In Feng Chen's eyes, two red lines appeared.
One was on the Ranger Mortal's bow and arrows, and the other was on the Guardian Mortal's scythe.
The red lines on the bow and scythe flashed simultaneously. The scythe had already reached him, and the arrow was released in the same motion.
"Clang!"
Sparks flew as the short blade collided with the scythe. At the same time, another short blade shot out and struck the Ranger Mortal's bow, breaking it. (Some readers might wonder why he didn't simply cut it in half. Our protagonist isn't Kirito, so of course he can't cut bullets or bows~)
The Summoner Demon sank into the ground. When it emerged again, something was clearly different.
Two more coffins hit the ground, and the ones summoned were a black and a white Mortal, both wielding two blades.
"That's the Warrior Group Shaman! Feng Chen, be careful. There's more than one summoning-type Mortal on this floor!"
"This is troublesome..."
The white dual-blade Mortal was extremely fast, leaving an afterimage every time she moved.
The black dual-blade Mortal used her two blades to block frontal attacks. Only attacks with enough force could break through her defense.
"In that case... Hiyori Maru, is there any way to gather them all together?"
"Yes. What are you going to do?"
"You'll find out soon..."
Inside the storage menu, a mass of data pulsed, and an image entered Feng Chen's eyes.
A huge pillar of fire erupted, blasting all the Mortals inside the room into the air.
Then, a sphere of light appeared in Hiyori Maru's hand, resembling a vortex.
"Do it!"
Seeing that all the Mortals had been gathered together, Feng Chen used the data of Shadow Knight: Moonblade and raised both hands above his head.
Then he leaped up and smashed into the ground.
The clustered Mortals fell instantly, as if they had been mowed down.
"Death Strength: Waning Moon!"
Golden patterns covered Feng Chen's body. It was the Eclipse Mode of Shadow Knight: Moonblade.
Two extremely similar Mortals emerged from the ground, and Feng Chen could tell at a glance how they differed.
Because the Mortals they summoned were different.
"Hee hee hee~"
Clearly, the Summoner Demon and the Warrior Group Shaman were both intelligent types of Mortal. In fact, they were even more intelligent than some primates.
"Summoning-type Mortals don't just summon things. They can attack on their own, too. Be careful!"
Because of what had just happened, Hiyori Maru had lost too much stamina and was temporarily unable to join the battle.
The Summoner Demon and the Warrior Group Shaman stood before and behind Feng Chen respectively. Two coffins hovered beside their shoulders, pointing at him.
Purple-black Honkai Energy poured out. If they had been facing weaker Valkyries or Valkyries of Destiny who had not mastered combat techniques, they might have been seriously injured—or even disappeared entirely!
Feng Chen turned sideways and punched toward the Honkai Energy on both sides.
Only S-rank Valkyries of Destiny could withstand a Honkai Energy attack with their bodies, and even they had a certain limit.
But now, Feng Chen had done it!
"So that's it. Is this the wonder of Honkai Energy purity...? My body's tolerance for Honkai Energy seems to be comparable to a Herrscher's now?"
Honkai Energy with 99% purity was a form of sublimation for a Herrscher. (I suddenly imagined a Herrscher turning into gas... Physics has gone insane.) After reaching 95% purity, every 1% increase in Honkai Energy purity brought about a qualitative change.
With 99% purity Honkai Energy, it would not be difficult for a One-Core Herrscher to kill a Two-Core Herrscher. The prerequisite was that their abilities were not completely overpowered by the opponent's.
If a different One-Core Herrscher possessed 99% purity Honkai Energy, it would still be uncertain whether they could defeat a Two-Core Herrscher, because it depended on the opponent's abilities.
For example, if the One-Core Herrscher of Erosion, Higanbana, possessed 99% purity Honkai Energy, she might not necessarily be able to kill a Two-Core Herrscher-level Herrscher of Death—but she would have a very good chance of winning.
Conversely, if a One-Core Herrscher of Death possessed 99% purity Honkai Energy, then she would definitely win against a Two-Core Higanbana. If she wanted to, she could even kill Higanbana.
After all, the Herrscher of Death's power concerned death itself. With 99% purity Honkai Energy, it would be no problem for her to transform into the "God of Death" from mythology or the "Black and White Impermanence" of the underworld.
"Taiji gives birth to the Two Principles, the Two Principles give birth to the Four Symbols, the Four Symbols give birth to the Eight Trigrams, the Eight Trigrams determine fortune and misfortune, and fortune and misfortune give birth to great undertakings."
He brought his hands together, guided the two streams of Honkai Energy, and shifted them, turning them all toward the Warrior Group Shaman.
The Warrior Group Shaman summoned a Honkai Energy shield and slowly retreated at the same time.
"Bang!"
The shield shattered. The Warrior Group Shaman was swept away by the Honkai Energy and disappeared.
The Warrior Group Shaman's Honkai Energy purity was between 20% and 30%, while the Summoner Demon's was slightly lower, between 20% and 27%. Although the two streams of Honkai Energy did not stack as simply as one plus one, they were still not to be underestimated.
At the very least, they exceeded the range of Honkai Energy the Warrior Group Shaman could withstand.
The Summoner Demon sank into the ground and escaped this floor.
"Three floors left..." (The floors of Tenshu-kaku are counted according to the number of stages in the linked instance.)
Some Guardian Mortals and Ranger Mortals appeared in the corridors on this floor. Most of them were independent individuals rather than ones summoned by the Summoner Demon.
"There'll probably be a lot of Mortals ahead. See? These Mortals are all independent now."
"Hiyori Maru, shut up."
Whether Hiyori Maru had learned about the situation here or was simply a jinx, there were indeed many Mortals in the rooms on this floor.
Feng Chen even witnessed how the Herrscher of Erosion created Mortals out of thin air.
They were all people the Herrscher of Erosion had seen before. She used her abilities and Honkai Energy to project them, turned them into real people, and then used Honkai Energy to erode them, transforming them into Mortals.
By repeating this process, even if she had only seen one person, Tenshu-kaku could still be filled with Mortals.
"Hiyori Maru, hide."
The battle ahead might be extremely difficult. Hiyori Maru's stamina had not fully recovered, and Feng Chen would not be able to protect her.
He had never removed Shadow Knight: Moonblade from his body, maintaining Eclipse Mode the entire time.
"Death Strength: Waning Moon!"
The instant he smashed into the ground, an Oni Mask appeared over Feng Chen's head.
Shadow Knight: Moonblade and Queen of Thunder's Kirin shared two sets of armor, yet they did not conflict at all!
Moreover, Shadow Knight: Moonblade was perfectly absorbing the Power of Lightning from Kirin and converting it into her own lightning.
Queen of Thunder's Kirin wielded purple lightning, while the lightning of Shadow Knight: Moonblade—and the patterns in Eclipse Mode—was golden.
The final strike of "Inch Punch: Heaven Splitter" had transformed into a blow delivered upon landing. Its range was inferior to "Death Strength: Waning Moon," but its power was guaranteed to a certain extent.
The fact that it had once been able to shatter Jizou Mitama, which possessed the strength of a Simulated Herrscher, showed that the power of "Inch Punch: Heaven Splitter" was definitely greater than imagined.
As if sensing that someone was clearing out the Mortals in Tenshu-kaku, a black-and-red Katana placed on the highest floor emitted a dazzling red light...
One... two... three...
The Mortals charged up like waves, one after another.
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