Therefore, despite possessing great power, she lacked combat experience. When Sirin's light cannon had bombarded her just now, she had panicked badly. Even her defense had been instinctive, like when a mosquito flew toward someone's eyes and they reflexively closed them to block it.
Thus, Theresa in the sky and Sirin on the ground found themselves staring wide-eyed at each other, locked in a motionless standoff without even blinking. Neither dared to move. Theresa had no combat experience; though powerful, she did not know how to use that power. Sirin, meanwhile, was running low on Honkai Energy and wanted to conserve whatever she could. Defeating her opponent was not her goal—getting Kiana out was.
What if she managed to scare the other side with her bluff, threw out a few harsh words like, "The green hills remain, the rivers flow on; someday, I will repay this," and then simply ran away? Wouldn't that save a huge amount of Honkai Energy?
Besides Theresa and Sirin, who each had their own thoughts and did not attack, Kiana was incredibly nervous. She did not even dare blink, believing that both of them were gathering strength, waiting for the other to expose a flaw before unleashing a Lightning Strike to decide the victor.
Therefore, caught in the center of the battlefield, she did not dare move recklessly, afraid of becoming the opening Theresa used to attack.
Of course, Kiana was overthinking it. The reason those two were standing there staring at each other was clearly because they were scared.
"What is that—"
As time passed, the atmosphere between the three became increasingly strange. Then Kiana pointed ahead at a magic circle that had suddenly appeared. Most astonishingly, playing cards began appearing around the edge of the circle.
All three of them turned their attention toward it.
Theresa thought it was some unknown attack from her opponent, and Sirin thought the same. Could the other side have secretly been charging up an ultimate move without her noticing?
As the playing cards filled the magic circle, a flash of light suddenly appeared.
At the same time, Theresa and Sirin, both thoroughly frightened by their own imaginations, launched attacks. A red spear and a light cannon shot toward the center of the magic circle.
"Kiana, it's all right now."
The person who appeared in the magic circle was naturally Mo Yi, who had teleported over. His arrival point was perfect—he had appeared just in time to see Kiana.
"As for why, because I have arrived... huh?!"
What the hell? I just landed, and both sides focused their fire on me?
Couldn't you ask whether I was an ally first?!
Were they bullying me because Card Master had not brought Zhonya's Hourglass? (Stasis, an Honor of Kings item—Zhonya's Hourglass. It could make a hero invincible for two and a half seconds, but they could not move or act either, becoming a golden statue.)
PS: Kiana had protagonist cheats, Mei became a Herrscher at the start, Aunt Himeko seemed likely to become the Herrscher of Flame too, Fu Hua herself was a cheat, and now even Bronya was about to transform into Mothim. Only Theresa had made her debut as an S-rank Valkyrie with effects cranked to the max, then kept getting beaten up the entire time and could not defeat anyone! Could it be, Theresa, that you also had a belt? Supreme Moment, full fury unleashed?
How about giving Yue Xia a cheat too?
Stop, Don't Fight Anymore!
Seeing the strangely dressed Mo Yi appear atop the magic circle, Kiana was surprised. But when she saw Sirin bombard the newly appeared Mo Yi, she hurriedly shouted, "Stop! He's an ally—"
Unfortunately, reality was not a game. Once an attack had been launched, there was no way to cancel it. Kiana could only shout.
"Get out of the way, Mo Yi!"
Mo Yi had not failed to consider the possibility of being focused down the moment he landed. After all, anything could happen in reality. Moreover, Mo Yi did not possess the legendary Zhonya's Hourglass, so he could not enter stasis on the spot and make a flashy play against both enemies and allies. Whenever he casually teleported onto a battlefield, he had to stay alert and adapt to the situation.
While traveling with the ultimate skill Destiny, Mo Yi had divined that danger might await him at his destination. Therefore, when Theresa and Sirin focused their fire on him after he landed, he did not panic too much. After all, he was a man who had wrestled with dozens of Honor of Kings heroes. His combat experience far surpassed everyone present.
There were only two ways to deal with such a situation: defend in place or dodge it.
Mo Yi chose the most common, simplest, and most effective method—Teleport, a short-range spatial blink.
A Summoner who could not use Teleport well had no soul.
Over the years, Mo Yi had already collected all the Summoner Skills, and their effects were as powerful as in the game. For example, Teleport, which allowed instant movement; Heal, which healed himself or allies; Cleanse, which removed negative effects; and Barrier, which blocked attacks.
Of course, after Summoner Skills had manifested in reality, their actual effects were still influenced by the strength of both friend and foe. Take Barrier, which absorbed damage and blocked attacks. Ordinary people's physical attacks could never break it, no matter how long they struck it. But if the enemy was far stronger than Mo Yi, it might not even completely block a single blow.
Among the many Summoner Skills, Teleport was an exceptionally efficient and essential skill. Instant movement at a critical moment could produce extraordinary effects, whether dodging unavoidable attacks or closing in on an enemy to launch an attack.
However, aside from consuming considerable mana and having a maximum range of less than a hundred meters, such a powerful skill also had a five-minute cooldown.
Therefore, it was a tactical ability. It definitely could not be used as a routine skill and could only be saved for crucial moments.
"Teleport—"
As long as he teleported quickly enough, neither ally nor enemy attacks could catch him!
Boom—
"Big brother—"
Only after Theresa had launched her attack did she catch the scent of the person who had suddenly appeared. He was the kind big brother whose familiar scent she recognized.
"I'm fine—"
Mo Yi appeared a few meters away beside Kiana, then swiftly switched to Bard, the Wandering Caretaker's Character Card. By the time he appeared in Kiana's eyes, he had become a strange masked man wearing peculiar clothing.
Though Card Master's abilities were powerful, they were clearly unsuitable for a situation where even allies could not be trusted. After all, he was merely a squishy mage with no dodging or defensive abilities.
The Character Card he was using now—Bard, the Wandering Caretaker—was undoubtedly one of the top three great beings among the many Honor of Kings heroes. He was an active savior of the League universe, a "god" who wielded the power of the cosmos.
Of course, no matter how much power the other party concealed, there was not much difference between this Character Card and the others for Mo Yi at the moment. Besides the nature of an ability, its strength also depended on output and how much of it could be brought forth. Mo Yi was still just a little brother in terms of power; practically any hero was stronger than him. Therefore, regardless of which hero's abilities he used, he could theoretically bring out one hundred percent of his own power.
In a certain sense, that was quite impressive. Truly something to celebrate.
Take time-related ability users. They sounded powerful, but if they could only speed themselves up slightly, like Kiana's commonly used Space-Time Rift, their actual effect might not necessarily be more useful than ordinary abilities such as controlling fire or lightning.
Even among flame abilities, some people could only spit out a little spark to light a cigarette, while true experts could ignite stars and burn all things. The difference lay in the degree of mastery.
Therefore, discussing only an ability's effects without considering its level of power was meaningless.
Bard, the Wandering Caretaker's Character Card was extremely powerful. If it were Bard himself, he could freely manipulate the mysterious forces of the universe and, when necessary, even influence the intangible concept of fate. But Mo Yi, who merely borrowed Bard's power, could not bring out even one ten-thousandth of it. He could only use Bard's in-game abilities, not Bard's true power.
The main reason Mo Yi chose Bard, the Wandering Caretaker's abilities was because Bard's ultimate, Harmony of Fate, was highly suited for breaking up fights and defending. It was practically comparable to the legendary Devil Fruit of Prestige. It could freeze everything in place so that no one could harm anyone else, sending everyone off with a red card, forcing them to take their hands off the keyboard and watch the match while listening to big brother speak.
As long as Mo Yi shouted, "Stop, don't fight anymore. You can't kill anyone like this," while using Harmony of Fate, then those affected by the ability truly would be unable to kill one another.
No matter what happened afterward—whether they continued fighting or kept attacking Mo Yi—he could use this move to put himself and Kiana into "Mo Yi's invincibility period." If things went wrong, he could immediately activate Bard's other skill, Magical Journey, create a spatial passage, and use the two or three seconds everyone was frozen by Harmony of Fate to instantly bring Kiana back to Mo Yi's home.
According to Mo Yi's calculations, his mana should be just enough.
After completing the Character Card ability conversion, Mo Yi finally felt at ease enough to observe the situation. The earlier cry of "big brother" had greatly puzzled and concerned him. Looking around, he saw a silver-haired, red-eyed girl with twin tails hanging in midair.
Unlike more than a week ago, after descending from Her Highness the Princess's world into Honkai Impact 3rd, Mo Yi had spent quite some time recalling the plot from the past. He had recovered many things he had forgotten.
Although the world he was experiencing now differed greatly from the story world of Honkai Impact 3rd, many things still held considerable reference value. If he truly encountered them in the future, at least he would not suffer the awkwardness of calling someone by the wrong name.
After only a little over a week, Mo Yi naturally had not forgotten the red-eyed, silver-haired twin-tailed loli who had asked what flavor of chocolate he liked. He had merely now roughly guessed her identity.
Valkyrie: Eclipse—the other "Theresa" created by Honkai Impact 3rd's parallel-world Schicksal protagonist Otto in order to Resurrect Kallen.
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