"I used this wish opportunity... to enhance my Berserk level."
"???"
Chen Li froze for a moment.
Wait!
Wasn't Jingliu's Berserk level already EX-rank?
Did it even need enhancing?
And why were you enhancing that skill?
You're sick... oh, right, you really are.
"Why? What benefit does enhancing that skill have?" Chen Li asked in confusion.
"You see this skill as Berserk, but I call it the Dao Heart." Feeling the steady warmth flowing from Chen Li's palm, Jingliu said with narrowed eyes.
"...Huh?"
You called this thing a Dao Heart?
Did a twisted Dao Heart still count as a Dao Heart?
"Choosing to enhance this skill provides the greatest boost to me. Let your teacher give you one last lesson. In a world with Paths, Berserk is not madness—it is conviction in one's Path," Jingliu said slowly.
"...I forgot about that." Chen Li sighed.
Theoretically speaking, Jingliu was right.
Choosing Berserk might indeed have been the optimal solution.
A Pathstrider's strength depended on how far they had walked upon their Path.
Acheron was the most classic example.
Berserk was not originally a positive trait, but in this Aeon-filled world of lunatics, it was actually the most fitting one!
In this world, as long as you were crazy enough, you were strong enough!
Aeons were the craziest beings in the Honkai: Star Rail world, without exception.
Just like how Nanook still believed that Destruction was the ultimate answer to the world!
Whether it was the Path of Destruction represented by the endless urge to destroy during a Mara-Struck episode.
Or the Path of The Hunt represented by the desire to seek revenge against the Aeon of Abundance.
And from Jingliu's own perspective alone, Berserk might indeed represent her unwavering will, perhaps even containing her sword heart and Sword Intent.
"Then,