In the Name of God (3)

The Madagascar Fortress lay crouched in the sea like a giant turtle.

"What an inhuman monster!"

"She looks like an angel and is incredibly powerful, but inside, she's a demon!"

While those few fought, no one else slacked off. A small portion of the group, those with abilities capable of controlling reinforcements, surrounded the Herrscher. The rest were responsible for dealing with the fortress and Floating Battleship, which could unleash firepower at any moment.

A team arrived before the fortress's shield. Gu Yan was among them.

"Strike together!" said a slightly chubby man from the North Continent.

Boom!

Without wasting words, they unleashed a full-powered attack directly against the shield.

The combined attack of twenty-one S-class combatants was even enough to instantly kill an Emperor-class Honkai beast, yet it still failed to break through the shield. It merely caused its radiance to dim for an instant.

Gu Yan had joined in as well, but he had not used Honkai Energy. Instead, he borrowed the Ability User powers he had plundered to attack the shield. Otherwise, the collision between Honkai Energy and the others' abilities would weaken the power of both sides' attacks.

"Damn it, how is this possible?!"

Some people had already begun doubting their own abilities, their entire worldview shaken. They could not understand why the result was like this. What exactly was that Herrscher capable of to withstand such an attack?

They clearly had so many powerful fighters!

What they were fighting was absolutely not human. It was a monster!

"Go blow up that ship above first. We'll deal with this later!"

To be fair, these people really could not be blamed. Gu Yan shook his head slightly.

He himself absolutely could not withstand that attack just now. The Herrscher might not have been able to withstand it either, but who was she? The Herrscher of Reason!

She did not need to clash with them head-on at all!

As long as she understood the principles behind their abilities and constructed a shield specifically designed to counter that form of biological energy, then whether there were twenty or two hundred thousand S-class combatants, it would make no difference.

This battle was fundamentally unfair. It had never been fair. Their side had drawn a terrible hand, and their cards were faceup as well. If they wanted to win, they could not rely on their abilities.

"But I'm not an ordinary Ability User."

Gu Yan concealed his figure and quietly left the group, remaining before the shield.

In this high-level match, it's my turn to support the backdoor attack!

"My ability is useless."

Xu Ying withdrew his gaze and spoke expressionlessly.

He had tried to directly drain the Herrscher's life force with his ability, but the unknown protection around the Herrscher blocked the operation of every ability. Even using the life force of sea fish to attack had accomplished nothing.

This meant that Xu Ying's usefulness had fallen drastically. He could only treat the wounded.

"I understand." Xu Muchi nodded, and the others had no choice but to silently retreat.

The abilities of so many people were useless against the Madagascar Fortress, the Floating Battleship, and Morr. Their skills had nowhere to be used, and were even less effective than conventional weapons.

The shield's defense was not invincible, but with the support of the Herrscher Core, resisting the attacks of dozens of Ability Users was extremely easy.

There was another weakness as well: kinetic weapons. They did not rely on explosions or abilities, using the purest and most brutal method of attack to break through it.

"You dared to challenge me because you had numbers?"

"What about now? Do you still have numbers?"

Ji was incredibly arrogant, and the disdain on her face had never faded.

Xu Muchi did not waste words with her. Her longsword hummed, and with a sweeping strike, Sword Qi broke through Ji's defenses in an instant. It stopped only two meters from Ji's body, on the verge of wounding her.

Slash!

Two waves of Sword Qi collided and canceled each other out.

Ji held a longsword in her hand as well. With an amused smile, she said, "Come on, play with me!"

As she spoke, several weapons appeared at her sides: blades, swords, staffs, whips, spears...

"What kind of freak is she?!"

Everyone had been keeping an eye on Ji's condition. She had blocked Xu Muchi's attack with ease while simultaneously controlling so many weapons. It was truly inconceivable.

Constructing firearms for attacks was certainly devastating, but only the cold weapons she constructed could withstand the attachment of Honkai Energy. Only by wielding cold weapons could she experience the "pleasure" of tearing flesh apart and snuffing out life!

"Weren't you going to surround and kill me?"

Ji suddenly vanished with a blade in hand. When she reappeared, the blade had already pierced through an Ability User's heart. She pulled it free, and blood splashed across the shield.

She was incredibly fast. Even the powerful people present had no time to react!

Xu Muchi lightly tapped two fingers, and her longsword multiplied into tens of millions, sealing off Ji's movements. But Ji swung her whip, and the area within a three-hundred-meter radius was instantly filled with azure-blue lines. The phantoms of the longswords shattered completely, and the people within the area burst into clouds of blood.

"Too slow. Too weak!"

Ji had no intention of clashing head-on with Xu Muchi. She wanted to enjoy herself. She wanted to vent her killing intent and reduce the human side's combat strength. Xu Muchi could not stop her alone.

Her attacks were even more vicious, striking either the heart or the head. Even Xu Ying's healing was powerless.

Blade light flashed, and the powerful Ability Users could only act like lambs awaiting slaughter, barely able to struggle.

A spear thrust upward, flinging a man whose face was stained with blood into the air. Ji revealed a crazed smile. By then, her shield had already been dyed blood-red, while unidentifiable remains floated across the sea.

Ji tilted her head to the side and dodged a punch. She raised the blood-covered blade in her hand, and an arm went flying.

"Her shield isn't very strong against non-ability attacks."

Xu Ying still wore a corpse-like expression. He waved his hand, and the severed limb grew back. At the same time, some fish beneath the sea suddenly died.

This information was extremely important. At the very least, it gave everyone present the courage to fight back. The transformation of their bodies through their abilities was immense. Even without using their powers, they had enough strength to lift a tank with one hand.

"That's right. Come on, let me see the struggles of ants!"

Another blade descended, and a spray of blood blossomed.

Meanwhile, on Black Dragon's side, Morr had clearly grown stronger. If Black Dragon had not received Gu Yan's enhancement, it probably would have been able to do nothing but take the beating.

"Are you a dog or something?"

Splash!

Elfa flung Morr, who had clamped down on her neck and refused to let go, into the water. Enraged, she immediately followed up with a breath attack.

The scorching energy boiled the seawater, and the rising mist shrouded the battlefield.

Because of Morr's enormous size, she could not dodge the attack underwater, unless...

Elfa increased her flying altitude to prevent Morr from suddenly bursting out and biting her again. A pair of pale-golden vertical pupils remained fixed on the sea's surface.

But the Mechanical Dragon that was expected to burst from the water did not appear. Instead, a silver figure shot straight toward Elfa, striking the thousand-meter-long dragon body out of the sky.

The airflow stirred up by Elfa's enormous body blew away the mist, allowing everyone to see the attacker's true appearance.

Silver metal clothing—or armor, to be more precise. Azure-blue hair, the same color as the blades of Ji's weapons, and light-gray eyes.

She had been created by Ji and sublimated by Ji.

After installing the "Herrscher Core" that Ji had imitated and constructed,

what appeared now was no longer a construct or a Mechanical Dragon, but Morr, who possessed the consciousness of a living person and could think entirely independently.

A Quasi-Herrscher!

After knocking Elfa into the sea as well, Morr's face revealed the same contemptuous and mocking smile as her master's.