Chlorine Sodium's Arknights

But this was meaningless. Everything Chlorine Sodium lost was real: physical strength, Honkai Energy, mental power, focus.

And her? She didn't consume anything, just moved her fingers.

Was this guy out of her mind, not activating her strongest state?

If she used her Herrscher state, she could at least hold on for a while. If she purely used the martial art known as Inch Punch, it would be no threat to the Administrator at all.

Could she really be saving her Honkai Energy?

Huh? No way, no way.

"Herrscher of the Void, you wouldn't be so stingy, would you? Why, why aren't you using your strongest state to face me?"

As Elafia spoke, she raised her hand, muttered an ancient incantation, and asked with a cruel smile.

"So, why aren't you answering me? Do you think whatever martial art you're using now...

...can defeat me?!"

Her face, twisted in extreme excitement, looked ferocious in the gale.

The sea of wind was in a frenzy, trembling, celebrating the arrival of their master.

In an instant, a massive wall of wind erupted around the girl!

All the debris, bricks, and gravel from the ground were swept up by the wind and rapidly spread outwards.

This was a large-scale AoE. If she didn't counter, she definitely wouldn't escape the range of this mad scramble.

Silver hair danced in the fierce wind.

The Administrator, using her authority without restraint, ignored everything around her. In her eyes, this was simply an unfair game.

However, Chlorine Sodium still hadn't used her strongest state.

Why? This guy wouldn't...

Wait a minute.

Miss Administrator seemed to have discovered a blind spot she hadn't considered.

In her observations these past few days, there was only one situation where Chlorine Sodium wouldn't casually use her Herrscher form.

When she was near that little Ursus girl.

This place wasn't very far from the clinic.

Ah~

Elafia seemed to understand everything.

But in her crimson-gold eyes, a flame called 'mischief' ignited.

It seemed the pressure still wasn't enough. After all, it had been a long time. It wouldn't do without a proper welcome ceremony.

The Administrator lowered her hand, her incantation changed, and the wind slowly lifted her. Yet, instead of losing her balance, she stepped on the wind elements, which had long become her most loyal servants, using them as her platform.

Elevating herself above everything.

And at the edge of the entire ruin, an air wall with the yellow words "No Entry" appeared, blocking Chlorine Sodium's path!

Tch!

Even her retreat was blocked. Chlorine Sodium glared fiercely at Miss Administrator with her golden-glowing eyes.

But this only made Elafia smile even wider.

There was no trace of her previous demeanor. If the Administrator before was just a foolish character, she was now a hidden boss capable of shaking the status of a world boss!

Not only could she dictate the battlefield's location, but she could also expand her skill range with impunity, forcing her opponent to attack her.

She was like a child who knew nothing of malice but constantly exuded a childlike, innocent malice.

"Still not planning to use your strongest state? What if that girl sees it? Have you really gotten addicted to playing house?

You're not really taking this seriously, are you? No way, no way!

But seeing as you're used to crushing weaker opponents, how does it feel to be put in your place?

Have you remembered, if you shed the power those points bought you, shed what you've learned, things that only belong to others...

...who exactly are you?"

How much of yourself do you truly possess?

However, although she posed the question, the Administrator didn't crave an answer.

It was merely a taunt she casually threw out to disrupt her opponent's mind.

The range of the wind under her control had already completely covered the entire control area.

Even Chlorine Sodium, her strongest subordinate, couldn't possibly survive.

"Boring... you're already dead? I'll have to revive you later, what a hassle."

Elafia said with disgust all over her face.

It was like seeing a toy you'd lost interest in playing with break and completely losing all enthusiasm.

The howling wind drowned out all other sounds.

"This is getting a bit boring."

Just as she was about to retract her authority.

The next moment, a discordant sound cut through the air.

Following it was the sound of a slender blade trembling in the hurricane!

"Torrential Flow—"

"While I hate endless fighting... I never lose to anyone...

Including you! And who told you I only know how to fight with my bare hands!"

—Slash!

ps: Something came up at home, just got back, sorry for the late update.

Section 55, Chapter 54: [You're Stronger Now]

How could mere fist techniques be so inconvenient?

The narrow Imaginary Gate hadn't closed yet, but the long sword drawn from within was already unsheathed!

The moment the demonic blade was drawn, it tore through the wind.

The girl who burst forth stepped across the line between shattered stones and rubble and the undamaged ground beneath the Administrator's feet, as if stepping into a divine realm.

And in that instant, the wind pressure hit her face!

The distance between the two was now extremely close.

She could even see the surprise on Elafia's face slowly widening.

Time seemed to stand still, only the slender blade cutting through the dust-filled air, moving forward.

A faint metallic whine trembled in the air, and the blade itself emanated an eerie color due to the Honkai Energy eruption.

It was a spirit blade.

Yet, despite being called Cherry Blossom Snow, the color staining its blade was so bizarre.

It was ethereal and deadly, like a blooming poppy.

That was the true form of the demonic blade.

The blade had long surpassed the speed of sound, flashing through the air and leaving behind a purple trail.

The Administrator, however, hadn't expected Chlorine Sodium's counterattack to be so... swift.

Or perhaps suicidal.

No one fears death, especially when Chlorine Sodium's death record is zero.

Someone who has never truly died cannot overcome the fear of death.

Yet, the girl at this moment could only be described as a mess. The hurricane had already torn through the Herrscher's shield, and even the Herrscher of the Void's body couldn't withstand the power of the authority wielded by an outsider superior like the Administrator.

The wind, like the sharpest cutting blade, rapidly gnawed and sliced through everything in its path on a millisecond basis.

The girl had already been cut, blood flowing from her forehead and staining her vision.

However, all these losses were the price she paid to reach this striking distance.

And now, she had entered the divine realm, and this blade of the God-slaying priestess would make the wicked Administrator pay a price.

Elafia seemed to want to leap back to dodge the blade.

But the edge of the blade was already upon her.

The demonic blade drew an arc in mid-air, its tip aimed directly at Elafia's head.

"Ugh! How co—!"

Elafia completely panicked. She probably didn't want to lose her newly formed body so quickly.

"...er!"

Even a few seconds of gap couldn't exist. Elafia instinctively raised her hand to block, and the arc arrived!

The Administrator simply stared blankly at the scattering flesh and shattered bone.

And at her own hand... a perfectly smooth, mirror-like cut.

Her wrist stopped at a strange length, and her palm, further up, was gone...

The overlapping explosions only sounded belatedly.

The road cracked, the hurricane was torn apart, and the wind wall, deprived of its authority's supply, lost control and became a chaotic tornado.

Chlorine Sodium landed lightly, shook off the blood, sheathed her sword, and let the God's blood staining the blade spill onto the ground.

Elafia's severed hand finally fell to the ground, turning into scattering ashes.

Everything happened too fast, so fast that the battle ended within seconds.

"Ugh—gurgle, damn it, I have to admit, you're stronger now."

Seeing Chlorine Sodium grip her blade and rest its spine on her left arm, a stance for the next attack, Elafia quickly said.

"Alright, alright, you're stronger, I won't fight anymore, I won't fight anymore. If we keep fighting, this body will be ruined. It's a hassle to even sculpt a new hand!!!"

Even though one of her hands was broken, the Administrator wore a comically distraught face.

It was as if she had reverted back to her previous idiotic persona.

As if everything before had never happened.

"Chlorine-chan is truly a terrifying person, hmph."

So what exactly did you come here for?

Sensing Chlorine Sodium's question, Elafia calmly applied a simple bandage to stop her bleeding. Then, after casting a healing spell on Chlorine Sodium, she slowly explained.

"I didn't tell you before, but this mission is a bit special."

"Special?"

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"So, are you really raising a child by constantly eating this stuff, or are you raising a pig?"

"Rais—raising a pig?!"

Older sister was busy with something again.

Late at night, the house was too quiet, even with the lights on.