"Is she dead?"
Kiana walked over to Fu Hua's side and looked at the Pseudo-Herrscher lying motionless on the ground.
Although there had been a slight setback, nothing unexpected had happened. Mainly because Fu Hua was here—if Kiana had been the one to deal with this Pseudo-Herrscher, her chances of winning would have been slim.
Especially once that thing got into the water, there would have been even less she could do.
"No, she's just asleep."
Fu Hua found it somewhat strange as well. She had thought that without the Pseudo-Herrscher Core, the woman would surely die.
Yet she still showed faint signs of life.
It counted as an unexpected outcome.
"Then... should we..."
Kiana spoke hesitantly. She did not think a Herrscher necessarily had to die. Mei was a Herrscher, and so was she...
What worried her was whether leaving this woman alive might cause harm.
"..."
Fu Hua looked at the woman on the ground for a few seconds, then shook her head.
"Take her somewhere safe. What happens next... will depend on her own fate."
Although Fu Hua did not know what had happened to her, she was probably a pitiful person to have been chosen by Honkai energy. She had not done anything evil, and she had run into Fu Hua the moment she was born.
Now that she had lost her powers... she could not cause any major disaster. Fu Hua had no intention of killing her either. This was fine.
"Okay."
Hearing Fu Hua's words, Kiana let out a breath of relief.
Even though killing her would have been justified—after all, she was a Pseudo-Herrscher—Kiana did not want to kill her either. She seemed able to sense the tragedy that had befallen this woman.
Though she had no Herrscher Core, her body had still