Evolution / A Single Sword

There was no sound, and no light.

Time and space were locked in at this moment.

He could see that in the first half-second of the collision, his arm was shredded by Imaginary Energy, but in the next instant, it was restored to its original state.

He could see that everything in front of him was becoming abstract under the influence of the Honkai Energy and Imaginary Energy that had expanded to the extreme, as if he were caught in a hurricane and spinning at the point where the two collided.

Behind the Imaginary Lance, in that unreachable place, the Herrscher of the Void of the Void's inhuman face was obscured by the scattered Imaginary Energy.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"

Lin screamed, blood splattering from his shattered flesh, instantly consumed by Honkai Energy. His body and consciousness burned fiercely, like moths drawn to a flame, welcoming the Imaginary Lance that would annihilate everything.

"——————"

In the next second of the stalemate, the Imaginary Lance was blasted inward by Lin's Honkai Energy, and it was stretched wildly like a thin film!

Lin's left hand and legs vanished as points of light. His teeth bit down hard on the chains of the Oath of Judas, blood splattering. The golden cross unfolded at that moment, Imaginary Lance was shattered by the power that could suppress all energy!

"Bang!"

Accompanied by light.

Accompanied by death.

The man with only one hand charged down from the sky toward the arrogant god!

The Herrscher of the Void also gathered Honkai Energy and hurled the Imaginary Lance at Lin once more!

In his rainbow-colored pupils, a purplish-black destruction drew near, while a golden cross blocked his path.

"Sizzle!"

The sacred cross was shattered into pieces.

Lin gripped the last spear —

A black and white world, illuminated by light—

"..."

Tick-tock.

Tick-tock.

Tick-tock...

The little blood left in her body, along with her cooled body temperature, fell at the feet of the Herrscher of the Void.

"..."

She clutched her neck, which had been ripped open with a horrific gash. The goddess, who never bled, was now bleeding warm blood, which slowly seeped from between her fingers.

Her gaze slowly shifted from her wound to what was in front of her.

The man maintained his thrusting posture.

At the tip of the Spear of Judgment, God's Blood still drips.

The raging flames in his eyes were deeply imprinted in the eyes of the Herrscher of the Void.

Then, it dimmed, until it went out.

A slender, seemingly harmless arm passed through the man's body, and from the small hand emerging from the broken back, a dazzling golden gem shimmered like a heartbeat.

The Herrscher of the Void released her hand from her neck; the wound had healed. She maintained her indifferent expression, like an unmoved god.

A purple portal flew in from behind and swallowed them up.

The last glimmer of light had vanished without a trace.

In the imaginary space, there is silence, as if it has never changed since the beginning.

Chapter Seventy-One Evolution

Bianca's fist slammed into the head of the colossal, hundred-meter-tall Honkai Beast. The entire ground trembled with the force of the punch, and the Honkai Beast, which blotted out the sky, was smashed to the ground, causing the earth to crack and the mountains to crumble. She leaped up, gripped her lance, and thrust it into the Honkai Beast's head, the spear passing through like a thin thread.

"Boom..."

The mountain collapsed, and the last Honkai Beast died at Bianca's hands. She landed on the ground, catching her breath slightly. Her injuries were serious, but she still managed to clear out all the Honkai Beast together with the Armed Puppet.

However, Lin and the Herrscher of the Void were nowhere to be found, which made Bianca extremely anxious. She saw the Armed Puppet surrounding her chattering as if they wanted to take her to get treatment, but she just shook her head slightly and looked up at the sky.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, she looked in one direction, and a terrifying pinkish-purple portal opened brightly in the air.

Bianca's heartbeat, for some reason, slowed down.

Her intuition has always been very accurate; she has completed many life-or-death missions based on her intuition.

But now, her intuition was like a wail, her heart was being pierced by an indescribable feeling, a piercing pain.

A figure emerged from the portal, looking down disdainfully at the tiny humans on the ground, her golden pupils cold and ruthless.

Bianca's expression froze.

Hanging from the arm of the Herrscher of the Void was a person with only his right arm remaining. His silver hair was dull and lifeless, and his drooping head had lost all color, resembling a frozen piece of flesh.

The Herrscher of the Void gripped the core and withdrew her hand from the man's body. This was not a true Herrscher Core, but the Pseudo-Herrscher Core was still useful to her.

He placed the Pseudo-Herrscher Core on his chest, and ripples like those on the surface of water appeared on his chest as the core was absorbed into his chest.

Then she extracted the true Herrscher Core from the shattered Oath of Judah and absorbed it into her body.

The wings of light behind her gradually dispersed and reformed into a huge cross, while a golden halo appeared above her head, and her long dress outlined brilliant golden lines and edges.

Slowly closing his eyes, when he opened them again, his originally pure golden pupils were now tinged with the iridescent colors of the sunset.

The Herrscher of the Void glanced down at the stunned Bianca and the Armed Puppet, then casually released them, and the man's tattered body fell to the ground.

A bright blue comet hurtled towards the body from the ground, and the blonde girl opened her mouth wide as if she wanted to say something.

"Bang!"

A golden cross was driven into her chest the moment her hand touched the man.

The Herrscher of the Void indifferently lowered his hand, watching the tiny insects fall from the sky, which they could not reach.

"What's going on...?"

Yan Luo suddenly stood up, a trace of pain on her face. She clutched her chest, and the iridescent light in her eyes twitched uncontrollably.

An inexplicable feeling crept into her heart, like a sharp knife twisting in her chest.

"That guy is in trouble..." Yan Luo murmured, a strange light flashing in her eyes. She immediately wanted to use the Second Divine Key to go somewhere else.

Lin has her mark in his consciousness, and she can find out which World Bubble Lin is in at any time.

But before she could take a step, a strange shadow blocked her way.

When Yan Luo saw him, she immediately understood what was happening, and she shouted sternly, "Get out of the way!"

"That won't do, Little Yan Luo. You need to learn to keep your composure. I know that every Lin is a passionate person who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside, but it won't do if you're over a thousand years old and still can't keep your composure." The man smiled at Yan Luo with his hands behind his back. "Where are you going? Do you want some sweets? To be honest, I'm actually pretty good at making sweets."

"Get out of my way! What have you done!" A tall mechanical humanoid immediately appeared behind Yan Luo, raising its cannon and aiming it at the man.

"Haven't you already tried interfering with other 'Ye's'? I don't need to tell you the result, do I? Now you're just as blinded by Lin, doing some unrealistic things? Isn't that what you hate most about him?" One question after another came out of the man's mouth.

He was unhurried, but just by standing there, an indescribable fear spread throughout him.

What I do is none of your business!

"... Yes, that's true."

For once, the man pondered for a second, then nodded with a smile, but that smile was so playful and enigmatic.

"But unfortunately, even if you wanted to go to that World Bubble now, you can't."

Yan Luo unceremoniously activated his Herrscher Core: "You can try."

"No, no, no, what I mean is that your Thousand Worlds Assumption is no longer usable."

"..." Yan Luo was stunned. She was in the carriage and immediately tried to activate the Second Divine Key.

However, just as the man said, the Second Divine Key did not respond to her.

Or rather, the most crucial element of the Second Divine Key has disappeared.

"I know what you're trying to say." The man spread his arms, a sneer on his lips. "You should understand one thing: the Herrscher's consciousness is actually within the Herrscher Core. Even if their physical bodies are destroyed and their cores are made into Divine Key, their consciousness will still remain within the Herrscher Core."

"Of course, although it exists, it's not much different from death. Only a few Herrscher have special states after death. For example, even if your physical body dissipates, you can still use your powers to reshape a body. Herrscher of Reason can entrust their consciousness to other containers, and..."

The man raised an eyebrow but didn't continue speaking. He endured Yan Luo's increasingly icy gaze, his expression remaining unchanged.

"As for ordinary Herrscher, even if their core is put into a new body, they cannot be resurrected. They will only be given a new Herrscher, and their original consciousness will be replaced."

"But by using the power of the Herrscher of Death, it is also possible to revive the Herrscher consciousness within the Herrscher Core."

The carriage was small, and a chill permeated the air. Yan Luo picked up her Black Abyss White Flower and stared coldly at the man she couldn't see through.

"You... resurrected the Herrscher of the Void." After a long pause, her hoarse low voice rang out from her throat.

The man raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Exactly. Not only that, I also helped her find an old friend's warship, allowing her to obtain a second Herrscher Core, and attracting a guest to the World Bubble so that she could discover and seal that slightly troublesome little toy inside her."

"What exactly... do you want to do?"

"Can't you even see something so obvious?"

The man laughed heartily, his face devoid of any gloom, and smiled joyfully at Yan Luo was gripping his weapon tightly—

"It's obvious I want to kill him, leaving not a single trace."

Chapter Seventy-Two: A Sword

Powerless, powerless, powerless...

The moment his Pseudo-Herrscher Core was taken away, he could no longer mobilize the Herrscher's powers. His consciousness remained in his body, but all the power within him was extracted.

The clamoring voices had faded away, and Lin actually felt a sense of relief at that moment.

They suffered a crushing defeat; even with the ability of the Pseudo-Herrscher Core, they still couldn't defeat the Herrscher of the Void.

How much time does he have left before his consciousness fades away?

Blind and deaf, it's as if the world has always been this way.

Nothing exists, nothing has any meaning.

"Forest..."

Who...

"Young Lin."

Don't call me anymore.

"Team Member Lin."

Are you calling me?

"Scum Mushroom..."

Who am I...?

In a daze, he seemed to have a sudden burst of energy before death, and his dim vision returned to normal. The Herrscher of the Void indifferently extended five fingers at him, and the cross behind her was poised to strike.

A pair of powerless hands embraced his body. Bianca, whose chest had been pierced, gritted his teeth and glared angrily at the Herrscher of the Void.

The remaining Armed Puppet on the ground stared blankly at everything.

Rita broke free from the restraints of the Armed Puppet and reached out her hand to them, as if she had many words stuck in her throat, her expression sorrowful and fragile.

Is there... any other way...?

Now, he has neither the Herrscher Core nor the Oath of Judas, and he only has one hand left, and he could die at any moment.

He even has difficulty encountering the Herrscher of the Void.

"Swordsmanship originates from the Sword Form, but is imbued with the soul. One who is deeply versed in the way of the sword can transcend the form; the body itself becomes the weapon, the body itself becomes the sword."

Why did I suddenly think of what that cloaked man said?

"The so-called powers of the Herrscher are the ultimate in the rules, but they lack the ability to extend to other areas of rules."

Extend...

"It has neither form nor needs form; this sword fills space, and the sword itself is space. Therefore, it is omnipresent and invincible."