Honkai Double Transmigration, Taking Xilian to Honkai Impact 3

An excessive amount of Honkai Energy.

If not for the arrow pinned to her chest, which constantly radiated a heat so intense it scorched her veins, her blood, and everything within her body, forcibly locking her life in place through an incomprehensible method.

Cocolia did not doubt that she would have died instantly from the Great Honkai—due to the erosion of excessive Honkai Energy.

Ah...

So that's how it is...

She finally realized her own stupidity.

So, from the very beginning...

"--I was creating a monster that humanity could never hope to control!"

"Don't presume to represent humanity!"

Jiang Cheng cast a disdainful glance at her, then, as if to show off, opened his arms toward the Empress high above in the heavens, the deity who commanded lightning.

"Someone like you, who lacks both self-awareness and a brain, acting entirely on your own self-righteousness, is nothing but the lowest form of scum!"

How could such a terrifying existence—

The doubt didn't even have a chance to fully form in her mind before it was shattered by the reality before her eyes.

Lightning flickered, transforming into a bolt of thunder.

Raiden Mei, noble and elegant as a goddess, untouchable, as if even looking directly at her were an act of blasphemy, now rushed into his arms like a shy young girl, embraced by Jiang Cheng.

Cocolia saw it—this arrogant Empress, in the instant before being pulled into his embrace, straightened her tall figure, using those two round assets to distract Jiang Cheng.

Under his somewhat bewildered gaze, [Raiden Mei] pinched his chin and kissed him with decisive force.

Damn it!

Who said the Herrschers were dangerous?

Going from being shyly held to a forceful, decisive kiss—is this what is recorded as a mad, highly threatening, and impossible-to-communicate-with rampaging monster—a Herrscher?

If communication were this simple, then why on earth did I try to capture the Herrscher of Thunder instead of requesting her assistance?

Uncontrollable regret welled up in her heart, but it was useless to regret anything now.

She had already—failed.

38. Smashing Grey Snake in one blow, then Bronya

—There was no room to dodge.

The speed of the lightning was too fast; in an instant, Jiang Cheng felt his chin being pinched and the softness that immediately struck his lips.

Although they were scarlet, they were still beautiful, lacking any hint of madness; they reflected nothing but his own figure, without reservation.

The scent of orange blossoms lingered in her hair.

Something impossibly soft pressed hard against his chest, like snow-white, melting cream; he didn't even dare to feel that sensation too closely.

The girl from the embrace just moments ago still had some shame and hesitation in certain details, but now, she was simply pressing against him, as if she wanted the two of them to melt into one.

After a long while, their lips parted.

Raiden Mei showed no shame; instead, her rosy tongue lightly licked her full lips, savoring the moment, the corners of her mouth curling upward in an unmasked, wanton display.

"Have you kissed Xilian yet? Not yet, right? Your first kiss wasn't with Xilian,"

"—It was with me, [Raiden Mei]!"

Yet, contrary to this appearance of someone who seemed to be enjoying herself so much that she might lift her chin to the heavens, her body remained frozen in place, motionless.

Jiang Cheng's gaze shifted elsewhere, specifically toward the most important person—

—Xilian.

He could perceive a distortion of time and space.

It was not the distortion of the portal he had opened earlier, but a distortion on a world-class scale.

Inexplicably, he felt at ease because of it.

"..."

It felt as if someone was standing before him, bending down, with crystal-clear pink hair brushing against his cheek.

Very cold. Very chilly. Like raindrops.

Ah.

No need to worry.

—How could that be! Such chaotic feelings were not enough for Jiang Cheng to ignore Xilian.

The insight of "The Hunt" instantly revealed Xilian's location before his eyes—

Some very abrupt, very strange crystal sculptures.

The focal point was that beside Xilian stood a figure clad in black robes and a black mask.

--Grey Snake.

You're actually adding beef to this?!

Jiang Cheng looked at Grey Snake, who was wearing a deadpan expression toward Xilian, with eyes that seemed to be looking at a corpse.

Since there was no longer any need to maintain a relationship based on the other party's interests, daring to harm Xilian meant—to borrow the words of a certain Tang God King—that Grey Snake had already paved his own path to death.

The great golden bow was drawn once more.

He spread his left palm flat, and as his fingers tightened, he pinched golden sparks out of thin air.

A majestic and brutal arrow manifested.

Jiang Cheng gripped the bowstring with his fingertips, his arm bent to the limit in the most standard archery stance—

"----Fire!"

"BOOM--!"

A strike that truly pierced through heaven and earth appeared once again.

The sky, which had already seemed to have a seam cut into it by mysterious scissors, was torn open with a brand-new gash at this very moment, clearly revealing the sides of the clouds above.

He turned his rage into an arrow.

He nocked the bow with cold composure.

The power, compressed to the absolute limit, could not even be described in an instant. The moment Jiang Cheng released the string—Grey Snake, standing at the intersection of shadows and coldly watching Xilian, clearly saw his own body explode in the reflection of Xilian's eyes.

"--?"

Grey Snake had no room to react whatsoever.

His body, forged from the highest-grade alloy second only to Soul Steel, was pulverized into dust in an instant.

Only his legs, from the knees down, remained untouched because the attack had been compressed to avoid harming Xilian; they slowly melted under the searing heat.

"Eh?!"

He could see Xilian open her small mouth in a daze, her cute face full of confusion, and surely her eyes were the same.

Sorry, I'll meet you again later.

He confirmed that there were no more enemies near Xilian.

So, the focus now naturally shifted to the last enemy who had harmed Kiana and Mei—

Bronya.

Jiang Cheng turned his head.

There was no need to search for clues or sprint through the dust to barely catch a glimpse of someone behind obstacles.

Searching—

The moment the word crossed his mind, the target naturally appeared before his eyes.

Distance, cover, dust—none of it could cast even a hint of haze over his vision.

The final landing point was not particularly close; Kiana had indeed tried her best to drag Bronya as far away from him as possible.

Jiang Cheng saw her in an instant—a girl as pale as a doll, with slender limbs and an ethereal air—Bronya.

She had already sensed something wrong from the arrow that tore through the sky, and a growing unease surged from the depths of her heart, causing her combat stance to become distorted, prioritizing defense over offense.

But she could no longer change anything.

Jiang Cheng took a step forward.

In an instant, he crossed a distance of several thousand meters.

He arrived directly at the edge of the battlefield, watching Bronya, who had switched her weapons to electromagnetic mode, fighting desperately.

"Guh. Project Bunny."

The cold voice, tinged with a creamy tone, awakened Cocolia—who was being dragged along by him in a way that defied all logic, scorched by flames to the brink of death yet unable to fully perish—within the screen.

"Kill... kill me..."

She no longer had the strength to even shout.

It seemed she had already fallen into despair.

"Otherwise... otherwise I will make Bronya kill Kiana... only I can command her."

Jiang Cheng sneered as he watched a fist suddenly appear in his field of vision, slamming heavily into the alloy shield.

The alloy emitted a teeth-grinding "creak," nearly succumbing to metal fatigue, yet her knuckles only swelled slightly, not hindering her from unleashing a continuous barrage of punches.

Compared to Kiana, who had remained unscathed after enduring a Great Honkai and even seemed more radiant than before, Bronya on the other side was already finding it difficult to even breathe.

"Hmph."

Jiang Cheng cast a glance at Cocolia on the screen, making no effort to hide his condescending mockery.

"You don't actually think mere steel can compete in endurance against Kiana's 'tempered/cheat-enabled' body, do you?"

"Bronya's resistance to Honkai Energy isn't exactly high either, is it?"

"..."

Not talking?

I'll give you an extra push with [Destruction] in a moment.

Regardless, don't even think about dying.

Without hesitation, Jiang Cheng stepped forward and slapped her, leaving a clear palm print on her rounded cheek, then punched Project Bunny until half of it exploded—the specialized alloy was no more durable than tofu.

"Project Bunny! This was Seele's..."

Bronya's pupils trembled violently; her icy doll-like state was nearly shattered, and she suddenly looked pitiful, with translucent tears shimmering in her eyes.

Jiang Cheng knew that Project Bunny was the last gift Seele had given Bronya, and it was very important to her.

--But he didn't care at all.

He tossed the girl directly toward Kiana.

Kiana followed the trajectory of Bronya's flight and threw a punch, landing a fierce, coordinated combo attack.

"Bang!"

"Didn't expect that, did you, shorty? In the end, I'm the one who won!"