Chapter 185
Seeing Kevin rush into the sea of fire, Freya swung her right hand upwards, and five huge vacuum blades tore through the fire and attacked Kevin.
Kevin, who had been dodged by the flames, paused in his forward charge. He then swung his greatsword, which was wreathed in flames, and shattered the five vacuum blades.
An attack powerful enough to create a vacuum was destroyed by Kevin's ordinary strike. Freya's face naturally turned bitter. Once the fight started, she realized that the gap between the two was really too big.
"Anyway, it's not a loss to fight in the consciousness space. Let's try to test the opponent's abilities as much as possible."
The Herrscher of Finality was too strong, which prevented Kevin from fully utilizing his abilities.
After Kevin shattered the Vacuum Blade, he continued charging towards Freya. For the two of them, the raging sea of fire posed no obstacle.
Numerous spears of lightning and wind formed in the sea of fire behind Freya.
The instant Kevin rushed in front of her, Freya unleashed a torrent of air from beneath her feet, and her body crackled with purple lightning, bursting forth with speeds far exceeding her limits.
As they disappeared from Kevin's sight, hundreds and thousands of lightning spears and wind spears hidden in the sea of fire attacked from all directions.
Kevin frowned slightly as he swung his greatsword, which was wreathed in flames, deflecting countless lightning and wind spears with a series of slashes that left trails in the air...
The next moment, Kevin jumped away from his spot, and a huge hand came down from the sky.
After dodging the attack, Kevin casually swung the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire twice, and the two fiery slashes cut the giant arm formed by the Imaginary Power into three pieces.
However, the giant arm formed by the Imaginary Power did not collapse; instead, it condensed into even more arms of Imaginary Power.
"Since you've come for Flowing Blade, Like Fire, then I'll use the Hundred Forms: Kannon!"
Freya's figure appeared in the air, standing on transparent crystals, with hundreds, even thousands, of Imaginary Hand behind her.
Hundreds upon hundreds of Imaginary Hand descended, chasing after Kevin and attacking him, but Kevin's dodging speed was too fast, and all the attacks landed on the ground.
A cloud of dust billowed as Kevin gripped the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire, dodging and counterattacking.
The attack of the Imaginary Hand was so fast that it was difficult to catch with the naked eye. Kevin narrowed his eyes. At this moment in the battle, he felt that there was a sentence he needed to correct.
Kevin previously thought he could easily defeat his opponent with one hand, but that statement should be changed to: he needs to be more serious and only by using one hand can he defeat his opponent.
"... From the moment you noticed my spying, did you deliberately use the strength displayed during the clearing of the Honkai battlefield to feign weakness? You're an excellent warrior..."
Even if their ideologies differ, and they might even choose to assimilate with the Honkai, Kevin is still relatively tolerant of his descendants. Of course, if ordinary descendants were to join the Honkai, Kevin would definitely eliminate them without hesitation.
But the other party's abilities were so outstanding that Kevin had to take a different view of them.
The opponent's strength exceeded their expectations; they concealed the vast majority of their power when clearing the Honkai battlefield.
Kevin had previously estimated Freya's strength to be half a Herrscher, or a newly born Herrscher, but her abilities had clearly entered the growth stage.
Newborn Herrscher are not very strong. In Previous Civilization, Herrscher were usually dealt with as soon as they were born. Otherwise, if the Herrscher were allowed to enter their growth stage or even their complete form, they would only become more and more troublesome.
The Second Herrscher during the Second Eruption War obtained a large amount of Honkai Energy from the lunar ruins and directly entered the complete form, making her at least stronger than the Second Herrscher of the Previous Civilization.
Kevin raised the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire in his hand.
Then the surrounding sea of fire gathered as if obeying his command.
With a gentle wave of his hand, the tornado formed by flames crashed directly into the hundreds and thousands of Imaginary Hand.
But when the terrifying heat can incinerate everything, even the Imaginary Power cannot withstand it.
However, Kevin frowned slightly.
He dodged from his spot, only to see hundreds of Imaginary Hand piercing through the firestorm and hurtling towards him.
Kevin kept swinging the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire in his arm, but he couldn't sever the Imaginary Hand as he had before.
"Projection?"
As a warrior from Previous Civilization, Kevin was very clear about the Second Herrscher's abilities.
One method is to project things in the Imaginary Space onto the Real Space, and to convert them into actual things at any time.
Although the Imaginary Hand was formed by the Imaginary Power, it was located in the Imaginary Space. Freya then converted them back into the imaginary state, thus avoiding the fire storm. She herself also hid in the Imaginary Space.
Even so, Kevin's strike burned thousands of Imaginary Hand.
Freya, who had hidden in the Imaginary Space, secretly felt lucky.
Kevin did not stop dodging just because the Imaginary Hand attacking him was a projection.
The attack just now had transformed the surrounding sea of fire into an attack. There was nothing flammable on the lunar wasteland to begin with; it was only because the Honkai Energy he released was so large that it was constantly being converted into heat energy that the sea of fire stabilized.
"Is it here?"
Kevin gripped the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire tightly, passing through dozens of Imaginary Hand in front of him at a speed too fast for the naked eye to perceive, and severing several Imaginary Hand that had transformed into tangible objects and were trying to take the opportunity to harm him.
The brief feeling of floating did not stop Kevin from moving forward; his attack shattered the space in front of him.
It can even attack people hiding in the Imaginary Space; it is precisely the attack method that Kevin developed to target the Second Herrscher.
The Previous Civilization studied the Herrscher in great detail.
Among them, the Herrscher of the Void, Herrscher of Reason, Herrscher of Consciousness, Herrscher of Constraint, and Herrscher of Corruption abilities are the most troublesome, have always been the focus of research.
Freya was surprised to see the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire approaching, but her anti-Honkai wave was always active, so the flames on the approaching Greatsword of Heavenly Fire distorted.
Then, three spears thrust out from behind Freya blocked the attack.
Kevin frowned slightly; he sensed the same ability as the Herrscher of Constraint.
He quickly withdrew from the area covered by the anti-Honkai wave.
Unlike the Herrscher of Constraint, this ability's fluctuations only cover a radius of thirty meters.
At that time, the range of the Herrscher of Constraint's power was a radius of one hundred kilometers. However, the Herrscher of Constraint's power was entirely contained within that barrier, which is why Kevin was able to withstand the Herrscher of Constraint's power and kill the opponent single-handedly.
In fact, within that barrier that nullifies all Honkai Energy and weakens other forms of energy to varying degrees, the power of the Herrscher of Constraint is not strong. However... Kevin watched speechlessly as Freya used abilities equivalent to the Herrscher of Binding while also being able to use the abilities of other Herrscher.
The anti-Honkai wave is also clearly effective against Fusion Warrior.
Although inferior to the power of the Herrscher of Constraint, the Fusion Warrior can only fight for a maximum of three minutes under the cover of the opponent's anti-Honkai wave.
What sets the Herrscher of Constraint is that the Herrscher of Binding's abilities don't seem like they could be defeated in three minutes. Fortunately, the range of the Herrscher of Binding's abilities is much smaller than that of the Herrscher of Constraint.
"Even the Herrscher of Finality doesn't have this ability."
Although the power of the Herrscher of Finality is said to be the barrier of all Herrscher, in reality, as an Anti-Herrscher, the Herrscher of Constraint's ability itself prevents her from using other abilities.
"...That scared me to death."
Freya clutched her chest. Even hiding in the Imaginary Space, she could still be attacked. She almost knelt down before her Great Ancestor.
Even if they're this strong, it doesn't mean the other side is mindlessly attacking Honkai.
After all, according to the information in the ruins of the Pre-Civilization Ruins, the consciousness of the Honkai should be in a higher dimension.
If Kevin's attacks can penetrate higher dimensions and damage the Honkai Consciousness, then the statement "defeating the Honkai" is not a joke.
Freya was simultaneously releasing anti-Honkai wave while manipulating the three spears that were blocking the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire.
Even though the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire was affected by the anti-Honkai wave, it still managed to pierce the shafts of the three spears.
Although it is formed by the Imaginary Power, it is not on the same level as the Imaginary Hand.
"... This is really troublesome. Even the Spear of the Subspace couldn't block the attack... Great Ancestor, you are truly a monster."
"My descendants, if we're talking about monsters, we're all the same... Being able to wield the Imaginary Power like this, you're practically no different from the Herrscher of the Void."
Without the anti-Honkai wave, Kevin would obviously have found it much easier to defeat his opponent.
The lunar wasteland had become even more desolate after the recent battle. Kevin stood on the ground, looking at Freya floating in the air.
Freya, who manipulates multiple Herrscher abilities, is not particularly strong, but the addition of an anti-Honkai wave makes her quite troublesome.
"Phew, looks like I'll have to reveal my trump card."
As Freya finished speaking, Kevin felt a chill run down his spine, and the hairs on his body stood on end.
The power of multiple Herrscher was seen gathering continuously in Freya's right hand.
Power of the Herrscher of the Void, the power of the Herrscher of Thunder, the power of the Herrscher of Wind, the power of the Herrscher of Flames, and the power of the Herrscher of Death...
Freya combined the power of the Herrscher together.
"Damn it, it's out of control after all. But this is the true nature of this move. Great Ancestor, take this move and let the world feel pain. Oh, I misspoke. I'll name this move 'Super Herrscher Collapse'..."
As Freya left the energy ball behind, Kevin retreated to a distance, and Freya also fled.
Then, centered on the energy ball dropped by Freya, everything began to twist and collapse... Half a moon was directly evaporated in this attack, but the person who released this attack was also directly evaporated.
"Antimatter..."
210. Rita was in a very good mood.
Freya's consciousness returned to her body after being evaporated by her own technique.
The leaked aura malfunctioned, paralyzing all the surrounding equipment, causing Ryoma to stare at her with deadpan eyes.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ryoma, there was a slight mishap just now."
After apologizing, Freya suddenly realized that it was the right choice not to try out the "Super Herrscher Collapse" technique in reality.
"Acting Grand Bishop, please explain what happened."
"Well, I encountered a slightly unexpected opponent and used a technique that was still under development when fighting them, which caused me to lose control of my aura just now."
Anti-Honkai wave a permanent skill, but Freya's consciousness was directly evaporated just now, which also caused her some serious damage, to the point that she couldn't control her abilities and couldn't even make a friendly judgment for a moment.
Even Ryoma felt a wave of discomfort.
I must say, the moves I'm developing are incredibly powerful.
Freya had tried various combinations of Herrscher powers, and even the fusion of two Herrscher powers, but none of them were as powerful as the one she had just used.
The essence of "Super Herrscher Collapse 3" is not the fusion of Herrscher powers, but rather the mixing of Herrscher powers together and the resulting explosion caused by repulsion. After all, the difficulty of fusing two Herrscher powers is extremely high, and the resulting destruction is also extremely astonishing. The explosion caused by the forced fusion of multiple Herrscher powers is naturally even more astonishing.
It's a little different from the principle of Buddha's Wrath Lotus, but it's similar to the destruction mode of a certain captain of the Central Continent Team.
In her calculations, the failure of the Herrscher power fusion was normal; failure was the result she wanted.
However, the antimatter that was ultimately generated was indeed beyond Freya's expectations.
"Honkai might just be a form of antimatter."
Freya raised her eyebrows slightly.
Antimatter is the opposite state of normal matter. When matter and antimatter meet, they annihilate each other, causing an explosion and generating enormous energy.
According to physicists, the universe was initially created with equal amounts of matter and antimatter. Once they came into contact, they annihilated each other, resulting in an explosion that generated enormous energy.
However, for some reason, the world today is primarily made of matter, and antimatter seems to exist in nature at all.
Most theorists believe that large-scale separation of matter and antimatter in the universe is impossible.
Therefore, the absence of antimatter objects within a range of 30 million light-years demonstrates that large amounts of antimatter do not exist in the universe.
However, theorists also believe that matter and antimatter should have been present in equal amounts in the very early universe.
According to Previous Civilization, it is a cosmic periodic natural disaster that targets only humanity. The Honkai Energy comes from the Imaginary Space, but the Imaginary Space does not create Honkai Energy.
Since Honkai Energy is highly linked to civilization, does this mean that the development of material civilization corresponds to the emergence of an antimatter civilization, which is the opposite of material civilization— the Honkai Civilization?
Anti-matter civilizations are highly unified and consciously suppress the development of the material world.
The more Freya pondered it, the more she felt that the Honkai was an attack launched by an anti-material civilization against a material civilization.
The setting of Honkai Civilization is very similar to that of the Anti-Spiral.
In Freya's memory, the Anti-Spiral Clan was the final boss in an anime. Originally a Spiral Clan, they discovered that life forms with spiral power would destroy the universe through continuous evolution. Therefore, they called themselves the Anti-Spiral Clan, sealed all life forms with spiral power, stopped their evolution, and preserved the future of the universe.
According to the conclusions drawn from the Previous Civilization, the Honkai possesses consciousness, which is why it created the Anti-Herrscher in response to the Fusion Warrior and the Divine Key.
But this is just speculation; she can't provide any valid proof.
In fact, if Honkai is considered as antimatter, how does Honkai remain stable in reality without annihilating with matter?
Another example is whether Honkai Energy is produced by the annihilation of matter and antimatter.
Of course, Freya didn't understand much about the theoretical stuff either, since she had only recently become a researcher and her main research areas were Type-B Stigmata and the new Valkyrie modification surgery.
After apologizing and saying goodbye to Ryoma, Freya lamented her foolishness and met up with Rita to go find her younger sister. In any case, she didn't plan to forcibly fuse multiple Herrscher powers again before she had fully mastered the theory of the techniques. She would fuse at most two, at least the power of that would not kill her.
"I wonder if the Super Herrscher Collapse bomb hit our Great Ancestor..."
Speaking of this, Freya still felt quite regretful. Although she passed away peacefully, Freya felt that with the amount of antimatter generated earlier, blowing up half of the moon would not have been a problem.
"Kiana, what are you saying?"