The scene shifted back to the snowy plains of Siberia. When everyone realized that Sirin's attack still hadn't pushed the Herrscher of Frost to its limit, Cecilia prepared to use the first rated power of the Black Abyss White Flower again. However, she had to find the right position while also rescuing her teammates who were drawing fire. After several attempts, she still couldn't find an opportunity to get close.
After Bella's attack ended, she seized the chance to launch another strike, causing the already swollen body of the Herrscher of Frost to grow another size larger.
"Siegfried, what are you trying to do?" Theresa couldn't help crying out when she saw Siegfried joining the cores of the two Divine Fire Judgments together.
"Of course I'm giving it the big one!" With a fierce glint in his eyes, Siegfried modified the Divine Fire Judgment into greatsword mode and raised the Pure Love Greatsword over his head.
By now, everyone could see that the Herrscher of Frost was at the critical moment just before reaching its limit. The Divine Fire Judgment, the Divine Key with the greatest power and output, was undoubtedly the best choice.
But the price was just as obvious. The countless ancestors of the Kaslana family had already tested it with their lives.
"To protect the ones I love, the Divine Fire Judgment's Zeroth Rated Power, Judgment of Sha... Huh?" Just as Judgment of Shamash was about to be activated, a loud boom rang out. The Herrscher of Frost collapsed and lay still, then gradually ceased its Herrscher activity and crashed once more. The snowflakes that had been drifting endlessly outward came to a halt, and gravity completely returned to normal.
"What happened?" Siegfried gripped the Divine Fire Judgment tightly, not daring to relax in the slightest. After exchanging a glance with his wife, the two of them cautiously approached it.
"Hey, it really stopped." Siegfried kicked its body, but it remained utterly motionless, as if dead.
"It seems the Overseer and Miss Corruption helped us from inside it." Einstein and Tesla looked at the fallen Herrscher of Frost and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Just now, a faint gravitational anomaly had appeared inside the Herrscher of Frost. That meant Joachim Noviantinen, who had spent day and night with them, was still alive.
"What do we do next? Cut open this thing's body and fish the two of them out?" Siegfried raised the Divine Fire Judgment as he spoke, already preparing to act.
"Mr. Siegfried, don't rush. Based on Schicksal's previous attack and the earlier incident in which we awakened everyone from their dreams, and taking the existing data into account, we suspect that Miss the Herrscher of Corruption can freely switch between data and human forms. She can parasitize any electronic device or living organism. The fact that she hasn't come out can only mean that she doesn't want to. Perhaps... she's reading the Herrscher of Frost's memories and searching for the reason behind its unusual abilities."
"And as for the Overseer... we already know that he isn't in any danger. Therefore, we'd better deliberate carefully over how to deal with the Herrscher of Frost. For now, this body contains several times the energy of an ordinary Herrscher and must be handled properly. If it explodes, the devastation will definitely exceed that caused by the most powerful nuclear weapon on Earth."
"All right. Since even you, fellow members of Anti-Entropy, are saying that, I'll trust Welt. Should we have headquarters bring a crane to haul this thing away? Hmm... one probably won't be enough... No, the Archbishop and the people from Anti-Entropy have old grudges. Although Mr. Welt is Anti-Entropy's leader, he helped us greatly this time. He's still inside. If we hand him over to the Archbishop like this, he won't do anything to him, will he?"
As Siegfried pondered, the Herrscher of Frost behind him moved again. A small mass of black mist emerged and shot into the brows of Siegfried and Cecilia, causing them to freeze in place.
Theresa sensed that something was wrong and immediately bound Cecilia with Judah's chains, pulling her to her side. Cheng Lixue reached Siegfried's side at top speed and dragged him away from the Herrscher of Frost.
Unlike before, however, neither of them fell into another dream. Their thoughts had merely stalled briefly, and they returned to normal after leaving the Herrscher of Frost's body.
The group had just begun to relax when their reactions to the sudden development slowed them by a beat. Just as Shigure Kira raised her sniper rifle, an intense energy fluctuation suddenly erupted with the Herrscher of Frost at its center. Ice fog instantly covered an area dozens of kilometers wide, and within seconds, everyone's visibility dropped to less than a meter.
Amid the snow and ice, a slit opened in the head of the Herrscher of Frost. Something crawled out of its body and quietly slipped away.
The ice and snow soon stopped. The group discovered that this attack had been all thunder and little rain. Aside from severely obstructing their vision and causing various instruments to malfunction in the extremely low temperature, it had done nothing else.
When everyone looked at the Herrscher's body again, the several-meter-long slit in its head was clearly visible. Since its head resembled that of a snake-like creature on Earth, they knew without even using instruments that it had escaped by shedding its skin, or something similar.
"The Herrscher ran north! Hurry and chase it!" Tesla grew anxious when she saw that the Herrscher, which had stayed put all this time, had actually escaped. Almost the world's most elite forces had gathered here and still ended up in such a state. How could anyone else possibly be its match?
"Wait, this reaction is... No, Joachim, stop immediately!"
Just as Sirin pinpointed its location and everyone gathered their strength to give chase, a huge black hole suddenly appeared. The body left behind by the Herrscher was instantly swallowed, leaving only the cores of the Herrscher of Rocks and the Herrscher of Reason floating in the air. The Simulated Black Hole's attack did not distinguish between friend and foe. Several Schicksal members, and even Bella, were pulled toward it, while Shigure Kira and Nicholas, who were weaker, nearly fell into its event horizon.
The good news: The Simulated Black Hole hadn't been interrupted and displayed the terrifying power described.
The bad news: It had hit friendlies. The enemy had long since fled.
Fortunately, Welt Yang, whose body had re-formed in reality, halted the Simulated Black Hole at the crucial moment. Only then did Shigure Kira and Nicholas, who had nearly been torn apart by the black hole, escape with their lives.
"Overseer, don't blame yourself yet. This happened because effective communication between the inside and outside was impossible. Besides, your actions weren't entirely harmful. The body left behind by the Herrscher of Frost was a bomb that could explode at any moment. The Simulated Black Hole swallowing it also removed a hidden danger."
Though he knew Einstein was comforting him, Welt Yang still felt somewhat better. He also understood that eliminating the Herrscher was clearly more important than engaging in self-reproach.
"Frost... No, without the core of the Herrscher of Rocks, it's only the Herrscher of Ice now. In the brief time since then, the Herrscher of Ice has run more than a dozen kilometers away. Bird's Nest Head, how can this thing be so fast once it starts moving?"
"Dr. Tesla, don't panic. Miss Sirin has already engaged it. No matter how fast it runs, it can't escape the pursuit of the Herrscher of Void. Let's just wait for good news from Miss Sirin."
Although this was now a Four-Core Herrscher fighting a single-core Herrscher, and even though Sirin had already expended a great deal of Honkai Energy, theoretically, this was still a sure victory. Even so, Bella remained worried. The instant Sirin teleported away, Bella flew after her at full speed.
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