Moon God's Protection

"First Herrscher!" Although Raiden Ryoma felt that this was indeed the ability of the First Herrscher, it was just that Welt Yang was not...

Li Ming felt that this was like the one in the Anti-Entropy Invasion chapter, a clone?

But shouldn't that be something from more than a decade later?

"Do you know how to counter it?" Li Ming felt a bit uncomfortable. The erosion of Honkai Energy had already made his movements stiff, and constantly releasing energy was making his stamina plummet even faster.

If it weren't for the excellent physical quality of this body and the quality synchronization from the special training in the Elysian Realm, he probably wouldn't have been able to stop our Boss Yang.

Raiden Ryoma's mind raced. Honestly, for a researcher like him, it wasn't impossible to come up with a solution, but he had never thought of a solution to deal with his own boss!

The phone in his hand had already sent out a distress signal, and the rescue message had been sent.

After thinking for a long time, Raiden Ryoma said, "Destroy its core. This shouldn't be the real First Herrscher, so its abilities aren't that powerful. Therefore, it needs a core to store and release Honkai Energy. You can try to probe it first. I've already called for support."

"Try to probe it?" Li Ming knew his own level. Without the enhancement of an battlesuit, he estimated he could only reach the edge of a B-rank Valkyrie. If it weren't for the abundant stamina he received as a beginner and the month of special training in the Elysian Realm, he would probably be just a contemporary college student with little strength.

He decided to try. Gritting his teeth, Li Ming looked at the man in front of him with red eyes, who appeared to be Mr. Walt "Sit-up" Yang. He gathered energy in his hand, even incorporating some of the Honkai Energy released by that man.

"White Tiger Listens to the Wind - First Style, Second Style... Sixth Style!"

He unleashed a combo, and his hands went numb. However, he found that a light shield had appeared in front of the opponent, blocking all of Li Ming's attacks.

"It's not breaking through the defense, there's no damage at all!"

At this time, the bodyguards who had already turned into Mantis were gradually approaching the only two living beings around. It was just that the indiscriminate gravity field slowed their movements.

Raiden Ryoma simply took out a handgun from his briefcase and fired a few shots. Although, under the influence of the gravity field, each Mantis required several shots to be taken down, his marksmanship was surprisingly accurate. Moreover, those bodyguards had not evolved further, so dealing with them was not a problem.

Seeing Li Ming in trouble, Raiden Ryoma reloaded his gun and emptied another magazine at the man.

Since Raiden Ryoma was attacking from behind, the pirated Boss Yang didn't react immediately. Furthermore, the energy shield could only block one side, so a magazine of bullets directly created a skylight in the pirated Boss Yang.

The pirated Boss Yang's light shield was faintly flickering. Seeing that the man who bore some resemblance to his boss had a skylight opened by him, Raiden Ryoma repeatedly apologized inwardly, hoping that Boss Yang wouldn't find out.

However, the pirated Boss Yang didn't die immediately. Instead, he gathered energy, "Star of Eden - Pseudo Black Hole, releasing at 100% power!"

A pale blue orb gathered Honkai Energy from the surroundings and from within the pirated Boss Yang.

After absorbing enough Honkai Energy, the orb detached from the pirated Boss Yang's body, and a black hole with a diameter of nearly ten meters appeared, devouring everything around it.

Is it only this big? It seems that this clone's abilities are not yet complete, with some flaws.

Although he had conjured such a large black hole, the man finally fell. The core within him left his body. The pirated Boss Yang, after all, couldn't compare to the original, and still couldn't do what Yang "Sit-up" could.

Looking at the black hole, Li Ming and Raiden Ryoma were filled with dread. As for Yae, she had already closed her eyes when Raiden Ryoma started shooting, only feeling that the force that had pinned her to the ground had disappeared.

Schicksal Headquarters - Qinghe Branch

"Strong Honkai Energy fluctuations detected in Qinghe City, suspected Quasi-Herrscher. However, the Honkai Energy fluctuations are gradually increasing, and Mantis may appear."

"There is a distress signal near the Honkai Energy, and Valkyries need to be dispatched for support in a timely manner."

"Notify Valkyries and combat teams to assemble, and Anti-Entropy Mecha teams to assemble together, prepare for deployment."

"Yes!"

"Uncle Ryoma, do you have any ideas? I can't hold on much longer!"

The moment the black hole appeared, Li Ming thought of escaping immediately, but it was still too late.

He could only throw the man's corpse towards the black hole. The skin of the man peeled off layer by layer under the suction of the black hole, revealing a metal skeleton. However, the metal skeleton held on for quite a while.

Fortunately, Li Ming had kicked his urea bag far away, otherwise, Li Ming would have cried to death.

"Detected Gemini Soul and Soul Fragment, collect?" Ai Yi's voice sounded, but this was just the built-in voice of the bridge.

"Yes." He didn't know where this Soul Crystal came from.

"Collected 10 Gemini Soul Crystals, 30 Soul Fragments."

Li Ming didn't think much of it and took the opportunity to approach Raiden Ryoma. "What do you say? Any ideas?"

"It's a good thing that person self-destructed, otherwise we would have had trouble finding the core. That blue bead in the center of the black hole, as long as you can destroy it, the problem will be solved. However, you need to hurry. It not only absorbs things around it but also Honkai Energy, and its energy level is constantly rising."

Raiden Ryoma pulled Yae behind the car to take cover, but the metal skeleton didn't last long. In just over ten minutes, the skeleton was completely crushed by the black hole.

The powerful suction even pulled the car over. Yae and Raiden Ryoma gradually moved further away. Li Ming tried his best and could only place his hope on his cheat, as he was at a low level and could get stronger by spending money.

"Uncle Ryoma, do you have any money? Can I borrow some?" Li Ming asked with a shameless face, holding up the car in front of him.

Raiden Ryoma was stunned by his question, "Borrow money? Why are you borrowing money at this time!"

However, seeing Li Ming's sincere eyes, Raiden Ryoma didn't hesitate. He took out a card from his pocket and threw it to Li Ming, thinking it was just a bit of opportunistic robbery to ward off disaster. "This card has one million Schicksal Coins. The password is... I don't know what you're going to do, but hurry up."

"April 13th, Yae's birthday?" Li Ming whispered, took the card, opened the recharge interface, and a prompt appeared indicating an interface in his urea bag. Then Li Ming had to run back to pick up the urea bag.

He took out a PS machine, inserted the card, and entered the password. However, when transferring money, the recharge interface appeared in Li Ming's mind. He hesitated between 300 gift pack coins and 60 gift pack coins. In the end, he chose 60 gift pack coins, after all, it was borrowed, and he didn't have that much money to repay.

Raiden Ryoma saw Li Ming still operating, while the black hole had already crushed the car to pieces. He couldn't help but urge, "Little brother, are you done?"

After recharging, the gift pack coins became sixty, and he received a new email. Upon opening it, it contained Moon God's Protection and gold coins.

With the dual guns in hand, Li Ming clicked on the equipment, opened the weapons, and Moon God's Protection lay quietly inside. However, besides upgrading and strengthening, there was also an equipment button, which was probably because Li Ming couldn't open the equipment panel.

Its data appeared in his mind. The star rating was four stars, but the level wasn't maxed out, so both critical and attack were still a bit low. However, he could use Soul Crystals to strengthen it, and then he would have his first four-star max-level weapon.

After strengthening with two Gemini Soul Crystals and Soul Fragments, Moon God's Protection had become level 35, with an attack of 169 and critical of 28. Skill: Crescent Strike. It floats enemies around the target and enters a 3.30-second time-stop. The gun body, with its yellow and white stripes, resembled a crescent moon. The crescent-shaped trigger emitted a faint fluorescence, with tiny characters engraved on it: "May the moonlight protect you." The rest of the inscription was a bit blurry.

With the dual guns in hand, Li Ming felt his confidence surge. He directly said to Raiden Ryoma, "Have you ever seen what stars look like when they shatter?"

Actually, when the system was opened normally, one couldn't see their own data panel because they—were not a Valkyrie.

This was so Honkai. If you weren't a Valkyrie, you couldn't board the ship. Did he have to cross-dress to see his own panel later?

However, during combat, he could see his HP and SP values, but not the enemies' health bars. This made Li Ming want to complain for a while.

Li Ming checked his stamina value. His HP had dropped by half, but after the recent exchange, his SP had reached 76 points. Li Ming pondered for a moment, staring at the black hole. Although it was only a pseudo black hole, it still couldn't absorb all the light. Li Ming could vaguely see a core flashing with blue light at the center of the black hole.

However, after Moon God's Protection was in hand, Li Ming felt that with the critical bonus, the blue beads that were previously hard to see had become much clearer.

Li Ming wasn't sure if it would work. He swung Moon God's Protection in his hand. Gun Fu! Pfft, Crescent Strike!

He suddenly felt an emptiness within him. Moon God's Protection flashed with light, and a jet-black bullet struck the core of the black hole.

To be honest, Li Ming was also gambling. He wasn't sure if he would succeed, as he was skeptical about whether the time-stop effect could work on a pseudo black hole.

Suddenly, there was a flash of light. The black hole's absorption speed slowed down. A faint purple glow, incongruous with the black hole, enveloped the surroundings. Li Ming looked closely. It worked!

It was only 3.30 seconds. He had to hurry. Honkai Energy gathered in his hand. "Inch Punch Extreme: Thunderclap!"

Energy gathered into a sphere, and intense energy stirred up a gale around him. The bright yellow energy directly dispelled the Honkai Energy that had encroached upon Li Ming's arm.

He aimed his palm at the blue core. The Inch Punch Extreme: Thunderclap in his hand was already about a meter in diameter.

The yellow thunderclap collided with the black hole, the immense sound like a clap of thunder.

The intense Honkai Energy carved a deep trench in the ground around them, then flew diagonally upwards towards the core of the pseudo black hole.

The two spheres clashed. Although the pseudo black hole's strength was higher, under the effect of time-stop, it was completely unable to resist and could only endure it silently.

Seeing that the black hole couldn't resist, Inch Punch Extreme: Thunderclap forcefully pushed against the pseudo black hole, acting shamelessly.

Under the strong impact, the pseudo black hole's flow became sluggish. The 3.30 seconds flashed by, and the pseudo black hole began to operate again. The black hole that crushed everything began to flow. Inch Punch Extreme: Thunderclap suddenly felt the pseudo black hole in front of it begin to resist, becoming even more agitated.

Honkai Energy violently surged, and the black hole continuously wore down the energy of Inch Punch Extreme: Thunderclap. The two seemed to be in a stalemate.

As time passed, a full ten minutes went by before Inch Punch Extreme: Thunderclap finally pierced through the pseudo black hole.

Seeing the black hole gradually dissipate, Li Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief. The core, shattered into two halves, fell to the ground.

"Detected Anti-Entropy Imaginary Core *10, Micro Reactor *3, and Reconstruction Mold: Ability Specialization *1. Do you wish to pick them up?"

"Pick them up!" Li Ming was so exhausted he slumped to the ground.

Raiden Ryoma, seeing the dissipated black hole, emerged from behind the car. He looked at Li Ming, who was sitting on the ground, panting, and the Moon God's Protection in Li Ming's hand. Raiden Ryoma's eyes flickered. Seeing Raiden Ryoma approach, Li Ming stood up and returned the card in his hand to Raiden Ryoma. "It cost thirty thousand. I'll pay you back when I have money!"

Raiden Ryoma took the card in his hand and said with a smile in Schicksal language, "No need to return the money. Consider it thanks for saving my life, little brother. Yae, thank this brother!"

Raiden Yae peeked out from behind Raiden Ryoma, saying softly, "Arigato!"

Looking at the petite and cute Raiden Yae, Li Ming's reaction was rather curious. After all, who could understand such a tiny Raiden Queen!

He patted Raiden Yae's head.

He ruffled Yae's head!

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"It's nothing, the capable should take on more!" He said it was nothing, but Li Ming's hand didn't move from Yae's head. Queen Yae was almost crying, wasn't she?

However, when he withdrew his hand, Li Ming also noticed faint reddish-brown patterns appearing on his wrist. Li Ming subconsciously covered his wrist.

Seeing Li Ming's action, Raiden Ryoma subtly pushed Li Ming's hand away, naturally noticing the signs of Honkai erosion on Li Ming's hand.

Then he said, "Little brother's strength is impressive, dealing with such problems without batting an eye. I am the president of ME Company and would like to invite little brother to be a bodyguard, mainly responsible for protecting my daughter. As for salary, how about fifteen thousand Schicksal Coins per month?"

"Fifteen thousand Schicksal Coins?" Li Ming immediately transformed into Crab Agin, his eyes full of little money. How many Monthly Cards could he buy then? Hmm, wait, thirty thousand was six gift packs, so fifteen thousand was thirty gift packs, which was equal to one Monthly Card.

After calculating it this way, Li Ming immediately calmed down. However, fifteen thousand Schicksal Coins was indeed a lot. Coupled with the current prices, it was definitely enough to be a Ten Thousand Yuan Household, wasn't it?

But Li Ming was still hesitant. Today, Raiden Ryoma and the others just got off the plane and caused such a huge commotion. If more trouble arose in the future, he would be dead. In just this short while, he had been eroded.

He wasn't immune to Honkai Energy erosion. It was just that he had a cheat, which allowed him to not turn into a Mantis even in such high Honkai Energy concentrations just now. Didn't he see those three bodyguards directly transform from cool big brothers into beautiful Mantis young ladies?

Okay, actually, they were cool Mantis young men, but one bodyguard didn't withstand the transformation into a Mantis and turned to ash.

But why were Raiden Ryoma and Yae okay?

"Can you give me some more time to think? Because I just arrived in this city to seek help from a friend. I need to talk to my friend first."

Raiden Ryoma looked at him, then took out a business card and handed it to him. "This has my contact information. You can contact me if anything comes up. Also, I can help you with the Honkai erosion problem on your hand."

But Li Ming took the business card and still didn't agree. After all, if he could find a solution in the Elysian Realm, it would be best to avoid danger.

Seeing that Li Ming didn't agree, Raiden Ryoma left with Yae to avoid any further trouble. They didn't go too far, because he knew that with such a big commotion, Schicksal headquarters would definitely send people. As a party involved, he naturally couldn't run too far.

The other party involved, Li Ming, looked at the light brown business card in his hand. The ME Company logo was engraved on it in hot stamping. Then he put the business card back into his pocket and ran to quickly pick up his urea bags and slip away.

It could only be said that his mind had just been washed, and he wasn't thinking clearly at all.

He looked around. Schicksal's safety drills had always been done well. When the incident just happened, the crowd had already found a safe place to hide. Seeing that the kind people were fine, Li Ming felt relieved.

After he left, a warship stopped above the airport, and several figures descended from the sky. Several huge mechas also landed on the ground with a boom. Before they even started operating, they began the cleanup work.