Under Yae Sakura's care, Feng Chen's injuries healed quickly. After lying down for a few more days once he awoke, he had fully recovered.
"Sakura, I want to go to Tenshu-kaku..."
As he said this, he didn't dare look Yae Sakura in the eyes—because he had fainted in Tenshu-kaku last time. Besides, if he said he wanted to storm Tenshu-kaku, Yae Sakura would inevitably worry.
"I'll go with you."
That was entirely in keeping with Yae Sakura's personality. In Feng Chen's heart, Sakura had always been like this.
"Sometimes, you seem so foolish... You never think about yourself."
"So the host likes this type? Added to the S-rank confidential documents."
"What are you up to this time?"
"Nothing. Just some personal preferences."
Feng Chen could guess quite a bit about its purpose: Honkai couldn't understand human emotions, so it wanted to analyze them through the emotions it produced and various other factors, attempting to understand human feelings in its own way.
In any case, this didn't do him any harm. Why should he care so much?
Though it was true that it didn't benefit him at all, either...
Tenshu-kaku was already packed with Mortals. Even the weakest were at the level of Ranger Mortals and Guardian Mortals.
"Sakura, be careful."
Ranger Mortals and Guardian Mortals weren't strong, but there were a lot of them. If they swarmed him all at once, they would be a real headache.
Feng Chen had tried using the effect of his second title, but inside Tenshu-kaku, Jizou Mitama's power controlled these Mortals. The Herrscher aura had little to no effect on them.
"The host can try using your second Stigmata. Yae Sakura was possessed by the Herrscher of Erosion, and even her Honkai Energy compatibility came from the Herrscher of Erosion. There must still be some of the Herrscher of Erosion's aura within the Stigmata. It's more than enough to drive away those weaker Mortals."
"I have an idea. Come on, let's go in."
After entering Tenshu-kaku, Feng Chen completely lost contact with the system, which was a part of Honkai. The only power they could rely on here was Sakura's.
Cherry blossoms drifted from Feng Chen's hands.
The cherry blossoms wrapped around the two of them, carrying them through the Mortals on Floor 1.
On Floor 2, black-and-white dual-blade Mortals had already appeared, and Yae Sakura's Stigmata had a much weaker effect on them.
"Attack!"
Feng Chen swung Judas' Embrace of Blood, sending nearly a third of the Mortals flying with that single blow.
To conserve his strength, he could only swing Judas' Embrace once here. The Mortals grew stronger with every floor, so he couldn't use his full strength here.
Under Yae Sakura's invisible Sword Qi from her Dimensional Slash, Floor 2 was almost completely cleared by her alone.
By the time they reached Floor 3, only black-and-white dual-blade Mortals and Summoner Demons appeared.
The ten Summoner Demons summoned ten Ranger Mortals and ten Guardian Mortals.
As for the black-and-white dual-blade Mortals, there were five of each.
"Forty Mortals... Sakura, I'll handle the Summoner Demons and the Mortals they summon."
In truth, he had deliberately left the dual-blade Mortals to Sakura. One could block and the other could dodge, making them troublesome to clear out. Yae Sakura was far faster than him, and her attacks were stronger as well. Blocking and dodging posed no difficulty for her.
"Understood."
Yae Sakura didn't care what kind of Mortals stood before her. With the strength of a Simulated Herrscher, she simply crushed them all.
Some things could no longer be held back on this floor. For example, Shadow Knight: Moonblade's Eclipse Mode had to be used.
"Death Force Breaks the Sea," "Death Strength: Waning Moon," and "Inch Punch: Heaven Splitter" were used over and over. If these three martial arts had proficiency levels, they would probably have reached max level long ago.
Unfortunately, these three were already among Hua's strongest martial arts. The moment he learned them, they were already at max level.
A coffin fell from above his head. This wasn't a summon, but a physical attack.
"Summoner Demons can use physical attacks too...? I thought they only used Honkai Energy attacks."
Physical attacks were even less of a threat to him. There truly weren't many who could clash head-on with Hua's martial arts.
He swung a fist upward. It was the second form of Inch Punch: Heaven Splitter. Then he punched the chest of the Summoner Demon that had dropped the coffin.
Hmm... It was a little soft. As expected, even mutated Mortals were still women.
No, no, no. What was he thinking?!
Three coffins flew toward him from behind at the same time. He couldn't dodge the simultaneous attack of three Summoner Demons unless he had three arms.
A streak of violet light flashed out of the attack range. From another direction, it could be seen that an Oni Mask had already appeared on Feng Chen's head.
The golden patterns on his body had faded as well, replaced by a white bodysuit.
"This form is a little difficult to maintain..."
Feng Chen frowned. Blood Knight: Moonlight and Queen of Thunder's Kirin were not very compatible. They even conflicted with each other. The first time he had used them together was when fighting Jizou Mitama, and he had nearly collapsed then.
He reversed his grip on the short blade at his waist and used it as a dagger.
Queen of Thunder's Kirin possessed powerful Power of Lightning, and its speed went without saying. Combined with Wind of Serenity, Feng Chen didn't even have to fear being counterattacked at close range.
He only had to slash once and run. If he slashed a few more times, wouldn't that settle things?
Just like that, several more wounds appeared on each Summoner Demon.
Unfortunately, the Summoner Demons' recovery seemed to keep pace with Feng Chen's attack speed. Every time he attacked, one of their wounds would have mostly healed.
"In that case, let's try this."
He threw out a short blade. Purple lightning formed a chain at its end, connecting it to Feng Chen.
Repeating the process, he soon laid down a dense lightning web across his battlefield.
Feng Chen pulled the chain backward with one hand while winding all the lightning chains around a short blade.
Each time he swung the short blade, the lightning web tightened another notch, until the Summoner Demons were driven into a corner.
Then Execution Mode unfolded, and he swung the blood-red cross, magnified dozens of times.
To prevent the Summoner Demons from sinking into the ground, he deliberately buried part of the lightning web beneath the earth as well.
The Summoner Demons that tried to sink underground were instantly shocked back out and collapsed limply to the ground.
The remaining Summoner Demons summoned Mortals at the same time. The summoned Mortals were packed inside the lightning web, and one careless move caused them to touch it.
Feng Chen instantly beat all the summoned Mortals to death. Summoner Demons couldn't summon endlessly; there had to be an interval between summons. Feng Chen simply refused to give them one.
The blood-red cross returned to its original size and was planted in the ground.
"""Teriri is the cutest in the world!"""
The blood-colored halberd blade unfolded. Just before it began to spin, Feng Chen rose onto his toes on the halberd blade and leaped into the air.
He raised both hands above his head as armor covered in golden patterns fitted itself onto him piece by piece.
Gauntlets, breastplate, pauldrons, faceplate (I previously wrote goggles, but it didn't feel right later, so I'll call it a faceplate instead)...
The instant he landed, he slammed into the ground.
"Death Strength: Waning Moon!"
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