I'm Not a Flame-Chaser

"Whoosh!"

It's here!

With a sinister grin, the Herrscher of Reason drew his spear, turned around, and thrust it into the opened portal!

"...Um?"

However, I didn't feel any piercing sensation.

This portal didn't send anything over.

Oh no...

Before the Herrscher of Reason could fully react, another portal appeared beside her, Kiana thrust a spear at her chest. She drew her sword and parried!

Kiana's pretty face revealed a triumphant smile.

Two portals closed simultaneously, and a third portal opened from behind the Herrscher of Reason. Lin stepped forward, drew his sword, and slashed at the Herrscher of Herrscher of Reason was unable to defend herself!

"Smack!"

The Honkai Energy shield held for half a second, but the power of the Divine Key was far beyond what an ordinary shield could withstand. Blood blossomed, leaving a shallow wound on the back of the Herrscher of Reason, and she was also sent flying.

"Damn it... damn it! Damn it!"

The Herrscher of Reason glared angrily at the two people in front of her. She hadn't used her full strength, but these two guys were still able to hurt her. Even Kevin hadn't been able to hurt her.

She leaped towards the towering cliff behind her. Lin and Kiana were in pursuit when they heard a whooshing sound in the sky. The hairs on the back of their necks stood on end. When they looked up, they saw swords falling like rain!

Kiana grabbed Lin's hand and opened a portal to avoid the rain of swords, but they had barely landed and hadn't even caught their breath when they heard a loud bang!

"Oh--"

A figure, seemingly tiny, hovered in mid-air, held a heavy, blunt sword outstretched in both hands. As she swung the sword, it began to grow larger in her hands, eventually becoming a terrifying size, like a small mountain!

"Die!"

Lin and Kiana completely enraged the Herrscher of Reason. She no longer held back, and with a single swing of her mountain-sized greatsword, she shattered all the stone swords standing around them, leaving Kiana and the others with nowhere to escape!

The heavy sword slashed down at the two of them. Kiana, who was already panting, had to grab Lin's hand again to open the portal. This time, she couldn't teleport them too far; she could only teleport them above the heavy sword to barely dodge it.

"Clatter."

The two landed on the greatsword, exchanged a glance, and immediately gripped their weapons to attack the Herrscher of Reason was heading straight for them!

"Bang!"

The three figures moved in a blur, their swords clashing and their clashes echoing through the deserted Mount Taixu. Each strike was breathtaking.

"Click!"

The Herrscher of Reason seized an opening in Kiana's defenses. The moment her sword struck the Spear of the Void, she changed her grip, switching from a slash to a cut, aiming for Kiana's fingers. Kiana was forced to release the Spear of the Void, and immediately afterward, the Herrscher of Reason kicked Kiana in the chest!

Kiana crashed into the mountainside and landed heavily on the ground.

The Herrscher of Reason turned and thrust his spear, but Lin blocked the spear with his scabbard and counterattacked with his Jizo Mitama his other hand.

"Smack!"

The Herrscher of Reason twisted her waist, her incredible flexibility allowing her to easily dodge the Jizo Mitama. Her next move was even more incredible: she pulled her foot out of her shoe, grasped the chain blade, and casually swung it to entangle Lin's sword. Then, she slashed at Lin's scabbard with her other sword. The scabbard, whose material was completely incomparable to the Herrscher's creation, shattered the moment they clashed head-on.

Disarmed, Lin threw his weapons at the Herrscher of Reason with his bare hands, but the Herrscher's eyes flashed with cold light, and he also threw his weapons and used fighting techniques to clash with Lin.

The collisions between the Great Void Sword Qi intertwined between the two.

"Bang!"

Lin was kicked hard in the side, and his hand landed on the shoulder of the Herrscher of Reason.

Inch-force, chaotic thunder.

The light and heat of the Honkai Energy exploded at close range, and as Lin was kicked away, the Herrscher of Reason's shoulder was also blown to pieces.

"Huff... huff... you guys..."

The Herrscher of Reason looked down at the two people on the ground, her expression ferocious, her hands raised above her head, and a large amount of Honkai Energy began to gather.

"Can't we just not..."

"Go and die already!"

A melodious bird song echoed through Mount Taixu...

The "Rebirth" of Chang Kong: Chapter Fifty-Five - Taking Over the Body

Its cry echoed far and wide, and the fiery bird burned the sky and sea to a deep red, leaving nowhere to hide or conceal itself.

Lin adjusted his breathing, leaning on his sword with one hand, recalling the state of mind he had when using the Tai Xu Sword God, and mobilizing Honkai Energy.

But at that moment, he felt the Honkai Energy around him being drawn to his side. He turned his head in a daze and saw a faint figure standing next to the silver-haired girl who was concentrating with her eyes closed. The figure nodded gently to him.

With white hair and red eyes, draped in flames, and rising to great heights, he was an immortal who descended to the mortal world a hundred years ago.

Lin gazed at the figure, the innocent and confused girl in his memory, which gradually faded under the radiance.

"Boom!"

The Sword Intent unleashed from the girl's hand pierced through space, its sharpness unstoppable.

"Boom!"

The two energies collided in mid-air, and the aftershocks alone leveled the mountaintop, leaving the sky cloudless.

For the first few seconds, neither side could gain the upper hand, but soon, the orange-yellow Sword Intent pierced the sky and broke through the black and red Honkai Energy body.

Kiana won.

The power of the Great Void Sword Qi increases with a calmer state of mind. If the Herrscher of Reason had used the Tai Xu Divine Essence at the last moment, just like Kiana, she might not have lost.

But there are no ifs. Kiana defeated the Herrscher, whether they were the Herrscher of Reason or the Herrscher of the Void. She forged her Sword Heart and made it her Sword Intent. She could now control the Herrscher's abilities for her own use.

Lin stood quietly in the light that filled the sky after the dark clouds dispersed. The illusion of Mount Taixu dissipated, and the swaying girl knelt on the ground, large beads of sweat falling from her forehead. She turned her head wearily and smiled at Lin.

"Stop looking... Quickly, get the Class President's body back..."

The weakened Kiana handed over the feather in her hand, gesturing to Lin to the Herrscher of Reason lying on the ground not far away. Lin took a deep breath, nodded, and took the feather. It was warm to the touch, and he saw Fu Hua's image in his mind.

Her white hair cascaded down her shoulders, and her clear, crimson eyes gazed silently at Lin.

"You've gone from looking at your current partner to your ex, you really are a romantic. You should hurry up and get your body back, then you can look at it however you want." Qianqi's voice rang out at the right time. "The Feather of Dust that holds my consciousness is right next to me. Put me into that body too, and I can help her transfer her consciousness. After all, she almost exhausted all the power of that Feather of Dust just now."

Following Qianqi's guidance, Lin arrived at the nearby mountain spring and found a feather that emitted a faint golden light.

Not far from this feather, there was another, rather dim, feather. Lin glanced at it, and Qianqi replied, "She placed the Feather of Dust on Mount Taixu to prevent the Honkai Energy from invading this place. Some of the Feather of Dust have been away from her for too long and have consumed too much power. That one is useless now. Let's wait until she recovers."

Indeed, the Feather of Dust in Lin's possession, which contained Fu Hua's original consciousness, was also rather dim.

Lin glanced at it again, picked up the glowing Feather of Dust, turned around and walked towards the Herrscher of Reason. He came to its side and placed both feathers on the Herrscher of Reason's chest.

Fu Hua's ethereal voice rang in Lin's ears. "Lin, I want to share a body with her. Although she is Herrscher, she is not inherently bad; it's just that her mischievous nature hadn't faded when she was first born. Perhaps..."

"Let's do it your way," Lin replied calmly.

"Good."

There was no need for further words between them, and the two feathers merged into Fu Hua's body, and some slight "changes" began to appear on Fu Hua's body.

Soon, Fu Hua's eyelids twitched slightly. She opened her eyes, her sapphire-red pupils gazing lightly at Lin, a slight smile playing on her lips.

... Sapphire red?

"Lin... be careful..."

Suddenly, Qianqi's voice came from Lin's ears again, but this time she sounded even weaker, like a spider silk about to break.

"Whoosh!"

The black-haired man's pupils contracted to their limit. A sharp gust of wind, stinging his skin, struck his neck. He instinctively turned his head, and a piercing pain shot through his right neck. He immediately jumped back!

Clutching his bleeding neck, Lin looked grimly at "Fu Hua," who was smiling and licking the blood off her fingers.

Her movements were alluring and seductive, her crimson pupils captivating and mesmerizing. She was unlike Fu Hua, nor was Herrscher of Reason, but something Lin was more familiar with... something else entirely.

"You..."

"Me?" Fu Hua licked her fingers clean, her bright red tongue sweeping across the corner of her mouth. She pressed her fingertips to her lips, narrowing her eyes. "What's wrong? Don't you recognize me? What a heartless man you are, leaving me alone for fifty thousand years to enjoy yourself outside, with new and old friends happily gathered together..."

"Oh? Why are you so afraid of me?"

The beautiful woman tilted her head and chuckled softly, but there was no warmth in her smile.

"Dear Lin, it's me, Fu Hua! It's been 50,000 years! Shouldn't we cause some chaos first? Or do you want to try something new? I can be that lively and adorable Herrscher, just like a little kid, and you can teach me some adult knowledge..."

"Or perhaps..."

She put her hands behind her back, a strange smile taking over her face.

"You want it to be 'me'?"

Lin silently raised the Jizo Mitama and aimed it at Fu Hua, whose smile was eerie.

The dispersed dark clouds gathered again at some unknown time, and a drop of icy rain fell on the tip of Lin's sword, slicing across the sharp, black blade before falling from the hilt.

"Forest..."

Qianqi's voice rang softly in my ears, tired and weak.

"She suppressed my consciousness... disguised herself as me, waiting for the new Herrscher of Reason to weaken..."

Lin recalled the dimly lit Feather of Dust and couldn't help but grip the hilt of his sword tightly.

"..."

"Take out the Feather of Dust..." Qianqi's voice gradually became indistinct; she was so weak that she could no longer even convey her words.

The strangely laughing "Fu Hua" before my eyes is neither the Fu Hua who has regained her body, nor the Herrscher of Reason of this era.

She comes from the same era as Lin and is the Herrscher of Reason who caused the terrifying consciousness pollution incident. She fought Lin in consciousness many times and was ultimately defeated by Su.

That's right, she is the "Herrscher of Reason" who was made into Divine Key Feather of Dust by the previous Previous Civilization and given to Fu Hua to use, with her consciousness sealed in it.

Due to the unique characteristics of the Herrscher of Reason's powers, consciousness, and core being separated, when Vill-V created her as Divine Key, she stored both Qianqi and the Herrscher of Reason's consciousness together in Feather of Dust. As Divine Key, they could only be driven by Fu Hua, and Fu Hua herself possessed "Divine Sound," making it impossible for the Herrscher of Reason to harm Fu Hua's body.

But now, both the Herrscher of Reason and Fu Hua are extremely weak, and the "Divine Sound" in Fu Hua's body has also lost its function. So the Herrscher of Reason is reborn in Fu Hua's body.

"Hehe... Isn't this truly remarkable? Fifty thousand years ago, you looked like this, and fifty thousand years later, you still look like this. Things are different, but people are not... any different!"

As the last word fell, "The Herrscher of Reason" shot out, drew his blunt heavy sword, and charged toward the man who stood with his sword raised!

The "Rebirth" of the Sky: Chapter Fifty-Six - End and Beginning

"Bang!"

The powerful and heavy blow, requiring no extra skill, made Lin Zhen's hands go numb. Instead of blocking the attack, he retreated and dodged the increasingly heavy swings of the bladeless heavy sword.

"Isn't the Herrscher of Reason in this era quite interesting? I'm clearly far inferior to other Herrscher in combat ability, except for my consciousness, while she's about the same as Herrscher, or even stronger." The Herrscher of Reason easily swung her greatsword, kicking Lin away to create distance after her sweeping attack was dodged, and then drew her sword. "Maybe this is the advantage of being a little silly."

"Call..."

The "Herrscher of Reason" gently blew on the sword, and it floated in mid-air. Then, two, four, eight... swords split off above the smiling "Herrscher of Reason's " head until a barrage of gleaming swords were aimed at Lin. She then took out the chain blade and casually swung it, covering it with blood-red flames.

Lin took a deep breath of cold air and then exhaled. His heart was like a clear pool of water, calm and undisturbed.

A rematch after 50,000 years...?

"You can't possess that body." Lin said expressionlessly to the smiling "Herrscher of Reason" while facing hundreds of swords. "You are not the original consciousness of the body, and once she wakes up, you will not be able to continue to control the body."

"She" naturally refers to another Herrscher of Reason. Both Fu Hua and the Herrscher of Reason are consciousnesses born from this body, so Fu Hua is inherently more suitable than the Herrscher of Reason. However, Fu Hua's consciousness is currently very weak, which is why the Herrscher of Reason has an opportunity to take advantage of her.

But the other consciousness is a complete Herrscher of Reason, far more powerful than her current state as just a Feather of Dust. Once she awakens, she will regain control of her body based on her compatibility.

"Oh? You think I don't know?"

The Herrscher of Reason touched her lips. Although it was the same body, she and Fu Hua and the Herrscher of Reason had completely different temperaments. She narrowed her eyes, and a sapphire red light leaked out from the slits of her eyes.

"Or is it that the Herrscher Alin has encountered recently are all very reasonable, and all he needs to do is reason with them to avoid fighting?"

What is Alin's nickname...?

Lin coldly watched as the "Herrscher of Reason" manipulated the sword with her fingers at will. She was right. Even though the Herrscher of this era were no longer without self like those of the Previous Civilization, and could maintain their original consciousness like Welt, Kiana, and Night Owl, there were still Herrscher of the Void and Wind Herrscher who hated humanity, as well as the Herrscher of Binding was resurrected in Lin's body only to realize the "value of the Herrscher".

It's not something that can be completely resolved through communication.

"Don't be nervous. Think about it, if a husband leaves home for 50,000 years and doesn't return, leaving his wife alone at home, will he get a passionate kiss or a slap when he comes home? Oh, or maybe a kitchen knife~" "The Herrscher of Reason" suddenly swung his chain blade, while swords above his head rained down on Lin.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Lin swung his sword to block the flying sword, then lowered his body and sped towards the "Herrscher of Reason" close to the ground. She retreated and kept swinging her sword, the blood-red flames moving like living things, grazing his head as he turned his head, scorching his hair roots.