If it were given to someone else...?
Feng Chen did not understand what she meant. Shouldn't the [Xuanyuan Sword]'s autonomous use of the [Domination] ability have disappeared after it touched the [Destruction] ability inside him?
What Feng Chen and that white hand had removed should have been the [Xuanyuan Sword]'s outward self-defense response.
"Since that's the case, couldn't we just hand it over to Himeko?"
Because Himeko had already passed the suitable age when she was modified, her body's resistance to Honkai Energy had been weakening over the past few years.
Theresa had told him this in private.
"If we can't find a solution, Himeko might be eroded by Honkai and become a zombie."
That was why Theresa and Fu Hua had willingly accepted this mission.
Although Feng Chen could preserve Himeko's consciousness with [Honkai]'s help as a system even if she were eroded by Honkai and became a zombie, as one of the warriors fighting against Honkai, becoming a zombie would be worse than killing her.
"System, I should have a mission next, right?"
"Then I'll give you one."
The mission details then appeared before him.
Side Mission: Defeat the powerful enemy within [Nine Nether]. *Note: A powerful enemy refers to one at Emperor-class strength or above. - Mission Reward: Stigmata [Ji Xuanyuan].
Feng Chen's reading comprehension was far better than average, so he could certainly tell that there was something strange about this mission.
"But... why isn't there a [Divine Key]?"
He was being a little greedy. After all, his previous trip to Sakura Cycle had yielded a Divine Key and a Stigmata, as well as an additional companion.
"It's only a side mission. If even side missions gave you [Divine Keys], you'd collect all thirteen of them before long."
The thirteen [Divine Keys] were extremely