, revealing a chilling aura of danger.

"Disappearing at dawn!"

As the last word fell, Gwen's longsword flashed rapidly and suddenly swung out. Everyone only saw a blur before the fiery red sword light struck the newly risen Hiyori, causing the ferocious beast to let out a shrill roar.

As for the crimson mist that had originally surrounded him, it was instantly evaporated by the high temperature brought by the sword energy, leaving not a trace.

This scene naturally delighted everyone, and they all showed their surprise and joy.

Before anyone could speak, Gwen's longsword suddenly slashed upwards, and another sword light flashed by, sealing away the fierce and ominous aura emanating from Hiyori along with the previous one.

Even though Hiyori struggled with all his might, his pale fox fur turning crimson, he could not break free from the Sealing Demon Seal Slash, which had transformed into a Tai Chi pattern and was slowly rotating as if it wanted to burn him to ashes.

"..."

Seeing this familiar scene, Gwen, who had expected it, did not hesitate and casually tossed his longsword into the ground.