Honkai, Kaslana's Way of Survival

"If I hadn't killed you back then, I would still be trapped in that cage. Now that you have been resurrected, then... I will kill you again."

"So, people's hearts are fickle, and you can't rely on calculations at all. So many methods have lost their effectiveness."

Su Mei retracted her gaze from the window, her eyes sweeping over Kaino and the others. She paused on Kaino for a few seconds before looking at Fu Hua, sighing softly.

"Master, I have never regretted it."

"We have never regretted it."

Jiang Wanxi and Jiang Wanru exchanged glances, then spoke in unison, also drawing their Xuanyuan Swords.

Ma Fei Ma didn't say anything, just glanced at Su Mei, then silently took a breath and raised the large red sword in his hand.

Five Xuanyuan Swords of various shapes pointed directly at Fu Hua, who sighed silently.

Seeing this, Cheng Lingshuang and Li Sushang also silently drew their Xuanyuan Swords, while Kaino hesitated for a moment before standing behind them.

We have two Sword Gods on our side, we can't possibly lose even if I don't participate. In that case, I might as well stand in the back and see if anyone tries any underhanded tricks.

"The two of you are not involved in our affairs, I can handle it myself."

After glancing at Kaino hiding in the back, Fu Hua's lips twitched almost imperceptibly before she spoke to the two of them.

Then, Fu Hua looked at the five disciples standing opposite her, her legs slightly bent, her left hand bent across her chest, and the other hand stretched forward, slowly exhaling.

Several red and white feathers suddenly appeared in the void, slowly falling in the air.

Chapter 34: Feather of the Underworld

Feathers?

Kaino was stunned.

Why did feathers suddenly appear in the air? And these feathers don't look natural at all, do they?

Before Kaino could react to the sudden appearance of the feathers, five thuds came from the front.

The five disciples who had been pointing their swords at Fu Hua were now kneeling on the ground with blank eyes, the Xuanyuan Swords in their hands slipping and falling to the ground. Judging from the rise and fall of their chests, they were still alive, but they were as silent as corpses.

Eh, eh, eh?

"It's over?"

Li Sushang swallowed, speaking hesitantly.

Things happened too fast, causing her to be unable to react, so she was now a little suspicious whether she had woken up from her sleep.

Of course, it was not surprising that she dared not believe it, and Kaino also didn't quite dare to believe it.

Five people with the combat power of near-S-rank Valkyries and wielding weapons similar to God Keys were lying on the ground without making a sound in just an instant. It would be strange if one could watch calmly.

Kaino was sure that this was inseparable from those red and white feathers, but what exactly were they?

A God Key?

"Yes, it's over."

Fu Hua put away her stance and waved her hand gently, and the feathers floating in the sky disappeared instantly.

After retracting those red and white feathers, she looked a little tired, but she just shook her head and looked at Kaino and the others, saying:

"I didn't kill them, I just temporarily deprived them of their combat power. When they wake up, I will ask them again why they betrayed me back then."

It seemed that rather than getting rid of them quickly, Fu Hua was more interested in knowing the reason why she was betrayed back then, to alleviate the knot in her heart?

Kaino wasn't sure what Fu Hua was thinking. But now that the five people had fallen, it didn't matter what Fu Hua was thinking.

The people were here and couldn't run away, so she could do whatever she wanted, right?

However...

"Fu Hua, since your strength is so strong, how exactly were you killed by them back then?"

Kaino asked the question in his heart, and Li Sushang also looked curious.

The difference in strength was too great, wasn't it? Losing two of the seven disciples directly led to such a miserable defeat?

Moreover, Fu Hua was still injured. So many years had passed, there was no reason why their strength hadn't improved at all, right?

"Master was attacked in a hurry back then, and didn't have time to use either the Xuanyuan Sword or the Feather of the Underworld. But even so, Master almost killed the sixth one."

Cheng Lingshuang explained one step ahead of Fu Hua:

"Moreover, the main attacker back then was me. If I hadn't mastered the attack power of a Sword God, then it would have been impossible to pose a threat to Master at all."

Fu Hua nodded, but then shook her head again:

"That was only in the past, I am not that strong now. If I were to be ambushed again, even if they didn't have Lingshuang's assistance, it would probably be difficult to win so easily."

"Feather of the Underworld, are you referring to those red and white feathers just now? What do they do?"

Fu Hua's attack was too fast, and the enemy five fell too quickly. Almost as soon as Kaino realized that those feathers were not right, Fu Hua's attack had already ended.

Because of this, Kaino didn't analyze the Feather of the Underworld, so he didn't understand its essence.

Speaking of which, why did those people dare to say such harsh words when they were so weak?

"The Feather of the Underworld is a God Key—since you are from the Kaslana family, you should know the meaning of a God Key."

Fu Hua began to explain, taking off the Feather of the Underworld:

"Unlike your Kaslana family's Judgement of Shamash, Feather of the Underworld specializes in manipulating consciousness. An ordinary person whose Sword Heart realm has reached the Sword Heart might be able to escape the environment I create with Feather of the Underworld, but otherwise, they would be defenseless."

"Eh?! So, there are hardly any people in the world who can resist the Feather of the Underworld's attack?"

Li Sushang exclaimed in surprise.

Sword Heart of the Tai Xu, currently only Fu Hua and Cheng Lingshuang have reached that level in all of Shenzhou. With Li Sushang's talent, she might be able to do it in the future, but that would only make three of them.

In other words, if Fu Hua wanted to, she could easily take control of the entire Shenzhou.

"This God Key is a little too perverted..."

Kaino took a deep breath.

"It's not that bad, it's just that Feather of the Underworld is more suited to me. After all, what I fused with is... no, never mind."

As she spoke, Fu Hua shook her head.

"In short, I am exceptionally gifted in mental aspects. If someone without special mental abilities or a weak will uses it, the effect will be much weaker, and it's even possible for it to backfire."

"Of course, if you are gifted in this area and have a righteous heart, dedicated to slaying demons and eliminating evil, then giving you a few feathers to use is not out of the question."

"Hey, Master Ancestor, can you see if I can use it?"

Li Sushang's eyes lit up as she excitedly asked.

Fu Hua hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Alright."

With that, Fu Hua extended her left hand, and two feathers appeared out of thin air, landing in front of Kaino and Li Sushang, respectively.

"There's one for me too?"

Kaino blinked, reaching out to pinch the feather in front of him.

He didn't expect Fu Hua to give him a test as well. After all, they had only just met, and Fu Hua had no reason to believe that he was qualified in terms of character.

Although Kaino felt that he would never use it to manipulate the consciousness of other humans... except for Otto, of course.

"I know the Kaslana family's character well. This family may go astray in the middle, but they will eventually stand on the side of justice."

Fu Hua stared at Kaino, frowning slightly.

"And more than that, why don't you have any reaction at all?"

"Reaction?"

Kaino was puzzled, suddenly realizing that it was a little quiet. He turned his head to look at Li Sushang.

The usually loud and cheerful Li Sushang was quietly staring at the feather in front of her, her eyes blank, just like the five people lying on the ground.

"Wait, Fu Hua, is the test you're talking about just using the Feather of the Underworld on us directly?"

Kaino's eyes widened, and he leaned back slightly.

"Yes. Of course, you don't have to worry, I didn't pry into or modify your memories, I just tried to create an illusion for you."

"But as a result, Sushang is completely trapped, while you seem to be completely unaffected."

"Does this mean I'm exceptionally gifted?"

Kaino asked tentatively.

"Generally speaking, that's true, but your talent is a bit too abnormal."

Fu Hua still frowned.

"Even if you have the best talent in mental aspects, you shouldn't be completely unaffected by this kind of attack the first time. There are two possibilities for this situation: either something is protecting your consciousness, taking on the Feather of the Underworld's attack for you, or your consciousness is very unusual, and the Feather of the Underworld can't even interfere."

"So, which one am I?"

"I don't know, the former is more likely. After all, it's reasonable that your Stigmata, which allows you to use Herrscher powers, can protect your consciousness. As for unusual consciousness, as far as I know, there is only..."

A faint explosion interrupted Fu Hua's words.

Fu Hua suddenly looked up. Kaino and Cheng Lingshuang also noticed something was wrong, and the three of them looked out the window one after another.

At this moment, wisps of black smoke were rising from the Tai Xu Sword Sect at the foot of Sky Vault Peak. The Tai Xu Sword Sect, which had been slightly disturbed by the search for the thief who had infiltrated it, was now in complete chaos, with people fleeing in a panic.

Blinding flames frantically devoured everything around them, surging towards the Cloud Sweeping Temple on the top of the mountain.

"What's going on?!"

Kaino asked in surprise.

Chapter 35: Herrscher of Domination

The inexplicable fire puzzled Kaino. After all, he had clearly replaced the gunpowder, but the fire still inexplicably started. But if it was just that, it wouldn't be enough to give Kaino a headache. After all, as he said before, this fire wouldn't cause any casualties. The Tai Xu Sword Sect basically wouldn't lose a single person.

But the problem wasn't just a fire.

Among the destroyed houses and running crowds, Kaino vaguely saw many huge white and pink figures. Having cleaned up Honkai Beasts around the orphanage with the priest for many years, Kaino was naturally no stranger to this thing.

"They're all Honkai Beasts, of varying levels, the highest being… a Temple-Class Honkai Beast?!"

Unlike five hundred years later, due to the low level of technology in this era, it was difficult to create more powerful Honkai Beasts. In fact, if he hadn't seen the prototype of the Temple-Class Honkai Beast in the Kaslana's fantasy, he wouldn't have recognized it at this point.

But if the Tai Xu Sword Sect were completely destroyed by fire, it would indeed trigger a significant Honkai event, but not enough to give birth to a Temple-Class Honkai Beast.

"Human hearts are too fickle, so a clever plan requires many backup plans. Master, I've been preparing for this scheme for a full fifteen years."

Su Mei's voice came from behind Kaino. Kaino was shocked. Judgement of Shamash instantly appeared in his hand, and he turned and fired at the spot where Su Mei had been lying.

But he shot at empty air.

Su Mei, who should have been lying on the ground playing dead, was now standing next to Ma Fei Ma, holding Xuanyuan, which originally belonged to Ma Fei Ma. Her original brown eyes had completely turned gold, and the clothes on her body had inexplicably lengthened, even dragging a long way on the ground.

She stood there, smiling happily and casually.

"Master, how do you like the gift I gave you? Do you like it?"

Fu Hua frowned as she looked at Su Mei, then turned her head and quickly said to Cheng Lingshuang:

"Ling Shuang, the demons outside are too dangerous. The disciples of the Tai Xu Sword Sect alone are definitely not a match. Go and help them fight the enemy. Leave the enemy in front of us to me."

"Kaino, I have removed the illusion cast on Li Sushang, but she hasn't recovered yet. Please take care of her first."

Kaino nodded, took the Feather of the Underworld from in front of Li Sushang, then carried her to a corner, watching Fu Hua and Su Mei confront each other.

Cheng Lingshuang immediately ran out of the house after Fu Hua spoke, so the only ones inside who could barely be considered conscious were Kaino, Fu Hua, and Su Mei.

Li Sushang should also be trying to wake up from the environment that had not completely dissipated. Her body was trembling slightly, and she should be able to feel what was happening outside.

"The Doctor clearly said that this world, having severed its connection with the Imaginary Tree, should no longer give birth to new Herrschers, and the Imaginary Tree would no longer supply Honkai energy to Herrschers. And even for a Herrscher, they shouldn't be able to ignore the Feather of the Underworld… So Su Mei, what exactly is your situation right now?"

Countless feathers floated in the house again, Fu Hua looked solemnly at Su Mei, who was smiling contentedly at this moment.

"What's my situation? Hehe, Master… I owe it all to you."

"Although the Sword Heart Sutra of the Clarity Realm cannot ignore your Feather of the Underworld, it is no longer a problem after fusing with your Xuanyuan. After all, your Xuanyuan just so happens to affect consciousness, doesn't it?"

Su Mei smiled as she gently placed her right hand on Ma Fei Ma's greatsword. With a gentle pinch of her right hand, a crystal-clear gem flew out from within and fell into Su Mei's palm.

A flash of red light, and the attack of Heavenly Fire directly blasted Su Mei's palm to pieces. But the gem disappeared without a trace, and Su Mei's original blasted right hand quickly recovered.

"A very powerful weapon… but my Xuanyuan just so happens to be able to control the resurrection and damage of the body, so it's useless."