At this very moment, fates converged, and the radiance and flame representing inheritance had taken shape.
In Kiana's blue eyes, the Honkai cross that represented the Herrscher of Transcendence was clearly visible.
Yet they contained none of the coldness or brutality possessed by Herrschers controlled by Honkai. There was only Kiana's—only a Valkyrie's—resolve and determination.
In that instant, Kiana, wielding the broken Godslayer Sword, burst forth with astonishing speed. Even with the Light Screen footage slowed down, her movements were still blindingly fast.
Effortlessly charging into the puppets' midst, Kiana entered an unstoppable rampage, easily cutting down puppet after puppet with the broken Godslayer Sword.
The Herrscher of Domination was utterly stunned by Kiana's display. It had never expected her to retain such combat strength even after everything that had happened—she even seemed to be blatantly cheating.
The Herrscher of Domination grew anxious. While controlling the puppets to form gun-like weapons from Honkai energy and fire at her from afar, it demanded in a voice brimming with malice, "Why are you still standing!?"
Against the ranged assault, Kiana dodged at high speed. Unable to fly due to the Theater of Domination's suppression, she simply ran along the walls.
Once she got close enough, she once again used the partially stripped Authority of the Herrscher of the Void to teleport herself to where Fu Hua and Bronya were. With a slash of her broken sword, she severed every thread entangling them and rescued the two.
Then, without pausing for even a moment, she turned to face the puppets surrounding her.
At that very moment, the Herrscher of Domination used its control over the Theater of Domination to detonate the ground beneath Kiana's feet. The explosion engulfed Kiana and blasted her away.
Having achieved this, the Herrscher of Domination said with delight