The Sound

"This is impossible to finish!"

Feng Chen really wanted to know how twisted the Herrscher of Erosion was inside. These were all living people! Before becoming Herrschers, Herrschers had all been human too. How could the Herrscher of Erosion bring herself to attack so many of her own kind? Of course, Feng Chen didn't know what the Herrscher of Erosion had gone through. Otherwise, he wouldn't have thought that way.

"I was once just an ordinary girl."

That voice... sounded a little like Hiyori Maru. But Hiyori Maru's voice was full of vitality, while this voice was filled with resentment.

Feng Chen's movements slowed somewhat, even though those Mortals still couldn't hurt him.

There was no need to waste any more strength against these Mortals. Using the Stigmata's Sword of Serenity for ordinary attacks was enough.

"I had my own family and my own life."

A black dual-blade Mortal—the Loyal Ninja Warrior Mortal—approached. It crossed its two Katanas before its body and performed a sliding slash.

Feng Chen had experienced this kind of move from Jizou Mitama long ago, so he naturally knew how to defend against it.

With his left hand, he used the first straight punch of Inch Punch: Heaven Splitter. With his right, he raised his hand above his head in the motion from Death Strength: Waning Moon.

The straight punch from Inch Punch: Heaven Splitter broke through the attack of the two Katanas' sliding slash. He followed up with an uppercut that sent the Loyal Ninja Warrior Mortal flying.

By then, both his hands were raised above his head. Then he brought them down, striking the Loyal Ninja Warrior Mortal as it landed.

This was not an ordinary Death Strength: Waning Moon. The force of Inch Punch: Heaven Splitter had been mixed into the strike as it landed. The power of Death Strength: Waning Moon felt somewhat like drawing a boundary and trapping an enemy within it, while Inch Punch: Heaven Splitter carried the intent of pointing straight toward the heavens.

Combined, the two could restrain an enemy's movements while also delivering a powerful blow.

"Until one day, a group of people arrested me in the name of me being a Herrscher."

Two Guardian Mortals tightened their grips on their scythes at the same time and swung them at Feng Chen.

Feng Chen used Death Force Breaks the Sea with both hands simultaneously. The first strike hit the backs of the scythes. On the second strike, he suddenly turned and attacked the Mortal in the opposite direction.

"They locked me in a prison cell. They didn't kill me."

As he fought, Feng Chen grew somewhat tired. He had originally thought he could conserve some strength, but who could have known that they would grow stronger and stronger? It seemed to be because of the emotional fluctuations of the Herrscher of Erosion.

It wasn't as if he had never been hit. The arrows of the Ranger Mortal had wounded him long ago, but the injuries weren't serious and had healed quickly.

He used Thousand Roaring Slash, Wind of Serenity, and Sword of Serenity together. A purple arc continuously darted through the horde of Mortals, turning quite a few of them into charred corpses.

Although the system wasn't by his side, Feng Chen could still see certain panels related to himself in his eyes.

Thousand Roaring Slash Proficiency 1000/1000. Upgraded to Lightning Dual Blades. Thousand Roaring Slash range expanded; the arc can rotate one additional revolution each time.

The upgraded Lightning Dual Blades were one revolution larger than before, and they even sliced through the Ranger Mortals' arrows.

After raising both hands for several dozen seconds, Feng Chen slammed them into the ground.

Death Strength: Waning Moon created a huge pit in the ground. At the same time, golden lightning erupted throughout the area.

Death Strength: Waning Moon also had a charged attack. The longer it was charged, the greater its power.

The pit had a radius of at least five meters when viewed from above.

But the pit was a full ten meters deep!

Not a single Mortal within that area remained.

However, this consumed far too much physical strength. After just one strike, Feng Chen's physical load had already reached thirty percent.

Another strike would cause the physical load to stack exponentially. After using it a few more times, Feng Chen would be completely finished.

Fortunately, it seemed that the Mortals on this floor had been cleared out.

"Let's go. There are still two floors."

On the next floor, the number of Mortals had clearly decreased, but their strength had increased considerably.

The Guardian Mortals' clothes had changed from black to red. According to Hiyori Maru, they were Mortals known as Imperial Guard Commanders.

The Ranger Mortals' clothes had also turned red. They were Mortals known as Divine Crossbow Marksmen.

Short blades flew constantly from Feng Chen's hands, each one stained with bright-red blood.

Although these Mortals had grown stronger, their tolerance for Honkai Energy and the purity of their Honkai Energy had not changed much. The instant they were grazed by a short blade, they transformed into Honkai Energy and vanished.

The Lightning Dual Blades had blocked countless arrows for him, but his Honkai Energy was limited after all, and the power of the Lightning Dual Blades gradually weakened.

An arrow eventually pierced his shoulder, releasing all his exhaustion.

Feng Chen's movements were now hundreds of times slower than before. He looked just like an old man in his twilight years.

"That woman named MEI also came to see me often. Apparently, she was the superior of those people."

That voice... was still telling her story.

"Thwack!"

Another arrow pierced his calf. Feng Chen leaned against the wall, motionless.

"After that, those people could no longer conceal their true purpose."

"I died in that room. I didn't even know why they wanted to kill me before I died."

"When my consciousness was growing hazy, I only heard a voice ask me, 'Do you want revenge?'"

"I shouted like a madwoman at the time, 'Yes! Yes! I want revenge! I want every one of them to pay for what they've done with their blood!' After that, she told me what Honkai was and what a Herrscher was."

"My mind was already filled with hatred. Whatever she told me to do, I did."

"My consciousness entered the Honkai Energy. Like a computer virus, I invaded the Fire Moth's system and launched a nuclear missile."

"Only a few dozen seconds later, I had leveled humanity's last two cities."

"Afterward, I discovered that my body had somehow recovered. I was so happy that I ran out of that room, only to see that woman... MEI."

"She showed me images of the ruins of those two cities. I didn't believe it at first, but when my consciousness once again entered the Fire Moth's system along with the Honkai Energy, I realized what I had done."

"After that, the man beside MEI, a man named Kevin Kaslana, sealed me inside a box. MEI tried to turn my Herrscher Core into a Divine Key, so I fought back desperately. I even invaded MEI's computer system. But with that man there, I could never kill her."

"Fortunately, MEI eventually fell in the laboratory, and the previous civilization was ultimately destroyed by the Herrscher of the End. As for me, I became one of the few survivors—at least, I survived in this wretched state."

"Thanks to this human named Yae Sakura, I was able to revive once again and possess a body once more."