The Elusive Ability

Another sword slashed toward Feng Chen's chest. Feng Chen caught the blade with his left hand and gripped a short blade backward in his right.

"Both come from the same source yet have different names. Together, they are called the Mysterious. The Mysterious within the Mysterious—the gateway to all wonders."

"Wind of Serenity" and Blood Knight: Moonbeam's charged slash struck in unison. His attack and movement speeds were already top-notch, and a charged slash was also a difficult-to-dodge mid-range attack. Xiao Yun suddenly had no idea what to do!

Moreover, the sword blade caught in her left hand had somehow transformed into Honkai Energy and dissipated, putting Xiao Yun at an even greater disadvantage.

"Is this... my ability?!" Feng Chen seemed to have noticed something too. If this was his ability... then he absolutely could not let it grow stronger.

Feng Chen wiped the short blade once, but nothing like before happened.

"Looks like it withdrew."

This, however, made Xiao Yun act strangely. Honkai Energy began gathering around her.

"Bloodfall." Xiao Yun's eyes turned red. Feng Chen seemed to see that the Xiao Yun before him was no longer the "Shangqing Zhishui," but a "Red-Clad Swordsman" who had endured countless battlefields.

The Red-Clad Swordsman held a longsword in her arms, tightly wrapped in white cloth. Her black hair, which had previously carried a slight blue tint, had changed as well. It had grown even darker, but there was now some red at the tips.

Even wrapped in cloth, the longsword's sharpness could not be concealed. Soon, Sword Qi tore the white cloth apart. The sword had no decorations whatsoever—it was merely an ordinary longsword...

Except that it was stained with a little blood.

The sword brought forth a blood-colored waterfall, filling the air with a heavy stench of blood. Compared to it, the blood scent on Blood Knight: Moonbeam's short blade was far too faint.

"Host, please be careful. The blood-colored waterfall contains Honkai Energy. With the host's strength, you naturally have nothing to fear, but this Honkai Energy has already become tangible. It is unaffected by purer Honkai Energy and possesses completely offensive properties."

"Sword Domain."

Several blood swords circled around Feng Chen, piercing his shoulder, thigh, and flank.

"Step Through."

Xiao Yun planted one foot on the blood-colored waterfall, causing numerous blood swords to explode outward in an instant. Even the Stigmata Space showed signs of being unable to withstand it.

"Within Reach."

A red figure flashed past. Feng Chen swung his short blade with his right hand, but the longsword blocked it. He threw two short blades with his left hand, but blood swords knocked them away.

"Sword Soul."

Red pupils met black eyes, and the light in Feng Chen's eyes gradually faded.

The short blade's landing splashed blood across the longsword, turning it red. Xiao Yun licked the blood from the corner of her mouth, and Feng Chen instantly felt suffocated.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

His eyes were covered in blood vessels, as though his entire eyeballs had turned red. It was terrifying.

"What an idiot. She's merely a little girl who can't control the true power of her Stigmata, yet she actually dared to lick a Herrscher's blood." Honkai created a body for herself and entered the Stigmata Space.

It was a female body. Her long black hair was tied into a ponytail, and she wore a qipao. Her willow brows were slightly raised, and when she smiled, even Yang Diao Wangxi seemed inferior.

Honkai Energy continuously surged from her hands, pouring into both bodies. Feng Chen's body was largely unharmed; it was only a clone to begin with. Xiao Yun was the important one. What existed inside the Stigmata Space was her consciousness, and she had no physical body. Feng Chen's body had originally been recreated by Honkai with one hundred percent accuracy, and the purity of the Honkai Energy in his blood reached ninety-nine percent. Xiao Yun, on the other hand, had only around forty percent—less than half as much. This impact struck not only her consciousness, but quite possibly her Stigmata as well. If anything went wrong, the Stigmata could be destroyed.

"That's done."

"If you don't wake up soon, you won't be able to wake up at all." The Honkai wearing a qipao chose to squat in front of Feng Chen, keeping both knees together. She had no need to give Feng Chen any benefits.

She called out several times, but Feng Chen still showed no reaction. Even Honkai found it strange. With my power, there's nothing in this world I can't handle. How could this happen?

"Brat, if you don't get up, I'll take all your firsts, including your..."

"You poisonous woman..."

"Good, you know that much. Something happened to Xiao Yun's consciousness, so I'll stay here and watch over her."

"Then can I leave?"

"No. But you can practice your ability."

"How long have we been here?"

"Almost a month. Your body is nearly healed too. You'd better not try to sense your body. It'll hurt."

"Got it. Isn't it just practicing an ability..."

He repeatedly imagined the scene from before, but the short blade in his hand never displayed that phenomenon again.

"Do I really have an ability? Was what happened before really just an accident?"

"Of course you do. Whether human or Herrscher, everyone has the possibility of surpassing their limits. Your ability appearing just now proved that possibility exists."

"Possibility? You're really bored. If we were outside, I'd already be dead. I don't think I possess any so-called possibility of surpassing my limits. If I did, I wouldn't have been beaten into critical condition."

"That is because the host is too weak. Even after surpassing your limits, you are still unable to use your ability."

"Shut up... But what's with you? Can't you just obediently act as a system, issuing quests and giving rewards? Don't tell me you can personally provide benefits too?"

"This system refuses to provide benefits. However, the host seems to want them very much, so I specially added a benefit-type reward."

The Honkai before him was clearly humanoid, yet she still spoke mechanically. She was completely different from before. The Honkai just now had seemed to possess a little Human Nature. If not for the aura around her being extremely familiar to Feng Chen, he probably would not have recognized her.

"And why are you wearing a qipao? With that outfit and this body's appearance, you're obviously from the Celestial Empire... No, from the Divine Land, right?" The rooster-shaped country in East Asia shown on the map was not the Celestial Empire, but the Divine Land. This meant that although this world's Celestial Empire had many alternate names, it was uniformly called the Divine Land internationally. It was probably best to follow local customs and get used to it.

"The host is from the Divine Land, so this system specially prepared the body of someone from the Divine Land. The clothing was also chosen according to the host's preferences."

Feng Chen's face instantly reddened. It was unclear whether he was angry or embarrassed as he said, "Don't slander me. I don't like qipaos at all. They expose so much of the legs. Girls get stared at easily, you know!"

As he said this, a string of data flashed through Honkai's eyes, and she read it aloud.

"Among the websites the host browsed before transmigrating, qipaos ranked first, followed by maid outfits and swimsuits. They were browsed..."

"Stop!"

If he did not stop her, she would dig up everything on his computer, including what he had downloaded and when he had deleted it.

"If the host doesn't like qipaos, then you should like this one."

Honkai pulled a menu out of thin air and clicked several times.

"How is it?"

It was undoubtedly a Maid Outfit, but Honkai had modified it slightly.

The skirt was shorter, the top exposed the shoulders, and the back was bare.

"Change it back... What you've changed it into can't even be called a Maid Outfit anymore."