Chapter 229

Elysia carefully examined the portrait in front of her, then nodded. "It's quite cute!"

"At this time, let's not worry about those things anymore, shall we?"

This time, even her best friend Eden couldn't help but complain, "You always like to focus on these kinds of things."

"Wait, something's not right."

Cosmo suddenly spoke up, "Why do I feel a chill down my back?"

"We can't go any further."

The silent Kalpas suddenly spoke up, "We're being watched; we must get away."

"It seems we'll have to split up here, everyone."

Kevin made a quick decision and headed towards the exit. "Everything is proceeding according to plan, Aponia. I'll leave the communication to you."

Those Herrscher of the End were all following behind Kevin at this moment.

"Don't be too nervous, everyone."

Seemingly noticing the somewhat somber atmosphere, Elysia couldn't help but smile and say, "Do you remember Ai Yue's message?"

Seemingly reminded by Elysia, a subtle expression appeared on everyone's face.

Ai Yue did not participate in Kevin and his team's direct combat operations, but he was not without instructions. As the nominal supreme commander of this operation, Ai Yue gave the following instructions regarding Kevin and his team's actions—

I want to eat steak tonight.

There was no pre-battle mobilization, no grand speeches; the sentence was as plain as if the man of the house had suddenly developed a craving for food before leaving for work and ordered some dishes from the sticky notes on the refrigerator.

Despite it being a decisive battle that would determine everyone's fate, Ai Yue gave the impression of completing an ordinary daily task.

Since it won't take long, I can be back before dinner. And since I'll be eating dinner when I get back, I'd like to have steak.

Everything was logical, and even in contrast to the Herrscher of Finality, it revealed a strange sense of humor.

But this slightly odd remark revealed Ai Yue's unwavering confidence.

If we follow the plan, we can finish all of this before dinner.

Kevin was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I've had steak."

The somewhat somber atmosphere caused by the Herrscher of the End suddenly vanished at this moment.

Yes, with Ai Yue around, the Herrscher of the End doesn't seem so scary.

No matter how powerful he is, can he be more powerful than Ai Yue?

As the isolation hatch closed, several figures separated from the spaceship and flew straight towards the direction of the Herrscher of the End.

Kevin's figure emitted a dazzling light in mid-air, eventually transforming into a forty-meter-tall colossus, wielding a heavy sword, and slashing at the terrifying figure that was still more than twice his height.

The Final War begun.

Chapter 104 The Moonlight Throne, Twenty-Four Times the Value.

Judging solely from appearance, Elysia's assessment is not wrong.

The Herrscher of the End did indeed look as cute as a delicate doll. Her calm face was expressionless, and her gorgeous clothes added a touch of majesty to her. If judged by proportion, her body could even be described as "slender".

Unfortunately, no matter how slender a figure is, when magnified more than fifty times, it will appear incredibly imposing.

Faced with the Herrscher of the End, who is around 100 meters tall, perhaps only someone like Elysia could give the evaluation of "cute".

At least for Kevin and the others, all they felt when they saw that tall figure was pressure.

This was Kevin's feeling when he faced the Herrscher of the End after transforming and standing forty meters tall; it goes without saying what it was like for others.

It can be said that it wasn't until Kevin and the others saw the Herrscher of the End materialize before their eyes and cast her gaze upon them that they truly realized just how powerful the Herrscher of the End was.

Even so, no one backed down.

Following Kevin's leaping strike, a massive shadow appeared— Cosmo and Desdrobia embraced each other the instant they left the spacecraft, transforming into a ferocious behemoth that pounced on the Herrscher of the End.

After being enhanced, the behemoths they transformed into swelled once more, now appearing to rival the Herrscher of the End.

Above the giant beast stood a tiny human figure, yet even so, the Herrscher of the End did not ignore it—for at that very moment, scorching flames were raging over that figure.

Although Elysia lagged far behind, her longbow was already aimed at the Herrscher of the End. Her attacks were less effective than those of Kevin and the others, so she had to wait for a more opportune moment.

Only Sakura disappeared, as if she had vanished into the shadows, waiting for her own opportunity.

However, even though the melee group took the lead, it was not any of them who first caused damage to the Herrscher of the End.

After all, the speed at which mental energy spreads is far faster than a soldier's charge.

Therefore, when Aponia's spiritual power transformed into spikes and stabbed fiercely at the Herrscher of the End, the two sides had already begun their spiritual clash.

The result of this encounter was—

Aponia suddenly opened her tightly closed eyes, and on the throne she leaned against, a luminous crystal dimmed, cracks spreading across its surface with a series of soft cracking sounds.

This is an "external mental server" developed by Ai Yue based on the powers of the Eighth Herrscher. It can share the pressure and bear the damage for the user, just like a network server. Theoretically, each one can withstand an unreserved mental attack from the Eighth Herrscher.

However, as soon as they came into contact with the consciousness of the Herrscher of the End, one of the eight crystals was rendered unusable. Even a layman could understand the terror of the Herrscher of the End by witnessing this scene.

Even so, Aponia smiled, because she had not come away empty-handed from this encounter.

"Gentlemen, the Herrscher of the End we are facing does not have a true sense of self."

Soon, Aponia shared her findings with everyone. "She's more like a machine, only able to react to attacks she receives."

"It seems that Elysia's actions were worthwhile."

Mobius tried to tell a lame joke, "At least she didn't return the Herrscher of the End's brain."

Unfortunately, no one responded to her words, because at that very moment, the blade in Kevin's hand fell upon the Herrscher of the End.

Unsurprisingly, this tactic had no effect.

Not only Kevin's slash, but also Cosmo's bite, Desdrobia's telekinetic attack, and Kalpas Calamities' fiery fist all landed on the Herrscher of the End without reservation, yet even her clothes remained undamaged.

Even though he was mentally prepared, Kevin's heart sank – even though it was just a probing attack, he had used all his strength, but the attack had no effect at all?

However, the Herrscher of the End did not give Kevin and the others any time to think. The moment it was attacked, the enormous figure reacted.

Endless bolts of lightning erupted from her body and then spread in all directions!

Kevin, who was right next to him, only had time to assume a defensive stance before being blasted away by the surging lightning. Cosmo, on the other hand, withstood the attack thanks to the electric-resistant scales on his body, and in doing so, protected the others behind him.

Unfortunately, even with its powerful body that had evolved countless times, it could not escape unscathed from such an attack. In just an instant, Cosmo's body was covered with countless charred wounds.

Even the surface of the moon was shattered by this onslaught, creating an exaggerated crater. Countless fragments floated up under the pull of electromagnetic forces, forming a ring of debris that adorned the skirt of the Herrscher of the End.

Kevin had been thrown over a hundred meters, quickly regained his footing. Looking at Cosmo's miserable state, he couldn't help but ask, "Cosmo, how are you?"

Although he looked worse off Cosmo, he actually mitigated a significant portion of the damage by retreating. The remaining small portion was absorbed by Kevin using his own characteristics as his own power. Therefore, apart from being a bit disheveled, he did not suffer any substantial harm.

Having experienced such an attack firsthand, Kevin understood that it would be much more painful for Cosmo to withstand it head-on.

"They are all superficial injuries."

Cosmo immediately responded, "Don't worry, with my self-healing ability and the Sixth Divine Key, I'll recover in no time."

At the same time, Kevin could also see that the charred wounds on Cosmo's body were gradually healing, which clearly confirmed his words.

Kevin breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this—no matter what, at least they could withstand the Herrscher of the End's attacks, so there was still a chance to fight.

If your attack fails to cause damage and you are instantly killed by your opponent, then the opportunity you worked so hard to gain can be considered a complete failure.

At the same time, Vill-V's voice entered everyone's minds. "Everyone, there is good news - according to the monitoring results, the Herrscher of the End of the End is not her full power, at least there is still a considerable gap from the calculated theoretical upper limit."

"This means our plan is at least half successful, right?"

Kevin sighed, "At least the active stimulation prevented the Herrscher of the End from evolving to its strongest state."

"Even an incomplete Herrscher of the End doesn't seem to be someone we can defeat."

Cosmo unwittingly uttered a somber remark, "Even so, we still have a very difficult chance of winning."

Kevin was momentarily at a loss for words—of course he knew about it, but he just didn't want to say it and hurt morale.

Although everyone should already know that.

"Now that we've covered the good news, here comes the bad news."

While speaking, Vill-V continued, "The bad news is that the energy readings of the Herrscher of the End are still rising—everyone, it's clear that our other half of the plan has also been far from successful."

"Still rising?"

Even Kevin couldn't hold back this time. "If this continues, won't she get stronger and stronger?"

"That's right, but don't rush."

"There's more good news," Vill-V said in a relaxed tone.

You'd better finish what you're saying at once.

Mobius placed a hand on Vill-V's shoulder, his threat clear. "Otherwise, I'll make you face the Herrscher of the End yourself."

"Look, you're in a hurry again."

Vill-V shook her head, then pressed a button. "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the good news—"

As she moved, a mechanical notification sounded from inside the spaceship.

"The Moonlight Throne has been fully charged."

"The Moonlight Throne has been fully charged."

"The Moonlight Throne has been fully charged."

The exact same notification sound echoed a total of 24 times, overlapping each other like a dull bell, making one's head buzz.

But this isn't due to network lag or delay—it's because there really are 24 Moonlight Throne.

As Ai Yue said before, Dr. Mei has something better in his hands than what he designed.

The next second, beams of light from various angles near the lunar orbit struck the Herrscher of the End directly. Due to her enormous size, she couldn't dodge any of the 24 beams.

What is this thing?

Cosmo was taken aback by what he saw. "But it seems like there's no harm done?"

"No, that's not right."

Kevin, who was more sensitive to energy, shook his head. "Its effect is not to directly cause harm."

As the beam struck, a cloud of vapor rose from the Herrscher of the End's body. This vapor was pale purple and was clearly the Honkai Energy accumulated within her body.

The Moonlight Throne —a secret weapon that retains the name from the original storyline—is one of Ai Yue's trump cards, which he had already placed on the artificial satellite. By emitting special energy fluctuations at the target, the Moonlight Throne can extract energy from the target's body.

Most importantly, when Ai Yue created the Moonlight Throne, he did not use the principle of Authority of Binding, which means that the Herrscher of the End cannot use Authority of Binding to exempt this effect.

Sensing the continuous loss of energy within her body, the Herrscher of the End of the End immediately activated her Authority of Binding, attempting to eliminate the situation through power counteraction. However, even when the Authority of Binding was extended to its limit, it still could not stop the loss of energy. On the contrary, the extreme activation of this power exacerbated the energy consumption.

After determining that this method would not work, the Herrscher of the End withdrew the binding force field and began to try to find the source of these beams.

The method she used to observe the outside world was naturally not as simple as the vision used by ordinary living beings, but rather she directly sensed everything around her by spreading her mental energy.

Unfortunately, some people have been waiting for this moment.

After her previous attempt ended in failure, Aponia did not launch the same attack again. Realizing that there was still a gap between her mental strength and that of her opponent, Aponia chose a more subtle approach.

The Herrscher of the End has no consciousness of her own, which means that as long as her operating logic is understood, one can exploit the loopholes to manipulate her.

For example, right now, if the other party is trying to locate the Moonlight Throne using mental detection, then as long as we can interfere with their detection, we can prevent the Herrscher of the End from destroying the Moonlight Throne.

Therefore, when they sensed that spiritual power was spreading outward from the body of the Herrscher of the End, Aponia and Sue set up a special spiritual power network around the other party.

Relying on the characteristic of "Karma Reversal" that can distort the other party's consciousness, coupled with Aponia's powerful mental strength, the two successfully limited the Herrscher of the End's mental detection to a range that could not reach the Moonlight Throne.

However, this action was not without its price—such intense mental contact, while preventing the Herrscher of the End from destroying the Moonlight Throne, also exposed Aponia and Su's locations to the Herrscher of the End's perception.

Therefore, the Herrscher of the End quickly changed its target—since it was being interfered with, it would eliminate the source of the interference first, and then continue its investigation.

In the blink of an eye, a blinding bolt of lightning shot towards the spaceship where Aponia and the others were located—

However, a beam of equally bright light precisely intercepted it.

A violent explosion quietly erupted where the two objects met, the aftershocks of which spread in all directions, startling everyone.

From the activation of the Moonlight Throne to the Herrscher of the End's response and eventual attack on the spaceship, only a few seconds actually passed—so short that it's hard for ordinary people to imagine the series of unseen clashes that occurred during that time.

But how could Kevin, who had been keeping a close eye on the Herrscher of the End's every move, possibly fail to defend against her sudden attack?