Nicholas, who had jumped into the fog, was affected by Welt's power and automatically drawn toward the Herrscher of Ice.
Terrifying cold swept through Nicholas's entire body in an instant. If not for the alien lifeform inside her, which could use its own cells to repair and replace the host's damaged organs and tissues, she would have already lost consciousness. That was why she understood that she had to carry out the most crucial step herself.
The fog grew thicker. In an environment where she could not see her own hand, both the naked eye and all equipment had become useless. Siegfried knew he had only one chance. Rather than trust his not-necessarily-reliable instincts, he decided to wait for good news from Nicholas.
She successfully completed her objective. A dazzling red light immediately drew everyone's attention. She had turned herself into a marker.
Perhaps sensing Nicholas's little trick, all the ice needles that had originally flown toward the others turned back. They pierced through Nicholas's body, and the red light vanished at once. Nicholas also collapsed onto the ice.
The Siegfried couple exchanged a glance and jumped down from the vines together. The vines that had appeared because of the Black Abyss White Flower vanished as well.
"Black Abyss White Flower, First Rated Power, Holy Spear: Bloom!"
White light surged toward the spot where the red dot had disappeared. Just as it was about to reach its target, Welt released the gravity restraint, and the Herrscher of Ice was swallowed by the white light once again.
"Nicholas!" Based on the sound of her landing on the ice, Shigure Kira rushed over at top speed. The first thing she saw was the multiple wounds piercing Nicholas's chest, with blood pouring out nonstop.
Her organs had been pierced by Herrscher-level power, and the extreme cold had corroded her as well. Nicholas knew better than anyone that she, the Chaos Progeny who had carried out countless dangerous missions and always returned alive, had only one breath left.
Sensing Shigure Kira's arrival, she lightly touched her hand. In her daze, she seemed to see Salome's figure.
"Even against a Herrscher... I can still be useful. Salome, I still beat you in the end. I'll have to give you a good talking-to later."
The "Salome" beside her smiled and gently closed her eyes.
"Silly Nicholas, when did I ever compete with you? From now on, we'll have plenty of time. Whatever you want to say, you can keep saying it to me."
"Tch, you're still as boring as ever."
The instant Shigure Kira touched her body, she felt something burrow into her own body, and her mind grew hazy. When she looked at Nicholas again, Nicholas had already closed her eyes and stopped breathing.
The Herrscher of Ice fell headfirst onto the ice. The white light around her had yet to dissipate when Siegfried raised the Divine Fire Judgment high.
"Divine Fire Judgment, Zeroth Rated Power, Judgment of Shamash: Draw!"
Watching his movements, Wang felt Siegfried's figure gradually overlap with that of the man. He did not know why some will always prevented him from diving back into the lake, but since he could not return, then...
He hardened his heart. The five ice needles merged into one, forming a boomerang, and shot toward Siegfried at full speed.
After using Judgment of Shamash: Draw, Siegfried felt as though every cell in his body had caught fire. He then lost consciousness and collapsed. Needless to say, he had no way to block the Herrscher of Ice's attack.
At the critical moment, Cheng Lixue shoved Siegfried aside, but she became the target of the attack herself.
With a sharp hiss, Cheng Lixue's left arm flew away, and blood gushed out like a fountain. Losing her balance, she also fell onto the ice.
"Lixue, Siegfried!" Cecilia had been some distance away from the two of them and only reached their side at that moment.
"Captain, this injury is nothing to me. Go check on Siegfried first. You understand the consequences of using Judgment of Shamash: Draw better than I do!"
Ignoring Cheng Lixue's words, Cecilia began murmuring under her breath.
"I am the black from the Abyss. I am the white descended from the heavens. Born before creation, existing after annihilation; I shall give the water of the Fountain of Life freely to the thirsty."
"Black Abyss White Flower, Zeroth Rated Power, HeilgeLanze, die Welwitschie! (Holy Lance - Hundred Year Orchid)"
A wave of energy flowed into the two people's bodies. But what happened next made Tesla, who had been watching the battlefield, rise directly from her chair.
"Bird's Nest Head, isn't this what Schrödinger used on us back then..."
"No, it's different. Do you remember how Schrödinger left behind a plasma shield after using it back then? But there's nothing here. The Zeroth Rated Power Madam Cecilia used is different from the ones Leanna and Schrödinger used." Einstein, who was rushing over, also began trembling uncontrollably when she saw this scene.
The burning in Siegfried's body stopped. Cheng Lixue's bleeding had not only ceased, but she was also no longer at risk of being infected by Honkai Energy. Although it was different from Schrödinger's case, she, Tesla, and Einstein had all broken through the limits of their lifespans from that point on and would never age again.
"Ha... ha..." Cecilia planted the Black Abyss White Flower into the ice and panted heavily. This was the first time she had used its Zeroth Rated Power in all the years she had possessed it, and she felt as though her entire body had been drained dry.
At the same time, because its recovery ability had drastically declined, the wounds from Holy Spear: Bloom were far from healed. The terrifying attack from Judgment of Shamash: Draw landed squarely on its body, and it felt as if every inch of it were burning. The Divine Fire Judgment tore apart not only its body, but also the fear carved into its DNA thousands of years ago.
Sensing that Wang's body had been severely damaged, Enoshia did not hesitate in the slightest. She directly detonated her Herrscher Core inside its body. Corruption Power spread throughout it in an instant, completely polluting its mind. If positive emotions were represented by positive numbers and negative emotions by negative numbers, then what Enoshia did was place a minus sign before every positive number and completely devour every thought of survival. That way, even if it was not truly dead, it would not think of escaping after losing its will to live.
However, before self-detonating, Enoshia clearly sensed that it seemed to have given up resisting of its own accord.
Facing the heavily wounded Herrscher of Ice, Welt was just about to deliver the finishing blow when a blue light suddenly shot out from its body. In the sky, vast swathes of blue clouds began gathering. In the end, Enoshia had still underestimated her enemy.
After all, Wang was a member of the Huilizoo who could create incredibly realistic dreams and influence other lifeforms. The successive abnormalities in its own body allowed it to guess Enoshia's existence at the final moment.
Although it was already powerless to change the outcome, while it could still choose how to die, it used the last of its self-control to push its emotions toward extreme fury and hatred before voluntarily abandoning its defenses.
Since I'm going to die no matter what... then you'll all... be buried with me!
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